Thursday Thoughts...(I can't think of a better title)

Wow! It feels like forever since the last time I posted something on here. I cannot believe it's been almost what? Two weeks? Geez! Talk about "slacking off" big time.  Oh, it's been exactly two weeks!  I feel like there's so much to say right now, I just don't know where to begin, or how.

Well, let's start off with my schedule.  The never ending struggle when it comes to time management.  I admit, I haven't really been following the schedule I made for myself.  There's no excuse for that, I know.  I just want to change it and do better.  There is still a tendency for me to lose track of time once I get myself too involved in doing something.  Like for example, my school.  Once I start on it, time seems to slip by so quickly.  Before I know it, I've already spent more hours than I initially planned.  Thus, leaving me with a little time to do the rest of the stuff I need to get done for the day.

No, I didn't mean chores.  Of course, before I do school work, I make sure I am done with household chores.  I don't think I can ever concentrate thinking there are used dishes in the sink, or laundry in the hamper.  Or, even the living room not in order.  I make sure our home is clean and there's no work left undone before I do my own things.

Anyway, I'm talking about giving more time to the things I've always said I want to do so badly.  Take for instance, this blog.  I've started trying to edit the template, but I always end up reverting to its old design because I can't get what I want as far as the design and layout.  I didn't get a lot of time last week because my little girl got sick.  And this week, it was my oldest's turn.  He actually missed out on school from Monday to Tuesday because he was running a fever, and he started coughing.  I'm actually closely monitoring all 3 kids right now, because I have a feeling they're all going to get sick again - at the same time (I blame it on the changes in the weather lately).  Of course, I will never wish for that to happen.  But as a mother, I can tell even just by merely looking at them.  I know my babies too well.  That's why I always think and plan ahead of time.  So in case they do end up getting sick again, I won't get caught off guard.  But, I am praying that they'll be fine.  Especially this week because they have a Halloween/Fall Celebration at their school tomorrow, and all of them are looking forward to it.  I know it would break their hearts if they miss it.

So, I'm going to go back to messing with my blog right now while I have the free time.  If you see my blog kind of messed up, don't worry.  It's just me trying to ruin it in a graceful manner. LOL!!

I do hope I come up with something nice for my blog.  Or, I hope I can find a good base template that I can tweak and edit to my own penchant.

So, just bear with me, please! =)

Here We Go....

So, I have been thinking about whether I should keep this blog up, or, if I'll be going with a new one.  Last night, I came with a final decision to just stick to this one.  After all, everything is here, and I honestly don't feel like starting off from scratch again.  Well, not that it is making any difference right now since I last updated this 3 years ago (it does make me feel like starting from scratch again), but at least, it's so much easier to pick up where I've left off.

I'm not going to make this post long right now.  My kids will be home from school soon, and that means more homework to do. Hehehe!  It's a bit overwhelming this week because they started coming home every day with something new to do.  But, it's fun!  It gives me the best "excuse" to spend one on one time with my babies.  I miss them bunches when they're not home!  Plus, I enjoy having little talks with them.  I love their short stories about their day in school!

Anyway, that's it.  I have about an hour now before they're home.  I am so excited!!  I haven't seen them since 7 this morning, and oh, does it feel like forever!!  I'm so glad weekend is almost here!  They don't have to go to school for two days (Saturday and Sunday).  I can have them to myself. LOL!!  Talk about separation-anxiety.  But, I believe it will all change once I get busy with stuff here soon.  I mean, missing them this much and this way because right now, I'm the only one left in the house during the day, when everybody is away.  I cannot wait for next month, though!  God willing, that's when things will start rolling for me.... I'M SUPER EXCITED!!  I cannot thank God enough for the blessings, and the people He incessantly uses to bless me in every way possible!  GOD IS GOOD!

Well, have to go.. Next on my To-Do list is, start making dinner - right about now..

Still thinking about...

Changing my blog's colors, from background to fonts. After spending hours of tweaking codes and changing its layout, my brain and eyes definitely need a break.

I already got the new layout that I've been wanting for so long - 4 columns with 3 footer widgets.  I don't know how many attempts I made to make it right.  I almost gave up!  As crazy as it may sound to you, but I sacrificed hours of sleep to get it done.  I cannot afford to pay someone to re-design my whole blog with everything I want in it without having to pay a lot of money.  That's why, like what I said, I have to learn things on my own.  I sacrifice my hours of sleep because this is the only time my kids don't need me.  I don't want to sit here in front of the computer during the day because I spend time with them.

Anyway, back to the changing of my blog's color issue.  I will probably do it some other time.  I still want to (attempt) do some Photoshop images and backgrounds as well.  I also need time to learn more about Photoshop so I can create cute images that I only get to see online.  I just don't understand why it has to be so complicated to use!  Argh!

So, for now, my blog's design will stay the same.  I'll just work on it one day at a time and hopefully get everything done soon.  Now, I'll focus more on blogging than redesigning my blog...  Fair enough!?

UPDATE:

Obviously, I did change the colors.  I got tired wondering what if..  Now, I just need an easy tutorial on how to make a transparent signature using Photoshop for my post section.  (Sigh.)  Why does it have to be so complicated!?

Blog Under Construction

This is it for now. I've been editing my blog now for almost 3 days and I am not done, yet. Hopefully, I'll get things done by tomorrow. It sometimes sucks when the only time I can really focus on doing this is, when everybody is asleep. I know I shouldn't be up anymore considering that it's 4:33 in the morning and I am pregnant. But I just didn't want to leave this hanging and forget where I stopped at because I might not be able to edit my blog properly if I end up forgetting something. This will be the last time I will stay up this late. I am almost done now so I hope there's nothing more to edit tomorrow.

Will be back on blogging when I get everything right. :)

Done for now..

This is it for now. I think I'll resume redesigning my blog once I really get to learn how to use Photoshop. Now that we actually have one, all I need is to get into every detail on how to use it. But, I have to wait for now because my husband takes the other laptop that has the Photoshop with him to work. I have so many ideas in mind, so I am hoping I'd learn how to create stuff for this blog. I tried it once but didn't work out fine because I was using the trial version and my computer was so slow. So for now, this will be my blog's temporary design. Not much, but I hope you'll still come back and enjoy reading my posts.

Under Construction!!

Kindly excuse my blog's messy looks right now. I am currently working on its new design. The new look right now might be temporary until I finally come up with what I really want.

PS.

Kindly update my blog's link to http://www.campbellsrealm.com/

New Domain Coming Soon!!

I finally got my own domain!! I purchased it today and will be available within 3 days. It feels good to know I can now control everything in this blog.

Once it's up and running, my next project is changing the blog's design. New domain, new design ;) I still have to come up with a nice theme -- a family-look that is, since I am blogging about myself and family. The only bad thing is, I have no photoshop so I rely most of the designs on Paint. Well, I'll see what I can do. hehe

Soon...

It's been such a long, long time since I last updated this blog. I've always find it hard to slip this into my daily schedule having to take care of an infant at the same time. But, I've decided to come back to blogging and post as often as I could. I just need time to catch up with what's been going on here.

I'm Still...

Not through editing my blog!! waaah.. What time is it now?! I should be in bed, but I won't do that until I finished doing what I've started..But really, my eyes are tired now and so is my whole body..sigh*

UNDER CONSTRUCTION!!

Please excuse my blog for being messy right now. I'm currently working on its layout. I finally found the colors I want, so I'm changing it again. hehehe I'll be done here in a few ;)

Catching Up!!

It's my first post again after quite some time of being away from the blogging world. I don't even know where or how to start this right now. I just feel so out of words yet, deep within me, I have so many things to share.

A lot of things had happened. Some of them are just mere protraction of what has been going on in my life in the past 3 months. I feel so ready to let my thoughts out. I feel like I've been doing nothing but heap them inside and now they just can't wait to find their own way out of that seclusion. I am feeling helpless. I want to give in. I want to let this all out of me this instant!!

But before we get to that, I just want to do a little "warm up" first. I have been away for almost a month, haven't posted anything since then, and today, I feel so new again - so new, like I feel as if I'm typing now my very first post ever. I guess this is how being away for so long makes you feel. My oh my, I have so many things to catch up with!!

In the mean time, I want to say Thank You to Ate Janis for giving me a beautiful award. I'm sorry I wasn't able to post it here, but I placed it together with the other awards I got on the lower part of the left sidebar. Thank you very much! :)

I think I will end this for now. Time for me to get some sleep. I still have a long day tomorrow. I have a lot to take care, especially that I only have so much time left to get things done before I leave back home to Samar this Saturday.

And by the way, my husband is back in the States now. He left on the 24th of November. I miss him so much that it hurts every time. But this is our life at this time. No other choice but to deal with the distance and being far away from each other. We believe that here very soon, God will bring us together and no one has to leave the other to go back home, because we will then be home in the arms of one another - to start our life together, forever :)

So many things to tell ;)

Done Editing My Blog

At last, I'm through editing my blog. I noticed last night that I haven't changed my blog's design since I started blogging, so I took the chance last night to do it. By the way, I am home now but we're still going back to Aunt's house this afternoon. Our vacation isn't over yet and we're all going to watch Dione's pageant at her school this afternoon at 1500. She was chosen to represent as Miss Japan ;) We just needed to come home because we have some important things to do. Dreidelle needs to have her photo ID taken for her school registration. Clovis is going to check on enrollment updates, and I need to go to the agency to buy our tickets for Samar. Like what I said, the card didn't go through, so J just sent the money for the fare.

Ok, so about my blog -- I was having a hard time awhile ago deciding on what color I should use. When I couldn't figure out which one and I was kind of running out of time, I then decided to just put them all together. [hehe] They're J's and my favorite colors :) It's not much, but I'm glad I was able to get it done. I worked on it for 3 straight hours. I haven't really had enough sleep yet because I woke up at around 0400 and couldn't get back to sleep, so I edited my blog to make use of my time.

Well, got to go now. I will hop online again later on today. I hope your day goes well :) Ingat and God bless!!

EntreCard Inconvenience

That hasn't been funny at all! It took me what, like an hour trying to log on to EntreCard. I tried awhile ago, but it simply wouldn't let me through. My friend, Ate Anne usually gets the same problem, too and tonight, we encountered it again - probably at the same time. Boy, this can really be vexatious sometimes...*sigh* I gave it another shot after a good 20 minutes, and voila it worked!! I'm actually happy that I was able to view the droppers' blogs and got to drop them ECs, too. And for the first time ever in my history since I registered on EntreCard, I was able to drop a total of 21 Entrecards tonight. I know it's still a very small amount compared to those who can drop up to the daily limit of 300 ECs, but still I'm happy that I did drop 21 tonight. [Hahaha] I'll work on improving that one *wink wink*...

Entrecard dropping can be really fun. I never thought about it that much before. All I had in mind was, giving the same courtesy to the person who dropped you an EC is what this is all about. But, I was wrong! Through dropping entrecards, I get the chance to visit other people's blogs, read their interesting stories, learn new things, and make new friends. This is really fun and now, I enjoy doing it :) I hope I'd get to drop more ECs here soon.

Here I Am ... Again

After losing internet connection for a week, here I am blogging again. It's nice to be back and I sure did miss a lot while I was gone. I don't even know what to do first - check on updates or post entries. I want to do both but I know it's just not possible. It requires time to write and come up with something that's interesting to read. And I, right now, am not in the mood to write anything at least worth your time reading. I don't know why but that's how I feel at this moment. Maybe because it's way past those times when my mind was really set to do blogging but I had no internet connection. I'm jam-packed with so many things to write about. The problem is, I feel like I will run out of words if I tell all about them. In addition to that, I don't know what to write first. My mind is a total blur right now. I guess I'll just have to write one story at a time. I'm just glad to have the connection back and I will slowly start posting again to catch up with those times I've missed doing so.

I also was able to edit my blog, though I'm not quite finished yet. There's still something I am trying to learn how to do at the moment and I just hope I'll get it right. One wrong move and I will jeopardize everything that's why I am being extra careful. Oh boy, CSS codes can be very complicated sometimes!! But it feels good that at least I'm learning and kind of getting the hang of it :) I find it fun experimenting on new stuff, especially with the codes and it even feels a lot better when I end up getting the result I've wanted. It could be hard if you're not too familiar with the codes but that's the fun thing about it. You try doing something you have no idea about, and at the end of it, it's like you're rewarding yourself with a job well-done if you were able to follow simple rules and instructions and came up with how you really wanted it to be.

In the mean time, I will do my hardest to remember what I've been wanting to write down from the past week. It's such a shame I got too lazy to type them using the notepad so I'd just have to copy-paste them here and I'll be good. I did write some, but clearly not the ones I think I will post here and let the whole world read them. Well, I guess just for now they're meant to be kept private - most of which, rantings. Those days I didn't have the internet connection had completely drained me of all the ideas and stories I really have been wanting to tell to all of you. I feel like I'm back from scratch - absolutely no idea about which is which and what should come first. I guess I just need to give it some time and soon enough, I know I'll get to figure things out :) I have plenteous time to kill. It's vacation now and blogging will definitely save my not-so-busy days...

The Butterfly Award

Thank you so much, Ate Jacy and Ate Irenie for giving me this Butterfly Award. It is such an honor whenever I receive awards like this from friends. It inspires me more to be a better blogger and writer.

In another note, I just want to say I'm sorry for posting this so late. I just got my internet back and I got a bit busy editing some parts of this blog.

1. Put the logo on your blog;
2. Add a link to the person who awarded you;
3. Nominate 10 other blogs;
4. Add links to those blogs on yours;
5. Leave a message for your nominees on their blogs;
6. Give a reason why you consider their blogs cool.

I am awarding these people for I know they, too deserve to have this :) I love visiting their blogs because I enjoy reading their interesting and beautiful entries.

A Soldier's Wife
Ruby
Melody
Anne
MJ
Baby Faith
Eden
Joy
Claire
Manollie
Steffi
Mami Chrissy
Baby TeteL
Rose
Rosa
Rorie
Janis

IMPORTANT: Click on either Ate Jacy's or Ate Irenie's page to grab the award. Have a nice day everyone!! :)

Sunday Thoughts

Mar7aba!! I'm at our aunt's place right now attending our cousin, Thea's 17th birthday. Good thing they have internet here so I can hop online real quick, check on updates, and blog a little. I'm glad that I'll have my internet connection back early this week. I'll be able to exchange e-mails now with my husband and be back on blogging.

I'm glad to say that my husband is almost done with the deployment. As a matter of fact, they're through doing their missions and now, they're back on the ship and is heading home!! In a couple of weeks, God willing, I will be picking him up from the airport :) He'll be with me for more than 3 weeks and we will get to spend our first anniversary as husband and wife together!! I also was able to purchase his ticket and just waiting now for the travel agency where I bought it from, to forward the copy of the itinerary to my e-mail so I can send it to him and he can print out a copy. I'm so excited to see my husband!! I'm so thankful to God for all His guidance and blessings and for helping us make through our first deployment. Soon, it won't be "Surviving Our First Deployment" anymore, but "Deployment Survivor!" :)

Thank you for all your prayers and support. For your comforting and uplifting words during those times I needed them the most. I can't thank you enough for staying with us in this journey.

I will update more when I get the line back. Now, it's time for dinner ;) I'll see you soon!! Hope you had a wonderful weekend. God bless everyone!!

A Short Update

I had no plans on going out today, but because there's a construction going on just outside my house, I just had to get away from it. They're drilling holes and it's so noisy! I tried playing loud music, but it was of no use. Their drills were far louder than my speakers. So, here I am now at Robinsons doing nothing. [Hehehe]

I just saw this internet cafe and thought of dropping by to see what you guys had been up to. I still have no internet connection at home, the only thing that's keeping me sane. Now, I have to deal with nothing else to do but read and listen to music. Good thing that I'm here at the mall right now. I can go ahead and check on new books at the Book Sale shop. I'm hoping that they have new ones so I can at least buy one or two. I just finished reading last night the last novel I have.

Not having internet at home is kind of sad. First of, I lost the only means of communication I have with my husband. For two days now, I haven't e-mailed him and I don't know where he's at the moment. I feel sad, too because I can no longer help him out with the ticket. I was supposed to be the one to purchase it for him. I don't know what he did about that matter because I haven't heard anything from him since Tuesday. I haven't checked my e-mails, yet but I am going to here in a few. I just have to write something right now because I don't know when I'll hop online again. Hopefully, I'll have the internet connection back this week or early next week. Internet is a requisite and a very big thing for me and my husband because this is the only thing that keeps us connected and updated about each other, especially that he is still on deployment. I really hope this thing will get fixed as soon as possible.

Anyway, it's getting late. I better get going now. I will hop online whenever I get the chance to. In this case, I won't be missing a lot and I can at least catch up with your posts and updates :)

Have a nice day everyone and God bless!!

My Blog Needs Editing

My blog needs to be edited. I wish I have all the time now, but I can't stay any longer. My time is almost up and I need to be back home before it starts flooding outside. It was raining pretty hard when I left the house.

So, to all the readers, please excuse my blog's messy looks right now. I will fix everything in no time. Enjoy your stay and see you when I get back!!

By the way, I put a new Yahoo! Messenger Pingbox. It's for those who have something to say or ask me. I can reply you directly from my Yahoo! Messenger if I happen to be online at the same time. You need not to log in to your Yahoo account to be able to chat with me. And, don't worry because the conversation is set to private. Only the two of us can read the entire conversation, so it's safe :) So, I'll see you guys soon. For now, you can leave me messages on the Cbox. The Pingbox doesn't work when I am offline.

Off for a Few Days

I lost internet connection at home this afternoon. That's why I won't be able to blog for a few days, till I have the line back. I will just catch up when the connection is working again. Right now, I'm just in an internet cafe at SM San Lazaro. I needed to e-mail my husband to inform him about this. I kind of feel sad, too because I was supposed to be the one to purchase his plane ticket to come here but there's no possibility for that now. I did try buying the ticket last night, but the card wouldn't go through. I asked D if I have all the right credit card information, he said yes. By the way, I was using his credit card. We encountered the same problem when my husband tried to purchase my ticket to go to Malaysia. They didn't take his card so he had to borrow from one of his buddies just to be able to purchase one online. I think that's what he'll end up doing now. I am praying to God that everything will work out fine. I'm sure he will find a way, just like before. My husband doesn't give up that easy, especially when it comes to me. Aww!! [hehehe]

Well, I guess this is all for now. I will be back very, very soon.

To Ate Lod, I'm sorry, Ate I couldn't come online for now. I promise I will help you the moment I get my internet back. I have the one I mentioned to you last night and it's ready to be sent off.

Take care and God bless!! I will be blogging here soon...

Page Load Error

First of, thank you to my new friends here on Blogger who, spend time visiting my blog, leaving me messages, and dropping ECs. I'm so grateful for that and I do appreciate your time a lot. On the other hand, I would like to extend my heartfelt apology to those whose blogs I haven't visited yet for now. As a matter of fact, I've been trying to view your pages, but every time I'd click on your link and another window pops up, I always encounter the same problem which I think some of you encounter, too sometimes - Page Load Error!!

If you have Cbox or Shoutmix on your blogs, I'll leave a message there to let you know I was on your page. And to those who are in my Topper Bloggers' list that have the Cbox or Shoutmix and didn't see any message from me, that means I couldn't view your blog's site. I apologize in advance. I just want you to know that I find time to read your posts as long as I don't encounter any web problem :)

And to those who had dropped me ECs, thank you!! The moment I get to view your blogs, I will definitely drop you an EC, too. Just having some problems right now. I hope this will get fixed in no time. For now, I'll continue visiting blogs and reading posts for probably an hour, then I'll log out and won't be back till later on. Got some stuff to take care right now :)