Community

My parents were very active in our parish when I was growing up. Most of the visitors at home were our neighbors. They'd have meetings and parties often. It was the community I grew up in and that's where I learned that you can do a lot of good when you volunteer. 

The biggest project my parents were involved in was helping build our parish church. A lot of the meetings happened at home and I remember the huge fundraising activity they organized. I was always in tow since I think I was one of the youngest children in the group. 

I posted the photo above on my page and Tito Henry commented on it. He said that my Dad made them proud to be part of the community. Yes, my parents always welcomed people to help in any way they can. I saw my Mom's multitude of lists for ticket selling, donations, and lists of groups. 

As much as I'm an introvert, I also joined some groups in our parish and they are still my friends until today. As introverted as I am, I actually built communities as part of my job. The communities were volunteer groups to help others learn and most are still around even though I retired. The secret was growing up within a tight community. 

I tried doing some volunteer work a few months ago, but alas, my body is just too messed up and I'm unable to commit. Stress always brings me down, so I apologized and pulled out. I tend to do things whole-heartedly, but I need to focus on my health. Maybe someday I can be more productive and helpful. 

Have a blessed Sunday everyone!

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Wow! Sili!

Surprisingly, our peppers have been producing a lot of fruit! Sweetie has been harvesting bell peppers weekly and a lot more sili!

I gave the plants a generous amount of urea and chicken manure mid-August and then left Miggy to water them as needed. I guess the rain gave it additional nutrients because it produced a lot of peppers. 

I also like to thank Mr. Bee and friend. They've been actively helping the plants pollinate. I'm due to add nutrients to the plants this weekend and I hope I can give my oulmo therapist a bag of sili again next month!

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Unwell, Again

I was unstable today and it was probably triggered by interrupted sleep. I just rested all day and didn't get to visit our cats, huhu.

Here's the horiatiki Sweetie prepared yesterday --

Here's how you can make it:

https://youtu.be/nwKXimtQURc?si=RG3R0XA4cihhTSU3

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Throwback Thursday: Beach Time with Dad

My Mom told me they started to being me to out of town trips when I was still a baby. No wonder I'm so used to traveling. For many years, we'd head to Pasacao and Naga City especially during summer.

I was scanning photos again today and found a photo of me and Dad at the beach. I took his slippers and he was running after me. I actually kind of remember that day. It's one of my core happy memories.

Going to the beach always calms me down. I have many happy childhood memories there. I haven't gone for awhile now, so hopefully next year maybe?

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Not Feeling Well

My body is fighting something, probably germs since my temperature is a bit elevated.

Resting for now.

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Hand Quilting the Baby Yoda Project

I ironed the Baby Yoda project with fusible interfacing and then I sandwiched it in batting and backing fabric. I want to see if the interfacing will make a difference in the end quality.

The hard part has begun. I've decided to hand quilt it like the Pikachu project I did 2 years ago. I'll just stitch on the ditch for now, but will play with some of the colors since my Guttermann thread colors is limited. 

It will be hard, but quilting is my favorite part. I get impatient cutting and piecing fabric and absolutely dislike sandwiching, but quilting has always been the fun part for me. 

What are you working on now?

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Groundbreaking and House Blessing

Our foreman advised it was best to do the ground-breaking and house blessing ceremony once they've dug the foundation. We waited a few weeks and finally Manong Val messaged us to go ahead and plan for the ground-breaking and house blessing. We also got advice from him on what usually goes on and we did some research too. 

We first secured a priest who would be available and then worked on the other stuff as the date drew near. Here's a list of what we worked on:

• 
  Candles
• Food
• Tarpaulin printing of the perspective made by architect
• Time capsule which included the perspective, drawings, religious items, and coins. I had Miggy paint the container gold. I checked my photos, of course, I forgot to take a photo of what I placed inside the time capsule. Whoever eventually demolishes the house in the future would find out, haha.
• Shovel (also painted gold) and hard hats

We went a bit early on the day of the ground-breaking and house blessing. I had met an accident and was still hopping around, so the boys had to assist me in going to the basement where the blessing was going to happen. It was surreal to see a huge part of the house gone. In my mind everything is still the same. I think it will only change when we've finally moved in. 

Fr. Marvin arrived and we had a simple blessing and celebration with the construction team. It was a happy occasion and it felt right. I was really sad when they started demolishing the house, but that day I felt light. The blessing brought in a new energy to our future home and I felt everyone who lived in it and passed were happy for us. 

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