A Little Farmville At Home

This is my first post for this year. I just want to clear my head of all the things that has been disturbing me that I just don't want to think about anymore.

You might be asking why I am posting a new article now. Well, it is due to the fact that I want to update my blog because a friend of mine suggested that I must update it and I want to share the photos I took from our small Farmville.

In addition, for the past two months, I was busy. With the Christmas season approaching and all, I needed a sure income. I do not want to write articles about the holidays since I might cry a river. I worked hard that my back ached, taking my mind off the coming holidays. I guess working late nights took a toll on me that I have to plaster a salonpas on my back every night.

Anyway, as a person who lives and breathes the Internet, I noticed that people are going gaga over Facebook's Farmville online game and I am no exemption. But I believe I have a little "Farmville" here at home.

I am not used in living in the country side but I have no choice. Still, I have learned to love all the things that surrounds me. I now have 3 dogs, 2 kittens which my son adopted when he was strolling with his friends in our subdivision, a goat and her 2 kids.

When we were still new in this place, my son was so excited that he would get and pet whatever animal he could get his hands on. Some of the animals and insects that he petted were mariposa or large butterflies (I was very surprised when he got home handing me a larger than life butterfly!), big spiders, big lizards or geckos, birds that accidentally went inside our home; and baby snakes (Yes, you read it right. We got like 5 baby snakes and my son was so curious that he wanted to eat those.). I told him not to touch those since we were not familiar on how to handle those strange yet wonderful creatures.

I also planted vegetables like mustard and bitter melon. At this time of year, we harvest mangoes from our one and only mango tree.

I read somewhere that being happy is not a condition of one's mind. Being happy is a choice. When I wake up every morning, I ask myself, "Should I be happy?". My answer is "Why shouldn't I?". I like Pollyanna's philosophy in life and that is why i adapted it... But for how long?

Our one and only mango tree

Our one and only coconut tree (Our Kamatsile tree is on the background)

Fruit from our Mango tree

The mother goat with her kids

Mother goat strikes a pose

Kittens my son adopted

This kitten thought that our dog "Botchog" is her mom

The kittens sucking milk from our male dog "Botchog"