still waiting

I have been impatiently waiting for my new passport to come so I have been checking our mailbox every single day for five weeks now. I was told it will get here in five weeks but still has not come. I am getting impatient already. That one document is one of the things we are waiting and then we can wrap things up here and move out. But it is taking its sweet time coming. Instead of the passport I get life insurance and payday loan offers in the mail. I already asked the husband to call the Philippine embassy by the middle of the week next week should the passport not come yet. He can ask the questions because we found out that people working at the embassy are nicer when they talk to Americans than their fellow Filipinos. Anyway, I still have today and tomorrow left for the mail to run this week.

clean!

I finally finished vacuuming the carpet and what's good is I did a little dusting too. That is easy to accomplish when you don't have much space to clean and the little man was busy with his own thing. Now I can be online while waiting for the laundry to get done. Yes, I realized there were enough dirty clothes to wash so I did it instead of waiting a few more days. Anyway, like what I said, the little man has pretty much kept to himself this morning. He played with his toys in his room and when he got tired with that he ran to his computer where he is now watching videos of Wheels on the Bus over and over again. I noticed he has been sneezing a lot though. This does not bode well for me. I hope he will not get sick. I have been sneezing a lot too but mine I think is caused by allergy because it has not developed into a cold. I even thought about buying allergy relief but I always forget once the sneezing stops. Maybe this is all just due to tree pollens? Who knows? Well, I hope this is not symptoms of common cold or else I will be in a mess again.

stick to the plan

I am supposed to vacuum the carpet an hour ago but I got sidetracked so here I am online. The bathroom is clean since I cleaned it first before I begin with the rest of the house. It is a good thing I did that one thing since now I am just sitting here letting the day go by. I know I have to get up and clean some more before we run errands though. And before the little man starts scattering his toys everywhere. I get so easily distracted with what I am doing anymore that most of the time I start one thing then remembers to do something else and not finish anything at all. The husband calls me a scatterbrain and I don't disagree with that. I have always been like this as a child much to my parent's dismay. Well, enough of this talk. I have to get up before I forget. Have a good day everyone!

a little chore

I gave our car a thorough cleaning this evening. The husband planned on bringing it to the car wash but I guess he changed his mind when he realized he has a perfectly capable wife to do the job, lol. He bought me a brush with a longer handle so I won't have a hard time scrubbing the car. It worked pretty good and I think I did a good job if his reaction was any indication. This taskmaster is strict if you must know. But he did not stay to watch me clean the car because he had to check the little man. We do not trust the little man to be alone inside the house because he does things he shouldn't when he is bored. Just last week, he played with the blinds and almost tore one up so he is now banned from ever touching any. This is just an example of what he can and will do to amuse himself. That was why the husband had to leave me alone while I was busy outside. With the car done, I am now tasked to wash the Jeep tomorrow. I know if I say yes to one chore there will be more but I don't care. I need the exercise, besides it is warming up so it is not uncomfortable being outside.

had a craving for..

Banana split, of all things! It is bad enough that my metabolism does not seem to be working as fast as it used to, now I have crazy cravings. But anyway, I had to have it so we went to Sonic because that is the only place I know which has banana split (for me) and fries and sandwiches (for my boys). We did not want to hop from one place to the next so we compromised. Tonight we had a binge on unhealthy food but did we care? Not much, really. I even had fries with chili and cheese which was heavenly. I got annoyed when the little man did not even taste it though. Even when I told him it was ketchup on the fries. But I had my banana split which was what mattered most. I must admit I had to do a ten minute (should have done more) cardio workout to appease my guilty conscience. I will do more tomorrow :)

new routine

I have started eating breakfast for three days now. Instead of coffee in the morning, I fix rice and vegetables. This action is supposed to help my metabolism do its work. Supposedly. I am going to change the way I eat and be more conscious on what I eat as part of my plan to lose weight. With a little work out on the side I am hoping it will do the trick so long as I will stick to it. It may not be easy but nothing really is when it comes to losing weight. Especially since I am getting older. I could buy one of the top ten diet pills to help but I cannot afford it right now. Maybe in the future if nothing else works. I hope to be able to wear the cute shirts I got before I got pregnant. I hope it is not too much to ask.

hide it or lose it

I was in Facebook just a few minutes ago and I realized that a number of women in my friends list are actually worried about their weights. It is one thing that is hard to get rid of once it sneaks in a person. I actually have gained about 10 lbs in 4 years. Not a good thing. Apparently, my friends are experiencing it too. I read shout-outs that say when am I going to lose weight all the time. It makes me happy (ain't it crazy?) that I am not alone with this weight gain worries. There are a number of us. Which means I am not the only person who is thinking about exercise or weight loss diet products at all. Although it is not a reason to quit my plan on losing weight. I will somehow lose weight before long if I want my summer clothes to still fit me. I only have a few weeks and I should be shedding the jacket and bulky sweaters. Then there is nothing to hide the bulge. Argh! I need to do something.

should I switch?

A few months ago, I bought a store brand face cream and I am still using it. I actually like cream because it works in keeping most of my face smooth and moisturized with the exception of the nose area. I don't know if the dryness could be attributed with the cold but the dryness is very noticeable especially since it is in the center of my face. And then there is the problem with blackheads. The annoying blackheads are in my nose! Why? I don't have a clue. I might have to buy blackhead remover or else switch to an organic face cream to see if it will get rid of the two problems I got from my old cream. I have not found a cream that works perfectly. And when I say perfectly, it means no other problems or side effects or what-not. I hope I will get lucky.

new card

I decided to apply for another store credit card after all. I mentioned on my previous post my indecision but after talking to the husband and him telling me I need to do it, I decided to go ahead and applied for the card. I got the new card in the mail the other day. I still have to use it though. We were thinking about using it earlier but decided against it at the last minute. We will wait for the right time I guess. Although we might use it soon, to make an inexpensive purchase, just for the sake of using it. We will stick to the plan of being responsible when using credit cards because we can't afford to pay a large debt.

crazy?

There was a time when I thought I had hemorrhoid. I don't know what made me think that. One day I asked the husband if he will get me the best treatment for hemorrhoids if I have it and he looked at me like I was nuts. I may have been, lol. I read a forum where women talked about it and I thought if these many people are afflicted then there is a chance I might even have it. Hence the question to the husband. Any notion was nipped in the bud by him. He asked if I had the symptoms which I didn't. I told him it was just a topic I wanted to discuss with him. He then said it is not worth even mentioning if I don't have it. Thinking about it makes me laugh at myself. The crazy things I think about. No wonder my husband thinks I am crazy.

not feeling good

It is only four in the morning but I am already up. I am still sleepy but I don't want to lie down because then my throat itch and I cough nonstop. I must be having another round of the cold. So here I am online even if what I really want is to go back to bed. Thankfully we have a portable heater to keep me warm. Honestly, I would rather stay up and read colon cleanse reviews if it means not being subjected to uncomfortable coughing which might wake my family up. I don't why I am not well yet. I thought surely after being sick for over a week I should be feeling better now but that is not the case. I may need to go to the drugstore to get over the counter medicine to help me with the sore throat and the coughing. By the way, happy hearts day everyone. I may be sick but I will not forget that :)

mirror mirror on the wall

Our three year old has this fascination with mirrors. Or it could be himself, the way he always smiles at his reflection in the mirror. It is like he just realized the magic a mirror holds. He talks at it, smiles, stares, and then dances to see how he looks like. He calls everything a mirror even the magnifying glass and the old convex mirrors that the husband found on one of the neighbor's garbage piles two years ago. I always keep an eye on him when he wants his "mirror time" because I am afraid he will get excited and break them. Those are dangerous. Which is why we hid the magnifying glass in the closet and the convex mirrors outside in the shed so he cannot get to them. He is fun to watch though. He reminds me so much of myself only I was a lot more older and it was because of vanity why I look at myself in the mirror too much.

feeling blue

That is what I feel right now. I just want to sit in a corner and not think about anything. I am not emotional though. No tears. I just don't feel too good. The husband picked up right away that there was something wrong since his normally talkative wife was very quite which to him might be unnerving. I hope I will bounce back. Perhaps a good book and a good cry will do wonders. The problem is that I don't even feel like crying so that solution is not even feasible. Maybe I just need a good night's rest. And if it does not work, who knows the usual shopping therapy will. If I even feel like going out tomorrow.

perfect barbecue mix

Two days ago, I fixed barbecue marinade and put a few chicken wings in to see how it will come out. Today I grilled the wings and I had the best tasting Filipino style barbecue (as far as I am concerned) I have ever tasted since I got here in the USA. The downside was I burnt the skin because I did not know how to control the fire. But I know better to keep an eye on that next time. The marinade was from a blog I surfed weeks ago and decided to try after a lot of disappointments in the past. My mistake was I did not save the name (and url) of the blog because I did not really think it will work. So now I cannot even give credit to the person who makes barbecue the way I like it. But I do have something I can now use whenever I crave for barbecue. I am one happy gal :)