stuck at home

The husband left us to visit his aunt. He asked me earlier if I wanted to go but I said no because I was not ready and I was not feeling really good. I have one of those nightmare headaches again and I hate to be anywhere when I am miserable. So the little man and I have been at home since this morning. We have not been outside of the house at time today and it is almost 4 pm. I am surprised he has not opened the door to peek outside. He actually asked me where his father is and I told him he was at Aunt G's house. Thankfully he did not pursue the topic or I would have been forced to call the husband to get us. I was not ready to go anywhere. Now that I am though the husband has not called. I bet he is questioning his Uncle B about his great grandparents again. He is like that, he likes to know about his ancestors work and livelihood and his uncle is a very good source of information having lived that long to know their ancestors. I am actually starting to get bored now that the headache is waning. The coffee really helped where the Tylenol did not. I have watched a movie, stayed on Facebook long enough to look at pictures and read all my friends shout out, read about fat burner reviews, ate popcorn with the little man, and still the husband is not home. Nor has he called. I bet he is enjoying this little freedom, lol. One of the reasons I did not call him is that I know he loves to be around his uncle without interruptions. After all, there is so much to learn since they have a big family. We can go with him some other time. And I can do more things online while the little man is busy playing. Perhaps I might even cook supper.

did not got everything in the list

We did not get everything on our list when we went to the store earlier. Some items we forgot even with a list on hand. Now, how that happened I don't know. There were items that we did not get because they were priced too high. It will probably be cheaper to either go to the store or order them online. I had most of the grocery items though which I think is an accomplishment enough in itself considering we did forget a lot of the items on the list. And we bought stuff that we were not meant to buy. I don't know what was going on with us. I even had the little man read aloud the items on the list to make sure we get everything but we still did not. This means another trip to the store in a day or two. Maybe by then we will get what we need and stay away from things we do not. We need to work on our plan to save and we have to start by sticking to the list. Wish us luck, lol.

shopping

We are off to the store to get groceries and to buy things we need inside the house as well. I am supposed to get ready about an hour ago but I am sitting in front of the computer and I know it won't be long and I will be yelled at, lol. I can't help it when I am online, I have to do everything I came in here for before signing out. I am almost done save for one more search about apidexin and I will be out of here in a flash. Or as fast as I can make it without annoying the husband. Thankfully he is busy doing his thing outside so he does not know I am not ready yet. Well, I have to do my reading and then I will be out of here. See you later!

a bountiful dream

I must really be thinking too much about money because last night I dreamed about finding lots and lots of gold coins while I was walking home to my parent's house. Poor me has been thinking about bills and allocating the money to where we will not get short after all the bills are paid while making sure that we have every thing we need. If only it is that easy to get money I will surely think about it often, lol. Just conjure it up my mind and there it is, in flesh, er in currency. But things don't work like that in real life. That is why there are dreams. Nevertheless, I had a good time picking up the gold coins while screaming like a nut. Wait until I tell the husband about it and I am sure he will tell me I should have picked more. Yes, I married a nut like myself, lol.

a field of mustard

We passed this beautiful field on our way to the county we live in now. The husband said it is a field of mustard. It was a really big one too and it was beautiful I just had to take a picture. I am not a fan of mustard unless it is in a burger but I could not help but admire the scene. I am even using this picture as my screen saver on one of my computers.

stressful

A few days ago, I wrote about being locked out of my own account on online banking. It was embarrassing but it happens to me most of the time what with all the password changes they make me do every so often and keeping all kinds of accounts everywhere anymore. I know I should have written log in id's and passwords but I rarely do and, yes, it is all my fault. But anyway, I emailed the customer service because I did not want to be out of money calling (it is not free) international for something that could have been solved online. Well, today I got a reply to the email I sent. To sum it up, I am supposed to call customer service (after writing to them) and to ask for my TPIN and all other information I need. I am not in any mood to call anybody anytime soon. I don't know what is wrong with this bank, they have been a pain for a while now ever since it changed ownership. I decided to ask my parent to keep on going to the bank every month for updates on my passbook and maybe deposit just a little amount to it just to keep it active until I can go to the bank and have it straightened out. I sure thought I had the best bank when I opened an account years ago but now I am starting to have second thoughts. It has a lot of requirements and it is annoying anymore. When I get the time (and money) to personally go to the bank, I will make sure to do everything to make sure something like this doesn't happen again. It is stressful to say the least. I would rather lose weight using nuphedragen than losing weight over worries that something happens to my account without me knowing it. Because you know, problems could arise and there is nothing I can do about it being thousands of miles away. I may not have that much money in that account but it is mine and I have had it for years so I am kinda attached to it. I will have to call one of these days and hope this issue will be resolved. For now I will put this thing out of my mind so I will not be stressed.

annual check up

I am due for my annual eye check up. I have poor eyesight and I have been using eyeglasses for years now. It is annoying sometimes which prompted me to try contacts but I found out eyeglasses are easier to manage so I switched back. I may be the only person to say that but then I have always been different, lol. Since we moved, I still have to find an optometrist to check my eyes and then I have to look for a store that sells discount prescription glasses around the neighborhood. It will be nice if I can have both in the same office but I am not holding my hopes up. I will get what I can and be happy with it. I have been seriously thinking of lasik but I still have to read up on the subject (and know how much it cost) before committing to it, if ever. I hope to have my prescription renewed before the month is out and maybe get me a different style frame for a change.

locked out

I have a bank account in the Philippines which I opened before I came here to the US. It does not have much in it because I have stopped depositing more money until I get to have some things straightened out on the account. It only has enough maintaining balance and maybe a few cents. I was talking to a friend about bank accounts earlier when I remembered I have not checked that particular account in months. So I decided to check on it but I realized I forgot the password. I tried it three times all failed. The fourth time when I thought I remembered the password I was informed I was locked out. Locked out! Whether it is temporary or permanent I have no way of knowing. I am afraid to push my luck (or whatever there is left) so I am going to wait. Tomorrow I will know where I stand. I sure hope this being locked out is a temporary thing or else I am really effed up. I have had problems with this account in the past and the people I talked with said I have to go to the bank in person to be able to resolve any issues I might have. Hah! Like I will fly thousands of miles just to do that. It is irritating but part of this is my fault so I will just sit here, albeit impatiently, and see what happens in the morrow.

switching banks

We encountered a problem with the choice of banks we do our business with. We found out that one of them does not have a single branch in the state we live in. We were told that if we want to, we could travel to the next state to do our banking needs. Ridiculous! So the husband and I decided to close that bank account and we will open an account on a local bank. I know this will be a problem should we decide to move after a year or two but that is something we will have to deal with in the future. What we need to worry about is now. I have been reading online about the local banks and the services they offer and I have two I will present to the husband and then we will decide which to choose. I hope the choice will be a good bank. I would hate for us to be jumping from one bank to the next just because of bad judgment. We thought that we were fine with the other bank believing it is nationwide. Next time we will check first before we do anything to avoid problems like these.

shopping

I am looking for health insurance which is not expensive yet reliable enough for when I need to use it. I don't have much experience on insurance shopping because there was really no need in the past since we had insurance through the husband's work. But since things has changed, he told me to look and start by getting cheap insurance quotes online. It sure sound pretty easy but when a search engine gave me a thousand choices it made my head spin. There are a lot of things to consider, words to remember and know the meaning of, and decision to make. I told him he has to do it because I tend to make bad decisions when left on my own but he said I have to do it. I might start calling friends and relatives to give me information. If only health insurance is not a must in this country life would probably be a lot easier. For us patients anyway, not the doctors, lol. Well, I have an important mission so I better go. I hope I will get lucky in the next few days.

taking it all in

On our free time, we drive around the neighborhood of our new place. We check where the stores are at, we look for shortcuts to some places, and we try to familiarize ourselves with the area to minimize time driving around when we don't feel like enjoying the scenery. I am glad there is a big chain store just a few minutes away from us. The husband was tickled to realize there is a best buy store where he can buy most of our office supplies. And there are fast-food restaurants (the little man and I like them) we can go to when I don't feel like cooking, which is often. We may live in a small town but we do have the things we need except for our banks (but we can always drive when we have to do some business provided we find its location). There is even a big church I can go to once I get the nerve to be around people where I am one of the very few minority. I know they will be welcoming though because the husband's aunt has the same religion as I do. It is just me having a case of nerves. Speaking of banks, I think we will try to find it again tomorrow and hopefully we will find that elusive building we are seeking for.

we got lost

We drove to the big city near where we live today to look for a branch of our bank and an asian store. We had high hopes of at least being lucky with the first since we had the address and phone number. After an hour of riding around the same area and not finding the bank, all hopes were replaced by annoyance. We were told by a cousin that there are actually two branches in the same area but we could not find even one. If we could not find a bank that we actually have a physical address there was no way we will find an asian store that we were just hoping to come across while driving around, so we scratch that off our list. We stayed a few minutes more trying to locate the bank but with no luck. We realized we could not call because it is a Sunday. We went home without accomplishing anything. Well, this should teach us a lesson to either bring a print out of the direction to the bank or buy a local map so we will not get lost and waste gas again. We might try again tomorrow if the husband is up to it. If nothing else we might have to travel 30 miles more to find a branch. We were not expecting this problem. The main reason we have accounts on big banks is that when we move we will not have difficulty with our banking needs seeing most big banks have branches everywhere. Turn out we are wrong. There are branches alright but only on very big cities like we used to live in. Now that we are living in the country, even the big city nearby does not have it. At least we could not find it. I don't really want to open an account on a local bank because we might not live here permanently and it will be another problem when we move. But we could not find our bank branch near we might have to consider that option.

no more yard work

One of the things I like about our new place is that even with a big yard, we do not do yard work. The owner does it. How cool is that? Or perhaps we are fortunate. We do not need to worry about keeping the yard mowed because just yesterday, the owner was here doing it while we watched. And we are paying less rent than we did in the duplex where I had to do the mowing every two weeks. True, it give me the workout I need to a point where I did not think I needed to take any weight loss supplement by the way sweat poured out of my body but I think this arrangement is better. Because in as much as I like to mow the yard, there were times I did not feel like doing it but I did not have a choice. Now, I can let somebody else worry about yard work. And the trees around the house are trimmed to compliment instead of crowding it. The house we live in looks better and is more spacious compared to the duplex. There are problems like not enough closet space but we can always buy cabinets and shelves should the need arise. I am just happy that we only have to take care of the house while living in it and nothing else. And we do have fast internet and there is a big store nearby. The only missing component is the beach but then we can always pretend it's there, can't we? Or look at pictures.

another day in our new place

I feel better today after unpacking a lot of stuff yesterday. The boxes were starting to give me headache so even if we do have plenty of time to unpack our stuff like the husband said, I still wanted to put everything in their proper place which I did. The house looks like a home to me now unlike a few days ago. We can now do our normal routine without the boxes bothering me. I made sure the husband knows where his things are at and he seems to be happy with the arrangement. Now I can relax a little. Until the bills starts pouring in, that is. Lol. But such is life. Anyway, I have not had breakfast yet and I realized it is almost noon, time for lunch. Yay! I have to get up and fix something to eat for my family but before that I have to do my updates online and make sure I got everything covered from emails to blogs to important accounts. Maybe if I will have time I can read some news and apidexin reviews. Just the things I am used to doing on my free time. I get distracted really easy that I could be doing something then jump off to do something else without finishing the first chore. Case in point, I am rambling right now. Hays, I better get off and do what I got to do before I get swamped with more chores. Be back later.

reminiscing

This picture was taken on our last week in the south. It shows the little man and his cousin walking on the pier. It was beautiful the whole week we were getting ready to leave that the husband said it must have something to do with us leaving, lol. I just saw this picture while I was browsing through my computer's library and I thought to post it here to remind me of the beach. In almost two weeks, today was the first time the little man talked about the beach. I was relieved when he did not say let's go to the beach like he always do because it is hard to explain to a three year old, who we bring to the beach almost daily) that we are now hundreds of miles away from it. Not mere 15 miles. The husband promised we will visit some day soon and we are looking forward to that. I did take plenty of pictures so let us hope it will be enough for me at the moment.

i eat a lot

And that is a fact, lol. The husband's relatives are amazed of my ability to eat several times a day. It is the husband's fault, he is the one who told them. But then he has to tell them because we have to run home or go to a fast-food to get something for me to eat while we are out visiting. You see, if I don't eat when I am hungry I feel bad because of my ulcer. So I have to eat. Not much every meal but enough to make me full and a few hours later I have to have food. They laughed and asked where I put all the food I ate. They think I am thin and in as much as I dream to be one I know I am not, lol. I guess they think I am thin because they are big and tall people. Compared to them I actually look like a midget. They asked if I am into food that burns fat but I am not really. I eat whatever I think is good enough to eat at the moment. I rely on cravings and on occasions that I cannot act on my cravings, eat food that is available. That is why I am gaining weight fast. Somehow I have to do something to stop the weight gain but unless my ulcer get healed then I have to keep on doing what I am doing to avoid discomfort.

moved!

After having second thoughts and crazy ideas, we decided to stick to the original plan. And so here we are at our new place. It is a house. Yes, we found us a house much to the husband's delight. It is not big and I have issues with the layout but then the bathroom compensated for most of the things that I did not like (there really weren't much anyway) so I am happy. To be honest, the fact that we now have a place to call ours for as long as we want is enough for me. Now we can do what we want and we are taking our time to unpack and just enjoy being at home. So far, the husband's aunt and her daughter with her husband in tow visited us. Today the husband's cousin visited but he was not happy with that because it happened when he was not at home and he was not comfortable with it. If I was not seen when I peeked out the window to check who it was, I would not have opened the door. I just think it would be rude not to open the door to him when he saw me. I know I will not do that again though to make the husband happy. We also now have our internet hooked up which is why I am able to make this post. It feels good to be back online again. It was crazy not being able to get online. It was like being disabled in a way. Nah, I am not thinking about the disability that comes with disability insurance. I would rather not have that if I could avoid it. I am talking about having what the husband calls withdrawals when I don't get online. I could not check our bank account and see any activity. I was not able to visit my blogs and make regular updates. I was not able to talk to friends and do things that I like to do when I am online. It was terrible. But we are back online and we are actually glad about it. We are going to take things one day at a time. Maybe even open one box a day, lol. As long as we have food to eat and roof over our head. The rest should not be that hard to do. Hopefully.