Island Girl

We went shopping this evening and spent over a hundred dollars again! The husband and I talked about trying to cut back on spending but it is just hard to do considering how expensive everything is anymore. And we love to eat The stepson bought a few items for him and I thought he needs to seriously think about choosing the right kind of food to eat. He is already over two hundred pounds and if he keeps on then he will have serious work out to do in the future. Unless he will take weight loss pills which I don’t think works on males. Or maybe it does and I just don’t know about it. Anyway, I also spend a good amount on the little man’s food and snacks. I am trying to wean him from processed food which he likes better than freshly prepared food. I don’t want him to get sick or anything. I did not even buy anything for myself. That was a surprise, lol. I will just scour the fridge with leftovers from everybody else. I don’t really crave for anything right now so this should work good for me. Hopefully.

When you think you have hurt someones feeling, what do you do? Do you apologize? Or do you just act like nothing happened and go on with your life? I mean, you know act like everything is fine and dandy as if you have not said hurtful words? Before I got married, I seldom said sorry for the wrongs that I did the people that I love. It was just too mushy for me and sometimes it is hard to acknowledge my own mistakes. I was full of pride, you see. And it is not a good thing because even if I pretend that nothing bad has been said and done, the fact that I have hurt another person remains. The husband changed that attitude in me. He is quick to say sorry when he is on the wrong and quick to praise and say thanks when I do something good for him. He is very vocal and he said it is the only way to make a relationship work, be open to each other. I am not perfect and I make mistakes and I say bad things but I now learned to say sorry. I can’t help myself sometimes especially when I get angry over something and I lash out verbally. I told the husband I am sorry and that I am trying to curb this bad attitude. I really am. I love him and I don’t want to hurt his feelings. I know I need to control my temper and to start thinking first before saying anything. They said, less talk less mistake.

When I started blogging, I was only after it for the experience. And then I realized I can earn money from it so I went ahead and monetize my blogs. What’s the harm? I get to write pretty much whatever I want and I get paid to do it as well. Brilliant, eh? Lol. And to be honest I have generated quite well. Not much compared to what my friends earn but I am getting there. It is just that I am not very diligent in promoting my blog to networking sites and I don’t do conversion rate optimization or website optimization on my blogs. Even if I want to I don’t know how and I don’t have the patience to read and learn. I am too lazy. I envy people who are good at what they do to promote their sites and make it popular with lots of daily visitors. Maybe in the long run I might try to do something to make my sites better. When I have the time and the resources to do so.

Our weekend was spent helping the stepdaughter move to her new house. On Saturday we helped clean because everybody was not happy with the way the house looked in the inside. It was not really that bad but there was not harm in cleaning it some more. And yesterday was spent on moving their stuff from the house they rented to their new home. The husband helped in making it easier for his son and son-in-law to haul heavy stuff in the truck they rented. It was raining and so after I helped carry small things in the living room to be brought to the truck, I decided to stay in the car and wait for them to finish. The little man was being good even if we had to wait for three hours. We were supposed to eat out last night after everything was brought inside the new house but everybody but me and the stepdaughter were tired. So we decided to do it some other time. And we may just have to do it in her house. Kind of a housewarming thing with only the family present. We left our vacuum cleaner in her house because she broke theirs. We might have to get it tonight because I need to clean our carpet. It looks nasty. But it can wait a little

One of my plans is to go back to school. I have an engineering degree but since I graduated from another country I need to get more units to be eligible to take the board exam here in the US. I am not planning on pursuing my degree though. I want to take up nursing instead. I am hoping some of my subjects will be credited and I don’t have to start from scratch. But in case I have to, I will. I already talked to the husband about it and he is fine with it. As long as the little man will still be my priority. Since I don’t know how to drive yet and I have a little boy to take care of, I thought about going to an online school to start with. I have friends who are doing this and they seem to be doing fine. I don’t think I am ready to be a full time college student again anyway. I need a few months to catch up since it has been years since I went.

Two of the husband’s sisters are nurses. One is doing an online MS nursing because she wants to have more knowledge in her chosen field. She started from being an LPN and now she is taking her masters. She is amazing. The younger sister is studying to be a doctor. Both are earning well that is why I want to take their lead and be a nurse myself. This way I can help the husband when the time comes. But I need to start looking for a reputable online school which offers a nursing degree. And then if I can, get my masters. These are still plans for now but I will try to work on it.

Is my viand for breakfast. Yes, it is a viand for me since I eat it with rice. There is no other way I will eat noodles. I found a bag when we went to the store las weekend and I want to try it and see if it is good. If it is, I plan on buying some more next time we go. I am a fan of noodles and frozen stir-fries. I always get me a bag or two to keep in the freezer for when I crave for vegetables. As for the noodles, I have different packs in the cupboard for the same purpose. I have not tried the beef lo mien yet because it was the first time I saw one and I hope it will not disappoint. I will update later to tell you about my impression on the recipe For now I have to go and fix the little man his breakfast so we can eat together. Be back later.

Update:

The lo mien was good. I like the vegetables they use which are carrots and bok choy (pechay to Filipinos). I did not like the onions though but I knew what to do with them I have some left overs and I sure am going to eat this tomorrow. That was a good brunch.

I am currently munching my lunch. I realized I don’t have cooked rice and I am too lazy hungry to wait so I decided to eat steak with, guess what, toast. The toast is from the Philippines so it is sweet with a lot of sugar and margarine in it. Eat that with cold steak ( I did not want to bother myself with heating it up) and I have an unhealthy meal. I am not proud of myself but I just thought the food might taste good together which it does if I don’t think about the glob of fat I am taking in. I seriously need to consider to evaluate my eating habit. If I want to lose weight I need to start to watch what I put in my mouth. I know, I know, I am all talk and no work. But after this, I promise to be good. I want to lose weight and take credit for it and not depend on diet supplements like Orovo. I have a long ways to go and a bad habit to break. Do you think I can make it? Sometimes I doubt myself but perhaps I can. If I care enough about my health that is.

Today is a cold day here in the south. The husband set the thermostat at 75 degrees because he knows this Filipina will be complaining of the cold. The little man does not care much. He loves it cold but I still made sure he will not get too cold, he is wearing a sweater. Even with the temp set at 75 I am still freezing cold. I am already wearing sweatpants and a sweater, mind you. My hands are starting to feel numb. I might have to crank up the temp a bit if it will not get warmer. The outside temperature is only 37 degrees, way too cold for us since it has been pretty warm in the south ever since winter started. Well, I hope this is just for this week. And I also hope that the cold wave that has been afflicting the Midwest will go away. I have read in the news that it has been bad. I am sure everybody is wishing for the warm weather to come early.