Last Minute

Next week I badly need to do last minute shopping. And the weather is not cooperating as we are expecting more rain next week. Ugh! I should have taken advantage of the Black Friday and finished off our Christmas list. Now I have to finish everything next week. The only problem is everytime I am out to buy gifts I also find something to buy for myself, T or for tornado, lol. I know I can finish our Christmas list. I can! I can!

7 more days and it's Christmas!

House Renovation

The project to renovate the house is never ending. After finishing the renovations inside, it's now the outside that we are working on. In the past 2 weeks, we had a new garage door installed and the outside of the house has been painted. Right now, someone is working on putting up a new fence and cementing our side yard. The one working on putting up our backyard fence is a guy we saw working on our neighbors house. They just finished doing some steel building and are now taking on smaller projects. This weeks forecast is it's going to be raining but I hope it's not going to be that bad for them to finish the project by the end of the week.

Weekend

It's going to be one busy weekend for us. I guess all weekends leading to Christmas is going to be busy. I hope I can squeeze in some time to go online to look for term life insurance as T had asked me to do this early this week but I have never had the time to do so. I'm looking forward to seeing my relatives as they are all leaving next week for the Philippines. I'm still feeling sad that we are not able to go home. I know I will be missing out on a lot of fun. Happy weekend everyone.

15 days

Exactly 15 days before Christmas and we still have tons to do. T bought a tree already the other day and last night placed the lights. we need to still put on the ornaments we bought. The house smells like pine which I really like. We need to still finish our Christmas shopping. I made a bit of a progress yesterday and bought a few gifts. I'm thinking of giving my BIL pull up bars since he is trying to get fit, but I'm not so sure on this. I have yet to buy a present for my little boy. I'm thinking a cute Christmas outfit. He has a lot of clothes but I have to get him a nice one to wear on Christmas. Oh, I think I want new clothes too. My pre-pregnancy clothes still don't fit me and my pregnancy clothes are big so I'm really left without clothes to wear. We sure are going to be busy in the coming days.

Christmas List

We have not started with our Christmas shopping. I have a feeling we will be doing this a day before Christmas,lol. At least I have made a list already of who we need to buy gifts for and what we could buy for them. We gave the guys on our list nice pens last year and I'm thinking of giving them ties this year. The kids would probably get either toys or books. The women are getting scarves. And the list goes on and on.

Oreo White Fudge

My new addiction. Sooo good but I know it's so bad too in terms of calories but I can't help it. We have even stocked up on it since we know it won't be available for long. Now I'm thinking I might need the 7 day slimming pill considering I have not even lost all the weight I've gained during my pregnancy. I can't stop myself from eating this though.

Poor baby

Thank God the little one is finally taking a nap. We went to see his pedia this morning and they gave him his vaccination. They told me to expect him to have fever and be fuzzy. So far, no fever but he has been a little fuzzy. It has been 3 hours since we got home from the doctor and I've been trying to finish reading an article about human growth hormone side effects since we got home and only finished 5 minutes ago. That's how fuzzy he's been. Hopefully he'll be fine tonight and that I get some sleep. Other than that, he is on track with his development. yey!

Dermatologist Needed

I think I really need to go visit a dermatologist soon. Other than my acne woes, I need to get blackhead treatment. I feel that my face has gotten really dirty. The last time I went to get facial was a few weeks before I living the Philippines and that is 11 months ago. I was looking forward to getting a facial when we go home but with the change of plans and having to celebrate Christmas here in the US my planned dermatologist visit is put on hold.

Black Friday

I'm so excited for next week as it is only a 3 day work week for T and of course because it's thanksgiving. Another thing to look forward too is of course black friday sale. It's time to start with Christmas shopping. I've been reading a lot of possible good deals for that weekend and my cousin has sent me a link online so I could buy her what they say is the tried and tested best acne products being sold right now. I do hope I get good deals.

sleepy

I'm so sleepy already bu I have to look for a tampa car rental for my cousin who'ld be going to Tampa for a week. She thought her work had made arrangements for this already but at the last minute she was told she had to make the arrangements herself. Too late for her since she's already at the airport and was about to board. If I was her, I'ld be so pissed.
So here I am, still online even if it's already past my bed time making sure I book a car rental for her. She's lucky I found her a really good deal :D

Cellphones

I'm not planning to get a new cell phone. I'm very happy with the one I am currently using and do not find the need to change or upgrade. I remember the time where in I would change cellular phones every year if not twice a year. It's crazy because their is always a new phone in the market. Always an upgrade of what you currently have. And I was one of those who was never contented with what I had. I always wanted an upgrade or a different model. Right now, the market has so many different cell phones to offer. Different phones to suit everyone's needs. I'm glad though I have found a cellphone I love.

GPS

The truck I've been driving does not have a gps tracker that is why I've been bugging T to get me one. I usually just use the map off my phone to get to somewhere unfamiliar. I know though that having the tracking device is going to make my life so much easier as I have gotten myself lost quite a number of times already. T promised to get me one and install it in the truck but with his busy schedule I hope he could have this done before Christmas. If he doesn't then I would probably get it myself and install it myself. It should not be very difficult to install.

Jobs

A friend of mine who has recently migrated here in the US has been lucky enough to land a healthcare job in the first month of being here. I say lucky because I know that not everyone gets to land a job that easily. For some it takes months of looking and waiting. It can really get frustrating. I was just watching the news earlier and they had a feature on an ongoing job fair and the lines to get were really long. Some of those in line have been jobless for months now. Who ever said life in the US is easy is crazy because it's not. It's a lot of hard work and you should learn to not be choosy. You accept what ever is given and do your best in it and move up from there.

Thankful

I'm thankful that we are back home. One month of staying in a hotel was just too much. I missed our fast internet connection and cable tv. The one they had at the hotel was really crappy. I missed our Samsung LCD TV. I missed having a kitchen and not being locked up in a room. At least here in the house I can move from one room to another. I'm thankful we didn't have to bring a baby home to a hotel and that the house is 75% ready when the little one was born. Life is full of wonderful blessings!

Multi-Tasking

I think I'm approving with my multi-tasking skills. Ever since the little one was born, I have slowly mastered the art of multi-tasking. Little one on the left hand, pumping milk on the right or watching over the baby while doing the laundry or cleaning feeding bottles while cooking. What I like the most is watching over the little one and online window shopping. We are currently looking for a contemporary sofa for our living room and we have not been successful in finding one. We are hoping to get one over the weekend. Keeping my fingers crossed!

Car Insurance

I was looking online for good deals on car insurance rate as we are due to renew the insurance for T's car. I've found a few good deals and all I need to do is to show it to T. Insurance can get really expensive so it's always a must to look for a good deal that would work well for what we really need. I need to make sure we get the most out of our coverage. T used to do all this but he's been really busy with work so I offered to do it for him this year. I hope he likes at least one of the insurance companies I found.

Vacation

It's not going to happen in the near future since T is busy with work but it's something I already want to start planning. I've been looking at Orlando vacation packages just in case we don't get to go home or probably just head to San Diego during T's Christmas break. Tornado is going to be bigger then and I think I'ld be more comfortable to bring him out of town. I'm still hoping we get to finish processing his passport in time for a Christmas vacation.

Renovated Kitchen

I love our newly renovated kitchen. The one month of wait for the house renovation to finish is so worth it. I love not only our kitchen but the whole house of course. I'm also happy with the Moen kitchen faucets as it matched perfectly the sink that we picked. Sadly, I have not really done any cooking in the kitchen yet. It's hard to be cooking and then having to look after the little one. Hopefully once we have a routine in place already I can finally use our stove and do some cooking.

Christmas Shopping

It's never to early to start with Christmas shopping. Especially for me, since I cannot go out of the house for now. Well, I could but I'm opting to stay home as I think it'll be to hard to be driving around with an infant at the back of the car in a car seat. I wouldn't know on what to do once he starts crying. Anyhow, I'm already on a look out for good deals online. My uncle already said he wants new cutting tools for Christmas. For the rest on my list, I really don't know on what to get them. I should really finish the list soon though because before I know it, it'll be December already.

Swaddles

I've only had the little one for a week but have noticed on how well he sleeps when he is swaddled versus when he is not. He surely sleeps longer when I have him swaddled but I'm still forced to wake him up to drink his milk. His swaddle was a last minute buy and I'm sure glad I did. I actually almost forgot about it because I was distracted with the barcode scanner the had at the store. Good thing the lady behind me reminded me of the swaddle i left on my cart. I'm surely using a swaddle up until my little one doesn't fit his swaddling blankets. Lol.