Play dress up

Last week was dress up week...it's not the typical dress up like the kids are doing but it's something my husband and I did in order to make a great impression for a job interview.

Since it's a federal job that he was applying for we want to make an impression when it comes to the appearance. So, I had to make sure that all of the pieces of the suit goes together. I found some great long sleeve that he likes and it matches with the neck tie. The hardest part with this dress up was matching all the pieces together, but once I saw the long sleeve it all kinda blends with the rest.

We actually end up with two long sleeves. He used the second one that I bought and I guess the other one will be used for the next interview. The second long sleeve might look nice with a bow ties. I will have to check on how it will go with the rest of the suit.

The fun part is shopping and at the end of the day even though we were all tired (my daughter keeps complaining and telling us that we had enough too many stuff to do...usually she complains because she doesn't have anything to do)we were able to accomplish something. At the same time we had some family time.

Not all diet pills are created equal

Certainly true. Just like not all people are created equal.



So I have this love handle, it's not to much but it still shows specially if the clothing I am wearing is a little snug. As you can see on the picture on the left...:( We went swimming on the lake the other day and I just want to not see the excess skin when I wear bathing suit or even jeans or shorts.

I've heard that there is this new thing where they freeze the fat in your body but its not FDA approved yet. Also, I don't have that much fat in my body to actually do the freezing thing. I just have to do some good toning and exercise and I should get the result I want. I also read some apidexin reviews which are pretty good. But then again, I am not the type of person who will take drastic measure, specially when it comes to losing weight just so I can get faster result. And I only need to lose 10 more lbs.

Maybe after losing the 10 lbs and my body is toned down, my waist can look more like the edited photo... wishing!

Great result...

My husband has been working really hard for the past couple of weeks now in order to lose weight. Finally he said that it's time and he will keep it. He even stop drinking soda and now I hardly drink any myself. The only time I drink is when we go out and eat. At home we drink water or juice.

To date, he lost 10 lbs and his gut is getting really small. He's gradually increasing the crunches that he is doing and hopefully at the end of the year, it will all be gone(crossing my finger).

I want to start doing some crunches as well, but right now I still have a lot of things that I have to finish at home so hopefully next week I can start doing a little bit. I wanted to lose some of the love handle at the same time tone down the arm and legs. I've noticed that they are looking flimsy.

I also want to lose at least 10 more lbs. The other day I checked my weight and it says 100lbs. Yey! So right now I just have to work on the toning part and losing a little bit more. I know there's diet pills that work out there and a lot of people are losing weight using them. But I think its not for me personally. The reason for that is, I really hate taking any pills...even vitamins.

I may have to start walking or maybe jogging. I think I am going to do it in the morning because it's a little cooler between 6am to 7am. And hopefully, the result will be the tone body that I want.

Feels like country

One of the thing that I like about our neighborhood is that it still feels like you live in the country. Like for example there is an open field behind our backyard and if you are into atv riding then its the perfect place to do it. I've seen some of our neighbors that use the field to do some 4 wheeler drive. It's safer because they are not driving by the road and the field is huge.

And then if you want to see get more fresh air, just drive by east and you will see a lot of farm. I kinda miss our house when we were kids. It's so close to the mountain that if you shout really loud, you can hear the echo. And it's also close to the lake...it's a great place to build a vacation house. The only issue with the place is transportation. Since it is so close to the mountain, transportation is a problem. And to get to the place, you have to ride a ship...not plane.

Need some sleep

Last night I went to bed early but was not able to fall asleep until 2 am. That bad...yup! I have been so used to sleeping late and almost dawn that it's annoying and stressing me out when I can't sleep, therefore making it more difficult to fall asleep.

So finally when I fell asleep after telling my husband to just keep talking to me, it usually help... I was able to sleep only to be awaken at 5am in the morning... My alarm was set to go off at 7am so I can get ready for my CPR training. After I was awaken, I was not able to go back to sleep. So all in all I only had 3 hours of sleep and at the end of the day I was so drained I can barely open my eyes.

I was thinking of maybe taking some sleeping pills but I don't really want to start since I might get dependent and I really hate taking any medicine. Really hate, unless it is needed.

If you are curious as to what had awaken my sleep, well, leave it to my darling husband to do the waking up (not the type of waking up you are thinking of). I almost kick him this morning for waking me up and when I told him that he woke me up, he said he can't remember anything or answering any of my question or talking to me. I was furious!

At the end of the day, lets just say that we have a lot of discussions done, and he still won't admit remembering what we have talked about. Although he did apologize for waking me up.

Now, why would somebody apologize if he can't remember a thing? Makes me think about it.

Productive Day

Today was indeed a fruitful day. Two reasons: I got my CPR certification today (Basic Life Support for Healthcare Provider)and my husband pass the Physical test for the job that he is applying for.

Now I just have to wait for my card and certification and start submitting my applications for Nursing program. Right now I am an alternative candidate from one school that I applied for...I guess my score wasn't that high to get in the first batch...lol. I can actually laugh about it now, I don't know why. Maybe because I am also looking forward to my job interview. Yup! I am actually wanting to go back to the workforce now. I have been bored that I have actually read 15 novels in the last 2 months that I have been out of school... just the summer( grin..). I can't help it. I just have to occupy myself with something or else I'll go crazy. I have been wanting to go for a vacation but we don't have enough money since there's 3 of us now and my husband is the only one working. So I started looking for job instead. I should have done so before but I guess I was still enjoying being a stay at home mom, but now that my daughter is getting to the age of starting school, I just don't know what to do at home.

And since I have been sleeping late as well... overdoing it, I think my body is giving up already. I have been having some muscle pain on my left leg and my left arm... its getting frequent and it's stressing me out. I feel like pretty soon I may need some cholesterol supplements.

I may have to follow the regimen of my husband now. Since he was applying for this new job, he has actually decided to stop drinking soda. Just stop and he lost 13lbs in 3 weeks! Just by eliminating the soda. So now he is ecstatic because he has more energy and he is slowly losing his gut... yey! If he continues with the weight loss, by Christmas he probably won't have any, since he is also doing a lot of sit ups. Hmmm... I wonder how is he going to look like.

I have a picture of him before he start this regimen and once he reach his target weight I am going to post a "before" and "after" photo here.

I hope it all goes well...I may have to stop drinking soda myself...

Custom Blind

The size of the window in our house measures a little bit different from the regular window. It's one of the reason why after removing the old blinds we haven't found one that will fit it. Just two issue, the blind is too big or it's too small.

So now the only solution is to order a custom blinds. I don't really have any problem with ordering one it's just that it gets a little pricey and our budget can't afford it yet.

I don't like the regular blind, the small one...rather I love the darker brown shade and bigger blinds. I looks nicer with big windows.

New things are learn everyday

I was browsing online tonight and I came across a portable oxygen concentrator. And I got curious as to what this oxygen concentrator does.

According to FDA's website it is a device that produces a high concentration of oxygen (85% to 95%) at clinically useful flow rates (up to 5 L/min) by physical separation of oxygen from ambient air. Oxygen concentrators are commonly used in home healthcare and occasionally in general anesthesia.

This is definitely something new for me. I guess since I am trying to get into the medical field I need to make myself more aware of such information and device. I have been on a novel marathon this summer vacation that I have never ever open my books to at least review some information at the same time know more stuff, but I can't seem to kick myself and do it. I wish it's that easy.

Do you have any tips that you can share on how to make learning more enjoyable on subjects that are not so agreeable. I'd love to know them, if you want to share.

Lampshade Dilemma

Now that the 4th of July weekend is finally over, its time to go back to reality. Now I have to make myself busy trying to finish all the projects that I want to do before the summer vacation is over.

One of the project that I have been wanting to finish is updating the lighting in our bedroom as well as the living area. Most of the time, specially if its just me and my daughter we usually just use the lampshade in the living area for its helps in setting the mood. It makes it more mellow and it helps my daughter to mellow down in time for bed. The lampshade works just fine, it serves the purpose. But, decorative wise it doesn't work for me.

I have been wanting to paint it in 2 shades, blue and white, but I can't decide what shades of blue. The lampshade is really old, its actually my husband lampshade and I have wanting to replace it since we got married, unfortunately we are still using it until now.

I also found a few designs of lampshade that might work for the contemporary and modern look that I am "trying" to achieve for our living room.

Here's some photos: