Today is black Friday. A lot of people are already in stores probably as early as 5am to get the best deals a store has to offer. If the husband was home I probably would have nagged him to bring me to the mall but he is at work. Saved by the bell! Or more like saved by his employer, lol. I just realized the reason why he was so agreeable yesterday when I said I wanted to go to Target to buy the little man a toy I have been planning to get for months now- he knew there is no way he could drive me to the mall if he is at work. He didn’t even correct me about it. Sneaky man! I am here browsing the internet if I can find me any good deal I can order but so far I don’t have any luck. I guess most deals are on stores and not online. I can’t even find cheap used cisco anywhere. I really want to buy something today yet I am not sure what it is yet and I don’t know if I will be lucky enough to find a good deal online. This is one of the days I wish I already have a driver’s license. Maybe we will go tomorrow but I am not sure if there will be any good deals left. Well, I guess I can always look forward to next year’s Black Friday sale.
Archive for November, 2008
good news
November 26th, 2008
The husband called from work and told me a bit of good news. He said our stock market account is starting to ascend after weeks of being down almost to the ground. I have seen him worry about it and then pacify himself that everything is going to be fine. I know it will. I have faith. Besides, when something has been at its lowest there will be nowhere else to go but up. Or at least that is what we believe in. I give him my full support and I let him know all the time that if the money is meant for us then it will not go anywhere but to us. It may be hard to believe or maybe you think we are a crazy bunch but as what I said, we have faith. For weeks he told me not to check the account because he is afraid I might freak out, lol. I do though from time to time without telling him just so I know the figures. We are hanging in there. Compared to other people, our investment is pretty small. But we hope it will make a decent sum when the economy straightens out. That is if the companies we have shares in will not go bankrupt. But that is another story 
cooking vegetables and beef
November 24th, 2008
I cooked two batch of food earlier- one is stir fried vegetables while the other is marinated beef. In case you are wondering, these are just mine. Lol. The husband is into healthy foods right now and meat with lots of fat in it doesn’t qualify. And since I don’t have to worry about cooking for him, I cook mine in batches to be put on the fridge and then taken out when I feel like eating. Right now I am eating a whole plate of rice, beef, and vegetables. I don’t even know if I can eat this all up. This is the problem if I have food on the fridge, it is so easy to fix a plate and I end up eating a lot which is not good for the diet. This is my second for the day, and hopefully, last. I have to do my after six diet in which I have to refrain eating from six in the evening onwards. I have to do this to myself or I know I will ballon again. Either that or use natural appetite suppressant and see if it works as it should on me. Well, let me enjoy my food and worry about my weight later. Just so you know, I have stayed away from the scale for weeks now. I will get on it when I am ready 
shopping!
November 22nd, 2008
We went to the mall earlier to buy bed covers and a new comforter. The husband doesn’t like the old comforter anymore and so he wanted a new one. Thankfully there is a sale going on so we paid less than its normal price. He also bought a pressure cooker and asked me if I wanted a new set of pots and pans which I declined after spending about thirty minutes trying to decide. I got dizzy, lol. I wanted a steamer so I can make rice cakes but I couldn’t find individual molders so I ended up not buying anything. The husband asked if I wanted anything but surprisingly nothing caught my fancy. Would have been nice if I found a pair of petite jeans but the smallest was 4P which was way too loose around the waist. Even the toddler section didn’t have anything nice and cheap. When we went out of the store the husband said he didn’t want to go home yet but couldn’t think of anywhere to go. I requested burger and fries with a Mcflurry because I haven’t had any since he started his diet and he happily obliged. I gobbled the burger down but I shared the fries with the little man. We came home earlier than usual but it was fine with me. It is so cold out that I didn’t even want to get out of the car. Hopefully tomorrow will be a good day because we need to run errands.
almost december
November 21st, 2008
A few weeks from now it will be December. I have two reasons why I get excited about that particular month-Christmas and my birthday. Christmas may be a lot different here from where I came from but I still love it. It is the season to be merry after all. I like the lights, the gifts, the holiday cheer. Oh, I forgot, I love the food too now that I a bit used to it. I am also looking forward to being able to do what I want on that special day of mine. The husband pretty much lets me do what I want to do and just goes along. I am so looking forward to eat out and then shop to my hearts content. If you care to know what I will buy, just clothes and perhaps some presents for my family as well. I am not totally selfish, you know. Anyway, I hope the husband will surprise me like he does every year since we knew each other.
signs
November 20th, 2008
When I was a kid I was fond of reading romance pocketbooks. I was so into tagalog pocketbooks that my father went livid and made me throw the ones I borrowed from a neighbor. He said those were not fit for a kid’s mind. It didn’t stop me from reading though when I think he didn’t know. But anyway, that is not the topic for this post. I just got carried away.
Reading the books gave me the idea of finding my own ideal man. Not the usual tall, dark and handsome persona because I had my own choice. It also gave me ideas on silly things like asking for signs if the boy guy was right for me. And to test if the signs really works, I asked for my own signs one Valentines day. If you want to know my age, I was about fourteen (I think) at the time. I asked for simple signs like the first boy I see that morning wearing red will be my soul mate and hopefully my life mate. So I went to school and kept my eyes open. Surprisingly I didn’t see anyone wearing red at all except when I got to school and who did I see wearing red but the boy who had been pestering me for months saying he liked me. I was disappointed and I took back what I asked. I literally said I am taking it back I don’t want him to be my life’s partner. I am silly I know. When I remember the things I did it just makes me laugh at how naive and innocent I was most times.
Before I meet my husband I used to pray that I will find the right man for me. I didn’t ask for signs anymore. I seek guidance that I will make the right choice which I did thankfully with the Lord’s help. No more superficial signs. But then I think as a person gets older he or she tends to think about stability and not just flitting things. I was a kid and what I did was a normal thing considering. I don’t think I have told the husband about this experience yet. I am sure this will crack him up big time.
he doesn’t care
November 18th, 2008
My mother has had a problem losing weight. She wants to lose a little and is doing some diet regimen which isn’t really working. Of course she only heard it from people who don’t really know for sure. I know she has been trying for years but she still is the same weight as she was then. I can’t really blame her for trying to lose weight because when she was single she was hot. Everybody who knew her when she was younger said she was slim and good looking. It all changed when she got married and had us kids. She started gaining weight and now has a hard time losing it especially with age and slower metabolism. I bet if she had known a diet pill would have made a difference then she probably would have tried it. But then Papsy said he doesn’t really care if she is a bit overweight, in fact he said he likes her better that way. Sweet
little trip
November 16th, 2008
We drove down to Myrtle Beach last night. It was kinda a spur of the moment thing. The husband was messing with the jeep when his daughter called telling him they were in MB and were going to stay the night. He then told me to pack a few clothes and off we went
We stayed in an ocean front room for only $40 which is very cheap. During the summer there is no way we could have found an ocean front room with that rate. Not in a big motel. That is why we like going to MB on off-seasons because we know we can get the best rooms without paying over the top. We slept with our balcony door open (we we’re not supposed to) so we can hear the waves. There was a moon and the beach just looked so lovely. We didn’t get to walk last night though because it was chilly. But I got my wish to sleep with the waves in the background.
