New Blog

Ok. I have migrated over to wordpress and started a new blog. It is a lot easier for me as far as uploading pictures and I am even able to update it from my phone with my app, since blogger does not have one yet. I haven't really been able to update that blog yet because, yes, I am still very busy! But I do have a project going on right now with decorating my daughter's room a bit! I hope to have it done by the end of today!

Well, here is the link to my new blog as I will not be updating this one anymore! Thank you for following me!

A Day in Steph's Life

Busy Bee

I have to apologize that I haven't posted here in a long time! I think it's been at least a few weeks! But I've been terribly busy! I started school and work at the beginning of this month and trying to find any down time to post has been pretty tough.

"So how are you finding time to blog now?" you ask. Well, my hubby just left for a training on the ship for a week yesterday, and my parents came and picked up my daughter so they can watch her for two weeks. Yes I said it. Two WHOLE weeks. Yes. I am going crazy!!! I miss them both so much, but at the same time I really need to get myself on a proper schedule with school and work so that when my husband finally deploys I won't be so overwhelmed with everything.


I do have a few pictures I need to post up and a recipe that I have for you. I just haven't gotten around to doing it yet, but I plan on getting them up as soon as I can... I just have to figure out where I left my camera......

And since I'll have a little more free time on my hands this week and next week, hopefully I can sneak in a project or two that I can post up for you!

Well, just wanted to keep you updated blog world. Until next time (and hopefully that next time isn't a few weeks from now!).

-S

Flower Crazy!

My husband refuses to buy me flowers. He has not once bought me flowers ever since we started dating, but he has picked me flowers from the planters in front of restaurants (if you'd like to consider that cute or sweet. :P). Now, I'm not really the girly type who needs flowers all the time, but I do appreciate a beautiful bouquet every once in a while. I would love to come home one day to a vase filled with gorgeous flowers, or even have one delivered to my front door. It's just something about receiving flowers from your special someone that just makes you feel all good and tingly inside.

But anyway, back to the main point of it all. Like I said, my husband does not buy me flowers and I have been dying to have some sort of flower in my home! So, I came across this lovely wallflower tutorial that is literally super easy, super cheap, and super fun to make!

 I seriously couldn't stop at just making one...

 

I bought my paper napkins at the party aisle at Target. They conveniently have large and small napkins so you don't really have to trim down the center part of it.. I did make my flowers a bit fuller than the tutorial shows, but I sort of like it that way... except, the napkins were really fragile (and I might have a few tears here and there... SSSH! Don't tell anyone.) and accidents do happen with fragile stuff...

Now I have finally satisfied my urge to fill my house with beautiful flowers! At least I think they're beautiful... hubby isn't very fond of them (who wouldn't have guess that...). But hey! The bright side about my flowers are that they are vibrant, colorful, beautiful... and the very best part about them is that they wont die! Unless someone decides to be very mean and rip them into pieces. Ugh. That's just mean to do though, so lets hope that never happens!

Hope you enjoyed this and if you feel the need to create some of these.. go crazy and have fun like I did!

Oh, by the way... I made some very delish beef shish kabobs! I'm going to share the recipe with you, but I am so bummed that I didn't take any pictures of them first! Guess I'll just have to borrow one. Lol.. Unless you trust my judgement that these are really yummy! Just trust my judgement! ;)

Beef and Pineapple on a Skewer

• 1lb sirloin steak
• 1/4 cup soy sauce
• 2 teaspoons brown sugar
• 1 clove garlic clove, minced
•  1 teaspoon fresh ginger root grated
• 1 teaspoon peanut or sesame oil (I didn't have either so I skipped this part. Still came out yummy.)
• 1 cup pinapple, cut in cubes
• 1 green bell pepper
• 1 red bell pepper

Directions:

1. Cut the beef and bell peppers in bite sized cubes (about 3/4" x 3/4"). Mix the remaining ingredients, except pineapple and bell peppers (make sure bell peppers are clean of seeds and the stem). Marinate beef overnight, or for at least an hour (I forgot to prepare ahead of time so I probably only marinated for 15-20 min). Remove from marinade. Reserve marinade.
2. Thread meat on skewers, alternating between beef, pineapples, and bell peppers (my skewer was threaded this way from bottom to top: [green bell pepper, pineapple, beef, red bell pepper, pineapple, beef] x2). If you are using bamboo skewers, be sure to soak them in cold water for at least 20 minutes before using. Broil or barbeque until meat is cooked until desired doneness (I broiled mine for about 16 minutes since I'm cheap and don't own a grill.). Baste with reserved marinade while cooking. 

Hope the skewers taste just as good for you as they did for me!

-S

P.S. Btw, I used rubberbands to tie the center of my wallflowers. I thought they worked pretty well and they only cost about $.50 for a bag at Target. :)

Fabric!

Ok. So I'm superrr excited because I was able to go to Joann's today and buy fabric! After seeing the post on Made about Joann having a sale on their seersucker fabric, I was dying to buy some! Luckily, we needed to go to the city to pick up N's brother from the airport, so we left a little bit early so I can fulfill my wants and needs at Joann's! I wanted to hit up the thrift shops too to see if I could find any cheap goodies, but I took a little too long shopping. :P So here are the three fabrics I got for 50% off $6.99/yd!

I'm so excited to start sewing projects with these! Like a crib sheet for Nani's crib mattress...

 ...a dress for Nani, a shirt for me, or a skirt or shorts...

...or even a table topper. And I know I will definitely be using the scraps to make the no sew flowers!

But I seriously love the Made website! There are too many things she has on there that I want to make, and I am going to make them (at least, I'll attempt to. Lol). But seriously though... I really want to!

And to close this post off, I will leave you with a Nani photobomb. I put her in her new outfit we bought her for her birthday and she just looked so darned cute in it that I couldn't resist but take pictures of her! Enjoy!

I warned you. Photobomb!

-S

Chocolate Chip Cookies... Success or Fail?

I have to admit... I am on a blogging roll!!

Well, I finished baking my homemade chocolate chip cookies from scratch. All I have to say is, please do NOT be like me, misread the recipe, and melt 2 cups of butter when all you need is 3/4 cup of butter. Yeah. I totally did that, which in turn caused me to try and alter everything to make it work.....

You guessed it. Although the cookies are pretty tasty, I'm sure they would have turned out perfectly if I actually made them the way you're supposed to. But, to no further ado... here is the recipe!!

Chocolate Chip Cookies!!!

• 2 cups all purpose flour
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 3/4 cup unsalted butter, melted
• 1 cup packed brown sugar
• 1/2 cup white sugar
• 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
• 1 egg
• 1 egg yolk
• 2 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips

1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). No need to grease cookie sheet, the cookies should be able to come up on their own (but if you feel the need to, feel free to lightly grease or line cookie sheet with parchment paper).
2. Sift together the flour, baking soda, and salt. Set aside.
3. In a medium bowl, cream together the melted butter, brown sugar, and white sugar until well blended. Beat in the vanilla, egg, and egg yolk until light and creamy. Mix in the sifted ingredients until just blended. Stir in the chocolate chips with a wooden spoon. Set cookie dough in the refrigerator for about 30 min (you don't need to do this, but the cookies will come out better if you let them sit and chill for a bit). Drop cookie dough 1/4 cup at a time onto the prepared cookie sheets about 3 inches apart.
4. Bake for about 14-15 minutes, or until edges are lightly toasted. Cool on baking sheets for a few minutes and then transfer to cooling rack to cool completely.

The last batch of cookie dough waiting to be cooked!

The yummy cookies baking in 325 degree F oven!

The cookies cooling on a cooling rack!

The finished product!

Hope you enjoy, and I sure hope your cookies come our better than mine (I am NOT going to tell you my alterations, so don't ask! :P)

-S

Nani's First Birthday Photoshoot

Today is your lucky day... because I have two posts in a day! Lol. I'm on a roll...

But, I've been lagging and I finally finished editing Nani's 1st birthday picture photoshoot that I did a while back (before her birthday mind you. lol). So, although this is going to be a short post, here are her pictures! Enjoy!


-S

P.S. I'm baking homemade cookies from scratch and I totally messed up the recipe that I was using.. so i had to tweek it.. hopefully it works out.. and if it does.. I will post up pictures and the recipe for you!

Diaper Cover

Sooo... I finally finished making Nani's diaper cover from the left over fabric I had when I made her dress for New Year's. It was superr simple and I plan on making more for her (once I can find an easy way to obtain fabric since there are no fabric shops within a 20mi distance from me). Anyhoo, I tried it on her today and I think I need to make a few adjustments for it to fit her perfectly! The size I made was for 6-12 month old babies. It seems to fit her ok. I adjusted the elastic for the leg holes to 11 inches instead of 12 inches and I should have probably adjusted the elastic for the waist as well since she has a tiny waist! Or maybe I should just try to make the size for 3-6 month babies. Lol. Trial and error I guess. I still have extra fabric, but I was hoping to make a crochet needle case out of it.. Don't think I have enough fabric for that though...

Anyway, here are the pictures of my very first diaper cover! You can find the tutorial and pattern here! Enjoy!

A Birthday and Employment

Ok ok ok. It's been a week... AGAIN! I am horrible! Butt.. My daughter is finally a year old! On her actual birthday, hubby was lucky enough to have it off because he had watch the night before and got off in the morning. We pretty much went out to eat lunch, then we went shopping at the mall to get her gifts which consisted of two pairs of jordans, two outfits, and two brand new toys! We decided on letting her open her presents on the day of her party instead. Then we went to go pick up hubby's brother since he had just came back from deployment.. then we got ready again and went out to eat dinner at Chili's. We got baby girl a chocolate molten lava cake and she loved it! Then finished the night off with a little bit of shopping at Wal-mart to get some more things for the party on Saturday.

Then Thursday came and I started to prepare all the cakes for the party. That night I made Chocolate Cupcakes from scratch and put the in the fridge to get frosted on Saturday. Then Friday night I made Red Velvet Cake from scratch and mixed it with Cream Cheese frosting to make them into Cake pops. I also baked baby's smash cake which was regular yellow cake from the box. I didn't get to sleep until about 3am and I woke up at about 8am Saturday morning to finish the cakes and start baking the ribs in the oven. Once I woke up and got the ribs going, I started making the Butter Cream Frosting for the cupcakes and I started melting the milk chocolate for the cake pops. After about 3 hours, I finally got everything ready! I also had a bit of chocolate left over, so I decided to dip some fresh strawberries! All in all, things went pretty well! It was a bit too hot outside for anything, which made the swimming pool really useful... but I don't think we'll be celebrating her birthday outside again for a while! Now here are the pics of all my hard work and.... of course... a recipe for you! Enjoy!


Chocolate Cream Cake

• 2 2/3 cups all purpose flour
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
• 3/4 teaspoon salt
• 2 1/4 cups granulated sugar
• 2 teaspoons vanilla
• 3 eggs
• 3 oz unsweetened chocolate melted and cooled
• 1 1/2 cups ice water

1. Grease and lightly flour three 9x1 1/2 or 8x1 1/2 inch round baking pans. Combine flour, soda, salt.
2. In a large mixing bowl beat the butter with an electric mixer on medium to high speed for 30 seconds. Add eggs, one at a time, beating eell after each. Beat in chocolate. Alternately add flour mixture and water, beating on low to medium speed after each addition just till combined. Pour into prepared pans.
3. Bake in a 350 degree oven for 25-30 min or till a wooden toothpick inserted near the centers comes out clean. Cool in pans on wire racks for 10 mins. Remove from pans. Cool completely on wire racks.

Butter Cream Filling: Beat 1/2 cup butter till softened. Beat in 2 1/4 cups sifted powdered sugar, 2 tablespoons milk, and 1/2 teaspoon vanilla. Beat in additional milk, if necessary, to make a filling of spreading consistency.

Chocolate Cream Cheese Frosting: Beat 1/2 of an 8oz package cream cheese till softened. Beat in 3 tablespoons milk. Beat in 3 3/4 cups sifted powdered sugar. Beat in 3 oz unsweetened chocolate, melted and cooled, and 1 teaspoon vanilla. Beat in additional milk if necessary to make of spreading consistency.

P.S. After job hunting for about a month and surviving 5 interviews.. I finally got a callback and I was offered a position! So I will be starting work in a few weeks! Woohoo! So starting next month, my life as I know it is going to change completely. I hope I'm ready for it!

And by the way, she enjoyed her smash cake. :)

Wedding Bells

I completely apologize for not updating my blog in over a week! Things have been kinda busy at home with trying to plan for Ne'ani's first birthday and my best friend in high school's wedding...

Anyhoo... we started our road trip Friday afternoon and it was such a bad idea for us to leave at that time. I warned hubby that we would be stuck in traffic and he insisted on leaving early because he wanted to be well rested for the wedding on Saturday. Little did he know that those efforts were wasted because we still didn't get enough rest for Saturday! And on top of that we barely made the last few minutes of the wedding! But, at least I got to hear the most important part of the wedding.. their vows to each other and when they got pronounced as man and wife!

I definitely had a great time catching up with everyone and it was so wild to see her get married. I was just super bummed that everything went by so quickly and I wasn't ready to leave yet.. but I know we'll have another chance to see everyone again. Maybe at the next wedding. Hehe.

So I do have a quite a few pictures to start posting up.. Including the pics I took for babygirl for her turning one. I've been so lazy with y camera.. I really need to get cracking on that...

-S

P.S. I had 3 interviews last week for different positions at the same store and today is the day I find out if I got a job there.. so we'll see because time is running out and I really need a job soon!

My Projects are FINALLY completed!

Ok ok ok. You can go ahead and be mad at me for not updating my blog in OVER a week! I've just been super busy and spending tons of quality time with my family. Hubby basically had a 5 day weekend from work. We went to his command's picnic on Thursday (which they served amazing food!) and I got super sunburnt from it. Otherwise, it was pretty fun. Then on Friday I had a job interview at Olan Mills for the Studio Photographer position. I thought it went really well, but they were doing call backs today and I guess the must have lost my number because they never called me back. Super sad about that because I really really wanted that job. The hours rocked and I love to take pictures.. and it would just be such an awesome job to have. blahhh. Anyhoooo... then on Saturday we tried to take advantage of the sun and went swimming at the pool, but the sun didn't stay out too long.. so we only got about an hour of swimming and sun bathing. After we went to eat dinner with our friends and then watched Pirates of the Carribean!! I must be a nerd because I'm the only one who really liked it... and I was the only one who got excited when they showed the Queen Anne's Revenge. How lame am I? Lol. Sunday was catch up on homework day for me and then Monday we had dinner at our friends house. That pretty much sums up my 5 day weekend with my hubby!

But today, BOY was today a busy day for me. I was up and out of bed by 10 and I rushed to get me and baby ready. I went down to the college and got enrolled.. So starting July 5th I will be dedicating 14 months of my life to becoming a Medical Assistant. I was there for a few hours. Then I went to this Job Searcher thing at Fleet and Family services on base and that was an hour long. It was pretty informational. Then I ran around like a chicken with no head trying to get other things done like picking up paperwork at Pass and Decal for my guest list for Ne'ani's bday, dropping off my application at the NEX and buying all white shoes for school, and then going to the Naval Hospital to change my Tricare info so I can start being seen at the Drs on base instead of driving an hour out of town. THENNN.. I finally got to go home and somewhat relax. I broke out my sewing machine, and sewed my school patched onto my scrubs! I’m pretty proud of myself! (Btw, this pic my patch is unsewed.)

Then hubby decided he wanted me to finish the projects I've been trying to finish for over a month already! This tiny project was super easy. Just made a little key holder to hold our keys! It was scrap wood left over from the Ana White project that I originally started. I just bought the little holders at Home Depot. I can't remember exactly how much they were, but they weren't too pricey.


Here is my Ana White Clip Art Rails project! I kind of tweeked it a little bit. I cut my wood piece to 5ft instead and used 12 clothes pins. I put 6 on top and on the bottom! I used gorilla glue, but I would probably try a different kind of glue because the clothes pins kept wanting to come off the wood. She also talks about painting hers and the quickest way is to spray paint. I second the spray painting. I originally wanted to sand it down after I painted it because I wanted to give it a more vintage look, but hubby decided he liked it looking sleek. And to give it more color I chose not to paint the clothes pins. All in all, I'm happy with how it turned out! Now I just have to figure out if I want to add anything else to it besides pictures! Any suggestions?


Till next time! And hopefully it won't take me a week to update this again. Lol!

-S

Trying to Find a J.O.B. (Just Over Broke)

So I've been on this job hunt for a couple of weeks and it's really stressing me out. Especially since I want to go to a ground college campus, I'm stressing out on what jobs to find that would work out with my school schedule and would allow me to afford a babysitter full-time. This is so lame. I wish finding a job could be easier. I wish I could just get a phone call today or anytime in soon saying, "Hey S! Just wanted to call and say that you're hired and you start work on Monday!" or something in that manner.

Why can't things be easier? Why can't I just go to school and not have to worry about finding a babysitter for my daughter? Why can't we just get free babysitting so I don't have to worry about affording a babysitter for my daughter? But it's life. We all go through it and we all deal with it.

It's times like these that make me wish I knew what career I wanted earlier in life. That way I wouldn't have goofed off and wasted all those years and all that money. Now, here I am.. stressing about what I finally want to do for myself. Woe is me.

-S

Work and School

So.. hubby has been kinda pushing me to find a job. I really don't want to work because I want to spend time with my daughter and I feel like it's pointless to find a job if it's just going to pay for a babysitter. Know what I mean? But, I've been busy sending in my applications and resume online to different places and I already had my first interview at Sears and waiting to see if I get a second interview.

I've also been looking at an actual campus college. I'm getting tired of online schooling and I think that it just makes me slack off more than really put work into it. Every time a new quarter starts, I always have high hopes that I'm going to do better in my classes, but I still slack off and put everything off until last minute.. and before I know it I'm behind. I mean, I'm still struggling on writing an essay that was due Sunday night! FML. But yeah. So I went to a private college and basically got information on Medical Assisting. Class starts in July and I would be finished in 14 months.. and hopefully working as a Medical Assistant right off the bat. I know there's a ton of students and stuff, but a girl can only hope that there will be a good paying job waiting there for me when all is said and done.

Now, my issue with this is.. Neil will only be here for so long before he gets deployed again. And once he's deployed, I'm going to need a babysitter for 60 hours a week! Assuming I'm working a full-time job and going to school part-time. Ugh. So lame. I don't know how I'm going to do it and as far as I know.. it's going to be a rough, rough, rough 14 months of work and school. Especially since my hubby is going to be gone for 9 months of it because of pre-deployment and deployment. Military life definitely is tough. I wish I had someone who could help with babysitting and watching Ne'ani.

But you have to do what you have to do in order to have a better future, right? Too bad once I'm finished with school.. all my paychecks will be going to paying off my student loans! FML again.

Well I need to get started on that super late paper of mine. Any grade is better than NO grade. Right?

-S

Working Out

So I started to work out. I haven't ever really been the type to work out. I'm pretty lazy and I guess I can say that I'm content with my body. Sure, I can definitely tone it up... and that's exactly what I'm working towards.

My body is so sore. I've been working out with my friend C and he basically had me doing a lot of arm work outs. My arms are practically dead! They hurt all over and I have a tough time carrying my daughter around. But that's good because that means that my workout is working! Right? He said I should be seeing results in about a month and the rate that we're going at... I believe him. We're supposed to be eating healthier too. I think I'm going to try to do that next paycheck when our grocery money is back at it's full potential.

Hubby and I bought bikes yesterday too so we can go bike riding.. and I bought this Gold's Gym workout thing that supposedly works and it's for your abs, thighs, and arms. It came with a workout dvd and an 8-week guide to healthy eating. I haven't been able to use the "home gym" thing yet, or start working on the healthier eating.. but I have all intentions of doing it. The meal plans don't sound too bad and I'll post up what I'll be eating each day if I decide to start it. Lol. I know I need to eat healthier, but I'm a snacker and that's a huge problem! Maybe one day...

On another note, I've really been slacking on adding pictures to this thing. I guess I can end this blog with a few...




I think I need to take a before and after picture too so you can see my awesome progress. I'm kinda excited I started to work out and it feels really good. I feel healthier and I feel like I have more energy (even thought the next day I am definitely tired). Hopefully I don't give up and follow through with working out. I just don't know if I'll be able to stay in shape once I get there. Lol. We shall see...

-S

Do Over

Lately, I've been thinking about my past and sometimes I wish I could do it all over again. I think about when I first started my Freshman year at SDSU and how much fun it was. But instead of reliving the fun (I mean, I'd still want to have the same fun), but I wish I did better in school. I wish I could go back to those days and just kick my butt in gear and I wish I got my stuff done. I bet, if I took care of things back then... I would probably working in my career by now...

Instead, here I am.. still struggling with what I want to do in my life. Don't get me wrong. I love where I am now. I love that I have my own family and I love my husband and my daughter to death. I wouldn't trade them for the world. But I wish I could have finished what I started back then. I wish I could go to my 10 year high school reunion and say that I made something of myself.

I mean, don't you ever look back on certain things in your life and wish that you could change it?

Sometimes, I ask myself, "If there was one thing in the world that I could do differently, what would it be?" It's hard for me to even narrow it down to just one thing because I would do a lot of things differently. Then from there I start thinking more about other things about life. Such as, reincarnation. I mean, what really happens to us when we die? Do we really just decompose into the ground and our souls go to heaven (assuming heaven does exist in a religious view)? Or do we possible live another life? The saying goes, you only have one life to live.. but how true is that? Do you ever think that maybe we are born into someone new, but we just don't remember our previous life?

I don't know. I guess I start thinking about stuff like that because I'm afraid of growing old. I don't know if I could say I'm afraid of dying. I know that I'm afraid of dying alone or dying in pain.. and I can definitely say that I am afraid of growing old.. but death? Meh. So much stuff just runs through my mind! But yeah.. food for thought.

-S

First

Sorry, I haven't been able to update in a while. I've been busy with homework, knitting Nani's dress, and Mother's day. This quarter I am so swamped with reading and homework, and since I practically bombed last quarter, I really have to step my game up and ace this quarter to bring my GPA up.

My first Mother's day came and went. It wasn't as special as I wanted it to be. I got to spend quality time with my family, but I guess I was hoping for a little bit more. Maybe a card, breakfast in bed, or even some cleaning around the house. Didn't really happen. All we did was go to a neighbor's house for a BBQ, which was nice and fun. But I had so much homework I had to get to, so we weren't able to stay long. And it was getting late and close to Nani's bed time anyway.

Now it's Nani's first birthday coming up soon. I've been trying to plan it for a couple of months now, but I don't have anything planned at all! I keep asking hubby to help me plan, but he's no help at all. It doesn't make it easier that my best friend in high school is getting married 4 days before Nani's birthday, and that Father's day is that weekend. Ugh. I don't know what to do and I really wish my husband would tell me what he wants to do. I feel like it's not important to him. I mean, I know Ne'ani won't remember it, but still... to me it's a big thing. I want to go to Disneyland, or have her birthday at a water park.. but it's so hard to plan because of money.. and also because most of our friends live a few hours south of us and it would be tough to get anyone to come up to where we live.

Sometimes I get jealous of everyone who still lives close to their friends and family. Because they can throw birthday party celebrations and know that people will show up. Their children will receive lots of gifts, there will be tons of food, and everyone will have a great time. Then I think about Nani. I have to bend over backwards for everyone. I have to think about my family and friends and plan what's easier for them instead of what's easier for us. Then I get sad.. because I think about if we do what's easier for us.. that people won't come celebrate... and it will only be us..

I guess I'm ok with that. But for once, I just want people to bend over backwards to come to us. For once, can't it be easier for us?

Ugh. I have a bunch of things to do today.. this week.. this month! I will try and update as much as I can.

-S

How Do You Know?

How do you know if you're pregnant or not? I mean, sure, there are pregnancy tests that you can take that will basically give you your answer... but what if you don't want to spend all that money just to get a negative line?

I know I have spent a lot of money on pregnancy tests anxious to know if I was pregnant or not. And I always found myself disappointed when it would come back negative. When do you know that you need to buy a test before you buy one and end up wasting money?

They say you're body knows when you're pregnant.. but that's your body. What about you? What are the signs (besides the obvious) that help you know that you are definitely pregnant? There have been cases of women not knowing they were pregnant until they went into labor, or not knowing until they were so far into their pregnancies. I have trouble believing them, but you never really know. I mean, it's possible to not know right?

I hate the waiting game. I hate wondering and stressing about ifs, ands, and whats. I wish my body would just be normal so I don't stress out about.. am I pregnant? Is it the new medicine? I hate not being certain about something. Is that a sign of OCD?

Blah. I have a bunch of homework I have to get working on and my beautiful Nani will be waking up soon. I can't wait to smother her with kisses.

Oh. And btw, I bought a computer last night so I can do my java programming homework.. only to find that it's giving me a harder time than my Mac was. LAME! What am I going to do?

-S

P.S. I'm thinking about starting some "How to" posts. Any suggestions?

4 Years and Counting

It's a little bit past midnight and officially mine and my husband's 4 year anniversary together.

I can't believe it's already been 4 years since he first asked me to be his girlfriend. I can pretty much remember how we celebrated every anniversary and of course remember how he first asked me to be his girlfriend.

I know we won't get to do anything special this year since he has to work and we're pretty much on a tight budget, but I really wish we could have a night to ourselves. Maybe this weekend we can find someone to babysit or something so we can have a movie date night.. Who knows..

But all I know is.. I'm glad we have more happy anniversaries to look forward to.

-S

UFC Fight and a Research Paper

So, I didn't get the chance to blog yesterday. Buuut, who watched the UFC fight with GSP vs. Jake Shields? WE DID! Honestly, I thought that the beginning fights were wayy more interesting than the main one. I don't know.. I guess I just hyped myself up so much that it was going to be a good fight that when it actually happened I was disappointed. Sure, GSP was half blind... but.. I wanted just a little bit more action and excitement than what was given. And if GSP was having a hard time seeing, why didn't Shields use that to his advantage? Arggg. So frustrating. At least there was good finger foods to eat that I got to munch on all night. Nani stayed up pretty late too. She did NOT want to go to sleep and I basically had to hold her down and cuddle her with all my might for her to finallyyyy fall asleep. :) I love when she sleeps in my arms. It's been so long since she's done that, that when she does I just stare at her for minutes at a time and hold her so close...

An another note, I have a research paper due today. I haven't even started on it at all! But I am going to tell myself that after today, I will NOT procrastinate anymore. I have one english class left to take and pass and I will officially be done with my english requirements for my major! I can't wait to be done with english! I hate the damn subject! Haha. Seriously though. I hate it. I'd rather do math for days. But that's typical right? Normally those who are good at one subject suck at the other? Or is that just a myth.

Well, I should be getting to my research paper and Nani should be up for her morning feeding.. I keep getting distracted by the dang internet and Facebook is staring me in the face. BLEGH! See you soon.

-S

Cake Boss

I have been watching Cake Boss lately, and every time I watch it, it makes me want to bake cakes or cupcakes or whatever! I wish I had the kitchen, and cooking supplies to even make a simple cake. One day. Hopefully one day I'll be able to have that.

But... I was thinking about maybe starting small. Maybe I'll make a filipino dessert called Suman and sell it for $.25 a piece like my grandparents did when they were living in the U.S. They would get orders for 100 pieces daily and they were always always making Suman. I mean, it would be a lot of work, but imagine if I had an order of 100 per day. Thats $25 a day, 7 days a week. It might not be much, but it's something. And I'd be able to stay at home with my baby and pretty much cook all day. I don't mind that. :P

Seriously though, I really want a bakery. I used to love baking cakes with my sister when I was younger. I remember we made a chocolate cake with strawberries and snicker bars for my birthday cake when I was in 6th grade. And it was YUMMY! Something I definitely want to make again! I'm trying to think up what kind of cake I want for Nani's first birthday. I don't really have much time to figure it out either... But all I know is I'm definitely thinking about doing Red Velvet again. I made red velvet cupcakes and a cake for Easter and they were soooo yummy. But then again, I wouldn't mind the chocolate with strawberries and snicker bars. Ugh. I feel like I have so much time, but her birthday is right around the corner! I haven't even picked a day, or a location yet! Blegh. Maybe this weekend I'll get it figured out.

Which reminds me... I have a research paper due on Sunday. Yipes! And with that.. tata!

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Steak Dinner

Today was another uneventful day. Just the usual routine of waking up and taking care of my beautiful daughter. Sometimes I get so sad when she sleeps because I miss her so much. All I want to do is cuddle with her. Her smile fills my heart with happiness. Gosh, I love my little girl. I mean, who can resist this face?

That's a picture from Easter Sunday when she had her first Easter egg hunt! We didn't fill them with candies because frankly, she's too young for them... so we filled it up with money and we added it to her college/car fund. But yeah, that's also what I accomplished today. Getting Nani's pictures onto my comp, resized, and uploaded!

Anyhoo, once hubby got home I went to the store to buy some ingredients for dinner that I made tonight and for dinner tomorrow. I cooked steak, mashed potatoes, colliflower/broccoli/cheese, and asparagus! Man oh man it was definitely a tasty tasty dinner. And tomorrow I'm planning on cooking lemon pepper chicken breasts with corn, green beens, and salad. Lately we've only been eating meat and rice with no veggies and I thought we should get some veggies in. So yeah, that's what I made for dinner!

I also happened to pick up a wall mount for our flat screen TV to put up in our room. However, since we don't have a drill hubby said he can't put it up yet. I knew I should've bought one while I was out. Oh well.. Next time I guess. I've gone this long without a wall mount, whats another few days or weeks or months.. right?

Well, going to work on Nani's dress some more. I'm actually getting some progress done on this thing, but I feel like it's taking me forever!! I just can't wait until it's finished and I can see her wearing it. Hopefully it fits because it looks like it's running a bit big. I guess we'll see!

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