Oh the joy of being pregnant…
I have been feeling nauseous for hours. I ate something light. It stopped. But soon as I finished eating, I began feeling nauseous again.
I haven’t been feeling active at all. My husband is at the jazz festival right now. By himself. While I am sitting home alone–well, with my 6 dogs.
I feel like eating cookies. Jelly-filled butter cookies. Yum.
We went to the fresh market today. I bought 2 pints of sweet strawberries and 1 pint of peaches. The strawberries were so good and sweet. The peaches are not ripe enough so I have to wait for about 2 – 3 days to eat them, which is fine with me.
I am hungry. Just a bit. I don’t know what I want to eat though. So annoying. Sometimes I know exactly what I want to eat/drink but other times, I have no clue of what I want to eat. I wonder if other pregnant women out there are feeling like this too?
aaaahhh…. Sunday….
Today has been a pretty calm day. I went to church and then spent an hour at the big book sale hosted by the main library. Today was their last day so they had a huge sale where you could fill up a big brown bag with books for $10. I got bunch of children’s books, decorating books, family planning books, and some other fun books.
Tonight I am making gumbo for dinner. My husband and bought a big bag of frozen seafoods a week ago and wanted use them to make gumbo. So tonight is the night to make them. We’ll have gumbo for the rest of the week! lol.
I have busy sewing for the past weeks. Making things I like. To sell and to own. I made the cutest bag that I have been wearing for the last 2 weeks. I have another bag project that I hope to finish before the end of the week. So exciting.
My full time job still sucks. So there is no need to talk about it. In fact, I hate it so much uuughhhhhhhh.
Love sewing though.
Thanksgiving is here. I have a mixed feeling about the holiday today. But most of all, I am so thankful for everything I have in my life at this moment in time. First of all, I am thankful for my husband. Then I am thankful for my families. I am thankful for the two new wonderful friends I have at work. I am thankful for my pets. I am thankful for my health, my luck, fortune, my job, my church, my faith, my house, my community, my car, my everything I have.
I don’t know what next year’s Thanksgiving is going to bring but for today, I would like to savor every minute of it with joy and happiness. For one day, I want to feel that. For today, I want to remove my worries and sadness. There is not time to worry about anything today. It is time to enjoy life and to be thankful for what we have no matter how little it is.
I wish I could help all the less fortunate this year. Those who lost their homes due to foreclosure. Those who are homeless. Those who are old and sick. Those who have no money left in their pockets.
Yesterday, as I drove home from work, I passed the homeless center in downtown and there was an awfully long line for the dinner being served. I wish we could do that everyday; every year. Serve foods to those who are less fortunate.
Today, my husband and I are celebrating Thanksgiving at home without families. My families live outside the country and they don’t even celebrate Thanksgiving so no point of even mentioning it to them. My husband’s families live far away from us. So it’s just me and my husband.
I have became a vegetarian for over two years so I have not eaten Turkey for Thansgiving for that long. And today is no difference for me. This year though, my husband has requested me to cook him Turkey for his Thanksgiving dinner. So on the weekend, we went get Turkey. I am going to roast it after I come back from church today at 1.
I have so many other things I am going to make today: mashed potatoes, green beans, mixed green leaves, sweet potatoes casserole, corn, honey glazed carrots, rolls, stuffing, homemade cranberry sauce, pumpkin pie and pumpkin cake.
I am off to start cooking. I want to wish everyone a Happy and Blessed Thanksgiving. Remember to thank those you hold dearly in your heart.
Tonight I went to the grocery store with my husband. I intended to purchase several items to use to make a dish for the company’s potluck tomorrow. It happened that the grocery store was having some sort of holiday tasting night. They had lots of foods for people to try. They were chocolate fountain, marshmallows with chocolate fondue, chocolate covered pretzels, hams, shrimps, drinks, and even wines. All free to taste. They were also doing some kind of raffle drawing. My husband told me about it and I figured might as well enter–who knew.
On the way home, I got a phone call. It turned out it was from the grocery store and guess what? I won $100 gift card from the grocery store!!!! wooohooo. I was so happy.
I did say some prayers earlier today to ask Jesus, Blessed Virgin Mary, Saint Jude, Saint Rita, and Saint Padre to win me a “large” sum of money. I didn’t think I was going to win a $100 gift card. Although it is only $100, I am so thankful for that. Thanksgiving is coming up and I plan on spending some of the winning to buy canned foods for the needy families. Spread the joy.
I am happy. Everyone is happy.
Thank you so much Jesus, Blessed Virgin Mary, Saint Jude, Saint Rita, and Saint Padre for all your help. I know all of you will help to win a bigger money one day. Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you!!!!!
What a tiring day today.
I started my day waking up at 8.30AM. I had a 9.10AM class at the local Catholic church followed by mass at 10 – 11AM. Then I stopped by at the church’s bookstore to get some new books.
My husband and I did laundry as soon as we got home. It took us an hour to finish.
The fun part of the day was when we went to take a short cruise at the ocean. Just me and my husband. It was about an hour and fifteen minutes long. Never done this cruise before so we had fun. And then we had a nice lunch together at a restaurant in front of the marina. We overspent by $14!!!!!!!!! Budget was $40. But it was worth it. I had leftover I brought home for lunch tomorrow. My husband and I walked around the surrounding area close to the marina. It was a nice day today. I saw an Italian gelato shop and I couldn’t resist to try. I had a Banana and Vanilla gelato ($4.20). Yum. I shared it with my husband. He didn’t like it much–too sweet he said. I liked it.
The weekend is almost over. Tomorrow is Monday already. I can say this week went pretty fast but I enjoyed it. I am looking forward to another busy and fun week!!!
Lastly, this is kind of random, I want to say that I am in love with my husband all over again. I am soooo glad I married him. Can’t imagine my life without him. I am so thankful for him in my life. He is one of the best things happened in my life. I will cherish the rest of my life with him.
I am still not in a good mood today. I don’t know why. The weather was gloomy. Someone stole our cat food (that we left outside to feed the stray cats). What is going on in this world? Oh and I got slapped with 4 more overdraft charges although I have not done any financial transactions involving my debit card since last week. I am closing my account tomorrow. I am tired of this. The idiot at Compass bank who I talked to on the weekend lied to me. He did not refund the overdraft charges from last week. That was my last straw. If he could not keep his promise, how could I trust the bank in general???? I hate Compass Bank. I have asked my payroll person to stop my direct deposit to my bank so this Friday I am getting an actual check until I have a new bank account. So, now I am shopping for a new bank. I am thinking Wachovia just because one of its branches is close to where I work and there is actually one branch in my neighborhood as well.
I am hungry but don’t know what to eat. I have been so lazy cooking lately. I wish my husband knew how to cook that would be nice. I am tired today.
I hate my job. I guess it is nice to have a job in this current economy. As crazy as it sounds I want to win the lottery. I want to be able to go to church every morning at 7.30. And help with the church. Volunteer everyday at different places. Build a no-kill animal sanctuary. Pay off my debts. Pay off my house. Buy the house accross the street. Donate this house to a family that needs it. Travel to my home country. Buy my mom diamonds and jewelries. Pay for my sister’s wedding. Send her to honeymoon around the world. Open my own grocery store. Organic grocery store with a bakery inside and a little book shop. Spend time with my dogs.
Ugghhh. I cannot wait for this workweek to end. I am just so sick of this week. It has been a bad week from day 1.
I guess I am going to eat something now.
Busy day today.
I went to the mall with my little sister (the one I volunteer through Big Brothers Big Sisters) to get her a bear at the Build A Bear store. It’s a gift for her. That darn store has a High School Musical bear (my little sister is crazy about HSM), and of course that one costs more than most bears they sell, $22–while the average is $17 each. Then there is this sound thingy that they sell to go inside the bear $5. Of course my little sister said yes to that when the salesgirl asked her. The outfit didn’t cost that much ($12). Added up all together including tax, total was $42. For a bear!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! What??!!!??? Glad it’s a once-a-year celebration.
Also today, my little sister and I went to all various shops to post flyers for next week’s big event for my animal rescue group. She helped me a lot today so ok she deserved her $42 bear.
I came home so tired. And hungry. My husband is watching the football game today at a local sport bar. I decided to stay. Didn’t feel like going anywhere. I will soon cook dinner and then I plan to go to shopping for bedside lamps. I also need to return some clothes I bought earlier in the week–changed my mind.
Dinner…. not sure what to make. We went to a Vietnamesse restaurant last night. I want to make Vietnamesse Spring Rolls for tonight. I bought some of the wrappers last night and also the noodles. I have some shrimps in the fridge. I couldn’t find basils at the grocery store today. As for my husband, I will make him some spaghetti with meat sauce. Tomorrow is wing Sunday for my husband–bought some wings already at the grocery store today so he is all set for the weekend. I might make him some Spinach and Arthicoke dip to accompany the chicken wings.
Ok. I am going to make dinner now.
I just ate dinner. My husband is riding his bike again tonight. I told him to be careful because it looks like it might rain soon. Tropical storm Fay is coming our way now—it’s going to be come category 1 hurricane they said.
I am at home enjoying my quiet evening. I cooked dinner for my husband. I made him Mushroom Beef with 3 different sides: corn, steamed green beans, and garlic roasted potatoes. I had left over from last night (which is still enough for one more lunch and dinner for me). I don’t know what we will be eating tomorrow evening. I have a pound of ground beef and about 2 lbs of boneless skinless chicken breasts for my husband. I have been wanting to make a white bean and tuna salad for myself so I might make that tomorrow evening for my dinner. As for my husband, I need to make him something light. Maybe he wants to eat Grilled Chicken salad.
Found a dog. He was hanging out in my front porch.
I called my animal rescue club and we’ll be taking the dog to the vet tomorrow morning. Someone is going to pick him up from my house. We have to keep the dog in a crate in the back porch since we have 6 dogs in our house right now. The dog is in a bad condition. His long furs are all matted. It looks like he has a skin problem. Poor puppy. He is a medium-sized dog. Anyways. I am sure he will find a new home soon.
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I am tired.
I did make a cake tonight. Pineapple cake. It’s supposed to have coconut flakes in it but I don’t have any. The cake is done. I cannot wait to taste it. I am going to bring a big slice to work tomorrow to eat as dessert. Yum.
Ok time to rest.
