Quick update

I've got lots to do on Blogger, gotta catch up. In case you're wondering, I'm not ignoring your tags/posts/comments! I'm just really slow right now :)

My husband and I just completed our non-restricted (e.g. shotguns, rifles) firearms saftey course. It was over the weekend. I really enjoyed it. Learned a lot. Very strict rules/regulations, which I'm glad it is. Next month it'll be the restricted (e.g. handguns) firearms saftey course.

Gonna get quotes for mortgages this weekend. I don't even know if we qualify. Houses are so expensive. My mother said it's so sad to see so many couples not married yet, own a house yet, or have babies yet. All because of money. During her time, money never held people back from getting married and having families.

That's the only reason why my husband and I haven't gotten married sooner. A few years back, we learned about finances and realized how much debt a lot of people were in. It opened our eyes, and scared us. Since then, we've been very careful with our money. We didn't get married till we had enough to pay for it all, none of it was on credit. People ask me when I'll have a baby. I tell them when I can afford it. What's funny is all my family and friends that have babies will tell me that you'll never feel financially ready, so just start, while you're still young.

Whoops, my quick update turned into a long update. Sorry for ending this post with such a depressing note. Let's end it with something positive...hmmmmm.......We used our slow cooker for the first time and the food turned out deeeeeelicious! The recipe we used was called African Braised Chicken in Peanut Sauce.

Hey, I got myself a Versatile Blogger award!



Thanks to Patt♥ for this award. Which is also my first award ever. The rules for the Versatile Blogger award are as goes:

1. Thanks and link back to who gave you the award

2. Share 7 things about yourself

3. Pass it along to 7 beauty blogs you've recently discovered and enjoy

4. Leave your recipient a note, telling them about the award

Alrighty, 7 things about me:

1. I dream to travel for a year

San Juan, Puerto Rico

Since 2008 I've been putting money away into my Around the World fund. I want to experience different countries. I believe your mentality is different when you know you won't be going home at the end of the week. It gives you a chance to just accept where you are, take it in, and just live it. 

2. I hum christmas songs all year long

I think it's cuz christmas songs are happy (well the ones I hum are), and creates a warm fuzzy feeling inside.

3. I'm a SpongeBob Squarepants fanatic

It's the humour, I find this show hilarious.

4. I grew up as a tomboy

One of the few dresses I've worn in my life



I was a hard core tomboy. I still am a little bit. I always dressed like a boy. I did not like to wear dresses.  It's just the last few years I started to consider them for events. But most of the time, I'd still pick a pair of dress pants over a dress.

5. I love to squeeze lemon on just about everything

I like lemon in noodle soup, fish, chicken, veggies, rice, and many more. If the combo doesn't sound gross to me, I'd try squeezing lemon on it.

6. I love the taste and smell of oranges

It's so refreshing. I can eat oranges all day long.

7. I sleep with this guy every night

It has velcro on the sides so you can prop it up or leave it open like a pillow. I use it as a pillow for my stomach at night. It keeps my tummy warm, secure, and it gives me something to lean on when I sleep on my sides. I got it at a chinese store years ago. I found a website (mypillowpets.com) that sells these if you guys are interested. There are a lot of different animals. The chinese place didn't have this many. All so cute!

And now I pass the Versatile Blogger award to 7 people. I apologize if you've already recieved this award in the past. I'm pretty new to Blogger so I may have missed it in your older posts. Sorry!

You've been tagged:

Barttart ferrarossa Mara Nic Nic Penelope Pretty Lil Birdie Vintage-Mae

My top new year's resolutions

Happy New Year everybody! My foremost resolution is ... to lose the weight I've gained since the wedding (~10 lbs)! Back then I was healthier and felt fitter. I also wasn't as self conscious of my body. I'd go through the day enjoying life and not think about how the clothes fitted and looked on my body. It's tougher as you get older, gotta work harder to lose the weight. My goal is to be able to prance around in a bikini one more time before I start popping out babies. I have a gut feeling that the skin around my belly will become and stay loose after giving birth. I have a couple of family/friends that are much slimmer than me and I found it puzzling when they wore one piece suits to the beach. When I asked why they don't wear bikinis, they all said their stomachs didn't look the same after child birth.

Second resolution is ... to progress/advance/move forward in life. I'm not going to get comfortable with the job I have now. It just seems too dangerous to depend on one job for the rest of your life. I'm going to continue to find ways to branch out, either by improving my programming skills (my current job has nothing to do with programming, it's clerical work) or research on running my own business. I don't want to *knock-on-wood* get laid off one day and can't find another job because I didn't spend the time to learn new stuff.

Third resolution is ... some of you may find it crazy ... to prepare for disasters, riots, danger, ...zombies hehe.

at shooting range for my birthday

I'm a paranoid motherf_cker. Thank goodness it didn't scare my hubby away. Maybe it's all the movies I watch; playing with my imagination. But I'd still feel better if I prepared for some stuff. This year (2010) for the first time my husband took me to the shooting range. I shot a rifle when I was a child but don't remember what it was like. I wanted to shoot to know how it felt and to know how to operate them. We plan to take some firearms courses this year. There are other preparations I want to do, like a self defense course, a safety kit in my car, emergency supplies for the house, and many more.

I have more resolutions but let's stop here. Hope all of you guys accomplish yours and we'll regroup next year to see if we did!