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!

WARNING: Adult Content - Shunga's Divine Oral Pleasure Gloss

I didn't want to do anything too crazy for my bachelorette party. So my friends planned a small intimate party with a special guest; a sex toy expert. As a gift, my friends bought me whatever I wanted from the presentation. One of the things I got was the Shunga's Divine Oral Pleasure Gloss.

The gloss and tube is clear so you should be able see through the tube.

Pictue's misleading.

The description says:

Discover the art of ultimate oral pleasure... Apply the gloss to your or your lover's lips and experience the joy of giving or receiving the divine sensations of oral pleasure. The warming-cooling effect of the gloss is designed to sensitize and excite both the male and female intimate areas while maintaining the sensations level to the edge of an orgasmic peak... An unforgettable erotic experience... Sure to make you ask for more!

When I tried it on my lips, it created a very strong tingly feeling (a heated tingle, not cool like menthol, slightly numbing). It also tasted and smelled like strawberries. I used it with the hubby and a couple days later my lips started to show tiny cuts/blisters. It lasted for a week. The blisters were all along the inner lip (fleshy part), on both upper and lower lips. I thought they were cold sores, but I wasn't sure so I researched it online. That's when I found out you can get cold sores from stressing out too much! It doesn't have to be contracted from another person.

Thankfully my doctor said it was not cold sores but more like an allergic reaction. My skin's been getting pretty sensitive lately, I get eczema sometimes. I'm guessing it was all the friction (wink wink) combined with the tingly components that caused the reaction. I also reapplied several times, that probably accelerated it.

So for those of you with sensitive skin, I recommend this lipgloss only if constant friction is not in the equation. It's not bad as a lip plumper too though. My lips looked bigger.

me feeling a big surprise!

Winter, winter

Wooooooo, it's getting chilly. Hope everybody's keeping warm and comfy. I hear we're gonna get a lot of snow this year. The last time we had a shit load of snow was 3 winters ago.

(winter 2007)

I remember it was so tiring, shovelling all that snow. There were days we would have to shovel twice a day. And there would be no room to put the snow. The mounds got so high! 

"Ahhhhh, it too high!" (winter 2007)

Just remember one shovelling tip guys ... bend at the knees! I do all the time, but my husband doesn't, and he was aching last year. However this year he got smart and purchased some ergonomic shovels.

Don't you just love those nights when the snow's falling, the wind's not blowing and the temperature's perfect? I find those moments so romantic. Can't wait for this year.

What I eat and what my hubby eats

My husband's a Canadian born British boy. He didn't grow up eating vast variety of chinese dishes. He actually doesn't like a lot of dishes. But over the years he has improved...slightly (after 10 years, only slightly, haha).

My husband

The most recent dish I got him to like is beef brisket noodle soup. I found a Vietnamese restaurant with the most amazing noodle soup. I'm so hooked on it, I would go there after work and order it to take home.

Beef brisket noodle soup

The first couple of times I brought it home he would have a couple of bites. Keep in mind, the only kind of noodle soup he'd eat is instant noodles, so freshly made noodle soup is new to him. Well it's grown on him. And now whenever I go to pick up, he'd ask me to pick one up for him too.

I don't know if other couples experience this but a lot of the time my husband and I eat different dishes for dinner. It's cuz there are dishes I eat that he doesn't like and vice versa. He'd be eating a steak while I'll be eating sushi. We're ok with it so we'll just continue doing this for now. I just hope it'll be this smooth when we have kids. What are our family dinners gonna look like?!!

What should I do with my wedding dress?

It's been two months since the wedding. The dress has been in the garment bag. Should I sell it or keep it pre$erved in a box?


Oh, and by the way, I highly recommend destination wedding! I know... everybody does it now... but it's the best decision my husband and I ever made! Planning it was a pain in the ass though, you can't see/taste/touch anything, just had to hope for the best. Below was our beach setup, loved it! I miss the Caribbean, I wonder if it's possible for a Canadian to live down there?