The Pepper Spray

I would take heed, and think twice, before any of you oldies come try hitting on me again. My husband bought me my self defense tool last week, and I am letting everybody know. Haha!

I wish I could really use this before it expires (not quite sure of its shelf life), because that could really be awesome! Before Honey gave me this, he explained that I could only use this after I give my first warning, if the first warning doesn't work, press the red button and spray! How exciting is that?

Pre-Natal Vitamins

The moment after I had my PAP test, I had to send the doctor's assistant to get Honey from the lobby so we could start with the pre-natal consultation. I was in contraceptive pills for a year and I figured planning the first pregnancy is vital. Honey and I are living a healthy lifestyle anyway but we just thought of properly taking the steps towards this baby thingy.

The doctor gave me 2 vitamins to start with. I read it somewhere to at least take these vitamins three months before conceiving. I started taking last week because I had a long way to go, oh my! Aside from the OB-Gyn visit, I have to complete my tooth work, one root canal session, one filling, and wisdom tooth extraction. America could really be tough on this one, I had to be on the waiting list to have somebody perform all of these procedures, its unimaginable. I easily get paranoid that I would have unbearable toothache or what not in the future because of the fact that I don't have good teeth, and I don't think I can handle that one so better prepare now and take a lot of food that are calcium enriched. My best friend for one, suffered unbearable toothache for her whole pregnancy, poor her, so I am on my toes here ready to be geared up! Hoping that all the preparation would work.

I got the PAP-test result today and I am negative of cervical cancer fortunately, but I am somewhat negative with the pox virus and thus I had to get that shot too before we move on to trying to conceive.

Doctor gave me a chart to track my cycle, and she said to try to conceive on the 14th day after the 1st day of my period. Well, good to know. This is hella exciting!

First Time PAP Test

On to the next level! As planned...

On Monday, I went to have my first ever PAP test, needless to say and of course wasn't surprising that I freaked out big time! I was supposed to have my husband in the room but decided at the last second that I got it on my own, thus, doctor doctor has to deal with me right there for a little longer.

Let me introduce you to the speculum... This was exactly the tool the doctor used to do it, you know, she said for first timers, this tool is highly recommended so I went for it!

So for all of you ladies who don't have any idea how it is like, I got to say that it was nothing to go crazy about, it was done in a snap, just like that. It didn't really hurt as I imagined, but it was just uncomfortable spreading your legs and exposing yourself in the most funny position ever! Maybe the use of the speculum really helped. My gynecologist is an Indian woman and she understood my concern having this test for the first time at the age of 28, duh??? It was not implied necessary in the Philippines, as well as in India. I was glad she was careful enough and she really handled me well. My schedule shows I will have to do a PAP test every three years, so well, until the next time!

Thinking of Cherry Blossoms

Preparing for my next photoshoot project. My goal is to find a substantial cherry blossoms spot in San Jose. Spring is about to start and I have enough time to conceptualize about an outfit. I could only spend a lot of time for the sake of wonderful photos which only makes sense to me, because like I said to my complaining Honey, lets not wait until we are all wrinkled because we have all the years frozen in front of our awesome camera, right here, right now, so better do it while we could still look good!

I asked a co-worker for a spot and she mentioned Seattle, yeah right, perhaps Japan?!!! I am desperate. I need to have a photo with the cherry blossoms!

The Barber Cut Experience After 48 Years!

Honey took advantage of our Philippines stay the last time and he didn't miss going to a barber shop.

At ONIK Barber Shop in Panabo City, Davao del NortePhp30.00 for a really quality barber's cut like no other!!!

I am currently maintaining Honey's mo-hawk, I know it couldn't get any better than a wife's cut! Haha! Good thing the clipper is helpful you know... I think he might owe me some extra fees for this one...

Conceptualizing for Invitations

Three more years and we are having our second wedding! I know I make it sound like it is going to be next month already right? I have been to Michael’s last week, and there is this lovely aisle for brides and all the stuff wedding-related, and guess what, I was stuck in there for a while! It was love at first sight.

I may be too late to proclaim this sentiment but, isn’t it exciting to plan for your own wedding? I mean, I may have not given it a thought while I was growing up but now I can barely wait to have my personal touch on that wonderful event! Like I said, our second wedding will be held in a lovely paradise in the Philippines, but that doesn’t stop me from setting it up from here. I will be in touch with my friend who will be my events coordinator making sure that majority of the idea will come from me, and she will have to manage the legwork overseas. This time, I would take the extra effort to plan ahead and really get involved because I want to feel the moment on that day and make it memorable especially so because important people in our life who missed our first wedding will share it with us at last.

I saw a kit for invitations in the bridal aisle and it made me so excited that I thought maybe now while I have all the time in the world, I should start making samples. I have no idea yet as to what particular color I would pick but I have a thing for red, purple, and yellow.

One more thing, aside from the wedding invitations, I am also thinking about a night of fun with my girlfriends!So therefore I proclaim that there will be bridal shower invitations that will go out and I will send them ahead of time, so naughty friends could brainstorm and better prepare!

Room Project 1 - Done!

On Tuesday, I managed to do the first step to remaking our room - my way. I went to Walgreens to have our photo enlarged to 24 x 30 for $20. Somehow the choice of not having it reproduced in the Philippines was a smart choice! Otherwise that would be almost $100 for a 24 x 30 photo print, as compared to the almost same substance, only that it is termed as "poster" by Walgreens. I also went to Michael's to buy a black wooden acrylic frame to complete the work.

The raw project which was completed by our housemate Bahram, I couldn't have completed this all by myself, the frame was dang heavy!

I have been itching to put down that corny wall painting for a year now, and at long last! Forgive the mess, but I promise I'll give a neat one after job completion...

Walgreens printed 2 photos for me because the first one they said had a slight glitch, so I took home an extra photo which ended unfortunately in the trash this morning.

The finished project! I had positioned our photo at the center above our bed as opposed to having it at the center of the wall.

Right now I am about to take a shower and get ready to shop for white fabrics for the curtains and sheets. It is by the way 5 o'clock in the afternoon! I am just so happy to have done something productive on my day off!

Honey's Fingerprinting

Good morning world!

Today is my day off and I am currently waiting for Honey so I can do my stuff for the day. He was early this morning to comply to his fingerprinting appointment at the airport for his new job. Did I tell you that Honey is a licensed aircraft mechanic? He finished this 14-month course about 2 to 3 years ago, got his license, and after which the economy went down and there was no hiring, non whatsoever in the aircraft maintenance industry. Recently, they (together with my brother in law) got lucky.

This is the first step of the saving up portion of our goals for this year and the years to come. Honey his keeping is other job at the care home for a little extra, that works for him because this care home facility is just 3 minutes away from where we live. It got me into thinking, that maybe I should go find another part time job again. I was able to do it before, and I'm sure I would be able to do it now. I wonder how to find a non-retail part time job! I have been into Indeed in the hope of finding one, but yeah, jobs nowadays, especially the good ones, don't come easy at your fingertips, like you have to wait forever for a feedback.

Today, I am going to send stuff to Roseville, open an account at the Credit Union, buy a picture frame, and hopefully buy the white curtains for the room. I have to be productive today, I'd rather waste money on these than waste my time on facebook! Seriously now...

Second Wedding Venue

Venue: Dahican, Mati, Davao Oriental, PhilippinesTentative Date: January 4, 2015

It is going to be a beach wedding and its gonna be here! We are so glad we were taken to this place by our good friend Atty. Sweet, somehow we just kind of mutually made up our minds that we are gonna do it at this beautiful paradise. We will definitely set money aside for this event, and will start on the concept little by little so that I could add my personal touch on my own wedding --- though I have to pass on the rest of the work to Mye Mye my friend eventually, her expertise would really save us.

Just thinking about it now is so exciting! Another wedding shared with the most important people in our life will definitely make the moment beyond memorable. We are going to make our second wedding terrific! I swear!

Plans... At least we have something to look forward to...

A Time to Brag!

Before we left the Philippines, our friend Mye gave us something priceless! It was a mug with our photos on it!

She is a professional events planner who's taking every event in the world in her hands, all by herself! She named her business venture Mye Events, and she is open for reservations! So you better hurry up you guys!

Here's a memorable photo of the turnover ceremony which took place at our favorite Aling Foping's in Matina Town Square:

You bet it was the coolest we got from that trip back home. It was awesome how she thought of conceptualizing a gift for us amidst her busy schedule. Mye Mye my friend, I hope you know how grateful we are for the thoughtfulness! This was not the first time, and I bet you'd be surprised to know that I have a place for your thingy in our room! Remember this one?