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Friday Frustrations: not-so-good Friday

Saturday, April 24th, 2010

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  • I woke up early to make it to my doctor’s appointment in time but ran late because hubby had an upset stomach.
  • I went to the wrong section again, argh! Apart from that, they had a new form that needs to be filled up. It required a lot of details: family history, medications, vitamins, weight loss products, regular physical activities, etcetera, etcetera…
  • I tipped the scale at 118.8 pounds.
  • People were either mean to me or giving me funny looks or just plain annoying today.
  • The doctor said he can’t do anything about my issue. So the visit was, well, pointless.
  • I just remembered what I wanted needed to buy from the online drugstore; too late my special promo code  has expired.
  • I felt like I needed to use the toilet while I was at the mini mall, so I walked away with nothing and then the feeling went away too.
  • I had to pick up refill for my meds and the line was über long.
  • I had lunch alone. Then hubby asked me to buy him some drinks too, all of a sudden, two hands weren’t enough.
  • Hubby said his waist measurement was 28.5 inches. I was bitter.
  • Hubby bought Chinese for lunch and I was already full.
  • I slept for a few hours when I got home and woke up with palpitation because of a weird dream.
  • I was scolded a few times when I drove back to the base.
  • We were supposed to watch a movie but did not because we had an argument.
  • I had dinner alone.
  • I did this meme and the McLinky is already closed.

Told you, it’s not so good. Maybe it just wasn’t my day, or it could be my hormones, whatever.

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Green is frugal

Tuesday, March 16th, 2010

I am unable to sleep for extended hours nowadays because of the husband’s presence in the house. LOL! He’s is off work for the entire week. While he studies for a number of exams that he has to take soon, I have to find things to do. Right now I’m joggling household chores with cuddling with the hubby, finishing my stitching project, blogging, chatting, watching tv from time to time, and reading Confessions of a Shopaholic (again).

Reading the book made me realize how I have changed from being the single spendthrift to a somehow-frugal wife. I’m somewhat like a bloodhound when it comes to finding ways or websites to earn rewards or to get freebies, clipping coupons, watching out for sales, grabbing promotional items in stores and events. We also make a little extra from recycling plastic bottles, cans and glass bottles. I save a little from reusing tins and plastic than buying canisters and boxes for storage of little things.

Found a great resource for Promotional Items : from the simple giveaway pen to USB drives to executive gifts. They claim they have a huge selection of products and that their 20 years in the business give them an edge over their competitors. But you know where they had me? They offer Eco-friendly products too. So if you want to promote your business or event and do your share in raising environmental awareness as well, give them a try.

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Saturday, February 6th, 2010

I spent half a day organizing my stuff in our main closet, the other half, I spent admiring my work…

Just last Thursday, I finished the task and organized the hubby’s things as well. I can’t believe it took me almost 2 years to find out that we actually had a dictionary! He didn’t know about the magic that I made until the next day, when he was getting something to wear for our day out. Glad he appreciated my effort and even agreed to take pictures. I went with him to base for his PT, I stayed at the mini mall, of course. Then he took a shower, we had dinner at our favorite Hawaiian restaurant, saw a movie and went to Walmart. We weren’t back home until 2 am. It was a long and tiring day, but a very happy one nonetheless.

I’m just beginning to settle in our apartment. I bought plastic containers to organize the contents of our refrigerator, a door hanger for the bathroom, I even utilized all storage space in the little cabinets in the kitchen and the laundry room, the dishwasher and under the stove. And I touched my husband’s stuff in the closet! I can not over emphasize that!

Just as I was embracing being a full-time housewife, my obsessive-compulsive-shopaholic-domesticated-diva dream would go kapoof! I might get laid off in time. huhuhu! :’(

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Tuesday (Vargas) & Wednesday (Addams)

Wednesday, June 10th, 2009

Tuesday morning. Well, as usual, we woke up late; not really making it early enough to give the morning a proper greeting but rather just to bid it goodbye as afternoon came closer.

 

I took out a small bag of chicken from the freezer the night before, so it would thaw (still in the fridge) overnight. I thought I’d cook my hubby some soup. It was like tinola but I wanted some flour vermicelli or misua with it. I’m the boss in the kitchen, so that’s what we had for lunch. I think he even enjoyed it. ;p

 

Then after loading the sheets in the washer, I moved on to a task which had been postponed for days, cleaning the car. A clarification, just the inside, I’m not really the type to get wet giving it a full wash in the small space that we have for a garage. So what I did was basically just a little a lot of dusting, wiping, brushing, vacuuming & organizing. Took me a fat two hours to do that.

 

I had a little snack while hubby went to the room for the peace and quiet that he needed to prepare for his examination, washed the dishes and then took a bath. Hubby agreed we should just buy dinner and so we went to our favorite Thai restaurant to pick up our dinner: mild Phat Thai & citrus chicken. We made a short detour to Longs Drugs because he wanted some Mtn Dew (is it spelled like that elsewhere in the world?) and peanuts; I went straight to the cosmetic section to check some prices.

 

After dinner, hubby went to solitude again and left the laptop with me. I was able to do a little online shopping. Good thing my purchases are coming in one package and in just a couple of days! Yay! Feeling guilty for spending the majority of my PayPal money, I checked for some writing opportunities on you-know-where and got 2. Unfortunately, I submitted them past midnight so they counted for today (Wednesday). Too bad it’s raining opps there now and I can’t grab any more because I have reached the daily maximum limit. We went to bed after that anyways.

 

Hubby woke up early while he allowed me to linger in bed (spoiled me!) and take a bath, until it was time to prepare lunch. Thai leftover on today’s menu. Somewhere during my bed-lingering hours, he visited me and I gave him a nice break through a YouTube video featuring a Korean Guy in uniform dancing to the tune of Nobody by the Wondergirls, shared by Apple (which I also shared in my other blog, CLICK HERE!)

 

I’m waiting for him to finish his exam now…I hope he gets a good grade! Wish us luck! (badly needed)

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TGIF (?)

Saturday, May 30th, 2009

Hubby and I went out to get dinner and watch a movie last Friday. There were several mishaps though…

 

I should remind myself that I don’t enjoy KFC here are much as I did in the Philippines because:
1. They don’t serve rice
2. Gravy only comes free with mashed potatoes; otherwise you have to buy it
3. They don’t have spoons or knives

 

Then my husband wanted to watch Up because it was getting such great reviews but we bought our tickets a little too late. When we got in the theater, it was almost full. So we got a refund and bought tickets for Terminator Salvation instead. Hubby never watched any installment of the Terminator series and I can barely remember the flow of the story.

 

But it was a good night, a fun date nonetheless.

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Date Night

Saturday, May 16th, 2009

Tonight was supposed to be date night because:

1. It’s hubby’s payday, so he’s treating me to dinner
2. We got extra credits on our bank account from federal tax returns and tuition assistance
3. Angels & Demons is finally showing

But it didn’t push through because:
1. Hubby was running a mild fever when he came home from work
2. I was excited about seeing the movie & preempted it with a tweet & thereby jinxed it

So what we did instead was:
1. Go to Longs Drugs to buy a thermometer
2. Get some Chinese takeout from Panda Express
3. Watch a free movie from Comcast which was You, Me & Dupree

Fortune Cookie said: THE SKY’S THE LIMIT THIS MONTH
Hubby’s gonna make up for this date. Big time. ;p

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