Here's a tip ..
Once you stop upgrading your house or fixing your new house .. you never want to start again.
we were here for two weeks constantly non-stop painting, chipping, cleaning fixing mopping.. and then we stopped... and I haven't picked up a paint brush since!
I have cabinets with no cabinet doors on them because
I MESSED UP THE STAIN THE FIRST TWO TIMES AND I'M SO TIRED OF STAINING THEY MIGHT STAY WITH THE DOORS OFF!
I have a bathroom that's half painted and with no grout but tiles ...
I have a kitchen wall that's half done and needs to be painted still
DONT STOP WORKING FOR THE LOVE OF GOD DONT STOP! PAINT UNTIL ITS ALL DONE!! STAIN UNTIL YOUR HANDS ARE STAINED TOO!
KEEP GOING
I'll... be over here ... brewing coffee... trying to get back in the mood...
Nik
Tuesday, September 15, 2015
Friday, August 21, 2015
We Moved! List of things that maybe I should have done, and if I could do it over I would have done, And maybe you should do them too.
Ok we moved again .. hopefully this time for the last time.
Well not the last last time but the last time for hopefully a couple of years .. Like 5 to 10 years!
We bought a house this time!
Its amazing and bigger than any place we've ever rented before. so YAY!
It just feels like a lot of responsibility LIKE for instance ... There are a Bazillion things I need to clean today because people are probably coming over this weekend to check out the new house, and I'm online writing about how I should be cleaning and have a million things to clean that actually cleaning .. One more time YAY!
I feel like because we have a house now that I need to have toilet paper and gifts for people that are coming over ... currently we have no toilet paper and barely water to offer people that come over. SOME ONE NEEDS TO HEAD TO THE STORE!
Don't worry .. Don't freak out!
DEEP DEEP breath!!
We will figure out this owning a home thing just like we do everything .. together laughing over how I messed stuff up the first time by reading and writing this blog.
Alright so the first thing I should have done when we first got here instead of being so excited we just moved all our crap in super fast and putting boxes every where .. was
1) I should have mopped and cleaned all the surfaces FIRST! The house we bought was a foreclosure ... I'm not sure if you buy a house from someone (like a person not a bank) if they clean on their way out .. but either way it seems like common sense that you would want to wash off all their germs before you put your things down. MY house was covered in dirt and dust and SPIDERS because it hadn't been lived in for a year. I should have mopped and dusted.. although that wouldn't have made a huge difference since my husband tore out the bathroom and created a huge dusty mess all over the house.
2) when I was packing up our other residence I should have marked the boxes with which room the boxes needed to go into. and maybe like a SMALL list of what's in the box on the outside. I also should have had more of a plan on what to put in boxes. i.e.. Things that are related to each other in every box In stead of my "everything must go in a box no matter what box it is" plan.
3) when we got here I should have paid more attention to where the dirty clothes were and maybe marked them dirty... no explanation should be needed here.
4) PACK A SUITCASE! pack for at least a week! I packed an over night bag thinking I would have everything were its supposed to go already ... its three weeks later, I don't have a bathroom and I cant find anything.
5) I am very scared of spiders ... like I scream. Roaches I'm ok with .. other bugs as long as its not a spider I can step on pretty easily .. but spiders ... are scary. MY HOUSE WAS COVERED IN THEM! little ones that jump, HUGE ONES that look like "her" from Lord of the Rings. I almost peed when this one that could only be described as a tarantula came charging at me...
long story short .. your gonna need like bug spray and your need to spray before you bring your crap in and hopefully you have a few days to let everything sink in a die. I did I sprayed the day we closed and then we got the keys like a few days later, and by then I was able to sweep up all the dead things.
Learn from me friends .. I'm here being your comedic relief so you can learn.
I hope to hopefully have this place sorted out ...next week haha My booboo goes back to school on Monday so I will have more time to clean, wash, dust, squash, and mow. If you have questions about maybe buying a home ... haha I had very little to no part in a actual proceedings. All I did was find the realtor and house since our realtor was useless. I then found a new realtor and my husband did the rest. I would say if we could do it all over again I would want to be present if at all possible at the appraisal. Our toilet was CLOGGED! I don't know if it was the previous owner or if it just happened in the matter of year it wasn't used. man All those problem all those things we should have looked at need to be in a whole different blog. I'll write that one next.
Anyway I hope I helped or at least made you laugh
Nik
Well not the last last time but the last time for hopefully a couple of years .. Like 5 to 10 years!
We bought a house this time!
Its amazing and bigger than any place we've ever rented before. so YAY!
It just feels like a lot of responsibility LIKE for instance ... There are a Bazillion things I need to clean today because people are probably coming over this weekend to check out the new house, and I'm online writing about how I should be cleaning and have a million things to clean that actually cleaning .. One more time YAY!
I feel like because we have a house now that I need to have toilet paper and gifts for people that are coming over ... currently we have no toilet paper and barely water to offer people that come over. SOME ONE NEEDS TO HEAD TO THE STORE!
Don't worry .. Don't freak out!
DEEP DEEP breath!!
We will figure out this owning a home thing just like we do everything .. together laughing over how I messed stuff up the first time by reading and writing this blog.
Alright so the first thing I should have done when we first got here instead of being so excited we just moved all our crap in super fast and putting boxes every where .. was
1) I should have mopped and cleaned all the surfaces FIRST! The house we bought was a foreclosure ... I'm not sure if you buy a house from someone (like a person not a bank) if they clean on their way out .. but either way it seems like common sense that you would want to wash off all their germs before you put your things down. MY house was covered in dirt and dust and SPIDERS because it hadn't been lived in for a year. I should have mopped and dusted.. although that wouldn't have made a huge difference since my husband tore out the bathroom and created a huge dusty mess all over the house.
2) when I was packing up our other residence I should have marked the boxes with which room the boxes needed to go into. and maybe like a SMALL list of what's in the box on the outside. I also should have had more of a plan on what to put in boxes. i.e.. Things that are related to each other in every box In stead of my "everything must go in a box no matter what box it is" plan.
3) when we got here I should have paid more attention to where the dirty clothes were and maybe marked them dirty... no explanation should be needed here.
4) PACK A SUITCASE! pack for at least a week! I packed an over night bag thinking I would have everything were its supposed to go already ... its three weeks later, I don't have a bathroom and I cant find anything.
5) I am very scared of spiders ... like I scream. Roaches I'm ok with .. other bugs as long as its not a spider I can step on pretty easily .. but spiders ... are scary. MY HOUSE WAS COVERED IN THEM! little ones that jump, HUGE ONES that look like "her" from Lord of the Rings. I almost peed when this one that could only be described as a tarantula came charging at me...
long story short .. your gonna need like bug spray and your need to spray before you bring your crap in and hopefully you have a few days to let everything sink in a die. I did I sprayed the day we closed and then we got the keys like a few days later, and by then I was able to sweep up all the dead things.
Learn from me friends .. I'm here being your comedic relief so you can learn.
I hope to hopefully have this place sorted out ...next week haha My booboo goes back to school on Monday so I will have more time to clean, wash, dust, squash, and mow. If you have questions about maybe buying a home ... haha I had very little to no part in a actual proceedings. All I did was find the realtor and house since our realtor was useless. I then found a new realtor and my husband did the rest. I would say if we could do it all over again I would want to be present if at all possible at the appraisal. Our toilet was CLOGGED! I don't know if it was the previous owner or if it just happened in the matter of year it wasn't used. man All those problem all those things we should have looked at need to be in a whole different blog. I'll write that one next.
Anyway I hope I helped or at least made you laugh
Nik
Tuesday, July 28, 2015
OK ok let me help you out!
Lets pretend your terrible irresponsible human being like myself and you needed to file and extention on your taxes like I did but you dont know where to do that at?! I'll help you out .. One procrastinator to another!
SO if you still don't have your shit together and you need more time to do your taxes because April 15th is coming up soon (Like tonight at midnight) then you need to file an extention.
which I did with Turbo tax:
https://myturbotax.intuit.com/
turbo tax is an amazing site that helped me with the rest of the process!
Even after I couldn't go any farther they helped me out with finding all the phone numbers to call. I called the IRS like a million times with two different numbers that were all provided by Turbo Tax. So a big thank you to them!
** Turbo Tax in no way paid me for this blog post... should someone from Turbo Tax feel the need to reach out to me they can email me!**
SO if you still don't have your shit together and you need more time to do your taxes because April 15th is coming up soon (Like tonight at midnight) then you need to file an extention.
which I did with Turbo tax:
https://myturbotax.intuit.com/
turbo tax is an amazing site that helped me with the rest of the process!
Even after I couldn't go any farther they helped me out with finding all the phone numbers to call. I called the IRS like a million times with two different numbers that were all provided by Turbo Tax. So a big thank you to them!
** Turbo Tax in no way paid me for this blog post... should someone from Turbo Tax feel the need to reach out to me they can email me!**
Thursday, June 4, 2015
Filing My Taxes
So its June..... and your wondering why I'm just now filing my taxes
because I was waiting on my L.P. to decide weather or not to claim me or not.
SO I filed for an extension because he was taking his dear sweet time. Now then if you want to file an extension you can do that through turbo tax, they guide you right through it and it was super easy. They make you make a pin number that has nothing to do with anything and you don't use it ever so just keep that in mind. That's what I didn't know and it caused a lot of problems later.
Alright so months later here I go filing my taxes. the actual taxes are a breeze thanks to Turbo Tax. Now here is where we get into the foggy what tha heck area.. before you submit you need to get your Pin number from the IRS you use your social, date of birth, and address off your last years taxes to get your pin... when I entered all my info, the machine said that doesn't match what we have on file please call the office.. Ok fine I'll call. Yesterday I was on the phone with them for an hour and never got through. Today I called and they denied my call completely saying they were full of calls and could take no more. They told me to call back tomorrow. BOOOOO fine.. I guess I have until October I'll call next week and see how it goes.
Moral of the story .. FILE BEFORE APRIL 15th!
because I was waiting on my L.P. to decide weather or not to claim me or not.
SO I filed for an extension because he was taking his dear sweet time. Now then if you want to file an extension you can do that through turbo tax, they guide you right through it and it was super easy. They make you make a pin number that has nothing to do with anything and you don't use it ever so just keep that in mind. That's what I didn't know and it caused a lot of problems later.
Alright so months later here I go filing my taxes. the actual taxes are a breeze thanks to Turbo Tax. Now here is where we get into the foggy what tha heck area.. before you submit you need to get your Pin number from the IRS you use your social, date of birth, and address off your last years taxes to get your pin... when I entered all my info, the machine said that doesn't match what we have on file please call the office.. Ok fine I'll call. Yesterday I was on the phone with them for an hour and never got through. Today I called and they denied my call completely saying they were full of calls and could take no more. They told me to call back tomorrow. BOOOOO fine.. I guess I have until October I'll call next week and see how it goes.
Moral of the story .. FILE BEFORE APRIL 15th!
Wednesday, June 3, 2015
Working out on your 30th year of life
I started going to the gym ... again.
This will be like my 3rd week at the gym .. really my 4th but last week didn't count because I only went once since it was keeks last week of school and there was parties and water balloon days plus graduation ceremony i needed to attend instead.
So going to the gym at an old age.... (well older age I'm not in my 20s anymore)
There's a lot of gas.. LOL for real. I'm gassy all the time there. I don't know why I guess with all the moving around it make the air come down.
My BMs are normal now .. that's nice. If your having issues with your BMs you might try walking.
My joints hurt! I have to take Advil PM now to sleep. It usually my elbows and my back. Because I have a big but I cant sleep on my back usually but it hurts so much I have been doing so.
So I'll break down what I do at the gym and you can comment if you think I should do anything different or if you know I need to change stuff.
I walk on the treadmill (like a power walk) for 10 minutes
Lift 5 pound weights 50 times bicep curls and Hammer curls 50 each
then I use some machines and do 5 reps of 10 sometimes 3 reps of 20 depending on the compexness of the machine
I don't know the names of the machines just what they work and they are mostly arms machines since that the part of my body I hate the most right now (besides my stomach obviously). In addition to the arm machines though I also use the leg crunchy machines that I feel like people stare at me when I use .. you know .. the vagina crunchers and the vagina opener ... if your a chick you know which ones I mean, they work your thighs.
Then the squat machine ... and I go home after that one.
I really don't know what else to do! My knees are in such bad shape I cant run very well on the treadmill, plus they are located on the second floor of the gym and my running thumps vibrate the whole building!
I need to figure out a way to work out my abs.
Anyway
Have a good day, go find a job for me ... and think about ab workouts.
StinkyNik
This will be like my 3rd week at the gym .. really my 4th but last week didn't count because I only went once since it was keeks last week of school and there was parties and water balloon days plus graduation ceremony i needed to attend instead.
So going to the gym at an old age.... (well older age I'm not in my 20s anymore)
There's a lot of gas.. LOL for real. I'm gassy all the time there. I don't know why I guess with all the moving around it make the air come down.
My BMs are normal now .. that's nice. If your having issues with your BMs you might try walking.
My joints hurt! I have to take Advil PM now to sleep. It usually my elbows and my back. Because I have a big but I cant sleep on my back usually but it hurts so much I have been doing so.
So I'll break down what I do at the gym and you can comment if you think I should do anything different or if you know I need to change stuff.
I walk on the treadmill (like a power walk) for 10 minutes
Lift 5 pound weights 50 times bicep curls and Hammer curls 50 each
then I use some machines and do 5 reps of 10 sometimes 3 reps of 20 depending on the compexness of the machine
I don't know the names of the machines just what they work and they are mostly arms machines since that the part of my body I hate the most right now (besides my stomach obviously). In addition to the arm machines though I also use the leg crunchy machines that I feel like people stare at me when I use .. you know .. the vagina crunchers and the vagina opener ... if your a chick you know which ones I mean, they work your thighs.
Then the squat machine ... and I go home after that one.
I really don't know what else to do! My knees are in such bad shape I cant run very well on the treadmill, plus they are located on the second floor of the gym and my running thumps vibrate the whole building!
I need to figure out a way to work out my abs.
Anyway
Have a good day, go find a job for me ... and think about ab workouts.
StinkyNik
Damn it!
Alright alright... Its been a year again!
Worst Blog In the History OF the WORLD!
Sorry, LOL
Anyway we moved back to Sinton, Texas. We moved into my mother in laws again, Isn't that nice? L.P. is trying to buy a house right now and I can't help him. When we moved back in August, I worked for my mother in law for a little while at her Palateria. A palateria is a Ice pop shop... Kinda .. she made fruit cups, with a Mexican chili on top of the fruit. She made nachos, and sandwhiches, salads ... snack items I guess. My mother in law started getting sick from the stress, I guess and she had to close her shop. With my son in Pre-kay that put me at home everyday since then. Why didn't you blog Nik? Because we just got a new computer like a month ago and frankly I was depressed OK! The only reason I consented to moving back to Sinton was because I was gonna go to school and have a job. BUT when my mother in law closed her shop that was pretty much it for me. I wouldn't be able to get another job that would work with my school schedule my sons school schedule and if he would have been sick I could leave him in the back office while I worked. All that's gone now..
I'm currently trying to figure out if I should get a job or go back to school, at this point I cant do both. Not with keeks in school. One at a time. Right now L.P. seems stable enough were I can go back to school BUT hes trying to buy a house and I'm not sure if were gonna make it. I should just do it anyway and if we have issues I cant always put school on hold ... AGAIN.
Either way school wont start until August and its June .. that's two months of arguing about money with L.P. two months with a wedding, a baby shower, and a Quince to attend.. All of which I'm doing things in. Well not the wedding I just need to find a dress for that one. But the baby shower and the quince Ive got duties to attend to.
Ive put out applications to .. everywhere! I've seriously put out at least 7 a week for the last 4 or 5 weeks. Everyday I apply to something else. I got denied at walmart! How do you get denied at walmart! They told me I was over qualified... GREAT.
I just need money!
Anyway I'm gonna post soon about going to the gym on the 30th year of my life in a little bit. watch out for that.
Keep you heads up! I know I'm trying to!
Nik
Worst Blog In the History OF the WORLD!
Sorry, LOL
Anyway we moved back to Sinton, Texas. We moved into my mother in laws again, Isn't that nice? L.P. is trying to buy a house right now and I can't help him. When we moved back in August, I worked for my mother in law for a little while at her Palateria. A palateria is a Ice pop shop... Kinda .. she made fruit cups, with a Mexican chili on top of the fruit. She made nachos, and sandwhiches, salads ... snack items I guess. My mother in law started getting sick from the stress, I guess and she had to close her shop. With my son in Pre-kay that put me at home everyday since then. Why didn't you blog Nik? Because we just got a new computer like a month ago and frankly I was depressed OK! The only reason I consented to moving back to Sinton was because I was gonna go to school and have a job. BUT when my mother in law closed her shop that was pretty much it for me. I wouldn't be able to get another job that would work with my school schedule my sons school schedule and if he would have been sick I could leave him in the back office while I worked. All that's gone now..
I'm currently trying to figure out if I should get a job or go back to school, at this point I cant do both. Not with keeks in school. One at a time. Right now L.P. seems stable enough were I can go back to school BUT hes trying to buy a house and I'm not sure if were gonna make it. I should just do it anyway and if we have issues I cant always put school on hold ... AGAIN.
Either way school wont start until August and its June .. that's two months of arguing about money with L.P. two months with a wedding, a baby shower, and a Quince to attend.. All of which I'm doing things in. Well not the wedding I just need to find a dress for that one. But the baby shower and the quince Ive got duties to attend to.
Ive put out applications to .. everywhere! I've seriously put out at least 7 a week for the last 4 or 5 weeks. Everyday I apply to something else. I got denied at walmart! How do you get denied at walmart! They told me I was over qualified... GREAT.
I just need money!
Anyway I'm gonna post soon about going to the gym on the 30th year of my life in a little bit. watch out for that.
Keep you heads up! I know I'm trying to!
Nik
Wednesday, July 2, 2014
Stop Hating on Yourself Your Making Yourself Look Crazy
I think I and some girls get to caught up with the "he loves me, he doesn't love me" game. Or the thought process where you tell yourself if I only do this (like lose 15 pounds) he'll love me more, in my case... if only I could catch a really big shark (or learn to drive this stupid car better) ... he would love me more.... Chick! PLEASE if this dude doesn't love you right now right now, no matter how many fish or pounds you lose (or cars you strip gears on) it not gonna sway him. Luckily! If you would only love yourself and be happy with yourself it would make you more attractive. More attractive than the 10 pounds, the catching of more fish, and buying of new cars. YOU set the tone dear. If you act like a bad ass who loves herself ... he's gonna see that and love that bad ass. Lol. More importantly the doing of things for yourself and not for him is better emotionally. So screw you mando! I'm losing weight for me! And catching sharks...ok wait let's be serious catching smaller yet still impressive fish because I WANT TO. (Look on the car thing I think I'm as good as I'm gonna get. You shoulda thought about that before you bought the damn thing. AND that's YOUR dream car not mine. PLUS! I'm really not that bad at driving it. You just wish you were married to the female Pastrana. And guess what she doesn't exist and if she did she would want to be with him and probably an STI. You got a WRX mo fo... so you get a WRX wife. Bahahah ahahaha)
Moral of the very long story. LOVE yourself because he won't until you do. I didn't love me for a long time and I think my relationship suffered and for other strenuous reasons is still suffering but I'm working on it. Sometimes writing it out makes you see the light.
Moral of the very long story. LOVE yourself because he won't until you do. I didn't love me for a long time and I think my relationship suffered and for other strenuous reasons is still suffering but I'm working on it. Sometimes writing it out makes you see the light.
Tuesday, February 4, 2014
On the road again
My husband's work has him traveling a lot and sometimes we get to go with him since I'm at home with the baby all day we stay in a hotel while he's at work and walk around where ever we are. Sight see.. go to the movies. This week we are in San Antonio Texas. I'm on a limited budget but we'll see what we can get into this week. So far tonight we're waiting for hubs to wake up for a nap before we go to dinner. Yay! Dinner!
Nik
Friday, January 31, 2014
Can't knock me down today!
I woke up and exercised! It feels good! I'm starting to feel a burn that reminds me every second every day... every time I bend over, sit up, lay down.... breathe... that I'm loosing weight and getting toned. That's what keeps me going ... The burn!
It feels really good.
I had to get to this point though. I know a lot of times I've tried to workout or try to start a work out routine that I hated to feel that pain. I would quit because of it. I think I'm so tired of being fat that this pain is like refreshing me. Does that make sense? I put up skinny model girls on my phone desktop and lock screen to push myself. I don't want to be fat anymore I want to be sexy! And the burn is proof that I'm on my way there! TAKE THAT FAT!!! I'm on my way to be rid of you!
Thursday, January 30, 2014
Nicole - party of one
I don't blog to get followers.
I don't blog to make money.
I don't blog for recognition.
I blog because... I want someone to talk to haha, I think it's weird to talk to myself so talking to total strangers and maybe not even that but blank Internet space makes me feel like I've gotten stuff off my chest. It makes me feel like there's a friend out there who doesn't like my husband more, or talks to me just because we're related to each other. I'm not a loner but sometimes it's hard to tell who's really listening, who doesn't care, or who's just going to retell my story to someone else with a terrible spin on it.
At least here ... I maybe can make people laugh. That's ok to laugh at me. Because it's funny.
I've been trying to loose weight for years. Really I've tried every diet. Every pill.
And if I can help someone choose the right diet for them. I really don't suggest the pills and there's a blog post about that here sonewhere. My blog is a don't do as I do. Do as I say type of thing. This time I think I have a good idea what to do to loose weight. When I get the proven results I'll post them. Until then.... just read and laugh at my failures haha! Because I'm laughing at myself too
Also I review products sent to me by Bzzagent.
Or places my hubby takes us.
Or if I hear really good music I'll post about it.
I post basically anything I would tell a friend about. Because really that's what I'm here for. And If I have no listeners, readers, friends it's ok .... because it feels like I have some and really.... that's all that matters
Your friend
Nik
Wednesday, January 29, 2014
Changing my mind like I change like I change the channel
I want to loose weight I want to loose weight!
Earlier this month I decided to cut out bread and sugar and possibly pasta, but keep fruit in my life. Practically Atkins. So I was good for two weeks then my off weekend came and I was able to eat whatever I wanted. I noticed that when I got back to my apartment after my weekend off I was heavier than when I had started my diet. Stoopid! I bloat when I'm off my diet!!! Making it the worst diet ever.
I figured this was all for vacation in june, but in June I'm not going to want to be on a diet.... I'm on vacation I want to eat what I want.
In reality, it's not like I gorge and gorge on food. I've been consistently 165 pounds for the last year. I'm not FAT I'm chubby. Which means I'm eating ok right? OK ok so maybe stop drinking soda and eating candy every night before bed (HEY! don't judge me!) That will be th e eating right part and now I just have to exercise. Because really people it has to be a lifestyle change. A diet is only going to get you so far. Not to mention when you fall off its the worst and hardest to get back on. So this week I started. I'm not eating candy all the time or drinking soda all day anymore and I've added 30 minutes of exercise. So we'll see how this goes for the next few weeks. I will still have time to change my habits and loose weight if this doesn't work before June haha.
Comment if you have a better idea on how to loose weight.
I want to be fit for the rest of my life not just in June .... I can't diet the whole rest of my life! I mean I want to live life ....
It's ok to start over. No you didn't just waste this whole month of your life(or however long you were dieting and it didn't work out for you). Your trying things out you have try things to see if it's going to work for you. Everyone's different.
Nik
Wednesday, January 22, 2014
I want to eat my lip gloss
I typed out a whole blog entry and lost it allllll waaaaa waaaaaaa waaaa
It was funny and charming
.....
LOOSE WEIGHT WITH ME
WE CAN DO IT
I'LL EXPLAIN how tomorrow when I regain composure. I'm too disappointed right now .
Haha
Nik
Tuesday, January 21, 2014
I uhhh... did it again
Alright alright it's been a long time.. again ... but this time I promise I won't leave for so long ... hopefully.
I got the mobile app so I'll be writing more.
On weight loss
Buzzagent -Ness
General house wife things that I find interesting.
Beauty products that work.
Yay me! New Year new me ... New blog haha
Hopefully
Nik
Wednesday, August 28, 2013
Eeesh! Tell me it hasn't been a year already?!
Alright Alright!
Its been a year almost JEEZE
Life gets in the way! It doesn't help that we didn't have Internet at the house for over three months. We still don't have Internet, but as you see that's no excuse!
What happened what happened?
December .... was a blurrr!
My LP birthday is in December and he got into a huge fight with his best friend over something that should have been a non issue. But alcohol made it an issue .... moral of this story.... we shouldn't drink so much and when we do we shouldn't take things so seriously ... Its hard to do that with alcohol, I don't even drink much if my LP is drinking because he can get a little crazy. I'm not always around to watch his back ... or the rest of the rooms back from him. This time I was a little to out of the way and he got into some trouble waaa waaaa waaa it ruined the whole month because we were all blaming ourselves and trying to get over the things we said to each other.. worst Christmas month ever.
January .. I had stopped going to school. LP said it was time to get a job :-( So job search I did ... For a long time. looking for a job took up most of my time. It was a stressful time
February ... still no job
March FINALLY I found one but not the one I wanted. I went to work at Hobby Lobby in the frame department. I told my self it was temporary until I found a better job... after a few weeks of working though I just got stuck in routine and never continued looking for another job ::sigh::
Working at hobby lobby
It was fun ... for the most part
In that frame shop we were behind .... constantly so it was kind of stressful
then I cut my hand .... that was painful
I miss the friends I made there.
I miss seeing all the customers art work .... that was the coolest part.
The general manager there is a ignoramus ..... I mean that the nicest way possible (not really he was a huge idiot)
I just took a break to see what my son was watching on TV ... Scoobie doo has come a little too far.... uhhh the relationship between Daphne and Freddy .... kids his age shouldn't be watching stuff like this haha and the skirts are a little too short here guys ... were they always that short?!
ANYWAY
Quit Hobby Lobby
for most of the summer I was jobless I was going to get another job after my hand healed but LP got a job transfer that has brought us here to Houston ...
We've been living here in Houston for Ohhhhhh Three days haha
and now I'm back to looking for a job....
::sigh:: you think I would be used to this Song and Dance by now but ... i'm not.
I'm stressed out :-(
Back to the job hunt!
WISH ME LUCK! I'm gonna need it!
Nik
Its been a year almost JEEZE
Life gets in the way! It doesn't help that we didn't have Internet at the house for over three months. We still don't have Internet, but as you see that's no excuse!
What happened what happened?
December .... was a blurrr!
My LP birthday is in December and he got into a huge fight with his best friend over something that should have been a non issue. But alcohol made it an issue .... moral of this story.... we shouldn't drink so much and when we do we shouldn't take things so seriously ... Its hard to do that with alcohol, I don't even drink much if my LP is drinking because he can get a little crazy. I'm not always around to watch his back ... or the rest of the rooms back from him. This time I was a little to out of the way and he got into some trouble waaa waaaa waaa it ruined the whole month because we were all blaming ourselves and trying to get over the things we said to each other.. worst Christmas month ever.
January .. I had stopped going to school. LP said it was time to get a job :-( So job search I did ... For a long time. looking for a job took up most of my time. It was a stressful time
February ... still no job
March FINALLY I found one but not the one I wanted. I went to work at Hobby Lobby in the frame department. I told my self it was temporary until I found a better job... after a few weeks of working though I just got stuck in routine and never continued looking for another job ::sigh::
Working at hobby lobby
It was fun ... for the most part
In that frame shop we were behind .... constantly so it was kind of stressful
then I cut my hand .... that was painful
I miss the friends I made there.
I miss seeing all the customers art work .... that was the coolest part.
The general manager there is a ignoramus ..... I mean that the nicest way possible (not really he was a huge idiot)
I just took a break to see what my son was watching on TV ... Scoobie doo has come a little too far.... uhhh the relationship between Daphne and Freddy .... kids his age shouldn't be watching stuff like this haha and the skirts are a little too short here guys ... were they always that short?!
ANYWAY
Quit Hobby Lobby
for most of the summer I was jobless I was going to get another job after my hand healed but LP got a job transfer that has brought us here to Houston ...
We've been living here in Houston for Ohhhhhh Three days haha
and now I'm back to looking for a job....
::sigh:: you think I would be used to this Song and Dance by now but ... i'm not.
I'm stressed out :-(
Back to the job hunt!
WISH ME LUCK! I'm gonna need it!
Nik
Tuesday, November 27, 2012
Being a Bzz Agents
A couple of months ago I was talking to my sister in law about her new adventure selling Scentsy. If you haven't seen this stuff its a wick-less candle warmer. You've seen them I'm sure, they are super cute! Its a burner with a light bulb and you put wax in a dish on top and the wax melts and make the room smell SO GOOD! Go to her website they got some really cute stuff!
https://kmaqueda.scentsy.us/Scentsy/Buy?partyId=117446194
Anyway we were talking about her new direct sales adventure and I had decided I wanted to try out something like that. It looks fun and you get to see a lot of new products (maybe order some for yourself) and make a bit of cash on the side.
She suggested I try Avon because the start up price is Low and the product practically sells its self! Everyone knows Avon. I knew I shouldn't just jump into this small business world without an idea of what I was getting myself into, So I did a web search of Avon online. I came across this really great website that was super informative and I really loved it called www.moneymakingmommy.com
she talks about her dealings with Avon and convinced me I could do it! (more on that in another posting) Her site is really great, she has so many ideas on how housewives can make money from home its so fantastic!
Well!
on the right hand side of her page she has a tab called product testers. When you click on it theres a whole slue of websites that you can join to be a product tester and my favorite one is
https://www.bzzagent.com/index.jsp
They send you stuff for free and all you have to do is review their free products!
They even kinda pay you!
The more surveys you take the more points you rack up and when you get enough points you can redeem those for gift cards! I haven't really done the "Mypoints" part of the site but I've seen some really great gift cards. (amazon.com, and Visa Gift cards) Anyway all you do at Bzz agent is sign up and start taking surveys! The staff over there at Bzzgent.com matches you to a product, you accept their invite to their campaign, and they send you your free product! It also comes with some pointers on how to use their item, and few free samples to use yourself or give away and some coupons! Then you go to twitter and facebook and start tweeting and posting your findings. You don't have to love the product you dont even have to like it... they want your honest opinion! PLUS you get to keep the item they sent you! FREE STUFF! I got so excited when I got my package!
So I have tried this site out for you.... its not a scam... they they sent me free stuff look, look here it is below!
Keep an Eye out!!! I review this product in about a weeks time!!
Come back so you can see how I do
**SIDENOTE** I really love selling Avon but its not easy, its just like anyother job. Worse even because I'm my own boss so the reason I'm not producing is ... Me
ANYWAY
subscribe and see you soon!
As always visit my Online Avon Store
www.youravon.com/nresendez
Nik
https://kmaqueda.scentsy.us/Scentsy/Buy?partyId=117446194
She suggested I try Avon because the start up price is Low and the product practically sells its self! Everyone knows Avon. I knew I shouldn't just jump into this small business world without an idea of what I was getting myself into, So I did a web search of Avon online. I came across this really great website that was super informative and I really loved it called www.moneymakingmommy.com
she talks about her dealings with Avon and convinced me I could do it! (more on that in another posting) Her site is really great, she has so many ideas on how housewives can make money from home its so fantastic!
Well!
on the right hand side of her page she has a tab called product testers. When you click on it theres a whole slue of websites that you can join to be a product tester and my favorite one is
https://www.bzzagent.com/index.jsp
They send you stuff for free and all you have to do is review their free products!
They even kinda pay you!
The more surveys you take the more points you rack up and when you get enough points you can redeem those for gift cards! I haven't really done the "Mypoints" part of the site but I've seen some really great gift cards. (amazon.com, and Visa Gift cards) Anyway all you do at Bzz agent is sign up and start taking surveys! The staff over there at Bzzgent.com matches you to a product, you accept their invite to their campaign, and they send you your free product! It also comes with some pointers on how to use their item, and few free samples to use yourself or give away and some coupons! Then you go to twitter and facebook and start tweeting and posting your findings. You don't have to love the product you dont even have to like it... they want your honest opinion! PLUS you get to keep the item they sent you! FREE STUFF! I got so excited when I got my package!
So I have tried this site out for you.... its not a scam... they they sent me free stuff look, look here it is below!
Come back so you can see how I do
**SIDENOTE** I really love selling Avon but its not easy, its just like anyother job. Worse even because I'm my own boss so the reason I'm not producing is ... Me
ANYWAY
subscribe and see you soon!
As always visit my Online Avon Store
www.youravon.com/nresendez
Nik
Thursday, November 15, 2012
Degree Clinical Protection Review!!!
From One house wife to another I have tried out a couple of products. I was wondering if they really worked or not and they weren't cheap. This times review is over
Degree Clinical Protection and Degree Expert Protection
So I've been using these for a few weeks now I had been using the Expert Protection for at least a year now, and a couple of weeks ago started using the Clinical Protection.
I guess I sweat alot... I mean this is South Texas.... Usually applying deodorant one time a day is just not an option for me. If I put it on once just in the morning by mid day i'm stinky .. Not wet just a little stinky. I have to apply multiple times a day.
SO
I thought I would try the clinical protection.. the directions say to put the deoderant on at night and sleep with it on and continue on through the day. Meaning you shouldn't have to reapply in the morning...
FOR ME
I tried that out and the first day it was amazing... I followed the directions exactly and it worked just like it said it would..
The second day I did the same thing and ...by the end of the day I was back to stinky pitts.
Third day forget it .... my body was immune.
I tried reapply again in the morning and I stank worse!
SO I got fustrated and went back to my old deoderant and just reapplyed half way through the day like I used to.
Finally my L.P. noticed..... he also noticed that I had spent 7 dollars on it and 3 on the normal deoderant ... meaning I better use it...
So I decided to use both at the same time. My new routine ...
Shower at night
Put the clinical protection on
SLEEP
wake up and put normal deoderant on ... AND
Now I don't stink!
Does it suck that I have to use two deodorants ....Yes ... but the alternative is stinking all day or at the end of the day or stinking in general.
Do I recommend this product? Yes sir Eee bob!! If you have a normal body and maybe just half the stink I do.. it would probably work. I say go for it! It was seven dollars for the Clinical, and four for the Expert.
I was not paid for this review I just wanted to help someone out ... maybe if you stink like me.. this helped you.
Degree Clinical Protection and Degree Expert Protection
So I've been using these for a few weeks now I had been using the Expert Protection for at least a year now, and a couple of weeks ago started using the Clinical Protection.
I guess I sweat alot... I mean this is South Texas.... Usually applying deodorant one time a day is just not an option for me. If I put it on once just in the morning by mid day i'm stinky .. Not wet just a little stinky. I have to apply multiple times a day.
SO
I thought I would try the clinical protection.. the directions say to put the deoderant on at night and sleep with it on and continue on through the day. Meaning you shouldn't have to reapply in the morning...
FOR ME
I tried that out and the first day it was amazing... I followed the directions exactly and it worked just like it said it would..
The second day I did the same thing and ...by the end of the day I was back to stinky pitts.
Third day forget it .... my body was immune.
I tried reapply again in the morning and I stank worse!
SO I got fustrated and went back to my old deoderant and just reapplyed half way through the day like I used to.
Finally my L.P. noticed..... he also noticed that I had spent 7 dollars on it and 3 on the normal deoderant ... meaning I better use it...
So I decided to use both at the same time. My new routine ...
Shower at night
Put the clinical protection on
SLEEP
wake up and put normal deoderant on ... AND
Now I don't stink!
Does it suck that I have to use two deodorants ....Yes ... but the alternative is stinking all day or at the end of the day or stinking in general.
Do I recommend this product? Yes sir Eee bob!! If you have a normal body and maybe just half the stink I do.. it would probably work. I say go for it! It was seven dollars for the Clinical, and four for the Expert.
I was not paid for this review I just wanted to help someone out ... maybe if you stink like me.. this helped you.
Wednesday, November 7, 2012
Changing Seasons!
So Excited about the weather changing! I love love love the cold, and my LP hate hate hates it!
He gets cold just sleeping in the bedroom with the AC unit on. If its too cold in our room he gets a soar throat.
I live in south Texas so cold days are few and far between!
CAN NOT WAIT FOR THE COLD FRONT ON SUNDAY!!!
Today was the last day of my Second campaign selling for Avon. I didn't do as good as I did last time. I sold more customers but made less money.::sigh:: I have to work at talking to strangers about my products because I have exhausted my pool of friends and relatives that will buy from me. I need new ideas on how to broaden my customer base.. I was thinking about hanging books on my neighbors doors or putting flyers in my neighbors mail boxes. I'm super shy so making new friends is a hard terrifying task for me. I need to find new customers and get over my fear of talking to strangers all at the same time!
well good luck to me for next campaign
Atkins is going alright but I wish I had the strength to run or excersice ... maybe after I get over this cough.. ugh ::cough, hack, sputter::
see you next week when I hopefully have more interesting things to say.
He gets cold just sleeping in the bedroom with the AC unit on. If its too cold in our room he gets a soar throat.
I live in south Texas so cold days are few and far between!
CAN NOT WAIT FOR THE COLD FRONT ON SUNDAY!!!
Today was the last day of my Second campaign selling for Avon. I didn't do as good as I did last time. I sold more customers but made less money.::sigh:: I have to work at talking to strangers about my products because I have exhausted my pool of friends and relatives that will buy from me. I need new ideas on how to broaden my customer base.. I was thinking about hanging books on my neighbors doors or putting flyers in my neighbors mail boxes. I'm super shy so making new friends is a hard terrifying task for me. I need to find new customers and get over my fear of talking to strangers all at the same time!
well good luck to me for next campaign
Atkins is going alright but I wish I had the strength to run or excersice ... maybe after I get over this cough.. ugh ::cough, hack, sputter::
see you next week when I hopefully have more interesting things to say.
Friday, October 26, 2012
Induction isnt the worst thing in the world... but the gas is....
Alright Alright so draw back to Atkins?
I have gas.... Not too bad, but man! I hate having gas around my L.P. he makes fun of me bad!
The second well lets just say Atkins is a high protein diet that's hard on your kidneys ... The kidneys are responsible for you bowel movements.... Lemmie put it this way ... the proteins are building up, with nothing to dilute them...
Other than that diet going strong!
Today I ate a salad and beef meatballs (my L.P. and little man ate spaghetti) the salad was so good though! I put red onions and bacon it was really really good for a salad!
Most days I eat alot of eggs.. on Atkins eggs are your best friend! Cheese and eggs, bacon and eggs, eggs and .... eggs! Eggs are your friends!
Avon news
My business cards came in!!! YAY!
Go to www.youravon.com/nresendez to order from my website!
My first order comes in tomorrow so I'll be delivering tomorrow afternoon hopefully!
I have gas.... Not too bad, but man! I hate having gas around my L.P. he makes fun of me bad!
The second well lets just say Atkins is a high protein diet that's hard on your kidneys ... The kidneys are responsible for you bowel movements.... Lemmie put it this way ... the proteins are building up, with nothing to dilute them...
Other than that diet going strong!
Today I ate a salad and beef meatballs (my L.P. and little man ate spaghetti) the salad was so good though! I put red onions and bacon it was really really good for a salad!
Most days I eat alot of eggs.. on Atkins eggs are your best friend! Cheese and eggs, bacon and eggs, eggs and .... eggs! Eggs are your friends!
Avon news
My business cards came in!!! YAY!
Go to www.youravon.com/nresendez to order from my website!
My first order comes in tomorrow so I'll be delivering tomorrow afternoon hopefully!
Thursday, October 25, 2012
Stew Recipe thats Alright...
The weather out side is frightful and the stew is so delightful.
It doesn't really snow in Texas so eat some stew eat some stew eat some stew.
When you go to walmart dont forget to pick up:
Next add the Water,Papriks, Worcestershire sauce, garlic, bay leaves (whole) ( I didn't have any but it says to put some),every other dry spice you see in that list. (at this point the only thing left out is the veggies.) Bring to a boil, reduce to a simmer and simmer for 2 hours or until meat is tender ( I only needed an hour and a half.)
TAKE OUT THE BAY LEAVES IF YOU ADDED THEM YOUR NOT SUPPOSED TO EAT THOSE.
Add your veggies and let those simmer for 20- 30 mins. Just watch your potatoes to see when they are done since they are the ones that will fall apart on you the fastest. (you could also add corn, maybe make some rice on the side to put into it, I dunno Butter squash I heard those taste yummy.)
Ok last step is where Mine went a little south ( not so far it wasn't edible just far enough that if I was on Chopped I would have gotten CHOPPED!) If its too runny take out Half a cup of stew Liquid and add 1 TABLESPOON of flour and stir. Then stir that back into the stew. If its still to runny repeat with 1 TEASPOON! Bring to a boil again to cook the flour and then turn off the burner and let it sit for like 2 mins to thicken on its own.
EAT! NOM NOM NOM
****Nicole Notes**** After you put the veggies in you cant be too rough with the whole stew because things will start to fall apart on you! I was too rough with mine. be gentle when stirring or mixing! The Meat will be really tender and the potatoes really soft JUST BE GENTLE WITH THEM!
Guys try this thing out I LOVE TO COOK! I love it even more when people say they like my stuff. It makes my heart feel good .... Like I dunno When Mando catches a king fish on the beach, I bet the feeling I have in my heart when I cook, is similar to that. I love to pass on recipes when I find one that works for me and I like to add in my changes I made to them.
Stew Hugs and Kisses
Nicole
It doesn't really snow in Texas so eat some stew eat some stew eat some stew.
When you go to walmart dont forget to pick up:
- stew meat (you can get the kind with the bone or the one already chopped up either way its good)
- 2 big ones Potatoes (if your keeping this Atkins Stay away from the potatoes)
- 3 stalks celery
- 3 Carrots (Again Atkins stay away from the carrots too)
- 2 Tb vegetable oil
- 2 cups water
- 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
- 1 clove garlic, peeled
- 1 or 2 bay leaves
- 1 medium onion, sliced
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon pepper
- 1/2 teaspoon paprika
Next add the Water,Papriks, Worcestershire sauce, garlic, bay leaves (whole) ( I didn't have any but it says to put some),every other dry spice you see in that list. (at this point the only thing left out is the veggies.) Bring to a boil, reduce to a simmer and simmer for 2 hours or until meat is tender ( I only needed an hour and a half.)
TAKE OUT THE BAY LEAVES IF YOU ADDED THEM YOUR NOT SUPPOSED TO EAT THOSE.
Add your veggies and let those simmer for 20- 30 mins. Just watch your potatoes to see when they are done since they are the ones that will fall apart on you the fastest. (you could also add corn, maybe make some rice on the side to put into it, I dunno Butter squash I heard those taste yummy.)
Ok last step is where Mine went a little south ( not so far it wasn't edible just far enough that if I was on Chopped I would have gotten CHOPPED!) If its too runny take out Half a cup of stew Liquid and add 1 TABLESPOON of flour and stir. Then stir that back into the stew. If its still to runny repeat with 1 TEASPOON! Bring to a boil again to cook the flour and then turn off the burner and let it sit for like 2 mins to thicken on its own.
EAT! NOM NOM NOM
****Nicole Notes**** After you put the veggies in you cant be too rough with the whole stew because things will start to fall apart on you! I was too rough with mine. be gentle when stirring or mixing! The Meat will be really tender and the potatoes really soft JUST BE GENTLE WITH THEM!
Guys try this thing out I LOVE TO COOK! I love it even more when people say they like my stuff. It makes my heart feel good .... Like I dunno When Mando catches a king fish on the beach, I bet the feeling I have in my heart when I cook, is similar to that. I love to pass on recipes when I find one that works for me and I like to add in my changes I made to them.
Stew Hugs and Kisses
Nicole
Pumpkin seeds!
This recipe is used and proven yummy goodness!
Ok Ok carving pumpkins is fun, but all that pulp sucks! Right ? Right!? Let me hear an AMEN!
Ok we got that out of the way.
What your gonna wanna do is as your kids are carving the pumpkins (or you whatever) get them to pile the seeds separate from the rest of the pulp. and the major clups in another area. (its easier that way) then just start separating! running water of the seeds helps get the sticky strings off!
Boil them in enough water to cover them in a pot big enough to hold the seeds and the water then POUR IN THE SALT! A LOT OF SALT!(I put a pile in my hand and dumped it in. then still didnt think that was enough and put a little more) and boil them for 20 mins. They are gonna change color! DON'T GET SCARED!
Lay the seeds out on a cookie sheet and let them dry over night (some where up high)
The next day, Put some butter in a pan and skillet those ( ALMOST LIKE SAUTE THEM) bad boys until they are a Light golden color! put them on a napkin so they can drain off ( theres not supposed to be to much drain off tho)
Then as soon as they are cool they will be crunchy!!! and EAT THEM!
Roasted pumpkin seeds take two
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