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

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

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

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

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

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

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.