INGLORIOUS BASTERDS

Mike and I saw the movie Inglorious Basterds yesterday and I must say this was an AWESOME movie from beginning to end. So much action, so much gore, and Quentin Tarentino even sneaked in a little love scene amidst the blood and guts! I give this movie a big huge A+. It's just too bad the ending wasn't the real reason for Hitler's demise. So if you haven't seen this movie, I suggest you do but leave the kiddos at home. DUH!

Fave Album of the Moment

I am totally feelin Chrisette Michelle's new CD Epiphany. Best tracks so far is Epiphany, Notebook, and What you do featuring Ne-Yo. If you haven't heard this CD yet. Go COP IT!!

Womanhood

So my sister called my cell last Saturday and left me a voice message stating she had something to tell me. Being that Im not really the type to answer my phone, I figure hey if it's something important leave me a message and depending on how severe the message is, i'll return the call. So I barely heard my sister's vm this morning and from the tone of her voice telling me to call her back, it was either the latest family gossip OR someone did something to her and she got "hood" on them. Either way, it sounded business. So all day long I was so anxious to know what she had to tell me that I kept calling and texting her to call me back. Finally at 3:30pm she calls me and I was like "what is this message you have to tell me???" and with the seriousness of all seriouses she says " Haylie started her period." Haylie is my 11 year old niece that I previously blogged about. My sister was sad. In America this would be the sign of a young girl blossoming into a young woman who would be rewarded with Congratulations, balloons and smiles but my sister embraces our filipino culture and getting your period is a sign of ranging girl hormones & possible teen pregnancy. My sister told me the first thing she stressed to my niece was ABSOLUTELY NO BOYS till she was of age. What is of age anyways. I had my first crush when I was 12 and I thought I was of age. Can you imagine what I thought I was capable of when I turned 16? LOL....I cant imagine having a daughter and needing to have this talk of period, sex and boys. Not in that particular order. UGH! it frightens me. Back when I was younger, I used to tell myself that I was going to be a cool mom who'd let my daughter go to parties and date boys because I couldnt do any of these things back then. It was taboo to talk about sex to my mom. You utter the word sex around her and she'd have a fit! So I vowed to be cooler than her and NOW I dont know about that. I'd probably be as strict as my mom if not 10x stricter. At the same time, I also dont want to be my daughter's worst nightmare. I cant believe my niece has enter womanhood. I told my sister to keep her innocence for as long as she can preserve it. Another special moment in my niece's life that I was not present for. Then again she would be furious if she knew I blogged about her first mensy experience. Sorry Haylie. I love you like a daughter and I would probably do the same if I had my own. *sigh* where has the time gone?

A Beautiful Fat

I decided today that I was going to start blogging about my journey through weight loss. I started mid-April of this year and by June I had lost a total of 35lbs. Ive since hit a plateau and have not loss a pound nor have I gained any. So I am innate at the moment and could give you a couple reasons why. So for the past 2 weeks I've been on this food binge of some kind. I have no explanation for it except for the fact that Aunt Flo might be comin to visit but thats only once a month and my cravings for anything salty, sweet, or carby lasts for maybe a couple of days or so and then I'm back to my normal eating habits. These past two months my eating habit has been really out of the norm and NO I am not pregnant! I think I'm eating more because I am not eating enough during the day and when I get home from the gym, I am completely famished and will grab anything in sight to eat! I also thought what a better way to jot down what I ate for the day, then to blog about it!

So today my team here at work decided we were going to have a "snack day" to celebrate the work anniversaries for the month of August. Mind you, my team specificially, is infamous for SNACK DAYS. We even had a snack day for the Mexican Revolution. Pathetic huh? So this morning I THINK I did ok. I had a Yoplait shake, a banana, and a bagel w/ cream cheese . That was it for breakfast and I usually dont ever have a big breakfast because I am not much of a breakfast eater. Then lunch came around and I went buckwild. I had 3 slices of pizza, a chocolate donut, a handful of potato chips w/ an onion dip, some fruit slices w/ the creamy apple caramel dip that I made. Insanely bad! I swear this will never happen again! Tomorrow is a new day and from here on out it will be all about portion control and working out. I dont have a problem in the physical activity department because I try to at least workout 4x a week which I've been consistent with. So I dont need some gym expert or anyone in general preaching to me about what types of exercise I should be doing. I am fully aware of what exercise needs to be done for a specific body part. Pizza is my weakness. Costco Pizza that is.

Missin' My Loveliez.......

I am here at work thinkin about all my cute little nieces and nephews and wondering what they are up too. My how time flies. Sometimes I stare at Haylie and Bj's pictures, mostly Haylie's, and wonder where has the time gone???? I still remember Haylie being this very adorable, tiny, and smiley baby who loved being in front of the camera so much! I felt like I blinked for a few seconds and she blossomed into this 11 year old tween who now wears a training bra and loves to shop for clothes. I mean don't get me wrong, I love all my nieces and nephews equally but I've always felt this special bond with Haylie as if she was my own daughter. I was there from the first day she was born, her first steps and her first day of school. I felt like I shared all those special moments with my sister. With the rest of my nieces and nephews, I wasnt present for much of the time because I lived in another state. So I would get updates through email and pictures. With my two new nephews, Bryson and Kingston, I wasnt in Texas to witness theyre first steps and I know I won't be around as much to witness a majority of their firsts. I miss them dearly especially Kingston. He's such a darling baby. I hope to see all of them soon.

Chocolate & Caramel Covered Macadamian Nuts

O-M-G!!! I just had a chocolate & caramel covered Macadamian Nut and it is absolutely delish! I am speechless and yes it is worth blogging about. You'd blog about it too if you had one!

Monster In Laws

I must say, before I had decided to tie the knot, I was THAT girl who hoped and prayed that I wouldn't end up with wierd, irritating or just plain stupid in laws. When I had first found out that my soon to be husband had 4 sisters and 3 sisters in law, I thought GREAT! EXCITING! I've never really been close to my own sister and my brothers were never with women long enough for me to get close to their wives or girlfriends. How wonderful it would be to build close relationships with 7 women and in my mind I had this whole Sex and the City scene all planned out. We would always get together for girls night out, they would give me marriage advice, and we would all be as close as two peas in a pod. Boy was I in for a surprise!! Everything was a complete opposite. I am NOT close to my husband's sisters and that includes my sisters in law. They all turned out, and NO I am not exaggerating, to be complete pretentious, materialistic, and narcisistic bitches! I've made a life long concious decision, and I consulted with my better half before I made this decision, that I would no longer participate in any family functions as I am sick to my stomach of hearing these people talk about how much money they have, they're social status', and how they only like the finer things in life.

I mean dont get me wrong. I like the finer things in life too. I love nice things and once in while I like to boast and brag but c'mon really???? There are other topics to talk about besides how much money you have in your bank account, who's husband is richer than who's, and who stays at 4 star vs. five star hotels. Topics I like to talk about are worldly issues, what's happening in entertainment, fashion maybe, hell humor me and tell me what you had for lunch but to make a constant spectacle of yourself on how "rich and classy" you are is just not my cup of tea. It's definitely borderline conceitedness and I can say my husband's brother's wife (got that?) and my husband's 2 older sisters are guilty of this disease.

Because of the lack of relationship I have with my in laws, it has made me appreciate my family even more. My family is not perfect and we may not always get along but at least we are very vocal about our feelings. If Im upset with my sister or brothers, I have no problem letting them know. I was just raised to be confrontational rather than be passive. I dont trust my husband's family and I don't trust their loyality to me and my husband. As far as I'm concerned, I have MY immediate family, my mother in law, and my husband. I dont have sisters or brothers in law. To hell with all of them!