Hello August!

August is the birth month of my 4 cousins, 2 siblings, 3 nieces and my mom. So there’s like party in every week. And I’m missing these events in two years in a row.

I wanna go home this month especially on my mom’s birthday. Unfortunately I can’t. I feel so sorry for her. I know she wants us to be there in her birthday.

I wish I could easily go home even just for 2 weeks. It would be very expensive; but I’ll do some sacrifices if that means happiness for my mom. The only thing that hinders me are the paper works that needs to be done to secure for that re-entry visa.

Knowing my mom, I know she fully understands us if we can’t be there in her birthday.
I miss her… I miss them so badly.

Insomnia Attacked

I see to it that at least I sleep 7 hours a day. And since I work as early as 5:30 am I have to go to bed normally between 8:00 pm to 8:30 pm.

Last Saturday, I woke up in the middle of the night thinking that it was already dawn since outside was still bright (it`s long daylight, it`s summer here). You know the feeling that you think you`re already late and you just felt all the adrenalin rush… Only to find out that it was still 11:00 pm.

I tried to go back to sleep, but no matter how I tossed and turned my eyes won`t shut down. I had insomnia attacked! I checked my phone and hours seem went fast.

I read a book just to make my eyes get tired but it was not helping so does with browsing my phone. The last time I check my watch it was already 3:00 in the morning. And I didn`t notice that I finally fell asleep until I heard my alarm ringing at 4:30 am. So basically I slept 1 hour and 30 minutes only.

Until now I still feel tired, even I had 8 hours sleep last night. I think I need a day-off just to recover from tiredness.

I experience insomnia once in a while. It`s very disturbing; you can`t function well. I feel so sorry for my bf who always have a hard time sleeping at night. I wish I could help him. If you know some remedy for insomnia please leave some comments below. Thanks!

Sad and Tired?

Okay I’ve had enough! People just notice that I look so sad, tired and grouchy. I thought it was just me, that’s how I look. But then somebody said that I used to be warm.

I just can’t understand. I’ve had enough sleep 7 – 8 hours, although sometimes there are nights that I woke up in the middle of the night. But then why do I look so tired? I already consulted a doctor about it. But there are no findings. He didn’t even prescribe vitamins to boost my energy.

Sad? Not really. How can I be sad? I have a good relationship with my [okay] looong distance boyfriend. I have a wonderful family who give their support to me 101%. Speaking of my family, I truly miss them. Yes probably it’s the reason why I look so sad.

Perhaps, my colleague is right. I am over thinking of something. There are just too many things running in my mind right now, especially my future and my parents. I know I worried so much; I should stop thinking of things that is not even happening because I am missing days of my life where I should have use those times and days to enjoy life to the fullest.

I need to put smile in my face and show the colors inside me so as to brighten others. So quit being lonely!

Virtual Remodeler Tool

This post brought to you by Royal Building Products. All opinions are 100% mine.

 

Designing your home can be a daunting task especially if you have no skills in it. Although hiring professionals, such as architect or home designer, can help you get your vision of your dream house but it will cost you more.

With all the tools provided in the internet, one can now easily design his own house like the Virtual Remodeler Tool provided by Royal Building Products. This tool will help you design the exterior of your house including the roof, vinyl siding, window, patio door to name a few. It is a very easy to use tool that even kids who know how to use computer can do it.

They provided photos of model houses for you to design. You can choose the color, texture and pattern of the area that you want to change in the exterior of the house as I mentioned earlier. The good thing is that you can also upload the photo of your own house and design it using this tool, which in my opinion is better because you can see almost the actual result as you choose the designs for your own house.

I find this tool a great way of involving your family in designing. You can save projects then print and show to your family the different design you’ve made for them to compare and choose the best that fits your family preferences.

When it comes to buying the actual products that you use in designing in this tool, you don`t need to look for another supplier because Royal Building Products is a tested company that distributes leading materials for home, building and municipal construction markets. They`ve been in this kind of business for over 40 years making them a trusted company by the professionals.

Spices of My Life is Now PR 2!

“Seriously???? PR 2??”

Of course it made me happy after several years of trying to get my PR 3 back; finally I got at least PR 2. It just surprise me because this blog is long neglected. I don’t even promote much this blog because I don’t earn much from here. Besides this is not a self-hosted blog, one of the DAs preferences.

But since it’s now PR 2 much as well take care of it. I don’t want to lose it again. Anyway Social Spark has been generous to me and they are willing to advertise here.

So I guess I need to double my effort or should I say triple to update and promote three blogs.

Spring Cleaning Time!

This post brought to you by Insurance Hunter. All opinions are 100% mine.

 

I’m surprised when I open the curtain this morning; our backyard is filled with snow again. Suppose to be it spring time already. Well, they said it’s normal.  I wonder if there is still snow in Rabbit Hill so that we can ski again. It is the highlight of our winter activities. I will just make a separate post about it.

For spring time I guess our first activity is to do spring cleaning. Albeit we’ve been cleaning the house everyday, but there are parts that was not done especially the outdoor. So this would be a lot of works to do. Without a guide we could miss cleaning some part. Thus we need to itemize and organize the spring cleaning activity.

I found a helpful article about Tips for getting your spring cleaning chores organized from Insurance Hunter, an insurance brokerage that helps you find auto insurance quotes. Here are some:

1.  List all the chores that need to be completed.
2. Categorize whether it’s indoor or outdoor. And organize according to priority.
3. Make a time table; indicate the duration of each chore. Then mark the chore that has been done. Also it’s important to involve family members in this activity. Give them assignment according to their ability.
4. Then reward everbody for their efforts.

In addition, make sure you have the cleaning tools and cleaning solutions before you start. Personally I opt for homemade cleaners than those chemicals we buy in the supermarket. Actually you can find DIY cleaning solutions in the internet. It’s cheaper, environment friendly and safer. 

Hope this will help you.

 

My Shooting Experience

Okay, not the “camera action!” kind of shooting but shooting with a gun. Yup firing!

I never imagined myself holding a gun, because I am paranoid that I will hurt somebody. But last March 26 we decided to try it. At first I backed-out since I was so ill (I just went with the group because it’s BIL’s birthday) and it’s expensive like around $85 CAD for 45 bullets so did my sister and our friend. But then we decided to try it anyway since we are already in the shooting site and for the sake of experience.

I was telling my BIL that I will only try one shot then he’ll do the rest. At first it was scary like my palms are sweating. As soon as I used to the loud bang of it and holding the gun I just enjoyed it and the sickness I felt that moment was released. After I pulled the 45th bullet only did I realize my agreement with my BIL. LOL

Our friend and BIL on their real life PS3

My sissy all smile, but she’s honestly scared like me

Everybody had so much fun and pride as we bring our target – a piece of paper. My sister had the consistent shot but missed a lot of bullet. Mine is quiet scattered but I’m pretty sure I didn’t miss any bullets.

Signed by a sharp shooter, no other than – ME! LOL