While I am doing my online stuff, I am also talking to a friend from Manila. She is asking me what is the best acne treatment I know. I told her a brand that a friend is using and told her to search for it online and make her decision. I can’t tell her it is good or not because I have not used it. True, I have had acne but that was before I got married. For some reason it quit growing on my face when I got pregnant and even if I have episodes every now and then it is not as bad as before. I gave her the link and she said she is talking to one of its representatives and is thrilled about it. Well, I hope she finds what she is looking for to help her with her problem.

Since I got here I have learned the importance of having insurance. It is precautionary measure for future contingencies. Nobody wants to be in a bind and it is always smart to be prepared. Hence people have either life insurance, health insurance, and/or disability insurance as applies to them. I am grateful the little man has health and dental insurance because it lessens the stress I felt over worries of what if he will get sick. We don’t want him to get sick but like I said it is nice to be prepared.

When my son learned how powerful the pen can be, he did this. This was done months ago when I handed him a pen and some print paper to do whatever he wanted with it. I presumed he will leave my computer alone but he had other ideas as you can see here. There is ample of space for his scribbles (if you can call it that) on my computer. I took pictures right away but only had the chance to upload the batch on my computer. I have been pretty lazy lately. I am glad he has not been interested to draw anything on the walls though. That would pose a great job to clean up

The husband’s credit score is messed up. It was up to 700+ and just because of bad luck coupled with a few bad decisions, is now as low as anybody can get in this messed up economy. He is not losing hope though so he got online and hired different credit report services paying a lot of money to monitor all his debts and to know what to do to fix it. By the time he cancelled the subscription to these companies we were out a good amount of money. It went on for months and when he wanted to cancel they wanted to know why. Duh! Because we are broke that is why, lol. It did not do any good. There were a lot of erroneous reports and it will take time to straighten it out not to mention money to pay for the legitimate debts. He does not have the time nor the money at this point. It is frustrating to think about it but we are financially crippled at the moment. We are hoping for a miracle to happen that one day we will wake up with tons of money to pay off all our debts and live a stress free life. For now, we have to keep on surviving one day at a time.

A new member of the family is pregnant. The stepson’s wife is four months on the family way and she is starting to show. I don’t know what the stepdaughter has planned (if ever she is thinking of one) for a baby shower. It sure would be fun. It will be the first baby shower I will attend just in case since my baby shower was held in another state (courtesy of the sisters-in-law) when I was pregnant with the little man. I would have wanted an animal baby shower theme because I knew I was having a boy. We don’t know the baby’s gender yet but we surely will when she is ready to have her ultrasound. I don’t know what we will get for her but it should be something practical. I am already excited.

Thinking about the weight I gained in the past two years, I get depressed. Why is it easier to gain weight than to lose it? Why is it that you only have to eat bacon and a few pancakes for breakfast a few times and the next time you know it none of your clothes fit anymore? Okay, throw in some pork chops and steaks and maybe fried chicken. Unfair isn’t it? And why can’t we just pop a few weight loss pills and everything will go back to where we want it to be? You know, size zero pants and size small tops without the bulge showing? Why, oh why? And why can’t I stop yapping about it? Is it because I don’t have the will to lose weight but pigs out instead? If you know the answers please tell me. And if you have been fat and is now back to being trim, will you tell me your secret? I am not going to the gym, but if you will just tell me a trick to stop gaining weight I will be happy. Perhaps there is a trick to make the mind think the body is full even if it is not? I know this though, taking water in place of food does not work. I am starving right now. Help!

I was browsing at my account in Friendster when I saw the profile of my friend’s wife. She posted pictures of her and her friends and their kids and she labeled it Las Vegas. They all looked happy in the pictures. I don’t know if they stayed at the Sahara hotel but I can tell everybody had a good time. I know that my friend gambles and it must have been an adventure for them to go there since when I asked the husband he said that there are places in Vegas which caters for family and kids as well. I figured we should try to go there one day when we have the money. It will be something to do as a family then. Only if we have the money though. And if the husband is all for it. He loves nature more so this one might stay a plan for a long time

When I was a kid I used to get motion sick when I am riding the bus or a van especially when it is an air-conditioned one. I hate the feeling of being inside an airtight vehicle that I thought at some point I may be claustrophobic. I don’t know what causes motion sickness but I sure had it bad and still do occasionally now. It is awful and embarrassing. The little man gets motion sick too whenever we are driving long distance. He throws up several times and I can tell he does not want to do it but he doesn’t have a choice. I feel sorry for him but I can’t do much about it. I hope he will get over it when he gets older. I don’t want him not to go places just because he gets sick. I know there are medicines one can get at the drug store for motion sickness but I think he is too young to be using it, besides I don’t want him to be dependent on it either. I guess we will just have to pray it will go away. Unless I can find a natural remedy to make it go away.