One of the main reasons Americans are overweight. Junk food seems to be cheap and they can give you a lot for your buck!
Monday, November 26, 2012
Honestly I don't really like reminiscing my past because I don't feel like I had a very childhood friendly memory of what growing up should be like. Sure I had a good family that did their best to raise my sister and I, but overall my choice in friends were not the best. I became the black sheep of the family. Most would call it the rebellious one. However, I think I just became troubled because I was pressured and I was that individual that always wanted to fit in. Yea, I admit it. I was that troubled, confused girl that felt the need to put herself in situations that she could not handle herself. I was naive, young, and insecure.
Apart from all the negative memories there were times I could remember enjoying. I remember I had a free period in middle school which I was supposed to help the teacher be a T.A. Instead of staying in that teacher's class I snuck off with another classmate to another instructors class where we went online, listened to good music, and basically hung out. Of course there were times when he asked us to help him paint banners for the school or do a project for certain classes, but we really didn't mind because he happened to be our favorite teacher at the time. He was the cool guy who loved music, showcased his guitars and well as strict as he was he also knew how to control his class by communicating with them properly. It's funny to think that my teachers at regime were in their late 20s and early 30s. He was one of the teachers that I would not forget because he shaped my chain of thought to find the subjects I excel in an what I would mostly be interested in as an adult.
Now that I'm a young mother I ask myself the same questions I asked myself back then when I wished I was a year older. How will I be as an adult? Where would I be in 10 years? Instead I'm asking myself these questions but with Ryu in the mix. Where will he be in the next ten years? Is he going to be a good or trouble child? Have I done my best thus far as a parent to provide him with the skills he needs to move on to the next level? All I know is that I do hope that Ryu ends up having great teachers that will influence him in finding him calling for what lays ahead of him. I hope that he becomes the student that I never was growing up. I can only hope that he finds himself by being guided through the right path. Any parent only wants what's best for their child. It's only right for them to want everything good for them and their future. At times I ask myself why did I ever put my mom through such a hard time growing up? I don't even have a good answer for that except for I was a real punk growing up. I do regret ever putting my mom through a lot of the crap I have in the past. I just hope that Ryu is a much better person than I ever was as a child. I hope that he has good people in his life that won't hurt him or pressure him to do anything he doesn't want to.
It's funny how life works out some times. I would have never thought that I'd be in my mid 20s with a child talking about being this good role model or being the better person. Change can be good in y case change was really good and I can't imagine my life today without the only person I truly live and love for.
Apart from all the negative memories there were times I could remember enjoying. I remember I had a free period in middle school which I was supposed to help the teacher be a T.A. Instead of staying in that teacher's class I snuck off with another classmate to another instructors class where we went online, listened to good music, and basically hung out. Of course there were times when he asked us to help him paint banners for the school or do a project for certain classes, but we really didn't mind because he happened to be our favorite teacher at the time. He was the cool guy who loved music, showcased his guitars and well as strict as he was he also knew how to control his class by communicating with them properly. It's funny to think that my teachers at regime were in their late 20s and early 30s. He was one of the teachers that I would not forget because he shaped my chain of thought to find the subjects I excel in an what I would mostly be interested in as an adult.
Now that I'm a young mother I ask myself the same questions I asked myself back then when I wished I was a year older. How will I be as an adult? Where would I be in 10 years? Instead I'm asking myself these questions but with Ryu in the mix. Where will he be in the next ten years? Is he going to be a good or trouble child? Have I done my best thus far as a parent to provide him with the skills he needs to move on to the next level? All I know is that I do hope that Ryu ends up having great teachers that will influence him in finding him calling for what lays ahead of him. I hope that he becomes the student that I never was growing up. I can only hope that he finds himself by being guided through the right path. Any parent only wants what's best for their child. It's only right for them to want everything good for them and their future. At times I ask myself why did I ever put my mom through such a hard time growing up? I don't even have a good answer for that except for I was a real punk growing up. I do regret ever putting my mom through a lot of the crap I have in the past. I just hope that Ryu is a much better person than I ever was as a child. I hope that he has good people in his life that won't hurt him or pressure him to do anything he doesn't want to.
It's funny how life works out some times. I would have never thought that I'd be in my mid 20s with a child talking about being this good role model or being the better person. Change can be good in y case change was really good and I can't imagine my life today without the only person I truly live and love for.
Sunday, November 25, 2012
I decided to cook up a delicious dinner for Sean since he's been working so hard the past few weeks. He's been so busy and has been working long shifts for the holidays. I figure even though I'm sick and can't quite clean the apartment the way I would want to I'd give it a shot. I got a ton of dishes done, sorted laundry, vacuumed, bathroom was somewhat scrubbed down, and threw trash away. There is still a lot of cleaning to do before I can even consider decorating our home with Christmas ornaments and a tree. I want Ryu to have that Christmas spirit at home and I will most likely be doing more shopping and decorating the next few weeks. I'm absolutely excited for that !
This evening I decided to go with an Italian feast since we had a lot of ingredients that just worked out for that cuisine. I made some pasta, baked rosemary potatoes, and some tofu infused fried wontons but with some Italian flavor added to the mix. It's definitely not a very healthy meal, in fact it's quite hearty. However, I enjoyed making it and ill have enough left over so that Sean and I can take some to work.
The pictures show you what kind of meal I have put together. There's really no specific recipe since I just winged it. There are times when I get lucky doing that such ad tonight, but there are also many times when my meals don't turn out right. That can be a major bummer but I'm glad that most of the meals I have made have at least been somewhat decent. The only thing different about the meal I made this evening is that they are all vegan friendly. The sausages I used in the pasta was soy and even the cheese was soy and a pretty good brand as well. It's called Daiya cheese and Sean likes using that cheese when he makes pizza because it actually melts and becomes stringy unlike other soy cheeses out there. The flavor is also pretty tasty and this is coming from an experimental vegan, hah!
The pasta was pretty much a combo of penne, onions, garlic, soy Italian sausage, capers, broccoli, olive oil, soy milk, soy cheese, with several herbs and spices. I don't have an exact measurement of how much of each ingredient I used, but I did taste it occasionally to make sure that I got the flavor that I was looking for. If you have pesto you can add that into the pasta, but since pesto is made mainly from pine nuts I couldn't have any in there (I'm allergic).
For the baked potatoes I pretty much used three medium sized russet potatoes and sliced them. I added minced garlic, diced onions, some olive oil, black pepper, salt, rosemary, garlic salt, and viola! I baked that baby for a while to make sure that the flavor was distributed evenly while it was cooking. I made sure to cover the pan with foil so that the steam helped cool the potatoes evenly as well. Rosemary potatoes happen to be the easiest dish anyone can make. Not to mention its absolutely delicious!
Last but not least are my Italian wontons. I figure a little Asian fusion wouldn't hurt. It's delicious and crunchy. I think I would have to wait and write down the recipe for you guys and for myself. Sean enjoyed these wontons and I would love to be able to make these again some day. I want to share this yummy treat with you guys so you can make these appetizers.
I'll leave the pictures for you all to enjoy now since its getting late and its almost my bedtime, lol. Ciao!
This evening I decided to go with an Italian feast since we had a lot of ingredients that just worked out for that cuisine. I made some pasta, baked rosemary potatoes, and some tofu infused fried wontons but with some Italian flavor added to the mix. It's definitely not a very healthy meal, in fact it's quite hearty. However, I enjoyed making it and ill have enough left over so that Sean and I can take some to work.
The pictures show you what kind of meal I have put together. There's really no specific recipe since I just winged it. There are times when I get lucky doing that such ad tonight, but there are also many times when my meals don't turn out right. That can be a major bummer but I'm glad that most of the meals I have made have at least been somewhat decent. The only thing different about the meal I made this evening is that they are all vegan friendly. The sausages I used in the pasta was soy and even the cheese was soy and a pretty good brand as well. It's called Daiya cheese and Sean likes using that cheese when he makes pizza because it actually melts and becomes stringy unlike other soy cheeses out there. The flavor is also pretty tasty and this is coming from an experimental vegan, hah!
The pasta was pretty much a combo of penne, onions, garlic, soy Italian sausage, capers, broccoli, olive oil, soy milk, soy cheese, with several herbs and spices. I don't have an exact measurement of how much of each ingredient I used, but I did taste it occasionally to make sure that I got the flavor that I was looking for. If you have pesto you can add that into the pasta, but since pesto is made mainly from pine nuts I couldn't have any in there (I'm allergic).
For the baked potatoes I pretty much used three medium sized russet potatoes and sliced them. I added minced garlic, diced onions, some olive oil, black pepper, salt, rosemary, garlic salt, and viola! I baked that baby for a while to make sure that the flavor was distributed evenly while it was cooking. I made sure to cover the pan with foil so that the steam helped cool the potatoes evenly as well. Rosemary potatoes happen to be the easiest dish anyone can make. Not to mention its absolutely delicious!
Last but not least are my Italian wontons. I figure a little Asian fusion wouldn't hurt. It's delicious and crunchy. I think I would have to wait and write down the recipe for you guys and for myself. Sean enjoyed these wontons and I would love to be able to make these again some day. I want to share this yummy treat with you guys so you can make these appetizers.
I'll leave the pictures for you all to enjoy now since its getting late and its almost my bedtime, lol. Ciao!
Someone is focused while watching Starwars.
Even though Sundays are the only days I have to get the apartment together I make sure that I put time aside to spend time with my son.
I make sure we have a super and fun filled Sunday together.
P.s I will be making dinner and I will post pictures up on Insta.gram and I will try to blog about it more later.
Even though Sundays are the only days I have to get the apartment together I make sure that I put time aside to spend time with my son.
I make sure we have a super and fun filled Sunday together.
P.s I will be making dinner and I will post pictures up on Insta.gram and I will try to blog about it more later.
It's been a few months since I have owned my domain. It has been a while since I have written anything with real substance. That is mainly the part of blogging that I miss the most. I would say that sometimes life just comes along and that becomes way more important than any blog or site that I have managed. After refusing to renew my hosting I soon realized that I had years of posts on there I will never get back. It had then dawned on me that I linked my Tumblr to my domain at one point and anything that gets posted on my domain will relay back to Tumblr. I was able to go back and read a few old posts and it just made me miss blogging that much more. I could link my Tumblr on here for those people who may be interested in reading about my old rants, but I decided not to and to keep that away from this new blog. I wanted this blog to reflect the person who I am today and not the past. A year ago I wouldn't have thought that I would be starting a new blog, new journey, new life. It goes to show that anything can happen, will happen. I have had a very tiring, promising, amazing, yet frustrating year. Now that 2013 is just around the corner I wanted to reflect on a few details of t life that has happened this year.
I became a better version of the person I wanted to be, and that's me. I didn't think that it was possible for someone to change. Someone with my dreaded past, with my horrible habits that ended up hurting the people I loved, and most importantly hurting myself. If I kept up with my lifestyle a year back I probably would end up somewhere stupid. I can't even think of where I would end up. I made a change, for the better. I am sure that I can still be a difficult girlfriend 80% of the time, but I'm positive that I have made a significant difference. Some people like myself need something drastic to happen before change occurs. Unfortunately, I didn't like the drastic occurrence. It was definitely enough for me to step back and take a look at y life from a different perspective, hell from someone else's perspective.
Ryu's learning disability or so they call it has also been tough on our family. In the beginning of the whole ordeal I was scared, frustrated, and angry with the idea that there could be something horribly wrong with him. He's 40 months now and since we've been more involved in his learning he's improved so much. At first doctors believed that he might be autistic. As rough as it sounds I just didn't want to accept that there might be something psychologically wrong with my son. It made me feel like I did something wrong with my pregnancy or his upbringing. I know that's not the case, but the last thing I wanted to hear was that could be the issue. However, that was not the case. Ryu does have a slight learning disability and that could be because in the beginning we never encouraged him to talk. If he pointed at something we would understand him immediately and we beer followed up with a question. We assumed that what we did would cause some type of trauma. With all that said he is doing so much better now. Ryu goes to preschool once a week for his speech program and the teachers get involved and the parents have to be present as well. This way the parent would know how to deal with the situation away from school. Then Ryu goes to a daycare with an actual curricular that meets a specific type of needs and goals. Since Ryu's been attending three times a week we have seen tons of improvement and now he can talk to us. His sentences are broken into pieces but its better than him not speaking at all. He's improved a lot and I can't wait for things to get progress further.
I became a better version of the person I wanted to be, and that's me. I didn't think that it was possible for someone to change. Someone with my dreaded past, with my horrible habits that ended up hurting the people I loved, and most importantly hurting myself. If I kept up with my lifestyle a year back I probably would end up somewhere stupid. I can't even think of where I would end up. I made a change, for the better. I am sure that I can still be a difficult girlfriend 80% of the time, but I'm positive that I have made a significant difference. Some people like myself need something drastic to happen before change occurs. Unfortunately, I didn't like the drastic occurrence. It was definitely enough for me to step back and take a look at y life from a different perspective, hell from someone else's perspective.
Ryu's learning disability or so they call it has also been tough on our family. In the beginning of the whole ordeal I was scared, frustrated, and angry with the idea that there could be something horribly wrong with him. He's 40 months now and since we've been more involved in his learning he's improved so much. At first doctors believed that he might be autistic. As rough as it sounds I just didn't want to accept that there might be something psychologically wrong with my son. It made me feel like I did something wrong with my pregnancy or his upbringing. I know that's not the case, but the last thing I wanted to hear was that could be the issue. However, that was not the case. Ryu does have a slight learning disability and that could be because in the beginning we never encouraged him to talk. If he pointed at something we would understand him immediately and we beer followed up with a question. We assumed that what we did would cause some type of trauma. With all that said he is doing so much better now. Ryu goes to preschool once a week for his speech program and the teachers get involved and the parents have to be present as well. This way the parent would know how to deal with the situation away from school. Then Ryu goes to a daycare with an actual curricular that meets a specific type of needs and goals. Since Ryu's been attending three times a week we have seen tons of improvement and now he can talk to us. His sentences are broken into pieces but its better than him not speaking at all. He's improved a lot and I can't wait for things to get progress further.
There is going to be so much more to write about but I will wait for another rant later.
When I was at work sometime two weeks ago babe had babysat Ryu. During that time Ryu was pretty sick and to keep him entertained Sean put on Starwars. According to Sean, Ryu had paid attention a lot longer than he ha anticipated and since watching the movies Ryu has been extremely hooked.
All he asks for is to play Angry Birds Starwars edition on my phone. He asks for us to play the movies over again, and he is requesting for some major Starwars toys for Christmas. It's super cute! I love how kids can get overly excited over the smallest things. Of course this only means that he's going to have a very Starwars Christmas.
We were at the mall yesterday and he came home with a speeder that includes OB1 and another set with Yoda and Luke. When I get the chance I'll post a picture. It was actually a pretty decent price for both toys I bought it for less than $15.00. I got it at Target during Black Friday. I kind of got in trouble for buying Ryu the toys since its going to be Christmas soon and that's probably something I could have waited to give him. I just can't stand saying no to Ryu. It's hard to say no at times and I know that I'm constantly spoiling him. He's such an angel though and 99% of the time I just feel like he deserves it. I'm awfully blessed to have such an amazing little man in my life.
Thanks to Sean for taking such good care of him too.
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