Eggplant Omelette

tortang talong (eggplant omelette) is one of my favorite filipino dishes. it's easy to make & comforting to eat. with lots of ketchup of course!  it transports me back to lunches sitting around the table with my tita's & cousins.

devirginized

i finally received the two monthly paper kits that ive been highly anticipating. i never knew such monthly subscriptions existed until recently. in fact theirs many different kinds being offered from various companies. from scrapbooking,  card making, project life,  & rubber stamp monthly mail outs! i chose studio calico's project life kit & simon says kelly purkey exclusive monthly kit. i am absolutely enamored by the exclusive karl barteski stamps in studio calico's project life kit & the letter press cards & gold accents from kelly purkey's kit.

ive decided to hold off on becoming a faithful monthly subscriber. so for now ill keep checking out their monthly kits & if im interested hopefully it's not sold out.

slowly but surely

it's been a little over 2 months since i joined the gym. ive been going 2 times religiously every week to meet with my personal trainer. sometimes i even go 3 times a week.

their was one week where i felt unmotivated & bloated while at the same time suffering my monthly migraines. it threw off my drive & i let it be my excuse to slack off for a week. i went to the gym once that week & didn't do much else fitness wise. i just didn't want to. i didn't want to make that 10 minute drive to the gym. i didnt want to think about what to eat throughout the week. in fact i ate a lot of bad foods during that time.

i was able to refocus after meeting with my trainer. i felt motivated & was ready to put in the work i had been giving prior to my week funk. farmers market visits resumed & cooking my own foods & eating as healthy as possible resumed.

their are many benefits to working out both physically & mentally. no new information that we all haven't heard before. during my moments of feeling unmotivated i hope to remind myself of the reasons why i must continue. i have to keep going because it lifts my mood. because im a set of reps away closer to my goal. because it's a good use of time. because it will help me become stronger & more discipline.  because it reminds me that i'm not a quitter. because i want a strong core. because i want to take pride in my body & health habits. because i want toned arms. because i want to move forward, not backward.

Babybug

i screamed like crazy when my bestie shared the news of her pregnancy last year. i screamed even more when we found out it was going to be a baby girl! it's hard to hold back when i come across cute baby clothes & cute little girly things. ive accumulated a bag full of stuff for my babybug. girls are just so fun! 

bestie's shower was several weeks ago. i made a diaper cake & ordered a personalized owl cake to match the theme of her shower. i thought the diaper cake would be easy to make but i was in for a challenge! i guess i was to eager to make it that i overlooked the fact that blogs & youtube tutorials failed to give step by step instructions of how to make the diaper cake parts. rather it showed assembly of how to put everything together. after a few days of work i finally finished her baby carriage diaper cake!