Flowers from My (OUR) Garden

Here's a flower from my garden. Actually, it's my roommate's garden. They are currently away right now, so I'm taking care of all their plants for them.

We are the Fallen - Tear the World Down

This album (Tear Down the World) was released by We are the Fallen (former members of Evanescence + Carly Smithson) really captures the sound of the first album of Evanescence (Fallen). I don't really care what people say about this group. They really do sound awesome. I already bought the album and you should go and buy it also. I strongly recommend it. Don't get me wrong, I LOVE Evanescence. They have great music! But so does We are the Fallen.

Everyone thinks that Amy Lee and Ben Moody writes better together. And I would have to agree, they do write better music together. But realistically, they are never going to get back together to do an album, let alone be in the same room together. They HATE each other's guts! But that's another story/drama that I'm not going to get into.

I kinda like them apart. We get double the music from the same creators of the same genre. A double-whammy!

Do enjoy their music. It's good stuff.

Sock Monkeys :)

They are so adorable. So one of my new hobbies is making sock monkeys. I didn’t know that people actually liked them. Weird, huh? I mean, I really didn’t think they would be a hit, but they are. I have all these requests from all these people that I never knew. LOL that’s a lie. But the previous part wasn’t. I just think it’s funny, or a funny outcome from people’s reaction.

The picture posted with this blog is a picture of some of the sock monkeys I made for my friend(s). I really think that the black/orange one is ugly, but my bf insists that it's cute. So he officially made it his, with or without my consent.

It all started when I made one for my teacher. Of course, no one saw it until we went to her house for a party. Being the person that I am, I showed it to everyone and they loved it! Now, everyone wants one, which I really don’t mind. I don’t mind making them for my friends. But they do take a lot out of you. Just a few more to go.

Now that I think about it, I don’t even have a sock monkey of my own. All the sock monkeys that I have made, I gave them all away. I only have a pig-rabbit, but my sister made that one for me. (She was the one who introduced me to sock monkeys). I don’t have a single one to myself. I think I’m going to keep it that way for a while.

My boyfriend thinks that I should start selling them on ebay or something for profit. But I obviously told him NO! He just didn’t understand why I said no.

My New Toy, the Waterpik

That day when my dentist recommended me to buy a waterpik, I went out and bought it. I am so excited! It's such a neat and great tool. I love it.

This is what I bought: Waterpik® Ultra Dental Water Jet
and I highly recommend it!

Anyone who is a FREAK about their teeth (like me), should get one because it's worth every penny.

I remember the first day I bought it, I couldn't get enough of it. I think I used it for 30 minutes (which I probably wouldn't recommend).

Manuscript Writing

Okay, I'm actually suppose to be working on my manuscript, which I am but currently taking a small break, so I'm going to have to keep this as short as possible.

Well, what I wanted to say was: 'Writing a manuscript is HARD."

Dang. Who fricking knew. Gosh, here I am feeling like I'm finally done, but it's not. Someone always has a really good point why I should elaborate on something, which sucks for me. And then, as i go over it again, I'm just not confident in the paper anymore because I find little mistakes and errors. Which gets you pondering, "Where else are all these little buggers!?"

Aside from that, I'm not confident in my writing either, which I don't always understand, but can see why.

Well, this is all for now. (I promised myself to keep it short).

End of the World

It is the End of the World!

I got a cavity! Ugh, I can't believe it. I haven't had a cavity for ages, literally AGES! So, they had to numb my whole mouth to do the filling and drilling. My routine check-up, which I thought was only going to last me an hour, actually lasted 3 hours.

Afterwards, I had to go to physical therapy so I was trying to down my protein shake and let me tell you, that was not fun. I unskillfully got protein shake all over my sweater because I couldn't swallow everything correctly. From this experience, it got me thinking. How the HECK did I do it when I was young. I remember when I was younger, when we finished getting our fillings from the dentist, my mom would always take me and my younger brother to Subway to get sandwiches. Believe it or now, I was actually able to gobble everything up.

However, when I was desparately trying to drink up today, it just seemed impossible. I just don't get it.

Well, as for the cavity, I blame the braces. It has to be the braces. 6 months ago, when I did a regular check-up, it was fine! Nothing! When I went in today, one of my old fillings was not "sticking" very well and the cavity was on the same tooth (more inner, where the tongue lays). Seriously! Not only did they needed to replace my old filling, they had to make a sew filling for my cavity. Well, on the bright side, at least it was on the same tooth.

Like I said, it's the braces. All this shifting around in my mouth (feels like plate tetonics) must be wearing my poor teeth down; making a new "bite" every month. My dentist also recommended that I go to the store and buy a "water-pick." I don't really know what that is, but all I really got from it was: it's like a toothpick, but in the form of water. She wanted me to clean my teeth more, on top of flossing and using those small cleaning brushes for braces. From the looks of what I just googled, seems correct.

Well, I felt that I should let everyone know that my world is ending because I got a cavity.

Current Weight Loss

I can't tell you all how happy I am to have been able to lose 25 pounds! I will have to put some before and after pictures up. But just wanted to update about that.

Many will ask --> how?
One answer: Portion Control

It's a complete lifestyle change.

still excited