It's THE day!!! It's her birthday!!

Happy Birthday to Ar!! Happy Birthday to Ar!!

Hello everyone,

I hope you are having a wonderful day! It is the day we've been waiting for (or were we?), Ar is 2!! She now had 2 candles to blow.

She knew something was up today and she kept saying "happy happy". :D

I can't believe the time just flew by...and yes, I'll say this every year! We just don't want our kids to grow; because we love them so much when they are young, not to say that we don't when they are older. It's just something about infants/toddlers/preschoolers that is just too adorable and innocent and beautiful.

Growing up brings so much challenges and changes in the child. Some changes are good and some are not too good?!? For example, the child(ren) will finally say "I love you" (good change), and they will also call you "mean" (not so good change).

Nonetheless, I can't imagine who Ar grows to be and I am so confident in my upbringing that I know, I'll be proud of her day after day.

Today, I was happy and sad. Happy because she's growing up and sad because she's growing up. :P

No seriously, I was happy because I am so thankful to God that He gifted me such a gorgeous, beautiful and adorable daughter. She's the best thing/person that God EVER gifted me, after my husband of course.

I was sad because she was growing up and that she's going to be independent and that she'll go away one day. :( Not that being independent is wrong and I don't like independence, in fact, I am a strong believer of independence. I'd love my daughter to be independent, but I don't know what it is. And of course, I'll be happy when she's happily married and living in her own house, but I'll miss her.

Oh well, that's years and years away but just thinking about it makes me tear up. My love for her is something I've never experienced before, NEVER! (well of course, she's my first child, so obviously I wouldn't have). It's like when I think of her deeply, I tear up like in even less than a minute and I get a lump in my throat and I want to cry. It's just that kind of love. I don't know if this is something every parent feels or I'm just overacting, but it is true!

Anyway, as you can see in the picture, we just had her blow out 2 candles and we just cut a plain cake to celebrate the day she was born. On this very day, I was, unfortunately and sadly, not feeling too well to dress her up and just make it a little special. But you, and I, both know her party is coming up and I will make up to her. So, we'll just have to wait. ;) :P

Till then, ENJOY EVERY MOMENT WITH YOUR CHILD(REN), they won't be like this forever!! Oh, and if you're looking for games to play with your child(ren), I have this post where I suggest 3 games. I will upload another game soon, so stay in touch. 

Good night.

Change of plans again....sorry?!?

Good day everyone,

Hopefully everyone's having a wonderful day.

I had to think quite a bit before posting this...but then I thought one day or the other, I will have to let you know.

So here it is...
I am planning on changing my blogging platform from Blogger/Blogspot to Wordpress.

Not that Blogger is not good or lacks in services or anything....it's just personal preference. I've already moved much of my content to Wordpress but it is still a private site. I am currently working on it and as soon as I have it running up, I'll let you guys now.

But, what do you guys think? Should I make the move? Or should I stick around with Blogger until I'm ready to buy my own domain and then host with Wordpress? I really need suggestions right now, please help me.

I really like my current blog, I remember I spent way too much time working on it. And I love the layout, the appearance, the name, the logo, almost everything and I don't want to have to move to another platform where I won't be able to make it this beautiful. So really, really need your help in this.

That's all I got to say for now and stay tuned because I am coming up with the birthday party ideas I've gathered up. Also, you might want to check out my About page, because there's been some changes. ;) :P


Stay blessed!!! And comment below with your suggestions.

And....once again, I'm thankful!!

Hello everyone,

I wrote a post a while back which was very similar to what I'm going to write about today. It was actually written on Thanksgiving Day here in Canada and since it is Thanksgiving Day everywhere else today, I will say it again...Happy Thanksgiving Day to those celebrating.

Although I don't religiously celebrate this day, I think it is one of the most beautiful holidays. I like to take my time to offer my thanks to everyone I can, specially on this day.
Often times, we forget to be thankful for each moment.
I was scrolling through my Facebook's newsfeed when I saw a post which I really liked and I thought why not share it with you guys.

It was about being thankful to your spouse for any and everything.

The idea was to spend some quality time together with you spouse. It went like:
Take a paper n' a pen; and write down 1 thing about your spouse you are thankful for. You had to do this everyday until Thanksgiving Day. On Thanksgiving Day, wrap a ribbon around the paper or put it in a bottle and put it on the table; and when both of you have time, read it out to each other.

I thought this was a great idea.
Instead of waiting for an year to read it out to each other, we thought we'd do it every month. This was a way for us to connect and be faced with things about ourselves even we thought didn't exist.
We spent such a quality time doing it and you know how much I love spending quality time with my family and friends.


I have some parenting tips on how to limit your child(ren)'s screen time so that you could spend some quality time with them, check it out.

And if you are not married, or you'd like to do this with someone else, by all means...go right ahead and be surprised/amazed about the qualities even you didn't think existed in you.

For now, that's all I got to say. Comment below on what you would like me to talk about next.

HAPPY THANKSGIVING DAY!!

What in the world is going on?

Greetings my friends,

I hope everyone's day is going great. Today, I want to talk to you about what's happening with me and in my life. So, if you are not the kind of person who is interested in reading about what others have to say about themselves or their lives, stick around (see what I did there) ;P. And if you are, then read on...

First of all, let me start about talking about the party we are planning for our daughter. You might remember that a month ago, which was basically when I disappeared, I wrote this post about my plans for this year and what happened last year.

Her birthday is in December, but unfortunately we are postponing it again like last year. There are reasons and one of them is budget. Remember, I mentioned in the last post something like we want this year's party to be the best it could be? That is what exactly we are trying to do. I don't want to throw a crappy party again, just because we currently are on a tight budget. So we thought that if we want to throw her party on her birthday (which makes SENSE!), that's how it will be! CRAPPY! And if we wait, it will be like how we have thought and planned! The best party it could be!

However, I do have a lot of ideas and plans, at hand, ready to go! I would love to share them with you if you like.

Next, I want to talk about what's going on in the world. This may be a very sensitive topic to some people, so I'll try to be careful with my words. It is a sensitive topic for me to write as well, and I'm looking for words to talk about it.

The thing is that the things that are happening around the world are saddening me and every time I see something bad happens to anyone, I feel so sad. I, currently, feel like there's just too much negativity going on right now. And somewhere this negativity is impacting me too. I am a very positive person, I will always think about and look at the positive side of everything. I rarely take things in a negative way, but some issues are depressing to see for me. I think that's what was going on with me and kinda still is. I think that's what stopped me to write, but I'll try my best to give my best.

On the positive side, this negativity has encouraged me to know more. I feel like I know more about things now, as compared to I ever did before. I know more about what's going on around me, I know how to handle situations better, I can stand up for myself and my fellows, etc.

Well, that's all I can say without going too much into details and hurting my or someone else's feelings. I know I was too vague and you had no idea what I was talking about, but now I feel light. I feel a burden has been lifted from my chest and I'm back to normal.

Let me know if you'd like me to talk about it in details, but be cautious because it is a extremely sesitive topic!!! I really don't want to say something which would hurt anyone's feelings. Talk to you guys later.

Last but not least,

Another review?? Sure, why not!!

Hello beauties and handsies, I hope everyone's day is going well. Let me just talk about what's been going on, before I move on to the actual topic of this post. Well, I think we'll leave that for another day ;)

So, here I am again, with another product review. Yes, I know!! So handsies might be like nooo, not again! But sorry guys, come back another day? Or, if you like stay in and read on...

I got this product to review from BzzAgent, free of charge! I didn't pay shipping, I didn't pay postage, nothing!! So after reading this post, go and check it out. I think it is only a Canadian, US and UK website, but I am not too sure, so again check it out! This was the campaign:

Now, on to the main purpose of this post! I got a COVERGIRL Outlast Stay Fabulous foundation to try out and give my honest reviews. By the way, if you are wondering about product size, almost everything I got up until today was full size product!! BONUS!!!

To be honest, this was my FIRST EVER foundation with a pump! Yeah, I know...you are like no way! But, I'm like yes way. :P
I have just recently started using makeup and I already had 3 foundations before I got to try this one out. I like to keep more quantities of things at hand, just in case. 1 was in a form of a tube, 1 was in a bottle just like this one but no pump, and 1 was in a round jar.
So, I was definitely excited to try this out because I had heard positive reviews about foundation bottles which came with pumps. It was definitely convenient to use because I could control how much I wanted out of the bottle.
Second, I read the back of it and I was even more excited. Well, it is a 3 in 1 kind of foundation, the 3 in 1 functions were; "Lasting power of primer, coverage of a concealer, and blendablity of a foundation". This made me think WOW! I won't have to buy 2 more things, great!
But when I tried it on, I noticed the foundation was flaking on my nose after a few minutes. Haha, why on nose? I don't know, but I waited and watched, what would happen next.
Oh, and, the color was pick and choose, so I picked the one I thought would match my skin tone/color. However, it is a shade or two lighter than my skin color, and I don't mind that because it was no one's fault.
Next, after a few hours (maybe around 3 hours), I felt like I had to reapply but I didn't because I was home. I didn't think that it had the "Lasting power of a primer" at all because it only lasted about 3 hours! My other foundations I have, last more than that for sure!
AND, unfortunately, I felt that I had to put on my concealer. To me, it didn't give me enough coverage as a concealer. Maybe, I have extreme dark circles (which THANK GOD, I don't).

 

There you go, now you have it! My honest first-hand opinion on COVERGIRL Outlast Stay Fabulous foundation. Give it a try and maybe, you'll have different results! And don't forget to share!!

NOTE: this was my first time trying it out, so I'll give it a few more tries and see if the opinion changes. Let me know if you want me to report back after a few more tries. 

"STAY FABULOUS"

I'm back...

Hello everyone,


I hope everyone's having a wonderful day. Let me start off by apologizing...for not writing, for disappearing, for not letting you know anything, for everything. I am so sorry I didn't write because I was feeling very low once again. I don't know what it is that is bothering me and what phase I'm going through, but I do know that I am sorry. :(

I hope you will forgive me because this time I really am sorry. I haven't written a single post in ONE month and that makes me so sad. I didn't want to return because of the guilt I was feeling but then I thought you people deserve to know. But honestly, I have nothing to tell you other than that I am sorry.

I promise to deliver my best and perform like before and write like before. I need you help, please comment below and tell me what you would like me to talk about. I made this blog for you, and for me, I was there but you were not. I need you guys! Remember, if you don't want/like to comment, you can always contact me.

FORGIVE ME??