Thanksgiving 2010

This was the very first year I had to work. When I used to work for my old company, since it was a financial company, we were always closed whenever the banks were closed. However, since I now work for a place that opens 24 hours, I was there. I left around 2 p.m. so that I can get to my mother in law's house by 3. I got to spend time with my in laws, including my brother in law, who had to work at 4. I stayed there for about 40 minutes only since I had to go home to walk my boys. I got home around 4 in the afternoon and took the boys to Fort Funston. Then, we got home around 530. I took a shower and got ready to go to my aunt's. Stayed at my aunt's for a few hours and then picked up Mr. JB at his mama's house. Then off we went home.

This year, I am thankful for a lot of things:

* I am thankful that I have a wonderful family who is very supportive -- they have been there for me whenever I needed them. They were there to listen to me vent, to cook for me when I was craving some food, etc. I know I have done something right in my past life to be blessed with my family and Mr. JB.

* I am thankful for my wonderful kids. They bring joy to us and no matter how bad I feel, thinking about them always bring me happiness.

* I am thankful to feel healthier. Last year, I was starting to lose weight. Now, with the help of some meds, I feel better. I am more plumpier than I was last year but I'd rather be plumpy than to feel weak. Everyone was really worried when I was looking thin. =)

* I am thankful to have a job. It is true that there are times where I want to just say screw it and quit. But I am still thankful to have a pay check every two weeks.

Now, we are looking forward to spending the rest of our holidays with our family.

What I want for Christmas is ....

What I want for Christmas is... Well, there are a lot of things I want for this Christmas but I know that I should limit my spendings cuz we just got us a new camera and a new netbook. Mr. JB got himself a kindle. So, we are spent out on ourselves. We need to spend the money on our loved ones. But just in case our loved ones are reading, here is a list of what we want. (Well, more me than him.)

* a heater
* a dyson handhelf vaccum
* a coverlet for our queen size bed (bed bath and beyond)
* for Mr. JB, he needs a kindle cover his kindle dx =)
* an ipod speaker with a clock and a fm transmitter
* a SD card
* a camera case for my canon camera

a few updates

Mr. JB and I went to Hawaii to celebrate our ONE year anniversary in August for one week. Then we went to Philippines for two weeks in October. We had a blast on both of the trips. We left the boys with Nick, our "baby"sitter. When we were in Hawaii, I texted Nick almost everyday to see how the boys were doing. Of course, things were quiet when we wen tto PI since we didn't have internet assess easily as we did in Hawaii.

Anyhoo, I just got my eyes examed and it is official. I am getting OLD!!! I now have a prescription and no longer 20/20. =( I can choose to wear glasses or not. Since my insurance covers about $115 for frames, and I have a hard time finding sunglasses, I chose to have the insurance cover the sunglasses instead. In case you were wondering, I have nice chubby cheeks and I have a hard time finding glasses that would fit me perfectly. The sunglasses I had would rest on my cheeks instead of on my nose. So, the sunglasses would leave a red mark, especially on my left cheek. SUCK cuz there are a lot of sunglasses I would LOVE to buy. The last sunglasses I bought before purchasing them from the eye doctor was from costco. They were really nice and seriously speaking, I had to take it off after 10 minutes of wearing it cuz they were rubbing on my cheeks too much. Annoying. I will return to Costco to see if I can buy a prescription glasses for cheap. I want to have it just in case I need it in the future.

I am also trying to cut back on my prednisone. I was on 15 mg and now I am trying to be on 12.5 mg. Hopefully it'd be okay. Besides that, everything else is the same...