Happy late new year!

Sorry I have not update in a long time, been very busy with home stuff and dealing with family things. The holidays were great, January has been ok so far. I'll update again soon!

Heya!

Sorry for running off again! Rei has been keeping me busy lately, but I thought I'd stop by to say I live!!

Anyway, freebie wise I haven't been doing much. I wrapped up my BzzCampaing as well as my MomsMeet Sample Party. So for now, I'm laying low just enjoying my spare time lol.

We'll talk again soon!

I live!

Sorry I haven't updated in awhile I've been really occupied with Rei. She finally got a hang of using the toilet and letting us know she needs to go. I'm just happy she didn't put up a fight to leave her diapers lol.

Also, she finally said 'Daddy' though it's cute I don't like it she uses it more to get Alex to do her bidding -_-

Evil kid she is.

Right now I'm waiting for a VoxBox, a BzzKit and a package from Mom Ambassador. The BzzKit is for Dr. Scholl's for her, the Vox Box is Something Blue and from Mom Ambassador, I'm sampling the O Organics Salads. I'm going to be busy once they all come in the mail. :)

Father's Day is almost here, I already know what I'm giving Chewy. I was able to get a Winston Shaving Kit from Harry's, a photo card from Treat.com and Skyrim: Legendary Edition. I'm kinda proud of myself, the only thing I paid for was half of Skyrim! Everything else was free or paid with Prepaid Visas I've gathered. I'm going to make him some tri-tip that day, can't wait!

Catching Up!

Happy Mother's Day!

Hope everyone has been having a goos time. Sorry I haven't been posting besides the usual review posts, but I had a bit of writer's block. Not to mention laziness xD

So, I was back home for a week, it was great being back. Little sad though, because Alvarado became well.... dirtier. Echo Park looks like a little suburban filled with hipsters now, but what pissed me off was the older Hispanic women over at Alvarado. Glaring at me or Rei one even had the gull to 'bump' into my stroller. I expected some rudeness but not at the level of hostility I saw when I went out. It was weird.

Sad, even.

I was raised around those parts of Los Angeles, but my trip made feel like a complete outsider. Maybe I've been living out here for too long. Maybe it is a good thing that I seldom return to LA to visit.

Oh well I guess.

So mom lives near the church now, but I love her new apartment. So many little shops and what not. There's even a bookshop! The next time I visit her Im setting $100 for that bookshop!

So life at home has been good. Alex started giving me a monthly stipend because according to him, a housewife should have spending money even if it's a small amount. Eh, free money I don't complain. Besides, it goes to our home anyway xD

I have been potty training Rei this week. It's f*cking hard! Props to the ladies that have the patience for this. She is willing to go potty, but freaks the hell out when Alex is home. I think she's shy.

Happy Birthday Rei!

Rei's birthday was last Friday! I can't believe she's two already! Alex and I were originally going to take her to the Fresno Chaffee Zoo but at the last moment decided to go to the Los Angeles Zoo and Botanical Gardens.

I have to say I'm glad we decided to switch at the last moment. 

Not only was the zoo bigger but we also stopped by to visit my mom before heading home! As a bonus, my sister and nephew tagged along with us on our adventures :)

The day was fun, tiring and well, fun. We managed to only spend $150 that day and that includes gas, admission, lunch, dinner and more gas. I'm kinda proud of myself I budgeted and I stuck with it. I probably didn't save as much as I think I did but that's ok. Rei had fun, we had fun. The day was great!

Bleh.

I've been going through some really bad fatigue lately. I'm in a constant state of dizzying and being light headed. Ugh. I blame it on the stress. I just found that I'm going to have to take in my sister for an uncertain amount of time. ;/

Don't get me wrong I'm happy to do the right thing , it's just. .. well I don't know. I mean Alex and I are foregoing our personal life and space and it's not exactly sitting well with me. Also the thought of more people=more expenses such as the electricity, food, etc.

Plus she also has a child. I don't know her child or his mannerisms/behavior.  Not to mention how is Rei going to adjust to another child in the home.

I think I'm over thinking it.

I'm hoping that by trying to do the right thing I nor my husband get burned. I really do. For I'm just going to hope for the best, wish me luck cyberspace.

Oh! On a lighter note, I bought The Lost World by Michael Crichton for $1! That made me thrilled and sad. Thrilled because it's a brand new book for a dollar.  Very sad because it's a Crichton book in brand new conditions in the clearance rack.  :(

Rei!

Is driving me crazy!! She's becoming so damn rebellious. Especially now that she picked up the word "No." She fights me while potty training, eating, bathing. Pretty much everything!

*Sigh*

;D

I have a new phone! A LG Spirit that Chewy bought me for Valentine's Day. It's spiffy  :D

Yesterday I also got myself a new pair of glasses.  They're purple! We also bought something for Rei, Spongebob dvds.

Man things have been a bit slow for me, sorry for not blogging sooner. I am on a couple of Bzzcampaigns so that's keeping afloat lol. Since Rei has become more hyper I really haven't had time for myself, especially with the potty training/trying to teach her to speak and pronounce words correctly.

Yeah!

I finished playing DmC! Yeeeeeaaaah!!!!

I'm very, very happy with this game! Especially with the route they took with Vergil. Makes me feel like everything is right with the world again lol.

Finishing the game makes me want to do a little fan fiction, so yay for that! :D Gotta bring back Wydow, it's been awhile.

Oh yeah, going off topic here I was picked for another Bzzcampaign so Huzzah for that too! Man, been having some good luck lately. Which, I'm not complaining about, just thought I'd mention it.

Mailbox Love

Got some assorted freebies today! A Walmart gift card and a Crest® 3D Whitestrips sample, measuring tape, tea samples, lube samples and my Parents magazine. A few days ago I also received my calendar from Canada :)

(The Walmart gift card and Crest sample were from Klout.com)

I've been kinda ignoring my FB and twitter lately, mostly because Alex and I bought a new ps3 and the new Resident Evil and DmC. They sucked me in! I'm really happy that both games have been really fun so far. RE6 is helluva hard though.

We've also started preparations for our roadtrip to Texas that's coming up. Alex took the car in for a diagnosis today to make sure it'll be in good shape for the long drive.

We'll be looking at a 24hr drive and between stops and stuff Alex wants to make it a two day trip to get to Houston. I'm nervous and a bit excited. I hope the trip goes well.

I'm an aunt!

My nephew was born January 11, 2013. Dude was 19inches and 7lbs, born by cesarean in the middle of the night.

Obviously I'm not sharing to much details as respect for my sister and the baby, but either way ... woot!! I have someone to spoil with video games, zombies and comic books >:D

Congratulations sister! Btw I forgot how expensive newborn baby shiz is!!

Alex keeps teasing me saying that shopping for my sister's baby is going to give me baby fever. Lies I say, lies! I have a toddler and four pets to care for I think I'm good! xD

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Anyway, sorry I haven't been active with freebie finding and posting but I took a break. I had a fallout with my main freebie group when I realized that the GO was using the members for his benefit i.e. getting paid for our clicks, allowing promotion of anything only if he was getting a cut of any profit, and just plain using us. When I brought it up I was immediately banned from the group so well, that's that. I'll try to resume freebie posting but it isn't a guarantee, sorry.

Happy 2013!

Wow can't believe the year is over! Hope it was good for you as it was for me ;)

We stayed home for the holiday season this time around, it was too cold to go outside.

2012 was a good year though, financially speaking. Alex found a well paying stable job that he enjoys and introduced me into organic and locally owned farms.

I learned about BzzAgent, Influenster, Houseparty and the world of freebies. My cooking skills picked up remarkably xD

At least now my family can't say I live off of 'pan con jamon'.

Rei grew remarkably. She went from stumbling baby to a toddler! Just last year she was learning her first steps, now we're working on potty training and her first words.
 

Holiday Hiatus

I'm taking a break. Dealing with some home issues, but I'll be back! Just give me time!

D: oh noes!

Alex won't be working for this entire week! The harvest is over so everyone is off this week and starting next Monday he'll be pruning grapevines. I'm happy he's still working but what I don't like is that he'll pretty much become a commission employee rather than salary like he was before. I'm kinda dreading it. I'm also sad because that means I can't put money in my roadtrip jar :(

We'll see what happens I guess.

My phone has been acting weird lately. It won't let me access Blogger or Facebook. I have to access them through apps which I hate because it means downloading stuff into my crappy phone :/  

I'll tinker with it tonight.

So Thanksgiving was awesome! Worked my butt off that day. I'm proud that everything that was served was made from scratch, nothing was boxed. Quite the feat compared to last year when I was still learning to cook xD

It's my birthday!

It's been fun so far! Alex took care of dinner and made a cake too.

I feel spoiled <3

Even Rei behaved today!

I'm still waiting for my BzzKits, I noticed that a couple of people mentioned receiving theirs so I'm assuming I'll get mine later this week? I did get some random freebies though.

Two 4-packs of Airborne Samples
My Parents subscription started
A Thit! Tshirt

And some random coupons.

Turkey Day is in a couple of days, I'm nervous. Tomorrow I'm defrosting the bird so I can let it marinade for an entire day. We also have to go pick up my sister. She'll be staying with us until Saturday I believe.

Boo!

I was suppose to try out an apple pie recipe I found online over the weekend but forgot! :(

Maybe I'll try to make it this week, I'd really love to make this pie for turkey day though. Speaking of turkey, over the weekend I bought one of the main dishes for Thanksgiving while the store was having a sale. Next weekend I'll buy the rest of my holiday shopping.

Lol a couple of friends were mentioning the other day how housewife-ish I've become through the year. Planning menus, budgeting, trying not to kill rei because she suddenly refused to potty anymore ...

I don't know if that was a compliment or not, but fuck it.

So here's what I'm planning on cooking for this year's Thanksgiving:

Honey glazed ham
Lemon Pepper Chicken
Garlic mashed potatoes
Pumping Pie
Apple Pie
Dinner Rolls

I want to include a second side dish but I can't think of one. Oh well, I'm sure it'll come to me.

The holidays are almost here!

Yay! In already planning my Thanksgiving meal and what I'm going to gift this year.

For Christmas, I've been hunting PDF books almost all year long. I plan on gifting books this year, hopefully that doesn't seem too weird.

Man I've been trying to be consistent with Rei and her potty training and I have to say it is hard! It doesn't help that this kid likes to run around naked when I'm not watching. Ugh. The messes I've had to clean! *shudder*

I know I haven't posted any freebies in a while, for that I apologize. Right now though I've been busy with home life and I haven't had the time to freebie hunt as much.

Happy Halloween!

Stay safe everyone, don't KO into a sugar coma!

This year Rei will dress up as a pumpkin :)

Last night before bed Alex and I were carving two pumpkins he was gifted from work. We did it, we gave them faces...

But I'll be the first to admit though, our pumpkins look funky xD Next year we will use freaking stencils!! It was fun cutting them up ans cleaning them from the inside, but man! Cutting faces into them was hard!

Alex is taking REI trick or treating, I'm probably staying home to hand out candy. The landlord is hosting a costume contest and I'm thinking of taking Rei but I'm not too sure. The last time we participated in a community event, everyone just stared and pointed at me. It annoyed the shit out of me.

Not to mention people out here don't control their kids. >_>

No I'm not saying I rock parenting, but at least my kid doesn't go around hitting/shoving for shits and giggles. Anyway, here are some pictures :)

Have a safe Halloween everybody!

Happy day

Yesterday my sample package from Mom Ambassador came in the mail yaaay!!

It was delivered via UPS so at first I was unsure what the heck it was. Alex brought it when he came home from work.

It's awesome. It came with 2 different type of tote bags, a refrigerator magnet, two spearmint flavored organic chapsticks and a stack of free product vouchers.

24 to be exact :D

I'm happy I was selected for this program because quite honestly the holiday season is coming up and I love happy fruit drinks during that time.

The vouchers are for R.W. Knudsen Celebratory Beverages. They come in a variety of flavors including Apple,  Organic Pear,  Kosher Concord Grape, Cranberry, Cherry, Strawberry, Blueberry and Organic Apple! 

Mmm I'm dying to try the cherry and apple flavored drinks!!

My greeting card

It came in the mail yesterday!! That was quick, really quick lol

If you ordered one I hope you enjoy it. I love the quality of Cardstore's products. I hope to use their services again in the future :)

Oh and another tidbit of news, I was picked through Mom Ambassador to sample a product! I'm excited, it's my first sample from this site. The product is from Knudsen, a holiday drink I believe.

I'm still trying to get selected for House Party, but no luck yet :(

Maybe in the future.