Just My Scrap

I need to start organizing our paper documents soon, the boxes are getting messy and I feel like I need a better organization system so everything can be arranged properly. I might consider purchasing a mmf drawer for important documents that we couldn’t afford to lose. I almost never through away any letter we receive in the mail so I have to sort those too and throw away those we don’t need to keep. I need a drawer that can fit below my desk though, I do not want to add clutter to our house, in fact as much as possible I minimize the amount of clutter around so it doesn’t pile up.

I was trying to find more about exercise videos online and I was glad there was a lot of information about it online. It was actually overwhelming that after a while I am at lost as to which one is best for someone like me. No non 12 step, I need a lot of steps…little steps if there is to help me get back on track and be on my way to having a regular exercise routine. From no exercise to a regular exercise is a huge step for me so I need to take it slowly to make sure I go through with this. It’s not going to be easy and I want to pace myself.

We were considering getting a life insurance policy for us next year. My parents talked to us about this when we went home for vacation a few weeks back. I know this is something we should think about as it offers us protection and it’s not something that would cost too much per year (depending on the policy of course). We still have to see our finances and make sure we can manage to add another payable on our list of bills to pay. Being in a one income household, sometimes it’s hard to budget.

How I wish losing weight is that easy that I won’t need to consider the idea of getting a thermogenic fat burner for myself. I didn’t have a problem about my weight growing up, back in college I can eat whatever I want and my weight would still be the same, that all changed when I moved here in SG and it changed some more when I gave birth to my little girl. After I stopped breastfeeding that’s when things make a turn for the worst and here I am now struggling with my weight. It is hard when I never regularly exercise ever in my life and now I’m trying to include it to my daily routine. If I can just have the discipline to push through and not give up on exercise I know I can shed my excess pounds, if only it is that easy.

I don’t really consider myself as vain person, I do the bare minimum when it comes to skincare and spending money on beauty products and makeup. I’m likely to agree to try a natural acne treatment than to spend a few hundred bucks for a new cream. Luckily I seldom get a bad case of acne that I don’t have to worry about visits to dermatologist and getting medication. I just have to be more conscious in keeping up with my beauty regime no matter how little I do to avoid the need for acne treatments.

I woke up early this morning, I knew I should have taken this time to scrap while everyone else is sound asleep but instead I found myself reading about diet pill reviews online. I’m really hoping get back into shape before this year ends and I found websites that offers a lot of helpful information on weight loss and diets. I want to star eating healthy by eating more fruits, I know I can do more drastic changes but that would just be setting myself up to fail so I’m doing it one little step at a time. Adding fruits to our meal is a lot easier than say adding more veggies or eliminating meat so for now that’s what I’m going to do. I hope because of this effort my little girl will learn to eat fruits too and not just drink juices.

I’ve been getting enough sleep the past couple of days and I feel good and refreshed. It takes a toll on my skin when I sleep late and I know that a good night’s sleep (or several days of good night’s sleep) is better than any anti wrinkle cream in the market today. I do use an eye cream every night and I would say it helps too but nothing beats sleep and lots of water in my book. I’m now ready to work and start scrapping our vacation photos and do some work too.

Whenever we buy big ticket items we make sure to purchase better warranty that includes more years covered. I don’t know anything about 5th wheel warranty but I do know from experience that we saved a few hundred bucks by paying a little bit more for the warranty of our laptop years back. Now we make sure we get extra warranty whenever we buy electronics. Anything over five hundred bucks is worth extra insurance in our book.

I like picking up a few things at the duty free shop at the airport when we go back home for vacation. It’s just easier to pick up a few items to give to family and relatives on your way out of the airport. I always get a few bags of chocolates (my mom like giving these away to all our relatives), some fuente cigars, and a bottle or two of red wine. I just want to be mindful of the price though because the items are priced in US dollars and that’s not what I have in my wallet.

I prepared a list of things to bring for our vacation ahead of time to make sure we won’t forget anything important. Of course a flash drive was on the list along with our phone chargers, netbook, house keys and other essentials. I also bought a few books for me and the little girl for the trip, I know I had to bring items that would keep a toddler entertained during the flight so she will get her own “hand carry” to put all her stuff. She’s quite excited having her own bag and already asking me if she could a few favorite toys for the trip. So fun!