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THOUGHTFUL THURSDAY: Aiden's Birth Story

THOUGHTFUL THURSDAY: Aiden’s Birth Story

So in the last few posts, I’ve talked about how I was diagnosed with gestational diabetes and the tools I have used to cope with it. Today, I want to share my birth story, mainly because it was so different from how I imagined it, thanks to my diagnosis.

If I hadn’t mentioned it before, one of the things that we had to do after I was put on insulin was to have weekly ultrasounds. The extra…

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#birth story #gestational diabetes #giving birth

SELF-CARE: My Morning Skincare Routine

There’s something about starting the day caring for yourself that just feels right. I know to some that might sound vain, but in all honesty, if I don’t feel like myself, everyone and everything else around me do not get my best. And I’m not in the business of half-assing my day.

This is not a new thing for me to talk about. Since moving to NJ, I’ve been on the prowl for something that…

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#klairs #missha #naturium #self-care #skincare #the ordinary

RANDOM RAMBLE #1

Just a few things off the top of my head that I’ve been itching to unload. If the Pensieve was real, best believe I would have owned one.

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#SendMoreMail2020has been such a release for me. While it’s still my way of showing support for USPS and their exceptional service, I find that it has nothing to do with me being a wife, a mom, or an employee. It’s just something that I do for me…

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#breonna taylor #colin kapernick #office supplies #pensive #random ramble

TALK TUESDAY: #SendMoreMail2020

I don’t think I have verbalized it enough on this blog, but I’ll say it right now, out loud: I absolutely love the USPS.

Coming from the Philippines where we don’t even have mailboxes for mail drop off, the USPS for me is a breath of fresh air. I would choose it over private mail carriers; they’re just far more affordable that I would’ve expected.

I first experienced the beauty of the…

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TALK THURSDAY: My GD Survival Kit

In the previous post, I had spoken about the lessons I learned as I navigated my way through gestational diabetes. Today, I’m going to talk about the tools I used (and was given to me) to manage it.

The Meal Plan

Like I said in my previous post, meal planning was the highlight of this journey. I believe I got very lucky with my provider. My nurse truly took the time to learn what I eat…

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FEELS FRIDAY: Lessons from Gestational Diabetes

As I attempt to catch up on my blog posts, I will be talking about bits and pieces of my pregnancy journey. While we are not expecting again, I hope these bits will help the next mom — and maybe kind of remind me what I had gone through to try to replicate or do better in the future.

This was one of the hardest parts of my pregnancy so please bear with the lengthy post. I’ve also included links…

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#gdm #gestational diabetes #meal planning #pregnancy

TALK TUESDAY: Our Pocket Maternity Shoott

A little side note about this post: had to update it a bit from when I initially wrote it. But my opinion stays the same. Man, talk about catching up huh?

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One of the things that I wanted to have is a maternity shoot. My sisters had it when they first had their babies in the Philippines, so that was something I’ve always had an eye out for. What I didn’t account for is the price difference…

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#hamilton park #jersey city #maternity #maternity shoot #new jersey #shoott

FEELS FRIDAY: My Pregnancy Gift to Myself

It has been a while since I last wrote on this page and, no this is not a declaration that I am pregnant again. While I wish I had updated my blog in a more timely manner so that I have full documentation of my pregnancy journey, let’s just say my emotions were then incapable of balancing so much at the time. Now that I’m looking back, I can confidently talk about my experience and hopefully,…

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#family #feels friday #health #pregnancy #therapy

Little Women (2019) Trailer is Here and I am a mess

Nothing else can break my brief blogging pause other than Saoirse Ronan and Emma Watson sharing the big screen.

I wasn’t planning on writing anything today, but I took a quick break from work and took a peek at Facebook and lo and behold, the complete reimagination of Josephine March unfolded before my eyes. It is with that character that I first loved Winona Ryder and it is with that character…

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#emma watson #little women #Meryl Streep #movie trailer #Saoirse Ronan #Timothée Chalamet #trailer

TALK TUESDAY: The Love for Snail Mail

I love snail mail. Let’s start with that. I love receiving handwritten notes. I love going through the bills and spam and seeing a personally scribbled letter made out especially for me. I love the idea of words flying through air and space, so special that it required extra postage, so intimate that the immediacy of technology just doesn’t give it justice. Maybe I’m just being romantic, but…

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#letters #love letters #mailbox #postcards #snail mail #souvenir #stamp love #travel

REVIEW: Eyebrow Microblading at EverTrue Salon NYC

I’ve never had brows. It’s that simple.

This was an actual conversation with one of my nieces:

Niece: Tita Carla, I want to ask you something, but I don’t want to bring back any bad memories. Me: Go ahead, baby, what is it? Niece: What happened to your eyebrows? Were they burned as a child or something? Me: *tries not to cry*

It’s not that I’m severely displeased by it; it’s just a…

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#evertrue salon #evertrue salon review #eyebrow microblading #microblading #review

MUSIC MONDAY: It Wasn't Easy To Be Happy For You - The Lumineers

MUSIC MONDAY: It Wasn’t Easy To Be Happy For You – The Lumineers

This is one of the things I missed doing on this blog: discovering new (and new to my ears) music. I have to thank Spotify for this find though. Release Radar playlist lists new releases from artists that I have liked over time and well, let’s just say that in my opinion, The Lumineers is one of the most underrated bands ever.

They did me right when they released Ho Hey, but have you listened…

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#genius #lyrics #music #music monday #new song #spotify #the lumineers

TALK TUESDAY: The sun and stars

One of the things that I regret is not blogging more often. The year 2019 started rough for the Husband and I, that is without a doubt. There has been a quiet struggle and frankly speaking, not having it publicized — even to closest friends and family — made the struggle somewhat small, even though the weight of it never diminished.

Let me start with this: I have changed. Before I married my…

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#family #family love #La Joie #pregnancy #pregnancy announcement

Lessons Learned After a Year of Driving by Myself

For those of you who do not know, before moving to New Jersey, I have never driven. Literally never. I may have started the car once or twice, but that’s about it. I have owned at least four student permits back in the Philippines, but none of it was put to good use. Think of it as my personal donation to the government agency each time I renew. And while I did vow to learn how to drive on…

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Progress Report on the Tamborine Test

So this is a long overdue progress report. I actually started writing this in June when life became so busy that I never got to post it. So forgive me? Hopefully, this whole writing thing will become more regular in the coming weeks.

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Here’s the breakdown of this challenge. In hopes of driving a healthier flow of conversation between husband and wife, The Husband has agreed to eliminate…

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The Tamborine Test

So, have you seen Chris Rock’s special on Netflix, Tamborine? It’s a pretty good one. We had a glimpse of his return when we saw him with Dave Chappelle at Radio City last year. I have to admit, seeing them perform live sent goosebumps up and down my spine. It was pretty amazing.

Anyway, that’s not the topic of my story.

In the…

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#chris rock #marriage #no phones challenge #tamborine

MUSIC MONDAY: Stay With Me by P!nk

I haven’t done Music Monday for quite some time now. Now that I have a big load of preoccupation, I have to admit some things have been shoved to the back. But on a quiet afternoon like this weekend, I chanced upon P!nk’s cover.

The main thing that attracts me to her music is that her voice is as powerful as her message. Believe me, I love that Sam Smith came out with this song. The melancholy,…

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#bbc live lounge #music #music monday #p!nk #pink

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