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Wednesday, March 5, 2014
Planning a Wedding
Why is it sooooooo difficult?
Why can't everyone just be on board to flying wherever I want!?
Everyone has a say.. everyone has an opinion... and I just want a small wedding on the beach! But then there's his family...and my family... and people dont have money, and old people cant fly...... BLAH.
I dont know why I need to make it convenient for everyone. I mean I get it but at the same time, it's MY WEDDING!!!
I am trying to be understanding but at the same time, I don't want to be.
Any suggestions on a beach wedding in the Northeast?
That is what I will have to make my compromise on, and it definitely won't be this year, it will have to be next year in the summer.
Tuesday, March 4, 2014
Top 10 March Workout Songs!
Here's the full list, according to votes placed at Run Hundred--the web's most popular workout music blog.
Stephen Swartz & Joni Fatora - Bullet Train - 130 BPM
Kylie Minogue - Into the Blue - 116 BPM
Dillon Francis & DJ Snake - Get Low - 102 BPM
Austin Mahone & Pitbull - Mmm Yeah - 126 BPM
David Guetta & Skylar Grey - Shot Me Down - 129 BPM
Fitz & The Tantrums - The Walker - 132 BPM
Flo Rida - How I Feel (SCNDL Radio Mix) - 129 BPM
Armin van Buuren & Trevor Guthrie - This is What It Feels Like (Antillas & Dankann Remix) - 131 BPM
Jason Derulo & 2 Chainz - Talk Dirty - 101 BPM
The Chainsmokers - #Selfie - 128 BPM
To find more workout songs, folks can check out the free database at RunHundred.com. Visitors can browse the song selections there by genre, tempo, and era—to find the music that best fits with their particular workout routine.
Thursday, February 27, 2014
Pregnant Problems: Baby Girl Stop Pressing on my Back Nerves!
So much for no problems during pregnancy!
I got away with no morning sickness and no real serious issues.... buttttttttt sciatica is KILLING me!!!
Sciatica pain is so bad. I can't imagine how you can continue life without a heating pad.
My doctor is awful and the ONLY reason I use him is because he has Saturday hours and the hospital I want to use is 5 minutes from my house. He told me the only thing I could do about it was nothing and get a heating pad.
He's such a man seriously.
I went on vacation and as not able to walk most of the time without extreme acute pain in my right butt and down my right leg.
The top helpful things I found in this case were:
-Heating Pad
-Pre Natal Massage
-Chiropractor
Nothing else helped at all.
This past week my pain has slowly changed from acute to periodic which is AMAZING in my eyes. I have been to the chiropractor 2 times this week so far and I really think it is helping, and hopefully I can get back to yoga this weekend.
I am also considering getting this:
Especially because I am going to get bigger and my back is already in pain as it is.
It is from Motherhood Maternity for $39. I have read reviews on it and it was 50/50 depending on the person wearing it.
Please share any experiences you have had!
Sunday, February 16, 2014
Baby Bump: 25 Weeks !
I am officially 25 weeks today.
This is my first baby bump picture, it's also like 6am in this picture before going to work, so I am not too happy ahah.
Well... Happy Sunday!!
Saturday, February 15, 2014
Snowy Saturday = Baby Clothes Shopping
When you're pregnant and you go bathing suit shopping for the first time being a bigger version of yourself... it doesn't go so well!
My poor husband sending me bigger and bigger sizes for my massive newly free boobs, and finding out that we're in double digits in TJ Maxx; quite depressing.
Why isn't there a "Massive Boobed Pregnant People Bathing Suit Section"?
Clearly, bathing suit shopping was NOT my favorite thing today... sooooo I bought a 4th of July outfit for this baby girl to make me feel better about why my boobs are so massive and I can't find cute bathing suits to wear.... so she can look cute when she comes out.
Yes..... that's what I need to keep telling myself!
Ahhh preggo problems.
Enjoy the ridiculous amounts of snow this week!
Now all I need to do is buy this....
Obsessed!!!
Tuesday, February 11, 2014
Marriage + Valentine's Day = Present?
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This will be mine and my husband's first Valentine's Day ever, and first being married... lots of firsts going on here. So my question is, what am I going to get him? We are leaving on vacation this weekend so I wasn't sure if we should be getting presents for each other or not.
There are so many different ideas and Valentine's being such a Hallmark holiday, it seems so petty to go above and beyond especially right after Christmas.
What is an acceptable to get a man for Valentine's Day?
I am thinking Groupon might be a good way for me to go. We have recently been doing a lot of couples massages and things like that. He is very into working out so I was thinking, spinal decompression on groupon. at White Plains Spinal Decompression.
Is that too.... un-romantic?!
I think he will absolutely love it, so that might be the way I am going to go. I suggest Groupon and massages as a great gift for Friday.
Any other suggestions? I am so not the romantic gift giver. That is definitely not the role I have taken in life!
Happy Valentine's Day Husbands Gift Shopping!
What are you getting for your husband ?!
Monday, February 10, 2014
Pregnant Problems: Clothes Shopping
Being pregnant has caused all of my clothes not to fit me anymore, going from a size 2 to I don't even know what size because I REFUSE to figure it out.
I went shopping the other night because I had a few maternity things from cousins and my husband had bought me some... but other then that I was banking on shirts that were sizes too big because that was the style.... but they weren't looking the style since my stomach was getting bigger.
So I went over to Express since I had a gift card, and definitely wanted to cry. Being that I have no clue what size I am, I had to pick like 15 different sizes and being once a 2 at Express and now getting up to like a 10 because I want it to be flow-ish and not tight, was very upsetting. Needless to say I left with two dresses and that was it.
I had to find something to make me feel better and there aren't any maternity stores around here, so I went to H&M in hopes that they had some flow-y shirts that would hide my bump or just minimize it and get some dresses I can wear on vacation, since none of my summer clothes will fit me!
I was in luck!! Thank god for the style of clothes these days and big long shirts are in style and is exactly what I needed. So I found a shirt I liked and (of course) bought it in a bunch of different colors.
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All I have to say is thank god... because I was beginning to lose hope on this clothing situation! I have embraced only wearing leggings and boots and dresses and stockings, but once my shirts stop fitting, I really don't know what I am going to wear anymore!
Aghhhhhh....pregnancy problemsssssssss.
Thursday, February 6, 2014
Top 10 Workout Songs.. February
Here's the full list, according to votes placed at Run Hundred--the web's most popular workout music blog.
Enrique Iglesias & Pitbull - I'm a Freak - 128 BPM
Neon Trees - Sleeping with a Friend - 107 BPM
Jerrod Niemann - Drink to That All Night - 116 BPM
Martin Garrix - Animals - 127 BPM
Macklemore, Ryan Lewis, Schoolboy Q & Hollis - White Walls - 116 BPM
Fitz & The Tantrums - Out of My League - 85 BPM
Shakira & Rihanna - Can't Remember to Forget You - 139 BPM
Lea Michele - Louder - 126 BPM
Grouplove - Ways to Go - 101 BPM
Lady GaGa, R. Kelly & Rick Ross - Do What U Want (DJWS Remix) - 99 BPM
To find more workout songs, folks can check out the free database at RunHundred.com. Visitors can browse the song selections there by genre, tempo, and era—to find the music that best fits with their particular workout routine.
Wednesday, February 5, 2014
Think Pink Bowtique
I am cursed and happy that I am having a girl. Cursed because the amount of money I am going to spend on clothes and decorations and all that will just be out of control. But happy because that is exactly what I wanted.
But I just came about this place Think Pink Bowtique...... and my initial reaction was OH MY GOD.
All i know is that my upcoming pay checks will be spent on hair bows for my daughter!
Here is their website http://www.thinkpinkbows.com/
It is a MUST.
I am in love! I hope it makes your snowy day better :)
Pregnancy Problems: What does YOUR insurance company cover?
Finally on a day off during the week, I got to call my insurance company and see what it is that they actually do cover for me when i give birth. I almost just assumed they would cover everything, but I got to thinking, what exactly DO they cover? Since I am new to this insurance and have never had a baby before, these were very important questions that I needed answered before the whole birthing process.
Some questions that I asked (and I am no expert...I just didnt want to end up with a $10,000 bill after baby girl is born).
My insurance is CIGNA, and these are the answers that I got.
Do you cover the whole birthing process?
Yes -100% of it, except the $500 deductible I have to pay once I am admitted to the hospital.
How many days does it cover me being in the hospital?
48 hours from regular birthing process
96 hours from c-section
What happens if I have a two day labor experience prior the baby being born?
It is judged based on medical necessity, so it will most likely be included into the birthing/labor process of 100% paid for but it is on case to case basis.
What happens if the baby is born early and needs to be in an incubator?
Also determined on a case to case basis.
Do you pay for a breast pump and which one?
Yes - 100% but ONLY if you got through the company: carecentrix.com . So I called them and the process is: your doctor faxes them the prescrption for either an electric, manual, or hospital made pump and your demographic information and then the company will mail it to you.
I hope that maybe this can help you in what you should consider asking your insurance company before the baby is born!
Tuesday, February 4, 2014
NYC Public Schools... Survival of the Fittest in the Snow!
I work for NYC public schools and they literally do not close their schools, EVER. If you live in New York or the Northeast, you know how much snow we have had in the past couple of months and this week has been almost ridiculous.
Every single school district around us was closed... expect New York City. Major De Blasio thought it was a good idea that we still have school. He's so wonderful!! See this article.
The thing with this is, fine, we have to go to school and fine we have to drive in, but seriously, these kids take public transportation to school, is it really worth their lives to get to school to only have a few people there and then to do nothing at school?!
Seriously!?
Tomorrow we shall see what happens tomorrow but my real question is.....
Is it more important to go to school? Or to be safe in extreme blizzard conditions?
Every single school district around us was closed... expect New York City. Major De Blasio thought it was a good idea that we still have school. He's so wonderful!! See this article.
The thing with this is, fine, we have to go to school and fine we have to drive in, but seriously, these kids take public transportation to school, is it really worth their lives to get to school to only have a few people there and then to do nothing at school?!
Seriously!?
Tomorrow we shall see what happens tomorrow but my real question is.....
Is it more important to go to school? Or to be safe in extreme blizzard conditions?
Sunday, February 2, 2014
Pregnancy Problems: Hey Pregnant Lady, No Drinking for 9 Months!
And being 28, and none of my friends being pregnant or my husband not being pregnant (which is REALLY not fair!), it sucks to go out with everyone and be the non-drinker. I am always designated driver and even if I have a red wine, it sucks! I hate red wine!!! What an evil punishment.
I don't mind that much not being able to drink, but I do mind when my husband goes out and drinks and comes home wasted. I am not a fan. I honestly wouldn't be a fan pregnant or not. But I almost feel like its inconsiderate and like I am being left out.
I know I shouldn't take it that way as if being left out, but my crazy emotions which make me cry over stupid shit, take over and make me upset and take everything very personal.
I really am not sure how to make these emotions stop or how to feel like I am not being left out and I am sure I am being ridiculous most of the time, but it still just sucks and I am warning you fellow pregnant people, these things happen. I would honestly never feel left out or lonely in this situation, but now that I have super emo crazy things going on in my body, that changes the whole ball park, making me incredibly depressed.
Ugh!
They never mentioned things into details on how you will really feel when you hear about pregnancy!
If you have similar stories, please feel free to share!
Wednesday, January 29, 2014
Top 10 Workout Songs... January
Here's the full list, according to votes placed at Run Hundred--the web's most popular workout music blog.
Pharrell Williams - Happy - 160 BPM
The Wanted - We Own The Night (Chainsmokers Edit) - 126 BPM
Lady GaGa - Applause (DJ White Shadow Trap Remix) - 141 BPM
Duck Sauce - Radio Stereo - 130 BPM
Little Mix - Nothing Feels Like You - 126 BPM
American Authors - Best Day of My Life - 100 BPM
Avicii - Hey Brother - 125 BPM
Echosmith - March into the Sun - 145 BPM
Armin van Buuren & Trevor Guthrie - This is What It Feels Like - 130 BPM
Bastille - Pompeii (Kat Krazy Remix) - 129 BPM
Monday, January 27, 2014
Baby Bump Details: No Morning Sickness?!
Don't hate me automatically for reading the title! I have had the crazy luck of having NO morning sickness at all. I don't know how or why or anything like that but not once did I ever experience it; yet.
I feel like by now it would have happened to me or I would have gotten it or should have, and I should be in the clear now at 5 months.
And honestly, up until I was JUST about 20 weeks, did my stomach really start to show. But then it came out of no where and just appeared. I am not one of those people that will be taking lots of pictures and counting the weeks. I am more about... see me before and then see me after and those 9 months no one knows what I look like.. we're all good!
I know you want to curse me out and I totally understand that! I really hope my good luck now won't change into bad luck around the time of the delivery and cause me to have the worst experience ever.
I haven't had any weird food cravings really, but I do eat a lot of pickles and jolly ranchers for whatever reason. A lot of salty foods are pretty much what I crave, but I will eat mostly anything.
I have not taken to eating like shit and only eating donuts and such. I eat a lot of fruit, chicken, salad, and vegetables. I find myself craving salads and chicken more then like McDonald's but there are times when I JUST WANT A WENDY'S CHEESEBURGER. (I have never liked them before... why I like them now randomly who knows!)
So, that's my bit of information that I will share with you today on my pregnancy. I feel extremely lucky, and can't believe it.
If you have any experiences for a first time mommy you would like to share, I would be so happy to post your experience under baby bump details!!! Please leave me a comment with your email or email at the mail me button to the right!
Happy Monday.......!
Friday, January 24, 2014
Teaching Kids Not to be Bullies
This is probably the hardest part of my job. I have 5th graders in the South Bronx. They are 10 year olds that travel by taxi, public NYC buses, and NYC subways in the early morning and late at night to get to and from school. They are tough; they are mean; they are not like regular 5th graders. They don't really get to act like children anymore. It could change their life if they act like a child while walking home or taking the bus or subway and someone jumps them.
But how do you teach kids like that in school to stop being an jerk? I had one kid make a comment today to another kid and I had to stop the entire class to talk about how being a bully makes them a loser. Some kids don't know how to defend themselves without being mean and they don't know how to come over and mention it to their teachers because they are embarrassed or uncomfortable doing it.
It kills me how absolutely rude and mean my kids are. I had to stay after school yesterday and talk to a kid and his mom because he was being bullied in the bathroom by a kid in my class and his older brother.
Ugh. It's not fair.
When did kids get so mean?
And now that they have facebook, Instagram, twitter, and text messages and email, it makes it like 100 times worse!
There are so many ways to bully now, it is hard to keep it under control.
Any suggestions? How do you handle it?
Wednesday, January 22, 2014
Vinted.com - Easier Than Ebay!
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I was reading Casa De Nicole's blog today and I learned about this website called Vinted. It is a great concept.
I have lots of things I have always wanted to sell but could never figure out Ebay or take the time to do it. This website has a mobile app where it takes just a few minutes to upload what you want to sell. I am pretty excited about this. I just wonder if anyone will actually buy my stuff?!
My Vinted Link.... This is my link to what I am selling.. of course I could only find a few things now that I am wanting to sell things ha ha.
Come check it out! Vinted.com
Tuesday, January 21, 2014
Calling All Pregnant First Time Mommies!
My point being:
I am 28 going on 29 and none of my friends are pregnant.
So my choices of people to talk to about being pregnant are...... oh slim to NONE.
None of my friends care that I am pregnant. They aren't at that point in their lives; and it is what it is, I can't expect anyone to care or want to know how I am or how the baby is or buy me baby clothes because they are excited; point blank: I am pregnant and I need to find some people to talk to about it who are going through the same thing.
So I am reaching out to bloggers. If you are pregnant or just had a baby, please contact me! Leave me a comment with your blog and email address.
I want to start a weekly Pregnant Mommy post but I need your help! I haven't had too many crazy pregnant things happen to me yet so I am not so good on the morning sickness advice or not sleeping advice.
There aren't too many groups for mommy to be's; its more about the groups of the after the babies are born groups. I just am not ready to join that group yet.
Please reach out to me if you would like to join. I would be happy to share anything that you want to write or any stories that you have experienced so far being pregnant.
Even if you check out The Bump's best mom blogs, they don't have a mommy to be blog. Or even first time mommy blogs. Anything that I could read to relate to it. A lot of the blogs are single moms, pregnant and single, or people who have kids already, etc.etc. I am talking about FIRST baby and haven't had it yet stories! This is a scary time!
Contact me if interested:
Leave a comment below with your email address and blog page!
Baby Registry Galore
Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.
I was with my mother in Buy Buy Baby for 3 HOURS!
Holy crap.
We have over 140 things on the registry.
Who would of thought that having a baby entitled SO many things?!
And these things aren't cheap either..... Crib, stroller, car seat, bassinet, play pen, highchair, bedding, bottles, bottle warmers, clothes, blankets, bath stuff, baby food, baby food makers, breast pads, diapers, wash clothes, hair brushes, ahhh..... and thats just like 10 things!
You should see the list of stuff they suggest that you get too... and honestly, you need every single thing on that list.
It's crazy and out of control. The amount of different choices there are for each and every thing and which brands you should get and which are better to prevent colic... like, first time mother here, how the hell do I know which brand is better?!
Good thing they have people to help you, but also good thing my best friend had two kids and I saw which brands I should use.
Some important things:
I am choosing Avent bottles. I heard they were the best for preventing colic and controlling the air intake fo kids when they are drinking bottles.
I liked the Graco stroller/car seat combo the best because it was easy to install, easy to fold and easy to put together. I don't need anything complicated when having a baby I need to deal with. I most likely will not be jogging so I don't need a specific jogging stroller. This is the specific link to the stroller/carseat combo.
You need this! It is helpful for the baby to learn how to sit up.
This is amazing. It controls the noise regulation with nature sounds and it is a humidifier.
I definitely found this to be helpful because it warms bottles within about 2 minutes. And timing is everything when needing a bottle warmed.
Need it.
If your insurance doesn't cover it, get this brand. They are the best, and it is the lightest product.
Laundry detergent for baby clothes ONLY.
Those are only suggestions, but from being there for so many hours, I felt like I can help in suggestions on what to get. This will probably change once the baby comes but for now, I would stick with these definite essentials.
Monday, January 20, 2014
Prenatal Yoga
Ever since becoming pregnant, I haven't had time to exercise or any energy to do it either, or motivation for that matter.
My husband bought us groupons to The Yoga Room in Pelham, NY and I am so very excited to do our classes there. He has even offered to go with me because he knows that I won't go alone.
We started yesterday and basically we just took a normal yoga class and the yoga instructor had prenatal training so she told me when to modify different poses. It was awesome. I was able to do a lot of the poses and it was nice to actually be doing something athletic instead of working and sitting around.
I wish it was way nicer out so that I could actually go outside, but winter just sucks to do things outside and exercising; especially while pregnant! Motivation and energy just goes out the window with the darkness at 4:30pm.
If you are pregnant and haven't tried yoga, you should absolutely do it. It is good for you, good to exercise, and good to get your blood flowing.
Definitely try it, but make sure you let them know you are pregnant so they can tell you which poses NOT to do.
Keep in mind: stretching from side to side is NOT a good thing for preggo people. So that pose will definitely be modified.
Namaste
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