Shiny is good, right?

My yogurt ritual has been going well. My skin has not reacted badly and I crave the yogurt every time I put it on my face so it hasn’t been going to waste. I asked my mom how my skin looked and she said it looked ‘shiny’. I guess that is good? I said my skin was dull so shiny is the complete opposite! I think that means the yogurt is doing something! Yay! Of course, with good news always comes some bad news. The bad news isn’t all that bad, but more of an inconvenience. I left the tub of yogurt out on the kitchen counter and it went bad so I didn’t have yogurt this morning. This made for the perfect opportunity to test out the tomato remedy. I took one tomato and turned it into tomato pulp. After that, I covered my face in it. My face felt fine, which was odd because I break out when I eat tomatoes, but after about a minute, my face started tingling. I figured the tomatoes were going to work on my skin but after about 30 more seconds, my face started burning. I washed off the tomatoes and my face looked the same and felt really dry.

I think I am going to stick with the yogurt. Time to head to the grocery store.

Live Cultures

I am one year older, one year away from the perfect age, one year…wiser?
I am 26 as of 15 days ago and I am feeling older than that.
I am not recovering from minor colds as fast as I used to.
I am getting sleepy at 10 p.m.
I like to stay at home and pet my dog.

All these are fine, I can deal.

The one thing I am not dealing with so well is my skin. My skin has gotten very dull and I think it is because of 3 things I do not do:
1) I do not take care of my skin
2) I do not sleep enough
3) I do not know how to relax

Since I am unemployed, I can make myself do Number 2
Number 3 will take a bit of time since ‘stress’ is my numero uno talent

That leaves me with Number 1

I told myself that I am going to take charge of my lifeless skin and this morning I went shopping!!!

I have facial cleansing pads (aveeno) which are great but I need to make sure I use them every night (which I don’t). Unclogging your pores, especially before bedtime, is a big must! I will try my hardest to do this every night even though I would rather not add time consuming activities to my already boring day.

ok back to the shopping
I bought

YOGURT and TOMATOES!!

This is what I will do:
Every morning I will lather my face with some yogurt and then rinse off with cold water after a few minutes.

Since I have the yogurt, I will also make a yogurt and lemon juice mixture and apply on my hands. I read that this duo helps make the hands feel baby-soft
ok, so I got a huge tub of yogurt so why not add something else into the mix?
I am going to mix the all natural honey, that my Uncle Bruce got us to help out with our allergies, into some yogurt and have it for breakfast. TA-DA! I will help regulate my digestive tract and fight allergies in one serving! AMAZING

Now on to the tomatoes. If I apply tomato pulp to my skin, I am supposed to have AMAZING, GLOWING skin. I was thinking of trying to tomatoes if the yogurt didn’t work but then I remembered that the tomatoes will probably go bad if I don’t use them for a while and I don’t want to waste money!!

So Day 1 of Yogurt Ritual was today, June 19th (I hope that is the right date bc my unemployed lazy butt doesn’t want to look at her calendar and confirm)

Woo-Hoo!

I AM READY TO CONQUER DULL SKIN!

<3 Meliha

Like a phoenix

“We must always change, renew, rejuvenate ourselves; otherwise we harden” Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

I woke up this morning with a sore throat, which has been the case for a few days now. When I feel off balance, I tend to do one of two things:
1) get out of bed, make myself comfortable in the living room and relax like its just a ‘lazy day’
2) get out of bed, freshen up and put my body into shock
Both options have the same goal in mind: Trick myself into thinking I am feeling just fine

This morning I did number 2.

I went to the gym and did PiYo. I haven’t gone to a Pilates/Yoga/PiYo class in a while so it really woke up my body. After I got out of PiYo, I was feeling like an athlete! I went for my laser hair removal appointment (OUCH!), treated myself to frozen yogurt, and went grocery shopping.

All in all, it was a productive day with some ‘me time’ thrown in.

I don’t need drugs to feel better. All I need is a mental reboot button.

I fibbed

I said it wouldn’t be long until I blogged again and as you can see from this post’s date, it has been half a year. I have excuses, but I don’t think they are important enough to share.

The end of 2009 was very consistent. I knew I was being laid off in December but I didn’t have anything planned.  As the year went on, I tried to make myself feel something about my pending unemployment but I couldn’t conjure up any sort of emotion. Because of this, I decided to enjoy my life outside of work as if I wasn’t being laid off.

I shopped, ate out, worked out, drank lots of starbucks, etc. After Halloween, I realized Christmas season was upon us and I hadn’t saved a dime!  Well, what did I do? Looked up all the black Friday deals and woke up at 4 a.m. and headed to Wal-Mart. It sounded a little crazy, but Kristi (Steven’s cousin) picked a great Wal-Mart. It was as crowded as a popular Wal-Mart would be on a weekday from 5 pm-7pm.  I got some good stuff and didn’t spend too much money. I was still safe and still in my ‘i’m not being laid off’ bubble.  December came and went and I was still working.  I found out that the transition didn’t go as smoothly as possible so they needed a few of us to stay a little bit longer.  I stayed and I still didn’t have a plan.  By the end of January, I was done.

This is where I am now.

Since then, we have gone on a snowboarding trip (which was the most amazing thing I have ever experienced), I have taken a knitting class and am currently working on a scarf, and I have been applying to all sorts of jobs every week.

I have two more trips planned for this month: Las Vegas Bachelorette Trip and Honolulu, HI. I am hoping that I will start working after we get back.

stop, drop and roll

Ok, so it has been a little while since I wrote last and I said I wouldn’t do that this time.  Sorry!!!

On my last update, blog entry, rant, whatever you want to call it, I forgot to say that I got into a car accident and my car was totalled.  I did get a new car, which is doing great at the moment.  I miss my old car because it was my first and only car. 

Typing is really hard right now.  My fingers are on fire! Not literally, but they are burning.  I made crab won tons today and I decided to add jalapenos to the crab mix.  My chopper was not operating so I cut up the jalapenos by hand.  This is why my fingers are burning.  I put on some burn cream (a homemade cream made by my mom) but it was smelling funny. I think the cream might have been ruined by the lack of AC in our apartment.

August is almost over.  I am ready for December.  I would say I am ready for 2010 but I would hate to miss Christmas so I am ready for December and then 2010!

I am ready to freshen up my life and do things right the first time

I have plans, lets see what comes of them.

P.S. I am still on fire

It has been a long time, but I am still alive and well

I have not written since November and, I am honest when I say this, I feel really bad about it.  I feel so bad, that I am going to write about everything (or everything that i remember) that has happened since November. 

First, Christmas was amazing!  Like every year, we thought it would be small because we were struggling with finances, but it was perfect.  I received things I love, I gave things I love and I spent time with people I love.  The most surprising thing that happened that night was opening my gift from Santa.  Santa got me, drumroll please, a Dyson Rollerball. I could not believe it!

Steven and I went to Las Vegas for New Years.  I always re-evaluate my trip after I come back and every time my perception changes.  We arrived late on New Years Day.  People were already partying in the streets, hotels, etc.  We decided that we would avoid the mass of people outside and find a place to eat in our hotel.  We stayed at Caesars Palace, which was gorgeous and had the most delicious dessert/pastry place I have been to.  Forgive me, I dont remember what it was called and since I have a lot to write, I am too lazy to look it up.   After dinner, we decided to join the intimidating crowd out on the strip.  What would we think of ourselves if we stayed inside on New Years Eve in Las Vegas? Well, it was nothing special so staying inside would have been just fine!!

The rest of the trip went well, except it was freezing cold and we only brought clothes for slightly chilly weather.  We did go to a show, The Blue Man Group, which was amazing! I recommend that show to everyone.  Steven got called on stage! YES, Steven got called on stage! He did a skit and it did not make any sense, but it was amazing!

When we got back from Las Vegas, we moved into an apartment in Lewisville, which is about 5 minutes from my parents house and 10-15 minutes from Laurie’s house.  It was a great apartment, but now we are ready to leave.  About a month after we moved in, we noticed a funny and stinky smell near our front door.  When we started putting the pieces together, we figured out it was the dump that is across the street from our apartment.  Guess what?  It is worse now that it is 100 degrees everyday.  We are ready to move.

In May, Steven and I birthed (not really) a baby boy (a puppy) named Pixel.  Ok, he was born on March 10th and we got him on May 8th and we love him so much.  Pixel has been through a lot.  He was born with a liver shunt and we had a very emotional month with him.  Since Pixel has his own blog, he has written about his struggles.  It has been a while since he has written because he was not feeling good and then he had surgery. 

I also graduated from UNT in May.  That was great bc now I don’t have to do any homework! I love it!   I don’t have to say anything else about graduation.

So back to Pixel.  Our little family has had a run of bad luck.  It started with Pixel’s liver shunt.  Next, my car was totalled a week before we left for vacation.  We bought a car the day we flew out, which I am glad we did because we got a great deal and I love my car.  While we were on vacation, San Diego, I found out that I won’t have a job starting 2010.  I do have a few months, which is great, but it still sucks.

San Diego was great.  The weather was great, the people were great, the beach was great, the food was great, everything was great.  I went kayaking for the first time and I loved it.  The rest of the trip, we layed out and got really dark. 

Yesterday/Today I went to watch Harry Potter and The Half-Blood Prince.  All I am going to say about that is it was great.  I loved every moment of it.  The movie was missing some vital moments from the book, but that is expected. 

Now I am done.  Sorry about the poor writing, but I was so eager to get you up to date on my life.

I will talk to you soon! I WILL!

Oh, I forgot something!! BUT, I won’t mention it because it will make me want to get back on here and write about it!

<3 Meliha

the end is near

After Thanksgiving, I have 1 week and a few days left of the Fall ’08 semester of school.  I am excited and nervous.  I need to study this weekend and all next week so I will be more sure of where I am standing for next semester.

It’s the most wonderful time of the year

I was able to enjoy the weather this morning and it was wonderful. Since it is a Monday morning, and not a holiday, I should be at work. I am not at work because I have a test today and I take off on most test days to study. I woke up, with a big struggle, and decided I needed coffee to keep me up and alert. As I opened the door, I felt the chill against my body and it caused a rush of excitement from my stomach to my face and back down. I turned around and saw the dark sky and I couldn’t help but smile. I love when the day reflects my moods because it feels as if you are not alone and someone or something understands you.

I got my coffee, wasn’t the tastiest thing in the world since I am not ‘into’ coffee anymore, and I am not sure it woke me up.

I am so ready for this semester to be over. I wasn’t prepared for senior year to be such a beating. HOPEFULLY, if all goes well, I will be graduating in May and FINALLY I can have hobbies again.

I want to get back to reading for pleasure and going places without thinking about my homework first.

A little under two months and Steven and I are going to Las Vegas for New Years. How freaking exciting is that? To be honest, I wasn’t excited until now…and you know why? THE WEATHER!! It is as if I have mexican jumping beans inside my head. I feel like I am about to go on a date with a boy I have had a crush on for years. I am 14 again!

I finally produced some tears

I am at school, waiting for 2:00 to come around for my favorite class. I discovered that the three cheese sub at the subshop inside the Union is completely not tasty. I have an urge to go back and get something else since I didn’t finish my sub; therefore, didn’t satisfy my hunger. I have 40 minutes to think this over…

Today is an ‘important’ day for the U.S. Today is election day and it all comes down to Mr. Barack Obama (D) and Mr. John McCain (R). Who will it be and how many people will not show up for work tomorrow? Nothing against John McCain, but I hope it is not him.

I deleted my Facebook account yesterday. I really do not need it anymore, bc what is Facebook for anyway? I talk to the people I WANT to talk to through text messages, email, phone and in person..so why do I need Facebook? I post my pictures on Ofoto and the people I want to share the pictures with, do receive my Ofoto album, so again, what do I need Facebook for? I guess if I liked taking hours to get dolled up to take a picture to put up as my profile image or if I revolved my social activities around the online society, I would need Facebook.

Steven and I are going to Las Vegas for New Years (I guess this calls for a ‘woo-hoo’). I have never been to Vegas, so I am ready to take it all in with pictures and interesting adventures. I am not worried about the adventures, because Steven and I always find ourselves in strange situations together.

I went to see Jason Mraz last month. Sorry, don’t have pictures to prove it! That is another story, and I can not go into detail about that without pulling my hair out so I would rather move on..now…Jason was amazing. His voice is perfect (nope, not digitally mastered) and he is so so so much fun. I am going to try to go next time he comes and I will have proof!!!

Gosh, that sub was really nasty…

really, I have no idea

I have a test in an hour and a half. I really should be studying, and I really want to, but I feel like I won’t be able to. Not a good excuse, I know.

C’mon, keep on going!! If I pass all my classes (with decent grades), I will graduate in May! I hate senioritis.  Not a good excuse, I know.