It's been a really long while since I've actually been home

for Halloween.

For the past 4 and a half years I've spent my Halloween

in Oakland, either going to Clinicals, being in school etc.

It feels really good to be back home!

My boyfriend and I did some last minute shopping

for a pumpkin and some candy.

We definitely wanted to hand out candy for the kiddos.

I don't think I've ever handed out candy.

My boyfriend also wanted to carve a pumpkin

so we ended up buying a pumpkin the day of halloween

and he carved it the same day of course.

We wanted to make it look cool with glow sticks,

bubbling coming out of its mouth along with 

smoke from the dry ice.

but all of those effects were a fail!!

LOL!!

We ended up using my Bath and Body Works Candle

to light up the pumpkin.

We picked up candy from the dollar store, and Walmart.

We mainly got fruity gummy candy, since my mom

already had some chocolate ones at home.

I remember when I was a kid, I always got excited

when I got the fruity gummy candies.

My boyfriend felt the same way as well.

Not many kids came by my neighborhood.

It's kinda sad..

I remember being younger and my whole neighborhood would

be cracking, there would be a lot of kids out..

Now all the kids migrated to the more wealthier areas

because they're probably afraid of crimes that may take place

near my area.

We barely got any kids..

We ended up giving most of the candy to my little nieces and cousins

that came by lol.

We even drove around the neighborhood and it was literally dead outside.

no excitement, the majority of the homes had their lights off,

it was so different seeing it like this during halloween.

While we were waiting for the kids 

my boyfriend and I decided to paint each other's faces.

Again, another last minute thing.

I wasn't sure what I wanted to do to my boyfriend's face..

I'm not much of an artist..

But he did an amazing job on my face.

He's very artistic, and he also drew our pumpkin

free hand and carved it out.

On another note, my iPhone was suppose to be mailed in today,

but it got delayed in Kentucky! Was pretty pissed..

I've been waiting for it ever since I ordered it on Sept. 20.

It'll arrive tomorrow.

Overall, it was a nice Halloween being at home,

finally being able to give out candy to the kiddos.

even though barely came to the house.

Hope everyone had a wonderful Halloween! 

Went to the Dr's and got my PPD test read,

then went to HR and filled out papers as a new hire.

I felt like such a big girl lol!

Got my badge picture,

except I won't get it until the second day of orientation.

While I was taking my picture I got a call saying I

needed to get a flu shot.

Luckily I was still in the area so I just headed 

across the street and got that done.

Finally I went to the gym after

and did some shoulders and sprint/jog 

for cardio.

Hung out most of the day.

and oh boyyyy did my legs hurt!
It hurt even to sit on the toilet!
hurt to walk, everything!
Walking up the stairs..

I decided to start editing my Grandpa's
Viewing and Funeral video
so that my family can watch it.
It took me a while to do it mainly because I
 wasn't ready to see him in a coffin.
and I still can't real accept the fact that he's
physically gone..

Got the majority of the video done then went to pick up my boyfriend.

Didn't Vlog much today..

Nothing really interesting happened.

I feel like this vlog is turning into a daily diary lol.

I enjoy making beauty videos,

but I just don't know what to film now a days.

I feel like I film mostly for myself, just because

I enjoy doing it,

not so much for the view.

Even though my views have reduced dramatically

since I stopped making videos,

but it's all good!

It's more like a therapeutic outlet for me.

I haven't been buying much makeup lately,

I feel like I have way too much, which I do.

I have way too many eye shadows,

crazy colored ones that I barely touched.

I mainly like buying lipsticks and foundations now.

LOL.

Anyways, today I went to the gym,

worked out Back and little bit of biceps

and ended cardio on the treadmill jogging-sprint.

MAN I feel so sore today. Yesterday's leg day got me beat!!

I literally walk with a limp because it hurts so much.

It's been a while since I've intensely worked out my legs,

probably a good 2 weeks?

I went hard yesterday on legs,

and boy does it feel good to feel the soreness

It hurts when I try and sit on the toilet too!! ouch!!

Although I lost motivation sometimes to workout,

and miss some workouts here and there,

once I get back to my daily routine of working out,

I remember why I'm doing this.

Yeah I skipped a whole week of working out,

yeah, I ate really unhealthy during that week,

I'm human, we fall, we lose motivation,

but one thing I don't do is quit.

I get back up again and start again.

Although it feels like i'm starting at the beginning again,

i'm still doing it.

We can't beat ourselves up if we eat something unhealthy

skip a few workouts,

There's always a new day ahead of us,

a new day to start out fresh again.

It's okay to fall, just remember to get back up again

and remember why you want this!

I want this so I can look good, stay healthy be healthy.

I want this to be a lifestyle,

so I won't have to take the many medication like some of 

my family members do.

I have a family history of heart issues, high blood pressure,

high cholesterol, diabetes.

I don't want to be a part of those illnesses. 

This is why I want to better myself.

Keep your eye on the prize

and never give up! :)

Today I had a 12:40 appointment for a physical and I 

decided to workout before that just so I could get it out of the way.

I prefer working out in the mornings rather than at night

because I hate looking forward to working out towards the end of

the day, when I can spend that time relaxing.

Now, when I start working, I won't have time to workout in the morning,

since I start at 6:45am. Unless I want to wake up at 4am! 

But i'd rather cherish my sleep.

I plan on working out right after I get out of work.

Anyways, got my workout done.

I worked out my legs!!

I know i'm going to be really sore the next few days.

Went home, cleaned up and went to my appointment.

Checked my vision with the snellen chart. I think that's what 

it's called.

My right eye is 20/70 while my left eye is 20/25

My right eye is not doing so well,

and I was told by my doctor a few years ago that I

had astigmatism in that eye.

However, I still refuse to wear my glasses.

I only wear them at night sometimes..

or when I really cannot see and i'm unfamiliar with the roads.

After my whole physical exam, which went excellent,

i'm a healthy 23 year old :)

blood pressure was good 110/72 !!

After, I had to perform lifting techniques down stairs

and be evaluated by the way I lift.

The facility recommends that I am able to carry 50lbs,

carrying it and bring it to the floor.

Did that with ease.

Next I had to pick up 30lbs carry it to one side of the room,

squat down and drop it, then walk back

and did that 4 times.

Boy that was a workout,

especially since I did LEGS today.

That was like 2 workouts in one day! lol

I was finally done with everything took about 2 hours.

Then went to Sally's Beauty Supply to get my Grandma some hair dye

and I also bought a few nail items and a deep conditioner and I got

to renew my Sally's card.

Ask my brother what he wanted to eat and he said Wing stop,

So I placed an order for wingstop, lemon pepper and garlic parmesan, for pick up.

Before that, I wanted to get Spinach for my green smoothie at walmart. 

I also wanted to get KALE, but they didn't have ANY!! bummer..

I got that and picked up the wing stop and headed back home.

Then I tried editing the majority of my vlogs!

Later on that night I found out the one of the baby fish died :(
RIP baby molly.

10/29/13
The second baby fish died..
 I think i'm at fault, I fed them way too much.

Woke up and got ready for 12:15 Mass

and ate with the family afterwards at

Olive Garden.

That's usually how my sunday morning/afternoons

go.

At olive garden, I ordered a mixed grill since we had left 

over pasta from yesterday's Pasta Alla Checca.

Since today was the last day for the Bath and Body Works

2 for $22 Candle sale, I decided to head over there with my boyfriend

to get some more candles! I also had a 25% off coupon on top of that

so that was a steal! 

I love their candles, they smell really good!

Some scents are more powerful than others,

but over all they smell really great!!

especially for my house.. since my parents are always

cooking fishy things.. lol.

Ended up napping again..

Woke up from my nap and hung out with

my boyfriend before he left back home.

We watched Once Upon a Time which was a new episode today.

Also watched other Youtube Videos.

Life Hacks, KevOnStage..

He left, 

and I tried editing my vlog videos.

I can only edit one at time..

my computer gets really slow when the video renders.

I've been really behind with editing them.. lol!

But now i'm going to end my night with

itsJudysLife 

As you may know by now,

i'm such a big fan!

Started off the day by getting some Tacos at the Taco truck

as our "snack."

After we headed to Michaels to see if they had fabric

because I wanted my boyfriend to make me an apron!

They don't sell fabric like Joann's

so instead we found doughnut pans!

I watched a video from LauraInTheKitchen by Laura Vitale,

and I wanted to try her apple cider doughnuts.

I ordered some on Amazon the night before,

but ended up canceling the order since I saw

some today at Michaels.

We also got some dessert at Cold Stone,
tried out their new pumpkin ice cream creation with
walnuts, caramel, and heath bars.

Then we dropped off an application for my boyfriend at the mall

and went back home and took a nap.

It was still early out.. but there's nothing to do here..

and we were up a bit early than usual. 

After waking up from our nap we went ahead and cooked

our Pasta Alla Checca with Chicken.

It was delicious!

For dessert we made Apple Cider Doughnuts.

They turned out yummy as well.

The glaze was a bit too sweet in my opinion,

but it was still really good and very

easy to make.

Then we tried watching Grown Ups 2, 

but it was taking a while to play..

so we ended up watching itjudyslife,

just replayed some old episodes and we saw benji making his RAMEN!

We bought a lot of "fresh frozen" ramen at Sakura

and we had chicken from the pasta so we decided to share one pack together.

the package of ramen comes with two, and one by itself

is a lot.

We made the shoyu based ramen, it's like a soy sauce base

and added chicken, fried garlic and a poached egg.

The soup base was really good!

Great quality.

We then finally ended our night watching Grown Ups 2.

The fish my dad caught!
stturgeon

There's really not much to do where I live.

No night life, no cool places to hang out.

Nothing.

Although, a new burger place opened,

it's called Habit Burger.

I think it originated in Santa Barbara, CA.

I'm assuming it's a SoCal thing.

The burgers itself weren't that expensive,

until you start adding cheese and Bacon.

My boyfriend and I got a Charred Burger Meal 

with cheese and bacon, 

which was a number 1, and it came with fries and a drink.

Then we got just the charred burger with cheese and bacon.

We figured, since we both never finish out fries,

we'll just share a meal and refill our drinks.

The total came up to $13 something.

After we ate, we headed to Walmart to get ingredients for the

pasta we're going to make tomorrow.

We have to let the sauce and chicken marinate the night before

So that all the flavors will mend beautifully tomorrow.

Since the time was still young,

I wanted to go to the mall and check out some nike shoes.

I was either interested in the flynits Lunars or the lunarglide 5

I tried both of them on,

and the flynit lunars really support my flat feet.

It feels really comfortable and cushiony! if that's even a word.

But I wanted to save my money on more important things

so I may be coming back for it.

So far the Flynit won my Heart.

After the mall, we figured it was still to early to just come back home..

So instead, we headed to one of our regional parks here in Stockton

called Oak Grove and decided to test out our creativity 

with my DSLR. It's been a while..

I always look for photo inspiration on pinterest,

and I also follow people on facebook for inspiration.

Although I wish to be the one behind the camera,

My boyfriend wanted me to be the subject instead because

he's a bit camera shy.

We then came home after the photo shoot,

made some Pork Based Ramen

the one we got from the Japanese Market called Sakura.

It was pretty good.

Then we prepped for our PASTA ALLA CHECCA.

Can't wait to eat that delicious goodness tomorrow.

Basically looked at the fishes and crawdad in the fish tank the majority of the time

Then I figured I wanted to try and make s'more cupcakes.

And here I am now uploading footages from the past few days

and uploading the pictures.

Haven't gotten a chance to edit the vlogs 

from the past few days but i'm getting there.

I also got a call from HR saying that my background check

is clear and I'm ready to move on to the next steps!

Now it feels more legit!

I need to get another shot 

and i'll be taking my badge photo next week!

EXCITED!

My boyfriend and I were messing around with watermarks for
our photography. It seems legit,
even though we're not professional photographers. LOL

I think Candid Photos are always the best!