The day I learned about world history from my husband

I had this conversation with my husband a few days ago. Feel free to mock me.

Me: Hey, you know my friend from twitter that lives in the Philippines? I think she knows Spanish!

Hubs: {no reaction} Doesn't surprise me.

Me: Why not?

Hubs: Well, it *was* a Spanish colony, just like us....

Me: WHAAAAAA????

Hubs: {looks at me for the first time} You *did* know that, right? RIGHT?

Me: NO!! But that's all the way in Asia! Like near Japan or something! Isn't it part of one of *those* countries?

Hubs: {raises voice} Oh my God, Zelma, please tell me you're joking!! Spain had colonies all over the world!

Me: I swear to God, I didn't know that!!

Hubs: Unbelievable!

Me: {slowly} Wait.... so maybe THAT'S why her last name is Perez! {lightbulb going off over my head}

Hubs: OH MY GOD ZELMA!! {facepalm}

Me: What? You're surprised that I *don't* know something?

Hubs: Yes! You always have to know everything!

Me: Well, there you go, I'm human.

Hubs: Pfft

TRUE STORY!!!

For the record, I felt incredibly stupid, but I'm not going to admit that to him, am I?

You can start laughing now. Wait, were you laughing already? Meh!

The Power of One: Week 5 Recap

I don't know if you have noticed, but it's been 3 weeks since I posted my weekly recap. The main reason I didn't post during these weeks was pure and simple: shame. Not because I have gained weight, I would have posted that. But because I have been stressed out. You see, as a baker, I have my calm weeks, and my stressful weeks. And the past two weeks? Have been stressful. I received several last-minute orders, and getting everything ready on time AND keeping my blog was way too much stress.

So this week I'm preparing for Valentine's Day. A nightmare for a baker, right? Well, yes and no. This time I'm prepared and am organizing myself to get all orders out on time.

OK, getting back to the topic. Because of all my stress, I haven't been really disciplined on my eating habits nor my workouts. But I didn't completely fall off the wagon either. Now all I have to do is pick myself up again and get back on track.

Let's see what happened since last time:

Last weight: 193.7

This week’s weight: 193.2

Weight lost this week: 0.5 lbs

Total weight lost so far: 2.2 lbs

Total weight to lose: 63.2 lbs

First Goal: 10 lbs (Nope, not there yet.)

Accomplishments from last week:

• I worked out on Monday and again today.


• Kept a food log. Still liking My Fitness Pal, although still bummed that it doesn't have a mobile app for my Blackberry.


• I'm drinking tons of water! About 9-12 glasses a day. Woot!

Setbacks: I think the fact that I abandoned my tracking for a couple of weeks was really my downfall. Even if I hadn't kept a strict diet or exercise routine, just tracking it keeps me in check, so I'm definitely going back to that.

Goals for this week:

• Keep drinking 9-12 glasses of water.


• Eat more protein & veggies and less sugar


• Keep up my 30 Day Shred workouts. Do at least 4 days this week.

Here's to a great week!

Created by MyFitnessPal - Nutrition Facts For Foods

Tackle it Tuesday 8: Lil man's study area

This week I tackled lil man's study area. Yes, his desk is pretty clear, but that's because he does his homework there. But the ottoman is a different story. Every time lil man leaves something on top of this desk, I move it to the ottoman to make room for him to work, and guess what? It piles up pretty quickly!

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Yesterday, lil man was having his speech therapy here, so I decided to clean up. I might be messy, but I'm not letting other people see it, no way!

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Amazingly enough, it wasn't that hard to put everything in its place. If only I did it every time, and not wait until everything is piled up. But then I wouldn't have anything to post here, wouldn't I? :)

Happy tackling!

Thanks to the ladies at 5 Minutes for Mom for creating Tackle it Tuesday!

Wordless Wednesday 16: Bath time!

Lil man loves his Build-a-Bear friends! This time he figured if he had to take a bath, his friends should too. So he took his bear brush and went to work. Fun!

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Tackle it Tuesday 7: Gettin' busy at the bakery

I wasn't going to post any Tackle it Tuesdays this week because I thought "well, I really haven't tackled anything worth posting. *sadface*

But then I realized, heck, I've been PLENTY busy at the bakery! THAT's why I haven't been able to do stuff around the house. So I might as well post what the EFF I've been doing all week!

So here goes. The week started with a cake for a friend's birthday. She wanted black with fuschia dots. The drinks were my idea, because, obviously. What do you think? Nice, huh?

I also received a call from an old classmate from high school. She writes for a local parenting magazine - which is pretty awesome, actually - and told me they were planning a birthday edition to celebrate their own first birthday. They were doing a "faux-bithday" bash at a local playground and needed cupcakes. The theme was jungle animals, which gave me room to work with plenty of colors. Here are the cupcake toppers I made for them:

And here are all the cupcakes on display at the table:

Oh, and she also mentioned they needed kids, so she asked if Lil man was available to participate. Umm... OF COURSE!! He had a blast. Here is him playing soccer with a balloon:

And here is him having fun before the cake pictures:

OK, so my house is a mess, but I still kept plenty busy! Happy tackling!

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