Nemo the Northeastern

Image: The Weather Channel

So as you may heard or experience up here the North East side of USA, we got hit with a snow storm called Nemo after having barely any snow. My son was driving me nuts about taking him out cause he wanted to make a snowman. So my husband and I took both the kids to play with the snow for a bit. & I drag along my camera to get nice shot of it instead of iPhone pictures. 

My Husband being silly

Look how deep the snow was!!

Her Smile is to die for.

Her Giggles is music to my soul.

Eating Snow. Miss Jazzy loved the taste, hehe but then again she loves anything!

His snowman. :D

All those who had to shovel. God bless your soul. Thank God we didn't have to cause I left my car at my parents' and my husband's car was in our garage at our building. So here's a little picture in your honor. :)

10 pounds in 3 Days

So I finally decided to put down the fork! Hehehe

I kept wanting to lose weight but just kept saying it and not actually doing it. I'm not overweight but I'm on the borderline of being overweight. I'm 5'2 1/2 was weighting in at 136 pds not the best weight to be at for my height as per this chart: (doesn't she make you want to work the weight off!!) hehe

I was using a S/M in shirts but going into a size 5/6 in jeans. My thigh are getting really thick which isn't a bad thing tho ha ha. But my belly's gut was not being controlled I was almost flat belly girl until my baby girl decided to surprise us by coming this world.

So I found this website that gave a 3 Days diet (supposedly military diet) and you can lose up to 10 pds in 3 days if you follow it correctly of course!!! NO CHEATING!!!!!

So I'm going to share my experiences on this diet. Today is my normal eating day so I'll let you know everything about it!!! I was able to finish the 3-day diet to the end no cheating at all. Well just about nothing if you don't count taste lol. Day ONE I weight in right before getting dressed for work of course I weight in at 134.8 pds because in the morning you don't have nothing in your stomach & you haven't ate. But during the day I'm always at 136 pds I even weighted in one day at 138 that's when i decided that's it I'm doing this diet!!!!

Day ONE: MORNING

Day ONE was tough but I stayed strong with hunger and everything. It's no joke I swear! You'll be hungry but you have to stay strong or else it's not worth it. Even losing 3 pds in this 3-days diet is a great improving. I maybe would had lost 10 pds if I had time to go to the gym but being a full-time worker then a full-time mom doesn't help you. My daughter only 1 so I can place her in the child care in my gym yet.

Day ONE: Breakfast

Breakfast--1/2 Grapefruit, 1 Slice of Toast, 2 Tablespoons of Peanut Butter, and Coffee or Tea

Ughhhh... Grapefruit not my thing at all. yes it's half the fruit! It taste like a orange at the first bite until the after taste of bitter. I only did half of a half grapefruit it has a lot of juice! I did a whole wheat toast and throw the PB on top wooooooo..... I like PB but it's just too much.I took tea since I can't do black coffee. I did a vanilla chi tea. HORRIBLE!!! It just tasted like hot water. ewwwww. That one off my list of teas to try. It was my first tea too.

Day ONE:

Lunch--1/2 Cup of Tuna, 1 Slice of Toast, and Coffee or Tea (any brew, as long as it's caffeinated)

1/2 cup of tuna equal a can of tuna. My mom put too much mayo tho! But I ate one with toast then finish the rest by it's self and drank a chocolate tea a friend gave me a while back to try. It's was okay. I guess tea is just not my thing.


Dinner--3 ounces of any type of meat, 1 Cup of Green Beans, 1/2 Banana, 1 Small Apple, and 1 Cup of Vanilla Ice Cream (YUM)!!!

Was too hungry & forgot to take a picture of before.

My favorite meal of all day! I did a 3 oz steak cooked it with green beans to give it some flavor. Green Beans never tried it to this day! the banana was like heaven to my mouth and the apple was just a apple & the ice cream YUMMMMYYYY! I did Vanilla Bean. By the end of the day I was okay weight myself before going to bed yes I was at 135 pds.

DAY ONE: NIGHT

DAY TWO:

I weight in at 132.0 Big difference from the night before 3 pds down over night.

DAY TWO: MORNING

Breakfast--1 egg, 1 Slice of Toast, and 1/2 Banana

I had a sunside up egg & fold the toast around & just went along with my day to work with my half banana. The more you're in this the less food it gives you! smh. I just wanted to die!!!

Lunch--1 Cup of Cottage Cheese (Or 1 Slice of Cheddar Cheese), 1 Hard Boiled Egg, and 5 Saltine Crackers

I did the Cheddar Cheese the hard boiled eggs and four crackers lol i didn't have five since I only had two packets of those cracker.

Dinner--2 Hot Dogs, (no buns), 1 Cup of Broccoli, 1/2 Cup of Carrots, 1/2 Banana, and 1/2 Cup of Vanilla Ice Cream

I throw the hot dogs in with the carrots, cause I personally don't like carrots.I had chicken hot dog not mixed meat hot dogs. Later I'll explain.


Day two was hard as well when I had to pick up foods for other people and smell foods and my mo decided to cook one of my favorite meals. But kept strong and not break my diet cause I really wanna lose that weight. I did weight myself at the end of the night and I came in at 132.2 pds meaning I didn't gain much from what I have ate during the day it wasn't like i had much anyway!! lol so I was glad :)

DAY TWO: NIGHT

DAY THREE:

I weighted myself in at 131.2 just one pds. I wasn't too happy but at least it was working for me.

DAY THREE: MORNING

Breakfast--5 Saltine Crackers, 1 Slice of Cheddar Cheese, and 1 Small Apple
I did go buy Saltine crackers the day before so I go to eat 5 crackers The same amount of cheese as the picture above. (yes that's a slice, I'll also explain why later on) and another apple. 
Lunch-1 Hard-Boiled Egg, and 1 Slice of Toast

Another boiled Egg and whole wheat toast of course! as you can see an egg is a good part of your diet. The third day was easier to tell you the truth. I guess what you're training your body to eat less and feel fuller and to be honest I wasn't full but I wasn't hungry.

Dinner--1 Cup of Tuna, 1/2 of a Banana, and 1 Cup of Vanilla Ice Cream

Another half done meal

1 Cup of tuna = two cans seem like a lot right. I don't know but that's what it required so I did it with a little bit of mayo and some lemon juice squeezed on top to give it a touch. Boy did I enjoy those ice cream every night. I decided to continue it lol.


The diet works on chemical breakdown and is proven. Try not vary or substitute any of the above foods. Salt and pepper can be used, but no other seasoning. The diet is to be used for three days at a time taking a four days break.You can being your normal diet but DON'T over do it. This is a safe diet and can be used by many different individuals and body types. Exercise is recommended.

REMIND: Do not eat/snack between any of the meals!

NOTE: Coffee or tea are only for the first two meals of Day 1. Water only from then on. Water intake is unlimited. 

I said I was going to better explain some foods item well here it is:

Coffee or Tea = Plain, black coffee or tea that is caffeinated. Nothing added. So yes that means no milk or no sugars or half & half or creamer or anything else your heart & belly desire.

Tuna = Fresh or Canned tuna fish.

Any type meat = Exactly that, any type of meat, May be fresh, or canned meat. If opting for canned or deli meat, buy the lowest in sodium and fillers, and the closest to fresh as possible.

Vanilla ice cream = Plain, straight, and regular vanilla ice cream. Nothing added.So no syrups or anything else. either you want to lose or continue the way you started.

Egg: Where it's not specified, the egg can be cooked in any manner that you prefer.

Saltine crackers = Plain soda crackers. If not available, just use plain crackers.

Hot Dogs: Beef franks, turkey franks, etc. Franks with only one type of meat. The cheap, mixed meat wieners, with unhealthy fillers, are not recommended.

Slice of Cheddar = About two ounces of cheddar cheese.

Here is if you very very need to substitute something from the diet

1 slice of toast (whole wheat bread). "One" of the following =

• 1 ounce (1/8 cup) of sunflower kernels (these are also gluten free, but refrain from the Planters brand which has traces of gluten)
• 1/2 cup of whole grain cereal (such as Kashi Go Lean)
• 1/2 high protein nutrition bar
• 5 ounces of meal replacement shake
• 2 ounces (1/4 cup) of low fat yogurt with 1/2 teaspoon of flax seed

Grapefruit =

• 1/2 teaspoon of baking soda in a glass of water at least 30 minutes before eating. Use another piece of fruit in its place when you eat. 

Banana "One" of the following =

• 1 kiwi = 1/2 banana 
• 1 cup of papaya
• 2 apricots

Peanut Butter "One" of the following =

• Soy butter
• Sunflower seed butter
• Same measurement of sunflower kernels

Tuna (Same measurement) "One" of the following =

• Cottage cheese
• 2 ounces of cooked chicken meat (to replace half cup of tuna, 4 ounces for whole cup)
• Tofu
• Almonds
• Flax seeds
• Pumpkin Seeds
• Peanuts

Hot Dogs (Beef or Turkey Franks) "One" of the following =

• Veggie Dogs
• Bratwurst
• Beans or lentils, any type (4 0unces, or half cup per frank)

Small Apple = Another "fleshy" type fruit such as plums, peaches, or grapes

Egg "One" of the following =

• 1 cup of milk
• 1 Chicken wing
• 1/4 cup of seeds or nuts
• 2 slices of bacon

Vanilla ice cream "One" of the following =

• Same measurement of strawberry or banana flavored milk (not chocolate because chocolate contains caffeine)
• Same measurement of low fat yogurt with small amount of fruit
• Apple juice

Green Beans "One" of the following =

• Lettuce leaves with a few cherry tomatoes
• Tomato (same measurement)
• 3 cups of raw spinach or 1 cup cooked and drained

Carrots =

• 2 cups of fresh spinach ( or 1/2 cup cooked, boiled, drained )
• Same measurement of beets
• 1 whole bell pepper
• ( Or ) make a small salad with 1 cup of fresh spinach, 1/4 bell pepper and a few cherry tomatoes. May use salt, pepper, mustard, lemon pepper or lemon juice to season)

Broccoli "One" of the following =

• Cauliflower
• Beets
• Asparagus
• Brussels Sprouts

Cheddar Cheese "One" of the following =

• Cottage cheese, (1 cup to substitute 1 slice)
• 2 Eggs
• 2 ounces of ham

Cottage Cheese "One" of the following =

• 2 Ounces of cheddar cheese (to substitute 1 cup of cottage cheese)
• 2 Eggs
• 2 ounces of ham

Coffee or Tea =

• Sugar free hot chocolate (the kind mixed with hot water)

Exercise!

MOVE IT! MOVE IT! MOVE IT!

That's the best way to lose 10 pds in those three days. I didn't get to exercise since I did it during a work week but I still lost a good amount in three days!

DAY 4:

I weight myself at was happy to see I was under 130 pds.

I ate a normal meal. Breakfast was a egg sandwich with a small coffee and Lunch I order and Whole Wheat Wrap with chicken and turkey Lettuce, Tomato & Mayo. smh I didn't finish the whole thing and then I found myself doing what I usually do push it in. I had to stop myself and save it for later. smh I was so stuffed it bothered me at work all day, the wrap was amazing but I couldn't finish it. I finish it later on with my baby girl for dinner, but I'm going to continue trying to watch my weight and hopefully start the gym next week with a friend. Wish me luck! 

OHHH & Here the Diet more together and easier to see not how I have it above broken down:

The Actual Diet Plan

I have posted this diet for informational purposes only! I am not responsible for anything! Please check with your doctor before starting this diet.

3 Day Diet

DAY 1:

Breakfast--1/2 Grapefruit, 1 Slice of Toast, 2 Tablespoons of Peanut Butter, and Coffee or Tea

Lunch--1/2 Cup of Tuna, 1 Slice of Toast, and Coffee or Tea (any brew, as long as it's caffeinated)

Dinner--3 ounces of any type of meat, 1 Cup of Green Beans, 1/2 Banana, 1 Small Apple, and 1 Cup of Vanilla Ice Cream (YUMMY)!!!

DAY 2:

Breakfast--1 egg, 1 Slice of Toast, and 1/2 Banana

Lunch--1 Cup of Cottage Cheese (Or 1 Slice of Cheddar Cheese), 1 Hard Boiled Egg, and 5 Saltine Crackers

Dinner--2 Hot Dogs, (no buns), 1 Cup of Broccoli, 1/2 Cup of Carrots, 1/2 Banana, and 1/2 Cup of Vanilla Ice Cream

DAY 3:

Breakfast--5 Saltine Crackers, 1 Slice of Cheddar Cheese, and 1 Small Apple

Lunch-1 Hard-Boiled Egg, and 1 Slice of Toast

Dinner--1 Cup of Tuna, 1/2 of a Banana, and 1 Cup of Vanilla Ice Cream

If you're planning to start this diet let me know. Have any question as let me know I may have the answer to your question. Or have you tried a diet already that working for you? Let me know I would love to hear about it. 

Well Good Night and stay healthy!!! :) 

The worst day ever!!! Happy New Year tho!

Happy New Year's since I haven't posted yet this year till the end of the month of January!

2013 hasn't not been the greatest start, but as long as my husband still loves me & my kids are still bugging me & my family is still there and very healthy then it's a good year for all! :D

Today has been the worst day ever! I broke my computer at work like completely crash! Hard drive shot! & I had so much important document that wasn't put into the public drive! Then they replace with a older model computer with 10 years old software and they can't updated it cause the company won't pay for it. I wanna die!

I was told I can no longer step out for coffee like what the heck! & someone went into my drawer & took my supply closet key! Then 40 mins to 5pm. The president wants to give me an assignment which involve copy paper in set of three and putting together two binder of papers to ups & then another one for him. So that's three binder with a s**t load of paper. Then to go out of my way!!!! To drop it off at a ups drop off box because the ups guy is not able to come back to pick it up since the building close on the outside after 5pm! You must be kidding me right!

I left an hour & a half after the time I was suppose to leave! I just wanted to cry all day! Yeah sure I don't have a husband at home that leaves to work 20 mins after I get home & two kids I have to take care of at home. Sure let me spend my evening putting together at packages that you could had Gabe me TWO HOURS AGO! I was so heated. I swear he's out to get me. Just give me to the end of Feb. so I can collect unemployment & carter to the man I already have at home. I swear the men in the building just want everything handle to them. Clean the kitchen, get fresh milk, get bagels & donuts oh & a box of joe! Carry it two flight of stairs since the elevator works when it was to!

Where's Jen? Where's Jen? Where's Jen?! I'm going to start hiding in my supply closet starting tomorrow! Hmmmm I think that's what I'm going to do organizing my whole closet. Yeyyy! Screw everyone in that place. Well not everyone cause I like a few. Especially my little small boss. She's a doll she would had been a great mother or grandmother if she ever had kids.

Ughhhhhh it feels good letting this out! Thanks for listening. Below I provided the picture of blue screen of my broken desktop. RIP my second computer.

There's more blogs to come! Nite

Sharpieee....

So I went to Dollar Tree Store after years of not going & loved it. :) I been seeing some pin on Pinterest of sharpie mugs. So of course I wanted to do some for myself & another one for my dear husband. So I looked for the mugs, found some but didn't like how it was form so instead I came out with Christmas glasses & two white square plate. & of course some more items cause I always have to buy more then I really going in for. After having been for maybe two weeks or more I finally decided to work on my project. Sharpie Plates. The plates idea I think I seen it on Pinterest if not then idk maybe I just got inspire some other way. I didn't want put quote or lyrics I wanted to put bible verses & since these plates are for my husband & I, why not verses that can give also food for thought & not just food for his belly. I wrote four verses. One on each side since it was a square plate. Loved the end result! & my plate/theme was Woman of God. His was love/wife verses. Beautiful verses. Next I'm going to do plates for my kids. I already know two verses already to put on. Can't wait! Hope you enjoy my little project.

Much love,
Jen

The Aftermath of Hurricane Sandy

Good Afternoon Bloggers,

This is the Aftermath Blog of Hurricane Sandy. This is the link for: Preparing for Hurricane Sandy

Us New Jerseyans had some pretty rough weeks with this female called Sandy. hehe. My prayers goes out to all those really affected by Hurricane Sandy, I thought it wasn't that serious when I woke up & looked out the window Tuesday morning and saw no flooding and barely any rain falling if not none at all. Until My husband and I didn't started driving around that same morning looking for fresh bread for breakfast for the his family we wouldn't have known the affected Sandy really did on our surrounding towns.

So many people lost power but you did have that block that didn't lost power. Those were consider the lucky ones. We went to my in-laws for the hurricane then later find out that we was one of those lucky ones that didn't lose power back at home so of course we went home & lived happily ever after :)

The whole thing about the gas pump was crazy. People was waiting in lines like 3 hours. Gas Station was running out of gas, other wasn't letting you fill up more then $20. Thank God I didn't have to wait & didn't have a restricting amount.

I went a whole week without work. yey!!!! :) a NICE vacation but then the following week had to report to a very cold work place with no heat and just running on a generator that the fuse was starting to enter the building. Worst week ever! We didn't end up getting power in our building till Thursday. I don't know how much more \I would had been able to take it! & Then we had a snow storm too! Good thing it melted right away. Take a look at all the tons of pictures! I also have 5 pictures of Staten Island damage They're the last ones. 

Lines for a Gas Station!!! Blocking my way home!

Sandy broke our window at work!

Snow Storm the next morning after.

Preparing for Hurricane Sandy

Hi Bloggers, :)

We're trying to recover here in the tri-state area from Hurricane Sandy. It's madness out here. It's a stay at home & eat soup kinda thing. Well I want to share my/our story of Hurricane Sandy.

Sunday Night:
My husband and I decided to headed to his parent's house because their power usually doesn't go out during a storm. So we traveled the 30-40 minutes drive with our daughter. We headed to the family's restaurant/bar/lounge to eat dinner around 6 pm, my husband is the manager of the restaurant while his father & mother is the owner. It basically a family run business, they do have their employees of course but his father runs the kitchen & bar while the mother is just basically kitchen and the bigger sister is basically just bar but sometime you find her in the kitchen as back up & my husband is just bar, they wouldn't want him behind the kitchen LoL for some reason that didn't end up in my husband's genes I wished it did!!! His father is an amazing cook! My husband's cousin also work in the restaurant/bar as delivery, bar back, waiter and stock boy basically where ever they need him he is. The area that the business is in is a major flood zone! The Raritan River is right behind the business so that river overflow and flood everything! So as a regular routine for this restaurant during big storm all the stuff in the basement gets removed. That's from big freezers that carry all the frozen foods to boxes & boxes of every type of popular beers. The beers was the hardest part. The beers had to be moved from the basement to the main floor then up to another level, up the stairs thru the small hall into the office. Boxes & Boxes it was a never ending they were moving boxes while the place was packed with guests. There's was so many boxes that just the weight brought the ceiling on the main floor. They didn't notice until they finished moving everything and when to lock up the office and the door didn't close. The floor was falling right in front of their eyes. Any more weight and the floor would had collapsed right underneath the DJ & all the people. The DJ announce it but that didn't seem to scare the people. Instead people got closer to take a look, I'm telling you people love law suit. Finally my father-in-law decided to close down completely. The security guards turned on the light and people just ran to the bars to get in their last drinks in. This was the beginning of the night for the everyone. Cleaning up, and preparing for Hurricane Sandy. It was time to bring all those boxes & boxes of beers back down pack them in the commercial van, take it to the house, unloading and heading back for more! It was the most horrible thing to see, I felt so sad for all the guys' hard work gone for nothing cause now it was back to square one.This time it went faster but they still didn't finish till 4:30 am. so about 3 1/2 hrs to some loads off the falling floor. I posted some pictures of the falling floor/ceiling.

The Pole is up

Putting a pole up to 

Packing the boxes in the van

The glass underneath started cracking from all the weight.

The pole fell and broke three table glasses

Pole fell because the ceiling got lighter

the train line to bring down boxes

Removing the door to make the line faster

Door moved away!

Beers in the house, & time to go home & sleep!

It was so cold and windy but there was no rain so we headed to back home but left our daughter at my in -law's house since it was too late already. The next morning the wind already started and a tree fell on top of a van couple of houses down from us.

The sight of the first falling tree.

They wasn't playing. No Flood for them!

We headed back to my in-laws with my husband's cousin and his wife and newborn baby girl. On the way into my in-laws, We took pictures on the main street where the restaurant was.



We lost power at around 8:30 pm  but before that the light flicked like three times before it completely lost power, that was the end of the night basically. The sky was turning blue and red it was a crazy sight to see and kinda scaring tho. Then later we found it was a huge fire that had started.

I will post the Aftermath of Sandy hopefully tomorrow!!!