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Quote | Date A Girl Who Reads – Rosemarie Urquico

January 9, 2016 by Mellie Dee Leave a Comment

My anxiety skyrocketed last night. Unknown as to what triggered it, and afraid it would get worse, I decided to cancel my plans and stay home. I’m not disappointed though. It gave me time to:

fix up my resume though it still needs a lot more work
finished watching The Amazing Race China with Mum (one of the Hong Kong teams won! yay!)
crocheted – I want to crochet, knit, sew scarves, blankets, etc. and donate them to the homeless when it gets cold. If I make at least a handful this year, I’ll be happy and maybe one day it’ll grow into something bigger. One could dream and that dream would be awesome. Who wants to join me?
started watching I Dream of Jeannie
started reading a new book

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Speaking of reading books, CLICK ON THIS LINK for the best thing ever written as to why you should date a girl who reads. Above is only a small excerpt of a longer passage but I promise it’s not THAT long. The whole entire thing is my favourite but if you’re lazy to click to read it, another good part is:

It’s easy to date a girl who reads. Give her books … Give her the gift of words, in poetry and in song … Let her know that you understand that words are love … Because girls who read understand that all things must come to end, but that you can always write a sequel. That you can begin again and again and still be the hero. That life is meant to have a villain or two … date a girl who reads. Or better yet, date a girl who writes.

So single men out there, in case you’re looking for just that, I’d just like you to know … I read and write … so holla at me. haha jk.

Debating if I should go to tonight’s party or not. I am so lazy. Happy Saturday, loves!

Proud Pie & Erin Condren Steals My Heart

January 8, 2016 by Mellie Dee Leave a Comment

Currently at Proud Pie. I haven’t found a closer coffeehouse since Cloud Cafe closed and thought I’d take a stab after we went to their first Proud Pie Bingo Night. I’ve been dreaming about their Pierhouse Key Lime Pie since Madison oh-so-kindly let me stab a bite last time so I got one of those along with a Hazelnut Cafe Mocha. Don’t worry fellas, I swiped more than half of the whipped cream off. But it is delicious. Everything is handmade yummy goodness.

I would say for a Friday at 2 pm, it’s quiet noisy. Not too great of a place to work at if you want a semi quiet place to work at. It doesn’t bother me though but the random loud eruptions of laughter I could do without. Around 3 pm, the noise level went down when majority of the ladies left. It’s filled with ladies, mostly older, possibly housewives. And with all the people with a small parking lot, it does suck, but I overheard that around breakfast and dinner times, the parking lot isn’t as filled since the businesses around don’t open. That’s good to know.

The decor is adorable though the chairs are hard. Maybe I’ll bring a cushion next time. I didn’t notice it as much when we were busy wanting to win pie the other night. I would still come back though because … key lime pie. And I don’t even like sweets!

Another awesome thing for the year? A whole new Erin Condren planner! I kept the vertical layout though I’m debating if I want the horizontal next time. But so far I’m in love with their changes. I’m still doing the whole post it method until I get closer to the week or whatnot so this is the before shot.

And this is the after shot. When my friends in San Antonio saw this they were mesmerized. They’ve always seen me as an organizational freak especially with how my planner was back in the days so it wasn’t surprising. This time it’s the same but with stickers. One of my coworkers saw this and said “Omg … that’s like $6 dollars worth of stickers”. She knows my love for stickers and how I cannot stop myself from purchasing. I told myself no more sticker purchases unless I run out of something or really need it. But let’s be real, I don’t really need any of the stickers.

As things are changing at work, I’m beginning to take a look at the things I threw on my resume and revising … just in case. And oh man, it’s going to be a big fixer upper. A lot of work needs to go in to fix it because I suck at writing them. Luckily I know someone who is a recruiter and do this for a living. Fingers crossed he can help a sista out because I need it badly. Especially if I get hit with everything.

I cannot believe I’ve only worked four days this week and I’m already dead tired. I have faith 2016 will be a better year though.

Stay Positive and Think Good Thoughts!

Three Thankful Things

January 7, 2016 by Mellie Dee Leave a Comment

I’m thankful for the advice I get on my future. With the oil and gas going way down, I’m being approached by people I’ve never met at the workplace that apparently knows my skills and work ethic. They’re urging me to stay where I am and only jump ship when it gets to $20 a barrel. But there are questions I’ve been asking myself that I need to answer first. Do I want to stay in oil and gas? Do I want to continue technical work or move on to management? Do I want to even stay in Houston? I’m too young to know what I want but wherever I end up I know is where I belong.

I’m thankful for friends. I cannot stress how much they’ve been there for me this past year. With so many ups and downs you’d think they’ll all run and hide but they’ve stood by me. I’m a homebody but sometimes I’ll want to go out and actually have people around me. It’s nice to know that they’ll come out and entertain me when I need it the most. They take ~~a lot~~ some of my worry away and snap me back to reality.

I’m thankful for the time I’m spending with Mum. We’ve been watching one episode per night of The Amazing Race Asia. China Edition. I love it because they use famous people like superstars, movie stars, singers, etc. It makes it that much funnier. There are some that came from Hong Kong and those are the ones I root for. I could cheat and see who wins for the season because it’s an old season, but I like not knowing. And it’s funny seeing Mum’s reaction to things.

Proud Pie Bingo Night | Katy, Texas

January 6, 2016 by Mellie Dee 1 Comment

Proud Pie Bingo Night | Katy, Texas Mellie Dee & Mallory

Mallory and I have been eyeing this place and have been waiting for their first Bingo Night since December! We were super excited it was finally here yesterday and invited Janna and Madison to join us.

Every five dollar spent equals four bingo cards. I ended up with twelve cards and won … nothing. None of us won anything. We’ve failed but had a lot of fun doing so.

Proud Pie | Katy, Texas | Hazelnut Cafe Mocha

Large Hazelnut Cafe Mocha | $4.50

Super sweet and lost points since it’sin a coffee cup and not in a mug like how I like my coffees. Might try their teas next time.

The Tuscan Clucker [grilled pesto chicken with roasted red peppers, goat cheese, fresh pesto on cheese focaccia roll] | $6.90

I wanted to trade out the goat cheese but they only had American cheese? so I kept what it was. I thought I wouldn’t like the cheese but it went really well with everything. I would definitely come back just for this sandwich. Pesto has not failed me yet.

Miss Daisy’s Rich Fudge

Too rich for all of us but Madison. She really enjoyed it. Or maybe because her daughter is also named Daisy? haha She got ice cream on the side which was extra and they even warmed it up for her. She said it paired really well.

Wobbly Turtle Caramel Heath Chocolate Silk [Ghirardelli chocolate silk mousse with layers of crunchy heath bar and sweet fresh butter caramel, topped with sweet cream]

Again too sweet for my taste but having the little Heath bar pieces in there gave it some texture other than just mush. This was one that took us all a while to finish because it was just too much.

Pierhouse Key Lime [from the Pier house resort in the Florida Keys, tart and sweet creamy lime pie]

Most of our favourites. I was going to buy one for a friend but they were sold out. Sad. Will have to come back for this because it’s very delicious.

Blueberry Lemon Chess [layer of buttermilk lemon chess custard topped with fresh blueberries]

Not the same as what the picture was. We thought the blueberries were with the pie but they had it separate which I was not a fan of.

Overall, a cute little place. I want to go back and take my laptop to blog. They have a point system to where you scan the receipt and collect points. After so many points you can get five dollars, ten dollars, etc. off. I’m almost close to five dollars off since we put them all together.

Cannot wait to go back and possibly try something new. Craving the pesto sandwich right now though … fattie over here.

Sushi 9 and Bubble Clay Masks

January 5, 2016 by Mellie Dee 1 Comment

Running errands all morning one of which was waiting in line in the post office. The things I do to surprise people. Sent out Cantu’s gift since, due to a little mishap, I wasn’t able to give it to him this weekend.

Then Forest got an inspection along with a car wash with detailing. I felt so fancy doing so. I’ve never had my car detailed before. And I love it. Gah … this might be a problem. I did tell myself that every few months, I was going to get my car detailed. Too much love for him right now. He is a beaut.

Sushi 9
1830 S Mason Road
Katy, Texas 77450
(281)391-8898

June was off today as well so we decided to try this all you can eat sushi place and man …

Look at all the food we ordered. Actually we ordered more than this but I only took pictures of every new dish we ordered. The good thing about this all you can eat is that it comes out fresh. It’s not a buffet at all. You order what you want and they make it.

And because of that I would say service was quite slow. We were there for over an hour and if you know me and my people, we are fast eaters. Put down the dish and we’ll be done in less than 20 minutes. But I guess eating slower makes you eat more? I am not sure actually.

I already know what I would not order next time for sure so it was nice to have a variety to choose from.

The breakdown of everything we ordered. I did order a fried rice to go so just ignore that.

Lunch is only $15.99 all you can eat.
Dinner is only $25.99 all you can eat.
** 15% if you do not finish your food. Obviously because they don’t want waste.

Lunch already has a big array of choices but they kindly let me look at the dinner menu and there are a lot more choices. Note that sashimi is only for the dinner all you can eat. And because of that, I got a gift card so I can take my parents and June again. They’re doing a promotion where if you buy a $50 you get $10 or $100 for $20. I did the $100. I’m excited because I know they’ll love it!

If you’re not wanting the all you can eat choice, you can always order a la carte. And they even have Happy Hour. I’m hoping Mallory will join me one of these days.

Back in Hong Kong, I picked up Marion carbonated Piggy Clay Bubble Mask. I finally got a chance to open it up and do it.

I smeared that crap all over my face and waited for a good 5 minutes for it to bubble. It made me sneeze a few times. Then I massaged it in my face and washed it off with lukewarm water and now I have skin of a baby’s bottom.

Sissy copied me and bought one too and she and BIL used it and both love it. They believe it does help clean up the pores which is what I have been wanting. The only thing BIL said was that the fizzing annoyed him because it felt uncomfortable.

I’m going to use this once a month and see how it goes. Maybe I’ll order more. Eeps. Love when things work out perfectly!