San Diego Photographer / Pasheoni Photography & Design / Sheryl Paulino

Coming soon, I promise! Now that I’m ready to post the photo, my phone dies. AND NO, I’m not procrastinating my post…well maybe…

I BLAME THE SAN DIEGO FAIR FOOD FROM SUNDAY!!!! 

Ok, Weigh In WEDNESDAY!! LOL. This past week has been  INSANE. I can’t believe it has come and gone this quick. With this weigh in, I already had low expectations. I knew from when we planned our Father’s Day event, I was doomed! From San Diego Fair, to Thai food, to Steaks…there was NO WAY I was going to maintain my points. I think walking down the main strip of the SD Fair had already counted as 20 points! LOL

Nonetheless, I owe it to all of you, my faithful blog readers (YES Kellie, that includes you too hehe), that I post my current stats and what I’ve done to achieve (or not achieve).

drum roll please…..

WOW! I lost weight! Maybe I should go to the fair more often and eat more of their good! LOL. Even though I lost something, I know I could have done better. I didn’t incorporate any exercise like I said I would; the Wii Fit is still collecting dust! I haven’t brought any walking shoes to work (as planned), nor have I even done a single ab workout. How I expect to burn off my bellay fat, beats me! I’m getting lazy, I’ll have to admit. I stopped eating my morning oatmeal; it’s starting to taste that familiar ‘yuck’ when made with WATER! I am eating my bagel thins with WW cream cheese which adds up to only 2 points. It just doesn’t keep me as full as oatmeal does.

I’m tempted to buy this book I found on Amazon. By the time I get home and the kids situated, I literally only have 20mins til we have to start our night time routine of bathing, reading books and bed time. If anyone has this book, let me know how it’s working for you!

With it being Weigh In Wednesdays, I have a little Partner In Crime that’s keeping me motivated and on track as she weighs herself in. Good night everyone xoxo

I had to think LONG AND HARD for the perfect Father’s Day gift for Paul. I didn’t want to make the holiday an ‘excuse’ for cool and expensive things, so we both agreed THIS YEAR (so yes, including Mother’s Day) we said it’s going to be From the kids. Nonetheless, I still wanted to give him a kick butt gift that will make his heart melt. He did it to me, and I was determined to do it right back at him. Yes, I’m competitive..but heck HE IS MORE COMPETITIVE THAN ME!

So what better way to make him smile, than to do it with photos. It’s a long lasting gift that actually appreciates in value…and of course, I live and breathe photography! . I can honestly say that I thought that I was going to be the ‘worst’ Father’s Day gifter ever. I didn’t think I could pull anything off given the free time we have and the busy schedule we had laid out day prior. With the help of my sister, OH THANK YOU SO MUCH BTW, I sent Paul off to get new tires for my car and off we went. I got the kiddos dressed in Padres gear and headed to Petco Park, the home of the San Diego Padres.

Lighting was patchy, it was almost high noon, the kids were energized (and OMG, my fellow photographers know, it’s not easy photographing your own children..). I thought this was just going to be a snapshot session. I did the best I can and well, my mommy goggles are LOVIN’ them! When it came down to editing the photos, I came out with enough for me to get a digital photo frame and put it all on there. I knew if I printed them all, well, it would make it to the top of his desk and lost in never never land! LOL. So, mission accomplished, and by golly, I think I won this years ribbon for ‘best’ gift.

Here is the photo that inspired me to do the session.

Here is the updated photo!

Then, it’s a must to add the Miss.

Then having some fun around the Park.

I’m tempted to have this printed big, just for Paul.

Ok, so I didn’t do as good as I wanted. I would like to ‘blame’ the Chinese food we ate for dinner the night prior to my weigh in….LOL! Overall, I know I didn’t try as hard. I was hoping for a miracle that I’d continue to to drop at the rate I initially started, BUT NOPE!

I still eat my daily oatmeal for breakfast and now I’m expanding my options to 100calorie bagel thins with Weight Watcher 1point calorie cream cheese (yum! I could eat the cream cheese alone!). As for lunch, I still stick to what’s in the EDR, but lately I’ve scooped some high point valued food. What makes it worse is that my coworkers are out to SABOTAGE ME! They love to bring in cookies from a meeting, or pastries from home…oh I can’t say no to cookies! For dinner, I have my ups and downs. I try my best and some days I do great BUT when we have family over, it’s over!

My goal this week is to kick it up a notch. I’m going to start a light work out and be more discipline. I know I’m ok at the weight I am now, but I just want to decrease my body fat percentage. I need to gain muscle and have it work for me. So I’m going to undust my Wii Fit and work on my core muscles (again). Let’s hope this change does me good!

What a great start! I can say I’m a tad surprised, but I also know that the first 5lbs bla bla bla… LOL. I can honestly say that the first week was pretty hard. I miss eating freely, I miss my 3pm sweet snack, and most of all, I miss food coma, ha!

Breakfast:
This past week I ate oatmeal (Quaker Instant Maple and Brown Sugar – 3points). You have to be proud of me because I COOKED IT WITH WATER! If you ask my husband, he knows that it’s an ‘on-going’ war of which way to cook oatmeal is better. He likes water, I like milk! I can’t say I like it better, but it is less points, and now my palate has tolerated it to where I don’t gag anymore!

Lunch:
At our Employee Dining Room, I’ve limited myself to eat the chicken or the fish, and a side of salad, if you want to call it a salad (iceberg lettuce, red onions, squeezed with lemon and some pepper).

Snack:
I have a stash of WW 1pt chocolate cakes b/c you know a girl needs her chocolate! I also have 100 calorie pack almonds (2pts), and fiber one bars (2pts). IF I want a ‘good’ dinner, I skip the 1-2point snacks and go to the EDR to grab some cucumbers and squeeze a lemon on it. This way, it gives me the crunch I’m looking for and it’s fresh and light (AND zero points!).

Dinner:
Now that all depends how well I do for lunch and my snack. I typically have rice, a chicken item and some vegetables. If I do bad, I have a stash of Smart Ones (weight watcher frozen dinners).

I have not yet incorporated exercise in my plan. I know I should, it will let me EAT MORE! I think once I get to 120, I can start lifting light weights to gain some muscle. I didn’t want to disappoint myself that my weight wouldn’t change once I start working out, since muscle weighs more than fat. So once I start shedding the weight, I’ll start toning up.

I also have to confess that I just ended my monthly cycle, so I am not as bloated as I was in my last weigh it. In the past, I’ve found that this is usually my biggest drop (week after the cycle). I find it motivitating. After 3 weeks of slow shedding, a 2lb-er comes through and remotivates me! Whatever works, right?

Thank you for everyone that had commented on my last post! If you’re looking for motivation, JOIN ME! Update with me and most of all HAVE FUN losing weight with me! I’ll link everyone that posts on their blog so we can have a central location to find all the links (and you can do the same, it’s great for SEO!).

XOXO

So the dear hubby, being a fellow HOUSE fan, text messages me about an article he had read online.  What made it interesting, besides it being about a SEASON FINALE on a show we (try our hardest) to watch religiously, is that it was ALL SHOT on a Canon 5dMii.

WHAT?!?! A DSLR???

YUP!

Now, how cool is that. You go Canon with your bad self!  Here is the article if you’re interested!

http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/canon-5d-mark-ii-used-to-shoot-entire-house-season-finale-direc/

In OTHER news, look what I have coming up.  Two newborns, a 2 year old and a 7 year old, all from the wonderful city of Riverside! Yup, I had a great opportunity to capture some beautiful children 1 1/2 hour drive north of me.  So if you’re in the Riverside area, and wish to have a session with me, let me know! I’d love to make another trip up.

As much as my two love to be with each other, it’s a rare moment for them to sit in one location together. The other night while I was busy in the office working on the computer, I see them playing on the bed behind me.  Then it got quiet. Many parents know it’s not always a great thing when there’s silence in the house, but when I turned around…look what I found.

Priceless.

Some may have noticed a little rubber duck in one of the photos in my last post.  Many of you may have automatically assumed Pixel2Canvas (am I right?!) LOL.

My sister had came up with this idea and with Pixel2Canvases idea in my mind, we came up with, “Operation: What’s Quackin?!” With my brother-in-law deploying to Iraq, we wanted to think of a way to keep in touch in the most simplest form. What better way to do it is with photos and with technology nowadays, we decided that with a simple camera phone (and sometimes with a regular camera), extended family and some friends, and the powers of Facebook, we have communication.

Criteria to play:
Facebook account
Camera/Camera phone
Name the duck assigned to you

Our current Soldiers of the Department of the Quackery:
Genera Rambo II (owner: Tom E.)
LTC Rocky (owner: Shiela E.)
SSG Palace Athena (owner: Teri E.)
PO3 Shipwreck (owner: Jason C.)
SN Campbell ‘Soup’ (owner: Kristi C.)
SL Koloa (owner: Sheryl P.)
PVT. Kekoa (owner: Paul P.)
PFC. Artemis (owner: Allina N.)
PVT. Atlantis (owner: Henry U.)
PVT. Acropolis (owner: Waneda H.)
PVT. Sgt. Suckatash (owner: Shaun A.)
PVT. Fulton (owner: Michael P.)
PVT. Dopey (owner: Angel G.)
PVT. Pato (owner: Irvin L.)
PVT. P. King (owner: Jason C. Jr.)
PVT. Flav (owner: William C.)
PVT Mike (owner: Michael E.)
PVT Matt (owner: Matthew E.)

The Mission:
You are to post ANYTHING and everything you are doing. From what’s for lunch to something you saw that you found interesting.  Take a picture with your duck and post it to the Facebook fan page. At the end of the deployment, we plan to gather all the photos and captions our ducks have been in and make it into a book.

I know this may sound silly, quite a quack job some may say…but that’s my family and we are proud of it! So what I will do is do a recap of where SL Koloa has been each week for all my blog readers to see.  You are also welcome to view our fan page, OR even sign up to receive a duck, by visiting Operation: What’s Quackin’

Wow, just looking at the date just makes me think binary. LOL, yes, totally random.

New Year, New Things. That’s what everyone seems to follow, why not?  It’s a great reason to start something fresh.  With business going full speed ahead, I can’t wait to meet all the new faces in hopes that they are more than just a captured moment.  I enjoy making friends, who doesn’t? I get really excited when a client and I just click and BAM, a friendship is born. LOL, no pun intended..well maybe just a little.

I was always told that how you spend New Years Day is how the year, in essence, will play out. With today being a good day, I’m hoping this means it’s going to be a good year. There was no better way than to spend it with the ones who mean the most to me – my family.

With my family, there is no such thing as a gathering WITHOUT food.  So out came the carne asada, pollo asada, and adobada.  YUM. I think the best part of the day, besides eating, was just sitting out in the backyard, hearing the kids play, seeing my dad mastering the art of grilling, and just feeling the nice cool, crisp air.  Here’s to hoping this year is filled with, laughter, appreciation and a full stomach!

Oh and look who we found in the backyard, Insectosaurus! (haha, yes we watched Monsters vs. Aliens on our countdown to 2010)

Eight is another number closer to 12! I don’t understand why 12 keeps getting closer. 12 equals 1…YES! ONE!  I can’t imagine my baby girl turning ONE!!!!

Though she actually turned 8 months old on Thanksgiving day, we wanted to do something special just for US.  San Diego doesn’t typically show it’s Seasons.  I mean, we wear flipflops ALL YEAR LONG.  LOL.  One place I do know where you can tell it’s Autumn is at the beautiful Old Poway Park.  We enjoyed the day sitting in the grass with our packed lunch and soaked up the nice cool breeze.  I couldn’t have asked for a better day to spend it with MY family.  The family my HUSBAND and I created.  It’s an amazing feeling.  Through all the tough days being a parent has to offer, this by far makes it all worth it and them some!

Kayla, as much as I hate you growing up, you’re are growing up BEAUTIFULLY inside and out.  There isn’t a day you dont make my heart melt.  You and your brother (and yes, your daddy too) make my life complete and I can’t ask for anything more..

Ok. I’m done being all ‘Hallmark’!

This Saturday was the annual Gentri Fiesta.  Every year my parent’s town in the Philippines prays and gives thanks to their patron saint, Saint Francis of Assisi. Here we have morning mass, eat, karakol (A street dance done in homage to the patron saint and also as thanksgiving for a good harvest or to ask for rain usually performed by local residents during barrio  or town fiestas).  It’s a lot of fun, and a great way to see people from the town you haven’t seen in a long time.  Our family has been going for as long as I can remember.  Just seeing the karakol, as silly as some may think it is, just brings a smile to my face as I see my mom, my aunties and everyone else dance with laughter while the band plays the familiar song.   Here’s to another weekend of dance, music, food and family.