blogs by mesogoofy2

OMG - almost a year?? Bad blogger I am!

2010-08-10T08:52:00.001-07:00

I can't believe that it has been just about a year since I last posted on my blog.
Here is a recap of my year:

Here are me and my 3CMGs and our families bringing in the NEW YEAR!!!

We always seems to have our R/C Boat racing event GRAND PRIX CLASSIC around Valentine's Day so we celebrated during the week. We really don't like eating out, I prefer to celebrate at home with my family just like how it was when I was growing up.

St. Patrick's Day was a lot of fun. Working at a school we get to have a lot of fun around the holidays. It was fun to take pictures with my coworkers in our green shirts, decorate our bulletin board in the office with a leprechaun and a pot of gold with a rainbow. For dinner I made a yummy dinner that included green milk and green mashed potatoes!

I haven't scrapbooked easter 2010 yet but we had a nice time with my family. My sister's family was in Disneyland so it was me, my hubby and son, my mom, my brother, my nephew Ronnie and Sammy.

Mother's Day we met up with my mom and my brother at MiMi's Cafe....we had a really nice time and the food is always so yummy!

For Father's Day we went to our favorite FILIPINO restaurant called TRIBU. Then took a road trip to Bass Pro Shop and went over our friend's house for a father's day BBQ afterwards. It was a really fun day!

This was my first time having the whole summer off since I work in a school (probably my favorite perk of this job!) The weekend after school got out, we took a trip to Disneyland with Christian, Sammy & Gabby.

While we were on vacation, we bought a boat. It's pretty neat, you dock your jetskis in the back of the boat and they act as the motors. It's perfect because my hubby and son love jetskiing and I love relaxing on a boat. We got the best of both worlds!

4th of July we went camping to Rollins Lake with a bunch of friends. Other than the forest fire that a kid started at the beginning of our trip, we had a lot of fun!

My BFF Liana and I went to the county fair...I love going and always have to pick up my all star dip mixes. =0)

My nephew Ronnie turned 3 this year so we celebrated at my mom's house at her super cool pool club and then back to her place for cake.

My hubby and I were LONG OVERDUE for a date night...just a simple night out of dinner and a movie and I'm a happy girl!!

My friends and I love to plan a "GIRLS DAY"..spend the day shopping, out for lunch, so much fun!!

We took our new boat out for the first time....we had a great time on this lake and are going to go back for labor day weekend for some camping and water fun with all our friends!

Some exciting news....

2009-10-30T19:43:00.001-07:00

I started a new job recently working at an elementary school in the office. I am absolutely LOVING working with kids, parents, just being in a school environment is such a good fit for my personality. The teachers and staff I work with are really nice and have made me feel so welcome. I do miss some of my coworkers from my previous job but I am much happier in the position I'm in now. Today was the last day of school before Halloween. It is so much fun getting into the festivities! I'd better watch all the sweets though, everyone kept leaving cupcakes, candy, cookies, cards, etc. on my desk ! We even have free breakfast / lunches every Friday. (Every friday a different grade level of teachers and office staff bring in food for the entire staff - so cool!)

Some other exciting news......

Christian has been competing more frequently now in skateboarding and is doing very well. We had a competition last weekend. We had a lot of fun watching all the kids skate.

Christian was so excited to get his very first skateboarding trophy and surprised to find out he not only took 2nd place in his competition but he also won best trick!! It was an exciting day for us! =0)

Still going strong!

2009-10-06T08:37:00.000-07:00

I haven't missed a day yet of exercise. Since 8/17/09 I have gone walking every single day. I've lost 11 pounds so far (possibly more, I didn't start weighing myself until my bday on 8/27/09). I am now counting calories as well as exercising. Every week or two I try to add a little more into my challenge and so far it is paying off! I'm so excited to see the changes in me! =0)I weigh myself every Thursday and it's almost time to do my monthly measurements cause I am certain I have lots a LOT of inches. People have already started to notice a difference which is very motivating! I'm glad I started this when the weather was still nice so I had enough time to get this to become a habit. It's been 1.5 months since I started and I'm still going strong! GO ME!

My Birthday Trip!

2009-08-30T08:07:00.000-07:00

I decided that for my birthday this year we would go on a trip. We took Christian, Sammy & Gabby to Venice Beach / Southern California for a couple days. The weather was super hot, and we had so much fun seeing the sights!

A new healthier lifestyle.....

2009-08-17T08:34:00.000-07:00

Can I really do this? I am going to challenge myself to be more active / eat healthier / make better choices when it comes to eating and exercise. My co-worker invited me to go walking after work on 8/17/09. It kind of jump started my decision to make an effort to exercise every day. We'll see how I do. I'm really hoping I can stick with this!

A night for the hubbys!

2009-08-15T07:35:00.000-07:00

I planned a night out to a local Go Kart racing business for our husbands. They are such good sports about our 3CMG get togethers and all the picture taking we do, dressing up for whatever theme the event is, I wanted to do something fun for them. So here are some pics from our fun night out. Us girls just hung out and watched the guys get their race on. They guys had a lot of fun and we went out for dinner afterwards. Very fun night! Thinking we should go back there soon and us girls could race too! =0)

Up when I should be sleeping...

2009-08-13T03:30:00.001-07:00

Grrrr! I'm up with a bad headache. I should be asleep as I'm going into work earlier today because we leave this afternoon to pick up Christian from camp.
The week went by fast! I can't wait to see him! Here are some pictures from Sunday when we dropped him off!

-- Post From My iPhone

testing out blogging from my iphone

2009-07-29T07:29:00.001-07:00

Miso got her hair done and some new outfits. look how happy she is!!!

-- Post From My iPhone

Happy 4th!!!!!

2009-07-04T16:40:00.000-07:00

we went camping wiyh some friends for 4th of July, good food, good friends, good times! we liked the campground so much we're going back labor day weekend with a bunch of friends!

NYC Digi Scrapbook

2009-06-28T19:24:00.000-07:00

I recently took a trip to NYC for the first time. My girlfriends and I went to see the sights and visit with an old friend. I made this digital scrapbook album to send to my friend to remember our trip and thank her for letting us stay with her....

fathers day

2009-06-27T23:12:00.000-07:00

trish & i took her dad and the kids out mini golfing for fathers day!!!

then back home for a bbq

and a quick stop to visit the house I grew up in. it's the last place i lived when my dad was still alive.

Post From My iPhone

Indoor Skydiving....

2009-06-23T07:54:00.000-07:00

Okay so this is not something i would normally do, but it was my BFF Trish's bday party, and I'm not one to pass up a photo op so........

I have to say it was a LOT of fun, I'm really glad I did it! =0)

ifly

2009-06-20T23:05:00.000-07:00

so...for my friend Trisha's bday we went to a place called ifly. it is indoor skydiving. i wasnt planning on doing it but got talked into it. what can i say? i'm a sucker for a "photo opp"

-- Post From My iPhone

Happy Mother's Day!!!

2009-05-10T21:39:00.000-07:00

I still need to post pics from mother's day...I will do that later as I haven't uploaded the pictures yet. But the day went really well. I woke up to breakfast in bed. Then went back to sleep (I never do that but I was watching HGTV in bed and just dozed off). Then Alfred & Christian went to the nursery and bought lots of pretty flowers and planted them in all my flower pots in the front and back...it looks soo nice! My mom came over and then shortly after my sister and her family came over for dinner. We had my friend Peggy's recipe for salmon with mango salsa...it turned out perfect and was really yummy! Then lemon merangue for dessert.
It was the perfect mother's day!!!!!

Now it's time to get packing for my girls' trip to New York.....I'll post pics when I get back!!!

Happy Easter 2009!!!

2009-04-12T21:34:00.000-07:00

This year we had a small get together at my mom's house for Easter. My sister and her family I think were in Tahoe, and my nephew was sick so my brother didn't come. We still had a nice dinner and time together. This year was the first year Alfred has ever gotten an easter basket (ever, in his life). I thought it would be cute to surprise him with one. =0)

Fondue "Ladies Night" at the Melting Pot...

2009-04-01T21:26:00.000-07:00

My co-worker and I went to the Melting Pot after work. The first wednesday of every month is Ladies' Night and they have a discounted menu.

3CMGs Annual Crab Feed

2009-03-14T21:17:00.000-07:00

Every year we go to Liana's work's annual crab feed. They have the BEST CRAB FEED EVER! THis year my mom came and hung out with us, and Trisha's parents. We all had a great time and I'm pretty sure my mom will be attending every year with us from now on which is great!!!!

Christian's 14th Bday Trip

2009-02-24T20:43:00.000-08:00

I'm a bit behind on my blogging...sorry about that. I'm going to do my best to update my blog and not get so far behind again (we'lls ee how that goes!)

For Christian's 14th bday we went to Bass Lake and Yosemite. My BFF Trisha and her family gave us the use of their time share and it just happened to be the weekend of his bday...perfect timing! The timeshare was amazing. Plenty of room for all of us. We were very close to yosemite and spent lots of time playing in the snow!!! I was so happy that my sister and her family were able to join us so Christian could hang out and have fun with his cousins Katie & Matthew.

My Other Half

2009-02-24T13:52:00.000-08:00

All About My Other Half

I've been tagged! Here's a few fun things about my hubby.

#1 What is his name? Jose Alfredo Bibaoco Lanza (Goes by Alfred)

#2 Who eats more? I would say usually Alfred.

#3 Who said "I love you" first? He did

#4 Who is taller? Alfred

#5 Who is smarter? I would have to say me, when it comes to book smarts, but he has a lot more street smarts than me. I can be kind of naive and gullible at times.

#6 Who is more sensitive? Definitely me.

#7 Who does the laundry? I do

#8 Who sleeps on the right side of the bed? He does

#9 Who pays the bills? We both pay them meaning both of us work, but I handle making sure they get paid on time.

#10 Who cooks more? It depends. Usually weeknights since I went back to work, he's taken over cooking dinner. He's awesome on the BBQ!

#11 Who is more stubborn? We both have our moments, but I'd say he is and he'd say I am ;)

#12 Who is the first to admit they are wrong? It's a toss up, but I would have to say more often than not it's me.

#13 Who has more siblings? We both are the baby of our families with one brother and one sister each!

#14 Who wears the pants in the relationship? Most of the time, he does.

#15 What do you like to do together? Watch movies

#16 Who eats more sweets? Me, for sure!

#17 Guilty pleasures? r/c boat racing

#18 How did you meet? Through our friend Marisa when I was in high school. She gave him my phone # and said this is the one you're gonna marry. He started calling me, and the rest was history.

#19 Who asked whom out first? He asked me of course!

#20 Who kissed who first? He kissed me.

#21 Who proposed? He did

#22 His best features and qualities? Okay my family reads this so I'll keep it to his smile. I love to see him laugh / smile. When he sets his mind to do something, he can achieve anything! That's one of the things I really admire about him.

#23 Tag you're it! Who do you tag? Valerie, & Mindy!

My new camera strap!!!!

2009-02-24T13:06:00.000-08:00

Check out my new camera strap I ordered from my BFF Valerie! When I found out she had a new one in her etsy shop named after me, of course I had to have one!!!! And it coordinates very nicely with my scrapbook room! LOL!

Here it is:

Here's what it looks like closeup:

If you want one of your own, check out her etsy shop. My friend is extremely talented and has sold a TON of these already. She makes smaller ones for point & shoot cameras as well. She made my son a cute (er....I mean cool) checkerboard one for his new camera he got for xmas.

VMJESS:
http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5159339

Digital Scrapping

2009-02-23T18:02:00.001-08:00

To keep my mind occupied, I did a scrapbook layout (digital)....

Update

2009-02-23T18:00:00.000-08:00

Short version of where I've been....

Been sick with a bad cold.
Found out I am pregnant again.
Found out it's ectopic (tubal)
Been in the ER for the whole day last weekend.
Resting and trying to get through this.

Hopefully will be back to my self really soon.....

Thursday Feb 12 - Project 365

2009-02-12T21:09:00.000-08:00

Tonight we had several projects to work on....
First was my work needed hershey bars wrapped for a trade show we're doing the next few weekends. They hired Christian to help out. He did a great job and wrapped 144 candy bars (4 cases)!!!

I had my own project to work on. I always really get into holidays and like to hand out a little something to my coworkers. Last year I did Valentine Oreo Pops. This year I made these lollipop wrappers to hand out and of course everything always looks better with a little bling...so they each get a blingy heart next to their name. (I'm sure the girls will appreciate this more than the guys LOL!)

Feb 10 - Project 365

2009-02-10T19:37:00.000-08:00

I had a great day today. My friend whom I've known since 9th grade texted me to see if I had plans this evening. She has season tix (well actually they're her husband's) and wanted me and Christian to go with her and her daughter Alexis to the Warriors vs. Nicks game. We had a great time, the game was really good and it was so much fun catching up on things. The kids get along great as they are only 2 months apart in age, and after the game we stopped at Starbucks to hang out for a bit....

Feb 9 - I have THE BEST COUSIN EVVVVVVVER!

2009-02-09T22:48:00.000-08:00

My cousin Chrisi lives in Pennsylvania (where I'm from), and knows how much I LOVE TASTYKAKES! You can get them out here but they cost an arm & a leg for one little pack. She can get a whole box for the same price in Pennsylvania. Tonight we came home from valentine's shopping (Christian bought his little girlfriend a locket from Target with his own money-but that's a whole nother story)....anyways...we got home and I noticed a box by the front door. The return address catches my eye and I realize it's from Pennsylvania. I yell out TASTYKAKES!!!! WOOO HOOO!

Here is a pic we took shortly after which we posted on facebook to my cousin LOL!

Feb 8 - Valentine's Celebration (early)

2009-02-08T22:41:00.000-08:00

When I was growing up my mom used to always make a big deal about Valentine's day. She'd have a special dinner and dessert and we'd all exchange cards and little gifts. It was always really exciting for me. I've always carried that tradition on since we had Christian. Alfred and I never do the valentine's day couples thing. It's always all about family. Christian and I decorate for valentine's and make it look like a party, and we all exchange cards and little gifts.

My mom had a little early valentine's dinner celebration for all of us tonight and it was so nice! My brother was sick so him, his fiance and baby Ronnie couldn't make it but my sister and her family were there and we had a really great time!

Here are a few pics I took with my camera phone, I'm waiting for my sister to send me the pics she took.

This was the kids table. My mom even made heart jello jigglers for them. =0)

Here's a pic of me before I opened my Valentine's gifts from my mom and my sister.

My mom and my sister:

My mom trying to cut the cake with the plastic wrap still on it. We knew she hadn't noticed it and were waiting for her to try and cut the cake with it on....LOL!

Project 365 - Feb 7

2009-02-07T22:24:00.000-08:00

Watching my $$ go down the drain. That's the theme of the day.
Our plumbing is messed up and needs to be replaced throughout our whole front yard.
Just what I need a few thousand dollars worth of repairs...why does it always happen like that, you come into some money and then something breaks!? The joys of homeownership.

This is a lovely picture of my bathroom floor with the toilet removed. It was great going to bed saturday night and not having anywhere to use the bathroom because we only have one bathroom in our house!!!

I'm on a roll!!!!

2009-02-07T19:29:00.000-08:00

Our Valentine Cards for 2009

2009-02-07T17:43:00.000-08:00

Here are our 2009 Valentine's Cards.....

Digi Scrappin' Saturday

2009-02-07T15:19:00.000-08:00

Well most of my day has been spent organizing my digital kits and templates. Now the fun begins...here's a layout I did a few mins ago....

Template used was from Moriginals.blogspot.com

Digi kit is Just My Ty from SweetShoppeDesigns.com

A gift for a friend...

2009-02-03T19:03:00.000-08:00

About a month ago my friend lost her baby at 5 months pregnant. She just got married in November and everyone at my work was absolutely devastated. She is the daughter of our president, and also my hairdresser. Her husband works with me and is the sweetest guy you could ever know.

I haven't seen my friend since it happened because they took some much needed time off and went to Mexico for a month to be with her husband's family. They're back and I get to see her tomorrow. I wanted to do something for her that might pick her spirits up a little bit. I haven't lost a baby that far a long in a pregnancy before but have had my share of miscarriages and ectopic pregnancies and know how hard this can be to get over.

I made a 10x10" canvas with a picture I took of them on their wedding day. Along the side of the canvas I printed the words to the song "Lucky" by Jason Mraz and Colbie Callait (the sone she walked down the aisle to during their wedding).

The flower is the color she had in her bouquet and centerpieces. And lots of bling of course cause that always makes a girl happy right? =0)

My note to her says:

It's hard to understand why we have to experience such heartache and hard times in our life. I still haven't figured that one out. What I have come to realize through all that I've been through in my life, that these times only make your marriage even stronger.

You and (husband's name) are in love and will get through this together. Focus on the love you have for each other and you'll be okay.

Here is a little something I made for you both to hopefully put a smile on your face and to keep fresh in your mind the love you felt on the day you said "I Do" to your best friend and love of your life.

I love you both!

Jennie

Project 365 - Superbowl Sunday! Feb 1st

2009-02-01T20:12:00.000-08:00

As I mentioned earlier, we had a Superbowl Party at our house. I decorated in yellow and black (Steelers colors) and had lots of fun preparing for the big event! Here are some pics:

Jan 31st - CRAB FEED!!!!!

2009-01-31T20:41:00.000-08:00

If you know me, you know I love me some crab!!!! I went to my first crab feed several years ago and have been hooked ever since! I go to two crab feeds a year, one in Hercules and one in our town at my friend's church. The one in hercules is the one we like to call "Filipino Dancin' With the Stars". There are singing performances with guitars, a dj, and when the music starts, all the people come out and dance..it's quite entertaining! And we like this crab feed because they have rice, butter, cocktail sauce, everything there! Usually we have to bring our own rice and butter. I still bring my tools, and butter warmer but everything else we need is right there! Here is my pic of the day...it's my hubby and his friend crackin' crab legs....

Jan 30 - project 365

2009-01-30T21:48:00.000-08:00

Today my company had it's Annual Budget & Goals Meeting. We've been preparing for this day for a while now. I kind of dread it a bit because I really dislike public speaking. Last year was really nerve wracking because I had only been working there for a short while and did not want to stand up in front of the company and present my goals. This year, was much easier. KNowing everyone made me feel so much more comfortable. I'm going to use a picture of me presenting for today's project 365 picture. Still waiting on my boss' wife to send me the picture she took of me. Will add it later to this post.

Now that I have the presentation behind me, it's time to relax....and start preparing for our Super Bowl Party this Sunday. Tomorrow I'll be doing some chores around the house, and grocery shopping, then we have a crab feed in the evening to go to and then Sunday the party begins!

Tonight, we just got Applebee's Curbside to go (love the convenience!) and I got one digi scrapbook layout done. Nothing spectacular but at least I've documented my new years eve party.....

here it is!

Jan 29

2009-01-29T21:04:00.000-08:00

I live for the weekends...I work so hard during the week and just like to have time to relax. I wish I could sleep in on my days off, but for some reason I only seem to want to sleep in when I know I have to be up for work...must be psychological. Or it could be that this little cutie makes me want to crawl back into bed and cuddle with her!

My nephew's first steelers superbowl

2009-01-26T20:53:00.000-08:00

This superbowl will be my little nephew Ronnie's first Steelers Superbowl. My brother was dissapointed because he couldn't find any steelers clothing in Ronnie's size....so I found a sweatsuit and mailed it to him....here is the package I sent...can you tell we like the Steelers?????

Jan 25 - Project 365

2009-01-25T11:37:00.001-08:00

Pic of the day...Christian and his girlfriend texting each other =0)

Jan 24 - Project 365

2009-01-24T11:33:00.000-08:00

We got a lot accomplished today. I entered a TON of paperwork for our business on our new quickbooks online! LOVE IT!!!! I showed my hubby how to use it. We did a lot of housework to get ready for the superbowl party next weekend.

And my husband even started working on helping organize my scrapbook room while I was doing data entry for our business!!! How cool is that? I was shocked! I didn't even have to ask him. =0)

We ended the night watching a movie together on our new comfy couch!!!!

Before I went to bed I worked out on the wii fit for 30 mins. I got my wii age down and have lost 1.1 pounds since wednesday! Go me!!!!

My life is about to get so much EASIER!!!!!!

2009-01-23T10:02:00.000-08:00

I finally converted us to quickbooks online for our company's accounting. I am so excited about this. I work a lot of hours at my regular job doing data entry (accounting and payroll) all day long. I also handle the accounting for my family's two companies. It is so frustrating and exhausting to come home from being on the computer all day only to have to do it all over again at home or even worse, save it all for the weekend when I have other things I would like to do. For the past 5 years it's felt like all I do is enter things on the computer. Well, now I can get help. During the day, my husband can log in through the internet and enter in the invoices, payments, & bills from any computer that has internet. It's all saved online on quickbooks' servers so I no longer have to pay for their online backup service. The 24/7 call support is also included so I no longer have to pay for that service either. We are saving so much money and things are going to be a lot less stressful for us so I am so happy about this!!!!!

Our new favorite toy!!!!

2009-01-22T10:00:00.000-08:00

I purchased a wii fit board & game today at Tarjay.....it is soooo much fun and I'm hoping that since you have fun while exercising it will be just what I need to get in some much needed shape and lose weight!!!! Here's to a healthier me!

here's Christian testing it out:

Jan 21 - Project 365

2009-01-21T09:48:00.000-08:00

Today is my husband and my 14 Year wedding Anniversary. We've been together for 20 years and married for 14....these are the flowers he sent to me at work today....aren't they pretty?

Jan 20 - Project 365

2009-01-20T09:47:00.000-08:00

Our new President....

Monday Jan 19 - Project 265

2009-01-19T09:42:00.000-08:00

Today is Miso's 4th Birthday!!!! Happy Birthday Miso!!! Can you see how excited she is???

Jan 18 - Project 365

2009-01-18T09:39:00.000-08:00

Today was a very lazy Sunday.... We just hung out at home, did some houswework and then relaxed in our new couch and watched the Steelers game. I am SOOOO excited because the STEELERS are going to the superbowl against the Cardinals!!!!!!

Jan 17 - Project 365

2009-01-17T13:37:00.000-08:00

Here's my picture of the day. Miso is chillin' with Christian in his loft bed.
Not a very exciting Saturday morning, but it's nice to have nothing planned and to just relax and get things done around the house every once in a while.

Here is a pic of our new couch which I'm sooooo excited about!!!!

Here is a pic of the guys moving it.....

In other news.....Christian has a girlfriend. They text each other ALL.THE.TIME. I'd better check my cellular plan and make sure we have unlimited texting or I'm in big trouble when the bill gets here!!! LOL!

Jan 16 - Project 365

2009-01-16T10:44:00.000-08:00

Another boring day....it's Friday. I'm not at all wanting to be here at work. I'm so ready for the weekend.....this is what boredom will get you.....

Okay back to work....

Jan 15 - Project 365

2009-01-15T10:41:00.000-08:00

Just me taking a break at work....

See that window behind me? It looks directly into the President's office. It opens too, how lovely right? He likes to check in quite often throughout the day, to give me new tasks, ask how to spell things, etc. My first week or so, I actually tried to order a shake and fries from him, no dice. LOL!

Jan 14 - Project 365

2009-01-14T10:35:00.000-08:00

I love this picture of Christian when he was out skateboarding.....

Jan 13 - Project 365

2009-01-13T18:39:00.000-08:00

Not a very exciting day. Work was...well WORK! The day went by fairly quick which is always nice. And knowing I had another dinner ready in the crockpot was definitely a plus! We're having BBQ shredded pork sandwiches with mac & cheese and chips. Christian even helped make the mac&cheese (it's his first time cooking it on the stovetop).

The excitement of the night will be the 2 hour Season Premier of American Idol Season 8!!! I can't wait!!!!! It's one of my favorite shows! I'm excited to see how the new judge will fit in with Randy, Simon & Paula. Who else is watching?

Jan 12 - Project 365

2009-01-12T20:06:00.000-08:00

Not a good day......Mondays suck to begin with but this one was extra sucky.....can you say PAY CUTS!?!?!?!!

I know it's hitting almost everybody, it's just hard when it actually happens. I am very grateful I still have a job. Things could be much worse.....I'm hoping for the best....and tomorrow is a new day right?

On a happier note, my dinner turned out fabulous and was super easy!!!! All you need to make "the easiest burritos ever" is a crock pot, a tri-tip, and green salsa (a whole jar). Put the tri-tip in the crock pot and pour the salsa over the top (I use Arriba Green Salsa - MEDIUM). Cook on low for 8 hours. It will shred up nicely and you can put the meat inside flour tortillas and add your favorite burrito toppings! It is so yummy and the easiest dinner ever!!! After the day I had, it was so nice to just come home and dinner was already ready. I think I will definitely be using the crock pot a lot this week......

Bye for now!

Jan 11 - Project 365

2009-01-11T19:59:00.000-08:00

Nothing much exciting happened today. Just ran some errands, grocery shopping, took my son to the skate park and ended the night with a dinner at Red Lobster with my mom. Food was great, but the service was absolutely HORRIBLE!!!! Our waitress sucked big time! She actually spent 20 minutes cracking some kids crab legs for her (um....where were the parents while all this was going on? Why didn't they crack their own kids crab legs, the place was packed and lots of people waited a long time to get served). Oh well, I'm over it. I now remember why I said last time I went there, that I wouldn't be back.

Here are some pics from today:

Jan 10 - project 365

2009-01-10T13:00:00.000-08:00

Today was a very LONG day....We started out to Sunol to pick up my mom's dog Phoebe from the dog kennel, then went to Pleasanton to drop her off. Then to the Dublin Skate Park, then to San Ramon to my friend Annalyn's house to hang out. Then we drove to Fremont, Then San Francisco to pick up my mom from the airport, then to Plesasanton to drop her off and got back home at 10:15pm...It was a very long day....

Here are the kids playing rock band:

My friend Annalyn's son Nico has an amazing voice!!! I thought the singing was coming from the game but when I walked upstairs I found out it was him singing!!!!

Here is Christian eating some Shrimp that Anna made....I still can't eat them if they have the little eyes and antenaes on....creaps me out....He must get that from his dad (the flip side). He's definitely more adventerous when it comes to eating than I am:

This was taken of the boys before we left my friend's house...They're all the same age but Nico is wayyyyyyy taller!!! I need to buy more milk! LOL!

And the end of the night (I don't know what this thing is called at the airport, but I always feel like I'm on the set of the Jetsons when I get on it LOL!)

Jan 9 - Project 365

2009-01-09T12:58:00.000-08:00

This picture was taken on my drive to work. The sun was shining brightly and the base of the hills had a bunch of white foggy clouds, everything else was totally clear...It looked pretty cool (this picture definitely doesn't do it justice but it's the best I could do with my iphone camera)

Jan 8th - project 365

2009-01-08T21:28:00.000-08:00

Not too much exciting news today.....Just a relaxing evening at our house.
And two teenagers on their myspace page....shocking, I know....(this is my son with his hair flat ironed...- I was bored) and Gabby (my adopted daughter...she might as well be she's over here all the time!)

January 7 - Project 365

2009-01-07T21:23:00.000-08:00

I am not doing a very good job at taking pictures.....I need to set a reminder on my iphone so I can remember better. I forgot to take a picture of my mother in law leaving for the Philippines. =0( Maybe I will just journal about it.

For now, my pic of the day is of my husband cooking dinner...boring huh?

I'll title this..breakfast. It's what's for dinner! LOL!

Jan 6th - Project 365

2009-01-06T05:23:00.000-08:00

I only took a picture of my husband today and with my iphone (kinda boring, I know) I actually kind of forgot about project 365 because I had a crappy day at work, not because of the work but it started off bad, my friend lost her baby at 5 months pregnant. When I got home from work for some reason i started feeling nauseaus so after dinner I went to bed early and just read my book in bed...

I have a new favorite author and I'm on her 3rd book and hope she cranks out more cause I go through her books in like a week or less!!!!

The author is Jen Lancaster and she is HIL-AR-I-OUS!!!!!! I find myself seriously "laughing out loud" (LOL!) while reading her books!!!

This is her first book:

I finished this book last week:

And I just started this one 2 nights ago:

Jan 5th Project 365 - English Homework......

2009-01-06T05:02:00.000-08:00

Christian has a school project for English where he has to show step by step pictures of how to do something and write abou each of the steps. The pictures he had a friend take while he did a trick on his skateboard (called a HARDFLIP) were so blurry you couldn't even tell what was going on in the picture. So we went to the garage to do a little photo shoot. Excuse the messy garage...that's the husbands responsibility! LOL!

We took these pictures and put them all together and here is where we are with the project so far:

Brrrr! It's cold in Cali!

2009-01-04T17:06:00.000-08:00

I woke up early for two reasons this morning. One because it's my BFF Valerie's bday today and I wanted to send her a bunch of bday wishes and two because it was FRIGGEN COLD here!! This is what my car looked like this morning....that's ICE PEOPLE!!!!! I hate cold weather! I'm off to go turn on my electric fireplace that my mom bought us for Christmas. It's my new favorite thing next to my new iphone!!!!

Project 365

2009-01-04T16:52:00.000-08:00

Project 365- take a photo a day for a whole year. My friend Valerie told me about this cool scrapbook kit for storing and recording all these photos here. It was also featured in an article in the January issue of Creating Keepsakes.

I started this project on January 1st even though I don't have the kit, I'm taking a picture each day to document 2009 for our family. Valerie and I have made a pact that we will complete this project! I'm excited to get the kit and get started.
Not sure if they've gotten more in stock, apparantely it was a NIGHTMARE for a lot of people trying to get their hands on one of these kits....they weren't smart like me to have a friend in the midwest who's up earlier to order it for them!!! LOL!

here is a link to the kit if you want to see what it's all about:
http://community.creatingkeepsakes.com/store/products/project_365_kit

(sorry, for some reason I can't figure out how to post links...)

HAPPY BIRTHDAY VALERIE!!!!!!!

2009-01-04T07:43:00.001-08:00

Today is my BFF Valerie's birthday!!!!!! I don't live close so I can't be there with her to celebrate so I'm celebrating here!!!!!!

Hope you have a FABULOUS bday!!!!!

2009-01-03T14:53:00.000-08:00

Here's a quick page I did from my little "unofficial" high school reunion we had in November:

Hey a new blog banner!!!!!

2009-01-02T23:11:00.000-08:00

I'm really having so much fun....I need to go to bed or I'll have a hard time waking up tomorrow. I decided my blog needed a new banner. The old one is super cute and my BFF Valerie made it for me, but it doesn't go with my background layout so I needed to make a new one to coordinate. What do ya think of the new look?
I know I need to stretch the banner a little wider but I'm not sure what size I need so I will fix this later....

Another One!!!

2009-01-02T21:14:00.001-08:00

Boy I am really on a roll here! LOL! I'm so excited and having so much fun with this!!!

IheartDigital*Scrapbooking!!!

2009-01-02T15:01:00.000-08:00

I'm starting to get the hang of this digital scrapbooking thing...watch out! I predict more layouts posted in the near future! I'm HOOKED!!!!

Here is a page I did of some favorite pictures from my Bodega Bay Girls Trip:

I'm a digi-scrapper!! Woo Hoo!!!!

2009-01-01T13:22:00.000-08:00

Okay, I am so excited to have kinda gotten it when it comes to these digi layout templates......I'm still a rookie, but it was fun and FAST which is key in scrapbooking or you'll never get anything done....

here is my page I did for my 3CMG XMAS 2008.....

Please Pray!!!!

2008-12-29T09:57:00.001-08:00

My friend Michelle's husband passed away on December 27th. He was only 45 years old. She and her two children are going to need alot of love & strength to get through this horrible time. I remember losing my dad to cancer when I was 18, I cannot imagine losing him when I was their age. Please pray for them!!! Thank You!!!!

Happy Holidays!!!

2008-12-24T04:49:00.000-08:00

It's been a while since I've posted on here. I've been busy going to holiday parties, working, and preparing for Christmas. I probably won't post again until after the holidays.....

Here's wishing you and yours a very MERRY CHRISTMAS and a HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!

3CMGs Holiday Party

2008-12-14T09:04:00.000-08:00

Every year, my girlfriends and I host a holiday party for our recipe group (3CMGs stands for 3 Course Meal Girls). For Christmas we invite our mom's to attend. This year we invited Trisha's dad (he's been hinting for the past 2 years that he would like to come to a 3CMG event). We had a great time! here are some pics from the party:

As always we take lots and lots of pictures!!!!! If you attend one of these events,you'd better expect to be photographed several hundred times lol!
We take pics of what food we serve, do funny photo shoots, and more! I can't post a picture of the appetizer I made (yet) because I'm making it for Christmas and want it to be a surprise (my sister reads my blog). But it was a HUGE hit!!!! Even Liana's son loved it and he's a bit picky!

Trisha's dad got all emotional when we gave out the gifts (the mom's received an ornament that had the picture we all took by the tree and said Christmas 2008 3CMGs, and Trisha's dad received a frame certificate that made him an honorary 3 course meal guy)...it was sooo cute!

"takin' it back to the old school"

2008-12-11T05:09:00.000-08:00

A bunch of friends from high school decided we should plan our own reunion. It's been 17 years since we graduated from high school. We planned the event on facebook, and leading up to the reunion we all scanned in old high school pictures and posted them on the event site. We went to two different places in Santana Row. Here are some pics from the night:

Pumpkin Carving.....

2008-10-29T21:14:00.000-07:00

Since the pumpkin patch we normally go to didn't have very many, we bought just one pumpkin. We went to my friend Mindy's house to carve pumpkins. The kids did a great job and had a lot of fun carving pumpkins and unfortunately for Mindy, throwing pumpkin guts all over her table!!!! At least they helped clean up afterwards...its' the least they could do right? LOL!

Christian did a great job on his pumpkin. Usually I help him with it, but this year he did it all by himself!

And just in case you didn't know who's pumpkin it is, Christian carved ILS on the back which means
I LOVE SKATEBOARDING!!!!

Ghost House

2008-10-29T21:03:00.000-07:00

It wouldn't be Halloween without a visit to the "GHOST HOUSE". We've been going for years, in fact I used to go when I was a little girl so it's fun to carry on the tradition with my son. My girlfriend mindy and I took the kids and of course had to get a carmel apple!!!! That's one of the best parts about going to the ghost house! The kids had fun playing games, and Christian and Mindy's oldest son figured out how to win at the treasure chest game so they kept getting back in line to win more prizes LoL!

Christian enjoying his carmel apple!

My Weekend....

2008-10-28T09:10:00.000-07:00

While my husband was in Vegas for an r/c boat race, my son and I decided to take a vacation of our own. Not very far, just to my mom's house in Pleasanton for the weekend. I love spending time with my mom. We always have a good time together and it's relaxing to just do whatever we want, no plans just have fun! We went to the Danville Fall Festival for a little while on Saturday. I didn't buy anything, but we saw this beautiful GLASS PUMPKIN PATCH.....I would love to have bought one but thought, I don't really have anywhere to put it when fall is over and it would probably get broken so I'll just take a picture:

I've always wanted to have one of these cartoon caricatures done of my son, and there was a guy there drawing them for only $5!!!! It turned out really cute and I had it matted & framed to hang in his room!!!

We went to Richards Craft Store and got a bunch of deals (everything was 25% off in the store on Saturday!!!) And of course after running around and shopping, I had to take my son to the skate park for a while. When we were there, this older guy was skateboarding which at first I thought what is this old guy hanging out with a bunch of kids? But he was actually a really good skater. My mom & I got to talking with him and found out he's been skating for 35 years, and his son (Nate Schierholtz)plays for the SF Giants!

He was really cool, and you could tell he is a really proud dad! He gave us some autographed baseball cards which was very nice!

The rest of the weekend we just relaxed, ate out a couple times, went through old family photos and went to the book store in Downtown mainstreet. I didn't really take a lot of pictures, just enjoyed spending time with my mom and my son. It was a great weekend!!!!

Spooky Halloween Brownies

2008-10-19T19:27:00.000-07:00

I saw the recipe for these on another website or blog (unfortunately I can't recall where I saw it, I saved the picture and recipe onto a word document instead of the link). Anyways here are mine (I had a little trouble with the eyes and mouth because I used the decorater black frosting that comes in a can with the different tips and it called for piping the eyes which would've probably worked better. I'll try that on the next batch.

2008-10-19T18:46:00.000-07:00

I wasn't really planning on going anywhere today except for the Pumpkin Patch in the afternoon, but I got a call from my friend Diana saying "Get dressed! We're going for breakfast!" so that changed my lazy morning! We went to Country Waffles and had a really yummy breakfast and then went to Target and bought a few goodies.

Then later I went to the Pumpkin Patch with the family and my son's friend Eric. We were dissapointed that the pumpkin patch we always go to was VERY VERY SMALL. Usually they have this huge pumpkin patch with lots of areas for taking pictures, HUNDREDS of pumpkins to pick from and a ginormous corn maze. All they had was a tiny pumpkin area near their fruit stand. Not sure what was going on but I did overhear them saying things would be back to normal next year (yeah next year my son will be in high school, I was lucky he was even willing to go this year!) Oh well! Here are the few shots we got when we were there picking out pumpkins:

Fun Halloween Project....

2008-10-18T19:12:00.000-07:00

My friend Valerie sent me an idea for a collage halloween frame she found on 2peas. I decided to "re-purpose" an old picture frame instead of spending money on a new one so I found an old oak frame and spray painted it black. Then I took my 1 3/4" square punch from stampin' up and used my halloween scrapbooking paper, stickers and brads and made a collage. I'm really pleased with how the frame turned out and I'm thinking I will make a fall / thanksgiving one, christmas one, etc. to switch out during different holidays. These could make really great gifts too!

Here are a few pictures and a closeup (click on the pictures to make them bigger):

I.L-O-V-E.FALL!!!!!!

2008-10-18T19:08:00.000-07:00

After we left the festival in Oakland we went out for a nice lunch at Chevys. Then we came home and did some housework which was nice because we haven't been home much to do any more than laundry and dishes around the house. I even got around to decorating for fall!!!

Fun Day....

2008-10-18T19:02:00.000-07:00

I'm enjoying the weekend so far because we don't have ANY PLANS....sometimes it's nice not having set things you have to do or go to. So today we went to a festival in Oakland that my co-worker told me about. They opened a new skate park in Oakland and had a grafitti battle and some performers. We got there right when it started so we didn't see any of the performers because we left to go eat. Here are some pics:

Bodega Bay "Scrapbook Retreat"

2008-10-12T21:24:00.000-07:00

Just got back earlier from my fun Bodega Bay "Scrapbook Retreat" with my good friend Peggy and her friends. It was sooo relaxing, soooo much fun & and I got a LOT of scrapbooking done!!!!! I can't wait to go again!

Here are the layouts I got done on my trip:

Here are some highlights from the trip:

Don't Vote!!!!!!

2008-10-06T20:53:00.001-07:00

Pics from Monday "fondue night"....

2008-10-01T04:59:00.000-07:00

Okay my friend Mindy sent me the pictures taken Monday night when we went out for my bday (and her daughters) to The Melting Pot. Here they are:

YUMM-O!!!

2008-09-30T20:07:00.000-07:00

Today my friend Mindy sent me a text message with a picture of her daughter carrying a bag from SPRINKLES... Next she asks me if I want a cupcake and what kind???? OH MY GOSH! 5'oclock could not come soon enough! All I wanted was to get off work and race to her house to experience a SPRINKLES cupcake! We just got a Sprinkles bakery at Stanford Shopping Mall which I think either opened today or yesterday. Mindy says she stood in line for 30 mins to get these yummy yummy treats!!!! And YES they are as good as everyone says they are!!!!

Monday..

2008-09-30T19:44:00.000-07:00

Work SUCKED big time, one because I'm not very happy there at the moment, and two because I'm still sick! But the best part of the day was getting to hang out for the evening with my good friend Mindy. We both work and are busy with our families (she's really busy having 4 kids!). We havent' gotten together in a long time and she told me she was taking me out for my bday. We made a quick run to JoAnns fabrics where I picked up THIS cute flannel fabric:

Not sure what I'm going to do with this fabric yet, probably send some to my friend Valerie.

Mindy showed up to my house with this super cute cupcake pop bouquet, it was sooooo pretty I *almost* couldn't eat it, ALMOST...

The rest of the pictures I'm going to have to add later on because Mindy took them with her camera and is going to send them to me. They are of the really fun time we had eating at The Melting Pot. It's a fondue restaurant! We had a fabulous meal of 2 different cheese fondues which we dipped bread cubes, veggies and apples in. Followed by a ceasar salad that was really yummy with pine nuts on top. Followed by 2 different kinds of chocolate and lots of yummy things to dip in it (rice krispy treats, marshmallows, bananas, strawberries, cheesecake, pound cake, etc). It was sooo much fun!!!!

Sunday....

2008-09-30T19:41:00.001-07:00

I didn't really get much of anything accomplished on Sunday. I was still feeling rather crappy from my cold. I went to my friend's mom's hawaiian luau 60th Surprise bday party Saturday and was there from 3 - 11:30pm. I was definitely tired and spent most of Sunday laying down on the couch. I did manage to watch a Jodi Picoult made for tv movie (The Tenth Circle) - it was so-so. I finished reading "Story Telling" by Tori Spelling. And did get out of the house for about 30 minutes to run to the Macys Furniture Outlet to see if they had any couches that I might like (we are in need of a new couch in our house preferably a small sectional with recliners but stylish - is that possible??) LoL!

No pictures today...sorry!!!

My Weekend....

2008-09-29T19:06:00.000-07:00

I still need to post some more pictures of my weekend, but I'm relying on my friends to send them to me because I was feeling sick (have a cold) and wasn't up to taking a ton of pictures at the 2 parties I was at. Here are a few I have so far!

Favorite things...

2008-09-22T21:01:00.000-07:00

My BFF Valerie had a list like this on her blog and it inspired me to write my own:

In honor of the first day of fall- a list of things that make me happy!

A fully-stocked refrigerator. **I'm gonna have to agree with Valerie on this one!
A cozy pair of fuzzy slippers
New pjs
Flannel sheets for my bed
A freshly made bed (and slipping into bed right after the sheets are out of the dryer still smelling like fabric softer!!!!!!)
The start of my favorite TV shows
New sheet music for the piano
Lighting lots of candles in my house when it's cold outside (I don't have a firepalce so this is the next best thing!)
My new necklace from www.lisaleonarddesigns.com
Random Acts of Acts of Kindness.
Decorating my house for fall
Working on crafts (I seem to get more in the mood as the weather gets yuckier)
Taking long hot bubble baths
Sleepytime Tea
Reading a good book (I just finished a great one - scroll down in my posts!)
Cooking dinner in my crock pot
Chicken & Waffles (YUMMO!!)
Reading my BFF's blog and catching up on what her and the family have been up to!

Making progress!!!!!

2008-09-21T21:02:00.000-07:00

I'm on a roll trying to crank out my Christmas quilt! I feel like I am making a lot of progress!

My friend told me about a tutorial online where you can make a dissappearing 9 square quilt square (i think that's what it's called) So today I worked on getting all my 9 squares finished and hopefully tomorrow I can start the next step. Ran into a little problem where my sewing machine needle broke and now I can't get the new one to line up with the auto threader (any suggestions?) so I have to manually thread it each time which is a huge pain for me as I can't see it that well.

Here are my finished 9 squares....I'll post more tomorrow.

Had a nice dinner out with my mom for her bday. We took her to claim jumper. Then we went to the shopping center and bought a few things from ULTA, Hallmark Store and Pier 1.

Then came home got in my comfy pj's and started sewing. I'm getting faster at putting the quilt squares together so that is a major accomplishment!! Woo Hoo!

Well that's all for now...good night!

Because 1 trip to Target this weekend was NOT ENOUGH!

2008-09-20T15:25:00.000-07:00

I ended up taking a trip to the mall because I never go and I remembered I forgot a couple things at Target and if I went to the mall I could go to a different Target than the one I went to last night (I'm still on a mission to find this purse my friend wants but unfortunately after 4 different targets, no dice!)

I got the CUTEST PJs at this Target

and these (were on clearance!)

and I'm now breaking tradition, I only buy EASTER PEEPS, but my friend insists that all peeps taste the same no matter what color, holiday, etc...so I will give these a shot (thought my favorites are still easter peeps, I'm still skeptical!)

TGIF!!!!!!!

2008-09-19T22:49:00.000-07:00

I am sooooo happy it is FINALLY the weekend! Hubby is off to a 1-day boat race in SoCal so my son and I took off for our favorite store TARGET for a quick shopping spree! Well actually not so quick, we went down almost every aisle!!!

Highlights of our trip to Target were:

MINE:
new fuzzy black slippers
new mascara that my friend says is ALL THE RAGE on 2peas so I had to see what all the hype was about
TV trays for weekends when we want a casual dinner watching a movie and eating in front of the tv (I know most people frown on this but sometimes we just don't want to eat at the dinner table and instead of spilling stuff trying to balance our plates on our laps this works great!)
New candles
A puzzle to work on together along with the roll up mat so we can put it away when we need a break
Some cute stuff from the $ spot (which is my FAVORITE place in the store) - I won't name all the stuff from this area because my friend reads this blog and some stuff is for her
I did find in this area a lot of cute halloween stuff especially for babies / toddlers I got my nephew Ronnie a ton of stuff for halloween (fork and spoon sets, bowls, sippy cups, books, etc).

CHRISTIANS FAVES:
some new teck deck stuff
a new book
and some HOMER SIMPSON slippers.

After Target we pulled into the CURBSIDE TO GO Applebees parking spot and got an ultimate appetizer trio to share and 2 ROY ROGERS EXTRA CHERRIES to go! Yummo!

Now we have eaten a yummy dinner and are lounging at home with our comfy new slippers, life is GOOD!!!!!

Sorry now pics tonight...I'll post more this weekend!!!

Bye for now!

I'm back!!!!!!!!!!!!

2008-09-15T19:32:00.001-07:00

ut's been almost a year I've been gone (left to try out vox.com and I'm back. I've been trying to figure out how to export all my last year's worth of blog posts back to blogger with no luck, so if you want to see what I was up to this past year you can go to: www.mesogoofy2.vox.com
and catch up on my ever so exciting life (NOT!) LoL!

I don't have time for a very long post tonight, but I'm excited to at least post a picture of the quilt I'm making, so far all I've done is laid out the design and put all the rows together so I can start sewing hopefully later this week or weekend.

here it is:

I know, not a very fancy design. I have absouletely NO clue whatsoever on how to figure out a design, I just sort of make a pattern and then change it up at the end. If you have any tips on how you come up with your quilt designs, please share!!! I'm a rookie and have SO MUCH to learn still! I still don't barely even know how to sew but I figure this will be good practice!

Thanks for reading! Will post more tomorrow. Have to get to bed early, my work is having a MEXICAN INDEPENDENCE DAY CELEBRATION breakfast tomorrow and I have to be at work to help set up at 5:30am!!! (I am not at all a morning person so this will be really tough for me!).

One more thing, I finished reading THIS book which only took me 3 days to read! I absolutely LOVED IT and am so grateful for my BFF Valerie who sent it to me to read. It was the best book EVER!!!!!!

Go out and get this book! If you're a fan of Jodi Picoult, you will definitely love this one (it's not written by her but similar style).

Bye for now!

I've MOVED!!!!

2007-10-11T09:35:00.000-07:00

Here's my new site:

http://mesogoofy2.vox.com/

Tuesday.....and Wednesday

2007-09-27T11:29:00.001-07:00

Okay, hopefully this will be a better day right? WRONG!
While doing laundry I transfer my son's clothes that he put in the washer into the dryer. I notice his ipod shuffle and head phones in the heap of clothes...just GREAT! I turn the power button on and no light comes on. I go to my compuer and google: ipod shuffle washing machine.... (isn't google great?!) I find out that this happens quite often to people and there is some hope. IF, ou don't turn the power button on and you let it dry out for a few days to a week it will start working again. Too bad I didn't google first then try it out. I turned it on. So...i'm just hoping and praying that it will work again even though I turned the shuffle on.

I go to pick up my son and his friend from school and inform him his shuffle was washed with his clothes and no longer works so say b-bye to your shuffle! Good job taking care of it, it hasn't even been a year since you got it!!!!

We get home and my son informs me how bad his day has been (I guess the shuffle news was just icing on the cake). He had his science teacher kinda reprimand him for something she thought he did (she thought she saw him pretend kick his friend while in line waiting to go into the class - when he was actually showing his friend how he did this skate trick at the park and hurt his leg). So he was all upset because she made him stay outside the class and talked to him while the rest of the class went inside so she could discuss it with him. He was all worried that she thinks he is a bad kid etc. etc.

Then at lunch he couldn't find his friend to eat with so he had to eat by himself. Then last period, he was talking to a friend and saying how he got honor roll 2x last school year and some kid he doesn't know says "honor roll in what? the retard class?" I swear kids are sooo mean! I asked my son what he said back and he said he told him "dude, you don't even know me!" and then the kid just turned away and talked to someone else. I guess he is just one of those kids that just randomly picks on other kids to see who he can push around.

Then..... it gets better. My son realizes that he left his brand new hat in his math class and he had just gotten it back because he had left it in his friend's mom's car when he spent the night and his friend had just given it back to him in 1st period and he already left it in his 3rd period class. So we got back to school so he can see if he can get it from the teache r and the doors are locked. The janitors were really mean to him and kinda yelled at him when he asked if he could be let in to get it, he was so upset at that point he almost burst into tears when he got back into the car...it just really was not a good day at all. I did call his science teacher and talk to her about the incident and we worked it all out. She just thought he was horseplaying but didn't actually think he would really kick someone.

Thankfully yesterday (wednesday) was a better day. He found his hat, the mean kid didn't say anything to him and overall he had a good day. Jr. high is such a big difference from elementary school. Kids at our jr high are pretty rough. And have been exposed to alot more than they should at their age. My son has been pretty sheltered so it's an eye opening experience to say the least. We're taking it one day at a time and hopefully things will get easier......

Monday....

2007-09-27T11:19:00.001-07:00

So the downside of the week started on Monday night....
I go to run some bath water and I hear this noise "blub blub blub blub"
I remember that noise from a month or so ago and look over and sure enough the toilet water is bubbling. So, I shut off the shower. And start calling my husband. By the time he gets there the water coming up in the toilet is grey and soapy. It doesn't smell bad, more like soapy water but what the heck is with the grey water????? This can't be good. We plunge the toilet and then the water backs up the bathtub drain. I run out to Lucky's to pick up DRano, we try the drano, it gets rid of the grey soapy water but about 15 mins later when I flush the toilet to test if it goes down, the water just rises. I run to my friend's house to borrow a plumbing snake (her husband has every tool ever made!) and come back and my husband tries to fix it. No luck. So he finally calls a plumber who comes out at almost midnight to professionally snake the drain. I guess some really small roots were in the pipes about 30 or so feet out from the toilet drain and caused this to happen. I was scared when I heard roots cause that usually doesn't sound like an inexpensive problem. I was in bed at this point and just kinda listening to the conversation between my husband and the "drain doctor" (really, that's the company he is from!) only problem in listening to what they're saying is the repairman is filipino so they are speaking tagalog and I can only pick out a few words here and there. So all I hear is Oh here's your problem. Then 30 feet out, and look Roots!

Then I hear okay it's all cleared out! So I figure well if it's something major my husband will call me, but he didn't so I went to bed. Found out the next morning, they were really small roots that look as small as sprouts that you get on your sandwich. Still weird and kinda scary that they were in our pipe but hopefully we won't see them again! We've been in our house for 10 years and never had the pipes cleared / snaked out and the man told my husband it's good to have this done every 5 years or so in older houses. I'm just glad it's fixed now...did I mention our house only has 1 bathroom? That's right! So this could've been a really big problem! And with money tight right now, that's all we would need!!!! So starts the crappy week...aren't mondays lovely?!?!?

Another Up and Down Week.....It HAS TO get better!!!!

2007-09-27T10:22:00.000-07:00

So it's been another up and down week. Started out good with our weekend.
Friday night my husband wanted to go see a movie (Resident Evil) with our son. He doesn't quite get that just because the parents go along with the child to the movie, it doesn't make it okay to let them see an R rated movie.... I was like um, that's rated R. He said well we're his parents and we'll be there with him, I'm like okay.......so if we sit and watch a porno with him too does that make it okay??? He got the point. =)

We're pretty tight on $$ right now so I suggested we go to Hollywood Video and rent some movies and pick up something cheap for dinner. I had a rent one, get one free coupon and everything would still cost less than going to the movies. (I also had a hidden agenda, I needed to finish a mini album I was making so this way I could do that while watching a movie at home!). The album is a long overdue bday gift for my brother's fiance. I wanted to make a cute album of their baby's first month (pics from the hospital with family and some from his first month)

Here are a few pics of the mini album I made:

This page I like because I documented all the text messages that went back and forth between my brother and I while she was in labor, there's some pretty funny stuff in there and I thought it would be fun for them to look back on all the texts and see the times they were sent, etc.)

There's more pictures but it would take forever to upload them all so I just added a few of the cutest ones!

Saturday we drove to Brentwood to visit my brother and his fiance and my baby nephew Ronnie. We had a great time, ate good food, watched on the of the movies we rented and just relaxed all day! I was happy to finally get a picture of my husband with baby Ronnie since he wasn't there to meet him when he was first born:

Here's a pic of Ronnie on the quilt I made him, he wasn't in such a good mood to have his picture taken cause I think he was hungry at this point.....oh well

Sunday was a kick back day. My husband usually tests his r/c boats to get ready for the races on Sundays so I usually get some housecleaning done and relax.

Sunday evening was "Girls Night Out" - aka Justin Timberlake Night!!!!

Here are some pics of us before the concert:

the concert was awesome. As always JT puts on a hell of a show!

I wish we could've brought our cameras in, we should've tried to sneak them but some other ladies parked near us came back because they were told you can't have cameras..... It's funny, you can't bring cameras in but lots of people were able to smoke weed, it amazes me.... I felt so bad for the 10 year old with us because this guy kept lighting up 2 rows in front of us...who over 40 does that and at a JT concert no less!!!!

Apparantely some people did get cameras by security because there are some good you tube videos online:

JT apologizing to San Jose for postponing the concert....(okay, he's forgiven!)

We were so EXCITED to see Timbaland come out! that was a surprise!!!

All Grown Up!

2007-09-21T15:11:00.001-07:00

The other day I went to the credit union to close out our bank accounts. We've been banking with WF ever since we opened our business and it's just gotten to be a hassle to get to the credit union which is on the other side of town (in this city, it takes at least 30 minutes to get from one of town to the other). I put off doing it because I have all these auto-payments set up that are coming out of that account which I would need to change over to the WF account. Well I finally did it. At the same time we closed out my son's savings account and immediately went to WF to open up a new account for him. They told us about a new account they have just for teens. He has a checking and savings account (that has $0 fees) and a visa check card (which I will be keeping for when he wants to use it). It was pretty cool. I was kicking myself for not having a camera with me so I had to use his camera on his cell phone.....to remember his very first Checking account - such a big deal!!!! (i know....I'm crazy - but who cares!!!) ha ha!

Here are some pics:

Rough Week =0(

2007-09-20T12:46:00.000-07:00

Been having a bit of a rough week so far. Struggling over the decision to get another job (currently I work from home which I will still continue to do) to help make more money. The winter months for us are normally a bit tight when it comes to $$ because we own an auto repair business and well business just seems to slow down around this time of year which causes us to make less $$ which causes S-T-R-E-S-S!!!!!! I've had a few minor meltdowns this week due to the stress and worrying about the winter and paying for things (xmas gifts, bills,etc). It's been a really rough week but things are looking a little better and I am still considering working p/t doing some sub-clerical work for the school district which will help bring in some extra $$.

My husband came home yesterday from work and brought me these:

It didn't erase the stress I'm having or make the problems all go away but it did pick my spirits up a bit.... =)

What Year Do You Belong In????

2007-09-19T08:13:00.001-07:00

You Belong in 1998

With you anything goes! You're grunge one day, ghetto fabulous the next. It's all good!

What Year Do You Belong In?

My weekend.....

2007-09-15T21:47:00.000-07:00

Kind of a nice relaxing weekend. Last night my son spent the night at his friend's house. I was tired and actually got to go to bed early for a change. =)

Today we decided to spend our "family day" taking my son and his friend to the skate park. My DH had never actually been there and my son was excited to show him how he goes down the half pipe. My DH's friend met up with us at the skate park and it was funny to see two grown men try to skateboard. My DH actually tried to go down a really little ramp and banana-peeled and fell on his A**. It was pretty funny. Then his friend mentioned he used to skateboard about 15 years ago, and next thing you know he's skating around the park (in flip flops mind you) and was actually pretty good for an old guy ha ha! I video taped them, I'll have to try and add a youtube video of it later on. I'm too tired to edit and upload right now.

TOnight we took my son and 2 of his friends to the movies. To give the kids a "little bit" of freedom, we actually (with their parents permission) let them see a movie they wanted to see, while my DH and I watched this:

What a GREAT MOVIE! It was very intense, and I experienced many emotions while watching this movie. JOdie Foster is such an amazing actress!!!! If you get a chance to go see a movie, go see THIS ONE!!!! You will not be dissapointed!

Quick recap of my week SO FAR...

2007-09-12T23:17:00.000-07:00

Monday - unpack our RV from our camping trip / r/c race last weekend - my son came in 2nd place woo hoo!!!

Tuesday - got my brows and hair did...went through STICKER SHOCK when I found out it was 180.00 to get my hair done...I was out 200 bucks by the time I paid for the services and tip YIKES!!!
**Fount out Justin Timberlake CANCELLED and RESCHEDULED his SJ concert...bummed that we can't go tomorrow....

Wednesday - spent my evening helping my son with accelerated pre-algebra (Arrrrrrrrgh!) BECAUSE he finished all his homework first thing when we got home but of course I waited til almost bedtime to ask him to let me sign off his school agenda and all his work. Noticed there were two math problems with only a ? where the answers should have been which started a discussion on why we didn't ask someone earlier for help? And how many times do I need to tell you that if you need help you need to tell me, because I do not have E.S.P.? Turns into son getting all frustrated and crying because he is at this point totally tired and wants to go to bed.(have you gone through this with your kids?? - it is so frustrating for both ends!)

So.....we pull out the handy dandy math book, and I try to review the example problems to see how the heck you solve these problems!

let me just start by saying I don't even remember ever taking algebra back when I was in school. This is all foreign to me. I *think* I have figured it out but I call my friend who is a chemist, he comes up with the same answer as me but isn't positive cause he is a little rusty with these types of problems, so I call my friend's daughter who is a year older and had the same math teacher last year. She confirms we have it right but then as I'm asking her about another problem, I realize my son has skipped steps on a lot of the problems and this leads us to redoing the entire assignment when he should be in bed!!!! SO MUCH FUN I TELL YA!!!!

So....if you feel like being challenged (if you're like me) here are the 2 questions he had which he had no clue how to do:

1. 10[8(15-7) - (4.3)]

2. 8[26+10) - 4(3+2)]

See if you can answer them.... =0)

Will write more later...my brain is completely fried! Must go do something that doesn't require too much thinking, like play my pogo island poppit game on my new nintendo ds lite!

B-bye!

Gettin Ready for Fall!!!

2007-09-06T18:53:00.000-07:00

Just a quick post about the wreath I made for my front door. Last year I made a pumpkin topiary and had leftover supplies to make a cute grapevine fall wreath. I never got around to it so I pulled out the bag of supplies this morning and here is my finished wreath:

First Day of 7th Grade!!!!

2007-09-05T09:52:00.000-07:00

I'm feeling a bit old today. My son started 7th grade and is now officially a Jr. High School Student. This is a big deal. I'm sad because it means my baby is all grown up, but excited for him because Jr. High is so much fun! I really enjoyed my jr high school years and I know he will too. Here he is having breakfast this morning:

And a few pics outside by our tree (we do this every year!)

His cool new backpack that cost me an arm and a leg (cause he just HAD TO HAVE one that has the straps for holding a skateboard on the back - like he will ever be using that feature!)

And finally his new cool shoes that I picked out. They are the Travis Barker DC Boom Box Shoes...aren't these sweet??????

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OMG - almost a year?? Bad blogger I am!

Some exciting news....

Still going strong!

My Birthday Trip!

A new healthier lifestyle.....

A night for the hubbys!

Up when I should be sleeping...

testing out blogging from my iphone

Happy 4th!!!!!

NYC Digi Scrapbook

fathers day

Indoor Skydiving....

ifly

Happy Mother's Day!!!

Happy Easter 2009!!!

Fondue "Ladies Night" at the Melting Pot...

3CMGs Annual Crab Feed

Christian's 14th Bday Trip

My Other Half

My new camera strap!!!!

Digital Scrapping

Update

Thursday Feb 12 - Project 365

Feb 10 - Project 365

Feb 9 - I have THE BEST COUSIN EVVVVVVVER!

Feb 8 - Valentine's Celebration (early)

Project 365 - Feb 7

I'm on a roll!!!!

Our Valentine Cards for 2009

Digi Scrappin' Saturday

A gift for a friend...

Project 365 - Superbowl Sunday! Feb 1st

Jan 31st - CRAB FEED!!!!!

Jan 30 - project 365

Jan 29

My nephew's first steelers superbowl

Jan 25 - Project 365

Jan 24 - Project 365

My life is about to get so much EASIER!!!!!!

Our new favorite toy!!!!

Jan 21 - Project 365

Jan 20 - Project 365

Monday Jan 19 - Project 265

Jan 18 - Project 365

Jan 17 - Project 365

Jan 16 - Project 365

Jan 15 - Project 365

Jan 14 - Project 365

Jan 13 - Project 365

Jan 12 - Project 365

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Jan 10 - project 365

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Jan 8th - project 365

January 7 - Project 365

Jan 6th - Project 365

Jan 5th Project 365 - English Homework......

Brrrr! It's cold in Cali!

Project 365

HAPPY BIRTHDAY VALERIE!!!!!!!

Hey a new blog banner!!!!!

Another One!!!

I*heart*Digital*Scrapbooking!!!

I'm a digi-scrapper!! Woo Hoo!!!!

Please Pray!!!!

Happy Holidays!!!

3CMGs Holiday Party

"takin' it back to the old school"

Pumpkin Carving.....

Ghost House

My Weekend....

Spooky Halloween Brownies

Fun Halloween Project....

I.L-O-V-E.FALL!!!!!!

Fun Day....

Bodega Bay "Scrapbook Retreat"

Don't Vote!!!!!!

Pics from Monday "fondue night"....

YUMM-O!!!

IheartDigital*Scrapbooking!!!