I can't believe I forgot to tell the best story about the weekend. So I brought my dad home from the airport on Friday, and hadn't mopped the floors yet. Well I gave Julie a small cup of KIX cereal so she could eat it as she walked around the house. She decides to dump them on the dirty kitchen floor and eat like a dog, picking the cereal up with her mouth. YUCK. So then I decide to sweep them up and got a few in the dust pan and kept sweeping. BUT when I went to put the next few in the dustpan I saw my crazy girl eating like a dog FROM THE DUSTPAN!!!! YUCK! OMG I wanted to barf, but settled for laughing hysterically. From this my dad decided I never feed my kid ha ha.
This week has been boring and I'm not sure what else to talk about. I almost forgot. Good news the market was up today and yesterday!!! Maybe I can make some money soon!
Wednesday, July 30, 2008
Monday, July 28, 2008
It's Monday
My goodness, this weekend was crazy. So my dad came to town to surprise my brother and that all went real well. Saturday night we went to this great Greek restaurant and had dinner and some entertainment. Poor Raul is not into Greek food and he took the night off to go, so on our way home we got him his favorite gourmet meal at McDonalds. The restaurant was very cool, other than the fact that it was incredibly LOUD. The place was pretty small and there was a live band and of course a dance floor. Towards the end of dinner a belly dancer came out and was dancing, she did a good job; however, she startled me. She was singling people out and dancing around them for tips and stuff, then she clanks her hand cymbals on either side of my head (I hate loud noises right at my head) so I look to the left and I see a whole lot of boob in my face and turned my head back and couldn't stop laughing, I laughed so hard I was crying. Then she went up to my brother (who is recently bald by choice) and rubbed his head for good luck, but he wasn't enjoying her belly dancing and wasn't thrilled. Poor dancer didn't get any tips from our table. We left before they did that big Greek circle dance, but we did see some people break plates. $2.00 to break a plate, they have not met my family, we break plates at home for free (well free until we have to replace the set.) lol. It was a really nice time.
We had a babysitter for Saturday night. Then yesterday morning Heidi and I got up and made a home made carrot cake and cream cheese frosting from scratch. YUMMY! There is so much left over frosting, and it would be like a sin to throw it away! After making the cake we went to my mom's community pool to go swimming. Julie was swimming between my brother and Raul quite a bit. It was quite impressive, no floaties. Then back to moms to relax and hang out.
My sister and her family had to head back to Tucson last night, something about working and needing to make some money and bills, who knows lol. Boy did we trick her we packed a bag and stowed Heidi away. Vikki thinks it's a good thing for Heidi to come hang out for a week. You know, she is so helpful with the kids. Then I got a call on her way to work this morning...
"HEIDI HAD US ALL UP AT 5:00 AM!!!!!!!!" Well the real story is Axel woke up and needed to go potty and Heidi used her excited voice she uses when Julie needs to go, and that woke Axel all the way up, and then Vik couldn't go back to sleep either.
Right now other than Raul yelling at Julie for tearing apart the kitchen, our house is pretty quiet. Time to go clean something!!!
Mouse
We had a babysitter for Saturday night. Then yesterday morning Heidi and I got up and made a home made carrot cake and cream cheese frosting from scratch. YUMMY! There is so much left over frosting, and it would be like a sin to throw it away! After making the cake we went to my mom's community pool to go swimming. Julie was swimming between my brother and Raul quite a bit. It was quite impressive, no floaties. Then back to moms to relax and hang out.
My sister and her family had to head back to Tucson last night, something about working and needing to make some money and bills, who knows lol. Boy did we trick her we packed a bag and stowed Heidi away. Vikki thinks it's a good thing for Heidi to come hang out for a week. You know, she is so helpful with the kids. Then I got a call on her way to work this morning...
"HEIDI HAD US ALL UP AT 5:00 AM!!!!!!!!" Well the real story is Axel woke up and needed to go potty and Heidi used her excited voice she uses when Julie needs to go, and that woke Axel all the way up, and then Vik couldn't go back to sleep either.
Right now other than Raul yelling at Julie for tearing apart the kitchen, our house is pretty quiet. Time to go clean something!!!
Mouse
Friday, July 25, 2008
My dad and arts n' crafts n' stuff
Another GREAT day. Before we get to the arts and crafts let me tell you about the rest of my day (since the arts and crafts were done a few days ago lol) My dad came into town this morning!!! I was so stinking excited. Yes, I just saw him in May for my graduation, but we miss him so much. The only thing that would have been better is if his wife could have come as well, she is always so much fun, but someone's gotta work, right? Anyhow, I managed to keep this a secret for almost a week. Why the secret? Well, my brother turns 30 on Sunday and my dad thought it would be really fun to surprise him, he was trying to wait till his party on Saturday night, but I don't think Heidi can keep her mouth shut that long, so Heidi called and said she had a surprise package at our house and it's BIG. Hopefully he will stop by on his way home from work. But it would be fun to wait till the party too. I really hope my brother is as excited by this as I am. Also, last night I booked tickets to go see my dad in Oct. Sun Country airlines ran a special that it would be $200 round trip per person, well Julie and Travis still fly free, so that is three tickets to buy. If we had gotten the same trip on US Airways one person would fly for the price of the three of us! WOOHOOO! We will be there for Heidi's birthday. Ok so onto the arts and crafts. There is this great gal who makes cloth diapers who lives in Northern AZ. (If you are interested go to www.daribums.com and make sure to tell her that Marci sent you!) I wanted to have more embroidered diapers so I asked Rikki if she could send me fabric cuts and I would embroider my diapers and send them back, so guess what... they are all done. I keep forgetting to go to the post office and send them back though :( I will make sure I get there tomorrow. I am so excited to have these fabric cuts transform into diapers. I know what you are all thinking, cloth diapers YUCK, but you are so wrong, they are so darn CUTE! Take a look at my embroidery. What do you think?
Thursday, July 24, 2008
Holy Cow, I'm a Cow
Ok, for those of you who don't know me well, if you google the words "pack rat" you are bound to find a picture of me in some of the posts. I will say I have only known one person to keep more stuff than me, and one of my children is named after her. She was like a grandmother to me and I looked to her for advice on many things, however, being a pack rat was not one of them, but I think it just rubbed off onto me!
What does that have to do with being a cow??? Good question. So today I found an OLD calendar (with really cute pictures of Angels in it) and photo of me from my jr. high track days. I remember being thin but not how hard I worked at it. For example:
Here is what a saturday in my life when I was skinny looked like:
Wake up @ 7:00
Stretch till 7:30
run 7:30-8:30
walk 8:30-8:45
Stretch 8:45-9:00
Work out video 8-9 pm
tredmil 9-9:30
In bed by 10.
Here is a calendar day from a random summer Friday
5:00 wake up
5:20 Stretch
5:30 use stationary bike
6:30-7 situps
7-7:30 lunges and squats
10:30 walk to the mall
11-5 work
7-7:30 pm situps.
Reading that I can remember that I would watch tv on a stationary bike in my parent's room, do sit ups during commercial breaks and omg did I watch my food labels.
Why did I do all that??? Another great question. Well, my entire family has struggled with weight issues, some more than others. I was scared to death to look like I do TODAY :( I was hell bent on making sure I was never heavy. I am sad to say that the girl I was in Jr High and High School, would be lecturing my ass to the gym and back 30 times a day.
I have working at losing some of this baby weight. I am going to the track 5 days a week, and am getting in a minimum of 3 miles each time and once and a while (if I go in the morning) I will ride my bike there. I am eating less, but still have bad habits. I play Wii fit (so much fun).
So here I sit all mad at myself for being fat... hmmmmm I guess I should go do 30 minutes of sit ups and get off my tail! The Jr. high track photo is now on my fridge and hopefully it will motivate me to do better.
Before I get movin' I do want to mention that I am proud to say that my brother has conquered most of his weight issues and looks amazing. I am so darn impressed that he took the steps necessary to get his life back, and to be healthy. I am also proud that my sister has been very dedicated to the gym and getting healthy and has lost most of her baby weight. Hopefully they will kick my ass and get me in gear. I don't wanna be the fat kid of the family, hopefully soon our family won't have any fat kids! (Do you hear the inspirational music drowning out my words?)
What does that have to do with being a cow??? Good question. So today I found an OLD calendar (with really cute pictures of Angels in it) and photo of me from my jr. high track days. I remember being thin but not how hard I worked at it. For example:
Here is what a saturday in my life when I was skinny looked like:
Wake up @ 7:00
Stretch till 7:30
run 7:30-8:30
walk 8:30-8:45
Stretch 8:45-9:00
Work out video 8-9 pm
tredmil 9-9:30
In bed by 10.
Here is a calendar day from a random summer Friday
5:00 wake up
5:20 Stretch
5:30 use stationary bike
6:30-7 situps
7-7:30 lunges and squats
10:30 walk to the mall
11-5 work
7-7:30 pm situps.
Reading that I can remember that I would watch tv on a stationary bike in my parent's room, do sit ups during commercial breaks and omg did I watch my food labels.
Why did I do all that??? Another great question. Well, my entire family has struggled with weight issues, some more than others. I was scared to death to look like I do TODAY :( I was hell bent on making sure I was never heavy. I am sad to say that the girl I was in Jr High and High School, would be lecturing my ass to the gym and back 30 times a day.
I have working at losing some of this baby weight. I am going to the track 5 days a week, and am getting in a minimum of 3 miles each time and once and a while (if I go in the morning) I will ride my bike there. I am eating less, but still have bad habits. I play Wii fit (so much fun).
So here I sit all mad at myself for being fat... hmmmmm I guess I should go do 30 minutes of sit ups and get off my tail! The Jr. high track photo is now on my fridge and hopefully it will motivate me to do better.
Before I get movin' I do want to mention that I am proud to say that my brother has conquered most of his weight issues and looks amazing. I am so darn impressed that he took the steps necessary to get his life back, and to be healthy. I am also proud that my sister has been very dedicated to the gym and getting healthy and has lost most of her baby weight. Hopefully they will kick my ass and get me in gear. I don't wanna be the fat kid of the family, hopefully soon our family won't have any fat kids! (Do you hear the inspirational music drowning out my words?)
Wednesday, July 23, 2008
What a fantastic day
Holy cow! Today was a great day. First off, Raul let me sleep in, so I didn't get out of bed till 7:30. Why did he let me sleep in? Well, yesterday wasn't as fantastic, I had to get my funky toe fixed. My poor big toe on my right foot had an ingrown toenail that was hurting real bad. I had heard HORROR stories about having them fixed and put it off as long as I could. It was not bad at all. However, I can't work out on the track for a few days so Raul figured I didn't have to beat the heat and he was a nice hubby and let me sleep. Then Raul watched Julie and Travis while Heidi and I went to go get our hair done. We went to the Toni and Guy school and we both had our hair dyed and then cut. Mine didn't turn out like I expected, but its looks fine. I haven't taken pics of mine yet, but check out how great Heidi looks.
She looks a little drunk in that last one, but I think she's tired from a busy day! Here is a picture of her before, with the rest of my family this morning (though she looks startled lol.)
So last night Travis woke up before I could tell you my fantastic story from yesterday (yesterday wasn't all bad lol). After my appointment to get my toe fixed I had to go to the store and get Epsom salts to soak in. Well when I was leaving the parking lot I apparently didn't come to a complete stop, so I was lucky enough to get pulled over. Lucky me. But thankfully this was no ordinary pull over it was much to fun to get me down. The officer was probably in his early twenties, and he asks for my license and registration, I hand him my license and am fishing through my glove box for the registration and he asks "whats in the bag."
Me: "epsom salts and a new tooth brush"
The cop: "no, the black bag."
Me: "oh, that's my breast pump."
The cop: "your what?"
Me: "my breast pump"
The cop: "What is a breast pump?"
Me: (I open the top and pull out the part that attaches) "I put this on my breast, and pump milk out for my 3 month old when I am gone for long periods of time"
The cop: oh (with a look of sheer disgust and hands back my lisence)
The poor guy. I totally ruined boobs for him. I am not sure he knew that they had any other purpose then for guys to enjoy! I do feel slightly bad about that. lol. My dad said they must not have prepared them for such a response in training. To think, this poor kid is going to go back to his station and tell other poor guys and boobs will be ruined for all men. Muahahahaha
She looks a little drunk in that last one, but I think she's tired from a busy day! Here is a picture of her before, with the rest of my family this morning (though she looks startled lol.)
So last night Travis woke up before I could tell you my fantastic story from yesterday (yesterday wasn't all bad lol). After my appointment to get my toe fixed I had to go to the store and get Epsom salts to soak in. Well when I was leaving the parking lot I apparently didn't come to a complete stop, so I was lucky enough to get pulled over. Lucky me. But thankfully this was no ordinary pull over it was much to fun to get me down. The officer was probably in his early twenties, and he asks for my license and registration, I hand him my license and am fishing through my glove box for the registration and he asks "whats in the bag."
Me: "epsom salts and a new tooth brush"
The cop: "no, the black bag."
Me: "oh, that's my breast pump."
The cop: "your what?"
Me: "my breast pump"
The cop: "What is a breast pump?"
Me: (I open the top and pull out the part that attaches) "I put this on my breast, and pump milk out for my 3 month old when I am gone for long periods of time"
The cop: oh (with a look of sheer disgust and hands back my lisence)
The poor guy. I totally ruined boobs for him. I am not sure he knew that they had any other purpose then for guys to enjoy! I do feel slightly bad about that. lol. My dad said they must not have prepared them for such a response in training. To think, this poor kid is going to go back to his station and tell other poor guys and boobs will be ruined for all men. Muahahahaha
New to blogging
Hello to whomever may be reading this in internet land. My friend Carly talked me into blogging so she could keep up with me. I am not sure if I will be disciplined enough to keep up with this, but I shall try!
A quick introduction: I am wife to Raul (three years in Oct), mother to Heidi, Julie and Travis (7 years, 18 months and 3 months respectively.) I am the daughter of Kenda and Eric, younger sister to Bryan and identical twin of Vikki (yes she is older then me and even if only by minutes). Vikki has two boys, Axel and Dylan. I have been a massage therapist for more than 9 years and love the flexibility to be home with my kids and work when Raul is not working. I am involved with the PTO at Heidi's school and enjoy going to the playground and playing Little Sally Walker and Red Rover with the kids. (Did you know kids these days don't know Red Rover? It's not safe ya'know?)
Sometimes I enjoy ranting, here are a few of my favorite topics lately:
Well Travis woke up and would like to nurse, so I will hopefully remember to post again soon!
A quick introduction: I am wife to Raul (three years in Oct), mother to Heidi, Julie and Travis (7 years, 18 months and 3 months respectively.) I am the daughter of Kenda and Eric, younger sister to Bryan and identical twin of Vikki (yes she is older then me and even if only by minutes). Vikki has two boys, Axel and Dylan. I have been a massage therapist for more than 9 years and love the flexibility to be home with my kids and work when Raul is not working. I am involved with the PTO at Heidi's school and enjoy going to the playground and playing Little Sally Walker and Red Rover with the kids. (Did you know kids these days don't know Red Rover? It's not safe ya'know?)
Sometimes I enjoy ranting, here are a few of my favorite topics lately:
- Presidential candidates that say nothing, but sound enthusiastic not saying it.
- My generation full of spoiled brats who don't take responsibility for their actions and have issues of feeling entitled.
- Our great nation won't be so great if we don't start standing up for it.
- Medical bills and having to pay more than my fair share to cover those who stiff the hospitals.
- Todays kids are forced into being wimps
Well Travis woke up and would like to nurse, so I will hopefully remember to post again soon!
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