| minor freak out averted |
[Aug. 23rd, 2006|04:54 pm] |
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I was kind of freaked out about the fact that a friend of mine already got engaged and since I was planning to go dress shopping with her I was really conflicted. I was worried that we would end up both shopping at the same time and I really wanted to go shop for MY dress not for us to both go separate ways... anyway so after dwelling on this for a couple days now and venting to everyone who would listen (or ignore my IMS whatever) I rejoined a message board on WW (now that I am back OP) and they really helped reassure me. They told me about their own experiences with that sort of thing and that it really works out to go on two separate days or at least make separate appointments so you are focused on one person at a time. I was also worried about us picking out the same dress and they pretty much reassured me that most people have different body types and tastes so that probably won't happen anyway. I am a little peeved that I haven't gone yet but there is just no time... |
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| stupid parents |
[Aug. 23rd, 2006|09:52 am] |
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| | mana - sabanas frias | ] |
wow the media loves to show off idiot people during a 'big' story. first it was that Natalie Hollaway kid whose idiot parents sent her to a different country with a bunch of apparently stupid friends who felt all bad in retrospect when they let her go off in the middle of the night with some strange guy drunk. Hello?! stupid friends, stupid parents, stupid girl and then we have to listen to all this crap all over the tv for like a year and why? probably only because her family has money because if some poor person got lost out there no one would care this much.
on to the newly stupid media people... jon benet ramsey case... wow they really picked up the coverage on this one. I admit I was curious and happy they finally got a suspect after all these years, especially since the mom died without the case being solved. This morning the first thing I see on the news is an interview with that Karr dude's 'child bride' and her parents. Talk about stupid. They start going on and on about how he seduced their daughter at 12 or 13 years old and how he ran off with her for a day and they called the police. The girl came back and because they were afraid they wouldn't see her again because she might run away with him they let the freak marry her. WTF??? who the hell does that? I sure as hell wouldn't let my daughter marry some freak that creeped me out just so she wouldn't run off. can anyone say restraining order? bars on the windows? anything other than let child marry grownup? Not only did these idiots do something stupid, they went on national tv to announce it to the world. Insane.
In other news... I saw that Tom Cruise got booted off paramount and I can't say I'm surprised, he's been really flaky lately. I also discovered that there is only one season left for Stargate SG-1... sad day :( Yeah the guys converted me to sci fi, so what? On a happy note, Desperate Housewives and Grey's anatomy start again soon and so does a new season of dancing with the stars. Nadia loves those dancing people. She gets a kick out of saying 'tony dovolani'. |
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| season finales |
[May. 18th, 2006|09:17 am] |
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| | Michael Buble - the way you look tonight | ] |
I'm not sure if here or myspace is a better place but at least I'll start here...
WARNING - VERY Random Thoughts Ahead!!!
As the season finales commence, I find myself reflecting on all the shows I'm addicted to, the people I like and dislike and the reasons they are so near and dear to my heart. I find myself attached to people. Last night it was the hippies that won the Amazing Race and even though I was happy to see them win at the end, there was something inherently sad about knowing I would probably never see them in action again. I paused and thought about all the shows and seasons I've watched. It started when I was small I suppose with Full House, Home Improvement, Who's the Boss, stupid little shows like that. Maybe my desire to see more of the characters is the reason that if I'm bored I'll catch myself watching True Hollywood Story on E!. I can trace some of my basic likes and dislikes of hollywood stars to most of these shows. I carry a grudge against characters. Kelly Monaco plays Sam McCall on one of my soaps and I just can't stand the character and the way they try to make her redeem herself so therefore I hated when she won Dancing of the Stars. I guess soap stars and characters are pretty difficult to separate because if they're bad to begin with then redeem themselves, inevitably they revert to their old ways because of some little twist in the storyline at that point in time. For this reason, I found Kelly Monaco slutty and I was definitely pro-John O'Hurley. I also noticed that I bring a little of real life drama in with my dislike. To explain, I guess we'll go back to Full House. Even though the twins weird me out with their anorexic bodies and what not, they were cute kids and I also really like everyone on the show. This could be a reason for why I dislike the new host on America's Funniest Home Videos (although I actually just find him annoying) but it also led to my dislike of Rebecca Romjin (formerly Stamos). yes, John stamos, such a complicated mind I have... I automatically sided with John Stamos and since I also don't like the character she plays on X-men I pretty much didn't want to watch her new show debut, Pepper Dennis. If not for the fact that I was watching a show before the premiere of Pepper Dennis, I probably would not be addicted now. I ended up watching 2 minutes of the show and got stuck watching. I watched intending to turn the tv off when I saw Rider Strong, of Boy meets world. And of course, since I belong to the facebook group 'I heart boy meet world' I got stuck. I think this would be an interesting case study for someone who was interested in popular culture, particularly tv shows. Or maybe I'm just strange this way... I am also facing the end of Charmed on Sunday which is also really sad for me. I almost hoped they would keep going til the kids grew up... I also really miss the people I don't see on the shows anymore like the gay guys from the first episode of the amazing race, colin and kristie from another season... these frat boys, the family with the kids who could run a 6 minute mile... chris dautry, newly rejected american idol Eliott Yamin... so sad...
Perhaps I am just a really judgemental person... even for imaginary characters. I am grateful that their drama allows me to escape my own daily drama, I can unwind and know that my problems aren't nearly as bad as having to fight demons or being in love with someone that can't or won't love me back. I don't have this perfect dream job but I have a little family and compared to those people and their screwed up lives, my relationships look just a little bit better. There also lessons to be learned (like never accidentally kill a family member)... I think sometimes the shows help me to not take my loved ones for granted. I am thankful for my life, family and friends :) |
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| great day |
[May. 16th, 2006|09:27 am] |
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| | I'm not telling... | ] |
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| | Michael Buble - summer wind | ] |
yesterday was like the best day ever. :)
I got up, got some stuff done around the place and despite the fact that it was monday, there was no real sense of dread like there was last week when my student workers were leaving me and both supervisors were here. Yesterday I had the office to myself and I listened to Michael Buble all day. I had a nice cheap lunch with Matt at home where he had a message waiting from the City of Bryan for a job interview. He said he would be happier if he got a call from A&M and amazingly enough, when we got home, he had another message for a job interview at A&M! Awesome.
I also found out that I am on the 'short' list for a job interview that is in a really cool center separate from our department but still within the college. Its the same pay but I would be away from the annoying supervisors that really make this job hell and I think it will be a little more flexible than this job. I also think that it has more room for advancement if I decide I want to do that. Also, all my favorite profs work in that center :) What made finding out even more exciting was that I found out through this prof I wasn't sure really liked me. I am really excited. Even if I don't get the job, its good that he isn't mad at me or anything like that.
Also,last year as part of my 'gift to self' for getting a job, I decided to try bare minerals as my new makeup because everything else is so heavy and I like more natural looking makeup. Anyway, I moved shortly after receiving my first shipment and they automatically enrolled me in a club where they ship me a new set of foundation and what not every 60 days. Since I moved, it took longer to receive the shipment and I kept forgetting to cancel it. I ended up with several extra foundations but I also found out that every other shipment they send free stuff like brushes or concealer which makes the price I actually pay for my foundation almost half of the retail price of $25. I don't use that much makeup so I decided I would try to sell them on ebay. My first auction was not going so great on the weekend. By yesterday morning the item had only bid up to $7.50 with the starting bid being $5. I was kind of bummed. About 2 hours before the bidding was supposed to close, all hell broke loose or something and all these crazy bidders came out of the woodwork. They bid my item up to $23! Yup, $2 below retail! I am so happy. I still have 3 more of those containers to sell so I should end up with about $100 so this is pretty awesome.
On top of everything else... I got an email from the daycare and apparently anyone who is getting a discount for the tuition will continue to receive a discount until the end of august! No new paperwork to fill out or hoping to get it again for the last few months of Nadia's stay at the daycare. I also don't have to deal with paying full price for the month during the waiting period... this saves me a little over $100 a month!
Basically, life is good. Once Matt and I get new jobs I think our lives will be perfect. Nadia is doing great. She gets tested to be in the dual language program later this week so I will probably read some spanish dr seuss to her before she goes in. I heard matt talking to his mom yesterday about how its more beneficial for nadia to be in there because she actually has relatives whose primary language is spanish but even if she were just an ordinary white kid, I think it would still be beneficial. I just don't think his parents would think that...
we also watched 2 hours of an awesome grey's anatomy and the apprentice :) and I had a cookie (and I'm on weightwatchers too)
oh and a few little updates and cuteness from nadia...
the other day I got my mother's day card and it gave me all these reasons why she loves me. Most of it was devoted to matt though! It says something like
'My mom is... a princess married to matt",
"my mom can... marry matt",
"I love my mom because she is going to marry matt",
"The thing I love to be with my mom is.. play",
"If I could get anything for my mom it would be... a crown, a dress and earrings"
"My mom says... good"
It was cute.. but mostly devoted to matt!
I also got a heart strung on a large piece of yarn that was the length of nadia's arms stretched out and at the ends of the yarn were Nadia's hands cut out of paper and it was a 'hug' for me.
So sweet :)
Sunday we went to Mi Cocina and we were trying to get her to eat beans and tortillas (I swear she can't be related to my dad who lives on beans and tortillas) and she refused. Matt ended up telling her that the jelly he put on her toast was made out of beans, trying to see if she would gross out or something and, without skipping a beat, she said 'jelly beans?' I think that was one of the funnier things she's ever said, I think the whole restaurant heard me laughing at that one. She's pretty quick sometimes :)
Also, just so everyone knows, apparently mine and Matt's wedding is also Nadia's wedding. She calls it 'our' wedding (meaning her included) and she says that at 'our' wedding we will have a chocolate fountain with marshmallows, strawberries and grapes. We will also have a chocolate cake with sprinkles and kim possible (I think I may have talked her out of kim possible though). |
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| annoyed at the world |
[May. 8th, 2006|02:31 pm] |
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I hate this job and everyone is annoying me. Tony annoyed me yesterday by being his usually annoying self. Matt annoyed me by aggreeing that tony is allowed to be annoying because I annoy him sometimes. WTF? I'm a girl, guys have no clue what its like to have a point in time where one moment you feel like crying at a stupid song and then another you feel like strangling someone for stubbing your toe. I had a conversation in my head during mass about why I could not beat Matt for that very reason. I convinced myself that it was psycho and went on with mass but I still had that little nagging feeling like I wanted to smack him. Despite my irritability, the weekend went fairly well. I was having problems sleeping. Probably because I have no desire to come to work anymore. Other than needing the money, I would probably not ever come back here ever. My student workers are gone, chelsie for the summer and kelley for 3 weeks. It is so depressing. My supervisor and dept head will be gone all day tomorrow and I have no one to share it with :(
On the up side...
I think I have determined I want to teach. At least for a couple years. I think I would really like to start my own business because I love the flexibility involved with that and I could use the summers to start my business. I would also save money by not having to put nadia in daycare for the summers. I probably won't get that taken care of until next year though so until then I am thinking that maybe a secretarial job at a school would be good. Katy and Mike think it will really suck for me since I don't really really want to do this as a living but honestly, I can't imagine anything being worse than this job. The best I can get on this career ladder is to get my supervisor's position where I would make maybe a couple thousand more a year and I would still have to work all the insane hours that teachers work only I wouldn't get any of the breaks I'd get as a teacher. That is just plain depressing. At least as a teacher there are breaks and the kids change every year. I'm stuck with the same annoying people over and over again and there is no break to look forward to ever! What kind of teacher though... that may take another year to figure out... at least I have a semi plan. I suppose getting married the same year I took a teaching job would not work so well but boy would I love to be gone from this job... |
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| trike a thon |
[Apr. 27th, 2006|11:43 am] |
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| | michael buble- sway | ] |
I posted this on myspace already but for those of you who don't check that...
The daycare announced that they will be participating in a trike a thon. Basically it means that nadia will raise money for St. Jude's Research hospital for children by riding her tricycle as many laps as possible. People can either donate a quarter or two per lap (or more) or they can give a flat donation. So far people are mostly giving flat donations (you never know if she'll hit one of those crazy tricycle frenzies and go a bunch) of like $5-$20. If you think you can get a check to me by next Thursday, let me know so I can put you down.
Its weird that being a parent does this to me... I have no shame, I am soliciting donations through a blog... does it get lower? I suppose I'll figure it out but since mostly friends read this, I don't feel as bad.... |
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| the weekend update |
[Apr. 17th, 2006|07:31 pm] |
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| | Rascal Flatts - Fast Cars and Freedom | ] |
It was a pretty long weekend. I had my interview last Wednesday and then Thursday dragged on quite a bit... Friday was nice since it was a short day. Steve's parents took Nadia for the day so Matt and I did a little personal shopping and had a pretty good time together. We had dinner with Nadia's family at Jason's deli since it was her Aunt Hannah's birthday and that was nice. :) Its good that Nadia gets to spend time with her 'other' family. They really love her and you can definitely tell she loves them too. I hope it stays like that in the future...
Before I left for dinner, I got an unexpected call from a friend I hadn't heard from in quite awhile. Kind of crazy that we just kind of picked up where we left off. I know exactly what she's going through and I think she now understands a little bit more where I'm coming from and the problems I went through when I first had Nadia. Hopefully it only makes her stronger and she makes the decision that is best for her son. Katy thinks she knows what is best but I really don't think she understands the problems that a mom to be faces... I was a little disappointed by my friends today since I found out a little information but oh well. Sorry I"m being vague but I'm striving for this to be a public entry so I'm not gonna get into specifics. Maybe on the friends only one or something...
I'm still debating on who is going to be in our wedding. I've made so many new friends and I can't imagine my wedding without my old friends from high school. Julian better show up to this major event though... not that I can criticize since I missed something major last week. I think I've made my final decision with the wedding but I don't think everyone is going to be happy about it but I guess its my day and I get to decide what goes on so THERE!
I gained half a pound this past week which sucks but I suppose it could be worse... Easter actually went well even though Nadia determined she really didn't want Oriana to stay any longer and had a breakdown when she got tired of sharing her toys. Hopefully she doesn't react the same way whenever she gets a sibling. (don't worry people, it won't be for several more years)
well I guess that's the update... not much going on, just trying desperately to get another job away from my supervisor and the insane people in our college. I don't think that interview went as well as I expected but oh well. Matt and I will play the lottery soon and maybe we'll hit it! ha, yeah right but that would be nice... |
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| bittersweet work |
[Apr. 12th, 2006|08:18 pm] |
today was a crazy day. I think I had a really great week at work until this afternoon. I scheduled two interviews for the next couple weeks. I had the first one today at lunch and I think it went really well. I don't think it went as well as Robin's but I think I was really comfortable with both of them and it would definitely be something to look forward to. I didn't get called in for an interview within the college which pisses me off cuz I know why... my bitchy supervisor... she's also the reason for the bittersweet day today... we had it out. I'd thought about the scenario before but I did not expect her to be the one to blow up. Its a crazy long story but basically it started off with me asking her if she understood something I said because I was not getting any facial cues and she blew up and said of course she understood...blah blah blah. she yelled at me and basically ordered me to sit down which I refused to do. She told me again and I just totally ignored it. First of all, I do know she is my supervisor and that she can tell me what I should do but your supervisor should not yell at you and I was not going to be treated like a small child.
Anyway, hopefully I get the job I interviewed for today, I may not even give 2 weeks notice with the way I am being treated. the B word comes to mind... but I am still fuming. I also have a computer support job that I am interviewing for next week which would be in a nice location. Its like 1/4 mile away from the house and if nadia goes to the school around the block next year, it would be super convenient! We'll see what happens though. |
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| Nadia update |
[Apr. 7th, 2006|03:29 pm] |
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she's drawing real people now. She started off drawing a circle (head) with eyes, nose and a line for a mouth and now she has made them more complicated. they have circles around the stick figure for clothes and smaller eyes and you can tell the difference between guys and girls. She has drawn matt and I complete with us holding hands, me with a ring and longer hair, very cute. I'm keeping that one. Maybe as she progresses I will keep a collection of them and we can all see how far she has come. Her rainbows did the same thing. Last year around this time, she started out with just different colored lines and now they are arcs and different colors with stuff underneath, very much improved. I think she is also speaking better. I need to work on her reading and phonics but apparently she already does well with that. I should probably attempt a little spanish as well but there is just no time in the day! I think I need a job that lets me do those sorts of things...if anyone has any ideas, let me know! |
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| lucky |
[Apr. 2nd, 2006|07:37 pm] |
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how did I get to be so lucky? Some days, weeks are more difficult than others and I take them for granted but today I am grateful. When Matt found out I was pregnant with a child that was not his to take care of, he would've had every reason to ditch me and he didn't. He went with me to ultrasound appointments and cut her umbilical cord. He has gone with us during the hardest parts of raising her, put up with me when I was the most stressed out ever... and he still loves me. That is the mark of a man you want to keep in your child's life. Meeting him was definitely God's will because I don't know many men who are made of the kind caring stuff Matt's made of. He isn't totally romantic or sentimental but he is always there when it counts, dependable and strong. I suppose I could've tried to make things work so Nadia would have her two biological parents but when a guy's first reaction is that he doesn't want you, you kind of have to take the hint and so I did. Fortunately, I didn't try to stay with him when he was still immature and irresponsible. Lately he is doing better but I can't imagine what life would've been like with he and myself trying to raise our child together. We could hardly agree on what to do with her to begin with, much less trying to make a relationship work while trying to figure out how to raise a child he didn't really want. No regrets. I am happy with the way my life has turned out so far. I found out who my real friends are and I found a man who keeps me together when I'm about to fall apart. He's what Nadia would call my 'match', we compliment each other well and no matter what anyone else might think about our relationship, I think its as good as it gets. A lot of stuff has happened recently and with his return today from his sister's wedding, I'm just being happy and grateful. I almost cried when I saw him at the airport today. A little weird and emotional even for me but Nadia and I were so excited to see him. :) |
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| missing matt |
[Apr. 1st, 2006|10:39 pm] |
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He left us on Wednesday to attend his sisters supposedly small wedding. Apparently we weren't invited because she wanted a teeny tiny wedding, some hints he dropped today and yesterday are telling me its not as small as we thought it was going to be. I'm insulted and yet he still wants to tell me about how the whole thing went and I really don't want to know. I think the problem with me and his parents is that we don't want to share him. I know they haven't seen him in forever but the wedding was on Friday, why did they need him til Sunday? I'm in the middle of this mess, trying to make major life-changing decision for my child and he has always been able to help me before. He's my rock, the one I depend on and whenever he's with his family its like I'm bothering him, even when he's the one who calls me. At least I had a few days of engaged bliss... seriously, my ring is the most gorgeous thing ever and not just because its probably worth twice as much as we intended it to be. Not only that, I loved the proposal, the randomness, the way that Nadia was included, everything. Its amazing how someone I've known for more than 5 years can still make my heart race... today was harder for me because we were suffering from a little cabin fever. Katy and Zach helped pass the day but I don't think we left the house at all in 24 hours. Fortunately, tomorrow is mass and Matt will be home in the afternoon. It hasn't helped that I watched girly movies this morning because they just made missing him even worse. I've also been emotional and stressed so everything makes me cry. I've been praying and asking for help from everywhere to make some major decisions and I haven't even gotten to work on my wedding yet! Its basically what I should consider midnight now since the whole time change thing. Tomorrow will be better. Matt will be home and all mine. I won't have to share him with anyone but Nadia. I actually cleaned the living room today. Katy and zach left and then Nadia and I went on a cleaning spree. Nadia is so good, she cleaned up in record time and I didn't hear one complaint. sorry about the randomness tonight. I'm trying to watch soaps and keep my thoughts straight and for some reason I am wide awake even though I've been tired all day. Its like I have so much to get out of my system and usually Matt and I talk before I go to bed so its hard for me now. Nadia and I are sleeping in his bed, it helps us sleep while he is not in the house. I guess I'd better join her now. |
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| quick update |
[Mar. 19th, 2006|02:54 pm] |
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its been awhile since I had a chance to keep people updated on what's been going on with me and Nadia. This past week was spring break and it was a long crazy trip. We left Wednesday morning and went to fry's to buy my new beautiful phone. ah.. I love it! Its got an mp3 player built in and its just awesome and so much less bulky than my old one. I didn't buy it from the guy that sold me on it before but oh well. We went to a few scrapbook stores and I have officially fallen in love with Wendy's bacon cheeseburger. mmmm anyway... I'll be reviewing scrapbook stores within the week to kind of keep track of where I've been and which ones I really like since that was a good portion of this week. We stayed at Tim's place in Austin the first night. It was nice to hang out with Claudia. I really need more hispanic valley friends here in town because we laugh about the same things like our culture and family. Its weird how I can relate to pretty much anyone from back home about stuff from those crazy blonde highlights (oh btw, I now have highlights, they were free cuz I won them in a drawing so that makes them even cooler) to gypsy king music. Claudia and I talked about everything except what my bridesmaid dress is gonna be for her and Tim's wedding.
The next day was Thursday and we woke up kind of early since we were basically on the floor from the air mattress deflating in the middle of the night. But its all good, you can't complain too much when you get a free place to stay. Plus it was good to get an early start especially since there was this massive traffic accident just south of where we were in south austin. It was a pretty nasty wreck, so like most concerned citizens, we took pictures. lol. I think I now understand why Ada and her husband do that, its just so interesting. I guess its human nature. We went down to San Marcos to go outlet mall shopping and stopped by a scrapbook store a few exits away from there. Pretty nice, got some cool stuff that was half off. I love matt sometimes. He really did put up with quite a bit this weekend, especially since we visited like 8 scrapbook stores over the course of 4 days. Amazing. Enough said.
The outlet mall was fun, I was a little drained especially after I found out my dad wouldn't be able to make it to visit us but oh well. I got to do lots of shopping, bought me and Nadia some cute sandals. I think next time I'm going to star all the places I really want to go to. It was nice to be at least a little spontaneous for once though. I wish Katy had been with us that whole weekend though because I found out she wanted to go out there but she didn't realize we were out there. I totally thought about her too when I saw the pottery barn outlet store. Crazy since when we saw her later that evening she asked if there was one. Anyway, finished up the shopping and made our way to Katy's family ranch. Its really cute now. I hadn't been over there since we went to Philmont my senior year in high school. The house looks pretty amazing for something they built from scratch. Like they said, it still needs some work but it is progressing quite nicely. Nadia really enjoyed PJ, their dog, who I remember as just a small puppy. The years go by so quickly! I think Nadia is at the age where I want her to stop growing. If she could stay 4 forever I would be happy. She's so perfect, so smart, so wonderful!!
We went to fiesta texas on Friday and it was a little overcast but that was definitely better than the summer heat that I remember. We saw a couple shows but my favorite was definitely the country one. The guys sang a little too high for our taste in the first two and none of the singers in them were nearly as good as the last. Nadia enjoyed getting wet on the one ride that allowed us to do so but we nixed the idea when she wanted to do it later that evening because it was pretty chilly. She went on a ton of rides and even drove her own bumper car. It is so much fun watching her learn to do things on her own. She also behaved quite well. We did the swings and carousel together and since my sisters were there, Matt had someone to ride rollercoasters with. I think Lori got the worst end of the deal when she was on the wagon ferris wheel which ended up taking 20 minutes but when you wait for the last ride of the day that's what you get! It was definitely worth the trip especially since we paid half of the regular ticket price using this website my aunt told me about. The only bad stuff was that my mom lost her phone and no one returned it (she suspended her service til she gets a new one) and they made matt and I go back because we had pocket knives. I had no idea security was so tight at theme parks.
We ended up leaving Saturday instead of Sunday like we originally planned because of some stuff my mom had to help out with at church. We ended up at the mall near fiesta texas (after we got 'lost' in boerne looking for a scrapbook store). We need to head back to downtown boerne with katy sometime since she probably knows the area best. The mall we were at is a newer one they just built and its outdoors. Wow, its awesome. Matt didn't mind shopping because he and nadia could play at the water fountains and there were all sorts of stores out there. I think it has become one of my favorite malls and I found a bare escentuals store which I hadn't seen yet. They also had a pretty big bath and body works. Afterwards, my mom and sisters left and we set out for 4 or 5 more scrapbook stores. I think that took like 3 hours before we finally got dinner at wendys (for the 3rd time this weekend) and headed back. The gps system actually came in handy since I didn't have to map out everywhere we wanted to go. It caused a few headaches a couple times but it wasn't anything we couldn't solve with a phone call.
It was nice to get home. Today has been pretty quiet. All of us have pretty much kept to ourselves. I've caught up on most of my shows, Nadia's been enjoying the peace and Matt has been catching up on his computer game. steve's getting Nadia tomorrow and Matt works the evening shift so I will probably have a quiet evening tomorrow as long as tony leaves me alone so hopefully I will get more scrapbooking done since I bought all the supplies. I was really in search of the prima mulberry got flowers this weekend and I never found them :( They are the cutest things ever. I have lots of work to do this week but hopefully it'll go by quickly and it'll be the weekend again soon! Now its time to play a princess board game with Nadia since she has been begging me to play it all day! |
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| quick recap |
[Feb. 19th, 2006|10:38 pm] |
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great weekend... yesterday was pretty dreary and boring but today was pretty great.
Went to a bridal show with Vitia, lots of food, found out lots of good information, got registered for lots of doorprizes or whatever. I almost wish I was planning to get married here. I got home and caught Matt and Nadia just as they were heading out the door to shop for my gift so I went with them and lost myself in the mall. Spent $6 on more pants for work. Yeah, massive clearance at NY&Co and my favorite pants were only $6! Awesome! Also went to bath and body works where I got Nadia some blue glitter nail polish which I will use as a reward when she is good. I love being the mommy of a cute baby. Also had a smoothie that I ended up sharing with Nadia. She'd already had most of Matt's but I didn't mind sharing. Watched a little girl get her ears pierced. I am glad Nadia had hers pierced as a baby, she didn't really want to change them out and people could tell she was a girl even when she didn't have so much hair. I also did a beautiful scrapbook page tonight. Its for a friend, I really hope she likes it cuz I spent hours on one page and its still not done. Watched good old sunday night tv, almost caught up on the soaps. After we left Nadia with Steve we ran into them again at HEB and Matt cooked me some awesome fish. It was a very nice (healthy) dinner. Nadia also apparently stood up for herself at the mall playground. Matt says she was not a pushover when some little girl wanted her to take off her shoes and get out of her way when jumping on these frogs they have over there. I was very proud. I'm glad she's toughening up.
On a sadder note...
I got several phone calls from my dad this morning, one in the middle of church which was really embarrassing but was also scary. I was sort of scared one of my grandparents passed away but they are all fine. However, he did let me know that my godfather passed away. I haven't seen him since I graduated from high school but I remember stories and he was really nice to me. I really did like him when I saw him. I still need to call my godmother. He had a lot of heart problems. I think my dad said he had like 8 bypasses so it was probably his time. I think it was a heart attack. Wow, I write like a little kid but its late (for me) and I still don't have my makeup off.
nite. |
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| macaroni & cheese |
[Feb. 16th, 2006|08:49 pm] |
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Nadia made macaroni and cheese today. Almost made it by herself, but she put the macaroni in the water and stirred it. Then she added milk after I drained the water and she put cheese in that I cut for her and stirred it all up to make her macaroni. She kept wanting to add more cheese. It was pretty funny but she's a cook now! oh and I took lots of pictures |
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| nadia's funny thing of the day |
[Feb. 15th, 2006|08:41 pm] |
today it was funny...
we were in zach's car and she asked zach to open the top and he said 'the sunroof?' and she said 'the sun isn't out now'
funny when she said it |
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| another mini breakthrough |
[Feb. 15th, 2006|08:09 pm] |
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| | calm | ] |
I was pretty upset when I left the house because around 6:45 I got a phone call from the dentist's office saying that they were cancelling our appointment because they made a mistake putting her appointments so close together. Even though I asked 3 different people at the office and they couldn't call me when I was still at work. I was stressed out trying to get everything done, made arrangements for the day off and today we would've gone to that $1 basketball night if Matt hadn't needed to take the evening shift to be with nadia in the morning... then I found out that all the girls in the wedding that I am supposed to be in this July had already chosen and ordered their dresses and I had no clue. Plus they are ordering from david's bridal and if I'd been informed I would've ordered mine in Houston when I was there this past weekend... pretty irritating. But it actually doesn't bother me now. Its weird that I am not venting, just recounting. Zach and Nadia helped me put everything into a different perspective and I'm completely calm. I'm gettin a note from the dentist so I'll still take the morning off since we were supposed to be with her and I had things that needed to get done. Anyway so I've calmed down and I'm actually not concerned about any of the mess. It'll all be fine. I'll lose weight before the wedding and look great. Maybe I won't order the dress for a couple months anyway, just so I don't have to alter it. (wishful thinking). I'm actually really determined this time so I'm happy with myself. Yeah another breakthrough and it didn't even take a drink :) |
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| feelin good |
[Feb. 15th, 2006|06:25 pm] |
I'm taking tomorrow off to stay with Nadia after she gets the rest of her teeth taken care of so yay me. Today was a little hectic there near the end but I got through it :) I'm also happy with myself because I've managed to stay on the plan for losing weight for the past couple days and done really well. I know its kind of early to get so excited but the first week is usually the hardest so I am well on my way :) Now we're off to basketball practice with Nadia |
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| purpose of blogging/my journal |
[Feb. 15th, 2006|10:34 am] |
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| | annoyed | ] |
Now I completely understand why my cousin has a disclaimer on top of her journal. I had someone tell me today that blogging is nothing more than just talking bad about people in front of them and that they are bad. I don't think I have ever heard that interpretation from anyone. Can someone tell me the purpose of blogging? I don't think there is any set thing that they are for, I guess we could both be right but I took it as a personal insult because it was basically disapproval over something that is my personal journal. Another friend says its her rants, random thoughts, etc. That's basically what this is. Its my vents, my rants, my randomness. There is a lot of Nadia and Matt thrown in to keep friends up dated but what I think is the nicest deal is that I don't have to rant to one person to get this out of my system. One person does not have to listen to this but its still out of my system. People can skim over the crap rants if they want or they can read on. Unless you know me pretty well you don't know who I'm talking about. Some days I don't even put a first name in there. If I have to vent, I have to vent and people can just get over it. As my cousin puts it, this is MY journal and I'm not going to deal with all that drama about it. I'll use friends only or private entries if I want but I really don't have anything to hide. If you don't want to read, don't and just stay out of it. |
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| update from weekend and valentine's day |
[Feb. 14th, 2006|08:18 pm] |
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| | excited about baby showers | ] |
I guess I'll start with today. I don't think it was much of a valentine's day for anybody. I know our day was pretty hard. I got up early, accidentally almost left an hour earlier and then took Nadia to the dentist. She seemed ok after they filled 3 of her 6 cavities. She was acting a little drunk though. As soon as she got out of the room, she hugged both me and matt and said 'I love you' "i love you' and then 'happy valentines day' really woozy n stuff. We bought her some small roses which she loved. She tried to run in albertson's where we had her prescriptions filled and almost fell over a couple times. lol. It was hilarious. The entire thing took about 3 hours. That left matt about an hour to drop me off, get him and Nadia fed and him to work with her. She watched movies in his office all day long and didn't feel well enough to go to her party. It was kind of sad but she enjoyed her day with Matt. On thursday I am taking the day off. Unfortunately the day at the office was pretty hectic. Robin had a horrible time with her garage door not opening and we had one prof being particularly pesty by not reserving a room and then kicking out someone I reserved a room for... I got most of what I needed to get done though. Nadia and I had a relaxing evening. It was kind of sad not to spend the day with Matt but we had a nice dinner yesterday night when steve took Nadia away for the evening.
This weekend was fun. We spent lots of time shopping, didn't buy too much but we had fun ice skating in the galleria. I had a great time with Becky & Mike, we haven't gotten much time to spend together since they moved to houston. She is an excellent cook and it was great that Nadia got to see both of them again. I found some cute shoes at the disney store that I almost bought Nadia but I held back. I also went to Crabtree and Evelyn where not only did I find some tea that I actually like but it was also on sale! We also found the coolest store where little girls could make their own body glitter, lipgloss and other stuff. It was awesome! Nextdoor was the apple store where I didn't really want to go but I actually ended up buying some software for Nadia. She sat down and just got glued to this one program called Ditti and Ditto. Its rare to find something like that so I bought it for her and she really impressed us with how well she manipulates a mouse and how smart she is in general. We met up with Zach at the galleria which allowed me and becky some girl time since Katy was at a baby shower. We also did a gift exchange with Becky and Mike, she loved her season of the Muppets and I am looking forward to using my DVD writer soon. It was the only thing left on my computer that needed to be replaced. Overall it was a pretty relaxing weekend.
I've also been on this wedding kick all weekend or ever since I talked to my friend having a baby in September. Katy gave me some ideas about what I could do for her baby shower and now both of us want to throw one. I guess I also started thinking about a friend of mine who is having a baby since today is her birthday. Someone reminded me about her today because somehow we ended up talking about a visit we made out to dallas/denton to see her. Katy also let me know about Cheney shooting his friend because she was driving through Sarita when it happened. Kinda crazy... |
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| the weekend & the ring |
[Feb. 5th, 2006|08:06 pm] |
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| | happy | ] |
the weekend went quite well. After a long week of travel arrangements and annoying people, I finally made it to the weekend. We got to relax and Friday I think was probably the most interesting day which I guess we will get back to later...
Saturday we got up late and spent the majority of the day with Katy and Zach. We all took Nadia to the park and I went to the bank to get my debit card stuff straightened out. Nadia really enjoyed herself and I think Zach enjoyed playing with Matt's rocket that I gave him for christmas. Today was also a pretty calm day. We had breakfast with Katy, Zach, Mary Helen and Randy. The guy who makes the omlets at Golden Corral is pretty awesome, I was totally impressed, he made an egg white omlet for the woman in front of me in less than 5 minutes. Anyway... it looks like next weekend we may take Zach with us to Houston since we're planning to go to some of our favorite shopping places and to visit Mike & Becky and Katy will be over there for Celine's baby shower.
As for the ring...
Well we finally got one for him to give me. The actual proposal is probably awhile off but anyway, here is the story...
Earlier in the week we heard about this store having a liquidation sale. I found out a little bit more about it and apparently the store owner died and his kids are selling the business. They had most of the stuff half off and so matt and I planned to go over to the store during lunch on Friday when the store opened. We went and the line was so long we ended up skipping the trip til after work. Matt took Nadia and since they looked at everything first, we got in ahead of everyone else in line and looked at their ring selection. They had some loose diamonds and some engagement ring settings. Matt had a couple rings that he liked initially but when we looked at the settings up close, I narrowed them down pretty quickly. I don't know much about rings or diamonds so he kind of freaked out when I even looked at some of the more expensive ones. It made things better that everything was half off the price marked. We both ended up stumped between two rings, one that looks like this one: http://www.solomonbrothers.com/Search/JewelrySearchDetails.asp?sSKU=77447
and another that looks very similar but has a different type of spot for the center diamond to go into and there is no heart in the middle because the setting is different. It is hand engraved platinum and the two side diamonds equal a quarter carat. We also got a matching wedding band and it was so surreal to actually pick them out, say we liked them and he just paid for them. It kind of took away the whole romantic mystery of buying an engagement ring but it was ok because everything was so surreal. There are no words really and the nice thing was that we had no buyers remorse even though we were a little nervous, not knowing much about the rings or jewlers but looking online we got a helluva deal. I called a bunch of people about it but still no proposal... but its progress :) |
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