Long Time

I haven't been on here in a very long time. Today is my first day off in a VERY long time as well. I got off last night at midnight. I actually slept in until past 11 AM. WHOOT! Currently, I'm reading "I Hope They Serve Beer in HELL" Tucker Max. Pretty funny stuff. He's awful, but funny. If you are sensitive, don't read this book, you need a strong sense of humor to laugh at his writing.

I just finished all three The Lord of the Rings books, loved them of course.

I also think I've decided that I do want to stay in child care the rest of my life. I think it's my calling. Which in turn, now I can go back to school because I know what I want to take. :-) Few more months of making sure and I'm in.

Rich and I are also going to TRY to learn Spanish. Kind of hard because my hearing, the pronunciation is hard for me to get. Hopefully it won't be as hard as it seems.

I'll try and write more, thanks Jhani for sending me the invite to read yours, I had forgotten all about this.

Y&T

Excited for this weekend. Friday night Rich and I get a night alone at the Ranch together and then Sat. my parent-in-laws come up and we're going to see Y&T Saturday night. I'm REALLY EXCITED!
I'm also getting excited to go across the United States (my favorite place on Earth). I want to bring a journal and document my favorite places so one day I can come back to them. And just to document my fav. cities and all the states I hit on the way so I remember. I'm not good with my geography, so I forget where I've been and how I got there. lol
I'm EXCITED!

Giants and Steph

So the Giants won in the 13th inning yesterday. WHOOT! That made me happy. I went and saw Star Trek with my momma, and LOVED IT! That made me happy. Although the movie popcorn with tons of extra butter flavoring wasn't a good idea. I've been sick ever sense. It makes me sick everytime but I can't help myself. This time I really did it bad, I ate an extra large to myself. I'm so sick today. I didn't even walk the dogs I was supposed to today. I've been nausious and had the runs for a full day now. BLAH!
Oh, so my niece Steph is amazing: she won ALL her playoff games and is going to the Championship! SO EXCITING! Everyone pray for her and hope she takes the cake. It's exciting. I'm bummed because her CHAMPIONSHIP game is while I'm at work. BLAH!!!
Okay, I'm talking to two of my sister in laws on the AIM, so I'm out. Hope I feel better.

Happy!

Okay, I worked really hard today: I took on two extra jobs, it went 5 dogs, then 2 kids for hours, and then an extra kid job called on me last minute with 2 more kids, one was really sick, which is always hard. She's adorable though and they are really good kids so it was a good way to end the night. But I was working from this morning and walked in the door from work at 10:30 at night.
Although, here comes the happy parts which WAY out weigh the hard work:

• I made a lot of extra money, which we need
• My nieces team won (she's in the playoffs right now)
• The Giants won :-)
• And I came home to my husband making me pasta with meat sauce (which I've been craving forever)
  
• And now Rich is chillin' playing poker with Jru
• I'm full and happy and about to go and chill on my own and read a book that I'm loving!

Doesn't get better then that.
All in all: HAPPY!

Giants

I've been following the Giants really close this year (don't know why I ever fell out of following them, only for a few seasons though, Rich distracted me, I swear). And all I have to say is that Lincecum and Ishikawa are both rookies but they're going to be amazing this year. And of course Bengie Molina is as always doing awesome. Also, Randy Winn played a few awesome right field plays the other night. Tonights win just made me so dang happy. Let alone we just won the series against our rivals, THE DODGERS, which I hate. So that was a good thing. Giants are going to do well this season, but the Dodgers actually have a pretty strong team this year too, unfortunatly. But we won the series, WHOOOT! Come on rooks this year. And Molina baby, WHOOOOWWW!

House

We put a bid on a house a couple days ago. Pretty scary stuff. EXCITING, yet really scary. She could deny it and it would all be over just like that, or she (she, being the owner of the house currently) could last second decide not to sell, or give it to her grand kids or something.
I'm praying it goes through. It's a great little started house for me and the hubby. It's a two bedroom, 1.5 bath. It's really cute. It has a sun room as well. Which Rich has changed to the "Poker/smoking/laundry room" for friends and such; well, the laundry of course isn't for friends, that's definitely my area. haha.
It's so scary though.
The house needs a ton of work, but that's what we're willing to do. It's a little smaller then we wanted but once again, it's just the two of us and we would be owning something. I'm exciting about it, too excited about it. I'm trying so hard not to get my hopes up but I can't help it. I'm going crazy waiting for that phone to ring.
Okay, IF we did get it here are some of the things we would have to do:
There is lava rock outside and we want grass so 1.) Dig up the rocks and plant and grow grass
2.) We also want some cement or slab part for a table or something, so putting stone or whatever also.
3.) Paint the whole place
4.) Rip up the main bathroom and re-do the whole thing
5.) New carpet
6.) Half bathroom has carpet right now (YUCK) so we have to rip that up and put some linoleum
7.) Put a little fence around the yard for the doggies.
Oh, forgot to mention, it's also scary because even if this lady excepts are offer, we still have to get approved for the park. It's a little gated community area, with a pool and a little library and a gazebo area, with tables and a room you can rent for parties. Indoor hot tub and sauna. So you have to get 'accepted' into the community. AHHH! Okay, I need to stop, or else I'm going to cry. WISH US LUCK PLEASE!

Hungry

I'm so hungry but only junk sounds good right now! A bag of popcorn with half a cube of butter for instance... Okay, off to TRY and make something healthy.

Giants

I'm going to a Giants exhibition game this Sunday. I'm really excited. My boss works for a company that she gets lots of bonus' and I got 4 tickets at $73.84 a pop! Plus two $30 parking passes. I'm so excited. I usually take the train and sit in nose bleeds because I love going to the game and I'm not rich. I'm so lucky and also very appriciative. :-) I can't wait I want it to be game time NOW!
Also, Danny and Krystle, who have been together for 9 years and have two beautiful boys, got married today. They are also coming to California for two weeks, I CAN'T WAIT! I haven't seen my brother Danny in over 4 years. Not only that, but Krystle as well, plus I get to meet my nephews. I met the eldest one when he was an infant, but he's a 4 year old boy now. I'M SO EXCITED!!! I can't wait, I want time to pass quickly but then again I want it to go slow once I'm doing the things I love!
I'm SO HAPPY!

Sun

The sun is shining and nothing bad has happened today but I feel so stressed! I don't really know why. I'm paying bills right now and most of the time that can make me stressed but, I feel like some awful happened and that isn't so. Hope the day gets better. I have my nieces softball game to take her too and cheer her on, so I'm hoping that helps my mood a bit as well. Erika and Rich are going to be there too. :-) We'll have fun, I hope! Sunshine help my mood!!!

Yummmmmm

Pizza, ranch, and an ice cold Coca-Cola. YUMMMMYY! The lunch of champions. haha.
Tomorrow is Rich's birthday, whoot. Hope it's a good one!

Will Be Back Soon

I know, I know. I need to be on here more. Things have been crazy and all my down time lately has been spend reading. I've read a ton of books in the last two weeks, and I still have a ton on my list to get to. Never ending. As for the wedding, that is done for. Instead, we're buying a house, which hopefully, will become a home. :-) Getting very exciting and very scary. It feels like this year has been a lot of grown-up choices and a lot of confusion. Too much adult life for me. Need some good ol' beach and baseball time (although the weather has not permitted). Outdoors, I'm ready for you!
I'll write again soon!

Crushed!

I just kind of got a bad blow of news, but whatever. I'm getting a cold and I have to go to work in 30 minutes and don't really want to. It's short time though, and not really a big deal. 

Alright, that's all the bitching for me, although that news is REALLY crushing!

Motel

I'm at the motel getting ready for the Parole Hearing tomorrow. A little nervous to look the guy who beat my father to death in the eye! Hope all goes as it should...
Although it's not a time to be happy, I'm a little excited to see Patrick. We're going to drink some Corona's and lime tonight. It's already almost 12 AM he's still miles out and we have to be at Corcoran Prison at 7:30 AM. I'm still excited though, and Dustin is with him, and he's HILARIOUS and really nice... Should be fun today and draining tomorrow. Wish me strength and luck, I'm going to need both!

Don't Know...

Don't know who wrote this but it's great:
Be the kind of woman that when your feet
hit the floor each morning
the devil says
"Oh Crap, She's up!"

Shake N Bake

I'm craving Shake N Bake. Rich and I bought this imitation kind of the store about a month ago and it was BOMB, well... We went to get more today but from a different store and they had there own imitation of Shake N Bake for 4 bucks cheaper then real Shake N Bake and we bought it, but it looks and smells like it's going to SUCK and now I want real Shake N Bake, or the imitation one that we bought the first time. SHAKE N BAKE SOUNDS SOOOOO GOOOD RIGHT NOW! Mmmhhh, but we are having a fruit combo with it: Fresh cut watermelon, honeydew (sp), cantaloupe, and green grapes. YUMMY! And I cut them all up myself just a few minutes ago... I can't wait, but still wishing I had Shake N Bake (or an imitation that actually tastes good).

Puke and Sunshine

Well, as I sat down to write, I was puked all over by a dog. That just made my day, now I can FULLY enjoy this sunny day!
Anyway, speaking of puke this weekend was NUTS! We had a party on Friday night which was crazy and then a party on Saturday night that was even more so crazy. I mean, a lot of fun, but Sunday and Monday entailed a ton of cleaning. I mean, scrubbing puke off of counters and bathtubs and other RANDOM places around the house. I didn't get sick, I actually didn't even get drunk, I was more just taking care of other people. I had to hide a few phones from drunk dialler's and constantly cleaning more puke and then wrestling keys out of completely smashed peoples hands. It was fun for a while, and then all that started. BLAH! But it was good in the sense that Monday I did a deep clean on the house that was needed anyway. The couch cover got washed and all the guest blankets and the vacuum was finally emptied and much much more. It was nuts! As for this week, so far so good. Monday was relaxing after all the cleaning, I love having a nice clean home.
Tonight is going to be fun, because I get my nieces (Erika and Stephanie) and we're headed to the science fair. I LOVE THE SCIENCE FAIR! I won first place in middle school, so I'm excited to go and see my nieces school projects, see how they com pair. ;-)
What else... There has been a LOT going on. I found out that the next parole hearing is coming up, not excited for that. Why the bastard that murdered my father even gets a chance baffles and frustrates me, but that's the way things work. I'm more for the whole, "Eye for an Eye, and maybe an extra toe too" deal (I just made that up, but it works for me).
Hmmm. The whole wedding thing is getting nuts too! AHHH! I feel so much pressure. I wanted to have invitations out by now because I have a lot of people that need plane tickets soon, and we haven't even ordered or picked them yet! LORD HELP ME!
Okay, back to dishes and maybe even some video games can be snuck into the agenda (considering I have maybe other things like getting wedding stuff taken care of, SNEAKING is the correct word). Well, maybe I'll be responsible today...

Certain People!!!

So, around my little apartment neighborhood, everyone generally gets along. We're mostly all young around here and we all hang out together. The people who LIVE around here are really respectful and only come and bum on your couch when you're in a mood where you want guest to hang for a while. Well, some of the neighbors new friends don't get it! Sometimes Rich and I just want time to ourselves and there is a new friend in town who is here every night. And even if we try and be nice and keep doing what we were doing (like, Rich playing his online games and me catching up on my emails and just relaxing on my own), he just stays and doesn't stop talking. It's like he's oblivious that we have other shit to do. Or every once in a while a night alone. Lord, give me patients. I just want to scream, "SHUT UP AND GO AWAY!" But I'm trying to be cool because he doesn't live here and he'll eventually go home. WELL, to my surprise, he plans on living here. LORD HELP ME!!! AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! I don't want to be rude, but I'm going to have to lay down some boundaries. I just needed to vent on here first before I lash out on him unexpectedly. Thank God for being able to vent.

Productive

Today was really productive. Color laundry is all done (for tonight), I organized and cleaned out our filing cabinet. I organized the fridge front, and the inside of the freezer. I cleaned out on top of the printer, and on top of the entertainment center. I also organized some pictures I needed to take care of, and also my junk drawer (which is no longer filled with junk).
I also finally tried a McChicken. Not that productive, but tasty.
My mouth is still all messed up, and in a lot of pain, I don't know what is going on with it. Food is hard to enjoy with a hurt mouth. Rinsing with salt water doesn't seem to be doing the trick, but I hope it's at least helping.
I got to hang out with a great friend of mine that I've been missing dreadfully. The reason we hung out wasn't a good one, we saw each other because of a bad occurrence, but it was still really nice hanging out with her.
Hmm. What else... I think that is about it, I guess it felt more productive then it really was. Well I'm proud of myself anyway. Oh, and I haven't smoked in 5 days or so.
Excited for my work out tomorrow, and hopefully I keep working on the apt. or other things that need done like I did today. Won't be working on my wedding guest list for a while considering my mom has a trip that she's going on, so it will be about a week and half until that gets touched. Maybe I could call Katie to help me, only problem with that is I can't hear very well over the phone and spelling of names and address' SUCKS over the phone because I ALWAYS hear it wrong. They say: Spelling St. I hear: Telling St. Never know what I'm going to get. lol. I really hope my mom will just come and help me in person before it's too late.
Okay, good night world, hope my day tomorrow is as 'get 'er done' as today!

Still...

Still feel like crap, but yesterday wasn't as bad as I thought. I had that personal trainer, and it was great. I'm SOOO sore today, but the work out wasn't as hard as I thought even though I was sick. I damn near passed out during the work out, but it was awesome.
Although today, I was really sick. I still went to work but I went for a walk with the dogs and couldn't breath, so today was the first day in 4 days that I missed the gym. I'm bummed that I missed my streak, but I'll pick it back up tomorrow (assuming I feel better).
One of my good friends, who lives a-far seems to be very upset, I'm hoping she's okay, and I hope she knows she's loved. I love you Manda Panda!
I'm listening to Rich jam some country on guitar, my happy place. :-) I'm feeling cloudy headed because I'm sick, but I still feel chill. I hope tomorrow runs smoothly. My Wednesdays and Thursdays are going to be jammed packed tight with the gym in there now. Tomorrow is going to be a rush! I have dogs at certain times, and then the gym/shower and then the boys. All of it is within a certain time. If it were more spread out it would be less stressful but everyday I do it with a bit of a rush and then at days end I feel confident about the next week, until it arrives. Then I worry again about my schedule. Weeks roll past so fast now a-days.
Well, I'm being rushed to get off the computer now, so good night all!

Crap

I feel like crap. I think I have a sinus infection, my head is pounding, my jaw (for some reason unbeknownst to me) and my gums hurt. I have that personal trainer for an hour today, and I'm still sore from yesterday. He's going to whip-my-butt into shape, but when you don't feel well, you especially don't want to be doing really intense work outs. AH! Someone, anyone, wish me luck! I sure hope I feel better.

Sore

I am SORE! Johnald and I started going to the gym five days a week for an hour a day and man, I'm sore. I felt fine yesterday but today a personal trainer worked with me for a while and WHEW: it was tough. He's working with me tomorrow for a full hour (for free). I'm terrified. Johnald did his personal trainer hour today and he wound up working so hard he puked. I'm scared! Just the short time I had a trainer today was tough. I was already tired from running a mile then biking up hill for an hour and then doing other various work outs, then he walked up and made me do some TOUGH stomache workouts. I'm scared for tomorrow, and I'm SORE!
Other then that, New Years was great. We had a lot of fun.
I've been working a ton on the wedding stuff lately. The wedding is only 5.5 months away and I feel like there is still soooo much to do. I'm trying to get my mommy to help me with my guest list but she's dang near impossible to get to come over and focus with me. She's a social butterfly. Let alone NONE of my girls have there dresses yet! The guys already know what they're doing and just need to purchase them; but us girls are way behind. Hope it all gets done soon.
Rich's MRI was finally cleared, thank goodness. He's been back at work but has been in far too much pain to stay the whole day through. It's been rough on him. Hopefully with a MRI we get some answers.
Well, welcome to 2009 all and hope it's a great one. It's a busy one for me, and apparently a sore one!