Making Memories Last

I have many on my list!

2012-02-07T08:46:00.000-08:00

My kids make me laugh. While watching The Hannah Montana Movie, I made a comment that Miley's lead guy (Lucas Till) is a hottie. The "Y"s comment was " Mom you have a lot of guys! You have like 5 guys on your list!" LOL! I usually call them my boyfriends. (Don't I wish!!) So my current boyfriends are

Lucas Till

Taylor Lautner

Channing Tatum

Paul Walker

Ryan Reynolds

Matt Bomer

Sportacus (From Lazy Town. He can do like 11 different kind of push ups!) watch the video it will show you some of them.

Actually, Sportacus is more like an old boyfriend LOL, but I still like that he can do a lot of push ups.

Oh shoot! I have already passed the 5 she thinks I have. LOL! I laugh at this, but i'm starting to think that maybe I shouldn't call them my boyfriends. What if she starts thinking it's ok to have that many boyfriends! Yeah, that would not be good.

Just to clear things up, cause there is always someone that needs things cleared up, I do NOT have many boyfriends. I have only been with one man and that is the father of my children. Ok now that it's cleared up. I will give all the ladies some more Eye Candy from my Pinterest Board :) Enjoy ladies.

On a somewhat same note, I tend to answer some odd questions. The "Y" came to me this morning asking me why the bird (Puffin), on Happy Feet 2, blew bubbles threw it's nose? We saw this movie last Saturday and it was cute - not as cute as the first one, but still cute. I'm wondering why in the world are they asking me these questions today that you would normally think they would ask that day or the following. But then again, I'm not the fastest person on reacting either - so maybe their slowness is hereditary on my behalf. It's totally possible.

So my answer to that question was "You know how you make bubbles with your mouth? Well, he has a crack on his beak with staples so his bubbles can't go all the way to his mouth they come out of his nose." That probably wasn't the best answer and probably not fully true, but it made sense to her.

I thought that would be the end of that, but turns out even though it made sense to "Y" it didn't make sense to "XX". She asked "If Gill (from Finding Nemo) has a crack on his fin, how come he doesn't blow bubbles through there?" LOL

So my answer to that, other than saying, "WHAT!?" and doing a weird face. Was to say, "Gill's fin is scratched not cracked or broken." Not a great answer either, but like I mentioned above, I'm not really a quick thinker LOL.

Oh my silly kids! I do love them though. Love them lots!

Pinterest Monday... Great Sayings

2012-02-06T16:48:00.000-08:00

If you know me, you know that I have a favorite site. It's called Pinterest. It's basically a site that you can "pin" things like a cork board. You can create many boards with different categories. I have been addicted to this site for quite some time. It has some really cool things on there that other people "pin" and I "repin" onto my boards. I have actually created a few things that I have "pinned". Brings out the creative person in me.

Today I found three quotes that I really like and want to share them on here. I figured since I'm sharing these I could just make Mondays - Pinterest Mondays. I'll give you a sneak peek at my addiction.

I completely agree with this. I think that if you are impressing someone, you are not the real you. You are trying to be someone you are not and in return will not be happy. Open your eyes because I think you might be too busy worrying about what they think you should be, that you can't see that you can be happy with who you have around you. There may be no need for you to impress anyone. If you feel the need to impress, you are around the wrong people b/c your true friends and people who care about you do not care about all that stuff that you feel the need to fake.

There are times in life when we think being with someone is what we need, but in reality - you don't need someone who expects you to do things for them and just ends up walking all over you. There are times we just need to let go.

In the final analysis, it is between you and God.

There is also a blog that I saw that really made me smile. The post is titled... 25 Things I Want My Son To Know.

Click on the picture to go to the blog

For me Monday is just another day. A day to spend with my kids, a day to learn from my mistakes, a day to be a better me. So I will try to enjoy it, just like the other days in the week.

So good, so far

2012-02-03T13:53:00.000-08:00

No salgo de una para entrar a otra.
Sheesh these last two weeks have been harsh on my body. About two weeks ago my body was full of hives. I think I might have had some bad shrimp and became allergic to it?? I'm not quite sure because I have never been allergic to anything. Much less shrimp. I love shrimp. I make shrimp dinners at my casa often. So needless to say, I was bummed out and freaking out too! I've been taking Benedryl (and taking naps because it makes me super drowsy), but the hives are not fully gone. They fade and then come right back a few hours later. Sigh... So yeah, I've been dealing with those (still today) and now I am sick. I have stuffy nose, runny nose (not sure how that works), sore throat and my eyes are watery all the darn time. And since sharing is caring! I got my kids sick. Yeah, very nice. smh.

You know, even though I don't feel so great this week has been quite productive for me. My house looks decent, my kids have been helping with the chores, XX even turned in her homework early (she thought it was Friday yesterday - luckily she had finished it), Y has been reading her 4 chapters so she can reach her AR goal, we've had more meals here at home with Y helping me out, and the laundry - that neverending story- is almost done!! Yay for me! I feel like I'm on track with my resolution for this year.

PLUS, this week I lost 4lbs! It might be because I'm sick, but still. I'm closer to the weight I want to be. haha!

My brother commented yesterday that I should get sick more often LOL! - Don't you just love brothers :o)

It has been a good week.... now hoping for a great weekend.

Feb. 1st... My New Years Resolution Begins

2012-02-01T10:40:00.000-08:00

Normally I would create a New Years Resolution on New Years Day and try to start it and follow thru as much as I could, BUT this year things started off a bit slow for me. I created my resolutions mid January and now I will be starting it and hoping to fully go thru with it.

Here is what I have put on my resolution list. (I figure the more I have the chances are higher of completing more LOL)

*Keep my house looking decent
There are days that it doesn't look so great and some that it looks worse :/ I need to find a system that works to maintain my house looking decent. It is also important for me to get the kids more involved so they can grow up with a habit of cleaning up after themselves.

*Home cooked meals
I usually say that "I don't know how to cook". In reality I do know how, it's just that my menu isn't that long. I have been wanting for many years to learn how to make different meals for my family that way I can also teach my kids. I don't want them to have to struggle with making meals and I would like for it to be something fun we can all do together, even XE. Boys have to learn to cook too! Part of the plan of learning how to cook is to make one meal per week out of my cookbooks. Something different and hopefully yummy.

*Loosing Weight
I believe this is the most common resolution, but it is one that I also need to deal with. I have to get myself to a weight that I am comfortable with. I have always had self esteem issues and gaining weight has not helped. I don't want to get to point where I am obsessed with my weight, but would like to lose at least 20-30lbs this year. I have 11 months to get to that goal. I plan on doing more activities with the kiddos (like bike riding, walking, running) so it will be a family thing.

*Homework time with the kiddos
I feel like I don't spend enough time with the kids and their homework. They are good about asking me for help when they need it, but I think I need to be more involved. Also reading every day is part of their homework and I have not been monitoring them read. I need to get myself organized to where I can fit in the time to read to all of them.

*Recording Memories
I like writing. I am not good with the punctuation nor the spelling, but I do like to write. I have started this blog and another one, but have gotten side tracked and missed out on writing fun memories in here. It's not a necessity, but it is something that I think would be great to look at and show the kids the stuff they did/said. I can't always print pictures or make a scrapbook for them. So this is my way of recording the memories. Plus blogging will be more of a "me" time.

*Thirty-One Time
I am a Thirty-One Gifts Independent Consultant and that is currently where I earn some income. I need to set some goals of what I want from my business. I need to organize all of my product, make sure I'm keeping my customers happy, and make time for just my business. I tend to get side tracked when I get on the computer and I need to set a specific time to just dedicate it to Thirty-One. I would love to get ahead and have people on my team and eventually become a Director. Directors earn some great trips and I would LOVE to be one of those that earn them for FREE!! That would be wonderful.

In the end, I think the main resolution is... A better me.

I read somewhere (probably on Pinterest) that says "a happy mom equals a happy family" (or something to the effect). I do see that when I feel productive and feel proud of what I have done and what I am teaching my kids, I am pleasant to be around. I want my family to be happy. If I am more organized - home, cooking, job, kids, blogging - I will be more happy. And a Happy Mom Equals A Happy Family. That is my main goal in life. To have a happy family.

Last day of school

2011-05-29T09:34:00.000-07:00

My munchkins had their last day of school on Friday. Wow has time flied. My kindergarter will now be a first grader and my Third grader will be a Fourth grader. My kids are growing up.

Friday was a modified day and the girls got out of school at 1pm . As soon as the got out we headed over to White Lime for some frozen yogurt. Tastes just like ice cream. Then we went shopping for a bit and had some junk food at home. Then the real fun started cause we went to join Norma at the pool! super fun there. we were there for a good 3 hrs fthen we went to have some hamburgers at her house. the kids played on the trampoline and then Carly and her family cruised over. Its always a good time when we are at Normas.

I thought it was a great way to celebrate the last day of school.

~Deli

Late Night

2011-05-25T21:29:00.000-07:00

I'm tired, but need to keep going. I have some engagement photos I have to edit and finish ASAP. I know that a "real" photographer shouldn't be using Photoshop to edit the photos, but since the hubby and I are just beginners and are not doing this for hire (just for friends)I am going to say that we are allowed to use it. :-P

So one of my projects was to finish "enhancing" these pics. I was very frustrated last night because I just couldn't find inspiration. Then today I realized that... I don't need to add wording, textures or any of the other fancy stuff you can do with Photoshop. Sometimes simple is much better. So now I have just been adding some "cool-ness" to them or just making them look more colorful. I am feeling much better about how they are coming out. Just need to wait on the hubby and see if he approves them. If so, we can send them to the printer and give them to the Couple.

I unfortunately have to take a break because my "X-boy" (My son)has no one to play (his sisters are asleep)and I need to get him to sleep. Luckily, he does fall asleep in my arms while I sit at the computer. So I can sit here and type this while waiting for him to pass out. :0)

This is how I like to multi-task. LOL!

Starting Today

2011-05-25T06:56:00.000-07:00

For reals this time. I need to start on my weight loss challenge. I have tried doing some challenges on an online forum, but in the end I lose my motivation and just drop out. :0/ So no more forums on losing weight. Just me working on it on my own. I know what I want and how to get there. I just need to start and that's one of my biggest hurdles.

Here's what has worked for me:
~Green Tea in the Mornings
~Exercise at Least 30 mins/day
(even if it's just walking to pick up the kids from school)
~Eat my 3 Meals with Snacks in between
~Drink Lots of Water!
~Don't have Dinner after 6:30pm
(if you do have dinner after 6:30pm - then eat a very small meal)
~Eat more salads
~NO Sodas, Coffee or Candy

So all of this has worked before and I lose weight. I don't lose like 5lbs. a week BUT I lose an average of 2lbs and that is very good. So the list above is actually the easy part of my "journey". Yeah, the hard part is Starting and keeping the Motivation.

Today is the day that I will start my weight loss challenge.
My overall goal is to lose 40-50lbs
But for now I will be happy is I lose the 20lbs.
Time frame: May 25, 2011 - August 3, 2011(10wks)

Good Luck to Me! :P
~Deli

Busy Day

2011-05-24T10:37:00.000-07:00

Uh-oh! I have spent over an hour on Pinterest and well that's not good. It's just a very cool site. I added more boards and followed a couple of people. But I'm not gonna spend all my day on the computer, I can't I have tons of stuff to do with the house.

I have about 12-14 loads of laundry to do today. Ugh. For a week and a half now, our house was having draining issues and well I could only use water as necessary. And in reality, I didn't want to deal with the laundry BUT now that things are up and running I have to get back on track with the laundry. No fun!

I have so much to do that I will def. not be able to do it today BUT thought I should create a To Do List for this week. Here are some "projects" that need to get done:

~Work on Jason & Isabel's Engagement Pics
~Add more tags for the Chore Chart & for the Meal Planner
~Start my weight loss challenge
~Create a "Summers Activity" List

Super busy day and not enough energy to do it all, BUT it's got to be done and if I don't do it... no one will :0/

So off I go to turn on Pandora so I can get my cleaning groove on.

~Deli

New Fav. Site

2011-05-23T07:53:00.000-07:00

A few weeks ago I found Pinterest. Actually I "followed" A Few of My Favorite Things on Facebook
So yeah, I found it b/c someone posted their 5 fav. Pins on Pinterest. So I cruised by to check them out and found lots of interesting things. So I requested an invite from the creators and got accepted and now I can "pin and re-pin" :)

So far I have only created 3 different boards.
Crafty-ness
Creative Organization
Quotes to Remember

I think I have found another site to keep me glued to the computer. And with that idea I'm gonna close this post with this from Pinterest.

~Deli

Here I go again

2011-05-20T18:09:00.000-07:00

Take #.... (like 5)
I am here once again taking another try to this blog thing. I am gonna try a few things a bit different and hope that it will work this time. So I decided to start with a new template. Then I decided to change the title. No more MtM (Marvin the Martian). I still love Marvin BUT it's not not what I want on my blog.

So bear with me on this new "journey" I'm gonna take on this blog.

~Deli

Update : Chrismas thru Jan 8th 2010

2010-01-08T09:14:00.000-08:00

Christmas recently passed and I think this year I must have been very good b/c I got the best present ever!

Let me start off with Thursday night (Christmas Eve). Eli,the kids and I went over to my mom's house. They killed a pig and we ate carnitas, chicharrones, cueritos (pilinquis) and some very yummy salsa. We played Loteria and the guys played Cards. Some were just hanging out by the fire and the kids were inside playing on the Xbox or just having fun. It was very cold, but def. a fun, comfortable evening. We had the kids wait till midnite to pass out the presents. And wow they got Tons of presents!! They opened them so darn quick that we didn't even know who they were from. After the opening of presents we headed home. Christmas Day we had planned to go to my MIL's house and do a dinner over there and open the other presents. Well since we weren't gonna do anything before we decided to do some cleaning up a bit. WOAH! did we do cleaning. The best part was that Eli helped out!! He helped, the girls helped, I think even the baby helped :p (or so he thought :D) by the time we left the house it was very clean! I usually do cleaning to make it look decent but it's hard to get it very clean. That was the best present ever!! for me at least. I think I thanked them like 3-4 times throughout the day. I was just filled with love and warmth. We did end up going to my MIL's house and we also had a great time there. I totally feel part of the family :D took me like 9 yrs!! but I got there.

New Year's Day, we spent that at home. My parents came over and we had a nice dinner and everyone was hoping to stay up to receive the new year but I think only 3 of us were up. Eli, my sis and I were playing cards and took a pause to watch the re-run of the ball drop in New York :P then we gave hugs. I have hugs to my sleeping kids :p It was better than last year.

So now we are in 2010. I have no written resolution for this year b/c well they usually don't happen. I do want to continue losing weight but that will be a continuous thing. Last year I did the Skinny Jeans 2 Challenge and now it is starting up again. I am soo excited to get started again on this challenge. The support I get from it, it's a huge change for me. I have tried diets, starving, pills, and they work for a bit but then I gain weight and it's just too darn frustrating. I think alot had to do with not having the support from my family. I would tell them that I was trying to lose weight and they would just laugh. Even Eli was mean about it. But now that I started this and they see that I'm actually loosing weight and keeping it off. I think it's finally clicked in their mind that I'm really doing this and that I need that extra bit from them. Eli is the one that I thought would never back me up on this and he is the one that has been encouraging me the most. And it's different than before. I love feeling his support and having the girls at the Skinny Jeans 3 will just give me that extra umph.. that I need to keep me going and keep losing weight. With the last challenge I lost 10lbs. With this Challenge I have put a goal of 20lbs. It's high but I'm gonna try. It starts this Sunday (Jan 10th). It runs for 10wks. I am very excited. I got a Julian Michaels DVD so gonna start with that (i'm scared but i'm gonna try it). If you wanna join click here. It will take you to a digital scrapbooking website you will have to sign in or register. then they will give you the link to the closed forum. :D

Well that's it for today. I felt I needed to update this. It had been a while.

Ciao!

Christmas Countdown

2009-11-28T14:09:00.001-08:00

As I said in my previous post, I have decided to start a new tradition. We will be doing "projects/crafts/activities" starting Dec.1st thru Dec. 25th. I have finally come up with a list and am ready to post it. I have most of the activities with a link to where I got the idea from. Check them out so you can get an idea of what I'm talking about.

Here it is:

Bookmarker - I will not be doing one exactly as on the link. I noticed she likes to do lots of sewing and I'm just not a sewing type of gal. :p But I will use the basics.
Decorate Door - I don't have a link for this but did get the idea from the Twopeasinabucket forum. There is no instructions, just the idea. I figured I should give them credit. :)
Window Clings - One this activity I will not be using the same products. I have decided to use saran wrap and permanent markers. I plan on printing some Christmas coloring pages (you know how they are black and white) and shrink them to fit a paper plate. I will put layers of: the plate, the coloring page, and the saran wrap. Then they can trace the coloring page with markers. When they are done and it has dried, they will remove the saran wrap and stick it on the window. Please keep in mind that I have not tested it out yet, so it might not even work, BUT we are still gonna try it!
Post it Books - I really like this idea. Very cute!
Decorate Christmas Tree - that one is a self explanatory one, right?
Dentyne Advent Calendar - It's an Advent Calendar, but I will do it for the little ones so they can have a little "gift" as a countdown. I know it starts out late but maybe I can make use it to countdown to New Years?? I just thought it was so cool to pass up.
Candy Wrapper Gift - I like these as gifts for the Uncles and Aunts. Something small since we are low on funds, but it would be something yummy. Cause candy is always yummy :)
Candy Cane Ornament - I probably won't put these on the tree, but will find somewhere to put them. They look really pretty.
Ferrero Rocher Trees - There are quick and easy and cute! And plus these are my favorite chocolates!
Circle Snowman - Ok now this one is def. a quick and easy one. That is why I added it during the week and saved the bigger activities for the weekend.
Movie Night - I normally have the kids go to sleep by 8:30 and 9:30 on Friday and Saturday Nights. So for this night, I plan of having them stay up till 10:30pm and we watch movies and eat popcorn. Just a fun kick back night.
Cookie Cutter Gift - This I plan on just having the kids create them for their cousins.
Christmas Cards - I have a few Christmas cards left over from like 3 years ago. They are all the same. I will have the kids write to whoever they want to.
TP Roll Presents - I have been saving and have my sis,bro, parents also saving toilet paper rolls. I was originally going to use them for the Advent Calendar that I was making, but ended up coming around this idea and also a "nicer looking" idea for the calendar.
3D Snowflakes - These I came about a while back and created them. They came out to be really cool looking. So I decided to do them again.
Mexican Paper Flower - I know this isn't Christmas related, but I thought it looked pretty. I hadn't seen how they made them before.
Christmas Tag - Just another thing that I thought was a neat idea. I can print the pics out from my computer. I will be using some different materials b/c I won't have those exact supplies. But I think it will still look good.
Board Game Night - Just another kick back night, but this time playing board games. My sis has like a dozen games and we can munch on snack while we play.
Fry Box Gift - Another gift to give out to someone. I don't have Christmas scrapbooking paper but I think it will still look cute to create them and still give them as gifts.
Kids Calendar - The original idea is to be a goal calendar, but my kids are still kinda small and I figured they would use a regular calendar. Instead of adding pics of what their goal on the top part of the month, I will just add a pic that they want. Anything, from a Hannah Montana pic, a lady bug, cowboys...
3D Star - Something quick and easy.
Go to Old Town - Our city has an Old Town and this year they are creating an ice skating area. I'm still not sure if I will have them actually skate. It depends on who goes with me. If I have my hubby and my sis go with me, then that would be perfect so I can watch the little one and they can have one kid each to help out. Even if we don't actually skate, I think it will still be something memorable since they have not seen ice skating before.
Sugar Cone Decorating - The link is not where I got the idea from I just came up with it, but figured I should show you an idea of what I want us to do. I am actually gonna use whipped cream and buy some food coloring and I should have M&Ms left over from the cookie cutter gifts.
@ Buela Teresa's House - Off to grandma's house we go. My mother is making a dinner and wants us to hang out with her and wait for Christmas to arrive. We usually have the kids open some presents about 10.30-11pm so that will be a fun activity in itself!
@ Buela Josefina's House - Off to the other grandma's house we go. My MIL is doing a secret santa at her house on Christmas Day. So we will be over there and having fun opening more presents. :)

And that ends my countdown. Wish me luck and sanity! LOL!! I think I'm in way over my head with this, but I think it's a cool thing at the same time. This will be our guinea pig year :p

Starting tradition for Christmas

2009-11-17T12:29:00.001-08:00

My sister and I were discussing Christmas and putting up the tree and how we want to decorate it. This will be the first year we have an actual tree (in the 6yrs we have lived here). We usually have a mini (18 in tall) fake tree. We let the girls decorate it and we put it on top of a table. It looks cute, but def. not the same as a real tree like when we were kids. So as we were chit chatting and making plans, Yadira said she wanted to make things to go on the tree. Unfortunately for Yaya that is not gonna happen this year. It's our first year and we want to do a fancy one. BUT that's when my light bulb came on!! I can do 25 days of crafts with the girls. Isn't that a cool idea?? I think so. It could be a new tradition. So I have till the 1st of Dec. to come up with a list of 25 things to do for our craft days. I have this site that I have fallen in love with. It's TerriO she has soo many cool ideas. I also remember seeing somewhere about a button wreath and a 3D snowflake. I gotta look into those again, but I'm excited!! Lots of fun stuff we can do. I don't have a list yet, but once I have done it I will def. post it on here. Very cool!

Time to Vent

2009-11-13T12:18:00.001-08:00

Okay, today started off not too good. And I know it's a very dumb thing to be irritated at but I can't help myself. I went into the living room and saw that Eli put the projector on so the girls can watch the new UP movie that my sis bought. Well I had known that he had put that on last night b/c I could hear the movie, but what has me annoyed is that he unplugged the DVR! And see I know this is dumb it's a very small thing to get mad at but I just can't help it right now. So since he unplugged the DVR none of the soaps or shows got recorded! I live off of my DVR. I think I hardly watch real time tv. It's all pre-recorded. UGH! Very annoying. He didn't' have to unplug it. It was unnecessary. I'm soo annoyed. And see I think my sis was watching the movie too so that makes me even more mad. She finds every little thing to get mad a me and so I feel like I should chew her out for doing that.

Sigh...I know this is dumb. I know I shouldn't be mad. And i'm actually listening to music here in my office and in my playlist is Christian Music and it is kinda helping, but I still feel like I need to vent. I don't want to be mad, b/c it's just not nice. I have been trying to do work and not think about it and it works for a bit but then it pops up in my head and I get annoyed again. I have to tell them what I think, but I need to get this anger out before I say anything b/c I don't want things to get out of hand.

Does it happen to you, that when you are mad everything else just seems to snowball with it? I was irritated with myself b/c I have to go pee so darn much. I know that I'm drinking more water b/c of the dieting and I have been loosing weight, but I go potty like 8 times a day. This reminds me of when I was prego. See I get grumpy for one thing and then i get grumpy for other things that I shouldn't get mad at. Very dumb. I need good vibes.

Okay, I feel a bit better now that I have vented.

Recap on Day 2 - Skinny Jeans

2009-10-27T12:15:00.000-07:00

According to The Daily Plate I ate 1506 calories yesterday. They suggest I eat 1785. so I was under. That was b/c I didn't have a real lunch.

I did get to do some exercises last night. I put on my sweating band (goes around my waist and helps me sweat) and I did some half seated leg circle - well they were more like mini circles. I gotta start slow. I'm not used to doing exercises. I also did alternate leg dead lift, lateral shuffles, the goodmorning bend (these ones I really felt), single leg plank, and the stability lunges (these ones are the culprit of me being sore today).

Here is the link that one of the ladies posted and I followed and got the ideas of the excercises.

Today plan on doing the salsa exercise video. Let's see how that works out for me. I think it will be fun. I also plan on taking the long route to go pick up Yaya from school so it's an extra 10 min walk and it has a long uphill. so that should help too.

I still haven't come up with a meal plan, but do hope i can at least find what to eat that's a bit more healthy. I think I will have to go shopping.

that's my update for yesterday. Hope today I can keep it up. :)

Girls' Room

2009-10-19T10:07:00.000-07:00

They got their bunkbed!! They love it. They already made a clubhouse out of it. Kids are darn creative.

Now that they have a new bed it makes me want to get them other items for their room so it can look better. For example:

-New TV (maybe one that goes on the wall-that way they have more room to play)
- a dresser that has 4 cajones(i forgot how to say that in english)

- another dresser, but to put inside the closet , a 6 dresser one

- new curtain

- I need to get bed sheets for the twin bed

-boxes for under their bed- to store stuff

Oh let me show you the pic I took last night. The girls were already asleep. the floor doesn't look vaccumed but I vacuumed the darn thing before puting the bed in and then we got two boxes out that had all the carebears and so it got all dirty again...ugh.

this pic I took standing in the doorway. under the bed they have stored their musical toys. see i need to get them some boxes to store those things so they don't look just thrown under. Oh i forgot to mention that the bed needs the rails on the top bunk. we are missing two thingys to hold it together so we have to wait to put those up.

I'm soo happy that we ended up getting these beds.

Kids n chores

2009-10-17T12:06:00.000-07:00

Sigh...very frustrating trying to get my kids to do their chores. I have a chore chart that works for the most part but mainly for Yaya. She really understands it and like putting her stars on there and getting her prizes, but Ximena...she is my rebel one. Today we are to go to Yadira's Fall Festival at her school and well I told them that they had to clean their room or else we weren't going. (we really are gonna go, but I have to push them somehow) So Ximena comes in and says "mom i'm bored, you have us doing bored stuff and that's why we are bored, i don't want to do bored stuff, but if you want us to then we will do the bored stuff" (i wanted to laugh but at the same time wanted to put her in timeout for stalling cleaning the room) she does that kind of stuff all the time. "mom, i'm hungry", "mom, can i watch tv", "mom, i have to go potty", "mom, are we going somewhere today", "mom....." you name it i think i've heard it. I think i'm gonna back to the timer. Maby gave me the idea aways back and it worked for a while then my timer broke (my sobrina decided to turn it the wrong way- i told her to leave it alone, but noooo) ok so yeah it broke and i decided to just tell them what time, but then i get sidetracked and it just doesn't work out when you need to count out loud :p So i need to go get another one and try that method with the chart and still do the prizes. So have them clean for 15 mins then a 10 min break and so on. Maybe in between i can do a craft with them and encourage them to clean?? I need to find a way to make it not boring :P

Ohh! tomorrow i'm gonna go get the girls their bunk bed. My co-worker was giving hers away and i happened to need one!! very cool. it's the kind that has a full size bed on the bottom and the top one is a twin. I currently have a full size bed that the girls share and since I don't need the box and the frame, my co-worker is asking for it b/c she will be needing it for her son's room. That works out even better. It's not a fair trade, but we will both be happy. We have been wanting to get them the bunkbeds for a while now but never had the money for it and now i'm getting it for free!! God def. puts awesome people in my path. :D

My room

2009-10-11T11:47:00.001-07:00

I have finished rearranging my room. I had previously just dealt with the bed,crib and the closet but now was kinda forced to clean up my computer desk. Eli decided to add his own touch to rearranging my room and moved the computer desk. Well he just moved it and I couldn't leave it like that. I unplugged the computer and moved the base, replugged everything and cleaned up the desk. It def. looks much better and I dont' feel so cramped up in my room. I have pictures to show how it looks now. I'm very happy with my room now. And like Eli says the baby can play and try to walk in the room.

I'm actually only going to post a pic of the computer area b/c I realized that the pic I took of my bed and crib has my munchkin and Eli sleeping in it :p . I dont' think Eli will be happy of seeing a pic of him sleeping. But in this pic you can kinda see my bed. it's next to the dresser. And behind the dresser is the baby's crib. and then next to my bed is some drawers for Eli's clothes.

I'm lagging it

2009-10-04T10:53:00.000-07:00

Well I was hoping to be back on track with the cleaning of the house and I have not caught up. I have been cleaning it's just that I hadn't kept it up for a while that now i'm overwhelmed again. My main thing again is the clothes. I have about 5 loads to put away and have one in the dryer and one washing. The kids have clothes but I'm running low and so is Eli. I really have to catch up.

I NEED to get back on track.

I started today off good again. I'm hoping that things will keep going well. I am at work right now, but before I came in I put the clean dishes away, put the dirty dishes (that didn't fit in the dishwasher last night) into the dishwasher - didn't put them to wash b/c it's not full, put one load of clothes to dry, and one to wash, threw out the trash that was in the hallway, had the girls clean their room again, and made sure they brushed their teeth. So I did do some stuff already. And I hope that when i get home later this evening, that I will be able to con't to clean. I'm gonna focus on the clothes. My goal is to put away the loads that i have on the table and in the basket. it will be a plus if i wash eli's clothes and put those away too. good luck to me.

Gotta catch up

2009-09-28T10:07:00.000-07:00

It is Monday and I am determined to start off on a good note. I am feeling kinda lazy, BUT I will have to get over it b/c I need to catch up on lots of stuff. Work and Home Stuff. Mostly home stuff. I did do lots of cleaning on Saturday, but still have lots to do. I got sick two weeks ago and things went downhill. Then the following week I just got lazy. Why lie about it if it's the truth. I just lost my motivation. Plus I had my sis bugging me about doing things and well just like the little sister that I am, I decided not to do it. :p See if she would have said it nicely, then sure I would do it. But noo she had to be rude about it. Soo I didn't do it. lol! I do feel like a little kid sometimes. I have decided that even if i'm feeling lazy I have to shake it off and catch up on the cleaning. It really does need to get done. I remember feeling less stressed and less grumpy when things were good at the house. I need that harmony back in my life.

To start my week off and give me the "umph", I put two loads to dry and the towels to wash before I left the house. I think that's a good start. Eventhough I did notice my pile of clean laundry getting bigger. i had two loads that needed to get put away and now there is 4 and one that is probably already dry and another that needs drying. sigh...ok happy thoughts, happy thoughts. It's all good I can do it. I've done it before and I can do it again. :)

I found some funny quotes on cleaning. Though I should share and bring a smile to your face. :)

Housework is something you do that nobody notices until you don't do it. ~Author Unknown

Housework is something you do that nobody notices until you don't do it. ~Author Unknown

I think housework is the reason most women go to the office. ~Heloise Cruse

I'm not going to vacuum until Sears makes one you can ride on. ~Roseanne Barr

You don't get anything clean without getting something else dirty. ~Cecil Baxter

A great story

2009-09-25T16:11:00.000-07:00

Last week I had a guy stop by my office and request an application for employment. His name is Hermino. He only spoke spanish, so I informed him that we only have it in english. He kept staring at the application and it got my attention. I asked him if he had someone who could help him fill it out. He said that he did not. So I offered to fill it out for him. He was just soo gratefull that I would take the time to help him out. That most people would just hand it to him and let him deal with it. I told him it wasn't a problem. I usually ask them if they have someone to help fill them out. I didn't see it as a big deal.

As I was filling out his application, in between questions, he was telling me a story. He started off with...God does repay you, but not in the way you expect. That caught my attention.

He told me of a time when he was still an illegal alien. He was at his work one day and he was on a lunch break sitting by the "roach-coach" (lonchera - for those spanish speakers) and saw a man that was very sad. He wasn't eating or drinking anything. He approached him and asked him if he was going to eat or if he even had any money. Turns out that the man had just crossed the border and had no money nor job. Herminio buys him food and a drink and tells him to go see his boss b/c he thinks they are hiring. Well the new comer gets hired. A few days into working the new guy asks to borrow $50 b/c he hadn't gotten paid from working yet. Herminio lets him borrow it, no problem. Then a few days later, the immigration shows up while they are on lunch and the majority of workers scatter - trying to hide. Just before Herminio runs he asks the new comer if he is going to hide. The guy said no. So Herminio asked him to save his plate of food for him. That he would return once the immigration was gone. When Herminio got back to the table where his "friend" was. He saw that his plate was empty. Herminio asked him what had happened. The new guy said that he was hungry and what was the problem! Herminio was in awe at how this guy would be so rude to him when he helped him out. After two weeks of the new guy working, Herminio asks him to repay him the $50 he had borrowed. Well the new guy said, "since you asked me in front of all these guys, i'm not giving you sh*t".

Herminio thought that if he was nice to people that they would be nice back. That he would get repaid by the same person. What he was telling me was that we don't necesarily get repaid by the same person. God sends us our rewards in many ways.

He believed that I was repaying him with my kindness for him being nice to someone else. That story stuck to me.

I think I got repaid for helping him out. I went to the DMV yesterday with my mom. I didnt' realize that my registration expired in August!! Well I had $200 that Eli gave me and I was going to pay the reg. b/c it was $180 b/c of penalties. Soo turns out that they guy at the DMV decided to just waive the penalties!!! :O Isnt' that the coolest thing ever!. God is soo watching me and rewarding me in small but great ways. It's the small things that he does but he reminds me that he is with me and he loves me!! I love him too!! Ok so here's the other thing. My mom was at the DMV with me b/c she needed to renew her ID, but she forgot to take money. I figured I would let her use the $20 that I was gonna have left over. Well if it wasn't for the guy waiving the fees, then I wouldn't have been able to let my mom borrow the moeny b/c it turned out to be $24! I tell you. God loves us!

I wanted to share this story with you b/c it just feels right to do that.

God bless you!

My princess and her bike

2009-09-25T15:53:00.001-07:00

My Gimini (my middle child) turned 4 on the 20th of this month. She is such a big girl. A ways back we gave both Yaya and Ximena the option of having a birthday party or getting their bikes. They have been wanting new bikes for a while and we realized that they were about $80 plus purchasing the helmet and knee pads. It was gonna cost us at least $100 for each. And well we couldn't do both. So we gave them the option and they decided to get bikes.

Well Eli decided that we could get a used one that was in good condition and save some money. At first I was against it b/c my kids have about 90% of hand-me-downs. Don't get me wrong I am all up for it b/c kids grow so fast and well the stuff they get is in really good condition - practically new. But for their birthday I was hoping they would get something new. It's once a year, you know. But well i'm very weak when it comes to arguing with Eli and so we ended up getting her the bike she wanted but used. It really did look new except for the dirty tires. They are suspose to be white and they were a light brown. I figured that is the color they would get in two days use anyways. We ended up spending $45 instead of $80! Good deal, huh?

Here are some pics of my Princess on her new/used bike. She loves it so that's what matters.

For her birthday she also got lots of pair of shoes. She was only suspose to get two pairs and we ended up buying 6! 2 pairs are 1 size bigger so she can't wear them yet but will be able to grow into them. She also got a barbie doll, a pajama of snow white (her favorite princess), a fairy outfit with a wand and crown, some colors and a notepad, a princess back pack, a purse that looks like a skirt, some undies, earrings, walkie talkies - those she gets to share with Yaya.

We bought her a cake for that day. We didn't invite anyone b/c most of the family was gonna be working late and well we just figured that a cake would do. My Sis in law stopped by and they joined us in singing her happy birthday. Eli got her trick candles but they didn't really work :p I guess they tricked Eli into thinking they wer trick candles LOL.

Found a few things

2009-09-24T15:58:00.000-07:00

I was cleaning the laundry room a while back and found this drawing.

It is a drawing my oldest daughter (Yaya)did. It's of her dad. Isn't it cool? He is wearing the Chevy shirt I bought him and she put his age next to him. She thought he was 30 but I guess found out that he was actually gonna be 31 so she changed it. lol. I think it's cute!

Yaya also came to me and showed me her writting. They have the kids do stories and grade them on how well they use their sentences and spelling and capalizations. I just melted when I read it. here it is.

It just warms my heart to see that my Yaya loves her brother. He returns her love just the same. She likes to say that he likes her b/c he think that she is his mom. They tell Yaya that she looks like me. That she is a mini-Deli. :)

Organizing Time

2009-09-21T12:05:00.001-07:00

It's that time again. Time to organize things and make my life a bit easier. I have started off with a Chore Chart for the girls. I have soo much trouble getting them to clean their room and have tried a few things to encourage them, but it only works for a while. Well I'm gonna try something else and hope it last longer :p.

I bought this dry erase chore chart (my friend Maby has it and I saw it on a pic of her fridge and thought it was a great idea - she's got lots of those). I have had it for a while now but have changed the format a few times. I have tried just writing the chore in it, but my 4yo can't read it and there was not enough rows for the chores. I ended up thinning the rows and it doubled them, but still it looked really messy. I tried drawing the chores so the little one could "read" it, but that just didn't look right either. So this is my final draft

Here is a close up of the drawings/writing. I made it so both the girls can "read" it. It's fun and they want to do their chores!

I have added a few more close-up pics so you can see what I've added.Don't laugh at my drawings though, I tried my best. The good thing is that the girls knew what they were :p so I guess I didn't do too bad. :D

Just in case you can't see what it says.

Clothes,Shoes, Hangers
Balls, Hats, Dress-up
Books, School Supplies
Polly Pockets, Barbies, Babies
Lotions, Hair Supplies
Trash, Bed, Under Bed
Bears, Tea Party, Dishes
Toys, Blankets

This close-up shows the prizes. After getting 5 stars they will get a candy, after 10 stars an ice cream, after 20 stars they will get a surprise.

I hope this one works. They seem excited about it. I'll have to update this later on.

LA County Fair

2009-09-13T10:31:00.000-07:00

Wow I'm tired today. Yesterday was a long day. We got up at 7am and didn't leave for the fair till about noon. It took us 2 hours to get to Pomona, but we did do pit stops so it wasn't that long. The day at the fair overall went well. Had some minor losses (my sis bought a shirt and gave it to the baby to hold and he threw it out of the wagon). We ended up leaving the fair at 11pm! But we had lots of fun! We got to watch an acrobat show. Those people are very talented. I had already seen a show similar to this years, but it just always leaves me in awe. Very cool to watch.

We also got to see a Dinosaur Exhibit where they had "life-size" dinosaurs that moved. By the Dinosaurs they had some alligators. There was a man holding an alligator and explaining the difference between an alligator and a crocodile. I learned something. Alligators have a "U" shaped mouth/snout and the crocodiles have a "V" shaped mouth/snout. The girls actually got to pet "Allie the Alligator". They had a second one in a tank. I personally think it looked prettier. The guy says that the younger they are the prettier they look. Huh, interesting.
This one is Allie I didn't catch the name of this one, but it's the one I thought looked prettier.

Here is Eli pulling the wagon with the kids. We had a few people looking at us, b/c we had 4 kids and all could be ours. They must have thought that we were so young and already 4 kids. Plus my little sis was with us so maybe they even thought we had 5!! LOL. coo coo people. We just got 3 and my God-daughter.

We had fun and I know the kids did. They actually lasted all day and night, but passed out in the car. Good times

Good Morning!

2009-09-12T09:49:00.000-07:00

It really has been a good morning today. It's not even 10am and I have already cleaned the bathroom, cleaned the kitchen, cleaned the living room, vacuumed the hallway and the girl's room, washed dishes, and even swept the outside (we have a cement area). Now just got to get ready to go to the fair. Eli's boss gave him some free tickets and a parking pass soo we are def. going. Starting off the day good, hope the rest is as good or better.

Lots done

2009-09-11T10:55:00.000-07:00

These past few days have been very productive! And this is at home that i'm talking about. I think my prayer has been answered. It might seem small but I prayed to be on top on the cleaning and not being so grumpy at the kids soo much, plus getting along with Eli. I realized that being caught up on things at home and work, they just allow me to enjoy the day more and not get angry at every little thing. I'm much more mellow. I don't yell as much. A while back I had realized that I did lots of yelling. I'd get frustrated and yell at the kids, at Eli, at my sis, at my mom. It was just almost out of control. But glad to say that things are changing for the better. I can't say I dont' get frustrated and that I don't yell, but there is a huge difference. Also the girls listen a bit better and get more stuff done and want to help out more too! God has just been blessing me left and right. And really it's all about LOVE. It changes everything!!

I have kept the kitchen clean for the past week and a half. I have made sure to wash the dishes after we are done eating/cooking. I clean the table at least twice a day. I sweep the kitchen at least once a day. I mop at least once a day. I make sure the stove is clean and the counters too.

I have been making sure the girls keep there room clean and for the most part you will find it clean except when the brother goes and takes out all stuff from the cubbies :P

I have been cleaning the sink in the bathroom every other day. The laundry is up to date. I mean I have clothes to wash (of course I do... i have three kids!) but it's not enough to put a whole load to wash. I have washed the bed stuff. I have cleaned the walls.

It has been very weird to do soo much cleaning and not feel overwhelmed by it or feel like i'm forced to do it. I grew up being the baby of the family and was able to get away with not doing alot of stuff. BTW please don't let your "baby of the house" get away with stuff b/c they are the little one. I mean if the baby is 2 and over please treat them like the others. It just really throws things off for them. If i were my mom, I would have spanked me and just had things soo different. I didn't have anyone pushing/encouraging me to finish things and to try harder to get what I want, or earn it. And now I feel the reporcusions of that decision of not disciplining me. OK that was a personal moment there. Sooo yeah where was I....since I was the baby of the house they didnt' really bother enforcing me to do cleaning and cooking. I had an older sister so she was the one who got to do it b/c I wouldn't. (she didnt' like me very much back then) So what i have cleaned in this past week was more then I cleaned when I was a kid. yes very sad. But see now I like doing it. well not necesarily like - i think it's more like it feels natural. I feel so proud of myself.

Plus to top off being clean. I have discovered new little things I can do to boost my self-esteem. I wash my face in the mornings and at night before I go to bed with a pore unclogging scrub. Feels soo great. Nice and fresh. It helps with preventing me to break out. The thing is that I do have to use it daily or else I break out. The other thing is flossing. This might sound gross, but I very rarely flossed. It would make my teeth extra sensitive after flossing and well I was just lazy. Why lie about it? It's the truth. But I have been flossing and my gums don't bleed when I brush my teeth or when something pokes them. It feels good to have healthy gums. Also i'm giving my kids a good example. You know, "lead by example".

So I have had an odd but great week. Odd b/c I didnt' expect it, but great b/c life is just great and I thank GOD for that. I am happy and want to just give the LOVE away. I saw a sign once that said "smile it's contagious" well Love is just like that. It's contagious.

Labor Day Recap

2009-09-08T11:28:00.000-07:00

So after working and accomplishing a whole lot of work, I got stranded. The darn car didn't want to start. UGH! not fun especially with the darn heat. It was a frustrating and I was very angry. Especially at Eli. But I'm gonna make this story short b/c well it turned out that I was overreacting and I prefer not to make myself look dumb. :p I ended up going to my mom's that evening and just chit chatted and calmed down.

When I got home Eli was grilling some riblets. They were yummy but I only ate a couple b/c I wasn't hungry. I think being mad (even though i wasn't anymore) kinda drained my energies and my hunger.

Overall it was a good day.

Labor Day

2009-09-07T13:39:00.000-07:00

Well i'm at work right now (taking a break). I have actually accomplished lots of stuff and I still have almost 3 hours left. I have had no phone calls and have been listening to music. It's nice not to be interrupted and work comfortably.

I didn't think I was gonna have a good day today but so far it is going ok. It did start off a bit rocky. I woke up at 6.30a when i was suppose to get up at 6a. I had to feed the baby twice trying to get him back to sleep so Eli and the kids could sleep in a bit. The first time worked but didn't last long and the second one well it just made him wake up with a smile on his face. silly boy! Then I kept getting stalled by Yaya and Eli trying to convince me not to go to work. Which I really didn't want to but since i'm not coming in on Wed. I figured today would help cover for that day. Plus it's too many days off cause I wouldn't be back to work till Friday. I know it seems weird that i would want to work but I do need the money plus if I don't go to work then the work will just pile up and i get stressed. so basically i needed to go to work. period. that started to get me grumpy. Then mister "i think i'm funny" says that I should stay b/c the waffles don't make themselves. Oh no he didn't!! I go into the kitchen and see that my sis left some mess when she was doing her fruit thingy and that just didn't sit well either. I have been working hard trying to keep things clean and keep myself going on a roll with keeping the house looking better. And she just decides to leave a mess. I mean now that I think about it, it's kinda not a big deal but i was already not in a good mood so that just didn't help. ok so off i go into the car and I get a call. Eli is calling me telling me not to leave. and then he says I should stop by McD's to get them breakfast. Sooo not good timing mister. so in the half hour it takes me to get to work i got 3 calls and they were just about me not going to work and trying to chat with the kids. see normally i'm ok with chatting with the kids but they were in the house where the reception isn't that great and i was passing an area that wasn't great either so it was more annoying than fun. Yeah like i said "a bit rocky".

BUT, I had my coffee and have been working at a good pace and feel much better. Oh I don't think I mentioned that I put a blanket to wash and I did clean the counter and washed the few dishes my sis left in the sink.

So my break is over.

ciao

Changing the Subject

2009-09-07T00:45:00.001-07:00

Since I have abandoned this blog and my other blog I have decided to once again change the subject on what is written on here. It will basically be about my general day. Probably not too many pics. It will be more like a journal, but with none of the secrets. Yeah that I don't feel comfortable putting on the internet. So you'll probably read about the chores I've done or not done, the silly things my kids say or do, not too much about work either b/c I don't think it should be put on the internet either, you will probably read about little things that Eli (my DH) does that makes me grumpy, and every once in a while you'll read about God. I am hoping to actually keep these darn blogs going. I dislike the idea of starting something and not finishing it. It happens to me waay too often and I need to get myself out of that bad habit. Plus this could be a better hobby than reading novels.

Well it is now Labor Day and I have to wake up in a few hours to go to work. So that means time to go to sleep.

Buenas Noches

Computer Problems

2009-02-21T20:30:00.000-08:00

The dreaded computer crash has happened to me. Yup it froze and we had to do a system restore. BUT I was very lucky that only the programs have to be reinstalled and all my pictures and files were still found. phew! It was a very sad day for me. I had this sinking feeling in me. Just couldn't figure out what to do. I wasn't sure if i should be mad, sad, just be accepting. It felt like there was too many emotions and my mind didn't know which one to concentrate on. It was weird, but at the end of the day (after I found out that my pics were saved) it was all ok. Well not all ok b/c I lost photoshop and will need to purchase a new one. which is not a bad thing. i'm hoping to upgrade to PSE so that's a positive out of a negative. Soo I will be working on saving my pics on cds cause if/when this happens again i need to not stress about the pics being lost.

Good day today

2009-02-20T12:11:00.001-08:00

Today has started off to be a good day. Before I came to work I ended up putting 2 loads of clothes to dry, 1 load to wash, rinsed the dishes and put them in the dishwasher to get washed when it's full, put away 1 load of the baby's clothes and that was just the chores. I also had to get myself ready plus help out Yaya to get ready. Even though I did forget to leave the baby formula since I was so busy :O (bad momma) So that meant I had to take an extended lunch to go drop off the food for the babe. BUT while I was there I got a compliment!! don't get those very often. More like I rarely get those. I have been wearing these sunglasses that I got from my little sis for a be-lated bday present and when I drove back to drop off the formula I walked in the house with them on. And Eli said i looked like Paris Hilton. at first I thought he was making fun of me but then he clarified that it was a good thing. It was funny cause I was all defensive about the comment. I am defenitely not used to getting compliments. It made me feel really good all day. I felt pretty again. weird how something so little can make such big impact. I have a pic of me with the glasses that I will post a bit later. :D So yeah I had a great day at work. it was busy but i was working at a good pace and was listening to music. I also got home and got some more cleaning done. I really did have a great day.

Spontaneous

2009-02-15T20:00:00.000-08:00

For Valentine's Day we went to the snow. It actually wasn't intended to be like that. we were just dropping off Eli at work and behind his work is Mt. Baldy and it was nicely covered with snow so we decided to head up there just before he went in. We only drove about 20 mins up the mountain and it was just beautiful. I dont' think i have ever seen soo much snow. everytime i remember seeing snow it had been a few days after it snowed so it was hard snow from people stepping on it or sliding on it. Well this one was all soft, freshly fallen. It felt like powdered sugar. It was a great view. I will have to post pics up later. We were only there for about 15 mins. ,but we all had fun. The girls kept wanting to build a snowman but kept getting sidetract with throwing snow at eachother :p So I built them a quick snowman. Acutally Ximena called it a snow "mom". I took a few pics of the snow"mom" and also HAD to get a pic of the baby in the snow. It's his very first time at the snow. I only had him out long enough to take the pics cause we were not prepared to be on the cold mountain. It was fun and unexpected. I like spontaneous. (I think that's how you spell it)

A Marvin Movie!!

2009-02-13T14:51:00.000-08:00

AHHHHHH!! I just found out that there will be a Marvin the Martian Movie comming out in the year 2011! I know it's still a few years but it's still darn cool. I was browsing blogs and found this one that had the info about the movie. I'm ecstatic!! ok that was it on this post :p

What a day...

2009-02-13T09:23:00.000-08:00

I am sooo exhausted. Yesterday was a long day for me. I had gone to bed, the previous night, around midnite. I had to go pick up Eli from his work b/c his car wasn't working. So by the time we returned it was very late. Then yesterday I ended up taking my mom to her eye doctor and since it was her first visit, it took us an hour and a half. That was pretty long. Then I took her shopping and the baby was not cooperating so we had him crying most of the time while she was shopping. Not fun. Then when I feel i'm finally gonna go to sleep early so I can be to work a bit early or at least on time, I get a call from Eli around 10:30pm saying I need to go pick him up in Hesperia. that is 2hrs away from my house! It turns out that the car he was driving was not registered and he got pulled over. Well he got really lucky (actually I think God was giving him a helping hand) and they just gave him a ticket and didn't tow his car nor put him in jail. So he didn't want to drive the car back b/c he didn't want to risk getting pulled over again. Which was a good choice. I end up driving and actually made it up there in 1 1/2hrs. I wasn't speeding I was trying to keep my speed limit to the max and I just made it with good time. We ended up getting back around 2:30am and well since I was drinking coffee to help me stay awake. I couldn't fall back to sleep easily. I think I ended up going to sleep around 3:30am. I was suspose to wake up at 6am to get my eldest daughter ready and myself but that didn't happen. My kid woke up just before 7am and well i kinda delayed my getting up till about 7:20am. I'm still trying to wake up. I can't really think straight. My brain hasn't re-energized. I made myself a coffee but can't seem to get myself to drink it. My tummy is still feeling the effects of the coffee last night/this morning.

You know I guess this would be like complaining and well I really don't want it to be that. I just wanted to be a little kid and whine about being tired. I am glad that Eli called me and had me pick him up from where he was going instead of getting the call to get him out of jail. He ended up going last night b/c I told him it would be better than going today with the kids. So I guess I also feel guilty that he ended up going in a non-registered car. So not really a complaint. I guess I need some attention. I'm just tired.

On a different subject....I didn't do much cleaning yesterday. I ended up having three loads washed and two dried but haven't put them away. I was going to wash the dishes but my sis beat me to it. Well she didn't wash them all but most of them. I had the intention of finishing it up last night but couldnt' get myself to start and now this morning seeing the messy kitchen just didnt' sit well with me. I felt like cleaning it then and there but at the same time I have no energy so i didn't. Plus I was already gonna be late for work. Hopefully today after work I will get to do it. It's weird to go from "forcing" myself to clean to "needing" to clean. I did pray for the "need" to clean and that's what I got. No complaint. It feels good that I clean and want it clean. it's almost like doing execersize. It gives me a boost of self esteem. :)

I am a Christian

2009-02-09T09:13:00.000-08:00

I am officially a Christian. I was baptised yesterday as a Christian. I know it's not just that now i'm a Christian and I can go to heaven now. I know that it basically means that I accept Christ in my life and am ready to obey Him. sigh... very cool. I am very happy about that. I really am becoming a better person. I am trying really hard to follow His word. I know I have a loonng way to go, but slowly but surely I will be what He wants me to be.

You know that I have been doing extra good on my chores b/c of Him. Might seem kinda dorky but I believe it's true. I prayed to give me the energy, the want to clean. I really did. And more than once. I'm sure my sister was also praying for that too :p You know yesterday I watched TV for over 8 hrs!! but then in the evening I got up decided I was gonna put some clothes away and did it and then con't with cleaning the kitchen and picking up 98% of the mess in the living room. My room also got a bit of a clean up. It's still messy but I can see the floor more! Yeah that's kind embarrasing info but it's true. My room is left till last b/c i can lock it jajaja. sad but true. So yeah I have been doing a whole lot better and I do thank God for it.

I have had this, i think it's called a verse, in my head and it's actually written on the coffee mug that I made my sister - she took my coffee mug so I took hers. I'd like to share it with you b/c it's very good to go by.

Happy Moments, Praise God
Difficult Moments, Seek God
Quiet Moments, Worship God
Painful Moments, Trust God
Every Moment, Thank God

Good Habits

2009-02-06T10:30:00.000-08:00

I am so proud of myself. I have been doing really good at home with the cleaning plus yesterday I cooked. Well I made pancakes for breakfast and soup for lunch. It's not a whole lot and not really big things but it's a good start. I have been real good with making sure we don't have dirty dishes in the sink. If I do leave some overnight I have made sure to get them washed before I go to work. I also clean the counters and the table. I have been making sure there is no mess in the living room. Making sure the girls pick up their mess in their room - they have been doing good with the exception of last night. I didn't check yesterday and this morning realized it was a mess. (bad momma). But yeah overall the laundry is basically up to date - well i need to put away 1 load and have have loads of the clothes to do so i'll wait a few more days so i can have full loads to wash. So i am giving myself a pat on the back cause i have been doing real good. yay me!

Changes in my list

2009-02-05T21:46:00.001-08:00

Ugh.. ok I have decided to change my mind and leave the Primerica on the list. I am going to give it a try and see if I can handle it.

Also I forgot to add going to LA Fitness. I have a membership there and haven't gone in a few weeks but really need to go. Not only b/c I'm overweight and am paying for it, but also b/c it really does give a boost to my self esteem and energy level.

New Year...new things added to my list

2009-02-04T09:46:00.000-08:00

Soo yeah... I realized that I was gonna dust my blog off (<-- if you say that fast, I think it sounds like yur cusin someone out :p)...so I did have the full intention of keeping this blog up to date. But my life got a little complicated again and I got sidetract and you know just add all the excuses you can think of. BUT here I am again with the full intention to keep this up to date.

Let me start this post by saying that I am a person who tends to create lists. Usually most of the items don't get done. I overwhelm myself w/ things to do and well I don't have the time nor money to do all that is on my lists. So I have decided that I am cutting back on my lists. I am only going to have on Main List. I have a few too many things on my plate right now and need to cut back and just keep the ones that will let me be sane. Let me show you my list.

House - clean (I'm not looking for a shiney house, I am just hoping to keep everything descent looking. Have my kids keep their room clean also)
House - Cooking (I'm not a cook, but am hoping to learn and do it daily. This will not only be good in saving money but also in teaching my kids)
House - Kids (I would like to spend more quality time with my kids. I want to be a fun parent also and not just the "bossy" mom :p)
Work - up to date (I have tons of stuff to catch up on work and so I am hoping to be able to bring a bit of work home to slowly help me out)
Me time - (I am hoping to get a bit of me time. You know we need it to help keep us sane.)
House - Savings (I was doing coupon cutting for a while and when I was doing it I was saving, but I haven't done so in a few months and would like to get back to it. Especially with this economic struggle)
Church - (I NEED God in my life! I have been attending church off and on for about 9 months now. and well I NEED to go. I feel stress free when I get closer to him.)

I did have on my list "Primerica" (it was a new job) but I decided on my way to work that I am not going to add that to my plate. I'm not sure if I will add it later. I do need the extra money, but right now I need to concentrate on other things that I think are more important. sounds kinda ridiculous, but I do have Eli (the father of my kids) financial support, so i'm not extremely worried about money. So yeah it's off my list.

So that was my list. It might not seem like a long list but they are not small things.

Ok so this is gonna be it for my post today. I have a few things I need to get done.

Ciao
Deli

Long Time No See

2008-12-12T15:21:00.000-08:00

It has been quite a few months since i blogged on here. I think it's time to take the dust off this blog and bring it back to life. I have lots of new things going on - mostly good things - and would like to share it. Unfortunately I cannot do that at this moment. I'm at work and need to get some stuff done and then I can allow myself to get a break. So I shall be back later. Till then

Deli

it's June already!

2008-06-02T10:45:00.000-07:00

Wow! June is already here. half a year has already come and gone. time seems to fly doesn't it?

ok well i did an update about 2 wks ago :O so i def. need to one now. You know things have been running really smooth for me chores wise, kids wise (well except the occasional getting sick), and then well work wise - that's actually been kinda busy. boss is on vacation for one week and that means i my responsibility goes higher. But it's ok it's not something i can't handle. Plus I got my other boss here too (the asst.) so that lessens my load. I just don't like feeling all stressed. I get like that b/c i feel like i have to handle things then and there at that moment and then things tend to pile up and then i'm stressed. just got to learn to relax.

so w/ my kids we have been having family days and it's pretty cool. I like having them spend time w/ both their dad and myself. I'm sure they have a blast w/ their dad but i like to be there too and see their happy faces. yesterday we went to the park and i was taking pictures of the girls playing w/ their dad and then i had them pose too. at the end of the day i'm checking out the pictures i took and realize that my kid (the oldest one) looks big. as in like older and taller. i happened to make a comment abou that out loud and Eli (my girls' dad) said "newsflash!! she is getting bigger" i just couldn't believe it!! my kid can't be getting bigger w/out my permission. :p i did also realize this past week that alot of her clothes is not fitting her anymore, but even then it still didn't "hit" me that she's growing up. i'm gonna blame the pregnancy :p i'm just so out of it. well maybe it's not the pregnancy maybe i'm just in denial. i tell my kid that she's my big baby and she tells me that she's not a baby. that she's a big kid. lol i guess i should have taken that as a hint too. my lil one still says she's a big baby. :D

oh man i'm getting all mushy over here. well this update is gonna be short b/c well i'm at work and should be working. that is what i'm getting paid for anyways :p

Crazy weather

2008-05-23T15:36:00.000-07:00

I was online checking out the weather news b/c i heard that there had been a tornado near where i live. Well it turns out that they were twin tornados. i'm still, can't say in shock but more like dumbfounded. i think that's the word. i don't know it just seems weird. but yeah it was about 30-45 mins away from my house. i'm not freaked out i guess i still dont' think it's a big deal or something. so yeah the darn weather is not warm and sunny like california should be. it's a gloomy day and gloomy days tend to bring me down. I was also noticing that in some areas he in Cali it hailed soo much that it looked like it had snowed! like inches of darn hail. other areas of course are flooded b/c of the fires that burned all the brush and left bare mountains. That was expected - sadly but it was. So b/c of this darn weather we can't have the Hannah Montana birthday party for my niece. it's been postponed till next weekend. :( i guess it's best b/c well alot of ppl might not have shown up b/c of the rain and that would have really bummed out my niece plus they say next weekend is suppose to be sunny. so crossing my fingers (and of course gonna pray too).

ok well this one is short b/c the weather is not fun and i got things to do. I took a small break (at work) and it's time to get back.

Ciao

Creating a good habit

2008-05-22T10:56:00.000-07:00

Well i think i've created a good habit. I have been doing more cleaning and maintaining around the house and it doesn't feel like i'm forced. I realized it's not "nesting" b/c of the pregnancy so that is def. a plus :p cause if it was then after the pregnancy the house was gonna go down the drain - well at least my part of the house. The good thing about cleaning is that it's also training my kids. monkey see monkey do :D i noticed i'm not so stressed on telling the girls to pick up things or put them away b/c they see that i do my share so they are ok w/ doing theirs.

this might seem weird or dorky or i don't know, but i have prayed that i can get into a cleaning mode. that cleaning not be so forceful and that i show my kids how to be clean. and i do believe God has a hand in this. don't tell anyone, but i thought that i was never gonna get into a cleaning mode. that i grew up w/ this bad habit and forcing myself to clean was just gonna make it harder on me. but see now i'm doing things w/out feeling forced it feels automatic. i don't get mad b/c something is on the floor or something is misplaced. i actually have the girls being ok w/ picking up their stuff and putting it where it goes. isnt' that cool? I seriously do think that God has answered my prayer. i also think my sis has been praying for me to be cleaner too :p so i think that helped too :D Gotta give credit where credit is due.

so on another note.... i had an ultrasound again yesterday and my baby boy is still a boy! lol. I had the doc verify that he was still a boy :p just making sure b/c i don't want to start gathering boy stuff and turn out that i'm having a girl. plus she told me that my baby weighs 2 lbs 10 oz. he's still tiny (well in weight b/c in height he seems pretty long. he kicks my ribs alot)

ok well that was my update for today

Ciao

proud mama

2008-05-16T07:14:00.000-07:00

I'm a proud mama. my kid finished her project plus her regular weekly homework. We'd been having trouble dealing w/ her weekly homework and it got done this week! I feel good. I kept expecting her dad to help me out but like he says he gets off late and by the time he picks up the girls and they get to his house , well they are sleeping so he can't help her in that aspect. soo i think it was causing problems b/c i still expected him to help out b/c she is both of ours and he should have that responsibility but even though that is true i really like spending time w/ her especially doing this project. So i'm over w/ expecting him to help homework wise. I see her more and i will do my best to have her do her homework. I'm excited to just deal w/ it on my own. it's soo darn stressful expecting things from other people and not having that extra stress (for something small) is nice. :) Here's a pic of the project done. I didn't get a chance to take the pic w/ her in it b/c she was already in the car and i had just came back inside to give her, her project. so i took a quick pic.

Hello

2008-05-15T16:35:00.000-07:00

So I do believe I mentioned that Hello is shutting down. Well it seems they have extended it till June 11th which is way cool. I already downloaded Windows Live Messenger and was on at a DST thread and found a link to add in a screenshot plug in PLUS!!! it also showed how to add a hotkey button. You know it's def. not the same as hello, but def. next to best. So i'm content now.

Today i had a sick kid. :( My oldest went to school and today they had a field trip (btw i forgot to send her a lunch - not good, BUT i called the school and they were gonna pack an emergency lunch- so that was very nice of them. I still feel horrible for forgeting to get her a lunch but I was willing to take it to her where she was but they had another alternative) ok so yeah she was at the fieldtrip and i get a call that they are bringing her back just by herself b/c she is sick. so i go to the school to pick her up and well she's not there yet. Turns out that they decided to might as well bring everyone home. I felt horrible b/c they had to cut everyone elses trip short, but they said another teacher wasn't feeling well either and it was too hot for the kids to be out at the park. So i guess they decided to use my kid as an excuse. hope none of the kids get bummed out. So yeah my kid had a high fever. it was at 102.9, gave her some tylenol and had her sleep for a while. right now it's down to 100.3 so she's still sick but def. looking better. she was crying and vomiting (and i'm thinking this might be TMI) and just wanted to lay down. my poor kid. She has more energy now and we are working on her project. She's building a Costco building and then has to answer some questions and will be turning it in tomorrow. Still not sure if i'm gonna send her to school, but i still want to turn in her project. it's cool. she basically is doing it by herself. well i taped the box but she's painting it :p very cute to see her working on her project. I'm soo proud of her.

here's a pic of her working on her project.... still in progress

Cute huh? I think it is :p

That's it for today

Ciao

a little bit of everything

2008-05-14T16:26:00.000-07:00

I don't remember if i mentioned before that i thought i was "nesting" - you know the phase of the pregnancy that you just want everything clean and you kinda become OCD (obssesive compulsive disorder). Well I thought i was going thru that b/c there was like 3-4 days that i just kept putting things in the right place and dealing w/ laundry!! that one there is a big one for me. It didnt' feel like a chore it just felt natural. Well if i did, forget about it! cause it's gone :P LOL!! I mean i still do small stuff here and there but not big stuff it just automatically makes me tired just thinking of it. I know i'm bad. But i am working on getting myself into the habit of cleaning. They say it takes 20 days to create a habit the only bad part is that i can't seem to make it last 20 days. :p So yeah my part of the house isn't the best looking BUT it does look better and the girls have their closets full of clothes and so do i. Like i tell my BF Maby. Algo es algo (something is something). Doing a little is better than doing nothing.

We are now at Wednesday and there really isn't much to update about my life. i've been working and hope to get a descent check this time. Last payperiod just was so small that i barely paid the bills and now i'm using my credit card again to pay for gas or food. NOT COOL! I was really hoping to stay away but i can't starve my kids nor myself. My sis usually helps buy the groceries but this time i think she might be low on funds too cause our fridge is sadly almost empty. i think we have eggs and milk. so that'll get us by for a bit :p so me restarting my coupon collecting is just not happening anymore. i have no money to go use the darn coupons! and there are some good deals but if you have no money well you have no money. very sad situation.

today I have to help my munchkin w/ her project. she needs to build a Costco building and then also answer some questions. luckily we have till friday to turn it in. so we already went yesterday to see the costco - just drove by b/c we don't have a membership so we can't go in. but i took pics of it so we can remember what it's like :p but now i need to have her actually build it. the instructions say that I can't help (as in actually building it)so i'm curious to see how it will come out. I got lots on my hand today and tomorrow. I'll post a pic when it's done.

OHHHHH!! Can you believe that Hello is shutting down? it's like the best darn instant messaging program there is and it's closing!! They are just not thinking right. Now we are stuck trying to find a program that will have the screenshot feature and that sends pics really quick. very bummed out.

ok well time to finish this post. chat w/ you later

Mother's Day weekend

2008-05-13T08:27:00.001-07:00

Well this past weekend was Mother's Day. Both Saturday and Sunday. Saturday is Mother's Day in Mexico, which we celebrate for those mom's who have been born and raised in Mexico. On Sunday is the American Mother's Day and that is celebrated by those who were born and raised here. Soo how did my Mother's Day weekend go? Not so good. And it seems that, that is the answer I have been getting from other mom's. ONe of my co-workers said that we should just celebrate it on a regular day w/ no pressures or stresses. I'm thinking that's a good idea. so i'm gonna pick a day out of the blue and celebrate it w/ my kids.

So let me tell you how my Saturday went. Well since my mom was working and she works at a restaurant and on special days there really is no way of finding out when she will get out. So spending the day w/ her wasn't gonna happen. So i decided to do my Mother's day shopping. I bought stuff for my mom, my SIL, my Comadre and my MIL (which she's not my mother in law anymore but she is the grandma of my kids so i'm gonna keep calling her that - until someone complains about it :p) and then for Sunday i had planned on going to church, going to take the presents to the mom's i bought, wait for my mom to get off b/c the rumor was she was getting off early and we might take her to eat.

So since the only one that was gonna be available to celebrate on Saturday was my MIL i had planned on being over there around 7pm. Well Eladio calls on his way back from the desert and wants me to get the girls ready to go to eat and we were gonna take his mom and his family. Soo that's what we did we ended up going to Joe's Crab Shack and had a descent dinner. Then when I went to drop off Eladio and the girls he decided he wanted to go on Sunday to the Rose Garden in LA and then visit his family. He said he wanted to take his mom b/c she loves roses. I told him i had plans and if we went around noon i'd be able to go but that we would need to be back early b/c of my mom getting off early. well long story short. I didn't go b/c it was mainly for his mom and then he was going to his family - that i have met, but Eladio's way of treating me in front of his family is not that great and being pregnant and sensitive i really didn't want to deal w/ the humiliation. So i texted him that i wasnt' going but that i would have really liked to spend the day w/ the girls. Well like he usually does, he didn't reply. And of course the girls never got here. I did go to church, i did visit my Comadre and gave her, her present but then i came home and just wasnt' up for anything else. I was trying to celebrate Mother's day w/out my kids and it just kept bringing me down. i tried going to my mom's but no one was there yet so i came back home and just spent the day by myself - well w/ my little one in my tummy. but spent it crying alot b/c i wanted my kids by my side. So not only did i not see them he didn't even have them call me to tell me happy mother's day. Yeah, So i didn't get mother's day celebrated this year. Well i shouldn't say that b/c i did get a card from Yadira that she made at school plus my lil sister made me a card too and my sis gave me a beautiful frame that says "I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me" - phillipians 4:13. So i did get presents it's just that i wanted to have my girls w/ me. B/c I am a mom b/c of them. you know i was gonna count Saturday as a celebration for me too since we all went to eat but Eladio made a comment that he had called his sister to tell her that he wanted to take his mom out to eat so that there was to me a way of saying it was for his mom and not for me. which is what i originally thought and have no problem w/ celebrating her on her day, but then like i said i didn't get it celebrated. I'm still bummed out and trying to get over it but it hurts to not have even a call from my girls on that day. sigh....I just need to move on. I think my hormones are taking over me and that's why i'm so sensitive. But see that's the other thing. He knows i'm pregnant, he knows i'm more sensitive why won't he take the extra consideration and have the girls spend the day w/ me or at least call me. Ok i'm starting to cry again and i really need to get over this. I sometimes swear he does these things to make me suffer on purpose and i don't think it's fair b/c all i try to do is for us to get along and not fight. It's like he sees that i'm happy and has to make sure to do something to try to ruin it. He ruined it for a day and i guess for a bit today but i'll get over it by tomorrow and be happy again. It's just the way it is. The closer I get to GOD the easier it is to forgive and forget.

Ok i guess i rambled enough. chat w/ you later!

woohoo!

2008-05-06T20:16:00.000-07:00

I'm not talking about the Wamu comercial, when i say woohoo. I did soo good today at home w/ the chores that i'm excited. I'm very proud of myself. I was off today so i had all day to clean. lately i had been too tired to do much and kinda felt like i had to convince myself to do the chores, but now it was weird i didn't feel forced. It felt natural. I think i might be going thru the nesting period of the pregnancy. which i wish would stay w/ me the rest of my life. i know my sis would love that :p ok well i am officially done for today on the chores. Just wanted to come and share my happiness. tomorrow i work so lets see how much gets done.

ciao

long update

2008-05-05T09:01:00.001-07:00

Sheesh! I've been lagging on the posting on my blog again. I had actually forgotten completely about it. It's not like i was too tired to post i mean i forgot i had a blog. i'm gonna blame the pregnancy :p So i'm just gonna update this past weekend b/c truthfully i can't fully remember what i did before that. I don't think i did anything special or else i would have remember, i think.

so let's see on saturday, it was NSD (national scrapbooking day) and i had planned on sitting at the computer all day (only getting up to get me some food)but then it turned out that Eli (my kids' dad) had two extra tickets to Legoland. So i ended up going there. It was a tiring day b/c of all the walking but other than that it was fun. the girls had a blast. I took lots of pics. I didn't get the Churro I wanted but it's all good i'll get myself one a different day.

Sunday - I went to church. did i mention that i like going to church? I like singing along and the pastor just knows the right thing to say. I've got lots of improving to do but slowly but surely. I found out that about 9months ago my sister put my name on the "prayer wall" - it's a wall made up to have people pray for you and hope that you become a christian. When that person that you put on there has become a christian you put a red heart next to the name. so my sis put a heart next to mine. It was really cool to see my name and have the heart put next to my name. I'm glad that people are praying for me. I really did need God in my life. You know I have believed in him but didn't have the full faith in him. It's just so beautiful to have Him in your heart. Your life seems to flow a bit more easier. It's great. I was thinking to myself this sunday that i wish we could have church/mass at least every other day. I have so much to learn and once a week doesn't seem to be enough. lol

Ok so changing the subj. a bit.... also on Sunday i went and had breakfast w/ my brother and his family. The main reason i went over there is to help make the invitations for my niece's bday party comming up this month. And i also did some computer tutoring :D my SIL needed some help and she's a good student - she took notes. so i basically spent most of my day over there. cause i also had lunch! we had a minor scare though. my nephew started to have an allergic reaction to the seafood we were eating. but luckily after like 10 mins it started to fade away. but they still gave him some allergy meds just in case.

After being at my brothers i went home, read the bible a bit and then went to sleep early. wanted to wake up early so i can be at work on time. I did wake up early but i got side tract on folding the clothes and putting clothes in the washer, that i still came in a bit late. not as late as usual so i'm improving :)

Well that's my update. oh wait!!! on Friday (i remember now) My sis and i went to watch a movie. we were suspose to go watch the forbidden kingdom but ended up watching Under the same moon. That movie is a tear jerker big time. It was good. And i assure you it wasn't my hormones going all cucu on me. I know that b/c the ladies in front of us were all in tears too! :D

ciao

Monday Recap

2008-04-28T18:13:00.000-07:00

It was tiring. Actually every day feels tiring, but going to work tires my brain :p I went to work after 6 days of not going so having a mini vacation (which wasn't really a vacation) makes it harder to go to work, but I did accomplish a few things at work. So it did feel good to go back and catch up on some stuff. it's just that i come home and there is soo much stuff to do (just cause there is stuff doesnt' mean i do it all) and it just wears me out. All i want to do is sleep and sleep some more. sigh...tomorrow is my day off but that doesn't mean i'm gonna get a chance to relax. i'll see how it goes.

Family Day

2008-04-27T23:30:00.001-07:00

Today turned out to be a family day. Having a family day was on my resolution for this year and it finally happened. Usually we have Monday as Taco night where Eli will bring us tacos or we will meet and eat at the taco place but last week it didn't happen so not sure if it's gonna fade away. but well let's get back to today. we ended up going to the beach and the girls had a blast. I basically sat on the sand and was watching our stuffs, but believe it or not i did have fun. I took a few pics of the ocean and the sand and the sky LOL but it was so relaxing. i wasnt' bored. Then Eli brought a piece of seawead that had lots of critters and since they didn't have a cup or anything to stick them in I offered my shoes. I'm such a good mom, i know. hehe. so yeah my shoe was full of weird animals. Don't want to think about it too much b/c there was some gross looking things in there and the more i think about it the less i want to wear those shoes again. :p So today turned out to be a fun day. I was sore and tired but like i said being at the beach (even in the darn heat) was relaxing. I think I need to drive myself over there more often. It would be a good place to clear my thoughts. ok well i'm starting to get relaxed just thinking about it and I still got some reading to do before i go to sleep so i'll try not to think about the beach for now.

Well i am tired so i think i will go to sleep b/c tomorrow is work day. my lil one is not sick anymore eventhough the older one had a runny nose and a bit of a froggy voice but hopefully she'll be ok.

gnite

I forgot

2008-04-26T22:52:00.000-07:00

Once again I forgot to post something. Not sure what happened that I didn't. It's kinda odd b/c i once again didn't do much. I was in a grumpy mood most of the day and didn't do house chores.

But oh well. So today was definately a long day. I did wake up late about 9.30am but then woke up w/ my uvula (the punching bag thingy in your throat) swollen again! so i took half a pill of benedryl b/c i know it works but didn't want to take the full dose. but that darn pill knocks me out. I didn't go fully asleep but did have to lay down and close my eyes for about an hour. I was awake to where i could here the girls playing and then fighting and then coming to ask me for things. it's just i need to rest. so after that we got ready to go to my SIL sister's baby shower. I had a hand in this a bit. I helped come up w/ some games and turned out i was the photographer for the day. truthfully i wouldn't hire myself :p I was going over the pics and the last ones came out blurry. soo i hope they dont' get mad. it wasnt' my intention to be the photographer but i noticed no one was taking pics so i took it upon myself to take some pics. Isnt' that nice of me??? lol so yeah i was there about 2.30 and left about 10.30. i think that i was able to handle it so long b/c Eli ended up arriving so the girls were all over him and off of me :p Well i'm kinda tired b/c I should have taken a nap a while ago and didn't. tomorrow i plan on going to work after church so not sure how that's gonna go. I have the girls w/ me right now (which eli normally has them) he wanted to stay and play poker so i have them here. he said he'd pick them up tomorrow but not sure what time. ok well i'm gonna go to sleep.
gnite

long day

2008-04-24T22:26:00.000-07:00

yesterday and today felt like really long days. i've been taking care of my lil one b/c she had a fever and then started having a sore throat. I had been giving her tylenol and that would make the fever go away but as soon as it wore out the fever would come back. and her sore throat still hurt. she hasn't been eating well and has been crying alot. it makes me really sad to see her like that. and unfortunately i had my grumpy moments. i havent' really slept that well b/c she wakes up at night crying plus being pregnant also doesn't let me sleep comfortable. so i just got mean a few times but then tried to make it up by taking extra care of her. sigh.... it's about 10.30 and i'm still up even though i'm tired i don't feel like sleeping. plus the hormones that make me cry are acting up and i just feel extra sad. Eli (my kids' dad) took them tonight b/c it's his turn eventhough i'm gonna take another day off from work to watch the lil one. It makes me even more sad that he is not willing to take a day off of work to watch her. he would rather let his sis watch the lil one and him go to work. I just dont' feel it's right to have someone else deal w/ our sick kid. at least in that we should handle ourselves. but he's not willing to give in. so that means mom is left to miss work. and you know i dont' have a problem w/ missing work b/c of my kids b/c i love them and even if he did take the day off i'd still be worried about her and would be calling to make sure he's taking good care of her. so it's best that i do stay and watch her. I worry less like that. so i guess this might be what some ppl would call a blessing in disguise.

I have also been searching for girl names on the internet. I was told that i'm having a boy and i really do hope that i am but just in case i end up having another girl i want to be prepared w/ a name. i have made a list of girl names i like but can't seem to join two to make a nice looking name. so i'm thinking i might just go w/ one name. on my girls i did two names b/c i don't have a middle name and have always wanted one. i like the idea of giving them a second option. so here is my list of girl names:
Noemi
Alondra
Yuridia
Yulisa
Mia
Susana- in memory of my grandma

so got some thinking to do. at least to have it as a back up if i end up having a girl. plus i think i should start prepping my hospital bag. i know i'm only 23wks (approx. 5.5 months) but i think i should be ready. I don't even have a car seat. which is the most important. i'm thinking that by July i should get everything i will need b/c you never really know when the baby is gonna decide to join us. w/ my lil one she was 3 wks early so it's never a bad idea to prepare yourself early.

ok well it's late and i would like to read a few sections from the bible before i go to sleep. Trying to get closer to God.

Gnite

Bad Llama!

2008-04-22T21:16:00.000-07:00

Bad Llama! (isn't that what Kuzko said in the Emporer's new groove?) well once again i didnt' have a productive day today. Well as in house cleaning wise. I did go to walmart and bought a dvd player, shoes, bathing suits - for the girls, a lock for my door, and some other misc stuff.

Plus i got my eyebrows and upper lip waxed. I sooo needed that. I didn't like how my eyebrows came out but they at least cleaned them up so now i just gotta thin them out. That was really my day. I did lots of sorting of my digital scrapbooking. and i ate snacks all day.

My lil one got a fever for like 3 hrs. i gave her tylenol and then made it go away. it was very weird that she got it and didnt' last. eventhough i'm very happy that it went away. i think i'm still gonna give her at least two more doses of meds just to make sure she doesn't get the fever back.

My older one got a haircut today. Her hair reached (when wet) her butt. She was getting split ends and since she hadn't had a haircut since she was like 2 yrs old i decided it was time. they cut about 4 inches off. it looks fuller and healthier.

Update Sat & Sun

2008-04-21T09:32:00.000-07:00

aaaahhhhh! I realized this morning that I hadn't done my daily post. so i guess i have to catch up.

Let's see.... Saturday was a very lazy day for me. I was gonna work on putting all the clean clothes away but that didnt' happen. All i ended up doing was going to Big Lots and buying two coupon holder thingies (bought a spare in case i lost one :p) then some other little gadgets that i didnt' need. after that i went home and watched tv and snacked. OHHH wait i did take out a load of dry clothes out of the laundry LOL! that was my saturday

Sunday was a bit more productive. Went to church - which btw I love going to church. I love the music they play and the pastor just knows how to say the right thing. It's just great. but ok let me get back to my stuffs. so after church my sis took my cousin and i to IHOP. then we went to walmart to get some stuff for the carne asada that my sis was making - for no special reason, then went home and my sis helped me put the clean clothes away (which i am very grateful for), i cleaned up my room a bit, finished a scrapbook page, went to the store to get my coupons, and went to the carne asada (at my mom's) oh and then had to head back home b/c i had forgotten to take all the meat :O LOL!

the carne asada was fun! even though i took a nap it doesn't mean it was boring i was just tired. we ended up playing loteria and I won $4 and some change!! then i went back home and helped my cousin study for his history test today. I hope he does good. Seemed like he got them down pretty good. So that was my sunday.

Today is monday so let's see how it goes later today.

Getting into the groove

2008-04-18T16:45:00.000-07:00

So things today have started real good. I'm currently at work (on my break!) but before I left home i got some stuff done. Actually it starts w/ last night. Before going to sleep i put some clothes in the dryer and more to wash. So this morning I put the clothes to dry that was in the washer and put more to wash. I currently have most of the clean clothes on the table that is in the laundry room so i'm hoping it will remind me to put it away. So i got that done. I got some paperwork, that needed to be filled out and sent in, done. you know that's all i have done that was on my to do list, but i think that's a really good start. I have a few more small things to do but i think i can handle it. i probably will be home late today, but i can do it! "si se puede, si se puede" !! i'll probably update this before i go to sleep.

Good Day

2008-04-17T21:30:00.000-07:00

Today was a good day. i acually accomplished some stuff around the house. I was off today so i had a bit more time to do stuff. i have picked up more trash in my room, put all the dirty clothes in the laundry room, scrubbed the tub, took the girls a bath (twice) once in the morning and then one not long ago b/c they were in the pool, put two loads of clothes to wash, some to dry, and put about 1/2 a load of clothes away. i think that's all i really did but it's getting better. so i'm feeling good. I hope to keep this up.

I also looked thru the junk mail to check on some sales but realized that they are still kinda expensive and plus i could save more if i actually had the sunday coupons. I really need to stop by and get some newspapers. I also need to get myself a new coupon book . i think i ended up throwing the other one away. maybe i didn't but it's soo much easier for me to just buy another one than to actually look for the old one :p

so i have added a ticker on my blog. I was reading a 2peas thread and saw lots of tickers but i really liked the one of the baby. So i got that one on here. I've had two kids before but it's still really interesting to see how the baby is progressing. cause it's not like you memorize each week of the baby's growth (well maybe if yur a nurse of doc). lol! So as far as the baby goes he kicks me a lot and i just keep feeding him. I was just telling my sis today that i really hope he fills my whole tummy. like i said i've had two kids before and well if yur a mom you know that you get that wobbly lower tummy - so my tummy is growing but just from the belly button up. i feel my tummy stretching!! but i keep wondering why! i got space below why can't he just take up that space? my sis says that i guess this one is different. well yeah i know that but why just not fill what already stretched? i mean i have a whole bunch of stretch marks already so it's not like i'm gonna be wearing short shirts to show my waist b/c that option was ruined after having the first one. but dang it why more?? ok maybe i'm overreacting. I am pregnant so it is totally possible but i still think i got space so he should just use it up. that's my opinion. sigh...

ok so it's not tooo late but my curfew has changed and i need more sleep. and espcially since i have to work tomorrow. oohh i get to wear my new clothes. wohoo! ok gnite sleep tight and don't let the bed bugs bite.

Motivated to Clean

2008-04-16T21:12:00.000-07:00

So after posting on here I got motivated LOL! for some odd reason I did. which is really cool. So i didn't do like a WHOLE lot of stuff but definately more than my usual day. I threw out the trashes, quick cleaned the bathroom - didn't actually do a wipe down it was more like put things where they belonged and also put a new shower curtain up, folded some clothes but have not put them away, had DD1 clean her room - she didn't finish it but got quite a bit done, put clothes in the laundry baskets, reheated some food. so i'm thinking i did a bit. I also let my cousin take over the tv so i think that helped too :p It wasn't as interesting lol! so i do feel good that stuff got accomplished. plus i had DD1 read me her story book which i hadn't been doing. I feel good that something was done. so i'm really hoping that this feeling good will last and it will motivate me to keep doing something.

Pic of my tummy

2008-04-16T16:46:00.000-07:00

Today is Wednesday and I was suspose to go to work, but didn't. It might not be a good reason, but I didn't go b/c I didn't have clothes that fit me. I'm 5.5 months pregnant and only have 4 pants that fit me now. I was planning on washing and wearing the clothes but then i think to myself this morning that I'm gonna look the same all the darn time and since I work at a country club, that would not be ok. So I didn't go to work, but did get to buy some clothes. I ended up buying 3 pairs of pants and one blouse. So now I won't always look the same. Just need to go buy some more shirts b/c mine are too short now :p

You know most of days have been really tiring and I haven't accomplished much. I was hoping to get some stuff done today and I just find no motivation. I have not watched too much tv today so i guess that's an accomplishment :p I usually lay on the sofa and get too comfortable to want to get up and do stuff. well today i was there but not for long but still don't feel like doing much. I feel like i'm waay too tired. i'm not that big but i walk for a bit and i need to rest. It's frustrating and just sad. sigh....

here's a pic of my tummy.

Second Post

2008-04-14T16:32:00.000-07:00

Ok so this is the second post and it's in the same day as the first one :p guess i'm getting carried away already. This one I just created so I can create labels and have different sections. So you can ignore this one if you please.

First Post For This Blog

2008-04-14T16:25:00.000-07:00

Ok so this blog was originally created for me to vent my work problems, but have decided to have this blog about me and my stuffs. A little bit about everything, except digi scrapping cause i have another blog that has that already. I have been really bad at updating my blog so i can't promise that this will be updated daily b/c i can only try. And it's not really created b/c i have a very interesting life it's more like a diary for me. Some stuff will help w/ my scrapbooking (when i do it) and some will be just reminders/memories.