Monthly Archives: May 2008

It really is a cool community!

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Our economy has just been going downhill. Gas prices are starting to make things hard on everybody in our nation. Who wants to go on a vacation when you have to pay $4.00 per gallon? Heck, I don’t even want to drive to the store or even start my car for how much we’re paying for gas. It’s getting harder and harder and it’s time we start looking for ways to bring in a little extra money that can help us through this crisis. Or maybe you’re making the perfect amount of money every month, but you don’t have any leftover for savings for vacations or college funds. I will testify that what I’m about to tell you about will help you out with these things.

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I’m Getting a Blessing Today

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The missionaries are coming over today to give me a blessing. I feel like this is exactly what I need with all of the hormone issues I have been going through. I’ve prayed and asked for patience and while I have noticed a difference I still believe that there’s a missing piece here, and my last resort until I can get this Mirena out is to get a blessing.

I had such a wonderful at time at church today and it’s amazing what going there can do to my soul. I can be stressed out with a million things on my mind, and the minute I walk through those doors I feel this relief. Then when I walk out of those doors I feel motivated to strive hard at doing the best I can to follow the gospel. I think that’s why it’s so important for us to go to church every week, because it sets the tone for the following week. I miss church sometimes, and it always seems like the following week I have a horrible week. I’m not thinking straight, I don’t feel motivated to read my scriptures, which always make me feel good, or even pray.

I’m realizing that right now in my life I am struggling with something big within me. To feel stress and anxiety due to lack of necessity hormones in my body is wretched feeling. I sometimes lay in bed and cry, because I hate the way I’m acting. I hate the way I’m treating the people that I love and care for the most. My children need a mom with patience, it’s not fair. I know that they, especially Ella can feel my frustrations and I don’t like that.

I hope that this blessing will help me to hang in there until this all gets figured out.

Never go to the bank again

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I don’t know if I’ve talked much about my job, but I work at home. I am an accountant and currently am managing my grandparent’s books for their businesses in Nevada from my home in Oregon. I love it! I love that I am able to stay home my kids and still do the job that I love. There are many downfalls to the system that we have going on here. I would have to say that the most major downfall of our system is the banking. We have checks that are flowing in all throughout the month. The banks for these companies are in Nevada and the income is being sent to me in Oregon. The procedure that we’ve been using is I send deposits off to Nevada. It can sometimes take up to 5 days for the deposits that I send off to clear the accounts. That can be frustrating. Especially when people are calling asking why their checks haven’t cleared.

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Where does he get this stuff?

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Gino and Jayden had a father/son day and went to see Iron Man. Whenever they go to the movies Jayden always gets popcorn, soda and candy. Nothing but a bunch of junk, but I don’t argue it’s “their” thing. I’m not one that has ever said anything like, “If you eat junk you’re gonna get fat.” In fact I’ve never even talked to Jayden about stuff like that ever – nor do I talk about that stuff concerning any of us. Basically, there’s no way Jayden has heard what I’m about to tell you in our home.

I asked Jayden if he had anything good to eat and this was his reply, “No, I had popcorn and candy and soda. Just a bunch of junk, huh Mom? I better eat some strawberries so I don’t get fat.”

WOW ~ the stuff he comes up with just blow me away sometimes. Gino and I kinda had a little giggle together about it, because stuff like that just sounds so weird coming out of a 6 year olds mouth.

Are You Going Green?

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I really love plants. I’ve tried many, many, many times to have a plant in my house and then end result is never good. My plants die. I’ve never had green thumb and wanted one so bad. My problem is I’d either kill them with kindness, or forget that they need water to survive. Our last plant I actually put outside for some reason and killed it that way.

I hate that. I hate that I can’t have beautiful plants in my home. Plants make a home to me. You go to any of my family’s house and they have beautiful plants all over. Luckily for me, there’s a wonderful company that sells BEAUTIFUL silk plants. They even have bonsai plants, which I think are the coolest things in the world.

Nowadays people are going green. They’re all about preserving our earth and what better way of going green than by using silk plants and trees? They require low maintenance, which is a HUGE plus in my house. Plus with all the allergies that my husband has there’s no safer thing for us. You know all those pesky little bugs that love to come into your house just to get to your plants? You won’t have to worry about that anymore with silk plants. Just check them out, I’ve found a few things I’m really interested in.
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He’s a keeper

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There are so many times where I’m frustrated with my husband. Sometimes he really can make me madder than I’ve ever been, and lately with my hormonal problem I’ve said some pretty horrible things to him. There’s so many little things that he does that sometimes just really get under my skin. Marriage can be so darn difficult.

My car’s battery went dead yesterday and he’s been doing so much to get this car going again. Unfortunately it’s not just a simple jump. It’s frustrating the crap out of me too, because my car’s not that old.

As I was watching him out there my heart was filled with love. I love him. He does so many things for me, and not many husbands do things for their wives. I have a lot of people I talk to that complain about their husbands and how lazy they are. I do the same sometimes. I complain about Gino, but usually to Gino. I try to not complain about my husband to other people. I try to keep our problems within ourselves. I used to bring other people into our problems and that doesn’t work. It only made matter extremely worse.

I feel bad when I nag. I feel bad that I’ve been such a mean, wretched wife. I love him. He can make me madder than anyone in this world, but he also can make me happier than anyone (besides our babies of course).

I feel very blessed to have this man as my husband.

If My Pants Could Talk

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I get out of the shower and I walk into my closet and pick out the pants that I want to wear for the day. There they are, my favorite pants. The ones that fit just perfectly. The ones that I love so much. You know, my Dockers. I grab them and I pull them up and off we go to get through what lies ahead of us.

If they could talk you’d hear them screaming as my 9 month old pulled on them. You’d hear them laughing as my 9 month old tickled them. You’d hear them crying as my 9 month old spit up on them and then you’d hear them yelling at the fact that they are now covered in what was supposed to be my 9 month old baby’s dinner. When it came time for my baby to take her nap you’d hear my pants rejoicing with me in the fact that we’re finally having a moment to ourselves.

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100 Things About ME!

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1. I have 2 beautiful childen
2. I have a baby in heaven
3. I have 1 brother and 4 sisters
4. In my heart I only have 1 sister
5. I have 1 nephew and 1 niece from my 1 brother & 1 sister from my mom
6. I went to a boarding school when I was 12
7. That boarding school was a Scientology boarding school
8. I loved that boarding school and it was my choice to go
9. I went to a Mormon reform facility in Provo when I was 14
10. I really was a little out of control and needed to go there
11. After I graduated from the program I lived with my counselor in Provo for a while
12. I got married in Lake Tahoe, NV
13. Yes, it was in a casino
14. That casino was Caesars and it was a BEAUTIFUL wedding
15. I was married May 15, 2004
16. I played the flute in junior high
17. I used to make my sister & brother pay to come in my room
18. I made tickets and sold them to them for .01 each
19. I got in trouble when they outed me
20. I’m a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
21. I have not always been an active member of this church
22. I married a non-member of this church
23. I know someday my husband will be a member
24. I love to digiscrap
25. I’m addicted to massages
26. I don’t have a shoe obsession
27. When I moved out with my husband I didn’t know how to cut meat
28. I didn’t know how to cook either
29. I have broken both of my wrists
30. I have lived with my aunt
31. I LOVE chick flicks and cry over all of them
32. I was not a military kid
33. I grew up without a dad
34. I now live by my dad and still have no relationship with him
35. A year ago I relocated with my little family to start our own roots
36. I love pink
37. I have a daughter with Wolf-Parkinson White syndrome, which is a heart defect
38. On 10/5/07 I almost lost my daughter
39. I heart Hazelnut Lattes
40. I love accounting
41. I have an aunt that is only 4 years older than me
42. My mom is only 15 1/2 years older than me
43. I have Cuban Puerto Rican children
44. I have natural red hair
45. I have blue eyes
46. I’ve never had a tan
47. I ended up doing home school for my last 2 years of high school
48. I regret that decision
49. I moved 10 times during elementary school & junior high
50. Through all those moves I always had the same best friend
51. After 22 years, we’re still best friends
52. One year for Halloween I was a dead Raider’s cheerleader
53. I LOVE the Oakland Raiders
54. I LOVE the Sacramento Kings
55. I have a picture of me with one of the owners of the Sacto Kings
56. I played softball when I was 11
57. I sometimes listen to country
58. I’m tired of American Idol and didn’t watch it this year
59. I’m obsessed with Grey’s Anatomy, Desperate Housewives & Brothers & Sisters
60. Oh yeah, and Gossip Girl
61. I have a husband who is obsessed with these shows with me
62. I work at home
63. I still don’t own my own home
64. I have my California Real Estate License
65. I love mineral makeup
66. I use Burt’s Bees products – including their shampoo & conditioner
67. I used to write a lot of poetry
68. I really don’t like going to the movies
69. My favorite restaurant is Olive Garden
70. I wouldn’t have moved here if they didn’t have an Olive Garden
71. I hate sea food – if it comes out of the water I don’t eat it
72. I’ve had to call 911 due to my baby choking
73. A couple of weeks later my son choked
74. I have a husband that saved both of them
75. I started a fire playing with matches when I was 7
76. I had a New Kids on the Block sleeping bag
77. I have a 5 generation picture
78. My son has a 5 generation picture
79. I still have 5 generations alive in my family
80. I got braces at the age of 21
81. I had them on for almost 4 years
82. My “I” teeth do not exist and have bridges in their place
83. I love to read
84. I’ve never had a car payment
85. I drive fast
86. I’ve been to Mexico
87. I’ve never been to the East Coast
88. I love the ocean
89. I got bit by a dog and it almost took my eye out
90. I have a scar from it on my eyebrow
91. I used to make my garage a skating ring when I was younger
92. I lost a baby half way through my pregnancy
93. I still think Tupac is alive
94. I think he’s in Cuba
95. I was 19 when I had my son
96. I was 25 when I had my daughter
97. I was 21 when I got married
98. I don’t like BBQ sauce
99. I dip everything in ranch and ketchup
100.I’m a leo ~ hear me roar LOL

Make your Dad’s Father’s Day one to remember

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It’s that time of year again. The time of year where we honor our fathers and husbands and brothers for the wonderful fathers that they are and for the great influences they’ve had in our lives. Have you thought about what you’re planning on getting your dad this year? You weren’t planning on going with tools again were you? What if I told you that there was a way that you could give him a Father’s Day in HD? That’s right. Every man’s dream!

Does your dad have Charter cable service in his area? If your answer to that question was yes, then you MUST read on!! Charter is having a Father’s Contest where you write a 250 word essay on why your father is the best dad ever and he could win….

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What do you have to lose? Go sign your dad up for the Father’s Day of a lifetime. They’re accepting entries until June 6, 2008 – so HURRY!!

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Mr & Mrs Fishy

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Jayden finally got his pets last night. He got 2 gold fish and their names are Mr & Mrs Fishy. When we were in Pets Mart buying the fish he was so excited. When they put them in the plastic bag he wanted to hold them and when I told him that I’d prefer to hold them so they don’t get dropped he actually rubbed his face up against the bag. I guess it’s love.

We set the fish tank up in his room. I’m crossing my fingers that all goes well and that he doesn’t put random things in their cool little tank, or worse… somehow knock the tank over. I’m happy that he finally has a pet that won’t attack him or one that doesn’t get cravings for pies.

Ella has had a bit of a determined eye when she sees them. I wonder if she’s contemplating on how she can get them in her mouth since that’s where EVERYTHING belongs.