04.28.09
Sickness surrounds me
What an exhausting two days I’ve had! Yesterday morning, 2am to be precise, started with vomiting kids and proceeded every hour, almost on the hour, the rest of the day. I got Drama Queen to school while The Snitch stayed home, puking and pooping. Off to the doctor’s we went to get her excused from school for two days. She slept all day and finally felt well enough to eat towards the night. Today Drama Queen got up vomiting and crying so off to the doctors she went to find out she has the same virus The Snitch has, minus the poop problem. Then Mister came home feeling ill, as well.
Phone calls, sick child demand, husband babysitting, a run to the drug store to pick up Pedialyte for my nephew who’s also sick, then to the doctor’s with Drama Queen, a trip to walmart for medicine, home to make chicken veggie soup and laundry to finish has been my day so far. I doubt I’ll make it to the gym tonight, I think I’ll drink wine instead.
So I’ve got one child going back to school tomorrow while the other goes back on Thursday. Mister, thankfully, feels better. And I’m not done with laundry yet. I’m just glad I’m done running the kids to the doctor’s for a ten minute visit just to get an excuse from school.
Sickness surrounds me and I’m in the process of fighting off what feels like a cold that’s trying to hit me. I REFUSE to let it win, though! How can I when I’ve got sick kids? Besides, we’re going to Vegas on Friday and I can’t be sick! lol
04.21.09
What a scorcher!
The last two days have been warm here in sunny Southern California. Ok, I lied. They’ve been HOT. Sunday we had 90 degree weather, which was perfect for a day out at Disneyland, we all came back golden brown. But yesterday was the most ridiculous heat ever, we hit 103 here in out little L.A. town.
We don’t have A/C in our house but have lots of windows so I managed to keep the front of the house cool, as much as possible, until the evening when there was just nothing more I could do. Poor Snitch came to me last night, sweating and miserable, asking me to open the windows in the house…they were already open. My girl slept in her undies only because she’s on the bottom bunk and can’t feel the ceiling fan as well as Drama Queen.
I didn’t cook last night because of the heat, we microwaved instead, which is soooo not like me but damn I was NOT about to turn on a stove or an oven! We didn’t get any relief in temperature until 8:30 last night when it dropped to about 85. Whew.
Don’t get me wrong, I love the warm CA temperatures but c’mon, this 103 without any warning? lol But I will take this over cold and rainy any day.
The other good thing about this glorious weather is that the kids and I have began getting color back to our skin! Yay! No more white Mexican’s! Usually we don’t get any color until we go camping in May but now we’ve got a head start on our summer tans.
We’ve got another hot day in store for us today, but I don’t think its no where near as hot as yesterday was…hopefully. I can’t wait for summer, now, because at least then my parents pool will be cleaned and ready for us!
04.17.09
I wear my heart on my sleeve…OMG what does that really meany anyway???
Not so sure what that expression means, yet I know I’m an emotional woman. More so than my sister, whom I find heartless at times even though she’s not.
Today is the two year anniversary of my Grandmother’s loss to Cancer. It hasn’t been as emotional as I anticipated and that’s only because Mister had me out in the streets busy with birthday party errands.
But as I sit here alone drinking wine I’m flooded with emotions. I really miss my Grandma. I feel bad that I didn’t make it to the cemetary, but there is always the rest of the weekend.
I miss her SOOOOOO much, even though I wasn’t her closest grandchild. I still miss her. I learned a lot from my Grandma. I learned how to take care of family even when times are hard. I learned how to hold grudges, and when to let them go. But mostly what I learned from her is life is too short. One day you are here, happy and thriving, the next you may be sick, dying and in the hospital. We lost my Grandma 37 days after her Cancer diagnosis and know what? That’s not enough time to say Good Bye. \
When my Grandma had her last days on Earth I was glad they were at her house, surrounded by family from near and far. She was mean yet loving and is trully missed.
I’m almost 36 years old and not a day goes by that my girls and I don’t miss her. But I know she is resting in a “better place” without pain.
What pains me is the grand children she has had and not the opportunity to know. My sister’s baby is, as my Grandpa dubbed him, #22!! Can you imagine living a life so full that you are the product of 22 GREAT grandchildren? Neiter can I, but Grandma would embrass my Fatty-Patty-Mistster-Man nephew and love him to no limits. It saddens me that my nephew will never know his Great-Grandma Irene.
So, Friends, love your love ones. Tell them how you feel. Don’t let family go because without “family” we wouldn’t exist.
04.14.09
She ain’t having it
Last week the girls and I were at the mall and the Easter Bunny was walking around (must’ve been slow at the expensive photo spot huh?) hugging the kids in the mall. The Snitch didn’t want anything to do with “Some man in a rabbit costume”. That’s my girl.
I thought that would be the perfect time to test the waters of truth. I mean she’s seven years old now so why not?
Mom: So if that’s a guy in a costume then who is the real Easter Bunny?
Snitch: The Easter Bunny is the real Easter Bunny, don’t you know that?
Mom: But how does a bunny get into our house ?
Snitch: He shares a magical key with Santa!
(laughing my ass off now)
Mom: Ok, what would you say if I told you Dad and I were the Easter Bunny?
Snitch: Its not true because how do you make all those chocolate eggs and candy?
Mom: Um, Target has them on sale two for $3.
(She’s doing some thinking now)
Snitch: I still don’t believe you because you never go to Target without us so how are you “supposedly” (yes, she did air quotes with her fingers) buying this stuff?
(Looking at me with eyes that say Prove that!)
*Sigh*
Mom: Its ok, Honey, you don’t have to know the truth yet, but you’ve got one more year and its ovah!
(Shaking her head laughing)
Snitch: Mom, you crack me up!
04.10.09
We sruvived Disneyland!
Yesterday was a great day, the girls were totally surprised and hadn’t a clue to where we were going.
Back in January I bought tickets to Disneyland yet didn’t use them because my sister’s sister-in-law works there and got us in free, so the tickets had been sitting on our fridge, new. We got to the box office and were there for a good thirty minutes or so, our ticket chick rocked! Disneyland has an offer going right now that you get a free admission on your birthday so we got The Snitch in for free, a $59 value. Then we traded her child’s ticket for an adult ticket and Mister paid the $10 difference. From there we applied our ticket prices to the cost of annual passes (don’t even ask how much we paid! lol) and come to find out even though The Snitch got in free they allow the $59 value to be applied to her pass! Sweet deal for us! Now the four of us, plus College Girl, Mister Jr and his wife all have passes so I’ve got others to go with when Mister doesn’t want to go with us!
Since we have a birthday party planned for The Snitch we decided to make it an inexpensive day, so we brought in our own snacks and water then we packed an ice chest of sodas and sandwich stuff and left that in the car. When it was time for lunch we headed back to the car, made sandwiches, chilled and relaxed in peace and quiet. That was the best part, no noise, no crowd, no cold food, not spending $50 to feed a family of four! I olny spent $6 at the market for bags of chips and juice boxes. I rock!
After lunch we went to the second park for a few hours and got on two rides. The park closed at 9:00 yet Disneyland didn’t close til midnight, but since Mister had been up since 1:30 am and worked almost a full day we called it an early night. Which turned out to be a good thing because before we even left the parking structure The Snitch was already asleep. lol We were all in bed by 10:00 and that was fine with me. Since we have passes now I think the girls and I will plan another trip in a couple of weeks. I love having our passes!
And we had to re-schedule The Snitch’s birthday party from tomorrow to the following Saturday because the weather is crappy. Its cold, cloudy and chances of rain while next Saturday is going to be sunny and 78 degrees! At first she cried but when she saw we were taking them out to Disneyland for the day I think that softened the blow so she didn’t feel like she got ripped off after all. lol
Overall we had a great time and my girls kept thanking us over and over last night. They’re great kids and deserve it. Here are a couple of pictures from yesterday.
The birthday girl
Drama Queen on the carousel in Fantasy Land
Mister & I in line for The Haunted Mansion
04.09.09
Happy Birthday, Snitch!
Seven years ago, today, I gave birth to this tiny little thing that didn’t even weigh eight pounds. She’s always been the smallest of the kids her age and even now at seven years old she’s still sitting in a car booster seat and still wears a size 6x. She’s my runt and I love her to pieces.
Today we’re taking the girls to Disneyland as a surprise for The Snitch. Disneyland is running a promotion that you get in free on your birthday and since the girls are on Spring Break we’re going. Mister, being the great husband and father that he is, made arrangements to switch around his work schedule for Friday so he could go to Disneyland with the girls and I. I also think we’re going to invest in annual passes to Disneyland so we can take them out to do more this year without having to spend a lot of money.
And Saturday we are having her birthday party at the park, just us, family and a few friends for the day. Mister is grilling burgers and dogs, I’m making chili beans and buying fried chicken. The Snitch and I made 20 candy bags the other night and instead of a cake we’re going to Costco and ordering HUGE cupcakes that I can’t wait to see these kids eat! lol So here’s a few pictures of my big 7 year old girl.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, SNITCH!
04.04.09
Bethcha he won’t do that again! lol
Friday night Mister and I had my parents, sister and a couple of friends over for a kick ass BBQ dinner. We chilled, talked, laughed, ate, drank and listened to music. Mister went to bed early because he had been up nearly 24 hours due to work so I said Good night to everyone, cleaned up and put everything away. In the end I kicked it in the garage listening to music, drinking a beer and smoked a cigarette. I chilled a bit.
Then our neighbor guy drove up, buzzed, and we bullshitted, had a few laughs and a couple of beers. He, for some odd reason, told me of all the scratcher Lotto tickets he bought then, in his drunkenness, said Here scracth one! You can have it! I was like No no I can’t. I don’t even know how to do them, and they’re yours. So he showed me how that card worked and guess what? I won. lol He helped me scratch my card and next thing he said was Oh…look, you….um just won $25.
I tried to give the ticket back to him, but he wouldn’t take it. I offered it back twice but he insisted I take it. So I did. lol Mister took it to the store and cashed it in for me and we’re going to brunch Sunday morning, I just might have a Margarita too! lol I couldn’t help but cracking up at his expression/tone when he scratched the $25 win off the ticket he gave me, I told Mister when I go to Sunday mass I’m going to generously put into the collection basket, its only right. 
04.03.09
Guess I’m just invisable
Believe it or not in my day to day life I’m a pretty quiet and shy person. I don’t like change. I don’t take many chances. I like things the way I like them and at times have to force myself to step out of my comfort zone because I’m a Cancer that is just not natural for me. And let me tell you, I’ve sat back and watched so many good times be had without me because I let Me hold Me back. I’ve backed out of stuff at the last minute to wish I didn’t and kicked myself at the end of the day.
Whenever I start to wimp out on things I tell myself If you can take a kickboxing class you can do anything and then I do it. That’s how I’ve managed to get into the classes taught at the gym, and guess what? I totally enjoy them now!
When I go to the gym classes I see ladies talking, laughing and greeting each other, but not me. I assume they’ve been attending long enough to have built a camaraderie, right? But I can’t. I don’t know why. I try, yet I’m too shy to strike up a conversation with complete strangers. What do I talk about? I’m afraid if I talk about the class I don’t know enough to hold any conversation and I will really stand out as the Newbie in the gym. So I keep quiet, get my equipment, work out, put it back and move on.
Yesterday at the gym I saw two ladies who I’ve taken work out classes with and each time I smiled and/or said Hi, trying to make an effort, but both times they walked past me like I wasn’t there. Needless to say that just pushed me back into my shell again. I guess I’m just not a memorable person. But deep down I know that’s not true.
OK, so how do I break this? How do I come out of my shell and get noticed? Without the aid of alcohol, that is. lol Or should I be glad that I can go places like that, do my thing and walk out unnoticed and undisturbed? Hmmm, that’s a good question.
04.01.09
I’m ready to move forward
Finally after fifteen weeks I’m done with my H.R. certification class at the college, last night was my last class. It feels good to have my Tuesday nights back to myself and my family. It also feels good that I took on something like going to school when things like that normally scare the crap out of me, which it did in the beginning. Now to just find a job.
