Oh Christams Tree

The tree is up and the kids are happy, what more can I ask for?

We're having another busy weekend, Friday we're going with the in laws to church for the Virgin Mary celebration and then we're staying the night and making tamales for MIL's B-day. Her b-day is the 11th but we're gonna wait till the 13th to make the tamales and invite family over to celebrate with us, then we're gonna spend the night again and come home Sunday. We're hoping to make it to church Sunday morning, if not we'll go with them.

I have finals next week so I'll be taking all my study material with me. Can't wait to get this over with! almost....yayy!!!!!

The Weather is Perfect

I love the cold weather, and we were due for some. After having a late summer I thought we'd never cool down. Even though we don't get as cold as other states being in the 70's or low 80's is considered cold to us. I'm so tired of people saying we have the perfect weather, no we don't! 112 in the summer is perfect? or 98 in the fall is perfect? it's horrible and very uncomfortable!! So I tell Naty all the time that I live in the wrong state and how I can't wait to move to Colorado, that is ideal weather to me.

Moving on, on Thanksgiving night my two shoulders starting hurting me so I thought it was because of lifting and carrying the turkey but when I finally went to the urgent care that saturday the doctor said it would be impossible because it would take 2-3 days to feel the pain so it had to be something I did on either Monday or Tuesday. So she said I really pulled my trapeizus muscles and RX'd me 800mg of Motrin, 3X per day. I thought that was a little too much so I take it maybe twice a day. The problem is that no matter how much motrin I take, I'm still hurting so the doctor said it is because it has to bring down the inflammation before it can start working on the pain so I'm basically screwed, lol. I've been trying to make the best of it and trying to ignore it but its really hard too when you have to use your arms for everything.

As for thanksgiving, we had it at MIL's house and I cooked almost everything and we just ate and ate and ate and I gained 4 lbs. from that. It was really relaxing and non-stressful. I guess cause I wasn't in my own house to worry about everything, I just had to worry about the food and getting Naty and the kids ready. It was so worry free. We had a good time and especially Naty since we stood over 2 nights.

School is coming to an end, I only have 1 more week of instruction and 1 week of finals. I have 2 major papers to write and a couple of homework assignments due next week and I'm done! I've gotta do major studying for my Epidemiology class cause that test is cumulative, gonna be so hard. I'm just hoping for a B in that class.

Now we're getting ready for Christmas. We went shopping yesterday and almost finished buying all our gifts. We still need one more thing for Bubbs, Naty was thinking Rock Band since Bubbs has guitar hero but I said NO! thats too expensive, but what Naty wants, Naty gets, so its up to him.

Then Audrey's b-day is coming up on the 20th and MIL and FIL gave them $200 so that we can take them to disneyland but I don't think we'll take them till around March. Since it's Mia's b-day too they're having her a b-day party at the park so we'll go for a lil bit and then have a cake for Audrey here at the house. I'll just invite the in laws and my mom.





Right now I'm working on minor house projects like organizing and putting out the Christmas decorations. Naty wants to finish the floors and have them stained by Christmas but I say, NO! leave me alone! NO MORE STRESS, so we'll see. Well Audrey wants to make a craft so I better go......bye