Winterball

Naty and I are on the board now and I'm the Safety Officer and Naty is the Chief Umpire, oh are we gonna be busy this year, sigh... So far we've had 2 board meetings and I had to go help out a little but once the season starts....oh vey. As for Bubbs he's playing winterball and I managed to get a couple of pictures of him, I still don't know how to use my new camera so they aren't that great, soon I'll have this blog full of pics, hehe.

At church

Here are some pictures of our family at church this past sunday. I wanted to take more but Naty never has patience for pictures, he was dragging us out of there. Enjoy.

A hiking we will go

So last minute Naty decided that we were going to the mountains after church this past sunday, which totally cool with me. So we all get up there and find a trial and decide to go down it, well it was easy going down but on the way up.....YIKES, I couldn't breathe, my heart was coming out of my chest and I was just totally out of shape, duh! Since my last post I've lost 6 lbs. more which makes it a total of 21 lbs. lost to date but I'm kind of upset cause I wanted to take Christmas pictures this year, not gonna happen with this big face of mine. Naty took some pics of me and the kids and I was in disbelief, I guess I've gotta lose another 21 lbs. to start seeing it in my face, so discouraging.




So we've decided to go hiking every sunday from now on after mass. We live so close to the mountains and I hate that we don't go as often as we should! Before we even came this time I had told Naty that we're going to the mountains at least 5 times before the year ends, he said ok but now we need snow gear cause without it you won't survive more than an hour, especially when your pants get all wet so I'm gonna hit up the thrift store for the kids and I'll be fine with some windbreakers and boots. Hopefully the snow will come in soon and we'll be able to enjoy it with the kids, they LOVE the snow. I think we only went twice last year and both times we brought back snow and put it on our front lawn, LOL! we had a snowman for a week till it slowly melted away.

Next time we go for a hike, we're def. bring water!

Bubbs' 8th Birthday

Wow was that crazy! We were painting the day before and cleaning minutes before the party. But it was all worth it, we had a good time and my baby turned 8 years old. We thought we'd combine halloween and his b-day to make it a little more fun again (like last year) and it all worked out. We had a lot of fun and hopefully we'll keep on the tradition (won't tell Naty that one yet). I had to get some pictures from other people cause my camera went out and I wasn't about to search for batteries, so instead I stole some from family.



Then on his official b-day was on a monday so I made him a lasagna and bought him a cake. My mom, steph, michelle and baby felipe and Jesse came over with us, it was relaxing and fun.



For Audrey's b-day, we're taking her somewhere cause I don't feel like going all out on a party again. We still have hay all over our backyard and its gonna take days to pick that up. (any volunteers?). The good thing about the hay is that its protecting our new grass from the sun and we're growing grass everywhere! So I told Naty that every week we'll fill up the green waste bin till we finish picking it up, its no biggie.



I've decided to keep up my blog from now on and try to update everything that has been going on in our lives. I'm mostly doing this for our family and trying to keep the memories from fading....lol

See you next time....

The Kid's Garden

when we were planting flowers in our flower bed the kids got a hold of my zucchinni seeds that I wanted to plant in the backyard and planted them in the flower bed! every time I came out to water it I noticed some leaves coming out of the dirt that didn't look like weeds so I left them. As time went on my MIL came over and said, "oh you're growing zucchinnies!" At first I was like WTH? but then it all made sense. I could not find those seeds for the longest and I finally knew what happened to them! the kids got a hold of them! So after asking them both about the seeds, Bubbs finally confessed and said, " I didn't know they would grow!" LMAO! its ok though, we have fresh veggies and its just growing and growing.

besides the zukes we also have tomatoes, chilies and pumpkins growing! can't wait to see a ball come out of that plant.



Also, we baptized our nephew miguel and here's a pic.


And we've been working on the bathroom and here's an in progress pic, all we need now is the tile, everything else is done.

Summer Update

We've been home this whole time just working on workbooks and projects for the kids. We haven't really gone anywhere but since my last post I've lost about 15lbs. I'm doing it at a slow pace cause I don't want to set myself up. I'm still enjoying the foods I love and pigging out here and there but I make sure to get back on track. I really want to lose 25 lbs. more before xmas. To finally take our christmas portrait! I keep saying that every year and never get to cause I don't want a fat picture but I can't do that anymore, I need our family portrait.

Naty is still working at my old school and working on the inside of the house. He tore out the whole bathroom and just re-did the pipes, all new copper pipes now. We also bought our jacuzzi tub that goes in next. As soon as he puts in the toilet, sink and tub we'll be able to buy our tile! that will be fun.

Audrey and I go back to school on Aug. 26th and Bubbs goes back on the 25th.

I couldn't wait to be out but now I can't wait to go back. I swear I'm losing my mind in this box of mine, lol.

Let's see, we plan to have our bathroom, walls and kids playhouse done with by xmas. we'll see......hhhmmm

Big Girl on a Diet

That's me! Once again I'm attempting to get this extra baggage off me. I hate this off and on crap but hey, if I didn't do it I'd be a lot bigger. I think because I lose a lot of weight, then gain it back, then lose it again and so forth that it has saved me from going any bigger. I won't tell you how much I weigh but so far I'm down 9 lbs. The first 7 were from watching what I ate and taking it easy and the other 2 from my first week on weight watchers. I didn't do as good as I wanted but it'll do for now. We had a big BBQ for bubbs baseball closing ceremonies and I ate small portions but it was all bad choice foods. It's really hard for me to keep track of my food on the weekends so I'm thinking of holding a notebook with me instead of depending on my Laptop. I'm usually out and about and never on my laptop on the weekends so I think that'll work out better. I want to be at least 10 lbs. lighter by July 13th. Thats the day we baptize my nephew and I don't want to squeeze into a dress, I want it to fit perfectly.

As for the kids, Bubbs is still in school but he's getting out June 26th and I'm going on a fieldtrip with Bubbs school this friday. I'm dreading it but Bubbs is so excited about it.

Audrey, on the other hand. Is bored out of her mind and out of school still. WE don't go back till August so i'm gonna have to come up with something fun for them. Like library, park, walks, crafts etc. etc.

Our anniversary is coming up on July 19th so I've gotta make plans for it now. I'm hoping he'll be up to doing whatever but with gas prices we won't be going too far. Maybe TJ to get our tile for our bathroom but as far as anywhere else, its out of the question.

Audrey and I need to go to the market so I'll see u later. peace

Happy Mother's Day

to me! We had a good day. We started it off with church at 8am, then breakfast with me, naty, the kids, the in laws, jesse, miguel, veronica and the babies. From there we went to costco to buy our steaks, then to get a refill for the propane tank, drop off water and soda at the church and back home. Then around 1pm my mom, grandma and steph came over for dinner. We made ribeye steaks, sausages, baked potatoes, buttered mushrooms, steamed veggies, garlic bread and pasta salad. YUMMMMMM we had a feast. Oh and I have flowers all over my house and Naty got me a stainless steel toaster that I wanted, hahahahahahaha. That's what I wanted so I was happy.

As for the house...........the stone is DONE!!!!!! and it looks awesoooooooome. People keep stopping by and saying how nice it is and asking a million and one questions. We're really proud of our hard work! Thank you Jesus!

Looking good

no, not me, MY HOUSE! the pavers are down and done and now up goes the stone. It's looking so good!

I have 1 day left tomorrow of school then finals are next week. Oh, how I can't wait for it to be over. So far I've got one grade back which is a B in English! I'll take it, shit I'll take a C as long as its passing. I struggled in that damn class, big time. I was crying while writing my papers, it was torture. so glad thats over, no need for English ever again.......

I did my intership at the fibromyalgia association and I learned so much. It's a great organization and they do awesome things over there. Very fun place to work at, wish it was closer. I'm gonna have to start looking for a job once I graduate cause I don't think I'm going to the PA program straight out of fullerton. My dreams were crushed when the advisor came to our class to "school" us on the program. Damn he just went off about how hard it is and I feel awful about that. Oh well, we'll see.

Audrey grew so much. I could say that she grew at least 2 inches in the past 2 months. I'm looking at her and she's just so tall, not my midget anymore. And bubbs has always been a big boy, he's playing baseball right now and almost done with that. He'll be going to football right after, I'm scared.

Naty is still working at ELAC and working on the house, poor guy, he needs a break. We both do. I'm thinking of going on a vacation, just us two. we'll see.

On Holiday

LOL. I'm on spring break but not really.....make sense?

I had a 4 page paper due on Sunday, then changed to Wed morning but I finished on Tues. night and sent it on it's merry way. I needed that paper out of my sight! I hate Anthro, hate hate hate it. It's boring.... So that paper really bugged me and had me on the edge. So I now I have insomnia since I was staying up really late, then waking up late that its hard for me to get back on schedule.

I had my 27th b-day last saturday and Naty bought me cake so my mom, carlos and steph came over and we BBQ'd and watched a movie. Nothing big, just how I like it. Then my mom came back the next day and we just chilled and watched another movie. Very relaxing weekend. OH! and the weekend before that was Easter. It came so early this year that I didn't get any time to decorate which is fine with me. We first went to mass then to the park to celebrate with everyone. It was pretty warm that day but it didn't last, it's now cold and raining......which I love! I really want to move to a cold country instead of "sunny" california. I hate the summers and eveyrthing else before and after is alright, I just wish it would rain a lot more. I want to be able to own a raincoat, galoshes and an umbrella. I've been trying to convince Naty that Colorado is the place to be, but we'll see. That would be awesome!

Bubbs is on vacation too. He goes back on the 15th. He's started back at baseball and plays for the Red Sox this year and is liking it since he's hitting the ball while be pitched at. This is his first year that he's not in T-ball. No baby here anymore.

Audrey is on vacation with me and bored out of her lil mind. She just acts like a lil cat that follows me, cuddles and is attached to my hip. She's a great lil helper but has been crying a lot lately. Don't know whats up but its ok, I show her who's boss ;-) It's really hard getting mad with her cause she's too sweet but theres times that I'm not having it.

Naty is working at my old college still, nothing new and still working on the house. We're finally finally finally working on the walkway this weekend. I'm praying he comes through and finishes it. He was just outside planning where all the lights are going before he puts down the stone. He's really into the lighting, wants our house to be seen from space, too funny.

Ok, I just started enjoying my vacation and its almost over.....of course! thats how my life runs....

I'm here I'm here!

Hey everyone

Sorry about the long pause in between posts (here comes the excuses) but I've been very busy with school, motherhood and wifehood. Still hanging in here and trying to roll with the punches of pain I keep getting. I'm so tired of complaining but thats whats on my head right now while I sit here in agony. Oh but good news about my health is that my acne is going away! I finally seen my regular family doctor cause the Metformin and BC pills my OBGYN gave me weren't working fast enough for me. So my doctor gave me an antibiotic to take at night, an antibiotic cream and benzoyl peroxide for the morning and differin at night and the combo has cleared my acne and now I'm left with scars which I'll take before my painful cystic acne. Thank God its finally working and I'm feeling good about myself again (except for the weight thing).

It seems that school gets harder and harder each day. I'm honestly not loving school anymore and miss my regular days off with my kids but I have to finish what I started and I know it will all pay off. I have 1 week left of school then I'll be on vacation for 1 week and Bubbs has been off since last week and will go back on April 15th. I've been having to send him with his grandma's while I go to school cause I don't have anyone to watch him. Audrey is still loving school and gives me a hard time when I go pick her up. Last semester she'd have to go to the bathroom when I picked her up so she'd take a long time and just sit on the toilet. Now this time she ignores me and keeps playing and acts like I'm not even there. So I have to act like I'm leaving and then she follows me, LOL. I really need to get a new camera cause I'm missing out on memories of them, they're growing so fast.

Naty went back to work like 1.5 months ago cause he knew it was time to go back. He's working at my old school (ELAC) and is liking it a lot since he's trying to be a foreman and make more cash, You know Naty, loves his paper, LOL the green kind ;-)

Our house is still in progress and Naty is ready to set the pavers down! finally!! YES! I've gotta get pics tomorrow of the progress and make sure to post them. He also did my flowerbed and the 2 entrance walls on the walkway, WOW! its coming together. Also the stone for the face of the house should be here on Monday so I'm thinking in 2 weeks we'll be done with the front of the house. Oh and can't forget the flowers! OH YEAH! I'm going to fill that flowerbed to the max! with bulbs spread out all over the place, I'll prob. buy hundreds of dollars in flowers.

Another thing, I've been really into you tube lately. I never knew all that was out there. I've learned hairdo's, make-up tips, cooking lessons, etc.. its really cool.

Let's see......OH Savannah's b-day is tomorrow and Sunday is Easter, already. The year is zooming..... it'll be dreadful summer soon (I all ready can't wait for it to be over). Anyway, its really late and I'm here youtubing so I better go to bed! goodnight.

All alone

to do homework and THINK.

Naty took the kids to his mom's house since he had to work from 3-midnight. He was supposed to take care of them while I did my homework but instead he wanted to help a friend out and work a side job for him so he dumped the kids on his mom. The in-laws are taking the kids to a family birthday party and they're spending the night with them too. I thought it was cool since they haven't been seeing their grandparents that often. It seemed that last year they were here a lot and since Naty has been working a lot they haven't been coming around too much. I have a lot of homework to do today and have been working on it since Naty left 2 hours ago. I'm so damn tired of homework and taking a short break now.

I went back to school 3 weeks ago and the pace is picking up now. I have papers already due next week and I barely started on them today. I made a goal for this year to stay on top of things and not fall behind so I need to pick up the speed on things and stop procrastinating. I need to shoot for those A's and get my overall GPA up for graduate school!

OH and I found something out, I need to apply for graduation, ALREADY! My teacher taught us how to graduate a whole semester earlier so that we don't have to wait for Spring 2010 to graduate, instead I can graduate in Spring 2009 but still finish up my last semester in Fall 2009. This is all happening way too fast for me! wow! I just graduated from ELAC and now from CSUF, WOW, I hope P.A. school goes this fast too.

Now, on to my health dilemma. I went to see Dr. King in Jan. and he gave me some Metformin to treat mild PCOS. He said I'm not officially diagnosed with PCOS till he sees my results next time BUT I know I have it. I have bad acne all along my jawline and my periods are all screwed up. The medicine hasn't made anything better but I think its helping my body go back to normal because I'm finally losing weight. I would diet and exercise and it would still be so hard to lose weight and even though the Metformin makes me hungry as hell I think my body is going back to norman :-) well I hope so. This acne is driving me crazy, I just want it gone and for it never to come back. I would complain about my face before but now! its what I'd call bad, before was just minor breakouts, damn I hate it.

Our house is on hold for now since Naty is working a lot. Our next step is to lay the bricks on the walkways and stairs so that we can start on the stone on the face of the house. We were so close to ordering and then Naty got busy! are we ever going to finish!

Anyway, everything is ok and going good, nothing major besides my PCOS.

Windy Night

We almost got blown away last night, the santa anas kicked up and almost blew us to Kansas. The tree was rocking and Bubbs avocado tree almost collapsed but Thank God nothing bad happened. Naty and I were just watching the tree getting closer to the power lines and we said, "oh man, we're losing our power," but that didn't happen so I know for sure he'll take care of that tree after that happened. Big pieces fell everywhere and part of our front tree was in the neighbors yard. Also, I followed Naty to chat with the neighbor and all we see is the other neighbor's car cover in the air floating like a ghost and holding on for dear life then I happen to look out about an hour later and it was gone, LOL. I felt bad after for not pulling it off for him and giving it to him but it was really late and I didn't want to get shot for pulling something off someones car. After I dropped off Bubbs at school I had to drag the big branches that fell off the front tree into the drive way, OMG! they were so heavy. Oh and forgot to mention that our next door neighbor has wood singles and some came off and are in our yard too, great! more crap to clean up. Overall, I'm glad our power didn't go off and that we're safe. Naty needs to cut that tree, ASAP!

Back from Novato

We went up North to visit Jose and Monica on the 4th and came back home on the 13th. We had fun getting away and relaxing somewhere other than home and had a great time. Naty kept asking me if I wanted to go do something but I was happy chilling at their house and just spending time with them. I told Naty if he wanted to do something then we could but it wasn't necessary and I was having a good time bonding with Monica. The kids were dying to see Alvin and the chipmunks so we did that right away, did some shopping, had my hair done, did some more shopping (hehehehehe) and my favorite of all we went to see some new houses that they were interested in. All I could say is, "WOW," they were sooooooooo nice! I was imagining myself in those houses and Monica made a few comments about us moving up there that it started to sound really good to me ;) Oh and Naty went to sign the book at his union in San Francisco and got a call on almost the last day we were there so he got to work one day and made a little over $900 bucks for one day! WOW! the union electricians make $50/hour up there and Naty was in total shock and love. Overall, the getaway was great and made me miss my home and appreciate it more once we got here. I was so tired on the way home that I thought I was going to knock out once I got here but instead I started putting all the Christmas stuff away and cleaning like crazy. I'm really glad to be home, aaaaaahhhhhh I love our home :)

Bubbs went back to school today and had a blast. He was so happy to go back and was done with vacation, I think he got bored and tired of hanging out all day. I'm really glad he got back into the swing of things and loves school. As for Audrey she's dying to go back to school too, she was upset that Bubbs got to go to school and she didn't. She loves playing with the other kids and loves her teachers too, I just hope this lasts for both of them, lol.

I also go back to school next week with Audrey. We're school and carpool buddies and have fun going to school together. It's just so convenient with the daycare being on campus. Oh and speaking of school I finally got my grades last week, here they are!

Stress Management.........B
Nutrition.................A
Personal Health...........A
Sociology of Gender.......A
Which puts me on the Dean's List :)

Isn't that funny that I got a B in stress management! LOL, I'll admit, that class gave me major stress! My teacher turned out to be totally cool at the end and announced that we would be the last class that she'd teach cause she was retiring. I felt bad for her cause she cried in front of the class but besides the B, I did learn a lot in her class.

Now this semester I'll be taking:

Advanced College Writing (blah, I hate english)
Concepts of Health Science
Measurements and Statistics in Health Science w/ lab
Visual Communication

My goals again are to get all A's! I'm really trying to graduate with honors, I know I could do it. I'm going to take advantage of all the help I can get with my classes. Like tutors and writing centers, I'm not going to guess my way through this semester. I'm also going to stay on top of assignments like I did about 3/4 of the time last semester. Big changes and Big hopes for this semester and actually in my personal life as well, we won't get into those.

Ok, I better put the kids in the shower. see ya

Happy 2008

We had a fun and entertaining christmas eve. I had spent the whole day before cleaning, baking and prepping for our big dinner. My mom and Steph even spent the night to help me but after a while I think Steph felt slaved by my demands. I had her cooking, cleaning and even hanging the Christmas lights with Naty, she looked at me like I was nuts when I volunteered her to help Naty put back up our lights. We had people working on our house on the 23rd! while Christmas was fast aproaching, instead of calling the whole thing off I decided to work with what I had. To my great surprise the guys finished the outside of our house and I'm amazed with the results! The actual color that we chose for the house was a lot darker than what it came out BUT we're really happy with it since the stone on the face of the house will be really dark it will blend really nice. So back to Christmas, we had tons of food, drinks and people! It was an awesome day! I was so busy that I didn't get pictures but I'll make sure to ask everyone else for some. So we just ate, drank and were merry.

Then Christmas morning came and the kids were waiting for us and when it was time they rushed the tree. Bubbs got a lot of games, movies and very little clothes and Audrey got some games, lots of toys, movies and very little clothes. Again, i didn't get pictures cause we were videotaping and I still haven't emptied my card on my camera, I know I know! thats dumb! After the presents I went back to sleep for a while and woke up to some guests which were Naty's dad, Miguel, Veronica and the kids, they stood for a bit and then we were off to Big boy Alex's house. He had asked Naty and his dad to fix his fence that the wind blew over so we gladly went and I took some games for the kids while we waited. It ended up getting late and Mayra got home so we went out for dinner at some Chinese Buffet place. OMG! it was hilarious, I had just seen Christmas story and the part when they go eat at a Chinese resturant cause the dogs eat the turkey, it was exactly like that! I told Naty watch them come out and start singing, "Fah rah rah rah raaaaaaaahhhhh, rah rah rah rah" (sung to Deck that halls, fa la la la la...." That is the most funniest part of the movie ever! But we had a nice quiet dinner and were off.

Now for New years eve we went to the George Lopez stand up show at Nokia theatre. We went in the neighbors Limo with a fully stocked bar. Me, Naty, Ruben, Laura, Mondo and one of his friends went. We had a cool night but they had changed the show from 10pm to 8:15! we were on the road at 8pm and the limo driver is the one who told us, imagine if he didn't tell us! we would have not seen George Lopez. We got there around 9pm and he came on at 9:20p, good thing we got to see him but we missed the first half of the show, I was fine with that but I don't think everyone else was. Oh well, what could we do?!? G Lo was hilarious and I couldn't breathe and had chest pains after but it was all worth it.

Then the next day we decided out of no where to have a BBQ here at home and invite everyone over. It was a nice day.

Of course my main goal for 2008 is to lose weight, I couldn't believe how big I looked in the pics that Laura took of that night. WOWSERS!! I'm huge! I don't want to get any bigger, I'm so out of shape, gross and very unhealthy, with all of my health problems I really need to lose weight. I know if I did my health would improve dramatically. I'm in pain as I type this and just want it to end, I wish I could just rest already, not DIE either! I meant, rest from this pain.......YIKES! Oh and forgot to mention that my doctor sent me for an ultrasound the next day and I now have another appt. with him on Jan. 17th. I just want to hear that I'm fine but I know I'm not. I'm also hoping to lose 5 lbs. before I see him, I've gained a good 15 lbs. since my surgery, NOT GOOD.

Well this post took me a long time to write so I better go now. We're leaving to San Francisco tomorrow morning to visit Jose and Monica. We owe them a visit since they come down here a lot. I'm just hoping to bond and have a nice vacation with the family, hopefully we can do that. Anyway, take care everyone and Happy 2008!