hello!! :) It's been so long since I've sat to blog. I know it's late -yes, I'm tired . . .
quick update (I'll try to keep it quick -only cause I want to cuddle and sleep real soon):
I FINALLY got my "hair did"! (as Chris likes to say) I got it cut/trimmed/layered, colored a shade darker than my natural, and then a nice red hot streak over my white! :D I LOVE it!!
Yesterday was my sister's baby shower. I'm so glad it has passed -it was a lot of work! My mom and I had been working on all the details for months!! and these last several days have been sooooo overwhelming! ha ha. Everyone says they had so much fun/really enjoyed it. Albertina had a really great time and that's what matters most, right?! Oh! I got to feel my little niece move around in her belly!!! :D I felt many kicks and funky movements!! :D
I still enjoy my job! ha ha ;) I've had a chance to work w/ k-1st, 2-3rd, and 4-6th graders!! the pre-teens are my fav so far (of course!) -but each group has plenty of pros and cons.
We've started the paper work for our new house (in New Braunfels)! We've picked our lot (sept 21, I believe, is when we did that)!! They're holding off on breaking ground until Dec. 3 or so...that's a day or two after Chris gets final word w/ his, at that time, position w/ WaMu/Chase. God willing, if everything goes well, our house will be ready some time in March. **Our house will going up on the market sometime in Nov -hopefully. We've been working on all that we need to do to get it "ready".
We are looking forward to Halloween . . . Kryssa keeps going back and forth between being a purple bat, pink ghost, green dinosaur, rollie pollie, butterfly, fairy, Jack (from Jack in the box --not gonna happen cause Chris's took me about an entire week and I just don't feel up to making another "Jack Head"), . . . I can't remember what else --but she keeps on jumping around w/ her decision. Oh! she has also said that she wants to be Super Slueth Darby -from winnie the pooh...
What else? haha, ...
Oh, it turns out that we aren't going to Disney World this December after all --w/ all the WaMu/Chase changes, the house, and then we are still taking that cruise in Jan . . . We are still taking Kryssa to see PlayHouse Disney Live (in Austin) . . . I know, doesn't compare to Disney World -but she seems to understand. We are going to work and plan on going next year . . .
haha, Oh! lately, Chris has been talking 'bout "baby" . . . WHAT?! ha ha, he is wanting to try again, I think. He keeps bringing it up and asking random questions 'bout it --out of no where!! He totally catches me off guard. Noooooooo!!! ha ha ha I'm only about a fourth of the way into my 2yr "waiting" plan!! lol I was thinking we could try again sometime in 2010. Only 4 months have gone by since my "new focus plan" has started . . . . and now he's trying to change things all up?!?! it's so strange that he is the one leaning towards "baby". :( Poor thing . . . my heart and mind is so set at this point that I just can't see myself agreeing to try again -so soon. I told him, today that I am open to talking all about it but not to trying again -not yet; it's just too much of an emotional journey...
strange, huh?!
That's our update, for now, I guess. :)
I'll try to blog more often --I'll do my best.
October 20, 2008
August 29, 2008
We are walking into our "late 20’s"! Really?!?! Us?!
Chris turned 27 yesterday. I LOVE birthdays and I'm always super giddy planning a birthday celebration. Well, this year, I couldn't let it out as much. I had planned a surprise birthday dinner at Houlihan's to celebrate Chris's birthday. I invited a few of his friends and co-workers -and, of course, family. I wasn't sure if I was on the right path of leading him to believe it was just a night for the two of us. I told him that I had dinner reservations at Houlihan's for just the two of us and then a little something special planned for after dinner. I told him that my parents would watch Kryssa and that he would get his gift when we got home later that night.
The night before his birthday, right before midnight, I ask if he wants anything from downstairs, since I was already headed downstairs. He asks for milk and oreos, hee hee. So, as I start getting the plate, I realize that it is almost midnight, we always wish a Happy _____ (whatever the occasion is) at midnight. So, I make an oreo mountain/pyramid, break open the top cookie and stick a candle in the cream. I light it and walk upstairs. I hear him reading a book to Kryssa, I thought she was already asleep. I walk in anyway, singing Happy Birthday -I'm taking video in one hand, the plate of cookies balancing on top of the cup of milk in my other hand. That was the 'pre birthday celebration', I guess. hee hee
Birthday morning, everyone sleeps in and then Chris decides that he is going to cut the grass in the front (the rain had made it super fluffy!). i suggested maybe doing it another day but since he had the day off he figured he would get it done. Well, he had already put in his request for my "special fruit pancakes" so I got right to work. :) After breakfast, we all lounged around the house . . . I trimmed his hair, waxed his brows, and 'purtied' myself up for our 'date'. :D
4:30 rolls around and I had told him that I would be leaving at that time to 'beat traffic' to take Kryssa to my parents' house. Really, I needed to pick up his bday cake and balloons, wrap his gift at my parents' and change Kryssa into her 'party attire'!!
I get a chance to run my errands, a little hectic here and there w/ Kryssa's third nose bleed for the day, CRAZY traffic (and if you know my driving, I'm a very passive driver -but I definitely had to make my way in and out of traffic to get around traffic and run my errands), and lovely rainy weather. I got stuck in nasty traffic on the way back home and I was txting him that I was so sorry and hopefully we wouldn't lose our table and have to be on the wait list and be late to our second event, remember, there is no table for two or second event.
Up till that point, I'm really not sure if he was buying my story or not. I wasn't sure if he really knew what I had going on. Well, I hurry w/ getting all 'purtied' up and I drive us to Houlihan's. I called and "asked them to hold our table for two" -that I was running late and really didn't want to have to wait because we had somewhere else to be later . . . blah, blah, blah ---when I had already talked w/ the hostess and we had planned it all out: to get there "late", be sat at a table 'for two' and then I would have a reason to request a more 'private' table for the two of us and she would take us up to the "surprise" table!! I was soooo nervous, driving in the rain, concerned that I was running a little too late, and hoping that I hadn't slipped up somehow and given the surprise away . . .
The whole time we are driving to Houlihan's, Chris is txting away on his phone planning out his own birthday get together for Friday -because he doesn't know what was waiting for him. So, he stayed busy, thank God, because his dad parked right in front of the restaurant -even though he said he wouldn't!!!! So, I park across the parking lot and I'm hoping he wouldn't see my parent's car either . . . I go the long way around the parking lot and I am really surprised he never questioned why I walked allll the way around . . . then we we were coming close to the doors, where his dad's truck stood out like a sore thumb, I pointed over to some netting suspended between the light posts and ask him what that is for. ha ha, clever me, it was the opposite direction of his dad's truck and he totally fell for it!! He goes on explaining that it's because of the golf course behind there and all the way until we got inside the doors, I'm asking him to show me where the golf course is "no, really?! I don't see it?!" -lol. Well, I ask for our reservation for two and the hostess takes us down to a booth and asks "is this alright?" I say, "Well, I was really hoping for something a little more private, maybe off in a quite spot. A table would be better." She looks at me and mouths "now?" and I nod. Chris is still on his phone and he is just following behind and then asks, "what's going on? where are we going?" I tell him what I told the hostess and he says "oh, okay" and goes right back to txting! lol As we walk up to the table, he doesn't even really notice that he knows the people until he realized there weren't any available tables up there . . . Oh, the look he gave me as everyone yelled "SURPRISE!" is priceless!!!! :D He really had NO CLUE!! I'm sooooo thankful and I was soooooo excited!!! I was sneakily recording it on my camera and I love to watch it over and over, the look he gave me and him pointing his finger at me as if saying "youuuuuuu little sneak!" hee hee :)
it was great and I will always remember how happy he looked to see everyone there and he kept asking me how I planned it all and pulled it all off w/out him knowing!! Yay!! He is sooooo hard to surprise . . . so I am just soooo happy to know that we all really surprised him --for real, for real!! hahahah :)
So, my babe is 27! And to think I, too, am walking into my "late 20's!!! Wow!!
I know it's a long blog; but yesterday, meant so much to me --watching Chris have such a wonderful time! :D
Again, for everyone who helped out in any and every way, Thanks for making his birthday so memorable!! :)
The night before his birthday, right before midnight, I ask if he wants anything from downstairs, since I was already headed downstairs. He asks for milk and oreos, hee hee. So, as I start getting the plate, I realize that it is almost midnight, we always wish a Happy _____ (whatever the occasion is) at midnight. So, I make an oreo mountain/pyramid, break open the top cookie and stick a candle in the cream. I light it and walk upstairs. I hear him reading a book to Kryssa, I thought she was already asleep. I walk in anyway, singing Happy Birthday -I'm taking video in one hand, the plate of cookies balancing on top of the cup of milk in my other hand. That was the 'pre birthday celebration', I guess. hee hee
Birthday morning, everyone sleeps in and then Chris decides that he is going to cut the grass in the front (the rain had made it super fluffy!). i suggested maybe doing it another day but since he had the day off he figured he would get it done. Well, he had already put in his request for my "special fruit pancakes" so I got right to work. :) After breakfast, we all lounged around the house . . . I trimmed his hair, waxed his brows, and 'purtied' myself up for our 'date'. :D
4:30 rolls around and I had told him that I would be leaving at that time to 'beat traffic' to take Kryssa to my parents' house. Really, I needed to pick up his bday cake and balloons, wrap his gift at my parents' and change Kryssa into her 'party attire'!!
I get a chance to run my errands, a little hectic here and there w/ Kryssa's third nose bleed for the day, CRAZY traffic (and if you know my driving, I'm a very passive driver -but I definitely had to make my way in and out of traffic to get around traffic and run my errands), and lovely rainy weather. I got stuck in nasty traffic on the way back home and I was txting him that I was so sorry and hopefully we wouldn't lose our table and have to be on the wait list and be late to our second event, remember, there is no table for two or second event.
Up till that point, I'm really not sure if he was buying my story or not. I wasn't sure if he really knew what I had going on. Well, I hurry w/ getting all 'purtied' up and I drive us to Houlihan's. I called and "asked them to hold our table for two" -that I was running late and really didn't want to have to wait because we had somewhere else to be later . . . blah, blah, blah ---when I had already talked w/ the hostess and we had planned it all out: to get there "late", be sat at a table 'for two' and then I would have a reason to request a more 'private' table for the two of us and she would take us up to the "surprise" table!! I was soooo nervous, driving in the rain, concerned that I was running a little too late, and hoping that I hadn't slipped up somehow and given the surprise away . . .
The whole time we are driving to Houlihan's, Chris is txting away on his phone planning out his own birthday get together for Friday -because he doesn't know what was waiting for him. So, he stayed busy, thank God, because his dad parked right in front of the restaurant -even though he said he wouldn't!!!! So, I park across the parking lot and I'm hoping he wouldn't see my parent's car either . . . I go the long way around the parking lot and I am really surprised he never questioned why I walked allll the way around . . . then we we were coming close to the doors, where his dad's truck stood out like a sore thumb, I pointed over to some netting suspended between the light posts and ask him what that is for. ha ha, clever me, it was the opposite direction of his dad's truck and he totally fell for it!! He goes on explaining that it's because of the golf course behind there and all the way until we got inside the doors, I'm asking him to show me where the golf course is "no, really?! I don't see it?!" -lol. Well, I ask for our reservation for two and the hostess takes us down to a booth and asks "is this alright?" I say, "Well, I was really hoping for something a little more private, maybe off in a quite spot. A table would be better." She looks at me and mouths "now?" and I nod. Chris is still on his phone and he is just following behind and then asks, "what's going on? where are we going?" I tell him what I told the hostess and he says "oh, okay" and goes right back to txting! lol As we walk up to the table, he doesn't even really notice that he knows the people until he realized there weren't any available tables up there . . . Oh, the look he gave me as everyone yelled "SURPRISE!" is priceless!!!! :D He really had NO CLUE!! I'm sooooo thankful and I was soooooo excited!!! I was sneakily recording it on my camera and I love to watch it over and over, the look he gave me and him pointing his finger at me as if saying "youuuuuuu little sneak!" hee hee :)
it was great and I will always remember how happy he looked to see everyone there and he kept asking me how I planned it all and pulled it all off w/out him knowing!! Yay!! He is sooooo hard to surprise . . . so I am just soooo happy to know that we all really surprised him --for real, for real!! hahahah :)
So, my babe is 27! And to think I, too, am walking into my "late 20's!!! Wow!!
I know it's a long blog; but yesterday, meant so much to me --watching Chris have such a wonderful time! :D
Again, for everyone who helped out in any and every way, Thanks for making his birthday so memorable!! :)
July 28, 2008
Finally some good 'ol fun
Hi there! It's been quite a while, I think, since I last blogged. Just like everyone else's life, there has been SO much going on --in just about every part of my (and "our") life!! --some GREAT and amazing and some painful and overwhelming . . .
Well, I just had to blog about our weekend . . .
I enjoyed almost every part of the weekend (yes, "almost" :( )
We had date night on Friday. Kryssa spent the night at Grandma and Grandpa's house. So, Chris and I went to Red Robin for dinner and we ate at the Bar, which is a date night feel for us because w/ Kryssa we HAVE to sit at a table. ha ha --the little things that excite me . . . being able to sit at the bar (not to drink it up, lol! Just to "change things up a bit" -because we always sit at tables when we're out as a family . . . so going out, just the two of us, means that we can do things differently!! get it?! lol). Then we went to the Palladium for a 'late' (11:45pm) showing of Hancock. We thought it was a really great movie (can I say that? "Really great"? haha, I don't even remember what words go together . . .).
Saturday, I got UNINTERRUPTED sleep (yay!!) and got to sleep in until 10:30am!! Woohoo!!! I met up w/ a friend and visited a British Tea House for lunch -no children w/ us, just good 'ol gal time. It was so much fun --except they didn't have the variety of tea we thought they would :( . So, we plan on trying out a new one real soon. Then Chris and Kryssa joined in on the fun and our two families BBQ'd some yummy yummy steaks and corn cob . . . it was a late night of eating great food, playing cards, and laughing until we cried (and snorted)!! lol --good times, good times!
Sunday morning, we met up at Mimi's Cafe w/ some old friends, that were in town, and had breakfast - Yummy food!! :D After that we headed to my parent's house because my sis was in town and we wanted to stop by for a quick "hello" before they headed back to Austin. After already having a very nice weekend, it got even better when I got to SHOP (while Chris was at the Apple Store at La Cantera -standing in line for 2 hrs just to buy his new iPhone)!! woohoo!! ha ha. I got some clothes, shoes, sleepy time attire and other little nik-naks . . . Kryssa got plenty of outfits too (about 10 outfits -dresses and some shorts and shirt sets)!! :) We bought some little gifts for Kryssa's birthday, etc. I was at the store waaaaaayyyyyy too long -but after all that shopping, we ate at Cosi, at The Rim, w/ Chris's dad. It was a super great weekend!
We have soooo much to do to get ready for Kryssa's bday party, which we're really behind on, unfortunately. :( So, this week will probably only be busier than the last --but Chris is off on Wednesday and we are hoping to finally use our Schlitterbahn tickets, that we got from an HEB promotion, back in June, for FREE!!!!!! Woohoo!!
This is the part of the year that I call "the holiday snowball" --Once our anniversary passes (which it did, July 6) we just have to hold on tight and keep breathing until about March or April, when everything calms down again . . . birthday after birthday, holiday after holiday and more birthdays . . . here it comes and I'm super excited! :D Oooh, because we have a few vacations mixed in all that, again this year.
Wow, well, that's an update, i guess . . .
Have an amazing week!
:)
Well, I just had to blog about our weekend . . .
I enjoyed almost every part of the weekend (yes, "almost" :( )
We had date night on Friday. Kryssa spent the night at Grandma and Grandpa's house. So, Chris and I went to Red Robin for dinner and we ate at the Bar, which is a date night feel for us because w/ Kryssa we HAVE to sit at a table. ha ha --the little things that excite me . . . being able to sit at the bar (not to drink it up, lol! Just to "change things up a bit" -because we always sit at tables when we're out as a family . . . so going out, just the two of us, means that we can do things differently!! get it?! lol). Then we went to the Palladium for a 'late' (11:45pm) showing of Hancock. We thought it was a really great movie (can I say that? "Really great"? haha, I don't even remember what words go together . . .).
Saturday, I got UNINTERRUPTED sleep (yay!!) and got to sleep in until 10:30am!! Woohoo!!! I met up w/ a friend and visited a British Tea House for lunch -no children w/ us, just good 'ol gal time. It was so much fun --except they didn't have the variety of tea we thought they would :( . So, we plan on trying out a new one real soon. Then Chris and Kryssa joined in on the fun and our two families BBQ'd some yummy yummy steaks and corn cob . . . it was a late night of eating great food, playing cards, and laughing until we cried (and snorted)!! lol --good times, good times!
Sunday morning, we met up at Mimi's Cafe w/ some old friends, that were in town, and had breakfast - Yummy food!! :D After that we headed to my parent's house because my sis was in town and we wanted to stop by for a quick "hello" before they headed back to Austin. After already having a very nice weekend, it got even better when I got to SHOP (while Chris was at the Apple Store at La Cantera -standing in line for 2 hrs just to buy his new iPhone)!! woohoo!! ha ha. I got some clothes, shoes, sleepy time attire and other little nik-naks . . . Kryssa got plenty of outfits too (about 10 outfits -dresses and some shorts and shirt sets)!! :) We bought some little gifts for Kryssa's birthday, etc. I was at the store waaaaaayyyyyy too long -but after all that shopping, we ate at Cosi, at The Rim, w/ Chris's dad. It was a super great weekend!
We have soooo much to do to get ready for Kryssa's bday party, which we're really behind on, unfortunately. :( So, this week will probably only be busier than the last --but Chris is off on Wednesday and we are hoping to finally use our Schlitterbahn tickets, that we got from an HEB promotion, back in June, for FREE!!!!!! Woohoo!!
This is the part of the year that I call "the holiday snowball" --Once our anniversary passes (which it did, July 6) we just have to hold on tight and keep breathing until about March or April, when everything calms down again . . . birthday after birthday, holiday after holiday and more birthdays . . . here it comes and I'm super excited! :D Oooh, because we have a few vacations mixed in all that, again this year.
Wow, well, that's an update, i guess . . .
Have an amazing week!
:)
June 20, 2008
My new best friend
So, we meet, once again.
18 months that you've been gone.
What a bitter sweet reunion.
I didn't think I'd see you around so soon.
I feel like it's the right decision though.
Please be good to me.
Keep me balanced.
Don't overwhelm me.
Don't drain me.
Don't keep me from 'lovin'.
You're one part of my life that must stay consistent.
I'll depend on you only for a while.
Let's not get to comfortable
Because the time will come when we must part, once again.
Figured it out yet? LOL. I'm working on accepting my current situation (one of them at least) --w/ a sense of humor!! haha --So, for those of you who have figured it out . . . you're either cracking up or rolling your eyes (Chris is still laughing at me, yes, AT ME! He says "I'm not making fun of you; You're cute!" --but I know he's making fun of me!! ha ha. I don't care. I'm making light of how I really feel.) LOL. For those of you who have no idea what this is about, I started my BC today. Yay! :) and Boo! :( all at the same time.
Doc says it should really 'take care' of the pain I've been dealing w/ (my right ovary has been very mean to me!) -so Yay to that. Also, this will help us do our best in planning the next couple/several years.
I did shed my tears today. I had no idea it would happen. When the doc asked why we decided to get back on BC and stop TTC, I started talking about it a bit and then just told him that it's a bit emotional for me . . . so he quickly switched subjects. :) What a great doc! Really, he is! Then I gave my usual updates to my mom and sis but when my mom heard sadness in my voice she kindly asked, "you doin' okay, mija?" --and then I broke. Just a bit. It's settling, finally. Something I AM very thankful for: My WONDERFUL doc gave me 2 months of BC. That saves us $100!!! Yes, the BC I choose to take costs $50 a month! :( But thank God we just saved $100!! And he said that if the pain doesn't start getting better w/in the month that I should go back and see him and he would keep monitoring my ovaries (I think I've already mentioned that the cysts had started to come back. Well today, because I mentioned how much pain I've been in, daily, he checked my ovaries and my right (the one causing all the miserable pain) has several cysts -5 times bigger than what the left ovary has! :( - **I just realized this might be making some of you cringe . . . sorry! ha ha** ANYWAY!! If I have to go back and see him, I know him, he'll give me more "samples" of my BC -hee hee!! :D But God willing I won't have to go back.
So my silly poem is one way of accepting my new pills . . . instead of fertility pills, i should have been starting today, I walked away w/ the complete opposite. haha.
It is what it is now and I WILL make the best of it. I'm ready . . . Let's get packing for Disney World!! ha ha!!
:)
18 months that you've been gone.
What a bitter sweet reunion.
I didn't think I'd see you around so soon.
I feel like it's the right decision though.
Please be good to me.
Keep me balanced.
Don't overwhelm me.
Don't drain me.
Don't keep me from 'lovin'.
You're one part of my life that must stay consistent.
I'll depend on you only for a while.
Let's not get to comfortable
Because the time will come when we must part, once again.
Figured it out yet? LOL. I'm working on accepting my current situation (one of them at least) --w/ a sense of humor!! haha --So, for those of you who have figured it out . . . you're either cracking up or rolling your eyes (Chris is still laughing at me, yes, AT ME! He says "I'm not making fun of you; You're cute!" --but I know he's making fun of me!! ha ha. I don't care. I'm making light of how I really feel.) LOL. For those of you who have no idea what this is about, I started my BC today. Yay! :) and Boo! :( all at the same time.
Doc says it should really 'take care' of the pain I've been dealing w/ (my right ovary has been very mean to me!) -so Yay to that. Also, this will help us do our best in planning the next couple/several years.
I did shed my tears today. I had no idea it would happen. When the doc asked why we decided to get back on BC and stop TTC, I started talking about it a bit and then just told him that it's a bit emotional for me . . . so he quickly switched subjects. :) What a great doc! Really, he is! Then I gave my usual updates to my mom and sis but when my mom heard sadness in my voice she kindly asked, "you doin' okay, mija?" --and then I broke. Just a bit. It's settling, finally. Something I AM very thankful for: My WONDERFUL doc gave me 2 months of BC. That saves us $100!!! Yes, the BC I choose to take costs $50 a month! :( But thank God we just saved $100!! And he said that if the pain doesn't start getting better w/in the month that I should go back and see him and he would keep monitoring my ovaries (I think I've already mentioned that the cysts had started to come back. Well today, because I mentioned how much pain I've been in, daily, he checked my ovaries and my right (the one causing all the miserable pain) has several cysts -5 times bigger than what the left ovary has! :( - **I just realized this might be making some of you cringe . . . sorry! ha ha** ANYWAY!! If I have to go back and see him, I know him, he'll give me more "samples" of my BC -hee hee!! :D But God willing I won't have to go back.
So my silly poem is one way of accepting my new pills . . . instead of fertility pills, i should have been starting today, I walked away w/ the complete opposite. haha.
It is what it is now and I WILL make the best of it. I'm ready . . . Let's get packing for Disney World!! ha ha!!
:)
June 19, 2008
What the?!?!
LOL . . . LOL . . . What the?!?!
When I saw this . . . I was shocked . . . for so many reasons. Maybe you don't see it the same . . . when I right clicked, it took me to the site and I cringed even more . . . (http://store.americanapparel.net/swim.html)
Now, I'm not model Material --compared to a stereotypical model these days! BUT I just couldn't believe some of the swimsuits that are shown and then the 'who' they are on!!! (for ex: the HAIRY HAIRY man legs that are shown w/ the trunks!!! lol --I feel I have a right to shriek about that because I have my fair share of hair!!! lol)
I live in a society that hasn't been exposed to many 'realistic' looking 'models' -you know?! I'm used to seeing the perfect, airbrushed, look --and this is nothing like that! impressive in some way, I guess . . .
*to each their own . . . to each their own . . .*
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