Halloween

I know this is a little late but here are a few pictures of my brother Elijah and my nephew Ethan dressed up for Halloween. Elijah was really excited about his Optimus Prime costume. Ethan was Squirt from Finding Nemo, we got his costume when we went to Disneyland back in September. They both got tons of candy even though there weren't that many people handing out candy this year. I think there were about 4-5 houses down each block handing out candy which sucked but what can you do? Poor Ethan passed out for most of the trick or treating but thankfully we had him in the stroller so no one had to carry him around. I can't believe he is 8 months old! After we went through four blocks we went back home to help hand

out candy, Elijah really liked handing out the candy to the other kids which was cute!

What's New and What's to Come

This is just an update of what I have been up to in the last few weeks. Really I can't remember that far back so we will just start from 10/30 :) Thursday 10/30 was Cooper's bachelorette party which was AWESOME! We bar hopped down Mill Ave which is something I have never done before or ever really thought about doing. I wasn't too sure how it was going to turn out because there were about 20 chicks in the group which always make me a little nervous when there is that much estrogen in a room. Everyone got along great and we all had a lot of fun. We all wore blank tank tops with pink lettering that was hilarious (see if you can make it out in the picture) and "special" little name tags. I gave Coop 150% which wasn't too hard since I am such a light weight when it comes to drinking. We got a free shot of CRAP at one club (kid you not it tasted like cough syrup and brought back memories of when my mom used to have to chase me down and force it down my throat!) and did a little dancing to get the night started off right. By the end of the night I was so trashed I fell off of the toilet and laughed my ass off while my pants were still at my ankles. I really wish I had a picture to remember that because I have never been that drunk and plan on never revisiting that again! LOL. I can't party like that much because I am such a pansy when it comes to drinking and don't like the after effects (being really freaking thirsy, hang overs, headaches, sensitiveness to light, breaking out in pimples, etc). I have a rule, if I go out it has to be for a reason to celebrate, it can't just be to go out and get drunk and I think I chose a pretty good reason to go out. Cooper had the most fun which was the point and I am glad she went out with one last bang to celebrate and wave goodbye to her single days :) That will probably be the last time I go out and drink for at least another year HAHA. Friday was Halloween and a good day to sleep off the night before which I really needed after waking up from a nap. Saturday was the wedding and it was one of the fastest ceremonies EVER! It was awesome and fit Coop to the "t". The reception was really nice and she looked so pretty and happy. That was probably the most excitement I have had in a while. Other then that I am really counting down the days before the move and TWILIGHT comes out - only 13 days to go! I move on the same day the movie comes out! I haven't even started packing so I really need to start getting my butt up to do things otherwise I will be doing everything last minute. I am excited about the move but also sad because I will miss living with my sister and seeing the baby all the time, he is my little chunker and my buddy. That is it for now, enjoy some of the pictures I posted. I will post a couple other blogs in the next 13 days :)

More updates

I got a raise at work and let me tell you it is about freaking time! I am doing really good so far. I decided to sign up and take my last two HUM classes instead of taking the CLEP tests because I need to save up my money for decorating my new bathroom and bedroom at my new house and I am too freaking lazy to study and actually take the damn things. Oh well. It was nice taking a little break. I started going to the gym yesterday. Monday was cardio (the joy of my life) and Tuesday was upper body. Tomorrow is good ol cardio again, Thursday is lower body, and Friday is wonderful cardio for one more day to make me smile. Let me tell you, the gym and me are no strangers but it is not my favorite. I can name over a million things I would rather do but I have goals that I want to hit this coming year and know that I need to start getting my butt off the couch and do what I have to do. Eating is harder for me manage because I love sweets, carbs, food. LOL. Oh well, baby steps. I have a 12 week plan that I am dead serious about seeing through. I will post a before picture soon with a new blog and then give a monthly update (4 months total for my plan). We will see how I shape out when it is all over. My friend Julie is really inspiring, supporting, and motivating me to do this, even if it is on my own. Did I say how much I miss her? I miss Jake and Megan too. My friend Cooper is getting married on November 1st so I am trying to find a dress to wear. I am on the hunt! I am looking for a multipurpose dress so I can get my moneys worth out of it. I decided to grow my hair out because I miss having long pretty hair that I can put in a ponytail LOL. I don't know, I will probably just keep it short like it is right now because it fits me better personality wise and is so easy to do! My nephew is getting HUGE, he is seven months old now and starting to army crawl so we know he is going to start actually crawling soon. I will miss not seeing him all the time when I move but I know moving with my mom is a good decision for me. I will still see him. Britney's new song came out last week and I love it of course! Her video is coming out this Friday. AND she is going to go on a world wide tour next year so I am saving up for that. I plan on having front row and backstage passes so I can meet her so if it means me saving $1000 for a ticket I am doing it. Yeah, its like that! I am trying to think of anything else that is going on.....Oh yeah! Heroes is back and killing it! This is by far the BEST season. Every Monday I have minor strokes from all the excitement. I am syked for what is to come the rest of this season until December 15th when it goes on a break for the holidays. I am also planning a trip to the Bahamas on a cruise which I have wanted to do for a LONG time. That is about it for now. I will start a blog about my Body For Life 12 week plan soon with a "before" picture so try to be gentle because it isn't pretty :)

Moving to the East Side

So it has been over a month since the last time I blogged and I realized I am overdue thanks to my beautiful friend Julie. Things have changed in my family to those who are not around much but to me this is something that has been going on for a couple of months now. My mom and dad are going to be officially divorced by November and my mom has just recently purchased a gorgouse home in Maricopa, AZ. I have decided to walk away from my house and foreclose on my home for a few reasons; I cannot afford the mortgage on my own, I cannot afford the maintanance and upkeep (I need a new AC, new appliances, new pipes, new carpet), and I am stuck in a ARM (Adjustable Rate Mortgage) that starts going up in May 09 that I have tried to refinance six times in the last year and have been turned down because I was stupid and took out a second car in my name for a friend to drive. So I am going to be living with my mom in her new house out in boondocksville Maricopa where there are no street lights, coyotes smushed along the side of the freeway, scorpions, black widows, and the nasty smell of cows on a nice hot day or on a day with a breeze. My kind of living! I see it as a great way to save money to start paying off my student loans and my car to help out my credit as much as possible knowing it will be negatively affected by losing my house, I can spend more time with my brother who is my favoritest person in the world, and help out my mom through the divorce but also help her with her arthritus. We are excited about the new house and already doing the shopping which is the funnest part. I LOVE decorating! I will pretty much rule the upstairs with my brother being second in command, the downstairs is all my mom. I will update my blog with more info once that happens. So I will no longer be a West Sider....I have only ever known the west side of Phoenix. My friend Jake will get a kick out of me being on the East Side now. Maricopa is a 31 mile drive from my job in Tempe and I have no idea what the traffic is like on the 10 East Bound.

It Was Fun While It Lasted

So my trip to California is officially over. We got back into town around 3pm yesterday afternoon. The trip was very eventful, both good and bad. Saturday we drove up to California and left AZ around 10am. We had to drop off my nephew Ethan at my aunt's house in Goodyear to watch while we were on our trip. We got into Blythe, CA around 2pm and stopped by a McDonald's to get some food on the go and wrap up our trip. There was a little bit of rain on the way up to California but I never had to turn on my wind shield wipers because the rain just went up to my roof since I was going over 75 mph. San Diego/San Bernadino got slammed with rain and had a flash flood warning while we were on the road. The sky was pitch black to the right of my car so I am glad we got to skip that storm completely. We got to our first hotel, Holiday Inn Express in Garden Grove, CA around 4pm. This was an awesome hotel. The rooms were HUGE, the hotel itself was pretty new (built in 2001) and was in a great location. We decided to just order pizza and eat in because we were all tired from the long drive. After dinner we went to the swiming pool with my brother and my cousin. I hung out in the spa while my mom, dad, and sister Maria watched the kids. I feel asleep around 7pm, I was knocked out! I felt bad for my sister because I fell asleep while we were talking HAHA. I woke up around 4am and took a few pictures of our room and bathroom that I still need to upload and then called my mom and we went walking around the hotel for a little since everyone was still fast asleep. We checked out of our hotel around 10am and went down to our cars to leave towards Huntington Beach when my mom's car got infested with ants. My dad parked the car right on the curb and disturbed an ant hill and those ants were pissed! I wish I took pictures because it took about 30-40 minutes to get the majority of the ants out of their car and get houskeeping to spray the ant hill. There are still ants coming out of the hood of her car! We eventually got to the beach and it was gorgous! We were there for about 4 hours and met my cousin Brittany there. We have tons of pictures from the beach. I actually got in the water and learned that sea water tastes disgusting and that I cannot swim well in the ocean. I got sand in every nook and cranny...my ears still have some sand in them and I have cleaned the crap out of them. I was tossed everywhere. I also got a really bad sunburn and looked like a lobster for the remainder of our trip LOL. Good thing my burns turn into amazing tans :) I did not plan on going in the water and rolled my pants up so I could go ankle deep to watch my brother when a wave came and took me out and I got soaked. I had my new cell phone in my pant pocket that I just got two weeks ago and did not add insurace on...Needless to say that phone is dead. The batter actually had corrosion on it and fried. Me and my sister went back to my car to change into our swim suites because at that point we might as well go in the water. We went to eat lunch after the beach with my cousin and then around 4pm went to check into our other hotel, Anabella Hotel, which was directly behind California Adventure. Me and my sister went to the spa and had the most expensive pedicures we have ever had in our lives.....I spent $78.00!! Needless to say, there was no leaving a tip. After that we decided to go to Medieval Times for dinner around 7pm. We were there for about an hour or so when I noticed my brother was sneezing, sniffling, and coughing a lot. He wasn't acting like himself so I kept bugging him. We took him outside and gave him some of my dads inhaler and had to leave because it did not get better. We left right when the show was about to get good with all the fighting and jousting. We had to find a close by Walgreens to get him some Benadril and he felt better instantly. Something we will need to remember if we ever do that again! Apparently he is allergic to horses and the smoke! We got home around 10pm because my dad thought he knew where he was going and we ended up in La Mirada county and had to turn all the way around to go the opposite direction. Monday I woke up around 6am and we all went to breakfast around 8am. We hitched a ride on the park trolley's and spent most of the day at Disneyland. We got on a few rides but not a whole lot because my cousin is scared of the dark, scared of loud noises, and scared of roller coasters....What kind of fun is that! We got on Autopia, Matterhorn, Nemo, and the carrisel and then headed for lunch. After lunch we went over to California Adventure and rode the grand rapids ride. My brother was an inch short last year and really wanted to go on it, he was so happy that this year he grew another inch and could ride. My mom got SOAKED, you could see her underwear through her khaki pants! LOL. We went back to the hotel for naps and then went back to the parks around 6pm to do a few more rides. We hit the haunted mansion, pirates, Autopia again, and rode the train around the park. We headed back to the hotel around 9pm. The parks were PACKED and the lines had over an hour wait so we didn't get a whole lot of rides in, even if we could we were limited on the rides we could go on because of my cousin. He had to be walked out within two minutes of being on the haunted mansion ride because he got scared. My brother had a blast though! We drove back to Arizona around 8am in the morning after stopping at Denny's for breakfast and got back into town around 3pm. We were happy to get back but I wish we could have gone on more rides, met more characters, and caught a few of the shows. We got to see the fireworks though which were cool and part of the Fantasmic! show which was my first. There is always next time, I go a couple times a year. Next time we know: Do not park your car right on the curb because if you disturb an ant hill they will get into your car, either give my brother Benadril before going to Medieval Times or check out the Pirates Adventure dinner and show instead, do not wear street clothes to the beach, take out your phone from your pants and either leave it in the car or leave it on the beach with the rest of your stuff, wear sunblock to the beach and reapply often, do not open your mouth at the beach or you will taste pure SALT water (yeah I know that is what sea water is but it is still freaking nasty), wear ear plugs so you don't get sand in your ears, do not go to the parks on a holiday, and do not take my cousin unless you plan not to go on a lot of rides :)

California Here I Come!

As many of my friends know, I go to California about once or twice a year. Believe me, if I could afford it I would go triple that! Why do I go? To visit the happiest place on Earth.....DISNEYLAND! Tomorrow my family (Mom, Dad, Maria, Elijah, Kayti, and our cousin Dylan) are going to California until Tuesday morning for a nice long Labor Day weekend. Saturday we are going to just relax by the pool at our hotel in Garden Grove, CA after a 6 hour drive (6-8 because everyone likes to make those damn pit stops, if I had it my way we would just drive straight through). Sunday we check out of our first hotel around noon and go visit my cousin Brittany in Anaheim and go to the beach. We will check in to our other hotel right behind California Adventure around 4pm and then go to Medieval Times for a AWESOME dining experience. Monday is all about the parks baby - from 8am to midnight we are going to be going on rides rides and more rides! Then Tuesday we go back home to stinky Arizona. Oh and just to rub it in, the weather in California is supposed to be AMAZING - I am talking 80-70 degrees during the day here folks! I cannot wait to get the hell out of the 100+ temperatures in AZ. I will post another blog about our trip with pictures when we get back because I LOVE blogging :)

ARRGGHHHH!!!!!

WTF WTF WTF!!!!!?????? Let me clear my throat and get a few things out that have been building up. Tonight's news was the cherry topping on the ice cream sundea that is my life (third on the list). The bad is in black because it reflects my heart when all this went down. The good is in pink because I am happier.

FIRST my team at work was broken up two weeks ago and we were all split up and put on different teams with different managers. I am on a team with people who do not talk at all - but hey, at least I still have Logan, Troy, and Adam with me. Except, Troy is about to bounce the hell out of the eternal bog of stench called UOP next week.

SECOND my sister got a damn dog after I told her not too and the asshole is peeing and pooping everywhere. You can put him outside, rub his nose in it, and smack the shit out of him and the freaking dumb ass dog doesn't get it or just plain does not give a rats ass. He just looks at you like you are stupid and does it again!

THIRD, and this is the topper here.........Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince was supposed to come out November 21, 2008. The teaser trailer just came out a couple weeks ago and it is AWESOME. I literally got chills going down my back, my arm hair stood up on end, and I had a little tear of joy in my eye. Then what happens? The worst network in the world, WB, decided to push the release back a year to July 17th, 2009. Their reason? Two things....they did not have any big movies coming out next summer to bring the money in like The Dark Knight has due to the.....get this.....writers strike that happened last fall! What bull shit! Escpecially when the damn thing is already completed and in post production. I can't even remember the second reason because the first reason is gay enough. They pretty much just said a big F*** YOU to all the fans and made a horrible mistake letting everyone know that all they care about is money. Too bad for them that Transformers 2 comes out next summer and that is going to kick HP's ass! Optimus Prime rules, even against Harry Potter. Sadly the HP train has lost its steam, alure, and momentum with all the crazy bull shit the execs at WB have pulled. By the time the last movie comes out the actors who play Harry, Ron, and Hermonie will be able to play their adult parts in the last scene of book 7. Sorry but it is the truth because this is the last freaking straw. First they RUIN the movies by not following the books and then the piss off all the fans by not even promoting the movie until four months from its release date, then take it away like some sick joke.

Yeah, that's right I am pissed off about a dumb movie and ranting and raving about it. What are you going to do about it? That is right, just sit back and laugh at my expense. I would too if I were you right now. But with all bad things there are some good. These are what keep me going.

I actually really like my manager. He is more hands on then my other one and is taking more time out to sit with everyone and try to help them gain the skils necessary to at least stay afloat in the company. He has a lot to show everyone and is very encouraging and supportive. Plus he is cool with me cursing, burping, being loud and obnoxious, all the good stuff. Not to say my other manager was not a good manager because he was and I am sad that I am no longer part of his team, but he was also not as active in how well we all did and let a lot of things get way out of hand and out of control on the old team.

I also was able to complete the Twilight series with the final book, Breaking Dawn. I read the book in 26 hours and it was TOTALLY WICKED!!! I had about four moments where I could have sworn my heart stopped beating. This was my second favorite book by far in the series, following a hair away from the original Twilight. I can't wait until everyone I know is done reading it and I can actually talk about it in the open! AHHHH it is killing me to keep all my Twilight mania excitement bundled up in this short body of mine! There is only so much that 5 ft can hold!

Let me just say, I already have my TEAM EDWARD shirt to wear to the movie coming out December 12. I will be there opening night wearing my shirt proud and true and will be united by other Twilighters like myself who have fallen in love with Edward Cullen. He may be a figment of Stephenie Meyer's imagination but he is the single best thing that has come into my life in the last year. HAHA! That is pretty pathetic, but unfortunatly true. Let me ask you a question, does your werewolf sparkle? Didn't think so!

My brother Elijah started kindgergarten on Monday and I cannot believe how big he got. I am not ready for him to grow up. Next comes dances, girlfriends, sleep overs, sneaking out, lying, arguing, attitude, pimples, hair growing in weird places, voices changing......I AM NOT READY! I told him if any girls talk to him in school to push them in the dirt and run. If they don't get the hint I will have to make a stop by the school one day to set those little heffa's straight. LOL. I love him to death though and can't wait to see what kind of man he grows up to be with all us crazy ass women in his life.

And my trip to California is coming up in 2 weeks and let me just say that I cannot freaking wait to leave this horrible state called Arizona right now. I want to get as far away from my job as possible for a little bit to just breath. Disneyland is my escape. Where I can forget my worries and problems and just be a kid, take in all the crazy sights and lights and food and go to bed more exhausted then I have ever been in my life. I never get a goods night sleep like I do after spending a whole day at the park. My brother is big enough to go on the rides this year too so it will be really fun to make this an amazing experience for him. My family never got to do these things when my sisters and I were growing up because we never had the money to be able to even dream up this kind of trip, let alone go on it. It is nice that we can do this for my brother and make sure he gets what we lacked growing up :)

Okay I think I got it all out. Whew, I feel better! I am still bummed about HP but I have a plan. I am going to boycott all WB shows for the rest of the year. That means AMNT and Gossip Girl are shit out of luck. Whatever, I don't need them. I need my HP fix!!!! Good night all :)