Waking up on the wrong side of the bed!

There are mornings in which you just wake up on the wrong side of the bed.

Today was one of THOSE mornings for myself.

I felt so annoyed with everything and everyone. I was annoyed with:

My body: normally I'm pretty positive and I'm happy with all my beautiful curves but today when I felt like wearing jeans, (after weeks of only wearing dresses) I felt like a fat slob. Instantly I wanted to call off work and spend 8 hours at the gym. Eat nothing but veggies and drinking nothing but water!

My hair: every morning I curl my hair all cute an pretty BUT for what? In 10 minutes my hair falls flat and it looks so nasty I just want to through it up in a pony tail (which I never do unless I'm hot or it's getting in the way or if I'm going to get my hair done). I have no body to my hair and have so much gray (which normally I love) that it looks gross! I need a different style! I need color! I need life to be brought to my hair!

My eyes: I've been told I have big pretty eyes. Okay well, overnight they must have been switched by the eye demon and gave me some ugly little puffy eyes. My eyeliner is not looking right, my mascara is clumping and my eyeshadow is looking a big mess.

My nails: Last night one of my nails broke. AHH! So, I ended up taking them all off and convinced myself to wait for Saturday morning for my nail appointment, what's one day with ugly nails? Well when I woke up I just couldn't stand them. After you take off a full set of acrylic nails your own nails look so nasty.

My skin: I have no idea what is going on with my face. It is so pale and needs some much needed sun! Not only that, my whole body does! It's as though I have been locked away in a room for months on end and haven't seen the sun... wait... I have! I work in an office and I never have time to actually sit out and get some sun or do some nice outdoor stuff.

My lips: I feel as though they have been getting smaller and smaller and smaller. What is drying them out and casing them to shrink I have no idea.

The puppy babies: Boba just wants to be held all morning which is impossible because I need to get ready for work so that I can buy her toys. She doesn't seem to understand this when I tell her. Pucca practicaly sleeps on me all night and will NOT move. I'm thinking she's a little jealous of Boba even though she loves her. Luna got into Boba's travel bag and took her treats out and just about ripped open the bag. There was a mess all over the living room which I had to clean up at night. After I sent her to bed she waited and then attacked again. This time she went through the trash and made a mess there. Let's just say that she isn't a fan of Boba but she'll get over it, at least she better.

And now... I'm feeling a little better. I vented to Mr. Husband and VeroBabies and changed my way of thinking and made some small changes:

My Body: I told myself that the above plan was madness! I just have to get over it and remind myself that there are times in which I feel this way but this happens to everyone. After Pucca's and Boba's appointments today I will hit the gym for an hour and STOP slaking off so that I won't feel like this again.

My Hair: Okay, if I can't stand my hair then I need to change my hair! I'll set a hair appointment with my VeroBabies so that she can bring some much needed life to my very ugly hair at the moment. As much as I want color I'm just going to stay away from that since I know myself and I can't stand roots.

My Eyes: I'm thinking now is the time to invest in eye creams and all that jazz. I'm 26 and I think it's time. It could be that I'm late even! EEK! I also need to go back to my fast makeup ways. Simple and cute and so I need to remember what it was that I use to do.

My Nails: When I got to work I made an 11:00 a.m. nail appointment at the nail place by work. So they did my nails and while one is crocked they sure looked better than they did this morning. Thank goodness!

My Skin: I'm pale? Me? Yeah I am. So, this weekend I will make time to tan for a bit and I need to make time for it every weekend. I also need to get out my bronzer and add some color where needed for now until I get my mini tan.

My Lips: Okay I have no idea what I need to do here. So, any tips y'all may have toss them my way. I think I'll check out some YouTube videos in hopes to find some good solutions.

The Puppy Babies: This I just have to deal with for now until time passes. Boba is a puppy and she will learn to be independent with time. Pucca will get over her jealousy, a good few walks a week will do her good. As for Luna, well she's old and crazy. She's 11 years old and have never liked other dogs. She wants to be the only one but that isn't going to happen. She needs to learn to love her sisters.

At lunch after I got my nails done I went over to CVS and bought some goodies to make myself smile and to start a project I have been meaning to start in the past but haven't been making time for it.

I plan to have "emergency bags" in my purse. What will these bags have? Well here is my list/plan:

Bag #1: hand sanitizer, sanitizer towelettes, tooth brush, tooth paste

Bag #2: blush, eyeliner, lipstick, bronzer, makeup brush

Bag #3 lotion, body spray, nail manicure set

Bag #4 tease comb, bobby pins, brush, hair spray

You know things a girls needs when they're going to be away from home for hours! This weekend I hope to complete my little project. I think it'll turn out to be a fun blog!

Finally I feel better. I fought the bitch mode and I pushed myself to be the happy positive person I always am. If you ever feel this way, just make a few changes and in time you will feel better.

A New Family Member

I have always wanted a French bulldog! I think they are just so adorable and amazing! I just love bulldogs period! Last Thursday Mr. Husband and I were at Victoria Gardens and we went into Moondoggies (like always). There it was! A black French bulldog with white below its chin! It was the one I had been looking for and it was available! BUT… it has to be a female to actually think about buying her. IT WAS! A cute little female French bulldog! Now, the price! For the most part puppies at Moondoggies are always super expensive. You’re better off locating a breeder BUT lady luck was on my side and she was on sale! We asked to play with her but were unable to since it was 30 minutes to closing.

On my way home I called my mom asking that if I bought a puppy would they watch her while Mr. Husband and I were at work. She was a little put off on the whole situation since I am planning to have a baby very soon. So I took it as a no. The next day though I went over to visit and I talked to my dad, since my daddy can never say no to me. It turns out this time he did. So I gave up on the while idea of buying her since I wasn’t going to have a sitter for her. That night at 9:00 p.m. we got a call from my dad, it turns out that yes; he still can’t say no to me and told me to go get her. Still, I was torn! Should I buy her? Another puppy? Mr. Husband said that if we went and she was still there then it’s because we’re meant to have her. We took the drive and I was ready to accept that she was going to have the big SOLD sign on her little window. SHE DIDN’T! So we got to play with her and she instantly melted my heart and well I am the new owner of a cute little French bulldog and she has been named BOBA! VerobBabies helped me pick out the name since my dad since I was not allowed to name her Sunshine Corazon.

I took yesterday off so that I could go pick her up and take her to the vet for her checkup. We spent the whole day getting to know each other. Pucca already loves her and well Luna just stays away because she’s a grumpy old lady that doesn’t like any other dog. She did pretty well sleeping through the night and Mr. Husband was nice enough to get up to take her out to potty. I’m a pretty lucky lady to have such an amazing husband that spoils me and helps me!

Everyone, I would like you to meet BOBA!



Boba, sitting in her new front lawn amazed by the feel of grass.




Our first picture together!



Running around in her backyard! She's going to be a little trouble maker but I'll love her still.





Easter 2011

I’m the type of gal that loves to spend time with her family! So when Easter was coming up I quickly came up with the idea to have a BBQ and invite my little perfect family. Thankfully they all came.

A few weeks ago my sister in law, Jeannie and I went out and bought all the goodies for the kids baskets. I also make sure to buy my little big brother who is 24 a little treat! I never want him to feel left out just because he isn’t the baby anymore.

Everything turned out amazing and the kids had so much fun looking for the eggs I hid so well and some not so well. It turns out the Elena (the baby) ended up finding the hard to find eggs and she ended up finding the most! Either way here is the outcome in photos and comments.

I put the baskets together, in them they had the following:

For the girls: Hello Kitty coloring books, bathing sites, Hello Kitty towel, sock monkey, 2 Kit Kats and this doodle thing (I forgot the name of it)

For the boy: Lego sticker book, Lego Star Wars swim trunks, Clone Wars towel, sock monkey, 2 Kit Kats, a packet of frog candy, and a doodle thing as well.

The winner of the egg hunt! Elena!!

After the egg hunt they looked through their baskets and wanted to get creative with their doodle things we got them.

This time around I didn't make cupcakes since we had other sweets but since the girls wanted cupcakes I ended up making some just for them!

They were pretty happy with the outcome and they LOVED my cupcake maker. I just love their silly faces! Elena and I kept making fishy faces at each other for a bit, we didn't get a picture of the outcome. I have one silly fishy face!

My Daddy, Brothers and I. It seems that only my Daddy and I are able to give good smiles. Either way I'm happy we got a good picture in.



Mr. Husband grilling it up! The meat came out so good and juicy! We plan to have many BBQs this summer, we're pretty excited!

Lucky! Lucky! Lucky! Mr. Husband Spoils Me!

I should have posted this blog last week but for some reason I didn’t think about it. Either way, better late than never!

Last week on Thursday, when it was cloudy, rainy and just about freezing! I met up with my dear old friend Yari. We have been friends since 8^th grade and for a few years grew apart but now it seems we may be getting close once more! I’m pretty excited about this since a girl can never have too many close friends! We met up at Noodles 21 in Redlands one of my now favorite places to eat! I got to meet her little 2.5 year old boy JoJo who is such a cutie and sweetheart! I didn’t want to leave but could tell that the servers were trying to get us to leave to have an open table for the waiting customers. I’m hoping I get to meet up with Yari more often; she is after all a very busy mom!

When I got home that night Mr. Husband had a surprise waiting for me! He had told me about the surprise and gave me only two clues which were of NO help at all.

“It’s red”

“I guess you can wear it”

Obviously he didn’t want me to guess what it was so he gave me the worst clues EVER! And finally, that night, there it was in a brown box, my surprise from Mr. Husband! I just about ran to it to opene and what did I find?



And it's RED! One of my FAV colors!



He got me the Polaroid camera I have been wanting but have been holding off on getting. I was so excited!! For once Mr. Husband was able to surprise me real good and he got me something I really wanted!! BUT he got me the camera without any film. He thought that it came with film, an honest mistake. Over the weekend we went out and bought two boxes of film and this week I was on YouTube watching videos in hopes to get some good tips. I didn’t find much but what I did find out is that the Fuji film, which is cheaper, works perfect with the Polaroid camera!

Here are the pictures I have taken so far, as you can see I have been having a lot of fun with it and my puppies have been my star subjects! There is Polaroid film and Fuji film; there really isn’t much of a difference. I know I can’t tell which is which without looking at the back.



First Picture Taken with Camera. Yes, that is Mr. Husband! Oh and we're at Noodles 21!



Second picture. I was so scared to take this picture since I had no idea if I was in the frame right. Lucky for me it came out good!



Luna, Pucca head shot, Pucca full body shot




Pucca shots!



Puppy Love!





VeroBabies LOVE! The sun was so bright but these still came out really good!



I hope you all enjoyed, by the way I'm still having issues trying to post my video! ::tear::

Class Dropped

I've been thinking since last week if I was going to stay in my ASL course. 

Yes, I love the course.

Yes, I love the topic. 

Yes, I want to learn.

Yet, there is a huge reason as to why I can't keep at it and so today I withdrew from the quarter. 

Why?

The students there were very disrespectful and extremely rude. 

One of the top rules was that we are to NOT talk during class and yet there are so many students that talk and talk and talk! Okay that's their problem because then they're not learning, right?

There is then students that laugh throughout the course, their problem right?

So why does this bother me. If they're not learning then that's on them and I shouldn't care. 

But I do. 

Why? 

Throughout the course we are going to have to do A LOT of group work. 

Here is the problem. 

When they go up and sign in front of the class they DO NOT sign properly and they want to finger-spell EVERYTHING! 

What's then worse is that they don't understand the signs. 

In other words there is no way to communicate with them if they are not talked to. 

Yes. I can end up learning a lot but my grade will be affected because... 

1. I will NOT be able to understand them 

2. They will not be able to understand me 

Even though I will be signing correctly, the only sign I will keep saying is WHAT? Because I will not be able to understand their made up signs and they unclear signs. 

I'm still going to practice. 

I'm still going to study ASL and I will take the course come September. 

This quarter I will simply work at getting healthy.

Bad News & Beautiful News

Last post I promised to create and post my ASL video this past weekend.

I halfway fulfilled this promise.

It took me about half hour to create a three minute video for the signs:

Mom

Dad

More

Sleep

Eat

Milk

Water

Bathroom

Please

Thank you

Sorry

I even changed the video to black & white since I felt the green wall in my office was overpowering...
So where is this said video?

After trying to post it FIVE times and failing FIVE times I just gave up.
I would have asked Mr. Husband to help me but he was just a tad bit busy. I'll try to post it tonight after class or ask Mr. Husband for help. Do any of you have any tips?

On to the beautiful news:

Finally we bought and assembled backyard furniture. Mr. Husband and I never spend any time in our backyard since we have no where to really sit. We were only going to purchase a nice outdoor table to have dinner but since our patio is so open we thought to get a sitting area too.

The outcome:

How amazing does this look?

We built it on Saturday and Sunday we were already using it. Our red sitting area is so amazing! I almost fell asleep! Now I just need to have my plants grow a little nicer and then everything will look perfect! By the way Mr. Husband also installed the fans, he is so amazing and knows how to do just about everything! I'm so proud of him! I can't wait for summer to get here so that we can have BBQs with our close friends and family.

Where Have I Been?

To be honest. I have no idea why I haven't been keeping up with my blog. Shame on me! I blame it on my new found addiction to Pinterest.

This week I started my ASL 102 course and already I'm learning so much. I can tell this is going to be one of the hardest classes I have taken. My first ASL course, (back in summer 2007) my professor, while she was deaf she had a cochlear implant so she was able to hear us and better communicate with us. There was no need for an interrupter, I learned a lot in that class but I feel that I could have learned so much more if I didn't have that safety net.

This time my ASL professor is deaf, no cochlear implant and we will only have an interrupter for the first day of class. So, it's a do or die. We are not allowed to talk and we are not allowed to write down what we want to communicate. If we don't know a word then we will need to finger spell EVERYTHING. I truly am going to be able to learn so much in this class and I'm so excited about it! I have always wanted to learn ASL fluently and this year I think I will be able to accomplish that! I'm excited that we MUST attend two events and report back on it. I think I'll go to a basketball game for the California School for the Deaf, Riverside and a Starbucks Deaf Meeting in Santa Monica. I will then need to communicate with someone deaf and take a picture, I think I might have Mr. Husband record part of the conversation. This way I will be able to watch myself sign and be able to see where I need to improve.

And yes, I still owe you all a video of simple children signs (MOM, DAD, WATER, MILK, RESTROOM, EAT, SLEEP, I LOVE YOU, PLEASE, SORRY, THANK YOU, HELP ME, ECT). I will work on that this week. Promise. I had started a video and then I just didn't get back to it. Where my time has gone I honestly don't know.

We have been working on the house and I have been planning my birthday dinner with friends. My birthday isn't until July but I love to plan things with a lot of time in advance in case anything happens last minute.

Side note: This past Friday I went in for a check up with my doctor to find out if I'm healthy enough to get pregnant (I like to plan EVERYTHING) and it turns out that yes, I'm perfectly healthy and good to go so whenever Mr. Husband and I are ready, we have the green light. I'm really excited about this, finally the time has come in which Mr. Husband and I have will start out own little family! Wish me luck! Any advice you have please leave in my comments!