Happy Birthday Mommy!

Today is my wonderful Mommy’s birthday!

The amazing Mother who has helped me be the person I am today. The amazing Mother who has always supported me, believed me and loved me no matter what. The amazing Mother who has dried away my tears, help me in my time of need and picked me up when I was down. The amazing Mother who has stood up for me, boosted about me and gave me away on my wedding day. Today God has blessed her with another year!

Last night my brothers and I took her out to dinner at World Famous Islamorada Fish Company Restaurant. We had a wonderful time. My older brother and I decided that we need to go out to eat as a family more often, its good bonding time. I’m sure that we can make it a once a month tradition. Breakfast or dinner at a restaurant so that no one needs to worry about cleaning up. I’m pretty excited about this. Family outings are always so much fun and a must!

Today I’m surprise my Mommy with Casey’s Cupcakes! I’m sure she will love one of the flavors I have picked out for her; Red Velvet, Orange, Strawberry, Vanilla, Carrot, White Chocolate Cherry. How can someone not be able to pick one out? I’m going to have trouble picking just one to eat!

I hope she enjoys them and I hope she has an amazing day and year! I love my Mommy!

For Shame!

For a while I was doing really good at posting and now I have lost that drive.

It's not that I don't want to post. I do. I just don't have much to post.

I am working on two different posts though 

One: I am looking for a picture to post with it and I need to sit down and further develop it.

Two: The ASL video that I said I would post for a few friends that want to teach their kids a few signs. I really want to do the video but let's face it. I'm shy and I need to organize myself so that I don't need so many takes.

Either way. I'm still here and I'm still thinking about blogging. Soon enough I will post something good. I just don't want to post boring stuff and then lose readers but I don't want to NOT post and then lose readers.

Spring 2011 Quarter

It’s official. I am now registered for spring 2011 quarter!

Next quarter I will be taking American Sign Language II, back in summer 2007 I took American Sign Language I so I’m pretty excited to be able to take the next step in becoming fluent in this amazing language! I have always been oh so very interesting in it. When I see people sign I always stop and watch, there are a few signs I can pick up but I never watch for too long because that is just rude!

There have also been times in which a deaf student has come into the office and I wanted to sign with him/her but was not able to because I felt so out of practice. Plus I’m scared that I won’t be accepted in the deaf community. If you didn't know the IE actually has a school for the deaf in Riverside, so there is a big deaf community around here. With more practice and knowledge I will push myself to sign with them one day. I’m hoping that by the end of this quarter I will be able to sign as I talk every day. I know people will question why but I’ll be ready to let them know my reasoning behind it.

·         Practice

·         To get use to signing in everyday situations

·         To NOT forget what I have learned

When the time comes I plan to teach my kids ASL as well. There have been studies that indicated that if a child is taught sign language then they don’t go through the "terrible twos" like other toddlers do. There are still times that a child will throw a tantrum but it won’t be as bad because the child will have a way of communicating.

Come fall quarter, I’m hoping to start the MPA program but if for any reason I’m not able to then I will be taking ASL III. I’m pretty excited about this because this is something that I have wanted to do for some time now. Maybe I’ll post some videos of me signing… one day...

Letter to Oreo

Dear Oreo,

It's been over day since I last saw your cute little face, your big brown eyes and big clown feet. I'm sorry I wasn't there to say good-bye, I'm sorry you had to go but you must understand that I had to choose Luna over you. She has been with me for 12 years and counting, she has watched me grow as I have watched her. I don't understand why you didn't like her, why you kept fighting with her and hurting her. I know that she can be a little mean because she doesn't like to play but that is no reason to snatch her food/treats away, that is no reason to attack her and hurt her.

I loved you dearly and it was hard for me to say enough is enough. You and I know that I tried to train you, we gave you time and love but you just would not listen and I don't understand why. We treated you no different from Luna and Pucca. We spoiled you as we spoiled them, we let you sleep on the bed and cuddle with us whenever you wanted. We kept you indoors and worried about you every day as we did with them. We loved you as our own but you just could not accept Luna as your big sister.

I will always love you, remember you... I know you will find a wonderful home. Who can say no to your cute little face. I will always remember how you would watch me get ready in the morning, cuddle with me in the middle of the night and run to the door to greet me after a long day of work. I will always remember your silly little ways, like when you would sleep on the couch's back, how you would sleep under the bed and how you would sleep on my feet. How you would jump into the pool, sit on the steps and just look around enjoying a warm California day. I will miss you as my running partner, you were so good at running with me and you never pulled or tired.

I miss you and love you Oreo, I'm so sorry you had to go,

Your foster mom.

Happy Love Day!

Today Mr. Husband woke up sick, so sick that he called off of work and while I'm at the office he is sick in bed. It was so hard to leave him while he has a fever, a bad cough and body aches. I just wanted to stay home and care for him but there isn't much I can do. He just needs to sleep it off.

So today is THAT holiday. Yes, there are a lot of people that don't like it, they hate it and they focus only on the negative. But let's be optimistic and just smile through the day because there is someone out there that loves you no matter what!

Yesterday while I wasn't out and about taking pictures at the park I made cupcakes for the office. No, we do not have a holiday party. No, there is nothing going on. I just made cupcakes so that I can give them out and so that EVERYONE can have something today...

Here they are! The homemade cupcakes! They didn't come out as cute as I would like them to but they are still very yummy! Everyone who was willing to take one enjoyed it very much! I was even called the Valentines day angle by a student who I guess was watching me as I walked around handing out cupcakes. It made me smile.

For lunch assistant and I had a heart shapped pizza from Papa John's. We just had to get one because it just sounded so silly!

That pizza was so yummy! Now if you look closely you will see that there are no slices! We had to cut the pizza on our own! Also, the pizza isn't much of a heart but hey it was funny and oh so yummy!

Then... at 5 p.m. I got flowers delivered at work. I stay at work until 6 p.m. and so I got to enjoy my flowers for an hour. Who that flower shop really didn't manage their timing all too well... what if I would have left work at 5 p.m. today? Eek!

Flowers, ballons, and chocalate. WOW!

A close up for the flowers... I sure do hate filler but this is just something that guys don't know about. Mr. Husband is too cute.

Mr. Husband woke up pretty sick today, he had a 106 degree fever and is just feeling awful. It's time now for me to nurse him back to health. I hope I don't get sick.
I hope all my readers had an amazing Valentine's Day! Remember though to celebrate it everyday! 

Sunday Picnic

Today was such a beautiful, sunny day! Such a perfect day that I went on a cute little picnic with VeroBabies and her friend Noemi. We also made it a date in which to take our cameras and just take pictures of everything and anything for some practice. This was our fun fill day under the sun... 

 The beautiful sky and countless of trees...

 My beautiful VeroBabies...

 How can someone NOT love trees...

The colors here are just so amazing here! Her hair, lips, grass, the blue in her dress...

 Playing her ukulele during our little picnic...

 One of the many lake views...

Noemi posing for us on one of the beautiful bridges in Fermount Park, Riverside...

I see a face... do you?


















Catching VeroBabies take one of her amazing pictures...

My little size 4 flats against the wonderful green, green grass...

Noemi jumping around...

 The rose garden...

 Noemi lost in the winter roses...












This is me... curves and all. My gray hair, I wear with pride. My legs are strong, my hips are wide, my feet are tiny and my cheeks are chubby. I'm not perfect but this is who I am. This is me, carefree and worry free, this is me in love and loved. This is me...

  

It's Here! It's Here!

Early this week I finally ordered my amazing, cute, girly camera bag and today it finally came in! 

Camera Bag Post

Let me just say that it is massive! But what can I expect when it will hold my MacBook Pro, my camera and extra lenses? Plus everything else I would normally carry in my purse. It basically looks like a school bag but I have no problem with that since... I am a student of life and I work at a university. This only means that I will look more like a student than before. 

Package from the outside

Finally open... does it not just look so welcoming!

This is it! Yes, there is some hot pink to it! 

Dust bag, and thank you card for buying it! 

This is just so amazing to me! This just makes me want to buy another when I get a chance to and when I need a change. Everything came perfect and I can't wait to use it tomorrow. 

Yes, tomorrow will be the day that I will be carrying my camera with me EVERYWHERE and my MacBook Pro EVERYWHERE! This should be fun but I'm sure there will be days in which I don't want to carry it everywhere... and then I'm sure I will feel very naked with out it! 

I'm oh so very excited!!