Hmmmm

I was sitting her this morning sick BTW :( and thinking man I wish I could get this , get that, go shopping here... ya know blah blah blah. I am always telling myself and my kids especially to be so grateful for all that we have god has blessed us so much and we are all so very lucky. So why do I always find myself thinking I want more and more. We are in no way shape or form living with little by any means. I mean we own a beutiful brand new house, nice cars, nice furniture, big flatscreen, xbox, two of them! We have a wii, internet,laptop, iphones, I mean come on! We have so many things luxury items I cant count! I guess I see other people who seem to buy what they want and have just such nice things and I think man why cant we be like that. Our house is so cute nicely decroated, but I see other houses sometimes and I think wow how beautiful if I only had the money to decorate my place like this! Why cant we go on yearly lavish vacations? I just gotta say we are not thoes people with all the money to spend and not worry or budget and thats not what lfe is about anyway. I am not afraid though to be honest and say I strugggle with it sometimes. I will get mad because I vant go do GAP and buy all my kids clothes I can only get some there because they are pricey so I go to Old Navy ect. Just dumb I know it and I am trying to work through it. Christmas is a struggle for us to come up with all that extra money for everyones gifts I just wish we had it ready to go and could just buy whats needed. I would def say we are middle class some would say upper middle class. I do struggle with going back to work soon too. I am in school I will be an RN within 3 years money will be no issue by then. I do wonder though if in about 6 months I should get a part time job just so its not so hard on my husband. It would be at night when the hubby is home of course. Its just really crazy how expensive California living is my husabnd makes by himself about what a 2 working family would make and its a struggle! I dont know do others feel like this or am I just being a whiner, or do you find yourself always wanting more and more??

Fun stuff and not so fun stuff

Lets start with the fun stuff.My Dominic started preschool this morn! He did so well no tears he was all smiles! I was almost positive he would cry. He was super excited and even hugged his teacher! I was so happy he was happy made it alot easier on me too! I cant beleive my lil guy is already 3 and in school. Its so sad how fast your kids grow before you know it they are all getting so big and becoming little poeple with their own ideas and opinions. Well this weekend we did alot of shopping for the kids. They needed alot of winter clothes so we got alot done. There are just a few more things we gotta get but nothing big. My husband got an iphone this weekend for his bday and i fell in love with it! So what did he do he got me one of course! I love it and I was due for an upgrade on a phone anyway so really its just the media package that is extra every month. Its so neat though I am OBsessed! On the sadder side out cat died yesterday. This is very weird how it happened to... she was outside and we heard a loud thump like someone hit the house on the front porch. My husband looked at said its the cat I dont know what she did. So I thought that was strange I got up and looked she was laying on the porch and I dident see she was breathing. I walked out and she was not breathing. I looked like she was just laying there but she was gone. She was still warm and must have just died. I have no idea what happened she was just fine a bit ago she ate her big bowl of food and all. She had no marks on her like she was hit or anything and after she was laying thre for a few minutes
(i am standing there in shock looking at her) she starts to bleed out of her nose. I just am shocked as to what happened. I put her in a bucket and covered it and put her in the garbage can until I find this morning where I can take her to dispose of her body. Its just so sad... the kids do not know I will just tell them she ran away I guess. I cant bear to tell them she died:(

"Can I take my packpack"

Thats what my son asked because he is going to preschool!!!!! After 5 month of searching I finally found a preschool that is not only great but affordable! It is a private Catholic school about 8 minutes up the highway. It has private school all the way up to 8th grade so it is a long established school. We are not catholic, but it is a preschool based for all religions. They are so young so what they teach religion wise is nothing more than bible stories, prayer time, and general discussion of why god loves us and why we love him. This is fine with me because I prefer him to go to a religious school, and these are acceptable teachings for whatever religion that believes in god right!. Adriana went a religious preschool and did awsome and learned alot of general facts about the bible. The class room is huge and packed with tons of cool stuff for them to do and the pkayground is really neat too! He will be going Mon, Wed, and Fri. from 8-11:15. His teacher seems like such a warm person and has been teaching for 30 years. My good friend here in town is starting her lil one too so I am gunna drop them off and she will pick them up so its gunna work out perfect! I am so excited for him he is such a big boy now and now he is going to preschool CRAZY! I am just happy I found a place that fits us and we can afford. He starts Monday so I will be posting pics!

Costumes are so expensive!

I am trying to be better with money so when I put the kids costumes in out online cart it kinda sucks that the total is 90 bucks! Gosh it just seems like alot of money for costumes they will wear for a few hours. I have 3 kids so ya i know its not gunna be super cheap, but nearly a 100 bucks ouch!. They are all being superheros so nothing spectacular. I think I am gunna maybe try and shop around at a few discount stores. I just dont want to end up like last year crazy searching through a flood of people for dang costumes! We will see what I come up with isnt that a bit pricey?

What a crazy day in the valley..

Today I had a ton of running around to do and the valley was getting pounded by a storm! I am a California girl we hardly ever get really bad Storms which actually irratates me! I LOVE this weather actually I have lived here all my life so I guess its one of thoes things you want what you dont have. i really want freezing weather with storms, but some people would kill for California weather! Anyways i will say it was a little difficult to do all my shopping with Dominic in this weather. My suv was gettin pounded it was crazy! I had a doc apt. in town so i dident wanna go to town twice so I just did all my shopping today I went to a handful of places I was so pooped when I got home. Then Dominic did not wanna take a nap because he fell asleep in the car for a bit so I am soooooooo tired today. I was on a roll now I am tired...LOL. I cleaned my huse spotless yesterday now my fridge is stocked , and I even made a pot on homemade chicken noodle soup today! I feel like the rest of the week is gunna be a low key one! The girls got their progress reports today Adri is doing great, but Storm is struggling. So I am getting with her teacher to come up with a plan for me to do with her to get her ahead and where she needs to be.It seems she has struggled since she started school so if she isnt at where she needs to be by the end of the year I am going to consider home schooling her. I am my childs advocate so if the public school system isnt giving her the education she needs then I will step in and do my best to do so.Well I am gunna clean up a bit and watch 90210...LOL. Its mommy alone time soon!

Friday Friday!

I LOVE Fridays! They are the best because within hours the hubs will be home all weekend, kids have no school, and we can all hang together:) My mom is comin tonight to stay over till Sat. She comes about once a month to stay because she thinks we live so so far..LOL. We live about an hour from her! Its fun to have her over though the kids love it too so its always a good time. Last weekend our plans to get all the stuff we have lagged on around the house was altered we had my newborn neice all weekend because her parents were moving. I said I would keep her to help them out. So nothing but the swingset got done! This weekend we are gunna try and get some more stuff done. My husband might work a side job with his electrician buddy which sucks because he works on Sat., but good because he makes good money and really he is not gone too long. Oh and Friday is family movie night the kids always look forward to that and my husband brings home popcorn from his work for them (they have a machine at his job for all the customers) I laugh when I think all the electrician guys goin in there leaving with their little bags of popcorn..LOL! Have a great weekend all!

Spoiled...I try not to be

I seriously have a bad case of the spoiled brat! I have been basicaly spoiled my whole life by everyone around me. My mom, grandma,my dad (especially that man has never spanked me or done anytype of physical punishment my WHOLE life!) If I wanted something I got it from one parent or the other. My mom and dad have been split up since I was 2 so I basically got 2 of everything which made my spolied bratness even worse. I wasent a bad kid or bratty in a behavior way just a I want what I want way...LOL. Well now to this day I still struggle with it! My poor husband bears the burden now!I just have a hard time with the fact that we dont always have the money for things I want.My dad and husband will even laugh at me together because my dad will tell myhusband "She doesnt need that"....then my husband will say " I tell her hey you raised her"..LOL. My husband will always get me what I want because thats the kind of man he is. I just feel like a brat I wish I dident feel the need to get all the stuff I "think" I need to have. I have to have MAC makeup, get my nails done, go to the hair salon every 2 months or so 80 bucks a pop if Im lucky these are just mainatanence fees! I am obsessed with household decor all that stuff I just feel the need that I have to have things that I really dont. Money that should be saved I always spend. I will se something I want knowing I should skip it and save the money , but I cant fight the urge.I am the same way with my kids I over buy toys, movies, just I simply overbuy. You should see our garage they have 2-3 bikes each, a ton of sports stuff, water table, wagon, lots of stuff. I just wish I was a better money manager and would lose the whole spoiled thing. My husband always tells me you are so spoiled and I know he is not saying that in a fun haha way he is serious and I feel bad that I put that pressure on him. For instance we are looking for a smaller vehicle. I now drive a Envoy XL. Its really big and its just me and my lil man most of the days and we dont have big bulky car seats anymore so I suggested we get an economy car. So my spoiled ass ended up at the LEXUS dealer. Lets just put it this way if the dealership would have came up with a slightly better percentage rate my hubby would have bought me the lexus. He instead told me lets wait till December when they are wanting to get the 09's out so its a better deal. Come on I LOVE that car, but its really expensive and my husband would never chose to get a car at that price he just is doing it because he knows I want it. I should be much more frugal and get a car that fits out family better and is cheaper. I am workin on it here so stay tuned...LOL. On the plus side I took my nails off atleast until Nov. the start of the holidays:) I am not doing my hair as often and just trying to stay home so I am not tempted. I am really trying I dont wanna stress my hubby out he is the best guy ever and he does not need extra stress. I stay home with my kids, go to college, we have nice stuff, he just bought our family a brand new beutiful house I need to realize some people would kill for my life so the need to keep buying stuff when it is not even neccesary! I am not terrible or anything I mean we are not talking I but lavish things by any means Im talking 20 picture at Kohls, 25 jeans, starbucks,ect. but it all adds up. Especially with Xmas comin I need to cut back that alone scares me!

Nothing exciting to talk about here...good thing or bad thing hmm?

So this week has been pretty uneventful nothing exciting to tak about. I did however decorate this weekend for Halloween I will post pics later that was fun. We basically started from scratch with Halloween decor we dident really have anything so we got a few things this year to start:) Saturday my MIL wanted to take my Dominic for the week she doesent work and enjoys having them over I said well I will probally get him wednesday and my hubby is on his way to get him...LOL. I was sad because we would call him every eve to say hi and he would cry and say he wanted to come home so what is a mama to do I cant have my baby cryin:( I did however have a good time relaxing during the day with nobody here, but ya know what I noticed..I am a useless bum if I have no kids around.Seriously I just wanna lay in bed and do NOTHING when I should be doing stuff that is much easier to get done with no rugrats around. No..I dont I choose to be the definition of lazy and do nothing so neddless to say my kiddos give me drive and especially my lil man he keeps me on my toes! So heres to a chaotic and "normal " rest of the week!

Some of my FAVY quotes

Excellence is not a skill. It is an attitude. Ralph Marston

Anger dwells only in the bosom of fools.
Albert Einstein

Be faithful in small things because it is in them that your strength lies.
Mother Teresa

Faith is taking the first step even when you don't see the whole staircase.
Martin Luther King, Jr.

Don't go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first.
Mark Twain

In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on.
Robert Frost


Don't marry the person you think you can live with; marry only the individual you think you can't live without.
James C. Dobson

Before I met my husband, I'd never fallen in love. I'd stepped in it a few times.
Rita Rudner


A baby is born with a need to be loved - and never outgrows it.
Frank Howard Clark


In the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years.
Abraham Lincoln

Weekend plans n such

This weekend me and the hubby will be getting all the little things we have put off since moving here done. We are gunna paint an accent wall in our room, we wanna paint 2 walls in Adri's room so thats the major stuff. Then Ramon has to put together the wooden swingset we got the kids thats takes forever to set up. We got shade blinds we need to install in our room and several odd and end stuff, I will be starting to decorate for Halloween also....EXCITED! Next weekend if its not too cold I think we are gunna do a camping trip just me the hubs and the kids. I am looking forward to it should be exciting..well thats all kinda boring...

Attention moms of pre-teens HELP!

So my daughter just turned 10 yrs old is driving me NUTZ lately! Dont get me wrong she is a really good kid rarely ever has gotten into any trouble at school or gets into any serious trouble here at home. Her main thing is CARELESSNESS or plain out LAZYNESS maybe?? Since she has started school up again she has has alot of homework every night well some nights more than others. I always look over it and let her know if anything is wrong help her out ect.Well just about ever darn time I check her homework there are just plain out careless mistakes. She will ususally have the correct awnser, but say she writes her math problems so messy and fast you can hardly make them out. Her spelling she will have incorrect words when the words are written on the page in the question right before her eyes. I warm her of this all the time yet she continues to make just carelss mistakes. It is not even a matter of can she or cant she do things I will ask her what is wrong with this word she will say its spelled wrong and proceed to give me the correct awnsers, She can write neatly when she puts the effort in. I am just so frustrated I tell her your awnsers that are correct quickly become incorrect because of just dumb mitsakes! Is this normal stuff for a kid this age or what I am confused here? Then this morn right before she gets outta the car she says here mom you need to sign this its a note that she pinched one of her friends in P.E.! I was s upset she just showed me the darn thing instead of showing me last night then why the heck would she do that for anyway? GRRRRRR I am so frustrated with her I have taken privledges all the normal stuff it just seems like nothing really gets her to "get" it ya know? Any suggestions anything anyone??

Happy Monday...too far from Friday

So this weekend was super fun Sat my hubs mowed the yard between the back and front its huge poor guy..LOL..after that boringness (is that a word??)we got ready and went to Lodi for my father in laws bday had late lunch with the fam including my bro n sis n law and baby Anissa it was a nice day with the fam I must say. Then we relaxed Sat night me and my love and watched t.v. woohooo..LOL. Sunday my sis n bro n law + baby came so me and her can make some bows for the kids! It was our first attempt and I must say they came out pretty good. We just made two so far well one that is actually usuable its pretty easy all in all so I am looking forward to more of that. Then I cooked dinner it was nice hanging with them I want the baby to be close with us and always asking to come to her Auntie and uncles house! I just love having kids around they always make you smile and laugh. Then lets move on to my new holiday decor obsesh....I am so excited to decorate for Halloween as I am all the up coming holidays even more so because we are in our new beautiful house... I have already been buying stuff and I am going tonight for some inside decor. I have been to Ride-Aid a few times and cannot resist! They have their stuff on sale so I just had to pick a few things up I am prob gunna decorate this weekend so I will be posting pics:) and the attached bows is out first attempt ..not bad huh?

I am Alive!

So for the hundreds of readers that are highly anticipating my next blog entry..( now you may LOL)...I am back! I actually am gunna make a point to blog every morn now just to get thoughts out and such! So what has been going on my oldest daughter turned 10 OMG! My baby boy turned 3 and I cant believe that when I say it:( My Adriana started Kindergarden and is soooooo happy to be there. She is so smart everything she should know by the end of this year she has known for atleast 6 months! Me and my husband got into a car wreck a few weeks ago some car slammed into us on the freeway thank god the kids were not with us. I hurt my arm pretty bad the side airbag launched right on my arm and actually burned my arm it still hurts badly:( Our car is totalled it was my husbands work car and our smaller communter car which was nice actually a 2000 VW Passat totally loaded so Im sad to see it go:) Anyway the ins company gave us a rental until we have the check for a new car so we are alive so Im not complaining. All is well with us kids are great, me and my Ramon are great, Ramons work is going great we love our beautiful home thats is OURS!!!My bro in law and his gf had their baby my neice so thats very exciting she about 2 1/2 weeks old so tiny and cute! So far this year has been pretty good god has really blessed our family I have so many things to be thankful for its ridculous! Dont get me wrong days are challenging and sometimes I feel like I am gunna lose it, but my problems are so minor compared to some so I get through it. Life is good, God is good, until the next time.....MUAH!

Its been forever.....and a few recent pics

It has been long time since I have blogged! Well I cant say I have been crazy busy or anything because I havent just been facebooking too much..LOL. So whats new in our neck of the woods is we are way further along with getting settled into our new house than before! There is just the garage left to organize and decoration type stuff. The yard is currently being landscaped which will be a huge accomplishment there will be no more desert when I look out the window and my kids wont look like dirt balls everytime they come in! We have such a large backyard and it just brings so much dirt inside so I am excited to say the least! Dominic is POTTY TRAINED!!!!!!!! Yessss....I have changed diapers for about 4 1/2 years straight...I had Adriana then I had Dominic when she was 22 months old which left me with two kids in diapers then once Adri was trained I still had Dominics little stinky booty so I am diapered out! Everything is going really good for us my husbands job is going great and everything is just going really good. I took summer off of school so I can get a break for a few months to concetrate on the kids I start up Aug. 31st again and I will be taking a good load on I am moving up in my sciences so I can hurry up and apply for the RN program I am halfway there so its a process!Our 4th of July was fun we had a bbq here at home and did fireworks and the whole deal it was a good time.

Finally....

We MOVED!!!!! YEssssss it had been a long road 2 1/2 months long! My god this has been more stressful than ever thought, but it is done we have our new place;) It is great I coulden't be happier. The neighborhood seems really quiet and out little town is so darn cute. The moving part has been crazy our place is somewhat put together, but we still have ALOT to do. I am hopeing with the 3 day weekend ahead we will get alot done. We still have to purchase a dining set and a few living room furniture items along with new docaration type stuff. Thats the part I am excited for I just want it to be all perfect and ready, but I know it will porbally be a few months before its all complete. I have sure learned patience from this all I am just so happy! The kids LOVE it here they have their own rooms and more space to run free so they are content. Its me who is a feak about every thing they do hands on the walls and slamming doors hehehe...I am really trying to keep it clean clean clean!Tuesday me and the girls are leaving with my dad and stepmom for disneyland until Friday so we will get a bit of a break. My husband is staying behind with Dominic so they will be having man time! BTW the red wall we did in the living room took 4 coats of paint over 4 days my goodness was that a project!

Amazement and Frustration

So my Adriana gets alot of bloody noses. Probally a few a month I would say, and it also seems to be for no apparent reason. When she gets one she is so used to it now she just says "mama my nose bleed i get tissue" lol. I asked the doc about it he said some kids get them alot more than others and there is no reason for concern. My husbands dad gets them almost daily. So last night about 1:30 a.m. I hear her little voice at our bedroom door saying "daddy, daddy" she usually calls him since I sleep like a rock! I heard her and asked what was wrong she said "mama my nose bloody so I got a tissue". I was half asleep and said ok mamas coming. So i took her to he bathroom she had a bad ol' bloody nose. It was on her shirt,her pants, her arms, and all in her mouth! My gosh and my lil girl got up all by herself in the pitch dark and got tissue to clean her bloody nose! She did a pretty good job too! You would think she would be scrared or something but no she got up by herself and fixed her nose she said. I cleaned her all the way up and rinsed her mouth since it usually drains in he mouth also when she has bllody noses. Then she went right back to sleep. I was so proud of her I really hit me my baby girl is getting so big. Then my son...oh my lil man! He has been waking up at around 5:40 in the morn for aboout a week now. I am NOT a morning person at all so this really sucks. He has always been a early riser he would alternate between 7:30 then he went to 7:00 ish which was totally fine with me. Then he started moving into the six o'clock hour which was pushing it for me. Now its in the fives!!! Cant take it!! My husband told me today dont worry I will wake up with him and go for walk...I just think we need to teach him he cant wake up that dang early. He wakes up the girls he is so loud!! 6:30 is early, but ok I will deal with it but in the five o'clock hour come on!! I get it kids wake up early he is my last one and I have never had this issue with my girls. They wake up early "kid" time 7 ish so its not like I expect them to wake at 8:30 or anything. So... for the few people who even read my blog what do you think??BTW he goes to bed at 8 and he does take a nap at 2 and usually sleeps till 4:40 or 5. So he does take long naps so we decided to change bedtime to 8:30 (for all he kids since they are getting a bit older). As for his naps I am going to wake him at 4 so he only sleep 2 hours not 3 Im thinking maybe he is napping so long since he wakes so early so thats where he catches his sleep.

Happy Mothers Day !!!

Happy mothers day to all you mammas out there!! Its a hard job we do so we deserve a day of r&r....I woke up to mi kids homemade card which were adorable and my husband store card that sang :how sweet it is to be loved by you" from the kids also!! He had strawberry waffles for me he got at our local small town resturant which was grub!!!I really want the wii fit so he got me and extra game for it....its a gold gym one too stoked! later this evening we are going to The Waterloo resturant which is my fav for some ribs and yummy cocktails!!! Cant wait I am blessed!! My mother in law is in Mexico so thats sucks, I did mothers day with my mama last weekend since we assumed we were moving this weekend, and I got drinks n a pedi with my step mom yesterday so today its just me.

Mothers Day weekend!!!!

I am soooo excited for this weekend. I feel like everyday I am blessed just to have the privledge of being my kiddies mama..so a day thats spoiles me for that is just icing on my cake!! Being a mom is by far the best things I could have ever asked for. Times get hard and my patience gets tested daily, but they make me complete and the crazyness is what little ones are about! Nothing rewarding comes for free or without sacrafice and hardwork , parenting is not any different. To me a mother is a women who loves unconditionally. A women who puts their children before themselves at all costs, and a women who is completely selfless. When I had my first child my life was no longer just mine every decision I make effects my children and thats how I believe it should be. Of course I love having "mommy" time believe me my life is alot of fun, but I live everyday for them my free time comes after any of theor needs or wants. I will say though my life is dedicated to my kids and I dont mind saying I dont have many girlfriends I go out with or anything of that sort because I chose to direct my life towards being with my kids and being the best mom and wife I can be.Having a good social life and hanging with my firends is pretty low on my priority list. The day will come when my kids are grown or simply just dont want to hang out with their uncool mom so I will be here every second while they do.Being a mother is a privledge not a right and I truely am thankful for all my gifts god gave me.

Weekend Review & highlights of May

So this weekend was fun, relaxing, and constructive... yes all the above! On Saturday we just sat around the house and lounged besides our one outing to Costco to buy a Wii...Yay!! The kids love it and so do I you work up a sweat playing tennis and boxing! After we move we are buying the Wii Fit so I can get my exercise on! Then I got a new cell phone since my old one was just tore up and it is a texting phone which is great because I am a hardcore texter and needed one lol! The kids love the wii its hilarious to watch them play especially Dominic.Sunday we got rid of alot of junk Ripon has a once a year put all your large trash items on he curb and they pick it up for you so its a great spring cleaning motivator since we are moving HOPEFULLY this week..it worked out great:) After we did some housecleaning we took my mom out for Mothers day a week ahead since this weekend most likely we will be moving. kids had fun so did I so it was a great Sunday as well.Not to mention this semester is over thank god, and I lost just about 4lbs this week so its goin good for me . Now if we can just get this whole escrow thing over and actually move into our new house life would be at a high point for me.

Highlightes of May....We will be moving into our new place thats all ours no more rent and hello to a mortgage payment!

We will be celebrating out 1 year anniversary even though its been over 6 legally 1....and its been a blessing to have been married to my love:)

My Dad and Jackie are taking Adri to Disneyland Storm and I are also going I cant wait to see her face when she gets there!! (When each of the kids turn 5 they take them to Disneyland..Adri is not 5 till Nov, but we are going now for better weather I guess..lol)

Mothers Day of course I love I get praised for being a mommy to my beautiful kids which I feel so lucky to have the honor of being their mom:)

So as you can see we have a fun month ahead!!!

Random things that cross my mind

Why is it that when I tell one of my little ones for instance come and sit at the table and eat your breakfast they dont want to come and will ignore me like I am not even there.....but as soon as I say for instance "Adriana if you dont come eat your food I will give it to your brother"..AND HERE SHE COMES RUNNING SCREAMING NO! With both of my kids this works everytime... fine you dont want it I will give it to your brother/sister then they are on it...mmmmmm.
Why people say things will get done by a certain day and that day comes 3 days or so after the latest date...mmmmmm why dont you just say you are going to take your sweet ass time and when it gets done it does!!
Why do people have to be so dirty and rude. I walk into so many stores and crap is just everywhere unorganized and ghetto rude poeple run around like chickens with their heads cut off...this is the number ONE reason I refuse to go to Walmart..nope never again. I will pay an extra few bucks shopping at Target where I can actually go down isles and not get pushed around by 25 carts in one dang isle!
I can go on for days on things that annoy me....hehe but I wont.

A few things that make me smile....

The poeple at my daughters preschool are just a rare breed. They love my daughter and take such good care of all the kids there. I honestly trust them with any of my kids and I see the good in people when I am there.
When you have neighbors like the one we will have when we move in a week or so. Monday we were out at our new house doing a walk through and she took time to come out and meet us all and find out about our family. She seemed like a truely nice person. Neighbors around our house some we still do not even know at all and we have lived here for nearly 5 years...so this type of neighbor is not typical to me.
Seeing my kids laugh and smle over the smallest things. They will crack uo at the smallest little things too bad most of us as adults cant manage to do that. They see the good in everybody which is hard to do when you are grown.

and....I am so very grateful for my husband my kids,family, and friends. I have an amazing husband who supports me in all that i do. He allows me to stay at home with my kids which is hard to accomplish these days. my family loves me and supports me always. We are blessed to have a new house for our family and an investment into our futures. We are all blessed with good health without that we could not be who we are today.....this past month I have learned patience is something you must have not something you sould try to have. God does the things he does for reasons and I just have to deal with that...for whatever reason it is what path he puts me on and it always seems to work out.

Why did I not do this before??

A friend on facebook recommended online shopping and delivery. I heard about that before but always figured it would be highly expensive. Well for me to go grocery shopping is really difficult, I usually always have atleast two toddlers with me if not three so shopping is a nightmare! I have to rush before their patience runs out so its just not something I like doing. Then I will forget to get something and have to go all the way to the other end of the store and with a few impatient toddlers thats like 5 miles!!! So I looked it up savemart does not deliver in my area but I found the second best thing......Raleys drive through pick up!!! I ordered all our groceries online which is super easy they have everything broken down in categories so its really simple and you pick a time slot you want to pick them up at and you just slip right thru the drive through press a button and they load your groceries!!!! I am so beyond excited about this..and to my suprise Raleys is not all that pricey. I pick items on sale and if they are too expensive I just dont buy but I got everything we need for atleast a week if not more for 112.00 not bad! For the first 5 times this service is free and 4.95 after well worth it to me. Anything to make my life less chaotic I am all for it!

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MeXico......

Last Friday night we left for Mexico, Tijuana to be exact to visit my husbands family. His cousin was having a quince which is basically our version of the sweet 16, but they celebrate at 15. It is just like a wedding, its a huge deal down there. Anyways the drive was fine the kids did pretty good. Once we got there it was a bit awkward I must say. It is very cramped and cluttered there people just live totally different.We went there about 4 years ago, but just for the day while we were visiting in San Diego. The houses are very tiny so all four of us were in a room with alot of clutter for 3 days!!the houses are made of basically concrete and plywood they are not like our houses at all.People just throw garbage eveywhere it just looks really really run down. I found it a bit challeneging to have the kids there. For me I see it as really unsafe..there are medicines lying around in childrens reach, drop offs of hills everywhere, there is just plain and simply alot of things that kids can get hurt with childproofing really doesent exist there which was hard because I felt I could not really relax because i watched my kids every move. My husbands family are so very sweet though, and they tried their best to make me feel comfotable. It is really hard though I just felt overwhelemed by it all. One thing I admire about down there is they hold family really dear. They spend alot of time with eachother and basically just have a super strong family value. I feel like here in the states family is not nearly as tight are loyal as they are there. My husbands family would do anything for eachother i cant say that about all my family here. I am really blessed to be married into a family that is so caring my inlaws are just the best so with the downside of things def comes a large upside.They are such hard workers too they do not have alot so they appreciate everything they have not like us spoiled americans! I did speak alot more spanish than I though I would, but only in small groups when alot of people were around I kinda clamed up and got a bit intimidated..lol. We went to Rosarito Beach..and of course I had to go to Papas N Beer!!! OMG I was in heaven..the kids loved the beach and they just played in the sand for hours. We did have a good time its just a whole dif world there and I takes a bit getting used too. Best discribed I guess as it seems they have no rules or boundaries kids and cars run wild!!! Just not used to that i am very structured, clasterphobic, and I dont like messy places..so yeah kinda weird fit. It was a good time, but I am glad to be home. We will visit again I I think once the little ones are a bit bigger it will be alot easier, especially Domonic. they probally thought I was crazy for floowoing them around making sure they dont hurt themselves!!

BTW Stormie stayed behind with her grandma she said Mexico wasen't safe so she diden't wanna go...lol

Randomness

I dont have anything specific to talk about so I will just write random totally non related stuff! Dominic went pee pee in the toilet this morn and after he said "hold on mama I gotta shake it" haha that was funny! I made a dejon porkchop recipe the other night OMG it was horrible! We were starvin, but the dog was full...never will I attempt that one again. I dyed my hair brown a few weeks ago I hate it so I am going back to get blonde back in it Thurs. Funny thing is I did the brown to save me money, but now its costing me more money! Friday night we are leaving for Mexico which i am excited and a bit nervous for. I will be stuck in the middle of my husband fam which is obviuosly gunna be weird they are from Mexico (his dads side of the same live there) and here I am white as can be!!! Kinda weird we cant exactly have conversations. I speak a good deal of Spanish, but not enough to get much conversation going. So my game plan is hang with the little kids they wont judge me lol!!! It should be fun though they are all really nice its just so diff for me its a whole different place. Anyways thats all for now....I am hungry

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Easter Weekend

Once again we had a great weekend! My inlaws took the lil kids from Thursday to Sun. My dad and stepmom took storm from Fri to Sun. They brought them home early Sun. though so I could get them ready for Easter. We had our moving yard sale Sat. so we def needed them to take the kids we were crazy busy. My husband even took a half day at work Fri. so he could help with preparing for the yard sale.It took us Thursday night all Friday to get it ready. We woke up at 5 am to put it all out, but it was worth it we made a ton!!! Then my lovely husband told me to get ready after we cleaned up after the yard sale and he took me out to dinner at Cool hand lukes which was so yummy. It a really good steak house in turlock. Then we went to get some last minute easter stuff ect. We got the girls their summer saltwater sandals so they could have them for their easter dresses OMG Stormie's were 40 bucks she wears an adult size now size 5!!! She is 9 Im tellin ya we will be wearing the same size clothes in a few years. I just about fit her shoes already! The price is worth it though they are great sandals they last atleast two summers and they still look new after that so its more than worth it to me. Anyhoo it was a tireing weekend we did alot of work work work we packed alot too. Sun we had to clean up the house and yard since we had our family easter here. Once the kids came I got them all ready and they got their baskets then it was party time. We had alot of fun though the kids had a blast. I dont buy much candy in their baskets because i wont let them eat that all so its kinda a waste so we just get them a few candy things then toys and stuff they will like. Their bigger present we got them movies, and so did my mom so they came up on 5 new movies yesterday! It was fun though we had a good one now its back to the yucky work week. I have alot of school stuff going on this week its gunna be a busy one. Friday we are leaving for Mexico to visit my husband fam in Tijuana so thats gunna be fun. Not looking forward to the drive though...we should be closing escrow also on the 22nd so I see alot of chaos coming up!

People can be monsters

I am just so sad they found the body of Sandra Cantu from our area. I am aware thousands of kids dissapear everyday, but this one hit home for me. My daughter and her are the same age and her town is so close to ours. This could have been my kid just as it was poor Sandra.Me and my husband did all we could to help with her safe return, and held out hope till the end. My heart just pourned out to her family for her safe return, and it looks like she made a early trip home to the lord. My only peace is I know that nobody has her and is harming her she is safe now in gods arms. Pray for her family, and to me this is just another reminder that I need to thank god for my kids and all the blessings in my life. Whoever did this I hope rots in hell this was a senseless act of harm on an innocent little girl.My true belief is an eye for an eye forget this whole fair trial and humane treatment. Screw that these pediphiles and child killers dont give a shit about that when they are taking our children and doing what they will with them are they so I could care less about rights.
Rest In Peace precious baby

Having a great weekend makes for a even worse Monday!

This weekend was so much fun I must say. Sat me and my husband volunteered to pass out flyers for Sandra Cantu who is missing from our area, and the kids went to their grandparents while we wre out which is always fun for them. Then we watched some tivo and just lounged and had a good time. .Sunday my husbands good friend has a pre easter party for the kids. It was a GREAT party! They had jumpers for the kids, vollyball, soccer set up. All kinds of balls and bikes their yard is huge its like a ranch sytle place so it was a huge lot of land prob an acre or so of backyard. They set up a easter craft tables, had a 3 legged race, egg tossing, and pass the egg with the spoon. They then had an easter egg hunt and after the games they had a huge bucket of toys for prizes for he kids to chose from, and they were good toys too! They really know how to throw a party it was so nice! May I mention the food OMG. The best mexican food and they had gucammole dip, yummy potatoe salad, nachos, a chocolate fondue fountain, cheescake ahhhh anything you could think of it was so darn good. It was just a really good time too bad its monday which I HATE!

Sandra Cantu MISSING and ENDANGERED please help

http://www.fox40.com/images/38e28dc8d01.pdf please open thia link and post it to your blog, and send it to as many people as you have in your email contact list. This poor litle girl needs to come home. Me and my husband volunteered today and passed flyers out so i just want to get her face and story out to everyone and eveywhere I can. Thanks!

I Want Mommy!!!

Anybody that knows me knows I AM NOT a morning person. I hate the morning with a passion anything before 9 is considered early to me. I have been waking up around 6:30 for nearly 8 years now you would think i would be used to it right? Well NO I am not i still hate it. My son is the worst he wakes about 6:20 or so sometimes I am lucky and he sleeps till 7:00. Well when he wakes he busts in our room and throws all 3 of his animals he sleeps with in my bed and gets under the blankets with me which is fine then atleast i can cuddle him and still get to lay in bed. well this week I have been staying up late studying so this morning when he woke up at 6:30 i told my husband grab him and have him lay with you so i can try and get some sleep. My husband has no problem laying with him, but he ALWAYS comes to my side to lay with me.So he grabs him and cuddles him and my son says "No I want mama"!!!! he was not having it laying with Daddy! He is the funniest kid he is such a mamas boy, but only with some things. When it comes to playing daddy is the hero. How funny is this me and my husband will sort of compete for paremt of the day!! haha. He wakes up on Sunday with the kids so i can sleep in which is my fav BTW, well he will make them breakfast that tops mine to score brownie points, or he will take them to a bigger park than I do we are always trying to one up eachother!! Its all good fun we crack up at how the kids will sell us out for whoever is the funnest at the time. Gotta love it though!!! I told him I will always win nobody can replace mommy, and I stay home with them he works so i win...haha too bad!I cabt wait for the weekend I have NO homework to do, and its gunna be great.Just gunna relax and have fun.

Self why oh why....

OMG I cannot belive what a dumbo I am. The past few weeks I have had a lab nutrition assignment, a six page essay due, and two one page extra credit papers.All of which are time consuming. The good news is im done with it all! The bad is it wasent due till the end of next month!!! My research paaper that I busted you know what doing was due April 28th not March. Helloooo me..grrrrr I can kick myself sometimes.Well on a good note I have finished basically all the work for that class so I can just concetrate more on bio lol...

How funny is this...

So I was at my Dads last week, and my step mom calls while I am there and my dad is saying "oh really ok yeah just print it and bring it home" and he is looking at me?? HHmmmm what the heck..so I ask him "what"!! He says Jackie told me about your post she is printing it so I can see it.. what the heck who does that!!!! I was laughing so hard..guess they find me interesting enough to actually print off what I say. Hilarious I must say... so is does this one earn printing points huh???

Lovely day

So today should be beautiful day outside its going to be almost 80!!! Slight wind so in the sun it wont be hot, but still warm enough. I actually hate the summer because it gets so hot here, but it seems like this winter has went on forever. Im kinda ready for a bit warmer weather. I am NOT ready for when its 108 outside thats just waaayy over my tolerance level!! Anyways Im gunna walk to get Adriana at preschool, and then drop by the park so the kids can run some steam off before we head home. They havent been outside to play in awhile since its been so chilly and windy so they are ready for it!! Got a weekend full of homework so not looking forward to it:((

A word from the wise

Me and Dominic went to visit my grandma today while the girls were at school, and it was a very telling visit. She is in her mid eighties and in pretty good shape I would say she lives on her own, but she cannot do anything like she used to and that really botheres her. She is very stubborn and independent so the fact tht she cannot walk 3 blocks to kmart pisses her off to say the least. Well she asked me so what do you do besides take care of the kids and go to school? I said nothing much i dont have much time for anything else. She then said something that is really sticking with me she said.... well i know its hard and alot of work, but someday you will be like me old and your kids will be grown with their own families and you will be left not enjoying your life because you dont have the things you used to and you cant do the things you used to....you will wish you had these days back. I had tears in my eyes, and really took that moment in. I told her grandma you still have plenty of things you can do, and all of us still love you and need you...but i knew exactly what she was trying to say. Her life has really passed all up the things she has lived for and now she feels she is just wasting time which is sad for us, but understandable. She is just tired of all the aches of age and she feels her duties have passed my grandpa has been passed since the early nineties so she has been alone a long time. My Dad visits her all the time I go once a week or so. One day that will be me feeling that way so I should try and stress less and live more. she then went on to say how proud she is of my dad and me and how she has been so thankful to see me grow older and see my kids. She lives for the visits from us, and Im sure thats really all she finds joy in. Today has just been enlightening im many ways so im thankful for that.

Is it just me or what...

Well anybody that knows me knows that I eat like total crap. I basically eat junk and if I dont have any junk then I just wont eat until I do. I have a BAD addiction to sweets and all the bad foods you can think of. May I also add I basically do not exercise either. Besides cleaning and taking care of the kids I really do not do any exercise.Luckily I am blessed with awsome metabolism and after three kids I have just a few pounds I wanna lose I woulden't say I am "overweight", yes I could lose a few lbs though. My aerobics class on Saturdays I really never go so I am going Mon Wed and Sat for the next two weeks to make up my missed days since I never wanna go!! What I am getting at is I never have any darn energy i am always so tired and never feel like doing anything. I make myself get through the day and its not easy. I am just so tired of being so out of energy i just never feel the urge to get up and walk to the park and run with my the kids. I do it because I know I need to for the kids, but trust me its hard!! So im pretty sure its my own fault because I eat like crap and dont exersice so my body is treated like poo so it feels like poo!! I am wondering though are other moms feeling like this? I do have alot on my plate 3 kids of my own, I babysit another, and go to school. So is it me or is it just how ya feel with all this going on??? I dont know opinions?? Sooooo I am honestly going to make an effort at changing my eating habits and upping my exercise. I am aware of all the damage I am doing to my body by what I put in my mouth, but I does not seem to stop me. I need to set an example for my kids that eating junk is not good for you, and your health is imortant. We also have a treadmil, boxing bag, numerous weights, yoga ball, and the "bean" trust me we are equipped for working out without a gym, but somehow the treadmill is a clothes hanger and the rest are just dust collectors so hopefully I can make use of our mini gym haha we will see.

Picture of Dominic that Alicia took..

my kids crack me up....

Yeserday me and the kids baked a green cake for St. Pattys day, and I decided I would google a story abut what the day is and what it means and all so i could teach the kids why the day is celebrated. So after I explained the story and I asked questions Ireland then became the "island" and St.Patrick became Patrick from spongebob!!!! OMG they crack me up I asked my daughter where did St. Patrick get sent to live she insited it was the island I said no baby Ireland and she said i know mommy the island! Then she said its patricks day on Spongebob and I just gave up haha I guess 4 is a bit too young to take history seriously. BTW I am totally aware that I am always mispelling things I type way to fast mostly because I am always time crunched and these dang acylic nails do not help!! So just FYI , I am college educated and can spell lol.

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pics of the new house

So hopefully we will be moving in mid April Im so excited just to get rid of stuff! Im going to go through everything and just get rid of whatever I havent seen or used within a few months. Its going to be like a fresh breath of air to get into a brand new house and re orgazize all our stuff to best situate our lives now. Im so ready to pack, but i cant for atleast three more weeks becaus we basically use all the stuff that is out and there is nowhere to store anything in boxes! May I add I have no desire to clean or do anything around here now that I know we are moving lol.. how sad!! I have to force myself to do all the cleaning!

Feelings of change

Im so excited to move I will say there is no doubt about that, but I'm actually a bit sad. Ripon was a place I diden't even know anything about until we moved here 4 1/2 years ago. Its only like 20 minutes from my hometown also so how dumb is that? It was just so small i never even realized it was here! Well since we moved here I just love it. I love the people and everthing about it. This is a town where people leave their doors unlocked and neighors watch out for eachother. My daughters school is great and Adriana's preschool has the best people working there I would trust them with my kids anytime. The most thing I will remember is the relationships I have formed since we have been here. I met Alicia who lives next door who has basically became my best friend in a years time. I love her and Noah like my family (Marcus your aight too hehhee) and would do anything for them. We help eachother out like family and trust eachother with our children which is something that is hard to come by. i will never forget the summer we had together doing EVERYTHING together. My friend Laurie who I actually worked with and did not get to know very well, but we met again at our daugters basketball game she is just one of thoes peole that are hard to come by. She is a ginuine good person who i loves her family and loves her friends. I know she would be there for me anytime I needed her and has been. I will miss here just stopping by after the gym in the morning just to chat and give me a bit oif "adult" company. These are two people I know I will always have part of my life, but its just gunna be sad to not have them within arms reach. Both our smallest kids have grown up here both brought home from the hspital to this house. So many great things have happened under this roof too many to count. I cant believe its been so many years since we moved here. People know eachother here the workers at out local store know me its just small enough people can actually have relationships. So even though a new and exciting chapter is opening for us I will miss Ripon, and be thankful fo every mmoment and memory I have of here. If it wasent for this town I would not have met so many great people. BTW we be only like 35 minutes away from here, but Im still sad!! hahah

I cant believe this is actually happening

We bought a brand new house!!!! Yes, we managed that in the California real estate market haha. Not a forclosure with a ton of issues, but a new just built house! It is just gorgeous let me tell you it is a 4 bedroom aprx. 1700 sq feet, and has granite kitchen counters, all stainless steel aplliances, which I am beyond excited for , and maple cabinents throughout the house. The carpet has an 8 inch pad underneath so our kids can fall all over the place! Its a 3 car garage just simply lovely! I never imagined we would be able to afford a house like this before I am a nurse and making the big bucks. This is our dream and it seems to be comin together. Of course everything with escrow needs to go smooth but thats with all houses and if god wants this for our family he will make it happen. The house behind us that were sold about a year ago that are comparable to ours were sold for 450 to 500k.Although that is California for you waayyyy overpriced and the cost of living is nuts. Living tha "California" life doesn't come cheap I iwll tell ya! It seems though we have found a match our mortgage is just gunna be a bit over our rent. The one downside is it its kinda far from everybody its about 50 minutes from my mom and dad and a bit over an hour for my inlaws. My husband will have about a 35 minute commute to work as will I with school the town we are moving to is tiny. The population is 10,000. It is a very safe place though whith small town country charm so its a place to raise kids. The subdivision we are going to live in is super nice and has a really nice park which is really all you need with kids! So pray it all goes well, and we should be moving in about 30 days or so!!! Im so excited I cant wait to decorate the kids rooms, and have a huge garage sell before we leave sell some old stuff and make way for some new stuff!

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