This is life...

"I Feel Like A King"

2012-01-23T17:24:00.000-05:00

Going by what Kelly kept repeating all night, I think the 1st date night was a hit. But how could it not be? It was Kelly getting to try different beers while I served him yummy finger foods. We had bread and cheeses, chips and salsa, and hot wings. I bought 4 different beers and he had to guess what they were. He only got the Stella right. But the others were random beers he doesn't drink often.

I also started the scrap book for these date nights. I found a little collection of cool, recycled, card stock at Michael's for $10. I can't wait for next month's date....

12 Dates of Christmas

2012-01-04T15:09:00.000-05:00

Along with many other cool things, one of Kelly's gift for Christmas was a Pinterest inspired gift. 12 Dates of Christmas! A different date night for every month of the year. With our relationship getting close to the two year mark, I figured it was a great way to avoid the slump of routine. Honestly, this was probably something more for myself, but Kelly loved it.

Some of the ideas are very Kelly specific, like January is a private beer tasting night. Then there are others like going to a local art opening. I tried to have a combination of things that we love doing, he loves doing, or something we have not done before. We agreed to both be open-minded (especially on art night)!

I've also decided to start a small, simple scrapbook. One page for each date. What an awesome thing for our future kids to be able to look through and see how cool their parents were.

Date #1 is next week sometime. I will let you know how it goes.

It was super simple! 12 envelopes, one for each month, contains a letter explaining the date for that month and different items that will be used for the date. We will open each one on the first of that month and pick a day to do it.I did get cheesy and try to use the "12 Days of Christmas" lyrics on each date page. You know, like... "On the 1st date of 2012 your girlfriend gave to you...." I also tried to use all the different nicknames Kelly has for me on these pages. (he has an unusual amount for me) But I must say, watching him read them all and crack up was awesome. Supplies were from the dollar store (another thing I am obsessed with) and bought envelopes (6 for $1), some crayons (24 pack $1) and a cute white heart basket (you guessed it, $1).

I'm excited for this.

Here are the date ideas I came up with.

1. Beer Tasting Night

2. FSU Baseball Game

3. Irish Dinner

4. Golf Driving Range

5. Art Opening

6. Pancake Breakfast

7. Private Movie Screening

8. Dinner at a New Restaurant

9. Jazz/Blues Night

10. IMAX

11. Concert

12. Evening of Christmas (Decorating home for Xmas)

You know you want to do it now.

Flip's Rough Day

2009-04-03T10:29:00.000-04:00

You all know Flip....

Well, he will be turning 5 years old this May, and he is sort of becoming an old man. He limps really bad sometimes and I wanted to try and help him out. He looks really painful when he does this. So it was time for his yearly exam and some vaccines so I brought him to work with me. His doctor did his exam and gave him his shots. But then I told her about his limping and that I want to get to the bottom of it.

So poor Flippy had to be sedated, majorly! Basically, they used reversible anesthesia. It took awhile for it to take effect, but when it did, he was sleeping like a baby.

**sleeping in his dog run at my work, the vet clinic**

So as you can imagine, it was easy for the technicians to get 11 different views of x-rays on his front shoulders, elbows, and neck.

**still passed out on the x-ray table**

Well, can you imagine how frustrating it was to spend all that money on all those x-rays and the doctor to tell me they all look normal? Well, it is good news, but there is obviously something going on with his front legs. If you have seen him limping in the mornings, then you know what I am talking about!

A radiology specialist comes to my work once a month and our doctors ask him questions about cases like Flip's. So he will be checking out his x-rays next week. Poor Flip! All that for no answers.

Once he got home, he was still pretty loopy for the rest of the day.

Take Advantage!

2009-02-04T14:03:00.000-05:00

It's not always a bad thing. This morning, my Chem 101 professor announced that there is a tutor available for free after class. Since I have a 2 hour break after that class, I went over there. I just did my homework, and if I got stuck, Jessica would put me back in the right direction. In all the years I have been in college I have never gone to a tutor. What a shame. She is going to make that class much easier. Ok I need to pay attention, my History professor is beginning class.

More picture editing

2008-09-17T18:53:00.001-04:00

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Originally uploaded by MercyElaine

I got acouple comments on this picture, so i thought i would post it for people to see...

::Photo Caption::
"Don't Mess!"

Sick

2008-08-28T10:49:00.000-04:00

I guess it is that time of the year. I have been pretty sick since Monday, and now Dexter is sick. I was up all night with him cleaning up vomit... ewww. And then when he finally was feeling better and we were both falling asleep, Flip and the coyotes were having a howling contest. Uhh! It was bad. But one cool thing that happened last night when I was cleaning up half digested dog food was I could hear the concert that was happening at UCSB. It was not just any concert either... it was Jack Johnson!!! I could hear it pretty clear and was singing along with him. So cool. Ok, I'm at work so I should go... im taking mom and pops to the airport tonight! party on saturday

Just Like Lissa

2008-08-14T23:08:00.000-04:00

I have been using the cool editing thing on Flickr and making some cool pictures like Lissa. Here are some of the things I have done. I have been printing them out on my pops cool printer and now I need to get frames to put them up in my room.

This picture Lissa took while we were in Bass Lake. I edited it.

This picture was taken by me. It is the twins and I. Felix is wearing the blue, Lili the black, me the gray, duh.

Picture taken by Chone. Edited by me

How We Celebrated

2008-08-08T00:53:00.000-04:00

Happy First Birthday Baby!

2008-08-07T19:28:00.000-04:00

Today my Dexter turns 1 yr old! He is not a puppy anymore! awww.
Happy Birthday Baby!!!

From the cutest, goofy-est puppy, to the handsome big man, Dexter turns 1 yr old today. I love you Dex

The Gap Fire

2008-07-06T19:50:00.000-04:00

First off, we are home, everything and everyone here are safe. So let's start from the beginning.

Day 1, Tuesday July 1st.
7:00pm I am driving back home after a long, boring math class. When I start up the hill to my house I notice smoke from behind the hills. I first thought it was one of the controlled fires my dad does for work. When I pulled into the driveway, my mom told me of the fire and that pops was at the bishop ranch checking it out. My first thought....
Not Again!

Day 2 Wednesday July 2nd.
Driving home from that same long math class, I notice all the traffic lights are off! Weird and sort of scary. I get home and there is no electricity at our house. My pops busted out the generator and we plugged in the refridgerator and tv to watch the news. My pops told us to pack bags, because depending on the winds that night, we might be evacuated.

Day 3 Thursday July 3rd.
We planned on going to Moorpark for their annual fireworks show. I got an email from my teacher telling me that class was cancelled, so as soon as mom got home we all headed to Moorpark. I did take Dexter with me, but Flip stayed here because we had no idea how crazy this fire was about to get.

This is what I saw before we left for Moorpark

We left for Moorpark around 6pm. Around 9:30pm we get word that our house was evacuated at 7pm that night! Poor Flip! And those bags we packed the day before... still at the SB house :( We stay the night at Cari's house knowing we would be unable to get into our house.

Day 4, Friday July 4th.
We wake up, my mom and dad and dexter and i get in the car and drive back to SB, hoping to be able to get Flip and some clothes. When we get into SB, all the streets are closed down. We had to talk with a sherriff for awhile before he told us another sherriff will be escorting us to our house so we could get Flip and some clothes. While we were waiting for that sherriff, our neighbor from up the hill was walking down the road and let us know that Flip and the house was fine. She has just been up at the houses. It was nice hearing that since we had no idea what to expect when we got up to the house. So a sherriff followed us up to the house and we quickly packed up.

As we walked into the house, we realized it was not the way we had left it. All the blinds were open, the curtains pushed aside, anything close to the windows were moved into the center of the room, and there were these bright green flags tied randomly around the house. There was also a weird bowl of some sort of liquid on the floor of our kitchen. Obviously the firemen had been here. Scary...

I ran into my room, and saw my empty suitcase on the floor, and then I paused.... WHAT DO I PACK? of course i had no clean clothes so i just grabbed the first things I saw and tucked them into the suitcase. I also got my laptop, dexter's things, and my math book and homework. All those long classes and assignments i had done were not going to burn!! I also took my stuffed dog Pecas. Later at Cari's house I laughed when I realized that I had taken the time to grab Pecas and take him with me. I packed down my car and we were out of there.

We all then headed back to Moorpark. Of course I had Dexter and Flip in the back of my little car. It was a nice drive back lol.

In Moorpark, since it was the 4th of July, we decided to go to Chuys for some good food and beer. I was finally able to relax and enjoy the evening, even though the status of our house was unknown.

Day 5, Saturday July 5th
After a night camping out in Cari's livingroom (and i mean everyone... mom, pops, me, dexter, and flip!) we woke up for some breakfast, then lots of Guitar Hero. Chone and I made a trip to the Simi Mall and had a nice shopping trip. In the afternoon we went out to Limo-ville to visit with Nana & Tata and my Reno family, The Iglesias. I then made my way back to SB, to try and get to the house, and if not, my friend offered up a place to stay. Which I definitely needed because they were not letting anyone into the ranch. So I had a relaxing night watching movies with my buddy.

Day 6, Sunday July 6th
Mom and Pops secretly made their way back up to the house by using the dirt roads through the orchards. They were still not letting anyone in. So I stayed with my friend for most of the day. The SB house had no water, since the water pipes melted in the fire. Then the electricity has been going off and on throughout SB. But we are home! The house, our dogs, the chickens, and everything here is fine! It's nice to be home. The electricity is on now, but still no water.

Right now I can hear the helicopters flying overhead again. The sound of planes and helicopters will now always have a bad feeling that will come along with them. It seems though they are slowly containing this fire, and it is going away from us. What a long weekend! It is going to be difficult going back to work and school tomorrow.

**Click on the photos to see them larger**

Driving home from school, this is what I was greeted with

This is what i could see day 2 of the fire, from my backyard

The night of the big power outtage, we let Flip inside.

Driving back and forth between Moorpark and SB was tough on little Dex.

At Chuy's, the twins were all about the race cars!

After Chuy's, we stopped at the grocery store for ice cream, but Chone got hit in the parking lot... lol

Through Cari's window to the backyard, the dogs wanted to come inside. Look at those puppy eyes

Lola, my friend's cat, kept me company as I camped out at my buddy's place.

Big Thanks to the Cuevas/Gomez/Contreras Family for letting us take over their house and backyard. Cari, I owe you a plant. I think Dexter broke one.

Thursday Night Dinner with the Parents

2008-06-27T15:33:00.000-04:00

So if you didn't know, my parents and i go to a different, new place for dinner out here in SB every thursday night. Last night was my mom's turn. She choose The Palace Grill on State. It was awesome. The drinks were great, food amazing, and the servers were cool. At one point they passed out the words to "That's Amore" and then they played the music. everyone sang along and when the line "thats amore" was sang, everyone raised their glasses. Even the servers walked around with their wine glasses cheersing everyone. It was probably the most expensive dinner so far, but the most fun!

Pop's Jalepeno Martini

My Rum Drink

Mom and her Water

Me trying to get a picture of us singing and cheersing

Ya... it's that hot

2008-06-21T19:09:00.000-04:00

Eating in Style!

2008-06-11T01:17:00.000-04:00

Dexter got a food bowl holder. Pops made it, and it's awesome. When Dexter first saw it, he barked at it, lol. But then he realized his food and water were there, and he was cool with it.

Yummy!!

What it has come down to...

2008-06-11T00:47:00.000-04:00

The coyotes struck again. Our neighbors down the hill have a tiny little cute chihuahua named Scooby. I guess the coyotes attacked. He was found on their porch, almost dead. He was fixed up, which was not cheap at all, and from what I heard, is doing well. We are not waiting for Dexter to be next.

Flip's Coyote Encounter

2008-06-11T00:27:00.000-04:00

Last Saturday morning i heard Flip get into a wrestle/fight with a coyote. I went outside to check on him and I see this big gash on his left side. Thank god I work at a Vet. I just dropped him off and a little later I get a stapled up Flip, anti-biotics, and pain meds. By the time we get home that night from Cari's birthday dinner, 4 of the 6 staples are gone! This is what it looked like.

So Monday I took him back into work, and they just added 6 more staples and bandaged his rear left foot so he couldn't scratch them off. I love my work, they take care of my dogs.

He was such a trooper during all of this!

Cari's Birthday!

2008-06-08T00:51:00.000-04:00

It was a good day (other than the flip/coyote thing) We did dinner, guitar hero, playing with Dexter in the backyard, and cake. Happy Birthday Cari

The nieces and nephews at dinner......

This is how crazy our family is becoming about Guitar Hero. Lissa was rocking to the Weezer song on GH 3, and pa was playing along with her. It was awesome. He is totally going to be a rocker!!!

HBC

2008-05-26T13:58:00.000-04:00

In the veterinary profession, HBC means Hit By Car. I think Dexter was HBC yesterday morning. I was in my room playing guitar hero with my friend Dave, and Dex was outside with Flip. I heard him barking and just went out to see what he was barking at. When I went outside he was standing by the sliding glass door, barking towards up the hill. I then saw he has some crazy black marks all over his neck/white fur. So I took him inside to try and clean it up. He smelled kind of funny too. I told my friend Dave to check out Dexter. We noticed he was acting like he was afraid of us. "What did you get into this time" is what i was wondering. But as I tried to get the black marks off him, we started to notice that he was bleeding from somewhere. Then we noticed that he had abrasions all over his body, mostly on his right side. The back of his legs were all cut up, his bottom lip was bleeding, under his right front armpit he had some gnarly cuts. Now my first thought was "did you get in a fight with a skunk, because he had that weird smell. But I have smelled dogs who have been skunked a lot, and this smell was not skunk. So Dave and I cleaned up Dex as best as we could and then we took him back outside to see if he would go to where whatever happened, happened. But no, we saw no signs of a fight or anything. And he just barked up towards the hill again. So we brought him back inside. I called the head technician from my work Travis, just to see what he thinks i should do about these cuts he had. I told him what we knew, and then he asked me to look at dexter's nails. I thought, weird, but ok. I looked and they were all frayed. Then travis said, "you know mercy, he might have been hit by a car." OMG! then it made sense. Ive seen dogs come into my work who are hbc, and they have gnarly road rash. and that is exactly what those cuts on dexter looked like. so i then called dexters dr from my work, and he told me to perform a basic exam on all his legs and neck to see if anything was hurting him. i moved all his everything around and he never resisted or cried. so he seemed ok. he was definitely shaken up though. So the dr told me to watch for signs of internal injury, like bloody poop, acting weird, his gums turning white, breathing funny. so i basically spent all day watching dexter like a hawk and making sure he wasnt licking at any of his wounds.

but then to confuse the situation even more, later in the day i heard Flip barking like crazy in the backyard. and Dexter to was barking, and all the hairs on his back were standing straight up! he was pissed. i go to see what it was, and there were 2 coyotes IN THE BACKYARD! i ran and told my pop, and he got his gun to try and shoot them, or even scare them. But when flip started running towards one of them, my mom and i kinda freaked out and scared the coyotes away. so then i was wondering, did dexter get in a fight with a coyote, and now they are back to get him. i dont think thats what happened, it makes more sense about the hbc, because when i went out to look at what dexter was barking at in the morning, flip was just laying in the grass. and if there had been coyotes, he would have been going crazy.

but today dex seems to be doing ok. he was acting like he was hurting or sore last night. but today he is running around the house like normal. he did throw up like 15 mins ago, but i think hes ok. im definitely taking him with me to my work tomorrow to get checked out, possibly some xrays just to be safe.

i tried to get pictures of his wounds, heres what i got

the left over marks that i couldnt get out.

its hard to see, but he has a big scrape on that bottom lip

his back right leg, the scabs kinda look like his brindle markings in this picture but there are 2 scabs

these are the worst ones he got. but it doesnt look to bad in this picture. this is his front right leg. if you lift that arm, you can see some ugly looking scabs. he's kinda swollen here too.

But to show you he's doing ok today, here is a video i took this morning

New Home

2008-05-05T19:44:00.000-04:00

Pop put the chicks into the real chicken coop. Which meant the two hens and one rooster that were living in there had to be let out. Flip, being the good boy he is, was only scolded once after trying to chase them, and left them alone. When i got home from my dr. appt, i let Dexter outside, and it only took him 3 seconds to notice the chickens walking around free and chased the hens up into a tree. But the rooster likes to run. And dex likes to chase. they went all over the yard. Pop finally caught the rooster and put him on the roof of the coop.

Then he made the mistake of showing dex where he was.

And now dex wont leave the chicken coop

Another Funny Picture of Dex

2008-05-03T19:55:00.000-04:00

It weirds me out when dogs ears do that flip thing. And Dexter doesnt seem to be bothered by it when it happens. I always have to fix it for him.

Baby Mini Chicken

2008-05-03T19:48:00.000-04:00

So our chickens are growing soo fast! Their feathers are coming in and they are eating so much food each day. I think my pop is going to move them to the real chicken coop this week. We lost 2 since we got them, but that was expected. There is only one chicken who is not changing so much.

Can you see the still little baby mini chicken?

He just has not grown since we got him. He eats and drinks totally fine. He just won't grow. It's so weird. Here is another picture of him.

Just look at the size difference between him and the others. Is there such thing as dwarf chickens?

haha

2008-04-19T17:07:00.001-04:00

Curious George

2008-04-14T19:43:00.000-04:00

What's in there?

Really? What is that noise?

Baby Chicks!

Another Cake

2008-04-14T18:37:00.000-04:00

So I spent most of my Sunday baking and decorating this cake. I was also watching the Red Sox game against the Yankees. Hence the idea for my next cake. It was simple, but gave me some practice on my writing on cakes.

Notice the little baseballs on the side

Dexter was helping me get in the baseball mood with his red sox jersey

Funny Picture

2008-04-11T19:33:00.000-04:00

I used to always get pictures of my old dog Chill with his tongue in action. Well, the other day I got this one...

Hahahaha. I can't stop laughing when i look at this one.

LA Zoo

2008-04-10T20:40:00.000-04:00

The morning started early, and Lili decided that she better wake up too.

Lili helped Chone and I pack our "sack lunches" i dont remember the last time i packed a lunch like this.

We got to school and got on the bus. Chone and I squished into the bus bench. We were pretty excited to go to the zoo.

Here is my group, waiting to get into the zoo. Martha, Bobby, and Chone. There were lots of other schools there.

As soon as we got there, they broke us up into groups and we got a tour of the zoo. That was cool, and I don't remember having a tour when i went to the zoo in 3rd grade.

We saw so many animals, but the wallaby with the baby in her pouch was super cute.

The gorillas are always very entertaining to watch for me. I think it is because they are so human like, it is interesting.

At one point, one of the gorillas started swinging right infront of the viewing glass. I got this great picture of my Bobby and a gorilla staring at eachother.

After the tour, we got "free time" where the kids had to go look at their specific animal to get some facts for their animal report. Here is Bobby writing down all his info on the spider monkeys. Chone did the Chimpanzes.

At the end of the day, we spent some time in the souviner stores

By the end of the day, we were all tired and ready to rest our feet on the bus. It was a good time.

Happy 21st Birthday

2008-04-09T00:55:00.000-04:00

Happy Birthday Cousin! I hope you liked the LA Kings shot glass I left for you. It's your 21st....

I had to lol. I know you were with us when we celebrated ur bday the only way we know how, with some beers at BJ's. We miss you and love you Roman.

At Home - Sick

2008-03-19T12:57:00.000-04:00

Dexter and I are both sitting at home sick today. I woke up with some major pink eye! Gross... so as soon as someone came into work, they sent me home. So now I am sitting at home, studying about the nervous system. And Dex is sitting at the window, wishing he could go play outside. He will be bandaged until Saturday, so no running around outside with Flip. He is so sad. He is literally staring out the window, whining and leaving breath marks all over the place lol. Poor thing.

Everybody's Irish Today!

2008-03-17T19:20:00.003-04:00

Happy Saint Patrick's Day!!

You can't pinch Dexter because he got a new, green bandage today!

Have a beer (or 2) tonight!

Ohh Dexter

2008-03-17T19:04:00.000-04:00

I went home this weekend to spend some time with my sisters and their children. Dexter was helping me pack up the car so we could make the trip down, but he ended up injuring himself in the process. Somehow he torn one of his nails almost completely off, so i had to head back into work so they could fix him up. It turned into a small anesthesia procedure were they removed his nail completely. So I then headed to MP with a bandaged, druged-up puppy. Poor dog, but he seemed to be feeling better the next day and was really taking advantage of all the pity.

The twins felt so bad that they hand fed him his breakfast.

Here he is walking around with his plastic bootie so he wouldn't get his bandage wet (he didn't like it)

And here he is enjoying the sunshine with Lili

He is doing fine now, as long as i give him his pain pills. His nail will grow back with time, but for now he has to just keep it bandaged so it doesn't get dirty or hurt more. I hope this is not a sign of things to come for this crazy dog.

Fun Fact

2008-02-24T21:10:00.000-05:00

Dexter likes cowboy movies. We are all watching 3:10 to Yuma and Dex is napping on mom's lap

Then the movie gets to the "shoot-em-up" part and he gets up and starts barking along with the guns.

Look how intense he is staring at the tv lol

Sunday Funday

2008-02-11T20:28:00.000-05:00

Yesterday was one of the best days I have had in awhile! The weather was just amazing. I got to wear a sundress and sandals! Walking state street and enjoying this amazing town was nice. (Lissa did u know Puma closed on state?) The day even consisted of a short trip to the beach. Playing around in the water (cold water) was so much fun. I just can not wait until summer is here and I can live at the beach again. Sundays are great.

Framable!

2008-01-23T21:10:00.000-05:00

And not so framable...

Random Pictures of Dexter

2008-01-21T20:51:00.000-05:00

Dexter is 5 months old now, and let me tell you, life around the SB house is not the same! Here are some random pictures...

**a young dexter**

**I get out of the shower and find this in my bed**

**he was so confused when he was not allowed in this house**

**he loves walking around with tennis balls**

**he also loves laying by the fire place**

**again, with the tennis ball**

We love Dexter

One of My Favorite Places

2008-01-07T21:46:00.000-05:00

Yesterday was another rainy Sunday. I met Mikey out on Main St, Ventura. I love that place so much. It has some really nice resturants, stores, movie theater, yet still has such a mellow, old-time feel. We went to Rookie's to have some beers and watch the Chargers game.

After we watched the Chargers dominate, we went to see Juno. I don't know how I got Mikey to see that chick movie, but I LOVED it! I did not expect it to be so good. And just like Lissa said, it is one of my favorite movies of all time. I will buy it when it comes out on DVD, for sure!
Since it was raining, Mikey was nice enough to go get the car and pick me up. That was cool, especially since I have been sick for so long. But while I was waiting I got 2 cool pictures of downtown Ventura in the rain.

Rainy Days

2008-01-05T15:37:00.000-05:00

Dexter likes me new camera, except he thinks it is a toy, so when i try to take his picture, this is what i get....

This was Dexter this morning. He was couped up inside all day yesterday because of the rain, so he has alittle cabin fever/he's bored

Give Credit Where Credit is Due

2008-01-02T21:13:00.000-05:00

Have you heard the song "Stronger" by Kanye West? Im sure you have, and if you haven't listen to a bit of it here.

Well, this song samples another song by the group "Daft Punk" Which is famous for that one song, Around the World. Here is that song.

Well, i was bored and doing some web browsing and discovered something I thought was very cool. Kanye West not only gave writing credit to Daft Punk for his song "stronger", he also features their famous Robot costumes in the music video. I just think with all the sampling that goes on in music these days, it is very cool that Mr. West is giving these guys credit!

The original by Daft Punk is called Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger. Here is the video if you are curious to hear it.

Puppy Graduation

2008-01-02T19:09:00.000-05:00

Dexter graduated from his puppy class on December 15. (i know it took me forever to blog)
They had a little agility course to introduce the puppies to. It had some tunnels, a bar to jump over, a plank, and other stuff. They even played a game like musical chairs where we walked in a circle and when the music stopped we had to ask the dogs to sit. Dexter won the first group. And then a dog named Sophie won the second group. Dexter and Sophie then went head to head... and DEXTER WON! go dex, he's a sitting fool! But then they each got a certificate (which is going into his baby book) and got to pick out a toy.

Good Job Dexter!

(he liked his toy, lol)

Boston Tea Party

2007-12-18T14:37:00.000-05:00

This past Sunday was Dexter's Boston Tea Party. It was basically a get together at his dog park for Bostons. There were so many of them there, I would loose sight of Dex for a second and not be able to pick him out too quickly. He loved it! And of course he played with his friend Eloise, who goes to the park all the time. Here are some pictures.

Another Cake...

2007-12-18T14:30:00.000-05:00

This one, I will even say, is beautiful. The way I made it was actually pretty simple. The night before I made all the little flowers and left them on wax paper so they could harden over night. Then the next day (on my lunch break from work) I placed all the flowers on and added the leaf border. Very simple, but looks amazing. And it smells soooooo good because of all the icing on there. Here it is...

Road Trip

2007-12-12T18:54:00.001-05:00

Amanda and I are going to take a road trip in January to San Jose to watch a Sharks game (hockey). We are very excited and it is going to be so much fun. The only problem is what to do with Dexter. I am seriously considering just taking him along with us. I know there are many hotel that allow small dogs, and we could pretty much take him everywhere with us, except to the actual hockey game, and if we go out to a bar one night. (which we will) But I'm pretty sure he would do just fine for a couple of hours at the hotel. So I need to consider this and do some more research, but atleast he is ok with wearing his seatbelt in the car already

Well, sort of, lol. If we decide not to take him, I will be needing s babysitter. Anyone down to have a cool dog for a weekend?

First Game Back!

2007-12-11T13:44:00.000-05:00

ok, let me just start off by saying Amanda and I had sooo much fun last night! We were laughing all night! I finally went to a Kings game! It was so awesome to watch a game in real life! And they played very well! They won 4-2. Exciting stuff. And even more exciting, it seems as though the hockey game is the new cool hang out for famous people. Amanda and I pulled out the inner Perez Hilton in us and took millions of pictures from far away. But then we got closer and even got to meet some of them.
So first we had to make our rounds so I could see the Staples Center and all the employees that we have come to know over the seasons. They were all very happy that I was back to normal and back at the game. We then went and watched warm up right by the glass, it was cool to see the players up close again, instead of the blurs you see on tv. One of the players who always kinda says hi during warm ups saw us there too. Our favorite usher Robert was there and we had to say hi.

He even got us into our favorite seats, and then eventually moved us even closer to the bottom! Thats when we met all the celebs. lol Oh! and even Patrick O'neal knew about my accident and came by to tell me hi and welcome back. It was like star treatment all night! But here are the pictures.
here is injured alexander frolov, or fro for short. he watched the game standing there all by himself. sad.

Here are the Brothers and Sisters actors. The blonde and the guy next to her.

And if you don't know who i am talking about, here is them.

We eventually met them and got a little handshake from Dave. Sharyn (mandas mom) got an autograph that im giving to my mom cuz she likes the show.

We knew that the two brothers who played brothers on 7th Heaven go to games. So we spotted them right away, and Robert, our favorite usher, got them to come say hello to us.

Then we saw a fat guy walk out of the vip section, and it was tom leykis.

we even saw Grace, a girl we met at the games. shes as crazy as us.

and if u dont know who patrick o'neal is... he is an anouncer for the kings, and he also did Dodgers Live after their games this past season.

Congrats!!

2007-12-11T13:41:00.001-05:00

Congratulation to Manuel and Alli. (mikey's cousin and his wife) Their baby girl Isabella was born yesterday weighing 8lbs 1oz, 20 1/2 inches long. She was born c-section, so she is sooo cute, not all swollen up from birth. here are some pictures!

she looks like manny in this picture!

Flip's Big Day

2007-12-03T20:18:00.000-05:00

Today after work I got my pop and flip out to the dog park with dexter and i. dexter is a regular now and all the people just love him to pieces. He plays and wrestles with all the dogs and is super tired when we get home.

Flip is not used to being out in public and seeing a lot of other dogs, so we were unsure as to how he would do. I have never seen Flip be mean, so I was pretty sure he would be ok.

When we first got there Pop kept him on his leash, incase he would have tried to fight with another dog. He was definitely excited to smell all the new smells at the park. So while Dexter went crazy with all the other dogs, Pop took Flip on a walk so he could check the park out without worrying about the other dogs. Then he came back to the crowd and walked around sniffing other dogs. He was a little overwhelmed by all the other dogs there but did pretty good. After awhile Pop took him off his leash and he still stayed close to him.

But with time he was walking out to check out the action. He would get a little nervous with the other dogs around him and was drooling a lot because he was so excited! But he never got mean, just barked a lot. But that's what Flip does, he barks!

you could tell he was alittle nervous by the way he was keeping his head down. (notice dexter running by speedy gonzalez style)

he went up to big dogs too, but i didnt get pictures of that, and no that boston is not dexter

meanwhile Dexter was living it up being a social butterfly.

this dog park is my new favorite place in SB. They are even having a ......

boston TErrier pArty (get it, boston tea party) anyway, we will definitely be attending

Christmas Time!

2007-12-01T20:13:00.000-05:00

So Saturday, Mom and Pop went out to get the Xmas decorating started. Dad picked out a large tree for the livingroom.

The smell of a real xmas tree is amazing. I almost forgot what that was like since last year Cari and I had a plastic tree.

Amanda and I went out shopping and when we came back the house was in full festive mode!

Here are our ornaments for this year

Roman

and my old Camry's keys

Let's just hope they don't make us listen to xmas music at work!!!

November 29

2007-11-29T20:52:00.000-05:00

State Street has this event every year called La Arcada Christmas Walk. There are groups of people dressed in old fashioned caroling outfits singing, and xmas decorations everywhere, free popcorn and cookies, and even Santa Claus. Dexter and I skipped puppy class to see how he would do in such a public event.

I wanted a pic of Dexter with Santa, but when I saw the line i said, "forget it!" even though it was free. so we did one ourselves without waiting in any lines. look closely, santa is back there haha

there was popcorn all over the floors and dexter tried to eat every single piece he saw. made the walking in the crowds a little difficult.

We decided to try eating at a resturant, even though we had Dexter. It wasn't to cold out so sitting on a patio was nice. And Dexter did very good! He eventually just curled up in my lap and fell asleep. Good dog!

November 28

2007-11-28T20:09:00.000-05:00

So i just couldn't wait to take Dexter out! We went to explore the dog park today. It is literally a 3 minute drive! And Dexter LOVED it!!! He was not afraid of any dogs, not even the giant Bullmastif that was there. He played with all the dogs and got love from pretty much every person there. He even found 2 other Boston Terriers and the 3 of them ran around together the rest of the time. And I must say, Dexter was the best looking Boston Terrier there! I love the place. I will definitely need to get Flip out there and see how he does.

November 27

2007-11-27T20:03:00.000-05:00

Anti-Rabies!

Dexter turned 16 weeks old today! That means he is now old enough for his last puppy vaccine, the Rabies! He has to be monitored now for his shots because of the reaction he had to the Lepto vx. But that's not a big deal since all that means is that he got to go to work with me for the day. And he did not have any reactions at all! Go Dexter! I was worried I was going to have a Sophia on my hands, a kid allergic to everything! haha. So now Dexter can go out! I know there is a dog park close to my house, we will have to check it out!

November 26

2007-11-26T20:01:00.000-05:00

I finished my cake class! i am going to sign up for the next level course, but it doesn't start until after the holidays.

i got a cool certificate

This was my "final". i think it came out pretty good. and it tasted even better! it was strawberry cake with chocolate pudding.

November 19

2007-11-20T01:18:00.000-05:00

Weird Day

I was so excited all morning because I was getting to bring my car home! Then at work, around lunch time, I walked in the back to see a patient who was staying for the day for x-rays having cpr performed on him. What else can I say but this beautiful white boxer did not make it. It was the first time I have seen anything that drastic at work. It was very upsetting. All of the techs were totally bummed because it took all 5 of them to perform the cpr. And it was hard for all the receptionist up front because we had to put on that happy face for all the other clients coming in. Needless to say I was happy when 3:00 came around. Pop took me to get my car, and I drove for the first time since my accident! It was so fun driving my new car. I love it soooooo much. I love the stero controls on the steering wheel. So after I played with my new car in the driveway for an hour, I got ready for my cake decorating class. We learned how to do some more flowers and figures (like the clown) here are some pictures

this guy is trying to eat the other cupcake lol

Like I said, weird day

November 18

2007-11-19T01:12:00.000-05:00

Beowulf

After a long Sunday of productivity (cleaning out my "previously stored at cari's garage" stuff, making cup cakes, having some training sessions with dexter, and watching football) Mikey surprised me by showing up here in SB to take me to a movie. We went to watch Beowulf, which to my surprise, was all shrek-ified. The whole movie was computer animated. I was expecting something like 300, were there were many computerized special effects, but real actors. This movie was all computer. It was amazing how some of the parts did look real. It was a great movie and reminded me of sophomore year of high school. I remember having to read Beowulf and even made a "video" project with some friends from my english class. We turned the big fight between grendel and beowulf into a boxing match. pretty funny stuff. anyway, thank you mikey for driving all the way out here to congratulate me on my big purchase!

November 17

2007-11-17T22:22:00.000-05:00

New Car!

I signed a million pieces of paper and bought my first car! Its a brand new, 2008 Scion XD. I was sort of nevous after I signed all the paper work because we then went home to wait for the car to come into SB. So around 5:00 we got the call that my car was here and ready for me to pick up. But ofcourse we could not get ahold of our insurance man over this weekend so i could get proof of full coverage for my new car, so i had to leave it there at the lot until i can get ahold of him :( it was hard leaving the $2,600 down payment and not getting anything in return. but hopefully i can get it monday. here are pictures

checkin out the paper plates

this is me and sid (the car dealership guy) and dad is in the backseat

another angle

me super sad that i have to leave it there

i was so ready to drive for the first time since my accident!

November 16

2007-11-17T00:26:00.000-05:00

Car Shopping

Tonight was my first experience going into a car dealership with some intent on actually buying a car. I pretty much already knew I wanted the Scion XD, but I did want to look around a little bit still. There were some things that I was certain about already.

1. I did not want a toyota corolla or a yaris.

2. If I got a scion, I wanted an upgraded stereo system, alarm system, and the remote engine start.

I had checked out the scion.com website, so i knew what the options on the car were and how much they cost. we test drove the xd, and i liked it a lot. so then we went to look at the numbers. with the down payment i was planning on putting and the amount i wanted my monthly payments to be, they decided they couldnt finance me because of the little amount of money i made a month. so what they said they could give me was 415 a month. way to much! so then the dude tried to sell me a corolla! eww no thank you. and it was used. and then he showed me a yaris! no way man! i kept telling him that if i was going to spend this much money on something, i was going to make sure it was the one i really wanted. so then we were going to get ready to leave, and then they started throwing us deals. it was amazing how at first they couldnt get me the exact car i wanted, meaning no lame spoiler, the upgraded stereo, the color, and the alarm and remote engine start. then it slowly came down to the exact car i wanted. at $360 a month. i even asked the guy, "how come 10 minutes ago they couldnt get me the car i wanted for the payments i could afford, and now you can?" all he said was, I dont Know. so i thought about taking that final offer for a bit, but we ended up walking out.

It was awesome for acouple reasons. Its cool to know that I can get what I want. I just need to know what i want and stick to it. they tried to give me cars that were different colors from what i wanted. i kept saying, thats not the car i want. but now, i do know exactly what i want, and that i can get it for the amount i need it to be. so maybe tomorrow we will go to ventura and drive home with a car.

**side note** ever seen that commercial for petco i think where a man comes home and starts calling out for his dog. he yells.."mr. barky van snowzer" haha. well Pop decided Dexter's new name is Mr. Barky NO Snowzer. get it. he has no snout lol anyways, until tomorrow.

November 15

2007-11-16T00:14:00.000-05:00

Scion XD

This is the car I am looking at getting. I am definitely liking it. I can get it with a navigation system and that button on the key you can press to start the engine from far away. Super cool. And it comes with an adapter for my cool new ipod lol. I know i have made fun of the Scions, but when I actually sat in the driver's seat of one, I loved it! It's a nice, high-tech looking car inside. And it is low enough to the ground that Dexter could jump right in all by himself. So instead of "Suba Roo" it will be "Suba Dex"

November 14

2007-11-15T00:02:00.000-05:00

IPod

My dad found an Ipod awhile ago in the Vons parking lot. (yes he called vons and gave them his phone number incase someone came back looking for it) But he pretty much gave it to me (i think) and i finally figured out how to put my own music on it! I know ipods are such old news now, but its cool having one with all my own music on it. i took Dexter on a long walk through the neighborhood today and I took the cool ipod. Awesome.

November 13

2007-11-13T23:50:00.000-05:00

Frustration

Being a good student and completing my work has never been hard... until now. It sounded completely lame to me at first, but now I am beginning to believe it.

What I am talking about is the fact that I injured my brain in the car accident, and it really is not the same. I was forced to speech therapy because of the brain trauma and I just did it because it was the Doctor's orders. Talking to the speech therapist I realized that I was having trouble processing information and recalling it. Which obviously makes doing any kind of work very difficult now. And like I said, it used to be a breeze. To describe it in simple terms, I basically feel like I have severe ADD. I can not focus. Even writing this blog takes a lot of effort. Every little thing distracts me. At work I catch myself listening to other people's conversations when I am in the middle of writing a prescription refill down. I will look down in the chart minutes later and realize I stopped writing mid-sentence. It is EXTREMELY FRUSTRATING!

Reading for my class my mind drifts away every other sentence. I re-read the same couple of lines about 5 times! And when I went to that rock and roll concert I found myself daydreaming every 30 seconds! I had to tell my mind to watch the show and pay attention to what the performers were doing. And it was not because I was not enjoying it. It makes me nuts.

All my speech therapist really told me was that I need to practice (i guess just making myself focus) and use study techniques when doing work. I hope I get back to myself before I go back to school full time.

November 12

2007-11-13T01:09:00.001-05:00

Cake #2
I had my second class tonight. It went well and the cake came out better than the last! Not to much I can say, so here are pictures...

Here is me getting started on my cake. See it sitting infront of me all plain?

Here is the stenciling I did on the cake so I could have a nice, neat picture. (no we werent playing beer pong, those red cups were for mixing colors)

I got the first color of stars done...

Here I am working on the yellow row. (eww look at my scar on my arm, gross)

A good time later, here is my finished rainbow (no dad its not a gay pride cake!)

Here is the cake with the last finishing touches on it. Here you can sort of see that the cake is actually blue. Those little clouds were fun to make!

This cake was tasty! I put a vanilla pudding filling in the middle. Yuuummm!! Oh and here is the final picture, me holding it.

November 11

2007-11-12T01:49:00.001-05:00

Today was a beautiful lazy rainy day that I spent with Dexter and Mikey. But I want to share something else beautiful. Check out this blog that I read of another Boston Terrier owner. She had the opportunity to witness and document a caterpillar change into a butterfly. check it out.

http://www.juliezickefoose.com/blog/2007/11/everybody-loves-milkweed.html

November 10

2007-11-12T01:40:00.000-05:00

Shake, Rattle, and Roll! Tonight my parents and I went to watch a 50's and 60's Rock & Roll tribute. I found this show because of my online class at SBCC, The History of Rock and Roll. While waiting to be let into the show, I quickly realized that I was definitely the youngest person there. The place was full of old people! It eventually came to me that these old people were teenagers back in the 50s when rock and roll came out! So that's cool, but it was still funny for the 'rents and I. Pop had some good jokes about it... "this is going to be a roughty crowd!" haha
Here is mom "taking a picture of me". she was just trying to get all the old people in the background

November 9

2007-11-09T22:54:00.000-05:00

Tonight I watched the movie "Bee Movie" I must say, for a kids movie, it was pretty good. I like Jerry Seinfield's humor. I never got into his show, but he is pretty funny. Mom and Pop took me to see it. They liked it too. The best line was when the Berry the Bee was about to address a human jury. Everyone was anxiously waiting to hear if bee really could talk. Berry opened his mouth and...

"Bzz bzz bzz, bzz bzz bzz...... Just Kidding!"

November 8

2007-11-09T00:15:00.000-05:00

Perfect Puppy Academy

Dexter had his first day of school today! We went to his puppy class (that i am getting for free because i am part of a veternarian's staff) he was so excited to play with all the other puppies. the first class was just learning to sit and lay down (which Dexter already knew) but it was very good to let him play with other puppies! and for being a part of the class, we get 15% off everything we buy there until december (its held at a pet shop) here are some pics *thanks to mom who went with me and helped me out a lot*

Dexter... SIT

Dexter...DOWN

He did very good at class. He then found a toy at the check out stand that he loved.

It was one of those long doggies from the petco or petsmart commercial. plus it has the breast cancer ribbon on it. it was his!!! to honor Dixie we named it "Dexter's Chew" or D.C. which were Dixie's initials. He loved it and walked it out to the car

November 7

2007-11-07T15:19:00.000-05:00

The Adventures of Flip and Dex (sorry roo, you got bumped out)

This is what it is like when Dexter is let loose outside to play. He goes straight for Flip and will not leave him alone for atleast 45 mins! Poor Flip, but he is pretty patient with Dex.

Look at Flip just relaxing under the shade of the trees.

But then Dexter catches sight of him and there goes the peace!

First Dexter attacks Flip with hugs and kisses!

Then he attacks Flip's tail.

Then Flip decided to play along with Dex. DW found a piece of plastic and Flip took it away running!

Dex tries to take it away from Flip

He then realizes he will not be able to take it and just watches Flip chew it up (i then took the plastic away from them because thats not healthy! lol)

HaHa. These two look like they will be BFF, eventually. Like when Dexter grows up and calms down a bit. Look at my Dex... he's getting very adventurous out here

And check out my big boy doing the puppy pee-pee surfing move! haha. he is doing pretty good on potty training.

November 6 1/2

2007-11-06T23:45:00.000-05:00

I attempted my first cake today. I must say it did not go as smoothly as i thought. but i guess if i think of the fact that it is my first attempt then i did pretty good. especially on the roses. so check it out. i will get better with time, i promise. lissa and cari give me ur ideas for bday cakes so i can get practicing! here are pictures of my first cake.

November 6

2007-11-06T15:09:00.000-05:00

IT IS THE DAY OF GOOD NEWS! (more like great news)

Dad got the word this morning that he passed his test for the pesticide thing for work! He was thinking that if he passed the test he was going to ask for a raise. turns out, his bosses learned of his pass as well and called him and gave him a rasie!

Also, I started my cake class last night and now i am fully equipped to make awesome cakes! i havent made one yet, but i will later today after my speech therapy appointment. pictures will follow!

here are all my supplies. i could open my own bakery! lol

and the last good news of the day. i saw my neuro dr. and the xrays and catscan all looked good. i got the ok to drive again and NO MORE NECK BRACE! yes, no more neck brace! i have 4 weeks of physical therapy coming up and i just need to finish up my speech therapy. and i get to go car shopping this weekend too! its going to suck having a car payment and expensive insurance now! lol

November 5

2007-11-05T18:46:00.000-05:00

I start my cake decorating class tonight! i am so excited.

so i am sitting outside in the backyard watching Dexter jump all over poor Flip. He literally fits his whole head inside Flip's mouth, and even made Flip throw up a bit ago. I don't think it got on Dex (thank god since i bathed him yesterday) It is pretty flippin cold out here (haha) right now. I'm thinking about going inside but I dont like to let Dexter run around out here unsupervised. And poor guy has been locked in the house all day today because my dad was gone all day golfing. **dexter is playing with flips tail right now like its a chew toy, and flip doesnt seem to care**

but anyways, my speech therapist had told me to play trivia games. So i bought Scrabble and me and the 'rents finally played last night. of course mom whooped all our butts, but it was fun. Pretty challenging game, but we all had some major words on there! Here is how our board looked after the game.

we now know all the rules, like u can't use proper nouns. lol

Also, I have all my catscan and x-ray appts tomorrow as well as my follow up appt with my head doctor. lets all hope for non-broken bones and word on when i can get rid of the neck brace and start driving again!!! Can you believe it has been 2 months since that horrible accident?? me either!

November 4

2007-11-04T14:16:00.000-05:00

NFL GAME OF THE SEASON!

(for all you non-sports fans, sorry)

Today, two NFL teams are playing eachother. (well lots of teams are playing eachother today but...) The New England Patriots, who have played 8 games this season and have lost... NONE, will play the Indianapolis Colts, who have played 7 games this season and have lost...NONE. They are saying this could be a preview of the Super Bowl this year. Now, to make this game even more interesting, here are some little facts...

*the last time these 2 teams played eachother was last season. the colts won, and of course went on to win the super bowl. and since that game, neither team has lost.

Now I am not going to claim that the NE Pats are my favorite football team. The SD Chargers have always been my team. But since the Patriots were always a close second, and have been so much fun to watch this season, of course I have been paying more attention to them. And also, they have this one player... what's his name...

Tom Gorgeous Brady

yes, he is another main reason amanda and I enjoy watching those Patriots games. Plus the little fact of where this team is from. Once you go Boston, it's hard to go anywhere else! (except LA for some hockey action)

November 3

2007-11-03T20:18:00.000-04:00

Sewing. I learned how to sew today. Sort of. We are making a bed for Angelica's american girl Marie. Mom and I went to Michaels this morning to buy all of our materials. The canopy needed its edges sewed. Since Mom was already sewing the comforter, I had to learn to do it. It's not the neatest job ever, but it won't fall apart. Chone will like her bed. I will get some pictures of us putting it together tomorrow.

Anyways, I finally got my eyebrows waxed. It was interesting because I am still in my neckbrace and they did the waxing in one of those hair washing stations. You know, where you are supposed to put your neck in that groove so your hair falls into the sink. And you have to lean your neck way back. Well, I was able to sort of lean back in it and she just stood infront of me to do it lol. Whatever works I guess. She did a good job. Here is me in my neckbrace with red eyebrows lol

Man, I hope I don't have a permanent head tilt because of this neck brace.

November 2

2007-11-02T20:10:00.000-04:00

Hot Pink Pills...

The breeder I got Dexter from has had some of her other puppies have allergic reations to a certain vaccine called Lepto. My vet and I decided to risk it and try to vaccinate him because Lepto is a disease somewhat common in Santa Barbara. I took him to work with me today to get his shot and be observed incase of a reaction. Well, an hour after his shot he started itching really bad. He had a bad case of hives. Poor guy had hives all over his body and face! They gave him antihistamine and steriod injections to help with the reaction. They eventually went away and that was that. Or so we thought...

I brought him home and he ate his dinner, peed and pooped, then played with Flip. I think all the running around and excitement made the reaction come back. I looked at him and his face and body was covered in hives again. His Dr told me to give him half a pill of benedryl every eight hours and keep him quiet. So he is asleep now and his hives are pretty much all gone. My poor baby! But here are some pictures.

**look at his head and body**

**it made him very itchy**

**looks like a boxer after a fight**

November 1

2007-11-01T22:52:00.000-04:00

I am up for the ChALLengE!

NaBloPoMo, like elissa said, its national blog posting month. i am going to try to do this. so for november 1...

i signed up for a cake decorating class at michaels here in goleta. i start next monday night. i have always wanted to do this, and i think this is a great time to start. it will get me out of the house, meeting new people. lets see how good i am. definitely expect picture of my cake wannabes soon.

***who is excited for thanksgiving??? I AM!***

World Series 2007 Game 1

2007-10-24T20:27:00.000-04:00

Dexter is Ready!!!

Fire, Speech Therapy, World Series!

2007-10-22T19:40:00.000-04:00

Everywhere is burning! Fire season gets worse every year! Especially since many of the fires burning so cal were started on purpose!It also means we are going to be getting many dogs in at work with bad respiratory infections from inhaling smoke.

If terrorist just started massive fires all over the states, we would be doomed!

I had speech therapy this morning. They are doing lots of random tests to make sure my brain is functioning normally after the car accident. I had to listen to beeps and count them, and count up and backdown, and name as many animals as I could, and name pictures I saw on cards. It was all simple stuff but it stressed me out! It was so hard to focus on what I had to do. Every single noise I heard outside the office distracted me soooooo much! (know i know how people with ADD must feel) And I was second guessing myself all the time. It was a horrible feeling because I am such a good test taker and I always do well at most everything! The lady did tell me I was slower than normal, but that I should get back to normal with time.

I'm going back tomorrow to test my memory.

(took me about 8 seconds to get the name of this picture out from my brain to my mouth)

And lastly on a happy note....

The Red Sox Are Going To The World Series!!!!

I kept saying that if the sox made it to the world series I would buy dexter some sox gear. So today I ordered this...

And this....

The reason I started looking into the Boston Terrier dog breed was because of my love for the Boston Red Sox! It's so fitting that they make it the the finals this year! So exciting!!!

Dexter William Gomez

2007-10-17T18:50:00.000-04:00

He has a name! Dexter William Gomez. The Bill, which is short for William, is in honor of Ben and Chill. Mix their two names and you get Bill. And Dexter is such a dorky name to me, it just fits him so well. Just look at that dorky face in this picture. So Dexter William, D.W. lol We might be in Moorpark for Angelica's soccer game this Saturday so if we do I will have Dexter with me.

No Name

2007-10-14T13:57:00.000-04:00

INTRODUCING......

"No Name" Gomez

I need a name for the guy. He has been home for about 35 hours and still nothing has come to me. I am throwing the name Dexter around still. It is a dorky name, and I think my puppy goes with that.

Im glad to say he is doing very well adjusting here. He is having a little loose poop issue but the vet thinks it is just from the stress of moving. He is being tested out and I can check out the results Monday at work. (so awesome that i work at the vet)

But he is getting lots of goldstars since he seems to understand that he needs to wait to use the bathroom until I take him outside. He has had one poopy accident in the house (in my bathroom) but it was my fault. I hope he continues with this trend.

He is also pretty good at sleeping in his crate. He will whine for half a minute, but then he is out. He does get up 2 or 3 times in the night, but I just take him out, he does his business, then we go right back to sleep.

Im sure I will have millions of pictures in the future! Feel free to come visit.

I must also report that Flip is so confused by this new addition. He seems afraid. He will not get to close to the puppy, and he just watches him as he walks about. He just needs time to realize that this is another dog, and they should be good friends.

Dexter

2007-10-09T17:28:00.000-04:00

I think its time for a blog about something different. Meaning, not my accident lol.

Mikey got me into this showtime show called Dexter. Its about a guy who is a serial killer, and also a forensics cop guy. He only kills other killers and bad people, and has not been caught. But its so addicting.

Mikey and I rented the whole first season on Sunday and I was up all night watching every single episode. Then, while I was playing around on the Dexter website, I noticed they had the first episode of Season 2 online! Any early xmas present! I just finished watching it. But I am sad now. How will I watch the rest of the season? We do not have showtime here. Now I must wait until the season is over, and out on dvd. so sad. I must track down people with showtime!

How about the name Dexter for my puppy?

5 MORE DAYS UNTIL MY PUPPY COMES HOME!

Feeling Good...

2007-10-05T01:13:00.000-04:00

I am s-l-o-w-l-y starting to feel back to normal, a little. haha! I showered last night and was able to do it without my neckbrace until I had to wash my hair. And I was able to clean myself up almost all by myself. (ya my mom has to help me shower...what can I say, I am crippled)

Wow, writing a couple of sentences like the ones above sort of make me realize how injured I really was. Anyways...

After the shower I combed my hair! So exciting. It almost felt like my normal showering routine. It was surprising how good it felt to do simple tasks like putting lotion on my face.

And after all that, my parents went to the store. I felt good enough to go along with them. It was fun to walk into Rite-Aid and look at toothbrushes and toothpaste.

I went to work today as well. My work has been so amazing with this whole recovery process. They keep telling me how I should not feel rushed to get back to work because they want me to make sure I get better. So today was just a day to slowly, very slowly, get back into the work routine. I was just going in to see what I could do, what I couldn't, and how long I could last.

It was so nice to see all my co-workers! It was fun to just talk to them and feel alittle more back to normal. Of course most of the talk was about my accident and how I have been doing at home. But it was just nice to be in the presence of friends.

I lasted a whole 3.5 hours! haha. Since I have been home from the hospital, I do not really do too much walking around, which means I sit for most of the day, only standing up and sitting back down acouple times a day. Well, at work I was doing that a lot more often than normal and I ended up getting pretty light-headed/dizzy. It also made my head start to hurt pretty bad to.

An annoying thing I noticed, which also sort of worries me, is that I had to ask a lot of silly little questions at work. And it was simple things that I know I should remember. I hope it is just from the 3 weeks of being away, and not some crazy brain mis-function. That would suck.

Anyways, it was nice to feel productive getting things done at work. I will go in again tomorrow for another 3 hours before heading to Moorpark. Cari and fam have to "babysit" me since mom and dad are taking chone to that aquarium.

10 MORE DAYS UNTIL MY PUPPY COMES HOME!

Really Recovering

2007-10-02T19:19:00.000-04:00

I feel it now, for real. Over this past weekend I have felt better! The main thing that was hurting me was the fracture in my skull. But now I am able to move around a lot more than before. I can also get in and out of bed all by myself. How exciting huh lol. There is definitely still a pain in the back of my head, but its so minor compared to before that I don't even notice half of the time. I don't need pain pills anymore. I am just taking an anti-inflamitory for my knee. I have been a lot more mobile, meaning not just sitting on the living room couch for hours and hours. I even had lissa and sophia take me to the pet store so i could get some things i still needed for my future puppy. its nice to actually feel the recovery. i also came down with a really bad cold the end of last week, so I am finally getting over that now. I was supposed to try going back to work today, but my work told me to try Thursday. They dont want me to be rushed to getting back. I am also all caught up on the one class I am still able to take (Intro to Rock and its History, coolest online class) and my puppy is technically ready to come to me today! He turns 8weeks old today. Jake is the name the breeder has given him for now. I still need to think of my own name for him. The plan is to get him, not this weekend, but the next. I should be in good condition for him by then!

This neck brace is annoying! I can't wait until I can take it off. But don't worry, you will get to see me at Lissa and Pattys Party with the neck brace still on! But it will come off soon after that! ok. just wanted to get that in there.

Happy Birthday To Me... lol

2007-09-26T14:20:00.000-04:00

thanks to everyone who has sent me some birthday love. yes, it does suck having to be crippled right now, but let me tell you. my bff amanda sure knows how to make me feel better about things like that. please go check out her blog she did for me. it will make u laugh. here is her website link ---> Amanda's Blog
and you know around november when im better i will definitely have to have a belated birthday bash!

p.s. tia ruth and family, i loved getting the birthday card in the mail! thank you

update

2007-09-19T23:36:00.000-04:00

i just want to warm anyone with a sensitive sight or stomach. i am posting a picture of my car after the accident. if you dont want to see it, dont scroll down. its not that bad, but it does show how close this accident was to being much worse. (meaning where my car was hit and how close it was to hitting my door straight on)

As for an update on myself, i had an appt with a neurologist today. all he really did was set me up with a speech therapist. this is just to make sure my brain is functioning normally after the head trama. he will also be taking another cat scan of my head in a couple weeks to make sure everything is healing properly. he also told me that i cant really go back to school this semester, and i would have to wait atleast 2 more weeks until i can attempt going back to work. i must say i love my employers for being so flexible and willing to give me the time i need to recover.

i will be in this neckbrace for atleast another 6 weeks :( but like the dr reminded me, considering the severity of the accident, i am lucky these were the only injuries i have. and no surgery is needed and i will recover with time.

its just so weird to think about how busy i was 2 weeks ago. full time work followed by full time school. and getting ready for my new puppy. that was pretty much consuming my life. then bam, this accident just changes everything. i will still be getting my puppy as long as i am recovering well. i think having a reason to get up and walking around all day will help with my physical therapy. right now all i want to do is sleep and be as confortable as possible.

but so anyway, i need to thank every single person who sent support my way the past 10 days. it was really been nice hearing all the nice things people have to say. it made my horrible days in the hospital a lot nicer. and i cant lie, getting flowers, teddy bears, and gourmet cookies have been a great bonus!

i also want to send a special thanks to my family, especially lissa who had all this stuff thrown onto her lap since she was the only one close to me at the time. my parents have been amazing helping me with all the day to day things and dr appts. also i need to really thank mikey (my mikey). he was in the accident with me and was not hurt as bad. he is my total hero! he knew i was badly hurt and didnt even let the paramedics waste a second looking at him, and just pointed them my way. i can only imagine how freaked out he was, and he really did everything right. hes been such a great support ever since as well. thanks mikey, and you know i would obviously have done the same for you.

ok so here is that picture i warned you about. if your curiousity gets you, its not really that bad. i think i just let it get to my head considering i was driving that thing when it happened. and it also reminds me that i have no car now :(

Dixie

2007-09-05T00:53:00.000-04:00

I have never known such a funny, caring, and strong woman! Dixie you have made such an impact on such a large group of people. We all watched you cheer for us, as we all cheered for you. You are so missed already. I am not ready to say goodbye, but I can't be selfish. you held on for so long for your family and all of us. Watch over us Dixie, and may you finally rest in peace.

Their Past Year in One Post.... ready...

2007-08-22T19:13:00.000-04:00

Dang, we need a nap! That was one exciting year!

Happy Birthday to my Mama Llama and Papara! I love you both so much!

New Member of the Family

2007-08-18T02:32:00.000-04:00

Congratulation to Karina and Enrique! They now have a 2 month old miniature dauchund name George, after the monkey Curious George. He is so cute and I hope my puppy and George can meet one day soon. They are cousins afterall! Congrats Kari, and call me if you have any questions!!!

Happy Birthday, Merry Christmas, Happy New Year, Happy Kwanza, etc.

2007-08-15T23:48:00.000-04:00

So my parents bought me a major gift, so major that it counts as my bday and christmas gift this year. It's a dell laptop! And since school starts in two weeks, it couldn't be a better time! Thanks Pop and Mom, I can't wait for it to get here!

The puppies are here!

2007-08-14T00:39:00.000-04:00

click here to see pictures of all the new puppies. they are so small and cute. they turn one week old tomorrow making their birthday August 7th. 7 more weeks and i have a new baby! I just bought a puppy baby book lol! i still do not know which one i will be getting since there is one person who gets to pick from the boys before me. and we also have to wait until they are about 4 weeks so we can see personalities better. but just from the markings on the top of their heads i must say i am favoring the one all the way to the right. im not sure why, but that will probably change as they get older and open their eyes and such.

Marylu's Wedding

2007-08-01T20:11:00.001-04:00

My friends Marylu and Christian got married (to eachother) this past june. here are some random pics/videos i wanted to post.

I think little Felix actually took this one

Mikey took this one, I think Felix does better with the camera than Mikey!

And here is Mikey entertaining Felix, pretty funny

pretty yard

2007-08-01T20:04:00.000-04:00

so after work today i noticed there are some really pretty flowers growing here in the yard. so i took out my camera and flip and i went around the house looking at the flowers...

these are really nice!

flip! get outta the way

nice again

these are flips flowers. he sad because he doesnt understand why they are dying. he stomps on them every day!

and of course mom's pretty roses. this one reminds me of the singing roses in alice in wonderland

these look like velvet in real life

Bye Flip

New Shirt for BL

2007-07-31T19:50:00.000-04:00

I know you are all jealous! Mom and Pop have some too, but theirs are white. Can't wait for BL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Just Got Word.....

2007-07-29T12:01:00.000-04:00

that the expectant mother Lola for my future BT looks like she will give birth in no longer than a week!!! That's great! But me getting one of those puppies depends on my ability to get the news of the litter's birth through email and sending the deposit ASAP! Well in 6 days we will be on the road to BL and I have no idea if there will be internet connection up there! I will hope and pray it happens Friday before we leave, and if not, that my internet on my phone works on the drive to BL, and if not, that we have internet connection at the house in BL. Let's hope for the best!

(a BT getting an ultrasound done to guestimate on the number of pups in her litter, and no this is not Lola my surrogate BT mom)

300

2007-07-29T11:51:00.000-04:00

So Fiday night I was watching TV with mom and pop when a commercial for the movie 300 came on. I asked pop, "have you seen that movie?" He answered,"No."

I then went into a rant and rave about how amazing this movie was. The special effects and the battle scenes and all the characters were soo interesting. I told him how Mikey and I have seen it a million times (since he owns a copy)

So dad says, "Let's rent it tomorrow!"

I answer with, "DEFINITELY!"

So its Saturday morning and mom and I went out for our morning of pampering. We were right next to Hollywood Video so we decided to just pick up the movie then. We walk in and I notice that the movie 300 is on the COMING SOON list!

WHAT?!?!?!?!? But Mikey has a copy of it at home! July 31 is when it says it is coming out. Turns out Mikey got ahold of some bootleg copy of the movie.

My bad dad, i am going to buy a copy Tuesday after work.

Bass Lake... Here We Come!

2007-07-28T23:12:00.000-04:00

well... in 7 days! I cant wait! today my parents and i were at the beach and talking about bass lake. it made it set in that we are actually going in a week! just 5 days of work and then we head to the lake! my mom and i even went to get our nails done and shopped for some lake clothes! my work week always goes by so quickly because there is always so much going on at the vet and i love the job. i hope the anticipation of BL doesnt make this coming week c-r-e-e-p by!

in other exciting news... i may be getting a puppy! I have been talking to a lady named JJ who breeds Boston Terriers out in Palm Springs. She has beautiful puppies who have great personalities. I even got to meet one myself. Last week at work a little Boston puppy named Mary Jane came in with her family for her puppy shots. She was sooo cute and of course I had to ask her parents if I could hold her while they filled out some paper work. After talking to the McGinnis family I realized this puppy came from JJ in Palm Springs. They had amazing things to say about her and her Bostons. They even want to meet up for puppy play dates after I get mine.

so JJ (the breeder) informed me that her Bostons Lola and Deegan are expecting!! And she is due the week we will be in BL! This means I will need some sort of internet connection because the way the adoptions work is that when the puppies are born she will email everyone on her waiting list photos of the pups. if you see one you want you send her a deposit. the order in which she recieves the deposits is the order families get to pick their puppy. so i need to be quick. i asked her if i could just send her the deposit now just to be safe. i do have some requirements for my future baby.

1- it must be a male

2- i will take any color that does not have any brindle in it

(which includes but is not limited to blk/wht, red or brown/wht, seal/whit, blue/wht)

3- of course it must be healthy

4- no crazy googly eyes

here is what those colors look like

this is the standard black and white BT

this is a BT with brindle, which pretty much means gold or brown spots

and this cute puppy BT is called Blue in the dog world

then there is the red or brown and white BT

so like i said i would take any color except anything with the brindle action going on.

so i have been doing my research on BT's. I went to Borders and bought a book all about BT's and another called Housetraining for Dummies. Mom realizes that it is important for me to housetrain this dog since if i ever move away the dog will be an indoor dog and needs to know he cant pee inside. And this lesson is best learned while a puppy. So I also bought the book "Boston Terriers for Dummies" and "Puppies for Dummies." I read through the first two books already and am waiting for the second 2 in the mail. I also am researching all the equipment i will need, such as a crate and puppy play pen. I even found puppy classes that i can take in goleta for FREE since i am a staff member at a vet clinic. pretty sweet.

So if the puppies are born on time, and i actually get to choose from this litter, i will have a new baby the first week of october! that is pretty soon if you think about it. i am very excited. i even found a "baby book" for puppies! i think i am going to buy it.

Check out JJ's website if you like

Boston Baby Buddies

Last Day of Wan.. day 3

2007-07-21T21:07:00.000-04:00

So Saturday started with breakfast and then we decided to take a trip to the park. it was a cool park, and i will definately take sophia next time she is her, she would love it!

Chone checking it all out

too cool to play at the park?

i was probably checking baseball scores on my phone lol

wasnt that slide hot seli?

HOPSCOTCH!

this would have been going into a frame if arnie was in it!!

there is arnie

My mom made the wans take the oath.

Listen for yourself, press play

After the park we all drove down to Sterns Warf for souviner shopping and a pirate cruise!

Buying tickets

there is our pirate ship

waiting to board the ship

chone was the only one to wear her pirate hat!

getting ready to head out on our cruise

getting into the pirate spirit!

just hanging out catching some rays. this was the main attraction of our cruise

enjoying the boat ride

our captian and first mate

more sea lions, lots of them

press play

after the cruise we had a nice lunch at Longboards!

mikey loved the idea of being able to throw your peanut shells on the floor

the whole gang

arnie was feeling the virgin margarita!

then we finished our shopping. bubbs loves to souviner shop!

while everyone shopped, chone and i walked through this cool museum there. apparently it cost money to walk through but chone and i had no clue and no one told us a thing. so we got to pet sharks and look at jellyfish. it was cool

here is chone with sealife

and here she is looking at jellyfish

and then the time came to say goodbye. we put all their bags into dads trucks and said our goodbyes

did you have a good time mikey?

Bubbs liked his souviners.

Bye guys. i had a lot of fun! cant wait for next year

WAN Day 2

2007-07-20T20:39:00.000-04:00

Sorry its taken me so long to get the rest up but here they are.

Ok the kids were up late the night before. And i was so surprised to see them awake while i was leaving for work. yea i had to work :( friday so i missed the exciting day activities. but i still got pictures.

this is like at 7:15am!

but the girls slept in!

So my parents took WAN to the red rock campgrounds at the Los Padres National Forest, close to Cachuma Lake.

My dad showing the WANS how to cliff dive!

Mikey followed!

Looks just like the beach!

In the water. Check out Arnie pretending to drown in the background! lol

After the creek the crew stopped at the Cold Springs Tavern (a biker stop)

A mini waterfall by the tavern, hence the name cold springs

This is the bridge you have to cross to get to cold springs tavern. its good you can only tell how high that is after driving on it

After that... they got to check out a cave painted by real chumash native americans

apparently bubbs was so tired that he fell asleep in the cave lol

Mikey also got comfy in the rocks

dang my parents really wore them out

Seli felt the peaceful energy from the indian caves

arnie just looks confused

Then the crew finally made it back to the house where I met up with the group after work and we all went out to Rusty's Pizza for dinner and video games

Seli and Bubbs eating away

Chone

hahaha weirdos

arnie telling me about what i missed while we look at the pictures on my camera

all the wans, even mikey waaaay on the end there with his imaginary video game

more video game action

that was pretty much the end of the night. we went back home and hung around the fire pit and roasted marshmallows. SMORES!! The wans then watched anchorman while everyone else went to bed.

WANIANS HAVE INVADED SB!!

2007-07-20T00:15:00.000-04:00

-hey there everyone. let me say how much i was looking forward to having all my cousins and chone come to stay for the weekend. they even let me off work an hour early because i had been talking about it all day. anyway, the sun is setting on day one is SB. But the kids are just getting their night started. They are having some down time right now, teaching my mom how to play guitar hero. Here are some pictures from day one.

when they arrived, flip and i were waiting with the slip and slide all set up!

here is chone

seli crawled the first time through

Mikey

Bubbs walked through the first time lol

and then arnie went

flip joining the fun

doesnt this picture remind you of the cingular commercial with the bars? lol they didnt even do this on purpose! i swear

So then my mom got home and the wans went in to change while my dad and i set up for the big surprise.

A PIRATE TREASURE HUNT! here they are recieving their first clue.

Bubbs got the first clue

the wans anxiously waiting to hear their next clue

Bubbs

Seli got the next clue

reading it to the group (see me in the background lol)

Yes that clue is in with the chickens, and yes Mikey it has your name on it!

he did it!

reading it

there is arnies clue

read it to the wans

they look really stumped by this one!

but they figured it out... down the hill to the mail box!

chone found her clue!

look at how cool those clues look! i was unemployed for a month ok!

back up that hill to find the pirate ship

there it is

the gang of wan pirates

now they need to put their clues together

one more clue to find the key to the treasure chest

HANGMANS TREE!

the pit of fire. mikey is holding their map

X MARKS THE SPOT!

they found the box with the key! (bubbs is holding it)

we even ran into a deadly scary snake! lol

they gave my dad the honor of opening the chest (since he built it himself)

PIRATE BOOTY!

They promoted to CAPTAINS!

checking out the loot

captian arnie!

Bubbs found the dog tags that had their names, WAN, and the year they became (or will become) a Wanian

a successful treasure hunt!!! no mutanies

you know i have my own pirate hat

Captian Bubbs with all his bling bling

After a hamburger dinner, we all had down time. Here is some guitar hero!

chillin

the whole gang

It has only been WAN-Land for a couple hours but we have done a lot already! I am really glad I can be apart of this experience. I think its soooo cool what my parents do for these kids! And everyone has so much fun. And all my tios and tias get a weekend alone! lol

More WAN updates to come!

*******VERY VERY FUNNY!!!!!!******* ok go back up and look at the picture of all the wanians with their captians pirate hats on. its 6 pictures up. Look carefully at chone. notice she is wearing an eye patch. right after i took this picture she said, "aww man. I closed the wrong eye!" hahahahaha we still laugh so hard!

New Job

2007-06-27T23:15:00.000-04:00

Today was my first day at my new job. No I am not a vet, but a receptionist at a vet clinic here in Goleta. The drive is seriously about 10 minutes at the most. I love my new job. Since it was only my first day, I am just training, as I will be for the next couple of weeks. But the girl training me told me that I was such a fast learner and should be able to have my own shifts in no time. By the end of the day today I had dogs on the scales and writing their health issues in their charts and making sure all their vaccinations were up to date. I am picking all the medical stuff up pretty quickly too. Like knowing which medicines do what so when I am charging a patient for all their procedures (which always average about $200!) I can tell them what we did to their animal and how they need to continue care at home. I am making phone calls to other vet offices for pets vaccination history. We even have a cat hotel where people who are leaving on vacation can rent suites or condos for their cats. I dont really like cats but i have a feeling it wont be long before I like them at work. And the best part of my job (other than the great pay, cool coworkers, and AMAZING discounts i get on vet care for my future dog, and roo and flip) is when puppies come in and i get to hold/play with them. today a 4 month old jack russel terrier came in and he was to die for cute! his owner needed helpp taking out his wallet so i got to hold the puppy. There is a bad part to the job, and that is when clients get bad news on their beloved pet. I wont have to be the messanger for that, but i have to charge them lots of money right after their dog was diagnosed with cancer, or we just put their animal down (which happened today) that is definately something i will have to become used to, since it surprisingly happens all the time. ok. thats it. yay for my new job

oh ya... and when i start working full time in the fall i will have the best schedule! 7-4 mon -fri! no weekends.... sweet

here is a link if you want to see the vets website ---> Noah's Ark Veterinary Clinic

I'm All Moved In...

2007-06-04T19:05:00.000-04:00

So I got here to Santa Barbara around 8:45 this morning. I unloaded my things from my car and then sat down to some TV and a chicken pot pie and coffee. Then I decided that I might as well begin the dreaded job of unpacking. Turns out it wasn't so bad. And I am actually completely finished. My room looks great. Want to see some pictures?

Here is what you see when you first walk into it

And here is my bed

A straight on shot of my bed

And I know you are wondering where I put all my kings and red sox stuff (well maybe only Amanda is)

And this is the view from my bedroom window... I know you are jealous

All that there is left to do is enjoy SB and its beaches, and try to get Flip trained on a leash so I can take him places and just wait until I start my new job at the vet office. (which isn't until the end of June) ...sweet

Last Night in MP

2007-06-04T18:59:00.000-04:00

So it was my last night in moorpark, and my gobchilo felix crawled into my room to hang out for a bit. We had a nice photo shoot!

Hockey Games

2007-06-04T18:54:00.001-04:00

So Amanda's little brother Michael plays in a hockey league. I took Lili and Felix to a game (not both to the same one, too much to handle) and they both loved it. Felix was amazed watching the players and was flirting with all the moms in the stands. Lili was clapping whenever the crowd clapped and was smiling and clicking her tongue at everyone! Everyone at the games fell in love with them and said that I must take them both to the next games since it is their playoff games lol

getting this crazy weekend started

2007-05-25T19:03:00.000-04:00

This weekend will be crazy! Saturday is the birthday party/baptism for davian and angel. then sunday is the birthday party/baptism for phi and the twins. then monday is tatas birthday. and i must say it has not been a smooth start. Today Amanda and I attended the funeral of a high school friend who was killed last week. We stood in the back and we cried as we listened to other high school friends tell stories about Francis and the incredible person he is. It was extremely sad to watch all these people in mourning. His huge family was so sad. And of course it made me think all about Roman's funeral all over again. It is so unbelievable when you lose someone too early. This weekend celebrating the young babies in our ever growing family is a good way to keep our heads up.

Rest In Peace Francis. You are already missed.

growing up

2007-05-17T17:56:00.000-04:00

WOW! what a day. i hitched a ride with my parents after my dance show last night to their house here in santa barbara. i needed to take care of a lot of school things and look for a job. so i was up at 8:30 this morning getting ready to go take my math and english assessment tests (which took 3 hours!) anyway, during my break between the english and math test i went to the financial aid office to turn in my tuition waiver form, and i was accepted!!!! that means i do not have to pay the tuition for college! the $20 a unit... not for me! lol so anyways, after my math test i got really lucky and went to see a counselor as a drop in student (that is someone with no appointment) i only had to wait about 5 mins to see the couselor! he helped me out a lot too. so i know where i need to get started school wise now. also, since i hitched a ride with mom and dad i had no car here. so pop dropped me off, and i called him after my counsling appt. to pick me up. while i was waiting i walked around the campus alittle. (not to much since i didnt want to forget how to get back to the spot i was meeting pop)the campus is beautiful. then while sitting on a bench waiting for pop i met a french guy named tibu (or something like that) and i also realized something. i know that i have technically been going to college since my senior year of high school, and i should have 3 AA degrees by now. but walking around the campus i realized that i needed that time to grow up. i needed to mature and gain the confidence just to go for something i want, like my education. years ago i would not have been able to get dropped off on the curb at a campus i have never stepped foot onto before and get all the things done i needed to. just to have the confidence and motivation to grab a map, and find the offices i needed, and ask all the questions i had takes a lot. and i did it all today so easily. i am ready to jump head first into college and really strive to get something (my degree) and to really work on figuring out what to do after that agree is gained. it feels good to begin a new chapter in your life. like my nina Lucy told me, change is always good.

....now i just need to find a job out here...

swings

2007-05-11T20:35:00.001-04:00

Our backyard would be so pretty with grass lol

Boston Terriers!!!

2007-05-10T15:09:00.000-04:00

Most people think that Boston Terriers are ugly dogs. I have been looking at this breed for a long time and i think i finally decided that this is the breed i want. Not a lot of people have these dogs, and they aren't tiny little rats either. They are really smart dogs and easy to train. I even found a breeder who is in San Diego and her puppies are gorgeous! I'm not trying to get one RIGHT NOW but in the near/not so near future. Also she breeds the rare brown and white boston terrier...which i love. Check out these pictures

Come on Mom... how cute are these???

Another dance show

2007-05-08T23:43:00.000-04:00

Its finals time at moorpark college. so that means i have another dance performance. this time its hip hop (last semester was ballroom)here is a preview of my dance... and no im not in this recording because i was the one recording.

Its called evening of dance... and its on monday the 14th and wednesday the 16th. both shows at 7pm in the performing arts center at Moorpark College. i will be performing both night but my dear cousin erika salazar will also be in the show on wed night performing a tango! if you want to come please buy your ticket asap because it will sell out! buy them here... tickets call me if you have any questions