Here we go...

I Miss You..

2012-01-16T18:03:00.000-08:00

I Miss You.

I don't know what happened to us.
We used to be so close.
We were inseparable.
We were soul-mates.
All I had to do was think about you and you were there..almost in an instant.

Now, I hardly see you.
I hardly even know you.
I hate it.

I feel like we're not even friends.
I feel like you've found someone else.
I feel like you don't love me anymore.
I still love you!!
I would do anything for you at any time!

Everything and everyone interferes with our chances to be together.
I toss and turn at night since you're not there with me.
It sucks.

Admit it, you've moved on, right?
You found someone else who will embrace you the way I used to. Maybe better.
People tell me about spending ALL DAY with you.
I read about it ONLINE!
It's as if they are bragging about being with you.
My life feels like Adele songs without you.

Please come back to me.
I will do my best to make time for you.
I will be the best partner EVER! Just like old times.
I promise.
Okay, so I know you know I can't promise but I will TRY!

Don't you love me anymore??

I'm begging you,

Please, SLEEP, come back to me.

I've got some work to do...

2012-01-14T11:23:00.000-08:00

Soooo..... I promised I would try to post more frequently. We all know how my promises play out. I'm gonna do my best this time....Uh,....I promise?

Okay, so I better not do the "promise" thing. I just gonna stick with...I'm gonna try. It's gotta be good enough.

If not..tough titties.

Okay, so I know that over the Christmas Holidays my body decided I was cold and self-insulated. It's not my fault. It wasn't my decision to gain these pounds. My body has a mind all it's own.

So, like I said, I am aware of this fact.

What I don't need is people pointing it out to me.

That's exactly what happened today. Who else is gonna come straight out and tell you about the extra weight you've packed on? Who else is gonna be so brutally honest to you about it? Who has no inhibitions when it comes to letting you know how you've been slacking in the hygiene, grooming, fashion or exercise departments?

Guess who...

MOM.

That's right, she decided today that it was HER job to let me know that I was "GELLIN".
Yeah, folks, and she's not talking about Dr Scholl's ...

And she definitely wasn't looking at my feet.

I'm feeling the love.

Thanks MA!

Guess I'm gonna have to head to Wal-Mart today to get a new scale.

Now, if you've read the past posts when I was dieting (many, many moons ago..) then you know I HAD a scale. I liked it to cause it Lied to me and made me think I was thin.
My scale has met an untimely demise.

One of my cats peed on it.

Yup, you read that right.

I said PEED.

I've had lots of animals throughout the years and they've all done some quirky things but this cat is new. Her name is Princess.

SHE'S NO PRINCESS!

She's peed on my bed, peed and pooped on any article of clothing left on the floor, pooped on the dustpan that was in the kitchen floor and even went so far as to poop in the cat food bowl in the restroom.
But now my poor scale was the victim this time.

WHAT KIND OF ANIMAL DOES THAT???

I do believe she may have some serious problems. I put the cats out so they can do their business but It's like she holds her urine and poop until she's let back in the house.

Looks like I got some serious training to do...

If I can't get this problem under control, there's gonna be a situation.

I'm just sayin...

OH NO SHE DI'INT!!

2012-01-12T17:41:00.000-08:00

Christmas came and went last year and at work there is only one person who likes to decorate and celebrate the way I do. Her name is Lissa. She was going on and on about how shes "The Decorator" and how she's the shit.
Well...if you know me, I'm always up for a challenge. So I tell her, "Oh YEAH? Let's have a contest". We tried to get the whole office staff of 11 people involved but everyone else, besides one other guy whose name is Roque, considered the contest unworthy of participation.

Whatev!!

I'm on it!

I didn't get a pic of her office by the time Christmas rolled around but I can say it was/is "cute".
MINE on the other hand was "THE SHIT"!
She'd walk by my "area" (cause I really didn't have an "office" per se) and I would taunt her by saying, "Wacha think about THAT Lisssssaaaaaaa" and "Wacha got NOW, girliieeeeee?"
She would chuckle out loud but I knew she was SKERD!

So here's what I did:

Go ahead.

Say it.

I'm THA SHIT, Right!

Yeah, I know.

Now that the new year is here and Santa's job is over. I'm smart enough to know that there's no Santa in the North Pole. C'mon, a white bearded man in a shop with elves working on making toys? Who would believe that nonsense? Pfft.

Nope.

Santa is actually roaming the streets of McAllen.

It's too hot for his reindeer to take him anywhere in this valley weather. This isn't exactly "winter weather" they don't like the heat. They like the arctic cold so they leave Santa to fend for himself.

Too bad, Santa, too bad.

Moving on...

So We're moving on to the next holiday which is Valentine's Day and guess what?

IT'S ON, LISSSSAAAAAA!
IT'S OOOONNNNN!

Here's what I got so far:

Oh yeah, Baby! Lissa is going DOWN!!!

Here I have my interior decorator putting things together for me. His name is Robert and he's THE BEST!!
(Ok, so he's not actually an interior decorator, he's there to observe so he can gain hours to apply for the PTA program but I had to put him to good use. He was getting sleepy and we can't let THAT happen.)

We'll just call him my Intern.

Anywhoooo...Lissa is getting jealous because I have help and she's looking to recruit Roque to help her. Roque has already volunteered to dress as Cupid to help her cause.
Whatever!
Thanks Roque, now when I think about Cupid, I get this image in my head:

Go right ahead, Lissa!
BRANG IT!!

Don't make me turn Robert into a Cupid also.
Two can play that game!
This could mean W-A-R!

Tomorrow I will post a pic of HER office, Yeah, she has hanging decor but that don't mean NUTHIN!!

Like I said. It's ON!

I was just about to end this post and make it public for you guys but something happened.

As I was typing away and twirling my neck all ghetto-like while I listen to Throwback Jams on the Music Choice channel, a Tevin Campbell song came on. I was like, "Oh hell yeah!" I love me some Tevin Campbell, especially back in the day when he and I were the same age and I was CRUSHIN on him and I would pretend he was singing to me and that we were gonna get married and grow old together.
As the years went on...I sometimes still fascinated about that. (but don't tell nobody)

Anyway, I'm jammin to his song "Goodbye" and semi-dreaming of those long lost fantasies.
Now, anyone who's listened to or seen the Music Choice channels, you know they flash pics of the artist throughout their songs, right? Right.

So I'm glancing up periodically and looking at the pics of my past love. He was so HAWT back then. I was so infatuated with him and his music.
Yeah, granted, these are pics from WAAY back but he's still so cute!
As the pics went on he's getting more and more sophisticated and intellectual looking as he ages.

OK, Wait....

What is this?

What just happened there?

Did everyone just see that?

It looked like a small psychotic break happened to the poor guy. I don't understand, what happened to his boyish good looks and his trendy back-in-da-day hairstyles?

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OH LAWD!!!

Say it isn't SO!

I'm afraid he's exploded into full on driving the white van with tinted windows around the elementary schools..trolling for the kiddies.

(What's that high pitched sound?)

Oh wait, that's ME wincing in horror.

Goodness people. It took all of my might to unclench myself from my oldest, Dom, who was sitting next to me covering his eyes and looking away.

I used to love you, Tevin, but I see what has happened to you as I have married and moved on. I couldn't wait around any longer.
(I'm hoping we never see each other again)

With that folks....I'm O-U-T!

It's time to play Catch-Up!

2012-01-12T16:58:00.000-08:00

Alright folks, I know it's been awhile so I'm going to just point out the important stuff that's been happening lately and then we will ......
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*cough, cough*...

ugh...GAG!

...sorry folks, my youngest just came in the room and as I was typing I asked him to look for the remotes to my TV. He ran around the room but didn't really find anything and then tried to bolt out of here. I had to stop typing for a min cause I realized he just farted and tried to escape and leave.
What the heck was he thinking?
YOU KNOW I called him back and called him on it.

Geez, that was foul.

Ok, so..back on track.

A lot has happened over the last year.

1. I got a new job. I'm no longer working home health. I'm the head of the physical therapy department in the facility and I have 2 tech working for me. It's an awesome job and the small staff that we have are THE BEST. I have an awesome boss so what more could you ask for??

2. I've had some ups and downs with my oldest. Not really going into the details about all the drama here but I WILL say that he's turn over a new leaf (hopefully this is a long term transformation). He's an awesome kids and I love him so no matter what I'm sticking by him. He just needs to continue to be aware that if he fucks up again..there's an ass-whooping in store for him.

3. This is the saddest part of the past year. My Dad had been fighting a battle to get his health in order. He suffered a heart attack in July and was able to recover from it. He went through rehab and ultimately ended up in a Veteran's nursing home. We were preparing for him to come home but one day his battle ended in November. I love him. I miss him.

4. Angel switched jobs to a job he really enjoys doing the same thing (machine operator) unfortunately, this new job does not come with medical insurance and because he has rheumatoid arthritis, he will need coverage. He's going to have to return to his old job that he hated but has awesome coverage. It sucks and now he will have to be further away from home for longer periods of time.

5. I've continued to coach. (I can't remember if I told you about that) I've been coaching Miah's volleyball, basketball and softball teams. It's super fun and I get to yell at the kids. There's no pay because it's voluntary so I throw in the yelling as an added bonus. I haven't had any complaints from the parents and they actually request me. It's all good. Currently it's basketball I will do my best to keep you updated on that.

6) Devyn and Miah qualified to go to STATE in summer track. Devyn for the 400 M relay and high jump and Miah for shot put. They were AWESOME and I was a super proud momma! Devyn came in 4th place in his division and Miah got 14. We're going for gold this year!

I think that is about it. Like I said, this is a Catch-Up blog.

Now I'm gonna get down to business in the next post.

Yes, I'm still alive!

2011-07-15T09:21:00.000-07:00

HEY EVERYONE!!

IT'S ALRIGHT, PEOPLE, I'M ALIVE!
YOU CAN CALL OFF THE SEARCH PARTY!!

So....

What's up? How you guys been? I've been super busy with coaching and work and out of control teens. I've had some obstacles but now I think things are going to be getting back on track.

I'm gonna tell you all about it on my next post which will be coming soon....(no promises cause I know I broke that one already) and you know I'm gonna be posting my pics cause I gotta have those!

Right now, I'm gonna be getting ready for Miah and Devyn's Regional Track Meet this weekend.
I'll tell you all about it when I get back!!

Happy Birthday Miah!!

2010-11-28T18:47:00.000-08:00

So, I know I promised Miah's birthday post and I know her birthday was earlier this month but I didn't lie....I delayed.

Here it is.

My baby girl turned 11 on the 5th of this month and she wanted a (nother) slumber party. Who am I to turn down a birthday wish? We did it last year, why not do it again?

This time, we invited the whole volleyball team. There are 19 girls on the teams (thank goodness not all of them showed up).

Before the party, I was able to get a picture of Miah with her two brothers. Aren't they sweet?

The next few pics are basically the set-up of the table and goodies. Since Miah wanted a Halloween themed party, it was pretty easy to get most of the stuff 50% off.

Devyn made himself part of the party throughout the whole night. He was singing on the microphone while the girls played rock band.

The girls were all over the place. I'm not sure if you can see but there is another big screen TV past all of the girl's heads where they can play the Wii and there is a large TV in front of them to play the regular Xbox and the Playstation 2.

This Big screen TV had the Xbox 360 and the kinect. The girls danced ALLLL NIGHT! It was a never ending Lady Gaga song night too...

I passed out before the girls did and sometime around 5 am I got up to check on them and this is how they were laid out...

Yes, that is Devyn passed out with the girls.

The next morning one of the girls mentioned that they still had the gingerbread Halloween houses that weren't made.....so...BREAKFAST!!!!

Good thing there were 3 of the houses!!

Yeah, I know, just like last year where they had cake and ice cream for breakfast. What can I say?....

Unfortunately, a few of the girls weren't able to stay the night so their parent picked them up around 10 pm. OF COURSE, that didn't stop them from talking their parents into BRINGING THEM BACK the next morning cause that is exactly what happened. There they were, at the door, ready to dance some more. Devyn was not embarrassed to be performing in front of the girls at all. He wanted to be the center of attention even though it was Miah's party. Guess we're gonna have to have a sleep-over for his party...

As a bonus, I've put an embarrassing video of me dancing to the Kinect. If you listen closely, you will hear the comments that my volleyball girls say. They were cracking me up.

All in all...I would say it was a great birthday for Miah.

I LOVE YOU MIAH!!

Promises...promises...

2010-11-05T22:23:00.000-07:00

I know I promised a Halloween post...and it's coming...promise...(again).

Right now, I've been dead tired. I know I can't blame it on work because we all know that my work really isn't the issue. I'm tired of running around...all day, I'm tired of being on my feet...all day, and I would really like to just stay in bed and sleep....(yes, say it with me folks, all together now....)"ALL DAY".

But we know that isn't going to happen. I am able to get small cat naps here and there. I have to set my alarm to wake me up so that I don't miss the next what's next on my agenda. Which is usually coaching, picking up the kids, buying stuff (yes, unnecessary stuff) and just making sure the kids have what they need.

I just recently (yesterday) went and purchased the Xbox 360 Kinect. I don't usually buy game consoles. I let my brother Bobby give them to me cause he has an abundance (and cause he loves me...). But something told me he wasn't going to be sending one my way any time soon.

Anyway, I went to Best Buy, bought it, brought it home and stuck it in the closet.

Why the closet?

Cause I don't like to be bothered hooking anything up.

I usually let Dominique take care of all the installations.

Come to find out, it was super easy.

Hell yeah, it was super easy...cause Dom did it!

I watched the kids play and I was intrigued. They were laughing and moving and jumping around playing the game. Looked like a lot of fun.

I'll wait until the kids aren't around before I try it out.

Sure enough, today while the kids were in school and my mom was here at the house, I tried it.

Let me tell you, that game is the S-H-I-T!

I played 2 levels on just one of the games on there and I was tired and out of breath. This knocks the Wii fit and all the other games on it OUT OF THE PARK!

My legs were flying, knees bending, arms swinging all over the place, squating, jumping, turning, tired and finally...out of breath (nope, not talking about sex here).

I know this video doesn't do much justice but it's an example of how easy the game really is.

This is my mom.

She's playing the game for the very first time. She didn't realize I was behind her with the camera.

Check it out:

Yeah, she was right. I stopped filming and ran straight to my laptop and uploaded it for all the world to see.

It's honestly a good workout. I highly recommend it. I'm gonna be in shape in no time. Of course, I'll be doing this in private while the kids are at school cause Devyn mentioned how uncoordinated I was in my "old age".

Whatev....I'm about to have some BUNS OF STEEL!! (I'd settle for some less droopy boobs but I don't think this game performs miracles).

Miah had her 11th Birthday today so you know what's coming!

BIRTHDAY POST!!

I'm gonna put all that together with the Halloween post because she wants her party to be "Halloween Themed" Hey, better for me. I can keep my decorations up longer (mainly cause I'm too lazy to take them down).

She's also going to have a slumber party. This year I think there will be more girls since we invited all of the Volleyball team to sleep over (where the heck am I going to put all these bodies?).

Anyway, that's something to look forward to.

Right now, I need to take my ass to sleep. I have 3 (count them...THREE) games in the morning and then the party in the evening, Gonna be a loooooong weekend.

I can almost guarantee that this is what I will look like by the time I publish this post:

2010-10-27T21:16:00.000-07:00

Wondering what got me started coaching Volleyball?

Let me lay it out for you...

One day Miah came to me with a permission slip for Vball. She said she wanted to play. I have been actively been trying to keep my kids busy throughout the year with athletics in order to keep them in shape and to prevent them from getting bored/lazy (like me).

I've always encouraged my kids to try any and everything that catches their interest. My philosophy is...you won't know if you like it or are even good at it unless you try.
So, they try...and I pay for each and every registration that comes across my lap.

Right now, Devyn is playing flag football (which he wanted to combine with soccer but the time frames would have overlapped) and Miah is playing Volleyball.

I went to the Boys and Girls Club to register Miah and the staff informed me that they were looking for parent volunteers to coach the girls for Miah's school. Come to find out, the surrounding schools are getting a head start on athletics and they aren't waiting until middle school. Elementary school is where it's at.

I was a little wide eyed and taken back but I asked Miah if she really wanted to play. She said, "YES" so I let them know that if the school gets enough members to make a team, I would be happy to coach.

No, I don't play volleyball on a daily basis (or even a yearly basis).
Last time I remember playing was round 7th or 8th grade.
Ehhh...what is there to teach? Just fundamentals, right?
No big deal...

I waited a week, almost two to find out if there were enough students.
Finally, I'm told that practice for my "team" would be taking place the following day at the school. I would meet up with the school P.E. coach (who would become my assistant coach) and we would get started.

I was happy to find out that we had a team.
Total girls on my team...19 girls.
They had to divide my girls into 2 teams. So...now, I have double the responsibility.

Practice has been good. Only took me about 3 weeks to learn every one's names. (gulp)
I think I'm more excited during the games than the girls are.

I'm the type of parent who will do anything for their kids. I think I'm liking this coaching thing...

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We started decorating our house about a week ago for HALLOWEEN!!!
Ya'll know how I love my holidays!
My mom used to always decorate and I wanted to pass that memory on to my kids.

Here's what the house looks like so far. I still need to get my dang pumpkin carved ( I mean, I still need to purchase that damn pumpkin).

Here are some graves that I haven't finished. I haven't put up the tombstones yet because it's been windy and they get knocked down.

Dom usually helps me put up the decor.

This year, instead of putting the spider on the ground, I secured it on the side of the house like it was crawling. Its electric so the legs move.

Here we have most of the decor put up. Once we finish it all, I will post more pics.

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Last, but not least, on Tuesday Devyn ran track for his elementary school. He was 1 of 4 people in the 400 meter relay. He's the first leg. Here's the video. He's counting down the days till May when they do the cross-country race. My boy loves to run.

That's it for now. I'll be back after Halloween!!

It's My Birthday!!

2010-10-18T21:11:00.000-07:00

It's also my awesome husband's birthday!! Happy Birthday! I Love you with all my heart and I wish we could spend this day together.

Now, with that being said...
I'm not going to go into how old I am. That's just not lady-like (or some shit like that).

So, what do I want to post about on my birthday?

Do I want to do picture post like I do with the kids?

Ehh...not really.

I had mentioned to my brother some time back about some stories that Miah had written.
I decided to get off of my lazy ass, post them and get them stored away before something happens to them.

Here's the deal, Miah doesn't like to be in the spotlight. She pretty much keeps to herself. She's kind of quiet (unless she's in a funny mood).
So when I went to her class during open house and saw stories she had written, on the wall, I was amazed at how her personality is on paper.

These are a couple of stories she has written that included my brother Bobby. It's the same story but a variation of each other. I guess she was trying to get it right. I don't know which was written first so they are just up in the order I found them.

Here's Story #1

Here's Story #2

See what I mean?

I asked her to write me stories so that I can put them up here and you know what she tells me?

"I don't like to write."

I had to stand there for a minute with my mouth open just looking at her in disbelief.

I said, "What? What do you mean? Have you read your stories?"

Well...duh.

I managed to work it out with her teacher so that she will save all the stories for me. I'm gonna post some more in the future.

For now, you guys have a good one, I'm gonna go and enjoy my piece and quiet on my birthday.

....until I have to go to work.

Here we go...again...

2010-10-17T14:30:00.000-07:00

Hey Everyone...
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I think I heard an echo.
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I knew it, there isn't anyone here.
That's alright. It's my fault. I haven't been here in a long time anyway.
I'm still going to post an update anyway.

So...this is ME!
It's been awhile but I pretty much look the same!

The kids are getting much bigger and we have been super busy with sports. Devyn is currently playing flag football for his elementary school. All of the surrounding elementary schools have started getting the kids involved in sports at an earlier age.

Here's Devyn. He's pretty awesome!

My baby girl Miah!

Now, I know you never really expected to see Dom looking like THIS!

Especially with all the past posts with his PURPLE HAIR and his BLACK JACKET but check him out!

I've been keeping myself busy staying active in my kid's lives. Here I am, just call me Coach Hernandez. I now work until 2 or 2:30 each day and coach 3-5th grade girls volleyball for Miah's school. This picture only has a few of the girl on the team but now I currently have 19 girls and the school decided to make 2 teams for me.

We're at one of the scrimmage games.

This past weekend my girls had were in a tournament. We started at 11 am. We won that game and continued to win the next 5 or 6 games in a row (I lost count) and were finally defeated at the end giving us 2nd place overall in the tourney. We didn't finish until 7 PM and the girls were WORN OUT!

It was one of the best days....ever!

Here is a part of a video of one of the games. My team is on the opposite side of the net and Miah is the one serving.

ANYHOO...there's an update on our "activities".

I'm about to go outside and start putting up my halloween decorations.

I LOVE HALLOWEEN!

I'm all about the free candy.

No one really knows that it's the reason I have 3 kids. I needed to increase my army of "candy getters" and attack their bags as soon as they get home and pour all the candy out on my bed.

I roll in it sometimes....

...just kidding.....

...well, maybe just a couple of rolls.

Here's Last year's HALLOWEEN POST. Check it out

I'll be back, let me know what's going on with you guys!

Nothing I hate worse than...

2010-08-19T22:48:00.000-07:00

Getting ready to prop my happy ass down on the toilet seat and it's...

...Lifted.

Trust me.

Women, you know what I'm talking about, right?!

When you are in a mad rush to use the restroom and you are already unbuttoning and unzipping your pants during the mad sprint to the restroom in order to make it to the toilet in adequate time to aim the pee in the toilet and then, to your surprise...

..you almost fall in.

That feeling of you almost falling in and that unbalanced dance that we do before our asses touch the water cold ass water that sends shivers up (and down) our spine. That crazy kick-your-legs in the air toilet dance that we do.

C'mon..you know what I mean..

Well, maybe not you, me.

I almost fell in.

Trust me, it's worse when you've been drinking, Dammit!!

I'm out-numbered.

I'm living in a household of 3 men and 2 women (so to speak).
This means that I can fully rely on one (1) person to actually keep the toilet lid down. Miah.
Other than that, me (and my Miah) are on our own.

We have to join forces and set up reminder arguments to tell the "boys" of the house that they need to put the toilet seat down.

We have to join forces, people.
(and by "people" I mean, "women").

Stop letting our asses touch that nasty ass water!

This has been a Public Service Announcement from "Your's Truly".

2 MORE DAYS...

2010-06-23T18:56:00.000-07:00

Two more days people, then we are O-U-T!

Angel was able to get tomorrow and Friday off to tie off any loose ends before we hit the road.

We are almost all packed with the goodies to keep the kids quiet and us happy.

(by "goodies" I mean tranquilizers)....ok, so I'm just kidding.

Ok...so, maybe I'm not...

But I might just pack some turkey sandwiches and make that all we have to eat during the journey. You know, sleepy-time foods. I don't really have any trouble with the kids riding and getting along. I just wish that they would be more like me. You know...just sleep. No need to be called upon to go to sleep, just do it naturally.

NOPE.

Devyn wants to be running and jumping and riding all the time.

Miah pretty much keeps to herself.

Dom wants to be watching TV with me all of the time (when he knows it's nap-time)..geez.

This Friday is the kid's 3rd track meet. As always, I'm excited and can't wait for my kids to do their stuff.

This post's focus is on Devyn...

Here is Devyn putting on his spikes getting ready to head over to the high jump mat.

Here he is again with his friend Bernie. They compete against each other during practice. It's so cool to watch them push to do better. They encourage each other without even realizing it.

(Devyn is on the right)

Here is a video of the boys jumping:

I know you can't tell that there is a video there but there is. Just click on the "play" triangle for those who are unsure of how to maneuver through this.

The boys cleared 3'6" at their last 2 meets. This time the bar was raised to 3'8" and they cleared it. Then...raised to 3'10" and they were struggling to get past it.

If you are like me....

You are curious about the people who are working so closely with you kids. SO...I did my research.

The coach in the videos is none other than....WILL LITTLETON (<---Click there)

Here is a video of him doing his THANG!

Yeah, I have to admit that it's pretty much an honor and a privilege to have this man and his status teaching my son everything he know.

Unfortunately, he won't be able to be at this week's meet because he will be competing in a meet of his own.

GOOD LUCK WILL!

When I get to NY, I will post the results of the high jump as well as Miah's shot put results. The next post will be about her!

Go Kids Go!!

2010-06-19T14:06:00.000-07:00

BOY,

We've been busy guys.

Yeah, I know, you guys have been busy too but we are going to continue to be busy at least until we get to NY. (Unless my brother tries to put us to work).

So, here's what's going on with the kids...

TRACK AND FIELD!

The kids had a meet this Friday in Alamo.

Well, here we just have the field portion. My kids don't like to run, except for Devyn. He'll run ALL day. Then, he'll run to his bed. Crazy.

Devyn is usually a High Jumper but he wanted to also do the shot put. He didn't get to compete in Friday's shot put because he was already in place to start the high jump.

We'll get back to shot put for him later...

Let's focus on his favorite event...

High Jump.

His coach was impressed right from the start.

Okay, So...I'm biased...whatev...

Here's video of Devyn during this Friday's meet.

He got 1st place in High Jump

Last week, he came in 4th.
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Miah has proven to be the SH!T in shot put. Yes, Devyn will brag that he came in and beat her mark but he's a boy...

Miah came in 2nd in last week's meet. She was beaten buy a girl who has been at this for a year. Last week was her second day EVER touching the shot put.

This week, she came in 2nd again. Beaten by the same girl. She beat her last week's mark by 6 inches. Her arch nemesis actually didn't throw as far as she did last week. I think it's intimidation. That's what we are going with. Miah's gonna come back and get her.

Just watch..

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Dom, my newly interested in sports athlete (I honestly think he's there because of the girls but we'll see) has been doing his best in pole vault. He hasn't cleared the qualifying height of 6 ft yet. He's says he's not scared to go high but....

He looks very professional holding the equipment. I'm gonna have to push him farther. He's older so he's lazier. He keeps thinking of excuses why he can't run in practice...my leg hurts...I don't feel well...blah blah blah...

I've used them before when I was in track. I know how effective they are..

But they don't work with me.

We're gonna get him up there to pass that 6 ft mark. Hopefully before we leave for NY. I'm still proud of him for coming out at every practice (not that he has a choice) and making the most of it.

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All of my kids make me proud. I'm anxious to see how their lives will unfold!

Six days from now we will be on the road to NY.

Six days from now is also Devyn's birthday. He will be 9. He's getting big. I'm not sure if he will let me swaddle him anymore.

I'm gonna try my best though.

If you ever need a pinata...UPDATE

2010-06-07T13:16:00.000-07:00

I was driving along today and something caught my eye!

NOW...IF YOU ARE EASILY OFFENDED...CLICK ELSEWHERE...THIS IS NOT FOR YOU.

BUT....if you just want a laugh...

Continue on...

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Ok, don't say I didn't warn you!

I had to hit the brakes and back up alllll the way cause I had only caught a glimpse of what this was. YOU KNOW I had to take a pic.

So I did....

That's right.
You see what they are.
Stripper pinatas.

As I ventured further...there were more. For a minute there, I felt surrounded and I thought someone was gonna throw on some music or that they would come to life.....creepy.

They even have men strippers.
Check out the buns on this one!

They have one almost dressed for those who are shy about walking through the lobby for the bachelor (or bachelorette) party. You know...so as not to arouse suspicion.

I don't exactly know how to explain the butts on these things. I guess to hold more...candy?

I met the creator. Not quite sure what to think about what was going through his head when he decided to mold these but may need to advertise a little bit more.

Or...I could do it for him.

If (for any reason) you feel like you just HAVE to have one (or a couple) of these masterpieces..let me know. I'll put in an order for you.

UPDATE:

Since I've posted about the pinatas, one of my friends pointed out that they saw a story about the ON THE LOCAL NEWS last night. I posted the days before.

Seems like they are attracting a lot of attention!

PROUD MAMA!

2010-06-05T15:02:00.000-07:00

There has been a change in our household. A change that I was hoping for but wasn't really holding out for.

I know you are all curious as to what it is...so I won't keep you in suspense.

THE CHANGE IS....

DOM (my oldest) IS ACTUALLY INVOLVED IN A SPORT!

I know what you are thinking..."WHAT?!?!...SAY IT ISN'T SO...COULD IT BE TRUE?"

Yes, people..it's true.

My big boy has voluntarily decided he wanted to join the summer track team.
(this is after seeing his sister and brother's first track practice and learned that they will be doing the pole vault)

I was pleasantly surprised when he asked me if he thinks the coach will allow him to join. The coach said YES and I got the info to fill out. Just hearing that he wanted to participate made me excited to go shopping for gear for HIM.

I've spent a lot of time shopping for Miah and Devyn for their sports gear and apparel that I felt guilty not buying Dom these same things.

WELL...NOT ANYMORE! WE WENT SHOPPING!

I took off to Academy and got him some gear. (don't get me wrong, I still had to shop for 3 kids but we came away with their necessities).

Here are a few pics (you know they were coming) of the kids at their practice.

Here are all of the kids waiting for practice to start.

Devyn has turned out to be a true runner. I know he ran cross country for his school this year and he's run in a couple of relays but running everyday is AWESOME (sure wish I could run).

He's been running along side the distance runners until he gets to his point and then he cuts across back to the track. I believe he runs for 15 mins and it's about a mile or a mile and a half.

Regardless, I don't want to be running for 15 mins non-stop.

Here is Devyn on his run. It's called the Texas Lap. I tried to follow him in the truck but he was WAAAY out there. He's in the center of the pic and the rest of the group is ahead of him. He's the only 8 yr old running this. There are two 12 yrs old boys and the rest are high school kids. The high school kids run a longer lap but he keeps up with them during his run/distance.

(if you click on the pic, you may get a better look)

This is Dom's second day and he's looking a little pooped! Poor guy. He's gonna make it though! I think he was actually feeling a little sick (common cold) so he could only run so much that day but he still participated in the exercises and running the bleachers.

Miah started crying her first time (the first day) around the track. I think she made it 1/4 of the way around and then walked most of the way. She did one lap and then came straight to me and cried. She needed encouragement to continue but she did. I told her that running takes some getting used to and she will build up her endurance as she continues. She's now on day 4 and she hasn't cried anymore and I can see the changes in her already.

I gotta tell you guys. I'm super proud. All of my kids are involved in the same sport and I get to be at one place throughout! Their first meet is this Friday! I'm anxious to see how this all turns out!

Memorial Day weekend

2010-05-30T18:14:00.000-07:00

Hey everyone. I told you I would be back!

How was your weekend? Ours was AWESOME!

We went to Arroyo City and rented a cabin with a private fishing pier.

Here are some pics of our weekend.

These pics are in no particular order.

Zeus was the first passenger to ride with me to the Cabin. We picked up the kids along the way except for Dom because he stayed overnight with his cousin to practice for her Quince.

Here are Amber and Dom after I picked them up. We were waiting for my sister in law (Erika) to show up so we can all go BACK to the cabin (this is day 2).

The cabin was just off of the water and we could all jump into it. Unfortunately...we didn't have a ladder to GET OUT, so we had to improvise.

We showered outside cause it was quicker. Our cabin may have had a total of 8 beds (3 bunk beds) but there was only 1 bathroom and waiting in line to shower became a pain in the ass.

Devyn and I on the pier enjoying the day.
Dominique and I also on the pier. He's getting to be taller than I am and he won't let me forget it.

My mother in law (Faith) enjoying the weekend too.

My nephew Aiden playing on his float in the water.

My sister in law Erika.

My niece Amber, chillin on one of the chairs on the deck.

Dom, playing with the oars on a floatie. He's silly sometimes.

Devyn, using our improvised ladder to get out of the water. We had to use the kayak as our ladder and even that was a small task.

Miah and I playing in the water with the rest of the family. Little did we know...we'd be playing for a while until we figured out how to get out.

My brother in law sitting on the second level of the pier.

Angel and I also on the second level of the pier. This pic was taken at night.

Angel making our feast for the evening.

The next morning I woke up early and decided to fish alone while everyone was asleep. I caught a catfish and couldn't get it off of the hook. Zeus was no help at all. I had to go and wake up Angel and we fished for a while before we had to pack up and leave.

All in all, we had a great time with family doing the things we love!

I have a million more pics but those will be put away for memories for the kids.

I hope everyone had/has a wonderful holiday weekend.

Be safe!

Excuse me, Do I know YOU?

2010-05-23T20:28:00.000-07:00

Go ahead.

Cuss at me for being away. What can I say? I've been pretty busy. I won't go into too many details now but I will give you a super quick recap....complete with pics!

Ready?

Here We Go....

We all know Devyn played football and I believe he did a damn good job playing for his first time. (It also helps that he looks so cute in his uniform).

Miah and Devyn both played Basketball and they kicked ass. I'm not just saying that cause I'm their momma!! (ok, we all know I'm biased)

YES!! I had to buy the most expensive package!

TWICE!

DON'T SAY IT! I ALREADY KNOW WHAT YOU ARE THINKING!

Then, they moved on to Softball/Baseball!

Taking Miah to her game.

Daddy is there for his little girl!

Devyn is there to support his sister before his own game in the next field.

Where's Dom?

Right here:

He happened to catch up with his long lost cousin.

I don't have any pics of Dom playing sports because he doesn't classify himself as an "athlete". He's a "musician" or "rocker" or "artist" or something....

AND...I still love him.

He has just gotten a fresh haircut and he's not to happy about it. I'm glad the day and age of throwing fits has been looooong over!

Unfortunately,...

My dog Chupa passed away around Easter. He was hit by a police car late at night and the cop didn't even stop. I was asleep and Angel was up when it happened. He buried poor Chupa and told me about it in the morning. I was devastated. I miss him. He was the best dog ever!

Now we have this new puppy. His name is Zeus. Why did put a pic of him up here like this instead of one that is with him posing like a good little dog?

Because, this is how he is everytime I see him.

Angel and I are still going strong.

We went to shoot pool and of course, I won't mention who won *cough*me*cough* but we had a great time.

So, that's it for now folks. I'm trying to figure out how to put a countdown timer on here because I'm counting down the time until I go on vacation to see my brother this summer in NY.

It's gonna be fun. Never been fishing in NY and guess who's super excited about that and is trying to use this as an excuse to buy new rods and reels?

Yeah, you know who.

P.S. Guess who wrote in his blog...unprompted....

I'm pretty sure my house is haunted.

2010-03-06T22:11:00.000-08:00

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Crazy talk, right?

Yeah, probably, but for real tho, I think it may be haunted...just a little bit.

My cousin Cindy mentions strange things happening around here when he ask her to "house sit".

She mentioned her keys not being in the place she was sure she put them.

Of course, that's just her experience.

Mine...well...for some reason, the kids constantly come running to my room saying "Ma'am?"

I look at them confused because I don't know what they are doing in my doorway asking what I wanted.

I didn't want anything. I was watching TV and drinking a beer (most of the time).

Then all of a sudden they show up asking what we wanted and swearing that we called them.

ALL of the kids do this. They swear they heard me calling out their name from my bedroom and *poof* there they are, in my doorway.

So the way I figure it, there are pros and cons to EVERYTHING.

Let's list them, shall we?

Pros:

1. At least I know my kids aren't deaf.

2. At least I know ALL of my kids are being called. (you know, no favoritism)

3. The kids are getting plenty of exercise running back and forth to my room...all day.

4. I'm out of beer, guess who show up at my door asking if I called them? YESSSS!! NEW BEER!

And the Cons:

1. Who the heck is calling my kids? What ghost is in my house?

2. There might be friggin ghosts in my house! Are they in my bedroom during "adult time"?

3. Stop calling the kids you stupid ghosts! I'm trying to take a nap and the kids are showing up at my door...ALL THE TIME!

4. There might be a ghost in my house. That's CREEPY!

Either way. I can still stay isolated to my room and let the ghost do all the work.

Now, if only it knew how to tell the kids to do their chores.

I'm BACK!!! I think....

2010-03-03T20:16:00.000-08:00

So we've heard this song and seen this dance plenty of time before. I know. I have no excuses so I won't make up any.

I've been very busy (does that sound like an excuse?) Well, I'm not trying to make it one. It's the truth.

Between work and juggling 2 kids playing 2 sports, it's been crazy.

For some time, we only had Devyn in sports playing baseball and football. But since basketball has started, we included Miah in the sports. She is a real trooper. She runs A LOT. I don't see how she does it. I'm tired just watching her.
So there we have 2 kids in sports. Both Devyn and Miah in basketball.

Well, just recently (literally, like these past 2 days) the coaches for baseball and softball have called to set up practice.

SOOOO, Miah and Devyn are currently practicing/playing baskeball and practice for baseball/softball.

It's awesome. I can't wait to be at the games again cheering them both on.

I'm also planning a mini vacation to San Antonio/New Braunfels and hopefully if I have time to Austin. I'm taking the kids.

I KNOW, I KNOW...mini vacation?...kids?

It doesn't seem to be meshing well together, but I have a master plan for the times I plan on going out. That plan is....DOMINIQUE.
He could use the extra money.

I plan on visiting any and all old classmates I can get a hold of.

So, if you are reading this and want to hang out, leave me a message.

My old blogging buddies, sorry. I'm gonna come and see what's up with you guys.

At the Movies with my girl.

2010-01-16T19:49:00.000-08:00

Miah and I went to the movies today.

Angel had taken the boys with him to the Island to go fishing (which also included some 4-wheeling due to Devyn mentioning how "all 4 tires were off the ground, we were in the air" while Angel was trying to tell me about the fish that Dom caught).

Uh huh....

Yeah, my kids will tell on you. Don't be doing things you shouldn't. They'll come right to MOMMA!

Anyway, Miah said she wanted go see The Princess and the Frog. I told her to make a list of the snacks she wanted to take to the movies and she pointed out the exact purse I should use for the trip. That's how we roll.

She made her list, I handed her some baggies to put pickles in from our jars at home and I finished getting ready. I went online and checked for the next available showing. It starts at 4:50 and it was already 3:20 and we hadn't even left the house or stopped to get the snack. There were no showings in the theaters closer to home so we were going to have to drive a little ways.

We rushed out of the house and hit the road.

We forgot the list.

We forgot the pickles.

Miah wanted to go to Wendy's for frosties and I figured that was a good idea.

There wasn't a Wendy's close to the theaters but there was an HEB. We hit that bad boy's candy isle up and loaded up on snacks (and a couple of extra drinks just in case we run out of our drink there). We left HEB with a container of Gummie Worms, the movie sized box of NERDS, the variety pack of kit kat, some life savers sour gummies, sandwich bags (the container of gummies wouldn't fit in the purse) a sprite and a water (Miah is a water freak) and we were on our way.

We had to scratch the frostie idea because after packing my purse with every single thing we bought, the frosties weren't goint to fit. DANG!

We get to the theater and purchase the tickets. Geez, I forgot how much going to the theater cost.....cause I never go. We get inside and had told Miah we were going to buy a large bag of popcorn and some drinks. I'm looking at the menu and I'm just about to crap my pants...UGHHH. SOOOO EXPENSIVE!!

I ordered the 2 large drink and 1 large popcorn special. 16+ dollars.

I altered the order a little bit and got 1 large drink, 1 large ICEE and 1 large popcorn. 15 bucks even. Geez, good thing we got our snacks.

The movie was super cute and we enjoyed ourselves.

We got home and Angel was here with the boys and was headed to his Uncle's house. Miah wanted to go with them so that was the end of Girls Day.

I opted to stay home because that is the way I am. I'm not a fan of being out if I don't have to. I'm home in my pajamas eating leftover riblets, a salad and sipping on my Boones Farm .

Life is good.

I hope everyone is enjoying their days with their loved ones when you get a chance.

Here's a picture of Miah that I came across while I was digging up pics of my high school days.

She's a cave baby for Halloween. I had forgotten how chubby and cute she was back then.

My mother in law made the costume for her and it was adorable.

Not to mention the huge frickin bone we put in her hair!

Loungin...

2010-01-13T10:50:00.000-08:00

I'm home today.

I'm not feeling well ...*ahem*... so I took a personal day. I didn't have many patients anyway so I rescheduled them.

I've been feeling run down, defeated, tired..you name it, I am it.

I just need a day to call "MINE".

SO.......

I'm sitting on my bed messing with my laptop, stuffing my face and watching TV.

It's rainy weather outside and the sky is gray. I love it. It's the best group nap weather EVA!

Unfortunately, no one is here to have group nap with me.

I thought Angel was going to get rained out so we can have lunch and nap but that excitement was shot down. He's still at work.

I do have the cats. Onyx and Tattoo are here as well as Chupa.

Chupa stinks so he's staying on the floor.

Onyx likes to sleep on my face, head and neck so I can't breathe and there is still Tattoo...

Well....Tattoo..maybe not such a good choice.

My poor Tattoo has taken to shooting snot rockets throughout the house. It's pretty gross and seems to be random.
We'll be sitting around, all doing our own thing and we'll hear..."pfffft...pffffffft....pfffffffffffftttttt".
He's sneezing.

Sure enough, there's either a big booger hanging from his nose and he's trying to lick it off or it was left streaked across the floor, wall, couch, TV.....on YOU!

It's really disgusting, especially when you sit on the couch and something scratches the back of your hand when you moved it. Yeah, it's a crusted petrified booger that has adhered itself to the cushion.

I'm not so sure I'm feeling so lucky with my sleeping companions. I may be actually fighting for my life if I nap with them.

Regardless, I'm home.

....and I'm about to curl back up in the fetal position because it's NAP TIME!!!

Have a good one you guys.

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Alright.....Alright...just to make you feel a little bit better and not AT ALL jealous....

I've been crowned "QUEEN FOR THE DAY".

For those of you who know and have known me forever know that being QUEEN FOR THE DAY doesn't mean I'm getting the "Royal Treatment" from my kids and husband.

No.

It means my ass is hugging "The Throne" throughout the day due to some crazy digestive problems.

There, no need to feel jealous!

Happy New Year!

2010-01-09T10:52:00.000-08:00

OH, I'm late...again...aren't I?

Dang. Sorry. It's becoming a habit.

How was your New Years? Did you all drink a lot and party? I didn't

Did you make resolutions that you may or may not keep? I did.

I got to spend the New Years with family. We all went to Angel's uncle's house and hung out there. It's a tradition to go to his house and bring in the new year. This year seemed especially long. I think Angel was there early (like 5 pm) already drinking. I needed to come home and take a nap. I never got that nap. I showered and did my hair and got ready. Then Angel started calling me to hurry up and come over. I did and from then the drinking began.

We all had a good time, the New Years was here and the kids were popping fireworks.

Around 12:30 am of the new year....I was home in bed.

I'm getting old...

This picture was taken several days BEFORE New Years at another Uncle/Aunt's house. Angel is in the background surrounded by his cousins, uncle and extended family. We had a great time this night too.

This next picture is a cake that Devyn WON at the Boys and Girl's Club. Do you see ALL OF THAT CANDY?!

Yeah, it's a candy land cake. Every time I blinked and looked at it some of the candy was missing and the cake looked ravaged.

Trust me....it was! The kids tore it up! I was getting a stomach ache just looking at it.

The candy land cake came two days AFTER the kids and I made a gingerbread house.

UGHHHHH.

All that candy all at once!

I swear, I probably have a dozen cavities....and I didn't even eat ANY of it.

The kids have a PS2 so I found Dance Dance Revolution for the kids for just 15.00. WOW. They love it. Especially Miah.

This picture was taken right after New Years. We packed up the kids and took off to the beach again to our new favorite hideaway.
Here is me and my baby girl.
Dom is peeking his head up in the background.

The weather in January is so nice, the kids had a great time at the beach. We parked close to the dunes so the kids could play.

How they can roll around in all that sand and not have a care in the world.....

Sand in their eyes, mouth and hair.....kids.

YES, that's a bike. We took a bike to the beach and Devyn rode it for awhile. The sand was hard enough where the cars drive to ride the bike.

Notice the BBQ pit. There is always a way to get nice hot food even if we are far away.

I know I said the weather was nice and all but my ass is OLD. I was cold and bundled up. I had to sit on the Queen's chair in the back of the truck because the air was hitting me and I thought I was going to turn into a Popsicle.

Damn, aging sucks.

If you read my last post then you know about my Christmas gift from Angel. What better time to try it out, huh?

So, I took my present into the dunes and almost got my nether regions all stung up by mosquitoes. Not pretty. Nevertheless, my present served it's purpose!

I hope everyone had a great and safe Holiday weekend. I will keep you updated when I can.

CHRISTMAS TIME IS DANGEROUS!!

2009-12-25T21:20:00.000-08:00

So...I've been really busy these past few days/weeks. I've really been stressing over Christmas for the kids and the family.

I like buying gift bags at this particular store because they are super CHEAP! I'm talking 25 and 50 cent super large gift bags. I'm a sucker for easy wrapping even if it means sticking gifts in a bag and handing them off to someone.

Well, as I was heading to my favorite store, I'm pulling out of this parking lot and get into the right side of the exit (to turn right). Another car pulls up to the left side of me and it appears to be going to turn to the left. This car did NOT have a signal light to let me know. All of a sudden, this car starts going forward a little bit and then....turns to the RIGHT!!!

Right into the left front bumper of my truck. The car keeps driving and ultimately scrapes the whole right side of the car with this looooong line of damage left from my vehicle.....and then....keeps driving.

OOOHHHH YOU KNOW I FOLLOWED!!

This person turns into a road and then immediately makes a U-turn I guess to try to shake me off. When this person saw me pull right up beside HER and motion for her to PULL HER ASS OVER, she was PISSED!

She pulled over and got out of her car, looked at her damage, came over and looked at my damage and starated cussing ME out! This girl was very hostile. She was waving her hands in the air and yelling all kinds of obscenities at me as well as throwing the "N" word around a few times. She starts yelling to me, "GIVE ME YOUR INFO SO I CAN GO HOME!"

NOPE.

I told her we were going to call the police, and I did.

She tried to lie to the cops about how the incident happened but he knew she was ~~a crazy bioooch~~ lying.

I've submitted my claim but I have to wait for after the holidays in order for this to get settled.

Here's the damage:

Now, How was everyone's Christmas??

My kids are pretty happy with what they got.

Angel took on the responsibility of getting the kids some of their presents. Guess what Santa Daddy got them? Gaming Chairs. They hook up to the game system or their MP3 players and they have built in speakers. Poor Dom, the one he chose didn't work so Angel has to take it back and get a new one but Miah's has some pretty loud speakers.

The Boys got some Ripstick Gs and All the kids are receiving new bikes.

ME?

What did I get?

Oh, let me show you...

WHAT?!?!

DON'T LAUGH!!

I actually love it! For those of you who know me and the fact that I am always complaining about going camping/fishing/to the beach, you know that I am not comfortable if I have to go and squat in the bushes/dunes/in the water <---just kidding (am I?)

Angel saw it and knew it was for me!

That's LOVE!

That's not all my soulmate got for me!

Check this out!!!.....

It is soooo big I couldn't fit the whole thing on my camera for the picture.

I mean, really...it's HUGE!

SEE BOBBY!!! I GOT A TV TOO!!!

Okay, maybe, I overexaggerated a tad.

Not quite as enormous as I made it out to be but still. It's for the kitchen. I was cooking one day and ..... (yes, I said ONE DAY) I was missing a show I wanted to watch during that time. We started talking about how we could "benefit" from a TV right there in the kitchen and BAM!! The decision was made.
It's only a 15 inch but I really don't need a massive one crowding my counter.

Miah and Devyn got their snuggies and they are super happy campers!

We spent quality time with family who drove in from different areas of Texas so we are feeling please and blessed to be loved.

MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!

All because I think the cat peed on my poncho

2009-12-17T16:07:00.000-08:00

My day was pretty crappy today.

Really.

And, yes, I'm blaming it on the cat.

Not Tattoo. Tattoo knows better. I think.

Onyx is this week's culprit.

Let me start from the beginning.

Last night, Dom pointed out that the sink wasn't draining right (at all) so we poured some Drano down the sink and waited.

All we managed was a slow drain.

I had drank a few beers and eaten some of Angel's homemade chili so that was a recipe for a sleep coma.

I was watching the movie "Fighting" with him and fell asleep on the couch so by the end of the movie I had grabbed my blanket, pillow and Onyx and made my way to bed. Angel stayed awake and drank a few beers and put the chili away.

Let me get on with the point.....

By morning time, I got up and grabbed my poncho from the basket at the end of my bed. The sleeve and the hood was wet. I smelled it and it didn't smell funny but I wasn't taking any chances. I grabbed it and a few other items and threw them in the washer. For some reason there was still water in the washer but ......duh....didn't think twice about it. I put it on spin to clear the water and then put in my load.

I'm in my room (harvesting my crops) and I hear this water splashing. I know it has been raining here these past few days so I figured it started raining again....hard. I peek out and it's the drain hose to the washing machine spitting out water (the machines are outside by my window). I run outside and turn off the machine but then that's when I *snapped* OH CRAP!! The water is backing up because of the sink not draining!!!

I ran into the kitchen and sure enough...I hear water splashing onto the floor and I was now swimming. BOTH sinks were full, the counter was full, the kitchen floor was flooded and I saw the water making a bee-line for one of the living rooms straight to the computer tower.

NOOOOOOOOO!

Something had to be done quick! So...I ran and woke up Angel (lucky for me he was rained out of work, not so lucky for him though).

I grabbed a blanket that was on the couch and threw it on the kitchen floor. Angel came running out of the bed, still in a buzzed haze from drinking the rest of the bud lights, and ran straight to the restroom. Then he got control of his senses and came to the kitchen. He almost slipped and fell because of the water.

He broke out the Wet/Dry Vac we have and...I got to work vacuuming the water and emptying the vac over and over.

Once most of the water was up, I had to go to work and leave Angel with the rest of the clean-up.

I felt bad.

As I was driving to work...I see these men on the side of the road with shovels filling in pothole with dirt from the back of a truck.

I'm thinking...Oh, ok, they are filling in pot-*BAM*......that's when it happened.

I grab my steering wheel with both hands and slowly drive to the next intersection. I had to drive slow...there were a million potholes everywhere. I pass the intersection and relax my grip on the wheel and automatically, my car starts veering to the right.

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CRAP!!!

I pull over and sure enough...I have a flat!

I hit that hole and it busted my tire immediately.

I had to call my office for them to send someone to assist me. The guy came out and changed the tire to the awful donut spare and I had to follow him to a tire center where he had to purchase a new tire.

Set my whole day back by a few hours.

When I got back home, Angel was still working on the pipe that was apparently clogged due to my awesome cooking-and-pouring-grease-down-the-drain skills. He had to cut the pipe and place a new one........outside.

DAMN CAT!

All because I think the cat probably peed on my poncho!

I'm gonna get to those posts I promised soon enough.

What happens if you overdose on...

2009-12-15T16:20:00.000-08:00

LATISSE

You have all seen the commercials, Right?

Brooke Shields advertising a medication to help you grow longer, thicker eyelashes.

I don't know about you guys but there are some things I am a little bit skeptical about, especially when it comes to putting stuff near my eyes.

I'm not so sure about the potency of some medications. How do you actually know that the dosage is correct for you? What if you are accidentally putting on double the dose or even triple the dose?

Nuh, Uh....Not me people. I refuse to end up like this:

OR BETTER YET.......LIKE THIS:

Angel says that when he sees those commercials, he automatically thinks of Mr. Snuffleupagus
I think I am content with the lashes I have...thankyouverymuch...

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Now, on to the reason for this post.

Danielle over at A Matter of Time; Don't try this on your own has gotten on me because I have been neglecting my blog.

GUILTY

I have been addicted to facebook like a crack addict. Who can blame me? I've gotten in touch with so many people from my past as well as those many friends I have met recently. I'm in constant contact with my distant family.

I'm back though. Christmas is just around the corner and I'm super excited. The kids have already written a long list of ~~demands~~ gifts they would like. Let me tell you, these kids know how to make a list.

I went shopping for a few of the things and when I got back, they constantly asked about what I bought them. Sheesh....these kids have no faith in Santa. I ended up telling them that I had to rob Santa in order to get some of the items on their lists. They wanted to know what I robbed Santa of.....honestly.

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Devyn finished his last football game a couple of Saturdays ago.

The coaches had a party for the team at Peter Piper Pizza. The kids had a great time, I ate a lot of pizza and then I came home to watch UFC 107 with Angel.

That was the point in time when Devyn came over to us and sat on the couch and said,"I've made my decision..."

THAT was the point in time when I paused the TV and made Angel hold off on watching the rest of the fight.....without me.

Devyn had me on the edge of my seat waiting for the answer.

He was unsure of whether he wanted to continue playing football next year because of how much contact there was for his little frame....but he has come to a decision...

He IS going to play next year.

YAY!!!

I'm excited about his future athletic "career".

Miah and Devyn will both be playing Basketball soon so be prepared for those updates and pics on here.

They are both attending Sunday school with Devyn's former football coach as their teacher. How awesome is that?!

Dom is up to his usual self when it comes to school and disobedience. I wish there was a positive roll model who would be willing to take him under their wing and show him that peace comes with completing your school work.

Unfortunately, as much as I try to drill this into his head....no dice.

We'll keep trying. We always will.

That's it for now..I will be back to keep you updated. If it seems like I'm taking too long...come over to facebook and give me a good swift kick in the ass!

Happy Thanksgiving...(belated)

2009-12-02T20:23:00.000-08:00

This Thanksgiving holiday we celebrated on Wednesday (the day before the actual holiday). We all went to my Sister-in-law's house and chomped and chomped and chomped. Angel and my Brother-n-law, Steve, both fried turkeys.

It was nice to be with family. There was a feeling of "something's missing" because there was.

Grandma Imelda isn't there for the holiday seasons anymore and I think we all felt that.

The day after, we packed up the kids (as usual) and took off to the beach to do some much needed fishing (as usual). This time, we booked an awesome room for 4 days and 3 nights. It had a separate room which consisted of the 2 queen beds and a TV in that room. There was a living room and a full kitchen and dining room.

WE WERE CHILLIN!!

Dom automatically made himself comfortable and I was jealous!

Miah was anxious to set up my laptop and get started harvesting my crops!

(ok, so she was coerced a little bit)

Angel sat in the chairs and didn't want to get up. I sat in mine and didn't want to get up either! Truth be told...we stayed in that night and just enjoyed being around each other.

The next day, we took the kids to a secluded place (which almost forced me to slam Angel's truck into 4 wheel drive). I swear, where Angel took us is where dead bodies usually end up. No Joke. It was eerie!

Miah was in a kick-boxing mood and decided to pretend to attack everyone.

Devyn was ready to fish!

There's Miah with a sneak attack on Dominique.

Dom hates taking pictures but we have a rule. He has to smile for any picture I want because otherwise I will throw a fit!

Miah was in such a loving mood. She was always hugging the boys.

I don't know what's up with Devyn's crazy smile but I still love this picture! They all look so happy.

The next day was another fishing expedition. This time we went to a more public fishing pier (that we will never go on again because the cost of just bringing our poles on the pier was outrageous).

Angel was prepared with his SUPER-ULTRA-MEGA fanny pack and his off roading ice chest.

In the distance was a pirate ship that took customers on cruises. It shot gun powder out of a cannon that made this loud BOOM!

It was windy that day and we were afraid that Miah's hat would fly off.

Daddy helping Miah set up her pole so she can start bringing home the grub. Everyone has to start earning their keep around here!

Devyn knows what to do...if he wants to eat tonight!

I'm not a professional but I love when I catch a fish.

ANY FISH! (I happened to be the only one to catch something at that time)

Dom is setting up his pole.

Miah stopped fishing first and then Devyn followed suit. We were supposed to go to the beach so that they could play in the sand but it was getting late and colder so we had to go straight back to the room.

We enjoyed ourselves there and it was a wonderful Thanksgiving weekend.

Thanks to our cousin CYN (<--click here) who house sat and fed the pets for us while we were gone. That alone took a load off of my mind.

NOW.....

We got the Christmas tree up.

What is it about this tree that causes this reaction???

(click on each tree picture to enlarge for full effect)

Onyx...

That is a copy cat (get it?....copy cat) of last year's tree episode. (<--click here)

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THIS SECTION IS DEDICATED TO MY MOM!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MOM!

I'M GLAD YOU GOT THE BIRTHDAY GIFT I SENT. I HOPE YOU GET A CHANCE TO PIG OUT!

I would kill for one of these. Of course, in my household, I would only manage to get a grape and the kids would tear the rest of it up!

That's it for now folks. I will keep you updated when my lazy ass kicks into gear!

Have a good one!

Major Update...Sorry so long..

2009-11-21T14:45:00.000-08:00

My goodness people. Ya'll are gonna be mad at me for this long post instead of breaking it down in little posts...but, Oh well. (you can take naps in between if you like)...

I'm going to play a real quick game of "catch-up" for you starting with My birthday. Of course this was Angel's B-day too. We lost a our grandmother shortly before so we really weren't in the mood for celebrating. Our grandmother also shared the same birthday with us and it just didn't feel the same. We miss her and will always love her.

The next event was Halloween.

Dom, being Dom, didn't have the grades to allow him to participate in Halloween festivities this year.

In this pic, Miah and Devyn were in costume. Miah was a punk-rock princess and Devyn...Dracula. Devyn was Dracula last year. He's so easy to please...

Miah has the lashes, earrings (which are actually mine) and the fake nails. 1/3 through the night, the lashes had to go, the nails were popping off and I was pocketing my earrings so they didn't get lost.

Onyx decided to warm up some of the Halloween decorations before we put them out.

Dom is on top of the roof helping with the set-up.

I don't know who is buried here but I sure hope their decaying bodies fertilize my yard. I need grass BAD!

Naturally, Dom always finds a way to participate. The clothes...not a costume, he dresses like that normally.

OK, here I am. I know I look DRUNK but believe me, I'm not (yet). Gorilla Boy wanted to get his paws on my camera and there was a little bit of a struggle ( WHAT?! I thought he was going to run off with it!)

When I finally came to my senses and realized what he wanted..this was the result. WE FRICKIN LOOK LIKE TWINS!!! ughhhh!

Moving on...

The next event was Miah's 10th Birthday. She wanted a slumber party instead of a full blown-out party. Her wish....is our command.

I bought Miah about 20 invitations to give to her classmates.

THANK GOODNESS...only about 6 or 7 girls showed up. See folks! It's the effort that counts!

Girls played on the computer....

Some played on the Wii...

Cousin Sadie was Chillin!!

I figured the girls would settle down around 10pm after we made this whole set-up in my living room.

Popcorn, juices, candy, blankets, pillows, couch cushions, air mattresses and rowdy girls....not a good combination!!!

Stop watching me!! Watch the movie so I can get sneaky pics!!

PEOPLE! This is the scene AFTER the girls were running around at 4 am like Banshees AFTER the movie was over. This is at 6 am. Some of the poor girls didn't make it to their spots.

Early moring cleaning. Miah was informed that whatever mess was left after the girls left..she was going to have to clean. She told the girls to HOP TO IT!

In the morning...there was cake and Ice cream for breakfast.

What??! These children will go home happy and full of life after this slumber party!

Their parents will thank me for it later...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BABY GIRL! (even though you did decide to cut your own bangs!)

Dom (because of his grades) has been spending some time in the doghouse. But it's all good. He's doing his best to bring them up and we are rooting for him.

Devyn # 17

Devyn has been doing AWESOME in football. At the beginning he wasn't feeling it because he was getting hurt and because since he is so small, they had him as receiver, kickoff return and corner. Now he's playing Kickoff, kickoff return, receiver and corner.

He's loving it.

Their team hasn't won any games because the team is mainly made up of 1st year players. The coaches are highschool graduates. They are doing a great job with handling the kids. (even though some parents don't think so) I know that everytime Devyn walks off of the field he tells me "I had a great game." or "I had a great practice."

Him telling those words is all I need to hear.

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Alright folks, that is the update so far. Tonight I am going to watch the UFC 106 fight with my best friend (Angel) and a few friends of ours here at the house. Drink a few (maybe more than a few) beers, there's gonna be BBQ wings and maybe even some Fajitas (for those of you fajita lovers).

For now, I leave you with Miah.

She's gonna be busy harvesting my crops on Farmville for me.

Quick Update

2009-11-07T00:04:00.000-08:00

So...I'm back again.

I know. I'm such a shit for leaving you guys high and dry. I know you guys must be in withdrawal and have no idea what to do without your frequent fix of Sheila.

Yeah, sorry.

Anyway, I won't be posting any pictures at this time because I got a new laptop and I have nothing saved on it yet. (and when I say NEW, I mean NEW) THANKS MOM!!!!

Only thing is...it's taking me a long time to write this post because I'm not used to using a laptop and my fingers keep tapping the other keys. BACKSPACE..BACKSPACE...BACKSPACE...

also, I have my new kitten, Onyx, who loves to walk across my keyboard while I'm in bed trying to play games on facebook (yeah, I'm still with that).

Ok....so update...

Halloween:

The kids had a good time (with the exception of Dom, he is failing too many classes to participate in the Halloween festivities). I'm a little bit disappointed because we only rounded one block and barely got any candy. This Halloween BLOWS! We did go to a friend's party so that was fun. I usually like to carve a pumpkin and I HAD one all set up with the holes punched out but time ran out on me and I didn't get to do it. Angel attempted to help me out but he started cutting and then it started to fall apart. It was time to trash it because it didn't look like the Mummy it was supposed to.
These are the previous year's pumpkins.

ANOTHER EVENT:

Miah just turned 10 on Thursday!!! WHOO HOOO!
I'm so excited. My little girl is growing up. We didn't give her a big party or anything. She is requesting a Slumber party so that is whats in store for her tonight. I will try to take and post pictures for her because I hate to miss a B-Day post. I will actually have to get my lazy ass out of bed and to my regular computer to get those pictures. IT WILL BE DONE!

I'm making a change in my job from full-time to part-time because I'm feeling a little overwhelmed. In home health, I am supposed to be able to work on my schedule but it wasn't working out that way. My main focus is on the kids right now because I don't really have anyone here to help so my worry factor has increased dramatically. Angel may be sent to New Orleans early next year so I will be alone with the kids...again.
Don't worry, I'm used to it. I just need the time to make sure my home life is situated before I dedicate my all to work.

I'll be back (in between harvesting my crops on Farmville and kissing people on Yoville).

I need to make stops at every one's blogs because I feel like such an awful bloggy friend. If you come on farmville, I will definitely fertilize your crops for you!!!

I know...I know...

2009-10-25T20:01:00.000-07:00

I know you guys want to cuss me out for being gone for awhile.

I haven't really been on Twitter and I've been MIA on this blog for awhile.

I don't really have a good excuse but just like my kids, I'm gonna pull one out of my ass.

Ummm...let me see which one works better...

I KNOW!....I have been majorly busy and haven't had time to tweet or blog.

No, that's a big-time lie.

Uhhh....I've been sick and haven't been able to get out of bed or do anything productive?

No, that's a lie too. (although, I have been feeling pretty crappy in my throat lately)

Alright, I'll just say it.

I've been addicted to facebook.

There, I've said it.

No, not staring at my long lost friend's pictures and hoping they would pop up in the chat list so I can catch them for a chat.

Nope, I was playing Farmville and Yoville.

I know they are child(ish) games but my brother called me up one night and I was already asleep. He asks me about farmville and told me to check it out (and he's OLDER than me). I went back to sleep but you know when I woke up I checked it out and started playing.

Damn addicting games.

I won't get into it but that's where I've been. Although, I have to say I have a pretty sweet farm back in Farmville but for some reason my friends in Yoville keep asking me to "take it slow" and "come back tomorrow". All I wanted was another kiss.

Oh, yeah..the catching up with old friends is nice too.

So, What's been going on with me you ask?

Workin, same ole same ole.

Devyn has started playing football. Tackle football. He's 8.

Right now, he's too nice. He is either afraid to get hit or afraid to hit someone else. We'll have to work on that.
See @studiogenious he does look cute...to me. (check out my boy's blog: The Infamous Nobody. He's got the insight on why men do what they do on his ManFive Fridays).

So here's Devyn at practice.....so cute.

Here he is at his first game. Not sure if he knows what he's doing but still...ughhh..so cute.

He's here at his first high school pep rally. No, he's not a child genious (yet), his coach took him to his high school and it was the homecoming pep rally. Devyn's team was mentioned as the upcoming Wolverines.

look at that sweet face..

I've also been nursing sick dogs. Chupa and Roary have been sick and I've been going back and forth from the vet with them.

Here's Roary. He was throwing up for days and I had to take him to the vet and hope he wouldn't die. I wouldn't be able to handle that again.

He was barely able to drink water days later. He still threw it up.

Then Chupa got sick. He got Parvo. I'm guessing Roary had it too but the vet said No.

I had about a week and a half of doggie vomit and sickness.

I'm so glad they are better now.

NOW, I want to tell you a story:

Saturday, Angel got rained out from work and came home and told me about a tiny black kitten that hangs around his work yard (an hour away from home). He says it comes around all the time and meows and they feed it and it hangs around his truck.

I was like, cool..you gonna bring it home?

He said,... maybe, if I see it tomorrow when I go to work, I might bring it home.

Alright, done.

So, I'm napping and a little while later, Dom comes and wakes me up to tell me that there was a kitten outside the house.

He brings it in and Angel recognizes it as the kitten from his work (an hour away from home).

Apparently, the kitten hitched a ride somewhere in Angel's engine (without getting chopped up) and survived and hour long ride on the highway all the way to my house.

(WHAT?! Angel was going to bring him to me anyway)

Angel may seem like a big barbaric heavy metal dude but you guys don't see him cuddling these animals.

It was meant to be.

I also want to officially give my sincerest CONGRATS to Dana over at Boy Oh Boy!

She's just had her 6th baby boy and I can't see how she does it! I am wishing her all the love and joy and patience. Check her out and give her some support and advice and whatever coupon sites you guys have.

Lazy...

2009-10-09T17:34:00.000-07:00

So...I have this friend...

(Yes, the same friend who likes those glitter panties)

Anyway...

Let me tell you guys....she's super LAZY. I have honestly never met anyone THAT lazy. I'm going to give you one example.:

She knows how to rearrange her bedroom so that her necessities are within reach from the bed. I've seen her not get off the bed for anything unless she has to pee, shower or get something from the kitchen. When she's completed those tasks, she heads back to the comfort of her bed

(at least it looks comfortable, I wouldn't know. Like I said, it's my lazy friend we're talking about).

You remember those glitter panties I told you about earlier? Well, there just happens to be glitter all over the remote controls for the TV and cable...as well as the remote for the air condition.

Yup.

Her underwear drawer has become her bedside table. She sticks her cans of Cheladas in there when she's watching TV. She sticks anything she is drinking there in her drawer. All she has to do is move the glittering things over a little and make some room in the corner and "VOILA"...lazy bedside table.

She just leans over and never has to leave the bed.

There have been candy wrappers in there. Maybe that's why her glitter things smell like chocolate.

It's AWESOME!

(...err....from what she's told me.)

I think it's practical.

Now, if only that drawer could triple as a bedside commode...

Okay...maybe that might be pushing it a little bit.

She's still LAZY!

So what, she's my friend, who am I to judge?

Might be winning the lotto in the future folks...

2009-10-07T07:07:00.000-07:00

And please, don't come leaving comments on my blog THEN asking for handouts.

Thanks in advance.

(I'm just practicing being a rich bitch..hee hee)

I bet you're all wondering why I'm planning on being rich (hopefully soon) and will be snubbing my face up to the rest of the world while I'm sitting on my YACHT sipping champagne.

Well, maybe not on a yacht because I get sea sick and probably not sipping champagne because I don't really drink that stuff either (unless you count New Years when EVERYONE is sipping out of those fake, plastic champagne glasses you get from the dollar store).

ANYWAY....

My rich ass is going to be doing something that rich people do. I don't currently know what that is but...mark my words.

So, this is why:

Devyn came to me the other day and told me that he sees things before they happen.

I was like: What do you mean?

...and he took a deep breath and sighed and said...,

"I see some things in my head and maybe like a week later it happens for real. It happens a lot and it happened today at school. I dreamed about a friend and the same thing happened."

Me: *blink*, *blink*

Me: Oh, ok...How long has this been going on?

Devyn: For awhile, but I only see them in my dreams.

So, I'm not alarmed at all.

I say: Okay, well if you come across any numbers in your dreams, write them down so momma can go to the store and bubble in some numbers.

Maybe if I have him carry around the lotto bubble paper and a pencil, something will inspire him?!

It's worth a shot.

Later, I'm sitting here processing what he's telling me because, well, Dom mentioned something like that in passing the other day and I blew it off because he keeps changing who he is, i.e. Skater, Rocker, Emo and now he's trying to be Wicca. I know it's just a phase but I told him that the only thing he is going to be is GRADES! That is what matters right now or you will end up being a BUM.

Anywhoo...

I told Angel this and he says, "Well, you remember that guy who came to our house and told us that Devyn was going to be able to see stuff later on?"

Ummm, I remember the man and exactly how he was because he was claiming to be psychic. Angel then reminded me that he told us this WHILE I was pregnant with Devyn. And then I remembered...oh yeah..

SO.....That's my plan people. My 'get rich quick" scheme. Unless this takes all his life. I don't have that long.

OR (please Lord, please don't let this be the case)..Unless he's like this:

Now, I love this show and all but I'm out for the riches. I don't EVER see her predicting any lotto numbers. Just a bunch of dead people wanting her to solve their murders.

I don't want to see any of these around and I don't want Devyn telling me that one might be standing behind me.

I think if we all just pray together then we can send ~~money~~ happy thoughts to Devyn so that my plan will be already in motion.

I can't do this alone, people.

WISH ME AND DEVYN LUCK!!

GLITTER PANTIES

2009-10-05T14:22:00.000-07:00

Now, I know what you guys are thinking.."Sheila's gonna talk about her underwear".

NOOOO, C'mon.

What kind of girl do you guys think I am?!

Anyway...

See, I have this friend and she has this problem.

She loves wearing underwear with glitter on them. She thinks they are cute and sexy and they make her feel cute and sexy...and...

What?! That's what she told me!

Back to her problem, she says when she wears the glitter panties that she ends up with glitter all over her nether regions. Now, I, personally wouldn't know what she's talking about. So, anyway, she goes on to tell me about how sometimes she wakes up in the morning while wearing the glitter panties and she has glitter on her eye lids and on her cheek and on the bottom of her feet. I don't know how she gets it all over the place. But it's all over the place and throughout her covers.

At least this is what she tells me.

She claims to have a drawer full of them so there is always glitter flying all over the place. God forbid she should wash her glitter panties with Angel's work clothes...I mean, with her husband's clothes...if she has one.

Let's keep in mind that my friend isn't exactly shopping at Frederick's of Hollywood or even Victoria's Secret for these super cute panties. So I guess she gets what she pays for.

Well, I don't really know how much she paid for them because I don't know her like that to be all up in her finances and stuff.

Anyway.

Just wanted to let you guys know what's going on with me.

I mean.....my friend.

Sharkathon 2009

2009-09-29T03:51:00.000-07:00

Well, we did it.

Angel and I went to the Sharkathon Fishing Tournament in Corpus Christi, Texas.

We really had a good time.

Here's the check-in. Yeah. We thought we were the shit when we got there. We knew we were going to catch a crap load of fish (maybe even a shark) and come away with the 10,000 grand prize.

I had a feeling something was going to happen when I woke up that morning. You know those feelings you get when something might go wrong? Well, yeah. We get there and a little while later I start feeling horrible. I mean..HORRIBLE. I start feeling body aches and my throat starts to feel tickly. I know I'm going to come down with a fever. THIS SUCKS!!

We are out on the beach with no medicine. SO, I called our boy Adam who lives there in Corpus. He comes to the rescue with meds, beer and Ice.

Here he is with Angel. Both of them showing off their tattoos and acting a fool.

You remember Adam from THIS time...right?

Alright. Meds downed and the next day we get to fishing. Here's our setup. Of course, you know THIS DIVA has to have it set up right because I know from past experiences that I will turn into a true B-I-T-C-H if I have to sleep all whacked out on the beach.

Only thing is..we left at 5 am and we had planned on stopping by the storage to pick up the tent and a few other necessities. Unfortunately, our storage isn't open 24 hrs so we didn't have a tent. We had to stop at Academy and buy another one. Much smaller and much cheaper.

Notice how ingenious it was to put the tent (along with queen size air mattress I managed to squeeze in it) UNDER the canopy?

Yeah, that was MY idea.

It's a good thing too because the first night...IT RAINED HARD.

Angel was passed out but I was laying in the tent next to him just looking up at the canopy hoping it wouldn't leak because we didn't have the rain guard on the tent.

We didn't get wet at all.

Here we have our restroom/shower area. Angel blocked it off from the traffic of cars that drive by all of the time. The only open area is facing the dunes. As long as no one comes over the dunes, they will not see any nakedness. No, we didn't use beach water to shower with. Angel brought along this huge container of clean water and it was luke-warm. We took Awesome under the open sky showers at night. It was a little weird standing naked out in the open but it was refreshing.

Here we have our living area. Not much since most of our stuff is still in storage. But we weren't there much anyway.

ALRIGHT...ON TO FISHING..

Angel has the poles set up for us. My four on the left and his 4 on the right. This way our lines won't get tangled when we have them out there.

Yes, we had to wade way out into the water in order to cast our lines. The water was great. Usually I don't go into the water. As soon as my feet get wet and touch the cold water I'm sprinting back to the beach and the chairs.

OHHHHH!! I caught something!! Hurry! Hurry! We need to get the camera out and document it so that we can enter it into the competition!

Huh? What is that white thing around my waist? Yeah, I know what it looks like. It's to hold the pole. Do you know how hard it is to be out there holding your rod and trying to reel in the fish?

It looks funny, I know but still, it serves its purpose.

CHECK IT OUT PEOPLE!

Yes, I know how to fish!

Now let's see....the rules state you have to hold the ruler against the fish just like so....

Oh, wait. What's this? What the hell does Angel have? What the heck is that in his cast net?

More fish?

OH!

You mean, my fish isn't big enough? YOU MEAN...all I caught was BAIT?

Oh, I see. I need to catch a fish like that.

Showoff.

Well, it's time to eat. Nothing like grubbing on ribs and fajita at the beach.

I'm still not feeling well but I think I would be feeling much worse if I was actually home laying up in the bed under the covers because then I would definitely be feeling the fever.

We didn't get to use the kayak. That was for shark fishing but the waves were too rough and we would never make it out as far as we would like to set the bait.

Angel is enjoying himself. I'm glad. He's in his element.

We had a nice fire to keep us warm (and keep the mosquitoes away) each night.

You see out there in the dunes? I know it's night time and really dark but TRUST ME, there were coyotes out there. When the cars would drive by and their lights hit the dunes, you can see their outline on top of the dunes. Maybe they were waiting for us to fall asleep...

I'm pooped. I'm cleaning out the bait bucket and feeding the seagulls.

The next morning we packed up and came home. I was glad to spend quality alone time with Angel because we don't get a chance to do that anymore. Our 3 big needy kids want and demand our (my) attention constantly.

We didn't win anything or even go to the announcement ceremony.

Next year will be different. We will be better prepared and will come away winning something!

Anybody want to go next year?

Last Day before......DOOM!

2009-09-24T03:51:00.000-07:00

Well guys, today is the last day of work for me this week.
I will be heading out either tonight or tomorrow with Angel so that we can start our "adventure".

Angel plans on recording a lot of it for us so that we can have "memories" but I'm not sure if I really want anyone to see me out there roughing it. You know, no make-up, soap, clean water, combs or deodorant.

Yeah, it's best to view me from a distance during this trip.

I'm not sure how I'm seeing this as relaxing.

OH YEAH!! IT'S NOT SUPPOSED TO BE!!
We're supposed to be pretending to be extreme fishermen.

Angel has been loading up the trailer with all of our necessities.
Tent, canopies, tarp, lawn/beach chairs, fishing poles, toilet, generator, lights...etc

YES! I said "toilet"!

We have one of these:

WHAT?!

I am SOOO grateful to have it. Don't ask me where we got it. I don't know. We've had it for a long time so at this point, I don't want to know. It's been cleaned and cleaned and cleaned.

(don't look at me like I'm the weird one. You all know what YOU do)

I don't like to go to the beach for days without it. When we are packing up I'm always asking for or looking for my toilet.

You guys think I'm nuts, right?

Well, picture this:

You're out on the beach (for days like I will be) and you need to do #1 or #2....on second thought, LADIES..YOU imagine this (because the men can just pee behind the truck like Angel does). Now, imagine looking around for a place to complete this task and all you see is sand, water and dunes. Men, unlike you, we have to squat. I hate squatting. Something is always brushing up against my nether regions and nothing ever sprays right .

I don't care what people say about going into the water to do #1. I just can't do it. ESPECIALLY NOT # 2. My kids don't even do it because they always come to me to tell me they have to "use it".

So..that's the reason I like to take it with me (only to the beach people, only to the beach).

Angel sets it up so I have privacy with a tarp strategically placed over the truck door. We are currently looking for this:

That way we can have our own little restroom.

Now, I know you read about me complaining about having to go to the beach...again. Having to fish non-stop out in the hot sun..etc.

The truth is, I'm really a little excited about going and spending time with my Angel. This is what makes him happy and I want to be around when he's happy.

Ehhh...winning the prize won't hurt much either.

All week long I've been hearing this song and it's been setting the mood.

If I have reception out there on the deserted island I will try to post pics on Twitter...so follow me if you want to see some retardedness.

Have a good one you guys. I will be back on Sunday night!

3 More Days People..

2009-09-22T05:00:00.000-07:00

I hope you are all gearing up to pray for me.

I really mean an actual candle light vigil for me since I'm going to be out on the beach (AGAIN) for the weekend.

Like I mentioned before, Angel is super revved up about this whole Sharkathon extreme-fishing-tournament-expedition-thingy we are participating in.Three days of non-stop fishing. I love my naps (YOU KNOW I LOVE MY NAPS) but I have a feeling Angel isn't going to let me get away with napping when every moment is supposed to be spent stroking and caressing our rods and reels.

PLUS, The Weather Channel said it's supposed to be raining all week. I'm not a big fan of sleeping on the beach under the rain. I've done it before and it sucked because Dom and Angel (Miah and Devyn weren't born yet) slept through the whole tropical storm while I stayed up all night and placed towels in the corners of the tent to soak up water so that we wouldn't drown in our sleep.

According to the rules and regulations, we are supposed to bait, cast and catch our own fish/shark and it all has to be documented by digital camera in order for it to be legit. If we catch the "winning" fish/shark, we will be polygraphed as part of the requirements for collecting the prize. I've never been polygraphed before, I hope they don't ask me about those missing movies
from Movie Gallery all those years ago. I may need to take a sedative.

Either way, I'm looking forward to winning.

We both have the day off from work so we will be leaving EARLY Friday morning and we won't be coming back until Sunday.

Question: Hey Sheila! Are the kids going with you to the Sharkathon?

Answer: HELL NO!

I can barely handle being out there myself watching the poles and trying to fish. The kids are a huge distraction mainly because they are ALWAYS in the water and I have to watch them to make sure none of them get washed out to sea.

Question: So..what are you going to do with the kids?

Answer: I'm going to leave them here to fend for themselves. What the heck do you think I've been breeding them to do all of these years!!

Kidding.

My mother in law is going to take them to school Friday morning and then keep them the rest of the weekend. She must miss having lots of kids around *snicker*.
I laugh because I know how she is and she's VERY impatient. I still love her for taking them on all weekend. I'm sure she will have them at the doorstep the minute we tell her we are heading back (hopefully with our winnings).

Wish me luck people and pray for me that I don't come back with hooks in my fingers!

1 good reason to hold off on driving lessons.

2009-09-19T03:50:00.000-07:00

For some reason, every time I get into the vehicle with the kids, MIAH thinks it's a good idea to encourage me to speed. I don't know what's come over her.

Yesterday, we were at the light and she was actually almost bouncing in her seat talking about, "Oh..Go fast! Floor it! FLOOR IT! FLOOR IT!..."

Whoa!

I had to calm her down and tell her in my calmest mommy voice..."The light is RED, Miah."

But as soon as the light changed, she was all over it again.

Sooo...I accelerated...a little....more.

Which sent us flying at warp speeds of 30 mphs in a residential area (for about a block).
Of course, Miah looks at me like..What was that?

Whatev...we sped.

Since it has rained here recently, there have been large puddles of water on the ground. The first thing she says when she sees them is, "SPLASH IT!"

This is what she wants.

Now, you know that in order to get a nice good splash from the puddle you need to pick up some speed. I'm not trying to drive head on into a huge hole camo'd by water. If the puddle were in a large parking lot (say like... the Mall), I wouldn't have a problem with it because most likely there isn't a hole. BUT...since we NEVER go to the Mall and are mostly by alleys and back roads....not chancing it.

Me: No Miah, there cold be a hole in that huge puddle and I'll mess up my truck.
Miah: Awwwe!

I know, I know...I'm a huge buzzkill but still..

Now, I wouldn't be sitting here in the early AM writing this if it was as simple as that.

Nope.

Miah isn't only trying to encourage me to break the law by speeding (and occasionally splashing), she also wants me to use my 4 Runner as a battering ram. We could be riding along, innocently and one of the boys will point out something they see and Miah will instantly yell out, "RAM IT!"

Where does she get this from? I'm still blaming her dad. I don't ever recall a time growing up that I wanted my parents to ram into ANYTHING. And if I did...I certainly didn't yell it out.

She don't care. She'll sit in her seat salivating and eyeballing everything we pass and I can almost hear the echo of evil laughter in her brain.

Miah isn't picky. She wants me to RAM things or people...whatever happens to be in our line of sight. If you happen to be walking on the sidewalk anywhere around us, she will yell out "RAM EM!" and instantly you are a victim in her head.

It's a good thing I'm the driver. We might have to postpone her driving lessons until she has a clearer head or at least take her to ride some bumper cars.

I Blame Angel.....

2009-09-16T15:56:00.000-07:00

There once was a time when I thought I was going to have a little girl who loved playing with dolls and dressing in frilly little dresses.

I was younger when I was having those thoughts. Then Angel came along and made it a reality.

Here's the deal.

Ever since Miah was a baby, I've sang her those little baby songs that my mom used to sing to me. You know, like the toady froggy one where you bounce the baby on your leg and she's all happy because of the movement?

We all have some song that you sing to babies, right?

Well, Angel would come around and modify these songs and totally screw with Miah's head.

Here's Angel...

"There was a froggy now, sitting on a loggy now, and OH how he could....JUMP MUTHAFUCKA! JUMP! JUMP MUTHAFUCKA...JUMP! JUMP! JUMP! AHHHH!!!"

Now, pair that up with the melody and visuals of a headbanging concert or a mosh pit and you have yourself a nursery rhyme all kids would love.

Which brings us to this. (click on the link, youtube wouldn't let me copy it)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zEzh10_xoqw&feature=related

It was cute and all and she liked the song.

Now, there's THIS:

punk-ska covers - mxpx - barbie girl (aqua).mp3 - mxpx

Miah likes to take control of her school pictures. Especially when it's free dress picture day.

HERE IS one of her school pictures from a couple of years ago.

And, this is what she wore today for her school picture this year.

Gotta love the skulls. Thanks DAD for the introduction that has us hooked!

These past few days...

2009-09-12T21:33:00.000-07:00

...have been trying.

To say the least, my husband's grandmother passed away yesterday morning. I knew she was in the hospital a day or two before but I didn't really expect it to be serious. One of the only people who knew how serious it was was my cousin Cindy. She's been living with Grandma and have been taking care of her. She has sacrificed a lot and I know she must really be hurting.

I love you Cindy.

Yesterday, Angel and I were going to get ready to head to the hospital. I had already had my patients rescheduled so that I can go and Angel was fortunate to be rained out of work so he was off that day. We were getting ready to go and we got the call that she had already passed. Angel was on the phone and when he got off I asked him if everything was "ok". He said, "No, Grandma died this morning".

I felt numb. He went into the bathroom and closed the door. I went to my work (which is conveniently around the corner) and told them that I was going to need some days off. Then I came back home to Angel.

Angel has been "okay" so far. I haven't been around him much. He's been keeping himself busy trying to see what he can do for everyone. I don't think he's really taken time for himself. I'm waiting for that time and any time so that I can be there.

A lot of crying from everyone. I don't know how to react. I can't help myself either. Angel said that after the funeral everyone comes back to her house every evening for 9 days. Hmph....that's a lot of grief and I don't know if I can handle that.

I loved Grandma. The kids loved her too.

I had a chance to spend a little time with her before her passing and I thanked her for accepting Dominique and I into her family, to be with Angel, without prejudice. She told me that she wanted her family to be happy no matter who they loved.

One of my favorite stories that I like to tease Angel about is from several years ago. We were already married by then and he would wear jeans that didn't really fit and they would be hanging off of his butt. Grandma will stop him and ask to look at his pants and he had to lift his shirt up and show him. She would try to pull his pants up and tell him, "Why do you wear your pants like that? You're not a teenager anymore, you can't wear your pants like that". He would always get embarrassed. I would always threaten to tell his grandma when he was doing something wrong.

Angel, Grandma and I shared the same birthday. Now our birthdays will seem a little empty because we are one less. It's almost an empty feeling even though I still share it with Angel.

The funeral is on Monday. It's going to be rough being around a lot of people who will be crying uncontrollably and still trying to be strong for my husband. I don't think his damn has broken yet.

I'm just waiting...

She was the only grandmother I ever really knew.

I love you Grandma Imelda.

Labor Day weekend.

2009-09-07T16:13:00.000-07:00

Alright folks.

Here we are again, at the beach.

The only difference is that we didn't spend the night or the weekend even though it was a holiday. We spent a good deal of the weekend cleaning because since my mom isn't here for another 3 months, we figured it wouldn't be fair to let things pile up for her when she gets back.

Besides, we needed clean underwear. I happened to go out and buy new ones but they still pile up..lol.

Anyway, we went to the beach for only for the day on Sunday with the kids AND the little dogs because I'm a nut and I wanted to take them. Angel never refuses.

Here is base camp.

It's simple this time because it's only for the day. We didn't load up like we usually do with a trailer and everything.

We get to the beach and the puppies follow us to the water. Immediately they start whining and wanting to be picked up. Chupa was shivering like he was a chihuahua. Miah covered the puppy in warm sand and he went to sleep. Dom came over and added a little bit of decorations.

At one point, there was this awesome rainbow in the clouds. I don't know if you can see if very well but all of the colors were there.

This is the puppies (Roary and Chupa) after they've been in the water. They were actually a lot cooler than Venus and Serena were when we took them in the water.

Roary was very hesitant everytime the water approached. He ended up retreating underneath the car.

Dom and Miah were on the sand and I thought that was a great photo-op because they were engrossed in their own thing.

Devyn was venturing off too far in the water so I called him back. He saw Miah and Dom in the sand and he wanted to participate.

Here they are chillin.

Devyn was a little upset because Miah and Dom wouldn't let him mess with their "project" so he pouted. I told him I was going to take a picture so that I will have blackmail photos.

This was a picture I couldn't resist getting. My kids are getting big.

The puppies have their own nap time so they didn't mind the kids making a couple of beds for them.

On our way out, we saw a crap load of cars getting stuck in the thick sand. I was afraid that we were going to get stuck too because we weren't close to the water. We were in thick sand. Angel reassured me that we were going to be fine. He may as well have slapped me because I was near hysterical before we hit the main road.

The kids had a great time. They were KNOCKED OUT on the way home.

We didn't even get off of the island and they were crashed. They're going to get me for posting these pics but that's what happens when mommy has a camera.

If you have been following me Twitter than you know that I am going to be doing some fishing in a couple of weeks.
On the 25th, Angel and I are going to enter a fishing tournament. It's called the Sharkathon. We are going to be sleeping on the beach (again) and fishing for a couple of days straight. I'm entered into the woman's division so I hope I win. Angel mentioned that we were going to have to be doing some "extreme fishing" which made me chuckle a little under my breath. I have this HUGE pole and HUGE reel and it's mine all mine but I just like knowing that I have it. Now, I have to actually use it and try to win something.

More info on all of that later on....

Devyn just came in and wanted to see the picture I was posting and he made this funky face asking me why'd I have to take the pic when he was asleep?

I will keep you posted on the upcoming event that is Sharkathon.

Keep in mind people. I volunteered. I know that Angel just can't get out of this 2 week trip I have planned next year to NY to visit my bro and SIL. I'm excited and he better get himself excited too. I'm talking Riverdance and everything!

P.S. Dom is writing in his blog again. Check it out.

Shipped out...

2009-09-01T21:09:00.000-07:00

Well, today my parents are on their way to NY to visit my Big Bro and my SIL Sherlisa.

We took my parents out to eat yesterday because I knew we weren't going to be seeing them for quite some time. There is "talk" about everyone coming to Texas for Christmas and that would be super cool but so far...my mom is the only one I hear talking about it. My parents are going to be gone until January. That's a long time to be fending for myself here, geez.

My mom does everything for me. When she's not here cleaning and cooking a couple of days out of the week I let the kids take over any job she would be doing. Now it's time for her to help out my bro so I guess it's his turn since he still has young ones and mine can all wipe their own asses and prepare their own meals.

It's time to pass them on (until they come back..bwa ha ha hahahaha).

Here are my parents.

Joe and Dorthey.

As you can see I'm a product of a bi-racial couple.

Here are my kids with their grandparents. They had a good time eating all they could even though we kept interrupting my dad's ice cream eating time.

I just hope they have a pleasant and safe trip up there and that everyone has a good time!

I took this picture earlier today of Venus and Serena with Miah and Devyn. The dogs were taller than the kids when they stood on their hind legs.

My company has already hired a new physical therapist assistant so the area that I was covering has been decreased and THAT is a good thing. I won't have to drive so far to see a patient. I've been working and working and with school starting up I've been so tired and worn out because of the transition.

I will catch up and get my groove soon enough so that things will start to fall into place.

For now, I will try to post as much as possible but if any of you know me...GROUP NAP will always prevail!

Trust me, I WILL get my sleep.

Vacation Over...

2009-08-25T05:31:00.000-07:00

The vacation we took has come and gone. It was short. Like 4 days short. I feel like they flew right by after I blinked 4 times. We all had a great time. Especially the kids.

Here is our "base camp" on the beach. I know that every time we go we have a base camp where Angel sets up the canopy and has everything laid out for us. He's lounging there already.

Dom is just being silly. He's getting sooo big.

I tweeted that Angel is planning on bringing home our dinner (fish) so he was at it every chance he could get.

Devyn seemed to be the one who made the most progress with catching fish.

Unfortunately, there just wasn't enough fish to fill us up or even to go around.

Here is a pic of our "cottage" from the outside. Notice Angel's poles leaning against it? He never goes anywhere without them. If only they produced more fish than what they cost, maybe we'd break even.

Now, just because we're on vacation, it doesn't mean that the kids aren't going to continue to clean like they do at home.

Miah was a little upset because Devyn just isn't an expert on folding blankets. He ended up with the rounded edges part and she had the cornered edges.

She quickly saw that he didn't know what he was doing and made him switch sides with her. She's always been a pro when it came to folding blankets, towels and making up her bed. Even when she was very little.

I don't know why the boys never grasped the concept of a nice made-up bed. Miah and I totally get it!

Now, If you know me at all.....you know we won't make it far without Snow cone/Raspa stands along the way. Naturally, we had to pay $3 dollars each for a medium here in "vacation land" but back home...$3 buys you a JUMBO.

We're getting ours back home from now on.

If you are in need of an emergency (and I mean the #1 or #2 kind) you can always come into the beach outhouses.

Angel was fishing on the pier with the kids on the last day we were there. As I was driving home ahead of him I get a text from him telling me he lost his wallet. (GO FIGURE!)

Guess where it was?

Yup...at the Pier.

If only I could stay on vacation FOREVER*!

I don't know when our next vacation will be but I'm already looking forward to it. For now, it's back to the grind of everyday life (and getting the kids settled in school..ugh).

* Of course, that would mean I would need to have a little hut built NEAR the beach because I can't afford to pay each night where we stayed and continue to feed the children.

Heading out...

2009-08-20T02:37:00.000-07:00

Today is the day we are heading out to our "camping" location.

I say "camping" like that because our plans have been modified a little bit. For instance, We won't actually be "camping" like real campers do even though that was the original plan. You know, sleep in a tent...on the ground...with NO A/C.

NOPE!

I happen "come across" some sites online and found some rooms for us to stay in the whole time we are there.
HEY..I want to be happy. You guys want me to be happy, right?
OKAY...that means a nice soft, comfy bed and clean running water to shower.

That's what we got.
It's right off of the beach just the way Angel likes.

SOOOO...you know that since we are going on "vacation" I was going to need some new luggage.

Okay, so I didn't really need any new luggage but as I was shopping yesterday with the kids and my cousin CYN for some things for the kids I saw these..

I had seen them several times before but could never bring myself to buy them because each one was around 34.99.
I'm cheap. I can't do that. So I waited.

And I waited....

And waited...

Then, they had them lined up just like that and I saw this little orange sticker on them.
$20.00 for each of the larger ones, the smaller one was priced at $9.99 and the tote on top was $3.

I called Angel and told him about the suitcases and the prices. He asked if I wanted them and said I could get them.

AWESOME!!

So, Cyn, the kids and I all grabbed one and headed to the register before someone else could snatch them up.

When we got there we noticed a black set. *GASP*

What the hell?

How am I going to choose now?

When we looked closer, we noticed that the black set was missing one of the pieces. So Cyn suggested that I alternate size and color and have the best of both worlds. GENIUS!!

So this is what I ended up with:

To make everything blissfully better, when the cashier rang up the luggage, the prices weren't even the same.

The largest piece rang up at $7.50

The next size down was $10.00

Next down was $10.00

The small black one was $9.99 and the tote was $3.00

So I went from almost paying $73.00 to actually paying $40.49.

LOOOVE IT!

Alright. That was the good, happy part of the post.

Now to the gruesome part...

You all know Chupa, right?

See how adorable he is....

Here he plays with the cat. Since the cat has recently been de-clawed, he's pretty much harmless and can't scratch but he can still bite and pounce like nobodies business.

Watch out, Tattoo is a mean bitch slapper.

But of course, Tattoo is not the focus here.

I've encountered the same problem with Chupa that I've had with the other dogs and it's really tripping me out.

I love the little puppy and would like to have him play with me on the bed BUUUUUT.....

HE HAS THE SAME PROBLEM THAT VENUS HAD. (<----Trust me, you want to read that!)

I could be loving on the puppy and playing with it and *snap* in an instant, I'm fixated on watching his butt to make sure nothing slithers out.

GROSS, I know, but still. Anytime I imagine (or see) those damn things this is the image I get:

Yeah, Okay, so it may not actually be THAT bad but still. Have any of you seen a worm's face up close?

No?

I'm talking about the ones that come out of your pet's butts?

No?

Well, then, take my word for it. THAT'S WHAT THEY LOOK LIKE!!
Yes, I know they are only the size of a grain of rice but as I've said before..Menacing.

Anyway..

Have a good one you guys. I'll be thinking of you as I sit on the beach sipping on Cheladas (and any other alcoholic beverage I can get my hands on).

Yes I know that the act of sipping on Cheladas doesn't necessarily need a beach and that I'm usually sipping on Cheladas anyway but, today, the beach offers a change of scenery. You know...not like my bedroom, living room or shower. <---what can I say. I get thirsty at random times.

P.S. Dom will be writing in his Blog again once school starts. Hopefully the curriculum isn't to strenuous on him and he will have time. Not like his lazy Mama!

The Countdown Has Begun...

2009-08-15T20:41:00.000-07:00

Three days before my "vacation" date starts.

So you all know I'm taking a few days off of work for "vacation". I've been working for a year straight with this company without taking any time off. (The two days off to heal my ankle doesn't count).

I am currently looking for a room to stay in for next weekend because I'm not sure if I can "rough" it for 4 days/nights in a tent. I've tried it before and I always run away pulling my hair out and screaming.

I know it's been awhile since I posted. Blame it on the fact that I'm getting old and tired. I've been working like crazy and passing out BEFORE Angel does. And to think, I used to get after him for not hanging with me. Not once has he gotten after me.

I have a TON of updated info to fill you in on.

FIRST:
For those of you who follow me on Twitter you know about what I had to do to Tattoo.
The dang cat kept scratching us and clawing at us. He even scratched me down the side of my face leaving me looking like Scarface.
I had to do something about it once and for all before he scratched all of our eyes out.

Sooooo....

I took him to the vet to have him neutered and de-clawed.
I know, I know it sounds so inhumane but it had to be done. He was drawing blood.

Here he is after the visit. I thought he was dead. He was laying there sedated with his eyes open. It was creepy. They cut out his "berries" and the stench that was coming from there was almost unbearable. Almost skunk-like. He slept in my room in the basket (since I'm the light sleeper) so that I could take care of him.

Here, he is coming out of the anesthesia. He's cross-eyed because he's trying to focus. Poor kitty. He couldn't walk right for a few days and now he eats laying down. He kept jumping out of the basket and trying to run but he kept falling over because of the pain in his paws. You can see where one of the bandages came off early.

He's doing fine now. Just not as "Alpha Male" as he used to be.

SECOND:
We have a new addition to the family. His name is CHUPA. (Angel named him). Leave it to Angel to come up with the names. How do you think Miah got her stripper name (Miah Divine). I'm not asking questions about how he came up with that, I just went along with it.

Anywhooo....

Miah is giving the puppies a bath. There are 2 because one of them is a gift for my Dad (the white one). The puppies are Dachshunds mixed with something else. I don't know and it really doesn't matter. All our lives we've had mutts for animals and we loved them just the same. This dog is going to be an inside dog. (Good thing I have kids to clean up puppy messes, whew.)

Here they are after their baths and after Angel left for work. They sleep with me because I like to spoil the animals. The good thing is that Angel doesn't mind. Whatever makes me happy.

A little family picture before I take the white puppy to my Dad once and for all. There is one more brother puppy left and Angel was thinking about getting it and we keep it and have 2 puppies. Just waiting on the word and he's ours. Angel may not admit it but he's just as much an animal lover as I am. He's just not as emotional, though.

THIRD:

The school Dom was attending at the end of school was a charter school. If you have been following and keeping up with this blog then you know the dilemma I was having about trying to get him into a Medical Technology High School. He was still lacking some course work from the previous school and he wasn't classified as an 9th grader to be eligible for the Med school (MEDTECH).

Well......

A few days ago, I called the previous school to see what we can do about him catching up on that course work so that he can go to MEDTECH. The receptionist told me that I needed to come into the office to sign some withdrawal papers because since I had Dom enrolled at both school (as a precaution) that they already faxed over the withdrawal info to MEDTECH.

I was like, "REALLY?"
"What about the work?"
They were like, "Oh, yeah..we forgot."

So they gave me the packets to bring home to Dom and he JUST finished them and will be testing on them next week before our vacation and then he will be starting MEDTECH on the 24th.

Trust me, I'm going to be riding him throughout the whole school year. Be prepared to have plenty of post about my frustration during the school year. It's not something new. I'm just glad I only have 1 child that I have to deal with the school issues. Miah and Devyn are pretty much saints in school.

To read the other posts about this situation go HERE and HERE.

LASTLY:

One of the reasons I haven't been sleeping well is because Angel gets up at 4 am (or rather, his alarm goes off at 4 am and I have to wake him up to tell him about his alarm going off) to get ready for work and then I am awake for the rest of the day. Sucks, I know.

What DIDN'T help is that a few nights ago, a neighbor told Angel that there was a man crouching by our fence in the back yard petting our mean and vicious doberman dogs.

*blink* *blink*

Yeah, I know. I was a little freaked out because I can't have people making nice with our killer dogs. It's really dark in the back and we can't see anything. I kept getting up in the middle of the night to check if anyone is out there so my paranoia got the best of me.

Angel went and bought some flood lights and we positioned them to light up the whole yard. I don't care if it looks like a baseball field at night out there.

NO INTRUDERS!

They don't know we have a vicious attack cat inside. Beware!

Anyway, I know this post is lame but it's just an update. Maybe after my vacation my mind will be working right and I won't be walking around like a zombie.

SIGH

2009-08-12T04:26:00.000-07:00

My motivation to blog has been low. I've been working and knocking out again. I will get to each and everyone of your posts A.S.A.P.

Now.....

I have some vacation days saved up and I was planning on using them to either GO to NY and visit my Bro and SIL at Christmas time or use them when they CAME to visit.

It doesn't look like either is going to happen.

SO...Angel mentioned that he was taking 2 days off of work next week so that he can go to Corpus for his doctor visits. He asked if I could take a couple of days off so that the kids and I could go with him and we could stay up there for 4 days.

Guess what he wants to do.....

Go on..

Take a guess.

YUP. Fish and camp.

He actually thinks it will be "different" this time.

I don't see how.

We are still going to the BEACH. We are still going to set up CAMP. The only thing that may be different is that we won't actually be setting up the tent ON the sandy beach. We're going to set up in the background on a campsite with grass.
So that means, I won't be sleeping on sand, I will be sleeping on the ground. Okay, so knowing me it will actually be an inflatable mattress BUT still....

Angel is super excited as always.
He's running plans in his head about what we are going to do.
All I can think about is how fucking HOT it's going to be.

I know, I know...

Stop bitching and go enjoy your family.

I will...

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Yesterday I took the kids and myself to the dentist. My company received dental insurance so I jumped on that train. Found a dentist here and set up an appointment (which happened to be for the next day). I got us all there and they took X-rays of all of us. None of the kids have cavities (AWESOME). That's something to be a proud Momma about. I can't stand to have my kids talking and smiling and I see stuff on their teeth. All conversation is halted immediately and the kids are ushered to the restroom to take care of business.

7 yrs straight and no cavities for either of them.

Okay, so the math isn't exact seeing as how Devyn is 8 and Dom is 14 but still...NO CAVITIES!

Me...well....

DAMN RASPAS!

HEY LISA!!

2009-08-05T05:00:00.000-07:00

OHHHHH LISA!

GUESS WHAT I FOUND!!

I have a great idea!

I know how much you love Raspas. I love them too.

When you guys move down to Texas we can buy it and start our own Raspa business. We may have to take turns working it since it's so small but I promise you I won't eat all of the supplies.

Of course, I know you can't actually make that same promise but we'll work on it as time goes on.

We will make a killing in the summer time because everyone loves Raspas. We can go to Sam's Club and get the supplies. All we really need is cups, spoons, straws and the flavored syrups.

Water for ice and it already comes with the ice machine and it has an A/C unit to keep us cool.

We'll be in Raspa heaven....

Think about it.

Even if we don't use it for a business.....

We can make Raspas FOR US!!!

YESSSSSSSS!

Typical Text between Angel and I.

2009-08-03T15:51:00.000-07:00

I bet you are wondering who's bright idea it was to start doing some yard work right when the devil wants to set the earth on fire?

Any ideas??

Let's see who the dipshit is...

First, let me set you up.

Angel is wanting to go to the Island (again) but this time just He and I. We can leave the kids with my parents (along with my vehicle) and do some pier fishing on Friday night and some wade fishing on the beach on Saturday. He wants to stay for 2 nights. The rooms are very expensive (around 169 a night) and I'm not trying to pay that much.

There is the other issue that he "promised" we could do this weekend. And that was to section off a part of my yard for the dogs to mainly stay in so that we could have a social part of the yard with some grass. That sounds like home improvment that would benefit because weather stays pretty good here in the fall and we can take advantage of our yard.

So, here's the texts:

Angel: Before we do anthing what would you like to do this weekend if I don't work

Angel: Let's go shoot pool let's go to fast eddies me u

ME: No, not into that anymore

Angel: Good, just making sure

Angel: Well if I don't work Sat. I want to leave Friday to the island for two nights to unwind

Me: OK

Angel: Or do you want me to do the fence this week

Me: Let's do the fence so we can enjoy the rest of summer in some of our yard

Me: I will help

Angel: Ok or we can measure it and get an estamit from fence people so we can buy a small gate door or ben might have one

Me: whatever

Angel: And we can start on the grass

Me: Yeah

Angel: It would have been perfect for me to go to P.I. to see if those rooms were there then come get u but i know we got work to do just imageing

Me: If you want to go then we can go. make up your mind.

Angel: You need to make up my mind please

Me: No, just decide

Angel: Don't want to make the wrong decision u help now

Me: No, u decide. Who is going to help get school supplies and when?

Angel: I will get them Sunday at walmart promise and cook. Now decide

Me: I want to get them when they are cheapest. Did you go to quest?

Angel: That tells me nuthang

Me: Are you still over there?

Me: My brother is coming at xmas time.

Angel: Yes just got here. decide

Me: Got where? Quest? Don't be bossing me around.

Angel: Yes, decide I am the boss of u

Me: Then we can stay and do yard work

Angel:

Angel:

Angel: Oooooookayyyyyyyyyyy

Me: See, why you make me decide?

Me: Going to cash my check

Angel: Can I over rule u with my powert

Me: Um...powert?

Angel: Power what if that was the wrong answer to me

Me: You made me decide. I used MY powert.

Angel: For real I was just testing your judgement and I think ur not on the same page thought you were my soul mate. Mate

Me: I am your soulmate, that's why my sensible judgement comes in and decides when needed. See, I look after you.

Angel: I think that's not right my soul mate would've pick the fun stuff

Angel: And sorry if I don't agree with ur poor judgement and feeble thinking process

Me: Did you price a room?

Angel: I was going to drive over there to find that place but we can still go.

And.....scene....

....YUP, It was me.

What the hell is wrong with me?

Needless to say. These texts were between Angel and I this weekend and we NEVER went to the beach. We also never really got to work in the yard. We are "watering" the yard in order to moisten the soil because the metal rake we bought was sucking at pulling powdered dirt.

We will be planting grass for sure this Sept!!

.....maybe.

I need some GRASS! Who has some?

2009-08-02T05:01:00.000-07:00

Uh,

No.

Not that kind of grass.

I swear, you people....

My yard has been looking like CRAP. I hate doing yard work. I like to leave the yard work to the guys. My dad did make us cut the grass when we were younger but now that I'm a parent/spouse, I like to leave it to the men in the family.

Also, this heat has been killer. It's been in the 100s for weeks straight. Nothing is growing around here. Good thing these orange groves have good irrigation.

ANYWAY, back to the point.

My yard is dreadful. The dogs have trampled it to hell.

Angel and I decided to isolate a part of the yard (which means install a fence, ughhh) so that we can actually try to grow some grass and have a decent place to sit outside. One of the main reasons for isolation?

DOG SHIT!

Dom's job is to pick up the poop everyday (since he doesn't do anything all day) and make sure the yard looks presentable.

NOPE!

It's like trying to avoid land mines out there. I guess one of the pros about this heat (and believe me, there aren't many) is that when the shit is on the ground, the sun automatically dries it up and turns it into that white powdery looking shit.

Cool.

Now it'll just blow right off the bottom of my shoe with a gust of wind instead of sticking on it in a mushy, stinky....well, you get the point.

Today is yard work day. We went to Home Depot yesterday and got a new water hose, 2 sprinklers, some grass seeds, fertilizer (we don't even know if it's the right type) a seed spreader, a metal rake and Reese"s Peanut Butter Cups <----his. We're going to see if we can grow some grass.

This is what the yard looks like now (remember, this is only PART of the yard, one side of the house).

Wish us luck.

At the beach (And a little HNT)

2009-07-30T05:10:00.000-07:00

For those of you wondering about the title.

HNT comes from one of my favorite bloggers. Honkeie2. He's a little odd but he's awesome!
HNT stands for Half Naked Thursday because on Thursday he posts a pic with some part of him.
......

.....no, not THAT part.

pervs.

Go read his Blog!

Anyway, Since I'm rarely in the pics, I figured I will do one post that will update everything all at once.
This one gives an update on my dieting results via before and after posts.

So, let's get the diet one out of the way, huh?.

Recap: Beginning weight....185.0 lbs

current weight...160(ish) lbs.

HERE (BEFORE) is a post a while back of me at the beach with the kids.

Now, here are the pics from this weekend at the beach with the kids.
We took the dogs too because I don't know what I was thinking. I was feeling guilty that I don't do enough with the dogs and wanted to take them to the beach and walk them.

The kids.....well, we always walk them at the beach.

Here's our day:

Angel and I (mostly Angel) were loading up the Land Rover with our stuff so that we could take the kids (and the dogs) to the beach.

Here's Venus and Serena with Dom and Devyn.

The dogs were "fitted" into the back of the truck and they would growl at each other because they were leaning on or touching each other.

We went to my Dad and Mom's house because I told Angel that their dog "Rex" would like to go to the beach too. I know he thinks I'm a little off the deep end but whatev.... this is Rex.

No kid can resist sand and toys.

Here I am with Serena. Angel had bought some bones for the dogs to gnaw on while we were there.
(Honkeie2...here's your HNT....enjoy.)

Here I'm sitting with Serena.

Dom decided to take the chips and dip and sit by the water and eat.

He's silly...and that's gross.

The kids playing

Miah and I with Serena and Rex.

There was a lot of tar on the beach and it was a pain in the ass. The kids are here with a little puddle of beach water and tar foam. Gross.

Rex was the only dog who was allowed to be loose because Venus and Serena will run away into the dunes JUST LIKE BEFORE.

The kids knock out on the way home and Venus finds a place to put her head.

Devyn was O-U-T! Then we stopped because Angel had to use the restroom. He woke up and denied ever being asleep. Just like his Daddy.

Now here we have some video of me trying to get Venus to come and play with me in the water. Every dog we've had have all been pussies!! They never want to play in the water like the dogs do on TV. Maybe it's the loud crashing waves that was scaring them.

Either way, no dogs were hurt in the making of this film.
(So don't be trying to call PETA on me!)

Sorry about the "Blair Witch" type of filming. Dom was trying the best he could to keep it still between the waves and him cracking up.

P.S. Can you find the skull in the pictures?
It's there...
Have a good one you guys.

Movie Night

2009-07-24T17:26:00.001-07:00

Now as you all know I like to have movie night with the kids as often as I can.

I try to spend quality time with the kids. Maybe this is why they fight for my kisses all of the time. I love it.

Right now the kids and I are waiting for Angel and Dom to get back from Corpus. They had to go for the day so that Angel could go see his rheumatologist and get his meds for his RA. Dom went along for the ride.

Miah and Devyn and I are waiting patiently here at home for them to arrive.

Patiently....

.........Sure wish they'd hurry up.

I'm hungry as hell and I don't want to have to start Movie Night without Dom.

Angel will probably fall asleep before the movie starts anyway.

What are we watching you ask?

Well, my dears,

Since we are a family who like to play a little bit on the dark side and since we have a couple of offspring who are so into the "dark" type stuff that we (Angel and I) like, We are watching:

CORALINE!

Miah loves these types of cartoons.

None of that namby pamby Monsters Inc. or... (well, we DO love the Pixar movies) but still, like I said...a child of the dark side.

She asked me to buy her A Nightmare Before Christmas and The Corpse Bride.

I think my kids are coming out just fine considering the choice in cartoons they like.
But hey, THEY ARE AWESOME KIDS!

Check out her clothing of choice to wear to the B&G Club:

Another opportunity to wear skulls. Gotta love 'em.

Now for anyone who is unfamiliar with my Movie Nights...Go Here.

OH YEAH...GO HERE TOO!

What's on the menu this time you ask???

Let's see, there's:

1. Cakey like Snacks

2. pickles

3. popcorn

4. A fruit bowl

5. Pay no attention to that Chelada hiding behind the pickle jar (I don't know what that is doing there, geez)

6. Strawberry pink lemonade (Miah made)

7. Cotton Candy

8. Pizza.

Okay, so......Angel and Dom just got home (apparently they went fishing and Angel conveniently left his phone here at home so I couldn't call and nag about being home in time for Movie Night) and now it is time to start the evening.

Have a good weekend everyone.

Welcome to the dark side.

2009-07-19T06:22:00.001-07:00

Well, I've been holding on to my children for as long as I can while trying to keep them from crossing over to the dark side.

And when I say crossing over, I mean keeping them from doing the same things that Dom does.

Don't get me wrong. Dom is a great kid. He's smart and funny. He just likes to stay in trouble a lot. You know, grounded for stuff. Dom is constantly grounded for one thing or another.

But this post isn't about him.

It's about Devyn.

I know what you are going to say LISA..."Not Baby D!"

YES BABY D!

Everyday the kids (Miah and Devyn) call me from the Boys and Girls Club to pick them up...early.

Miah called and I told her I would be there when I finish my patients and she says, "Oh yeah, Devyn got suspended."

Oh man.

So I go and pick them up. He hands me this paper that says he's suspended for 1 day. Apparently he was placed in time-out 3 times throughout the day for not listening, running on the bleachers after being told not to or misbehaving. This was on Wednesday. He can't go back on Thursday.

I don't play that.

I tell him that since he got himself suspended, he was grounded until the day he could go back to the B&G Club again (which was Friday).

I laid out the rules.

NO watching TV

NO crying about being grounded

Stay in your room and read.

Easy enough, right?

He thought so...at first.

Then he kept coming out of his room wanting water.

Then he kept complaining that he was bored.

Then he started whining about having no one to play with.

Then, at night when I was sleeping, I get freaked out to find him standing on my side of the bed just staring at me talking about how he can't sleep and can he sleep with me.

UH...NO...it's bed time, go to your bed little dude.

Then he starts crying and I have to threaten to get the belt.

The next day I had to take them to my mom's because he couldn't go to the B&G Club, he got to watch TV there and he didn't want to leave. I brought him home to finish out his punishment.

Geez, getting an 8 yr old to stay grounded is hard!

That night, as I was asleep again, Dom barges into my room talking about, "Devyn is standing in Miah's doorway yelling at us and telling us MOMMA SAID IT'S TIME FOR YOU TO GO TO BED!"

I had said no such thing. I was sleeping, geez.

Devyn was taking matters into his own hands because he was jealous that everyone else was still up and watching TV.

Maybe next time he won't get suspended!

Reminds me of when I thought Miah was crossing over too.

I'm living with a Wanted Man.

2009-07-14T14:03:00.000-07:00

NO.

FOR REAL!!

Remember when Angel was winning THIS GAME!

Well, we just received a letter in the mail (addressed to Angel...not Me) from the Municipal Court.
Naturally, I opened it and it was basically stating thaaaaaat......

The Municipal Court is in the process of issuing a warrant for your arrest based on this citation:

SUSPENDED DRIVER LICENSE
RAN STOP SIGN
FAILED TO SIGNAL LANE CHANGE
FAILURE TO APPEAR

There were fine amounts for all of it totalling $649.00

The suspended Driver's license was $253.00

I could have sworn we had taken care of it a while back...right?
Didn't I go online to get this taken care of in that post linked above?

Well, turns out...it wasn't just a warning Angel received, nope.... (Angel's eyes must have been still healing from THE SURGERY not to know the color of a ticket and the color of a warning) it was a real live ticket Angel got way back when.

Of course, in true Angel style...it was disregarded and lost.

Sooo...since ANGEL LOST his ticket and didn't think to connect the fact that just because we paid for his license renewal...it didn't mean we paid for and took care of his ticket.

As a result, he's soon to be a WANTED man.

Now, I've told him many times that we can't afford to be paying these tickets he keeps collecting.
I may actually have to divert his attention and make him forget to go to the court house to take care of this. I should actually be setting up to collect some reward money in order to regain what we are going to be losing. That will be once I convince him to go on the lamb for being a wanted man.

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Plan aborted.....

Angel got out of work early today to go to the court house to take care of this.
They dismissed the "Failure to Appear" charge which still left us him owing $524.00.

He tried to pull that...It's "our" ticket..we're in this together...crap that I pull on him but he had to realized...I wasn't in the the vehicle with him at any time when he got those tickets.

What am I going to do with this man?
I need cop friends so that they can sympathize with me and let him go when he gets stopped.
I contemplated grounding him from driving but I'm not that cruel.
Maybe when Dom gets old enough to drive, I'll have him drive his Daddy to work...

We'll see.

Date Day/Night

2009-07-11T14:18:00.000-07:00

Today Angel and I have the day to ourselves. My kids are at my parent's house for the weekend. They like to go over there because there is no chance that my mom will wake them up early to clean AND...they can stay up as late as they like.

Angel had to go to work this morning but he got rained out and came home early.

He wanted to take the trucks to get them cleaned and the oil changed and do all sorts of productive things...BUT I had other plans.

My mind was set on a NAP.

WHAT?!?!

I know I just woke up a few hours ago but Angel came home and we went and ate lunch. You know what happens when I eat....I get sleepy.

He told me, "I don't want to take a nap, I won't fall asleep, you're the grumpy one...you go take a nap."

SHOOT.....He didn't need to tell me twice.

In fact, I dove straight into the bed and Tattoo was already waiting for me, asleep, with his mouth open...snoring."

Then, after my nap, I wake up and look for Angel (cause you know, he had so much to do today that he didn't have time for a nap...)

I'm feeling a little bit gypped cause I didn't get to have GROUP NAP like I wanted. Oh well, I still got my sleep.

It's HOT outside. I don't even want to go outside at all. It's not considerably cool in my house either considering I don't have Central A/C.

I could have sworn someone was knocking on my window last night. I know it must have been the Devil asking to come in "just for a minute" cause it's so hot out there.

Tonight's date plans are simple.

We are going to make Steak with mushroom, grilled onions and bell peppers and watch the UFC 100 on Pay Per View. (I'm a sucker for grown men crawling around on the floor in tight ass shorts and each other's crotches in each other's faces trying to force the other to tap out).

I will have plenty of Cheladas or perhaps...I may just down some of those Boone's Farm bottles that I bought during the 4th of July....

...hmmm...decisions, decisions.

Either way, this looks like a promising night.

Provided Angel doesn't fall asleep on it....

4th of July (Lazy Post)

2009-07-07T05:25:00.000-07:00

This post is a "Lazy Post". It mostly consists of pictures of our 4th of July. I'm exhausted. These pics are in no particular order (too much work).

Enjoy the pics.

Devyn and Angel on the way to the Island (I was driving Angel's green truck).

Miah with her firewords by the Land Rover.

The kids love the fire.

Yes, I'm a Diva. Miah and I slept in this little camper built for two. YES, that is an A/C unit on it. We had a couple of generators to use for the lights and A/C.

Don't Hate!

Angel and Steve "attempting" to kayak in the rough water. Steve was determined to catch a shark.

Cousin Johnny giving the boys a ride in the dune buggy.

Dom slept outside on a lawn chair after the first night.

The wood for the bonfire.

Angel and Johnny in the kitchen. Angel made bacon and egg tacos for everyone.

Uncle Benny standing next to his setup. That is a trailor he has converted into a kitchen/bedroom/canopy.

Poor Uncle Robert. He passed out while we were all awake and fell victim to black nail polish on his fingers and toes.

We actually made S'mores.

Hanging out with the cousins.

Angel making some "Q"

Everyone sitting around the fire.

The "kitchen" at night.

Poor Kitty!

2009-06-30T11:51:00.001-07:00

Recently, something has happened to my Miah's kitty... Tattoo.

Saturday I had to take him to the vet (this is AFTER hunting down the vet for hours). I was freaking out because the cat's eye was watering and clear liquid was leaking from his nose. I looked it up on the Internet and there were comments that pointed to "allergies". I let it go for now because we went to Devyn's B-day party at Peter Piper Pizza.

(I will tell you a little story about that later in this post)

After the party, we came home and I checked on Tattoo and this is what I saw:

He was lethargic. I could hardly get him to move. I would pick him up and get him to stand but he would just drop where ever he was. His nose just kept dripping blood. I told Angel I was taking him to the vet and that I needed him to go with me.

The vet looked at him and said he suffered some kind of massive head trauma. His brain was swelling and it was causing the fluid to be squeezed out of his nose, mouth and eyes. He gave him a couple of shots to help reduce the swelling and I guess help with any pain he was in. He said he has a 50/50 chance. I needed to take him home and make him comfortable.

Great.

First the puppy and now this.

I don't think I can handle this.

It was Saturday so I was happy to stay at home in my room with the cat.
Poor thing had so much blood coming out of his nose that it finally dried and crusted up inside so the cat had to sleep with his mouth open.

He snores.

He's doing better. This picture is what he looks like all day long for the next few days. I took him back to the vet yesterday and the vet says he is doing much better because now he is aware of his surroundings. Last time, he had a concussion and was disoriented.

He gave him another shot and sent us home. He said he will be like this and getting better for the next 48 hours.

At least he's drinking water and this morning he ate a few bites of food. He won't eat because all he smells is blood.

Doc says, he should be ok.

I wonder what Bastard did this to my cat!

CHANGING THE SUBJECT...

Devyn's birthday party was pretty fun. His cousins got to spend the weekend with him.

All Devyn came and asked me for his birthday was a little pool. I went right out and got it for him. I had a hell of a time blowing that thing up because I didn't have a pump and I didn't know how to turn the shop-vac into a blower. I couldn't find the instruction manual so I had to look it up online.

We ordered the party pack for Devyn's party which consisted of everything we needed ...even tokens. The kids got there, ate played I handed out tokens left and right. Devyn opened his presents and he got $20 in birthday money. He held out his wallet for me to put the money in and I did. I was so glad my son liked to walk around with money in his wallet in his pocket.

I still had half a cup of tokens left so any kid that was around got more tokens. I handed like 5 of them to Devyn and he said, "Um, no thank you, I already have some." And with that, he patted this BIG wad of tokens in his front pocket so that it made this jingling noise.

I was like a big kid when I saw that! I was like, "WOW, Where'd you get that from?" My mouth and eyes were wide open and I was in awe. I thought someone had given him more tokens. Then he said, "My money."

That's when my eyes drooped and my jaw dropped. I was like, "WHAT? YOU USED ALL OF YOUR 20 BUCK ON TOKENS?!?"

He said, "Umm hmmm."

I went to Angel to tell him that and Angel said he saw Devyn at a corner table divvying up a huge pile of tokens amongst his friends. He just didn't know it was from his birthday money.

Not much we could do about it after that. I came home and Angel stayed with the kids so that they could all play the games. Angel was having a ball on Devyn's birthday token money.

Another Devyn Post

2009-06-27T05:00:00.000-07:00

In honor of Devyn's birthday, I thought I'd tell you one of my favorite Devyn stories.

For those of you who know Devyn, you know he talks with a LISP.
My brother and I used to have a lisp when we were children but we took a few lessons in our younger years and it was corrected......at least, mine was.......

ANYWHOO...

I was still attending college at the time and I had summer SPEECH classes. Devyn and Miah were curious about what my class was about. I tried to explain it to them as best as I could and it must have come off sounding like you needed help speaking.

This was also the time I was into making homemade sushi for the family and myself. The kids love it. They were always asking me to make it for them.
Well, one day, Miah came to me asking me if I was going to make some....SHUSHI.

I tried to correct her and tell her that it's pronounced...SU-shi. She tried and tried a few times but it still came out SHU-shi.

That's when Devyn came around the corner laughing at her and telling her, "THUTHI Miah?!
It'th not called thuthi! ....IT'S STHUUUSTHIIII! You can't even thay it right! You need Thpeech!"

We all busted out laughing at how Devyn was the one to dictate who needed speech.