HEY LISA!!

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!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO......

My SIL.......

SHERLISA!!

Now, I won't go into detail about how old young she is. I will tell you this though, we are cruising on the same bus.

I've added some pictures because it wouldn't be true to tradition not to for the birthday blogs. She's gonna wanna kill me for this but...ehh...what can she do. I'm in Texas and she's waaaaaay over there!

So, for your viewing pleasure:

Presenting:

Here we are at my house. I believe it was Dom's birthday. It was time to munch!! I remember Sherlisa had to keep coming back to her food because she wasn't able to 'just sit and eat'.

Don't worry chica. Once the kids get bigger, they will be able to feed themselves and it will be awesome!

And when I say it was time to munch....I mean it. I think we hit the food as much as we could and especially before anyone else could get there...hee hee. You don't see any frowning faces here by the food.
Here she is with her baby girl and my baby girl. Aren't they all super cute!!

It's Easter! We were at the beach with all of the kids and as much of the family we could get together. It was awesome! We had tarps and chairs and all kinds of shade (cause you know how I get at the beach).

Alright, this picture is evidence for Angel that I wasn't the one who painted his nails black without his permission.

Lisa said, "Yeah, sure Dominique...let me paint those for you, here...sit down right here..."

I like to give credit....where credit is due!

That's all the pictures I have...well, not really have but all that I choose to use......right now. I may be feeling generous tomorrow and decide to extend the tribute!

We'll see.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY LADY! WE LOVE YOU!
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SOOOOOO....

You know how I keep complaining about Angel never bringing home fish from a regular fishing trip?

Well, guess what!!

We Have FEAST!
He and his cousin Jaime went fishing early yesterday morning and came back with all of this. They caught a few shark and Angel caught that huge fish. They finished fileting the fish and put them in baggies. I was hoping to be eating it last night but they drank too much and were very tired from lounging in the sun on the beach...fishing.

Whatever...

Either way, we will be having fish. I can't wait. I need to get to the store to get the cilantro, tomatoes and other ingredients!.....mmmmmmm

Too bad I hurt my friggin ankle (for those of you who follow me on twitter...don't laugh just because you know why/how I hurt it). All I can say is that there is a hole in my backyard and my foot gravitated toward it uncontrollably (while sipping on Cheladas).I'm out of work for the next couple of days. I can barely walk but I know it will be alright come Wednesday to go back to work.

I will just enjoy these couple of days...alcohol free.

New Addition to the Family

No....

I'm not talking about more pets! I know you guys have heard enough about our 2 hamsters (who are now dead...don't come and get me PETA), the gerbil (who will survive along with the roaches when the apocolypse comes), Tattoo and Snowball (who are now BOTH outside cats) and Venus and Serena.
I'm not counting the people who live INSIDE the house.

Nope, people..

This new addition has been born into the BLOGGER WORLD and is my SIL!
Her name is SHERLISA and her Blog is called Vivrant-Thing.
I love her and you will too!!!

Let me tell you MY side of the story about how my brother passed up valuable time with ME over for a girl. She can tell you her side some other time on her blog (hint, hint)

Okay, I had taken a couple of weeks off (I say "off" but I wasn't actually working at the time...whatever) to go visit my brother in NY. I flew up there and one night we were planning on going out.
Well, actually, MY BROTHER was planning on going out and planning on leaving me with our cousins. I wasn't fully aware of this until we got to my cousins house.

So, we're still at my brother's house getting ready and at this time, he had just recently bought a house that was in need of demolishing repairs. No, really, just minor smacks to the wall with a sledgehammer was all that was needed.

Sooo, we're dressed and heading down the stairs. The very same stairs that didn't have a handrail (I don't think) at the time and I was wearing these boots with 2 INCH heels (what was I thinking?....oh yeah.....suicide!) and I BUSTED MY ASS on the stairs.
At least no one needed to help me down the rest of them.

My brother came to my aid...but just to look and ask if I was "OK" and then after that was confirmed...he turned ......and snickered...(I know you were snickering BRO!!) I'm also pretty sure he's told everyone too.
So, after I survived the tumble, we put on the helmets and hit the road.

Wait....did I say HELMETS? Yeah, I did.

My bro had a motorcycle at the time and he decided we were going to head from Long Island to Brooklyn on it.
He asked me if I knew how to ride on a motorcycle and I was all..."Pbbst...hell yeah, let's go!"

uh...perhaps I should have explained that my previous experience of riding motorcycles consisted of...straddling the bike, wrapping my arms around the person steering and holding on for dear life.

So...we were off....

......in record speed......

He told me, "Keep your knees in!"

HUH??
WHAT???
WHAT DO YOU MEAN KEEP MY KNEES IN???

Exactly what he meant.
We came up to a line of cars on the highway and we zoomed by them at breakneck speed.
I don't know how many cars we passed. My eyes were closed and my knuckles were white.

We finally got to my cousin's house and I felt compelled to let my bro know how lucky he was that I didn't pee on his seat.
I was this close!

Anyway, he leaves me there and my cousin's and I went out.
We went to this one bar and had a few expensive drinks and then.....

My bro walks in.
One of my cousin's was mad because he ditched me.

He booked out of there really fast and my cousin followed him to another place.
Turns out, he had ditched me because he had a date....with SHERLISA.

DUH....why didn't he say so???

(like I said...she has her side of the story and I have mine)

She and I had never crossed paths during my whole 2 week stay in NY but we did eventually meet and I'm glad she's the one he ditched me for because now I have two ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL nieces!!

She and I like to talk on the phone about stupid stuff for hours.
My bro constantly confuses our names (Sheila/Lisa, Lisa/Sheila)

So, moral of the story?

If you're gonna get ditched, get ditched for someone who will join your family. (if you can manage that)

Go check her out guys!!
Show her some love and tell her I sent you!!

Vivrant-Thing