Happy New Years!!!

Want to wish all of my friends a Happy New Year!!! Lets hope that 2009 will be a lot better than 2008. Hope the economy gets better and the New President will make a difference in this world.

I am ready for a new beginning. I need to put 2008 behind me and start anew. I'm very Hopeful! I will no longer ask "How worse can it get?". So, I will not say these words in 2009. I can't handle anymore bad news or anymore of the doom and gloom of this economy that is changing our lives.

Cheers to 2009!!!!

Merry Christmas!!!

Wishing all of my blogging friends, family, and visitors a Very Merry Christmas!!! I hope your holiday will be magical and filled with joy and happiness.

Twas the Night Before Christmas

Happy Christmas Eve !!!

This year we decided to stay home, just the 3 of us and make a fun family day. We really want to start some traditions with Briana, as our families never really had any. Also, because, we still have our coughs and sniffles, the day is cold (45 degrees, I know for some of you its a heat wave, but for So. California its freaking cold) and heavy rains.

So tonight, I cooked our traditional meal of the pork roast, white rice, & black beans (well this year we had red beans, cause that's what the little girl wanted) and a chocolate silk pie for dessert. After dinner we went and drove around a neighborhood, less than a mile away, the majority of the homes have there are all decked out and lights galore. It was awesome and to hear Brianas gasps and shout out what she has seen and at everyone home we drove/or walked sometimes she would say how beautiful it was. She did not want to come home, she wanted to see more lights and we would of like to, but all of sudden it started to pour rain and we had to run back to the car.....LOL!!! It was fun. After coming home we had some snacks and saw the Get Smart movie we have had sitting at the kitchen counter for days. I totally loved that movie, gonna see if I can find a good price on it this week-end.

Today, was also a Christmas Wish come true. We, finally sold the house, we've been trying to sell it for a while. We've had lots of Realtors and their clients come in and out and they loved the house, but the people now and days prefer to buy a REO, Short Sale priced homes, instead of a hassle free home. We have gotten a few offers and then later on fall thru, I was really praying for someone who really wants the house and just buy it. This economy is so messed up, that we really needed this. Now, a new adventure and new chapter in our lives begin.

Please pray that the transaction goes smoothly and we close escrow with no problems.

Thank you my friends. {HUGS}

Happy Birthday, Daddy!!!

Today, my daddy turns 73 years old. Wow! I can not believe he is that age. I am so glad he is very healthy (at least that's what he tells me), he is still working, he still parties like he was in his 20's. He is full of fun and energy. I hope, by the time I am his age I will be as healthy and full of energy like he is.

I love you, Daddy!! Here's to many more birthdays.

Woohoo! It's my birthday and as usual, never fails I am sick with a bad cold. But its all good. We were going out to dinner today, but with me being sick and very cold outside we opt to stay home and enjoy the day with my great husband and beautiful daughter.


Check this out!!!

Elf Yourself

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Disneyland in December

I am so tired and sore!! We had received a free admission ticket to Disneyland back in October and I had til mid December to use it. We finally used it yesterday, I was waiting for all the Christmas decorations to be up to go. I just love Disneyland in December.

We had a blast! We met up with our friends Eric and Caryn. Briana was so in awe with everything. We were all surprised she went all day and all night without falling asleep. She finally did around 9pm. This morning, she just kept talking and telling us about all the things she saw and loved. Her favorite ride was Pirates of the Caribbean, which surprised us, cause she was scared, its was pretty dark and did not like the first drop, afterwards she was okay.....LOL!

Here are some pictures to enjoy. So mad that my battery was real low by night time, so I couldn't take any good pictures of all the lights around Disneyland. Its a small world looked so beautiful. So bummed!

Briana and Me on the Dumbo Ride-so much fun!

Where should we go next....We've got to check the map Mommy!


Pirates Lair on Tom Sawyer Island-Tree house

In front of the big christmas tree.

That is all for now. Thanks for stopping by. {HUGS}

Friday Fill Ins

Found this site, that does Friday Fill in. Thought I would give it a try.


1. Snow is never seen in Southern California, well unless you go to the mountains.
2. I'm looking forward to getting a real good nights sleep this week-end.
3. Briana is the best little girl ever! (well she has her days......LOL!)
4. One of my favorite old TV shows is I Love Lucy.
5. I'm done with feeling sick these past few weeks.
6. The most enjoyable thing around the holidays is all the delicious food we prepare.
7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to watching Ghost Whispers and scrap booking, tomorrow my plans include going to Farmers Market to buy flowers and dinner at a friends house and Sunday, I want to sleep in!

Have a great day. Thanks for stopping by. {HUGS}

Happy Thanksgiving!!

Wishing you and your family a Happy Thanksgiving. Have a wonderful day and night with all your love ones.

This year, we are spending it here at home just the 3 of us, as we are all sick with food poisoning. Briana and I have been sick since Monday and George since yesterday. So I will try to make a light bland dinner for the three of us.

Thought I would share some fun facts of Thanksgiving that I found interesting. Enjoy.

*Americans feast on 535 million pounds of turkey on Thanksgiving.

*According the U.S. Department of Agriculture, more than 45 million turkeys are cooked and eaten in the United States at Thanksgiving. That number represents one sixth of all the turkeys sold in the U.S. each year!

*Benjamin Franklin wanted the turkey to be our national bird.

*Domesticated turkeys cannot fly, however wild turkeys can fly up to 55 miles per hour over short distances.

*Only male (tom) turkeys gobble. Females make a clicking noise. The famous gobble is actually a seasonal mating call.

*The heaviest turkey ever raised weighed in at 86 pounds – about the size of a German Shepherd! (But turkeys are normally not used as police animals.)

*A turkey under 16 weeks of age is called a fryer. A five to seven month old turkey is called a roaster.

*The Turkey Trot, a ballroom dance in the 1900s, was named for the short, jerky steps of the turkey. It became popular mainly because it was denounced by the Vatican as "suggestive."

*Turkeys are known to spend the night in trees! (Maybe to escape the Thanksgiving table?)

*Turkeys can drown if they look up when it's raining!

*A turkey's field of vision is 270 degrees--one of the main reasons they're able to elude some hunters.

*The average age of the Mayflower passenger was 32. The oldest Mayflower passenger was 64.

*There was no milk, cheese, bread, butter or pumpkin pie at the original Thanksgiving Day feast.

*Contrary to popular belief, the Pilgrims did not have big buckles on their clothing, shoes, or hats.

*Buckles did not come into fashion until the late 1600s – more appropriate for the Salem Witchcraft trial time period.

*The cranberry got its name because the pale pink blossoms on the plant resembled a crane’s head and neck. The name cranberry stuck, eventually becoming cranberry.

*Fresh cranberries are ideal for cranberry sauce. Cranberries of the highest quality will always bounce! (If you try this at home, please wash the cranberries before eating.)

*President Abraham Lincoln established the original date for our National Thanksgiving Day celebration in 1863.

*President Thomas Jefferson scoffed at the idea of establishing a national “Thanksgiving Day.”

*Congress did not declare Thanksgiving a national holiday until 1941.

*The average person consumes 4,500 calories on Thanksgiving Day. (Now that's a lot of turkey!)

Thank you for visiting my pad. {HUGS}

Fire Story

Thank you everyone for all the prayers and thoughts you have said for us. I am happy to say our house is fine. This is something that we will never forget.

Lets start the day of the fire. Saturday November 15th.

I had woke up very early for a Saturday and so did Briana. I was up at 5am and Briana at 6:30 am. We were in the office/bonus room, Briana playing and I was on the the internet. We waited til George got up around 9am. It was a great morning, we were all laying in bed watching cartoons. We decided to go downstairs to get breakfast and get our day going. I was going to wrap my friends/next door neighbor little boys birthday gift for the party in the afternoon. All of sudden, the door bell rings like crazy, it was one of our neighbors advising us to leave now. We were in shock when we saw what was going on. When I opened the blinds from the kitchen to see our backyard, it was full of smoke. Less than a minute later the firemen and policemen were at our door giving us less than 2 minutes to leave. I grabbed Briana and her little stuffed puppy, a suitcase and just throw somethings in there for all three of us, George got Balty (the cat), all of our computers. We left in both cars, our street was full of firetrucks, ambulances and policemen.We meet up by the new Sports Park down the street from us and see what the game plan was. While we were just sitting and watching the flames and smoke around our house, we prayed to God that our house was going to be okay and got the camera to take some pictures, at first George was getting upset with me, til he realized this was my sort of savior, it kept me occupied.

I called my brother-George to let him know what was going on, he lives in Las Vegas and he is our emergency contact. He then called everyone and everyone called us on our cells, offering there home. The only problem with going to any of there homes was they were in Riverside, Corona, Mira Loma, Redlands and all the roads, freeways we had to take to get to them were all shut down. We could of gone to Georges moms house, but it was an hour away and really, we wanted to stay as close to the house as possible. In the late afternoon, we did stay at one of our friends moms house for a few house. She was great and provided us with whatever we wanted. But, she only had a small TV and it was in her bedroom, so we felt a little lost and a little awkward staying there. So we decided it was best for us to go to a hotel where we can see the news and be a little more comfortable. We did not get much sleep, George kept going to the fire area every 2 hours, at one time he went to the house at 2:30am. Briana all night kept saying she wanted to go home, she would not fall asleep, as soon as she did she would wake-up to say she wanted to go home, it just broke my heart more. I just kept tossing and turning and watching the news and at times found myself crying.

Sunday, November 16th --Day 2

We got up, showered, and checked out of the hotel at 10am. My friend, next door neighbor called me to tell me they were heading to the Evacuation Center in Brea. We met up there. We checked in to the American Red Cross and they gave us some information. We met with the La Habra Police Chaplin-Caleb Beller, he gave us all the information about our house and the area. We had a section with our neighbors, we just all sat around and watched the kids play and we watched the news. At lunch time, we were provided with food from the Olive Garden, Pizza Hut, and other local restaurants. Ralphs supermarket provided all the water, sodas, coffee, apple juice, orange, juices. Brea volunteers were great with the kids, they gave them coloring books with crayons, balloons, toys. You name it they provided it to all of us. At around mid afternoon, George was coughing so much more than the other day. I convinced him to have the Red Cross Health doctors check him out. They said he was wheezing a lot and they call his doctor and told George to go see him at Urgent Care. A doctor saw him and told him he now has Asthma and gave home an inhaler.

At around 5pm we were allowed back to our house. We all got up and rushed home. I was so happy to see my home all in one piece. Within less than 5 mins all of our neighbors arrived, we all gather together and just hugged one another and made sure we were alright. This fire was really to close for comfort for all of us. Firefighters pass by every hour to check the hill behind our house and to check up on us. When I saw one of the firetrucks coming toward us, I ran inside and grabbed some things to give to them. We gave them a 5lb bag of coffee to take with them and gave them cold water bottles and thanked them for their services. They were so grateful, we made their day, the guy we gave the coffee to apparently is a coffee addict.....LOL!. I remember the firetruck said Presidio of Monterey, which I have no clue where that is.

When checking around the area and backyard, we realized how close we came to losing our home, winds were up to 50 miles and just one little ember would of destroyed our home and our tract. We are grateful and thankful for all the prayers everyone did for our family and to all the firefighters that came from all over of California. I remember seeing firefighters from the City of El Monte, Glendale, Santa Ana, El Segundo, Lodi, Montery, Stanton, Stanislaus, Carmel Valley, many of them came from Northern California.

At night, I made a nice home cooked meal and we watched the news. I went around the house spraying some Fabreze to get some of the smoke smell from inside the house. We ran the a/c for a long time, recommend by the fire department. We had no phone or DSL connections. After a while, we went to bed.

Monday, November 17th --Day 3

This day, I had mixed emotions one minute full of gratefulness next minute full of anger and sadness. Six years ago today, I lost our baby boy Adrian. I had planned on going to the cemetery this day to place some balloons and flowers. Sadly, I was not able to go. I will go once we get things back to normal. Instead of going to the cemetery, we ended up cleaning up all the ashes and debris from the backyard, wash down the outside of the house, clean the windows and figure out a way to get the smokey smell from inside of the house. We were also trying to get some information from the phone company to see when our lines will be up and running, they told us one of the poles got damaged with the fire and it will take a few more days or worst case scenario until the 24th....OMG! I freaked out, told them we have a home business, so if there is anything they can do would be great. George was able to go to the Community Center and use their WiFi and get some e-mails out to our clients. I was able to leave a outgoing announcement on the companies voicemail advising them of the situation and left our cell numbers for them to contact us.

All through out the day, we would hear and see the firemen come down the street to refuel the truck with water by the fire hydrants. We also saw them cleaning up and checking for any hot spots in the hill behind us. It was a very long day for them.

Tuesday, November 18th --Day 4

A little back to normal, we finally got our phone and DSL lines back up in the late afternoon. Was able to reply to some e-mails and get some work out to our clients. Did some laundry and errands. I did go around the neighborhood to check out the aftermath and was able to take some pictures. The police still has Carbon Canyon closed, only residents can pass by to check their homes. Some homes up in the canyon were damaged or a total lost, my heart goes out to them, many of them are elderly and have lived in their home for well over 20 years. Firefighters are still passing by our street to check up on things and refuel by the fire hydrants.

It has begun, solicitors are all out in full force. Duct cleaners, Air purifier salesmen, Power washers, window cleaners, Fire Restoration companies. Argh!

Well I will leave you for now, we are just exhausted, stressed, have a headache, and i am tired.

I will be back with some pictures.

Presenting The President and Vice President

The polls are closed, the votes are counted, and the verdict is in : Barack Obama will be our 44th President of the United States, and the first African American president in the country's history and Joseph R. Biden, will be the first Roman Catholic Vice President.

With a campaign that focused so much on change, lets what happens now in 2009.

Election Day

Are you ready to be part of history this Election Day? Who will be our next US President.


The 2008 election is the first time in U.S. history that two sitting senators are running against each other for president and the first time an African American is a presidential nominee for a major party-Democrate, as well as the first time both major candidates were born outside the continental United States—Hawaii for Obama and the Pnanama Canal Zone for McCain. Since the Republican nominee for vice-president is a woman, Governor Sarah Palin, the eventual winning ticket is very likely to be historic, as neither an African American nor a female has achieved either office. In addition, the Republican presidential candidate, John McCain, would be the oldest first-term president and the Democratic nominee for Vice-President, Senator Joseph Biden, would be the first Roman Catholic vice president.

Regardless of what party you support or who you are voting for, the most important thing today is to take time to vote.

Happy Halloween!!!

Hope everyone had a great fun Halloween with the kids. Here are some pictures of me and Briana. I have not dressed up in a very long time, and decided to dress up for Briana. She kept asking me to put on a costume with her all week > Since I had the costume from last year and never wore it, I told her I would wear a costume and go Trick or Treating with her. We had so much fun. We had gone to the Kidz Block Party that the city and a church put on for a little bit and then we went door to door. At first she was not sure, but after a couple of houses, she was a pro and the owners of the houses were laughing, cause after they gave her a candy, she would say Thank You, everyone thought she was so polite and at one house, the new owners ran out of candy, as they did not know how busy it got on their block.....so, what does Briana do.....she gave them a couple of her candies.......George and me were laughing and the owners were not sure what to do.....LOL!

Enjoy the pictures.

Thanks for stopping. {HUGS}

Are You a Jackie or a Marilyn?

Your result for Are You a Jackie or a Marilyn? Or Someone Else? Mad Men-era Female Icon Quiz...

You Are a Jackie!

You are a Jackie. "I do everything the right way."

Jackies are realistic, conscientious, and principled. They strive to live up to their high ideals.

How to Get Along with Me

* Take your share of the responsibility so I don't end up with all the work.

* Acknowledge my achievements.

* I'm hard on myself. Reassure me that I'm fine the way I am.

* Tell me that you value my advice.

* Be fair and considerate, as I am.

* Apologize if you have been unthoughtful. It will help me to forgive.

* Gently encourage me to lighten up and to laugh at myself when I get uptight, but hear my worries first.

What I Like About Being a Jackie

* Being self-disciplined and able to accomplish a great deal

* Working hard to make the world a better place

* Having high standards and ethics; not compromising myself

* Being reasonable, responsible, and dedicated in everything I do

* Being able to put facts together, coming to good understandings, and figuring out wise solutions

* Being the best I can be and bringing out the best in other people

What's Hard About Being a Jackie

* Being disappointed with myself or others when my expectations are not met

* Feeling burdened by too much responsibility

* Thinking that what I do is never good enough

* Not being appreciated for what I do for people

* Being upset because others aren't trying as hard as I am

* Obsessing about what I did or what I should do

* Being tense, anxious, and taking things too seriously

Jackies as Children Often

* Criticize themselves in anticipation of criticism from others

* Refrain from doing things that they think might not come out perfect

* Focus on living up to the expectations of their parents and teachers

* Are very responsible; may assume the role of parent

* Hold back negative emotions ("good children aren't angry")

Jackies as Parents

* Teach their children responsibility and strong moral values

* Are consistent and fair

* Discipline firmly

Take Are You a Jackie or a Marilyn? Or Someone Else? Mad Men-era Female Icon Quiz at HelloQuizzy

Sleeping Angel Photo Contest

5 Minutes of Mom is holding a Sleeping Angel Photo Contest, the winner wins a new bedroom set for their little angel. I just need to post a picture of my beautiful sleeping angel and I will be entered to win a bedroom set from Home and Bedroom Furniture . I’m hoping to win the Lily Rose set for Briana......wouldn’t that be awesome!!! I can just see her and her BFF puppy sleeping there instead of on our bed.


Here is a picture of the bedroom set I would love to win for her.

Wish me luck!!!

Thanks for visiting my pad. {HUGS}

Happy World Card Making Day!

Today is World Card Making Day!! One of my new loves is making cards and it's nice we have a whole day to celebrate these wonderful little creations. I've only been creating cards for about a year now and I am loving it. I credit my new found love to the all the talented girls over at Screapfreak. Thanks girls!!!


I still need to learn lots, but here are a few I did, they were challenges over at Citrus Tree Studios in honor of World Card Making Day.

That is all going around here today. Pretty lazy day, we actually had Fall weather here, little bit of rain and all. Finally! I am still working on getting rid of my cold.

Thanks for visiting me. {HUGS}

Vote for Georges Short Film!!

Hey, all my blogger friends. Come and vote for Georges short film-Chemistry. We are neck in neck with another movie.
Chemistry is a movie that George Directed and Produced. The movie is about a guy who meets the girl of his dreams at a speed dating event. It stars Catherine Chiareli (she has been on Temptation Island, Two & a Half Men, Chicago (the movie)), Jenn Gotzon (she has been on Pushing Daisies, CSI: NY, Derailed), Ron Rogee (hes been in serveral shows and movies like Desparate Housewives, Monk, 24, Dexter, Las Vegas) and Kevin Held (he is just getting started in the movie biz).

Go and check it out here:

http://firstglanceonline.bside.com/2008/films/chemistry_firstglanceonline2008;jsessionid=4419264A7FC9844D3533EE5544955077
The film is only 9 minutes. You do have to register to vote, don't worry its free. Just rate the movie on the stars above the name of the film and leave him a comment. I hope you can vote for his movie!!

Let me know what you think and Thanks in advance!!!

Happy Day........

Today I received some happy scrappy mail from Citrus Tree Studio . They are a new kit site and had a Grand Opening-Monthly Challenges and I won this great Halloween collection from Imaginisce-You should check-out Nicole's blog to see her awesome Halloween countdown calendar with this collection. I just might steal her idea.......LOL!

Imaginisce "Hallowhimsy":
6 double sided pattern papers
6 clear stamps
6 epoxy brads
2 sets of brads (glitter brads)
3 different sets of rubons
tag stickers
Goosebump stickers
chipboard stickers
alphabet stickers


For those that do not know, Citrus Tree Studio is a brand new scrapbooking kit site, The owner is Cindy Tucker an online friend I've known her for at least 2 years. She is a great fun, gal! I encourage everyone to check out her new kit site, she has some awesome beautiful kits and an awesome Design Team.

I also received my September Class kit from Scrapfreak. We will be doing a Hip Trip Flip Album. It will be a very interactive mini travel album. Brees album looks so much fun, so we will see how mine comes out, as this is so out of my comfort zone.

It Sunday

Seems the week-end has flown by.........

Update on my FIL--He is doing awesome!! Doctors yesterday, were saying how they are amazed on how quick he has recuperated from his heart attack. They removed all the tubes and IV's yesterday and had him get up and walk a little, so they can prevent a blood clot on his leg where they had the Angio put on. They will probably release him tonight or tomorrow.

Thank you for all the Prayers.

What a Friday!

Well, the early morning was a good one......late morning and afternoon not so good. Georges dad was taken to the hospital, where they told us he has had a heart attack. He is in stable condition and they are monitoring him in a special ICU room for patients with heart conditions. The doctor, said one of the 3 arteries was completely destroyed, broken in two. Right now, they are going through the options we have, one of them being surgery in which the doctor said it will be a 50/50 chance he will come out of it okay, cause of his age. Right now, I am just waiting for George to contact me with more updates.

Then, this afternoon I was talking with my neighbor and he informed me that he and his wife have separated after 4 years of marriage. He was telling me that, she decided to leave, because her leukemia was winning and she did not want him to suffer and see her die. He tried his best to save his marriage, but she had already made up her mind. I did not even know she had leukemia! We go out to dinner and BBQ at each other home. She did not want anyone to know she had it. She just told her friends, after a year of battling this disease.

Please keep my father-in-law (Luis Heredia) and my neighbor-friend (Janet Lindley) in your daily prayers. Thank you all. Sorry for the not so happy blog entry.

Swim Lessons and Night Out

Been a bit busy these past few weeks. Briana has taken two weeks of swim lessons with the YMCA at our friends pool. Her first two days were awful, she did not want to go in and wanted nothing to do with her instructor, just cried. After her 3rd day, I just got her and gave her a push, pushed her to her instructor, so glad I did. She has done so good and loves her instructor DeeDee and loves going swimming now. I am so proud of her, I can't wait to get her more swim lessons for her.

Also a week ago, George and I went to one of his clients restaurants grand opening-Cantina Lounge in the city of Fullerton, CA. We had a great time, meet great people. The food was excellent! The menu and price is just awesome. The restaurant is not only a restaurant, its a sports bar and night club with tons of flat screens surrounding the entire restaurant, check out their website to see the inside. I can't wait to go back there with some friends. Oh, I just found out they have $2.00 Taco Tuesdays...love it!

After we left the Cantina Lounge, we went to go see Tropic Thunder. George had been an extra on the movie so we wanted to go see if they would show him at all. Well, they did not. Darn! But the scene that he was in was when Speedman (Ben Stiller) is accepting his academy award for his movie, George was in the audience. He said they filmed that scene a thousand times, about 15 hours and all they showed was not even a minute of it. LOL! The movie all in all was okay, so parts were funny, others were not. It's not a movie I would of gone seen or rented.

That is all for now. Thanks for visiting my pad. {HUGS}

Happy 12th Wedding Anniversay

Wow! Twelve years married to a wonderful man, my best friend. We have gone through alot in these 12 years. We've laughed and cried, and laughed again. I am so glad I have found my soul mate. I can't wait to see what the other 12 years will bring us.

Here is a picture of us in Miami on our Honeymoon 1996


Here we are today, August 2008

Here's to many many more years together, Honey. I Love you.

Beautiful Saturday

Our day started like any other day, George had an inspection to do today and Briana did not wake up until 9:54am (EEK!) This was a big shocker to me as she has never slept that long. I so enjoyed my Mommy Time, I so needed it. I had a quite breakfast, read a magazine, and saw some Olympic events (Equestrian, Beach Volleyball, Skulls, and some Indoor Volleyball).


When George came home, he wanted to go to the beach, we've been wanting to go for a while, and things just kept getting in the way. So, this time, we just grabbed some stuff and left to the beach. Love that we only live about 30+/- minutes away. I was so surprised that we found parking right away and the beach was not crowded at all. It was perfect. The weather at the there was very windy and warm about 73 degrees, a perfect day.


Briana at first did not want to get wet, just wanted to play in the sand, eventually, in her own time she wanted to go in and she loved it. I am now a little sunburned, Briana got a little tanned.

Here are some pictures from our day a the beach.

We are God Parents

What a week-end. We've had family over on Friday evening, then some friends came by for a small visit and for some cafecito. Had a great time.

Saturday morning, George and I became God-Parents to this beautiful baby girl-Annabell. Who at the same day turned 1 years old.

I am so disappointed that we did not get any good pictures of the baptism. The priest announced we could not take pictures......WTH!! is what I asked my self. The church has its own photographers and they will take the pictures, and after the ceremony you can see them and purchase them....again.......WTH!! What has happened, since when did this church become so commercial. My uncles friend try to take some, but he was not sure how he would be able without them saying anything. He did sneak a few....LOL!

Now, I was raised Catholic and I admit I have not gone to every single Sunday mass, as they would like for us to go. Its hard to go with a toddler that does not stay still. But, we try. The church where we had the Baptism was where my brothers, cousins, friends and I did either our Holy Communion, Confirmations, Graduations, and Weddings. Its the only church we found that the God Parents did not have to been married in a Catholic Church and does the baptisms every week-end. My heart was so broken, when I saw so much difference in this church, the church in the city where my family has lived for over 30 years and still counting, where I had my childhood.

For as long as I can remember, my parents and the church has had a dress code, the proper way to dress to go to mass. My goodness, the outfits we saw on these women!!! They looked as they were going clubbing and some looked as if they were, and I am serious when I say this and sorry if I offend anyone, they looked like they were hooking the streets. George and I were so surprised, shocked, and ashamed.

I just hope Briana and Annabell listens to me, when I tell them the proper way to dress to go to any mass, any place and teach her the old ways of the church, as my parents have teached me.

I will get off my soapbox and show you my little one at my Uncles house, riding one of the horses. She did not want to come home after this little ride and all the birthday party fun we had for my god-daughter. In all it was a great tiring week-end.

Thanks for stopping by my little pad and reading my little tantrum.....LOL!!

City of Brea Is Shaking!!!!!

We just had a 5.8 magnitude earthquake at 11:42:15am. I have not felt such a strong earthquake in such a long time. My poor little girl was so scared, she was playing in our room when everything was shaking and I got really nervous when I saw the fear on her face. The cat stayed under Brianas bed, we are okay. Somethings fell off the shelves and some paintings are now crooked.


So far as of 12:49pm we have had 27 aftershocks with the biggest one being a 3.6. We are only about 3 miles for the fault line where it started.

New Look!

I played around and gave my blog a new look. I love the new colors, a lot more cheerful! Still need to add some more friends and more links.

Our Weekend

Well , not much to report so I will bore you all with our week-end......LOL!


Saturday

George had some inspections to do and we had some showings in the afternoon. So I just mostly cleaned and made sure everything was in order and presentable. Later on, we took Briana to the park, we were there for about 2 hours and she still did not want to come home. She made some new friends, she is so friendly and just having too much fun with the other kids, so we stayed a little bit longer and had some ice cream.



In the evening, my neighbor came by with 3 bags full of clothes for Briana. Briana is set for the rest of the summer, fall and winter!!! I was so shocked and grateful at all the clothes she gave us.




Sunday

We just stayed home and filled up Briana's pool, she had lots of fun playing and splashing everywhere, while George and I just read and soaked up some sun....LOL! We later had some pizza for lunch and watched a movie and finished up some paperwork.

That was our week-end very relaxing and no scrapping.

3 Years Ago

3 Years ago today, George and I held a beautiful tiny red-faced screaming baby girl. Today, this tiny red-faced baby girl turns 3 years old.

Happy Birthday, Briana!!!



July 17, 2005


July 17, 2006


July 17, 2007


July 17, 2008
Sigh! Where did my baby go? Love you baby girl!!!

Hope everyone has a great Independence Day week-end with your family and loves one.

We hope to go our cities Country Fair this afternoon, that's about it.

6/26 Blog Challenge

You can only type ONE word! Not as easy as you might think. Copy the questions below, change the answers to suit you.

1. Where is your cell phone? purse
2. Your significant other? George
3. Your hair? wavy
4. Your mother? Alba
5. Your father? Eddy
6. Your favorite thing? crafting
7. Your dream last night? nothing
8. Your favorite drink? Coke
9. Your dream/goal? happiness
10. The room you're in? office
11. Your hobby? scrapping
12. Your fear? alone
13. Where do you want to be in 6 years? Prague
14. Where were you last night? home
15. What you're not? sad
16. Muffins? no
17. One of your wish list items? BMW
18. Where you grew up? LA
19. What are you wearing? PJs
20. Your pets? cat
21. Your computer? black
22. Your life? content
23. Your mood? bitchy
24. Missing someone? yes
25. Your car? Ford
26. Something you're not wearing? shoes
27. Favorite store? Target
28. Your summer? hot
29. Like someone? sometimes
30. Your favorite color? red
31. When is the last time you laughed? tonight
32. Last time you cried? june

My Splash Layout

I made this layout last week for a Freaky Friday Challenge over at Scrapfreak. Jessica, asked me if I wanted to come up with a challenge for this month. I agreed, and came up with this challenge.

My challenge for the members was...

1. Create a summer fun layout

2. Use a minimum of 2 photos

3. For the title - use a minimum of 4 different fonts (you may use rub-ons, stickers, chipboard, etc).

I got to tell you, I came up with this challenge, not knowing how hard it was going to be for me to come up with my different fonts...My challenge was a challenge for me......LOL! But over all, I loved the way my layout came out, it's one of my favorites. I just can not believe this is my little girl last summer. She just loved her pool!

Thanks Jess, for letting me come up with a challenge for this month. It was fun!

Also, I also wanted to let you know, that this layout was picked today as "Layout of the Week" over at Scrapbook Deals 4 U by Amy Birch, she is one of the very talented Design Members there. You should head on over at SD4U and check them out, they are a pretty new website and they have lots of talented and fun ladies over there.

Thank you Amy for making my day.

That is it for now. Thanks for stopping by {HUGS}

Our Fathers Day

Well, I was a good wife and let George sleep in til 10am. Tell you, it was hard to do, Briana kept wanting to go wake him up, she usually does when she wakes up at 7am. We had a special breakfast, his favorite-Pancakes. I was coaching Briana to say "Happy Fathers Day, Daddy" all morning. That went real good, I was surprised, she kept telling me that she was going to tell him "Happy Birthday, Daddy!", but when he woke up, she told him Happy Fathers Day, Daddy! and gave him a big hug, kiss, and his card. Yup, she sure is a daddy's girl!. I did this card for him, but had Briana sign her name (with my help) and I put in a daughter to father poem inside. He loved it.

We went to the Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach, CA for Fathers Day. We had such a great time. Briana was so in awe with everything she saw and she loved watching the Seals, she kept wanting to go see them. So most of the time we were watching the seals, they were so playful. After the Aquarium closed, we walked around the Harbor and headed home, that was not easy, Briana started to cry and scream all the way to the car, she wanted to go back and see the fishes and the seals, trying to explain to a 2 year old that the aquarium closed and we are not able to go back was not easy. She finally calmed down and as soon as we left the parking structure she was fast asleep. Poor girl was wiped out! LOL!

Here are some pictures from our day.

a) George and Briana looking at some fishes.

b) Brianas favorite exhibit-the seals

c) Briana petting a baby shark-was surprised she was not afraid.

d) George & Briana watching the two divers feed all those fishes.

***I took these pictures with the Sony A200, I need to get used to it.