it's been a long time since i blogged

wow. i can't believe it's been over a month since i blogged.

life has been crazy, i suppose.

angelica (my oldest) got her 1st job.

the kids are out of school for the summer.

i got glasses.

my best friend came for a visit.

jesse's been teaching at the community college- part time officer training.

carl (my bio dad) came for the wal-mart shareholder's meeting.

i'm flying to alabama to meet some customers.

we'll hopefully have our annual weekend getaway before school starts back.

we went to tulsa for memorial day weekend & daniela got sick.

jesus has been teaching himself how to play the piano & he's getting really good.

he's also been learning to speak & write japanese, since he wants to move to japan.

i'm sooooo ready for a getaway!!

and a housekeeper. LOL!! my laundry, closet, and pretty much the whole

house is out of control! any takers??? ;)

blah, blah, blog.....

what a WEEK! things have been crazy hectic
at work because i am covering 2 other CSR's
areas besides my own. things should settle back
down in 2 more weeks when i'm back to just my
area. whew!!

we took the kids on a little road trip to tulsa last
weekend for memorial day...ended up being a bust.
daniela got sick while we were there, so i stayed in
the hotel with her. she was throwing up, running a
fever, and had HUGE tonsils with sores. ended up
being strep throat, but she is on the mend with meds
now.

daniela also received her kindergarten medal this week.
she was soooo excited! they can't get the medal unless
they meet all of the academic requirements mandated
by standardized testing. can't believe they start all that
crap in kindergarten now. it's ridiculous to put so much
pressure on these kids with all these tests!

anyway, we also found out that jesus tested high enough
to put him in algebra next year during the 8th grade.
so he will be on track to take AP Calculus and AP Statistics
for college credits his senior year. i sure hope this boy gets
his head in the game & does his homework. doing excellent
on the tests isn't enough. he's got to do the required work,
whether he thinks he needs to or not.

jesus also won the "outstanding brass" award for his
school. his band director thinks he has AMAZING
musical giftedness and even though he didn't always
bring his music to class...he had memorized it and played
every note perfectly regardless. she says he's the best
french horn player she's EVER had & he just learned it
THIS year!!!! wow, that kid!!! :)

angelica is doing well, too. she's a little sad that everyone
else is getting awards & she's not. but she is my rock.
she works hard to get her grades. and that hard work
is going to pay off. if things are too easy, you don't know
how to handle it when they are difficult. so i think she'll
have a lot of experience working through issues when
she becomes an adult. that will help strengthen her.

okay, so enough rambling......i'm off to see what the day
holds for me. :)

monday musings

ahhhhh....i'm enjoying the 3rd day of my
weekend today. :) and this is a short week for
me since i'm off friday. we'll be road trippin'
to san antonio to visit family & watch the spurs
play phoenix on sunday! i'm EcStATic!!!!! :)
jesse's been to SA twice in the last 2 years,
but the rest of the fam hasn't been in several
years....so we are really looking forward to
seeing everyone and indulging in our FAVE
foods and spots.

Old Danny's Cocina- a family owned mexican restaurant, not
a chain, just handmade flour tortillas as big as a
steering wheel!! i'm not kidding! they are HUGE
and oh soooooo tasty!!

Taco Cabana- all over texas, but dang they've got
the best carne guisada tacos! mmmmm!

Bill Miller's- originated in SA and has branched out
to corpus christi and austin, but that's it! soooo....
it is MUST EAT bbq every time we're in SA!
Po' Boy Plus! mmmmm!

Tia Betty- okay, not a restaurant, but jesse's aunt
always makes us a homemade mexican meal that's
uber delish!! can't wait!

and of course, we must visit MARKET SQUARE!


okay....so on to other news. although i love having
a 3 day weekend every week, i have bid on 2 other
jobs at tyson that would put me back on a 5 day work
week. hoping to at least get interviewed for those
this week. i hate losing the 4 day work week, BUT
i can't pass up the opportunity to advance either.
so we'll see what happens.

*yawn*

so the weekend is quickly fading...
and i have soooo much left to do.
procrastination sucks. :)
laundry, cleaning, exercising.....
plus a b-day party to go to this afternoon.
not looking forward to eating at this thing....

hey, if you have a myspace....look me up. :)
i've had an account for years, but have
never used it. so i'm just now getting around
to that.

hey, all

well, it's friday nite...jesse's working...
lica's at her BFF's house...and i'm
home "alone" with baby girl & little man...and
the dogs, of course. ;)

so, whatcha up to tonite?
i'm about to get scrappy!

peace~~