About This & That

I did it!!!

2008-10-19T00:18:00.001-06:00

I switched to Wordpress!

I won't delete this blog - even though I exported all my older posts from Blogger to Wordpress - because... what if I get tired of WP??

Just kidding!!

I've been playing with it for a few days and I'm LOVING it.

Sooooo...

Here's my new blog and my new feed (and there's a 'Add me to your Google Reader' link in the blog to make it easy for you)

May I bug you with one more thing? Could you update my links on your blogroll to my new wordpress last name? I know, i know, i'm a pain on your butt!!!

Come check it out, I have my post about creating iPhone ringtones for free!!

Psychic Part II

2008-10-17T00:56:00.000-06:00

So I went.

OMG.

I think I should even spell it out because it was THAT good.

There's something I've been wondering about and right as she laid out her cards she asked me if I was wondering about THAT. And I hadn't told ANYBODY about it!

I believe there's people out there who just bullshit you all the time, and I also believe that there's people who are not phony. I've never talked to a psychic or anything before because I didn't want to pay money so people can lie to me - I can get that for free - I wanted to make sure the first time I go, it would be to a recommended one. One of my friends at work recommended her a couple of weeks ago and I decided to give it a try.

I'm so glad I did!

She totally picked up on my stress and what's been going on in my head. She said no to stress and that I stress WAY too much. She said that I'm frustrated at work because I'm not being used to my full potential and that I want to learn more. (totally right) She said I might have a big decision to make soon, job-related. She also mentioned there will be someone around me that would try to hurt me (not physically) and that she's not a bad person, it's just part of her journey and that there's nothing I could do to avoid it and nothing I do wrong. It's just something on her and that I shouldn't blame myself for it.

She said J will get his promotion soon (yay! well, we'll see) and as soon as he saw his cards he said that I was lucky to have found him in this life because we have been together before and we lived our happiest life in Ireland and that's why J wants to go there so bad. She said we're really good together and that we have a deep connection and a very reciprocal relationship, we both give and we both take, we both share our worries and fears. At this point I could feel a tear rolling down my cheek. It was so emotional because this person doesn't know me and she knows how awesome my relationship is with J. And not that she said something new about it - I know how awesome he is and how awesome we're together - it was really inspiring and fascinating to be reaffirmed on it. I felt so grateful.

She also said we will have two kids and that my first kid is going to make me wait until he/she decides to finally come and join us and that he/she has chosen me (ME!) to be his/her mom and it's waiting around until he/she is ready. She said there's a chance I have four kids and that we haven't decided yet (that was when she was reading my palm) but if I ever decide to go for a third that it's likely I get twins (I hope that's not true!)

She also mentioned my fear of water. She said I had drowned on my previous life and died and that's why it scares the shit out of me.

I'm sorry I have used a lot the phrase 'she said' but if I stopped typing to think of a different way to say it, I might just forget about other details.

In general, she said I have good energy and that my hubby and I are a perfect match and that we're surrounded by people we love and that love us back. We have no negative karma and we're good people. I believe she helped me realize how much I stressed over nothing and how lucky I am to have everything I have and that I ignore because I'm stressing 24/7.

If you guys were here I would totally take you to talk to her and you will be convinced this is not bullshit. I believe in it and it feels like a big weight has been lifted from me.

I'm really really glad I went.

Forward Friday: How not to take a breath test

2008-10-17T00:01:00.001-06:00

Have a great weekend!

Psychic

2008-10-16T00:44:00.002-06:00

I'm going to see a psychic tomorrow... I'm so excited! And I've heard she believes in past lives and can tell you something about it and/or help you deal with problems you have now and that you carried over from a past life.

I'm not going to go into it right now because I can't even concentrate. I'm just soooo looking forward to it!

I got so many questions...

Online Treasures: It's all about pants

2008-10-15T00:33:00.013-06:00

Girls,

Haven't you always hated it when you're wearing open heel shoes and your pants keep getting stuck in between your heels and your shoe?

Well, let me tell ya there's a solution for that:

Out Easy Struts!

The website doesn't really go into 'how it works' but I googled it a lot and it seems very popular. How come I didn't know about it?

Love,

Melissa

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Now for a smaller audience…

Short girls,

Haven't you always hated it when you have a bigger tushy (and/or curvier body… yes!) and you buy bigger size pants/jeans and the legs are too long for you? And you have to have them tailored?

Or like me, you have to hem them?

Or you have to staple them? (Been there, done that)

You're waiting for an easy solution right?

Well, there's no easy one, because you could tape it and you could glue it, but it's never like the real one. With stitches and everything.

BUT…

that's not the point for this short letter. After you had them sewn (or you sewed them yourself, whatever) you still get frustrated because it's a different length for high heel shoes and flip flops, right?

Well, FOR THIS there is a solution! (and a pretty one)

The Zakkerz!

They are a little pricey so I'm thinking I might create them myself… I mean you could make them from lanyards, put a magnet inside and sew it together, couldn't I?

I will let you know and I'll start my black market… kidding! ( mua ha ha...)

Enjoy,

Melissa

Quick question about commenting

2008-10-14T22:42:00.001-06:00

I'm debating between installing Disqus or IntenseDebate (or neither). I just hate the commenting platform Blogger uses. I can't respond to comments or go straight to the person's blog.

Have you used it before?
Which one is better?

Thanks for the advice :-)

I'm my favorite dog... shhh don't tell Penny...

2008-10-14T00:21:00.001-06:00

You Are a Labrador Retriever

You are very optimistic. You approach life with enthusiasm and vigor.

You aim to please, and you are a very quick learner.

You can be a bit rowdy and unruly, especially when you don't get enough exercise.

While you are a bit wild, you're never dangerous. You are a truly gentle creature.

What Breed of Dog Are You?

My favorite iPhone apps

2008-10-14T00:11:00.001-06:00

In no specific order:

(well kind of. Hmm… no, not really.)

Apps Store!

Pandora

BF caller

Facebook

reMovem free

21 Pro Poker

Labyrinth LE

iVote

Fifteen

Solitaire City

Units

Midomi

Twittelator / Twinkle

Tipstar (saves me headaches in a restaurant.. I know I know. I have a lazy brain.)

MightyDocs

YPMobile

Dial Zero

Stanza

Wikipanion

i.TV

YouNote

MySpace

What are yours?

It's snowing man!

2008-10-13T00:50:00.000-06:00

I wasn't kidding! I wish I was...

This is how it was Saturday Morning...

I think Penny likes it, she was kind of a puppy (6 -8 months) when we had our last winter. I think she is having flashbacks...

Would she remember she was the best on fetching snowballs???

Halloween

2008-10-13T00:15:00.000-06:00

It’s the Halloween month and I am not very pumped by it. Every blog I read say it’s their favorite month. For me it’s more like a reminder that winter will start soon and work will be busier and crazier and very very snowy. Well duh? I work in a ski resort so I think I could predict tons of snow my way, either real or man-made snow.

The part I like about fall is how beautiful everything is: the trees, the mountains, the sky.

Weather is getting chillier but it’s still ok to go out for long walks. Every October I convince myself I need an awesome camera because everywhere I look is a postcard picture. And I’m so frustrated I still don’t have one. They’re so expensive!! But I think I might include it in my Christmas list to Santa Jeremy Claus. And I should respond to him when he says ‘it’s still expensive!’ that maybe it can be my Christmas and birthday present (April 8). Do you think he’ll agree to that? I doubt it!!

At least Penny is enjoying October...

I've never carved a pumpkin (how sad is that?) No pumpkin carving in Peru, I don't think we even have pumkins! Anywho, J got one in the store so we can carve it together but Penny got it first...

Forward Friday: Burying a goldfish

2008-10-10T00:09:00.000-06:00

Have a nice weekend!!!

Camera for me!

2008-10-08T00:57:00.000-06:00

I want to buy a nice professional camera and I’ve noticed some of you guys are always posting really beautiful pictures.

What kind of camera do you have and/or which one would you like to have?

I need recommendations!!

PS. Thank you for your comments on my last post, I really needed some feedback!

Jeez i Phone!

2008-10-08T00:52:00.000-06:00

Little iPhone has been giving me trouble with the text messaging. People just don’t seem to be receiving my texts, it’s so frustrating! And when I check on the AT&T website it shows that it’s gone out, received and of course I’ve been charged for it. The weird thing is that it just happens when I send messages to Verizon or T-Mobile. I just don’t get it. Is it because I transferred my number from T-Mobile? Or what the heck is it, because I’ve talked with AT&T and Apple CSRs and they blame each other. At least Apple said I can go and exchange it if I want.

So now I just need to gather my energy and drive to SLC, find parking in the Gateway Mall on a Saturday, make an appointment, wait to talk to someone, and wait until that someone is done checking my phone.

I just don’t know if I’ll go. Maybe the solution will be worse than the problem?

Decisions, decisions…

Things I have learned about myself lately

2008-10-07T00:03:00.000-06:00

1. I’m bored with my music. I was told by my brother in law that I’m listening to grandma’s songs. Since I want to please my in laws (and I want to do it for me, too!) I need new songs, new groups, new everything. I need YOU to recommend me songs so I can Pandora them and that way get more and more new songs!! (Hint: I’m not very into heavy metal)

2. Blogging has become like a burden to me. I’ve had so many things to do, and I feel bad for not reading other blogs as often as I wish and/or blogging about interesting worthy-of-reading stuff. How do you get over that? It didn’t help that the IT dpt at work decided to monitor our internet usage either. Now I have to read from my iphone and despite my love for it, it’s kind of hard to comment or finish reading my daily 150-post reading list. Maybe I need a little break.

3. I’ve found a new obsession. And I’ve been way into it for over a month. I can’t share my obsession here yet, but believe me, it’s been sucking the energy/time/inspiration for blogging out of me.

4. I’ve realized that I’m not so welcomy to new people/friends anymore. There are some ‘new’ girls trying to join my awesome-super-trustworthy-loving circle of friends and I’m not very excited about it. It’s not that I don’t like them – I do. There’re just a lot of feelings going on when I think about it. I feel vulnerable, exposed. I fear our ties might loosen up from each other as our little group of 5 grows into a group of 8. I fear I might lose my real friends to let other acquaintances in my little circle. I know this sounds really selfish and insecure but I just can’t help it. I haven’t felt this way with friends for a very very long time. I have tons of friends, but really close friends (call it BFF it you want) are just 2 or 3. Friends that I feel totally comfortable with, that I can express myself and whatever comes out of my mouth I know for sure it won’t rub them the wrong way, and they will know I’m not being mean, or rude, or careless. Even blogging, I can feel the self-censoring going on. (Is it ok if I say this? Would someone take it the wrong way? Is this topic too sensitive to joke about?) Anyway, I always thought of myself as someone really open to everyone, someone with a motto of ‘the more the merrier’ but I guess not. Not now. I can hang out with them, but include them in every gathering we have would be too much to ask from me.

I can feel a tiny bit of guilt. Please feel free to be honest so I can get over myself.

Any thoughts?

Awards day

2008-10-07T00:02:00.000-06:00

I got my first award!!!

#1:

Ria send me one (or two) of them, and since I’m greedy, I’ll take two.

#2:

I’m going to pass this to 3 blogs/bloggers:

::drumssssssss::

E.P.

Maxie

And I would have included Nicole here too – did I mention I love your name? It’s the name of the baby I don’t have…yet – but she got one from Ria already. Bummer!

Isn’t it awesome to belong to this great blogging community??

Body Worlds

2008-10-06T00:38:00.000-06:00

I attended the Body Worlds exhibit this past weekend and it was fascinating! It makes you realize that we all have one chance to make our lives work to the maximum: we only get one heart, two lungs, one liver, etc. If you mess them up that's it. They're gone and we don't get second chances.

They also had a small section for pregnancy showing babies/embryos that were 4 weeks old! It's amazing, they have a formed heart at that age. 4 weeks old. It's the first organ that starts working in our bodies and it's also the last one to stop working when we die.

If there's one in exhibition near you, go! I highly recommend it :-)

VOTE! (or forward it)

2008-10-03T22:23:00.001-06:00

Online Treasures: CutesyGirl

2008-10-03T01:12:00.000-06:00

CLOTHES, CLOTHES AND MORE CLOTHES!!!

I love this website, it's not the nicest Prada-like (or even Wet Seal like) but hey, they're super cheap! And since I like buying clothes every season, it's worth it.

WARNING!!!

You can find items from this...

And this...

To this...

This...

And even this!!!

(Seriously, who would wear this??)

Good luck on your browsing...

F.F.: If my kids ever do this...

2008-10-03T00:47:00.000-06:00

Have a great weekend!

Cute pic

2008-10-02T17:37:00.002-06:00

Pretty funny! (I'm not against or for H. Clinton, I just liked the picture!)

5 continents? Cats have seven lives? WHAT?

2008-09-30T00:31:00.000-06:00

You guys are probably going to eat me up for this but how many continents are there???

For me, there's always been FIVE.

And then last night I'm having dinner with a few friends (wives from Peru and husbands from U.S.) and we got into this big discussion about differences and things we find weird in this country.

Husbands said 7 continents and wives said 5. We made a pretty big deal out of it. And then I'm googling it now and apparently, for most English speakers, there are 7 continents: South America, North America, Africa, Europe, Asia, Australia and Antartica. For half-Asia, South America and Africa (I think, what do you think Nic?) there are 5- maybe 6 if you count Antarctica, but 'for us' it's not considered a continent yet: America (as a whole one), Africa, Europe, Asia and Oceania (which includes NZ and Australia).

Why doesn't the world make up its mind and teach us all ONE SAME THING?

Same thing about the cousins and uncles. My mom's cousin -for me - would be my uncle, because it's a different generation and his kids would be my cousins. For J -and most of you guys - they're all cousins or second cousins or whatever. In the end, we're all just cousins. So confusing.

AND Same thing about the cat's lives. For me, cats have seven lives (referring to the saying... you know what i mean) but for J, they have nine.

I feel so left out!

The Great Escape

2008-09-30T00:11:00.001-06:00

Can you believe this dog?

I was half-expecting him to come back and pull a McGyver and open the door and free the other dogs.
Dang it, he didn't.

Peruvian Yumminess

2008-09-29T00:47:00.000-06:00

J and I went to this little Latin market in Salt Lake that friends have recommended to us before. We were so excited!! We found Aji Amarillo, Rocoto, peruvian corn, and tons and tons of peruvian candy.
We bought everything and then went to this Peruvian Restaurant called Cafe Peru in Salt Lake.

Guess what we ate?

Beef heart!

I know this probably doesn't sound good or is on anybody's favorite food list but if you ever go to Peru you have to try Anticuchos (picture above). J really liked those when we were in Peru, even knowing what it was. So far, we hadn't been able to find Anticuchos here in the States that tastes any close to what the real thing tastes like. Until now. That restaurant is pretty good.

Another 'weird' dish J tried when we were in Peru was Alpaca steak. Only one word to describe it: DELICIOUSNESS. We tried a little bit of the guinea pig and we just couldn't go that far (I mean, the thing is laying down in your plate, HEAD, TOES and everything. It even stares at you. I just couldn't.)

Back to the new restaurant story - I ordered the cebiche and that wasn't amazing, it was just ok. I guess the limes used in Peru will always be different that the ones here.

We also ate some Alfajores. Have you tried those? OMG they are soooo damn good. It's some kind of shortbread cookie with manjar blanco filling (similar to Dulce de Leche/Caramel) and then covered with powdered sugar. I made some at home last winter for a fund raising cookie sale we had for the American Cancer Society and I really think those were the best - not just because I made them but because J said so and because people that tried them LOVED them) I should post the recipe so you guys can try it.

Have you tried Peruvian food before??

FREE HANDBAGS!!!

2008-09-28T20:35:00.004-06:00

If you're into fashion and like freebies, you HAVE to go to this website and sign up to win an awesome bag!

They're all super cool and did I mention they're FREE??

Go.
NOW.

Forward Friday: Motivational Posters

2008-09-26T00:07:00.000-06:00

Have a nice weekend and excuse my lack of fun-blogging.

:Blush:

What?

2008-09-26T00:02:00.000-06:00

I've had a subscription with Blockbuster for over a year and a half paying about $20 to get unlimited movies, three DVDs at a time.

When J and I were watching Lost, there was one last DVD we needed to finish: the DVD #6 of season 3. We didn't have more DVDs to exchange so we had to pay normal rates to rent it.

The freaking DVD was $4.50!!!! Only one DVD!

When did prices go up so high?

Best buddies

2008-09-25T00:03:00.004-06:00

We adopted a new dog!!

Noooo, just kidding. We have our hands full with Penny! J and I thought it would be good for her if we let her socialize with other doggies, being an only child and all (and I know how it feels to not have someone like you to play with.... oh childhood memories are coming back right now)

They look so cute together! Little Bellas was all over the place and chasing Penny around. Penny was being a very good big sister, letting her jump on her, bite her tail and scratch her face. I was so proud of her! (And that doesn't happen often...)

Isn't that little tail funny-looking??

One pair of weird-looking ears and one pair of cute long ears

And Penny let her play with her bone, little Bella is dang cute!

Cuddling time!
(You can almost see Penny starting to growl a little, while Bella cuddles right in, lol)

**I have to be honest, Penny wasn't so happy with sharing her little spot with bubbly Bella. It took J and I 20 minutes to make them both stay together and snuggle! Penny growled a couple of times when Bella got too close and was jumping on her face. It was very entertaining to watch.**

It was worth it wasn't it?

Shit.

2008-09-23T07:07:00.000-06:00

Driving to work is always a drag. People driving reaaaally slow on the passing lane, people driving slow on both lanes at the same time (no way to go around), people driving like tourists and just looking out the window and pointing at things. I get so frustrated.

Well, I have noticed I’m a very aggressive driver. And very competitive. Nobody can pass me; nobody will drive faster than me. Nobody will slow me down without getting a nasty look from me when I’m driving next to them and passing them. I know I shouldn’t drive like that but it just drives me insane. Even more when there are people on their cellphones and they don’t even notice that the 40-mile road is way behind and we’re now on the 60-mile road. Step on the gas people!!!

And women. Oh boy, women are SUCH bad drivers. (I guess myself included) All just looking at anything but the road, all on their cellphones, all looking behind to the car seat where a kid is seating. It’s so irresponsible. I just get SO PISSED OFF.

J has been observing my driving manners and adviced me I should mellow out and relax. ‘There’s no rush, you don’t have to drive so fast’ he says. I KNOW THAT. So on Sunday we were talking about my bad driving habits and I mention my good driving record with no tickets. I smile. J says we don’t need my first ticket coming and increasing our insurance so ‘don’t be too proud of yourself yet because you’ve been lucky and no cops had spotted you yet’. And then he compared me to one of my friends that no one wants to ride with, because she’s kind of careless and drives really fast. Obviously I didn’t like that so I made myself a promise of slowing down and thought I don’t want to be like her, I don’t want people saying NO to ride with me, I don’t want to be like her, I don’t want to be like her.

I got in my car on Monday morning and started driving. I don’t want to be like her. The road is a little wet as it’s starting to rain. I pulled off my driveway and try to relax. I don’t want to be like her. On my way to I have to drive on a 55-mile road, which changes into a 45-mile road and then back to 55, and then down to 40. I don’t want to be like her. So here I am, driving really nicely and feeling pretty proud of myself. And then when the road changes from 55 to 40 I get stuck behind this idiot driving at 30 miles an hour. I don’t want to be like her. I don’t want to be like her. I’m getting frustrated.

Try. to. keep. it. cool.

It’s ok, you don’t have to drive so fast, Melissa. You’re just fine. I don’t want to be like her.

But I can’t. I change lanes, go around it and look over the car. It’s a woman on her phone. OF COURSE IT IS. I’m so pissed. Now she looks over and notices I’m trying to pass her and speeds up. Oh girl, don’t mess with me. I’m going to pass you even if it’s the last thing I’m doing in my life.

Step on the gas and YES! I passed her. HA! VICTORY!! You idiot. Now watch and learn.

I’m feeling pretty good with myself. I love that feeling. Victory. Then I see the light changing to red and I start slowing down. I look at my rear view mirror and there she is looking all defeated. Then for the tiny little second I looked at my mirror I totally missed the cop sitting on his car on a side street. SHIT. Shit. Shit. Shit.

OH please God, make him look away. Please, please, please.

I see him leaving his spot and pulling right behind me.

Ok, I’m done. DONE. J is going to kill me.

We pull over and he comes over my window. I think really fast and go over my options.

Beg.

No, cry.

No! Have some pride. Just beg.

I couldn’t even beg too much I was so nervous. (He was kinda sexy too) I apologized for going fast as he says I was going 50 on a 40-mile road. Damn. He goes into his car and comes back with my ticket. He says the ticket is for going 5 miles over the limit and that he’s being nice. I take the ticket and drive away.

I’m writing this from heaven, sitting on my nice puffy cloud because Jeremy did kill me.

It’s nice to be able to blog in heaven.

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PS. Ok, he didn’t kill me but if you notice I don’t blog anymore then call 9-1-1 and look for my body.

PS2. Just kidding!! He didn’t kill me, he was actually really nice about it.

PS3. I have to send a check for $82 or go and beg that they void it because it’s my first ticket and it’s just for going 5 over the limit. It’s just not fair (or is it?) If it would have been for one of those days when I drove at 80 on a 55-mile road, then ok, I won’t fight. But this one I might fight for. I shall let you know the outcome next week…

Things my hubby says a lot

2008-09-22T06:37:00.000-06:00

#10 We need to save money (and then he goes and buy brand new skis)
Ok this is not completely true. It's usually me that does that. I just needed to get back at him, and since he doesn't blog, he can't say anything about it. HA! I won!

#9 When are you going to learn to cook like you promised before we got married?
I vaguely remember about this. He proposed and then I said yes and the he added -jokingly, I hoped - 'but you have to learn to cook some time ok? It's good to know you won't starve if I ever have to get out of town'. Well, obviously I won't starve, there's always plenty of restaurants to order from! And ramen soup, fruit, microwable food, etc.

#8 Quit your bitching.
This could be a #2 but he usually doesn't say quit your bitching like that, he just changes the subject. After putting up with my bitching for 2 good long hours.

#7 Penny get out of the kitchen.
We both say that. She likes to hang out in there.

#6 Do you want to go to hmm... BAJIO! (with the singing from the slogan and everything)
It's hilarious. Maybe I'll catch him on video one of these days...

#5 How are my bitches today? (to Penny and me)
I used to say 'hey! watch it!' and laugh but now I just say ' We're just fine, how are you?'

#4 It's late... I think I'm gonna go to bed (at 10pm)
He is such a baby. These days that we've been staying up late watching every single episode of Lost he's actually surprised me. Usually I can hear his snoring at about 11pm - at the latest - and then I look over him next to me on the couch and see him laying down with Penny curled up on his chest. They're so bonded I'm jealous. Maybe because my chest is not too big?? (sorry TMI, scratch the last part)

#3 Did I mention today that I love you?
He's such a sweetheart.

#2 I love you.
I love you too.

#1 I'm hungry!!... What do you want for dinner?
For real! He's hungry 24/7. He could eat all day long and not gain one single miserable pound. I drink water and I gain 3 pounds. (He does cook a lot, I even subscribed him to Rachael Ray magazine. He loves her and I hate her. Ugh.)

What does your guy say a lot?

No lotto

2008-09-21T15:38:00.003-06:00

So we didn't win the lottery after all. We didn't even got one number down. Bummer.
It did feel good and liberating to think about all the things I want to do in my life and even if I don't make them all real, at least I felt good with myself that if I had the money, I would really go for it. I know I would.

I wonder if I can buy lottery online? Can you do that?

Forward Friday: Football!

2008-09-19T06:26:00.000-06:00

Two guys who shouldn't sit together...

Do I get an extra point getting a triple F on my title??

Remember Vegas?

2008-09-18T06:31:00.000-06:00

I love when a trip idea comes from J. It's more relaxing than me actually planning the whole thing, like when I planned our one-month trip to Peru, it took me a very long time to put it all together. This time he just woke up one fine day and suggested we go on a little weekend trip to Vegas, and I was all like Hell Yea! We got a sweet deal online, packed our stuff, dropped Penny off at J's mom and drove for 5 hours to Vegas.

Have I ~~showed off~~ posted some of the pictures?

No?
A few?

Well, for your own visual pleasure, here's a few snapshots ;-)

Arriving to our hotel

On our way to the Bellagio Buffet... sooo looking forward to that...!

I took both these pictures (above & below) specially to show it to Angie (Hi Angie! I came! Loooving the blown glass BTW)

Can you tell I was all over those??

You would almost think J is in Paris (if it weren't for that big 'Eiffel Tower Restaurant' sign in bright yellow all over the tower... dang it!)

Isn't this appropiate?? ;-)

Excuse my silliness...

2008-09-18T06:08:00.001-06:00

Yes, excuse my silliness on the video. I have to confess I'm crazy about my dog. Don't know if it's because it's mine, or because she's cute, or because she's sooo smart (too smart she outsmarts me sometimes, little cheater)

I feel today it's another for some Pennyness, kinda celebrating that she's really good and almost completely healed now :-)

Don't you think she's cute?

My hero!

2008-09-17T00:23:00.000-06:00

Editor's note: Warning! Little rant below, if you're not in the mood - don't read!

Just got a call from J and he asked me to keep my fingers crossed because he bought the lotto and hopefully we'll win :-)

One hundred and thirty eight MILLION dollars.

I mean, how many zeros is that?

Can you imagine what would you do with $138 million?

I would do whatever the hell I want during the first year, you name it: shop til I drop, travel the world, spend money on the silliest things, just because I can.

After the first year - I actually started writing the list on my head but I've posted too many list lately so I'll leave it in sentences - I think I will spend money in a smarter way.

I would buy all my family (including extended family) houses and then buy myself a big one, with small little cottages around so friends and family can stay close to me if they want to.

I would have my mom come ANYTIME SHE WANTS TO. She would never be denied a tourist visa again because she would be rich ha! That way the next time she sees the stupid jerk at the American embassy in Lima (Peru) she can say FUCK YOU IDIOT (if she can say it properly in English... I'm sure J or I can volunteer to say it if she can't). She can say that to the jerk who laughed at her face when she applied for a tourist visa to come to her only daughter's wedding (and she being a single mom); that jerk who ignored my mom's tears when she was showing pictures of my grandparents saying I promise I won't stay in your country, I have to be back here to take care of my parents, I just want to walk my daughter down the aisle, that jerk who smiled ironically at her saying your daughter lied to us because she said she went there for work when she just wanted to get married with one of US (US! like if being an American is any different than being Italian, Spanish, Jamaican, Colombian or Peruvian; like if being an American means being above everybody else and have the right to look people over their shoulders... because I know that's not how regular Americans really are. They're compassionate, understanding, patient, loving people that welcomed me and made me feel like I'm no different that anybody else just because I have a 'permanent tan' or because my passport is red and not blue); that jerk who saw through her when she stayed quietly in front of him waiting for a miracle to happen or for him to say nahh just kidding, here's your visa lady but no, he even got annoyed and looked at her with hate and then looked to the person stading in line behind her and said Next!.

**Sorry I got carried away here, I haven't really dealt with my feelings when my mom told me that on the phone -days before my wedding - that she wasn't going to be here to walk me down the aisle as I've always dreamed (I know it sounds weird, but with not having an actual dad to do it, it made sense to me, she's been my mom&dad to me all these years). Anyways, sorry about my rant. Ahem! Let's resume.**

I would buy a house for her so she can come visit me anytime and stay as long as she wants.
I would also buy her another house back home so she can be with the other half of the family and speak all the Spanish that she wants.

I would let J decide what he wants to do on his side of the family: buy houses, pay school, pay off debts, etc etc.

I would quit my job (obviously) and start our own family business, that way we can still work but with no schedules or other shit that makes us hate our jobs.

I would have 5 kids - instead of the 2 or 3 we actually are planning to have some day - 5 kids of my own and maybe adopt another one.

I would donate money to Animal shelters, and children foundations, or any other organizations that needs money.

I would get a boyfriend for little Penny so she can do her thing all day if she wants to.

I would take all my best friends on cruises - all paid and included.

I would...

Maybe it would be easier if I start a list with what I WOULDN'T do. That would be a shorter list, huh?

And you? What would you do with $138 million??

Hate it

2008-09-16T23:58:00.001-06:00

You guys, I'm so frustrated right now! I went to a BBQ party (more like a get-together) tonight and while I was there I was bursting with ideas on what to blog, it was like I keep having epiphanies every half and hour about what to write about! I was just so excited and couldn't wait to get home.

Well, then I got home and my mind went blank. Just so you know I have been sitting -laying down on bed - in front of my laptop for over 45 minutes. And nothing. I hate it when I don't take a notepad with me!

That was then. This is now.

2008-09-16T08:09:00.000-06:00

Phew! 100 posts are hard to achieve! Thanks for all the comments, you guys are my inspiration!! (wow that sounded really groupie, huh)

Now since blogging is exhausting, I'm going to copy a post from Friday5 :-)

Here's the questionnaire:

1. What’s something that used to be good but now is lame? Smoking cigarrettes! I used to smoke about 2 or 3 a day (I know that's not tooooo bad, but it was for me) and now I just think is so unnecessary. (sorry smokers! It's just my point of view) I'm not the kind that lectures the friends about smoking, most of my friends still smoke and whatever, I tolarate it ok. I don't hate it, I just can't stand it when I'm eating and people in the table next to ours is smoking, so rude (but then again, I hate it when they're obnoxiously loud too, I have lots of quirks)

2. What’s something that used to be lame but now is good? Missing one night of partying with strangers compared to staying at home, enjoying dinner with people I love. It's priceless! I miss going out sometimes... but I get over it pretty easily. What I DO MISS is dressing up before a party, I have TONS of party clothes and I just don't get to wear them... I wonder if they still fit me..? Maybe I'll do some blog giveaway soon, they all have tags on!

3. What’s something you used to feel strongly about, but are now ambivalent about? Spending money. I used to not save money at all (just kept living la vida loca, shopping, partying, getting drunk, eating out, etc) now I think I should save some but not ALL of it, I still feel pretty strongly about just enjoying your time as you're living it. If you want to go on a trip and you have the time, go for it! If you want those expensive shoes and you've been working pretty hard lately and had not shopped a lot, buy them! Life is too short to spend it stressing about money.

4. What’s something you used to feel ambivalent about, but now have strong feelings about? Sex and living together before marriage. I look back at my catholic younger years and I go 'How was I so narrow-minded!' I can't believe how much I've changed (mostly in just opening my mind to new ideas and habits) since I move to the States. I think that every couple should live together before getting married and at least try (once or twice) how the sex thing works out. It's pretty vital in a relationship!

5. What’s something you used to dislike but now love? I used to hate all my boyfriended girlfriends, they would ditch us on the best night of the year, the best party just because they were tired and wanted to go home, sit on the couch and watch a movie with their significant others. Boring, I thought. LAME. They're so old. Now, I think it's one of the best things ever! I love staying at home. My friends still call me to go out and insist that I should go and that I've become 'one of them' when I say I'm too tired for that. I look back and I understand. I am proudly one of them. :-)

Feel free to copy and paste, do it yourself in your own blog! (we all have those times when we're not inspired at all and here's our hero to the rescue!)

About the big mystery yesterday...

2008-09-16T07:10:00.000-06:00

The gift card I talked about yesterday from AppleAday was for a...........

:drrrrrum, drrrrum:

a whole foods kind of store!

Is that a sign that I need to eat healthier food? Or that I need a diet? I do drink Diet Coke to keep it low in calories, though (with my FRIED french fries and my FRIED fish... and then I dip them in mayo...)

yum yum...

Blogs I stalk

2008-09-15T08:09:00.012-06:00

POST # 100!!!

You're here!

To celebrate you I'll post my blogroll, and soon it wil be a tab in my homepage :-)

If I left someone out, please pull my ears and let me know! If you DON'T want to be on it, let me know. And if you want to be in it, also let me know! (approval will be up to me because I'm the boss... mua ha ha...)

& that's the way life goes

A Beautiful Day in the Reneeborhood

A Blondie Moment

An American in Lima

Angelaboration

Angilio: loud and proud

Another excuse to procastinate

Commentary by Stephanie

Confessions Of A CF Husband

Confessions of a jersey girl

Conversation with myself

D-blogged

Dooce

Elle michelle Unedited

I pretty much hate everything

Just pleasant

La Dolce Vita

My life as a married girl

The Typing Makes Me Sound Busy

Tres Poshe Preppy

Umm... Now what?

You are flawed if you are not free

Your Beard is Good

Only writing this post because...

2008-09-15T08:01:00.000-06:00

I want my Blogroll to be post #100, and for that to happen I need to have a post #99, right?

This was the last morning J was here. We let Penny snuggle with us in bed. God, I love my iPhone, it's always so handy! If I had gotten out of bed to get my camera, Penny would have jumped after me and to get them in the same position would have been close to impossible...
Can you tell she has a thing for necks?? Always likes to get her little head under your chin...

Enjoy your Monday (yea, right! Like anybody enjoys a Monday!)

Online Treasures: Jewelry Box

2008-09-15T07:46:00.001-06:00

It's no news for anybody that knows me that I'm kind of unorganized with my jewelry. They're all over the place! Bathroom counter, bedroom, bookshelves, etc. I decided it was time for me to get a jewelry box. I don't like those cheap looking plastic ones . I wanted a wooden or leather jewelry box. So I start looking on eBay and found this baby:

It was $60 and I love it!! It fits TONS and has a lot of little drawers, plus it smells so good (love the smell of leather)

Check it out!

PS. Not affiliated with this store, I just liked my box a lot and thought someone else might like to have it!!

PS2. I'm going to start this section -Online Treasures - so whenever I find something online worth-mentioning, I'll post it with that title :-)

PS3. Please, don't mind my flipflop in the background of the pic (I just noticed it) Yes, I'm that messy...

Productive weekend

2008-09-15T00:33:00.001-06:00

Monday Monday...
I did not look forward to seeing you once again, not for one bit...

Weekend was ok, I would say it went by fast but since J is not here it kind of made it go by slower... (not complaining!)

Since I'm a training single mom with Penny (she's way better BTW) I decided I could try to spend some time in the kitchen as well, so I made a bundt cake (although when I pulled it out from the pan half of it came out and the other half decided to hang out in the pan for a little while longer...) and I had homemade dinners all weekend long! Hooray for me! You know, nothing fancy but at least I tried! I need some easy-to-make recipes, if you love some website in that style, let me know.

I also went grocery shopping and got a new shampoo. I decided to get some conditioner too, so I picked up a nice-smelly one and left. Well, last night while I was in the shower and I had shampooed my hair, I reached for my new conditioner and realized it was a shampoo. Duh! I guess I need to read labels more carefully... I mean who makes shampoo and conditioner bottles the same color and shape anyway!! (This is my lame excuse, just so you know)

At least I had something good happened to me: I won something in a raffle!! Yay for me!! Someone called me to let me know I had won an 'Appleaday' gift card. I was so excited and happy that I just thanked the woman and hung up. Then I was all like... and what in the hell is an Appleaday??? No idea. I'm mystified! I spent some time googling the thing and it could be one of the following:

- a spa (please, let it be a SPA!)
- a grocery store
- a nicer grocery store (like Whole Foods or something)
- a bakery (like Marie Callender's)

Last time I won something, I was like 8 years old and I won 5 soles (Peruvian Currency) in one of those games that we have in a local farmer's market (at least in Peru) where we have about 10 boxes around a guinea pig, and each box has a little door hole where the little buddy goes to hide. If the guinea pig chose your box, you win!! I always felt bad for the animal, it had to be really scared :-(
(It was really fun, though)

Anyway, I'll find out what I actually won on Monday (it's a little bit after midnight right now)

Keeping my fingers crossed for a SPA!

Forward Friday.: Artwork

2008-09-12T08:01:00.000-06:00

Have a great weekend!

Questions for you

2008-09-11T08:07:00.000-06:00

These are (random) things I wonder and I'm too lazy to research myself. Please answer if you know the answer!

Are you ready?

1. How many seasons of Lost are there and when does the new one start? Channel?

2. A good blog about cooking (easy recipes)?

3. Where can I find a website with nice blog templates?

4. How much is a hosted page and how easier to customize is it compared to blogger/wordpress, etc?

5. When does Survivor and Amazing Race start?

6. A good website for shopping online?

7. Any of you guys have a timeshare anywhere?

8. A good book to read?

9. A recommended station in Pandora?

10. I have to dress up at work for Halloween. It has to be unsexy :shrug: but still nice and original. Any ideas?

11. Anybody wants to buy a SONY miniDVD camcorder? Bought it 2 years ago and last year I bought a new one. It's just sitting here in my house. Bought it for $400, willing to sell it for $220 (or any other offer and/or willing to exchange for something else)

12. I've always used PCs but I've been thinking about switching (upgrading) to a Mac. Any thoughts or suggestions on that?

Thanks!

It's all about Penny

2008-09-10T08:11:00.000-06:00

Taking a nap before going out for a potty break.

Notice the baby socks mama put on her, tightened with bandages and sprayed with bitter apple. She doesn't try to bite or lick anymore!!

Her paws are getting better by the minute!! It's NOTHING like the first day, it doesn't look quite as red as it was on Sunday. Can you see the wound on the lower pad? The skin is gone but it's healing fast.

Thanks everybody for their comments on Penny!

(And thanks iPhone for being handy and taking the pics)

Blogger is a bitch

2008-09-10T07:52:00.001-06:00

I oficially hate Blogger. It sucks!

I hate that the link showing on the comments part is a link to the blogger profile and not the blog itself.
I hate that it doesn't allow XML (or whatever it's called).
I hate that the layouts to choose from are very limited.
I hate that the comment box have to be opened in another window.
I hate that they don't have an iPhone application like Wordpress.

Do you guys know how complicated is it to export a blog to Wordpress?
I want to move out!

PS. This is my post #93. Maybe I'll celebrate my post #100 in Wordpress! (or anywhere else) Suggestions are very welcomed :-)

Penny: part 3

2008-09-09T08:05:00.001-06:00

When I get home I usually have to give Penny instructions. From outside the house.

Down.

DO NOT JUMP ON THE DOOR!!

Get Down, Penny.

I said, GET DOWN. N-O-W.

Today I got the key in, turned it, open the door, got in the house, closed the door.

Penny??

...

I was going to start my freaking out and I ran around my place looking for her.

Penny?

I could hear her crying somewhere. Is she in my bedroom? I ran toward the noise.

Where are you?!

:Penny crying:

And then I found her.

Stuck in her little crate.

She probably had a rough day. So frustrated because she wanted to get in her little room -she loves it - and just couldn't. And she's very determined, you know. That little thing.

The following is my theory of what happened earlier:

I SO AM getting in my room, even if it's THE LAST THING I'm doing!!!

::Rumbling against the crate door::

I'm in!!! I'm in!! I'M IN!!!

...
...
...

Uh-oh.

Ok, so maybe I didn't think of this thoroughly... Uhm...

HOW DO I GET OUT!!!!

(5 hours later)

Oh. I guess mama is home.

There you are, finally! Now get me out.

Are you laughing at me?? HOW DARE YOU!!!

... Where the hell are you going now? GET ME OUT!!

Wait. Is that your iPhone? Why are you pointing it at my direction?

(Click!)

OH NO YOU DIDN'T.

Did you just take a picture????!!!!

DADDY COME BACK!!!

Don't think she's liking this...

2008-09-09T07:59:00.000-06:00

Only one paw is ok. Three down.

I mean, look at her!

She breaks my heart.

Dogs on asphalt... no bueno

2008-09-09T07:43:00.000-06:00

My poor Penny didn't have a happy weekend. Well, if it comes down to her it was probably an ok weekend but I don't think she really knows.

We had some errands to run in Salt Lake so J and I took her with us. A 3-minute trip to Costco, get gas - cheaper in the valley - and go to J's work to get some tools. Oh, did I mention that?? He left today for Colorado. AGAIN. I hate Colorado!!

Anyway, the parking lot there was empty so we thought it was a 'smart' idea to have her play fetch there, that way her nails will get filed on the pavement. Well, turns out - and now that I think about it, it was pretty obvious - it's not good AT ALL!! We saw blood on the ground so we called her to check her paws thiking her nail broke off or something. When she came to us we realized the pads under her toes had been scraped off. There was just a big bleeding hole and some skin hanging off. (Sorry if it's TMI) I felt so stupid!! How could I have even suggested that? Penny was still happy and ready to catch the next throw of the freesbie. Poor thing. We washed her wounds and bandaged the hurt paws (3 of them.)

When we took her to the vet yesterday he gaves us some medicine for her and said she will be ok but she has to stay inside, on soft ground and not go for walks for at least 2 weeks. TWO WEEKS!!

She is going to be so mad at me. I feel so bad.

10 Things I learned over the weekend

2008-09-08T17:18:00.000-06:00

1. I still get sad when I think of Jeremy leaving me for 2 weeks. AGAIN.

2. I don't know how or why, I still get people coming to read my blog, even if I had been slacking all week and my posts have been super LAME.

3. My iPhone has been kinda weird and it keep switching to Edge instead of 3G. I guess it's a network availability thing :shrug:

4. Dogs ARE NOT SUPPOSED to go play fetch on the asfalt road. IT WILL SCRAPE THEIR PADS OFF. DO NOT DO IT!! (post about it tomorrow)

5. The guys at work are SO nice and understanding. I took some hours of Monday off so I can take Penny to the vet to check her paws and they were so patient with me and asked how she was when I got to work, 2 hours later. I love them!

6. Weekend always flies by and it's always too short... - wait, I knew that from before.

7. When you're down there's usually some people that you don't expect to care for you. And then they do. And then you feel stupid for underestimating them. And then you start liking them.

8. When you're down there's usually some people that you expect to care for you. And then they don't. And then you feel stupid for taking them for granted. And then you stop expecting things, because your life may be happier if you stop expecting certain things, and if they end up happening, you have another reason to be happy for.

9. You can bond thru the internet too. It had never happened to me before!!

10. Things that you expect to happen in your life won't happen until you stop expecting them. We have to stop thiking about them and then they might happen!! Just like good boyfriends or future husbands. Once you stop waiting, they come around. It might have to do with nervousness and anxiety, it just jinxes the whole thing.

Forward Friday: Butt dust

2008-09-05T07:52:00.000-06:00

Have a great weekend guys!!!

What, you ask, is 'Butt dust?' Read on and you'll discover the joy in it!

These are original and genuine. No adult is this creative!!

JACK (age 3) was watching his Mom breast-feeding his new baby sister. After a while he asked: 'Mom why have you got two? Is one for hot and one for cold milk?'

MELANIE (age 5) asked her Granny how old she was. Granny replied she was so old she didn't remember any more. Melanie said, 'If you don't remember you must look in the back of your panties. Mine say five to six.'

STEVEN (age 3) hugged and kissed his Mom good night. 'I love you so much that when you die I'm going to bury you outside my bedroom window.'

BRITTANY (age 4) had an ear ache and wanted a pain killer. She tried in vain to take the lid off the bottle. Seeing her frustration, her Mom explained it was a child-proof cap and she'd have to open it for her. Eyes wide with wonder, the little girl asked: 'How does it know it's me?'

SUSAN (age 4) was drinking juice when she got the hiccups. 'Please don't give me this juice again,' she said, 'It makes my teeth cough.'

DJ (age 4) stepped onto the bathroom scale and asked: 'How much do I cost?'

MARC (age 4) was engrossed in a young couple that were hugging and kissing in a restaurant. Without taking his eyes off them, he asked his dad: 'Why is he whispering in her mouth?'

CLINTON (age 5) was in his bedroom looking worried. When his Mom asked what was troubling him, he replied, 'I don't know what'll happen with this bed when I get married. How will my wife fit in it?'

JAMES (age 4) was listening to a Bible story. His dad read: 'The man named Lot was warned to take his wife and flee out of the city but his wife looked back and was turned to salt.' Concerned, James asked: 'What happened to the flea?'

TAMMY (age 4) was with her mother when they met an elderly, rather wrinkled woman her Mom knew. Tammy looked at her for a while and then asked, 'Why doesn't your skin fit your face?'

The Sermon I think this Mom will never forget.... this particular Sunday sermon...'Dear Lord,' the minister began, with arms extended toward heaven and a rapturous look on his upturned face. 'Without you, we are but dust...'
He would have continued but at that moment my very obedient daughter who was listening leaned over to me and asked quite audibly in her shrill little four year old girl voice, 'Mom, what is butt dust?'

Confessions

2008-09-04T07:08:00.000-06:00

- I once broke the sink out of the wall in one of my aunt’s friends’ house
- In my second wedding, the dress was so tight I couldn’t breath (I didn’t even eat dessert because of that)
- The last time I peed on my pants was last year, when I was laughing so hard I couldn’t help it (it wasn’t obvious to anyone else but I KNEW)
- The only 2 times I’ve had best friends (as in just one very best friend) was in kindergarten, and one in high school. After that I’ve always had several ‘best friends.’
- I’ve never had problems with co-workers (just once in my life and it was very stupid) but there’s always been someone I can’t stand and/or someone I avoid working with. In every single job I’ve had. Because each department has its slacker.
- I gossip more than you think (but wait… You know that.)
- I’m really good at talking with sound effects (and then bum! She fell; and then ring! The phone rang; and then click! I turned the TV on)
- Sometimes I really want to go on a girls night out and flirt.
- I’ve put too many charges on my credit cards.
- I’m really good at paying my card on time and more than minimum.
- I really want a new car.
- I’m a very aggressive driver.
- I really hate driving.
- I want to go shopping more often than I can afford.
- I shop anyway.
- My last shopping spree was in the Outlets in Vegas.
- I never dreamed of having the job I have – not that it’s a dream, it sounds pretty boring actually - but I like it.
- I really like my boss.
- I’ve always really liked my bosses (except for when I worked at some summer resort in WA)
- People always say I’m always happy and smiling. And it’s true. But not always true.
- First impressions of me are sometimes not good. People tend to think I’m a stuck-up but I’m just kind of shy.
- My mom is a single mom and I went to a private girl school. I think that might be part of a reason of my shyness. I never had contact with guys – at least not a lot – until I was 14.
- I always thought it would always be hard for me to open up to a guy, and then I met Jeremy.
- I’m super bitchy.
- I always hit it off better with people older than me.

What are yours?

Madame Tussauds

2008-09-03T07:09:00.000-06:00

And we had fun...

Puff puff give, Jimmy!

Come here sexy man...

Yep, that's real... or let me feel it one more time!

Can I be Miss September, Hef?

Yep, you better get out your sand wedge...

Just one little kissie... please?!

Lost in Lost.

2008-09-02T01:44:00.003-06:00

Well, I had to stop watching my discs of Lost season 1 while I was in Vegas, I thought of bringing them with me but since I was going to be in Vegas it kind of didn't make sense. We did some catching up with J on Monday and OMG it's so good. I'm still in the part where Michael's son, Walt is taken away by 'the others'. I so wanted to run to Blockbuster to exchange my mailed discs for the season 2 first 3 discs. But when J called them they were closed - we had to try! It was almost midnight but we were so into it.

Weekend was the best! We had a good time, weather ended up being great, not super hot - but hot enough to make me grumpy at times - and REALLY crowded. My stomach has doubled its size due to all the buffets we visited. We had free coupons to a bunch of restaurants - the whole timeshare thing - and free this & that's. I'm still trying to make it shrink again but it might take a while (I'm having a little snack right now at almost 2am, just a couple of Almond Joys, come on fruit - coconut - it's always healthy!!)

The rain caught up with us on Sunday evening while we were driving back to Park City. It was so bad! We could barely see a few miles in front of us. The lightenings were cool though. I should have taken pictures. We made it back ok, picked Penny up from J's mom' place - it's pretty nice that the family approves of Penny now, after a little struggling... they're not dog people but now Penny is winning them over, it's because she's so dang cute!- and then slept until almost4pm on Monday. That's the best way to spend Labor Day... just doing a bunch of nothingness!

How was your weekend?

***Vegas pictures to come, stay tuned!***

Blog Day!

2008-09-01T01:13:00.000-06:00

Hola!

I know, I know. I'm sorry, I know I was supposed to post this yesterday but I just got back from Vegas and they wanted to charge me $30 for usage of internet. So not paying it! Besides, J was like 'Why would you come to Vegas if all you want to do is blog and read other blogs?' which made sense then so I decided to forget about that - sorry - and enjoy my mini trip.
I also tried posting from my iPhone but my big fingers don't let me do it so fast so I finally gave up.

I haven't checked my Google Reader for 2 days now so I'm super excited about reading all your recommendations! Without more babbling here are mine:

An American in Lima

Barbara is, as the title explains, an American living in Lima, Peru. Her blog is about the cultural differences she has to go through everyday to adapt to her new life as a legal resident. I really like to read her because she notices things I had never paid attention to, as they feel normal to me since I was born there. Pretty much the other way around of my own story, ha! Her posts are interesting, easy to read and very well written.

Chelsea talks smack

Her blog is one of the best and most interesting ones I have ever read. It's like reading a real book. It's very well written and you can even picture it in your head as something Carrie Bradshaw would have written in her column. I recommend it!!

Roam2Rome

Martha is a Californian girl living in Rome. She's a translator (like me! Or at least, that's what I went to university for...) and her blog is pretty cool. And check out her blog template too! She gets LOTS of compliments on that!

Confessions of a CF Husband

Nate's blog is so real and moving. He and his family go through life fighting Cystic Fibrosis that his wife has. They have a beautiful baby girl and he is amazingly optimistic and positive. I think any other person (meaning 'me') would just give up or complain WHY does this happen to me and be really negative and bitter about life. He and his wife are really admirable people. I feel blessed by just having found their blog. It is really inspiring and - I don't mean this bad - it makes you think about the silly things you normally complain about like money, work, etc that don't really matter in life and makes you 'get' the big picture. You're healthy, you have a job - even if it's not your dream job; you are surrounded by people that love you and that you love. Makes you see that we are really lucky with what we do have.

Back to good again

New blog I started reading last week. It's so good I went pretty far back in her older posts!! Don't know much about her yet but I definitely will keep reading her.

If you haven't posted your list yet, do it now!

Forward Friday: Beer Diet

2008-08-29T07:12:00.001-06:00

So I'm starting this new thing on my blog, because sometimes my brain does not want to cooperate with my blogging needs and goes on a strike on Fridays. So let me introduce you the 'Forward Friday' (a.k.a. FF) post. Every Friday, I'll be posting the best forwarded email I received during the week, could be a funny one, could be a sad one, could be so bad that you just gotta see it!

This one I got from a friend at work, got it on Monday but ended up watching it on Thursday. (Don't ask, crazy busy week at work.)

Hope it makes your Friday go by faster so you can enjoy your weekend! (And this weekend being specially long... Happy Labor Day Weekend!)

Blog Day!

2008-08-28T08:06:00.000-06:00

We have a day!! It's Blog Day on Aug 31!

I had no idea this was going on... Jenn mentioned it on her blog a couple of days ago (I'm just catching up on my Reader... I hate it when I miss good posts!)

We all can celebrate together by sharing 5 blogs you like the most that come from a different background/culture. I have 2 or 3 in mind, so I'll be posting on Sunday (from Vegas!!)

There are more instructions on how to post - what to include - so go check it out!

Freaking weather... good timing huh?

2008-08-28T08:02:00.001-06:00

I just googled the weather in Vegas and heavens to Betsy - I've been reading this book about old slangs and this one applied to this case, ha! Learning English, or improving it can be fun! - heavens to Betsy it's going to be awful.

How is this fair? I guess I'll have to stay indoors shopping, gambling or eating. I'll sacrifice myself.

Ang commented in the previous post recommending me some good places to go for dinner - Thanks Ang! - so if you know any cool (and cheap... or not) places to go, THIS IS THE TIME TO TELL ME!! (sorry, not yelling, just really asking for recommendations!) Most likely, indoorsy places to go, boooooooo!

I'll be posting pics on Monday... stay tuned.

Vegas, baby!

2008-08-28T07:35:00.000-06:00

Looking back into my older posts I realized I didn't mention my trip to Vegas... well, I'M GOING TO VEGAS!! Yay!!! Jeremy and I are leaving tomorrow at about noon (I'm leaving work earlier... another reason to celebrate woo!) and yes, we're driving. It should be about 4 to 5 hours, with J driving super fast. We found this really cool deal online to stay at Planet Hollywood (where Aladdin was) for 3d/2n, plus breakfast buffet, $100 in chips and 3d/2n in our local Westgate hotel in Park City for............. trrrrrrrr - drums - trrrrrrrrr..... $199!!

Sweet deal huh?

A quickie

2008-08-26T08:18:00.003-06:00

Ok, ok, I'm a very busy girl and I know I shouldn't be blogging more than 2 posts per day but I couldn't help it.

I was browsing the web and looking for a nice 1st birthday gift for a friend's little daughter and I came across to this site.

I was going to buy a $18 gift and then...

Do you see what it says at the bottom?

I'm almost there, I just need to spend $157 more to get it!

What? Don't you want free shipping?!!

Editor's note: Just an FYI for everyone, because I think there are people that could spend A LOT of money for things they don't need... I was kidding! I ended up closing the page without buying a thing. Just in case you're wondering if I'm mentally healthy... yes I am! I'm a shopper but I'm not crazy (or rich, for that matter)

work, work, work

2008-08-26T08:11:00.000-06:00

So my boss left for vacations this week. And it is a very busy week. I'm glad she trusted me so much that she thought we will be alright until she comes back next Monday.

However, I have to warn you that I might slack on the blogging thing this week, plus J and I are addicted to 'Lost' now, so I barely have time to go potty. (Seriously)

Anyway, just wanted to let you all know so you don't expect any awesome post or anything!!

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PS. Happy birthday Nyssa! I miss you :-(

And someone had the guts to do it

2008-08-26T08:05:00.000-06:00

This is the recycling station right outside our offices.

And yes, what you see there is a beer bottle.

Cheers to the brave dude!

Can you guess their accents?

2008-08-25T01:19:00.004-06:00

I found this test @ Angilio’s blog, which is one the latest coolest blogs I’ve read lately. I’m passing it on to you guys so you see how international you are ;-)

I considered myself pretty international – not for traveling but for socializing with lots and lots of foreigners and because I'm one of them myself – but this was a wake up call. Ha! I scored 9 points.

What was your score?

Lost.

2008-08-25T01:10:00.002-06:00

I've heard of 'Lost' but I never had any interest in watching it.

Jeremy wanted to watch it because he's heard it's pretty good so we rented the first season.
It's now 1:15am and we cannot stop watching it! We're now in the second disk of season one.

What season are they on right now?

Friday fun!

2008-08-23T08:28:00.000-06:00

Remember about the high heels day? (more like dressed up day)

Well...

And can you guess who I was going for??

Ok, if you said Audrey Hepburn YES you're right! I was going for that. But nobody guessed her, they kept guessing Jackie Kennedy, which is still great. They both are stylish and pretty!

Either way, it was a fun Friday and it made the day seem shorter.

... I think Penny liked my outfit too!

Somebody doesn’t like kisses…

2008-08-22T00:29:00.003-06:00

And here’s the proof.

Remember the dancing lady?

2008-08-22T00:27:00.001-06:00

This was previously posted here, but today browsing the blogosphere I found this other post from Roam2Rome (sorry, I don’t know her name).

So I guess it didn’t matter if you saw the dancing lady going clockwise or counterclockwise, this was not a left brain/ right brain test, it was just an optical illusion. Doh!

I’m so not telling this to my co-workers… they’re all thinking they’re so numerical and/or creative! I don’t have the guts to tell them it was all BS.

Be nice and you'll go far

2008-08-21T00:16:00.000-06:00

One of my neighbors put up a sign saying ‘CLEAN YOUR DOG SHIT OR DON’T LET THEM SHIT BY MY WINDOW. KARMA IS A BITCH’ There’s a lot of kids around and it really bugged J and I. And it was probably a couple of people that didn’t pick up the poop and because of it, all of us had to read it every day.

I did leave a note to my neighbor trying to reason with him/her, explaining there are kids around and you wouldn’t like them to read those things. He took it down.
It felt really nice to not see the sign anymore. I was proud of myself because you don’t need to be rude to accomplish something. You just need to be nice and respectful to get people to listen to you (or at least most of the times)

Disclaimer:
I understand that not everybody is a good dog owner. It’s really too bad.
I understand that not everybody is a dog lover, but I really dislike when people make gross faces when they’re around, or when they want to pat them and not expect a lick or two. I mean, they’re dogs! And if they want to lick you it’s because they like you. I dislike when people that have kids drag them away from a dog, thinking they’re going to attack them. If a dog is not friendly, then the owner is the one that is worried and should take the dog away from the kid. I dislike people that keep their dogs unleashed when they’re NOT friendly with other dogs or when they haven’t trained them to poop in certain places or certain times.
If you have a dog, you’ll understand my passion!

The boss

2008-08-21T00:03:00.002-06:00

A few days ago, J and I went to his office to pick up his work laptop and a few tools he needed for a trip. We took Penny with us, because we thought ok, it’s Sunday, who can be there?

Nobody. Except OH! His boss.

The guy looks really intimidating, but once you get to know him, he’s pretty cool and laid-back. He saw Penny right away - maybe because she started running towards him as soon as she saw him – and got down to his knees and started patting her. He got a bowl of water out and started playing fetch with her. I think he even hit a computer screen in one of the throws. She really liked him.

And then all of a sudden, he started yelling at her.
‘SIT!’
‘ROLL OVER!’
‘LAY DOWN!’
‘NO, COME HERE!’

J looked at me trying to say ‘don’t you kill my boss now’ but I actually didn’t mind.
I didn’t mind because he was trying to correct her. To make her a better dog. I took it in a really special way, because he cared for my dog and try to make her learn. Or at least cared enough to give her directions.

So if you see me, you’re more than welcome to correct Penny (in a nice way) if you see her do something wrong. Most of the time it’s just her bubbly personality – like mama- that comes out and it can be really frustrating for some. But in general, if you pat her… then expect a good lick!

Who should I be?

2008-08-20T07:57:00.000-06:00

So the boss of the office said we're going to have a 'Dressed up Friday' . It all started when I reminded her about the 'High Heels Day' she wanted to have last month. And then it all ended up being 'half my idea'.

::Sigh::

I like dressing up but not on days that are not Halloween. Now we have to pick our favorite TV or movie star and dress like them! There will be prizes for 'Most creative', 'Most like you', 'Simple yet stunning', and 'The one piece wonder costume/dress up.'

We still need to think about our dress code at work, which sucks because I would have loved to be Sarah Jessica Parker and wear a light blue see-through blouse and pink bra, a tight skirt, the tallest stilettos and a big fancy fur coat. Not that I have all those things but if I wanted to, I could get them!

I need ideas, who should I dress up like? I still want to be stylish and presentable, remember I still need to work and see people (and most likely, people will see me if let's say - or as Jeremy suggested - I dress up like Pocahontas or Dora, you know, the Explorer - he says he's thinking of cartoon characters...). It's not Halloween! It's just a crazy idea for a super boring Friday.

Suggestions are welcome (meaning needed)

A little plug

2008-08-20T07:27:00.000-06:00

A friend of mine from Peru started her own business a while ago. It's all been a huge success! I'm really proud of her, she's only 24 years old and she goes on international business trips and probably goes to budget meetings and stuff. How exciting!

Her business is all about our little babies: Our dogs! She sells dogwear and dog accesories based on four different collections: clothing made from Alpaca, enviroment-friendly clothing, hand-embroidered clothing and some with Inca-inspired designs.

Pretty cute, huh? If you're interested you can visit her website here.

On to other things, how's your week going? It's almost Friday!!! (not really, but don't remind me of it...!)

More about me

2008-08-19T07:29:00.001-06:00

I' copying this from rialeilani and her blog That’s the way life goes.

Since no one tagged me, I'm not tagging either. But everyone is more than welcome to copy it from here and share your thoughts in your blog! Don't forget to leave a comment if you do, so I can go check it out.

I am: curious, stubborn, very self-concious, smart, anxious, loving
I think: sometimes – not too often thank God - I’m too bitchy and that I need to see the brighter side of things, or enjoy life AS IS
I know: I need to learn to enjoy cooking, but I always find a reason not to
I have: the best husband on earth and a good life, and sometimes I don’t thank God enough
I wish: people would comment here, just let me know if you hate my posts or if you enjoy them, I really would like to improve it if you don’t like it
I hate: obnoxious, selfish, loud people that think they own the world and don’t respect that some others want some quietness during their day
I miss: my family
I fear: something bad will happen to my family when I’m not around
I hear: a lot of stuff, but most of it could or could not be true
I smell: my perfume (Armani Code)
I crave: crab legs and lobster… lots of them
I search: in Google every day
I wonder: how long will it take us to be able to afford a house (not a condo)
I regret: reacting rudely with people I love
I love: my husband, my family, my dog, my friends, my life
I ache: nothing, I’m a very healthy woman
I am not: as naive as I used to be
I believe: that sometimes people think I’m stuck up, but I’m so not
I dance: NOT. At least not anymore, and I wish I could go out dancing more often
I sing: too often
I cry: when seeing commercials of the homeless dogs
I fight: for an even better life
I win: when I don’t let my temper show
I lose: at every nintendo game
I never: had been to Europe
I always: wanted to go to Europe
I confuse: people sometimes with my broken English
I listen: but often interrupt before they’re finished
I can usually be found: googling stuff online or watching TV with J
I am scared: dying drowned in the ocean (I’m not a good swimmer)
I need: to hear an ‘I love you’ at least 3 times a day
I am happy about: how far I’ve come
I imagine: my life in 5 years (and it’s great!)
I tag: nobody, because (1) nobody tagged me on this one, (2) I don’t want to impose a post to my blogger friends (but do it if you feel like it!), (3) I just have like 5 or 7 blogger friends that I talked to –more like comment in each other’s blogs - and we haven’t bonded yet.

Now copy and paste from here if you want to do it in your own blog!

Confessions

2008-08-18T00:35:00.003-06:00

Ok, so this is kind of embarassing.

I have watched The Hills since season 3. And I spent Sunday afternoon watching some of the other episodes I didn't get to watch because I was in Peru.

OMG - and the Ow eM Gee it's so The Hills - it's so exciting! I love watching these girls' drama. And tonight is the first episode of the new season! I don't know if it's for real or if it's script but I don't care. All the drama that I don't get in my life, she feeds to me. It's the healthy, normal dosis of drama people need in their lives: even better if it's in someone else's life. ;-)

Last week I watched a little of Tori & Dean. This show is not as stupid as I thought it would be. Tori is actually kind of smart. And she just had a baby girl! (Even more exciting for me, because lately - as in the-last-5-months lately- I've been kind of baby-hungry, so I try to get enough babyness from my friends and from the TV)

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Changing the topic now, I've found some really cool blogs and I have added them to my Google Reader. And I'm going to copy one post from this girl. I'll be posting it later today or tomorrow.

Hope you all had a great weekend!

And you know it's pork

2008-08-18T00:23:00.002-06:00

I saw this at my local Albertson's and I just had to share it. They probably get a lot of people asking what kind of meat it is, just because some people are just lazy like that and don't want to read the label. I guess if someone asks it would be a very stupid question.

Very creative huh?

My Furminator

2008-08-15T08:08:00.000-06:00

I had been thinking about getting the awesome Furminator for a while, although the price tag had always convinced me otherwise.

So a couple of days ago I was religiously reading all of you guys' posts (all of you, BTW you guys need to SLOW DOWN, I cannot keep up. Seriously! I'm reading almost 60 posts a day.) One of my favorite blogs is Dooce*. In one of her posts she talked about how awesome it is and that she recommends it. So if Heather recommends it, I'm getting it. (Yes, I'm that easy)

I stopped by Petco after work on my way home and bought it. I swiped my blue Amex almost holding my breath, because $53 is quite a lot for a dog accesory. I mean, I could buy a full tank of gas with that money. Or 4 nice bottles of wine. Or loads of chocolate. Or SHOES. Or even better, A BAG. I got home and then brushed the crap out of her. I think she even looked skinnier. That brush is pretty awesome. And just so you know, I stopped because my arms were sore, not because hair stopped coming out.

That evening J and I went to another outdoorsy concert with a couple of friends. We came back feeling a little woozy with all the wine we had, and then we found it.

THE MESS.

(It even deserves the caps. And its own line.)

She had found my Petite Ecolier box (yummy cookies, you should try them) in my purse and ate probably the one left cookie I was saving for Jeremy and half of the cardboard box. She didn’t stop herself then. She went for my half full pack of Trident gum. Didn’t even bother unwrapping each gum. She just chewed it all because I found a piece of purple cardboard with the letters ‘..iden...’.

Did she stop then?

NO.

Craving for sweets now, she went to the kitchen and eyed a pack of chocolate chip cookies on the counter. I don’t even know how she got it because it was way far back on the counter. She finished that and probably thought she needed a toothpick or something, because she went for the Furminator. And apparently that worked pretty fast because she chewed only half the handle.

And it was a lot of chocolate! I mean, don't dogs get really sick when eating chocolate? Or even die of it? (She has a pretty strong stomach like mom, though. She didn't throw up or pooped funny. It's just a normal happy dog.)

It might sound pretty funny now in hindsight, but I was so pissed that night that I cried out of frustration.

What is it that you WANT, Penny?

*I noticed everybody that quotes Dooce does the little R in a circle next to her blog name. The registered product sign. I don't know how to make it. Heather, I promise I tried.

I need HELP or else I'll lose it

2008-08-15T07:38:00.003-06:00

Every time I get home - at least for the last month - I find a huge mess in my living room. Or my bedroom. Or my walk-in closet. Or the deck. Penny has been VERY chewy lately. And I mean VERY. VERY.

What's gotten into you, pup?

She's chewing paper, our mail, stuff from my purse like lipsticks and cream eyeshadows. Thank God she's not messing around with my bags, she knows better! I trained her NOT to chew my shoes or bags. Perhaps I focused too much on not chewing those items only... I should have made myself clear. CHEW YOUR FOOD AND TOYS ONLY.

The list continues: pens, water bottles, flash drives right in the plastic box (brand new), tampax boxes and the actual tampax (clean, unused tampax, just so you know. But come on, tampax boxes are so expensive! I can't afford to have her chew those away) and yesterday she chewed her Furminator. The thing costed me 50 bucks, plus tax. And I had just bought it THE SAME DAY. (I think the Furminator story deserves a post to itself, so I'm going to write a quick post later today.)

Anybody has any advice? I'm on the edge. I've tried everything. It's just so frustrating.

If you don't like it, then YOU let me know

2008-08-14T08:15:00.000-06:00

So I had the BEST lunch ever today. It's one of the things I love about the company I work for. They offer the best menus. It was BBQ chicken or hot dogs, cole slaw salad, sweet corn dipped in delicious liquid butter, watermelon and a cheesecake for desert.

I'm not sure how I finished it but I did! My favorite part is the corn - oh boy I love corn. And then, I started taking huge bites of my watermelon slice and one of my friends across the table made a grossed-out face and I said 'What?' And then she told me she HATES watermelons. Even the smell. And seeing other people eating.

Come on people?? Who DOESN'T like watermelon?

She's gotta be from some other planet. (lol)

Douche douche douche

2008-08-14T07:36:00.000-06:00

I've found this recording in a few websites now, I'm thinking it's a sign so I pass it on so all of you can have a laugh.

The first page this was posted was Holy Taco and the back story I'm going to quote, because whoever wrote it, it is good as is.

In all my years of studying douchebaggery, never have i encountered anything like this. It’s such pure and unadulterated douche that I wish I could bottle it and use just a drop of it at a time.
The back story on this is that a girl named Olga was out with her friends in the Marina district of San Francisco (known for being a popular hang out for douches), and she talked to this guy named Dmitri for all of two minutes. Then she gave him her card and said “give me a call.” The above is the messages he left. Listen to the whole thing, it just keeps getting better and better. I won’t even tell you my
favorite parts because i don’t want to ruin anything. Just listen.

Now that you know enough about it, click here for the actual voicemail.

I'm not 100% sure if this is real, if it is, then the douche of douches is out there...

Michael Phelps

2008-08-13T00:32:00.003-06:00

Hello.

My name is Melissa and I'm a Phelpsaholic.

I would like to attend to a (Phelps-)AA meeting and meet (if you allow me to repeat the word, I know it's bad but I don't want to look away from my Micha... I mean, the olympics) and meet more Phelpsaholics.

Are you one of them??

PLEASE, look at those abs... is it heaven or what?

Or sunny!

2008-08-12T08:18:00.001-06:00

Cloudy or sunny...

Love Park City!

(today's picture)

Sometimes it's nice to have a cloudy day

2008-08-12T07:19:00.001-06:00

This is one of the reasons why I love Park City.

And it's also one of the reasons I love my iPhone.

Please tell me it this is not beautiful?

Rolling over

2008-08-12T07:02:00.001-06:00

Penny has got really good at the tricks thing. She can shake, high-five, roll over, play dead and the normal lay down and sit.

Here's a little 'proof' of that... 'cause seeing is believing.

I'm such a proud mama, if I were you I'll get sick of me showing my little doggie. :-)

What I want to do NOW

2008-08-11T21:57:00.003-06:00

I finally finished my book. It wasn't what I expected, but it wasn't bad.

And then I realized I didn't have a life besides that... so I'm taking a break from books to do something I've been wanting to do for a while now: NOTHING.

Sometimes that's better than anything else! No staying up too late, not waking up too early, no chores to do.

Just nothing.

Google Reader

2008-08-10T01:19:00.000-06:00

My Google Reader list has grown SO MUCH! It's pretty amazing. I still have about 50 new posts to go.

How can some of you guys post twice a day? I find it very impressive. I barely have time to think about one thing and write about it. My life is a routine during weekdays. It's just a blah blah of unimportant things. Although that's kind of my point. Go blah about silly things.

Just some random talking here, never mind me.

Hope you're having a nice weekend!

Opera

2008-08-09T00:15:00.000-06:00

So I went to an outdoor opera concert tonight. I got VIP tickets from work and they were having a nice dinner buffet so J and I decided to go just for the food. We had never been to an opera before and we thought it would be to fine for our simple brains, or at least I did.

But I was blown away with how fun and entertaining operas can be. It was the best! We had a great time. They had a little highlights of 4 great plays by Gilbert & Sullivan: Mikado, HMS Pinafore, Pirates of Penzance and The Gondoliers.

On the down side, we kind of felt a little out of place because EVERYBODY in the VIP section were the Park City rich old people. Apparently, we were the only ones under 30 years old. At least I'm glad we weren't so dressed down. The 'gentlemen' were wearing the very classy sweater tied on their necks - classic country club folks - and nice shirts. Some even were wearing ties. And ladies were on high heels (and walking on the grass and little puddles of mud...!!!???), pearls on their necks, HUGE diamond rings on each finger, cristal wine glasses, Dior sunglasses (oh wait, that last one was me, my only precious possesion). At some point the conductor asked if anybody from the public had attended the operas played during the previous four years. Each hand in the VIP section was raised.

'Ha! We should come next year so we can raise our hands along with all these people...', I said to Jeremy.

God, he does have a lot of patience for me and my really bad jokes. Poor thing.

Food was great, and the best part was the passion fruit cheesecake. I love passion fruit.

Can wait for next year!

Happy Friday!

2008-08-08T00:01:00.001-06:00

I'm writing this on Friday's eve - Thursday, ha I'm THAT funny... - and I can't wait for the week to be over!

I have a concert to attend today. Well more like a concert is an opera, but outdoors, in an amphitheater.

I got VIP tickets for it at work. Dinner buffet, reserved parking and asigned seats included. We're not too interested in the opera itself, we're more craving for free food and pampering time.

Bring it!

I've been tagged!

2008-08-07T17:25:00.002-06:00

Oh my Gosh! My FIRST tag!

This is quite exciting for me as I’m pretty new to the blogging world. It feels great to know that people chose you over a big list (please don’t tell me it’s a small list, if that was the case… DO NOT be a grinch!)

Today Amy tagged me in her blog to write about eight things I’d like to accomplish before I die. I have been thinking about writing a post about it anyway, after I watched the ‘The Bucket List’ movie. It was pretty inspiring. I thought of writing more like a 26 things I’d like to do before I die – because I’m 26 – but what the heck, I can start with 8, the first 8 from the top of my head.

I might edit the order in my future list though!

1. Go backpacking to Europe. It’s been one of my dreams since I was little. So many countries so close to each other. I hope to do it soon.

2. Have a baby. This definitely is a BIG one in my list, maybe it should be #1. And including a little detail here - a 2.1 or a 2 (a) - be able to nurture him/her and offer him/her everything I did and didn’t have. Mostly economically, because the rest I’m sure we can deal with.

3. Buy a house with a big yard. I don’t think it will come anytime soon, but so far I’m happy being a condo owner. I know Penny would love it, though. A private park. She’d be thrilled. I can already she her running around like a crazy pup.

::Sigh::

4. Work for a Movie Dubbing and Subtitling company. Not all of you know, but my degree from school is in Translating & Interpreting, majoring in German and English (please don’t ask me to speak German, I just remember Gesundheit and Prost), and I’ve always wanted to subtitle a movie into my native language. Or the other way around. Doesn’t matter.

5. Be a stay-at-home mom. Let me clarify this: a stay-at-home mom, NOT A HOUSEWIFE. I know, I know. It’s a package deal. I definitely don’t enjoy cooking so if my husband wants to take over that, I’m ok with the cleaning and all the etc’s. (And I don't think he'll mind, he LOVES cooking)

6. Be able to overcome my fears and insecurities and enjoy life more than I normally do.

7. Go home – Peru - at least once a year. Maybe move down there some time. Or just be able to convince the jerks at the American Embassy in Peru to give my family visas to come visit me. They DON’T WANT TO STAY IN THE COUNTRY, they just want to see me and see where I live.

8. Have our own business. I don’t know what kind yet but I’ll figure it out. It would be really nice if we can have our own work schedule or just go to another room of our house and be able to work there. No offices, no commuting, no waking up early, no going on business trips (unless we go together). This will be the hardest to accomplish but I’m confident we’ll make it.

Now it’s time for me to tag some more innocent bloggers: Libby, Katrina, Stephanie, Pleasy and Julia. I can’t wait to read your list!

Don’t you love tagging?

Easy, breezy, japan-easy!

2008-08-06T07:42:00.001-06:00

Damn AT & T. I hate it. I'm just in it because I just bought my new iPhone. I spent all afternoon yesterday trying to text and call and apparently the system was down. And today I found out that to have a decent ringtone I have to pay $2. For EACH ringtone. What an abuse! So I figure out a way - mua ha ha ha... - to hack the iTunes program and be able to sync my PC with my phone. Sorry, maybe I'm getting to technical here... ahem! Anyway, IT WORKED! And it was pretty simple.

I'm very proud of myself :-)

The bad thing is that I'm still on page 150 of my 'Breaking Dawn' book.

Dang it.

And I wish I were that flexible...

2008-08-05T07:23:00.003-06:00

She does this every time. Little freak.

Penny, you are a funny doggie. We love you.

Shopaholic

2008-08-04T22:09:00.002-06:00

I know, I know.

You are probably sick of my talking about books 24/7. But I don't know what's got into me, I'm addicted! I have to blame that on my boss, she started me reading the Twilight saga and I haven't been able to put it down.

IT's A D-D-I-C-T-I-N-G.
It's pathetic.
I don't have a social life. And what's worse, I'm not one bit interested in having one. (For now.)

I haven't finished the fourth book yet, I kinda had to put it on a side this weekend after I bought it - it came out on Saturday Aug 2 - J was slightly jealous and kept telling me I'm ditching him for a book and that he needed to borrow his wifey for at least a weekend.

::Sigh::

I gave up my book for a few hours at a time during this weekend, plus we had the camping thingy and a birthday. AND another birthday tonight - we had so much sushi! Yum Yum.

I'm going to try to balance between blogging, reading and updating my iphone, which BTW is so cool. I couldn't resist.

Anywho, there's another book series I read a while ago, but thought of mentioning it for you guys: The Shopaholic Series by Sophie Kinsella. They're the funniest books I've ever read. And there's like 5 of them. AND I did feel a little silly and shallow by reading them, after ditching Pride and Prejudice, Wuthering Heights, Little Women and all those literature books I used to read.

Have you heard about them?

FYI

2008-08-02T00:04:00.004-06:00

The new book 'Breaking Dawn' by Stephanie Meyer is coming out as we speak - or as I type. I will be reading all weekend so I will ditch my blog for a couple of days ;-)
Plus, J is taking me out of town. A G A I N.
I'm hoping this book takes me enough until we get back.

Have a great weekend!

A teary story...

2008-08-01T17:09:00.000-06:00

I just found out that Jeremy’s friends - a couple that got married a few years ago and were pregnant with their first baby – had lost a daughter. The baby had passed away in the mom’s belly with the umbical cord around her little neck.

This kind of things in life make me realize that when you least expect it, someone you love might suddenly go away. We always take those people – the people we love - for granted because you know ‘they have all their lives ahead’ and ‘this kind of things don’t happen to them or us.’ It almost feels like a nudge. Like a wake-up call.

Because of this, I want to remind all my family & friends that I love you, and that even if we don’t talk as often as I’d wish, you’re a very important part of my life and I miss you all every second of each day I’m away from home.

I am taking care of myself and being very healthy, please do the same for me!

I love you, guys.

iPhone!

2008-08-01T00:50:00.002-06:00

I've decided to treat myself with an iPhone 3G. Honestly, I've always hated Apple and its iWhatevers but this phone has won me over. It's so cool! And so easy to use!

I still am open to suggestions, if you have or know of a cooler phone, let me know! I might go get one this weekend so I have a couple of days...

Looking forward to hearing from you guys!

I love you.

2008-07-31T17:20:00.001-06:00

After we moved out of our last place, J and I had to wait a few months to receive our deposit money.Well, last month we remembered it's been 3 months and decided to call our landlord, Martin.

J: Hey Martin, this is Jeremy from Park City, we rented your place for a year...
M: Oh yea, hi Jeremy, how's your new place?
J: It's good. Hey I wanted to ask about our deposit money, we haven't received it yet.
M: Oh really? Ok I'll look into that with my secretary and she'll send your check this week.
J: That's great, thanks so much.
M: (sounding busy) No problem... ok... bye... I LOVE YOU!
J: ... Thanks... (WTF?!) bye...(dead line)

I laughed so hard! It reminded me of that Arby's commercial, saying 'I love you' in auto-pilot.
When we got our money back I was kind of expecting some extra money. Maybe he had thought Jeremy was cute. But no. No, we didn't get extra money (although J IS really cute.)
Either way...

WE LOVE YOU TOO, MARTIN.

Because it's so hot...

2008-07-31T17:15:00.000-06:00

...Penny and I decided to ditch the couch for the much cooler floor.

Daddy, please don't wake us up! Mama and I are cuddling and napping...

(Or at least that's what she seems to be saying.)

And we also have ChaCha

2008-07-28T23:26:00.003-06:00

Oh! And there's also ChaCha, but this time instead of a machine answering you, it's an actual very knowledgable person!

Just type your question - whatever it is - and they redirect your txt to someone expert on that topic and you get the most accurate answer.

Or you can call - at no extra charge - to 1-800-2CHACHA and ask away!

sms Google or 466453

2008-07-28T23:11:00.002-06:00

It's so cool! Probably all kids/people going to college know about it, but since I'm part of the 'older' crowd, I didn't know! We can text questions from our cellphones to Google (466453) like:

McDonalds, Park City UT and it will list ALL mcdonalds in the area.

ALSO, we can ask other questions like about weather, movies, directions, sports, maps, flights... etc. This includes a dictionary in English and other languages! I can type 'Translate Hello to Spanish' and it will text me back with 'Hola.'

A friend that goes to university told me about it.

I'm so thrilled! (And also feel so outdated... OUCH!)

Lost in Utah.

2008-07-27T23:46:00.003-06:00

OMG it was hot there.

J & family decided to go work on their cabin located in... somewhere in the middle of nothing. I do know we didn't leave the state. We drove for about three hours.

We stopped in a Wal-mart on the way there and I thought I could use a book while I was there, just so I don't get bored. The next morning - Saturday morning - I started reading my book. That's when time stopped. Or fast-forwarded. Whatever it was, it felt like a scene of one of those movies where the person stands still in the center of the picture and the sun rises up, and then goes down, and then the moon rises and the person didn't move at all. Just the background moves and changes.

That was me. All day. Reading my book on the deck.

Thank goodness for Stephanie Meyer and her Twilight, because I made some extra points with the in-laws. They said 'I was a good sport' for not complaining all day in an unfinished cabin, with no bathrooms and no shade anywhere near, bugs all over and prrretty damn hot.

If they only knew I didn't even notice those 12 hours under the hot sun. If I had indeed noticed - oh - they would have heard my whining.

Sooo looking forward to the other 3 books...!

Where have I been?

2008-07-27T23:32:00.002-06:00

Hi there.

I'm alive.

But I have to confess, I've been kidnapped by this book.

Have you read it?

Guess who's back from a trip...

2008-07-23T01:56:00.000-06:00

J came back last night, hooray!

This is going to be a GREAT long 4-day weekend...

::Happiness::

Amy I'm sorry...

2008-07-23T00:52:00.002-06:00

But I have to copy your suggestion and include the website you recommended me on the comments section in a whole new post. It is THAT interesting.

Here it is, guys!

Do you see her turning clockwise or counter-clockwise?