Monday...

Wow!! I am just beat down and tired tonight!!!! My legs are so sore from all the jumping and climbing we did at Noah's birthday party yesterday!!! The party was a lot of fun even though it was raining so unforgivably outside. This is why we have been planning indoor parties for the last 5 years now... It's always raining or cold and soooo windy for Noah's birthday!!! I'm having a hard time putting the pics on here. The up loader keeps giving me the error code, so I will try again later and if that doesn't work, I'll try again tomorrow.... Any who~~~~ lots of kiddos showed up. It was a full house!!!! Noah had a blast, I hardly saw him the whole time because he was playing so hard!!!! We ate there and then came home and he opened presents... (Thank you to everyone. Lots of thoughtful and great gifts!!!!) He's so spoiled!!!!! We'll probably be writing thank you cards on Wednesday before we go Karting. I liked the idea of a glow party, but we probably won't return to this place.... I think for birthday number 9, we may end up doing just a us 3 trip to somewhere special for him.... We have a whole year to figure it out....

Today- Noah, Obi and I took such a long walk!!!! It was so cold outside but we just kept walking!!! We probably walked a good 3 miles today... Uphills, downhills and even stopped at the park to play... Even Obi went down a couple of slides!!!! Lots of fun!!!!

Well, I'm off to get one more load of laundry in before I throw my head on the pillow and snooze!!! Tomorrow will be really busy at work, and with Tae Kwon Do and puppy class to follow, so I need to get a good nights rest!!!

Take care everyone!!! I'll work on those pics tomorrow.

Another Saturday......

It's another wonderful Saturday here at the fine Regional Medical Center..... We had a few cases scheduled for today but half of them have cancelled already...... and that's OK with me... I think it was a bit past midnight when I went to bed last night because I got hooked on playing Rock Band again. I had finished the game on medium a while back, and started it on hard, but I got stuck on a Nine Inch Nails song, and hadn't really tried again.... So last night I stuck with it, and I think I only have 2 more sets left on hard!!! Now, my scores are nothing to be proud of, mostly 3 stars on all of them.... but I got through it on hard!!!! That's awesome for me!!!! I even got brave and tried a song on expert. It was Should I Stay or Should I Go.... I got through 96% of it and then got booed off.... I gotta practice more!!!

This morning I got an early wake up call from the hospital because the tech that was on call wasn't answering her phone and they had a c-section that needed to be done... So they called me since I was scheduled to work today.... By the time I got here, the tech had shown up and they were just finishing the surgery. I don't want to be a nag but this tech has a reputation for not answering her phone when she is on call!!! That is so unacceptable and yet she still has a job here, I'll never understand....I just work here!!!! Anyway, I told her to leave because I was told to take over..... and happily she did!!!

Today has been a bit different. One of the nurses called off and the other tech didn't call or show up. So it's just me and Neil battling the OR!!!! We've done one case already and are waiting for our next surgeon to show up. He was supposed to be here by 1045 but had an emergency case at a different hospital so we have to wait for him.... So here we are!!!

I can't wait to go home today.... Mark, Noah, Obi and I are going to take a walk around town and maybe even stop at Jamba Juice and have a smoothie. I bought these yummy Udon noodles the other day at the store so I'm looking forward to making dinner tonight. Beef Udon noodle soup with fresh veggies in it... Sounds so good on a cold day like today. Other than that, we don't really have anything planned for today. Just resting up for Noah's party tomorrow.

We've never been to this place that we are having it at, but from the pictures and the sounds of it, it should be a great time! You know me, I'll have my camera glued to me like always!!!! Noah picked out his own cake this year, it's SpongeBob..... There's no real theme to this party so it's like a big mash up of whatever!!!! Hahahaha... too funny....

This week was really mellow at work. Not a lot going on, but I think it's just the calm before the storm... Our surgery schedule is getting fuller and fuller at the surgery center. You know what that means???? Less computer time, just kidding!!! Actually it is a great thing!!! The busier we are, the more revenue we are bringing in!!! And that is always a good thing at a private surgery center!!

The last two weeks, I have been going with a couple of docs from my work to a place called FastLap on Wed. nights...... It's an indoor Go Kart racing place!!!!! This is sooo much fun!!! I think Mark and I are going to get memberships!!!! He hasn't gone with me yet, but I think my excitement for the whole thing was more than enough to get him fired up about going too. I took Noah with me this last Wed. so he could watch us and see if it was something he would like to try, but in his usual fashion he said no. This is something we will definitely be working on. He can either ride or watch.... I think he'll end up trying it and loving it!!!! These Karts are gas powered and they go up to 45 miles an hour!!!! It seems a whole lot faster when you're on it.... You get to do almost 20 laps and if you're quick, each lap should only take like 30 seconds!!!! It's so much fun!!! My coworker Christi has been coming with me too and we love to battle it out on the road!!! Last race she was trying to pass me the whole time bumping my back end at every turn, but I wouldn't let her pass me!!! That is, until one of the other guys, did a pick maneuver on me and made me spin... All in fun!!!! We had a great time. So thats where I'll be every Wednesday!!!

I'm starting to get real excited for my Mexico mission trip. It's about two weeks away!!! Already!!! I have a few little projects planned that I want to get together before I go. I am going to go through Noah's old clothes and take them with me to give away over there. I also want to go the the 99 cent store and buy a bunch of little toys and things that I can give the kids out there. They were all so amazing and sweet last year. I want them to know how they touched me. I'm going to develop some of the pictures I took of the kids from last year and give them to them in cute frames.... And last but not least I have a master copy of every ones pics from last year, so I want to throw together a scrapbook that I can give to the doctor over there that helps us coordinate surgeries and the use of the operating room in the hospital. So I have a lot planned!!!! I hope to get most of it done quickly.... Last year there were about 20 of us total that went down there. This year there will be about 50 of us going.... Did I mention we will be sharing one bathroom and shower????? Hahahahah!!! Too funny!!! I don't expect to take any warm showers the whole trip!!!! Last year I only had one warm shower and the rest were oh so COLD!!!! No matter what I know it will be a great trip!!!!!

Catch my breath...

Well, it has really been a whirlwind weekend!!!!! It started on Friday..... Kimmy and I got all dressed up and went to a Rockabilly show in Van Nuys... That's nearly 80 miles away from home.... We left my house close to 830 pm and made it out there close to 10pm.... The place was a little different than I expected, but very retro and nostalgic to the era of the music. The show was held at an actual Elks Lodge... It had beautiful wood floors and a big American flag hanging behind the band. It was a total flashback to those old USO concerts for the military in the 50's... cute!!! There was a female fronted band playing when we got there, and they were great!! Then Big Sandy came on... They did a great set as always... Even played Kimmys request of Yamma Yamma, and he even spoke some sweet words directly to her. (The last time we saw him, she was in tears because she had just broken up wth her man) It was a great time. Another female came on after that, Marti Brom, and she was awesome too!!!! After they played we went to meet up with one of Kimmys friends Liz, that lives close to there. Her and a couple of friends were hanging out at a place called the Copperbucket... We hung out there for a while, watched Kimmy get shitfaced (I was her DD....again) drinking everyones beer, and even someones beer out of the pitcher!!! Yeah... she was out of it!!! So we decided to call it a night and I did the drive home!!! It was crazy!! Kimmy semi passed out, spilling her water on my jacket and telling me she didn't, then telling me to stop for burgers (I was like- NO!!!), and finally not being able to work the radio for me. She's got this fancy system that I couldn't figure out while driving at 330 in the morning!!! So I ended up listening to the same song for a good hour then oldies for the last part of the drive!!!! Crazy night!!! So we go home around 4 am, and by the time I got in bed, i was close to 430!!!!

my outfit for the night, and my poofy hair do.

Sandra, Kimmy and myself

Me and my bff

Big Sandy singing to Kimmy!!!!

The DD for the night!!!!

The reason for the DD...hahahaha!!!

Kimmy and Eli.... a new friend!

I laid down and it felt like I had just closed my eyes when my alarm went off.....It was time to go to work!!! Hahahahah!!! So I ironed some scrubs, brushed my teeth, pulled my hair back, put my glasses on and off I went!!! I knew we had one case scheduled for Saturday, but when I got to work, my coworkers told me it had cancelled!!!! YAY!!!! We went to get breakfast at the cafeteria (morning ritual on Saturday), and when we came back into the department I grabbed myself a blanket out of the warmer and headed straight for the couch in the lounge!!! I fell asleep until noon!!! hahahaha!!!! Then just hung out for another hour and we all decided to go home. When I got home, I decided to get another nap because we were going out again Saturday night!!! So I did!!!



After I woke up, it was time to hop in the shower and start getting ready for the night ahead!!! This was Hobo Jazz's first time back to The Vault martini bar in Redlands for 2008.... So I called up a bunch of friends and coworkers and we all met there. My brother and sis-in-law Tim and Mel came out to see them too. They stopped by our place first and we began the night with a quick mango martini for the road, then we went to Rubio's for dinner, where we met Kimmy. After dinner we headed on over there to The Vault... It was such a fun night!!! Good drinks, lots of great company, and dancing too!!! And of course, awesome and fun music!!!!! Well we were there till they closed the place down, and then decided to call it a night. No trip to Denny's this time, just straight home..... I was pooped but had such a great time!!!

The pre-show....Kimmy singing and dancing!

Tim's extreme up front seat....

Hobo Jazz!!!!

My sis-in-law Mel and me

Marquis doing his thing!!!

Matt singing his heart out

Look at those cheeks!!!!

Smoochie poos

Me and my hunny!!!!

Frankie, Cousin Bruce, and Weeyam (William)

My coworker Christi and me

The Insiders.... My coworker Veronica and her pals!!!

Marquis holding himself up!!!!

Mike...No drinking!!!! hahahahahah!!!

Joe's cameo at the show!!!

The girls!!!!

Oh no!!! Look at that ugly toe!!! Some random girl was wearing these!!! Yuck!!!!

Los Hobos De Jazz.... another great show!!!!

So here we are at Sunday afternoon. Just hanging out at home paying some bills, blogging, uploading pics and gonna get ready to take Obi for a walk to Petsmart to buy him some greenies for his breath. Our walks are going great!!! We try different routes almost every time, and on the days where we get and early start we try to make them longer than usual. Noah is doing great with them too. He is liking going further distances too. That makes me happy!!!



Speaking of Noah, he will be testing for his green belt the first weekend in Feb. I am so proud of him!!! He is really trying to get into sparring, even though it's not his thing. He's trying and that's makes me proud!!! His birthday party is going to be next weekend at one of those indoor jumper arenas, but the catch is it's under black lights, so they call it a "glow party".. It should be fun for the kiddos. Then the next weekend is Superbowl. Mark is having a party for his coworkers here at our place....And the following Friday I will be leaving for my Mexico mission trip. So no more going out till after all that!!! I think I have gone out every weekend for a while now, time to take a breather!!!!

Alright kids, hope you enjoy the pics. Have a great rest of the weekend....

Great Day...

Today was a great day for me at work.

I was a bit uneasy this morning because we had a new doctor coming in to do surgery at our place and I was going to be in his room. Usually it's not a big deal when we have new guys because they just come in and use everything we have, but this guy is big into sports medicine and came from Loma Linda University, so he is used to getting whatever he wants.... So we brought in everything new for him. All new instruments, scopes, cameras, specialty equipment......everything... So I went in to work today and told myself that today would be considered experience for the next time that I work with him, since I figured it would be rough. Well our first case was hard because the kid had a shifty patella bone in his knee, so we fixed it as best as we could and moved on to our next case which was a shoulder arthroscopy with rotator cuff repair. This was the one I was more concerned about because every doctor repairs shoulders differently. We began and everything went really smooth, then I remembered a system I had used before that was very similar and TA-DAA!!!! It was like the light bulb went on in my head, and I was n the groove!!!! The case went really well, and the doc told me that for it being our first time working together and his first case at our place, that I was a superstar!!!! He said I was making him look good. Man, it just put such a big smile on my face to know that I had my shit together enough to be able to impress a doc on his first day!!!! So our case finished and off he went to do all his doctor stuff. I stayed in the room and cleaned up our messy OR. Later when I went to the front office for some paperwork, my administrator told me that the doctor had come up to the front and told her how great I was, and that he was glad I was in his room today!!!!! Another big smile!!! To have him have been so happy with me that he felt he needed to tell her was amazing!!!!

So needless to say one more time, I had a great day at work!!!!

After work, I went to pick up Noah from daycare, and we went to pick up Obi from home so we could go to Tae Kwon Do. I dropped Noah off at the studio and Obi and I went for a long walk. I've been trying to walk him at least 4 times a week. But these aren't short little walks. Today's walk was good because I went on my own and just listened to music the whole way... Pretty serene and almost meditational.... It was great. Last nights walk with Noah was soooo long. Probably at least a good 2 miles uphill and down... Very cool!!!! I had him speed walking..... I would like to get to the point where we even jog or run, but before I get too ahead of myself I'll stick to walking very quickly!!!

After Tae Kwon Do, I stopped by my big sisters house and hung out there for a minute. My nephew is getting sooo big!!!! He was in a serious mood today so we barely got him to crack a smile, but he is just so cute that I didn't care!!!! Then I stopped by my moms to pick up some other stuff. And it was time to go home.... We came home and did homework, then had dinner, and finally it was time to go to Obi's first Intermediate puppy class. He did a really good job today. He is learning to stay even with distractions around. And if you know my dog, you know he gets distracted easily. So we'll see how well he continues to do in these classes. Only 7 more t go!!!

Alright kiddos, I'm going to go watch American Idol. We tivo'd it because Mark loves to watch the bad singers in the beginning. BTW, last night was the premier for PrisonBreak, and they delivered!!!! It was a great episode. I've been addicted to this show since the first episode. It's so sad, I've never missed an episode!!! It's a great show!!!!

Well, have a great rest of the week.

Inspiration

OK, so some of you may know that I get almost daily emails for inspiration or motivation...Kind of like the daily verses or God minutes that some of you may get.... I've been reading them but not using them on my blog, or just forgetting to acknowledge that they reflect me in a way.... Here is a collection of some of these emails that have touched me in one way or another. The black writing is just my little explanation of how I relate to it...

• The face in the mirror "Our inability to see beauty doesn't suggest in the slightest that beauty is not there. Rather, it suggests that we are not looking carefully enough or with broad enough perspective to see the beauty."-- Rabbi Harold Kushner
• "Who are you? You can gaze at your reflection in a mirror but you’re not likely to see your true likeness. You are beautiful, unique, perfect. Do you see that?The world needs you to see how whole and complete you are -- now. Can you begin to own your divinity? The world needs you to know who you really are so you can be the mirror for others.

(Awww..so touching because there are so many times when I feel like I will never live up to the worlds expectations of what I should look like or what pretty is... Mark puts a lot of that into the correct perspective for me. I appreciate him so much for that. I love my man, he makes me feel pretty when the world says otherwise)

• "You, yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection."-- Buddha

(I try so hard to show everyone love and to be there for everyone else, that sometimes I forget to love myself, and be there for me. Definitely something I am working on lately)

• "It matters not Who you love, Where you love, Why you love, When you love, Or how you love, It matters only that you love."-- John Lennon

(Love is such an amazing part of life. It gives you strength you never knew you had in you, and it can bring such pain that you never imagine will go away. But either way you learn from it, and are better because of it.)

• "Why not go out on a limb? Isn't that where the fruit is?"-- Frank Scully

(I totally agree with this. If you reach further than you thought you could go, you'll probably end up with a reward!!! I love to be adventurous and try new things. I may fail, or look stupid or even get hurt, but at least I tried.)

Step into self-awareness

• "Getting in touch with your true self must be your first priority - Tom Hopkins
• Here are some different aspects of self-awareness

Know yourself - Explore who you are: your defences, your blocks, your talents, your aspirations, etc

Accept yourself - We are at war with ourselves when we resist or deny certain aspects of who we are. Acknowledge the truth of who you are right now - the positives and the negatives. Only when we own our present reality can we change

Control yourself - Set clear, conscious intentions and discipline yourself to meet them

Express yourself - Go to your heart to identify what has meaning and purpose for you. Live your truth. Identify ways you can give back to life and be in service

• We work on each of these aspects all the time. But as our lives go through cycles, we predominantly work on one of them more than the others. Which aspect are you more conscious of lately
• "Our lives improve only when we take chances ... and the first and most difficult risk we can take is to be honest with ourselves."-- Walter Anderson
• LIFE IS MADE UP OF A SERIES OF EXPERIENCES Each one will make you stronger, even though it may be hard for you to realize it at the time. Life is your classroom in which you're being tested, tried, and passed. Always try to stay in the midst of life and activity. Don't isolate yourself from the action. Your character develops itself in the stream of life. The setbacks and hardships you endure actually help you in your march forward to success. The world was built to develop your character. But, life expects you to make progress in reasonable time. That's why those third grade school chairs are so small
• "When a defining moment comes along, you can do one of two things. Define the moment, or let the moment define you --Tin Cup (the movie)
• "If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice"-- Neil Peart
• "Only those who risk going too far can know how far they can go."-- Unknown source
• "People spend too much time finding other people to blame, too much energy finding excuses for not being what they are capable of being, and not enough energy putting themselves on the line, growing out of the past, and getting on with their lives."-- J. Michael Straczynski
• "So when you are listening to somebody, completely, attentively, then you are listening not only to the words, but also to the feeling of what is being conveyed, to the whole of it, not part of it."-- Jiddu Krishnamurti

(I cannot stress how important listening to others is. It shows respect, and if you take your mind off of responding and truly just listen you will hear so much more....)

• "When we take one step toward God, he takes seven steps toward us."-- Hindu Proverb -If our ego is to know spirit, we must make the first move. Spirit does not come down and knock on our door. It sits waiting for us to acknowledge it. We must want to change and take the initiative and persevere. The love of spirit will embrace us. But we must take the first steps

(All you have to do is accept. And the love is there. Be true to yourself and ask.)

• LET GO OF THE PAST
• "Your journey has molded you for your greater good, and it was exactly what it needed to be. Don't think that you've lost time. There is no short-cutting to life. It took each and every situation you have encountered to bring you to the now. And now is right on time."-- Asha Tyson
• No regrets. As we become more aware, we begin to realize that there’s a purpose to everything that happens. This builds our trust, and supports us in being willing to be more open and daring to really experience life as it unfolds.If we pay attention to what’s happening in each moment, we will discover that life continually brings us opportunities to heal our past wounds. When a painful memory surfaces, we can take the time to feel it fully, give compassion to ourselves and any others and allow the energy to release. As we deal with the past in this way IN THE PRESENT, we free ourselves to more fully connect with life.

(Letting go of any bad past is so crucial to moving forward in your life. Yes it molded you into who you are today, but it must be let go of. I am a believer)

• "As long as you don't forgive, who and whatever it is will occupy rent-free space in your mind."-- Isabelle Holland
• "Even though you may want to move forward in your life, you may have one foot on the brakes. In order to be free, we must learn how to let go. Release the hurt. Release the fear. Refuse to entertain your old pain. The energy it takes to hang onto the past is holding you back from a new life."-- Mary Manin Morrissey

So I think many of these are along the same line of emotions and feelings. I may not have elaborated much on them here, but when I read them, I know exactly why I picked them and wanted to keep them here so I can read them often. I hope one or more of these touch you the way they touched me. Life is so full of emotion and lately so am I!!!! Haahahaha!!! What a typical female!!!! I think with the holidays being done and over and looking forward to Noah turning 8 (OMG, 8 already, I can't believe how fast he has grown up!!!) has me feeling a bit reflective on life and the path I am headed on. There are still so many things I want to do and accomplish. I need to get on track. And I will. Enough said about that.

No new pictures to post today. Noah goes back to school on Monday (finally!!!! I hated this 3 weeks off thing!!!!) Obi begins intermediate classes on Tuesday and I think finally life will be back to normal around here. Looking forward to next weekend.... Friday night is a big Rockabilly show for Kimmy & myself and then Saturday night brings the homecoming of Hobo Jazz to The Vault Martini Bar in Redlands. It sounds like we have a bunch of friends coming to meet us there so it should be a blast!!!! I have to do some grocery shopping tomorrow and Mark is going to be glued to those playoff games... It sounds like they are going to be really good!!!! Have a good rest of the weekend and a good next week....

Happy Graduation!!!

Today was Obi's eighth and final puppy class... It was testing day, and well he PASSED!!! He graduated today with flying colors... The only thing he had trouble with was being distracted for his trick. He does a high ten, but there were nuggets on the ground of dogs treats, so while I was trying to call him for his trick, he was busy vacuuming the floor for Petsmart!!!! But he finally did it and he passed!!! I am so proud of my little doggy!!!! I just love him!!! So now I signed him up for intermediate classes starting next week. This way we can learn more about commands with distractions around. He is so ADD!!!! LOL...

I'm feeling a lot better. Back to normal.... Food poisoning sucks!!! I've had it before and hope this is the last time because it really is just misery!!!!

Well, there's not much more to report... All is well.... Take care everyone!!!!

Saturday finally......

Well what an eventful end of the week... After my restlessness the other night.... I finally did get some sleep but only to get food poisoning on Thursday!!!! Wow!!! That was horrible. After getting a flat tire, I was running late on getting home and getting dinner started so I thought I would stop by Albertsons and buy my energy drinks (because my beloved Winco and Target didn't have them) so I figured I would just pick up some fried chicken for dinner since it was quick and ready.... Bad idea!!!! Soon after I ate the chicken I started to get sick and vomit.... It continued for a while... But I couldn't call in sick to work the next day because we had two rooms running... So I packed myself up (looking like crap!!!) and got Noah ready, and went to work... I felt like crap but got through our first case.... Then my nurse told me to go get a drink of water and rest for a bit, well I couldn't even hold down the water, so I started to vomit again..... My anesthesiologist offered to give me a shot of Zofran (an anti-nausea medicine) so she looked for a vein and realized that I was very severely dehydrated.... Well she finally got one and mainlined the zofran in..... We call it vein to brain!!!! It helped after a while, but I was still sick, and I guess I started to turn a bit green, so she said I needed and IV and lots of fluids because she thought I might pass out. So I got an Iv and about 3 bags of fluid pumped in along with an antibiotic and some other stuff for the nausea!!!! After a couple of hours of sleep, I ended up going home and just laying in bed for the rest of the night.

Today I feel a lot better.... No stomach issues... no more vomiting.. I even held down some cream of wheat and my beloved rockstar drink!!! Luckily our one case for the day cancelled at work so I've been able to just rest all morning chatting with my coworkers. Everyone left now, so I think I'll leave too but I just thought I'd sit and blog for a few minutes instead of doing it at home, that way my boys get my undivided attention!!!! It's peaceful here when everyone is gone anyways... Just quiet.. No one to distract you....

So as for this weekend, nothing planned. My cousin is having her sons birthday party tomorrow but I think I'm going to skip it so I can get some extra rest.... I think I'll send Noah with my mom though, so he can get out and have some fun..... Lets see, other plans we have in the works are Noah's b-day party probably the last Sunday in January...... Super bowl at our place with friends over, I'll be leaving on my Mexico mission trip on Feb. 8Th till the 13Th, and then Valentines day.... After that it's pretty much blank for a while...

Noah still has one more week off from school, and he'll be staying everywhere this week... One night with my mom, one night with marks dad and step mom, and two nights with his cousins at Marks brothers place.... It'll be a good way for him to finish off his Christmas vacation.... To spend some quality time with family.

Alrighty kiddos... That's the scoop for now... No pics today... but I think there are plenty in the last few posts to hold you over for a while!!!! Take care and try to stay dry....It's raining!!!! YAY!

Are we havin fun yet?????

I had to go back to work today, and I have to admit I could not focus at all today!!!! If my life had depended on it....I'd probably be dead!!!! We only had one case today, we were completely done by 9am.... Noah came to work with me today, and he's going to for the rest of the week also.... So I took him out to breakfast after our only case... But man, I felt like the day just dragged on and on!!!! Ugh...It's so hard to come back after all those days off....

To make things a little rougher, my mind has been racing since yesterday. I couldn't relax last night. I couldn't wind down.... My eyes were tired but my mind would just jump from one thing to another and I couldn't catch a break... Nothing specific on my mind, and actually no worries that would make me stress out.. Just a jumpy brain....
I tried watching TV... nope... Listening to music.....nope... Finally I just turned the TV off and tossed and turned until I drifted off... Ugh.. misery!!!!

Tonight I don't want to bother laying down till I chill out, so here I am on the computer past 11pm, downloading and listening to music on ITunes... and blogging
when I know good and well I am going to be very tired tomorrow morning!!!! My wonderful hubby is staying up in the living room watching some shows he had recorded waiting for me to get off the computer, but I figure maybe if I sat here staring
at the computer long enough (which usually makes me tired) and write about whats going on maybe I'll be able to get to sleep sooner than if I hadn't.... We'll see....

As for the rest of this week.... Work and more work (you guessed it I work this Saturday!)....... I think I'll be having a girls night with Kimmy this Friday and it sounds like Marks friend will be coming over to watch some of the playoff games either Saturday or Sunday... Other than that, not too much more planned as of yet... But you know how that goes...Plans can change in a heartbeat!!!!

Well guys, thanks for listening.... Hopefully more cheerful blogging tomorrow... Today is just one of those days!!!! Goodnight....

New Years 2008

I hope everyone had a safe and fun night.... Mark and I headed out to this awesome place called The Press in Claremont where Hobo Jazz was going to be the entertainment for the night!!!! Kimmy and her friend Mindy got there nice and early to get us some great seats....and they did....We ate, drank (too much!!!), sang along, danced and toasted the new year!!!!! It was a great time!!! A perfect way to end 2007!!!!

Thank you to everyone I know for adding your flavor to my life... If you are a friend or family member, or even just an online buddy... I take a bit of everyone with me in heart and I thank you for sharing!!! I love you all for your support, kindness, honesty, friendship, and love!!!!

2007 was a great year, and I can't wait to see what fun adventures lie ahead in this new year....

Here are a few pics of our night... and some inspiring words.....:)~