What A View

Isn't this view beautiful. I took this on my trip in Washington with Alejandro. I also used it as a Xmas card this year and I thought I would share it with you all.

So much is going on in my life right now that I don't know where to start. I am anticipating my life changing event on Saturday at Disneyland where Alejandro is going to propose to me. I have seen a picture of the ring and I think it absolutely perfect and he couldn't have picked a better ring. It is exactly what I really wanted. I let him pick it out and boy did he do a nice job at it. Also, me taking him to my family and introducing him as my fiancé. I am pretty sure they will accept him, but the waiting is killing me. I am also nervous about the 18 hour drive that he is going to be taking this Thursday and the same next Friday when we both drive back up there. It will be very interesting how we are when we get into WA.

Well I should get going now. Until next time...

What A Trip

As you can tell I had a wonderful time for Thanksgiving Weekend. It did snow but this picture wasn't taken near his house. This was actually taken up at Steven's Pass which is about 2 hours from his place. We drove up there because he wanted to show me snow and boy did I love it. I got some great pictures and I am pretty sure I am going to be using one of them for a Christmas card this year. I experienced having to drive in the snow and then on top of that falling because it was so slippery up there. This picture was the only one that I got of both of us the entire weekend but we had so much fun and actually did so much each day that I was there we were exhausted by the time we got home.

Little did we know all we had to do was wake up Sunday morning to this picture. When we woke up the morning after we went up to Steven's Pass he went outside to get the newspaper and we woke up to a 1/4 of an inch on the ground and snow falling. I have seen it snow before but nothing like what you see in this picture. I had a wonderful time and can't wait to move up there in April.

We had a major fight on Sunday and to be honest I thought we were going to be over but he told me what made him come back was that I loved you and that we put too much into this relationship to let it end now. I am really glad that didn't happen because I think I would be devistated if that happened. I am getting ready to make a phone call to him, so I better go now. Until next time...

Upcoming Plans

I thought I better get a quick note out before I get busy with work this week since we have a short week with it being Thanksgiving on Thursday. Everything is going great with Alejandro even though sometimes he drives me nuts with surprises and such. I am going up there on Thursday afternoon to spend the weekend with him. He has to work Thanksgiving day, but he has the rest of the weekend off so this will be a perfect opportunity to spend sometime with him. The nice thing is that he will drop me off at the airport on his way into work on Monday, so I won't have to worry about getting to the airport in time. Yes, it might be a little earlier than I have to be there, but it is better than having to pay for a car or a cab to the airport.

Right now I am having a heck of a day with a sinus headache and being on this computer is not helping me. I am going to go ahead and finish this entry and when I get back from Washington I will have lots more to share with you so I will just fill you in then.

Until next time...

Great Couple of Months

As you can probably tell everything is going awesome with Alejandro. He made my birthday the best I have had in a long time. He took me to Monterey Bay area and I have been wanting to do that since I was a little kid and my dream finally came true. I wasn't that impressed with the Aquarium up there but the Whale watching trip we went on was amazing and I will never forget that trip. As you can tell in the picture to the right that we did see whale and in fact we saw a total of 4 and they were just amazing. The most beautiful animals in the sea and they are so peaceful. We saw Humpback Whales which I have never seen out in the wild and in captivity and these guys we could hear their calls which just blew me out of the way.

As his trip comes to an end, I realize how much I love this guy and I really think I have found my guy that I want to spend the rest of my life with. I am going up to Washington next month over Thanksgiving weekend and I am so excited. He has to work that day but told me that he would pick me up from the airport after work. The nice thing is that he doesn't have to work the rest of the weekend, so he is going to show me a little bit more of Seattle than what I saw the last time. We are going to be going to Balboa Lake today after he picks me up from work and we are just going to be enjoying our time together that we have left.

Work is very busy right now and we are in the middle of a buying trip so you know what that means. On top of that we are down our office manager at the moment so I am doing most of the work while the other person is doing the easier worksheets and that just pists me off but what can I do about it. The good thing is that I have a guy that loves me and treats me the way I want to be treated.

Well I should get back to work so I don't get into trouble. Until next time...

Great Friends and More

What can I say about this picture. As you can tell Andy, Alejandro and

I are finally in a picture together after all these years. When I picked up Alejandro from the airport last Friday I knew it was right to feel the way I have been feeling about him. I wasn't nervous or anything. I just felt safe and happy to see him. The reunion with Andy didn't happen until Sunday evening, but they were such nut balls when they saw each other and all the nervousness that was coming up to that minute just was pushed aside once they saw each other. I am so lucky to have them both in my lives again and I know they are happy to be talking to each other again.

I had a great weekend with him and the friends and family that met him when he was here approved me going out with him and starting up again what we had 13 years ago. All I know is that it feels like we are just picking up where we left off back then. The only difference is that we are both adults and more feelings are coming out now then they did back then. My friend Mary told me that I am so happy when I am around him and just in general. Both Andy and Mary told him that they have never seen me this happy since they have known me and I know Mary means it because she wouldn't say something like that unless she did. Andy has been around me since Alejandro and split up 13 years ago and he told Alejandro flat out that this is the happiest he has ever seen me.

I did take him down to meet Dené and a couple of her friends and they really like her also. He also did meet Victor and he seems a little stand offish at first, but I think he is okay with it. I know he is probably saying dammit, it looks like she has really found someone that truely loves her. On top of it all, Joey (Dené and Victors little boy) loves him and I know that means a lot because he hardly speaks to any one he hardly knows. Joey and Alejandro were talking so much with each other especially after the fact that Alejandro told him he likes basketball.

The best thing is that I am going up to Washington next weekend to spend time with him. He offered to pay for my airplane ticket and I took him up on the offer. At first I thought no way because I would be only there for a day and a half. The more I thought about it and enjoyed our time together this past weekend, I realized that I better take him up on the offer.

Well I should finish this now. Until next time...

What A Shot and The Day Is Finally Here

I love this picture that Alejandro sent me shortly after we started talking again. I just can't believe how much power is in the water these days. The more I talk to him the more I want to be with him, which I guess is a good thing.

I think the best thing that I am going to say in this entry is that I finally am going to see him for the first time in 13 years tonight. He lands at Burbank Airport around 5:45pm tonight and I am going to pick him up. We are then going to a football game at NH were we met and take a walk down memory lane. He is the one that mentioned something about taking a walk down memory lane not me and the next thing I know is that we are going to the Home Opener of the football season of our former High School. We never did get to go to a game when we were dating so I guess late is better than never.

I think the best thing is that my parents seem to approve of us dating again. I know my sister told me that she is okay with it and that is because she told my mom the other night that since she never did here anything bad about him back then that it is okay with her. I know he has told his one sister that we are back together and she is just as excited as we are. I get the impression that his oldest sister Rocio really likes me and we have a lot in common so that will be a plus. We are hoping to go and see her at work tonight after the game if it isn't too late.

Well I should get going now. I am just waiting for a co-worker of mine to come back so I can go to lunch. Until next time when I have a picture of the two of us together to post...

What A Ship and A Person

This is a picture of the USS Abraham Lincoln that Alejandro is stationed on in Bremerton, WA. Before I reconnected with him I never thought I would say that grey and silver steel was pretty until now. I think what makes it pretty is the fact that it can do so much. It is an aircraft carrier and if you look very closely you can see the planes on it. Also it is just amazing all the stuff that is on it that a lot of people probably don't realize.

I thought I was going to have to wait until my birthday to see him, but he got a ticket to come down a week from Friday to visit me and see me for the first time in 13 years. I am a little nervous, but I just have to remember that I don't have to really impress him much because he already likes me for who I am and nothing more. Our communication is still very strong bewteen us and all I hope is that it stays that way. We have decided not to really say anything to our families until we know for sure if it is going to work out or not. We have had some heart to hearts over the phone during the weekend and I told him things that he even his ex-fiancé wouldn't even think about doing for him in regards to moving wherever he was stationed. Well I told him that once you marry someone in the service you are married to the service and in order to be happy I would have to go wherever he would be.

Well I should end this now. Until next time...

Great Friends

Boy is this a great shot considering all that has happened in the small amount of the week that we have experienced already. My friend Andy is in this picture with me at a Dodger Game that we went to a couple of weeks ago. In the picture to the right is a good friend of Andy's and an ex of mine Alejandro, that we just connected with after 13 years of not talking to each other. See if it weren't for Alejandro I wouldn't have this good friend by the name of Andy. Andy and I have been wondering what happened to him after boot camp but we never did contact him and if it weren't for the webpage myspace.com I wouldn't have found him. So many feelings came back for Alejandro when I spoke to him over the phone on Saturday. We are going to get together in October when he is taking some leave to come and visit his family and us down here in LA. See right now he is stationed in Washington and will be there for awhile. I know I can't wait to see him in October and I am pretty sure Andy is to, so I will just keep you updated in the months to come about it all. I haven't felt this way towards any one in awhile and I guess that is because I really haven't been looking and that is usually when I meet someone. I didn't think I would feel this way in the past if we ever reconnected so I think he really touched me back then when we were dating. I know that if his visit in October has a good ending I am going to go and visit him in Washington over Thanksgiving weekend. I told him that I would like to come up then and he sounded really excited about that. You never know what might happen between us and I will just keep my fingers crossed because I wouldn't mind to tell you the truth.

Work has calmed down a lot in the last month and I am not having as much of a demand on my work right now, so I am kind of relaxed now. I just wish they would get rid of this one girl and that is because she is doing the work that I could be doing if they didn't hire her because she is someone in this office's daughter. I am kind of mad about that right now, but I don't want to get into it. The computer program is getting easier and easier every day we are using it. They are making some of the requests that we have asked so that is nice. I just wish that when the program went live that everything all the departments asked for happened before hand, but oh well we can't dwell on that any more. We just have to learn from it.

I am ready to start a new chapter in my life which will include a career change in about a year and a half. I have decided to go back to school to become a Vet Tech. I have done some research and it won't take me as long as I thought so I am just going to do it. I have been wanting to do this for years now and I think I am finally going to persue something that I really want to do.

The kittens are doing great. They are getting really big and very demanding. Well I should get back to work. Until next time...

What A Scare

This little girl gave us a scare last week. She is okay now, but last Monday we noticed something under her chin which we thought was a lump, but it wasn't. Wednesday morning we noticed that it was getting bigger, so thought okay we need to take her into the vet to get it checked. Well that night it started drainning and we thought it was an abscess. We made an appointment to have her and her brothers looked at for Thursday so we just kept on cleaning it with water and giving her an antibiotic to help fight any kind of infection that she might have. The next day we took them in and sure enough when they were cleaning up the area they noticed something under the surface. They told us that she should have it removed just to make sure. So she stayed over night at the vets and came home friday. I know Panda and Cubby missed her that night because they were attached to me at the hip. The nice thing is that the vet commented on good they looked health wise. See we usually see this particular vets partner but he had to have a procedure himself, so he won't be in the office for awhile. He told us that these are very healthy looking kittens. I know that made us feel really good since we have been taking care of these guys for almost two months now. Now hopefully we won't have any more emergencies for awhile now with them. I just made an appointment to have a recheck of them next Friday since I will be off that day.

My life has been pretty quiet lately. Nothing really to report. I did go on a blind date a week ago yesterday and I don't think it is possible to be anything more than friends. The main reason is that there is no chemistry between us two and he smokes. See I have a really bad allergy to smoking and since he smokes I am going to have a problem. He also really didn't make a good impression on me. I guess I will just be friends and wait for him to call me again so I can tell him. Well it is almost the end of the day for me, so I better go now. Until next time...

This is Panda

This is Panda, the brother of the other two that I introduced you to yesterday. This is one of his favorite places to lay believe it or not near my mom's sewing machine. He is really cute and one of those cats that like to be in your face at all times like Bandit. Bandit it his buddy and whenever they are sleeping at night they are usually not that far from each. Most of the time they are sleeping right next to each other if Panda isn't on the pillow near my heart. Bandit is the surrogate father of the three kittens and pretty much lets them do anything they want to do to him. He is so good because he was this way with Meechi and JB also. Meechi is getting big also and he turns two next month. I can't believe that he will be two in less than a month. When his birthday comes, I will make sure to include a picture of him in the blog.

My life is pretty good, but I am a little bummed about my friend that I told you about in my last entry. It isn't going to work out between us two and that is because we have some differences and we are just glad to be friends. I had a feeling that it wasn't going to work out, but I wanted to make sure that he was aware of it and now I can move on. I am not really looking for anyone at the moment, but I will just wait and see who and what comes my way.

My parents are going to a High School Reunion of my Fathers the end of this month in Detroit and boy have I been busy making reservations for them. See he just found out about it last week and at first he wasn't going to go and then he told me to look at flights again on Tuesday and sure enough we got them for a decent price considering it is only two weeks away. I guess it has been awhile since they had a reunion, so he is excited to go to this one. I don't know if my mom is, but she is going willing because he puts up with a lot of stuff from my mom especially our cats. I have a funny story that I will share with you next time because my lunch is almost over and I need to finish eating.

Until next time...

These guys are my therapy

Boy has my life been crazy since I wrote in you last. My work load is just as bad as it was back then, but at least I have these two cute faces to come home to every night. This is Cody (grey and white one) and Cubby (dark one). There is another one that I am going to have to include his picture in my next entry. Right now I don't have any pictures with them all together. Cody is a little girl and Cubby is a little boy. These two came to us a little over a week after I wrote in you last. The third one Panda (next entry) came almost a month later. They aren't as demanding as Meechi was when we found him and at least this time they have each other to keep company and busy when we are at work.

My personal life has been kind of crazy lately. I have reconnected with some people from High School and there is this one guy that I have liked since High School and I thought I was giving him the signals that I liked him and according to another friend of mine he had no clue. I made the innitiative on Sunday in an email to just come flat out and tell him, but I haven't heard back, so I don't know if that is a good thing or bad thing. I just hoping that he feels the same way because our two other friends says that it is pretty obvious to them that I like him, but who knows if he feels the same way. Since I am single right now, I am enjoying life and having a great time with it.

Besides these little guys coming into my life the last time I did an entry. My sister was here right around Father's Day. We had a very nice visit and we had some quality time together until we had a stupid fight the night before she left. Well I am using my lunch to d

What A Week

As you can probably tell that I have been extremely busy since I left for my trip to New York. This is one the many pictures that I took on my trip. I didn't take many of people but I did take a lot of pictures of scenery and the sights. This was taken at the American Natural History Museum which was one of the places that we went to. The main place that I really wanted to go to was Ground Zero and I did that the day after this picture. Bryan parents are very nice people and in fact his father reminds me of my uncle Dave. I am going to have to do a split picture between his dad Geoff and my uncle Dave and you can see why. I don't think it is so much is looks, but I think that it is his size and his personality.

Work has been crazy for almost a month now. Our new program is now live but it so wasn't ready for us to use yet. We have had some problems with it but it seems like it has been fixed. We are still waiting for a couple reports that we have asked for, but haven't even heard a status update on them. I just find it interesting that our main boss Arlene asks for something changed in 30 days, but we still haven't gotten a report that two of us has asked for since the beginning of February. This becomes a hassle for my job because until they do this report they I have asked for I have to manually enter a log every day which takes a lot of my time to do since I can't just copy and past it into an excel file like I used to be able to do.

Well it is almost time for me to start work for the day, so I better go now. Until next time...

Only A Couple of Days to Go

I thought I better write in you before I forget to before my trip to see my sister Cyndy. We leave for NY this coming Friday. I just spoke to her a little bit ago and she seems excited that it is only a couple of days away. I know I have so much to do between work and my personal stuff before I leave. We are in the middle of another buying trip here at work and we are also about to start a new program so it is a little hectic. I am hoping by the time I come back we will be working on the new program because then I won't be overwhelmed with my work since the office manager will be entering most of the worksheets.

The only bummer about going to NY when we are is that we are missing the little guy in this picture with my sister and I his first birthday which is the day we leave. We saw him last Sunday for Easter and he is getting so big. I have a recent picture of him and if I have time to download it before we leave I will.

I have so much to do between now and the end of the day that I better go now. Until next time...

What A Game

What can I say about my Dodgers. This picture was taken at the Opening Day this past Monday and was taken by Mary's boyfriend Lee. The lady you don't know is our good friend Yvette. We had a great time even though they lost the game, but they only lost by one point.

I am going down to visit Dené again this coming weekend. I am taking Amtrak down and she is going to pick me up from the train station at Santa Ana. We are going to her niece's and nephew's birthday party but that is fine because I made a scarf for her and I wanted to give it to her not knowing that her birthday was the same as my mom's. Speaking of which I need to get her a card at least over the weekend. She always tells me not to spend my money on a card and I need to buy one this year because with all that she has done for me since my whole car situation she deserves it.

Well I should try to get some work done. I don't have much on my desk right now, but I should try to do some more testing on our new program. Until next time...

What A Relief

I got my vacation approved today for my trip to New York. I am excited because this is my first trip that I have had to take a flight since 9/11. I know my sister is happy that we are coming to meet Bryan's family since they are going to be in the states from England. We haven't met them yet and since I think that this is the guy she is going to marry, it is a good idea that we meet. them.

This cute picture is the reason why we call him Meechimouse. See a little bit before this picture was taken he was playing like crazy with this toy mouse. Also when he was really little he had these huge ears, that he eventually grew into, but they reminded us of mouse ears.

These last 5 days have been kind of rough for me. My friend Mary's dad past away last Friday. I found out this afternoon that a teacher that taught my sister, brother and I in Elementary School passed away last night. Mary is handling it pretty well except for the fact that her sister didn't put any of the money that she was getting of his aside for his arrangements. She is lucky to have lots of friends to help her get through this hard time.

Well I should get going. My day is almost over. Until next time...

What A View After the Storm

Again these are one of the pictures that I took with my new camera. I can't get over how pretty the clouds are during the break of a storm. You can't see it that well in this shot, but there was some snow on the mountains. We have had unusually cold weather for our part of the town, but I do love seeing snow every once in a while.

My day is just about over and I really can't wait for it to end. We have had meetings all week, so I have been busy with visitors in the office. Thank goodness St. Patrick's Day is tomorrow and it isn't going to be too busy that day. I am waiting for my main boss to be done with a meeting so I can go and make copies of a log that she was using during a planning meeting with one of our visitors.

Well I should get going now. I will talk to you soon. Until next time...

What A Shot

I couldn't be any happier with this picture. This is one of about 100 pictures that I have already taken with my digital camera. I am really pleased with the quality of pictures that the camera takes. I was about 30 feet away from Meechi when I took this picture and it looks like I am right in front of him. I also can't get over how clear the background is of this picture. I have many favorites right now so until I get some pictures of my friends, then you are just going to have to look at cats.

We are celebrating Mary's birthday with a Tea Party on Saturday. I am going to be bringing my camera to it so I will hopefully have a chance to get some pictures of us. We are going to be wearing hats that Mamma Dee had made for us. This should be a lot of fun. Mary loves going to the Tea Rooms and she is the one that got me hooked on them.

My work load is kind of slow right now which is good because then tomorrow I can concentrate on testing our new program. I haven't had much time until now to do the testing because I have had other projects that needed to be done. I plan on working on it all day tomorrow.

Well I should go now. My ride is just about to call me. Until next time...

Great Cousins

Tiana is the older one is this picture, but it is always fun to see family during the holidays. Tiana and I saw each other a couple of weeks ago and I am going down to her area at the end of the month of which I am so happy to be going again. I really miss having my freedom now that I don't have my car, but hopefully that won't be too much longer.

I am officially going on a real vacation next month. My sister's boyfriend's family is coming to visit her from England and we haven't met them yet, so it will be interesting to see what they are like. I am just going for the weekend, but I am not too happy about the rest of my vacation. I was hoping to take a whole week off, but my supervisor wouldn't okay it. I will just have to keep that in mind if any one else takes those two days off because I don't think it will be fair since I couldn't have them off and they get them off. I think it sucks because I have not taken more than 2 days off in a row and the one time that I want to I can't because her excuse is the time of the year. Oh well.

Well she is being nosy, so I better go now. Until next time...

Been A Busy Couple of Weeks

I thought I would put this picture in. This is my first scarf that I have ever made. I have made quite a few since this one. I think I have lost count of how many I have made since I started back in October. It is fun, but now I have to start making other things than scarves.

Everything is pretty much the same with me. I have had a rough week with work problems, but hopefully that will resolve soon. We start our testing for the new program next week, so that I will be a couple of weeks of intense work here in our office and my department. If everything goes well, then hopefully by either the last weekend of March or the first weekend of April we will go live with the new program and I will have a little bit of a break after awhile of intense work. I know the first release we will have to enter the linelist information, but after that we should be okay.

My weekend with Dené last week was wonderful. I didn't go to Knott's Berry Farm like we wanted to because of money, but we did have a lot of fun. I saw some cousin and an Uncle that I usually only see at Xmas so that was a nice change. It is so hard for me to get around lately because of my car situation. I just sent a big payment to one of my larger credit cards thanks to my refund, so hopefully after I pay that one off and one other one I should be able to afford a car by summertime. People keep on telling me that I don't have to worry about a down payment, but I don't want to have big payments, so even if I just put a couple of thousand down, it is better than nothing. My day is almost over which means my week is almost over, so I am happy about that. Well I should go now. Until next time...

What A Game

You know that this is a great sight to see. The Pittsburgh Steelers won the Super Bowl yesterday in Detroit. I think that the best part was that the Bus announced his retirement after the game so the other players wouldn't be nervous about it being his last game. I was supposed to go and watch the game with Dené and Michelle, but that wasn't able to happen so I ended up watching it with Mary at her place since our cable was out for most of the game.

So much has happened since I wrote in you last. I got a promotion. I am doing some of the work now and it wasn't supposed to take affect until April, but that is okay because at least I will used to it by the time I really have to do the work. Now if the money would only show the change of my work though.

Well in a couple of weeks I am taking Amtrak down to Santa Ana to spend the weekend with Dené. I haven't seen her since before my whole car situation happened and boy do I miss the time we had together. We are hoping to be able to go to Knott's Berry Farm if both of us can afford it. We will see. Well I gotta go now. I will talk to you soon. Until next time...

Gonna Be A Bear

This pretty much describes how I have been feeling lately. I have been so busy and now that I have been starting work at 7:30am in the morning I am starting to get really tired around 4pm. I think my supervisor understands so she isn't really too mad about my work load when it is after 4pm.

I have a couple of big projects that I want to try to finish by the end of the week so I am not trying to get it done on Friday. I know that I can get one of them done by the end of the day, but the other two will take probably the rest of the week. At least we aren't too busy at the moment that I can get them done.

My personal life has been pretty good. I saw Marcus last Wednesday after my dad got off of work. I really don't know what to expect with him any more. I really enjoy being with him, but I know he doesn't want to hurt me so he tries not to get to close to me. I think the nice thing is that we can call on each other if we need to and as long as he keeps his end of the bargain I should be happy about it. So far he has only done that once and he seems to understand that I was really upset about it and he made up for it by picking me up last Monday from work.

I have been knitting quite a bit now. I have been told that I am getting pretty good at it. I am doing mostly scarves right now, but they are all different colors and boy do they look nice. Cyndy asked me to make one for her friend Tracy's birthday. I can't wait. I think the next one I make is going to be more of a wrap then a scarf though. Well I gotta go now. Until next time...

This is my little cat wondering what I was doing in the backyard with my camera. He is such an in your face kind of cat. He makes me smile whenever he wants to be baby kitty and he is a year old now. He did it to me last night while I was sleeping. He is too cute. This picture isn't bad considering I took it with the camera on my cell phone. Mary bought me a cell phone as one of my Xmas presents. It has come in handy, but I just have to watch my minutes. My friends are mostly on Verizon so I don't have to worry about it so much.

So much has happened since I wrote in you last. I lost my car due to stupidity of not paying my registration. That is okay because I get a chance to save up some money and also paying off some of my credit cards. I am pretty sure that I can do that in less than a year and then I will be all set.

Well I gotta go now. I got lots to do today. Until next time...