Time away from Work!!

Well David had Friday off for his 4/10 work week and I took the day off as well. It was nice to take a break from that drama filled place!! There are all sorts of system problems that prevent us from fulling working so it was nice to just get out of there and not deal with it. Friday we just hung out at the house doing pretty much nothing!! Until the WATER BOTTLE fight!! Thats a whole other story..lol.. So far today I go to sleep in while David woke up early to work with Tim on his car. They are doing some sanding and bond-0 not sure how to spell that but hope its right work on the car. He is really close to being done. I should take a picture of his lists that he makes for the car but finally after 6 years he has it down to less than 20 things and the car will be up and running!! YAY!! Before I woke up and he started working David picked up the living room so all I had to do was finish up the rest!! Let me just say its so much easier to keep up with a clean house than clean an entire house each weekend!! Well aside from that we currently have nothing really planned for the rest of the day. I just need to finish up some last minute laundry and I'll be done for the weekend!! I think we might head over to this church that is having a Revorama Car Show with motorcycles & cars!! Ohh on that note I just want to announce...DAVID PASSED HIS MOTORCYCLE TESTS!!! He is offically licensed to drive a motorcycle!!

Busy Weekend!!

Well Jomi & David finally got to move into their house this weekend!! They are offically home owners again. They have moved into the Heritage Parks addition. David and his dad did most of the furniture loading while Jomi & I did kitchen box packing. Trey & Dom were in town also and we had fun playing with Cheyenne...Trey helped with putting up blinds along with other handyman stuff and he is gonna come check out our AC here at the house and help David do some work on the bathtub. This picture is courtesy of Dom and her Facebook...Yes I first put Cheyenne to sleep and then she put me to sleep! I worked Saturday morning for 2 hours because the system at work went down. Today we spent the morning having breakfast and cleaning. David did some yard work while I went to get breakfast then I started working on cleaning the house and folding laundry. Its nice to be done with cleaning and able to just relax for the day. Time to just relax and hang out with David and Zoe!!

Some Change!!

Well its been almost a month since I've posted a blog. Life has happened and some things have changed hopefully for the better. I made it back to work and have managed to get thru 2 weeks. The first week was intense trying to learn new systems and get back into the groove of things. This past week went OK...and today I worked my first Saturday Overtime. David was lucky and got to work his during the week and didn't have to work this weekend. Today he is at motorcycle school!! He'll be there today and tomorrow learning all the stuff you need to know about the rules and driving. I have a very busy night...today is Oriana's 13th birthday yes my niece is finally a TEENAGER! and we are also celebrating David's & Carrie's Birthday with the car club group!! I am in charge of bringing the ice cream so we'll be going there and then I'll be leaving for a little bit to go to Schezuan to attend Ori's bday dinner!! Well Im gonna get back to cleaning house and doing laundry.

Friday the 13th!!

Wednesday was David's Birthday!! HE'S AN OLD MAN NOW...24!! I love telling him that he's the old man of the relationship because for about 5 months he's older than me. Sadly we had to go to court on his birthday to take care of a traffic violation he had gotten a ticket for. We also went to renew his license. Aside from all that we had lots of sweets for him!! Later that evening David, Shaft and myself went to dinner with Davids parents at Abuelos! I think I can say that Abuelos is probably one of Davids favorites! After that we just came and hung out at home. My sister came over later for some cake with the family. I hope that David enjoyed his own birthday...I love celebrating his birthday and I certainly enjoyed myself!

Thursday was Howl Night for my niece and nephew Lauren & Andrew! My sister really wanted me to come so I went and brought Rhyan my other nephew with me. It is certainly a different event. Its basically a class favorite or school favorite ceremony that us Abilenians usually see just in our yearbooks. It was funny to watch because they had the kids do a Talent show like they'd done when the senior class was in the 3rd or 4th grade. Needless to say they won the categories they were nominated for. Check out the pictures!!

Well today is Friday the 13th and we have absolutely nothing planned! I do need to get out of the house for a bit to get some cleaning supplies so that I can clean today...my goal is to just hang out at home today and wait to see if David wants to do anything once he gets off work at 10 pm tonight!! I really need to get on the ball and take care of all my last minute things as this next week is my last week at home so no more maternity leave after this!!

Workin'

Here are pictures from work that David has done on his mustang! We'll I should say work that Tim has done on David's mustang...Thanks Tim! Really its a combined effort of them both. Tim is showing David what needs to be done. There are also pictures of when David got his stuff!! Merry Christmas! Below is also a link to see the rest of the pictures! http://picasaweb.google.com/magdav23/DavidHisCar?feat=directlink

Ft. Worth Stock Show and EDICUT Student of the Year Award

Where to begin! I made it to Ft. Worth in one piece...yes that is I drove the entire time and followed my sisters directions. I must say its a boring drive but the drive to Ballinger was even worse...is hello field of nothing #1 and then hello field of nothing # 2 LOL! Its amazing how much goes into a stock show and how much money some people can spend. Sadly my nieces and nephews didn't make it to SALE...winning and sale are the goals of showing...I have decided however that is a rathe barbaric sport...who judges a cow based how "hmm...will he make good steak!" Thursday when we got there we saw Mark and Lauren show and then sadly we missed Andrew's showing on Friday because he was scheduled or anticipated to show at 11 am but ended up 2 hrs earlier and we were still getting ready...I had my dad with me the whole time and he really enjoyed it that my sister is actually thinking of taking him with her on their next run at Stock Showing in San Antonio and on to Houston if they don't win or sell by then. Below are some decent pictures in my mind of the kids. The funniest part of the show was watching the cows run around like crazy when people would lose them.

I got back into town around 6 ish and went straight to Erika's birthday party. We started off at the Beehive downtown and then ended at The Warehouse (Abilene's signature martini bar). I had lots of fun and it was nice to be around girls and just have some drinks and talk. This morning I woke up for my Student of the Year reception. I thought it was something for other students...umm well I was the only one chosen from McMurry (that is that I know of) so the whole thing was in my honor. That was very surprising. All my brothers came and my sister and dad. They made me speak in front of the whole group and that was WHOA...needless to say I cried because I told them Thank You and how much it was a blessing during this hard time in life. It was a bit embarassing to cry but all my teachers and family understood. I recieved a very nice pen and mail opener. I will get a plaque in March to go in my room and my name was already added to the plaque that hangs in the education building.

Getting my ducks in a row!!

Today is my last day of the week to get things ready and in order for my trip to Ft. Worth and before the weekend. I leave tomorrow at 7 am for the Stock shows. This trip should be interesting...I will be driving the whole way to Ft. Worth and pulling over to switch with my dad right before we hit traffic. I am really hoping to get together with Sharon while Im in the area..it'll be nice to see a friend and just TALK ABOUT LIFE!! I don't know sometimes what I would do without her...she's a wonderful listener. I am pushing to be back in town on Friday by at least 5 pm because my friend/cooperating teacher Erika is having her 30th birthday party at the Beehive downtown and I already owe her since I totally slept thru our lunch date today for her bday. Its certainly going to be an interesting party actually mingling with teachers that I have worked with on a social basis not school!! CRAZY!! So today has been kinda rough emotionally...somethings happen and you just have to push thru them and keep going. I've cleared away most of the flowers that Clara got because they were all dying. I am amazingly still keeping my GIGANTIC PLANT alive still along with the smaller Peace Lillie we recieved. I've been trying my best to keep the house in order ...I learned I can keep up with the laundry while the rest kinda falls off the deep end..so today I've picked up my deep end and Im getting it in order. I feel like all the work Im putting into cleaning is going to be a waste later as shipments of Davids car parts came in today and lord knows how much of a mess he's going to make with packaging and boxes. I've kinda sorta packed but I've got to finish. The only room I have left on my cleaning adventure is the kitchen. It amazes me how much 2 people can have...and our house is pretty small. Well I might get the chance to post pictures of DAVID'S CHRISTMAS as he calls it when car parts come in. I will probably try to do that before I go to bed tonight.

On a side note it has been a God send to have my nephew in town. He has certainly distracted us from life this week. Its crazy how you can stay up till 4 am and still function the next day.

Aside from having a birthday party to go to first thing when I get back on Friday I also have to get myself and my brothers & sisters ready for my reception Saturday morning for EDICUT STUDENT OF THE YEAR. Yes thats right I was chosen student of the year for McMurry's Education dept. Its a small brunch being held and I invited my brothers and sisters to attend. David was attending but opted to give his seat to Chavo so I will also have my nephew!!