Yippie yay yay yay!!!

I got a car... I got a carrr.. i gotta carr!! WHOOHO!!! I happy... oh so happy!!!

In other news.. it's christmas week.. ughh!! It's weirddd.. why so soon?? gosh darn.. I'm definitely not ready for this.. sigh!!! MERRY CHRISTMAS WEEEKK!!!! lol

it's snooowwwinggg

I haven't seen snow in so long.. and now it is snowwwinggg!! and I'm stuck inside at work.. and it's freakin coolddd!! But yipppieee.. there's snow flakes.. it's sooo pretty.. I soo missed it.. YIPPIEEE!!! SNOOWWWW!!!!

Thanksgiving whoopla!

so here's some... of the thanksgiving pics... enjoy enjoy! And yes.. there's quite a few pics of the fatty... he's my little fatso.. so of course there'll be many pics of him!
them out playing football

lazying around

eating....

more eating....

fatty not gettin his way

fatty being happy cause he got to sit by me.. such a lardd!

the truffles sloshy made.. the ones I helped with didn't turn out... I stuck in to much alcohol and they wouldn't freeze... oh well... I stuck a lot of alcohol in a lot of the food.. the cheese cake tasted more like alcohol than anything else... but everything that I worked my alcoholic magie on came out super good..

Fattso was obsesed with taking pics all evening... he'll be such a great photographer.. when he keeps the camera still and focused on the target

and the turkey.. which I made

Our beautiful duck! Mike made it

Me and the fat one

the Lard chillin

The little brothers... with their auntie

To cute

Anj with the fatties

Kerri and Ethan...

He's soo fatt!!!!

Fattso tryin to be all helpful and arrange the crackers... making sure it was all perfect.. such a cute lard

Me and Mike's in the kitchen.. cookin away

HE's such a chubbbbyyy fattsoooo!!

I don't have any pics of the trifle me and sloshy made.. mine was a bigger sucess.. albiet drier because sloshy stole all the pudding.. but of course because it had more alcohol it was a better hit.. and because I made everyone eat that one... heyyy.. it was my first desert I made on my own! I was pretty happy about that accomplishment.. trust mike to ruin my boastful self by exclaiming that it's dry... tshh!!!

joy, joy, joy

WHOOHOO.. it's thanksgiving.. once more.. and again I'm doin most of the cooking.. in mine and Kerri's apaprtment and having pretty much all our family over.. so yippiee.. fun funs! Means we get to keep all the leftovers... and have a grand old mess in our apartment. Should have waited till after to to a extra vaccum cleaning of the house... snicker... anddd dieting in plan for the week after hahah! I'm happy I can't wait to get home tonight and start the cooking. And I'll get to see my little lard, makes me soo happy.. sniff!!
Man... this will be my first thanksgiving and probably cmas and new years where I'm single... sniff.. feels kinna lonely.. oh well.. I shall survive.. Now off to work...
I got a new job... with my sister and an administrative assistant.. it can be quite a boring job at times.. but still.. I'm enjoying it.. nooooo dramama... thank the lord!! Anyhow.. hope everyone enjoys their thanksgiving.. I am... layters.. shall try and not be lazy and bring some pics to work next week so I can post them!

family gettogether

was awsum seeing dan and finally meeting his wifey and kids.. they're soo cutee and adorable... and of course I see my little hunny luv... he started crying again when I had to leave... my poor luv.. he's such a cuttieee pieee!!!








I miss my fatty.. i love this guy.. he's such a hunny luv

work work work

my work is crazy.. I've started part time at Cafe Adobe.. anyone whose in the area can visit me while I'm there.. I'm for now as full time.. and u never know... haha.. but yess.. it's crazy.. it's becoming my home away from home.. I guess it's pretty easy as I don't really have a "home" and i'm over there more than I'm at my sister's apartment... and I definitely don't consider my sisters place my home... so hence whoohoo it's my home.. the pple I work with are kewl and have been going out of their way to help me cheat towards gettin my job... they've all assured me that no one that's worked there has ever gotten in withouttt having cheated or gotten some help.. and I even had one of the managers pretty much helping me get everything right.. sighh!! I'm still learning all of it.. as I've never carried a rediculously huge tray of food and drinks piled high to kingdom come.. while balancing it on one hand and carrying a tray stand... i did spill a couple drinks and got a bunch of applause since it was a coke and stained my shirt while wetting it.. thank got i stuck a tank top under my white shirt or I would have been screwed... but in all it's a lot of fun... the workers are great and some of the managers are kewl and have been great with me! so if ever anyone is in the houston area.. gimme a shout and come visit me!!!

I misss myy hunniesss!!!

Almost every morning when i wake up it's hard for me not to cry. I miss you guys sooo much... times were hard but we had fun.. and there was someone always around that I could help or that could help me... and it made life so much nicer. I miss waking up being able to go downstairs and know that you guys were gonna be there... always giving hugs and making me laugh... even when I wasn't in the mood to get up. You guys were so awsum and made my time there so enjoyable. All the laughs and tears.... hanging out in the tents... you guys eating chili, garlic, onions and whatever else it was that made your guys room smell soooo foul I couldn't handle the wretched stench.... going out and provisioning a bunch of meat so we could have a big bar-b-que... having camp fires... new year fire crackers... going on bus rides.. our christmas vacation... going on that fundraising trip to Luboc and all of us squishing into the back and I havin to sit on Arthurs lap
Hanging out in my room with the girls....Ayumi and Mia... you girls were great...
thanks Ayumi for being my roomie.. even tho it was for such a short time it was such fun.. esp when Calvo jumped into the bed that last night hahaha.. such a funny time.. or when I got inspired to scrub our bathroom floor with toothbrushes.. got a bleach high, sang our hearts out and quoted Lion King... great laughs.. it was great fun sleeping in with u... and waking up the last minute to run downstairs make coffee and make it to devotions... go for long walks to the oxxo and the park...
Mia you were always someone I knew I could go to whenever I was going through it.. your hugs and foolishness brought me through some of the hard rough times... and I thank you so much... Those walks to the park were awsum where we'd just sit and laugh and chill.. hahahhaa... we always had fun.. even when we got in trouble for stayin out to late.. or being to loud and giggly watching movies all night long or just laughing and talking... they were awsum times... I miss you guys so much.... Mia one of the times I remember most were when I was going through that rough period of time... and I'd be a constant cry baby... and something with someone about someone came up.. ahheemmm!!! (such a hidden message hahaha) and you were always there to give me a hug when I couldn't stop crying and pray for me.. thanks so much baby.. That was sooo sweet of you.. I hope I helped you as much as you did for me... remember me you and ayumi having the inspiration to have a huge bonfire so we went up to Oxxo and dragged all that wood and got those guys to drag some of it for us?? HAHAHA that was halarious!!!
Benji... you were awsum.. such a funny guy so full of jokes and foolishness.. you were a great part of the saltillo home.. and it was great to have been able to live with you.. it was awsum gettin to know you and sorry for those times when I was a bad sample ergggg.. to everyone...
Sayuri I miss you.. you were such a cool chick... a totally bean of a taurus... you were so cute and fun to hang out with... absolutely great with the kids and so sweet...
Brian I miss you hunny... you were a great guy to live with... super sweet and loving... I miss you and your hugs..
Gabbbeeeee.. Thanks so much for everything you did for me.. hanging out and talking with me when I went through things... being such a sweet guy... u are so awsum and I really love you. thanks for always going out of your way to be nice to be your hugs and jokes and letting me use your computer.. even tho I hogged it hahahha!! Your hugs were awsum and that you took time out to always encourage me even when I was the bitchiest persons to be around you kept on taking the time to help me.. and it was awsum... I am still sad that you weren't there for my bday and that I didn't end up gettin my bday present YETT!!! but i know I'll definitely see you again and that I still will get it.. tehehehe!!! something i remember about u... was once when I was going through stuff and we were supposed to be cooking we went out to the storage room and I just broke down crying and you hugged me and just helped me through it... thank you for that
Jesse jessee jessee... Saltillo was definitely not the same without you. I realised how much I came to depend upon gettin a hug from you.. and I really felt lost when you had gone off to europe.. wherever it was that you went. I definitely missed those hugs and really depended on gettin one. that's something I'll always remember you for.... and how much they really encouraged me and made my day... you always had a way of giving them to me when I really was feeling the worst.. and i thank you and Mia for always being kewl with me joining you guys on freedays or in the evenings when I had no one to hang out with... I know you guys were have rather done.. other... uhhumm.. things... but you both were so sweet and I'm soo thankful.. you guys are such an awsum couple and I really love you..
sam u were great fun to hang out with... loads of laughs and yeaa u also teased me a lot.. hmmm.. u were a great drummer and its kewl.. ur also a taurus... enjoyed going out witnessing with u.. ur a great guy full of conviction and always motivated to witness...
Arthur.. I love you hunny... You were such a great friend.. even tho u teased me like crazy and always called me gullible cause I was a trusting person... uhhuh!! you were still always funny and made me laugh even when I was having problems... tho I am quite peeved that u gave me such a hard time whenever I tried to give u a hug... hahahhaa! I love you and think ur a cute sexy man hahaha! I'm serious your super great and I loved hanging out with you and giving you back massages.. and urs were good too... something i remember you for was when I was feeling discouraged some of the last weeks I was there in Saltillo...you'd always come and spend time with me, staying with me during freenights and watching Family guy till the wee hours of morning.... and I'm sorry that on your birthday even tho I did write a message the day before... that u hadn't gotten it and thot i'd forgotten it.. I really really didn't... and hope u were happy with the Mate haha.. another thing I'll always remember you for MATE!!
Papa and Mom... you guys were so great to me. you were always so supportive and such a big inspiration to me. thanks Paul for being a papa for me... i really love you and thanks for being such a kid in heart... and always trying new things so that we'd be inspired. sorry if I wasn't the leader and person I should have been... a better sample.. but thanks for always taking the time to teach me and help me... also thanks for taking me with you and Calvin on that road trip to Chihuahua.. however that place is called.. it was so much fun for me... being able to be on the road! it was a great fun experience and time for me...Linda.. thanks for being such an encouragement to me.. and always going out of your way to council and shepherd me. thanks for taking the time to pray for me... I really went through a lot and really felt your prayers helping me.. sorry i was such a slow learner and it took a lot to get it through to me.. but thanks for not giving up on me.... I learnt so much from your experiences and the times you spent helping me.. I really love and appreciate you for everything you've been through and have taught us.
Calvin i love you baby.. thanks for being there when I needed someone to cry on.... even tho i'll always hear about that night.. thanks for being there for me.. and helping me... you did make my life miserable at times.. hahaha!!! but I always missed you whenever u were gone.. u were a great sport.. and I still know that one day boy.. we shall marry hahahaha!!! I really do miss you and your teasing ... umm... lemme refrase that... I do miss you.. and your teasing some of the time.. hehehe smoochies
I miss all of you guys so much.. and this has seriously been the hardest leaving I've ever done.. you guys are always in my heart and I'll always have such wonderful, fond memories all of those times... sure they were hard.. but we always had each other.. k.. now I sound all sappy... hope u all enjoy the pics.. and for those that weren't in the home.. u might not know all these pics... but these were of great happy times and one day we'll all get together.... have a great big reunion and look back at all these pics and have a great laugh and tons of story telling.. I really can't wait.. until that day... cheersss!!! I MISSS YOUUU ALLLL!!!! (ps.. these are only a couple of the thousands hahaha!)

finally posted....

(I had written this before but kinna forgot to post it until just now... so enjoy... these were the days of Hurricane Ike)....
So after dropping my sister off at the airport.. I had gone over to stay at my parents place... mom dad, ang and the kids were all going to Austin.. I could have gone but was to tempted by the idea of a hurricane coming through houston and I always wanted to get some good weather shots.. so I opted to stay.. horrible decision I might add... while it might be fun the after party is horribly depressing..
So we got "ready" for the storm... by doing what? Finding the nearest stash of alcohol and making sure there was plenty of it to weather us through the hurricane... all the local stores were pretty much all sold out of alcohol... like all out.. and when calling my friends they were all gettin ready for a huge alcohol party so me and Jp the only one of my family that had stayed decided to make sure we too were ready.. forgetting about anything else valuably more important... oh candles, matches etc etc... joyfull!! Who needs thatt!!!
Sooo.. after cooking a wonderful dinner out doors and watching it get scarfed down by the rest of the "mob" that was staying over with my parents... Jeremy and Mila... as if it were to be the last ever meal they ate... we hung around watching the news, checking mail and writing last minute messages, and writing out a will (just in case things got bad... pretty much was like... and my rings go to.. my camera goes to.. my computer goes to... and I think that's pretty much all my main valuable worldly possessions... the rest can be just distributed to the family yaddi yaddi yo) so anyhow... the winds at around 12ish started to really picked up I started raiding some of mom and dad's vino and had a glass or two waiting for things to start really happening...
at around 1ish i started getting bored of nothin really happening so was starting to fall asleep when the electricity went out.. so both me and jp wide awake started running around, gettin hungry and havin some wine and wine coolers.. soo yess we're chilling takin pics, posing with bottles pretending to be drinking, then making little video clips... chasing hte kids around.. who decided outside was quite nice to run around in the dark dark by themselves... crazy monkeys.. running around looking for candles and matches, raiding the freezers for ice cream and food that could be eaten before it spoiled and that could be eaten raw.. etc etc... and then yes crash at like 3 and wake up hrs later to a overly quiet that rings in ur ears, and eerily calm weather... WE WERE IN THE EYE!!! WHOOOHOO.... pass out again on the couch.. yes yes.. our wonderful hurricane had passed.. next morning.. nothin to do.. so me and jp slept alllllllllllllllllllll day!! practically.. me catching up on the nights I had lost sleep driving kerri to the airport, driving from Washington state down to Houston... in an overly squished car... all that had added up and so i was out... evening time me and jp were bored so we decided to go driving around to see the damages etc... it was crazy some of the neighbors had trees through the houses... huge ass things that were uprooted.. it was crazy crazyyy.. there were some flooded parts that I was afraid to take the car into so I made jp jump out and walk through to make sure it wasn't to deep.... that night a wonderful thunderstorm.. probably way worse than the actual hurricane night.. it was raining shheettttssss so again with no electricity... the next day we started cleaning up the house, fridges, freezers and yard... our house was pretty sound and no trees had falling into our property so that was a super great thing.. as we had also slept those two nights with our doors to outside open haha.. so we had no flooding inside or anything so it was nice... so yeaa we had a bunch of meat that had to get used to I became creative with havin no nice electric stove to cook that I busted out the grill and made some eggplant lasagna as well as chicken and beef shish kabobs.. they were sooooo goooddd.. i was quite pleased with myself as everything was over this teeny tiny little charcoal grill... so we busted out the beers and coolers and had a wonderful out door meal and evening... along with little hick country music.. yeehawww... no we didn't really want it but that was one of the few stations that were still up and running so we enjoyed it and started dancing around outside... peachyy kewl.. here's two pics jp had taken durin the storm of our "drunken" fun... I shall definitely not post the "news report" I had done.. i sound like a weird person....

fun fun...

There's nothing I found more enjoyable and relaxing and just plain FUNN.. then driving... windows down... wind tangling ur hair in a ugly solid tangle, music... preferably techno blaring.. and you just happily smiling and singing along in your off key note... ahhhhh!!!!! oh right and of course driving... more or less, speeding down the highway.... it's great great great... and for those of you that think I'm unsafe.. THAT'S NOT TRUE!!! I direct that mainly at the guys... Calvin for one.. and all those other guys that thot me a very unsafe unfit driver.... I haven't had an accident yett buddeo.. uhhuhhh!!! Sooo.. if you don't want to be appreciative of my driving.. then u can not get picked up or driven around when u come visit me!! SO THERE!!!! bwahhaa!!!
Life's pretty peachy... just started my first official job!! WHOOOHOO!! Applaud applaud.. of course waitressing isn't my number one dream job... but it's all kewl.. running around and all... hopefully I'll be able to shed a few pds... and Arthur.... I'm not really vain!! hahaha..

the rest of las vegas

so here's the last.. definitely should have taken more pics... but oh well.. hopefully soon I'll be able to go there again... perhaps for new years.. so hopefully there'll be more pics from over there.. didn't even see half of the places I was hoping to soo it should be fun fun fun!!!!! Enjoy them

some french pastries.. they looked sooo gooddddd
and inside one of the casinos


the waterfall...

and of course... couldn't not take a pic of the mini tower

or me in front of it...
in another place


the hallway... leading into the casinoThe decor was impecible... this room was soo beautiful!!
lookie lookieee... one of the wax figures they had on display that u could take pics beside for free.. there were other cool ones but u had to pay..




this was one of my aboslute favorite places.. it reminded me so much of europe!




the Renissance



this cool motercycle in the shape of a chick.. it rocked
this was a waterfall that was inside one of the hotels.. soo beautiful to sit down and drink a coffee
chandeliers that went up and down.. my fav.. the purple onee haha
chocolate decorations.. so pretty