Wednesday, September 29, 2010

an almost catastrophe









As you can see my daughter has a best friend. Minnie Mouse, or as I like to call her "Pirate Hooker Minnie Mouse", only because she has a shit load of make up on and wore stilettos until we cut them off. I have tried to replace Minnie with normal looking ones, but she is attached. Olivia would probably bathe with her if we allowed it.Well we almost lost Minnie...for about an hour my daughter refused to go to bed, yelling "where Minnie?" We looked every where....I was even freaking out. We finally found her being the entertainment center. She was so happy. Now, where the heck am I going to find a replacement of "Pirate Hooker Minnie" when her looks go south?
Please excuse the blurry pictures, she was moving a lot.

Sunday, September 26, 2010

A day at the beach

It was a bright sunny day is Washington, so I should have known that anywhere we went would be packed. We had every intention of spending the afternoon at the zoo. However, when we got there is was packed and we couldn't find parking. On our way home my 22 month old (23 months on the 28th) pipes up and says" MaMa want to see toot toot", which is her way of asking to go see the trains at the beach.
 Here are some picks of us enjoying our day.




Here is Olivia waving "bye-bye, toot toot"






And an Happy early Birthday to Olivia, Pika (which is what she calls her Grandma's) Violeta bought her a swingset for her birthday.

Monday, September 20, 2010

A little trip down South

No, I didn't go to the real south. I went 3 hours south of me to Portland. I'd only been once before and never really got to do any exploring except for the zoo. My friend Heidi and I left our kids and husbands behind and went on a little adventure.
We arrived Friday afternoon and immediatley headed to an Outlet mall with the intention of buying rain coats because we both forgot ours and it was pouring out. Of course we got there and never bought the jackets, but I did but Saphire some van's at the van's outlet store, Olivia some birthday toys at the outlet Toy's R us and some clothes at the outlet Gymboree. I walked away spending less than a $100 bucks on a boat load of stuff. I love Oregon's no sales tax!
We then checked into our wonderful hotel and embarked on an adventure to find food( in the rain). After searching up and down we found a little asian fusion resturant that was wonderful. The drinks where a little stiff so we ended up stumbling out of there like a couple of lushes :)
After that we ended up at the venue for the concert we had planned the whole trip for, Michael Franti. I'd never seen him before but all I can say in W.O.N.D.E.R.F.U.L. The only thing that bugged me was the parents who had their little kids about Olivia's age there. Dumb.
The next morning we ventured to Voodoo donuts who has the world famous maple bar with bacon on it.We waitied an hour and a half in line...totally worth it!



Check out Voodoo donuts here : http://voodoodoughnut.com/

Tuesday, September 14, 2010

What have we become

Today was a very hard day for me. I went to visit my Great Grandmother in her nursing home. She has Alzheimer disease and may not have much longer. As I looked around the room I became very sullen, almost on the verge or tears the whole time. We participated in the laughter group (basically a woman acting silly to keep their spirits up) and the whole time all I could do was think, " how many of these people are alone, how many of these people never have visitors, how many of these people will pass alone?" I can not imagine it. I am sad that as a nation we toss our elderly and weak into homes to fight out their final days alone.
I have always felt that God put me on earth to help others in some way. Recently telling my husband that Echo Technician may not be the right career choice for me, as I felt it would not fulfill me emotionally. I want to change the world. Yes, I know that is impossible, but I have always been a believer that one person can make a change...even if it is just to one person. I never imagined myself working with the elderly, but maybe I am stronger than I thought. Maybe this the answer to my prayer for career guidance. 

Friday, September 10, 2010

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I haven't had much to say, so I will leave you with this....