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Got To Find A Reason Why My Money's All Gone

This post is obviously inspired by the lovely song of the week by Sublime. We visited Babies R Us this week and let me just say...OH MY HOLY HELL...just take my first born why don't you? We bought formula...ya know, the substance she survives on...enough to last a week or two...and it cost us over ONE FRIGGIN HUNDRED DOLLARS. YA! I'm so not rich anymore, if I ever was. My mom bought Sarah two amazing new toys that she can crawl around and one to help her walk for a whopping ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS as well...and that was WITH a 50% off coupon.

I'm thinking I need to have another kid now just to get my money's worth out of these friggin' items. But I guess all the fun hubbie and I have playing with the toys (even when she's sleeping) makes it all worth it!

Bite Into a Good Book

Ok, so as a teacher I know the importance of reading to your children...so can you believe that I only read Sarah about two books a day!?! I know I should be reading to her more....especially when she picks up a book and begins to EAT the darn thing! Since she was a teeny tiny baby, she loved to look at the pages of picture books...she would even watch me turn the pages and stare at the images. Her favorite book was her Elmo book. We've now started reading only board books to her because of this lovely habit of EATING the books...really she's just teething...but it's so cute! We've kept one book that she can teethe on all the time and the others she can only teethe on when we read to her.

I just picked up a board book of Guess How Much I Love You and we're going to start reading it to her before bed every night. Now I just have to try not to tear up at the end...I'm such a sap!

My camera is here, my camera is here!!!

These are the first few pics I took with my new camera....Shit does this thing have a lot of buttons....Much to learn...

What the F is wrong with this world

Ok...so this post could have like a million things in it right? Well for right now I'm overly pissed about one thing. My friend's cousin was stabbed and killed over a stupid drunken verbal fight. Whaat ever happened to just hitting each other or throwing some food. I mean do we have to carry around WEAPONS. You carry and weapon and chances are you are going to get DEAD or you are going to rot in jail. As well you should.....

My friend's cousin wasn't carrying anything. And he gets killed at age 24.....He was even smart enough to walk away from the situation...the asshole followed him, corned him and stabbed him to death.

Makes me want to hide in my home with my daughter forever...this world really sucks...

Fav Band EVA...Sublime Rawks

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And the Husband of the Year Award Goes To...

MY HUSBAND!!! He bought me the camera (doing my happy dance and shakin' that ass) YAAA HOOOOO! I dreamed about that thing last night so this morning I called him at work and said that I really wanted the camera and I would pay for it out of my stash o' cash. And he said..."Aww honey, I already bought it for you.....it will be here Monday."

I nearly jumped out of the jammies! He wanted to keep it a secret but he is so excited himself that he couldn't hold it in.

The man does anything to make me happy...I have been so blessed with this man....I love him endlessly.

We just got a shipment of my latest pics and some are so damn pixelated...I can't wait to use this new camera and finally get some great shots...

The shot above is me during our Fourth of July BBQ. I'm always behind the camera and I know no one would get a pic of me, so I decided to get one of myself...I'm so clever...

How to Convice Hubbie and Self it is ok to buy a new Camera

I want a digital camera that costs $500. Shit that sounds bad....
Follow instructions to feel better:

1. Make a list of all the reasons you can't have the large ticket item. (Mortgage Payment, Credit Card Debt, In laws may *Frown* after lending us moula to pay health insurance)
2. Crumple up list.
3. Set list of fire.
4. Make a list of all the reasons you need, no DESERVE the item. (I'm a good mom, we never splurge on ourselves with entertainment - no vacations in a year, no going out to dinner, two movies in a year, etc., I'm going to take pictures of my family with it so I'm really preserving memories...come on now...what better reason is there) IMPORTANT: Be sure to write words and immediately smudge them with finger. Wash finger thoroughly after list is completed to cover all evidence of smudging.
5. Take a picture of list with crappy camera we have now. Print out pic and show to hubbie while saying "Do you want your daughter's first steps to be recorded by a camera that can't even capture my lame ass handwriting"....Be sure to be wearing your "tartiest" outfit....
6. Make hubbie think all was his idea....lead him to the camera you want, offer to pay half with "teaching Presents" money....
7. Hug hubbie for coming up with such a wonderful idea....and all is right with the world again...

I'm buying that damn camera tomorrow....mark my words...it's all mine....

I *heart* Johnny Depp

Man oh man is this man perfect. He makes my heart skip multiple beats whenever he's on the screen. How can they make a man so perfect, so proud, so loving, so intelligent, so artistic, so FUNky, so badass and so Friggin' hot?!? It is so not fair to the rest of us who don't get to sleep in the same bed as him...lucky women his wife is...and I hope she knows it!!

The way he talks about his daughter is enough to drive me over the edge....

Thank goodness there are two more Jack movies coming out...I couldn't live without my Jack fix...

Sweet Perfection.

Major Life Event: We went out to dinner!

Holy Guacamole Mijo! We went out to dinner last night for sushi with Sarah in tow. We have not been out to dinner in at least a year....I actually felt like a normal person. AND this little momma drank mass quantities of SAKE, baby...oh yeah!! HELLO Drunken mess! LOVED IT>>>but not so much this morning....eeeekkk.

Anyway so I was having a great time last night and I'm drunk so all is great. Sarah is asleep and I'm still all dress up and cleaning up the kitchen...great way to enjoy a buzz, right? Ya...NO. So the whole time I'm thinking "Damn, I feel so wierd, like this whole place looks different or something" and I chalk it up to the Sake. I keep straightening up and I trip over a shoe...damn shoe I say...but then I realize it's my own and I can't get mad at myseld, so I pick up the shoe and throw it up the stairs....for me to trip on later. As I look down to pick up the shoe I realize why I've been feeling so strange tonight...I'm wearing heels....ya you heard me...heels...this momma was wearing heels. So I was seeing everything from about an inch or two higher than usual. Damn you tall people got a nice viewpoint...

NOw about this pic...hubbie took it the other night...this is our nightly routine. It's the best time of my day. Pure love. There's another version I funkified....love it too.

My family is so random...

So here's just how random we are: My mother and I take a walk with my daughter in her stroller. As we are walking, a storm rolls over our heads...just our luck. As we're watching the cars pass by to see if they have their windshield wipers on, I see my brother. He pulls over into some guy's driveway and we hang out and talk for a bit. As we are standing there, I look across the street (a busy and large one) and think I see my car. Yup...it is my car. My husband jumped in it to come find us since he sees the storm is coming. So now he pulls a u-turn and pulls into the same driveway. Now we're all out chatting in some random person's friggin driveway, standing in the rain. And Sarah is just watching us, probably thinking....what in the world are we all doing in some strange place, and in the rain no less. Welcome to the nuthouse little Sarah, welcome...

Layers of Me...stolen from a stolen version....

Layers of Me

LAYER ONE:
On the Outside
Name - Alexis
Nicknames - Alicat
Birthday - may 23
Birthplace - New York
Eye Color - Brown
Hair Color - Brown
Height - 5'2"
Righty or Lefty - righty
Religion - Catholic
Sex - not so much...

LAYER TWO:
In The Inside
Your heritage - Colombian
Who do you look like - My dad, my mom...my aunt
Your weakness - I'm a bitch
Your fears - My daughter getting hurt
Your perfect pizza - can't eat it
Goal you'd like to achieve - become a better photographer

LAYER THREE:
Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow
Your thoughts first waking up - Here we go again
Your best physical feature - My lips
Your bedtime - 3:00am

LAYER FOUR:
Your pick
Pepsi or Coke - Coke
McDonalds or Burger King - McDonald's
Single or Group Dates - Group
Adidas or Nike - Nike
Chocolate or vanilla - vanilla
Cappuccino or Coffee - neither

LAYER FIVE:
Do You?
Smoke - No
Curse - fuck ya
Sing - mmm hmmm
Think you've been in love - yes
Want to get married - yes
Believe in yourself - most of the time
Motion sickness - no
Think you're attractive - sizzlin'
Think you're a health freak - ya....no
Get along with your parents - yes
Like thunderstorms - love them
Play an instrument - no

LAYER SIX:
Have you ever
Smoked - yes, no longer
Done a drug - hell ya...I think...
Gone to the mall - too much
Eaten and entire box of Oreos -ewww
Eaten sushi - as much as is humanly possible
Been on stage - Yes.
Gone skating - yes--and almost broke my ass
Gone skinny dipping - bottoms off only..he he he
Stolen anything - yes
Played a game that required removal of clothing - yes
Been caught 'doing something' - blush blush
Been called a tease - yes
Gotten beat up - yes
Shoplifted - yes--just recently and had to make up for it...

LAYER SEVEN:
Getting Older
Age you hope to be married - happened already...
Number and names of children - Sarah 7 months
How do you want to die - in sleep
What do you want to be when you grow up - me
What country would you most like to visit - China

LAYER NINE:
In a partner
Best eye color - dark
color - brown
Short or long hair - long
Height - at least 6'
Best articles of clothing - suits

LAYER TEN:
In the numbers
Number of drugs taken illegally - four
Number of CDs that you own - not many...download now
Number of piercings - ears
Number of tattoos - one
Number of times your name has appeared in the newspaper -once

Fourth of July

Sarah's first Fourth of July went over just perfectly! We had my parents, brother and grandparents over for a BBQ on our new backyard table set. Trey cooked some great food, although some WAS a little burnt...but hell, if I don't have to cook it...a little charred chicken ain't gonna kill us. Just as I suspected, our little sweetheart baby was not fazed in the least by all the fireworks going off. Nugget, the pain in the ass dog that cost us WAY too much money to just get rid off, barked the entire friggin day and night. Sarah just watched the little kids on our block running up and down our street. Buying a house on a deadend street...I swear it was one of the best decisions I've ever made. We can hang out in the street, we always know who is on our block and everyone pretty much takes care of each other. It's kind of like a small town, withe all its benefits AND pitfalls...we've got some INSANE people on this street. But that's another story. Anyway, we all settled in at around 10pm and slept like babies to the hum of our energy sucking, ten-year-old air conditioner. It's a wonder the damn thing even works...but hey, if it ain't broke and YOU are.....stick with what ya got.

I worked on that pic above in Adobe forever to get it just right. Can't wait to scrap it...

Glowing

My daughter is simply amazing. Any time I'm near her, I can almost feel the energy exuding from her tiny body. This picture finally captured what my mind and heart see whenever I look at her. No matter what is going on in my life or the world around me, all seems to fade away when she enters my frame of view. She is my angel, my savior, my strength. She is the reason I breathe and the definition of happiness. Through all the hardships, this miracle came from my body...and I feel so blessed.

Love her.....

All About ME

So this is me...The good stuff:

I love my family, they're really fantastic.
My hubbie and I created the absolute most beatuiful daughter I have ever seen. She is my reason for living.
I'm damn smart (although sometimes I think ignorance is bliss).
I'm way crafty and love my scrapbooking style...totally like my personality.
I have a wacked out personality that can range from moody to freaky funny.
I taught third grade and my students really learned some great life lessons.
I'm a stay at home mom who hates soap operas.
I'm obsessed with M&M's.
My favorite color is blue. I hate pink...but now that I have my daughter, I wear it all the time.
I have thick hair that looks hot, that is when I have a moment to shower and actually do it.
I'm short and everyone always thinks I'm younger than I am!


And now, the Bad Stuff:

I have IBS
I live in pain
I have TMJ
I have MVP
I have GAD
I have pain
ful cysts on my ovaries.
My meds make me fat.
I have a killer attitude.
I love to yell.
I love to throw things....at walls only.
I can't cook.