Weekend visit...

It has been a good week. I had all this weekend and part of last and until today off. I have been off since Thursday. Friday, my Ma and Tia Rosa flew in from Texas to visit us. Haven't seen my mother since November 2005 and My Tia since March 2005. They just flew out at noon today.

During their visit we went to many of the valley malls, Tempe town lake, and many stores. On Saturday though we took a day trip to Sedona. Took them to Tlaquepalque, uptown Sedona, the chapel that's on the mountain, and other shops. We also went to Red Rock Farmers Market where we got Five Amigos Fire Roasted Pepper Salsa for our cookout on Sunday. My Tia's B-day is in a couple of weeks so we got her a cake and had a bbq for her while she was here. So, I think I am starting to like Sedona a whole lot. Hope I can take more trips more often to Sedona. You should visit Sedona. There are awesome shops, food, resorts, spas, plane and helicopter rides, jeep rides, is considered a spiritual mecca, and have a whole lot of different types of tours and a whole lot more.

I think I most enjoyed our trip to Sedona. It was cloudy and on our ride back here were pockets during the road where it was raining so hard you couldn't see the car in front.

Yesterday we went to see Pirates, and it is really good. After 2 1/2 hours I didn't want it to end and now I have to wait until the next installment comes out 'cause I am hooked.

On another note. I think what I like is embellishing. I'm not scraping, but every time I go to a store that has stickers, paper, ribbons, stamps, etc. I want to get them. I am no longer buying stuff to scrapbook, the stuff I had went to Amy, but I think I am going to occasionally get stuff that looks neat to use for cards.

I have been thinking also of shaving my hair off again. doing so would certainly be good right now that it's getting hotter and hotter, but it would mean me maintaining facial hair. I just don't look good without any hair and no facial hair.

Tomorrow it's back to work. Hope the new system that was being implemented is not so troublesome as it seems to have been the first few days.

















... Updated 02/13/2010, link to Amy's blog http://thosecrazyschuberts.com/ 

Looks like you are trying to run a country...

Found this funny picture at this site.

Even more...

I was originally going to get 2 hamsters, however there was just one hamster I liked at the pet store when I went. I got a black female hamster. Named her Blackie. When I got her she had a big belly, however she is not overly fat just her belly. The first thing I did after waking up today is check up on her. I peered into her lavish enclosure that I made for her. I have swirls of tubing and so far one spacious above cage condo, where the last couple of days she had been making her own. She brought up shavings and food. I was still half asleep while looking inside today, but there seemed to be something moving in her condo along her side. I cleared my blurry sleepy vision and took a good look and there they were, 6 tiny hairless hamsters. Apparently that big belly of hers was not from eating but she was pregnant. At the pet store they keep the females separate from the males. This one must have gotten pregnant before separated. So I am overjoyed. She keeps them in the condo section which worries me a bit as they are starting to move a bit and then periodically they fall down through the tube. Doesn't seem to hurt them as they land on the bottom shavings but then Blackie goes down and takes them back up. She takes a drink of water and stays up with them. Then they fall down again. This has been repeating itself several times already. All but one are calm. There is one that she struggles to grab and take back up. I have a feeling that one is going to be feisty. I hope they all do survive. I have never had hamster babies, I am going to trust that the momma, Blackie, knows what she's doing and not bother her.

New Family Members...

The original blog date for this post is Monday, July 24, 2006. I have several blog locations and I usually blog on one and then repeat the blog immediately on the other two but the last few blogs stayed only at my myspace.com blog. So here is one that I should add to this one:

Still Purging...

So I am still working on reducing the amount of stuff that I have. Mostly the things that I don't use and is just stored away. Some of it is going to the trash. Some of it is going to Good Will. Some scrapbooking stuff is going toAmy. I have decided that sbing takes too much time, money , and Space for me to dedicate the time it deserves.
Amy suggested today as I mentioned at work just sticking to regular albums to doing online/digital sbing. Great idea and I may do that at one point. Right now though I am going to stick to as few as possible albums and frames and keep most, if not all, photographs in digital form. I will of course keep the negatives of my film camera days. I don't have alot of scrapbooking stuff, mostly paper, and a few things here and there from a basket I won several years ago.

Anyone have any space saving ideas/tips?


This next section is from Saturday, July 29, 2006 and it goes:



nothing...

So today I am cleaning and doing such errand as shopping for cleaning supplies, groceries, oh and a trip to GoodWill. I have a box full of stuff to give away. I am so glad I have continued to do good in clearing away stuff that I don't need. I saw a show on TLC yesterday about a couple who moved into their house and have had stuff in boxes in their living room for a year. So makes me feel good to know I am not the only one who has boxes full of stuff. On that note, I have a box full of rodent tunnels and a wheel. I used to have a hamster several years back. So if anybody wants them or knows someone who does let me know. Anyways here is a fun site of Singing Horses.


Ok, so the reason the previous 2 posts are needed is because as I have cleared boxes of stuff, I went back to look at the box full of hamster tunnels, etc. and started playing with them, put together some of them. So now I want to go get a hamster or two and have this awesome tunnel system for them. I was thinking of getting three cages one for each and an extra one where I would sneak in special treats for them. So I am no longer in need of giving away my hamster stuff, but it will not remain boxed up either. So I am off to the pet store in a couple of hours. Now I just have to make sure that Aaron's cats don't get to them...

Weekend Trip...

This past weekend I went to Sedona with Aaron. We sorta went in a spur of the moment. We were going to go to San Francisco, but booking a flight on the day you want to leave and to return the following day proved a bit too bold of a decision, Even with flights leaving with about 2-3 hours of difference, that plan did not pan out. now, I am actually glad it didn't as we each grabbed our hastily packed  bags. One bag each only and drove to Sedona, AZ. This was Saturday afternoon, and when we got to Sedona, first thing was to find a room to stay in. That done we went to dinner at this Indian place where we ate once before, 4 years ago. That was the restaurant where my taste for Indian food began.

Next day comes...Sunday... we go to some shops in town. There was a  small farmers market, called Red Rock Springs Farmers Market. There were all sorts of salsas, jellies/jams, spices. etc. We got a bag of Churro Nuggets. They are mini crunchy churro pieces.

We gased up and the girl at the register suggested we eat lunch at the Haunted Hamburger. Later, we took a toor of this relly neat resort in Sedona and, without us mentioning it, the girl there also suggested we have lunch at Haunted Hamburger.

Haunted Hambruger is in Jerome, about 20-30 min from Sedona. So we finished our mini Sedona tour and drove to Jerome.We ate of course at the Haunted Hamburger. The place packed, the food average, the atmosphere, well if it hadn't been packed i am sure it would have been nice due to the spectacular view.  So, I had great expectations for this place, however I didn't much care for it. It is located on the edge of the mountain top with many ups and downs. Not my thing. They did have some neat little shops
We then drove back to Phoenix. There was a rainbow when we were just driving into Phoenix. Awesome gay touch by nature to the end of our mini trip. :) Hope everyone's weekend was as fantabulous as mine. :)

Here are some pics:

Nothing... just sorting pictures

So I have finally finished sorting out packets of pictures into different categories. If you read my prev post you know I have been sorting things and getting rid of stuff and in the interim I have been sorting pictures. I am glad I have digital camera, I couldn't imagine trying to sort out more pictures from the days i didn't have a digital. I do however need a new digital camera. I have a 2 year old digital that only does 3.1 MP with not a whole lot of options.

As an intro camera to digital it has worked, but I have decided my next camera will need to be able to take pics in at least 7 MP. I have been looking at different cannon models. Anyone have any suggestions?

Another thing that I have been able to do by sorting my pictures is, aside from taking many trips down memory lane, is sort out special events that I have been wanting to scrapbook. I got into scrapbooking about I think 3 years ago when in a raffle at work I won a basket of tons of sbing stuff. My first scrapbooking project was to scrapbook my friend Marlas 1 year old birthday party for her daughter. It's half way done So my first sb project half way done, with over 2 years to finish it.
Yeah I know kinda taking a long time. However the progress I did make for being my first I think is good even if slow. And now I have been able to sort out at least other events and their corresponding photos and items to go with them. About 5 projects or so. Oh, for some really neat sbing pages check out Amy's page at blogger. She has awesome sbing talent. She also takes great pictures, o yeah you should hire her for your next event, wedding, etc.

So here are some pics of the front cover of this particular scrapbook. :) Hope everyone has a good week!!!

... Updated 02/13/2010, link to Amy's blog is now http://thosecrazyschuberts.com/

Good, Long ago memories

Those of you who know me, even a little, know that I keep things for a very long time. I had forgotten about my Business Card holder. I had stowed it away during on of my moves and hadn't found it since. I have started purging things that are put away and never in use. On one of the boxes I finally found my Business card holder.

The natural thing to do was to browse through it. In it are cards from many places including the one from my very first apartment from back in 1998. Anyways, the point is in it I have one from Royal India. Of course Indian food is one of my favorite cuisines aside from Chinese and Mexican. But why is this particular restaurant of any importance you might ask? Well, Several years ago an aunt of mine was living in Seattle, Washington. I got to visit her about 3 years ago. I even have a Made In Washington Stores business card. From this store I got some really tasty smoked salmon, it came vacuum sealed and inside this really neat looking wooden box, that of course I kept.

We also got a couple of boxes with an assortment of products from the Made In Washington Store. We of course went to the obligatory visit to the space needle and the market. It was fascinating! They really do toss the fish like you have seen on TV!! There was freshness all around from the food, to the variety of miscellaneous stores. On of these stores I got these fans. I tell ya I could live in Seattle, I loved that place so much.

During the course of my visit, on the weekend, we drove to Vancouver, B.C. It was so awesome. After entering Canada we made a stop at a yard sale. My mom got a really neat looking wooden accent table with some really great craftsmanship and interestingly carved. I got this really neat vase. We drove around called a few hotels while on the road to book a night. We dropped our bags and then went to explore. So we stopped for dinner at the Royal India Restaurant in Gastown. The food delish, the atmosphere amazing, and the evening just great. The following day we took a city tour and stopped to shop in many places. We had a quaint lunch at a Mexican place called Pepita's. I didn't keep a business card from this place. I kept a pen that has their info on it. It's located on Denman Street. I also had a whole lot of fun putting in my dollars into these machines that convert it into Canadian money. I could have done that all day and been just as overjoyed as I was about the rest of the day. I get entertained so easily sometimes. So needless to say I want to go back. I want to go back to Seattle and Vancouver. Everything also was so lush and green, but of course any place is more lush and green than Arizona... Since I didn't have a digital camera back then, as soon as I get a scanner I'll be putting up some of the photos from my trip.

Name change!!

I have been thinking of changing my name. I was named after my father who I never really knew. I met him a couple of years ago, but there was just no connection and have had to interaction with him since. Nor do intend to. I have had a nickname since middle school and just about everybody knows by it. So I found the perfect last name for me also. Researching it seems very tedious to do a name change so I have decided not to change my name. At least not yet, but from it will be my alias or my alter ego. :) Those who know me then know my name already.

Muggy weather!

It is very muggy outside. Clouds rolled in yesterday and with them the moisture. This is why I didn't like living in Texas and why I would not live near too much water. The Muggy Weather. I like it hot and dry and I think that's why I am still here in AZ.... Laters

Transamerica

I really liked this movie. This movie is about a transsexual who is ready for the final surgery when she gets a call from her son. She had no idea that she had fathered a child with a long ago girlfriend. The story takes you literally on a road trip as they head to LA. Felicity is awesome in her role as Stanley who is to become Bree. Kevin is also great. He's so sexy. They movie has a great moving ending and made me want to continue what is the next chapter in their lives.

Impeach Bush!!!

Impeach Bush!!!

Missing the news!!!

There was one time when you could turn on your news channel and trust that you were actually getting news. It seems to me that the news channels don't cover enough real news and use filler stories of no point or real interest. So to that I turn to the Internet. I also like Air America Radio Anyways.. that's what I am doing now looking up news.

Cinco De Mayo!

Cinco De Mayo

My New Blog!!

So I decided that I will no longer have my blog about choxie as I am trying to reduce eating sugar, and instead of deleting the Choxie Blog I deleted my personal Blog so here goes a new start. :)

In support...

In support of the immigrants I decided to take a vacation day and join in the boycott of the day. It's  little weird breaking the routine of working on Monday, and even more so not going shopping on a day that I am off. Anyways, I'm not joining any marches as you never know what can happen. So, I am home and not shopping. Maybe I'll go window shopping later, but I do have cleaning to do here at the house so who knows. Oh I myself am not an immigrant per say as I was born in Texas. Short history of my family. My grandmother is white, born and raised in San Antonio, Texas. She has sisters but I don't know any of them, so I have alot of family in Texas that I don't even know. She married a mexican guy and went to live with him in Mexico at the border with Texas, where she had all her children. So my mother is half white half mexican. My mother married a mexican guy. I was born in Texas. So I myself am, or consider myself 1/4 white 3/4 mexican. My skin however is more white than anything. So I am a white hispanic. Anyways, hope everything on the immigrations is solved in the most peaceful and hope a compromise is reached.

*note- the pic above was taken last March 2005 when I was in San Antonio for my B-day. Just in case you don't know that's the Alamo.