B-Day Week!!!

This past week was my b-day... I had wanted to go to Disneyland or Seaworld, but it did not pan out. I spent my week just kicking back at home, and shopping, watching movies, and shopping, and going out to lunch and brunch, and shopping, and then some more shopping. From all the vacations I have had this one was most relaxing. Not having to pack and catch a plane, nor unpack or have to make stops to gas up, or make lines to ride this and see that, was great and free of stress that travel can create. I just stayed home did things at my own pace... I very much liked it... Spent a day with Marla... who i'd like to go see soon again... Spent time with Jerry and Aaron... I even had time to spend just by myself... Monday back at work I was a bit too relaxed as I spent an abnormally amount of time on tasks... Aaron did get me balloons, so sweet, and insisted on getting cake, so got 2 small cakes... That day we went out to eat and didn't feel like eating cake, but it was my b-day... So I chose the cakes... :) one was Red velvet and the other Tres Leches... yummy!!! Here are some pictures of them...

P.S. These pics are a bit blurry... Me need a new camera!!! :)

Signs of Rain...

It's the day before Spring and it is raining. Yay... I like rain. So maybe it's the rain, but although my b-day is not here yet, it feels like it's over already. Signs that it's over before it began are that I got expected and unexpected cards and presents from friends and family already. This is great as it's kinda like I got it out of the way. Ok so I am a year older yay, let's move on now people and don't remind me I am older. :) Oh and if you don't know how old I am, Don't Ask. A lady never reveals her age.

I am drinking right now a cup of coffee made from some really good roasted beans that Aaron got. It is some sort of special edition blend, available only for a limited time so get it now before it's gone type, that he got at Starbucks. I love Starbucks.

So the past few days I have been Shopping at Target like crazy. Friday went 3 times, yesterday once, but to Target Greatland. I do hope to go today again. Am I mad, just a little. Ha.... ha, ha...I want to get some frying pans. I had some that were given to me from my mother and others I bought through the years. For the most part I took care of them well, and they lasted quite a bit, but since a turn of events several years ago, they have endured much more harsh and rough loving, until they had to be put ot of their misery. Thing is now, the pots are lonely. So I shall get them companions. This way they will stop their bitching... Check later.. they may model for us.....

Birthday Continues...

 Yesterday afternoon, Shannon brought Aaron. from Ajo and to do some quick shopping at Target. Aaron. made me a really neat looking and smelling candle, and gave me a Universal Prepaid Wireless Refill for my Virgin Mobile phone. You will probably hear me talk about my phone as I can't get over the excitement of having one.

There was also a gift from Lisa. She got me a whole bunch of stuff, all which I love. She got me candle holders, incense, candles, and in the color green. I like green. I'll be up in North Phoenix today, hopefully doing some shopping, drinking Starbucks caramel Fraps, and playing with the kids, with Marla. I was going to go up there yesterday, but it got a bit late so just stayed home.

It was a great day for Target yesterday. I went during the day by myself, then with Shannon and Aaron., and then a third time just with Aaron. I am also hoping to go again today with Marla. On the drive back from the third visit, I told Aaron how Marla. had asked what I wanted for my b-day, with my response being nothing, then as she kept insisting I said a Birthday Card. It is true. The one thing I like getting the most is a card whether it's for b-day or x-mas, etc. If they are handmade or at least embelished then they are even better.

Birthday Kickoff!

This month is my B-day. Previous years I feel the anticipation of getting to that date and turning a year older. This year has been different, just this week it started feeling that way. First i won a Target Giftcard at work, so with that I got myself a B-day gift, My first ever cell phone. That's right just now I am jumping into the cell phone, mobile phone, bandwagon. I did not get one sooner as it seemed as an unnecessary expense and the idea of people being able to reach me at any time does not par with me. It still doesn't, but for an emergency is the reason I got it. Plus it was practically free with the gift card I won. Also, 2 years ago about a month before I almost did get one, I got a call from MCI telling me that I owed them money. They were attempting to collect money from someone with similar name as mine that lived on the same street number. That situation was resolved and cleared, but you bet that soured my experience with not even having a cell phone. So rather than dealing with paying a monthly bill, as I will be using it mostly for emergencies, I got a Virgin Mobile. I hope to figure out how to work the phone today.

Yesterday: At work I got a card from my team. It was a real surprise. The team I was in last year did not do too good of a job hiding that they were passing a card around to sign. This year, in the new team I am in did, I did not notice it one bit. It lifted my whole day from great to fabulous. When I got home, I got in the mail a card from my mother and some money to get me something with it, and a Cd. The cutest gift so far has been from Pauline. She sits next to me at work. In a Target optical Bag she put in Athena Chocolate Wafer Rolls, Ferreo Rocher, and an awesome paper weight. I don't know how, but she nailed it. Ferrero Rocher is one of my most favorite, and I have never had a paper weight. I loved it all so far, and it's not my b-day yet.

It now truly feels like my B-day month.

Alcohol Affects Body Organs...

This past Sunday I was in Traffic School. Although we did not follow page by page on the handbook we were given, it was more of discussion on different points and traffic laws, there is some info we did not go over. It may be because it is obvious information or because we ran out of time, but I think it is still important to know this so here goes this info. This information is as found on the NTSI handbook we got.

How Alcohol Affects the Body Organs

Organs (Long-term effects)

Brain: Brain cells are altered and many die. Memory formation is blocked and the senses are dulled. In the long-term irreversible damage occurs.

Heart: Deterioration of the heart muscle can occur. Chronic heavy drinking increases the risk of myocardial disease and high blood pressure.

Stomach and Intestines: Alcohol consumption leads to gastric irritation and an eventual loss of part of the intestinal lining. The damaged intestine is less able to absorb lactose and certain nutrients, including thiamine and folic acid. A thiamine deficiency will affect the body's inability to replace worn-out body tissues.

Liver: The liver suffers more than any other organ. It filters most of the alcohol out of the blood stream and breaks it down. Because of its high caloric content alcohol displaces key nutrients sometimes causing malnutrition. Also, liver stores excess calories as fat. This is one of the earliest signs of alcoholic liver disease. Eventually the liver cells die, resulting in cirrhosis, a degeneration of the organ.

Other: Alcoholic males may experience shrunken testes, reduced testosterone levels and even impotence. Sustained drinking sometimes disrupts women's menstrual cycles and can render them infertile. Among expectant mothers, drinking can produce birth defects and cause mental retardation. Even the immune system's efficiency is reduced by alcohol. People who drink regularly increase their risk of developing cancer in the liver, mouth, esophagus, pancreas, intestine, prostate, and lung.

Hershey's Kissables!!!

Hershey's makes some of my favorite candy, La Dulceria Thalia, Kit Kat, Payday, Kisses, their new Kissables, and more. I am really into the new Kissables.

Crazy Hat Day!

This past Thursday was "Crazy Hat DAY" at work. So we got to wear any type of hat, cap, etc. where 3 prizes were awarded. One for Most TARGET branded, one for the most glamorous, and one for of course the craziest. I decided not to take a picture with my hat as I am on the Committee that put this contest together, so may have seemed unfair if I won, however Aaron made me a very creative Target branded hat. I have it on top of my computer. No one I saw brought any hand made hats. So mine was definitely the most creative.

Traffic School Weekend

 My work schedule dictates that I work every other weekend. I also have 4 Personal Days that I can use throughout the year with no questions asked. I either call in and say I will be using a PH or I can pre-schedule it. So my plan was to extend them for as long as possible and use them wisely or for emergencies. This month is my birthday so was thinking of using one either at the beginning or the end of the vacation days I will be taking for my b-day, but scratch that I already have enough vacation days scheduled. I would just be wasting it, and what if an emergency comes up? I was also thinking of using one this Sunday to go to the Gay Days at the Rennaisance Festival, but upon researching and finding that it is here until April, it just seems silly to waste a PH for this, when I can go on one of my off weekends, so that was cancelled. I was also going to use one for Tuesday, March 7th as I have court scheduled for a speeding ticket, but called today to extend my court date and was told to call Monday, when the judge is in as due to it being excessive speeding ticket he is the one to decide if it is to be extended. I did call trafic school to see if I qualified for that to get the ticket dismissed. I did qualify, but the class is this Sunday starting at 7:30 am. These classes I believe are 6 hours long. Last time I went was over 2 years ago, also for a speeding ticket, with Marla. She had had a speeding ticket back then also, so it worked great that we wer both speeding back then. This time I will be going all by my lonesome. It's going to be a looooooong class. Beats getting the points on my DL, but sucks that I ended using a PH for this.

SLAMMERS Ultimate Milk - Milky Way

 
I am not sure if this is a new item, but I was at Safeway the other day and there for the first time I say this Milky Way flavored milk. I don't like milk, unless it has enough strawberry or chocolate syrup so that I can not really taste the milk. Expecting a liquid version of Milky Way, I purchased it. It says it tastes just like a Milky Way Bar. It does not exactly taste like a Milky Way Bar. It is very chocolatey with a backnote of caramel. Today I picked up another one of these at a Circle K and it does not taste the same. It is less good. I am thinking it was not cold enough and too early for milk. At the convenience store they had a Slammer with not just Milky Way flavor but one with 3 Musketeers flavor. I have yet to try that one.

Scrapbooking on Clearance!!

It has been a while since I have scrap-booked. I have many projects pending to scrapbook. It is not that I haven't had the time, just have not found the right time, or the space. I got really into scrap-booking about a couple of years ago, I had my desk set up and a fair amount of supplies. Then I put my supplies away as I was moving from renting an apt to renting a house. I have not completely finished moving in, there are many things still in boxes. So my space to scrapbook is nonexistent at this point. However, this does not stop me in looking around and getting a few scrapbook things here and there. Today I went to get general household stuff at Target, and found that they have quite a bit of scrap-booking stuff on clearance. Thinking back on yesterday I remember Amy had mentioned this at work. YAY!!! Not sure if you can read clearly the price on the photo of the card stock package, my camera is a bit old and needs to be replaced, but that in fact reads $2.78 for each package. So head down to TARGET today and get yourself some stuff for cheap.

By the way check out Amy's Blog as  she is a truly a  scrapbook queen and takes some awesome photos.

Voting against your own best interest?!

I Don't understand how anyone could have voted for President Bush for his first term and much less do I understand how anyone could have voted for him for his second term. In my view if you voted for him it means that you voted against me. That you could care less that I have equal rights as you because I am Hispanic and Gay. That you could care less of minorities and those who are not rich. In my view he only cares about the rich. Have you noticed how the rich are getting richer and the poor are getting poorer? Have you noticed the gas prices making oil companies richer? Have you noticed he could care less for the environment? Have you seen that he could care less about the Katrina survivors? He should have been the first to take leadership in helping the survivors and helping them rebuild, but still after after six months there seems to be nothing being done to help rebuild. He fooled the country into invading Iraq with false statements of "weapons of mass destruction" when he knew well that Iraq had none. I can't stand this president. Did you know he wants to hire a foreign country for the security of several seaports of the US? I will say it again if you voted for president bush for his first term and then still found the way to vote for him for his second term then you care less about minorities in this country, you don't care about your children's future, you don't care about our environment, you care less about the homeless and the poor, you could care less that I am Hispanic and you could care less that I am gay and my rights. I voice and vote for impeachment of this president and his resignation.

Candlemaking Weekend Trip

Last weekend I went, reluctantly, with Aaron to Ajo, AZ. The original plan was to go up to Sedona for the weekend. It was changed from that to go to Sedona for the day, but ended up being a trip to Ajo instead. The change in plans had to do with his friends that were going to meet us in Phoenix were not able to make it. So we went down there and it so happened to be his Dad' B-day. So Friday when we went down there they had a cookout for him. It was nice. Next day comes, Saturday, I woke up around 6am as I would normally, but everyone was still asleep. So, I layed back down until someone was awake. I had gone to sleep before anyone had the previous night so I asked Aaron how the rest of the night went. Everything had gone ok. So we had breakfast, coffee, eggs, etc.  Later that day we went to his friend's house. That was probably the best part of the trip as I made candles. I mixed blue and yellow to make mine green with watermelon scent. They smell really yummy and came out pretty good. We left that evening. On the way back up to Phoenix, I was stopped and given a speeding ticket. What a turn of events to the trip that was originally planned. The candles were the best part of this trip.

---2024 Update - The image for this post used to be hosted on photo bucket, however it is now updated to be directly on this post. 

Messed up morning and afternoon drives...

So what's up with today? My alarm clock was set and either it did not go off or I slept through it. So I woke up an hour late, so was an hour late for work. Getting to work was an ordeal. I am not used to driving at that time in the morning which was 7-8am. I usually drive between 6-7am. SO I thought maybe if I go get a Starbucks It will all be better. There were more cars than usual but it was fairly quick, but a lady 2 cars ahead of me had some attitude. She was smoking and threw the cigarette butt before she got to the window and from what I saw the Starbucks person must have asked her to throw it in the trash, cause she got out of her car picked up her butt and threw it in the trash can. So glad that was done cause that lady looked like one of those who thinks and act as if she is superior than everybody else. Then got my drink left. Seemed to be going good but car in front of me stopped as a school bus had just stopped to pick up some kids. So here went more delay. Once the bus finished the car in front of me went, I started to go but the school bus cut me off and got in front of me. What was that. A school bus cutting me off, so of course I moved to the next lane over , and being the drama queen I can be sometimes I just stepped on my gas as far as it would go to get the hell of these stupid drivers slowing me down. So of course I was meant to get the next red light right. So I did, but on the side of the road after the light I could see there was some service truck stopped. Not a good thing as it was on my way and there are cars everywhere, so again I had to step on the gas and leave the others that were at the light in the dust so I could move over to the next lane and not be held back more time. The rest of the drive was not as eventful, but still people getting in the way or going too slow and city buses stopping and me going around them. I put El Sexto Sentido on which helped appease me a bit for the remainder of my drive. So a drive that would normally take me 10-15 minutes took me about 30 minutes. Hope the rest of the day goes well. Oh and hope when I get home Aaron is in a good mood, cause it seems lately my roommate Aaron due to his cold  is in bitchy moods. So I normally wake up get ready to go to work go to work and am for the most part in a happy mood all day at work, but when I get home his bitchiness changes my happy mood to that of being upset/angry. So hopefully the Nyquil helped. Oh by the way you have to sign your life away if you want to get Nyquil. Well, not your life just your name, address, DOB, and DL number. So since myspace is no longer accessible from work I'll be posting this message when I get home, but the time right now is 10:05 am AZ Time.

What is wrong with today?!! So now it's past 4pm and my afternoon drive was also a riot. So I am coming back from work and I get stuck behind a school bus that is stuck behind a city bus that's unloading people. The light was green for a while but of course due to the stop, the light turned red and I am in the middle of the crosswalk behind the buses. They took forever so then I had to swerve around them and get out of there quickly. I think I am staying in the rest of the evening and hope tomorrow is normal.  There's something about today, something in the air, that's just not right. I should have just stayed in in the morning when I woke up late instead of going to work. Everything is out of sync. Aaron however seems to be in a better mood so hopefully my evening and my night will be better than my morning and afternoon. Maybe I'll do some online shopping. Shopping always relaxes me.

Shaved Head!!!

I have been wanting to shave my hair off for a while. Aaron was wanting to cut it before I shaved it but yesterday was not such a good day for us and I just did not want to keep on procrastinating more on doing it, so this morning I woke up 30 minutes earlier than I would have and shaved my hair off. It feels cold, but I like it. I look different. I'll add a picture later.

Ok so here it is finally, my first picture with shaved head:

2024 Updated the image as it used to be posted here via photobucket images and no longer have photobucket, so just added it directly.

Calgon - ahh... spa! Ocean Oasis

Calgon - ahh... spa! Ocean Oasis
Description on the front: Marine Nutrient Complex with Sea Botanicals
Intense Hydrating Body Lotion
Description on the back: Ahh... replenish me. This intensive hydrating tretment quenches skin's thirst for moisture. Enriched with our Marine Nutrient Complex-a natural resource of vital minerals essential for beautiful, healthy-looking skin. Enhanced with Sea Botanicals known to help skin retain its natural moisture balance. Leaves even dry, dull skin radiant and replenished while the fresh aquatic scent takes you away to an ocean oasis. Just wanted to note that I really like this lotion. It makes my skin smooth and silky with just a drop.