Grandma A, my best friend and a huge part of my life.

When I was born in 1986 my mom wasn't allowed the maternity leave like most moms. She had to got back to work two weeks after giving birth to me. She worried and fussed over who would watch me. She found this amazing woman my grandma A. She took me and become a motherly figure to me, as I grew she became my grandma and her husband my grandpa.


Now that I am almost 25 years old she has become my best friend and woman I want to be like when I am 83 years old. She has had ten children and watched most of them die before they should have. She has witnessed wars and devastation. She watched has her husband fought his battle with cancer and was defeated. She herself fought her own battle and has defeated it with no help of chemotherapy. 


I received this news that she was in remission on Thursday afternoon when she gave me a ring. I was thrilled absolutely thrilled to know that she defeated it with living her everyday life. She says she feel like an 83 year old that is fit as a fiddle and I couldn't be happier. 

My little world is pulsing with frustrations!

This past week I have been more open about my little world and the people involved in my world. I also have been more sensitive to pet peeves and irritations that arise in my life. 


Don't get me wrong I love my family, they are my everything. I have lived with my immediate family that their quirks, thoughts, and ideas don't bother me. They are a very positive source for me and a way to nurture my soul. My real hindrance is my family that I am not close to like uncles, aunts, cousins, even my in-laws. Don't get me wrong I have a lot of positives when it comes to my family, but right now on this day the negatives are overwhelming more then the positives. I am sure that over time the balance will be back to positives being more abundant then the negatives, maybe they need to step up to the plate and stop living in their selfish little world.


Ski will be graduating college with his bachelors degree in June. I couldn't be a prouder wife of his accomplishments, goals and his will power to continue on to get his masters degree. When I talked to my mom-in-law about his graduation, she said that she may not come due to her granddaughters school schedule. Her granddaughter is four years old, I honestly think that she can miss a week of school for her uncles graduation, it will not deter her progress in Head Start. It shocks me to know that his mom wont even consider coming out for her sons graduation. Ski will never graduate with a bachelors degree again! I just can't stand it.


Now my family has their panties in a wad because Ski's graduation is the exact same time as the family reunion. It is one day that Ski gets to beam about his accomplishments, and they are whining because my immediate family will miss one day of the reunion! Grow a pair and get over it, I will miss a reunion day so I can help my husband shine. Really the reunion happens every year this event doesn't. 


I think that is enough whining and complaining coming out of me about my families. Lets get onto something positive and happy. 


I am "taking" English 122 over, because my teacher last semester taught me nothing. I haven't become a better writer I don't even know what my strengths and weaknesses are. I am taking this class with a wonderful lady named Cheryl, I have gone to her class twice and I already love it!  She is so positive and uplifting. I can't wait to learn and grow more with her class. This will be a positive in my life and I hunger for knowledge and a wider vocabulary. Sadly because I am not "enrolled" in this class I will only be able to make Wednesday's classes. I have discussed it with her and she knows that since I am not active in the class that I will only be there once a week. 


I am stating to kick Zumba's butt and I can see Debra enjoying and concentrating really hard on her moves. It makes me giggle watching her concentrate so much on wiggling it. It brings me so much joy! I always end up cracking up watching me trying to wiggle my middle like a cute little Mexican (you would think since I am Hispanic I would be able to wiggle it, nope can't do it!) It is definitely a good way to keep me busy and toning my belly up. 


My friend Nik-Nak is such an amazing friend and I wouldn't be who I am supposed to be without her. Lately I haven't felt like I have been a good friend to her as she has been to me and this weighs heavily on my heart. She is truly a crowned jewel that you will never notice because she fits in so well with us coal pieces. If she reads this great if not, it is okay I am sure we will talk about it soon enough. 


Now I will finish this with sending my thoughts and love to my friends and hitting publish before I have time to re-read it and delete it all.

The New Year so far....

So far the New Year has treated Ski and rather well. At the end of the year I cleaned out my friends, and realized that the number of friends I have doesn't amount to the same as if I had two very close friends. 


One of my dearest friends I met Niki her freshman year of high school, my junior year. After I graduated we stopped talking and grew apart. About a year ago she found me on Facebook and we never really talked much at all. Around October/November we started talking via Facebook more and more often and made a promise to text each other once a day even if it is just to say I hope you have a good. Ever since then we text each other everyday and have on and off conversations until I fall asleep. Since then she has helped me become the woman I want to be, confident, feeling beautiful in my body, being unique, lucky and so much more. I hope we will grow together and be each others rock. 


My other dearest friends is Debra I met her when she opened a mailbox at my dad's store. She did 6 years of traveling and we grew close, by phone conversations. She just settled down in the Springs and we are now work out buddies. We go to the YMCA on Monday's for Mindfulness Meditation Intro, on Tuesday and Thursdays we do Zumba. We have a blast I have never had so much fun working out before (okay that was an exaggeration, I had the best time with my mom when we did Yoga). So far Zumba is kicking my butt, I am ready and well prepared to kick its butt! 


Those are my two closest friends that aren't my "family". 

I haven't updated on my Grandma A's cancer condition. As of Christmas Eve 2009 we found out her cancer is not attaching to any organs, it is active cancer cells that are just floating around. She continually asks her doctor if she really does have cancer because she just doesn't feel it. She is going to the doctor sometime this month and I hope nothing changes for the worst. 


So Ski and I were able to finally buy a second car and we bought a 1999 Land Rover, Niki has named her Josephine, I call her Josie and my dad calls her Jo because he says a SUV can not be a girl. I think differently and so does Niki. It runs like a dream for being a 1999 it runs like a brand new vehicle. The only downer is we will have to replace the windshield. There is a massive crack that goes right through my viewing area. 


Ski is graduating in June with his Bachelor degree in Criminal Justice, as he is graduating he will be taking some of his Masters courses. I can't explain how proud I am of my husband! We are crossing our fingers that he gets a Summa Cum Laude (which means that he has a 3.9 or higher of GPA). One of his courses this quarter is kicking his butt, not even I would put all the effort that is desired by the teacher into that class and I am a 4.0 student. 


That is about it so far for the New Year I am sure there will be lots more to come! 

Christmas, New Years, And A New Beginning!

I was ecstatic for Christmas this year. This year has been an amazing year for Ski and I, and this was just the topper of the year. Ski and I have been talking about getting another pet, we love having pets they make our lives complete. Our dog is our baby so to say. This year Ski got me a bunny and himself a bunny they are about six weeks old and aren't old enough to tell the sex of them yet. We are hoping they are either both boys or girls so we don't have the problem of inbreeding. I got him two cases one for all of his medals and one for his coins from the military. I also got him awesome dragon slippers that he loves. I got a video camera and tons of movies my favorite things. 

Sadly Christmas didn't seem like Christmas this year, Ski had to work and there was the absence of snow on the ground. Over all it was a very lazy day for the family. We did our personal presents at our place then went to my parents and had breakfast and opened their gifts. After that I took Ski to work and then it was time for dinner/lunch. My sister, cousin and I took Ski a plate for dinner. 

For New Years Ski had to work again, which wasn't bad he dropped me off at my parents house and then went to work. He got off at ten and was able to celebrate New Years with us. It was overall a very lazy good day. 

I am excited about this new chapter of our lives, to work on our fifth year of marriage, to celebrating birthdays together. I hope that this year beats last year by a mile.