I think the honeymoon phase is over

Sometimes I am a bad wife...

I probably make dinner like 3 times a week, if that, and its never a full dinner... more like here is some spaghetti (no salad or bread or anything) my husbie asks what we are going to have for dinner and I say... ugh... can I make you some top ramen? I wish I liked to cook, or was good at it, but I'm not...

And then my husbie breaks his hand (is it actually broken? i don't know but it looks pretty bad) and I'm like, oh lets put some ice on it... seriously if it was me (drama queen) I would scream and cry and milk it, but he just puts some ice on it... I think working in social work stripped me of my compassion...

I don't think I have seen the hour of 10 AM for at least a week... I put a dark sheet over the window in my room so I never know what time of day it is... I could sleep forever and never think twice about it (I am my mothers daughter)... my poor husbie is up by 7 am every morning, waiting patiently to start the day... by the time I'm up he is ready for a after lunch time nap... so neglected

I have a lot of goals and aspirations... but working from home, any hours I want is just making me lazy... I think Ill lay by the pool and drink a mojito... I cant be bothered to do anything that is actually important...

Oh the heat...

Here we are! A couple of weeks ago, my 18 month old computer decided to DIE suddenly...

oh the pressure... I never realized how much I depend on a computer... so anyway

I have a new "work" computer and I have been feverishly working away to get it all set up and transfer files, etc... and now I am ready to blog again.

 Not only that... but its BLOODY HOT here! 

This is an actual picture taken from my car... yuck!

Thats besides the point... this weekend we got to get out of town real quick yay!!

Honey Pie's(HP) mother was having her 70th birthday in Bakersfield and we took the 6 hr. drive to join the family for a birthday party/family reunion

We left at the crack of dawn on Friday morning... for no apparent reason other than my husbie was

very excited... haha.. and drove across the desert.

We got there only to find out that mother was in the hospital :( 

She is doing ok now, but spent the whole time we were there in the hospital.

Unfortunately, no party but we did have a great weekend hanging out with the family.

HP and Pops hangin out... 

I even got to meet some of Honey's cousins and aunts that I hadn't met yet.

HP took me to Taft, CA to show me the town that he grew up in... it was not much to see, but we did stop by and visit his great grandpa and grandma at the cemetery

As soon as I took that pic my camera died, so unfortunately the rest of the pics are from my cell phone...

My very favorite part of the weekend was seeing HP with all of his nieces and nephews... they ADORE him!

They were all inseparable the entire time, and HP tells me that kids dont like him...tisk tisk

Kierra trying to get HP to stop watching TV and give her some attention... haha

The Santiago kids even managed to lure him into the pool... which I have been trying to do SINCE we met...

Cade, Trinity, and Kyse... oh and the puppy Zeva

Jewel... the craziest kid in the world, but SO adorable!

HP, Trinity, and Jewel..

. (isnt it great that my husbie HATES taking pictures... if looks could kill..)

We had a great weekend, got to see new Baby Damian and even go to cousin Stormy's baby shower.

Home again for another week of work and sweat...

Photo Fun

A couple of weeks ago, everyone came into town for our family reunion! So fun seeing everyone... check out my sister Melissa's blog for more pics. While all the sibs were here (first time since MY wedding in 2008!) we took advantage for Melissa's new camera!

For Father's Day, one project was to take pics for my dad's favorite sayings... LIFE IS GOOD...

I think it turned out pretty cute! What do you think?

yet again...

Let me just start by saying that customer service in this country is a DISGRACE!!

I know because Ive worked in a million customer service jobs, and I was a DISGRACE, I always got into trouble for being mean to customers.... and really its because people think they can be rude and you HAVE to be nice back cause 'the customer is always right...' but that is WRONG!

Thats besides the point... any way... here is the LONG story

WALMART

I hate Wal Mart... I hate going to Wal Mart... the parking lot is always packed, the lines are always ridiculously long, its so huge you have to walk 2 miles to get anything, I cant ever go there without spending a ton of money...and the employees are always trashy and rude, and don't know ANYTHING!

The problem is, you HAVE to go to Wal Mart no matter what... the other day I decided that I am going to go to Albertsons just because I didnt want to deal with Wal Mart... EVERYTHING was a TON more expensive... the normal things I buy all the time at Wal Mart were so much more expensive, half way through I had to leave and go to Wal Mart...I was SO mad 

Examples:

Prego Sauce- Albs- $3.99... WalMart- $1.99

Paper Towels- Albs- $1.99... WalMart $.89

Milk- Albs- $2.99... WalMart $1.59

The same brands and everything... Wal Mart is like a cult.. you have to go, you cant get away no matter how much you want to... I hate it! 

That was a long way to get to the actual story that I am telling... ok

For Father's Day, I ordered a calendar from Wal Mart.com, paid for it online, got it WAY in advance...    

I PURPOSELY had it shipped directly to the store because it would be faster and get here in plenty of time for father's day... 

I went to the store on Monday to pick it up (we celebrated fathers day on Monday BTW)

AND THEY DIDNT HAVE IT!!

Ok, I am not one to cause a scene or be rude unless there is a reason to. The lady at the counter was perfectly nice (totally clueless) called for me and they said that it hadn't even gone in for printing yet. I very politely told her that it was supposed to be ready for pick up last week, she said "Well if you didn't get a call then we don't have it" Duh... the question is WHY DONT YOU HAVE IT!! 

Well there is nothing she can do so WHATEVER, just call me when its here.

They call me TODAY... a week after it was supposed to be done. I went in to pick it up and here is what happened...

Me- " Hi, I need to pick up a calendar I ordered online."

Typical Wal Mart associate- "We didnt get an order today"

Me- "They called and told me it was ready, it was supposed to be here a week ago."

Associate- "well there is nothing in the drawer."

Me- "ummm, can you look in the drawer, why would they call me if it wasnt here?"

Associate- " ok, whats the name..."

(lady looks through drawer, pulls out an envelope, another person approaches and asks her where a camera is, lady sets down the envelope and walks away to help the other lady...)

Me- PISSED!! but surprisingly not rude " excuse me, can you please find my calendar..." as the lady is walking away

Associate- " its over there on the counter" continues to walk away

I was already MAD about the calendar, then mad that I had to go to Wal Mart again, then PISSED that the lady was ignorant and rude... So I go find a manager... of course on the other side of the store 2 miles away... tell him what happened... without apologizing or anything, gets out his walkie talkie and asked someone else to meet me in photo. So I walk ALL THE WAY back to photo, wait 5 minutes for this other guy to get there...

Guy- "did you need help with something?"

Me- "yes..." tell him the story...

Guy- "ok, just a second..."

Guy gets on the phone, writes something down and hands it to me...

Guy- "ok you will get a full refund for your calendar in 2-3 business days" 

hands me the calendar and walks away...

I am stunned and dazed and annoyed and angry... I want to just storm out of the store and never return... alas on my 2 mile hike back out of the store, I pick up a few things that I need and wait in line for 20 minutes...

STUPID WAL MART... its like a disease...

Keep on Truckin

We're still alive! Not much has been going on with us... hence no interesting blog posts. My family was here for the annual conner family reunion which was AMAZING... I am always depressed for a couple of weeks after something fun passes... back to normal boring life.

Did I mention that I got layed off from my job last month?... hence the constant boredom... 

It's funny that when you're working full time, you just cannot wait for the weekend or a vacation so you can just do nothing... but when you can just do nothing, you're wishing you were working cause you don't know what to do with yourself

Well finally the stars aligned and I started working again this week (thank you papa!) so now maybe we can get back to buying groceries and paying bills without too much boredom.

I decided that we need rich friends who have a boat or jet skis so that we have fun stuff to do on the weekends...

Hey, if you're thinking of moving somewhere... MOVE TO ST GEORGE and be my friend! Especially if you have a boat thank you!

My Faja

Quick shout out to my papa di... I have been really lucky to be living close to my

dad the last couple of years. I love building a relationship with him since I have been an adult 

and have been able to appreciate him... what a great guy!

It would take me DAYS to list ALL of the wonderful things about him... but here are a few:

1. He is always right there at the right time with the perfect munchie... just when I need it...

2. He is the HARDEST worker that I know... bustin his butt to make things happen

3. He always LOVES family time and will fly everyone to be together 

4. He will always find something to celebrate!

5. He is willing to share his thoughts and feelings, and always trys to understand (thats big for a guy)

6. He is SUPER supportive and will do anything to help support our decisions

He is a wonderful man, a GREAT father and an AMAZING friend!!

Happy Father's Dad Pops!! LOVE YOU!

Light up my life

After spending 5 days and nights with this ludy tudy... how can ANYONE go back to normal life?

BRING MY BABY BACK TO ME!!!