Monday, November 26, 2012

The last one

Today is the last day to blogg for our English 101 class.  As much as I hated the idea at first I found myself getting to like it around the second month of class.  I know it took me a long time to go into this blogging mode.  It was hard for me to set up and then I felt it was a waste of time having to sit here and do it when I have so many other things to do.  I liked the chance to express what I feel sort of like therapy I guess.  Then it was great because it was not like facebook I liked the fact that it was only writing to you and not having to worry about everyone reading it.  I will miss it but would like to continue.  Hope you had a great vacation.  I hope to see you next week.  I went to library to do research today. 

Saturday, November 24, 2012

Help

Professor Help,  Where do I find the information for our last essay?  Help!!!!!

Vacation

Professor I hope you had a great vacation time in Costa Rica.  I want to see the pictures it must of been excitiing for you.  Wish someday I will be able to travel like you.  It must be exciting to see new places and learn about a new place.  Well wishing you a safe return.  See you next week  oh I forgot were going to the library on Monday.  Have a well deserved rest. 

Thanksgiving blues

My daughter had the thanksgiving blues she started to feel sad that all her brothers and sisters were all spending this holiday apart at their new families homes.  She was more heart broken because her father did not even make the attempt of inviting them over for dinner.  We spent it with my boyfriend and his family but it still did not take the place of the memories when they were all at home and we would spend time playing games and cooking together.  I tried to explain that they are all growing up and she too will someday leave and I will only have my memories. 

Tuesday, November 20, 2012

Stressing out about end of semester

As the semester ends the increase in streess grows higher.  It now is coming to the day of having to study and figure out when do I study, what do I need to know, and projects due.  Last of all when do I find enough time to study.  The worst part is when you have been studying for hours, staying up till morning hours not sleeping, and then you get the test and you look at it and you do not remember anything at all.

Monday, November 19, 2012

Thursday, November 15, 2012

Double Majors

So I have been hearing about graduating with double majors.  If you have time can you explain it to me.  I feel that I can talk to you about everything.  So if you do not mind please explain it to me.  I am trying to major in child development.  Do you think I could do that?

Toothaches

I hate going to the dentist.  I hate the site of all those machines in the table by the chair.  I hate the idea of having to feel pain.  I just hate going to the dentist.  When I went in with a toothache, they decided to first take xrays, then tell me sorry your tooth is infected take antibiotics and pain pills and then come to have the tooth drilled for a rooth cannal.  So the pain goes away and I felt like forget it I am not going back.  Now the pain came back.  The tooth is broken and has to be removed.  I hate the dentist. 

Dinner is on me

My very macho boyfriend went out on a dinner date with me for a experiment for my sociology class.  It was so funny the way people look at you when you do something out of the norms.  I opened the door for him, drove, ordered his food, payed and decided where to go after.  It was so funny the looks that people gave him.  I took him to a latino restaurant.  People looked at us with wonder of what was going on, they gave him looks of disapproval.  At first I found myself a little worried at the way people looked at us, then I just decided to enjoy it and get back at him for a couple of embarrasing things. 

Mechanics

I hate the idea of the need to look for a mechanic.  There are so many out there that are out to take advantage of any opportunity that they come across.  This is especially seen when they know that they are taking to a woman.  Woman are taken advantage of far more than men.  If a mechanic tells a woman all of the things that the car needs sometimes we do not know what they are or if they are telling us the truth.  I try to read up on any part that they want to change and I carry my cars manual.  There are so many things to learn about a car we should be able to find someone we can really trust and believe in. 

Unemployed

In todays economy we have been faced with a huge wave of unemployment.  I am part of that wave.  Once I found myself unemployed I decided to go back to school.  I have one more semester of full time classes to take in order to receive my AA.  I am now faced with the decision of what to do because on December 29 it will be the last day to receive unemployment extension payments.  So now do I continue the spring semester and try to make ends meet with welfare?  The other option is to only take two classess work and try to finish in about one or two more years.  I am so confused what do you think professor?

A dog?

My daughters have always asked me to get them a puppy.  I have never wanted to have a puppy I feel it would just add to the stress and the problems.  Puppies are cute when they are small.  Once they grow they are always causing problems and stress.  Dogs are a man's best friend but they are also one more mouth to feed. 

Education in Jail

I went to a confrence that was offered by a man who wrote a book about bank robbery.  He talked about all of the issues that he face while he was growing up and what he thought pushed him to do what he did.  One thing that made me very upset was that by being in jail he had access to the very best and most current issues of literature and other educational materials for free.  He was also offered the opportunity to take classess and get eucation from professors from the Universities of Yale, Harvard, and Princeton.  I really think that it is very unfair that we are not able to reach those professors easily but with great sacrifices.  That I feel is not fail.

Tuesday, November 13, 2012

I do not understand polynomials

I just took the math test and I feel so depressed.  I think I completely bombed it.  I have never felt so lost.  It felt like I was looking at something that was written in martion or some other language.  It looks so easy when everyone does it in front of me but when I tried to remember I was lost.  Formulas , factor, Foil,  why is this a requirement to graduate when I just want to teach preschool. It is not something that I am going to teach a 4 year old. 

Tutor

I went to get tutored today for my math class.  I have to let you know that the math lab has great tutors.  They are patient and they try to listen and explain to you anything that you are not sure of.  The teacher that I have for math she just goes through everything once and if you ask a question she raises her voice and asks you what is it you do not understand?  Then she tells you it is easy see as she goes through the problems at 100 miles an hour.

Friday, November 9, 2012

End of the Semester

Professor the semester is quickly coming to an end.  I really hated the idea of writing in this blog.  It made me feel like you were making me waste my time sitting here in front of the computer when I usually have so much to do.  Now that it is almost over I think I am going to miss it.  Maybe if you do not mind I would like to continue writing my thoughts.  I has served as a way of letting go of some of the stress that I have getting rid of ideas. A way of relaxing and it has been theraputic. Thank you for the torture I felt at first and for the time you have given me and actually commenting on my blogs.  Somedays I really felt that you were the only one I could tell my thoughts and feelings.  Sometimes I felt embarrased to see you the next day in class.  Yet through it all I think you have helped me more than just by teaching me english.  Thank You.

Thursday, November 8, 2012

Yoga

I never thought that yoga would help me with my insomnia.  It has taught me to relax and I use this technique when I am trying to fall asleep.  I have been amazed that it really has worked for me.  I have also gained some muscle strength.  I can actually see some of the difference in my muscle resistance.  I am able to do some poses that I never thought I could do.  Now if I can only find a way to teach my children they think it is funny. 

Writing

I have never thought of myself as some one who knows how to write well.  I feel that all my punctuation and my level of writting have to much to improve.  Today I was writing a thesis paper with my group of another class.  I could not beleive what I was reading, I thought it was horribly written.  The girl was writing it like if she was speaking with her friends.  The tenses were different in almost every sentence.  The other girls were not able to catch on to the way the paper did not make sense.  It is very sad to see that young children are having so much problem writing a paper.  I do not write well like I would like to, but if you compare my writing to theirs what a difference.  I felt sad to know that these young people will be our future. 

Twenty nine

My oldest daughter Mariana had her twenty nine birthday today.  I can not believe it that it was so long ago that I held her in my arms for the very first time.  Well she is all grown up where did all those years go.  They seem like they just flew by time passed so quickly.  As I have gotten older I have found out that there are so many things that I can not remember.  I still remember some things about her that probably were important to me others do not exsist in my memory.  The one thing I do remember was the way she looked the first time I saw her.  She is today a professional nurse with four children of her own and I still can see that smile on her face the first time I saw her.  My baby is all grown up.

No school

No school on Monday, November 12, 2012.  The news hits my children they are happy because it means not getting up early, staying up late the night before, no homework, an extra day with no school.  I  on the other hand see it as OH NO!!!!!  This means children are going to be awake till late, sleeping in, lazy in pj all day until I get upset, trips to the kitchen to check the refrigerator every ten to thirty minutes.  It is so funny to watch them they go to the refrigerator they open the door look at it and close the door.  Next they sit and watch tv then they go to refrigerator again look inside and close the door.  When they do this about two or three times I begin to find something for them to do get dressed that is the first thing I tell them.  Next it is clean up and last we are going out.  These trips back and forth are a clear indication that they are bored. The last thing they tell me I can not wait to go to school tomorrow.  Well I can not wait either.

Rain

It is raining.
 When I was little I did not like the rain.
 I had to stay inside and could not go out.
When it rained I missed riding my bike, or playing jump rope.
When I was a teenager I did not like the rain.
I had to stay inside I could not go out.
I missed being able to go shopping, or on a date.
As an adult I did not like the rain.
I had to stay inside I could not go out.
I missed being able to walk with my children.
Today as a grandmother I do not like the rain.
I have to stay inside I can not go out.
I miss being able to go to the park and play with my grandchildre.

What I decide will have a effect on my children.

  What I do with my life has such a huge effect on my children.  No matter what I choose to do weather it is good or bad it still affects them.  Every time I make a decision even if it is the smallest one it still affects them.  If I spend money then it might be needed for something that they want.  If I decide to break up with my boyfriend they are affected too. Why is life so hard sometimes.  Do I stay and stop them from having to adjust to yet another person, or should I leave the relationship and try to stay alone and then they have to adjust to not having that person in their life.  No matter what I decide it will still have a impact on them. 

Tuesday, November 6, 2012

Family voting

We practice something that I now call family voting.  We get together and start to discuss the propositions and the pros and cons.  Once we do this we are ready to go vote.  We go together and we vote after that we come to my house and discuss how we felt about having the opportunity to voice our opinion.  I made breakfast today early and waited for my children to arrive.  One by one they all gathered and had breakfast.  A quick discussion and review of the propositions and we are off to the voting booths.  This year my daughter that just turned 18 she will vote for the first time.  It is very exciting.  We are taking time to prepare her we are all excited to go together.  Lets save our schools.

The teachers attitude

A teachers attitude is very important.  It can make a student want to attend class or not.   Some teachers do not care or know that it is them that makes or breaks a students learning.  If the teacher is boring or unattentive then we loose interest in the class or in the subject.  When the teacher is able to present the material well and in a interesting form then the students attention and the enjoyment of the subject is nurtured. 

Computer Class

I am going to a Computer class it is a small opportunity to learn a couple of things that I did not know about computers.  I learned that I can make a flyer or a invitation and how to add clip art to it.  I also learned about pre programing a signiture to my emails.  Hopefully I will understand alot more with a couple of computer classes.

Sunday, November 4, 2012

November

November is a real busy month.  My boyfriends birthday is on the 5th and my oldest daughters birthday is on the 8th.  Then its time to take a long three day week end for Veterans day and last it is time to celebrate Thanksgiving and then put on the warm jackets and go Black Friday Shopping.  What a busy month

Time

    Time has undergone change this weekend.  On saturday night we were suppose to set our clocks a hour behind.  If you forgot you were late to everything today.  At least they are smart in the sense that they give you time to adjust and figure out that your running late on Sunday.  This is probably done so that on Monday you will not be late to your daily routine. 

Mountain Rock Climbing

My son went mountain rock climbing with the Arc afterschool program.  He had so much fun.  It makes me feel really happy that there are still some programs that offer activities to the children who other wise would not have the opportunity to do them.  The only problem is that his arms hurt from climbing and having to bring his whole body up with the strenght of his arms.   I rather have him out there doing something than staying home on the video games.  You agree?

It is time to get sick

     It is that time of year to get sick again.  The quick change in weather is the cause of all my sinuses.  I get all of those great symptoms head ache, and pressure in the nasal cavities, itchy, watery eyes, congestion, cough, itchy and dry throat, fever.  Hope everyone is well because I feel  SICK!!!!!

Ella Minnow Pea

Just finished reading the book.  It was easy like you said.  I liked the parts where they found ways to make combinations with other letters in order to write the words they needed.  When I almost got to the end I remember reading it in high school.

Saturday, November 3, 2012

I am so sick

  I am so sick today.  It started the night of Halloween.  I only took out my children for maybe two or three hours.  Yet my weak lungs could not take the cold weather.  I t is really hard to try and breath when your nose is stuffy, watery eyes, congestion, and cough.  I have been trying to sleep but I can not breath.  So I have been doing my bloggs.  I can not sleep but I am so bores.  So now I think my fever is going up or is it my menapause.  Who knows, I just feel like I was in front of the stove all day. 
I HATE BEING SICK

Friday, November 2, 2012

Mountain Bike Riding

My son attends a after school program called Arc.  They take him to leadership workshops and also on field trips that he enjoys.  It is a great program he is going mountain bike riding on Saturday.  He gets to ride on real good fancy bikes and they provide complete padding and helmets.  This is his second year attending these field trips.  He likes them so much that he hates it when he has to miss one.  He says that besides enjoying the adventure he likes it because he is away from his younger sister. 

Child Support

Child support is to help you with your children.  The agency is suppose to deduct 15% of the gross amount of the parent's pay check.  My ex-husband has been evading the system by getting paid cash or working with his new wife and the paycheck goes under her name.  He has enough money to buy himself and the grandson of his wife new ifones.  He has not paid more than $69.00 every two weeks.  It is so hard to try and make it when there is not enough for the children he still has the nerve to show off his ifone to the children when they are in need of pants and shoes.  Wow I wonder how the agency can think that this is enough.

Sick Baby

     My grandson is two months old.  He has a real bad cough and he has problems breathing.  He has been to the emergency room and the doctors do not want to give him any medication.  I have been looking into natural meds and there is none that can help.  He caughs and then looses his breath after that he throws up flem and the crys when he regains his breath.  My poor baby what to do for him?

Depression

     Post partum Depression.  It is so hard to deal with depression.  It is even harder to get over the feeling when you do not feel that there is someone that you can confine in or receive support from.  It is better to look for a professional to help you when you can not figure things out.

Tuesday, October 30, 2012

Tests

I am so glad the test for 1984 is over.  I hope i did well I liked the the help you gave us with the video.  Is there one for the one we are reading now.  It would make a great reinforcement for the test.  Sometimes it jusst was easier to understand some of the things we are reading.

Friday, October 26, 2012

writing with style

Professor I do not know where to locate the article can you please send me a link or the instructions.  Things like this make me feel so hopeless.  That is why I am just begining to take a computer class.  Hope it helps me si that I am not looking for your help always.

Half the Sky Movement

I liked the video about Edna Adan who wanted to train 1000  midwives so that they can help women during child birth.  The Samaliland women have the hardest time during child birth in the hospital she is able to save 3 out of 4 women who would have died.  Every 90 seconds a woman dies during child birth.  The woman is the pillar of the family, so why not save a woman you know you are saving a baby.

Prop 30

Wow !!!!!!  What devestating numbers.  They read alot of numbers about where the money that we voted for in other elections was suppose to be for lausd and it ended up in the retirement funds of the lausd.  It was a way that they receiived that money and then spent it on something else then the education of our children. 
My truth is that every one should be notified and that we should not have to wait for years to help our children in school.  All of the colleges will have to finish teaching our kids and we should know at a high school student.

Who really should be mayor?

I went to the debate at Monarch Hall it was just really funny how they all liked to point finger at each other and make indirect comments about each other.  How do we ever can believe in which one will do what they said they will do.  Do they really care about us or is it more that they care about the prestige of the position and the money they will get?

Tuesday, October 23, 2012

Sleepy

     Sleepy yes sleepy.  That is how I feel.  I guess it is time to go to sleep.  Do you ever feel sleepy heavyness in the eye lids and the feeling of exsaustion in the neck.  I sometimes feel like I do not whant to move.  If I stay awake too long then I will not be able to fall asleep.  So goodnight.

Becky

    Becky just graduated from high school.  She is going to Glendale Communiity College.  She wants to feel very independent and a young adult on her own.  She just finished telling me she is thinking of moving out with some friends or to her older sister's house.  There goes another one that decides to leave home.  It is getting lonely, out of my seven children she is the fifth one to leave,  I thought that by now I would not care to try and stop her. 
     No matter how many decide to move away I still have not learned to act like I do not care.  It is hard to see her packing up her things and seeing that there is a empty area in the room.  It has been some time that she has been leaving and staying at someone elses home.  I thought it would get easy but I was wrong.  It still hurts to see them leave. 

My autism

     My autism is alive and living with me and in my son.  He suffers fom this learning disorder eversince he was a baby and had a convulsion.  This was after a vaccine and a high fever.  For years I looked for someone to tell me why my son was delayed in so many areas.  No one had a answer for me.  I looked for doctors, teacher anyone that would give me a chance to ask a question.  There wer no answers.  Finally at 13 he wa diagnosed with frontal brain disorder or disfunction.  He can not remember some things. 
      Everyday it is a struggle and the school system do not have trained teachers to help him or any other boy with autism.  The number of boys diagnosed with autism is growing but the teachers are not trained. My son has no hope in ever getting the complete education that the system says it garantees.  What will he have only a midiocur education with no real opportunities to even be ab le to complete a job application or remember what are the steps to doing something. 
     I just found out that he lost his lunch card in September it has been almost three months and no one has helped him find out what he can do to get another one.  Three months without lunch, and they plan to tell me he is going to be okay and graduate in two more years.  REALLY?????

Influence on fitting in

     There is so much power in the people that surround you every day in your life.  My daugheter is in middle school and is going through such hard times.  Everyone is out to brag about what brand of pants they are wearing.  The shoes they have if it is the latest brand and how much their parents spend on their things.  It is so hard to have to be surrounded by this kind of pressure they even talk about what brand and the style of undies and bras they wear.  They are only thirteen and twelve years old. 
    It is so hard to try and help her be strong when she can not join in and show off her clothes or shoes.  It is so sad that so many parents are out there buying only things that are name brand and not teaching their childrenn that there are other things in life that are more valuable.  It is so hard when you have to choose between having food or electricity or buying those 100 dollar shoes.

Lost my memory

I think memory does go as you get older.  I have been noticing that I do not remember things as easily as I did when I was younger.  I am struggling to remember alot of the information  from my classes.  Is it true that if you do not use it you lose it?

V Cap

I just finished the vcap program for math 112.  It went so fast and I felt like it just flashed
by in front of my eyes.  I hope I can remember everything!  Now it is on to math 115.  I hope I can do it.

Sunday BBQ

     It has become a tradition that every Sunday we BBQ.  Sometimes I do not feel like it but the children have got used to it.  My step children usually call and ask me what I need them to bring and my children start cleaning and prepareing the chips and plates for dinner.  It just seems like I am never done cooking. 
I need to feed my boyfriend and his five children plus two daughters in law and four grand children.  On my side it is my seven children and one daughter in law, three sons in law and nine grandchildren.
     After they all go home with their tummies full I am glad I have one week to recuperate before I get to do it all over again.

A life long lesson

     A life long lesson we learn and teach to children in the first year of school.  Sometimes its in preschool that they learn it others it will be in kindergarden.  What is it, you ask?  It is waiting in line.  The teacher's first lesson as they begin the first day of school and walk in make a line.  Children are taught to stand and wait and walk in a straight line.  As you grow and continue school you stand in line to get your lunch, to go to the restroom, to get inside the classroom, even to walk out of school. 
     Hope you learned your lesson well because as we grow up we keep on having to practice this life time learned lesson. I was in line for three hours at the Department of Motor Vehicles today.  Everyday,  you encounter different places where you still have to stand in line.

    

Saturday, September 29, 2012

Common Names Cause Problems

     When I named my son 25 years ago David Garcia I never thought I would dislike his name so much.  My son got a speeding ticket a couple of months ago and he had to go to court.  I went with him because he he needed a ride and did not know where the court was located.  When they called him to go in front of the judge, they started to mention a list of charges and even a warrent for arrest from San Gabriel.  I was suprised and when my son started to try and tell the judge that those were not his the judge told him not to speak till she gave him a turn.  She finally asked him if he accepted the charges and he said no that was not him.  She did not listen to him and she just kept telling him if he accepted the charges because he was also getting angry telling her it was not his charges.  She told him he was being held in contempt of court and that there were three warrants for his arrest.  Before my very eyes the sheriff had put the handcuffs on him and pushed him torward the door.  My son kept yelling  Mom, Mom help me!!!  The judge asked me to leave the court and if I wanted to help my son she suggested I get a lawyer because he was going to need one.  Till today he is in jail just because someone put the wrong information in his file.  We have to wait almost two weeks for a court hearing and during all this time they are not giving him bail and I can not see him.  The charges were for some other David Garcia not his.  The clerk told me that in their system they had over a thousand David Garcia.  When naming your baby give them a unique name not a common one.

Friday, September 28, 2012

SODIUM LAURETH SULFATE

     This chemical is known as the sudsing ingredient found in shampoos,soaps, and other products that make suds.  There is research that proves that it can cause irritation in the eyes, skin, and scalp.  This chemical can be absorbed into the scalp and skin from the use of shampoos and other products.  Another form of this chemical sodum lauryl sulfate which is much stronger is known to cause cancer. 

     In my opinion if the other form of this chemical is known to cause cancer what is to say that with time or with excessive and continuous use of these products there is a chance of suffering from a cancerous situation.  This ingredient is also found in products that we use for our new born babies, their skin is so delicate and thin  it could have sever effects that we can not forsee. 

      The suds are a sign that we believe means that it is cleaning but, do we really need to see the bubbles?  At what expense or risk do you need the suds?  Do we really need bubble bath for our babies and expose them to dangerous cancerous causing chemicals?

Thursday, September 20, 2012

Moving

I have to move.
I hate moving, my children hate moving.
My boyfriend hates moving.
The packing.
The cleaning.
Taking the furniture apart.
Loading the truck.
Unloading the truck.
Putting the furniture together again.
Fixing everything, making it fit.
Unpacking!!!!!
I am tired already.
I was just thinking about it.
I have not even started.
Moving day is Saturday!!!!!!!!!!!!!

GRANDMA TODAY IS MY BIRTHDAY

Today is my grandson's birthday he is 6 years old.
He calls me early at seven in the morning, "Grandma, Grandma today is my birthday!"
Yes, Yes, mijo Happy Birthday !!!!!!
You are a very silly boy I was suppose to call you not you. 
He laughs and tells me he is going to get dressed I told him I would call him after school.

Later I tried calling my daughter and there was no answer.
Finally I received a call from my daughter.  It was my grandson Travis. 
I asked him are you out of school?  He said no, then why are you calling me? I asked.
I took my mom's cell so I would get your call.  I didn't want to miss it. 

Oh my God!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  The things he does.  I asked him to let me talk to his teacher and he went to call her.  The teacher asked him where he got the cell and finally she answered me.  I explained and she agreed to keep the cell till his mother picked him up.   I think he is going to be in trouble.
What a Birthday

REBECCA

REBECCA

 My teenage daughter Rebecca is a handfull.
Her sisters tell me I made her that way, could it be true?
She wants everything on the dot, if I say in five minutes it has to be in five minutes.
She is demanding of my time and my attention.
When she gets in the car she is the only one talking.

Rebecca is my nineteen year old daughter.
She is the fourth girl out of five.
She gets to play mom when I am at school or at work.
She forgets to let go of her power when I come home.

Rebecca is so outgoing but, she is also stuborn.
She gets so mad when things don't go her way.
She doesn't think that there are accidents that ruin her plans.
She is growing up but, in my eyes she will always be a baby.

Tuesday, September 18, 2012

Exercise to keep healthy

About two weeks ago I got a call from the doctors office that my lab tests had come back positive for very high cholesterol.  The doctor was very concerned and wanted to see me immediately in his office.  When I met with him he said that the highest a person could have cholesterol was 150 and my test showed 500 that was far beyound the limits.  He was putting me on medication and on a diet immediately he was shocked at how I can feel okay with all this cholesterol.  I was terribly scared high cholesterol is the cause of a heart attack or a anerism something like that.  Anyway it wasn't good.  So now everymorning I do a hour of cardio, core, and yoga.  I keep a strick diet following a guide that he gave me.  It is so tireing but I am more afraid of having a heart attack I do not want to be sick.  My children are still small and I am all they have

Sunday, September 16, 2012

Sunday at the Fair

Today I took my grandchildren to church what a experience one hour of trying to spend some time in church it was a challenge but I survived.  The church had their fall fair this weekend and I took them to the rides.  They had so much fun I hated to tell them it was time to go home.  But they were okay, after I told them we would get some ice cream on the way home.  Once we got home it was take clothes off and shoes.  I started to make them a carne asada on the barbequer.  It is days like this that I like to do the cooking outside it helps keep the house cool and it is a little faster.  Soon we were eating outside and had a nice afternoon.  My children started to arrive to pick up there children and soon they were all gone.  Wow!!!! All gone now time to enjoy some quiet time and do some homework.

Come Pick them up

I have had all my 9 grandchildren with me since yesturday that we went to the beach after I took them to the fair and then it was time to come home.  Diaper changing and bottles and putting them to sleep wow its so much work.  I felt this morning so tires.  I still had to give baths, get them dressed, give breakfast, diapers, bottles, and more diapers before going to church and get my self ready.  Well I finished with everything with the help of my daughter and son.  I have some time left before going to church so I started to call everyone and make sure they come to pick them up.  I am trying to write my blogs between diapers and bottles wow we need them to go home. My son and daughter are waiting to send them home and enjoy our peace and quiet again.  It was fun and tiring for the weekend.

My grand children

I spend my birthday with some of my grandchildren.  It was a wonderful day to spend with them some of my best days are when I have them all over.  My oldest daughter Mariana lives in Long Beach and shge brought my first granddaughter Sussie who is 9 years old, my grandson Edwin Jr who is 7 years old, my third grandson Travis who is 5 years old and my nineth grandson Ethan who is 3 weeks old.
 
Then my son David arrived with my fourth granddaughter Lalene who is 3 years old and my seventh grandson David Jr. who is 2 years old and they are expecting my tenth grandchild.

Later my daughter Byanka arrived with my fifth granddaughter Jazlene who is 3 years old and my sixth grandson who is 2 years old.

Last of arrived my daughter Marcy with my eighth granddaughter Roxanne who is 9 months old.

I was so excited to have all of them we packed up and went to Redondo Beach where I had so much fun playing with them in the water and putting them in the sand and making sand castles. 

By next year I will have one more wow I think I will need a fifteen passenger van.

My Birthday

My birthday was on Saturday September 15.  It is a very special day in all of Latin America.  Almost all of the countries in Latin America celebrate their Independence on this day.  Different years but the same day. In Mexico it was the day of the Grito de Dolores.  The day that they won the war and the grito was when Dolores Hidalgo proclaimed the independence war had been won.  So every year each school participates in a parade and the band plays.  Some schools have a dance festival and they have like a fair with rides and shows.   There are fireworks at night and there is a game that they play which is like bingo but it is called Loteria.  I guess in a way all of Mexico celebrates my birthday!!!!!

Friday Night Dinner

Friday night dinner was exciting!  I went with my boyfriend to dinner at Red Lobster just to find out how much shrimp my boyfriend could eat.  When I mentioned to him that they had an all you can eat shrimp special he was curious. He bet me $100.00 we would only get one extra serving and   that would be all.  So I decided to accept the bet.  We decided to go and try it out.  We had a 20 minute wait which was not bad, as soon as we were at our table we ordered drinks and then  I ordered appatizers:   fried calamari and broccoli and stuffed lobster mushrooms, it came with a sause and it was gooood.  I ordered the All You Can Eat Shrimp Special:  Terriyaki Shrimp, Alfredo Linguinni Shrimp, Hand battered Shrimp, and Shrimp Scampi.  It was really good we tasted all of them and I liked the Terriyaki Shrimp and the Shrimp Scampi, my boyfriend liked all of them except the Alfredo Linguini Shrimp he is not a fan of pasta.  He had five orders and I had two and I won my  $100.00 it was great.

Friday, September 14, 2012

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Wow!!!!! Creating this blog has made me feel so fustrated and I realized how much I need computer help.  I asked my children and step children to help me and it has taken me all day to figure this out.  So I hope I did everything right if not professor please let me know.  The problem with allowiing comments I don't know where to find that so please let me know step by step sorry for so much trouble.  Maria