Mexico

Okay, so this is super duper late, I know, I know I'm terrible :( BUT I'm finally going to talk about it so that's alllllll that matters! :D

Our Honeymoon Part 2

Okay, so last year LITERALLY three days before our wedding, I found out on facebook that my cruise ship that we were supposed to get on in four days was
ON FIRE!!!

I immediately got on the phone with Carnival to find out what was going to happen? Were we going to go, were they going to cancel it??? What was going to happen?!?!

After hours and hours of being on the phone with them and doing lots of internet searches, I found out that our cruise was going to be cancelled. Now, what to do for our honeymoon?!?! We ended up going down to San Diego and spent five days there, and we still managed to have a BLAST!

Fast forward, a year exactly and we were getting a HUGE discount on the same exact cruise and on board credit (we didn't know how much, until we got on board, which turned out to be $25, haha)

So the Lopez's were so generous to drop us off, and we made plans to have lunch in San Pedro for some yummy shrimp and drinks before getting on the ship, since we didn't have to be there until three-thirty.

We had an amazing lunch and had so much fun, drank too much beer, and had too much food. We realized it was 3:15 but we could see the ship so we weren't too worried. We drive to the ship and realize that wasn't our ship! the whole time we were looking at the WRONG ship!! We were leaving on the splendor and this was the spirit we could not believe it!! Yasmin looked at me and said, "wait! are you sure you're leaving from San Pedro and NOT Long Beach?!?! What!?!? There's a difference!?! I didn't even think about it! So we RUSHED and literally rushed to make our cruise, we were now so LATE!! I was so nervous we were going to miss the ship, but Yasmin got us there as fast as we could and we made it with a (little) time to spare :)

We had an amazing dinner, for our anniversary and had a blast exploring the ship! We even won a little bit of money in the casino!


relaxing before dinner 11/13/2011

We were deathly sick for the first whole day on the ship and it was so sad :( BUT the next day we were in Cabo!

We went on a little adventure where we went off-roading in these little cute cars, and we saw some dolphins and had so much fun! Once we got done with that we saw this!!


of course I HAD to have a picture with it

We spent two days in Cabo and it was so hot and nice, but it definitely didn't feel like it was NOVEMBER! It sounds weird but I kind of liked being cold on our anniversary last year, BUT it was nice to be in the sun and wearing summer clothes when I know our family and friends back home were wearing their jackets and scarves :)

We spent our last day on land in Puerto Vallarta, and it was so much fun at the fiesta we went to! Then we spent Friday and Saturday on the boat :) this time we weren't so deathly sick! Which was nice. We played bingo and games and ate a ridiculous amount!!

We had so much fun on our cruise, BUT I definitely think that cruises are meant for families or groups of people because it was kinda lonely when we saw families and groups playing all of the games together and it was just the two of us, especially because Mr. Party Pooper didn't want to do any scavenger hunts or even go swimming! >:l

We were happy to come home and we missed our animals so much! BUT we did have a BLAST!!!! AND I keep thinking about how much I can't wait to go back!!! :)


Adios Mexico, until next time! :)

If we had coffee :)

I have seen the "If we had coffee" blog on a couple of different blogs recently and I thought it would be cool to try out :) So here it is,
If we had coffee...

I would tell you that I have recently become more appreciate for my husband I really didn't think I could love anyone as much as I love him, and it is true that you love them more and more as time goes by, I thought I loved him when we got married and now over a year later it feels like I love him a hundred times as much as I did before.


this was our very first picture ever taken, and it always makes me smile :)

I would tell you that I have been thinking about life a lot recently and I'm literally driving myself CRAZY!

I would also try and explain to you my LOVE for pho right now! It is sooooo good and if you haven't tried it you need to get up and yelp where the best one is near you! I love love love it!!!! It's a Vietnamese soup and it's basically just noddles with very thin slices of meat in it and sprouts and hot sauce but it is definitely my FAVORITE food right now!


I would also tell you all about my VERY fun trip to Disneyland this last weekend! Let me tell you we didn't get home until after one AM and even though we have season passes I haven't stood there until closing umm probably since I was ten! We had a blast though!

Obviously she wasn't scared on this ride AT ALL!!

I would also talk about how I would much rather be blogging or reading blogs then cleaning my house, but I must do it, so this coffee would have to go fast!

Oh, and I would also talk about all of my FAVORITE reality TV shows! I swear I can't get enough I'm sure my love gets mad about it, because he ABSOLUTELY hates them! BUT I think it might be an addiction and I can't get enough of them!

Until next time,
Jade :)

Random Thoughts :l

I've been struggling a lot recently reminding myself to focus on the positive and forget about all that I don't have. I recently read this entry Finding Beauty in the Ordinary: The Day That Forever Changed My Life and it really never seizes to amaze me that I always end up reading blogs or stories when I'm feeling the most discouraged. I read this last Monday when I woke up in a pretty somber mood, and as soon as I read this it reminded me that things will come in time, and although it feels like I've been waiting for a long time, for things in my life to come together, in the end I am positive that my life will be exactly what I want it to be and more. I'm sure of it! :)

I went on a job interview on Thursday, after I had applied to Everest college as (actually I don't even remember because I've applied to wayyyy too many jobs in my life) however, the director of education emailed me telling me that she has a different position then the one I applied that she would like me to apply for, so naturally I said ABSOLUTELY I would like to submitted. She asked me to come in for an interview. I went on Thursday, and at least from what I could tell she loved me, and I'm hoping and praying everyday that she'll call me this week and offer me this position. Even though this position isn't it what I got my degree in, she said there was a lot of room for me to do different things in this school and I'm positive I could thrive (now I have been just sitting thinking about how much I want/need/long for a full time job with benefits and an income and stress?) Okay maybe I can do without the stress part, BUT I have been thinking about how this job would do so much for me and my love and how much we could be living our dreams if I got a full time job :)

So, I have been noticing more and more and MORE that people complain about their lives, I can't do this because of this, OR I wish I had this, or that or I NEED this or that, etc. I follow a lot of celebrities on twitter, namely some teen moms from 1 & 2 and a lot of them complain about the paparazzi, and it REALLY REALLY REALLY DRIVES ME INSANE!!! Although, I'm positive that the paparazzi or whatever people want/need is important it feels like people complain way too much now! MOST people choose to focus on what they DON'T have rather then what they DO! I try so hard not to do this, and sometimes I have to admit that I do, I mean really, who doesnt? Even if for just a few seconds. Hints, why in the first part I talked about how finding that blog was so inspirational! I have noticed more and more the things that people complain about and how much it really bothers me. And then today I came across this article that Khloe Kardashian posted on her twitter, it is EXACTLY what I am talking about!


There was a blind girl that hated herself because she was blind. She hated everyone except her loving boyfriend. He was always there for her. She told her boyfriend, “If I could see the world, I’d marry you”. One day someone donated a pair of eyes to her. When the bandages came off, she was able to see everything, including her boyfriend. He asked her, “Now that you can see the world, will you marry me?” The girl looked at her boyfriend and saw that he was blind. The sight of his closed eyelids shocked her. She hadn’t expected that. The thought of looking at him for the rest of her life led her to refuse to marry him. Her boyfriend left her in tears and days later wrote a note to her saying; “Take good care of your eyes, my dear, for before they were yours, they were mine.”
This is how the human brain often works when our status changes.
Only a very few remember what our life was like before, and who was always by their side in the most painful situations.
Today before you say an unkind word – Think of someone who cant speak.
Before you complain about the taste of your food -Think of someone who has nothing to eat.
Before you complain about your husband or wife – Think of someone who’s crying out to GOD for a companion.
Today before you complain about life – Think of someone who went too early to heaven.
Before you complain about your children – Think of someone who desires children but they are barren.
Before you argue about your dirty house someone didn’t clean or sweep – Think of the people who are living in the streets.
Before whining about the distance you drive -Think of someone who walks the same distance with their feet.
And when you are tired and complain about your job – Think of the unemployed, the disabled, and those who wish they had your job.
But before you think of pointing the finger or condemning another -Remember that not one of us is without sin and we all answer to one MAKER.
And when depressing thoughts seem to get you down – put a smile on your face and thank GOD you’re alive!

I am going to continue to try to focus on the positive rather then the negative, and remember that although I don't have everything that I want right now at this very moment I do have plenty of GREAT things in my life to be grateful for!

♥MY AMAZING HUSBAND who I do not give enough credit for, he truly is AMAZING and I am so lucky to have such a hard working wonderful provider, he does everything for us, he is easy going and so much fun to be around, he truly is my BEST friend and I couldn't ask for anyone better to spend the rest of my life with! I LOVE YOU! You are amazing, and I'm glad you chose me to be your wife :)
♥MY funny beasts, that always make me laugh and are a free source of entertainment on a daily basis!
♥my wonderful family who I WOULD NOT trade ANYTHING for! They are the best!

So, while I'm patiently waiting for all of the things in my life to fall into place, I am going to be focused on all of the positive things that I do have :)

I want to try these cookies, wonder if they are different then the cookies I made

Finding Beauty in the Ordinary: Merry Indie Christmas: Hi everyone! If this is your first time here, or if you're popping over from the Follow Fest, thanks for visiting! My name is Heather...

Tried them and they were delicious! :D

Boo!

I can't believe that I haven't updated in over a month! BOOO I need to keep up but I get caught up in other people's blogs and then I never do it! :(

BUT at last today is a new post, Halloween came and went and it was so much fun! We had a party to go to on Saturday for my Aunt, and that was so much fun! We were Cave people and our costumes being homemade actually came out pretty good :D

See pic below!


We had way too much Jungle Juice and so much fun!

Here are some more pics for your viewing pleasure :)









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We went to a bar on Halloween after we helped scare kids at the Haunted House! I LOVED my eyelashes! They were Pink! :D





Okay! Well that was fun! Victor bought Marlee this CRAZY bone!



AND!! I received my Anniversary Present last week since our 1st wedding anniversary is coming on SUNDAY already!! ;D and it's BEAUTIFUL!!!



We leave to Mexico on Sunday, so I can't wait to get on the boat and have a BUTT load of fun!! My Favorite Vacations are the ones with my LOVE!! We have the best time together just the two of us! :D

Dodger Game :D

Okay, sooo as promised I said I was gonna post pics from the dodger game that we went to on Sunday! As always we had a BLAST!!!

So first we went to Phillipes



Which if you haven't been there you should go right now! It's the most amazing sandwiches! (scratch that, I don't like saying that things are sooo good because then your expectations are high) so it's good. My favorite! SO once you get passed the lines, which are ridiculous ESPECIALLY on a Sunday! Then you get a yummy sandwich my fave, roast beef with Blue Cheese Yummy! Don't forget the pickles and the coleslaw all good! And you can't beat the 75c lemonade either :D

After we consumed all of our delicious food we were off to the Dodger Game! YAY!!

This is seriously the first thing we saw when we got there!



Ever since the first game they have REALLY stepped up their security look @ how many cops there were and there is one guy in the back of the cop car, I'm SURE he was walking around with a beer or something because that really is how ridiculous security is now! But, any who On the way into the game we saw Kelly Osbourne AND Jonah Hill!! :D (okay, not really but they looked like them and it was funny)

Finally inside the game we got these SUPER COOL Hello Kitty Tiaras! :D



Oh ya and a beer :)

We sat down with our group of 12 and we were having a blast! BUT, it was sooooo hot!



See what my love had to do in order to stay cool :) I love that he still had his tiara on over the shirt!

I took all these pics and I think they're hilarious now that I look back I'm not even sure what I was trying to take pics of but enjoy :D







AND then Out of NO WHERE!! Single Ronnie showed up!!! It was CRAZY!!!




We ended up leaving early because the dodgers were winning 15-1 and it was so hot and we were all hungry again!

I turned into a little person while Omar was showing off his six pack!



Here is the entire group! :D



We were all so star struck by Jonah Hill & Kelly Osbourne that we forgot to see where we parked so we stopped for a quick photo in front of the "THINK BLUE" sign while we were searching!



And finally here is the reason for us going!!



Our adorable Hello Kitty :D She's so cute!!

Things that are currently annoying me! :l

Okay, so I have noticed that there are things RECENTLY that are annoying me!

FIRST!!

I want to say that I thought Kim Kardashian's wedding was going to be JUST like the royal wedding, because after all that's what the E! channel told me! AND since that is my FAVORITE channel to watch after bravo when the housewives are on, I thought they were telling me the truth! BUT I didn't know that what they meant was that Kim would be wearing a "tiara" on her head! I do not like it, and it seemed like she just wanted to go over the top...I know it's my wedding, and I shouldn't judge...BUT she is in the media eye and I did see, it and it is ANNOYING me...so HERE it is...her "tiara" uggh would have been so much prettier without that thing on her forehead!

SECOND!!

While we are on the Kardashians! I LOVE LOVE LOVE KUWTK!! <3 and Khloe is my absolute FAVORITE!!! But, why oh why did they decide to sell their KARDASHIAN KOLLECTION @ Sears!??! WHO goes to sears for anything BUT craftman tools!?!?! I haven't heard of anyone shopping at sears since the Brady Bunch!!! Couldn't they have sold it at my FAVORITE place in the WHOLE wide world...KOHLS!!!?? Boo to them for picking Sears, and boo to them for their clothes being RIDICULOUSLY expensive! Leggings for $39.99 ON SALE! WOWZA!! It's probably a good thing they are selling at Sears, because if it was at kohls I would feel obligated to buy something, and I CANNOT afford $40 leggings! :/

THIRD!!

While we are talking about my FAVORITE place KOHLS! Let me say that we are so close they like to email me and tell me when NEW fabulous lines are coming out! So I received an email earlier this week, telling me how JENNIFER LOPEZ now had a line at KOHLS! YAY!! I was so excited because well I love when celebrities have clothing lines and I love when they sell them at Kohls, (my fave Lauren Conrad!) so I clicked the link to check it out...and WOW! Was I disappointed, anything that seemed to MAYBE be cute had something weird added to it...and it was a total let down...thanks J-Lo I didn't NEED to buy your clothes anyway...but STILL she couldn't have added something that we could wear on a normal day and we weren't filling a music video? Check it out HERE!

FOURTH!

Another one of my FAVORITE stores TARGET is selling their new Missoni line, and I seriously DO NOT understand WHY everyone is obsessed with it!?! It's all zig zag & looks like it belongs in the 70s...IDK maybe I'm not cool enough to rock it and that's why it's annoying me but really? zig zag fever so much to make the target website crash...idk maybe this is how people feel when I help make the apple website crash when a new iphone comes out...hmmm things to ponder...well if you haven't seen the missoni line yet, it's HERE and most things are sold out...but have a look! and hurry they won't sale ANYTHING after October something and I'm SURE this stuff will NOT be in the clearance section!

AND FIFTH and FINAL thing that annoys me at this VERY current MOMENT!

The price hike at freakin' NETFLIX!!! Like seriously WTF!?!?! WHY would you MAKE your existing customers that have been loyal and with you since BEFORE there was a such thing as online streaming (or at least before you had 10 thousand movies on there) up their membership dues~?!?! FOR REALS $20 for instant streaming and ONE movie at a time!! RIDICULOUS I tell you RIDICULOUS!! AND I would cancel my membership just to teach them they can't treat us LOYAL CUSTOMERS like that, BUT 1.) they probably won't notice! and 2.) How will I watch things on instant streaming?? SO what I did, cancel the mailed movie part! Since they want to be stingy. I'll give them my $7.99 BUT my Blu-Ray business is now going to REDBOX! That'll teach them! :D (or not but still so annoying!)

Okay, until NEXT time!

Oh and we're going to a dodger game on Sunday, so I'll be sure to get lots of pics to post after we get back...hopefully it's drama-free & too much fun! Until next time!

Happy Birthday Nannies & Lil' Lylah! :)

So it was Nannies & Delylah's bday party this weekend AND I was asked to make the cake am cupcakes with a CUPCAKE theme like this!!



So I thought and thought and then went to buy the GIANT cupcake pan!!! :) yay! I was excited who wouldn't want a GIANT cupcake as their bday cake?! Especially if the theme was CUPCAKES!! So here is how it came out!



Not too bad considering it was my first time!!! :)

And the cupcakes were my favorite all colorful & cute!!



The party was fun! We jumped in the jumper we had some cupcakes & cake it was fun!

Now the rest of this is random soooooo here goes!!!

On Thursday I got a knock on the door & who was it?!? The mailman!!! He was here to deliver this bad boy!!! :))



Yayyy!!!! I was so excited! NOT that this will help me get a job because it hasn't yet! BUT still it's finally here and now I can put it in a frame and stare at it :) this paper worth $40,000 yayy!!!! :))

The I saw this guy!!!



I think he is so funny! He LOVES bags, boxes, anything that he can get into and I think it's the funniest! I can pull out the tiniest box & he wants to get inside! So funny! Clearly he does NOT fit in this bag, BUT he sure has fun trying! :))

Last of my pics to share today, is this dude doing his favorite thing ever!!!



Sleeping while I drive!!! I hate it!!!! :) but it makes for a funny picture!! Take that Wictor! All the world now sees what I have to endure allllll the time! You sleeping!!! :)

This weekend we're going to a dodger game with 11 other people so we shall see what fun is in store for us!! :)

A CRAZY weekend in VEGAS!!!

And when I say crazy I mean CRAZY!!!

For starters, I had an interview on Friday (super last minute) for a job in Ontario (since this was on the way to Vegas) we got up early & packed and were ready for my interview & Vegas! Good thing we didn't need gas, and it wasn't 8:45 & my interview wasn't @ 9:20!! Oh wait!!! It WAS!!! and we had to drive from Whittier to Ontario! Ummm just a 31 mile drive No Big Deal! So we zoomed (and I mean zoomed) over there to make it by 9:15 thanks to Gustavo & his AWESOME driving skills! About an hour or so later we were off to Vegas!

Oh wait!!! No we weren't!! We still had to do a run by chipping!!


And some LOVELY pink drinks!


AND then we were on our way! FINALLY!! playing ABC bingo allllllllllllllllllll the way!! Oh wait no!! We started ABC bingo & then my love decided that we HAD to go to walmart because he NEEDED tank tops! So we were off in VictorVille (I know, isn't it cool that he has his VERY OWN VILLE?!?) I wish there was a JadeVille!

We were looking for walmart BUT low & behold there was a SUPER ghetto indoor swap meet right in front of us!! Yay!! Just what we were looking for! So we stopped off making sure NOT to talk to ANY of the crazy people that were there EXCEPT for the one that kept talking to us about his suga mama! AND we met the NICEST little Mr. Miyagi I've EVER met! He was so cute I wanted to take him with us! But, we couldn't!

Okay!! Now FOR SURE we were not stopping AND surprisingly we didn't! We made it to State Line and saw this!


It is the shade that my love made while driving because he was getting hit by the sun (too bad he used Tavo's shirt instead of his own) meany! :)

We finally got to Excalibur & we were soooooo excited we ALL took a nap! :D

Once we woke up we took a couple minutes to people watch which is ALWAYS fun!! And we started having fun.

I think this guy was having a little too much fun!!! :)



We were then STARVING so we were on our way to Dicks! BUT NOT before stocking up on drinks!!



AND kissing the mirror! Why?! Idk just cause ;) it was funny!



Check out Tavo's face in this one! Hilarious!!!!



THIS is the hat they gave Tavo!!



We ended up playing some roulette & craps for a little while & then my love fell asleep in a keno chair & we were off to bed :/

The next morning we got ready had the BEST buffet in the WHOLE world (seriously, how can you mess up Nacho Cheese?) *gross* EXCALIBUR BUFFET IS GROSS!!!!! Blahhhhhhh

Then we were off to to the pool for a day in the sun!

Where we paid $40 for 2 chairs, an umbrella, a bucket of water, and two teeny, tiny bags of chips! Yay! (actually we stick 9 people in those 2 chairs so it wasn't too bad)


Where we saw these funny people dancing!


Where Tavo's belly button felt the urge to smoke a cigarette...



Where Leslie bought a walgreens bathing suit that was actually really cute!

(she also turned her face white with sunscreen and it was the highlight of the pool) I LOVED your white face Leslie!! I loved it more when you thought that Tavo was laughing at something at your head when he was HYSTERICALLY laughing from across the pool! :D

Tavo drank from a Fat Tuesday cup (from Florida NOT Las Vegas) and a beer (explains the pix to come)



Chris got his mug shot taken


BUT then got in the pool for a little photo shoot!
Seen here!


And here!


Personally, I think the second one suits him MUCH more :D

Then ALL the guys saw how much fun Chris was having and decided to join in on the fun!!!


Look @ Tavo's face!!! Hahahahahahahahahahahaha



We told Chris & my love to look away from the camera (they seem too cool that way) :)



Totally staged :)



Whispering sweet nothings in his ear :)



Wow!! They is a lot of pictures of Chris! He must REALLY like getting his picture taken OR the photographer must have been his fiancé or something...



This picture is TOO funny!!! The cup, the bar ALL inappropriate!!! :D



Now, in the time of us leaving the pool & going to the room my love decided to get lost...so since I'm the loving wife I am, I went to go find him! While I was gone the guys were doing this!!!



I have to assume he is blowing on them so they dry, but I like to think he thought there was a candle on top of them & they told him to blow it out! :)



Now they told him to pucker up! And give them a kiss!



And then they all high fived at what a great job they had done! To come up with something so incredible



And then Chris said "what's that over there??"



Oh!! It's Victor & he's laughing because Jade is downstairs making sure I didn't drown in the pool! That's so funny! Let's point & laugh @ her DICKS!!!



Chris calls my name & Victor laughs @ me my expense some more JERK!



But then I came back & he said peace, oh & by the way babe will you grab me some champagne it's right there on the dresser, no juice please! Oh sure babe anything for you!! And YEP I fell for the trick!!



Tavo then decided he was tired so multitasked by planking & napping, while Leslie got ready!



While Chris had other plans!



While my love decided that his hair needed to be straightened! (with a pink straightener of course)



We FINALLY finished getting ready for our adventure and not ONE but TWO terminators joined us for the evening!!! :)



And then Chris hung on for dear life from the gust of wind that almost took him!



Then I won this!!!!!



And had the MOST amazing dinner! BUT all Tavo cared about was his bottles!



And then we walked all over the strip with my BLINGED out lollipop, GIANT corona, my fun guitar, drank out of an ice cup, while sitting in a freezer! Played 3 card poker, roulette, and craps! (lost & won & spent wayyyyyy too much money!)

So much that my hand ended up like this!!!



BUT then in the morning I found a hidden $25! Yay!!! So I played $20 on a $1 machine! And I won this!!!!

And I thought it was sooooo much!!! Yay!!! I'm a balla!!!



Oh wait!!! Why did it stop ringing?!? Oh that's right! Because it was ONLY $20 wahhhhhhhhh :)

It's okay I put my $5 in a 1c machine! My FAVORITE!! And I won a $100 not too shabby bought our groceries for the week :)

It was a GREAT trip so much fun & drama free the BEST!!! Can't wait for the next trip with all of these lovely people :))