Yes, yes I know, I haven't blogged since....who knows when...... New moto.....Let Go and Let God! It's all in his hands and we are all just here for the ride.
Love you all and will blog soon :)
Wednesday, January 6, 2010
Thursday, April 9, 2009
Long time no posting...........
I have been gone sooooo long and so much has happened! I promise to try to post soon. I just have been super super busy.
Going to California this weekend and I cant wait to see everyone.
Happy Easter to all and like I said I will update soon...
Like my new layout?
Monday, December 15, 2008
Wednesday, November 5, 2008
Friday, October 3, 2008
Favorite Things...
Its a slow day here at work and I plugged in my I-Pod and hit the shuffle key and what came up first was The Days In Between - Healed. For those that don't know, my cousin Eric Lilavois Band. 
I sure do miss going to hear them play. They were awesome. You Tube them if you haven't already. Found some shots of them and thought I would give them a shout out! We miss you guys!
Definitely one of my favorite things.
Friday, September 26, 2008
ER
I cried my eyes out last night. I'm serious. I got the tissues ready, popped some Advil and prepared myself for the boo hooing. They said someone would die, but they never said who. Well.....
Dr Pratt died last night. :-(
RIP.
Its was pretty graphically portrayed and seriously I felt so sad.
Luis says sarcastically to me "Why are you crying? Did you know him?" LOL
I love ER.
Sad to see this be the last season.
Come back Doug!!! (Clooney, I'm talking to you!)
Thursday, August 28, 2008
Back To School... Already?
It's like the Office Depot commercial where the parents are super excited and the kids are like
:(
I will have pictures to post at a later time so you can see how much the kids have grown..
Stay tuned..........................
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I will have pictures to post at a later time so you can see how much the kids have grown..
Stay tuned..........................
Wednesday, August 6, 2008
Joke of the Day by: Lisa Stevens
A blind bunny was hopping down the bunny trail and tripped over a large snake and fell, kerplop right on his twitchy little nose.'Oh please excuse me,' said the bunny. 'I didn't mean to trip over you, but I'm blind and can't see.''That's perfectly all right,' replied the snake. 'To be sure, it was my fault. I didn't mean to trip you, but I'm blind too, and I didn't see you coming. By the way, what kind of animal are you?''Well, I really don't know,' said the bunny. 'I'm blind, and I've never seen myself. Maybe you could examine me and find out.'So the snake felt the bunny all over, and he said, 'Well, you're soft, and cuddly, and you have long silky ears, and a little fluffy tail and a dear twitchy little nose. You must be a bunny rabbit!'The bunny said, 'I can't thank you enough. But by the way, what kind of animal are you?'The snake replied that he didn't know either, and the bunny agreed to examine him, and when the bunny was finished, the snake asked, 'Well, what kind of an animal am I?'The bunny had felt the snake all over, and he replied, 'You're cold, you're slippery, and you ha
ven't got any balls...You must be a POLITICIAN'
Wednesday, July 30, 2008
Shake, Ratlle and Roll..
So I hope this post finds all my California Family and Friends feet firmly planted on the shaking ground.
5.4 I guess was the latest estimate and over 50 after shocks.
Email I receive around 12:30 from Angelique.."Mommy, OMG!"..Celeste.."I want to come home"..Kevin :No Comment!".
Seriously, as all of us native Californians know..the ground actually moves, shakes, rattles and rolls and you just have to get used to it, or move. I think it sounds worse than it feels. The rumbling is what gets to me.
I still love California though and I hope to be back to visit soon. Shaking, Rattling and Rolling along with everyone else!
Tuesday, July 29, 2008
Monday, July 28, 2008
Food for thought...
My sister Jojo told me about a great article that she read in the SGV Tribune and I thought I would post it for all those who have children, (are going to have children) and may find themselves in this same situation.
I remember a time, like in the article, that good behavior was the norm and not the exception. "Your children are so well behaved" was an undersatement, not the shock and awe and amazement that usually comes after this statement is spoken.
What are we really teaching our children? Are we preparing them for all that life has to throw at them? or are we coddling them and "Mommy will make it all better" them to death?
Good grades, behavior are to be expected; no reward needed
By Anissa V. Rivera, Correspondent
There are a million ways to parent, but I want the way that grows good, decent, useful, happy kids.
Lately I've been rethinking my reward system for my two boys.
This all started when Firstborn Son was 4 and discovered consumerism. Behold, toys were for the buying at Target! He didn't throw tantrums if he didn't get a new gizmo, but he learned to ask (and ask, and ask again.) So I started tying strings to the playthings: Clean up the family room and get a treat.
Now he's 6, and we've developed a responsibility chart with points for each chore and a weekly total he has to earn before getting, say, a new pack of Pokemon cards. But I see that I've also thoughtlessly fallen into giving my boys a too-rewarding life: Get all your spelling words right, earn a trip to the bookstore. Behave well at church, get a doughnut. Please, just be quiet while Mama works on her column, and you get to stay up longer. These days, my son's Holy Grail, the bribe above all bribes, is a trip to the aquarium or Chuck E. Cheese.
So much of my parenting is instinctive and my instincts are telling me, "Whoa."
I don't want my kids to expect a reward every time they accomplish something. For example, Firstborn Son is an excellent reader.
So I was disappointed his name didn't appear among the top accelerated readers in his class (students have to read on their own and answer questions via computer, which tallies up the books they've read).
"Joseph,"
competitive mama intoned, "when you make it to the top 4 in accelerated reader, you get a new DS game."
Yes, shake your finger vigorously at me now. I really wasn't thinking of my son learning and enlivening his literary life. I was imagining other parents and teachers saying, "What a smart son you have!" and me serenely accepting compliments.
Another parent (and educator to boot) came to the rescue about equating good grades with cool gifts. He told me good grades are a reward in themselves and good behavior should be expected, not rewarded.
Otherwise, it means if you are not there, and a reward is not imminent, good behavior does not matter.
"A very important component of maturing is learning to deal with disappointment in a proper way," he added. "It's the child who benefits from doing well in school, and when you start attaching gifts for good grades, maybe the value of learning begins to get lost. Will your children get treats when they are adults and are disappointed?"
When my kids see me treating myself to a tea latte when I've had a challenging day, or losing myself in a novel after the dishes are done, am I teaching my boys there's a reward for enduring everyday inconveniences? And when my kids are hurt or disappointed, will they turn to shopping or sweet treats to make them feel better?
And as my wise friend says, the most is learned from failing. Children need to learn how to deal with failure and use it to motivate themselves to do better.
I would love to cultivate a positive attitude in my family more than a "gimme" one, so when hardship comes, my boys can learn something from it and feel something more sublime than the half-day rush of getting a new toy. Love and deep joy and contentment, all these things don't come wrapped in plastic wrap and wire ties. Hugs and time spent together are the stuff of life, no matter what the credit card commercials say.
I need to remember that in my everyday.
I need to remember it every day.
Anissa V. Rivera is a columnist for the Highlander weeklies. She has a blog at http://www.insidesocal.com/mom and can be reached at anivriv@yahoo.com
Lets all take stock in what is really important people!!!
I remember a time, like in the article, that good behavior was the norm and not the exception. "Your children are so well behaved" was an undersatement, not the shock and awe and amazement that usually comes after this statement is spoken.
What are we really teaching our children? Are we preparing them for all that life has to throw at them? or are we coddling them and "Mommy will make it all better" them to death?
Good grades, behavior are to be expected; no reward needed
By Anissa V. Rivera, Correspondent
There are a million ways to parent, but I want the way that grows good, decent, useful, happy kids.
Lately I've been rethinking my reward system for my two boys.
This all started when Firstborn Son was 4 and discovered consumerism. Behold, toys were for the buying at Target! He didn't throw tantrums if he didn't get a new gizmo, but he learned to ask (and ask, and ask again.) So I started tying strings to the playthings: Clean up the family room and get a treat.
Now he's 6, and we've developed a responsibility chart with points for each chore and a weekly total he has to earn before getting, say, a new pack of Pokemon cards. But I see that I've also thoughtlessly fallen into giving my boys a too-rewarding life: Get all your spelling words right, earn a trip to the bookstore. Behave well at church, get a doughnut. Please, just be quiet while Mama works on her column, and you get to stay up longer. These days, my son's Holy Grail, the bribe above all bribes, is a trip to the aquarium or Chuck E. Cheese.
So much of my parenting is instinctive and my instincts are telling me, "Whoa."
I don't want my kids to expect a reward every time they accomplish something. For example, Firstborn Son is an excellent reader.
So I was disappointed his name didn't appear among the top accelerated readers in his class (students have to read on their own and answer questions via computer, which tallies up the books they've read).
"Joseph,"
competitive mama intoned, "when you make it to the top 4 in accelerated reader, you get a new DS game."
Yes, shake your finger vigorously at me now. I really wasn't thinking of my son learning and enlivening his literary life. I was imagining other parents and teachers saying, "What a smart son you have!" and me serenely accepting compliments.
Another parent (and educator to boot) came to the rescue about equating good grades with cool gifts. He told me good grades are a reward in themselves and good behavior should be expected, not rewarded.
Otherwise, it means if you are not there, and a reward is not imminent, good behavior does not matter.
"A very important component of maturing is learning to deal with disappointment in a proper way," he added. "It's the child who benefits from doing well in school, and when you start attaching gifts for good grades, maybe the value of learning begins to get lost. Will your children get treats when they are adults and are disappointed?"
When my kids see me treating myself to a tea latte when I've had a challenging day, or losing myself in a novel after the dishes are done, am I teaching my boys there's a reward for enduring everyday inconveniences? And when my kids are hurt or disappointed, will they turn to shopping or sweet treats to make them feel better?
And as my wise friend says, the most is learned from failing. Children need to learn how to deal with failure and use it to motivate themselves to do better.
I would love to cultivate a positive attitude in my family more than a "gimme" one, so when hardship comes, my boys can learn something from it and feel something more sublime than the half-day rush of getting a new toy. Love and deep joy and contentment, all these things don't come wrapped in plastic wrap and wire ties. Hugs and time spent together are the stuff of life, no matter what the credit card commercials say.
I need to remember that in my everyday.
I need to remember it every day.
Anissa V. Rivera is a columnist for the Highlander weeklies. She has a blog at http://www.insidesocal.com/mom and can be reached at anivriv@yahoo.com
Lets all take stock in what is really important people!!!
Friday, July 25, 2008
Thursday, July 24, 2008
San Pedro
JoJo and Sonya took the girls to San Pedro recently and I thought I would share the pictures with you all..If you look closely in some of the shots you can see the Disney Cruise Ships ready to take off.
Hmmm..Disney Cruise....Wouldn't that be a great vacation? Disney and a All you can eat buffet? LOL sign me up!
Monday, July 21, 2008
My oh my how these kids have grown!
I remember when my girls were babies, and it seems like yesterday we started at Citrus Elementary and met all of these wonderful kids and their families. How time flies. These kids are all going into Middle School(That's what we call it here in Vegas) and Jr High and pretty soon they will be on their way to College.
My good friend Sandie is taking them out for the day in California and she sent me some pictures of the girls with Scott (isn't he handsome?) at Mimi's Cafe this morning.
(Anthony, Brandon, Scott, Angelique, Celeste and Emily out Bowling in Upland, CA)
Scotts pool: Angelique, Celeste, KC and Emily and Scott :)
What a great group of kids !!!
Monday, July 7, 2008
Hancock AKA: Will Hunka Hunka Man Smith
Luis, Kevin, James, Aarash (AKA: Ass Rash)and I went to see this movie this weekend. (Michael bribed us by treating us to the show only if we would take the kids too! LOL)
I would say really good movie everyone!
(PG-13 but.....Language was not really for kids.)
He is a great actor, great to look at, go see it! Jason Bateman and Charlize Theron so good.
(What a twist!!)
I would say go see it. Two thumbs way up!!!
Monday, June 2, 2008
Sex and the City Girls Night Out
FUN FUN FUN Girls Night Last Friday at Town Square!
You all are the best!
PS: Chicken Little (You know who you are) was there in spirit!
Tuesday, May 20, 2008
The right thing right now.
My Mom sent me this today. She always sends me words of encouragement and nice prayers. I really needed to hear something like this today and I opened my email and there it was.
Let go of your concerns about what you could have done or should have done. Look instead at your many opportunities for doing the right thing right now.
If your regrets about the past are painful, then allow those regrets to teach and to motivate you.
In this moment you can take the valuable lessons you've learned and move forward with them.
You've learned that every action, as well as every failure to act, has consequences. Now is your chance to make those consequences work in your favor.
Though the past may indeed hold some regrets, you have something much more powerful. You have today.
And you have a future that will be shaped by what you do today. You can choose, right now, from a large set of valuable and desirable possibilities.
Based on your past experience, you are well qualified to be your own best advisor. Learn from what you've come through, and you'll find a way to go wherever you choose to go.
~ Every new day is a gift.. That's why we call it "the present". ~
I Love You Mom!
Let go of your concerns about what you could have done or should have done. Look instead at your many opportunities for doing the right thing right now.
If your regrets about the past are painful, then allow those regrets to teach and to motivate you.
In this moment you can take the valuable lessons you've learned and move forward with them.
You've learned that every action, as well as every failure to act, has consequences. Now is your chance to make those consequences work in your favor.
Though the past may indeed hold some regrets, you have something much more powerful. You have today.
And you have a future that will be shaped by what you do today. You can choose, right now, from a large set of valuable and desirable possibilities.
Based on your past experience, you are well qualified to be your own best advisor. Learn from what you've come through, and you'll find a way to go wherever you choose to go.
~ Every new day is a gift.. That's why we call it "the present". ~
Monday, May 19, 2008
Home Sweet Home?
We're back! We had a great time in California this past weekend. We got to see friends and family that we hadn't seen in a while and visit places we hadn't been to in forever.
BRANDON'S DINER...possibly the best breakfast ever...
Zero traffic on the way home, makes the trip bearable at least.
I've got to say though, I was so happy to pull into my driveway and lay down on MY bed and take in the DRY heat of Las Vegas.
I guess no matter how much I miss California, no matter how much whining and complaining, Las Vegas is now my home.
I miss it when I'm gone and I love it when I'm back.
BRANDON'S DINER...possibly the best breakfast ever...
Zero traffic on the way home, makes the trip bearable at least.
I've got to say though, I was so happy to pull into my driveway and lay down on MY bed and take in the DRY heat of Las Vegas.
I guess no matter how much I miss California, no matter how much whining and complaining, Las Vegas is now my home.
I miss it when I'm gone and I love it when I'm back.
Friday, May 16, 2008
California Love
Back in town again.
Humidity = Awesomeness (Is that a word)
My ear still hasn't popped though. LMAO!
Mom and Dads house sure has changed. (Pictures to follow)
Dog update: No sign of Jr and it's almost been 2 months.
Hmm..do I miss Vegas? Ill let you know later...............
Humidity = Awesomeness (Is that a word)
My ear still hasn't popped though. LMAO!
Mom and Dads house sure has changed. (Pictures to follow)
Dog update: No sign of Jr and it's almost been 2 months.
Hmm..do I miss Vegas? Ill let you know later...............
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