the "L" spot

show me how you

2010-11-29T11:52:00.000-08:00

BURLESQUE

I've seen three movies this year.
I know, I know. I just don't like movie theaters too much.
Sitting around for 2,3hrs with a crowd full of loud eating people.
AND people who bring their newborns, not my idea of fun!

Which is way I've only seen 3 movies this year

1. of course
2. because we had time to kill
AND 3....because its Cher and my momma loves Cher!

When I was like 7 my mom would work out every morning to Cher's work out tapeactually the first picture was the exact cover the tape my mom had.

So when we saw the previews to BURLESQUE we knew we had to go!

And let me tell you we didn't regret it one bit.
It was amazing.I had chills the entire time

Also, who ever did the casting should give themselves a big thumbs up!
Oh hey McSteamy whatcha doin' outta of Grey's Anatomy?

And Kristen Bell...or better known as Slut in BURLESQUE

....I never knew Christina could act!
and that she did it from dramatic to hilarious she nailed every part.

Needless to say...when we left we could help but shake our booties!
we were dancing the whole way home!

Oh and the costumes...to die for.
GLITTER palozzzaaa!

Thanksgiving for 2

2010-11-26T19:14:00.001-08:00

Y'all know how I like to brag about my amazing B.

Well once again, he out did himself.
He cooked the most wonderful thanksgiving dinner.

and I...
I made the table look pretty,
hey! it was work too... :)

wanna see some pictures, okay! meet the cutest little owl candle I found at the world market ♥ you

my Brian did the best he could to make all our food vegetarian friendly
(mushroom gravy....omg delish)
but he drew the line at turkey, he refused to have tofurkey.
(can't say i blame him)

Brian was thankful for...being able to watch the football game from the kitchen!

our first thanksgiving as a married couple ended being a huge success

im so excited we decided to spend it together after all we are each
others favorite family
and this is how traditions are born.

Hope everyone had a wonderful thanksgiving with their loved ones!

November is for lovers

2010-11-24T18:27:00.000-08:00

and all my lovers birthdays.

November 1st was spent celebrating with my favorite red head.

we ran around getting free food with her,
free hamburger at Red Robin and a dozen free Krispy Kreme

November 9th was baby Klohe's first birthday

followed by her big sister Kylie's 3rd birthday
they're kinda our favorite girls ever!

November 11 my husband's birthdaywe drank, had gross food, and enjoyed every bit of it.

November 16 than 19was my sisters and then my GBF's.

It's been a busy birthday filled month!

And tomorrow I get to celebrate thanksgiving with my B for the first time.
(you know as a married couple)
He's gonna cook, I'm going to decorate.
We're gonna spend it together.
ALONE!
it's big deal for us, we're never alone.

I guess I could be all sappy and say I'm thankfully for my husband, friends, family etc.
but what i'm really thankfully for...
50% off at Urban Outfitters
Holla!

since i'm a human

2010-11-11T01:46:00.000-08:00

i sometimes have bad days.

days when a certain university screws me.
days when I'm on hold forever only to have the IRS tell me
"you still have a month to wait before you call us"
days when I just want to yell!

Thankfully I have a wonderful manfriend that know just how to make me happy

he suggested...
why don't we go to the mall i'll distract you from your thoughts

that he did there is nothing i like better than dressing people.
its kinda my favorite thing.
(he knows that)

see my giraffe print purse...that was my last day with her.
she got replaced by a silver steve madden
its actually hidden in that Ross bag
(by my feet)
it's yet to be photographer so you won't be able to see it. :(

My manfriend also took me to Oregano's my favorite pizza & fries place ever!

bbq chicken pizza/half no chicken
they literally have the recipe to make me happy!

Not that I'm trying to brag about how awesome my manfriend is
but...well...he just is.
He will do anything to see me happy.
Which is kinda why I love him.

Anyway i just want to say thank you manfriend for always making me happy.
oh ya and happy birthday you old fart.
i can't believe my husband is 26!

is it just me...

2010-11-07T16:54:00.000-08:00

Or are people these days so self involved...like really

I've never thought of my self as a super caring person...
you know the kind that would rescue a cat from a tree
or help some crying kid on the play ground
or stop on the side of the street and help someone change a tire

..heck i think its weird when people say "I'll pray for you"
(even though I let my bestfriend get away with saying that one)

But ohmygoodness
Some people act like they're being asked to give their first born when you asked them to do something nice for someone else...or you know be a decent human for once.

I get it. We all have our own lives.
Everyone has commitments.

But sometimes they're moments in people's life that deserve a little attention.

(births.anniversaries.bachelor parties.birthdays.weddings)
And sometimes they're people that deserve all your attention.
(24hrs a day or at least an hour a day)

Anyway...
this is me ranting hoping that maybe one day you'll care.
that maybe one day it'll hit you
that maybe just maybe someone will be more important than you.

(Photo: weheartit.com)

Until then. "I'll pray for you".

relationships.

2010-10-29T19:49:00.000-07:00

For the past 21 years of my life...
or you know all the years of my life

I've worked hard on my relationships.

My relationship with my mother

I can truly say that my mother is one of my best friends and if I ever have children I hope we can have the same relationship that we share. No matter what she has always found a way to allow me to follow my dreams. Even if it meant not having grocery's in the house so that I could have the dress I needed for orchestra performances, or somehow coming up with tuition money.

My relationship with my sisters and brothers

I'm smack dab in the middle of 5
.brother.sister.ME.sister.brother.

And let me tell ya, we definitely didn't and don't always get along...but that's okay because at the end of the day they are the ones that I know I can always rely on. Even if its something as trivial as putting my clothes in dryer!!

My relationships with my friends...

Some of my closest friends are my cousins, some are friends I meet in my teenage days and have been come more like family, and one is funny little boy who keep me entertained.

I'm thankful have such amazing people in my life

I'm also thankful that they all understand how important my relationship with my B is. They all care and have always respected how important Brian is in my life.

♥

I love my relationships.

mission:

2010-10-25T17:09:00.000-07:00

BLUE PUMPKIN

This year we went out to the pumpkin farm just like last year...except this year we brought our Jamie, my goddaughter/niece

and the whole waaay there she kept talking about getting a blue pumpkin

and when she found one she was super excited!

then we left, Brian was super disappointed, he didn't find one pumpkin he liked and decided to go to Safeway instead. We were actually only there for less than an hour! The pumpkin industry must be suffering too because there wasn't much there to choose from.

but at least jamie left happy :)

We later covered our pumpkins in glitter

They fit in great with our Halloween decor

We still have other pumpkins we need to carve but we can't until the day of Halloween...Brian's rule! Halloween is so his holiday!

the most stressful day of my life

2010-10-22T20:03:00.000-07:00

i guess it was magical and beautiful and all that jazz too

but stressful for sure.

Which brings me to wedding story number dos.

Before we got married we ran around trying to get everything ready.
It seemed as if there was one disaster after the other.
And of course we were taking our frustrations out on each other.

Because as everyone in a relationship knows that you can snap at your significant other and they'll always forgive, or hopefully.

And that's what we did.

We yelled and argued over everything the morning before the wedding.
It was ridiculous, embarrassing, and so not like us.

But I was just trying to get a million things done and my B was too,
and then Brian raised his voice.
If you know Brian you know this is way out of his character.
He's not one to yell ever, I can actually count how many times he has yelled.

During the middle of one of the million mini arguments we had before the wedding,
Brian yelled at me. ME! I can literally say it had never happened before.
he said "YOU DON'T TALK TO ME!"
which is now used as a punch line

After that we got over everything and everything just seemed to fall into place.
The wedding went perfectly.
The pre-wedding is now just a funny story.

me & wildreness

2010-10-14T14:41:00.000-07:00

Do.Not.Mix.

I don't do camping.
I have, and well it never went so well.
I don't even like staying at cabins.
There's something about bugs and skunks that freak me out!
I just won't do it anymore.
Its not my thing, and I'm okay with that.

However,
I did enjoy my box wine, when I spent the afternoon with the funnest people in Payson.

which is a small town outside the city filled with wilderness

I love spending time with people you don't have to try.
Try to make conversation.
Try to not have awkward silences.
Its so annoying. I love easy friends.
I also love Brianna's family
Sometimes I get family envy, Bri has the best family!

Savanna (bri's cousin), Brianna, and Aunt Kathyher future mother and father in law (owner's of the cabin we were at)

Know what else I love that Kathy brought hummus to eat around the fire!

Me and Savanna were more than happy with this!

And then Brianna caught her shoe on fire and we all laughed.

she's also caught her hair fire before...

After the sun went down me and Brian took off to back to the city.

(lol)

my best friends ♥

2010-10-13T13:41:00.000-07:00

Brian + Brianna = happy Luz

Back in the day the three of us used to spend lots of time together.
my Brian would cook dinner and we'd have Brianna over.
we'd drink wine, talk, watch movies.

it was all really fun.

But once Brian and I moved and got real jobs
I hardly ever got Brian and Brianna together.

But monday, I spent the entire day with my husband and best friend
it was amazing and just what i needed after a crappy morning.

here in my town we have the cutest little place called: The Olive Mill

where the food is fresh and the wine never ends

speaking of wine

the place is filled with racks and racks of wine

they also have the cutest shirts

which of course Brianna gravitated to like a moth to a flame

but the food was the best part of course

please love Brian's face with me

they both had sausage sandwiches and I had spinach salad

no meat for veggie lovin' heart

and of course we couldn't leave without Gelato.

pumpkinspice and cheesecake yummo!

It was the best, best friend day <3

my face

2010-10-07T16:51:00.000-07:00

is apparently hosting a pimple party.
and it is killing my poor little chinny chin chin!

So i felt that this was time to remind myself, I can look pretty sometimes!
Especially in white dress and a huge yellow flower!
My wedding dress, and wedding story number uno, was the biggest headache ever!

First of all, this was my second wedding dress.
I found this dressat a thrift store for a dollar and was convinced it was meant to be,
I mean when does that ever happen...but after months of evaluating it
I decide it was so-meant to be, a month before the wedding I found my dress.

Think it ends there...it doesn't.
Two days before my wedding, I wake up in California, where the wedding was.
To find 2 huge black stains on my white satin wedding dress!!!
No one knew where they come from...and I literally felt like I was going to faint.

Luckily most of it was able to come off, and everyone kept telling me to look at it the day of the wedding to see if it was okay, but I sure didn't because I knew I'd be able to tell and it'd just ruin the day instead I didn't allow my eyes to go anywhere near the stain.

Now I must go, to try to kick all these pimples out of the party a.k.a. my face!

first post in over month!

2010-09-27T19:28:00.000-07:00

but i'm back,
with a tan, tons of gifts, and oh yes a husband!

but before i can show you all my wedding pictures let me show you my crazy bachelorette party which took place a week before the wedding...now i must warn you these pictures are PG13!ha.

My bestfriend/maid of honor took charge on making my night unforgettable

the night consisted of:

1.) Dinner at a hip sushi bar in Scottsdale packed with the finest cougars! yup!

(crappy picture quality i apologize)

2.) Lots and lots of drinks....

(thankfully they all didnt have broccoli)

3.) and of course my crown as we went out on the town

(it rained like crazy and it still didnt stop us)

The night was truly amazing.

Quick Update for my busy A**

2010-08-23T22:38:00.000-07:00

ohmygeeze
I haven't blogged in forever,
why...well
let's start here

After the bridal shower a few crazier girls brought us here

(we paid, 2 girls went in ran out screaming we got our money back )

Fast forward a bit to my 21st birthday
unlike most I do not like my birthday...I get depressed because I'm old.

(after my dont wanna do anything attitude i had a makeshift party where my mom did one shot with me, if by shot you mean pretend to drink and dump it in the sink!)

Oh and of course we've had a few California trips, WEDDING in 4days!

(my B's grandparents the sweetest couple and the best inspiration around)

Also, my cousin and I, who work for the same company had our 5year anniversary dinner

(oh just chillin at the Wrigley's mansion open bar and everything)

Needless to say its been a busybusy summer,
and in 4days BRUZ will be married.

(yup i speak in third person its the cool thing to do)

after this weekend we'll be done with weddings
for the most part
because AUSTIN and BROGAN are both getting married next year

All four of them are very important to us,
the "STIN" in AUSTIN is the best man, in our wedding,
and the "BR" in BROGAN is my maid of honor.

So we won't be completely wedding free but hey at least it won't be ours anymore.

shower.

2010-07-25T23:47:00.000-07:00

the bridal kind.

my bestfriendcousinface and aunt and annie bc im sure she did a lot of work toothrew me the funnest shower ever! and of course it was because....it was all about me

or...
maybe it was because of all of my amazing guest.

(it was an all girl party except for uncle robert...who was creeping around the party)

everyone was much fun and we had a blast playing not so traditional games
like this....
the concept...to do this the fastestor this one. 3 teams. 3 wedding dresses. only one dress can be the winner

the middle one won.
she worked it better, and you know its all about being fierce!but my favorite part of the shower...PRESENTS!!
did anyone really expect anything else.

I had the funnest time ever. Thanks to everyone who made it special.

driving adventures: take 2

2010-07-22T20:50:00.000-07:00

our drive back from California was anything but boring.
we had a very eventful driving ranging from people yelling for french fries
to our gasoline being stolen...

it began with to very optimistic girls we had just left a mean florist house who keep telling my i couldn't have roses at my wedding because i wasn't having a traditional wedding, after that i was irritated and just wanted to get home to see my Brian.

so we left happy thinking we'd get out just before rush hour...

("you and me we used to be together everyday together always")

No Doubt's Don't Speak seemed to be the most requested jam of day seeing how it was played a gazillion times!

Well our happy go lucky attitude turned sour well quick-like!
We had some odd desire to stop at a Wendy's Shell hybrid. While there we witness some not so happy people yelling for french fries literally it was crazy this lady went nuts she wanted her french fries, with all that crazyness we booked it outtta here so fast we forget all about our gas.
Still in a fairly decent mood we stopped at a Love's for gas at Quartsite. I was actually excited about because the name sounded so cute! Well at Love's...we decided hey lets leave our gas pumping while we run inside for chocolate. We come back get our receipt for $30 and go on about our day. About 10 miles out BB says "ok, you're gonna freak but we don't have any gas". Immediately I check my online banking via my handy dandy iPhone love and see that yes I was charged $30 at Loves. We then remember the questionable guys who were staring us down at the pump besides us...and we thought we were cute or something.

In conclusion be on the look out for gas stealers because apparently the economy is that bad. And if you work at a fast food place never run out french fries because people go crazy for that ish!

i wish i was a little bit taller, i wish i was a baller

2010-07-21T03:03:00.000-07:00

i wish i had a private helicopter...
you know so i wouldn't have to deal with semis

ugh! seriously.

i drove to cali with my bestfriend BB together we traded off driving a.k.a being annoyed by stupid trucks. i swear they have it out for the world! their purpose seems to be to slow down traffic!

(obviously you can see BB here is not a happy driver)

And if you don't understand what we were dealing with it was this. Um, hello? Not all of us want to drive under the speed limit and wait forever for you to pass so that you can go 2 miles faster than the other truck. just sayin.

the drive back from cali was seriously ridiculously. if it wasn't so late and i if i weren't so tired i'd go into detail about what happened at the gas stations. yup. i'll just keep you guessing till next time. by next i mean tomorrow. hopefully.

me, me, me, ME!

2010-07-20T00:43:00.000-07:00

This week, everything was supposed to be about ME.
MY wedding invitations were supposed to be done and sent.
MY trip to california was the most important thing on my mind.
MY wedding favors were gonna be assembled.
MY closet was gonna be finished.
MY living room was gonna be painted.

But then,
the universe takes over.
and everything little that that was important to me is now so trivial.

Wednesday night in the middle of ME time, i found out that my seemingly perfectly healthy sister, wasn't so healthy at all. And two days before her 17 birthday she had a painful surgery, to see her if her kidneys were failing. We found that 70% of them were, and she'll eventually need a kidney transplant.

This is her and me on her 17 birthday in the hospital. My little sister is a fashionista. And in no way was she gonna celebrate her birthday in an ugly hospital gown.

But, like my mom said,
"We're Navarrete women, we're tough, we survive."

well hello old friend

2010-07-14T13:59:00.000-07:00

how do you do?
me...well...
i've been a busystressedout bridezellaYUP! i've been whining and complaining about how nothing is coming together and have been stressing myself out by just thinking how much i still have left to do makes me break out in hives. but thank goodness i have helpfull little bees willing to go along with all my crazy ideas.

{my b and bridesmaid beauty Natalie helping with bird cutting}

you'd think i was brought up in a cookie cutter home the way i strive for originality all the time. i spent so much time thinking of the perfect wedding invitations and couldn't find anything that looked like my image. so i ended up making everyone of them by hand! with help from the mama of course.

and after fighting the mama about how i did not want to go to some lame old studio to take pictures... i finally proved her wrong and showed her with a little imagination anyone can be photographer! i picked out a few outfits brought my sister along to take the pictures and they came out beautiful.

{all local locations some that we may have gotten charges for trespassing}

Those are the ones that didn't make the cut for obvious reasons, my Brian's eyes!

Slowly but surely everything is coming together, and in 45ish days our wedding day will be here. I can then go back to my life, which includes regularly blogging. and NO wedding planning.

real beezes

2010-06-29T11:16:00.000-07:00

or housewives i guess.

I'm not gonna lie and pretend I am so above Bravo's addicting Real Housewives series.
But dude, they tiss me off! How are grown women, so catty and disrespectful and well just awful. I wish I could just not watch the shows because I feel so embarrassed for them! However, its like turning your back from a train wreck.

the housewives of New York are among the worst, they are all so full of secrets and lies and backstabbing. you don't know who's team to be on! One minute they're bestfriends the next minute Bethany is being shunned. Shunned. Like the kid that eats dirt on the playground.

New Jersey
is a whole other boat of crazy. I mean we're talking cocobin crazy. I seriously think Danielle has mental issues and these girls just antagonize here like crazy. Most of the time I enjoy a little reality drama. But I am worried someone is gonna end up hurt!

These 2 are really the only ones I care to watch. But everytime I sit down with TiVo and have a housewife marathon, I end up feeling sick to my stomach! I don't know about you. But I would never surrond myself with a group of toxic women.

Then again, I guess if they were all really nice (not the fake nice I cannot stand) the show would never get the ratings it does now.

Reason 110:

2010-06-28T21:03:00.001-07:00

why i love being me

All my favorite friends are turning 21...like her, we've been friends forever and even though we dont see/talk every day when we're together its like nothings changed

(true friends are hard to find, and impossible to forget)

Why i am special...i'm only 20 but still get to celebrate with everyone!

Heck I've been celebrating since i was 18. I have a sister who is 5 years older than me and shoot we are identical! Thankfully I've had a copy of her id forever.

I couldn't imagine my life without that beautiful little card of freedom. Because without it I would have never meet this guy. We actually started talking because our birthdays were 5 days apart. Little did he know he was actually 5 days older than his future sister in law, and 5 years older than his future wife!

sneak a sneak a sneak sneak peek

2010-06-25T15:57:00.000-07:00

Currently I'm working on these projects:

first. my mirror wall. located on my stairs.

second. my closet.i cannot wait for my lover to be done.

(first picture is the before, second the during, third the done except for the light fixture)

I cannot wait to show you all my finished house! It is tough work but thankfully my B if pretty much amazing! :)

***I forgot to include***
i joined twitter twatter. i did. so look me up @ellelaughs follow me so i can follow you back. Not sure how it works, so any help is much appreciated! <3

L + thrift stores = ♥

2010-06-23T17:54:00.000-07:00

I've never hidden my love for thrift stores!
But, now that we have our house my love for thrift stores has grown stronger!I'm a big believer of originality. I like thinks that are only mine, that people see and say,"Wow, where did you find that, I want one" and I then shrug and say "oh just one of my finds, i don't know where you could find another one."

Yes I love saying that, I love having things no one else does, and hey that's okay.

With that said let me introduce you to some of my new finds...

My mirrors...I love me some mirrors! I found all these puppies for one buck! Holla!

But the best mirror was this one, I've been eying her for awhile but $15 at a thrift store was outrages! And yesterday it was a dollar!! Made my day.
You know my odd obsession with birds, well i found a few more to add to my count! This one here is sitting on my shelf between a pile of books and candle sticks!

And this little guy, I wasn't nearly as in love with him as I am now, actually the only reason I bought him was because he was so cheap. But seeing him up there makes me feel like he belong with me all along!

But my best find, my pride and joy, my lover...is this. Just look at this beauty. It is seriously amazing, it is better than the owl key coat hanger I convinced the fabulous gay boy to give me! This little girl was sitting behind some dresses and I ran to her, arms full and I just grabbed her and carried her to the register because I didn't even want to think about what I could buy with the $50 she was worth. And then I get to the counter and what do you know, it was half off!

She looks perfect in my antique room.

As soon as everything is put together I will show where all these hidden treasures are!

drive up to flag

2010-06-22T10:49:00.000-07:00

i talk a lot about my love of flagstaff
the city that is 2 hours north of where i am now.
the city where me and my B meet and feel in love.
the city where our furniture was being used/taken care of by our friends.

so we drove up one sunday to retrieve all our furniture,
you know since we have our new beautiful house that needs furniture!

and the drive up to flagstaff was as beautiful as ever...

on our way back down,
i had a brilliant idea to stop for lunch at a food court that was advertised on the highway.
bad idea,bad idea. why...

we get there and cant decide on anything, so we get a million different things, and out of all this food the fries and salad were the only thing that was finished.

oh and my Brian's ribs...who serves ribs at noon! He was in heaven. i was disgusted.

never again, we are never stopping at a food court. never.

Anyway, we got our furniture down and little by little our house is starting to come together!

i'm not lying

2010-06-18T20:25:00.000-07:00

when i say...
one of the things that made me fall for my Brian was his cooking skills!
man-oh-man having a boy in your life that is an amazing cook is a very good thing.

(making his famous chicken parm)

the first night my B cooked for me,
i wore a purple dress and walked into his apartment to the smell of italian goodness and Frank Sinatra singing come fly with me come fly come fly away it was perfect there was candles and flowers and his apartment was CLEAN!

that night i knew i would never let him get away! are you kidding me a boy that cooks that well is like the freakin holy grail!

ever since then, he's been cooking for me. or fating me up so i cant get away!

my favorite thing has to be his eggplant parm! yum! my vegetarian heart was so happy when i tasted this yumtastic meal!

we are now at a place in our relationship where he trust me to help and not mess things up. last time we cooked our niece jaymarie even helped out!

(this is where she decided to taste it, her face after was priceless)

(cleaning up after the messy flour)

any single girls out there find yourself a man who can cook. its worth the search.

and just in case you wondering HOW HOT IS HOT?! this was the temperature in AZ...

ONE-oh.freakin-SIX. like really.

so much to do

2010-06-17T14:58:00.000-07:00

if only i had the time...i feel like this little man all the time!!(i'm late i'm late i'm late for...)

EVERYTHING

i just wish i had the time to sit around borders all day and read books with my GBF
or spend all my time looking for the perfect furniture not like this
but most of all i wish i had time to spend with him...
we've been doing so much for everyone else lately, baby sitting, having dinners, moving, fixing things, and we both very much wanted to do all of these things we love our nieces and having friends over but i wish we could do it all and have alone time too. oh! and i learned my B would be a great father, but that little baby in his arms reaffirmed that we should not have any little Plavarretes running around!

its so HOT!

2010-06-08T11:58:00.000-07:00

How hot?
if i wanna leave my house i have to wash my hair first you know to help me stay cool.

if i wanna wear carmax i cant leave my carmax in the car, i went to put it on today and it squirted all over my dress, carmax stains.

i am not used to this. i have not spent a summer in mesa for 3 years. i've spent the last summers in flagstaff which is 2 hrs north and so much cooler, than mesa which is known as the hottest place in the world.

I could definitely spend a weekend here!

With a million of these floating around!

an owl, birds and a teapot

2010-06-07T17:04:00.000-07:00

literally
(i found this at goodwill for $2 but someone else had it so i fought a fabulous gay boy for this. seriously. i told him i loved it and if he didnt love it as much as i did he should let me have it, because obviously it needed a loving home. he laughed and let me have it. i love nice people)

(this beauty was way overpriced at Marshall's but i bought it anyway!)

(and my favorite goodwill find this weekend my teapot its simply perfection)

"i know you've been deprived...

2010-06-03T08:10:00.000-07:00

but i got your wireless working"
-my Brian

it is true.
i haven't been on my laptop since friday!
i know, i know poor little old me.
but its okay dont feel too bad for me.
because i wouldnt have had a chance to do it anyway.
wanna know why?
because of all the fun work that moving into our new beautiful home took.

friday morning after my overnight at work i went straight to my new dirty house to start cleaning all the mess the last "owners" left!
(dirttydirty people i had never seen filth on light switches!)

after 4hrs of non stop cleaning we then measured windows for blinds.
our house literally has over 25 windows. i stopped counting at 25.

but i'm not complaining because i love our windows and my closet!
at my cousin's house our closet was a mousse hole in the wall,
that is why THE PILE was created.
(THE PILE = big pile of clothes my B and I had infront of our closet)
we have sworn that THE PILE will not follow us to our new house!thankfully this closet is nice and big, with shelves!EEKKK!
(please love my barely started SJP shrine, yes there is more)

on the subject of my undying love for SJP...of course i went to see SATC2 and loved it. i rocked the Carrie fro and my favorite sparkling shoes!
(look at my bathroom, eekkk some more, separate tub and shower)

and one last thing i PROMISE
i just installed TiVo! eekkk to the extreme!

i have a secrete to share

2010-05-26T20:59:00.000-07:00

you all know that i am an AZ native.
always have been probably always will be.
i love it here, the north the south its all great.

now here is the secrete...
I am in love with the LAKERS!
gasp...i know, i know!
I am a horrible person.
Thankfully you all can't kick me, which is why i actually admitted it.
I would love love love it if my SUNS won the western conference.

But look at these guys they are such badasses and Pau Gasol oh he is amazing. I'm in love with him just absolutely...my brian is okay with it

However, I still back my SUNS they are lovable little guys and they work so hard even if they are beat up and tired

GAME 5....come sooner.

Shrimp is the fruit of the sea. You can barbecue it, boil it, broil it, bake it, saute it. Dey's uh, shrimp-kabobs, shrimp creole, shrimp gumbo.

2010-05-25T08:48:00.000-07:00

Yup we're shrimp crazy too!

It seems like everyone in my house is a cooking expert!My cousin has her cook book that's attached to her hip.Together they make fabulous tasteful meals!
My Brian is pretty much just a food god! He knows everything about food, he's worked in restaurants basically his entire life.and then there's my cousin's husband who takes direction very well, he's the helping hand...while goofing off!

Then there's me. I did nothing. But take pictures and make inappropriate comments.

its like the sisterhood of the traveling jeans

2010-05-20T11:16:00.000-07:00

except it was a dress.
and they all got one.
and they weren't in the same size.

the day before me and my fabulous GBF (stands for gay.best.friend he by no means is but its a cute name. and if he allows me to call him that it puts a smile on my face.) went to look at dresses

and this was the beauty.
every one loved it and the all look amazing!
one step closer to the wedding!

some things

2010-05-11T12:16:00.000-07:00

might be better left unsaid.

My new schedule gives me mondays off
...and luckily my Brian has mondays off too!
Unfortunately I had so much homework to do, so we did nothing fun.
I did homework and my Brian played on his PS3, we also watched the new series on the History channel "America the story of us".

anyway while watching the series. I felt the need to share with my Brian my somewhat secrete crush on Abraham Lincoln. I know its odd. but its true I actually was heart broken when I found out he was dead. I think it was around 1st grade.

My secrete crush got a laugh out of my Brian.
But then an even bigger more awkward laugh came.

While my Brian was playing Final Fantasy 13.
I, jokingly said, "Oh, do you have a crush on this video game girl".
He replied, "No that's Zelda".

Needless to say I think we would have been okay not
knowing eachothers weird crush
And everyone would have been better not knowing this about us.
But I just had to share!

disaster week

2010-05-09T20:20:00.000-07:00

This week was hectic! I am so happy to see it go!
First I was sick.
bad sick. {FLU/COLD}
the sick where you cant see, breath or eat.
it was terrible !!!
Second I was training for my promotion.
new schedule. {HORRIBLE}
two overnights, two morning, one afternoon 46hrs.
it was terrible !!!
Third I went back to flagstaff.
Bestfriends graduation. {YAY}
2 hr drive after my second overnight.

it was definitely worth it!!! my besstfran and gorgeous graduate special ed and elementary

TLC waiting outside after graduation not for tenderlove&care and finally our bffs come outside after our pack calling.whoowhoono i was not giving them the stinkeye in the back sun in eye maybe

Gosh i cannot wait to graduate!
Most of this week was terrible.
sickness is pretty much gone. Last week of the semester. praise be.

and to all you mommies out there Happy Mother's day ya'll this my mommy bestfriend, she understands that i couldnt spend today with her because of overwhelming work training and finals week. one of the millions reasons why i love her.

Have a happy happy monday! 8)

babyfever

2010-05-04T10:04:00.000-07:00

and by baby i mean PUPPIES!
i want one so so so bad So like any other craze wannabe mother I spent my day cruising animal shelters and found these puppies begging me to adopt them...
this is little Bandit
this cutie is Beethoven
this beautiful bulldog is Bella
this is Diesel doesn't he look like Wishbone
this adorable boxer is Pebbles. i love boxers!

I have about 15 more days till we move in to our house. For now I'll just have to daydream about adopting a sweet little puppy!

tell me why

2010-04-30T16:01:00.000-07:00

on my first real trip back to flagstaff where i attended college for 2.5 years before transferring over to Arizona State.

I was meet with this.
SNOW! are you for real its April!I thought I finally escaped it. Nope. Needless to say this was my face. Most of the minivacation.Darn you snow turning me into an eskimo.

Now I'm back in the heat and will enjoy my sunfilled friday!
Have a fun weekend I know I will.

my "K" keeps sticking

2010-04-28T22:56:00.000-07:00

AND THAT IS NOT OKAY!!!
someone needs a new laptop brian

anyway...you now what else is not okay.
the fact that i should listen to everyones opinion on my wedding.

but since i was told to be nice...

im sorry big sister that you dont like the bridesmaid dress i picked but i thought it was cutemy beautiful cousin modeling the pick

i'm sorry that i picked a solid color for you since you said the combination was ugly...i'm also sorry that you think this dress is ugly too.

and now i guess i should be sorry for putting you on blast.

now i know that some brides pick horrible dresses and are blinded by wedding bliss to see the real horribleness.

but come on she's acting like i picked anyone of these.
Now talk about girls who should be complaining! RIGHT!

keep your love locked down...

2010-04-27T16:42:00.000-07:00

...that's what i do.
friday night me and brian had the entire afternoon off together, that's a rare occasion for us. so...we CELEBRATED. and spent the whole day out of the house.by having a photoshoot, justjoking but we did take advantage of the beautiful scenery
while we waited for our fabulous cheesecake...ummmm chessecake layers of redvelvet cake and cheesecake! thankgoodness we've been running everynight!
LATER
we meet up with our favorite couplewhere we pretended to be country dancers! At Toby Keith's I Love This Bar dont my mind my face it couldnt look good all night!maybe it was the wiskey.bahaha

<3

reusing brings happiness

2010-04-22T19:06:00.000-07:00

last saturday, almost a week ago gosh im behind, i traveled down to tucson to surprise my Brian and join him in his yard sale adventure. you see i was at a concert and not planning on going to the annual community yard sale that happens at his parent's community.

i was really not that excited about it. but once i was there i began to enjoy roaming through people's personal(odd) collections and i found some useless pieces that i fell in love with.

examples:
random origami tree with love birds love at first sight $1
the back made me love it even more, it could have been plain but oh no its amazing

Gorgeous color pots, really i wanted them because i loved the color not because of the purpose
even better they were FREE

and these totally useless little miniature chairs
$5 bucks for both

my last find...i literally squealed with excitement
leather bounded classic antique books. five $ for 7

just a preview on how i may decorate my new house when i get it.

i must say. i think i like old things better than new. weird i know.

PATIENCE IS NOT A VIRTUE

2010-04-21T20:22:00.000-07:00

i am SO tired of waiting for things to happen.
house keys, on the 15th of May.
promotion, as soon as a spot is open but im on the list.
new bed, very much needed, not till we have a room to put it in.
happily ever after, not until we're married!justkidding

I know, i know I sound ridiculous. And time will fly by, but i just want everything NOW!

i feel like the spoild willie wanka girl.
but i want a golden egg now daddy

its that five year old inside of me again.

sister + savers = ♥

2010-04-20T19:20:00.000-07:00

You all know how I rave about my thrift stores, savers being my fave!
Well what you don't know is the hate i get from my little sister because i shop there! So we did an experiment I took her with me to prove she could find really cute clothes for a lot cheaper than her $30 shirts!

of COURSE it started like this...

"look at this, Luz, what is this eww!"

But soon enough we found a lot cute stuff and we ended up with this!
cute dress five bucks

sweet looking shall 3 bucks

hippie love top five bucks

ruffle top four books

GETTING TO PROVE SNOBBY SISTER WRONG...PRICELESS

Clothes are expensive beautiful but expensive, and i dont think anyone should be ashamed for shopping at thrift stores and being resourceful! Personally, I rather get more for my money. But I was in high school at one point so I understand, nonetheless she looks fabulous!

100

2010-04-18T20:08:00.000-07:00

this is my hundred post in honor of that i thought to...

First: do a recap of my hundred post. But pictures of flagstaff made me miss it so much! the architecture in flag always made me swoon

SECOND: do a list of my hundred favorite movies, because i love movies!But i could barely think of like 20!
Humphrey Bogart talk about swooning

Third: give you hundred random facts about me. Like how I am terrified of gum. chewed gum.

NO PICTURE I LOOKED UP ABC GUM ON GOOGLE IMAGE I ALMOST BARFED!

Fourth: to tell you about the hundred words i miss pronounce on a daily basis or my 100 favorite songs! Instead i give you him i constantly call him Micheal "bubble" instead of Buble, and he also sings a lot of my favs! look at that cute smile super swoon!

Fifth:tell you about a hundred things i want to do before i have children if i ever have children. tell me this beach doesnt make you swoon!

Anyway if I didnt have the attention span of a five year old I would have come up with a hundred things in any of those categories. Darn that five year old insane of me! Have a fabulous monday!

if i hadnt been so busy...

2010-04-17T12:19:00.000-07:00

i would tell you all about the fabulous red velvet cake with the best frosting in the world!

or...

i would tell you about how our house offer got accepted say hello to our future home!

or...

i would tell you abut how i mad i am at project runway for keeping Mila around, she doesnt have chance.

or...

i would tell you about my new favorite show, Parenthood love it!

or...

i would tell you about my adventure at Country Thunder!

i have been loving and hating life too much to do anything lately, blackie (my laptop) has been pretty lonely too. hopefully i'll have more time soon!

Do y'all read this?

2010-04-07T20:09:00.000-07:00

i visit this website frequently.
sad to say but it makes me feel better about my life.

Pillows make me feel better too.

there's nothing like getting lost in a bed full of pillows

Along with reruns of FRIENDS.
i know every episode by heart

and of course OF COURSEno matter how much of foul mood i'm in he can always make me feel better

twenty-two hours of work in two days is ridiculous i am definitely not doing it next month. no way no how. i dont care how many people call me begging me to do it. i am putting my foot down. no longer will i be a push over. nope.

Standing up for myself makes me feel better too:)

blonde.

2010-04-05T16:55:00.000-07:00

I MISS YOU DEARLY

sometimes dreams come true...

2010-04-04T18:02:00.000-07:00

i should have better dreams...BUT!
nonetheless i was ecstatic to see Anthony back on Project Runway
love,love,love this dress

oh! and it seems everyone is going to have babies on Greys.
That is if this little brunette beezy stays away from McDreamy, you get here little Grey.

other than TV i love
we spent a fabulous day in Tucson...where my favorite food in the world is.
or at least drink...
eegee...its a cold weird drink that i am addicted too. and their pizza fries are the bomb too. yummm half strawberry half lemon frozen goodness

After we got home we went straight to my friend's birthday party.
i was the DD again like always but i still had fun seeing my old friends love them all

i love having days off again!

Pieces of me: April 2010

2010-04-02T07:49:00.000-07:00

This month...
I like...that we'll be getting our house and that I will finally get my promotion.
I don't like...that I'll be needing so much time off work. Crazy I know.
I want you to know...that I'm finally believing again
I've planned to...make every room in my soon to be new house count!
I want to say to someone special...YAYYYYYYYY!!!!

FINALLY

2010-03-30T19:35:00.000-07:00

its happened to me

Now that I got that out of my system!

This week has been F.A.B.U.L.O.U.S

things have been getting good around here

you all know how stressed i've been
since i've whined to y'all so many many times

well after one math test and 5 minute interview
i finally got the promotion i wanted.
it pretty much doubles my pay while also cutting my hours by ten!!

yesterday my mommy bought my wedding dress♥
[its beautiful i wish i could share photos but my brian stalks my blog!]
and looks amazing given that i lost a dress size!

and tomorrow is house shopping day 1 :)

These past few weeks have been hard for me because i'm such a pessimist i do not allow myself to be happy and/or excited about anything until it actually happens!!

camera ♥ s iPhone

2010-03-28T22:02:00.000-07:00

While lying around on the trampoline
I found a beautiful picture of my Brian
and I said, "you always smile look mad"...

SO HE DID

I, on the other hand,....don't.
this was literally the only picture he had of me
(granted the phone is relatively new)

twins

2010-03-26T17:06:00.001-07:00

one designs for superheros and the other for...clowns, maybe?
Too mean? I know. I did say I was mad, didn't I?

I'm mad.

2010-03-26T09:47:00.000-07:00

What is wrong with the Project Runway's judges???
first Amy then Anthony...oh no!
okay so his designs were not the best but they were why better than some of those other "designers" and he is just amazing. I want to be his best friend.

But seriously judges what the heck? why would they keep this girl time and time again...she's mean and makes terrible clothes people cant even walk in! And i know it must be terrible hard to make clothes and all that but i'm just mad right now!

On another note
Why are all the men on Grey's turning into such douches?? Did you guys watch? Seriously they were acting like big d.bags last night. Lets hope they turn this around because I hard time trying to get through that episode last night!

Anyway have a great friday! Man I love tv thursday.
Or friday morning whenever i have time to watch them really!

your words inspire me

2010-03-25T14:21:00.000-07:00

really they do your words make me happy when i feel blue

a little corny i know.
but everyone's advise does always make me happy.
and gives me hope that everything will be okay!

My list of inspirational people begin with her:

SJP she's always seems so self confident with herself (big nose/mole and all) And i do believe that her role as Carrie changed the way women were allowed to view themselves.

This here is a blog that always makes me appreciate life more: Summer is such an inspirational person and finds happiness in everything. She is going through so much and still has such a positive out look on life. Makes me realize my problems are so petty!

Of course this women has always been a hero of mine:

Proving my theory that no matter where you come from you can always succeed. Her life has helped so many others and that is what I want to do with my life, I want to help as many people as I possible can.

My other hero:

My mom of course, she is so positive and so happy no matter what, achieving that has always been hard for me.

Each and everyone of you inspire me too, through your funny, insightful, spiritual posts, and through the comments you make to make me feel better!

bad news bears

2010-03-23T19:30:00.000-07:00

my luck just has to turn around
bad news seems to be the theme this week

My Nugget aka my car was not playing nice this monday and left me stranded at workthere goes a hundred and sixty dollars

and after all the work I put into one of my midterms I got a 62%, are you for real. Worst thing is there was no feed back just a big fat 62%is there anyway to feel like more of a failure

We're still having housing buying issues
I still haven't got the promotion I really want
We're still stuck in this tiny little room
I still have to work everyday of the week
We're still unsure about wedding plans
still, still, still
Its just hard trying to see the silver lining.

But as my Brian said. Our bad luck has to run out!

oh spring ♥

2010-03-21T21:02:00.000-07:00

I've enjoyed the amazing break I've had.
I could almost handle working everyday if
...I didn't have school work to come home to.

Beside my trip to Vegas and having time to reminisce with friends I spent my afternoons watching reruns of 16 and Pregnant !!
MTV is so addicting

I also renewed my love for Tetris beating my personal record.
Am I a little geeky for admitting that?Its ok.

But most of all I have been enjoying my new iPhone.
Yes, I gave in and bought them. I get a pretty big bonus every six months and half of my bonus went straight to our phones this year!
But dude, it was totally worth it! I am in love.
I'm contemplating leaving my phone at home when I go to work
because it is ridiculously tempting to use it.
But as every break it has come to an end. :(
if only every week was as good as this

where have i been

2010-03-19T09:12:00.000-07:00

oh just LOVING life

3 days in V.E.G.A.Sroad trip to vegas with my favorite girls and a bumper sticker of Bush weaving that said "Miss me yet"
i have never been more in love with a city...its just beautiful

2 F.A.B.U.L.O.U.S double dates
lunch at Joe's and late dinner at Olive Garden
"say crackers" you know because we were crakin crabs.

1 very H.A.P.P.Y me i finally watched Alice in Wonderland and yes i loved loved loved it, i'm working on my halloween costume now!

On another note...I gave in. I swore off caty girl fight reality tv but The REAL Housewives of New York City is so so good this season. Me=no will power

after 13

2010-03-09T18:36:00.000-08:00

T.H.I.R.T.E.E.N
hours at work today, I wanted to just run home curl up in bed sleep away my tired leggies and my bruised blistering fingers...but no. I have midterms this week. And one of them is due at midnight. The whole time I was working I kept thinking to myself why do I put myself through this, why do I take on so much....
then when I got home I was doing my usual unwind ritual
which includes reading all of your blogs...
when I came across this.
http://thingsweforget.blogspot.com/

I have to say that made me remember that everything I am enduring right now will pay off one day.

best thing about my brian

2010-03-07T17:42:00.000-08:00

he's my built in date!
no awkward first date,
or dealing with douchebags,
or being one of those girls at the bar.
Nope. Don't get me wrong being single was fun, but nothing compares to LOVE!

and chocolate down under thunder brownie w/strawberries ♥ yum

your heart is in your vagina

2010-03-05T11:32:00.000-08:00

...know where that from...?
Grey's! Yes they had a new eposide love! (if me and my brian were a tv couple we'd be them)

THURSDAYS ARE MY FAVORITE mainly because of tv.
even though i never watch it on thursday more like friday morning Tivolove

Did you all see this??
Gah! I wish I could have seen it as a dress. not as...nothing??
Guess its better than the tin man!

anyway while tivo was busy recording i was out celebrating one of my besties birthdays! i love that all my friends are turning 21 and that i have my older sisters id!shh you didnt hear that
"This is so good i'm gonna call it the Brian"my brian bought it.

can you open your purse?

2010-03-04T14:54:00.000-08:00

i've never been a fan of walmart.
but due to their super cheap prices
i've been forced to do my grocery shopping there!

While shoppin I notice a dollar sign...i walked to it to find a rack of clothing.
I immediately start browsing and snag up these five beauties.

(one dollar each! holla!)

Two racks over there was a plethora of shoes all size 10! Big foot heaven!
(only 7 dollars...for each of course!)

Anyway while i was leaving secretly falling in love with walmart.
On my way out the alarms go off and they could not figure out why.
I did not steal but there I am standing while security searches my bags.
Seriously. no love for you walmart

hi my name is Luz

2010-03-02T20:21:00.000-08:00

and I'm a bottle-holic.
its true, some pick wine based on how it taste and all that...
but me I pick wine based on how the bottle looks.
monkey, starfish, pinkhouse so so cute

(if you're wondering why i have wine on my nightstand its not bc i'm a wine-o more like my little room is equivalent to your house, apartment, studio, dorm etc.)

Pieces of me: March 2010

2010-02-28T20:06:00.000-08:00

This month...
I like...that I will have three days off from work.
I don't like...that I am still in the same place.
I want you to know...I'm going to make it through this funk!
I've planned to...work out for an hour every day!
I want to say to someone special...one day they're all going to realize how amazing you are.

find beauty in

2010-02-28T18:00:00.000-08:00

e.v.e.r.y.t.h.i.n.g.

This little lemon tree warmed my heart!
(look how tiny the lemons are)

Fire always amazes me and not a pyromaniac, i just find the colors beautiful.

yup.

2010-02-27T22:13:00.000-08:00

I decided to wear my swanky black heels today.As we were leaving the house my Brian said.
"Do you want me to grab your sandals for when you're feet start to hurt?",
I replied, "No thanks, I can tough it out!"
He then looked at his watch and said,
"At 5:39 you said you could tough it out, and at 7:39 you're gonna be whining and I'm going to have to carry you."
Needles to say...I won.

i love you more today.

2010-02-25T18:59:00.000-08:00

maybe its just me...
but somedays i love my significant other more than other days.

let me clarify.
i always love him no matter what.
but some days the love for him is greater than other days.

"on love you more days" i wear my braceletmy bracelet was a gift from my Brian
on it, it says "Always my favorite part"

(everynight, since who knows when, before i fall asleep he whispers in my ear "you're always the favorite part of my day")♥

i know he is a cornball but im so not. so i lub him for it.

On another note...
look at these cute birdies i bought todaythey're love birds and will be used for my wedding decor.
since branches seem to be the favorite

whats a branch without lovebirds

Tomorrow I only work 4hrs yay...its the closet thing I get to a day off excited!

i need help

2010-02-24T20:04:00.001-08:00

because your opinions matter!
you see i do not like typical lame roses.

So these are my top 3 favorite wedding centerpiece flowers.

1.wild orchids but not purple.

2.crazy branches without the flowers though.

3.beautiful tulips except white and not in an ugly vase.

I'm having a hard time to figure out what would go best with a casual summer beach wedding. So I need your opinion! Thanks ♥

seriously.

2010-02-23T17:32:00.000-08:00

W.T.F. world
this is the best way I can describe how my Brian and I have felt the last several months. NOTHING MAKES SENSE!

we're good people we work so so so hard and want so little in return. and here we are. just staring aimlessly. wondering. w.t.f. what are we doing wrong. what more can we really do. I'm working 55 hrs and school, him 60 on a slow week.

And still. no house. and just a lot of bad news.

i didnt get my scholarship. i made through the first two rounds. but i guess someone needed it more then i did.

still dont know anything about my Brian's interview. call center=death. he's too nice to bug people for money every day, 12hrs a day.

We need to see the light at the end of the tunnel.

But for now we just sit back thinking W.T.F. world.

Californiacation♥

2010-02-21T14:49:00.000-08:00

Thursday we left to Cali at 3pm and wound up there around ten.

We left too late to get to go here...
(best banana shakes ever!) Please feel sorry for us!

Anyway the purpose for the trip was to get an idea of where we are getting married.

We decided on Hermosa beach for the ceremony...

(hopefully it'll be look this amazing on our wedding date)

Can't wait till Aug.28.2010♥

wedding politics.

2010-02-16T18:07:00.000-08:00

I used to think that finding that perfect man in the middle of a million douchebags would be the hardest part of having a wedding. Because well the groom is kinda the most important part to every little girl's dream of her perfect dream wedding!

Yet here I am with the most perfect man in the world for me and still there are so many many many issues to deal with. It makes all those years of dealing with douchebags seem like a piece of cake.

Even though I have been planning my dream wedding since I was well um six. Maybe 3. My niece talks about her wedding all the time and she's 3 so maybe 3. Not because of the funds or my dream being to unrealistic but because it does not work for other people. I have been the big person about it. Or at least that's what my Brian says all the time. "You're the one being the bigger person, that's good don't be sad".

So after I accepted that I won't get my dream. I moved on. I was a big girl. I went to plan...well "B". But know there was never a plan "B" to plan "dream".

Now here I am compromising my only day. my only day to be special. to have all eyes on me. to have that moment where I feel amazingly beautiful. To have that moment where all I can feel is love from everyone and to be able to see all the love and passion in the eyes of my Brian waiting at the end for me.

And, yes, I know I will have all that regardless of where my wedding may be. And I am actually getting a little excited about plan "B" or what I refer to as plan maybe.

I just wish I didn't have to share my wedding with anyone but my Brian. And yes, we have thought about running away and doing it all alone. But I am deadly afraid my mother would crucify me.

But really. That would be ideal. Weddings are ridiculous! All of sudden you have to have split your beloved family and friends into "A" and "B" categories. Who's more important than who kinda thing...that makes my heart sad. And wedding party drama sheesh!
"all your brothers have to be included"
"you cant have here and not your other nieces"
"well i get to walk you down the isle"
"dad has to he's coming all the way from mexico"
"your bestfriend is your maid of honor, what about your sisters"

Please excuse me while I grab my lover and run off to Vegas. Enjoy your wedding!

(this was done in our mock engagement picture night)

minivacay

2010-02-14T20:34:00.000-08:00

FOR LIKE DAY
and it wasnt much of a vacation
I did complete 2 test online while on "vacation".

my Brian's family lives 2ish hours Away and since we hardly have time to see eachother we hardly ever have time to go all the way to Tucson.
But friday we made it happened.

Friday morning I had a work meeting.
my Brian went all they way across town to buy Jewish Bagels
(basically regular bagels, but from a cute jewish shop therefore we are convinced they are better)

Anyway after analyzing the day I realized we had a very "jewish" day.
1.)well the jewish bagels
2.)the bread or hallah my Brian bought at the jewish bakery.
3.) my Brian's mommy had a Gelts (chocolte gold coins)
please notice the menorah imprinted in the chocolate my
Brian with his Jew Gold. He was laughing guess its something off southpark
LATER
we went out with my future brother and his girlfriend.
this the beautiful girlfriend hopefully one day she'll be my future sister too someday. (yes I just said that and i might get introuble for but its okay people get mad at me for saying things all the time. but I guarantee if you guys meet her you'd wish she could be your future sister too!)

HOPE YOU ALL HAVE A WONDERFUL VALENTINES DAY
I worked. Came home to homework. my Brian worked 8-2:30, then 3-10.
we're still happy

it seems like no matter what

2010-02-11T17:39:00.000-08:00

I am always going to disappoint someone.
whether its having to leave the party early to get some sleep
ignoring my Brian so I can finish homework
not drinking at all so that I wont be hungover at work
leaving my mother's party early so I can turn in a test
spending too much time at work to ace that really important paper
...the list goes on and on and on...
so what can i do...
i just sit here patiently and wait for all my hard work to one day be rewarded.

BUT YOU KNOW WHAT ITS ALL OKAY BECAUSE NO MATTER HOW MUCH I DISAPPOINT EVERYONE...
my Brian and amazing sushi
(holla vegas roll)
will always make me feel better!
so go on & hate me bc i didnt meet your expectations i'm done being sorry

this past week.

2010-02-08T16:05:00.000-08:00

was insane.
...
i worked forty-seven hours
completed mountains of homework
went to lil sister's "parent-teacher" conferences
was the DD friday night for my friends
had an awful date...bc of the food not my Brian
indulged my mother by showing my face at a family party
"watched" the superbowl k maybe not totally even the halftime show was lame
ANYWHO
This superwoman is tired.
its hard trying to be the
BEST
sister
daughter
employee
friend
girlfriend
student
aunt
And well its time to do it all again this week...HAVE A GREAT WEEK!!

my B

2010-01-28T12:47:00.000-08:00

is the best cook around...
and well its awesome when he makes
delicious animal free food
but there are those times when he
cooks a poor little chicken.
I try and guilt him and tell him that
it hurts my heart because he
chooses to eat innocent little animals
but it doesn't work he still smiles.
Smile away my huge dimple face freak ♥

my relationship

2010-01-26T19:55:00.000-08:00

can LITERALLY be summed up with these pictures...
if you could hear us i was probably whining about something unimportant he has a need to constantly be touching/licking my face to irritate me the glasses, oh the GLASSES, they seem to ALWAYS stab me in the face!!

I gave in.

2010-01-26T09:39:00.001-08:00

I saw the Pregnancy Pact.
i tivo-ed it and told my brian i probably wouldnt watch it
...BUT I DID.
And, yes, it made me sick.

This LIFETIME movie was based on a true story of girls in Massachusetts that all promised eachother they would get pregnant at the same time. It was disturbing.

How could anyone really think its a good idea to get pregnant at fifteen!

These girls totally glamorized the idea of motherhood.
Which made me think that maybe girls in high school do have a glamorized idea of motherhood. I mean look at MTV
they gave pregnant teenagers their own show.

I could not imagine having a child in high school or having a child now for that matter.

But who is really to blame for children having children??

sometimes

2010-01-24T21:39:00.000-08:00

i'm crazzzy busy.
i work 43 hours and go to school full time.

this week and probably every day from now will be like last week
BOO but its okay because only 3 more semesters left!!!

And then I wont be too busy to comment on the JersyShore finale/reunion. (the finale was lame the reunion show was actually worth watching!!)

& I might actually be able to complain to the world...Izzy is back on Grey's
(please just kick her off for good or keep her on no more of this)

But i don't have time for that not
when I spend 2 hours TWO HOURS!
doing an online quiz & when i finally submit it
it says "system error" and deletes all my answers!

Anyway everyone have a great week tomorrow is MONDAY!!
(i'm going for an optimistic attitude these days!)

and also...please know that everyone of your blogs keeps me going through out the week!
:)

When life gives me lemons

2010-01-19T16:04:00.000-08:00

[or in this case a really weird waiter]

...I eat them and use the peels to make a heart!

Lately I've been whining and crying and blogging about poor me
and my poor self being stuck in this life less room with everything packed
and ready to move...when we'll move who knows but we're ready...ANYWAY

because of said particular annoying mood i've been stuck in for awhile I have forgetting to notice and be thankful for everything I love in my life.
For the real things that count...
for the people that are always there for me to whine to
for my wonderful boyfriend who always has to talk me down of my metaphorical bridge
for my generous cousin and her loving family that let us live in tiny room
for the interesting blogs I get to read all the time
for the awesome people that make music to get me out of my funks

FOR THAT AND ALL OF YOU

I MAKE LEMON HEARTS ...or hearts made out of lemons same thing

My best friend's twenty first

2010-01-18T14:26:00.000-08:00

This weekend I got an entire four days off work it was FABULOUS! Two of those days I spent in Flagstaff,AZ with my best friend and a lot of other great friends too. We celebrated her 21st birthday right with a few awesome surprises along the way. Of course I was the annoying paparazzi and took oh about 200 pictures here are just of few!

...at Sakura for dinner and "birthday cake"...

...opening present at the party before the bars...

..waiting for midnight...

...walking around down town flag i'm the brown one...

...her first drink at a restaurant, she orders a "stiff dick"...

...in AZ you have to be 21 to gamble and on her first ticket...

...the lucky witch one five-hundred-freakin-dollars

Now its time for the real world school starts tomorrow and so does going back to work if only I could live in "vacation world"!!

I HAVE A FOUR DAY

2010-01-15T09:12:00.000-08:00

WEEKEND and it starts today!
While everyone had days off during the holidays I worked...
but this weekend is my best friends 21st so I decided to get 4 days off!
However, I cannot leave till saturday, so today I am watching all the episodes of Jersey Shore that are recorded on Tivo. Every one has been raving about!

........................it is a little drama-tastic!!

BUT NOTHING IS BETTER THAN MY GREY'S
and last night there was finally a new episode!!
Excitement was at its all time high when I noticed it on Tivo last night!

It was another "cross over" event Addison is back to help Sloan's baby. Last time we saw Grey's everyone was happy...now everyone is getting sad again! Which I guess makes sense, I guess...

Cristina does an awesome surgery and is all happy bc she is learning but Teddy leaves bc she's in love with Christina's man! In the heat of the moment Cristina yells out "You can have him"
...in regards to her hunky bf.tisk tisk tisk

OH! and Lexi breaks up with Mark moves back in w/Meridith so does Alex
and well Alex and Lexi rekindle an old romance...ewwww!!

HOPEFULLY THIS MEANS IZZIE IS GONE FOR GOOD!

enjoy your weekend and go watch grey's!

TODAY

2010-01-12T17:34:00.000-08:00

was my first day off in eight long long days!!

How did I spend them???
....well

an eight oh clock freakin meeting
..is it necessary to schedule a meeting that early
getting my oil changed
...smelly mechanics trying to sell me everything under the moon
dealing with the effin post office
...why is everyone in the post office so incompetent
having to go to bank
...and fighting with the bank lady
getting pulled over by the cops
...for not having my lights on!!!

BUT...
now i am home & i am eating my delicious frozen yogurt mint & chocolate yum!!

I WILL ENJOY MY THE LAST FEW HOURS OF MY "FREE" DAY UNTIL I HAVE TO WORK AT 7AM ENJOY YOUR NIGHT!!!!

sex

2010-01-09T09:05:00.000-08:00

and the city....my dear love!
They are back for a second run and well I could not be more excited!

I'm not gonna lie I was a bit skeptical about it when I heard they were making a second one. I thought, "great they're gonna ruin this for me, by going with it for too long".

But I think I'm wrong...

By the trailer it looks like Carrie is in her old apartment, Samantha is still hitting on everything around her, and well the happy couples look happy. They also have what seems to be an 80s back flash and a trip to egypt?

I am very excited my friends VERY!

i've been

2010-01-08T12:02:00.000-08:00

sharing a lot of secrets lately
..........................and here is another

DON'T HATE ME BUT...
I'M OBSESSED WITH MILEY CYRUS'S CLOTHING LINE
there I said it, okay, pull out your pitch forks and crucify me!

AS MUCH AS I AM AGAINST EVIL WALMART I HAVE FLOCKED THERE IN SEARCH OF HER CLOTHES! THEY ARE JUST BEAUTIFUL AND I TRIED SO LONG TO NOT BUY ANYTHING TO SNUB HER BECAUSE HER MUSIC ANNOYS ME BUT NO...MY BRIAN WENT AND BOUGHT ME A GIFTCARD TO WALMART SO THAT I WOULD BUY HER CLOTHES AND THAT I DID!

i bought this cool chandelier shirt $3

and this swanky black zipper shoulder shirt $7

There is still a lot more to come seeing how they are so inexpensive!

i used to try

2010-01-06T20:46:00.000-08:00

REALLY, REALLY HARD TO HIDE MY NERDY SIDE
BUT SHOOT I'M DONE WITH THAT
I AM EMBRACING MY NERD SIDE
AND I AM WILLING TO SHARE A
DEEP DARK SECRET I'VE KEPT
HIDDEN AWAY FOR NO ONE TO BE
ABLE TO FIND OUT ABOUT IT!!!
so here we go...
I AM ADDICTED...AS ADDICTED AS AN ADDICT COULD GET...
I PLAY ONLINE...AND AM CURRENTLY IN SECOND PLACE...
IT KILLS ME...AM I GONNA LET THIS STOP ME, NO!...

BECAUSE I WILL GET FIRST PLACE. I WILL!

please don't judge me because i'm a nerd and play online tetris and am pretty darn good at it, we all have to let our stress out somehow right

I SUGGEST YOU ALL EMBRACE THE NERDlove WITH ME!

WHATS YOUR "NERDY" HIDDEN SECERT??

because....

2010-01-05T16:32:00.000-08:00

I ONLY DO THINGS WHEN PEOPLE REQUEST THEM...
i am blogging to make my Shetara happy
i spent my only day off (monday) baby sitting
i was woken up at 5am to go into work
i was at work for oh a good nine and half hours with no break
and it was all worth it because of the Pita Pit.

I have a rather odd obsession with Pita Pit....
ever heard of it...no?...well let me tell you...
they follow colleges around and there was one in Flag that I was in L.O.V.E with!

And monday while I was babysitting I also had an meeting ASU...where I saw my beloved PITA PIT...
i just wanted to run in there and say,
"May I have a garden pita with feta cheese no pickles onions and extra pineapple please! oh! and tzatziki spread thank you."

BUT NO! my dreams did not come true
because of my obligation of baby sitting and well kiddos do not like pitas or at least not my braty little brother!

anyway after my nine and half hour shift today my Brian called me and said "Lets meet at Pita Pit for lunch".....i knew there was a reason why I loved him so much!

...yes my dear friends I love the Pita pit sosososososo much that i had a photo taken with my pita in down town flagstaff where we first meet!

Pieces of me: January 2010

2010-01-02T10:11:00.000-08:00

IT'S MY FIRST TIME DOING THIS! ITS A CUTE LITTLE TREND THAT THE TOOTHFARIRY STARTED http://notesfromthetoothfairy.blogspot.com
so here we go....

This month...
I LIKE: That my bestest friend is turning 21 yayyyy!

I DO NOT LIKE: That I'm still living in my tiny room!

I WANT YOU TO KNOW: That I am trying very hard at accomplishing everything I want.

I'VE PLANNED: To be out of this teeny tiny room by February!

I WANT TO SAY TO SOMEONE SPECIAL: One day we will have it all baby!

2010-01-02T09:58:00.000-08:00

HEY GO
CHECK OUT
MY DECADE LIST
OVER AT ABSENT MINDED
http://www.jenrem.com/
cute little jenni came up with this awesome idea of creating a list of our last decades accomplishments, mine is up right now!

L&B

2010-01-01T12:13:00.000-08:00

LOVE is a wonderful thing. Spending time with my Brian is becoming more unusual these days and well when I can spend the entire day my B then life becomes a little more amazing! NEW YEARS EVE WAS AWESOME

first we indulged in the best soup and salad ever over at Olive Garden...
...we then drover around looking for a Jewish bagel shop...
...where we bought bagels for the following morning and picked up this paper...
...later we went out for a night on the town...
...came back an did a hotel photo shoot...
...because everyone needs pictures on new year......we are laughing so hard because if you notice the ceiling is so low and we are sooo tall that well my B banged his head pretty darn hard.......that we settled down with our peanuts and m&m's to count down the new year!

HAPPY HAPPY NEW YEEEAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!

oh hey!

2009-12-30T19:07:00.001-08:00

so this year is coming to the end...and well a lot of shizz went down this year.
here are my high and low moments, neatly organized in a monthly countdown!

JANUARY:
high:I spent the entire first day of the year with my loverface
low: I enrolled in the spanish class from hell!

FEBRUARY:
high: I was able to spend the weekend with my family and ride the first metro in Mesa

low: Valentines day I celebrated alone...well at a party but still!

MARCH:
high: SPRING BREAK! half the week at home the...lil' sis party...other in flag w/brian (also the month he told he loved me!)

low:uh...spring break over!

APRIL:
high: I heart weddings and was invited to be my Brian's date to a gorgeous wedding in Anthem.

low: I meet my Brian's brother...who happened to bring some information that had been so nicely hidden by my Brian and well it just caused a lot of issues...love his brother though!

MAY:
high: Meeting my Brian's family and him meeting mine...trip to tucson and mesa

low: We got stuck on the I10 due to a car accident and were forced to play with camera phones!

JUNE:
high: California trip to meet my Brian's entire family both sides!

low: realized that the freaks I moved in with in May are animal loving weirdos that collect cats as a hobby...I told them I was allergic to cats so I basically was forced to move out!

JULY:
high: Keith Urban concert with my best friend we got a hotel right next to the arena and everything!

low: Realized I might have to leave Flag and move to Mesa.

AUGUST:
high: My birthday aka the day my Brian proposed!
low: Decided I was definitely going to have to move to Mesa!

SEPTEMBER:
high: Figured out living arrangements and jobs!

low: Working at QT again...and learning that people do not tip well at Outback!

OCTOBER:
high: Halloween!!!

low:school...work...school

NOVEMBER:
high: Spending time in tucson, my Brian being able to enjoy his favorite breakfast!

low:Thanksgiving I hate this holiday!

DECEMBER:
high: Holiday fun! With the people I love!

low: We still don't have our house! :(

christmas eve

2009-12-26T12:09:00.000-08:00

WE DECIDED TO WORK TILL...NINE, NINE THIRTY-ISH

......then went to my uncles in uniforms and all

.....where we indulged in some good ol' picture taking!

homemade presents

2009-12-26T11:45:00.000-08:00

.....gold for my mother

.....red & black for my sister

.....silver for my god mother

creativity its recession proof

basically

2009-12-24T11:58:00.000-08:00

...i went a little picture crazzzyy

last night we went on a fabulous dinner date at NINJA...

...with my cousin and her husband the people that house us...

...and this is us...

...this is rice and my brian's meat...

this is my sushi...

...these are the lamps...

...this is my brian's burnt hand/arm...

After sushi we went to pick up there girls to see the beautiful lights...

...look at all the snow...NOT!...its Arizona...

...this is Tigger...

...this is sponge bob and patrick...

...these are the people that ruined my picture...

...this are reindeers that fly inbetween the homes...

...lights, lights, lights!!!...

...my niece with the blanket around her face...

...I enjoyed this house the most...

...and, well, santa loves the beach too...

...then we decided to walk back home...

...then me and kylie took pictures in the back seat...

...and then I took a picture of the front seats...

...and then we got home and decided to get a movie at red box...
it was cold so I said, "Brian, go and get what ever you want because I'm cold,"
ten minutes later her returns with Star Trek?!<wtf!really> i made a face...and my Brian ran back and got me something else because he loves me or something...

...he also got these chocolates because they remind him of his grandma during the holidays.

2009-12-22T19:35:00.000-08:00

I've been sad.
I've been busy.
I've dived into work and school.
I've not bothered trying to make friends.
I've dwelled on things that are not perfect in my life.
I've annoyed my Brian by crying over every little thing.
...but with all the holiday spirit around me and having my bestfriend here for the holidays has turn my grumpy attitude around!!

here is my bestfriend standing in the middle of the square while on the phone with her boy

here is a fabulous shark with holiday flowers in his mouth while wearing an equally fabulous poncho

here i am making silly faces while waiting on my brian who was also our server at out back

this is santa's mail box i wrote him asking for a house well because me and my brian really really want one

and here is brianna with chocolate!

A LOT OF PICTURES I KNOW...BUT HEY! ITS BEEN AWHILE!

every time

2009-12-19T11:32:00.000-08:00

I get sick. sick sick sick.
its like a curse.
before/after finals i'm sick.
usually its caused by stress.
this year with my sudden semi-mid semester move and all,
the stress level was through the roof.
however, grades posted and I did better then I thought I would-
when I first left flag.
Is it okay to say I'm proud of myself (sick face and all)??

mawage.

2009-12-17T18:57:00.000-08:00

I've been engaged since august!
...................................AUGUST

and so far. i have done well pretty much nothing.
we have a date...september.4.2010...that is next year.
IN NINE little months that are driving me INSANE
everytime a month passes by i feel that it is secretly mocking me.
laughing at me thinking, you are never going to be able to pull this off.

I thought the hardest part of a wedding was finding the groom. WRONG!

At the rate I'm going...
in nine months i will be walking down the beach in...
jeans and t-shirt.
because i havent bought a dress
with no brides maids or groomsmen.
because i havent got them all together
with my brian waiting with a pretty shirt.
because i did buy him the shirt he wants to wear
with no one there to witness it.
because i have not figured out what to do about invitations.
no pictures or video.
but with a bunch of picture frames i found at a dollar store.

i need to get my booty (and my brian's) down to mexico to figure every thing out.

free time...

2009-12-17T18:36:00.000-08:00

...equals home made christmas presents!!
this beauty is for my lil sis who is obsessed with bows

I got three more to make it before wednesday!!

2009-12-16T22:01:00.000-08:00

This is my james.
She is a little bratty at times.
but well who doesnt love a sassy girl
....(she gets that from me).

santa ask Jamie,
"What would you like for christmas"
James said,
"Nothing from you"

ya that's how she rolls.

this just happened.

2009-12-15T11:52:00.000-08:00

Apparently this is the coolest thing around...

and I made the mistake of saying...
"I think the stripes look stupid."
and my Brian said, "You're stupid!"

I was shocked. my Brian has never said anything like that to me, of course he was joking but still!

its ok though, he spent the few minutes kissing my booty!

monday

2009-12-14T12:33:00.000-08:00

I am THRILLED!
semester done.
admitted to ASU!
license check!
home....still waiting.
but will happen soon I know it!

WANNA SEE SOMETHING FUNNY!!?!

2009-12-08T18:20:00.000-08:00

I LOVE MY BRIAN

...i do.

But living in this small little room is starting to drive me insane.
We set a goal.
By the end of the year we'd have our house.
Yet, here we are in the middle of December...without getting any closer!
I do not know if I can take it any longer it has been 3 months.
My shoes, my shooeess my loves the ones that bring a smile to my face...they have been stuck in a box for the past 3 MONTHS instead of being displayed on shelves like they used to be :(
My jewelry...in a box.
My hair accessories...in a box.
My books...in a box.
My life...in a box.
I NEED TO GET OUT OF MY BOX!
My brian and I are very big people we are.
We are the giants that people stare at when we enter the room.
We are the ones that ruin pictures because our heads are at a different level.
WE CANNOT GO ON LIVING IN OUR BOX!
maybe if one of us was a midget...but that dream will never be real.
We are a big people living in a small box.

L.U.C.K

2009-12-05T08:43:00.000-08:00

i am lucky

1. That I have an amazing
boyfriend and well a
wonderful relationship!

2. That my bf and brother rock and
got me this great car!

3. That my sistes are always there when I need them!! Whether its too have fun or when I need a favor!

4. That all I need is to watch FOOTLOOSE to put me in a good mood! Holla! Young Kevin Bacon...not only that but SJP is in too my favorite!

WANNA KNOW WHY I'M NOT LUCKY B.C SCHOOL AND WORK CONSUME MY LIFE!!!
but then again I'm lucky to be able to be in school and lucky to have a job!

want to know

2009-11-28T11:18:00.000-08:00

WHY WE RULE AT LIFE, OBSERVE...

BAHHHHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHA

don.t hate

2009-11-27T16:13:00.000-08:00

but this just happens to be my new super cool touch screen camera...

in the distance my Brian's PS3, ya he's playing Assassins Creed II.

COURTESY OF BLACK FRIDAY and my HELPERS many thanks.

we also scored:
1.) 32" plasma
2.) 20" plasma
3.) Trampoline
4.) GPS
5.) Awesome Bedding
6.) 2 guitars

FAVORITE HOLIDAY EVER!!