Excitement!!!

I think in my whole life I have never had as much excitement as I did this last year the Summer in September of 2006. Anthony and I flew to San Jose to visit Jen go to the Beach for my first time and San Fran. On the last day that we were there we went to the beach in Santa Cruz (we also went the first day)...the wheather there was WONDERFUL it was probably around 70-80 deg. the air is just so clean you can breath so good there and all I kept telling Jen was awww its so fresh and she would laugh at me. Here in New Mexico it just seems so dry. But anyways back to the Cali. haha there are soo many pretty flowers everywhere its just so beauitful. So anyways on that last day Kira (Jen's daughter) me and Anthony went and stood in the water and watched the waves come in. Sometimes they would get higher and higher and we would get more and more wet We had a blast just standing there for about an hour or longer just laughing our little heads off and smiling...it was so much fun. The water was sooo cold. I sometimes sit here and think...why couldnt that day just last forever? It was probably the most exciting time of my life..or one that I can remember clearly right now because I never stop thinking about it. The ocean is just an awesome sight. I love it!

This last weekend I was at the crop at Memory Lane (my lss) and I was getting ready to scrap the pics from the Cali trip and all I could do while I went through the 200 pics that I had was smile...the beach makes me so happy and I want to go back NOW haha! I know for a fact it will be one of our vacations next summer. And untill then I will probably think about the days spend in Cali on the beach....

Favorite Things about Fall..

My Favorite things about fall....are the cooler weather, the fall colors, the leaves falling, and the pumpkins. I am excited every year to attend the pumpkin patch....even thou we didnt go this year because we were so busy the month of Oct. Halloween is coming up and I love to see all the little kids dressed up and having fun going trick-or-treating....I wish I could be a kid again and go trick-or-treating hehe! In Nov. Anthony and I get up really early in the morning and go to the Bosque del Apache every year its where the crane festival is...its awesome to see all these millions of birds. Last year there was not to many so hopefully this will be a better year. Here is the site if you wanna check it out http://www.fws.gov/southwest/refuges/newmex/bosque/ . After we go and check out the birds we go eat lunch at the Owl Cafe mmm its so good! Then there is Thanksgiving that I love its when the family gets all together and pigs out and gives thanks. We also pick names at the gathering and thats always fun to see who we get. I am glad fall is here again!

Who I am when I look into the mirror...

I kept putting this off and thinking "who am I when I look in the mirror" and the more I thought about it the harder it was for me. So finally I am here getting it done. When I look in the mirror I see...a daughter, sister, girlfriend, friend. There are very few times you will catch me in a bad mood. I love my smile and my big brown eyes. My hair is ok..wishing it was thicker but it thinned out when I got sick. I dont like my double chin lol but thats something I need to work on. Back when I was a kid I was always the chubby girl in school and didnt like myself but was always happy the older I got I learned that its what is inside that counts not on the inside. The last 4 years I have learned not to care with others think. I am me and noone can change that nor I dont want to change that. There are times I dont like me so much but very rare. I have choosen to do the wrong things in the last 4 years that makes me hate myself. I figured I have fixed them and stopped doing what was making me a bad person and making me someone that wasnt me. I dont know why I was doing these things...I guess it was a time in my life where I felt I was trapped and that was my way of feeling free. But as the time went on I was trapping myself even worse and build a huge wall around me and didnt know how to get out or how to stop..but I did and I am glad! It was something in life that I had to learn on my own because noone cared enough to help me through it. I had to do it on my own. NO ONE at all knows this about me. I know that it helps to talk about these things. I just havent had that one person in my life yet that I trust completely enough to talk about it and that wont ever judge me or use against me. Iam a very loving giving person and always think of everyone before I think of myself. Dont get me wrong it doesnt take long to think of myself right after I think of them haha! Right now I am happy with me in the mirror!

The Best and Bad Memory of Elementary

I think the worst memory I have of my elementary school years was when I was in the 3rd grade. My teachers name was Mrs. Vahn! She was a mean old hag! She used to always have me sitting next to her desk and putting me over her knee and spanking us kids with a ruler when we were bad. I spend most of my recesses on the wall....ugh she was so bad! Then all the parents finally got together with the principal and had her fired she was sooo bad. She was so old that my Dad had her as a teacher when he was in Elem. School LMAO

My best memory in elementary school was when I was in the 6th grade. I liked this boy named Phillip Trujillo he was soo cute! I remember we used to sit on the tires during lunch together....I think he was more of a best friend then a boyfriend but we would sit there and talk about all kinds of fun stuff. Then in High School OH BABY that boy was a hottie! hehe!

Whats that thumping noise coming from my trunk...

One Saturday afternoon Jen and I planned to go shopping at the mall and for a long drive down by the beach. She lives 2 houses down from me so she walks over when she finished getting ready. I told her we could take my car so we can go crusing in fashion with the top down (im dreaming that I can drive here haha) She arrives at my house . I came down stairs and told her lets head on out. So we get in my car we are driving down by the beach on the way to the mall. They have a SUPER scrapbook store in there so we are super excited to go shop till we drop! So we are cruzing down the road and I hear a loud thumping noise and I said what is that noise??? shes said oh nothing just keep going...so I kept driving about 5 mins later I hear the noise again. So I pulled over to check and make sure I didnt get a blow out or have a flat tire. I get down and Jen stays in the car calm as ever. And here I am freaking out because of the loud noise I just heard. Nothing was wrong with the car! she said it was probably nothing get back in the car and lets go. So I am about to get back in the driver seat and I hear the LOUD THUMP again. It was coming from the trunk!!! I told her OH MY that noise is coming from the trunk what could it be? She said Val I got something to tell you! I said ok what? She said the damn post man has not brought me my color swap in over 2 weeks and I have been waiting and waiting and I am done dealing with the stress the postal service they suck and hes going to pay!!!! (LOL) I was like OMG you have the mailman in my trunk are you crazy??? she said well yea I am crazy but that's besides the point I am so sick of them!!! So I get the keys and open the trunk and out pops this HOT MAILMAN. I am like U PUT HIM IN THE TRUNK??? HE IS FREAKIN HOT!!! So I tell him to get in the car and that I would take him back to his mail truck....hes all I have a better idea lets all go take a swim down at the beach. He said I am pretty HOT now that I have been in that truck for a good hour or so. So we go down to the beach and swim with the hottie mail man.

My Favorite Layout..

Well since I have been Scrapping I will have to say that my favorite layout so far is the one of Anthony and I. I just Cherish this man to death lol. He's soooo darn good to me and we get along so good! He makes me so happy. I did this layout for a contest in June-July for a contest on Mysapce for scraphappy group and WON!!! got lots of cool scrapping goodies for it.

My Dream Vacation...

I would have to say that my dream vacation would forsure be Hawaii. My boyfriend, Anthony and his best friend went last Decemeber (2005) to see Moltey Crue in concert and he came back and told me all about it and even took tons of pics!!! It sounds and looks sooo amazing. He told me about the tours they take you on to see the HUGE waterfalls. A place where you can go and swim with the dolphins and about the Dole plant where they plant all the pineapples. He said that when they passed that it smelled sooooo good!!! like pineapples. Him and his friend are talking about going again this December. I dont know if its going to happen but IF it does we will be going with them and my dream will come true but for now I will continue dreaming of this amazing place!

Here is a picture of him on the ocean when they went out there....

My Dream come true?!?!?!

Well I'll start off with my fairy tale dream haha! one that maybe could come true in the future but if it doesn't oh well kind of dream...I dream of one day owning my own Scrapbooking store and teaching people to do this wonderful hobby and all the tricks and sell them all kinds of awesome papers and embelishments.

And as for my other dream just for my family and me and all my close friends to live a healthy,, safe and happy life. A few years ago something really scary happened to my Dad to where I almost lost him and it was so hard dealing with that and things in 2 years might get crazy again for my family and all I do is hope and pray we will all be ok. (sometime when It comes up to write about it in our blogs I will let you all know what it is!) but for now thats about it!

My dream about the Angels...

I am not sure what kind of dream you would call this...its kind of scary but at the same time I feel blessed because I knew where I was headed??? not sure but here it goes...

When I was in the hospital in Nov 1999 as some of you know I was in a coma for 1 week after I got out of that I moved to intensive care in the hospital where I was watched very closely because I was so critical still...finally about a month later I was moved into my own room at the hospital. I didn't remember this dream/vision untill after my Mom told me about it and I started to think about it. My Mom stayed with me in the hospital every single night/day I was there (for 6 months) she would make a bed on the floor next to me. Every night my Mom would light a candle in the room and play music by enya it would just make me relaxed and just rest really good. Anyways on to the dream I remember this like it was so real and what was weird is I was really talking to my Mom and she was talking back to me...and I can remember this. I was dreaming about angels and they were little kid angels it was a 4 way stop light and I was on one corner and the angel kids were on the other side of the street...they were calling me and asking me if I wanted to go play with them. I was asking my Mom (in real life) If I could go play with them and I remember my Mom was telling me you can go play but dont go with them you come back! I just remember them smiling at me and saying come on come play with us...and thats all I remember...a few months after I got out of the hospital my Mom asked me if I remembered me talking to her asking her if I can go play with the Angels. At first I did not remember this but the more I think and go back to that night I remember it was so real and what was so weird I was really asking my Mom...this gives me the chills so bad and makes me cry because I feel I was really almost there in Heaven and not be sitting here today sharing this with you and I am so greatful for my life and all the people in it.

Random Me

I would have to say my favorite song out on the radio right now is by Shakira - Hips Don't Lie. OH MY I sooo loved this song makes me wanna get up and bust a move haha!

(some of the lyrics)
Shakira, Shakira I never knew that she could dance like this(EH) She makes a man want to speak Spanish Como se llama,(si)bonita,(si) mi casa, su casa Shakira, Shakira Oh baby when you talk like that You make a woman go mad So be wise and keep on Reading the signs of my bod yo I'm on tonight You know my hips don't lie And I'm starting to feel it's right the attraction, the tension Don't you see baby, this is perfection Hey Girl, I can see your body moving And it's driving me crazy And I didn't have the slightest idea Until I saw you dancing And when you walk up on the dance floor Nobody cannot ignore the way you move your body, girl And everything so unexpected -the way you right and left it So you can keep on shaking it I never knew that she could dance like this (eh) She makes a man want to speak Spanish Como se llama,(si) bonita,(si) mi casa, su casa Shakira, Shakira

Second Question is...my best favorite friend? I would have to say MaryJane. She is one of the girls I used to work with in a law firm about 7 years ago. I call her my angel friend. She has always been there for me when I have needed her. When I was in the hospital she was there with me EVERY single night for 6 months. I remember she would rub my feet because I was always so cold. She even made dinner once in a while for my Family that was always at the hospital as well. I just love her to death!

Third and final question is...The best Christmas present I ever received? In Nov. 1999 is when I got the blood clot in my brain. I was in the hospital for about 2 monts and they FINALLY sent me home for Christmas. That night when I got home we all opened gifts. My boyfriend Anthony gave me the package and I opened it, it was a Dreamsicle and the best one ever. I collect them and have about 100 of them http://www.willitts.com/products/dreamsicles/ . It was a HUGE one and it sang "That's what friends are for". It was awesome! Then that was not all there was more! He got down on one knee and asked me to Marry him my mom has it all on video. I probably looked like a full because I was messed up in the head at this time from all the trama but I cried and so did my Mom and Dad it was awesome....even thou we never got married I will always remember that day. The party didn't last to long I went back to the hospital for 4 more months but I think the Dr's sent me home that night just for that.

My favorite Childhood Memory

My favorite childhood memory would have to be when I was in about the 5th grade and my baby brother was born. I had begged my Mom & Dad for a brother or sister forever and finally my dream had come true. I remember when it was almost time for my Mom to have him and for about 2 weeks I would go into my 5th grade class room and my teacher Mrs. Rhode would ask me every single morning when I would walk in...is he here yet??? and finally about 2 weeks later I walked in and said YES HE'S HERE!!! I was so excited that I finally got a sibling. I was the only child for 11 years so it was awesome!!!! I would play with him like if he was a little doll and he was my baby haha! Now I wish I could send him back haha yea right! He's a pain in the butt but I love him so very much!!!! This is a pic of me and him about the time he was just born. I had him wearing my cabbage patch glasses doesn't he look soo darn cute haha!

My Favorite Animal...

Last night I finally got to scrapping a page from when Anthony & I went to the Zoo at the beginning of the summer...I might work on a few more Zoo pages today we will see but for now here is the one I did with monkeys...This is my favorite animal they are soo fun to watch and are sooo darn cute!

Girly Layouts...

I so love to scrap girly layouts they are so much fun. Here are a few that I did when Jen was here on her visit.

Use a summer photo to inspire your blog writing today. Anything goes that you can show a photo of! Explain where you were, what you were feeling as you took the photo....how ,looking at the photo now makes you feel!

This was taken a month or so ago....beginning of the summer. My boyfriend and I took a day to go to the Zoo and had a blast. We were in this one steamy hot room with a bunch of tropical animals and me loving the color pink...I had to take a pic of this pretty pink flower. It makes me very happy to see this pic...gives me a dreamy kind of feeling.