Author: Yajaira

Isn’t my Qbee Secret Santa gift adorable??! Thank you, Secret Santa! xoxox!

Welp, I had all these amazingly entertaining and interesting things to blog about (heh, right), but I forgot already. I hate it when I go days without journaling because then I forget everything I did. A short summary of last week: the usual–waking up early, taking Eenan to school, spending time with Jaylen, cleaning, making lunch, dinner, Mario’s lunch for work, laundry. Yeah, SO exciting! I also finished painting the apartment and Mary paid me today! Which was really unexpected and very much appreciated ! I had to give John some money, since he helped me out and because we owed him $10.

The new rentors started moving in so yesterday I was over there with the rentor’s brother (our other rentors) and his neices and nephews installing tiles . Then we went to pick Mary up at the airport (she was coming back from staying a week in Arizona). The boys were so excited to see her . All of last week Jaylen would look out the window and say, “Tell Nana to come down!” He’s so cute. He thought she was on the plane the whole week she was gone LOL. She brought us back some presents…just like Mary to be on vacation and still buying stuff for everyone else . She brought Jaylen one of those new flip-action Ninja Turtles, or whatever they’re called. She brought Eenan a Cartoon Network racing game for his Game Cube and she brought me a Hello Kitty tin with marshmallow candies in them and a Proud Heart Cat Beanie . I already had it, but since it’s about 2 inches longer than the one I already had (I thought they only sold them in 8 and 10″??), I kept it.

OH! Before I forget…another hilarious thing Jaylen did: I’d gotten out of the shower and realized I left my undies somewhere (had everything else but my underwear) and I pulled my tee over my feminine parts and peek out the door and ask Mario to get me some. Jaylen pops up in front of the door and notices I’m standing with my shirt pulled over myself and says, “Your weedos are cold, Mama?” (Weedos being what they call their privates). He’s a riot! He said Psycho Bitch today…which isn’t exactly something I should be laughing at but hearing his teeny voice say it was too damn cute. After biting my lip for a minute I told him never to say it again of course .

John spent the weekend again. He wasn’t going to come over because he thought Mario wasn’t getting out till really late today, but we told him he got out early on Sundays so Mario picked him up on his way home from work on Friday night. Thank God, too. I thought I was going to be incredibly bored all weekend.

Last night was a total disaster in Yajaira’s World of Cooking. I burned rice. Not once, but twice. It was John’s fault really. He was playing this flash movie that had Marvin Gaye’s “Let’s Get It On” playing in the background. I started watching it from the kitchen, while the rice was browning, and I jokingly tell John, “Ooh, that song makes me tingle in certain places”, just to freak him out and have him curl up, cover his ears and yell, “OhMyGod!”…and then the rice burned. Dammit. I salvaged as much as I could, because I just used up the last of the rice I had, and got to adding spices and boiling it. I was making Mole, and preparing the sauce and boiling the chicken and making sure the chicken was cooked correctly because I’m deathly afraid of poisoning my family with Salmonella…and I let the damn rice burn again. While it was boiling *slaps forehead*. Oh well. Needless to say, the husband had no rice for his Mole…but the Mole tasted pretty damn good when I was done. I had a pile of dishes to wash to top it off…didn’t get to bed last night till 1am. Thank goodness Mario didn’t go in till 12 today.

I went grocery shopping with Mary today and we bought the Christmas tree! It’s already in the stand in the living room and ready to be decorated. Noey and I’ll be putting the lights around it and waiting till Eenan gets home from school to finish the rest. The kids are so excited about Christmas this year .

Ok, it’s almost 12. Gonna go snuggle up next to the hubs and still-awake Jaylen and watch Spongebob.

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*edit* Apparently it really wasn’t a hoax. I followed up the article on the Anchorage Daily News and found this link. The two 24 year olds admited it was the 16 year old, Rachelle, that instigated the plot to kill her mother. They were doing it as a favor to her for sleeping with them, how sick is that?? What could have been so terrible between her and her mother’s relationship that she had to have someone kill her? I know, from what I’ve read, that her Mom would pick on her because of her weight, and she was very strict about her having all A’s in school, and she wasn’t too happy about her dating one of those 24 year olds…but that’s it. My Mom was very strict about us getting all A’s too, and my cousin would poke fun at me about my boobs and would point out when I was gaining weight, but I wouldn’t murder them for that! I don’t know…I guess I’d have to be in her shoes to understand her reasoning . You can’t know everything that’s going on with someone by just reading their journal. But I still don’t think that justifies her wanting her mother dead. They mention in the article (linked above) that someone deleted the entries from September to November 18th on her LJ. I would have thought it was Live Journal, but I don’t think they think so. I do have all the entries, which I got from the second link I posted in my previous entry below. She just seemed like a normal, “emo”, teenager who wrote about normal things like school and how her parents were bugging her, just like all the other teens on LJ do. She seemed so…normal. I’m still just in…utter shock! */edit*

Is this for real? At first I thought it was some sick joke, but the more I read about it, the more I believe it. A 16 year old girl who had a Live Journal allegedly killed her mother. Or she got people to kill her mother, something like that. Her LJ’s been wiped out. Her calender shows she had entries up until November 18th, but the most recent entry shows up in March. (Quite the investigator I am, no? ) I’ve found this link (which includes a picture of her?) and this one. I can’t believe someone would do this–if it’s even true. And to write about it on your online journal?? And if it’s not…shame on whoever started the damn hoax…SHAME!

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Made a new skin! If you’re still viewing the old ones, click here to see the new one. Sorry about that…it was popping out in this Iframe *smacks forehead*. To see it, click on ‘Cheer & Share’ in the side menu. I can’t get rid of that blasted blue line around the layout . That’s what I get for rushing!

Anyway, I hope everyone’s Thanksgiving was nice . Ours was great. Started out not-too-great since Mario didn’t want to go to Aunt Nora’s to pick Mom up to spend the morning with us, but we went to see her in the evening for a while so it worked out. I tried not being a total douchebag around everyone after he pissed me off. We went over to Yadira’s, where Mary prepared her traditional Thanksgiving feast and we ate. Everything was delicious. I literally couldn’t get up off my seat when it came time for us to leave .

We went to Jorge and Maggie’s after that, around 2pm. Maggie and her sister, Connie, made a whole bunch of food! Her sister even made a spice cake in the microwave with some Tupperware thing. We ate again around 4…and I swear I thought I was going to hurl…I had never felt so full in my life. I didn’t want to be rude though, since they invited us over and all. Maggie was already feeling upset because her in-laws didn’t really eat when she invited them over. We chilled out for about another hour after that, then went to visit Mom and Aunt Nora. Aunt Nora and everyone else were leaving to a movie, so we saw them briefly, but we stayed with Mom for about 45 minutes and talked and looked at ads in the newspaper, since Mary and I’d be going to the Black Friday sales at 5am the next morning! Mario, was of course, being a pain, so we had to make our visit short. I woke up at 5am, left with Mary and Sonia to Home Depot, Toys R Us, Comp USA, Sears, JC Penny and Circuit City. John and Mario stayed with the boys and then John babysat them after Mario left for work.

It was absolute chaos. There were 3 fender benders at the same time in the parking lot of the mall. Mary and I told off a manager at Comp USA because he was being a total dick to everyone. He was pretty surprised when I called him an asshole . We also got a price adjustment on a roll-away toolbox Mario bought at Sears. They kept trying to give us the run around until I told them I was once a cashier/sales associate at a store and yes, they should give us a price adjustment since we bought it within 7 days. Bastards. The manager was really apologetic and polite after we proved our point though. I know what I’m getting for Christmas from Mary too! I went to check if they had any Rainbow Brite Light Up Color Castles and they did! And she told me to bring it and I said no, Mario would get mad if I bought it LOL. Then she said she’d get it but I couldn’t open it till Christmas. YAY!

Saturday, John and I and the kids got up early to go shopping again. I got Jaylen one of his Christmas presents. I need to figure out what else to get them. I know what Eenan wants already too. I also got a Glade 3-in-1 candle…OMG it smells wonderful. I did a bit of decorating…not much since we 1) don’t have the space and 2) Mario would have an attack if I had decorations all over the place LOL. After we got back from town I went to the store to get a few things Mary needed since she was leaving that day for a 1 week trip to Arizona. When we were walking out of the last store we went to I felt something soft rub against my leg and then I hear Jaylen scream, “Mama! A Kitty!!!” He had her in his arms by the time I looked down. I looked around for a while to check if her mother was around, or if there were other kittens around, but saw nothing. She was so skinny and tiny (I think she’s a runt) so I brought her home to feed her. She was ravenous, the poor thing. I brought her with the sole purpose of making her healthy and then giving her away, but she’s growing on us. I didn’t want to name her because then I’d get attached, but her name’s Choco Cat LOL. She looks just like him, big eyes and all! I think we may just keep her. She’s a fiesty little thing though. She’ll be purring up a storm and as soon as you touch her, she turns on her back and starts playfully nibbling on you, which really hurts because her teeny teeth are razor sharp. I cleaned the bathroom that day and my hands were on fire because of the Lysol and all the little kitten-induced cuts.

Speaking of, you know you’re getting older when you get excited over cleaning products that get rid of that soap scum you couldn’t get rid of for the past 3 months. I love Lysol *hugs bottle*. I’d never tried it on the bathroom stall…only on the counters and vanity and around the toilet. I’d only used stuff like Tilex for the stall. My bathroom is SPARKLING! See? There goes the old lady talking about her bathroom. Kill me now.

John spent the whole weekend here and I spent it teasing and torturing him LOL. He’d play a dumb song I don’t like, so I’d start singing kareoke. He’d say something I didn’t want to know, like, something about his privates. So I’d tell him that Mario and I “canoodled” on the futon, where he was sleeping. ROFL. It was hilarious. It was cool having him here since I would have been totally lonely (except for the boys’ company) since Mario’s been working 12-13 hours a day. It’s been so busy that he’s not getting a day off for 3 weeks!

Welp, I think that’s all. Gotta finish painting at the apartment. It’s almost 2 and I haven’t done a thing! God, I hope I finish today…and that I don’t hurt my back like I did on Wednesday night. I had a horrible, pinching pain. It wouldn’t go away and I couldn’t even sit! Noey invited Mario and I to play pool that night and I was a bit depressed because I didn’t think I could play. I sat out the first two games then played against Noey on the 3rd. Mario made a friend and played pool with him and the guy’s friend most of the night…aww. After my first two games, the pain started to go away. Thank God. I constantly have back pain, but nothing like that before!

Okay, okay. I’m stalling. I’ll go paint now. Eeh.

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