Autumn Recap

I took this week off from work since I have some vacation days that need to be used. Mario and I are splitting time with the kids during the week so I had a day to myself today. I almost debated going into work, but I figured I should just take advantage of it.

I took my sweet time getting out of bed this morning (Mom totally banged on my door and yelled that I was super late to work, so when I shooed her away I slept till 9:30am). Had some Lucky Charms and coffee while I watched last night’s American Music Awards and then painted my nails and toenails. I bit all my nails off during the Patriots/Broncos game last night. I never thought I’d get back into football, but I have my Love to thank ^_^. I was obsessed in middle school, even played with the neighborhood boys, but I lost interest after, erm, my first serious relationship which later turned into marriage. Grr.

I cleared a few things off of my to-do list (like cleaning the bathroom) and even got a chance to watch “Pitch Perfect”. Some of it. Been meaning to sit and watch that one with my love for a while :).

I visited Gramma and hung the wreath I made for her on her door. Tia Nora and Tio Arturo arrived with Gramma’s new TV amd we caught up for a while. I meant to go to Goodwill but decided not to. It’s been open a few months and it’s near the house and I still haven’t gone.

Got home, watched the news with Mom and later folded laundry while I talked to the kids. We shared opinions about last night’s The Walking Dead episode and talked about the animals.

Hung up with the kids and Pinterest-ed some recipes for fresh green beans and made my love and epic meal, if I do say so myself. I appreciate these rare stay-at-home-mom-esque moments, when all I have to worry about is cleaning the house, running errands and making good meals.

Yes, those are Red Lobster cheddar bay biscuits. You can now buy the box at Walmart and bake them at home. I’m impressed! This was my trial run. I’ll make more for the kids tomorrow when they return :).

I guess I’ll summarize with a bit of what’s been going on since the last time I updated. My memory isn’t what it used to be, but here goes:

Work

The Wine Classic was in September. Michelle and I were chosen to work the event and I have to admit, although our feet were numb from pain by the end of the night, it was fun.

I was in charge of the Sweet & Tasty table. FML lol. AND we got to bring the extra cupcakes home!

We had a group of delegates we needed to entertain a few weeks later. I went to El Patio downtown for the first time, ever. And probably the only time, heh. It’s one of the swankier restaurants in the city, and one of the pricier ones. I had a salad with Parmesan crostini, the best tilapia in butter caper creme sauce I’ve ever had and a brownie a lá mode. And Moscato d’asti. My taste buds were in Heaven.

My love had an event at work that was pretty successful too. I was glad to be there :). 2 of the reps invited us and Jorge’s team to Beef ‘O’ Brady’s, which was awesome because Jorge got to show off his work :).

The Annual Banquet was the first week of November. It was so stressful finding an outfit, and a mask since it was a Masquerade Ball this year. All us girls were stressed out about it at work. I made no attempt to tone up but I think my love and I still pulled it off.

I was so glad Jessica’s and Laura’s husbands got to mingle with Jorge for the duration of the event. They all got along so well :).

Steve treated us to House.Wine after the event like last year. It was nice, but we were exhausted!

All my events are coming up in January and February, so work has been hectic but I love it. I’d rather have an event-filled day than a slow day that feels like it’s never going to end.

Kiddos

The girls had a carnival at school and had so much fun with their buddies.

Alaethia and her BFF are too cute!

They were invited to Leila’s party, which was the most AWESOME party ever!

Even Julien had fun!

We took the kids to the pumpkin patch and got a few pics 🙂

Only the 3 youngest wanted to dress up for Halloween.

Alaethia was Chee Chee from Teen Beach Movie. Even did the beehive ‘do lol. Emily was Minnie Mouse. Jaylen was a Reaper and I did his face paint. We took them Trick or Treating at Michelle’s neighborhood and visited Gramma :).

Eenan stayed home with Mom. We didn’t get 1 trick or treater lol.

They carved a pumpkin that weekend:

And we roasted the pumpkin seeds. It was a success!

Eenan is becoming quite the teenager. Spends his time drawing and online, but I’m glad he still keeps me in the loop about his daily life and friends and all. He’s still my snuggly Nano ♥.

We took the kids to the park last week when they were here. It was fun ^_^. And I’m so out of shape that pushing the 2 little ones in the swings caused me to be sore for 2 whole days LOL.

(There’s my Eenan being a teenager again. Make it stop!!!)

We also had a cookie-making sesh. Of course the boys were boys and mixed all the colors together and made POOP LOL.

The girls have been busy with Girl Scouts. Well, so have I, since I’m a troop co-leader. The girls have attended several activities, including their Halloween party. I’ve attended 2 trainings, one being a scary cookie training. That one makes me nervous! We have another meeting tomorrow.

Jorge and I

We celebrated our 3rd Anniversary on November 18th :). We’ve had some stresses lately (not concerning us directly), but at the end of the day, I’m glad we have each other for comfort and companionship. I couldn’t be happier :). I can’t believe it’s already been 3 years! Although, when we put it all in perspective and look at the big picture it feels like it’s been much longer :).

We’re as much homebodies as ever, and I’m glad for it. On a kid-less weekend we always tell ourselves, “Let’s go out!” And then the weekend comes and we’re like, “Ehhh…let’s just stay home.” We’d been budgeting for a while, but even now we just don’t feel like fussing with getting ready and going somewhere. If we socialize, it’s usually at our house. Like this past weekend, when we hung out with our friends for the Pacquiao fight.

Sally got to come over for a bit :). We’ve been so busy with work, the kids, LIFE that I haven’t made time for my friends in a while. I at least got to hang out with Karina for Dayse’s babyshower two weekends ago.

Karina gave me some awesome, crazy news, but I’ll leave that for when she’s ready ^_^. I shall cut this short (short, ha!) and rejoin him on this sofa to catch up on The Voice.

[Edit] Thank you, WordPress app, for screwing up my post and removing all the photos I compiled into it. Argh!!!

[Edit #2] Fixed, finally!!