Category: Jorge

The girls played with Barbies till it was time to go outside and wait for the BBQ to finish cooking on Monday night.

A black chihuahua mix randomly walked up to the porch and decided to join us. The girls were elated. The food was out and I’m not kidding you, those fajitas Jeremy brought from–of all places, Walmart–were SO GOOD. The seasoning was amazing. Omar brought meat and these awesome corn tortilla tacos made of bean and I think chorizo from Monterrey…the girls and I were in heaven, heh.

I was quickly getting tired, and the girls were drowsy, so we called it a night. Jorge came in later and gently woke me to go to the bedroom.

And we crashed out till it was almost time for him to go to work D:. So no breakfast for him that morning. I saw him off to work, and made my way back to the living room to nap in the cuddle chair till the girls woke up. But, that was short-lived…as Mom decided to thrash things about in the refrigerator -__-. Got up, woke the girls up, and Emily helped me make French toast :).

We finished up, they played with Barbies and I chopped up veggies and put them in the slow-cooker with some meat for beef stew for when my love came home for lunch. Must make it a point to get more recipes for that thing; it’s so handy!

I cleaned up, bathed the girls, then myself and my love came home for lunch. He LOVED the beef stew ^_^. I did, too, but my stomach was already protesting since I’m not using to eating red meat often, and I’d already had it the night before =\.

My love left back to work and the girls and I left to run an errand and then we went to the library.

Between computer time, getting the girls new library cards, and them finding their books, we were there a total of 2 hours O_O. But it was fun. I LOVE that place! It’s just so…cozy? I don’t know how to explain it. I spent a lot of time at the Old library as a child and now I’m glad I get to make memories with the girls at the New one :). And I’m thrilled that it’s not far from home, too!

I had to lure the girls out of the library with gumdrops, or else we never would have left! Sue me. We didn’t leave before at least one of them had a meltdown, though; Alaethia was upset that we didn’t buy nachos from the Cafe LOL. But she was placated once she scored a candy from the store.

We got home and they quietly flipped through their books. I chopped up cauliflower and potatoes for Skinny Potato Soup. Once it was done, the girls and I ate, and then we watched “Up”. Well, Alaethia sorta watched “Up”…she wanted to look up the Barbie DreamHouse game and check out prices for the dollhouse LOL.

My poor babe got home late. He had to settle some things with a project and then was on the phone making managerial decisions. I don’t know how he does it. He’s always so stressed out :(, but he’s the type of person who can leave it at the doorstep when he gets home ♥.

I bathed the girls, put them to bed and then we attempted to watch The Voice but we sorta passed out towards the end, heh. My poor babe missed a good deal of the end; he was exhausted. All-in-all, it was a long day. But a great one :).

I’m feeling a little under the weather (and by that I mean “Girl Sick”) so it’s a mac-n-cheese in a cup and comfy yoga sweats kinda evening. Jorgie and Justin are fed, bathed and in bed, my kiddos are still at their dad’s and my love is getting ready so we can get comfy on the couch and watch The Walking Dead. I’m excited!

So Friday was all about work. Work at work, preparing for this event. Meetings here and there. Tamales in said meeting. Got out of work, got a hair cut (finally) and picked up my Babe. Went to Old Navy, had an unsuccessful shopping trip and then we got some parts my van needed, he fixed it real quick, we picked up some “snacks” at Jack-in-the-Box, we did some more work in the cold, picked up Starbucks and then we got some Wendy’s on the way home. I “behaved” and got some chili, heh. Michelle had wanted to go out, but man, I was just so exhausted and I couldn’t bare to spend more money so we got home and crashed out.

The next morning I showered, had Jorge’s leftover Starbucks (he didn’t like his Venti Caramel Macchiato) and I took Mom to run an errand. We went to the Halloween stores, where we met up with Michelle and Rosie, to try and find costumes for Jorge and I for Jim’s party that night. The first store was messy and I didn’t find anything. We went to the second and stood in line for an hour and a half where you could only browse the costumes by the picture on the wall, just so Jorge’s costume wouldn’t be the right size and I didn’t remember the right “number” for mine. I was so frustrated and I was meeting Mario and my babies at the Pumpkin Patch to take their pics so we left. It was great seeing my babies and we got some good shots 🙂

Don’t mind the hair, heh. I totally didn’t plan on being in any pics, but I think it came out ok :).

The kiddos left with Mario and Mom and I headed to another store. This one was SUPER EXPENSIVE. So I gave up. I went to Payless to find some cheap boots so I could use the pirate wench costume I already had and just buy Jorge a pirate one to match, but I didn’t like any of the boots. I headed to Walmart to get the girls their boots and a Hello Kitty Halloween shirt since Aly can’t wear her costume at school. We got a few other Halloween-y things and came home.

I ate a very late lunch and texted back and forth with Michelle. I had no idea what to do about our costumes. When my love got home and hour and a half later, we decided we’d buy Halloween shirts and stop stressing.

Jorge’s boys got here (I wasn’t expecting them so I hadn’t planned on making dinner) so we ordered pizza for them and Mom and took off to Walmart to get our shirts and some cookies. We changed in the car and made our way to the party.

Michelle, Marie, EZ, Eduardo and his wife were there from work. And Harvey. Without Evelyn. She’s back in the hospital. I hope she gets better very soon, and I hope she’s not there long-term like last year :(. I feel so bad for Harvey.

Michelle looked cute in her costume. And Marie, too. She was Zorro! She’s super funny. We played a guessing game, where they pin the name of a celebrity to your back and you ask people clues where there answer will be yes or no. I guessed my first one, Madonna, in 2 tries, heh. The second one was Regis :P. Jorge’s was Frankenstein. Michelle’s was Lance Armstrong and she took FOREVER to guess LOL.

It was super fun. Jim took us on a tour of his garden and pond. Jorge was impressed. I’m so glad he can be sociable and get along with my co-workers :). He’s the best, I could just squeeze him ♥!

Again we made plans to go out…and at the last minute we said, Nah. The boys were at home and it was still early, so we came home. My love and I chilled out on the porch. I was freezing, though. I had my booties, sweat pants, my warm sweater and a blanket and I was still cold! I said, “Some Abuelita chocolate would be great!” We were running low on milk, and the boys wouldn’t have any for their cereal in the morning, so we went to the corner store to get some. My love made me my hot chocolate when we got back.

See what I mean? THE BEST!

I drank my chocolate and since I was sleepy I gathered my things and came inside. I washed my face snuggled up with my Wish Bear…

…and woke up at noon today! Haven’t slept that long in FOREVER!

We got up and showered and picked up menudo at the Taco Ole nearest to us. The boys were quite happy, as were the adults, heh. We spent the rest of the day at home; Jorge playing Xbox with the boys and me–well, I spent the afternoon working on the program for my event this weekend and getting the email ready that I’ll be sending out tomorrow. I would have sent it today but smarty pants that I am, forgot to forward myself my exhibitor list. Grr.

My love and I snuggled a bit, then got up and went to HEB to grocery shop. It’s so much better when he accompanies me :).

We gave the boys dinner, I talked to my kiddos. They carved pumpkins at their dad’s, the girls a monkey and the boys a zombie coming out of a graveyard. Really cute. The boys told me about the movies they’re watching and the costumes they want to make. I’m taking them trick-or-treating this year :D! We need to work on both their costumes; it should be interesting, heh.

Eenan told me I was going to like The Walking Dead, so I’m going to get off this computer since my love started it already. Goodnight!

Dang. It’s been a while since I updated . I seriously can’t even remember the last time I updated, or what it was about. My memory has been something else lately, and by that I mean I can’t remember shit =X.

— I just checked to see when, in fact, I did last update; it was WHILE Jorge was in Indiana. And I got my days and events from work all mixed up. Had to get on here and fix it!

I had an event on Thursday the 30th; a dinner to celebrate the 20th Anniversary as Sister Cities, and I wore the tallest shoes I’ve ever owned. Luckily, all went without incident, heh.

This was our wonderful dinner, which I hardly got to enjoy because I was running around all over the place making sure everything was going as it should:

Jorge went to Indianapolis again to the Cedia convention the 2nd week of this month for training and to receive an award :). I’m so proud of him, he really has no idea . We talked as much as we could, texted when he wasn’t in classes. It was a bit easier for me to be without him this year since I had the girls to keep me busy :). We even got to make mini pizzas :).

Last year was HARD, since I only had Emily at the time and she kinda lazied around with me and then escaped to Mom’s room when she was sleepy LOL.

Thursday was when I picked my boys up, brought them home and then went to the mall for Fashion Night. It was a really fun event. Too bad we didn’t get to eat anything since the herds of people (who didn’t even attend the show) all got in line. It was insane, heh.

The kiddos and I had a quiet weekend at home that week. My love got home Saturday afternoon :). It was SO NICE to have him home, and cuddling and just being together ♥.

Oh yes, I don’t know if I’d mentioned it already: we got a new kitty named Kika! Another Maine Coon. She’s finally warming up to us. She despises Ruffles, probably because he beats her up every chance he gets. Grr.

Aly had Grandparent’s Day lunch this past Monday. Both the grandmas and myself went. It was actually really pleasant :).

The rest of the week was pretty normal. Spending time with the girlies and my babe all week, doing our usual routine :). I did my motherly duties early Wednesday night and put the girls to bed and mom babysat. My love and I were invited to Frida’s for Retro night and it was super fun :). My love even bought me a rose, aww!

It was Mario’s weekend with the kids so I kept busy. We had a Mixer at work Thursday night so I made my appearance and came home with my love :). We were invited to watch the game but we stayed home and ate junk from Jack In the Box and caught up on our shows instead :). Friday was a GREAT day at work! Sponsorships and exhibitors started coming in for one of my events and I’m so relieved. It’s always nerve wracking having to wait! I just hope every day is like Friday; then we’ll fill up for sure!

Since my love and I went to work together that day (and had lunch together at Espi’s :D), I went to make a payment at Conn’s after work (man, I can’t wait to get ish paid off!), and then I went to Old Navy since I had a coupon. I’m really upset, though, that I let $15 worth of coupons expire! Grr! BUT, I did find the two dresses I wanted for months in my size and I scooped them up before I couldn’t find them again later (like that darn black/white flowy blouse I wanted, grr.) I know “winter” (ha!) is coming and I should be buying slacks since none of mine fit but 3 pairs (the others fit me big! Hallelujah!), but it’s just so much easier and cheaper buying dresses then it is to buy slacks and a blouse. Plus, I get to wear my cute shoes :P.

I picked up my babe and Michelle called that they were at Jalapeños. Oh, that place. Strongest Margaritas (and cheapest! $1!) on the PLANET. Not joking. We went over for an hour, since his boys were on their way to the house (someone was in a hurry!). Sure enough, just like last time, darn things hit me FAST. We got home and I PASSED OUT. Then I woke up, spoke to my kiddos and couldn’t fall asleep till 2:30am. GRR!

The next morning I had my usual brunch with Sally :). We went to Le Peep this time since Jimmy’s was packed. Then we went to Lowe’s and I came home. Mom had already fed the boys and I went to HEB to grocery shop. Got home, unloaded, and started cleaning the house since we were having guests over for the boxing fight. My love got home, we finished cleaning and then we prepped the food for the BBQ. It was an exciting fight, and it was great sitting outside on the back porch watching the huge screen and eating great food :). Reminds me of our Autumn and Winter last year. I really look forward to seasons and holidays with my love and the kids, more than ever :)!

As for today, we woke up, bought menudo and barbacoa and watched football and even got to catch up on XFactor. It’s been a great, lazy day. I had time to organize my closet and plan a few of my outfits for the week :).

I need better shelves for my shoes and I need to downsize on the tank tops, heh. I didn’t even want to get the other side of the closet in the pic since it’s an unruly mess of scrapbooking boxes :P.

Mario called me around 5pm that my poor Emmos was stung by a jellyfish at the beach :(. I didn’t even know they were over there and I almost flipped out, but I kept calm. I just hope my little lady isn’t in too much discomfort. I miss them all :(! And it sucks that I’m not there to make her better, but she’ll be with me tomorrow ♥.

I got to cut my Babe’s hair earlier this evening and then I showered. When we’re walking down the hallway we embrace and he cups my face in his hands, pulls me away to look at me and says, “You’re so pretty! I like when you’re not wearing makeup.” How wonderful is that man?? He compliments me like, 50 times a day. It’s the best feeling, ever :).

We just ate dinner; buffalo chicken and mashed potatoes. I bought this Knorr seasoning packet where you toss chicken and the seasonings in a bag and bake for 35 minutes and it came out pretty darn good. Jorge and the boys cleaned their plates, so that’ll be something I’ll be buying more often :).

I’m going to finish watching this game with my love (which really means I’m going to browse through Pinterest while he watches, heh) and then we’ll hopefully get to catch up on The Voice. Maybe. I feel so sleepy! Here’s hoping this next week is a great one and I hope Monday has mercy on me!