Category: Jorge

Thursday morning, the 3rd, was like any other: scrambled to get ready, drove to work and listened to KTex on the way there. They were talking about the Lady Antebellum concert. I listened, wistfully. It was the 2nd concert recently that we wouldn’t be going to. We’d missed the Cold Cans Tour (Dierks Bently, Jarrod Neimann, Eli Young Band ) and now Lady Antebellum because we were grown-up and responsible and gave extra payments on bills. *shakes fist at adulthood*

But, alas, they’re just concerts, we’d go some other time.

That day at work was MUCH LESS stressful than the day before, thank goodness. I secured 2 more exhibitors, lost another, so we were really pretty much back to where we were before. Which sucks a little, since all those new exhibitors could have put us way over our goal !

But anyway. Around 3pm Michelle YouTubed “Need You Now” and she sighed, “I really want to go to that concert.” She lights up and says, “I can’t believe I hadn’t thought of this!” And begins to dial her ex-mom-in-law’s phone. She works for a company that was sponsoring the concert and she told her that yes, she could most likely get tickets. I mouthed “Ask if she can get 3!” from across the room. I know Jorge had said he wasn’t very into them, but I wanted him to go, too.

We waited on pins and needles for what felt like forever. Finally, around 4:30 she calls back and says, yes, she got 2 tickets. I was elated! I felt bad that my babe couldn’t go, though . Going to a concert together’s something I’d been wanting to do, but beggars can’t be choosers :(.

I rushed out of work and went straight to pick up the kiddos to have our traditional dinner together on Thursday night. The girls wanted McDonald’s so that’s what we got :). We ate and talked about our day. The kids all wanted an ice cream cone before we left, so they got one and then I dropped them off.

I got home, changed as quickly as I could and called Michelle. She was ready and coming to pick me up so we could pick up the tickets. I went outside on the porch where Jorge was having a smoke and on his iPad. He already seemed a little upset, which I was certain would happen, but hoping wouldn’t. I felt even guiltier and almost wanted to just stay home, but I’d promised Michelle and didn’t want to be an awful friend and bail. She got here and we left.

We picked up the tickets and went straight to the State Farm Arena. It was starting to get cold, but we didn’t want to have to haul our sweaters so we left them behind. We started the seemingly mile-long trek to the arena. We get there, finally, and are sent right back to drop off my darn camera! I was so pissed. I’d forgotten that they don’t allow “big” cameras there. The explanation I got was the “big” cameras with “a lot” of zoom aren’t allowed, but the “flat” ones are. I was so annoyed. So there we go, all the way back to the car.

When we finally got back, we got in line to get a Margarita (more like, strawberry syrup–they were awful!) and we found our seats. I saw two of Junior’s friends and several people I’ve met through work. And then the concert started and it was WONDERFUL!! Lady Antebellum sound so great live!

Here’s the Magic Disappearing/Reappearing Piano. Michelle and I kept freaking out because we’d be looking at someone sing and then BAM–all of a sudden the piano was there again. It was funny at the time, hehe.

I’m still really upset I only got crappy pictures and video on my EVO! But, it was a great night, and a great concert :)! I couldn’t stop telling Michelle thank you :).

She drove us back home and she shared stories about her family. And then we joked about how I was going to ask Jorge for forgiveness for going somewhere without him, heh.

He was in bed when I got home. I snuggled up to him and he acted nonchalant, but I could tell he was still a little bothered. I ended up crashing out and he later told me he moved to his side of the bed because he still felt like being mad at me (heh) but he pulled me over to him when he felt my feet were ice-cold and warmed them up between his, aw !

We talked through text a little bit more the next morning while we were each at work and everything was completely right again :). He said he was okay with me going, but he was just a little upset because we haven’t really gone anywhere without the other. I did remind him though, that he said he didn’t like their songs, bwaha.

I had a few errands to run during lunch and once lunch was over the day kind of dragged on. Didn’t help that everyone was gone by about 3 because of their hours and it was so darn quiet. I blasted out of there as soon as I could (people seem to remember things right at 4:50 and decide to call, grr). I was so glad to be home. I called the kiddos, who’d be with Mario that weekend while I made dinner. Jorge got home with his boys and we ate dinner, then he played on his iPad and I did website stuff while watching TV on the couch ?. I renewed Pixydust for 2 more years that night :). I attempted to blog at the time, and I did, but that was the blog for the week before! (I never have time to catch up. At least I’m making an effort now, though :P.)

I went outside with my babe. It was becoming super cold so I came inside and changed into my pink fleece PJ pants, my pink fuzzy boots and my pink fuzzy robe. I got so comfy I was beginning to get sleepy, but he wanted me to stay awake with him a bit longer so he made me some hot Abuelita chocolate ?.

Oh, yes. You know I threw in tons of marshmallows :D!

I slept in a bit a little the next morning. My babe had to work the next day, and made sure to playfully bother me because I got to sleep in and he didn’t. Mom had fed the boys so I got to sleep in a little more…until Ruffles woke me by chewing on my hair .

I had my coffee while I paid bills online and then surfed the web. It was getting later, so I reluctantly got ready. I looked outside and it was still overcast and I assumed it was cold, since I was freezing inside the house. I put on my jeans, boots and grabbed a blouse and one of my cute scarves. I walk outside and realize the weather has tricked me; it’s warm. As annoyed as I was I wanted to get everything over with, so I left for the bank.

I went to HEB to get a few groceries and was almost side-swiped by a silver Mercedes on the way over there. Grr. I bought myself some nail polish as a consolation prize for having to suffer through grocery shopping and tried not feeling guilty about it. Yes. Even buying 2 nail polishes that equaled to $4 gave me buyer’s remorse. But I told myself it would be for the girls, too, so I felt better :).

I got home and made lunch for the boys. They’d wanted those turkey/bacon grilled cheese sandwiches, so I made them.

I did some laundry after we finished eating and then I rushed to Walmart to get an oil change. Since the oil filter that my van uses had some recall and those are the only ones Walmart Auto Service carries, I couldn’t get the darn change done. Mom’s prescription wouldn’t be ready for an hour, either. Darn Walmart, ruining my productive day!

My babe got home later on and we watched a UFC fight outside. I can’t remember how late we stayed up. I’m usually an old lady lately and start falling asleep pretty fast =\.

The next day I made us our omelets and we spent the whole day cleaning. We seriously cleaned the house from top to bottom, every single room. And then we go into the bedroom and we find this:

He’s a smug little bugger! Must be nice!

As tired as we were at the end, it was so satisfying sitting down and enjoying the fruits of our labor :).

I’m kind of dozing off right now (there’s the old lady I was talking about…) so I think I’ll publish this entry. If I’m lucky, I’ll get a chance to update tomorrow and I’ll be caught up with last week :P.

I’ll start this post by saying that Friday night, the 4th, I renewed my domain for another 2 years :)! I usually only renew for a year at a time, but…I had a coupon, heh. 2 years for $16? Can’t beat that.

Pixydust.net will officially be 10 years old on November 16th. I can’t believe it! Even though I slowed down a bit in recent years with blogging I’m really glad I never let the domain go ♥.

I left off on October 29th. Mom and I packed snacks for the kiddos (grapes, Doritos, pretzels, pears, waters) and we got in the car to find a park to go to. I figured the one on Daffodil would be packed, I forgot about the one on Daffodil that’s closer to the house, so we went to the one on Nolana since we were going to Walmart afterwards. It’s a small park, but it was empty except for a dad and his little boy and toddler girl. Mom took a walk and I took turns with the girls, “catching them” at the end of the slides. Jaylen hung out mostly with Emily and Eenan did his teenage thing and watched videos on his phone and listened to music. It’s so…gosh, I can’t even explain it. Weird, shocking nervewracking? Heh, I can’t explain it. It’s just amazing that I have a 12-year-old boy and he’s becoming this little teenager. He has his moments, but he really has matured in the past year ♥.

Emily made friends with the little blonde-curled toddler girl :). She loves “babies”. She wants to befriend all the little kids she sees :).

The kids had their snacks and then we packed up and went to Walmart. Eenan and I got down to pick the pumpkins. Of course we wouldn’t find very attractive ones as it was 2 days before Halloween, heh. We finally found two big ones that weren’t too wilty. They didn’t have the medium sized ones in stock at all, but we found the only bag of tiny ones they had. The girls and Eenan wanted to paint those, and Jaylen wanted to carve one. We took an extra big one in case Jorgie, Justin or Nick wanted to carve another. They’d just carved some earlier that day. We got a carving kit and the few groceries we’d need for dinner and went home since we were expecting Jorge’s family :). We’d planned a movie night outside on the porch on the projector. A cheesy movie that wouldn’t really scare the kids. “Killer Clowns from Outer Space” was the movie of choice, heh.

I got home and made some chili. Everyone got here and I served everyone dinner while my babe and Javi got the movie on the screen. Briana and the boys brought with them the pumpkins they’d carved and displayed them on the porch ledge and lit a pumpkin spice scented candle in each. It smelled like Autumn ♥. When everyone finished eating, the adults grabbed lawn chairs and the kids got a spot on the exercise mats Jorge put on the floor for them. We got each kid a blanket, Jorge brought out several bowls of popcorn and Briana brought cookies. The kids were surprisingly into the movie!

Alaethia politely reminded me every-so-often that I had promised they’d paint their pumpkins. I waited till the movie was about half way and then I got the box of paints out.

The movie finished shortly after and then the boys started getting everything ready to carve their pumpkins.

Jorge’s family left a little while after and we sat outside with the kiddos while they degutted the pumpkins. The girls went inside with Mom since it started to get chillier. The boys each slowly went back inside until only Justin was left carving a pumpkin, but he didn’t mind. I told my love it was a great night for Abuelita chocolate…and he made some for us !

It was great :). I got sleepy right after that and went inside to watch TV and crashed out. I woke up a while later, I can’t remember why now, but I went outside and saw my babe had strung the lights up with all the kids’ pumpkins. It looked so nice!

We sat outside recounting moments of that great day. I felt so blessed . It truly felt like Halloween and fall and family :).

I can’t remember much from the next morning (Jorge and I are trying to remember right now, heh). We remember our traditional Sunday omelet. Eenan wanted one too, so I made him one even though all the kids had eaten :). And here’s where we’re drawing a blank, up until I texted Briana so everyone could come over for lunch and cupcakes. I’d promised Javi strawberry cheesecake cookies, so I was making those, too. Briana texts back that they’re in Mission and on their way. Oops! I was just starting with the Mummy Dogs, but I figured I’d have enough time to do everything.

Everyone got here and the kids played and everyone lounged around. The first batch of Mummies came out and they were a hit, even with the adults, heh.

I started on the strawberry cheesecake cookies and realized I didn’t have white chocolate chips. I let everyone know I’d be right back, took Emily with me because she wanted to tag a long and headed to Family Dollar. Emily had fallen asleep, so I lugged her inside and lo and behold: no white chocolate chips. Grr.

I go to Target next since it’s nearby and go straight to the baking section. That was the fastest trip to Target of my life. I didn’t allow myself to get distracted :P.

I start baking the cookies and the first dozen comes out. There were none left by the time I finished putting the next batch in. Javi really liked them, hehe.

We only got to have cookies since the family needed to go. It was so fun though, that whole weekend. I took my kiddos to La Joya later that evening and on the way back I saw a shooting star! Hadn’t seen one of those in a while!

When I got back Jorge asked, “Do you want to pick something up for dinner, Babe? You’ve been in the kitchen all day.” I thought it was a great idea. We got Church’s :). We all ate and then I did stuff around the site, like adding a “Like” button. I’d really like to get a new layout up by my 10th anniversary, but you know how that goes!

It was Halloween the next day. I had agreed to let Emily spend Halloween over there since I had them last year. I was trying my hardest to be fair and civil, but it really bothered me that my kiddos weren’t going to be here with me this year .

That morning at work went by quickly. We’re having to wrap things up for this next event. I was going to munch on stuff at work for lunch since my stomach felt weird but Michelle told me to accompany her and we’d share a Palenque Bowl from Palenque Chicken. OMG. It was so good, heh.

I got a call from the kids’ school that afternoon around 3:45 that poor Alaethia was still in the front office. She missed the bus. Jaylen was on it, and she wasn’t. Of course, nobody wanted to take blame for it but I had nice “I told you so’s” to share with Mario and his mother. THAT’S why I wasn’t ok with my poor baby taking the bus, as much as they say SHE wants to go. I’m just happy they didn’t put her on a different bus :(. Sonia went for her eventually (again, if she could go, I don’t know why she can’t do it all the time!)

I went to HEB to pick up sushi stuff. My babe was kinda down about not spending Halloween with the kiddos, too, so we figured we’d have a movie and sushi night ♥.

As I was rolling the sushi, Mario shows up with the kiddos. I was so happy :*).

That was nice of him. I was surprised, really, and I appreciated it :D. Almost made up for my baby girl being left at school for 30 minutes. Almost. Not quite.

We ate dinner and then Jorge and I got comfy on the sofa to watch TV…and crashed out immediately!! That’s how we spent our Halloween, buaha!

The Annual Banquet was the next day. I got all my stuff ready and took it with me so I could change at work. Darryl “the Moose” Johnston, former player for the Dallas Cowboys, was the speaker so we were dressing in Cowboys jerseys and t-shirts and jeans. I don’t really go for anyone in football and wasn’t about to spend $60 on a jersey, but I got a cute t-shirt and I was thrilled about wearing jeans :).

I met my love at Old Navy for work since he was going to go with me and he needed jeans. We found them really quickly (30% off, too!) and then I took him to lunch at Palenque Chicken, heh. It was so good and inexpensive, $12 for both of us! It’s so nice to just unwind with him during lunch :).

I stayed till 5 that day and covered the front desk since Rosie and everyone needed to go home to change. I got to change and be in jeans at work, heh. I had a few things to lug with me and went to the Convention Center to meet everyone. I got sent back a while later since they forgot a bottle of wine, and since we’d be selling roses for a fundraiser and had them in this awful 5-gallon bucket, I found a nice black satin tablecloth to cover it with.

My babe was running late, and when he finally got there they were going to separate us. Neither of us was too happy with that idea, so he went to chill out with his work buddies. I’m glad he did. I would have felt even more guilty that he got dressed up and everything =\.

We sold roses later on. I was kinda annoyed thinking I had to do it on my own, but another co-worker and the boss’ daughter did it, too. I actually sold most of my roses until they called me to do something else. We got to eat (wasn’t too happy about it, hotdogs and burgers, blah) and I didn’t see the nachos or pretzels so I didn’t get any LOL. I woulda been much happier with the latter!

I ended up being moved to the silent auction and once that was done we cleaned up, went back to work and unloaded and THEN I could come home. My babe was still a little upset about the whole thing, and I started getting upset and quickly went into panic mode because it was exactly a year to the hour since The Big Drama happened last year. I was actually a lot…calmer than I thought I would be on that night, but I owe it to keeping busy all day. I didn’t have time to “think” too much. But we were okay and we were together and in our soft bed and comfy sheets ♥. All was wonderful again by the next morning :).

I was so stressed out at work. One sponsor dropped because they’re closing their business. Another changed marketing directors and the new one didn’t include our event on their calendar. OMG I was so mad. And THEN, another company wanted to drop out too because my contact is just…awful. I knew she was going to be trouble as soon as I started dealing with her. I was about to lose my shit and texted Jorge to tell him how stressed I was. He asked when I was going to lunch and told me he’d meet me. He surprised me by showing up at my work ! We drove to Espi’s together and I just spewed everything out, everything that happened. He listened, offered advice and listened some more. And then he told me to forget everything and just enjoy lunch, so I did :). I was so grateful that he went out of his way to make me feel better.

I reluctantly went back to work. I wished Jorge could stay with me, or I could go with him, heh. But the day got better; my boss dealt with the sponsor and I got about 3 new exhibitors.

My Emily was brought to me 😀 and I made us dinner. We all got in our PJ’s and went to Walmart to get goodies and catfood, heh. We browsed around and then went home and watched XFactor. Emily fell asleep on my lap and Jorge took her to her bedroom where she stayed all night ♥. We finished watching the show and sat together enjoying each other’s company. We both expressed how we’d like every day to be like that :).

I couldn’t help but think to myself how much better this November 2nd was compared to last year. And we both agreed: it’s only going to get better :).

I was sitting here, quietly tapping the keys, trying to figure out where to start and it hit me that: I used to be so much better at this blogging thing 5 years ago! How the heck would I remember so much crap? Especially those times when I’d update weekly, as I have been. Old age, how I loathe thee…

Anyway, Monday was a rush in the morning, like always due to our meeting, and then the rest of the day draaaaaged on. It was awful. But after work Emmos, Mom and I visited Gramma and decorated her room for Halloween :). We stayed while she ate dinner and Mom helped her and then we came home and I started making dinner: baked chicken with gravy and green bean casserole. My Babe got home and we all ate dinner and then, after stalling for a few hours, we finally worked out…after 2 whole weeks of not doing anything. We’d been doing so well, too!

I felt refreshed the next morning since we went to bed early. I was greeted by Rosie, as I usually am, heh, and she’d brought the Coach bag she’d been telling me about. I fell in love! She’d only used it a few times and had a matching wallet. And I could give her payments!!

It’s gawjus!

If I recall correctly, I think that was the morning I went out to recruit more exhibitors for my event. I got a few people saying they were interested, but I’d have to wait during the week to see if I’d get any calls. I got back to work and it was already time to go to lunch, so I went to pay a bill. I stopped by Michael’s right afterwards and bought a few supplies to make an autumn wreath. I love some of the ones they had, but no way was I about to spend $30-$80. I didn’t even want to spend $15. There were a few wreaths outside in the bins and I found one that wasn’t too ugly. I’d have to pluck out a few broken twigs and leaves, but with a nice bow and some glittery leaves and beads I was sure I could make it look better. I found all those things, and the little flower pots I needed for a project and braced myself; the wreath I got didn’t have a price tag. The line at the register was taking forever and I was SUPER nervous about getting to work late, but when it was finally my turn and the cashier rang up the wreath at $14.99 and gave it to me for $4.99 because of the broken leaves I felt much better!! All the supplies for the wreath came out to about $7 total! AND I made it to work with 2 minutes to spare!

I ate lunch in a flash and the rest of my day went by pretty fast. I got home and got some ice cream from the Ice Cream Man, per Emily’s request. That’s one of her favorite things, and I was so glad she was cooperative when I told her we were putting them in the freezer till after dinner, heh. I made enchiladas while I started on my wreath. Emily sat right next to me and “helped” :). Here are the pieces:

And here is the completed wreath:

Now I totally want to make a Christmas one!

My babe got home and we ate while we watched XFactor and then a movie, but I can’t remember which one because I fell asleep, buaha.

What I remember about Wednesday was that work was FREEZING. I could NOT get comfortable and that’s because I took a sweater with me. I was grateful that work was over that day, I remember that much, heh.

I met Patches from KTEX that day when I stopped by a store on my way home to enter a raffle for the Cold Can’s tour. I was too busy being responsible when we had extra money and paid more on a bill instead of buying the tickets when Jorge told me to. *sigh* Of course we didn’t win LOL.

I rushed home to spend time with Emmos before Mario picked her up. I went to HEB to get a few things once it was confirmed that Jorge’s mom, Javi, Briana and the kids were visiting that night. It was the quickest trip to HEB, ever, thank God. Under 30 minutes! No matter what I need to buy, it always takes over an hour there, grr.

I got home and started on the lasagna and prepared the salads and garlic bread. Jorge got here just as the family was and I was about done layering the lasagna. It was great seeing everyone and we caught up on stuff (drama, life in general, etc.) and once we ate we watched “Walking Dead”. They only got to stay a bit since Nick had school the next morning, but it was nice :).

I went in late the next day since I had to cut back a few hours. I took my time getting ready and making my coffee :). I got a few more exhibitors that day and started calling up on people to make sure they were still on board. My boss and I had a meeting and cross-referenced our lists; he had a few more exhibitors I didn’t know about! So that’s great. Now I just need to get…22 more. Ay Dios Mio!

I got out of work and went straight to pick up the kiddos. I braved Peter Piper Pizza alone with them and they did really well :). Emily, my little tornado, had a few moments (she didn’t want to leave the little car she was riding when the food was ready so she screamed, and when it was time to leave she had a small fit, too–but she did really well otherwise!).

I behaved myself and had two thin pieces of pizza that equaled to one :P. They played a while and I took them back to Mario’s. I got home, my babe ate while we did a crossword on his iPad and then we went to Red Mango. We drove around and saw some projects he’s working on and then we came home and enjoyed our frozen yogurts while we watched Pirates of the Caribbean.

The weather on Friday was AWESOME. It was 60 degrees out. I wanted nothing more than to be lazy under the covers with my babe, reading a book and drinking Abuelita chocolate! But I had a meeting to get ready for and prepared my layouts and exhibitor lists and went to pick up DELIA’S TAMALES for my lunch meeting!!! We had some coffee and I (only) had 3 LOL. We’re doing pretty well with our upcoming event, but we still have a bit to go. I hope everything goes smoothly since we have about 20 days to go!

I got out early and picked up the kiddos. We stopped by Walmart to get some stuff for dinner. Of course I ended up with tons of extra stuff they threw in the cart >_<. I get home and realize we have tons of leftovers and the kids got Lunchables so I didn't have to cook! That's always great, heh. The girls and I sat outside with Jorge in the cool breeze while he watched the Rangers game. I came inside once Junior and Rick joined him to watch movies with the kiddos. The girls fell asleep with Mom, Jaylen was busy playing XBox so it was just Eenan and me. We took forever picking something and eventually he chose "6Teen" LOL. Of course I'd end up falling asleep. I woke up around 1:30am because my leg was hurting (I fell asleep with it uncovered, grr) and Eenan was already asleep. I washed my face and then I was fully awake so I went outside with the guys. I caught the end of "Gattica" I think it was and once Jr. left we came inside and went to bed. I COULD NOT fall asleep!! I woke up when Jorge did this morning and ironed his pants. I couldn't go back to sleep so I went to HEB to get milk and a stuff to make tortilla soup with. It's the perfect weather for it! I made the kiddos banana pancakes, which they requested, and bacon. I'm so proud of myself; I only had one small pancake and 2 strips of bacon (What? I can't say no to bacon!!) and my coffee of course but I used the "Skinny" creamer Briana gave me. I'm gonna have to get some more, it's really good! The hours flew by. By the time I knew it, it was time to make lunch and then the girls and I picked up my babe from work since he was nearby and was going to have lunch at home ♥. Don't wanna brag, but, that was some AWESOME tortilla soup! We lazied around and then Emily and I dropped him off and put gas in the van. And now it's 5pm and the girls want to go to the park and I still have to get the kids their pumpkins to carve/paint. It's gonna be a great night!