The New Year is Approaching

Wow, it's 2:53AM and I'm still up--I can't sleep. I think I'm dreading going back to work on Wednesday and with the time off that I have had I've managed to seriously screw up my sleep schedule. I know I'll be feeling it when I can't sleep on Tuesday and then have to wake up at 5:20AM on Wednesday. Yeah, I bet you can't wait for that blog entry! HA! Well this Saturday Edgar and I went to my Tia's (Aunt) 60th Birthday party in Tustin. We had a jolly old time. The food was really good and it was awesome to listen to the Mariachi band they had performing for everyone. The bartender was this old, short guy with silver hair and I think he was working hard for tips because Edgar and I kept ordering mixed drinks and he was going heavy on the liquor! It was a great night especially spending it with my family. I also got to see my mom and her boyfriend in action on the dance floor. After so many years of being alone and being mis-treated it warmed my heart to see her so happy. I am so glad she has finally found someone who understands her, loves her and accepts me as a part of his family. The interesting thing is he has stepped so much into the "father" role for me that's its been eerily natural. If I mention I need new wiper blades he buys them for me, if I mention that an orange plastic ball melted on the exhaust pipe of my car he goes and takes it off for me (this actually did happen by the way and I don't know how). It felt weird at first, but now I know that if I ever needed anything he would be there in a heartbeat for me...I catch myself thinking, "wow, so this is what it would have been like to have a loving father growing up". Damn I missed out. But my mom tried as hard as she could...all I know is if I ever have children, it's not something I want them to miss out on. Okay, I went off on kind of a LONG tangent there...back to the original post. My Tia's 60th Birthday Party! Here are some photos:



My Mom & Richard




Edgar & I in front of the HUGE Christmas Tree




Family picture with my cousins--My mom's brother's sons and my mom's sister's daughters--we are missing my cousin Mike (my mom's sister's son) and my older brother Steven. Did you get all that?



My Uncle David and Richard in the background



My cousins holding Andrew, the youngest member of the family upside down,(my oldest cousin's son)



My Tia & Tio (Aunt & Uncle)--My Tia Martha in all of her Birthday glory in her hat. She was so worried it was going to mess up her hair :D

So, Edgar and I had a wonderful night with the family. I wonder what's in store for us next year? Geez, I can't believe it's already going to be 2008. :)

Picture Day

So last night Edgar took me to get my Christmas present. I know it's early, but I wanted it so bad. :) I got a digital camera--my first one. I know that sounds crazy, but it's true. When I first met Edgar in 2003 he already had a digital camera so when I needed one, I just used his. Well flashback to the present time and this old digital camera well just wasn't cutting it for me anymore. It has been a great camera, it's a Canon PowerShot S110, 2.1MP and we had an 8MB compact flash card in the camera. Yes, I said 2.1MP and 8MB flash card I know holy cow huh? :) Anyway, I was so excited last night. We went to Circuit City and I got a Sony Cyber-shot DSC-W90. I LOVE it!! It's black, 8.1MP 3X optical Zoom and we bought a 2GB memory card for it. It's also very lightweight and so far, it's taken some great pictures. This morning Edgar and I decided to go to Souplantation for breakfast here are some pictures I took. :D


Here's my first attempt at an artsy fartsy shot of my orange juice.


Here's our little Zoomie posing for me. Please don't mind the pile of white clothes on the bed that I need to fold:


Some Christmas decorations in our apt:


Oh yeah, and my mom and I went to go pick up my dress at David's Bridal today. I was so excited~ :D The dress is so pretty...oooo I love that it's hanging in my mom's closet.


There are going to be A LOT of pictures posted on here from now on. I intend to use this thing as much as I can :) YAY I'm so happy. Thank you Beeboo!!!