Christmas Idea...

Some of those who read this blog are family/friends/husband. If you are looking for the perfect gift for me this holiday season...here ya go!

I wear a size 7.5 or 8.

Safe = Dangerous

Not much to report. Just a hilarious video of our weird kids (aka dogs).
We bought a safe today...for safety reasons. The dogs felt it was more of a threat than a safety measure...
**Note: We are not torturing them, they enjoy this type of play and start it most of the time. Notice that both of their tails are wiggling. We also live in a dog friendly neighborhood and their barking is probably nothing compared to some of our neighbors. In our area, letting them bark a few times is not a big deal. Thank heavens!

Beach Fun!

My doctor warned me about this. Because my immune system was so low when I had pneumonia, they mentioned to me that I might can really sick afterwards with normal viruses. Especially since I work with kids. So today I woke up with a sore throat and my ears plugged. I'm not fully congested yet so I'm pounding glasses of water and taking vitamins to shorten the length of this disaster. Before this morning however, I felt great!
Friday night we headed out to Disneyland to meet up with some Disney buddies I haven't seen in years! We had so much fun catching up with all of them. When we all first met we were 13 to 16 years old. Now we all have careers, husbands, wives, houses, and soon probably children...crazy!
Saturday was a good/bad day. UCLA lost...no...not lost...they were killed. But they totally deserved it. They didn't show up for that game...horrible...horrible. So to lick our wounds, we headed out to see the new Coen Brothers Film, Burn After Reading.
We saw this movie for two reasons: 1) No Country for Old Men was great. 2) George Clooney and Brad Pitt.
It was okay. Hard to follow up on such an amazing film but it did have its hilarious moments. Brad Pitt was hilarious. The characters were a little oversimplified compared to their other films but it was pretty suspenseful in certain scenes.
Sunday was our fun day. We packed up the kids bright and early and headed out for Hunington Beach's Dog Beach. We had found a group of local cocker spaniel owners who have these get-togethers. It was pretty entertaining to have 10 cocker spaniels taking over the local mutt and greet location. Here are some photos:

Our water baby, we couldn't keep her out of the stuff.

So many cockers!
They are taking over!
Lily and Tucker became very good buddies.

Running for all he's worth.
Group shot, took awhile to organize all those puppies.

She never wanted to leave.

Great shot of her running.
Cute shot.

My kids.

It was such a great day. It took about 2 hours of shampooing to get all the sand out of them but then they slept like rocks for 3-4 hours. So worth it.

So hopefully I get over whatever I have right now really fast because we have day game this weekend and those are really tough on their own. Especially going into it after a game like this past Saturday. We also signed up for the CHOC Walk, I can not wait for this! So anybody going, lets meet up!

I was looking forward to summer being over so we'd have more weekends to lay around, but then football season and family get-togethers have us busy once again. Our calender is booking up!

Oh...and we bought a lemon tree. Dunno why but that makes me happy!!

Couch Watch 2008

I write this blog with no fun pictures, no fun plans, no fun weekend notes....I write this blog with pneumonia.

That's right....I got pneumonia. I've never been this sick in my entire life.

I missed our game yesterday, watched it on TV. I basically haven't moved from the couch since Friday. My doctors warned me how weak I'd get as my body fights the infection but holy cow! I had no idea how useless I'd be. I just sleep and sleep. I don't "feel" sick but my fever (on and off) tells me otherwise.

Oh and never let a loved on take Levaquin under any circumstances. I had the worst reaction to the stuff only to go online and find all the lists of class action lawsuits against the stuff...now my bones are aching beyond aching and this could last several months for me. Mr. Bumblebee is already looking into filing a suit because no where on my prescription is the black box label warning that it is required to have on it....


...it's been a fun weekend.

Doggie Day Care

I feel so bad leaving the dogs alone for so long, esp. if I'm working a lot. So on Monday we decided to treat them to a day of doggie daycare. I already know Tess doesn't enjoy this. Like I said, she'd prefer humans to dogs and a couch to a bridge. But I think they made the most of it and had a good time.

The daycare has cameras so you can watch your furry companions. I couldn't get to a computer but Mr. Bumblebee took web shots and sent them to me via text message during the day. I love his captions.

Our social butterfly starts to actually socialize.
If you've been reading this blog for a while, you will know Tucker is apprehensive about new people. Mr. Bumblebee was pretty excited when he saw that Tucker was actually allowing someone to pet him. This is a huge break through!

They were exhausted when we picked them up. During our short 20 minute commute home, they were out by the time we got to the freeway. There is that yucky tongue again.

I vacuumed that night and while usually they chase down the vacuum with intent to kill, this night they just laid on the couch and watched it go back and forth, not even lifting their heads.

We will be doing doggie daycare more often.

Weekend Recap - Sunday

So basically, since I'm cool and a Disneyland nerd, I got special Family/Friend passes to Company D. Company D is the "Disney Store - Discount" for Disneyland Cast members. It is all the merchandise that doesn't sell in the park. It is all marked at 50% or more off. I was so excited to go because this is my "thing" and I've never been.

P.S. Check out that new top....pretty cute huh?

I love it!

I really have no serious reason to dislike Ashley Tisdale. I know her from high school and we never clicked. She tried out for numerous drama productions and I always was casted over her. I always fought her for my roles and I always won. But I'd lie if I did say that I was somewhat gleeful when I saw at least 3 boxes full of "Sharpay" dolls at the discount center marked for under 10 bucks. Haha! I'm wrong...I know.
Well, since we were just down the street from the parks, we decided to stop by. We don't go there just because we are nerds. We go there to pig out. It was hot and nothing is as refreshing as a Dole Pineapple float (4.50). It's a 16oz cup filled with fresh pineapple juice topped with pineapple frozen yogurt. Tasty goodness. We enjoyed our floats while cooling down in the Tiki Room which was actually crowded for once.
Then we decided to hit Haunted Mansion, another air conditioned ride, and I got a whiff of the Churros (3.00). Being Mexican, I am picky about them. And it sounds silly but I really think that Disneyland has some of the best churros out there. It must be a regional thing. A few years ago at Walt Disney World, we only saw 1 churro stand in the whole resort. All 5 parks, 2 water parks, and one mall and only 1 churro stand. And the Churro was horrible.

After we rode Haunted Mansion we decided to head home but I'll give you a little bit of Disney trivia. The Haunted Mansion is known for pranks because it is so dark. Several decades ago, two boys brought on a beebee gun and shot at the ballroom scene. Well, there is about 3 inches of glass in front of you which is also almost 3 stories tall. Instead of removing the whole glass, the designers just painted a spiderweb over the crack the beebee created. Interesting huh?

....well it is to me.

Weekend Recap - Saturday

We got up early Saturday morning and headed to the Rainbow Store. My beloved pets had devoured 2 pairs in 2 weeks and I needed replacements. I can't say it was there fault. I left them out. In our house, anything on the ground when left alone for longer that 2 hours is fair game for Tess and Tucker.

Afterwards we decided to take the "kids" to the dog park to get some wiggles out. Usually it's nuts at the park on the weekends but to our pleasant surprise, it was dead. The kids romped and chased. Tess is kind of our "special" kid. She isn't big in interacting with other dogs. She just stalks around smelling poles dreaming of ligers. Tucker is "dog-park security". Anytime a new dog enters he must greet them and give them the run around.

I'm pretty sure Tucker has the longest tongue ever...it's kinda gross.

After the dogs were worn out we dropped them off at home and headed out to Westwood. YAY!

UCLA football scrimmage at Drake Stadium. Not my favorite stadium, no good food! Overall, I'm just going to say that I am "optimistic" about this season.

....HEY! It's a rebuilding year for us!! haha.

My sister was set on finding a hot UCLA football player boy toy all day long. Being recently single, she's ready to jump back into the game. GO B.B.!

Not too many exciting opportunities were available. The girlfriends swarmed their players like flies on poop. They were so busy grabbing their "honey's" hand and rubbing his back as he signed autographs. However, we did run into the new coach, Rick who is thinner that the last time I met him. This picture makes me blue/gold blooded daddy proud (if he turns out to be a decent coach).

After the scrimmage we headed out to 3rd St. for dinner and shopping. I found an adorable tank top from a fashion boutique, Kira Plastininia, that was started be a 15 year old Russian girl. Amazing!

Recently, Victoria Secrets has jumped onto the wagon for collegiate wear and is now selling NCAA clothing. I got one of the 2 styles they have for UCLA a month ago and got the second style on Saturday night. They are perfect because they are so thin, but for day games they are perfect.
After that we dropped my sister back at her place and headed home to ours. No rainbows perished today. YAY!

Weekend Recap - Friday

Remember back to when there was the Stamp Unveiling...through a slew of fortunate events, I ended up getting 2 tickets into Disneyland that would expire on the 15th of August. Family and friends bailed out on me and then I remembered my coworker V. We met up with V and her hubby R one night after work for Happy Hour and we all got along great. After talking all night we found out the R is from the same neck of the woods that Mr. Bumblebee and I are from. Mr. Bumblebee even went to the same high school as R. So I asked if they were interested in meeting us there on Friday night and they were game!

I have never been so happy that other people flaked on me. Inviting R and V was the best idea ever! They are basically carbon copies of Mr. Bumblebee and I. We have the same humor, style, look on life, and grasp on reality. It was a joyous night and it better happen again soon!!

Here is our photo from Space Mountain, V...please don't kill me.

R and V are behind Mr. Bumblebee and I.

Ya, we are a wild bunch.

U-C-L-A

FOOTBALL SEASON!

I love summer. There are people who gripe about not having four seasons in Southern California but I would love for summer all year long. But as much as I love summer, there is one aspect of Fall that I can not live without. Bruin Football! We've been season ticket holders forever and it really has become part of who I am. My other friends and even my ILS don't understand since neither parents of mine went to UCLA and we are such huge supporters but we believe in the school and we believe in the program which is why we support it.

This weekend if fall scrimmage. Our first game this year is on a Monday, Labor Day. We always tailgate and have some amazing food. I'm so stoked. GO BRUINS!

Olympics!

No....I'm not talking about those Olympics. I'm talking about these Olympics.
So cute! Tess is sooo going into training for these ;).