Yay For Weekends!!

(Sidenote: Barely any pictures as I would have liked because I didn't have my 2GB SD card, only my 256MB that already had a couple videos/pictures I couldn't delete. Phooey.)

SATURDAY: November 15, 2008
I had a pretty full 2 days off. Family fun sort of things. On Saturday afternoon, I took Nikki and Mariel to meet Jeff after he got off work at the FedEx station for a BBQ. It wasn't just a little grill and some people. Oh no. They had it catered... with a DJ! It was a lot of fun. The food was damn good, especially the BBQ sauce. Just a little bit tangy and spicy. Perfect. They had this HUUUUGE black grill that was attached to the catering truck. It sort of looked like a giant oil drum that had been turned on its side. The guy would lift the lid and smoked would spew out. Tray after tray of chicken, ribs, & beef kept coming out of that thing! Of course, there was potato salad and other healthy things as well. Is potato salad healthy? Maybe borderline? I don't know. What I was looking for, but was surprisingly missing, was macaroni and cheese. What the heck, man? I'm all about my side items. lol

Jeff's co-workers were all so nice. I always enjoy seeing them. ^.^ The weather was great, the food kept coming, music was blazing... so everybody was feeling friggin' fabulous. The girls had fun playing with all the kids and running around in the station, too. I seriously wish I had brought at least my video camera. They were climbing all over the trucks, riding on the palettes, screaming, and running. I'm surprised they didn't knock out early after we got home later that night, because we didn't go straight home after the BBQ. It was still early when it started wrapping up.

So, we went home after... only to change diapers and things like that. Re-stock on diapers. Then we were off again and decided to take them to Japan Center. 'Scuse me. I meant J-Town. It was kind of disappointing, though, because everything was starting to close! It wasn't even 6 yet, if I rememeber correctly. Anyway, Nikki at least got a crepe and Mariel got what was supposed to be MY lychee shake. Since all the shops (Which were filled with sweltering heat. Bastards.) were already shutting down, we drove off into the night again. This time, we were in search of food, so we went to Mel's.

We were doing really well up until the end, when Mariel spilled water all over her and Nikki's side of the booth. At least it was only water, and not something sticky. Oh yea! I've been on a chicken pot pie kick lately. Nothing's been able to beat the one I had at the Blue restaurant, though. The one at Mel's was gargantuan! A man at the next booth had ordered one and his came before mine. I saw it and my eyes bugged out. BUT it was just a big ol' pot pie full of OKAY. Not an adequately sized pot pie full of HOT DAMN!

And that was Saturday. Now, onto today...

SUNDAY: November 16, 2008
Les & Tito Miguel came by today to show us the movie they shot of Mariel's baptism. My uncle love shooting and editing videos. He had 2 video cameras on that day, so he was able to shoot at multiple angles at one. One camera was in a fixed spot by the altar and the other he moved around with the action. The movie he showed us this afternoon isn't the finished product, though, just what he has so far. He says he'll be incorproting more stills, so I gave him a CD copy of the pictures I had taken from my camera. I can't wait to see it when it's done, because what he's got so far is amazing.

Since Les is Mariel's godfather, he has a slot at the end of the movie where he's narrating over some footage of him and Mariel in Marlon Brando's voice. It was hillarious.

After they left, Jeff came over and we (Jeff, Nikki, Mariel, & I) went to pick up my dad at the restaurant. We we to Serramonte for some frozen yogurt. Let me say this again: These places are popping up like weeds! Did some shopping at Target. We actually didn't visit any other stores inside the mall, now that I think about it. Target is a dangerous place for me, though. I did buy some things, but I'll ge to that later.

In & Out burger was our last stop before heading home. I'm not a huge fan, but that's just me. AAaaaanndd... that wraps up that section of this blog.


Purchasing and Technology:
I swear, if I were to give in to what I REALLY want to buy... I'd be completely broke. Anything that has to do with electronics, gadgets, DVDs, computers... dear Lord. I'd be doomed to bankruptcy. This is my current status with the DVDs. Imagine! (PS: That red bowl chair and blanket were birthday gifts from Jeff ^.^ He doesn't care when I just slob around all day.)
Aside from buying another season of Family Guy, I got this little cutie:A Targus table top tripod that extends to about 6 inches and has a head that can rotate 360*. I can even take vertical pictures with this baby! The one I have right now (right on to Tito Boyet for sending it to me) is much taller, but I can only take horizontal pictures. Is that called landscape? Sorry, but I don't know any photography terminology.

Oh! Do you see that black pillar-like thing behind it? The one on the left. That is my life saver.
The Seagate FreeAgent desktop external hard drive. -muah- This has 250GB of storage! Jeff recently had to re-format my computer because I downloaded a game I wasn't s'posed to -innocence smile- I was so lucky that most of what I didn't want to lose was on this thing.

Speaking of which. I made 2 more purchases off Amazon: a backup batter for my camera and a 16GB SDHC card. Let the good times roll!


Okay. Was that enough reading and nerdocity for you? Good. I won't bother you for another few hours. G'nite, folks!

Bad Girl. Baaaad!

First of all, look what husby bought for me while he was doing his route downtown! The Moofia Toki Doki mints! Isn't Mozerella cute?

But look at what's inside! Awww... a little mirror. He had actually bought one for himself with a different character (Bastardino) and, after seeing the mirror, said, "That means there's one inside mine, too. I feel a little gay now." lol He likes it :P


So, after work yesterday, I was trying to turn left to go home... but somehow I turned right and ended up at Serramonte mall. Eeep. Everything was on sale because they're scurrying to draw people back into shopping. Of course I had to take advantage of that desperation :) I bought a lot, but spent so much less than I would have if they hadn't been on sale. There was a lot left despit the fact that I got there at around 7:45, after all the teeny boppers had gotten out of school and ransacked the mall. Luckily for me, the place hadn't been gutted.


The earring were 2 for $8. I really liked the first pair and the second... well, I was trying to venture in to more... erm... adventurous territory.

This gray top is also a bit out of character. I'm very much into t-shirts and jeans. Baggy cargoes if I have the time to hem 'em a bit. I have a bottomless pit of safety pins in my room. I needed a sweater, though.
Black thermal, beaters in black, green, white (2, cause I love 'em), and a cute scarf. There were a bunch of theses carves on the rack and yellow seemed to be the only ones left. I don't know why. It's completely rock star status, in my opinion.
T-Shirts... T-Shirts... T-SHIRTS!!! -wheezing-
The sales lady laughed while she was scanning me out and saw that I had bought this one :)Adorable, menacing, and insulting all in one!Jeff has a "No Animal Prints" rule regarding my wardrobe, but he's just a boy and I'm awesome. Yup. More purples. I bought these together, but actually wasn't considering wearing them together. That would be a very purple outfit, so I don't know. They're cute individually, though.
And that's it for now with the expenditures.

I need to get the girls ready to go to Jeff's FedEx BBQ/ car show. I'll take pictures and videos. Fuuuun! Have a great weekend, everybody!

Halloween '08

The first thing I did on Halloween... the VERY first thing... was to wish my boyfriend a happy birthday. 12 AM. He loves his birthday to no measure. Who wouldn't?? It's friggin' Halloween!

The SECOND thing I did on Halloween was wake up at 6 am to do Nikki's (my cousin) makeup for school . Why so early? Because after, I have to drive her to school, my mom to work, and then come back home to get ready for work by 8:45am. So, yes. Very hectic Halloween morning. I didn't get to START her makeup until 6:45, though.
She was still in the shower and I had to wait. You swear I'd be able to knock out and get back up. Anyway, I started by gluing on the fake wounds. Bite wounds. Bullet wound. What-have-you wounds.
And the the "decaying" skin"...Random things that just popped into my mind at the moment...
-drum roll-

... and the finished product!
I think it came out alright for the time I had. I would have added more blood, but her school has this dumb rule against it. Meh. I'm a little dissatisfied because I really wanted to to more, but I was so crunched for time. There was this paste I had bought that I wanted to put under the gray cream makeup that, when it dried, would have made her skin look like it was cracked and peeling. I wanted to do a better job adhering the wounds to her skin and blending it out more believably. Oh well... maybe next time.

>>> FAST FORWARD>>>
Halloween night, immediately after work:

My Hubby & his birthday present.
Mariel before makeup (not from the actual night, since I don't have a REAL before picture).

Mariel (& my dad) after her makeup and costume were put on.Posing with Lola (who was extremely proud/amused).
Heading out.
Met up with Thea (that 80's girl on the left :P)
Posing at the mall. Sorry, I don't like to be IN the pictures.
(Ok, side short: So, the 5 of us were walking through the mall when I looked over and notice my zombie cousin was no longer with us. I look around, then back. The people working at one of those cart-shops were around her, poking her wounds and going, "eeeww." It made me feel all warm and fuzzy.)

Jeff's turn to take the baby up.She would only say, "trick or treat" while the door was closed. :/

Lastly... a shot of me! G'night! :P