A critic I'm NOT

If you haven't seen this movie, well, it's not thee greatest thing...but it was on today and I remember when I saw it last I laughed at all the chaos that was going on... It was cute... reminded me of certain relatives, situations....but if it's on T.V. or you really HAVE NOTHING ELSE to rent...

I enjoyed Ted Danson in "Cheers" and I like him in this movie.

She is soooooo happy. Grandma doesn't get to visit very much, AND stay at our place. I cleaned from sun up to sun down....that's the good thing about company coming. good excuse to clean EVERYTHING!

Oh My.....

Can you just imagine this scenerio in about a decade???????????? Or of course in MY DREAMS...AFTER COLLEGE!!!

If I can talk to the animals.....

My sister got Tiki a beta fish for her birthday last Dec. She would wake up and feed that fish, talk to "Coco" ...lasted a week maybe. Mom took over. surprise, surprise. Every morning and every evening I give Coco, a small amount of fish food. Not without a whole lotta racket!! As though I'm feeding my small child, cooing, and squealing "Hellllloooo Coco, Goooood Morning"... I PROMISE you....Coco, gets all excited wiggles around flares his side gills...and my husband thinks I need a Therapist. He argues that this fish can NO LONGER HEAR ME. I tell him look how excited Coco is....he WONT EVEN LOOK. I completely NUTS for treating this fish (verbally) like you would a dog, cat or small child.
What does he know.....I think I'll video tape it and let YOU ALL be the boss!!!

All Relative

My Nana used to have a saying when she lost her thought in the middle of a sentence...."Oh Gad, it's gone, outta of the ball park"

Slowly I can say the same about my once perfect eyesight!

WANTED......MORE SPACE!!!!

Looking for a new place is never easy... unless of course it looks like THIS!!

To everything there is a season, a time for every purpose under the sun. A time to be born and a time to die; a time to plant and a time to pluck up that which is planted; a time to kill and a time to heal ... a time to weep and a time to laugh; a time to mourn and a time to dance ... a time to embrace and a time to refrain from embracing; a time to lose and a time to seek; a time to rend and a time to sew; a time to keep silent and a time to speak; a time to love and a time to hate; a time for war and a time for peace.

To my ONE & ONLY...Dean. My Dad was THEE best!!! I have never felt the love, that I had for my Dad. He is DEEPLY Missed, and I was sooo proud to be his daughter. Life with him was like having polarized sunglasses....everything is much more clearer, sharper & exciting.

Since he's been gone, I've been squinting, seeking clarity in beauty around me.

Everything was just RIGHT when we were together, Dad.. I love you and miss you terribly.

Ohhhh Dear....

It's one of those days!! The worst part is always that you can't pinpoint it....the next thing you know, your trying to pinpoint it and come up with everything wrong in your world....then you feel WORSE!!! My favorite saying , short & sweetPAS.."THIS TOO SHALL PASS "and it will.On the positive note....I passed my ParaPro Test so that I can work in the schools ( your supposed to have a BA or AA OR you can take this test) I bought the study guide 4 months ago. Picked it up 2 times...and by GRACE OF GOD ...PASSED. There is Algebra & Geometry (none of which I even took in High school- it wasn't required like it is now) just things that I have NOT DONE IN..UM...well, I won't give that large number away..but believe ME , IT'S LARGE!! I studied the night before for 2 hours (and 24 interruptions from baby girl). Today made resume, and dropped them off, but everyone was like "yeah, just put it over there..." PUT IT OVER THERE??!!! Do they realize how long it took me to DO this resume AND HOW HARD THE TEST WAS???!!! Can't they give me 2 minutes to talk to them??? I guess that started my day. Anyway,I refuse to feel sorry for myself ( for TOO long). I hope for anyone going through the valleys just say to yourself "THIS TOO SHALL PASS"....and it will. :)

THAT'S THE BREAKS!!!!

So THIS IS ALL the pictures I have from my FIRST SURF CONTEST!!! Does it look ANYTHING like a surf contest????Noooooooooooooooo......cuz mommy took Tiki out surfing about an hour before my heat, and ripped up the bottom of my big toe on the reef!!! A really nice cut!! I tried to look at it in the water. Tiki said "Let me look" she calmly said "Mom, we need to get out of the water". I KNEW the second I hit it, it was deep. My girlfriend cleaned it all out & said stay OUT of the water for 4/5 days. We have had numerous friends who have gotten staph infections that lasted SEVERAL MONTHS, not to mention how dangerous it is!!! Reef cuts are full of bacteria. The waves were up & down. I was bummed when my heat went out...it was perrrrrfect!!! My friend went in for me ( I called her my Stunt double). While they were out there ...the HUGEST , SCARIEST SET CAME IN.....I suddenly felt BETTER. THANKING GOD FOR KEEPING ME OUT OF THERE!!!! Once again, everything is AS IT SHOULD BE.

GRAD DAY!!!!

BEFORE..........
AFTER!!!!!!!!

Don't let this happy camper fool you. Just 10 minutes PRIOR to this picture, she had a little (okay, HUGE) MELTDOWN! She got up too early, daddy spoiled her with a chocolate donut and she didn't see Mom & Dad right away, and thought we didn't come...by the time she spotted me, it was tooooooooooooo late....meltdown in PROGRESS.

Pulled her aside, sat with her. FINALLY she was ok enough to go pick up her diploma. Now look at her...arrrrrgggg.

All her candy lei's

Hold my HAND!!!!

Tenaya (L) is 6 and was trying to be a supportive friend for Tiki to catch waves...ya know, surf next to her...until Tiki starts saying "hold hands!!! hold hands!" you can see in Tenaya's face, she was not expecting to do THIS!!
Almost there......

YEAH!!! Finally when the wave was over...they connected. Now, we have us a new game....everyday they do this and starting to jump onto each others boards.

I would never be brave to do this...they teach me to let go of fear!