Christmas in Miami

My family is here visiting for Christmas this year. My grandma, my aunt, two of my cousins, and my niece. So far so good. Although my aunt is crazy, we've been getting along well.

Mushroom

I walk past this mushroom everyday in the parking lot and I loved the colors so much I decided to take pictures!

The 3rd Annual Holiday Ornament Swap

This year I decided to join Freshlyblended's Ornament Swap.

I've never done anything like this before, I'm looking forward to it.

VOTE!

Just a friendly reminder for everyone to get out and vote! It is super important to do your civic duty, so exercise your right to vote, no matter who you vote for!


I stood in line for two hours at the early voting site but it is so worth it!

New Harry Potter Trailer!

I'm so excited I just found the new Harry Potter Movie Trailer. I know that the movie comes out in a little less than a year, but it is soo exciting!




I'm also going to post the old trailer.




Watch them and enjoy!!!!

Vacation!

I'm off to a much needed vacation in New York tomorrow! My cousin Cathy is getting married on Saturday so its also a semi-family reunion. I'm super excited!

When I get back its just in time to celebrate my birthday and then next weekend JACK'S MANNEQUIN!!!!!

JACK'S MANNEQUIN!

Ok so Thanks to Stephenie Meyer and her Twilight books I've found a new band, Jack's Mannequin! LOVE THEM! I'm going to see them in concert in Delray Beach the 18 of October! I can't pick a favorite song so I'll add these two so you can pick:

The Resolution


Dark Blue:

Vampire Movie Marathon...

Since I've been reading the Twilight Series by Stephanie Meyers. I've decided to have a Vampire Movie Marathon at my house on Friday. We'll be eating Pizza, and drinking Bloody Mary's and Sangria!

We can't forget that Sunday HBO's new show
TRUE BLOOD starts!

Its gonna be a Vampire Weekend!!!!


The 3 movies on the list are:

THE LOST BOYS:



BRAM STOKER'S DRACULA:



INTERVIEW WITH A VAMPIRE:

Twilight

Twilight!

Ok so I've been hearing such good things about the Twilight series by Stephanie Meyers and I was hesitant to start reading the books. Mostly because its a YA series and I had way too much teenaged angst to deal with when I was a teen that I don't want to deal with it as an adult. But my friend Gina bought the books and her enthusiasm for them passed on to me.
So I started Twilight on Sunday, very doubtful that I would like this book.

After my initial balking that the book was written in first person, I started to get into Bella's mind. Shes the main character and narrator for all who don't know.
Well like I said I started the book on Sunday, and I finished it Monday night. Just in time to start New Moon, the second in the series.

Ok the book is full of teenage drama, but deep down its just a love story... And I'm a total romantic at heart.

So now I'm super excited because not only do I have more stuff to read, but the movie is coming out in Nov!!!!!
And yes I'm sad, disappointed, and a little pissed that Harry Potter is now coming out in a year!!!!! But at least I'll have something cool to watch during the Thanksgiving Holiday and it doesn't hurt that Edward, the hero in the book is played by Robert Pattinson, who played Cedric Diggory in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.

New song..

Song of you may recognize this from TV. I first heard it from the Liberty Mutual commercials....
Its by a group called Hem. and the song is called "Half Acre". Its beautiful!!!




Hem - Half acre lyrics


For some reason I just noticed the theme of home, and going home, in the songs that I'm liking right now.. who knows why...

Ok, now back to the olympics!!!! GO TEAM USA!!!!

Olympics!

I've always been a big fan of sports and the Olympics...Usually its Gymnastics that I love, but this year Swimming is my IT event! I feel as invested in the races as the swimmers!
Last night i was up later than my usual Sunday night just so I could watch the Men's 4x100m freestyle relay. I was not disappointed! While the French were talking trash and claiming the gold, Jason Lezak snuck right in and stole it out from under them and obliterating the world record at the same time!



I was jumping up and down on my bed...

Michael Phelps, who lets face it, is the face of the US Olympic team this year, is thismuch closer to his goal of 8 golds! I am rooting for him!

Oh and who can ignore the Redeemed Team, I love basketball!!!!

GO TEAM USA!!!!

New Song to love!

This is a song that I heard on a rerun of One Tree Hill...
Its called Hometown Glory and its by ADELE...



Adele Lyrics - Hometown Glory Lyrics

I’ve been walking in the same way as I did
Missing out the cracks in the pavement
And tutting my heel and strutting my feet
“Is there anything I can do for you dear? Is there anyone I can call?”
“No and thank you, please Madam. I ain’t lost, just wandering”

Round my hometown
Memories are fresh
Round my hometown
Ooh the people I’ve met
Are the wonders of my world
Are the wonders of my world
Are the wonders of this world
Are the wonders of my world

I like it in the city when the air is so thick and opaque
I love to see everybody in short skirts, shorts and shades
I like it in the city when two worlds collide
You get the people and the government
Everybody taking different sides

Shows that we ain’t gonna stand shit
Shows that we are united
Shows that we ain’t gonna take it
Shows that we ain’t gonna stand shit
Shows that we are united

Round my hometown
Memories are fresh
Round my hometown
Ooh the people I’ve met

Are the wonders of my world (4x)

Suzanne Brockmann's New Book is Out!!! INTO THE FIRE...

I got my copy on Monday and so far I'm still reading. Now mind you I love Suzanne Brockmann's books and I usually read any book in a day but I've been savoring this one. I usually speed read through them and then go back and read calmly, but not this one...
I'm 3/4s into Into the Fire and I'm on the edge of my seat. Its a wild ride but its soooo worth it...
I love it so far. The characters are great and I love how she is slowly but surely tying up loose ends... she is not the type of writer that will just write a book and then, its done, you never hear from the characters again... I like that, i like knowing that in the next book I'm gonna find out how so and so is dong... They feel like actual people I've met and talked to, and that is one of the biggest reasons I love Suzanne Brockmann...

Her books are full of suspense and drama, love and laughter, real issues such as politics and current events. Including the war that is currently in the forefront of our news. She includes cultural information and cultural issues. One of her characters even drives a Hybrid. People die in her books and its not the type of death that is pretty but death is part of life. Guns are part of her world, pain, and hunger. The point is her world is not perfect, and I like that. Our world isn't perfect.

I love how she incorporates so many issues in her books, issues that shouldn't be issues, like bi-racial couples and homosexual relationships. Love is Love, people, get over it. She deals with rape and hate, very realistically. While I don't know first hand about rape I feel that she does a good job explaining it and helping us recover from it while her characters learn to live. Her characters suffer and sometimes you don't think they will recover, and sometimes you know they won't, but real life is like that.
Hate on the other hand is something everyone has had to deal with. I'm a Hispanic woman, and I've felt hate's wrath, but Mrs. Brockmann shows that while good can triumph over hate, it usually comes with casualties . She doesn't give us false hope that hate can be stopped forever. It can't, but she shows us that it doesn't have to overcome us and that gives us hope...

I'm not the type of reader that likes the paranormal books, no vampire or psychic romances, (well expect for Jayne Castle). I usually like to stay grounded. I do like historical romances, but i think its mostly because I'm fascinated with that period of time....


So if you're ever in a book store and you spot a Suzanne Brockmann book, pick it up. You won't be disapointed.

My little neice!

Ma Agustina is soooo big now! She is 6 months! Here are a few pictures for you to enjoy!

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SNORKELING!

It's been a while but I haven't forgotten about this place!

I went to the Keys for the long weekend with some friends.
me... laura and alex...


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the shark I met...

I'll post more pictures soon...

Dave Matthews and Earthday!

This week has been a "Dave" week, I've been listening to my old Dave Matthews Cds. I love "Crash into Me" but I'm discovering "new" songs also.

Just so ppl in and around the South Florida area know, we are celebrating Earth Day April 22, and in celebration of that on Sunday April 20 EarthFest will be going on at Key Biscayne's Crandon Park.

Bring the family and check it out.

Beautiful song

I love this song by Grace Potter and the Nocturnals:
Check out their Myspace page

Its called Apologies.


Yesterday he said my eyes
Were fading fast away
I said well what do you expect
You asked me not to stay and if it had all been for the best
I wouldn't feel this way
And he said

Oh he said it's crazy
How love stays with me
You know it hurts me
Cause I don't wanna fight this war
It's amazing to see me reading through this scene
Of love and fear and apologies

My love is like a blanket
That gets a little bit too warm sometimes
I wanna wrap somebody in it
Who can hold me in his arms
Cause when it got a little too hot in there
He was always stepping out for air and he froze
Oh he froze

He said it's crazy
How love stays with me
You know it hurts me
Cause I don't wanna fight this war
It's amazing to see me reading through this scene
Of love and fear and apologies

Yesterday he looked at me
With a tear in his eye and said
I'll always tell you you're my friend
I hope i don't have to lie
Cause it's clear you love another man
I said you're damn right

And he said
He said it's crazy
How love stays with me
You know it hurts me
Cause I don't wanna fight this war
It's amazing to see me reading through this scene
Of love and fear and apologies
He said it's crazy
How love stays with me
You know it hurts me
That i didn't figure it out before
And now it's too late for a soliloquy
It's way too late for dignity
It's time for apologies



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Sad Day.

Today i woke up and i found a text message from my best friend, Agustina. Her grandfather died. He had been sick for 10 years, at least, with Alzheimer's. It's sad... I remember when we were little and i used to hang out at her house, and her grandfather was always there. He was a sweet man. Ever since we finished high school I haven't been by her house all that much so i haven't really seen him, and since she got married 3 years ago, so I've been by her childhood home even less. But I'll never forget her grandfather, Don Barney.

This led me to think about my grandfather, who died October 20, 2002. 5 days after my 21st birthday. I have spent the entire day reminiscing of all the things we did. He used to take me to Target to buy a book and he would always give me money to buy him a Hersey's chocolate bar. To this day I have a Hersey's chocolate bar next to his picture. Silly I know, he won't be able to eat it, but if comforts me.

Please take the time today to think about people you've loved that have passed. Never forget them.

For Barney Chamorro and Uriel Herdocia, 2 great grandfathers....

so tired!

This morning i had to drag myself out of bed. No matter how hard i try there is just no way for me to go to bed early... and i seem to always forget how tired i am in the morning when i go to bed late, i think to myself, "I'll just take a nap tomorrow..." hahahaha yeah right!

I NEED SLEEP!!!!

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THIS IS TEENY!

MY best friend in the whole wide world, Agustina, just had a baby.. ok so she had her in Jan, the 27 to be exact.. and here she is:
Ma Agustina aka Teeny!




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here they are together, aren't they beautiful!
I love them!



here Teeny is sleeping with her daddy, Javier!




this is my favorite picture! isn't she a trip!!!
hahaha...

ok enough for now!
bed time...

Where have all the Rubber Bands gone?

Last week our rubber bands started disappearing.. i went looking all over for them and i couldn't find them anywhere...
Until i saw my boss, Ron, with a bouncy ball.. Which happened to be all our rubber bands...





it now weighs 10.2 ounces, it probably weighs a pound by now.. he takes rubber bands home with him so that he can add to it when he isn't at work. Crazy man!

I love this song!!!

Hellogoodbye's song, Oh It Is Love, from their album

Zombies! Aliens! Vampires! Dinosaurs!

its brilliant!! here are the lyrics from www.azlyrics.com, check them out..




"Oh, It Is Love"

Oh, it is love
From the first time I set my eyes up on yours
Thinking oh, is it love?

Oh dear
It's been hardly a moment
And you are already missed
There is still a bit of your skin
That I've yet to have kissed
Oh say please do not go
But you know, oh, you know that I must
Oh say I love you so
But you know, oh, you know you can trust
We'll be holding hands once again
All our broken plans I will mend
I will hold you tight so you know
It is love from the first
Time I pressed my hand into yours
Thinking oh is it love?

Oh, dear, it's been hardly three days
And I'm longing to feel your embrace.
There are several days
Until I can see your sweet face.
Oh say, wouldn't you like to be older and married with me
Oh say, wouldn't it be nice to know right now that we'll be
Someday holding hands in the end
All our broken plans will have been
I will kiss you soft so you know
It is love from the first
Time I pressed my lips against yours
Thinking oh is it love?

Your heart may long for love that is more near
So when I'm gone these words will be here
To ease every fear
And dry up every tear
And make it very clear
I kiss you and I know
It is love from the first
Time I pressed my lips against yours
Thinking oh is it love?

Oh it is love from the first
Time I pressed my lips against yours
Thinking oh is it love?

I kiss you and I know
It is love from the first
Time I pressed my lips onto yours
Thinking oh is it love?

This is a picture of my baby, Pepita!

Work work work...

I'm at work, its all i seem to be doing.. i just joined the borders team, once again. i need extra cash so i work on the weekends there.. during the week its at the University of Miami Richter Library... fun fun.. you could say I'm obsessed with books... I won't hold it against you...

This is my first entry since 2006, and i have been up to no good. Not surprising i think...

I've decided to start taking photos and actually posting them up here.. its about time..
I'll post today with pictures of my prints later today. you can all see how well or crappy they come out...