Survived!

So my car, whom I call Hunter, is going to make it afterall. We had some issues because he decided to let his crankshaft BREAK while we were in Castro Valley for St. Patrick's Day. I had major anxiety and was having crying fits that I'm broke and can't afford a car.. and that I'd be trapped at home (which I am right NOW).  So Friday before Todd and i headed up to CV to house and dogsit for his parents my mechanic called and said it would only be $1500.00 AHH! I had told my father that if it was more than $2,000 I'd can it and get another car. I was at the point where I almost wanted to just get another car and live off top ramen for a while (which many people know I lived off of for FOUR months lol). But that was good news.. I decided that I'd get him fixed and once I get a job I will be able to buy another one and sell this one..

So this weekend was pretty fun. We were in CV the whole time! We got there Friday and went to The Cheesesteak Shop. YUM! I had never had a Cheesesteak and oh my gosh I could go for one right now. We also experienced poor Sally (the family doggie) being beyond depressed that her parents were in Tahoe.. Hmm.. We also went to Sato Japanese Cuisine in Pleasanton-- my favorite and ended up at our friend Jimmy's house hanging out..Saturday was rather interesting..We went to sleep at 6am and Sally would NOT let me sleep.. so I got up at 730 and slept on the couch. By 10 Todd was awake and watching the Manchester United game.. then we ate, showered, and took off for Lucky to get food. We prepped Rock Cod, Yummy Rice, Asparagus, and Rolls for dinner. We were super anxious  because we ordered the UFC fights :) While we watched tv (before the fights) I made Funfetti Chocolate Chip Cake Cookies for Todd's grandpa.. he has a sweet tooth and is now living at a retirement facility so I thought that would be something to raise his spirit. So all was going well and all of a sudden BOOM the sewage in the house got messed up and it was NASTY. We ended up calling a Rooter place and they had it fixed so we could relax. We did get to watch MOST of the UFC fights but it kinda sucked having to get someone to come out and fix the place..All that mattered was Georges St. Pierre beat Dan Hardy to me :) We passed out and didn't wake up til NOON on Sunday.. well that is when I woke up. Apparently Todd had the same issue with Sally and ended up sleeping on the couch. I woke up at noon and stumbled around til I found him.. we couldn't shower because the stupid water heater wasn't working.. haha. So we did what we could and took off to China Garden-- YUM! We ate sooo much there-- Honey Walnut Prawns, Pork Fried Rice, War Wanton Soup, and Seasame Chicken and then boxed it up to take to both his parents and his grandfather-- yes there was THAT much food. After hanging out with his grandpa we headed back to his parents house and watched the Sharks game.. eventually ended up back in SJ at Pita Pit and Safeway grabbing dinner (yummmmm Pita Pit) and Wine and Cheese for a snack. :) It was a blast overall.. but I'm glad to be back in  my own bed!

**also I won a YuDu screenprinter on ebay.. That is what happens when I watch a freakin' infomercial LATE at night and go "I want that" then bid on it and go "oh shit I won.. I have to pay now.. crap!" So I'll test it out this week...

Anyway.. right now Todd is at the gym and I'm stuck at home.. no car til hopefully Friday/Saturday.. It's my parents 30th wedding anniversary and they cleaning the back yard lol.. I wish I had my car.. soon I will..

Car Problems..

I have to buy a new car.. hello depression :( I also had a bunch of setbacks today after talking to my lawyer.. grr..

Arrived in Lake Tahoe.. Its beautiful

Absolutely having a horrible day.. My vacation to Lake Tahoe is not coming soon enough.. Details to follow

Ooohh Tuesday

We woke up today and were in search of the Chelsea-Inter Milan Soccer game.. we watched parts of it, well Todd did, I remained on my laptop drooling over pictures of Lake Tahoe and preparing myself for Friday. Friday is a BIG day! I have my job interview at 9am ::crosses fingers:: and then we leave for Tahoe. I really want to go to Squaw Valley because I'm an Olympics Freak and I want to see their museum. I also discovered recently that my ringer won't work on my Palm Pre.. so tomorrow I MUST go get it fixed. I had to take my old brick of a phone (HTC Mogul) out of what I thought was permanent hibernation in case they can't fix my Pre before we take off for Tahoe-- at least I'll have a phone..


Accomplishments of the Day:

• Went to the Gym
• Grocery Shopped

• Bought Guinness (Happy St. Patrick's DAY!) I'm making Guinness Brownies so I needed the beer for them :)
•  Made dinner for my parents, Todd, Santos and Merraya
• Watched the Sharks get destroyed by the team I cannot stand (Dallas Stars)
• Made some jewelry

Now I'm off to bed.. I have SOO much to do tomorrow.. gnite and good morning to all!

Success

So even though I haven't been feeling so great.. I've gone back to the gym and now I feel WONDERFUL! I day dream about the elliptical.. that's a serious issue huh? Well that's my quick little entertaining update..

Semi-Unproductive Friday

So we ended up staying up until about 3am this morning.. We watching "Law Abiding Citizen" and I made my mom a cute little felt teddy bear.. Nothing too exciting. We woke up at about noon which was WAY late. I ended up making scones for us and then Todd made Grilled Cheese Sandwiches-yum! We cleaned the spare room and were lazy most of the day. I'm still a little under the weather and my achilles is still bothering me so we'll head to the gym tomorrow.. nothing too exciting to report tonight..

Crafty Plans

So Todd is at the Sharks game.. (SHARKS are not doing well.. dummies) and I feel crappy.. so I decided to go on craftster.org which is like my DRUG.. I love love love that site.. and decided to make a list of stuff to make.. here goes..

• I want to make a couple passport holders for my friends that are either going out of the country soon or seem to fly a LOT-- got the pattern from 

http://buttnakedbaby.blogspot.com/2008/01/gift-for-new-year.html 

I like her tutorials and ideas a LOT..

• I also have a LOT of quilts I have on my to do list..
• I like this style because it's more random (picture at right and link to the tutorial below)

http://sugarnspicecreations.blogspot.com/2009/09/scatter-sunshine-scrappy-quilt-tutorial.html

• I also want to make some purses and pillows which I almost always make when I'm stressed

•  I also have been jewelry making a LOT and I want to continue making resin jewelry, scrabble tile jewelry, and glass tile jewelry.. soo much to do :)

So it looks like I have my free time set up for a while.. 

Update

Right now I'm a bit stressed out. I need to find a freakin' job! I'm on unemployment because I was laid off in June, but I'd much rather be working. I have one potential job opportunity that I got good news about today, but who knows? If all else fails, I have been setting up a back up plan.. I make jewelry-- bracelets, necklaces, etc and I might open an etsy shop. I might open one regardless because it really helps me de-stress myself.

I have actually been going to the gym again! My wonderful boyfriend, Todd, and I go to the gym pretty often. We need to go MORE often but since I'm in insomniac he ends up staying up with me and then we wake up at about noon.. horrible! The good news is I get to reconnect with Liz because she's a trainer at our gym. We could go to the Bally's near us, but we prefer the one on Hamilton. I'm a cardio freak. I am on MY favorite precor for at least 40 minutes every time I go in and then get on a bike for about 20-30 minutes. I've already found that my heart rate is getting healthier as well as my breathing. Soon I'll be able to add more to my workout and get myself back in decent shape.

Today my achilles was bugging me and my stomach is not doing so hot so we skipped the gym. That means we'll go Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Maybe we'll give ourselves Monday off and then workout through Friday...

Friday we leave for LAKE TAHOE! I am so excited. I cannot begin to express how anxious and excited I am to go to the snow with my parents and Todd. We all went last year BEFORE Todd and I were officially dating and we all had such a blast. I'm happy that I finally have my dream boy ;) and that we can go on vacation with my parents and have such a great time. I have daydreamed about Tahoe for MONTHS and that is no lie. I was worried I wouldn't be able to go, but I will be leaving Friday morning and coming back Sunday night.

Today I got a great surprise in the mail-- THANKS VIV! She sent me the coolest stuff-- this snazzy Australian hat for my parents, a cute stuffed animal/doll, a sooo cute Duck kitchen timer, and these cool magnets that I am sure will bring good luck :).

Hmm what else? My phone has given me so much grief! I got a Palm Pre on January 31st and it was all fine and dandy and then I went to update it, but it crashed. I was phone-less til Tuesday AND now I updated it correctly. Well I won't say correctly.. it froze during the update and then I took out the battery (which they say NOT to do haha) and then it installed correctly- or so I thought.. NOW my camera won't work! It's so frustrating. I also lost a lot of phone numbers, but HEY at least my phone works..

Well, my tummy hurts so Todd is making me soup to see if I start feeling better. I had big plans for tonight, but looks like I'm gonna have to stay in :(.. Todd is off to the Sharks game tonight with his brother-- They better not be bad luck... I'm off to eat some soup..

xoxo, Rita

I'm backkk

So I figured I might as well re-start my blog back up.. I have nothing better to do-- right? lol. Anyway, I went back and read through the crap I had posted on here-- wow! I was so lame.