Well Hello Again!

It's been a while!  So much has happened.  I will try to backtrack and move forward at the same time.  I can't believe it's been 4 plus years since I've added anything to this blog... let's see.. I've moved from Mission Hills to South Park.  Great area, close to downtown San Diego... My family is doing great.  I really miss my brother Tim, who passed away from a heart attack in 2008.  His sons, Jordan and Julian and daughter, Aubrey are growing up fast!  Aubrey came out to visit me in July/August.  She's 14!.. We had a blast!  She was a lot of fun!  High energy.  She said she wants to come back next summer.. oh lord!..;o} 
 
My other niece, Candace, got married in October!  Awesome Wedding!  My nephew Josh will be getting married this year, April 2014.  Flying home for that wedding too.  Should be fun!  My nephew Brandon is in Austria and Italy coaching and playing football for about six months.  I'm glad he's traveling and enjoying life as a young man...

I've been working my regular full time job at Shire and pet sitting a lot!  I'm in the hunt for a new job now because Shire has done some re-structuring and it seems the business will be sold.  Oh well, such is life.  May go back and work for AT&T although I don't like working for such large companies.

I'm planning a lot more travel in 2014, in between pet sitting!  Crazy year ahead I'm sure.  I'm planning another trip to Ibiza with my friend Lou in 2015!  I will be 50 in 2015!  Crazy!  

I'm prepping for Bunco tomorrow!  My month to host.  I'm hosting at The Inn at Rancho Santa Fe.  I got a suite and we're having dinner at the restaurant!.. I can't wait!  should be fun!

let's see.. what else.. going to see George Strait January 31st!  I am SOOOOOO excited! 

Well this is a start!  I'll try and stay consistent and post daily...I'm sure it will be good for me...

ramblins... b-day celebrations... yadayada

Finally, i have a moment to chat and put into words what's been on my mind! Not much going on... had a lovely b-day yesterday... the years are rolling by. I started this weekend by attending the Cirque de So Le show "Corteo" . it was AWESOME!! i will see them whenever they perform in San Diego... AMAZING!! Seeing all of the acrobats and everything makes you want to go to the gym and work your PHAT Arse off!! (if you have one) .. Just hung out with Roxi Saturday all day... lazy day ...then dinner and cocktails Sunday. Seems like when you get older, birthdays are much mellower!

Thanks NML for the info regarding my upcoming trip to London... i can't wait to get there this year and onto IBIZA.. trying to squeeze Paris in the trip somehow, we'll see..

"it's all GREAT in 2008"

Well it's here!! A new Year. I have sooooo many things I want to accomplish as well as improve on. I'm not the type that makes resolutions .... A new year, clean slate... i'm EXCITED! The holidays were lowkey. My sister Deb came out to visit and we had a blast... as always. New Years was awesome! Looking forward to being more diligent with blogging as it's a great way for me to remember what went on throughout the year in my life.

Going into the new year single is rather nice. I'm still communicating with my brazilian friend and the russian friend but they're not "boyfriend" material. So my search continues ;o}

We shall see....

...FINALLY FRIDAY!!!

It's been a WILD week... looking forward to sleeping in tomorrow. Going to have a few happy hour cocktails with Shak tonight.. she is amazing! i remember our last trip to Vegas.. she's like a GUY magnet... we had a blast in Vegas, we didn't have to pay for anything.. we strolled right into all the hot spots .. one night Lindsay Lohan was there!... but we had our own party thing happenin! .. in one weekend i met a professional boxer, an attorney and a pro basketball player! .. AMAZING!!... well those partying days are on hold for now since i'm committed to the brazilian... wow, can't believe i'm saying that!... he's pretty cool.. and worth it!

... two more weeks and he returns.. that will be nice!! i'm just going to entertain ms. Roxi and cruise the neighborhood festivals this weekend.. there's one in little Italy i may check out.. and that's very close to my house so maybe we'll walk... i do have some projects at the house to work on as well... i swear, i need a cleaning person...i can't keep up...

i caught up with a few girlfriends this week, Leah and Karen... we went over to Wine Steals.. pretty cool place...although i noticed on my online bank statement, they charged me TWICE .... INSANE!!! better get that fixed....hmmmmmmm, let's see, what else...my boss has left early today so i'm hoping i'll do the same here shortly....

weekend....

...quiet weekend for me since the 'brazilian" is in brazil for three weeks... had a company bowling event on friday.. turned out very well... caught up on household chores this weekend....had lots of time since i wasn't entertaining.. Roxi was happy... discovered how much junk i really have at my house!... i was going to participate in the three day breast cancer awareness event in november but my team fell apart... i could do it alone and maybe i still will, who knows... i have bunko tonight with the girls... havn't been in a while so that should be fun.. catching up and all... finally spoke to the brazilian today.. he had only been emailing me since it's so expensive to call from there... i told him to call me collect...this is a guy who paid over $1400 on a watch for his daughter's bday gift, but won't pay $1.10 per minute to talk to me for a few minutes... WOW! i don't get it...anywho.. it was nice hearing from him... i miss him a lot... can't wait until his divorce is final and the ex is history!... well i may add some more later as i'm at work right now and things are piling up...

"it's been a while" .. to say the least

.. it has been an "amazing" couple years!!... i have NO idea where to begin but writing it down helps me remember.. i'm gettin' old ya know...

let's see.. Roxi is full grown and CRAZIER than ever!!!!.. i'll try and post some pixs... my neice just visited me last week, 10/23.. she flew out to go to the Dave Matthews concert with me... we did other things too, wild animal park, country line dancing... shopping... etc. we had a BLAST!! i've been home to Virginia a few times... celebrated my parents 50th wedding anniversary this year in February.. that was fun... i went home again in August and stopped thru Michigan to pick up my bro' Tim and his kids.. that was very cool... they are great kids... balls of energy.. glad i dont' have any!...WOW! almost forgot.. i met this really nice guy (brazilian) on August 10th.. a few days before flying out to the east coast... well let me just say.. he is "very cool"! I met him at Jack's in La Jolla... i'm very very excited about him... he's semi-retired, lives in orange county .. 91 miles from me.. just going thru a divorce.. there's a little bit of baggage and drama so we'll see how it goes...if you don't know me,... you know i don't do drama or baggage!! I don't have any so i don't deal with any...;o}

my job's going very well.. considering there are times i'm not fond of my supervisor but i have learned to adjust. Let's just say i keep my resume up-to-date at all times... i have a few projects/tasks in the works.. i'm participating in the 3 day breast cancer walk in November. My sister, Deb is visiting me in December... i'm planning on taking a few classes next year to brush up my creativity... I want to take a pottery making class and photography class... should keep me busy... even though i'm not a big blogger, i read a few blogs weekly. Here are a few of my favorites... www.phrecklesphotography.com/... if i ever get married again, i'm paying for this lady to come out to san diego and take my pictures!! for sure!!! i also read... http://www.dooce.com ...www.dadgonemad.com .... www.whenawomansfedup.co.uk/...
just to name a few.. just from reading the above mentioned blogs makes my day.. they seem like they are real!, down to earth!, poeple!!... and very good "writers'... when you're reading their blogs, it's like you're sitting there next to them listening to them speak.... it's crazy-amazing..

it's been a while...

...since my last post.... i've just been soooooo busy with life .. and reading other posts. I love this bloggin' thing. ;o}

let's see, where to begin... it's been a very low key month... i've been seeing this guy since August... very casual, non exclusive thing really... we'll call him AI. He's really sweet but has baggage (kids, ex-wife, yadayada) so I know it will never go beyond a "casual dating thing" but he's really fun to hang out with so i'll enjoy him until i meet someone else more interesting. My niece is coming out March 16 for 5 days with a few of her girlfriends from Virginia... we'll do the sightseeing thing since her friends have never been to california... they want to go to disneyland.. ARGH!! I'm so OVER disneyland! I'd rather do wild animal park or seaworld. I'm also hosting bunko next week at my house.... looking forward to that... just have to keep Roxi from jumping all over people and eating their shoes! Going to the big st pattys day parade on the 11th with a bunch of friends...i hear there's lots of cute boys out during the parade... yahoo!

i'm in the mood for a Georges Mojito tomorrow.... just might make that happen.... so glad it's almost Friday!