...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..