Ridding of the Fatness

So I pretty much look like I'm pregnant....and I'm not. (just in case you were wondering) ;) SO......we got gym passes today.....AND....worked out today!!! I'm excited...I really want to lose weight cuz I have gained a lot...if you can't tell in my pictures. We can count the picture in my previous post as my before picture...and when I lose some good weight, I will do a before and after, cuz I AM going to lose weight. So starting today I am ridding myself of fatness and I can't wait to be skinny again. =P

Plasma Fun Time

This folks, is what happens when you entrust lovelies to stick your arm at the plasma center that really aren't confident or sure in what they are doing. They don't get it in the vein...your arm starts to burn like its on fire (even though I've never been on fire but it seems to hurt really bad) and this is the end product a week and 1/2 later! (It looked a lot worse before...and hurt a lot worse too)

THE END

Its a CHRISTMAS MIRACLE!

SO we are FINALLY done remodeling our condo! YAY! It is sooo nice to be done. We even cleaned off the porch today, the only thing on there now is some blinds we need to take to storage and the refrigerator that we need to sell. It now feels like home and we can now relax...besides looking for jobs! lol

So here are a bunch of before and after pictures so you can see all the fun that we had!

Before

After

Before

After

Before

In the Process

After

Before

(Here we had to tear out the wall because of mold....so much fun)!

(This is the other side of that wall, behind the washer and dryer, so we had to tear out the wall on both sides, the tenants didn't care to let management know that there was a leak)

After

Before

(I literally scrubbed this shower with major cleaners and disinfectants for 2 hours one day and probably another hour the next day. AND that is including letting the cleaner sit OVERNIGHT for 2 days. DISGUSTING)!

After

(So safe to shower now...no diseases thank you! lol)

Before

In the Process

After

And of course the random note for the day...we have spiders...I freaked out of course...we have only seen one, it was in the shower...but I do not like...I hate actually...and am now scared to use the bathroom in the middle of the night thanks to Mr random big ugly spidey. =P

PURE Craziness!

(Random pictures from the drive to utah)

Well, its been awhile. We finally made it to St. George. On our way we took a side trip and went to four corners...and of course it was closed!!! For construction?!? Can you believe that...what kind of construction are you going to do on four corners to close it down?

We got to St. George on Sunday evening. On monday we were hoping that we would be able to go see the condo. We went to pick up the keys, but the tenants hadn't turned them in yet! We finally got them on Tuesday afternoon...we went and looked and our condo was trashed!! I was really depressed when we walked in....and DISGUSTED!! I really don't understand HOW people can live like that?

(This is after we painted, if you look closely you can tell the difference in the baseboards. Then the carpet...thats not even the worse part of it...when we pulled it up you could see the stains had gone all the way to the cement....nasty)

We definitely need new carpet, and paint. One of the cabinet doors was completely torn off, one of the bedroom doors has a hole in it, very very dirty everywhere, AND they replaced my washer and dryer with a worse one......AND they didn't tell management about a leak from the washer, so we have to replace the wall behind the washer, and there is mold on the wall on the other side inside the closet! UGH! I was so frustrated...they definitely do NOT get their deposit back.

We took pictures of everything before we remodeled anything, but they are on our other camera and we can't find it right now. =P

(shopping for things to remodel the condo-aka me being weird)

So we finally picked out some paint and have been painting all day for 3 days...almost got it done....and it is looking tons better already!

Now we just have to find some carpet that doesn't cost a fortune...cuz a lot of it does...and also put in tile or something like that in the kitchen, hallways, and bathrooms. With time once we have jobs again we will start replacing light fixtures and door handles and small stuff like that, because its a little outdated. We are very excited though because little by little it is becoming our little home that we are creating together! It gets tiring, but at the same time it is very rewarding!

Random note for the day.....this gigantic tumbleweed tried to attack our car....it is freaking huge! yikes!

Family Fun Filled Weekend!

On Friday my sexy man, Andres, and my mom-in-law went and saw Avatar. We went to see it in the Imax theatre and it was 3D. It was AMAZING! I've never seen a movie in 3D before so that was pretty cool, and seeing it at the Imax was pretty cool as well. I liked the movie a lot more than I thought I would. The animation was beautiful, and I enjoyed the story line as well. Andres took a picture of us in the theatre after the movie with our enormous 3D glasses on. :)

On Sunday we pretty much hung out with family all day. First we went and had lunch with Braulio's family. We had sopes and they were really good, then we just hung out and talked for awhile. Then we went over to my sister Holly's house and hung out. We are moving to Utah this week so I wanted to go see my nieces and nephews before we move.

I was trying to take pictures of my cute niece Ashby with my dad, with his new goatee. Which I have never EVER seen my dad with facial hair my whole 27 years of life. It was hard to get everybody's attention or to get them to smile...lol.

Then my niece Kiersten was playing with my hair, so I took a picture with her and my lovely hairdo.

My sister Holly just had another baby. Now I have 28 nieces and nephews! I love babies, they are so much fun, and I love holding them! His big brother Briggs was being so cute and sweet with him.

After that we went to my sister Xela's and we had dinner with them. She made some really yummy enchiladas. I took some pictures of Hyrum and Porter. Hyrum was pretending to fall asleep in his highchair but then would start laughing. He is so stinking cute.

Then my parents came over with Holly and we played Apple's to Apple's. Its so funny cuz most of my family doesn't really put down the literal meaning for the card that is played. For example one time when I was playing the main card was "fun" so everyone else puts down a card that they think describes fun, and I put down Hot Lava. We laugh and laugh. Its a fun game to play.

It was getting late so we said our goodbye's and headed home. I'm kinda sad cuz both of my sisters live in Texas, and I'm going to miss them so much, along with my nieces and nephews. But all my brothers and my parents live in or close to utah. Plus all of Braulio's aunts and uncles live here in Texas so we are kind of torn moving to Utah. No matter where we live we will be leaving family behind. But I am excited to see all my brothers & their families that I haven't seen in a really long time. I'm hoping that we will get to see them a lot more now that we will be closer.

La vida, en momentos asi, parece imposible...

Last night I cried myself to sleep in the arms of my amazing husband. He is so good to me and so patient with me. I am truly blessed and am very thankful to my heavenly father. But others may not feel so blessed in their lives.

I have a friend, she is one of my best friends. Una de mis mejoras amigas. She means so much to me, and has been there for me. In my eyes we are a lot alike. We have gone through some very similar hard things in our lives. But like in my post last night, I decided to take the path less traveled by, and it has made all the difference. I don't know why I chose that poem last night, why I felt the need to post it. But I do know it has a lot of significance in my life.

My friend that I love so much, is going through something right now far more difficult than I have ever passed. Maybe what she is going through will help me to say my prayers more, say prayers for her, which will also help me. Help me to become stronger and closer to God, but I don't know if I want that if she has to go through what she is going through. Although, maybe it will help her become stronger & closer to God as well. Life is very very hard sometimes, and we don't always understand it. I definitely don't, and that is what makes life seem so impossible in moments like this.

I just want her to know that I love her very much and even though I can't be there with her, I am still with her. Siempre vas a estar en mi corazon. I am very thankful and feel very blessed that she is my friend, mi mejor amiga. No matter what happens in this moment, or in moments to come, even though it seems impossible, God understands, he knows, and he loves us. For that reason, in simple moments, I feel at peace, and we need not be afraid.

The Road Not Taken

I really love this poem by Robert Frost. A good friend gave this to me after going through some hard times and it really means a lot to me. Hope you enjoy!

Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,

And sorry I could not travel both

And be one traveller, long I stood

And looked down one as far as I could

To where it bent in the undergrowth;

Then took the other, as just as fair,

And having perhaps the better claim,

Because it was grassy and wanted wear;

Though as for that the passing there

Had worn them really about the same,

And both that morning equally lay

In leaves no step had trodden black.

Oh, I kept the first for another day!

Yet knowing how way leads on to way,

I doubted if I should ever come back.

I shall be telling this with a sigh

Somewhere ages and ages hence:

Two roads diverged in a wood, and I--

I took the one less traveled by,

And that has made all the difference.