Friend Making Monday-the sick Edition

I'm so late posting this today (is already 8pm) We where in NYC visiting the family and celebrating Aiden's second Birthday the Hubs side of the family. We got home last night and I got so sick. I believe I caught a stomach virus, spend the night hugging the toilet and having poor hubs hold my hair and head. He is a darling that man of mine. He stayed home today to take care of the kiddo so I could rest.

So, as always here is Friend Making Mondays!!!

If you've taken part in FMM then you know the rules. If you're new, please take a moment to answer this week's question on your own blog then add your link in the comments section here: All The Weigh so we can all see your FMM questions and answers. By linking back here, everyone will have an opportunity to be equally heard.

Please invite your blog readers to add their links here too so everyone has to opportunity to be seen. The idea is to connect with other awesome bloggers so take a moment to post your own FMM post and comment on a couple of other posts. Now it's time for this week's topic!

FMM: If you could meet someone famous today, who would it be? And why?
This is rather difficult question for me. There is so many people I admire out there, and lets face it: it would be awesome to meet my number one crush Keanu Reeves.




I would love to meet some of my favorite writers, I met Anne Rice only for a brief moment at a book signing, but it would be awesome to be able to have a conversation with her.





Also would be great to meet Sting...his music has been with me since I was 10 yrs old. I would love to meet people that have endure difficult times so I could learn from them- like Nienie.

I would love to meet Kandee Johnson, the makeup artist, because she has such a great disposition about life, regardless of what people think of her.

I think I got it!
I would have a dinner party and invite:

Kandee Johnson
Keanu reeves
Anne Rice
Sting
Joan Rivers {don't judge-anyone that can make fun of themselves and be friends with royalty is intriguing to me}

So who's on your list?


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We interrupt this program...

Today, two years ago it started a new journey for me. One that I didn't know I will want and cherish so much. It's been two years of no sleep, constant worry, lots of things changed. But it has also been filled with amazement, happiness, joy, sheer delight, and pride.


I remember meeting you and crying, seeing you for the first time was overwhelming. You see, for the longest time I didn't know if the life I have now would happen to me; then I was blessed TWICE. How lucky can a girl get?!





Today my Aiden turns Two!


And even though he is a little more independent, and he has developed some of his charming personality, in my eyes you are still my little newborn nugget. I love you beyond words, you have made all of us so much happier because you are here.






Last night you rushed into the kitchen while I was cooking, hugged my legs from behind with so much force and enthusiasm and said "my momma"...you melted my heart.






Happy Birthday dear Boy, I will forever be your Momma =)



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Friend Making Monday 5-02-11

Another beautiful Monday, I'm thinking of going on a hunt for nail polish! but in the meantime I'm joining once again Kenz @ All the weigh on this installment:

Friend Makin' Mondays: Are You A Bookworm?

1) How often do you read? Always, the only time I was not constantly reading was when my youngest was born (with my first son I was actually reading in the delivery room)

2) What's the last book you read and loved? I wish I can say something amazing, but the truth is the last book I read that I was surprised I loved it : "Breaking Dawn" from the Twilight Series...Never in my LIFE would I though I would like it, but I did. Also LOVED the Harry Potter series...AMAZING.

3) What book(s) are you currently reading? only two: "Lyrics" by Sting {a compilation of his songs and the history behind them} and "Mina" by Marie Kiraly, about the after life of Mina from Bram Stokers Dracula

4) Share a few of your favorite authors. well, I would read pretty much anything but lately I'm loving James Patterson, J.K. Rowling, Lisa Jackson, Carlos Ruiz Zafón and Gabriel Garcia Marquez. I was obsessed with all time favorite Anne Rice, but sadly I cannot get into her new stuff.

5) What's next on your list of must-reads? Ricky Martin "Me", James Patterson "Toys" and "Crossfire", I'm also interested in Eva Longoria's new cookbok.

Now it's your turn to share your answers! Don't forget to link back to All the weigh so we can all see your answers too! Happy Monday and be happy and healthy.

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Some friends are better left in the past

This post was going to be written at a later time, with a clearer head. Sadly I was on the phone with a "friend" and I got so angry I needed to vent, so here I am: sad and broken hearted.

I am going to start with my first issue, my dear best friend of over 15 years and I may be broking up {if there is such a thing}. We became friends back in college, when we where both 20. We clicked immediately, she was my soul-mate, my best friend, and more like a sister to me. We went thru dating jerks, getting dumped, being single, the dating, the ugly, the finally getting married, and having kids.

When she was having issues with her husband, she even contemplated moving here with me. That's how close we where. But then things changed, her calls and emails where not as often. She would claim not to get my messages (even when her voice was the one on the machine). She always claim she loves me the same, she is just a little busy. Then a few years back it started that when I went back home she didn't have time to see me, and it made me feel awful. She didn't go to my wedding claiming low funds (we had a beach wedding-which was only 1 hr away from her) but then went to a resort about a month later, and yet I let it go.

I can understand than having 4 kids takes a lot, but each time I called her she was out with her new friends, kids where at the daycare or with the sitter...so I didn't understand she had time to go shopping but not to stop by and see me. Last year even when I called and asked her when would she be home so I could come by, she always had something to do...so I got the hint and stopped asking her to meet.

This year I tried to keep the calls (because we did talk more when she had surgery) but then again she didnt make an effort, even her FB messages where short...but again always telling me she love me and missed me. I told her that I didn't feel that since I tried making a effort leaving her messages and she never responded. She just replied with a joke.

After all this I've decided not to invest my feelings on our former friendship anymore. i would go back home and will not tell her I'm there. I will no longer call or email her, or even send her a FB message. I'm tired of feeling hurt and rejected by my former best friend. It hurts so much because she was so meaningful in my life for so long. I know she has new friends around (mostly friends of the Husband) a lot of people that drink and smoke and gamble, which are things she now does with her husband...things I don't do or enjoy. I guess we have grown apart and these things happen, but I never thought it would happen to us...

I wont make a fuss about it, I don't think she sees this is done or maybe she doesn't even care. I will just let this fade slowly and no longer try to perform CPR to a relationship that is already on cardiac arrest.

Then tonight, another old friend asked me to call her- she is also back home. I called her even though it was late because she was so depressed in our last few calls, having issues in her business and with her boyfriend. As it happens my son's Godmother is also back home getting several plastic surgeries done -back, lipo, stomach, breast, arms. I talk to her for a while, asking her how she was doing, etc. Then she put my friend that requested I called her on the phone. She was making fun of the one that had the surgery calling her a cow. I replied that she did not look like a cow, plus she had a baby 8 months ago.

Then she say to me: "You should come here and do Plastic Surgery too, I don't even recognize you. You need to keep it up for your husband, You and Jessie let yourselves go"
First I laugh and replied " are you paying for it" to which she reply I had a husband. I said yes, a husband who is the only one that works, with two kids of which one is going to college.

She continue her belligerence on me by saying that she KNOWS my husband loves me but I need to have this for him.

I wanted to say that yes I was fat but happily married, and she was thin and still haven't found one guy that wants to marry her...I wanted to, but that would make me be like her- mean and shallow, This is not the first time she makes these kind of commentsand she knows I don't appreciated them, and honestly, I felt sorry because I knew how misserable she was in her own life, so I let it go. I really hate confrontations (unbelievable- I know) so my take is just to be away from people like that, move on and be happy and healthy for ME...after all, some "friends" are better left in the past.

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A bargain is something you don't need at a price you can't resist.

We are back with another little titbit on beauty. and to think I was the girl in high school who only wore eyeliner and refused to paint her nails...boy do I have come a long way =)
I got my second Birchbox and was even happier with my new items.


it came with deluxe samples of:

Juice Beauty Green Apple Peel Full Strength
Weleda Wild Rose Smoothing Facial Lotion
LIV GRN C2C Fragrance Collection Earth Eau De Parfum
Juice Beauty Stem Cellular Repair Eye Treatment
Zoya Intimate Spring 2011 Nail Polish Collection

I've haven't use it all yet though. In the meantime, I had decided to lighten my beauty routine so now I am using this cleaner Neutrogena Naturals Pore Scrub,




then I use the apple peel that came in the Birchbox, followed by moisturizer. I'm liking it so far. I don't use the peel everyday, but it even works for my Hubs_ I decided to give him a spa day last Sunday and he was loving it. I also got this pore minimizer, which works wonders:

clinique pore minimizer instant perfector ($18 as opposed to the serum which is $30+) and would be saving to get this next
origins vitazing


I will use the above instead of a base since I don't need that much coverage, plus this is SPF and is tinted. The reviews state is wonderful so we will see. Finally, last week I finally got a chance to get a Mani done, a glittery french, I wanted to show you my new color but the camera sucks...not sure what I'm doing wrong...but here it is: Zoya Faye






Zoya is NOT one of my favorite brands, just because of their service, but the colors are nice...and they are vegan if you are into that kind of thing.
Today has been a quiet day, but I was so thrilled that I finally found a learning center that I can take the little guy, so excited to do this! Even though I'm home I would like for him to interact with more kids his age and this place offers education to prep him for kindergarten.

I'm also setting up for his 2nd birthday and I cannot wait! Happy Thursday

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It's a Beautiful day

I finally got a break. Aiden decided he wanted to sit in his high chair while watching cartoons so, is now or never for me. Lately he wants me to sit with him to watch the cartoons, play dinosaurs, etc. hence my lack for much of a domestic life, or a life at all outside of "To infinity, and beyoooooond"

See? Bunny face here can make me do anything he wants.

Is a beautiful day, finally warm, and a perfect day to share these thoughts that have been wondering my mind.


I've been meaning to talk about this for a while but I don't even know where to start. I try really hard to teach my kids that being mean is not ok at all, but them I have to admit I allow for this behavior around me more than I should. I think Kathy Griffin is hilarious but in reality, she is mean to others and makes fun of them. Am I wrong for laughing with her? because I don't know these people? does it make it ok?



I saw the other day that two girls proceeded to beat up another girl in a McDonalds and NO ONE did anything to stop them. I'm sorry, I digress: ONE ELDERLY WOMAN was the only one who actually try to intervene, every other person just watch or tape the incident. This is disgusting.


When did we become so immune to cruelty that we no longer care? I remember last summer we where driving out of our complex and we saw two kids fighting and a circle had formed around it. I promptly told the hubs to stop the car and I yelled from the top of my lungs, with my most heavy accent: "STOP THEM RIGHT NOW, I'M CALLING THE POLICE"

One girl replied "is just them two fighting" , like that was supposed to make it ok. I replied by saying that they cannot, and should not, just stand there and just watch. The fight stopped and they went home. Leave it to me, an immigrant woman, to become the neighbor watch.

I see this happening all the time. People don't want to get involve. Is like when I watch "what would you do?" and see that some people will do nothing in front on injustice; but thankfully a few would stand up for it, no matter what.



How about the growing hate mail, post, messages on the net? is appalling the things I read all the time. From telling a pregnant mother that they hope she and the baby die in labor, to how ugly is someone's face, to religious insults. When would this stop? are we really telling our kids is ok to make fun of others? I think in a way, subconsciously, we are.


I'm not perfect {shhhh, don't tell anyone} and I admit to laugh at those jokes too. But I first realize that something was off when I was reading one of my favorite bloggers dish out on Celebrities during the whole award month. Now, not liking someone's dress is perfectly ok, but some of her comments where so mean, she bashed out of kids, pregnancy, moral issues and it was so shocking I had to say something.



Her next review post said something like this "If you don't have anything nice to say, come sit next to me" and so many people agreed with her. I only responded by saying "I believe that was directed to me" which she said she was just giving a warning. I guess now is ok and acceptable to be mean. We don't think for a second "this is someone's daughter, mother, Sister, wife, brother, father, etc". I didn't say much after that but I wanted to say how would you feel about someone making those remarks about your daughter, a daughter that has overcome so many disabilities. But then I realized THAT would be mean too, and I don't think it would change anything.


I don't try to say that I'm better, just that sometimes we have to really look at the situation and think, is this really going to be funny or cruel? am I just as bad as the others or could I do something different?



My oldest say that I want to believe in the good all the time, trying to help people and I say I do. If I can help someone, I will. I want to believe that people are generally good. I'm not prefect, but I'm trying to be better. To show by example that even though it may not always seem so, doing good and kind is always the better choice. If you have a moment, please watch this video. http://youtu.be/BhywSsvowW4



How about it? Let's do better today. Off from my soap box-again =)



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Friend Making Monday: The Easter edition

I know it says Easter but it should be Thanksgiving because I was stuffed like a Turkey :) UGH, even now I type this while finishing a little bit more of my famous Potato Salad- is true, I do make the best.

This weekend felt so nice to me, but I'm so glad a new week is coming. I want to get back to doing my exercise and writing down what I eat, I felt those two little things where really good for me. So without further ado:

If you've taken part in FMM then you know the rules. If you're new, please take a moment to answer this week's question on your own blog then add your link in the comments section of this Kenz post @ All the weigh so we can all see your FMM questions and answers. The idea is to connect with other awesome bloggers so take a moment to post your own FMM post and comment on a couple of other posts. Now it's time for this week's topic!

FMM: Today I....

Today I felt...loved, happy and looking forward to a new week!

Today I saw....strange people wearing strange things at the Supermarket...seriously

Today I ate...a lot. Pineapple glazed Ham, potato salad, sweet potato casserole...etc, yummo

Today I kissed...everyone: my baby nephew, my Goddaughter, my kids, my Sis, the Hubs and even the cat

Today I bought...potatoes, mayo, Self magazine and a newspaper; I bought a book yesterday online which is a little bit more interesting.

Today I heard...Aiden saying to a cartoon "oh no, don't cry".

Today I lost...nothing, thank gawd. It would have been nice to say a pound though :)

Today I decided...that this week is going to be better than last and I'm going to back to be the better me I want to be.

Today I need...to really figure out which moisturizer I'm gonna buy.

Today I wish...I could get on a plane and go home to see my Dad.

As I cuddle yesterday in our couch while the rain was falling outside, Aiden grabs a blanket and cover us both so we can see a movie together...it makes me feel loved and happy. It makes me feel like I have already so much. Life is good. =)

Hope that yours is too and that this new week brings something new and amazing, even if small, to your life.

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