HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Happy New Year to Everyone!!!!!! 2011 will be AMAZING!!!!! This is the year for everyone to change the game!!!! Make a difference in your life and someone else's. God Bless!

Updates Coming!!!! Happy Holidays!

I am still here! Updates coming soon. I never knew so much planning went into a wedding!!!

GOAL FOR THIS WEEK:

So I have had a hard time trying not to eat out, so my goal this week is to cook as much stuff as possible at home. Here is how my Turkey Meat Meatloaf looked. It does not look that great, but it had an AWESOME TASTE!!!

Hair Show Grand Opening

Tonight I will be attending the grand opening of: http://hairplaay.com/. A old saloon with new owners. It should be fun because it is being catered by Skys Taco (which is a REALLY, REALLY GOD PLACE)!!!!! http://www.skysgourmettacos.com/ I will post photos later.. Also I have a printer that I am selling if anyone is interested. All photos and information about that to come.

What Do You Think Of My Alter Ego Couple Photo

So a few weekends ago, I have the opportunity to re-crete an Alter-Ego Photo of a couple that I like to photograph...What do you think? Do you like it?

Wow! It finally happen!!!! I am Engaged!!!!

In case most of you don’t know, last Friday was my birthday! It was so HAPPY because my boyfriend proposed to me, and boy was it the element of surprise. We went out to dinner at Spaghettini Grill & Lounge, in Seal Beach. And the BF was going to prose then while Guitarist
Matt Marshak was performing, but he could only do it during the second set, which was going to start at 10:45pm, well of course we did not want to wait, so we left. As soon as we got home, and open the door, I notice the rose petals on the floor, candles everywhere, and Maxwell, playing in the background. When I turned around, I notice the boyfriend kneeling down on one knee, and you the rest. Here is a photo of my ring, which actually belonged to my mother, but he had it sized for me. As if I don’t have enough stuff on my plate, I now have to plan a wedding with the man of my dreams.

I have had the opportunity to be single for a long time, but I can honestly say that I am so glad that we found each other, because I could not as for a better mate.

Photos From Photo Shoot This Weekend!

Time How Important Is it?

Today was an interesting day. As I sat at a very, very boring In-service, a colleague of mine said something interesting. She said, “This workshop is so boring, and as a teacher who’s time is very valuable, I don’t appreciate them making me go to a boring workshop.” I then thought she is right. Time is so valuable and if you are a teacher you budget and plan every little detail in your life to make sure that you get everything done in one day, but I am finding out that sometimes you can’t do that. No matter how much you want to grade papers or go out with friends, sometimes, you really have to prioritize and put things in order of importance; that is what I am finding out. So many times I get upset with myself because I can’t seem to get everything done, and even though everything is at such high priority, I really have to understand that I can only get so much done a day. I think what I should do, is try to get most of the important stuff that I have to get done for me, should be done in the morning and everything else that is not that important should be done through out the school day. So I am going to try and grade papers while my students are independently working and I am going to try and write lesson plans, at that time as well. Everything else will get done during my planning period and before/afterschool, and what I don’t get done, I am not going to worry about it.

Very Bad!

This month I am really going to come back to my blog. So many things are happen and everything is going on so FAST!!!!!! Work has had me going, and I finally got a Photo Assistant who is AMAZING!!!!! He is really trying to make sure that we get better clients. I just had a bad thing to happen to me with my house, and I paid for a job that was suppose to happen but did not, so FRAUD was done, and now I have to go to Small Claims Court for that. So don’t feel like going. All and all I love my new place and I will post more stuff soon.

New Photo Shoots!!!!

Hey Everyone! Today I had a "AWESOME," Photo Shoot with a great couple!!!!!

Wow!

It has been such a long, long time! Here is an update:

Roommate: I finally moved out!!! That move took all summer, and I decided to live with the boyfriend. We have a beautiful condo together. Here is a picture of our first meal on our new table.
Work: It is what it is..I just went back to work, and it has been hard to stay focus, but I am doing it! I am really excited about working with my students this year!
Photography: It is getting really, really busy and I hope that I can make some extra money before the holidays!
Production: very slow. I feel a little tired lately.....Explanation coming!
Weight-loss: Very bad................Update coming soon

RIP Michael Jackson!

I can’t believe that it has been one year! Yesterday while I was home I got to watch the following, “The Wiz.” Wow I can’t believe how good it was. I remember the first time that I saw the film; I was so excited it was a special treat for me! My mother picked me up from school that day, and said, “ I have a special surprise for you,” Me being the strange little kid, I could not understand what it was because she picked my up before I got out of school, so I thought what is it, did someone die or was someone in the hospital?
Well after a quick lunch at Wendy’s she told me to close my eyes as she drove, then when the car stopped, we are at the movie theatre! And I looked up and on the billboard was the film, “THE WIZ,” was I happy. We went inside and saw the film; and throughout looking at the movie, we both laughed and cried at the end. What an GREAT “Mommy and Me” moment!

Hood College Reunion!!!!!

Wow! It has been a long time. Work has been so busy, but I just love summer break. I recently got back from my Vacation with Joshua. We went to my college reunion and had a blast! Here are some of my favorite photos from the weekend! It was so cool to spend time with some of my old friends and catch on what they have been doing. I am so proud of the people that I went to college with they are doing all types of unique and interesting things!!!!!

Wow! I Did Not See Sex In The City 2 This Weekend

Wow! This is one of my all time favorite films, and I did not go see if this weekend. One of the reasons is that I am going to Maryland for my college reunion, I think that it will be fun!!!!!

Iron Man 2!!! What A Film

I love Robert Downey Jr., even though I don't know him it is so GREAT to see how he has put his life back together again, and is so on top of his game!!!! Even Mickey Rourke was good (even though he said negative things about the film). A big improvement in almost every way (over the first film), the screenplay was very well written.

The Nightmare SUCKS!

This film was one of the worst remakes ever made. It was so bad, and the new Freddie was not even SCARRY!!!! Why did they not get the original Freddie to bring some life into this movie?
The producers of this film did not even try to be creative because with horror movies lowering their standards, why even try? They really screwed this film up. Wait for the video and then wait for it to come on free television.

May National Fitness Month

So I just found out that May is National Fitness Month. I have decided to set the following goals:

Work out 5x per week. 3 days doing Jillian Michaels and 2 days with the Trainer
Not to eat any snacks from the vending machine
Drink 8 glasses of water everyday
Lose 10 pounds by May 30, 2010
To eat a home during the week.
To stay focus and pray to God Daily!

Wish me luck!!!!!

Updates coming!

Updates are coming this weekend I promise!!!!!

MIA

Well, this has been a long journey for me to keep everyone up to date about what is going on. I have been just a little CRAZY with work since I got back from New York. This is a little of a rest week because I have to start shooting all of next week, so that it will be crazy again. I promise to post updates about the shoots!

Missing In Action!

Hey Everyone! So I have been so BUSY with all types of projects. I finally got my Section 8 done, so my renter is not officially paying me to stay in my house.. Some stress has been lifted. I am so happy about that! I just got back from New York with my students, which was an AWESOME experience. We had so much fun. While in New York, we saw West Side story, which is an great musical, and we also got a tour of SI Magazine. I have been on and off the weight loss wagon, but I am trying to stay on and watching what I eat, and not letting others stress me out. My latest thing that I am working on is trying to find a place to leave. Here is a photo of my students while we are in New York.

Goal For The Week

So my goal for the week is to eat at home every night this week. What is the plan:

Monday: Smoothie
Lunch: Salad from Trader Joes
Dinner: Nachos that I am going to make.

Tuesday:
TBA

One day at a time.

Last Night

So last night I was a little upset because my goal this week was to cook all my meals at home, which started off great, but went downhill last night, because when I went to pick up my boyfriend he had ordered me dinner....I did not want to be mean so I ate it......But I recovered this morning and made my lunch and dinner. WOW! I can't believe that I got up at 4:30am, to make this happen. I am so proud of myself.

Happy!

I am so proud of my self, because I started the week off by cooking. Today I cooked Steak Enchiladas, yellow rice, and mini tacos. Yummy! Also I am writing down a food list and trying to plan my meals...

Proud and Pissed At the same time!

I am really proud of myself, because I have been struggling with eating at home more often and this week, I started to do just that. I cooked some orange chicken and pasta. The orange chicken was very good, and I will be able to eat it the rest of the week. Again, I have been not blogging that much because I have been just a little busy. I finally got my house on Section Eight, but I am still waiting off them to send me a check. I can’t wait because I would like to pay off some of my credit cards and get out of debt....I am also a little sad today because I went to the hair stylist and I asked him to leave my hair curly but he wanted to straighten it and now it is sooooooo straight that I can't stand it!! The reason being is that I don't have a lot of time to do my hair and I am not a hair person...Now, I have to figure out how to make it wavy again.. I am so pissed!!!!! I may go back to him and ask him to cut it!!!!

This Girl Is Awesome.....It is so GREAT To Have Her Nominated For An Oscar

Lazy Weekend

This weekend I have been very lazy. I have spent the entire break not doing anything, so now I am staying up all night to grade photos. I am hoping to catch the new Denzel movie tomorrow. I also hope that I can eat at home for the rest of this week. Why is that so hard for me to do? I so don't like cooking, but I have to get with the program......Any tips out there?

Cold Case Encounter:

As most of you know I am a die hard Cold Case Fan (TV Show), so yesterday I had the opportunity to visit their production office. My friend’s son is an actor and he had a role on the show. After he wrapped he some how left his backpack in the green room. Lucky for me, the WB Production Lot was close to my job, so I stopped by to pick it up. Wow! I was so excited to go to the production office, I wanted to ask for an autograph photo (so cheesy), but I did not because the PA was on the phone and she just gave me the backpack, on my way out I wanted to take a photo of the sign but I realized that I did not have a camera until I got in my house, so I grabbed this one as I was driving away..AHHHHHH! So close, but far.

At Last!!!!!! Section Eight Approval!!!

Since August I have been trying to get a new tenant to rent my house in Florida. Well, I found the person in June, but she gets Section 8, which is the Government Housing Program. Well, it has taken me to January 7 (TODAY), to finally get approved. This is the longest process I ever had to deal with; and to think no wonder there are so many homeless people and families in the world, because the housing program takes their time on filing the paperwork. The funny thing when I asked them why it took so long no one could give me an answer, but now everyone is being very nice and returning all of my telephone calls and answering all of my questions….Go Figure??????

Broke My Promise!!!

Ok, so the goal was to cook at home and not eat out, but this morning when I woke up I realized that I did not have anything for lunch today….So I had to stop by Gelson’s and pick up this delicious salad. I have to say it was so GOOD!!!!! So for dinner tonight I have to cook!

BACK ON THE GRIND!!!!!

Today was my first day back to work after being out for two weeks. In a way I was excited to get the semester started, and I love hearing from my students how they spent their Christmas Holidays. They always love to tell me about their new holiday gadgets and what films they saw over the break. The number one film that everyone one saw was Avatar, followed by Sherlock Holmes. It is always hard to get my students back on task after break, so I allowed them to just talk about what they did over the holidays, as they worked on their final exam preparations. I don’t know why I was so tired when I got home, but I did two things that I never do. One I watched the film "Inglourious Basterds,” which was so funny! I must admit that I am not a fan of Brad Pitt because of the whole Angelina Jolie ( I still think they cheated on Jennifer Aniston to be together), but in this movie he was very funny. Quentin Tarantino’s film is a creative complex story with a “Awesome” cast, and a interesting music score. If you are looking for something to rent, I suggest you start here.

The Second thing that I did was make dinner at home. Which is very, very rare! I am a big “Eat Out,” type of person, but I have decided that this year, I am going to try and eat out less and eat more at home. My goal is to only eat out this Friday because I am meeting a group of friends after work…Hopefully that will work.. So for diner I had my favorite; Trader Joe’s Chicken Nuggets with some leftover salad from lunch today. It was pretty good. Tomorrow, I am going to make black beans, yellow rice and grill fish. Hopefully it turn out…..OH I ALMOST FORGOT ABOUT THE BIG NEWS……
I think that my house is finally going to be on Section Eight, which is making my tenant very happy details on that coming up!!!!!!!

The Break Is Over!!!!!

Wow! I had a great holiday break!!!! I am so not ready to go to work today, but I am so blessed to have a job that I like and that I have a job...While on break Josh and I had a chance to go to Universal Studios..IT was great! Can you guess what our favorite ride was buy the photos?

Holiday Movies To See!!!

The best thing about having a break is that you have a lot of free time to enjoy the things that make you happy. This week I was lucky to watch the following films and here is what I though of them:

Princess and the Frog: Wow! Disney gives animation the “Diva” treatment in 'The Princess and the Frog What a classic story that had outstanding animation and a wonderful array of music. The story reveals sweet qualities of mood and color and jazzy music that all work well together Truly a must see; even if you are not a kid!!!!

Avatar: This was a very long film, the reason I know that it was long because I went to sleep in the middle and when I woke up the film had another two hours left!!! Even though I did fall asleep, I still think that it was a good movie. The film is very breathtaking, it detracts you from the fact that the characters are caricatures, and too much of the dialogue is very basic. The visuals are very stunning and creative but the story is very basic.