2009- A bittersweet year

I'm always looking forward to happy endings and new beginnings.... Goodbye 2009.... Hello 2010!!!

I have been truly blessed this year. My girls are happy and healthy! Work is work but I'm happy to say that I'm employed. I really have no major complaints about 2009.

However, there have been some great losses in the entertainment industry. I grew up listening to Michael Jackson. Followed his career from the Jackson 5 till current. An icon will surely be missed around the world. RIP Michael Jackson. You're memory will live on forever. Along with Michael were other entertainers who went home to be with the Lord. My prayers go out to their families and friends.

Our local community experienced a serious fatality this year that I pray has opened the eyes to our youth about drinking and drugs. My prayer for 2010 is that they've learned from this and make better choices.

Well you all know me so it wouldn't be a good blog if I wasn't making someone giggle or smile.... so I was sent this poem from someone and I had to chuckle a little at the reflection of 2009. Enjoy....

Don't know the author, but too cute not to pass on.

Happy New Year Everyone!!!

Bigger is better!!!

I haven't blogged in a few months partially because I have been so busy and partially because my friends and I are in the process of making a blog website. It's going to be bigger and better... and have everything you need or would like to read regarding marriage, parenting, being a woman, etc.... so be on the look out for that... we are hoping to launch it soon!!

Vita Rain or Vita Pain??

I know I haven't posted in a while... and we'll get to that later... but I have to send a post out to everyone about Vita Rain from Kirkland (Costco). It's SUPPOSED to be like VitaminWater or Sobe Life Water.... and it's NOT!!!!

I got the Kiwi Strawberry bottled water... the label says it's going to boost essential electrolytes, it has B vitamins (which I really need) and it will maintain my body's fluid balance... well shit, sign me up!!! I cracked it open and took a big swig and almost choked!! It tastes exactly like Swish. And for those of you that don't know what Swish is... it's that nasty flouride the dentist gives us to "swish" around in our mouth and spit out... and that's exactly what I did...

Thank you Costco for providing us with a lower cost flavored water for us to drink but I don't mind paying a little more so that you can actually add FLAVOR to your "flavored" water!!! Just a suggestion.... my tastebuds are really mad at me right now!!!! To make it up to them, I bought a pineapple cupcake in the breakroom. Thanks for nothing Kirkland!!!

Taking Internet Games Too Far

How many of you are members of Facebook? Well I used to be... I loved to log in, chat with my friends, update my status (let the homies know what's been going on with me), and play a few games.

I first started playing FarmTown. LOVED IT!!! I give that game an A+.
FarmTown is a little agricultural haven where you actually have to grow, harvest and keep up your own farm. Like real to life farms, if you let it go without upkeep, it will die. You have animals that you take care of. When you harvest your crops, you can make money to buy things like ponds and houses. My friend, Kendal, has the best farm ever on that site. I love it!

Well I was then introduced to Sorority Life. At first, I didn't catch on to the concept of the game... plus I was a little embarrassed that I'm in my late 30's and playing a game called Sorority Life. Seemed so juvenile. Well I kept getting messages that someone sent me a "relaxed cardigan" or a "hybrid prius"... so I decided to log in one day and I found it very interesting. You have an avatar that represents you. So my avatar was named Deeeee Lish (D'Lish for short). Well D'Lish started out as a dog walker with very little money.... but I found out that if you "attack" people, you not only make them lose points but you take their money. And with their money you can buy clothes or cars or shoes and make yourself stronger to fight off people who attack you. Sounds fun, huh? So I recruited my girlfriends which made my Sorority House stronger and we were unbeatable from levels 10-25. Then one day we found out that not only can you "attack" other players you can also "slap" them. Now slapping isn't the same as attacking... when you attack, you have the possibility of getting something in return... when you slap, you just make that player mad.... literally! I would get messages from other players asking me "why in the hell did I just slap them" or "what did they do to me"? LMAO! You did nothing, it's just a game! So when I would see that they would get "real life" mad at me "pretend" slapping them, I would slap them 10 more times. This would set off an internet rage! They would rally up their cyber friends and gang up on you.

I happened to go on vacation recently and was not able to log on to the computer... mainly because I was on "vacation" and enjoying "real life". Well my friend text me and told me that a group of girls were attacking her on this game... so when I got home, I logged on to see. It was a war! Somehow they assumed I was slapping them so they were attacking me. Not only was I being attacked, I was being slapped and my name was written in the "burn book". Please note, the burn book is a place where you set a bounty for a certain player and other players take them down.... I believe it actually cost real $ to put someone in the burn book. There were 4 bounty's on me, none less than $103,000 each. Which probably cost the player $5 in real life money. But to put that money out for a game to destroy someone you don't even know is crazy! So the bounty's were set and players were going for it then they would send me messages like, "ohhh you're terminally depressed. I'll wait in line." or "You will burn all weekend for slapping me." Then they would message each other and say "Ok we got her. Maybe she'll learn from this." or "She'll be in here until she learns to play nice." ARE YOU KIDDING ME? They are playing this game as if it were real. So I would message them and say "You're taking this too seriously, It's just a game." So I decided that antagonizing these players wasn't fun anymore. I wasn't afraid of them, I just thought that it could have been a 12 year old that I'm sitting here fighting with. And that's not cool.

Well my friend text me again this morning and said that she logged on to her computer and that the game was getting scarier. The threats were worse and the way these people talked, it seemed that they lived for this game. I logged on and saw that I had been attacked a few times when my computer was shut down... I don't let it get to me because it's just a game. I logged into FarmTown to play a little bit and once I did a warning screen came up and said that my computer was being hacked for passwords and security information. I immediately shut my whole facebook profile down. These players took the game way too far! Hacking into someone's computer because they cyber slapped you?? Are you fucking kidding me? And I had to use the f word because that's how idiotic this is... I will be reporting this to Facebook and Playdom... in the meantime, be careful on these computer games!

New Moon- I CAN'T WAIT!!!!

So far the trailer is just how I pictured it to be when reading the book. Mark your calendars! This is going to be a blockbuster in the theaters!

Pet Peeves (I hate it when....)

I was driving home today and came to a 4 way stop... and a man did something that made me cringe.. and I thought to myself, "Ooooh I hate it when people do that"

My friend, Lakethia, recently blogged about her favorite things(http://www.motherhoodtyfamnty.blogspot.com/)... unfortunately, I'm doing the opposite.

I hate it when... you come to a 4 way stop and clearly have the right of way and someone waves you to go as if they are doing you a favor!

I hate it when... you go to Panda Express and have to order in Spanish.

I hate it when... someone does something nice for you and suggests you repay with something way more expensive and elaborate. Example, my friend bought me a bottle of water and said I can repay her with a round of drinks in Vegas. I slapped down a dollar and paid for my own water.

I hate it when... you ask a simple question and get a long winded answer!

I hate it when... you get behind someone with WIC coupons at the grocery store.

I hate it when... you see a welfare recipient in a better car than yours rollin on mo-mo's.

I hate it when... your baby daddy's girlfriend tries to be your friend.

I hate it when... people think it's cute when their baby visits your table at a restaurant. Go sit down, Junior!!!

I hate it when... you get reprimanded for being a few minutes late to work and NEVER get praised for being a few minutes early. WTF?

I hate it when... someone asks what nationality you are and then tells you what they thought you were. Then why did you ask, asshole?

I hate it when... you go in for a pedicure and they start suggesting you need something else. "Ohh, you want wax?".... "No"... "Ohhh, you should get wax"... There goes your tip, Phuc.

I hate it when... you have to guess what pastries they have at a Starbucks drive thru window. List that shit!!!

I hate it when... the dumb clerk at the store give you more change that what you're supposed to get and your conscience kicks in. Dammit!

I hate it when... people pronounce the H in Rihanna.

I hate it when... my kids have to look at the McDonalds menu like something has changed. Same shit, just order.

I hate it when... someone calls you at 1 AM and has the nerve to ask you, "Oh were you sleeping?" What the hell?!?

I hate it when... you get re-gifted.

I hate it when... people don't use spell check.

But I do love it when people read my blogs and get a little giggle from it. Thanks for visiting everyone!!

The Melting Pot

Hey Guys - It's finally here at The San Mateo Melting Pot.....our first Sierra Nevada Beer Dinner on June 16th. We will have a great 3 course dinner paired with a Porter, Summerfest and Torpedo Ale. Afterwards, we will head out on the patio for an after dinner drink and a nice cigar.

The price is $59 per person and will be held on every 3rd Tuesday of the month.

It's wine dinner time. We will have our 1st world wine dinner on June 25th. We will feature 3 courses paired with 3 wines from Europe and an after dinner Port for $59 per person. We will continue to have one wine dinner each month on the 4th Thursday of each month.

Please call for the special Father's Day Menu at The San Mateo Melting Pot at 650-342-6358 to reserve your table.