hum diddly doo...

for lack of anything better to title this post....  i just wanted to update my blog since it has been a while since i have done so.  memorial day weekend was spent in newport beach at the southern california/nevada la leche league conference.  it was amazing!!  i was so happy to see so many other breastfeeding and babywearing families!  where we live there are not a lot of long term breastfeeding families and certainly not a lot of babywearers as most people believe that the best lace for their baby is in their carseat/carrier for as much of the day as possible....  i guess i shouldn't be that harsh, but it's really not that much of an exaggeration. the weather was wonderful as well.  it was about 70 the entire weekend.  we even got chilly friday evening at the park in irvine and had to put sweaters on the kids!!  it was also great driving around my old neighborhood.  auntie sarah (and aunt heidi) got to be exhausted by the twins and they had a great time with them while i was in sessions learning lots of great info.

random thoughts

well, today has been a busy day, but i feel like it has been rather productive as well. i have done some things around the house (although it wasn't the kitchen as it was supposed to be) (nor the laundry for that matter....) but it was stuff that needed to be done all the same. i called the irs and spent another 45 minutes on the phone with them (probably about 42 of those were on hold) to make sure that our payment plan is properly set up. i worked on my business and got some homework done too. i do have a hard time balancing the homework and the business work. i am quite excited to have decided to go the non-profit route and am also excited that (provided i can get enough funding) there are multiple property sites off of hwy 86 and legion rd by the hospital and the super walmart. i would absolutely love to be able to put a child care and family resource center right there. it is perfect for people from imperial and el centro to access and it is not too far for brawley residents. anyway, there is a lot of work to be done and i am interested in finding out how long it takes to become a non-profit once the paperwork is filed. then i can get moving on some grant writing and stuff. a lot of things are left up in the air until i manage to get ahold of some funds... i am optomistic that federal moneys will start becoming available with obamas financial plans being put into place.
well we are just over a month away from leaving for colorado springs and haven't managed to make any solid plans yet. i guess we should get to work on that huh... i know we have a few places in mind to stop, but havent actually hammered out any details.
i am also toying with the idea of going back to school to finish my degree. i need to figure out if i should finish up an aa at ivc then go for the ba later, or if i should just go straight to finishing up the ba...
well, i guess that's enough rambling for one evening.

how is it already thursday???

it seems like i just put on my status "monday already?" and now here it is thursday.  i have class again tonight and i have my sisters coming in from san clemente tonight. they should be here about the same time i get home from class.  i just cant figure out where all the time has gone.  it's already late april, summer is pouncing us from behind, and i have a to-do list about 1.73 miles long....  a bit overwhelming, but i know it can be done eventually... i think i need to start practicing my deligating skills... anyway, here's to a busy day, followed by a busy weekend, and so on and so forth.  however, as busy as i am, i am extremely thankful for my family and my health.  love, peace, & chicken grease!!!!!!

a link i found

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about the vacation journal

the vacation journal came about because i was in the mountains and was going through withdrawals of lack of technology. i got no cell service and in order to get online with the wifi i had to go all the way down to the lodge with the laptop...  so instead of posting daily blogs as i had planned i just opened up a document on my blackberry and kept a journal, then i emailed it to my blog and presto, you all have an account of how our vacation went.  i believe, however, that there should be no place on this earth in the year 2009 that i should not get cell service...  i believe the expression appropriate here is, "WTF"...  anyway, vacation was great.  it was relaxing and beatiful as it should be.  now on to plan our colorado trip in june...  if anyone knows of anything in particular that we should stop and see, please let me know. yes, we are driving... 

Vacation journal

April 1st - we arrived at oakzanita springs rv resort. Found a nice space to pull into and got set up. It was evening by the time we got here so after all the setting up we opted to go get some dinner out. We ended up at olive garden for the second night. Karizma primarily ate salad and lil Daryl ate breadsticks, croutons, and daddys Alfredo noodles. He is definitely a carb kid. April 2nd - we drove down to pio pico today. It was a nice mountain drive but being scared of heights isn't exactly a good thing when on the side of a mountain. Pio pico is a nice campground. They have activities and a couple of playgrounds and a kids gameroom. We will definitely be going there to check it out. We left and went into Chula vista. I hadn't realized what a richy kind of area it is. We had dinner at panda express and then headed back to the trailer. April 3rd - Sea World! The kids love sea world! It is always amazing to see their faces during the shows. They have such a good time I don't think we will ever be able to not have passes. We went on the rides in the sesame street area and went climbing up the net structures and across the bridges. April 4th - relaxing day, we took a drive. We drove north on the 79 and went up to lake cuyamaca. Stopped in to ask some questions and found very reasonable prices for renting boats. Maybe we will do some fishing this summer. We kept driving past the lake and ended up at kq ranch. We went in to drive around and check the place out. There was a nice playground, the pool was covered and warm, and they had a bounce house for the kids. Continuing on our adventure we went up to julian. I don't know why but for some reason I was thinking that it was a bit bigger than one intersection. Its a cute little town and we had some good food at a local deli. Walked up and down the one street and then headed back. We took a nice long walk around the resort. The kids love to go for walks and to the detriment of daddys blood pressure, run down the hills and narrowly escape the clutches of gravity as they muster all the balance they have to stay upright. We had a fire and hung out outside. April 5th - relaxed at the trailer April 6th - we went into la mesa to find a AAA office to get some maps. We drove around to a few places looking at offroad stuff and then came to the trailer to grab a few things for the night at home. We went home and did laundry, paid some bills, had dinner. April 7th - traffic court @930am. Then I had plans yo have lunch with Stephanie, Alicia, and Vilma. Daryl took the kids to yuma while we had our "girls lunch." it was a very good time. We were able to catch up on some things and get to know Alicia. I really enjoyed the time to just chat. We headed back up to oakzanita that evening. April 8th - san ysidro outlets, did a little shopping for the kids. It was a good weekend to go because every store we went into was having sales off of their clearance prices so we scored some great deals. April 9th - went to the parent movie morning in hazard center to see fast and furious. Then we went to lunch with Sammie and the boys after tne movie. April 10th - our plan was to go to sea world again, but it was cold and raining.  although it meant we probably would have been pleased to find less crowds, chasing two year old twins around in the rain didnt sound like as much fun as hanging out in the mountains and relaxing in the rain.  so that's what we did.  we took the time to get things done around the trailer and do some installations that needed to be done.

April 11th - got up and headed home.  i'm beginning to think we are the only people who vacation and go home twice during their vacation...  we went to grandma terri's for the big easter celebration.  egg hunt, good food and fantastic family :) it was a good day.  we headed back up the mountain, joined by mom, becky and melody. hung out by the fire that night and relaxed.

April 12th - Easter!  we drove down to the pio pico campground and we took the kids to an easter egg hunt.  then we headed back to the trailer to have dinner and relax some more.  (notice the trend here, lots of relaxing on this vacation).

April 13th - Sea World again.  we went to see some of the things we missed the last time we went and we also got to see the night time shows which began the day after we went the last time.  it's great having passes because it's no big deal to go for just a few hours instead of making it an all day event.

April 14th - home again, home agian, jiggety, jig... Sent from my BlackBerry Storm

Vacation

well, so far our vacation has proved to be relaxing and interesting.  we have been doing a lot of exploring in the mountains.  we drove north on the 79 to Julian and south on the 79 to pio pico and went around and up and found ourselves in chula vista.  it was a very nice drive, but a little freaky if you don't like heights.  let's just say there were a lot of times when i was a little freaked out.  it's amazing how many of the trees were affected by the wild fires of recent years.  just driving through all the forests, you can still see blackened trees with no new growth.  still beautiful, though sad at the same time.  we went to sea world on friday and the kids had a great time, as always.  they absolutely love shamu and the dolphins.  pictures will be coming once we are home.