Say Good-Bye to Freedom

Ok...yes...good news...I got a job! I went into Homeguard for my 2nd and final interview on Monday and I was offered the job. I will be doing sales for the Home Inspection/Home warranty company. My territory is Milpitas, East San Jose/Evergreen/down to Gilroy peninsula up to Menlo Park...something like that. I will miss the East Bay and my friends out there...but not the drive. It's always weird to start a new job...the unknown..the people all that. I am looking forward to it though.
So my last week of no work...Monday was the interview went to dinner with my friend and old boss Hilda...Tuesday I had to get new tires then went to see Holly, Frank and Isabella she is about 10 days old. So darn cute. I will miss always being able to just go over on a weekday. Wednesday Shannen's last day of school so I took her to Santana Row we had lunch at Maggianos Jonathan just got off work so he joined us...shopped around and hung out for a bit. It was nice.
Thursday Shannen and I went to SFO to pick up Brittany at Scott's work. We went in and met a lot of people he works with and all that stuff. It was cool. Then us three went to the beach...ahhh how I just love the beach. Went to Santa Cruz kicked back on the beach read my book/slept. Relaxed and listened to the ocean. We took a drive to Capitola and shopped a bit. Friday went to get groceries then Britt Shannen and I went to Santana Row. Jonathan was working at Maggianos so we went to visit him had a snack. Then kicked back in my favorite spot in the sun and read my book and relaxed and people watched. That night Scott and I went to dinner with Trish, Deb and George, had a great time. My last week of freedom was amazing!

Saturday we went to Chantal's birthday BBQ in Menlo Pk. It was fun! Sunday my nieces 6th birthday party at the cool house in Monte Sereno.

It's been a year since I first broke my foot on June 22nd. In a cast for 6 weeks get laid off work end of July...first hospital stay in Aug. on unemployment 6 weeks then back into the hospital for emergency surgery...2nd surgery Jan.18. Off disability end of March. Now I will be back to work.
I'm glad to be done with the events of 2007 but I sure did try and make the best of a bad situation. It is now time to get back to reality and back work.
Life is good!

Last weekends in May

Memorial day weekend was a nice one. It started off Friday night with me going to Gay night at Great America. I hung out with Cami and her staff. It was a busy night. The entertainment was good. Comedians impersonator...fun night. I love to people watch..Great to see Cami at work....lots to do.

Scott and I celebrated our 23rd anniversary. That is more than half my life..haha. We celebrated on Sunday. We went to Shadow Brook in Capitola for Brunch. Then shopped around downtown Capitola. Scott bought a new dress and sunhat. We then went to a beach off Hwy 1. It was so beautiful. The weather was a bit overcast. But when we got to the beach the sun came out for awhile. It felt great. We then went to Santa Cruz and went to a Cafe called Chocolate. They have the best hot chocolate. It's so thick, rich dark chocolate..it's amazing. Then we went home and relaxed. It was a perfect day.
On Monday we went to see Holly and Frank they just had their baby girl Isabella. She was 10 lbs 8oz. She is so cute doesn't even look like a newborn. I can't believe 10lbs. Holly is doing good. I can't wait to go to the house and visit. I want to give them time to get settled rest and enjoy time with her.

The week went well. On Wednesday I took a trip to Hollister to visit with Cami we met her sister Robin for lunch it was a great visit. Thursday went to hang out in Santana Row and hung out by Starbucks met friends and read my book. Nathan came home on Thursday night we had dinner and all hung out. It was nice to have all the kids home. Friday Scott left for the weekend went with Manny and his dad cousins to their cabin by Arnold. I went to visit Jean and the kids. On Saturday night went with some friends to get a few drinks then off to see 'Sex and the City' good movie. I will be hopefully be working soon. I won't mention anything yet. If not I will just have to continue to enjoy life..hehe

May happenings

I need to get back to a weekly blog. I'm doing catch up now. After the weekend at the beach and surprise party the week went by like all. I'm still enjoying my time off work. I know reality is I need to get to work but it is nice just enjoying life. Mother's Day weekend was nice. Nathan came home for the weekend. On Saturday we had our annual Mother's Day lunch at The Blue Agave in Pleasanton. My mom, sisters, aunts, cousins friends all get together for a lunch. There was about 20 of us. It was a lot of fun. We relaxed and had a great time. The weather was wonderful almost 90 degrees...love it!

On Mother's Day the kids made me a wonderful breakfast then we went for a hike at Castle Rock. It was beautiful...I love hiking glad I'm able to hike again. No more broken foot no more surgeries. After the hike we went to lunch and had a great day.

On Monday I met my friend Hilda we spent the afternoon together and then she came joined us for dinner. Wednesday I met Sandra at Santana Row and we had a nice visit. Then Brittany met me there we sat in our favorite lounge chairs and relaxed and talked. Thursday I met Leslie at Starbucks in the AM. It was a nice visit. Thursday was my starvation day...I couldn't eat a thing...had to prepare for my lovely colonoscopy on Friday. Well...I have tried 2 times to have a colonoscopy and first time I ended up in surgery 2nd time they couldn't do it cause of scar tissue. Third times a charm. Again I had to go under....that always kind of creeps me out but at least it wasn't all the way under. It's great though cause I wake up and it's all over. The test went well and Dr called me and said everything looks good.

This past weekend Scott & I took Shannen and her friend Emily to Capitola. We went to go visit my brother Bert and Kathi they were staying at Kathi's parents place. We hung out at the beach I got a little color. We had a great day. Sunday Scott and I got up early and went on a hike at Alum Rock Park. I love that park.

Brittany's Surprise Birthday Party!

May always starts off with Brittany's birthday on the 3rd. We had a surprise 19th birthday party for her at the beach. This was great she was really surprised. She was actually very easy to fool..haha.

We rented a beach house at Pajaro Dunes in Watsonville. There were about 15 teenagers/young adults there. Scott and I and his sister Sandy and husband Bob were the adults there. It was great on Friday night it was just us adults at the house. We went to dinner and just had a really good time visiting. The view from our room was the ocean..so nice! The next day people started getting there around 12:30 Britt got there about 1ish. She was completely surprised I loved the confused look on her face..hehe...it was great. We had great food and drinks and dessert of course. Everyone had a good time. At night we had a fire on the beach. The weather was really nice it was sunny on Saturday. About 10 of the kids stayed the night. The next day we just hung out inside most of the day since it was a windy cold day on Sunday. But it was so beautiful looking out the windows. We ate relaxed and enjoyed the day. Left about 5pm. What a perfect weekend.

Month of April

Wow...can't believe it's been a month since the last blog. Where the hell does time go? Let me think...April was a good month. On April 8th I had a great day. In the morning I went to Trish's house in San Ramon she made me breakfast..so cute...we then went on a walk and hung out. I then met my friend Karen at Whole Foods for lunch..nice visit. Then I stopped by Fremont to visit Michele and we ended up hanging out there going to dinner I didn't get home until 9:30. It was a full day but a fun one. On April 9th my godchild Cristal had an art show at Santa Clara University. Her work is amazing! She graduated this year. Here are a few pictures from her show.

On April 5th we had a surprise 50th Anniversary party in Willits for my in-laws. They were really surprised. It turned out nice. That Sunday we went to a dinner for Holly's birthday. Fun filled weekend of parties and eating!

April 26th Shannen went to the Bellarmine Jr. Prom...eeek..my baby at prom.

On April 20th our friends daughter Olivia had her first communion...she looked so pretty, the party after was lots of fun.

I've been exercising again, which is a great thing. I've been on several hikes in April which I really missed. It's been since last June before I broke my foot that I've been on a hike.
April was good!

George's 40th Party

This last Saturday was also George's 40th birthday party. It was lots of fun. Everyone had George drinking shots of ta-kill-ya. He wasn't feeling to good the next day..haha Scott had his share of drinks as well...I drove home. Great time..here are some pictures! There were lots of people lots of fun! G's brother and sis-in-law threw the party...turned out really nice!

Holly's Shower

This last weekend was the party weekend. It started off with Saturday afternoon. Terri T and I gave Holly a baby shower. It was at Terri's house in Livermore. It turned out nice. We had about 20 people there...good food...fun games...yes I usually hate the games but Terri did a good job with them. Most importantly there were good people there! Holly's mom even flew out from Utah. Can't wait until the baby is born then we'll know...is it a boy or a girl. I won't guess cause I never have any idea.