Not St. Amy

What are your top five break-up songs?
Submitted by gt.

These are my 5 break-up songs...

5. The Last Day of Our Acquaintance - Sinead O'Connor

The Last Day Of Our Acquaintance

4. Too Late - Carole King

It's Too Late

3. Don't Crash the Car Tonight - Mary's Danish

Don't Crash The Car Tonight

2. I'm Not Your Mother - Blake Babies

I'm Not Your Mother

1. You Don't Give Up - Blake Babies

You Don't Give Up

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What's the best thing about your mom?

I think my Mom is pretty cool. I have always been lucky to have her for my mother. She's kind, understanding, encouraging, patient and firm when she has to be. She has never let me down. She has never asked for anything for all that she does. She doesn't do things for me and make me feel like I owe her. She's just kind enough to do these marvelous things for us... She's an amazing woman. I admire her. I have wanted to be a mother just like her since I found out I was pregnant. I miss her so much and always wish she lived closer. I can't think of just one thing that is the "best" about my mom. She is wholly the best mom.

I'm looking for a DSLR for the husb for Father's Day. Of course being not very camera savvy I wanted to know if anyone out there had an opinion on one or another...

Thanks in advance for your answers...

I finally have some time to sit down and blog a little bit. Jeepers Creepers...

So first things first, I want to apologize to everyone I didn't see when I was in San Antonio. I was only there for 7 days and those 7 days went by so fast, before I knew it, it was Wednesday night and I was packing to leave the next day. So I'm so sorry I didn't see y'all. PLUS to add to it, I didn't have internet access. Who knew that people would secure their networks in my Mom's hood? Anyway, the little connection I did have was so unreliable that I could stay on for only like 2 minutes. Forgiveness all around, please...

Second, my Famils are the best! They just rule the world. How awesome it was to just hang out with my mom for 3 weeks? She was with me in Califas for 2 weeks and then for a week in Tejas. It was great. I miss her so much. I wish she was closer.

See, just as I sat down to blog I hear my kids coming up the drive ready for dinner. Luckily I have the nuggets in the microwave and the strawberries cut and ready to go. Shh, don't tell anyone that I make my kids microwave food when I don't have time to cook. Tomorrow they will have pizza with their Dad because I have a meeting. SO, that's that with that!

What did we do while in Texas?

We arrived on Thursday, late and starving of course. Got the rental van and then we were off to my Mama's house. Ate a late dinner and the kids went to sleep, I hung out with the Muth. She's the best.

Woke up early on Friday morning and the Muth, the Kid Sis, the Twinkles and I got ready for a full day. We went to have breakfast at Jim's on Hildebrand and San Pedro then it was off to the Zoo! Had to show the kids a real zoo. They have only been to the lame Oakland Zoo. We had a great time! It was a blast. The kids loved it. Jake has always really really wanted to see a rhino and he was just so excited to finally see one in person! After the zoo we got on the train! It was so fun! I remember it from back in the day but this time it was just so much better than it ever has been. Must have been having my own kiddos with me, experiencing it for the first time! We got home exhausted but fulfilled! It was a fabulous day.

Saturday was flea market day. We got a later start than I wanted but still, it was so much fun. We bought so much crap it wasn't even funny. Did I mention the kids $5 cowboy hats? No? Ah, well, yes, there are cowboy hats! Spent all day at there and came home with a HUGE watermelon. AND the kids had their first raspas. Coconut for Jake and Strawberry for Kate. Good time was had by all. Spurs game afterward. Holy Shit Spurs, double overtime!

Sunday was Famils day. We woke up early, ate breakfast at Jim's again, then  went to Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery. The kids went to meet Grandpa Texas for the first time and we also saw my Tio Louie. I hadn't seen his stone. It was sad but the kids had a good time. Does that make sense? When we got home we had a bbq with all the famils present. My Tia, my cousins, my sister and John, My old friend Jenn and even my brother and his family were there. It was great to see everyone. I made me realy miss Texas more. I miss them all. ROCK BAND! After everyone left we played Rock Band. "Mommy we love you but we don't want to share!" was what the kids told me when it was my turn to sing. John, Jenn and Jake and Katy srsly played Blitzkrieg Bop 3.489 million times. It was AWESOME! If anyone in my hood has it, you should invite me over. I will bring Pepsi and Doritos and we will have a good time, okay? I srsly can sing the hell out of Celebrity Skin.

Monday was Fiesta day. We took the kids to the Mercado and they had a good time. I need to mention the humongous turkey leg that they ate. They LOVED it and of course my hands smelled like turkey for the rest of the day. Gross, yeh, I know. Then I had dinner with my beautiful friend Sylvia. I met her boy. He's nice.

Tuesday was Selena Day. We went to Corpus Christi to take Katy to go see Selena's grave and her statue. She LOVED it and we even got a video of her doing her Selena moves. It was awesome. So sad when I really really sit downa nd think about it. She was so young. Then we ate lunch at WHATABURGER by the Bay. Oh yeh, it was de-licious! BEST BURGER EVER! Then we went to go see the Selena statue downtown and we were thwarted by some really tanned old man. Apparently the statue was closed because they were getting ready for a boat show and the statue was right smack dab in the middle of it all. So I paid some girl twenty bucks to drive us by it in her little Landry's golf cart. Then we went to the beach for a walk along the sea but we ended up getting in and getting wet. The kids were baptised in the Gulf at last. The gulf coast water taste sweet as wine... Got home late and watched the Spurs game.

Wednesday I took the rental van back and started packing and getting ready to go the next day. I was already sad that I would be leaving my mom and that I didn't get to see some very very important people.

Thursday, went to the airport early, hung out a bit before we had to go in and get to our gate. It was SAT to LAX to OAK. LONG FLIGHT! Got home, kissed the husb and I got right to work on the newsletter and on my consulting gig...

It's been non-stop ever since...

What have you lost that you wish you still had?
Submitted by gunderson bee.

My super awesome Gucci sunglasses. I miss them. They fit my face so well... 

What is your "role" in your family?

I am a wife, mother, chef, teacher, housekeeper, hugger, snuggler, booboo healer/kisser, secret keeper, story teller,  pillow fluffer, gardener, project coordinator, chauffeur, secretary, schedule keeper/maker, referee, researcher, investigator.

I'm a busy woman!

How often do you call your parents?

I call my Mom everyday. Even if it's just for 5 minutes, I call her everyday. Sometimes 10 times.

HA!

When was the last time you laughed so hard you cried?
Submitted by Maraschino.

Last night and I can't tell anyone about it because it was offensive but the husb and I mess around like that!

What is the worst date you've ever been on?

I never really went on dates dates. We "hung out" if we liked eachother. Oh brother. So there was this guy named Mark and I thought he was so cute (looking back now, I don't really think that he was.). My friend Nohemi thought that we would be good together so she hooked it up that we would be together at the same place at the same time for hanging outage. He said hello and we sat down and started talking about punk rock, which was okay but you know... then he asked me if I wanted a beer. I said sure and he went to the kitchen and brought me out a 40. Okay, I can drink this. NOT! We watched him and some weird guy fight over some game and then I decided that I had to be going far away from there.

A week later, I met up with him again at someone's party. Better this time BUT this is when I discovered he was the WORST kisser EVER (I thought I was going to be swallowed alive)! After that night we never talked again and then of course on a chance meeting like 5 years later he walked into the Jim's I was a waitress at. He was all, "Don't I know you?" I was like, "yeh, I was Nohemi's friend" and he said, "Oh my god! I'm sorry I treated you like shit when I met you a long time ago. We should hang out again."

"Um, no.... Thank you have a good night."