The Total Gym!

Well I have been wanting one of these babies for EVER !! But I was not about to dish out $975 for a new one online! So I found one on craigslist for $75 !! We picked it up today and we have already started to use it.It's got a whole bunch of accessories. It is SWEET ! I could feel the fat burning off. I really needed to buy a new exercise gadget so I could get excited about using it otherwise I won't work out! So hopefully in 4 weeks I will look like Christie Brinkley or Chuck Norris! Here's Aaron demonstrating it!

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My father's anniversary

(My dad is the one on the left, sitting) For the past few nights I have been having some very vivid dreams about my father. He passed away 4 years ago, suddenly of a heart attack. And even though he and I weren't real close, (my parents divorced when I was 4) these dreams are quite emotional for me. So much so that I wake up sobbing because I miss him. In my dreams, he comes to me and hugs me then he says goodbye, but in my dream, I feel like a little girl who wants to spend some more time with her daddy. He says goodbye and I start bawling like a kid. I get up with my eyes all crusty from the tears and sniffling..wondering what the ???? I hadn't realized that on Feb. 5th will mark the 4th anniversary of his death. In our church we believe in baptisms for the dead. I have done some genealogy for my dad and when Josh turns 12 this October he has volunteered to be "baptized" for his grandpa. My dad wasn't the most religious person nor was he what you can call a ...

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Out of work and outta my mind!

Ok, so it has been .....hmmmm...about 2 months since I stopped working at a "real" job. The first month was all about relaxing and enjoying the holidays (yeah right, more like cleaning non-stop) and spending time with my grandma. So then in January I told myself I would be really busy.....(crickets chirping) but it ain't happening. I thought I would enjoy working from home, but right now I am really bored. My day mostly consists of marketing my business to small cities and counties in Texas. I have to get my foot in the door first. Sergio tells me not to give up. I just started. I also do bookkeeping and am thinking of going for my masters in accounting. But that takes money, lots of it. So, for now, I will keep on plugging my company. I guess I did enjoy the "rat race" after all. So, I decided to get back into my decorating business as a side thing. I was very successful as a designer for Home Interiors back in 2000. So I heard they got bought out by another ...

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CASA

So today I completed my very first day of training as a CASA (court appointed special advocate) or guadian ad litem. In two weeks I will be sworn in by the judge here in Collin County and be the official legal voice of an abused or neglected child. I will basically be the only constant in a child's life while he/she/they go through the foster care system/CPS. Ever since I was a college student and volunteering at a battered woman's shelter I have wanted to volunteer with CASA . But since it seemed time consuming and I had work, an infant and full time school I could never commit myself to it. Until now. I feel this is the right time in my life to do this. I feel that if I can just make a difference in one child's life that it will be worth it. The training today was...a LOT...that's all I can say about it. I know that the Lord will give me the strength to complete this task that he has set out for me to do. I only pray that I will be a good advocate for the child they...

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Happy New Year!

We had a nice relaxing and quiet New Year's eve thanks to a crappy cold I caught. But on New Year's Day I felt a lot better. Sergio and I decided to take the kids for a drive since it was so pretty out. We ended up in Las Colinas at Williams Square. I used to work there a looooong time ago during my marketing days. Sooo I remembered how pretty it was and we decided to go down there after lunch and take some pictures. After taking a nice stroll down the canal, we drove and drove until we ended up at White Rock Lake in Dallas. It is soo pretty there. Took some more pics and people watched. We fantasized that we live in one of those AMAZING homes overlooking the lake then headed to Panera in good ole' McKinney for desert and hot chocolate. It was a great day :) Nothing like spending the day with your family dreaming :D

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