It is official... we are going back to Punta Cana for our one year anniversary! We are so excited to go back, and even more excited that Joey and Amy are coming with us! (I'm pretty grateful to Matt and Amanda for introducing us to them!)I think we are down to 124 days until our trip!
PLUS, this week I mentioned to Jose that I wanted to take a cruise. Since his birthday this year was pretty much amazing (see my first post in January)and mine was pretty lame (our first month saving for a house), I thought going next March would be perfect. I started pricing the cruises, and jokingly said it would be my birthday present (ok so I wasn't joking). It took all of one minute to get Jose to agree, and now that trip is planned. 241 days and counting!
I am glad that we booked those trips before we buy a house, because I have a feeling once we get the house we will be really sticking to the budget March-style!
Rumor has it that we may get an answer on our offer today. After four months of waiting, I'm skeptical. I'll believe it when I hear it.
Friday, July 18, 2008
Thursday, July 3, 2008
Random act of kindness
I am so behind blogging! I need to post pictures from our two lake trips, and update you on our house situation... but that will come later.
I had to write a story about what happened this morning. After a week of vacationing it has been REALLY hard getting up for work. Plus work has not been very welcoming as I came back to a crisis. Anyway, on the way to work Jose and I were both really tired because we woke up to late to make coffee. Jose offered to drop me off at work and go get Starbucks for us. We have been trying to cut back on coffee to save money, but it sounded so good I gave in! (sidenote: I heard on ESPN radio that with the crumbling economy the first three things to get cut out of a budget is Starbucks, vacations, and sporting events. So far we haven't had to cut them out completely). Well, Jose comes back with my coffee and told me the coffee was free! Some lady who was sitting with her legs crossed and a smile on her face essentially opened a tab for anyone coming in for coffee! How cool is that? Jose said when he thanked her she just smiled. I wonder what her motive was, or what prompted her to do this random act of kindness. All I know is maybe I should continue the chain of good deeds today--and enjoy my coffee!
I had to write a story about what happened this morning. After a week of vacationing it has been REALLY hard getting up for work. Plus work has not been very welcoming as I came back to a crisis. Anyway, on the way to work Jose and I were both really tired because we woke up to late to make coffee. Jose offered to drop me off at work and go get Starbucks for us. We have been trying to cut back on coffee to save money, but it sounded so good I gave in! (sidenote: I heard on ESPN radio that with the crumbling economy the first three things to get cut out of a budget is Starbucks, vacations, and sporting events. So far we haven't had to cut them out completely). Well, Jose comes back with my coffee and told me the coffee was free! Some lady who was sitting with her legs crossed and a smile on her face essentially opened a tab for anyone coming in for coffee! How cool is that? Jose said when he thanked her she just smiled. I wonder what her motive was, or what prompted her to do this random act of kindness. All I know is maybe I should continue the chain of good deeds today--and enjoy my coffee!
Wednesday, June 18, 2008
Another offer!
We have been getting tired of waiting for an answer on the offer we submitted THREE MONTHS AGO! Now a new house came on the market at the right time, and at the right price! We submitted an offer on Monday, and should hear back any day (it is not a short sale!). There are perks to both homes, the other one is a beautiful Spanish style and right next to the park, but this new one has granite counters, beautiful paint, stainless steel appliances, 3x's bigger backyard, an extra sliding door...
Can't wait to hear an answer! I am already getting excited, and maybe getting my hopes up too soon (I was looking online for refidgerators!, but I got to be hopeful.
Here are a couple of pics to give you an idea of how awesome it is!
The outside/front yard
View from family room, towards dining area and kitchen
The kitchen
This is what you see when you walk in. The living room and downstair bathroom. To the right is the kitchen, dining room and family room.
Can't wait to hear an answer! I am already getting excited, and maybe getting my hopes up too soon (I was looking online for refidgerators!, but I got to be hopeful.
Here are a couple of pics to give you an idea of how awesome it is!
The outside/front yard
View from family room, towards dining area and kitchen
The kitchen
This is what you see when you walk in. The living room and downstair bathroom. To the right is the kitchen, dining room and family room.
Friday, June 13, 2008
Working together
There aren't too many couples who work together. Most people find out that Jose and I work together and their first response is, "I could never do that with my spouse!" or "How do you guys do it?" We just laugh and convince them that it really is easy.
Maybe it's because we worked together before we had any interest in each other. We actually both started on the same day (May 1, 2006), and sat in a room together filling out HR paperwork. I thought it was stange that he started teasing me and joking around (aka flirting) within a couple of minutes. I was dressed to impress with 2 inch high heels (that have since been retired) and when he opened the door for me he thought "wow she's tall" and I thought "wow he's short!" We were in training group together for a month (along with his mom!) and to be honest he did not impress me much.
Well we got assigned to the same unit, and our desks were separated by a partition, and since we work 40 minutes from home, we began carpooling. I guess that whole psychology theory of proximity is really true. It wasn't long before we liked each other.
So why am I writing all this? Because I am sitting at my desk, wanting a distraction but Jose is "sick" today. I'm so used to getting bored and walking over to his desk(He now sits on the opposite side of the office, through a maze of cubicles), or running into him at the fax machine, or emailing him asking what we are doing for lunch. I don't realize how much we talk throughout the day, until he isn't here! Our typical day starts off with 40 minutes together in the car, about 20 emails back and forth-some work related, taking lunch together, another 10 emails, one of us going to the others desk for advice, him coming to talk to my supervisor for advice, another 10 emails before the end of the day, then driving home together. Wow! And when he isn't here, I have a bunch of co-workers asking how he's doing, where he is at, do I know where he keeps_____, and what did he think about last nights Laker game!
I guess I'm pretty lucky, because for spending that much time with Jose, I'm still not tired of him!
Maybe it's because we worked together before we had any interest in each other. We actually both started on the same day (May 1, 2006), and sat in a room together filling out HR paperwork. I thought it was stange that he started teasing me and joking around (aka flirting) within a couple of minutes. I was dressed to impress with 2 inch high heels (that have since been retired) and when he opened the door for me he thought "wow she's tall" and I thought "wow he's short!" We were in training group together for a month (along with his mom!) and to be honest he did not impress me much.
Well we got assigned to the same unit, and our desks were separated by a partition, and since we work 40 minutes from home, we began carpooling. I guess that whole psychology theory of proximity is really true. It wasn't long before we liked each other.
So why am I writing all this? Because I am sitting at my desk, wanting a distraction but Jose is "sick" today. I'm so used to getting bored and walking over to his desk(He now sits on the opposite side of the office, through a maze of cubicles), or running into him at the fax machine, or emailing him asking what we are doing for lunch. I don't realize how much we talk throughout the day, until he isn't here! Our typical day starts off with 40 minutes together in the car, about 20 emails back and forth-some work related, taking lunch together, another 10 emails, one of us going to the others desk for advice, him coming to talk to my supervisor for advice, another 10 emails before the end of the day, then driving home together. Wow! And when he isn't here, I have a bunch of co-workers asking how he's doing, where he is at, do I know where he keeps_____, and what did he think about last nights Laker game!
I guess I'm pretty lucky, because for spending that much time with Jose, I'm still not tired of him!
Tuesday, June 10, 2008
Jose's Facial Hair
Since we got married I kept asking Jose to try growing out a goatee. Finally in January I convinced him. It became his "26 year old look". Well, it started getting really long, and then I had to convince him to trim it. He had a little bit of fun trimming it.
Then Jose had an interview with the Santa Maria Police Department (we are still waiting to find out how it went!) and an officer told him ahead of time that unless he was applying for the gang task force, he should shave completely. So we said a slow goodbye to the facial hair...in steps!
My little Mexican
Vote for Pedro!
Hitler?
Then Jose had an interview with the Santa Maria Police Department (we are still waiting to find out how it went!) and an officer told him ahead of time that unless he was applying for the gang task force, he should shave completely. So we said a slow goodbye to the facial hair...in steps!
My little Mexican
Vote for Pedro!
Hitler?
Monday, June 9, 2008
Dreaming of Vacation
I am so excited for June! I am off of school (woohoo!) and this weekend kicks off our time at the lake! We are going to Lake Nacimiento to spend the weekend at a cabin. Then we take a week off vacationing, then are headed to the most beautiful lake ever-- Bullard's Bar!
I am so excited! The last time I went to Bullards Bar with my family was right after Jose and I started "talking". It was so hard being away from him for a week, and every chance I could I would text him. On the way home, my family started grilling me for information about him, and tried to squelch any plan of me dating him. It worked for awhile, but four months later we were dating...
and seven months later we were engaged...
and six months later we were married...
and two days later we were in Punta Cana!!!
Which brings me to the other thing I'm excited for. Jose and I have decided to take another big vacation this year, and are thinking going back to the Dom Rep sounds pretty good. We want to try something new, but Punta Cana was so amazing that we wouldn't mind going back. We are trying to convince some of our friends to go with us. I can't wait!!!
Banana Mama's
Mama Juana
and Coco Locos
HERE WE COME!!
I am so excited! The last time I went to Bullards Bar with my family was right after Jose and I started "talking". It was so hard being away from him for a week, and every chance I could I would text him. On the way home, my family started grilling me for information about him, and tried to squelch any plan of me dating him. It worked for awhile, but four months later we were dating...
and seven months later we were engaged...
and six months later we were married...
and two days later we were in Punta Cana!!!
Which brings me to the other thing I'm excited for. Jose and I have decided to take another big vacation this year, and are thinking going back to the Dom Rep sounds pretty good. We want to try something new, but Punta Cana was so amazing that we wouldn't mind going back. We are trying to convince some of our friends to go with us. I can't wait!!!Banana Mama's
Mama Juana
and Coco Locos
HERE WE COME!!
Tuesday, June 3, 2008
I forgot this even existed!
I think when I created this blog I was suppossed to be writing a paper for school. It was the perfect distraction. Well since I'm again in the middle of a paper, I decided to waste time on facebook and saw the link to this blog (that I'd kind of forgotten about!). Then I noticed the comments and saw people have actually looked at it! So I can't leave my 2 loyal readers disapointed...
A lot has happened since my January post. The biggest is that we are shopping for a house and are trying to budget. That means no more months like January were we spent $2000 just on sporting event weekends. I tease Jose because his birthday month was awesome, and by March (my b-day)we were resorting to getting free dinner from my parents. It is worth it though because hopefully we will get this house
We have had an offer in since the end of March, and the bank is still taking forever to give us an answer! In the meantime we keep looking at other homes, but none compare.
Other updates. Silvia (my mother in law) gave birth to the twins she was carrying for her sister.
My brother Jesse moved back home, but before he did, we went to San Diego and watched the redbull air races.
I'm going to try and remember about this blog, and hopefully update it more often!
A lot has happened since my January post. The biggest is that we are shopping for a house and are trying to budget. That means no more months like January were we spent $2000 just on sporting event weekends. I tease Jose because his birthday month was awesome, and by March (my b-day)we were resorting to getting free dinner from my parents. It is worth it though because hopefully we will get this house
We have had an offer in since the end of March, and the bank is still taking forever to give us an answer! In the meantime we keep looking at other homes, but none compare.
Other updates. Silvia (my mother in law) gave birth to the twins she was carrying for her sister.
My brother Jesse moved back home, but before he did, we went to San Diego and watched the redbull air races.
I'm going to try and remember about this blog, and hopefully update it more often!
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