October

Did you know that this October there are 5 Fridays, 5 Saturdays, and 5 Sundays!!

This only happens once every 800 something years! So enjoy it cause we won't be here to witness it again. Is it just me or does it seem like we have had a lot of these "only happens every 1000 or so years" like the 09-09-09, or the 08/09/10.

Well hope everyone enjoys their Thursday and better yet their 2nd of 5 Friday, Saturday, and Sunday's!

Giving up

One month ago exactly, I decided to give up drinking sodas. ALL sodas! I was addicted to Diet Coke and my favorite, Fresca's. I literally just stopped from one day to the next. The first week was one of the worst weeks of my life! I had awful headaches, I was exhausted, and I was extremely grumpy. As soon as that first week passed me by, I knew I would be able to do it!

I sometimes crave it, especially the carbonation, but I have decided that I am not going to let myself go back to drinking any type of sodas again, and to that I congratulate myself :) Giving up isn't always bad......

Well, Good Morning!

This morning while I was packing mine and Bob's lunches, Bob handed me Sasha's water bowl for me to fill up. Underneath her water bowl was this little creature....

Well good morning there little lizard! I am not going to lie, I freaked out a little and started thinking that lizards were going up my spine! I know, I know that's a bit much, isn't it!?

Bob was the hero and grabbed the lizard (after he accidently broke it's tail!) and threw it out to wander the world. Thank goodness Sasha didn't see it because she would have gone nuts and probably would have made it her morning snack!

I hope we don't encounter anymore of these lizards or any other sort of creatures in our place!

Summer Traveling

This summer has been full of traveling (I am definitely not complaining). I have visited the most beautiful cities, danced until my feet could no longer hold me up, celebrated new beginnings, and enjoyed the company of great friends and family!

My husband and I started our summer off by visiting Austin for Memorial Day weekend. We journeyed down there, hung out with great company, and swooped up his cousin from UT. Sadly I do not have pictures of our adventures to Austin, but I can tell you it was full of good laughs, eating good food, and playing Scrabble on our iPad while driving the total 16 hours to and from Austin.

Next I headed out to Dallas to drink lots of Pink Champagne and wine with my future sister-in-law at her Bridal Shower. All I can say about that weekend is, the bottles of champagne never stopped coming!!

Posing with my future sister-in-law.

Ladies enjoying the bridal shower.

Our big summer trip was a vacation to the East Coast my husband and I took. We started off in Philadelphia visiting my husband's cousin, "J", (I guess I can say she is my cousin too!) Her and her boyfriend have an amazing apartment on Benjamin Franklin Parkway near everything! So of course we walked all over Old City and saw Independence Hall, the Liberty Bell, gorgeous fountains, etc.

Kisses from "Bob"

Posing with the Liberty Bell.

Standing in front of Independence Hall.

A few days later we took a train to D.C. which we ABSOLUTELY LOVED! We saw all of the memorials and monuments, and went to 2 of the bizillion (not sure how many) Smithsonian Museums. We stood in line to see The Declaration of Independence, The U.S. Constitution, and The Bill of Rights! (It was well worth it) My, O, My, the things we got to see were unbelievable. We are definitely going to have to visit again!

In front of the U.S. Capitol

My Favorite!!! 

Biking D.C. (White House behind us)

After D.C. we headed back on a train to New York for a couple more days. We enjoyed a food tour of Chelsea Market (mmm so good!), walked through Central Park, and visited the Guggenheim Museum.

Cranberry Walnut Cookie, yumm

Cheese and Jam on a Cacker

Taking a walk through Central Park.

We left New York just in time to spend 4th of July in Philadelphia (where it should be spent people!!). There was a free Black Keys and Goo Goo Dolls concert right across from "J's" place that we went to on Benjamin Franklin Parkway. Let me tell you, if you stick with "J" and I you WILL be in the front, even if you didn't stand in line for hours! This trip made me feel so proud to be an American and I really felt closer to my country! (Yes, that does sound corny!)

"J", "Bob" and "K". ("D" is in the back)

I Love "Bob's" kisses :)

At the end of July my sis, "A" and I took a little road trip to Phoenix to watch Lady Gaga in concert. Let me tell you, she is an AMAZING artist and an unbelievable performer! One of my besties "Ime" and I danced the entire concert and I could honestly say we ALL lost our voices! When the concert ended I craved more of her and it was hard for me to walk away. I wished she performed for a couple more hours! However, I was very satisfied with the concert :)

With my bestie..."Ime"

With my sister...

*Crazy Gaga Fans*

Gaga!!

Dance in the Dark aka BEST song

Finally my summer ended with a final trip to Dallas for my future sista-in-law's Bachelorette Party. It was a weekend full of cocktails, jello-shots, swimming, eating, and bar hopping while riding around in a stretched Hummer Limo. Lots of fun indeed :) Good way to end the summer........

My future sister-in-law...(P.S. I Love her!)

Some of the girls sitting on the very large chair.

I am definitely exhausted from all of my traveling but I am so grateful I can travel and enjoy different cultures, people, and can experience such wonderful things!

My husband and I have promised each other that we will take ONE HUGE trip each year, preferably out of the country, before we start having our family. This year there was an exception since we just got married, went to Italy and Greece for our honeymoon, and moved twice! (I am still exhausted from all of that!) So for our next big trip we have decided to travel to Japan in 2011...so let the planning and saving BEGIN................

I am....

This is my very first blog post which I was inspired by several other wonderful bloggers I love to read on a daily basis. I am new to this but I think I have several things to write about that many people would be interested in.


First off let me start by introducing myself....Hi! I am a 20 something year old newlywed living in El Paso, TX. You know the city on the corner of Texas, on the border of New Mexico and Mexico.....

Yup that's where I was born and have lived all of my life. For the past few years our neighbor city Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico has become very dangerous. Actually it has always been dangerous!

I graduated from the University of Texas at El Paso with a degree in Business Administration with a concentration in Accounting (GO Miners!) Yup, I am a numbers girl! I love working with numbers and figuring out problems...I guess I use that side (Right or Left) of my brain more...not sure which it is! I like working with numbers but I also find myself wanting more than just working with numbers...possibly my own business one day. This goal of mine will hopefully be reached in the short term but for the long term. (If that makes any sense!)

After graduating I married my very best friend. We will call him...Bob. We dated for about three years and we both knew that it was meant to be. We are perfect for each other and I could honestly say we bring the best out in each other! You will hear much more about him.

I am...

The youngest of three children,
Extremely organized,
A chocolate FREAK!
A perfectionist (as long as I think it's perfect I am happy and we are all good!)
Sometimes a D-I-V-A
The luckiest girl alive,
A note taker,
List maker,
Sometimes insecure,
Bilingual (English/Spanish),
Half Greek,
Half Mexican,
Talkative (I'll talk about anything to anyone!)
Almost always cheerful and bubbly,
Scared of death,
An Entrepreneur (In the process),
a Fashionista,
and
now
I
am
a
Blogger!

I hope you all enjoy reading my blog! There are several other topics in store for everyone out there...fashion, marriage, Juarez murders, weddings, doggies, love, eating, and tons and tons more!!!


Is there something I missed that you all would like to know about me? Did I forget anything?? Ask or leave a comment......