Something new!

Well today I am going to try a new recipe, I was inspired through a friend to try it and it looks simply delicious. It's probably something so simple that most of you have tried but I have never had all the ingredients all together so I thought I would give it a try. My mom and dad are not going to be home this evening so I am having my sister Mary and her better half over for a little dinner!:) I hope it turns out okay, as my sister Mary is the queen of making nice Sunday night dinners in our family. She usually has our folks and usually me and whoever else wants to come, over for dinner every Sunday night. We haven't had one for a while because her and Ben(better half) have been in the process of renovating and moving the past two months, so things are hectic! So cross your fingers that I can impress her, because she knows I live to impress her ha ha!
Here goes nothing!!!

Milana's 3rd Bday festivities....a smash hit!

Birthday Sweetie

M's birthday party went just as planned the weather was awesome, very warm for the water park. Lots of friends and family around and she had a huge smile on her face the whole day pretty much....until she got tired and grumpy around bed time, its a lot of work to entertain guest :) So heres just some of the pics that were taken, hope you enjoy! She is a pleasant 3 year old so far lol, love ya Mila roo!

Reflecting On Milana's 3 Years

My sis and her princess (1 hour old)

Me and Mila roo (5 days old)

3 months

1 year

2 and a half

Well tomorrow is my sweet niece's 3rd birthday! Can't believe I just wrote those words, it has gone so fast...and I'm sure its even gone faster for my sister..seeing as she is with her day in and day out. Milana is my little roo, that is my own special nickname for her ,one that just Auntie Missa is aloud to use :). I remember when my sister found out she was pregnant I was absolutely ecstatic! I have always loved kids, and anyone that knows me knows this is true! But it was going to be something special to have a nephew or a niece, when I found out that my sis was having a girl I was super excited. Since I come from a female dominated family I knew my little roo would fit in perfectly.I didn't know how perfectly though until she came into the world. I remember the night/morning perfectly, I had just started my new job at Safeway(BLAH!) and it was my first night of closing, my dad and my lil sis came in 10 mins before I was off and let me know that my mom had driven down to Seattle earlier that day because my sis Jo, was sure she was going to have the baby soon. So I rushed trying to get things done at work, and we rushed home to get the "for sure" phone call. My sister Jo wanted all her sister to be there around the time she gave birth, so we were all going to be there. My mom was going to call us when the doctors knew what was kinda going on. I got home and we got a call that it probably wouldn't be happening till later the next day, so we all went to bed around 11pm....and just as we were falling asleep the phone rang and my mom said we better get moving, my sis and her hubby live in Seattle so we had a lil drive from Abbotsford to get there...about 2 hours going the speed limit. So we got ready made some tea(a must) and headed across the boarder....it was fairly easy getting across because it was 12 am the next morning, and no one was around. I remember the boarder guard asking ,"why we were going across so late", we responded "with our sister is having a baby!"He asked us,"do you have any plants"...my sister Shelley responded with,"OH NO!"(thinking he meant drugs) and he said," well thats rude!" Anyways that gave us a good laugh and off we went, and just our luck we got stuck behind a train crossing! But we were soon enough on our way, at about 130am my mom called and let us know we better hurry if we wanted to be there before she was born, and then about 30 mins later we got the call that she was born, at 2am on July 18th. We were only 20 mins away from the hospital, so we still got to see her when she was fairly new. I remember how exciting it was to hold her, my sister didn't want us to know the name until we got to the hospital and we were all pleasantly surprised. Milana Alexandra Quintero was introduced to her Putman Aunties....can't imagine how overwhelming it was for her....but she has fit into our family very well, she is a social butterfly and loves being around people and parties! So that is the very long story of Mila roo's birthday! :) Hope you stuck around for it, because this sweet little girl deserves a spot in my blog. She has brought so much to my life, can't even explain it!

Mila Roo's Profile:

Name: Milana Alexandra Quintero

Age: 3 in 15 hours

Grandparents: Paul and Cathy Putman(Gappa and Gamma:), Judy and Fernando Quintero

Mommy and daddy: Joanna (Putman) and Samuel Quintero

Putman Aunts and Uncle: Shelley, Mary , Melissa, Jessica, and Chris

Favorite Colour: Purple

Favourite Princess: Cinerella

And last but not least a ray of sunshine, and my little roo!

I'll post pics and a summary for her 3rd bday party later!...hope you all have a good weekend, cause mines gonna be fabulous :)

Happy Birthday big brother!

So today is my brother Chris's birthday, he turns 36 today(old mans club). Well as some of you are probably thinking, "I didn't know she had a brother"? Well I do, he sort of gets lost in the action coming from a family of 5 girls.....not gonna lie we run the show! But he is still very special to me in many ways. Can't say we are super close, we use to be more so when I was younger. But over the years I have gotten busy with life and haven't spent as much time with him as I would like to. Chris is a very caring brother and is always asking how I am doing. I know if I needed him for anything he would be there in a heartbeat. So cheers bro, I hope you have a great year full of new expieriences! XOXO!

Up next my niece Milana's 3rd birthday in Seattle with my fabulous family, should be an absolute blast!

Stuck in my head

Well I don't know about you but I constantly get songs stuck in my head! At the moment I have two songs holding that position in my head, the first one is by U2 and it's called "If I don't go crazy"...such a good song! Besides always loving Bono's voice this song has a great beat that instantly sticks with you. The second one is by The Killers, "Dustland Fairytale"...again LOVE IT! Brandon Flowers is amazing, I will never forget going to their concert, it was fantastic :). I have been listening to these two songs on repeat for the past 4 days. I know I will get annoyed with them soon enough and then I'll need a break from them but for now these songs are where its at :).

Next: I will most likely be dedicating a couple blogs this week to two special family members who's birthdays happen to be this week, so be on the look out for those!

Disapointments suck!

Well I went for my roadtest today, and I was feeling pretty confident. I had a lot more practice since my first time, when I didn't get a lot of practice before taking it and it was kinda a hasty decision to make the appointment to take it anyways. So this time I had a lot more practice, was able to drive more and felt very confident. I checked in for my exam and was still feeling oh k a little nervous, I was hoping I would get a guy, and I did I got the very nice guy who took all my information when I checked in. That was a huge relief, and he was a super nice guy. I had all these thoughts running through my head, like I would be able to go here and there this weekend, when I got it and so on. And even throughout the test I felt good, I felt like I was being cautious and safe and doing all the right manouvers. But when it was over he told me that I had failed and then continued to tell me why and such, now I did a lot better than the first time. So there are jsut a few things I need to work on and he said I would be good to go again in 14 day! I was very level headed and calm at that time when he was telling me all this, but as soon as my mom came into the car, I lost it......I cried for a good 20 minutes yelled a bit and then I just got pissed off, because they make you pay all this money before the test and then when you fail it seems like such a huge waist of money! I hate when the instructors say things like, " don't get discouraged" I always feel like screaming at them and telling them," how can I not get discouraged when all these stupid drivers are out there getting into accidents and such....and you gave them their license but yet someone who drives carefully etc.....has such a hard time getting it." Not very rational thinking happens when your in the heat of the moment, so i'm glad I didn't say it :) But none the less, its very annoying and I hate when you work yourself up for something, go into it not knowing what to expect and then getting a bad result.......VERY ANNOYING! Well I hope you bared with me through my ranting, now I'm gonna go out with some girl-friends and forget about this test and be positive for the next one :) I THINK I CAN ,I THINK I CAN!!!! :)
Next up a fun filled weekend with my sister Mary, hanging out in her new place, consuming mass amounts of WINE ! lol

Shout out to my momma....

Well a couple weeks ago it was my mom's birthday and lately I have been thinking about how special she is to me. My mom is a mother to 6 kids......yes thats right she's crazy! I often wonder if she still has her sanity standing beside her anymore. She is a very caring, sensitive mom. If any of us need her she is there in a heart beat, she carries her children with her in her heart everday. If I was to describe my mom in one word it would have to be worry. If any of you know her you know she is famous for worrying. When I go out the door this is what I hear from her," Make sure you are safe, call me if anything happens, I love you have a good time". She stays awake at night till me and my little sister are safe in the house. Even though we always tell her "just go to bed we will come and tell you when we are home". It never fails she always says,"I can't go to sleep unless you are both here safe". Now sometimes my little sister will get so irratated with her because she worries so much ,she finds it annoying. But as I have gotten older I have realized that I wouldn't trade my over caring, worrying mother for anything, some daughters and sons out there have a mother who could care less where they are or what they are doing. I have come to appreciate my mom for who she is. My mom and I are very much a like, for one I look a lot like her, more so when she was younger, but everywhere we go people know we are mother and daughter. I am proud to look like such a remarkable women who has always put her family first. She started out as a young mom, and didn't get the chance to go out and do those wild and crazy things young adults do in their twentys and such. She loves her children immensly and for that I admire her. Cheers momma, you are the glue that holds the big crew together! I love you to the moon and back! :)

Next blog, talking about another special person in my life:)

Princess Sarcasm at your service!

So I never realized how sarcastic I was! My manager at work always used to tell me, "gosh your so sarcastic" and I never really read into it. But recently I started realizing how sarcastic I am. The dictionaries definition of sarcasim is,"remarks that mean the opposite of what they seem to say and are intended to mock or deride. " Now thats a pretty harsh definition that makes sarcasim seem like such a negative thing. When I use sarcasim a lot of the times I am not saying things to mock, truthfully a lot of times I just say things sarcasticly because I dont' want to say things that would make someone angry with me, again the whole people pleaser thing comes into play. For example if someone at work ask me to do something I would say, "Oh sure I would love to!"....because what I really want to say is "hell no" :) So I guess I use sarcasim to mask my true feelings about certain things. So I say the world needs to change their definition of sarcasim, I'm writing my own definition of it so I don't feel so bad about being the sarcasm princess! :)
Ta ta for now!

Bad Day!

Well today was one of the worst days I have had in a while. It started out like any other day, got ready for the day headed off to work and started my shift. Everthing was fine and dandy until I went back to work after my first break. A few machines weren't working and hungry people wanted there deep fried food(YUCKY!). I was stuck with one the whole day, trying to cook up many variaties of stuff. So I had to deal with all these bitchy people complaining etc. Although I know my boss doesn't blame me for all that wasn't working, i'm a people pleaser and always feel like they she is mad at me because things weren't getting done. I kept thinking things would get better, but I guess sometimes when your having a bad day you just have to believe that tomorrow will be better and just give up on trying to go out of your way to make today better....and just file it in the BAD DAY folder and move right along :)
Hoping for blue skies tomorrow !