The paper eater and the snow globe breaker..

My 3 year has a Mini Schnauzer (lily) this pretty lil $500 dog was given to her by our old neighbors. She was fully house trained and only a year old when we got her. The dog is great her only down fall is she eats paper and crayons. She doesn't so much eat the paper she more just turns it into tiny pieces. Lily seems to think she is the mother of my daughter. Anytime she sees somebody pick her up and make her laugh she goes crazy and starts trying to jump on that person and barks at them. She is also so dam house trained that she will not use our backyard as her toilet she must be walked ugh what a diva. Then we have the snow globe breaker Miss Mia Monroe. See before I was married I was a big Tinkerbell collector. I had Tinkerbell bed spreads,  pictures, snow globes, and my favorite of all my pixie dust jar I got at Disney world. Since I have been married of course the Tinkerbell bed spreads have been put away and almost all my breakable Tinkerbell items have been killed. My step daughter murdered my pixie dust jar during her first vacation stay with us. Now my daughter has followed in her foot steps. She has broken every other breakable Tinkerbell item I have. It's been small snow globes, candle holders in which Tinkerbell has been left armless or wingless. Only one globe has survived and that's because its to high for her to reach.

The Shooting Star

I've gotten awards at work before. But I've only been at my current job 6 months. I spent a little over 3 years at the 2 previous before this. At the last one i received a award once but it didn't really make me feel great sure it came with a $500 cash spiff but still it was just like here is who won next kinda thing. Today I received award and it was nice to here the little speech my boss wrote about me.

"From her very first day Vanessa has proven she is extremely dedicated, here to work hard and when given a goal she will strive to exceed it.  It only took her a few weeks to master our call flow and she was very quickly exceeding quality and stats goals and supporting  calls with efficiency and grace! She has had perfect attendance in the 6 months she has been on our team, always clocking in before her shift and right on time from breaks and lunch. Vanessa has the pleasure of sitting right outside my door. I hear her applying remarkable service and de-escalation skills call after call.  Vanessa supports Spanish calls and although I don’t understand Spanish it is very apparent by her tone she is empathizing and validating each of her customers concerns. Vanessa is truly a “SHOOTING STAR!”  We are so glad to have her on our team!!"

I'm very thankful I have a job I like and a boss and coworkers who are great. I'm fine being away from marketing, timeshare and commission based salary. It's nice to know that timeshare won't be the only thing that will ever been on my resume now.  

She' s Beautiful

Ok I love my Ipad but it's not always comfy when trying to write a long blog post. Me and the hubs agreed to get a desktop as our Xmas gift. At first I was totally feeling buyer remorse but now not so much. I must say she is pretty dam beautiful and so much easier to post from...plus she is a touch screen..

My Lego heart....

Our hearts are a ugly organ. They aren't pretty like the valentine candy tattoo hearts I have on my wrist. Much less is it as pretty as a Lego heart.

I have 2 children I carried each for over 38 weeks. I'm the mom. Being the mom means tons of stuff falls on you. How they are dressed, wether they are fat, skinny, and how much video game time they are allowed in one day. I'm not a strict mom but my kids are not allowed to walk all over me. I piss them both off. If my son wants to play with my iPad all day and I tell him he can't I get his silent cry. If my daughter wants to go " bye bye" and I saw no I get the bratty annoying drama queen cry. The longest I've ever gone with out seeing my boy is 2 weeks and that was because he went on vacation to Costa Rica with my mom. I had no body to baby sit him so I had to let him go. My daughter is 3 and the longest she's ever been gone is 2 days because my sister took her to California for a birthday party. Since they are 7 years apart they don't fight. It's more like they just annoy each other.

I hope one day they will understand my mommy heart. I hope they will understand why I nag them and discipline them. I hope they understand why I'm not a stay at home mom. I hope that they understand my life is 15% about me and 85% about them.

Esto es Calidad..this is quality

We have a secret Nickname for the mother in law "Calidad" which means Quality. Martha is not your average mother in law. The first day I met her she offered me something to drink and came back with a Heinken Light. She said it was good por que it had less carbs. Hahaha. How many people have a mother in law who gives you a beer when you first meet her? My mother in law is no longer married to the short angry sock and sandal wearing man who is my father in law. They have been divorced for over 15 years. Her nickname comes a minor altercation she had with a girlfriend my father in law had soon after their divorce. Apparently she went over to his house and the chick opened the door and she started showing off her goods telling her "this is quality". My husbands reenactment of it always makes me laugh. One time I told my husband I was pretty sure his mom had a nickname for his penis when he was a baby since most mexican woman do and he didn't believe me. Of course I asked Martha and I was right she called it "pajarito" hahaha. A couple of weeks ago I asked her why she named my hub Juan because no body ever ever ever calls him that. 95% of the time I forget that's his first name. She told me it was because when she was 17 and pregnant with him there was a actor who was hotter then Justin Beiber named "Juan Carlos" lol. How she knows anything about Beiber is beyond me. She enjoys wine and beer which if I ever saw my mom drink more then one small coke with alcohol during the holidays I would cry. I feel bad for all the girls who have rude, bitchy, and evil mother in laws. Martha is nowhere near that. She stays out of our business. So if you have a mother in law who sucks let me tell you...sucks being you sucka and yea it's ok if your jealous. My mother in law has courage and no shame (most of the time) and I wouldn't have it any other way!

Being super thankful is around the corner, so is Rise Against

The other day the hub asked me why I hadn't blogged in a while. I have but I haven't posted it. 2 more days till turkey day. The day we are suppose to be thankful for what we have. I'm thankful everyday for what I have. This morning while saying my thankful morning prayer right after my alarm went of I fell back asleep I blame the hubs for being so comfy. I think we forget a lot of times what we should be thankful for. We take things for granted and get caught up in our every day lives sometimes. As life goes on we learn, grow and realize what and who are important. I'm super thankful for everything. I had a nightmare the other day and when I woke up I was grateful to have the hub next to me. My life isn't full of rich fancy things but it's full of love and family which makes you feel good.

"You can't fill your cup until you empty all it has
You can't understand what lays ahead
If you don't understand the past
You'll never learn to fly now
Til you're standing at the cliff
And you can't truly love until you've given up on it"

There is great band by the name of Rise Against. I heart them so. I'm blood type O positive and crave meat but if I didn't I might actually try to follow their vegan ways because I get their message. I wish I could hang out with them for just one week. I wonder what it would be like. Well in the mean time I'll just make it a goal to see them every time they come to Vegas. See you December 8 boys. Second time this year!

I miss you,

Many moons ago I had cookie monster slippers. Oh how I still wish I had some. I love you cookie monster. <3