Bonarif' s sewing expeditions

I went to Hancock fabrics yesterday fully intending to buy some St Patrick's day fabric and make a simple vest. As I walked around looking at material, I really thought, why am I going to make it with this shamrock material? I won't be able to wear it again until next year...and if I am feeling like sewing..(why there is feeling attached I have no idea at this point) (but you know there is)! Anyway, I see some really pretty material that has green in it...Yes I tell myself, that's what I will do! Well, then I had to re visit the book and pick out a cuter vest that I could wear with jeans or shorts! But it will work for the party of course, I will just make a green hair bow to match! I was at the fabric store 75 minutes, with only about 10 minutes of actual productive time! Good times! So that's what the sewing a vest is all about! I think I may possibly be slightly crazy! I am already in for 25.00 and I have not bought buttons...which I looked at and of course liked the ones that are 2 for 4.25....and I need 4 : (
Photos to soon follow!

Thanksgiving Day and Starla with some of her first steps!

Blepharoplasty

OK..So I went and had a Upper Eyelid Blepharoplasty .   I was a bit skeptical at first!  But I gotta say that after having it just this past Wed...I am so excited!  The Procedure was really easy! I had Dr. Waldrop for the surgeon..who is amazing!  I have hardly no bruising and the incision stitches are so small they can only be seen in my 10 times mirror!!! Oh, did I mention that I am slightly blind...thanks 10 timeser mirror...OMG!!!!!  Anyway.....

Totally so much happiness!!   Sorry no photographs of me..maybe next week!  LOL  I'm still a girl...I don't like photo's of myself on a usual day!!! How about a photo from vacation!!  This cute little guy and many of his friends live at the resort we visit...maybe he would like to have a Blepharoplasty someday!     Have a great week end! 

Home...Oh what a feeling!  After a long awaited vacation...it sure feels nice to sleep in your own bed, take a long hot bath, and watch your favorite TV show on your own couch!  Sounds silly...

I loved vacation, and would change not one thing!  Relaxing, sun, beautiful sunsets, amazing food, good friends and a great book!
Still,  while on vacation we are getting a ton of exercise, cause that's just how we roll...we must have walked 20 miles...and it would depend on who you asked for an accurate count! LOL!  Leaving 85 degree sunshine and arriving home to 58 degrees...booooooo!  Still nice to come home!
So as we get back to the grind of life...we can reflect and enjoy some photo's of the trip!

Finally a Friday after a long week! Tomorrow...Lovebug! She is close to walking...Photo's soon! I can hardly stand how cute she is!!!! Other plans for the week end include sewing...sleeping and watching some Netflix movies..I am so happy we switched! Cable just is not worth the money!!! Now time to catch up to some missed seasons! Starting with S of A!

Happy Halloween time! Fall is here, and Christmas will be here soon! I can't believe Starla will be walking soon and turning one! So much to be thankful for!

Had a Happy Birthday to me!!!! Thanks to some great friends! Love ya!!

I just wanted to end this long drawn out week with a picture of Mazatlan. This view from the Lighthouse! The sweatiest hike in the history of the world...sweaty crotch part 2. But it was beautiful!

This week was Radiology week and we played games, ate too much and just had a crazy fun week! Once a year thank goodness! Glad it's over...thanks guys for all your appreciation!

Just had to share about my Niece's wedding shower! Had a blast and the pictures so cute! We dressed Kellee up as a toilet paper bride, why we do this is of no concern...just enjoy the picture!

OK, I can't figure out how to download a video....complete dork! But you have to go to youtube and see these video's of

Cinderella Wishes Upon A Dream by Thomas Kinkade.

I had seen them at the Home Show yesterday, which was in fact...lame. We went through it in 1 1/2 hours. Not much there! But these pictures were so cool. Pictures of a normal Thomas Kinkade style with Peter Pan, Tinkerbell, and Cinderella in them. Amazing! I have never seen them! Possibly I have been out of touch and you have seen them, but I so enjoyed them. They were kind of magical in a dorky kind of way! Check it out, it will make you smile!

Wow It has been a long time again! Just so much to do and places to go. Had a wonderful vacation again! Love traveling to Mexico! I have been reading a lot from Ashley's blog and every once in a while I get a wild hair and want to add something! Just some pictures from vacation...Our hosts Sharon and Glen from Casa De Leyendes. A B&B that is so beautiful we like to stay at, and start our vacation off on the right foot! They are great hosts to Mazatlan! We went to the baseball game and it was really hot...hot!!! But fun! And one of our usual stops Playa Bruja! Just a lot of fun...good times people! Countdown to next year! Tequila!!!

It has been a long time!

Hey yo!

Not doing much today, Sunday. Around the house stuff, boring. Had gone walking at Woodward Park yesterday with Ash and Tad! This was fun...then to try on my dress for Jose to alter! BOO it is too big...I am so mad! But Wonder Woman of sewing will be able to make it fit like it was made to fit me! Love you!

Must go outside now with hubby to work in yard. My fountain is great and I really like tending to this cute area I have created!

Tragic

This morning I was reading a devotion about things that people believe. Rather, the way Christians beliefs have changed. This came from the Barna Poll. Anyway, I thought it was really sad the things people start to convince themselves that is true.
Half of Americans who call themselves "Christian" don't believe Satan exists and fully one-third are confident that Jesus sinned while on Earth, according to a new Barna Group poll.
I just think that this is scary. People go to church, supposedly read the Bible and still think that Satan does not exist?
Another 40 percent say they do not have a responsibility to share their Christian faith with others, and 25 percent "dismiss the idea that the Bible is accurate in all of the principles it teaches," the organization reports.
WOW! So they never mention to anyone EVER that they are Christians or offer a caring loving word about God. Life is full of problems, and I run into people that are troubled daily. Having any type of conversation with them how can you not mention you'll pray for them or offer some kind of hope.
"Americans are increasingly comfortable picking and choosing what they deem to be helpful and accurate theological views and have become comfortable discarding the rest of the teachings in the Bible," he said.
"In the past, when most people determined their theological and moral points of view, the alternatives from which they chose were exclusively of Christian options - e.g., the Methodist point of view, the Baptist perspective, Catholic teaching, and so forth," Barna noted. "Today, Americans are more likely to pit a variety of non-Christian options against various Christian-based views. This has resulted in an abundance of unique worldviews based on personal combinations of theology drawn from a smattering of world religions such as Christianity, Buddhism, Judaism, Hinduism, and Islam as well as secularism."
Unique! You have to be kidding me. It is not Unique guys it is foolish. Be very careful making up your own made up beliefs. Satan is alive and well.
If you want to read the whole story where I got this info...it is: Red is my thoughts Pink is taken from the site! (http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?&pageId=86312

People,

I just have to tell you about my Birthday!  It was such fun! I really started early the Saturday night before.  Daniel and Jose and I had some Margarita's and a Birthday Dinner!   Really fun, my hubby missed it!  Just visiting,  sipping and enjoying eachother!!!  I left there going home and thought...OMG I was going to go watch Leon at the Babylon.  Quickly turned around and fled to the Tower in a hurry not to miss the band!  (old age I guess)  So much fun there with the guys and Ceniza!  Then on Tuesday morning I started out by driving to Anaheim and Cindy and I went to HB for lunch, shopping and visiting Anthony's bench on the HB Pier.  His life was suddenly taken 5 years ago, he was a real sweetie that we went to school with.  Anyhow, the weather there was not even for real...January at 82 degrees right on the pier. It was beautiful!  We had some beers and tears then finished the day with shopping and eating some giant cookies!  Almost immediately following that we went to Chili's with Christin and some great friends.....old and new!  Rosanna who is just part of the family and Debbie who is an old friend from High School.  There are some funny "Debbie Stories" in our younger days...some of you may remember me telling you. (jose)  We celebrated seeing eachother and toasted to my Birthday, and to 2009....the year Christin gets married.  (you know, any reason to party, we're running with that one all year long!)  WOW!  Way too much fun.  I went to bed early that night, wondering how I was going to feel for my big Disney day!   

Well, it was no problem!  Had a wonderful and terrific time there.  It is the happiest place on earth you know.  And it is even happier when 300 people tell you Happy Birthday ALL DAY!  I was all over that!  Oh,  and the free part was pretty cool too!  I loved everything of course, it is just all so magical and beautiful there, even riding rides in Toon Town!  The train rollercoaster was FUN!  Loved Space Mountain...and the weather there was 89 degrees on that day!  Shorts and a tank! Picture to prove it!  All good things must come to an end,  unfortunately!  But the memories are so precious.  Thanks to all of you my beloved family of friends, I hope you all know how much I am blessed to have each one of you in my life.  

     

So I finally saw the movie Transformers. Bought it at Target yesterday. Loved it. Kind of goofy but overall a very entertaining movie that made me remember Leon playing with Optimus Prime and Bumble Bee! I think that he destroyed them playing with them until they fell apart literally! Cute as geeky boy gets pretty girl! It was nice to watch a movie instead of College football, which I like, however... it has been on Every channel for the past 7-8 days. (that is how it seems) I also have the Goonies which I will update you on at a later date. I have not seen it in forever!

Holiday Pictures

Taking down the Christmas Tree today and pondering about the fun times the holidays have brought!  Enjoy! 

1. Started your own blog
2. Slept under the stars
3. Played in a band
4. Visited Hawaii - someday...
5. Watched a meteor shower
6. Given more than you can afford to charity
7. Been to Disneyland
8. Climbed a mountain
9. Held a praying mantis
10. Sang a solo
11. Bungee jumped
12. Visited Paris - another someday destination...
13. Watched a lightning storm at sea - I wish, doesn't that sound awesome?
14. Taught yourself an art from scratch
15. Adopted a child
16. Had food poisoning
17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty
18. Grown your own vegetables
19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France
20. Slept on an overnight train
21. Had a pillow fight
22. Hitch hiked
23. Taken a sick day when you’re not il
l24. Built a snow fort
25. Held a lamb
26. Gone skinny dipping
27. Run a Marathon
28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice
29. Seen a total eclipse
30. Watched a sunrise or sunset
31. Hit a home run
32. Been on a cruise
33. Seen Niagara Falls in person
34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors
35. Seen an Amish community
36. Taught yourself a new language - taught myself? wow, that would be insane
37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied
38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person
39. Gone rock climbing
40. Seen Michelangelo’s David
41. Sung karaoke
42. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt
43. Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant
44. Visited Africa
45. Walked on a beach by moonlight
46. Been transported in an ambulance
47. Had your portrait painted
48. Gone deep sea fishing
49. Seen the Sistine Chapel in person
50. Been to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris
51. Gone scuba diving or snorkeling
52. Kissed in the rain
53. Played in the mud
54. Gone to a drive-in theater
55. Been in a movie
56. Visited the Great Wall of China
57. Started a business
58. Taken a martial arts class - going to this year!
59. Visited Russia
60. Served at a soup kitchen
61. Sold Girl Scout Cookies
62. Gone whale watching
63. Got flowers for no reason
64. Donated blood, platelets or plasma
65. Gone sky diving
66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp
67. Bounced a check
68. Flown in a helicopter
69. Saved a favorite childhood toy
70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial
71. Eaten Caviar
72. Pieced a quilt
73. Stood in Times Square
74. Toured the Everglades
75. Been fired from a job
76. Seen the Changing of the Guards in London
77. Broken a bone
78. Been on a speeding motorcycle
79. Seen the Grand Canyon in person
80. Published a book
81. Visited the Vatican
82. Bought a brand new car
83. Walked in Jerusalem
84. Had your picture in the newspaper
85. Kissed a stranger at midnight on New Year's Eve
86. Visited the White House
87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating
88. Had chickenpox
89. Saved someone’s life
90. Sat on a jury
91. Met someone famous
92. Joined a book club
93. Lost a loved one
94. Had a baby
95. Seen the Alamo in person
96. Swam in the Great Salt Lake
97. Been involved in a law suit
98. Owned a cell phone
99. Been stung by a bee

Happy New Year

Well, Happy New Year! New Years Resolutions?? Humm??? Well, that would just have to be doing the best with what I have! I don't really want to change anything, I really am happy. I have an outstanding spouse who adores me, (is it bad to brag about that???) a son who is doing well, and has someone in his life that he loves. Sure, I want to get some things done at the ever progressing homestead...it is never ending! But all in all I feel like I am blessed. I have friends that I love and can count on in any situation, (not many can say that!) And I love my job. My Heavenly Father is always there for me and I know that this is where my happiness stems from. The saying: Live,(like there is no tomorrow) Love,(with passion) Laugh (till your belly hurts)! Simple but very good stuff! I hope your 2009 is great!

OK, so I am not the best at blogging every day.  Sorry!  But I just had to sit down and congratulate you Ashley.  I am just bursting with proudness for you!  You will land an awesome job and you are going to be the kind of teacher that makes a life impact on lots of kids.  Not, and I repeat...Not a lot of teachers can say that or can it be said about them.  Leon and I can name ONE.  Really just one in all his years of school that made a difference for him.  So many just don't have their heart into it like you do.  God has blessed you with unmeasurable love for this path, He is going to continue to bless you,  and your going to bless so many!  I love you so much!  

Question?

Well I hope Christmas was all you had hoped it would be! I had a great Christmas with friends and family. As usual, we went to have tamales on Christmas Eve and spend some quality time with the some pretty great people. And on Christmas day we started a new tradition and went to The Williams home for Prime Rib. Amazing time with Tom and Darra, Kellee and Leon!

My question is...Why do so many families fight and do hateful things to each other during the Christmas season? I don't understand this function. I'm guessing that they have a lot of underlying issues that they don't know how to deal with, and somehow they find it constructive to be destructive to the people that they love. I've heard of more spewing of garbage from the mouths of nice people to the ones they love. There is something seriously wrong with this picture!!! It disturbs me! Anyway! Speak nicely and be loving to your family and if you find that you just can't do it, then SHUT UP! And get therapy! Life is short so make the best of it.