The Boston Marathon

Since September 11, 2001, I have always been afraid of something ELSE happening.  And after each year that passes I think to myself "maybe we are finally done with being scared!"  And then the bombings at the Boston Marathon happened.  My heart always drops when I read things like that.  I got a Breaking News email that two bombs went off and I knew it was not going to be good.  And when things like this happen, I become OBSESSED with reading updates. I want to look at every picture regardless of how awful they are.  For whatever reason, I want to be as informed as possible.  And there are times when I just stop reading and feel incredibly sad.

The world we live in makes me sad for Sofia.  I can only pray that when she gets older things will have calmed down.  They say history repeats itself. I can only hope that we can go back to the days where we don't have to worry about some tragic thing happening at a public event.  Every time I am somewhere like the Houston Rodeo, a Houston Texans game, a parade...I think "what if someone bombs us?"  What an awful way to live!! It doesn't stop me from going to these places but it's always in the back of my mind.  I don't fly often but when I do, I think "what if someone on here wants to kill me?"  When I'm in traffic and on a  big bridge I think "what if someone has placed a bomb underneath this thing and it goes off and I die?"  I know a lot of these thoughts are just paranoia and a product of the times I am living in but it's hard to turn off. I pray that my children don't have to live like this. I pray that somehow the BAD people GO AWAY!  That's the eternal 5 year old in me that thinks that way...unfortunately, the 33 year old knows that it's not that easy.  But I will still hold on to that 5 year old way of thinking.

I pray for the families that are waking up this morning knowing that they will never see their loved ones again.  I am praying for the parents of that precious 8 year old boy that was taken from this earth way too soon.  I am praying for all those affected and I hope that some how they find ways to cope with this awful tragedy.  And I also pray for the people that are responsible.  May God have mercy on your soul.

Dr. Sofia Ramirez

Oooooh...a mother can only dream right???

Well my Sofia really wants to be a doctor...well at least this month she does. :)  She is totally into the Disney Jr show Dr. McStuffins!  And it's actually really cute and very informative. Just this weekend Sofia proclaimed that she was Dehydrated! At first I was like "did she really just say that?" and so I followed up with a very educated "WHAT??" And she responded with "mom...I haven't had enough water today".  WELL EXCUUUUUSE ME!   So to Dr. McStuffins...thank you for making my child smarter than me!

The premise of the show is really cute! The series is about a six-year-old girl who can "fix" toys, with a little help from her stuffed animal friends.  Each show the "sick" animal has some sort of ailment and Doc tries to figure out what's wrong them. Sofia gave us a quick check-up last night and we all had Mystery Pox.  But our heartbeats were "perfect". I really like this kid. :)

So like any good mother would...I went to the store and bought way too much Doc McStuffins toys.  Sofia was ecstatic!!!!  And it was the best money I spent in days! :)  Look how cute she looks!!!!!

This is what the "REAL" Doc McStuffins looks like.  Next time I need to put Sofia's hair in pig tails.

And yes....Doc is black!! One point for the brown people!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  :)  

If you have toddlers, let them watch this show.  It really is informative and cute all at the same time. 

Kim Kardashian

I have been following the "news" of Kim Kardashian's pregnancy and ALL the weight she is supposedly gaining and it's on my damn nerves.  I'm not a huge fan of hers but Lord have mercy....give the girl a damn break!  She's growing a HUMAN in her body!! Let her eat whatever the hell she wants!!!!  I know a lot of the pictures that are posted online are taken at bad angles to make it seem like she weighs 600 lbs but I promise you, she still weighs less than half the population at Walmart!

Here is the most recent picture of Miss Kanye at the MTV awards:

Ummm...I look like that plus another 300 lbs every day of my life!   Granted I'm not a celebrity but whatever!  My point is, she's not even fat!  People need to freaking relax.

So to Kim I say....eat ice cream every day and follow it up with a Hershey bar. :)

I have a confession...

If you follow my blog you will know that I have talked a LOT of shit about Bruno Mars and his songs.  I still stand by those words (that Grenade song is ridiculous!)  Anyway....I have a confession.

I LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOVE his new song and I belt it out every.chance.I.get.  Have you heard it? If not, watch the video here!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ekzHIouo8Q4

And I never said that Bruno Mars is an awful singer because this fool CAN really sing, I just hated his stupid lyrics.  But this song is REALLY good!! So there...I said it. I like a Bruno Mars song!!!!

I'm back! I hope...

I have been thinking about my poor little blog for weeks now and I have been telling myself to blog again!  Every day I have things that I want to write about but I never do it! I know....I'm an awful person and you hate me. BUT I am going to try YET again to keep this blog going. I really do love it and I think I make people laugh so be on the look out for more posts. :)

My Heart is Heavy

We are all reeling from the shootings that happened on Friday in Newtown, CT.  I read updated articles and I still can't fathom the happenings and what these families are going through. 

When I first heard of the shootings and read that it was at an elementary school, my first thought was "God, I hope no children were hurt".  And when I received the updated breaking news alert and read that there were indeed children hurt and killed, my heart sank.   I had never felt sick to my stomach the way I did that day.  I knew that no matter how bad I felt, there were parents that were having to deal with losing their CHILD.  I can't even imagine the pain and the anguish they felt.  My stomach continued to churn.

I went back to my desk and played the press conference from the President and my first tears fell.  The emotion that he showed as a parent and not the President of the United States made me sob.  His words touched me and I could not contain myself.  It was after his press conference that I decided to look into the faces of these angels that were taken too soon from this earth.  I had been avoiding it because seeing them would make it all too real.  And when I did, my heart broke even more.

How could someone do this to innocent children who at no fault of their own were at the wrong place at the wrong time.  But when did our elementary schools become the proverbial "wrong place"?  Elementary school is where I made a lot of my favorite childhood memories and I hold them close to my heart.  This monster came and in an instant made this elementary school a place of traumatic and scary memories.  How dare he!

I would call myself a person of faith and I always go back to it when things like this happen.  And I am usually the one looking for the "silver lining" to every situation regardless of how horrible it is.  But this time...I'm at a loss.  I have no idea why this happened. I have no idea why these sweet angels were taken a week before Christmas. I have no idea why these parents and families are having to go through this.  But I do know that they are on my prayer list and from hundred of miles away, that's all I can do. I will continue to pray for the souls of these children (and adults) that were taken away. May they rest in peace.

Situations like this really do put life into perspective for me.  Sofia is only 3 years younger than most of the children that died on Friday and I can't imagine only having her with me for 3 more years.  We must enjoy every day like it is our last.  We must tell our loved ones every day how much we love them because life is so short and we really do not know how much time we have on this earth.  I hope that all of you hug your kids a little tighter, are a little nicer to your sister or brother, will not get as angry when the kids make a mess...because I promise you that the parents of those children would give anything to have to clean up that mess.

It's that time of year!

It's insane to think that the year is almost over and that Christmas is almost 3 weeks away.  They will arrive in opposite order but I so don't feel like re-writing that sentence! :)

So have you started Christmas shopping yet? I have purchased one gift and it doesn't even really count because it was less than $10...with tax!  I will blame Houston's weather on the fact that I am not in the Christmas spirit 100%.  It's like 80 degrees outside and hoochies are still wearing their shorts and flip flops!  I can't get in the mood of Christmas if people's ass cheeks are hanging out!!! Work with me Mother Nature....PLEASE!!!!

I have been listening to Christmas music since the 2nd week of November in hopes that would be help.  It isn't. But I'm still listening to it. I LOVE IT! Although the same songs come on every other song because let's be honest....how many versions of Rudolph are there? Not very many.

But tonight we are finally going to go and get our Christmas tree.  Sofia has been asking her daddy to go buy it for weeks and amazingly he's been trying to ignore her.  BUT we finally con viced him and we'll be shopping for that "perfect" tree tonight.  Wish us luck...it usually takes forever to agree!

I hope you aren't too far behind on shopping!  Let me know if you find any good deals!!

Is too much to ask for this kind of weather?!?!?!