Epiphany

It is amazing to me how a 2-year-old can put life into perspective sometimes.

(Oldish pic, but still a fav)

This is how he reminded me of what really should matter to me:

I was running around late this morning like a chicken with my head cut off. I went out to start my car, but brought my keys back inside with me so I could lock my car doors while it was running. (I have a keyless start, so I don't need to leave my keys in the ignition).

Anyway, so I am finally ready to leave, the kids are all bundled, and I realize that I can't find my keys. So now I am running around swearing up and down that I couldn't find my effing keys, and saying "Oh my gosh I am going to cry because I am late!!" and the whole time, my son is following me around saying "Mommy! Wait! Mommy!" So finally I stop and say, "What Mikey?! Mommy's late and I can't find my keys!!" and he responds, "Mommy, I found them!" he points to my back pocket and reaches up to grab them and hands them to me.

Then he says, "Now you don't have to cry mommy."

That made my eyes tear up. I just stopped and dropped down to his level and said, "thank you baby..." and squezed him and kissed him.

My appointment was not important at that point, all that mattered was my little girl in my left arm, and the little boy that I was squeezing with my right arm.

My babies are so precious, and even if it takes me feeling like a complete idiot for overreacting, I will always treasure these little reminders of how much they mean to me. :)

So make sure you all take time to remember what really is important in your life.

Love!!

-B

PS: its theses fools wedding day today. Due to money I cannot attend (and I was even a bridesmaid!!) I love you Sarah and Jeff!!

Christmas Report!!

Okay, so basically I did pretty darn well for Christmas this year. I usually spoil everyone else, but couldn't this year because of my HUGE paycut. I did get everyone out here covered, but not to the extent that I usually do...so that's sad. Instead of being sad though, I am going to get excited about what I got for Christmas again and tell you!! (Even two out of 4 of the things on my "Oh Honey!" sidebar!)


FINALLY Got Laila. I have been using the sample tubes from Nordstrom for over a month. This morning I actually got to spray myself...I can't even tell you how excited I was at 6am to smell so amazing!!!







My Blackberry Tour. My friend Jessica said, "You got ANOTHER phone?!" I probably didn't need a new one. Seriously though, anyone who knows me would agree that the fact that I had my Curve for 2 years is like a record for me. So anyway...it was between this and the HTC version of the Droid, but I need HTC to work out the kinks...so in 2 years when it's upgrade time again I will probably get that...or not because Im addicted to Crackberries.

Gift Certificate for a hot stone massage, pedicure and eyebrow waxing courtesy of my hubby. :) He's good at this stuff.

My mom sent us $50 and we went to a family dinner, My in-laws got me Laila Parfum (the other one is Eau de Parfum, so I got 2!), a visa gift card (love them), 2 Gift cards for restaurants in the area, one being a steak house that I have heard is incredible, gas cards (yesss), A couple necklaces, one finally being my cross (!!!), some earrings (jewelry was courtesy of hubby...he's so smart that he followed behind me in the store and was snapping pics of the things I wanted on his camera phone and went back and bought it all...), Pureology conditioner and Bath and body works foot scrub in my stocking. woohoo! It was awesome, and I am not even positive that I remembered everything...but thank you everyone!!

Christmas eve was spent with my sister and her family, prime rib deliciousness!! Christmas day was spent with my in-laws, and my sister in law came over with her family. Overall it was pretty fun! I miss my Cali fam like crazy, but the people here made it the best it could possibly be!!

Okay, your turn!! Tell me what you got, or leave a link to your blog!!

Love!!!

-B

PS Less than 3 weeks until I go back to school!! eeeeee!

Okay...so when exactly will it stop sucking??

I will always remember sitting on the couch in the den while my bff got ready for school...he'd shlep out of his room at about what 6:45 ish? He'd walk by "Whats up" and give me a high five...he always smelled AMAZING of course (Right Liques?). Then go out for his morning cigarette. It's so funny how little things like that stick out in my memory.

Other random things that stick out:

He loved Ghetto Car so. Crooked antenna and all.
I have never heard "Only Time" by Enya until September 2001. Then I heard it. A lot. And it was loud.
He loved Honey Bunches of Oats...I actually got in trouble for finishing his box once. Oops.
He also liked the canned Tamales from the 99 cent store...they were actually really good!
I can't remember a day he didn't wear black...but he looked good in it, so I cant say anything. Ha
He was a master cat trainer...it.was.AMAZING.
He loved the surround sound (THX) noise. I had never heard that so many times before I met Nick. I also never heard it so loud. Ha.
He loved me more than he loved Angelique. hahahahah. I was the favorite. :-) (This is a joke people!!)


Its been 7 years today...it still hasn't gotten easier dude. I still miss you Nick! Love you!!

Mark, Gina, Liques, Brandon, Ronnie...love you guys!!

Okay, so I changed my mind. Again.

"The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams" - Eleanor Roosevelt

I'm hoping that includes those who have changed their minds a million times. But look, I am 23. Thats my job - get over it. Hehe.

Okay so far my desired career path has been this: Teacher -> Spanish Teacher -> Aviation Management Major -> Pilot -> Aviation Management -> Spanish Teacher -> Psychology Teacher -> High School Counselor -> ??????? -> Air Traffic Controller -> Now.

So basically I have always either wanted a job in aviation (which is a DUH moment if you've ever read my blog), or a job where I get to help people (teacher/counselor). Aviation means questioning your morals at times, which is really hard for me to do. It also involves sales, which I hate, and shmoozing, which I hate even more. Plus the industry is dead at a time where I need to be on a path to making a decent income for my family, and it's just not happening right now.

Teaching...If I were to be a teacher, I would want to be a damn good one. That would mean me teaching something I am good at and something I am interested in. The only things were Spanish - which I have forgotten a lot of - or Psychology. Unfortunately I'd be hard pressed to find a high school that offers a psychology program, and getting my masters is not in the cards for me anymore. I just dont have time.

You have to have a masters to be a high school counselor...so there goes that.

After some soul searching, I realized what is important to me in a job. That is helping people. Whether it's making their experience better, making them feel more comfortable, teaching them something. Whatever it may be it is in my nature to help people...I actually CARE about people. I can see beyond the surface and know when something isn't right - and when I do, I always want to try to fix it. If I can make decent money doing it, and finish the program in less than 3 years then I am all over it.

I've found that calling. I know what I want to do. I want it so badly that I am not even going to reveal what it is I want to do, for fear of having to tell you that I wasn't accepted into the school. Another indicator to me of how right this is for me is that I can't even apply to the school for another semester, I have to backtrack and take a bunch of lower division courses again, and I am totally okay with that! (Usually I am an instant gratification kind of person...if I have to backtrack or am expected to be patient and wait to do something I won't do it).

I know I have 3 followers, but if you read this...PLEASE send me some good vibes. I need it. It's going to be a bit of a journey to even get into the school - let alone COMPLETE the school. So wish me luck!!

-B

My Must Have Product of the Moment.

Okay, so normally I'm not all about lip products. I kiss my kids too much, or the wind blows and gets my hair caught in my lipgloss...any excuse I can find to not wear it, even though I think it totally completes a look, and in my opinion is part of the simple "I'm running late no time for a full face of make-up" look. (In addition to mascara, bronzer and blush for me!)

So anyway...now that I am in Minnesota, and it is cold, I have no choice but to wear something on my lips. My husband happened to have a tube of regular Burt's Bees chapstick, and I actually really liked it. (Which is weird, because I havent found a chapstick I actually like.)

I decided to go to Target and pick some up and then found THIS:::

I absolutely love it. Its a Lip Shimmer but since it is Burt's Bees it has the protective and healing qualities of a chapstick...and way easier than putting chapstick on under lipstick or lipgloss if you're lazy like me :). My shade is Watermelon, although since it is winter, I am thinking of going a touch darker for the season.

At any rate, I love it so much that I want to tell everyone about it! So go try it and let me know how you like it! Or if you have it and love it...vouge for me people!!

That's all I have for now.

Love!!

-B

Eff you motherfather...I just need to vent

Ha. I couldn't live with myself swearing as my post title...I'll leave that for the body of the blog.

SO. I am friends with my ex (I know, I know...but it's not like it seems, my husband, son and I have all gone to dinner with him a couple of times.) and we were talking on the phone the other day about our relationship and why it didn't work out.

side note: I asked him questions to figure out if it was me, and stuff I did wrong, so that I can improve myself for my husband...I just feel like I am too hard on him and I figured my ex was a good enough friend that he would tell me what the fuck's up so that I can better myself for my husband. WRONG

So anyway...let me preface this venting by saying that when we dated I was 20 ish and he was 33 ish...so now more of this should make sense.

The talk we had was complete bullshit. All he did was basically tell me that it was my immaturity that was why it ended. When I say immaturity, I mean like not knowing what I want to do with my life, changing my life goals constantly, overdramatizing things ever-so-slightly, you know...standard stuff you do when you're TWENTY.

So after realizing that was a waste of time, I switched to bitch-mode and was like, "Look, you were the most draining, most condescending person I was ever around, I was constantly on egg shells around you because you are so judgmental...etc etc blah de blah...so that is why I ended things with you."

His response, "What? You didn't end things, I did."

Dude, don't flatter yourself...I was a 20 year old little hottie and you were 34 and balding. Please don't act like you ended things.

So I cracked up and replied, "uhhh...no you didn't."

Then he replies, "Well, I can see it still bothers you, you're obviously getting all upset with me."

::more laughter::

Really, dude? Is that why I am married to a gorgeous man who loves me more than you are capable of loving? And why we have two beautiful children and have been together happily (with our struggles of course) for almost 3 years and married for over 1 year? Because I am upset that our relationship ended? Please build a bridge and get over yourself, because last time I checked, youre the 30-something that still isn't married. Thanks.

Now, normally it is not in my veins to be this big of a bitch, but his arrogance totally called for "Bitchney" to unmask herself.

Not only that, when I told him of my aspirations to be an air traffic controller he said {I just dont see you doing that, I know a lot of controllers and you just don't have that personality} Thanks asshole.

Then he said "Well I am just trying to be a real friend, not one of your other friends that pushes you to do something you won't succeed in!...You don't think I want you to be successful? I do! But I want you to avoid wasting your time, so that's why I am telling you this."

I ended the phone call shortly after that. Don't think we'll be chatting much anytime soon.

So kids, the moral of the story is...don't surround yourself with anyone that is negative. Or retarded for that matter. Because I have many friends, guys and girls, that I have never have confrontations like this with...

Okay, thats all for my bitching for now...

LOVE!!!
-B

I don't get it.

I just have one question. One thought for the day.

Why do bad things happen to some of the greatest people?

Furthermore, why do amazing things happen

to those who surely don't deserve it?

I know everything happens for a reason,

but why must there be a dark tunnel and

the light at the very end of it?

And why does the light sometimes

take so long to reach?

I guess I will have to just stay positive!!

What else can I really do?

"Reality is the mirror of your thoughts. Choose well what you put in front of the mirror."

-Unknown

I wouldn't even take time to read this.

"For once you have tasted flight you will walk the earth with your eyes turned skywards, for there you have been and there you will long to return." Leonardo Da Vinci

(I just watched a plane like this take off..it was AMAZING. Thanks airliners.net)

So. Update from last post. I started a new job. It's not in aviation. Boo!

BUT I surprisingly like it a lot. It's an awesome company, they treat their employees well, have amazing benefits, and most employees there are lifers, which says a lot... :-)

My second job IS in aviation , and it is AMAZING. It sucks being away from the hubby and kiddos every other weekend, but I have to tell you - its almost therapeutic being here and getting to watch planes take off. Now, for the most part I don't see that many jets...but the ones that I do are amazing to watch take off. I even love listening to the controller talk to the planes on the ground and in the air! Ugh..I need to stop. It's making me sound like a loser!

People who arent in aviation don't understand how hard it is to get out of the industry ..so that fact that my job IS outside the industry, you would think I would be relieved that I was able to get out!! And I am...Monday through Friday. It is so nice not having to work 6-2 or 2-10, or 9-5, but then you have to be on call once a week and work holidays and weekends. But then I get here on weekends, and it makes me hate my first job all over again.

Here is what makes me a crazy person:

Regular job:

-No Crazy Hours

-No on Call

-No Shmoozing people

-No lying to passenger's wives about the women their husbands are flying with

-No weekends (for the most part)

-No holiday work

-Amazing benefits

-6k/year toward tuition

-They take care of and show constant appreciation for their people.

My Aviation Jobs:

-Crap hours, with overtime if a plane is leaving early or coming in late

-On calls

-Holidays

-Having to cover for shady, lying passengers

-I have only worked for one company that really acknowedged my hard work and love for the job (Thank you MB)

-Unless you work for a company like Boeing or Bombardier (which I used to) you ain't gettin no tuition reimbersement

It all makes sense on paper...why cant I get it through my head?!

That's it for my rants... :)

-B

PS. I apply for Air Traffic Controller in January. We'll see how that goes. :)

PPS There is a customer at my work that has a plane like this:

It is my goal to become their friend and go for a ride!! Can we say barrel rolls?

My Addiction

{LOVES this picture...gives aviation a girly feel... thanks to google images}

So honestly, I wish sometimes that I had a more interesting vice, or at least ones with weekly meetings I could attend to get it out of my system. I love aviation. The planes, the planning, the pilots...it is all so fascinating to me.

I could watch this movie 100,000 times and it wouldnt be enough:



Ever since I was 18 I have worked in corporate aviation (that's private jets for those not up to par with Aviation jargon). The planes look more like this as opposed to airlines:



I did a 4 month stint working for a mortgage company, and it was HORRIBLE!!! Now that I am back in Minnesota I am yet again having a hard time finding an aviation job, because the industry as a whole is slow...and as it is there are few aviation jobs here. There are corporate flight departments like Target, 3M, Best Buy, General Mills, etc. and I would L-O-V-E to have a job working for a company like that...but it's just not happening for me.

Next week I start a non-aviation job. It is for an amazing company...but it selfish and ungrateful that I am not even willing to pretend to be excited to work there? I should be grateful to have even found a job.

Yet I cannot pretend I am not crushed that it isn't aviation...::sigh::

"If you do what you love for a living, you will never work a day in your life."
-Glen (My stepdad)

I wholeheartedly believe that quote. And I guess its the reason I want nothing to do with anything outside aviation.

Its seriously a disease. Once you're in...you're STUCK.

I refuse to give up though, so wish me luck in my continued search!!

-B

Help?

Okay, my page is SO boring. Can anyone give me tips on how to spiff it up??

THANKS!

B

Happy Anniversary!!!

That's right...Happy Anniversary. I remember when I was younger, and all my friends and I would celebrate our "one month anniversaries" with our boyfriends/girlfriends...too bad none of us looked up the meaning of Anniversary, and therefore did not think about the have that the prefix "Anni" meant annual...yep, we were retarded. Hahaha.
It's been a year since I married the greatest man to enter my life! We are really short on cash right now, but we made the most of it. A couple of weeks ago, I told Matt that this year was his...and he had to surprise me! Well he did a pretty damn good job considering our financial situation...
He took me to a restaurant called "Timber Lodge"...which is special, because that is the restaurant where he proposed to me... :-). (He just pretends that he isnt romantic!!)
Then he filled up the bathtub/jacuzzi/whirlpool in his parents downstairs bathroom, put bubbles, and bath confetti in and had music turned on and everything...it was so relaxing and so nice just to have some alone time with my husband!! Major points, babe.
BUT the disappointing part...we actually managed to keep the top tier of our cake...and it survived the move to San Diego, then the move to Minnesota believe it or not. We opened the box it was in and of course the fondant had all come off of it from the moves, so we cut into it and there were BLACK SPOTS in the filling... yeah, thats what happens when you include fresh bananas in the filling of your cake. Hahaha.
Needless to say, we didnt eat it, but we did the traditional cutting of the first slice together, and I ate a teeny piece of the cake itself (no filling thanks.)
Good weekend though! Enjoy the pics...
LOVE

Saturday, September 26, 2009

This is for Angelique

Sooooo.....

I am basically doing this to avoid hatemail from my BFF. or BFFFF...

and I cant say Calories...or she'll pinch me...because she's abusive like that...

But she brings me food, including Bucas, so its worth it...

Is it wrong that the pain is worth the reward??? Sounds sick, I know.

Thursday, September 10, 2009

My First Post :)

Well, I thought it would be fun to make a blog, since I am going to be embarking on a journey with my family to MINNESOTA!! Yes, I have lived there before, but its like a new journey with because this time it is with my family!! :)

Matt is leaving Saturday 9.12 with his stepdad to drive the moving truck up. His mom, the kids and I are flying up the same day, because that trip would be gnarly for the babies!! :)

That's all I have for now, so wish me luck!!!

-B

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