Friday, September 17, 2010

Day 5 Blog Challenge: A Picture of Somewhere You've Been To

So everyone and their mama has been to Vegas..I KNOW! I spent my 29th birthday last year in Vegas at the beautiful and amazing M Resort. It was my first time back in Vegas since I was 9!!! I loved every second of being there, aside from the hotter than fish grease heat. NO BUENO! I cant wait to go back again, those Monopoly and Wizard of Oz slots are just calling my name, can you hear it?!?! CHA CHING!!!!!!

<3 Yours Truly
 
 
 
 
Day 01: A Recent picture of you and 15 interesting facts about yourself
Day 02: A picture of something you cannot live without
Day 03: A habit that you wish you didnt have
Day 04: List 15 songs that represent your life's soundtrack
Day 05: A picture of somewhere you've been to
Day 06: A hobby you have
Day 07: A picture of someone/something that has the biggest impact on you
Day 08: Short term goals for this month and why
Day 09: Something/someone you're proud of
Day 10: A story about a past relationship
Day 11: A picture of something you dislike
Day 12: A picture of your room & dont cheat by cleaning it. Share a secret.
Day 13: Write a letter telling someone something you could never tell them
Day 14: A picture of something you ate and 10 confessions
Day 15: Put your iPod on shuffle & share the first 10 songs that play
Day 16: Something you could live without
Day 17: Someone you would want to switch lives with for one day and why
Day 18: Plans/dreams/goals you have
Day 19: Nicknames you have & how or why you have them
Day 20: If you had 3 wishes, what would they be.
Day 21: Share a picture from your day
Day 22: What makes you different from everyone else
Day 23: What is something you crave
Day 24: Share a story about your past that you are ashamed of
Day 25: What I would find in your bag
Day 26: Places you want to visit before you die
Day 27: Why are you doing this 30 day challenge?
Day 28: A picture of you last year and now, how have you changed since then
Day 29: In the past month, what have you learned
Day 30: A picture of you today & 20 goals you want to accomplish

Day 4 Blog Challenge [LATE]: List 15 Songs That Represent Your Life's Soundtrack

Before I start I just want to let you know that it was pretty damn hard to pick 15 songs to represent my life, which is why this blog post is a day late. I had to really think about it and as I sit here at my desk, where I typically "work", I have chosen to "work" on something else, like my blog. Yay you! So the songs I picked have significant meaning to specific moments in my life, many of which are around the same time period but they are songs that reflect what I was going through or thinking at that time. Explanations arent always necessary, right? RIGHT! Lets get started......


1. #15 - #15 you ask? well none of us ever knew the title or the artist to this particular song, all I know is I got it off another cd from someone I was "dating" back then and me and my friends were hooked. We just call it #15 cuz thats the number it was on the cd..laaaaame I know. This song reminds me of the good times, good road trips Ive taken with friends up to the Bay and to Sactown.
2. Shake it Like a Salt Shaker by Yin Yang Twins - If you ever hung out with me way back when, during my "bootyclappin" days, you should know why this song is significant..lol. I danced like I was gettin paid (not pole dancin paid..lol) but I put in some work on the dancefloor PLENTY of times..damn I miss those days!
3. Get Low by Yin Yang Twins - Same reason as #2. Now its a miracle if I get on the dancefloor..damn wtf happened to me? ha ha ha
4. More Than Words by Extreme- its just truth in a song...
5. Computer Love by Zapp and Roger - ha ha ha 5 points if you can guess why this is on my list..
6. One in a Million by Aaliyah - .... Bruce :)
7. She's Royal by Tarrus Riley - Just listen to the song, its the bomb dot com and its how I feel on good days
8. I Got Your Back by T.I. & Keri Hilson - for my main...he should already know :)
9. Control by Janet Jackson - Ha ha ha, this should be posted on 1 through 15..lol. Its just my personality..
10. Love The Way You Lie by Eminem ft Rihanna - *sigh*
11. Closer by Goapele - a chill song that reminds me of the awesome times I used to have in Sactown with my Sactown family...miss those days!
12. It Kills Me by Melanie Fiona - *sigh*
13. They Gonna Talk by Beres Hammond - for a past relationship Ive had.... *rolls eyes*
14. Baby Mama by Fantasia Barrino - *sighs, rolls eyes then rolls eyes again, then smh* a single parent, even when I was married...holding down the fort always, putting her first till infinity and beyond!
15. How You Gonna Act Like That by Tyrese - some people are just....are just....uggggh.

<3 Yours Truly



Day 01: A Recent picture of you and 15 interesting facts about yourself
Day 02: A picture of something you cannot live without
Day 03: A habit that you wish you didnt have
Day 04: List 15 songs that represent your life's soundtrack
Day 05: A picture of somewhere you've been to
Day 06: A hobby you have
Day 07: A picture of someone/something that has the biggest impact on you
Day 08: Short term goals for this month and why
Day 09: Something/someone you're proud of
Day 10: A story about a past relationship
Day 11: A picture of something you dislike
Day 12: A picture of your room & dont cheat by cleaning it. Share a secret.
Day 13: Write a letter telling someone something you could never tell them
Day 14: A picture of something you ate and 10 confessions
Day 15: Put your iPod on shuffle & share the first 10 songs that play
Day 16: Something you could live without
Day 17: Someone you would want to switch lives with for one day and why
Day 18: Plans/dreams/goals you have
Day 19: Nicknames you have & how or why you have them
Day 20: If you had 3 wishes, what would they be.
Day 21: Share a picture from your day
Day 22: What makes you different from everyone else
Day 23: What is something you crave
Day 24: Share a story about your past that you are ashamed of
Day 25: What I would find in your bag
Day 26: Places you want to visit before you die
Day 27: Why are you doing this 30 day challenge?
Day 28: A picture of you last year and now, how have you changed since then
Day 29: In the past month, what have you learned
Day 30: A picture of you today & 20 goals you want to accomplish

Wednesday, September 15, 2010

Blog Challenge Day 3: A Habit That You Wish You Didnt Have

FUUUUUUUUCK MAN!
 
10 guesses what bad habit I have. There are plenty more bad habits that I have other than my sailor's potty mouth but do we really have the time? I mean really. I tell myself repeatedly that I need to stop cussing and to quit talking like I aint got no manners. Well, Ive failed, oh Ive failed miserably but dont you dare judge me, you ass! ha ha. Sorry, I will try to refrain, its not "lady like" right? well if thats the case I dont know many ladies then, well okay my grandma counts but Ive caught her like 3 times in my life saying a bad word but never how it is meant to be said, lol that sweet gal, oh how I love her. To be polite, non-judgemental, less opinionated, and apparently less passionate, thats what it would take for me to be more like a lady...wow, there are not enough hours in the day..lol.
 
In any case, Im a cusser a mother cusser..lol.
 
Uggggh...pray for me!
 
 
<3 Yours Truly
 
 
Day 01: A Recent picture of you and 15 interesting facts about yourself
Day 02: A picture of something you cannot live without
Day 03: A habit that you wish you didnt have
Day 04: List 15 songs that represent your life's soundtrack
Day 05: A picture of somewhere you've been to
Day 06: A hobby you have
Day 07: A picture of someone/something that has the biggest impact on you
Day 08: Short term goals for this month and why
Day 09: Something/someone you're proud of
Day 10: A story about a past relationship
Day 11: A picture of something you dislike
Day 12: A picture of your room & dont cheat by cleaning it. Share a secret.
Day 13: Write a letter telling someone something you could never tell them
Day 14: A picture of something you ate and 10 confessions
Day 15: Put your iPod on shuffle & share the first 10 songs that play
Day 16: Something you could live without
Day 17: Someone you would want to switch lives with for one day and why
Day 18: Plans/dreams/goals you have
Day 19: Nicknames you have & how or why you have them
Day 20: If you had 3 wishes, what would they be.
Day 21: Share a picture from your day
Day 22: What makes you different from everyone else
Day 23: What is something you crave
Day 24: Share a story about your past that you are ashamed of
Day 25: What I would find in your bag
Day 26: Places you want to visit before you die
Day 27: Why are you doing this 30 day challenge?
Day 28: A picture of you last year and now, how have you changed since then
Day 29: In the past month, what have you learned
Day 30: A picture of you today & 20 goals you want to accomplish

Tuesday, September 14, 2010

Day 2 Blog Challenge: A Picture of Something You Cannot Live Without


This classy picture was compliments of my bff Kathy. Im sure my bat feels used and abused at this point...this is NOT what a bat and balls is supposed to be used for!! BWUAHAHAHA!

The picture says it all, I cannot live without softball. Well technically I can but it'd be pretty damn hard. I grew up around the sport since I was little, always at my mom's co-ed games watching her put in work and I LOVED IT! It was like a treat to be able to go to her games. Im surprised she never started me earlier in softball. I started when I was 12 for North Torrance Girls Softball where Jordyn plays now. I only played one season, my mom got into it with the coach and then I didnt play again until my Junior Year in High School. After Junior Year I didnt play again until right after I graduated when I was 18yrs old. At that time I played for Gardena Rec with some friends and we seriously looked like a chola team for reals, me never looking Samoan, I totally blended in with our moussed out hair..lol. Im gonna have to scan a picture, we were called the Brats...OH HELL NO! ha ha ha. After 18 years old at Gardena Rec I didnt play again until I was 25 for church and my mom's company team. Havent stopped playin ever since. Phew!

I honestly love softball soo much and enjoy watching others play as well. I just wish my mom would have put me into the sport at a younger age and then kept me in it so I could be a beast on the field lmao! I have good days and bad days on the field but nonetheless I'll never stop playing. I would have loved to have done it every year at a younger age so that maybe I could go to college playing ball, but alas, it is just a dream of something that never will be. I encourage my daughter Jordyn to be her very best on the field so that maybe I will be sitting sidelines watching her play in the Women's College World Series or the World Cup of Softball if she continues to stick with it *fingers crossed*. Anyhoo, I feel like a rambling fool going on and on about how much I love softball, Im sure its quite apparent being that I have no life off of the field and all of my FB status updates seem to be about a practice or a game..lol.

So there you have it, I cannot live without softball, but Im sure it could live without me..juss sayin..lol


<3 Yours Truly



Day 01: A Recent picture of you and 15 interesting facts about yourself
Day 02: A picture of something you cannot live without
Day 03: A habit that you wish you didnt have
Day 04: List 15 songs that represent your life's soundtrack
Day 05: A picture of somewhere you've been to
Day 06: A hobby you have
Day 07: A picture of someone/something that has the biggest impact on you
Day 08: Short term goals for this month and why
Day 09: Something/someone you're proud of
Day 10: A story about a past relationship
Day 11: A picture of something you dislike
Day 12: A picture of your room & dont cheat by cleaning it. Share a secret.
Day 13: Write a letter telling someone something you could never tell them
Day 14: A picture of something you ate and 10 confessions
Day 15: Put your iPod on shuffle & share the first 10 songs that play
Day 16: Something you could live without
Day 17: Someone you would want to switch lives with for one day and why
Day 18: Plans/dreams/goals you have
Day 19: Nicknames you have & how or why you have them
Day 20: If you had 3 wishes, what would they be.
Day 21: Share a picture from your day
Day 22: What makes you different from everyone else
Day 23: What is something you crave
Day 24: Share a story about your past that you are ashamed of
Day 25: What I would find in your bag
Day 26: Places you want to visit before you die
Day 27: Why are you doing this 30 day challenge?
Day 28: A picture of you last year and now, how have you changed since then
Day 29: In the past month, what have you learned
Day 30: A picture of you today & 20 goals you want to accomplish

Monday, September 13, 2010

30 Day Blog Challenge: DAY 1 - A Recent Picture of You and 15 Interesting Facts About Yourself

I follow this one particular girl that I found on YouTube as a makeup guru and LOVE her blog. She started this 30 Day Blog Challenge and it seems like it'd be pretty cool for me to start as well, so here it goes! I do encourage you guys to do it also. Dont be a party pooper...give in to peer pressure and just DO IT! ha ha.

Day 1: A Recent Picture of You and 15 Interesting Facts About Yourself



I know I already posted this picture of me and my friend Kramer in my previous post but hey, Day 1 asked for recent..and this is recent.

15 Interesting Facts About Me

1. I am double jointed, which means it is hard for me to make my fingers stay straight because they pop down at the joints and now I just realized I made my unique ability seem grotesquely not so cool..lol
2. I danced hula for about 11 years
3. I used to make YouTube videos for makeup
4. Im sad that my mother no longer makes me Easter baskets after I had Jordyn - BOOOO!
5. I am my grandparents' 5th child - figuratively speaking of course
6. I am part of a line of 1st's (my mother is the 1st child, who had me, the 1st grandchild, who then had Jordyn, the 1st great-grandchild)
7. I love the smell of rubbing alcohol
8. I used to want to be a hip hop dancer as my profession when I was in Jr High and made up dance routines with my friends in my driveway lol.
9. I am happily divorced :)
10. Im pretty awesome at Pictionary!
11. I need anger management
12. Ive only had 4 boyfriends in my life
13. I used to have a crush on Rufio from the movie Hook
14. People sometimes think Jordyn is my sister..JEAHHHHH!!
15. I can crack an egg with one hand..lol

<3 Yours Truly

Day 01: A Recent picture of you and 15 interesting facts about yourself
Day 02: A picture of something you cannot live without
Day 03: A habit that you wish you didnt have
Day 04: List 15 songs that represent your life's soundtrack
Day 05: A picture of somewhere you've been to
Day 06: A hobby you have
Day 07: A picture of someone/something that has the biggest impact on you
Day 08: Short term goals for this month and why
Day 09: Something/someone you're proud of
Day 10: A story about a past relationship
Day 11: A picture of something you dislike
Day 12: A picture of your room & dont cheat by cleaning it. Share a secret.
Day 13: Write a letter telling someone something you could never tell them
Day 14: A picture of something you ate and 10 confessions
Day 15: Put your iPod on shuffle & share the first 10 songs that play
Day 16: Something you could live without
Day 17: Someone you would want to switch lives with for one day and why
Day 18: Plans/dreams/goals you have
Day 19: Nicknames you have & how or why you have them
Day 20: If you had 3 wishes, what would they be.
Day 21: Share a picture from your day
Day 22: What makes you different from everyone else
Day 23: What is something you crave
Day 24: Share a story about your past that you are ashamed of
Day 25: What I would find in your bag
Day 26: Places you want to visit before you die
Day 27: Why are you doing this 30 day challenge?
Day 28: A picture of you last year and now, how have you changed since then
Day 29: In the past month, what have you learned
Day 30: A picture of you today & 20 goals you want to accomplish

Wednesday, September 8, 2010

Disney...again!??! WHY YES!!!

Another fun filled weekend of us at Disneyland and California Adventure on Saturday 9/4 and Monday 9/6. Im telling ya, we WILL get the most out of our annual passes..lol

On Pirates of the Caribbean


Finally parking right in front of the escalators!! JEAHHHH!!


Kramer and I - my first time on California Screamin TOTALLY LOVE IT!


She asked for the design in the picture which was just a bunch of crazy black lines with some colors and instead the lady made a spider and webs?!?! Jordyn's reaction when they gave her the mirror, "OHHH I LOVE IT!" ha ha


About to board Tower of Terror...OHHHH YESSS!!


On Its a Small World


Finally she found someone she is taller than!

Wednesday, September 1, 2010

Knotts and Disney all in one weekend! PHEW!

Yes, you heard correctly! This past weekend was exhausting to say the least. I mean we had the absolute best time but also the most tiring. I guess our minds worked faster than our bodies because thinking we could walk ALL DAY and stand ALL DAY, 2 days in a row and be cool...was poppy cock! Cant wait to do it again this weekend, and yes, you heard me correctly again. We are going to Disneyland and California Adventure this weekend and I will regret it on Tuesday when Im at work lol.

I swear my mom was like a kid in a candy store! I love seeing her soo happy and believe you me, if you know this woman, seeing her happy is a rare occasion, so rare I can count on 1 hand how many times Ive seen her happy. This woman works her ass off at 2 jobs back to back Monday through Friday and does for everyone else and rarely for herself. Selfless is what they call it and she is exactly that. She might not be the nicest person to be around most of the time but her heart is made of gold and her intentions are good. It was our first time at California Adventure on Sunday and man, that place is AWESOME!

Bruce, mom, Kat, Jo, and I went to Knotts on Saturday to utilize 2 free tickets Jordyn won from school for her amazing fundraising efforts. On Sunday, mom, Jo, and I went to Disney's California Adventure after being invited by the Fitisemanu's to join them on a fun day at the park. Dude, ish was AMAZING! We had the best time and its super sweet that all of us have annual passes and can go whenever and we definitely will do that!

Need I say anything at this point? Carne Asada Fries and YES they were ON POINT!


Look @ them totally lovin this ride


I felt like a champ winning my own Skelly and helping Jo win her Domo


It took her a long time but she managed to get 8 gold pieces!


MUAHAHAHAHAHAHA


My penny pinching daughter with her $4.99 bow and arrow! ha ha She wont spend her money on anything she actually CAN use and benefit from but she'll buy this plastic toy that she will only use at Knotts and since then it has sat on the couch, withering away..lol


Enjoying a nice seat on the bench so our feetsies can rest..lol all the while sweating like whores in confessionals waiting for the girls to get off their ride..


Why YES, I did wear those Minnie ears all day! A great day with the Fitisemanu's


Waiting in line for Grizzly River Run, this ride knocks Bigfoot Rapids and Roaring Rapids out of the water! We just had to get soaked since it was a bajillion degrees. I was the only one in jeans, no surprise there and yeah, jeans that are a little too big to begin with on me and then add some water to soak the back, PERRRRFECT mix! I look fabulous!


Selase, Mom, Jo, and Kaipo on Mali Boomers. I dont know what was up with those cough shields but can you imagine if someone got sick and threw up?? *GAG*


Yup you guessed correctly, that IS a huge Mickey Head Sourdough loaf!


Inside Twilight's Tower of Terror and let me tell you, if you havent gone on this ride...DO IT and when I say DO IT I mean DOOOOOOOOOO ITTTTT NOW! It is my ultimate favorite ride. You basically sit in an elevator and drop a million stories and then shoot back up, then drop some more. All you have is a seatbelt strap over your lap and at the first drop I was totally out of my seat, totally mid air with nothing to hold on to but my damn belt because at this point I didnt realize there were small handle bars on the sides of your hips *DUH* and so Im grabbing onto the seatbelt for dear life hoping that my weight doesnt snap it off mid air and I die (i know, great thought huh) but at the same time Im totally LOVING IT! My poor mom sat on the side near the aisle and she didnt have a handle bar on the left side so we would have had to share the one of her left, my right and I eventually figured it out and I grabbed it so she was totally in the air and after the fact I feel bad about it but it was our first time so who knew right? ha ha ha overall we all LOVE that ride and I can ride that all day. The line on the other hand..PFFFT horrible!


Taking a tour through the Mission Tortilla Factory and we got our free corn tortilla..JEAHHHHH!


lol @ these two! Kimu and Jordyn just HAD to stand in the water and get soaked and I mean SOAKED like dripping like a leaky faucet soaked! ha ha


In the ridiculously long line for Tower of Terror


(Jordyn, Kimu, Kawika) This is what happens to kids when they are in RIDICULOUSLY long lines at Tower of Terror..lol


Captain EO cool..NOT! Toy Story Midway Mania ride cool! That ride is the business!!


We finally got to see World of Color and if you havent seen it, DEFINITELY GO, its soo amazing!


Waiting for World of Color to start (Crystal and I)


Mickey Ferris Wheel lit up


MY <3


Standing in yet ANOTHER line..lol

Hope you enjoy the pics, the rest are on my Facebook! If any of you have annual passes, hit me up, lets all go together!! WOOO HOOO!!