30th birthday continue...about a week later...

...Because I got sick! i know it totally sucks. I would not recommend it to anyone. Off the top of my head it seem that every BIG birthday I get sick. 21...yep, was sick, and of course my brothers HAD to take me out that following weekend, which I know I was not fully really to drink as much as I did, needless to say, I was sick after that weekend. And now this one I came down with Strep. I was fine on my actual day, but on Peter's (Monday) I was feeling something coming on...Tuesday aches and pain, fever the whole nine yards...Wednesday dying! thank god for antibiotics. Normally, I 'm not one to run out and get those things for any little thing, I have to been pretty sick to go to the doctors and take something...well, enough of that let's get back to birthday talk!

So, my mom threw me a dinner party, which was every nice... I mostly took pictures of my nephew Ethan ...he is too cute, walking and talking now! I felt soo honored that he was able to be out past his bed time...Thanks jen and bill- that was a birthday gift in itself!

Here is the little guy himself. I love this kid! Since the start of walking and talking he is too busy to give out as many hugs and kisses as before...but very understandable when the world is at his feet and on the tip of tongue.

Look at the seriousness of that FACE! he was banging that drum soo hard, and with all his might....

This could end up in my or my brother's garage... and louder! God help us.

Karl, working on his modeling faces...Work it, work....it!

Here is a picture of the birthday Boy!

Lastly, on Wednesday, we had a nice visit from our friend, Charles, who brought us by an ice cream cake! Just what the doctor ordered when having strep!Chocalate Chip cookie dough...THE BEST! Thanks Charles and Nicole, that was awesome!...oh look I just noticed that I have little hearts for my the dot of my i...Tooo cute!

I wish I could say that I took a wild week off work...just blew it off and ran to a secret get- away, but that is so far from the truth. Here i was newly 30, trying to figure out where my Pilates studio will have to re-locate, put my house up on the market, finding a new house, planing my wedding.... and sick! I guess that was God's way telling me to stop Stressing about things out of my control....(yea, still learning that one ;) ) I slept alot, I was achy, with the chills, and a throat on fire...it was the worst!!! but as one of my cleints reminded me, he will never give me more than I can handle..... i just am still wondering...why does it feel like more??? Moving on....May you, who took time to read this, have only good health come to you, because it just sucks to be sick...uuugggkkkkk.

Big 30!

It has come , i've been sprung into my thirties! I am now beyond the "learning how to be an adult" stage... I am now THE ADULT! Wisdom - I am ready to be your sponge. I won't bore you with my reflections from the past year or decade for that matter- I will however share with you some pictures that I did! and the update on the Studio drama! The soap continues-

First, Noah and I went to the Park last Tuesday- it was the only day that didn't rain all day long. So, out we went. I got some picutes, but he was on high speed energy level, and there was no way i was going to keep up with that. Lucky for me, there was another little boy to play with, who matched his energy level.... So here is a cute one I got!

Here is a self portrait:

And Noah in action...should have had it on action shot, but like I said, no time to think with him!

What a nice time to just sook up the sun when it's out. I soo dependent on the sun shine- my mood, really gets down, when it's cloudy and rainy-eeekkk

so, update on the sudio- still waiting to hear if we can stay here till we move out. That would be ideal. Talked to another personal training gym, their offering was acceptable, but I believe i may have one more to check out. My sister presented it to me. I will get all the 411 and look into it. You have to look at every avenue when relocating. You take a risk- Which I personally, still am trying to get use to doing.

Lastly, my birthday! Is to today. 30, I know it's here, but what does that mean? I am really trying to look forward to the upcome year, instead of looking back at what I didn't accomplish- So, only time will tell what is in store. For right now, it has been a night with my bestfriend Andrea; learned a new game...had a toaster strudel for birthday cake, with matches as candles- it worked, just had to sing the birthday song fast so that it didn't burn my strudel. It was every nice :) I slept in this morning which felt great- noah gave me a gift, without even knowing he did- yep, he slept in his bed the WHOLE NIGHT!- yes, out of everything good i did to have an awesome son, i did spoil him in the bed department. I'm sure by junior high he will be out of it ;) thehehe. We then got together with Peter's mom, Kathy and his son, Isaac. Isaac's birthday was eariler this month- yes, tons of birthdays this month, (fyi, peter's is tomorrow)... Kathy got me this really cute bag- which will be perfect for my camera

It's perfect! and cute- love the stars on it- Thanks Kathy for the bag!

Isaac brought down his new little puppy! Mekmek got soo jealous- she is a total attention hog!

Meet little Cloud! He is sooo little,... he will bark at you when he want to play!

This fine young man is Sammie! He is protector, playmate, best friend, and a good example to young pups! And it seems that he is a very good dog model! Fine smile Sammie!

We still have my mom's house to go to tonight for Steak dinner!

Keep you updated- thanks for stopping by!

I was inspired!

Ok so i am totally a www.betsyandjohn.net blog stalker... Now, don't go jumping to the thought i am some kind of "stalker".. i think the term is universal.. to other ...blog stalkers...??? uuummm? or at we will say it say, so that i don't look so bad! teheheh.. ok back to subject( fyi, I always go off on other subjects...peter calls it "useless information"... and on some level he's right...but whatever this is MY BLOG and on with useless info!) so, anywho, betsy has really opened my eyes to the world of internet connection (omg...just a random thought...instead of rainbow connection, could we make up a song for the internet connection?) She knows how to do this and that...and i 'm like, how is she able to do that!! I want to know! So, my answers has been somewhat found! So, she has a friend, rachel henderson who is a stay at home mom and photographer who totally helps people out with tips and other info! so I know i am going to be stalker of her blog too! yea! another mind I get to read! or journal or thoughts, whatever you want to call it! Between the two of those two ladies i was inspired to start pounding on the keyboard.
Today Peter and I put our Condo up for sell... I am soo sad and upset about it, but it has to be done. I can no longer have my Pilates Studio in my garage...that's the thing about these HOA's...it's suppose to be a good thing...in my opinion a good thing, gone from good and bad. Personally, I feel it's crossing over into my rights as an American....So, we are once again moving.... more on that later- i'm cutting this blog short, but I wanted to do it and I am soo glad i did. I am going to try to get some good rest tonight... I didn't get any last night. i woke-up at 4:00 AM this morning with a migraine, and couldn't get back to sleep. i have lived in a fog all day today, and it's time to get my sleep!
good night!...well, and your right Peter came home and I want some snuggle time... he's feeling a little better...till tomorrow!

Hot Friday Night

and i'm at home blogging. noah, as usual is at my mom's house. those two are like two peas in a pod! he just loves her soo much. I never had that with any grandparent. they lived far away, and so that was that- No hard feelings on my part I love them:) ok let's get off that topic and on to something else. Peter is soo sick right now. he desperately needs your postive thoughts, prayers, good chant, whatever you do, please send it. He caught this nasty flu virus....Thank you God, I have not gotten sick. I just feel some under 100%, but still hanging taugh! he felt better earlier this week, and then yesterday came home- and not so well. Hopefully, with lots of rest this weekend he can get better. Noah also isn't 100%, thank goodness he doesn't have school next week. (well, good for him, bad for me) He can just rest up!

I want to share some pictures i took back in 2005 at Seascape resort. That is where we are having our Wedding. Isn't it beautiful!

This is only one of the many views! When I went there for the first time, i got invited by a co-worker. This was my view from the room we stayed in. I can't wait till I have it again! It just takes my breath away!

Noah was 2, had just turned it. We are standing on the walkway the leads down to the beach. (my co-worker took this one)

We can have a bondfire, if we want the night before our wedding! (most likely will be doing that!)

Noah, such a water boy. He Loves the ocean.

Look at how cute and blond he is!

That is the very spot that Peter and I will be joined together! Background is priceless.

I am getting hungry! So, I think I going to take advantage of peter being sick and get some chinese food. I am sooo excitied for Monday, because I am going to have indian with my friend, Claire (she did my web site). I can't wait!

have a hot friday night!

i did it I did it!

today was a very exciting day for me... I had my first subject! I would say that our first photo shoot went great! My model in action is non other than my little sister, Heather. That is what they are for, a shoulder to cry on, a ear to listen, a friend that will tell you the truth, a babysitter, and now a model! and she does very well at all of them. So I took some pictures and then played with them a little and here is what I cam up with!This is Heather! she is pretty much a ham on some level ...so didn't have to pose her or anthing- very natural to the cameraI think this would be an awesom head shot...looking at it now, I may need to play with that constrast and little more- be still good picture :)I mostly like her eye color here...she is always very creative when it comes to eye color. plus, she has really big eyes so she can do more with color- brat

I think I should have gotten more of that tree...oh well...i still think it's cute...

then of course my little guy wanted some action too...how could I not post any teheheh

this wasn't the one I wanted...but for some reason, even after resizeing the other picture , blogger still wouldn't let me download it....oh well,...and no editing or anything...

I hope you all had a wonderful loving day. Peter got me the best gift ever - of course i have a picture!

It's my crown... i know he is the BEST! I got my princesses necklace sometime ago...and it was cheap so the little bling, bling feel out...so I haven't been wearing it... i guess peter took notice, because look what he gave me! oh FYI i'm a princesses....oh I am sure you are one too...but so am i ...this world has enough space for all of our royalness !

good- night xoxoxxo

what to say...

we're sick... yep, last week peter was sick, this week noah is sick and myself, just feelin a little under the weather. It is a total different illness from what peter had, thank god!, mostly a fever, I have sinus pressure, noah has a stomach bug. Noah is missing out on his first V-day celabration...i know bummer :( I still have to run the candy over to the school, because I was in charge of that..and don't want to let any kids down.
we got some very upsetting news on Monday...The studio has to move from my garage...yep, this CC&R crap...I just want to scream from the top of a mountain...watch out for CC&Rs.
To make a very long and upsetting story short-
When buying our home, the realtor did not make it sound as though it would be this horrible thing to have my bussiness running out of my house/ garage. ... now a year later the assisation is saying that under no circumstanses can I convert my garage into my pilates studio. So, this really fucks up everything, because I train as noah is sleeping... daycare is soo expensive, and we rather put him in a good school then tons of daycare... and now I have overhang, when i didn't before...this is really going to put a strain on money for me.... I need a miracle right about now- I need to sell my house, find another house and move in there...uuugggg just the thought of all of it makes my head throb.
so i have 30 days to move my studio some place else. I diffently need somebody stronger to deal with this situation for me- god you want to handle this one. let me know when it is safe to come back out!
Right now I am just checking around, trying to stay positive, focused and know that in the end it will all work out...it's just getting there that's the problem.
well, other than being sick and having a crummy week...I love Valentine's Day! and I love loveing so May each and everyone of you receive a hug or a kiss or an I LOVE YOU!

it never fails

...that monday always comes back to bit you in the butt...it isn't horrible, it's just monday. My favorite singer, Karen Carpenter puts it best: Rainy days and mondays always get me down!...Feelin it Karen(r.i.p.) thank god for those songs you can just bust out at any time.

So, can I just say, that i still have those nasty totals to do...I will get them done, i will get them done...I will get them done. just as soon as i take noah to school...hopefully
This past weekend was beautiful! Friday, Noah, lil mekmek and I went to a park it was about an hour or so before sunset so of course i took my cam, and go some great pictures!This one didn't come out that great, but it was cuter than the other one...he loves playing at the park!

Here is an action shot of noah...it's really hard to keep up with him, because he is so fast...and to get him to stop is just plain mean!

Look at those lovely eye lashes that he and his dad were soo blessed with...

At this park there is also a little garden that the school (in front of the park) has...there was a fence around it, so the pictures came out ..ok...

Then this cute barn or shed that they painted, i love flowers so anything that has floowers is picture worthy..again the fence was in my way of getting a good picutre

after the park I met up with my friend andrea, later that night...and she will be my subject at one point, but need to get her comfortable with getting pictured, so out of all of them, this shows her personality the best... but more will come of her later

Saturday was an awesome mat class, I then went to a dance workshop that was AWESOME...it just felt soo good to dance! dance for me is like a long lost lover, always on my mind. For me there's nothing like it. I am in the process of finding a dance company, so just getting back into the swing of things and finding the right place to go and dance.

Sunday I endded up waking up with a stye on my eye lid... I am prone to them..not that I get them often, but enough...I just took care of that thing sunday...thankfully, today it isn't too bad...just bothersome.

well, i need to get all my work done today...down to the wire...just like always- take care!

taxes??? or blog???

guess which I picked! I know I am so glad too. I have my taxes for the most part together, it's just totals that I have to do....uuuggg. i hate that little stuff ;) so anywho, I wanted to put up some pictures last time but it didn't work so , I will try again right now!
Yay! it worked! I thought this was a cute pictures of my two guys. currently, it has been raining and just ugly outside, I haven't been able to get any pictures outside...mission for the weeks to come! so every try-out picture is inside or in my office...love the background? tehehe working on that too. I am going to though, take some new pictures of the Studio ...to come.

Friday is my day off so I do mostly "mom" things...like color my hair, get noah lunch, go to the chiropractor, go do this pick-up I have to do (long story..basically another job) go to the banks...yes more than one, drop off the mortage in the mail...get lunch...finally to myself...nope one more thing call the school about homeroom...now done! So when it comes to work stuff...need a break...well, i guess you never get away from it when it's yours... i have to do my totals...now I am just go on and on about nothing! i need to go and do it...yep your right..work-

oh wait one more very exciting thing! my cake, my wedding cake..omg!! can i just say yummie! of course i took a piture of it!

isn't it cute! we are going to have mint instead of those green leaves and sunflowers on top but that is pretty much it! the awesome creator of this is an clients cousin, glenda...she rocks! she is also going to do my flowers!! She just went out on her own to start her own bussiness...had a desk job for something like 15 years and just did the cake and flower thing on the side...people kept telling her she was really good at it and should try to start something...and she did! you go girl you rock! so if you need her 411 let me know....ok now I gotta get off and go pick up Noah from school- take care-

ps again my spell checker isn't working or I just spelled every word right...yay right! excuse the mistakes

Hump day! yay!

I've made it to the middle of the week, which in reality, still isn't Friday.... Checked a whole bunch of stuff off my to-do-list, but still have plenty to do....and just got done with the denist...which is not my cup of tea....I still feel about 10 or so going to the denist. I have soft teeth, so growing up, it seemed I was always going for a filling...the numbing thing, the sound of the drill, the smell...i could just go on and on! I just hated it...and still do on some level... I would cry ...and cry and the pain was just horrible...So, being just under 30 it has turned into "don't go back to the past" thing... Go in with a good frame of mind, breath deeply, and you'll be fine. ...I think the last time I went to the denist was about 3 years ago...which is totally embarressing to admit, but I can do that...so I haven't been for a while. My denist, who is totally cute, by the way.. that does help, still...but it's the act that kills me... he seem to think it was best for a deep cleaning...yeah, didn't know what I was getting into when i made the appointment... I had to do the numbing thing and drilling thing...oh god, it was ....not as bad as i remember those trips...but still there was toughing and scrapping... So, something else I didn't know- they only do the deep cleaning one side at a time..which means I get to do this whole thing AGAIN! .please lord, not too much pain when this "de-numbing"...comes into affect. i also found out that I need to floss more... and brush more.....so i will! ....back to my cute denist...real quick...you know you have a GREAT denist, when...

1. he's cute

2. he comes with a cute acsent

3. He tells you..."he won't let it hurt" :)

4. He reminds you ...to "just relax...just relax..."

5. He tells to think of being on the beach in Hawaii...as he already has given you your first shot

6. As he sits down to begin he says..."this will be a lot of FUN! "

...I know that one...i use it on my clients....i guess we can share ;)

and the last one...he finishes this deep cleaning clean...within 1/2 hour and says with a smile...you're done and will do the other saide next time!

so, here I am I can't smile..because we all know what it will look like ...just the thought of it makes me smile... I have spit overflow in my mouth...and my nose feels funny...i hate it !!!



On a different note... today was going to be my first almost full day over at Dr. leilani Bettencourt, but two called and canceled... this is probably the most upsetting thing about my job....when they don't show- there is no money coming in...which sucks..because the thing you want to do the most when you get canceled on..is...of...course buying soemthing..for me it's coffee...On some level I feel i deserve it...i got myself out of bed..worked on a workout sheet and waited...for you to never show up :( it makes me sad...but they resheduled and we will have to see till next time....



I wanted to share some more pictures...and think i'm going to re-do some of the old studio pictures...because they came out kidda blurry...enjoy and have a nice day! ...
ok for some reason I can't spell check which pisses me off...because I am by far the wrost speller there could be...and for some reason I can't post a picture..which also pisses me off...WELCOME hump day!!! may it be humppy ;)

WOW Monday is already done

This morning started fresh at 7 AM... and am now trying to finish....I still have plenty on my to-do- list, but I have been doing that all day... and want, need, have to have my time. I still need to get Noah down, so maybe I start at 8:17..but, when will i be done is the question?

I actually got taken out this past weekend! I have been giving Peter a hard time cause we haven't had much us time lately...and I hate when that happens. So to my excitment we went out Friday Night. We went to this awesome Club, Ruby Sky's ...everyone plays there and a lot goes one there. It has this huge open floor with a high ceiling , then there is also a second floor, which the balcony wraps around half way. The second floor has this other little section where there's a smoking room, bar, and pool tables...I personaly don't go back there, but just so you get an idea, if never been ;) So, we had a lovely time

Saturday morning we had an AWESOME mat class! we have only one more ab excerise and we have the whole ab series done...they are hard. i am going to give my clients a heads up as to when to look there best for Pictures in class. I can't wait ;)

Sunday was of course Superbowl!!! i swear it should be an "american holiday" .... maybe should have Monday following it off....although if the superbowl is like it was this year...i' checkin' out earliy.... I'm sorry but not much too it- so i thought. So, as Peter and i were around the corner from my mom, noah of course, was over there...playing with his Oma

I got a fun shot of Noah and Peter playing around... I love it when they play together. it is soo timeless and I keep them close to my heart... i just hate the fact noah is growing up I wish I could just keep him at this age...sooo fun! But i am sure when he turns 21 i will feel a little bit better cause i just might be having a drink with him....not so bad to look ahead ;)


I hope everyone had an awesome weekend! It felt a little warmer on Sunday, but believe there is rain around the corner...stay dry and warm...ps....have you sign-up for Begin. Pilates Mat class yet? Tuesdays 9 am...Starting Feb 12!