Still alive!!!

LOL I KNOW I KNOW i don't write much...

Will catch you all up soon since I have been so busy :)

2010???? New Year same old list of things to do!

Well its 2010 and a new year has already progressed a week!

I still have a job... YEA!

I still have my Health... Yea!

I still have my computers HAHA!

I still have my DOG Puddi who is my bestest friend most days YEA!!!

I still have my family who for lack of another term are just a crazy bunch of people but then aren't we all? YEA!!!

I still have my Friends! well most of them who I some times keep touch with... Woot!

I still find time to see a movie, go out to eat with friends, spend money, workout, do karate and the many other things that take up most of my Free time!

New Year normally means new changes or try to change... and with that Idea here goes my list of things I would like to accomplish:

Get back in Fighting Shape- Karate brown belt need to go black so Master Davis can just relax and enjoy his retirement.

Learn to be affective with Scripting languages for work.

Practise at least 1/2 hour a day.

Set up my Music in the computer again and continue to put down the two arrangements in my head.

Put up Nice Blinds in the Living room of the condo

Replace the Carpet in the main room, computer room with some kind of non-carpet flooring.

get 2 debts removed from my life.

yea I know similar goals each year... but you got to do what you can when you can!

Happy New Year all!

Family Gift Bonanza... When Mini m & m's just don't stay in the tube!

Well Last Weekend I invited all my family here in North end of Utah to a family gift exchange. It has become a tradition for me as when I was in NYC and came out I had to do quite a bit of getting around to get all my presents delivered... And since I go to St. George now to be wiht my mom and dad to play santa it still works great.

There was a twist this year all of my nieces and their families and juanita took public transportation.. Saving gas and the environment!!!!

Well that is the story I am sticking to although they will say they spent the entire day getting to and from my house which is a car would only take 2 hours...

still I think the kids liked it and i know i didn't worry about the weather and all of them treading down here on slick roads.

I only made 2 trips to the train because Juanita and Leslie and her boys made the same trains, and a little later Leslie and the clan came rolling in too.

We had a good time eating some food, I especially liked watching gunner walk around with a tube of crackers eating them as he checked out everyone else.

Leslie made a apple crisp desert and it was Fantastic!!!

We all just hung out and enjoyed the food and the fun till Braxton said can we open our presents?? and well I couldn't say no.

I have a santa hat which let each kid use to hand out a gift to another it was pretty fun to see how each kid handled the santa roll. Gunner said Santa Claus HO HO HO. I normally try to get each kid a book and a toy and this year Cambria and Jax both got a watch.. they are getting pretty big and i know I loved my first watch.

I got a nerf target game for the christensens and for Jamie's family I got them Lego Rock Band hopefully they all enjoy their gifts.

Oh yea i gave each kid a Tube of m&m minis to eat and gunner was dumping his in his mouth and have a great time with them... I am sure puddi found a few left over on the ground since then :)

well it was fun, then we all piled back in my car, I mean all of us, trevon, braxton and Cambria got to ride where puddi does, paul, Gunner, Leslie, Jamie and Jax all squeezed in the back seat and juanita rode shot gun, we got to the train and all commented on how there should be a video of eveyone pileing out of the car.

I gave them all a hug and sent them back on their train rides to their homes!

Hope they all have a merry christmas!!!

Thanksgiving and other fun!

Well Thanksgiving has come and gone and yes I know I have not updated my blog in ages... so here goes...

Week of Thanksgiving:
Monday Uneventful I just worked and worked and then went home and played.. and then yes slept

Tuesday! Juanita my sister came down on a TRAIN!!! yes i am very proud of her for getting up and getting on a train and having the start of an adventure!
my brother Charles and his wife Debbie picked her up near the Trax station near them and then we met and had dinner. It was good food... and good fun.
Then she and I went back to my place to settle in for the night.
Unfortunately I as tired from working working working and went to bed around 11 on the futon in my computer room.
I always give my good bed to the guest :)

I woke up the next morning took puddi out for his business then made french toast with Great Harvest Cinnamon Burst Bread (thick cut) its the best and you don't need to even use syrup just a bit of butter and they are delicious.
Then we hung out, playing on computers and just chatting.

The Concert!
We jumped on the train to get to the Arena and go see Transiberian Orchestra in Concert. The concert started at 4 and got over at almost 7. I had not really listened much to TSO before so was not sure what to expect and was I surprised!
It was a very good concert it was just hard for me to cheer for any particular song because I didn't know any of them. But what amazed me was the perfect blonde quadruplets they had on stage for backup singers, and all the hair flipping rock stuff.. it was a good time and was fun to see Juanita enjoy herself.

After wards we went to Joy Luck cafe for some delicious Asian food. I had lettuce wraps and wonton soup, and Juanita had Pad Thai Noodles. then we went home and crashed after a stop off at Target for some needed supplies and I introduced her to Starbucks with a Hot Cider and I had a Chai egg nog latte.

Again I was really tired and so I went to sleep around 11 not sure what Juanita did but I know i fell right asleep.

Thanksgiving Day:
Woke up, Dog duty, quick breakfast of croissants egg sandwiches and yogurt.
goofed off watching Charlie Brown Thanksgiving while Juanita pulled out everyone of my christmas decorations and put them out. I am not Festive more so than I have ever been. We then headed up to my Niece Jamie's house for a good meal of Ham, deviled eggs, mini wieneres in BBQ sauce, Buffalo wings, salad, macaroni and cheese, potatoes, shrimp and olives! I was stuffed when I left and had a take home package of my favorites for later.
Took Juanita to her house and dropped her off, I am hoping she is more brave for more adventures in the future!

Since thanksgiving...
Got all my Christmas gifts, Paid Property Tax and just worked... what and exciting life I live!

Thanks for coming down Juanita and spending a few days with me!

Work work work and did I mention work?

Well that night of Star Wars in Concert was great.. at least for me I enjoyed every minute of it just wish I had gotten to choose my seats... not sure I like how Ticket master online does tickets.

I prefer to sit on the balcony left for orchestra so I can watch the percussion not that front row floor seats are not great they just make it hard to see the percussionists.

Any way the concert was amazing... Jax liked it I think.. he was a bit annoyed by the loud sounds affects such as Fire shooting from the front of the stage and the Steamed air bursts.. and the Smoke irritated his eyes. He is definitely not a front row concert person.. I am sad that he didn't have as much fun as I had hoped he would have.

I do know he enjoyed the train ride there :)

Since then all I have done is work it seems each Saturday I log in from home for at least 4 hours. UG!!!

Next week i am excited as my Sister Juanita is coming down Tuesday Night so that Wednesday afternoon we can go to the Transiberian Christmas Concert downtown!

http://www.trans-siberian.com for more information:


She is willing to do Thanksgiving with me which is pretty funny since my Thanksgiving is normally through the kindness of others lol.

Maybe we can do a Charlie Brown Thanskgiving Dinner!:

Updates??? what is an update?

Well as I was reading through my email from dad I saw this and i quote, "Angel you haven't written anything in your blog since you took your vacation. How about bringing it up to date"

So let me do it as briefly as possible.

Labor day weekend... Went to see Cambria get baptized and confirmed, while there I fell in love with Serendipity CORN that Paul's parents grow. I must have had 4 cobs while there maybe 5 and then the packed me a to go bag of Cooked corn for the drive to St. George. YUMMY!

I drove to SLC picked up my dog Puddi and some food and stuff for him along with the tablet PC I got working for my Mom and headed down for a quick weekend trip. It was fun we all had a good time and mom got to play on her tablet pc, I hooked it up with her geneology stuff and some games she could play when she was stuck in bed. I also took them down a Tv I didn't use anymore for the bedroom. Puddi and Eti had a good time and I think Dad and mom did too :)

Puddi still wants to go home the minute we get there but he was less anxious and he didn't get

Movies worth seeing:
Since my last blog post...

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs.... I took my friend Tom Davis and his family and Jamie and her boys to this, we all had a laugh here and there and the kids liked the idea of snow being Ice Cream.

Next up to see in theaters if I feel the need:
the Gamer ( already out)
Fame (already out)
Vampire's assistant out on the 23rd of October
Christmas Carol in 3D (nov)

Out on DVD this month:
Transformer 2
Battle Star Galatica "the plan"
Ice Age 3


What I have been up to? Getting sick good last weekend and still feeling odd here and there...

UTI which i am finally getting looked at... yea I put it off.

A cavity fell out a while back and I am considering seeing a dentist within the month... or so HAHA I hate Dentists... nothing against them per say just very much hate the drill and the smell.

This week I am taking Jax to the Star Wars in Concert at the Energy Solutions arena, I wanted to go and thought to myself who would really enjoy this... and the first name that came out was Jax.. now I am not sure how he will feel about it but its orchestral performance of all the Star Wars music which is some of the most well known scores out there. I have not been to a symphony concert since returning to SLC and maybe now if possible I can pick an event here and there and get someone to go with me.

Star Wars in Concert



I hopefully will remember to write about the Star Wars in Concert afterwards and maybe get Jax's feelings about it too :)

If the weather is good and i feel up to it.. I may see about taking trevan and Leslie's kids to see the Christmas Carol in 3D maybe they can talk juanita into coming down too since for 3D they probably will have to come to SLC at the commons.

lazy days of summer!

I haven't had a week off in over 5 years I think.. the last time I did it I moved from my apartment on 64 near fashion place mall to my home this condo.

I have been so lazy this week its not even funny... i have done some laundry, dishes and cleaned my guest bathroom, vaccumed, exercised abit each day and did karate...

I have been taking lessons from Puddi he knows how to releax... right now he is laying on his back on the futon just sleeping blissfully, he is a good one to learn from he holds no grudges although i think he does get pissed at me when i make him wear his halty or don't let him have the last bight of PB and J.

Other than just doing some cleaning i am trying to keep from spending money and that is hard in itself since I like my toys... however the summer Birthday schedule is coming to and end and I need to save up for the holidays...

other than that I am enjoying our early fall weather :)