Out with a bang?

Hello bloggers!!! I'm finally back! I haven't been working and I've had no internet at home - this has translated into no blog posts! I know....the horror! I am so sorry to have left my loyal readers high and dry! I promise I'm ok and will be back to normal posting in the New Year.

I am here now to wish you all a Happy and Safe New Year. '07 wasn't the best year to me...aside from an amazing trip to Italy, of course. But from the looks of it.....'08 is looking pretty damn good right now. Changes are a comin'! Get ready for some awesome stuff in the year to come.

Happy New Year!!!

Gaby

Lunch Hour Theater Run

I think every one should go see a movie on their lunch hour evey now and then. Sure....a movie is longer than an hour, but who gives a shit!!! If you don't have to clock in or out and don't have an anal boss - then you have no excuse! DO IT!

My co-workers [Chris & Cat] and I decided to do just that this morning. We headed to a 11:45am showing of Juno At the Laemmle just down the street. We picked up some lunch at Rick's Drive-In first [beef burrito with everything & a side of fries, please!]. This movie was soooo funny and great! We all loved it. Great great film. I'd totally see it again.

So i'm obviously back at work. Feeling better, but not 100%. My weekend sucked ass. I didn't leave my home in 3.5 days. The sun was pretty blinding this morning. I was so sick I had to cancel all my holiday party fun. 3 engagements to be exact. Sucks. Oh well. At least I can continue to be the grinch.

The flu sucks

I've been home...sick with the flu. Sucks ass. I can't really think of anything to write, but I wasn't sure when I'd be able to get onthe internet again. I might not be posting till Monday. Sorry folks. Hope I get better soon because I have a busy weekend.

Stay Healthy!

YouTube Tuesday

I heart The Hills, but last nights finale sucked assholes. On the bright side it looks like the show will return with Season 4 early next year. Yay for that!

Here's a funny spoof of The Hills by James Franco and Mila Kunis. Interesting that celebs are doing spoofs of this show. Just goes to show what a hit it is.




And here's one for all you non-Hills fans. So you don't cry yourself to sleep tonight.

This goes out to Matt, my high-five buddy.

I am un-american...

...because I cheered for Ricky Hatton at Saturday's boxing match against Pretty Boy Mayweather. Look Hugie, I could give less of a shit about either one of these boxers, but Mayweather is an arrogant bastard. But enough of this nonsense.

Friday
I was hoping for a nice low-key Friday night since I had been feeling pretty crappy all day, but some how my loving husband ended up having boys night in....with me home....not cool. But I played the cool wife and played xbox 360 for a while, but when more guys showed I called it a night. I tried to read, but passed out instead. Nothing like a loud bunch of guys to put me to sleep. Seriously, I could sleep through anything if I wanted to.

Saturday
I slept in and then got ready to head to my parents house. My brother had ordered the fight on Direct TV HD and I planned to hang out over there all day since G had to work. I dropped him off and then headed over. I did a whole lot of nothing since my parents weren't even home [they went to TJ]. Watched a lot of tv with my brother and niece. Later on some peeps showed up for the big boxing match. We ordered pizza and watched a great fight, then called it a night. I really do hate dislike Mayweather. He's so fucking cocky. Ricky Hatton is like the people's fighter. But whatever....i don't care enough to argue anymore.

Sunday
Once again we headed to my parents house. My mom called to invite us over for some handmade tortillas [aka heaven on earth], carne asada, beans, cacique cheese, chile al molcajete. It's all wonderfully good and authentic [I should take pictures next time...wait...my dad was taking pictures. Must ask him to email them]. She tricked us into staying longer by saying she was making Posole for dinner, but after all the crazy Christmas decorating that was going on in that house, she didn't have time to make it. But we kept busy watching football and napping. We topped of the night with some non-greasy fast food from Everest [the Tops alter ego in Altadena - owned by the brother of the Tops establishment. Practically the same menu], and then a quick trip to Tarjay.

G & I got sucked in to the TV movie For One More Day based on the book by Mitch Albom. It was pretty good.

As for today - My mom tells me she's making the Posole today. So once again we'll be spending the evening at my parents house. But on the bright side, this means I get to watch the season finale of The Hills! Woo-hoo! Here's to a great week!

A prayer to 8lb 6oz Baby Hey-zus

Dear Lord Baby Jesus -

This morning I learned that it has not been proven that you were born on December 25th. I'm not really sure what to do with this information. And if this "new" information is true, then why is it that we celebrate your birth on the 25th? Baby Jesus, please use your omnipotent powers to shed some light on our ignorant boss. This holy Christian man that can't even remember your birth. Yesterday, Khriz & Cat tried to fight for your rights. Much to the horror of our boss, they removed you from your manger as you have not been born yet and should not be displayed in the nativity scene. Is this really just a Catholic tradition? Has the Seminary turned it's back on us after encouraging and welcoming all religions?

Oh newborn, fragile Baby Jesus, with your golden fleece diaper, know that every time I walk into the front desk and see you in the manger....i know the truth. I will continue to believe. Our boss thinks that just because he "runs the place" he can put your 8lb 6oz infant body out for display whenever he pleases. "Because why have a nativity scene with no Jesus?"

And as Cat said, we pray that you can use your Baby Jesus powers to knock some sense into his hard head.

Thank you dear Baby God.

Amen



***Now please go check out Cat's letter to the very powerful Baby Hey-zus.

Stewie: What's that? Oh yes, yes. I love crack. I'm absolutely coo-coo for crack!

On Monday, my cousin Cat and I went to Dot's Cupcakes for some breakfast cupcakes. She had been wanting a red velvet cupcake for a while. She'd heard they were good but never had one. I told her about two bakeries in Pasadena that sold good red velvet cupcakes - Dots [on Arroyo Parkway] & Violet's Bakery [on Holly St]. We went to Violet's Bakery first, but they're closed Mondays - boo. At Dot's we got a few red velvet and pumpkin cupcakes. The red velvet was really good. Very moist and fresh. I haven't tried the pumpkin, but Cat said it was to spicy for her tastes. The best part of this story...she said my pumpkin cupcakes [that I baked back in October] were way better! Take that Dot's! That made my day...maybe even week. Thanks Martha Stewart for a yummy recipe!


Last night I made it a blockbuster night. First I watched Hairspray which I really enjoyed. Then G picked up Waitress on his way home from playing basketball. I really liked this movie. It was very cute. Especially since I've been watching Felicity on dvd, I'm lovin' Kerri Russell. Made me wanna bake a pie!


Tonight, G & I are heading out to watching my cousin Mariela's high school soccer game over at Duarte High School. She has 2 evening games coming up and really wanted us to check her out. I might try to make it tomorrow too [same place @ 5pm].

Happy Hump Day!

YouTube Tuesday

The following video was made by my cousin Adriana. I'm in it, she's in it, and few other peeps. Funny stuff. Go here to make your own.

Pimp it up Hugie! ;)

WEEKEND RUNDOWN

I had a very good football filled weekend!

Friday
G & I had dinner at Barney's LTD. in Old Town. I had been craving a really good cheeseburger and ended up ordering the Samuel Adams battered Halibut & Jumbo Shrimp. Not sure how that happened. But it was so good! I think the last time I had fish & chips was over 2 yrs ago. After dinner we headed over to my job to do the end of month closing. We then headed home to watch a movie and call it an night.

Saturday
We got up early to get the apartment all cleaned up since we had some friends coming over for the big UCLA vs USC football game. People started showing up just before 1pm. We had about 9 people over. Out of those 9 there was 1 USC fan. Adee is not really a fan....she just goes to the school. It was a sad game. It wasn't even fun to watch. It hurt to see UCLA go down so bad.

After the game we headed to my parent's house for dinner. My cousin Chris came over with the new game "Rock Band." This game is so much fun! I actually played guitar and bass! But since the boys are the instrument players they made me sing the entire time. That shit was hard! But I did pretty good. I actually got 100% in vocals in one of the song [Yeah Yeah Yeahs - "Maps"]. I was amazed how you could actually learn to play an instrument with this game. If you play it enough. Especially the drums.
Sunday
Was spent just like any other sunday. G worked and I stayed home and lounged all day watching football. Later we ordered Chinese to watch the evening game. Very uneventful. Except I did stay up an watch Desperate Housewives and was PO'd when they didn't show who died at the end. Sure you can totally guess, but why couldn't they just tell us?!?!? Who knows when this show will be back! Argh! 1 entire hour of my life I will never get back....almost as bad as that hour during The Bachelor Finale. Disappointment.


I also wanted to take a moment and share just how amazing G's pesto is. He made it on Thursday and it was so good I could have ate the entire pack of pasta. I also made a Caprese salad that was deelish! I love G's pesto because it isn't nutty. I hate it when the pine nuts are whole or the sauce is chunky. G knows this and made sure it wasn't nutty. It was so perfect! Yum! I want more of this for dinner tonight! Thanks babe!

And here's a couple pictures of our wedding cake. I know a few of you had been wondering how it was. It looked pretty good considering.

Heroes Season Finale tonight! Boo that it's ending so soon. :(

Follow up to previous post

I felt that I needed to post this follow up today, because I did not realize that I had failed to give credit where credit was due on Friday. The last thing I want is enemies on the web.

Let me start off by explaining my posting process. Since I can only post while at work [only time on the internet], I tend to write a post through out the day. I'll open up the window when I get in, and then type along as the day allows. I noticed I got pretty busy Friday which is why I decided to do a "list" type post. This was an idea I got from a fellow blogger - Jen at Quarter Life Crisis. After reading her list, I really wanted to write my own list because it tripped me out that I could share so many of the same quirks with some one out there. Of course I started my half-ass intro and went on to the list. Well I totally forgot to go back and finish my intro, where I should have gave Jen props for the idea. I didn't even realize I had forgotten until I read her comment last night while checking my email on my cell phone. I felt sooooo bad about this. Why would I ever steal some one's idea without giving credit? Especially on a blog I frequent and sometimes comment on? My mistake indeed.

Jen - I was totally not stealing your idea. But it was lame of me not to re-read my post and give you credit. My sincere apologies.