Let's See How I Did In 2008!

Here is my new years resolutions from last year. I was really excited when the year changed last year. I thought it was going to be this really exciting great new year. It was a hard year but I think a positive one too. Let's see how I did.....

Monday, December 31, 2007
I will.........in 2008
Continue to lose weight
I'm about 18 pounds lighter, not bad
Get my jewelry in more stores and across the US.
I did get my jewelry in more stores but not across the states, I didn't get to take it that far.
Start and use my face book
I didn't do any styling this year (on a professional basis) by choice so the face book didn't happen
Live in the moment
Always a work in progress. Its such a challenge for me
Be a better patient loving mommy and wife
Eh, I always think I can be better at that. I always check myself.
Read more books that are not only about parenting
I enjoyed reading this year. I still want to read more but I did read a lot more than just parenting books.
Give myself the time I need to do these things
I did give myself time.
Better my soldering skills
Did that!
Love myself more
Doing better at this!
Spend more time with family and friends
Did that!
Let more of the fluff of life go
I think I did this.
Travel a place or two
We didn't travel much. We went to Vegas and on a few road trips but sadly not far traveling.
Save more money
Um we tried but it was a hard year.
Pay off some bills
I don't think we paid anything off but we did lower some cards
Invest some money
I invested $100. in January and that was it. I think that was a blessing with all the market crashes tho.
Be hard on myself in the places where I am weak
And be easier on myself in the places I push to hard
Im always good at being hard on myself and I did work on myself a lot this year.
learn more and grow from it - check!
embrace my happiness - working on it and check!
get on the floor and play with my kids more and remember to do this while wearing lipstick - check!

I will be a fashionably happy mommy in 2008. I think I did a good job at this.

It was a hard stressful year but still I managed to use discipline to get me thru what I needed to get thru and I continue to work hard on my areas that need work. I think this is the first year where I set up some goals for myself, plastered them on the internet and actually stuck to most of them!!
I am proud.

Ruby Lu and her Daddy

Open Studio

This Sunday, December 14, 2008 from 10 to 5.
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LA, CA 90042

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Still in the ring and still a huge dodger fan!

It was a hard year for our family. We nearly lost our dad several times. My Dad lost his brother, my mom lost her cousin, we lost a friend and we lost our cat of thirteen years, Mama. I couldn't find the motivation to build an altar. We wanted to invite our families for a visit but every time I thought about what I might do this year, I would feel deeply sad. In the end, we didn't build an alter but I did make us a nice dinner on Day of the Dead, we did light candles and said we love you Uncle Sev, We love you mama, we love you Frank and lit a candle for each person. Ava was a little bummed out that there wasn't more notice given to her and Breyne and I allowed a few tears to fall that were unnoticed by the girls. Breyne said to me, It was a really hard year but it was a really good one too. He is right. I never thought my Dad would make it to the end of the year much less dress up as Manny Ramirez for Halloween.
You just never know with my dad. His childhood nickname is Leon which means Lion in spanish. You will never hear my dad's brothers or their kids call him by his name, Joe. It's always Leon or Uncle Leon. I don't know why he has this nickname maybe it was some sort of prediction of his future. My Dad has the heart of a lion.

So Ava.......

The other day Ava came home with an award, The Citizen of the Month award. I opened her folder and there it was with her name, her principals signature as well as her teachers. The next day the teacher told me she got to select one person for this award and Ava got to accept it in front of the whole school and they took her picture for the hallway. Breyne and I gush over her and laugh and think..........leave it to Ava, the girl who has loved rules since the day she entered the world. We just got her school photo, she is poised, confident and sits high with a big grin on her face like..............."Ava Miller Future President of America" I wonder what her catch phrase will be?? Needless to say, she is doing awesome, learning so much spanish, has made so many new friends and has yet to drop one tear at the idea of being at school. In fact, she loves it!!
Ruby and I are enjoying our time together and little Ruby Lu is really a fun toddler. We take lots of trips to Amy's playground, I can sit and knit. Swork, I can have coffee and sit and knit and the park where I get to enjoy this little twenty pound fearless girl, slide down the steepest of slides.
It's October, my favorite month of the year. My favorite holidays are approaching. We were said to be the power puff girls and Breyne the professor but as it turns out, our intellect wants to be Lucy from Narnia and Ruby will be a candy corn. I have the house decorated and it looks fantastic. I have yet to build my altar, which is sad because I have the perfect space. It was a hard year, filled with loss and I think the loss has held me back from letting loose. I think I maybe taking a year of mourning the pain is still too fresh to embrace there death. I don't know, maybe it will be healing and it needs to happen but its been a thick year loss. We lost family and a friend and our dear cat Mama. I can't think of adding them to our family alter yet, it feels too sad. We will see. However, we all can't wait for Hollywood Forever, please........come with us.

I never liked Heart much until now......the end is my favorite!

Bye Bye September

September was a very big month for our family. Ava started kindergarten and turned five. Breyne had his birthday and Jenny and Felix tied the knot! Ava also auditioned to dance with The California Contemporary Ballet Company. It's been an emotional month for me. Im very delighted and very heart broken over my growing daughter. Breyne and I are blown away by our girls. I remember the second week of school, it was Monday and I had dropped Ava off at school. I cried all the way home then text Breyne, "Its so hard to drop her off and watch her walk away. I feel sick to my stomach". He replied, "I do too, I keep looking at her baby picture in my phone". The school pictures are Ava leaving for her first day. In the picture of her and Breyne, she had just told him she was nervous and he was telling her he was nervous too his first day of school. Her birthday party was a hit and that little picture of Ruby lu is her looking at her daddy's birthday cake. She calls it "happy cakey" too cute!! Jenny was gorgeous at her wedding and her wedding was beautiful. Ava did an awesome job as flower girl more photos of that to follow soon.........