My Family My Life

My family has proven to be the most amazing family in the world.  My mom who is not only my mom and the one who has raised but is literally my best friend in the whole world.  The person who I can ALWAYS count on to turn my gloomy days around and always wanting to comfort me in my time of need eve at age 24.

My dad who is my rock.  The helps hold our family together and the older I get the more I see myself in my dad.  He has always been there for me and will and would do ANYTHING for my brother and I and also my husband.  My father who has two children as taken my husband into our house hold as one of his own.  It makes me feel so warm and happy to know how much my family loves my husband.

My brother I miss more than anyone.  We have gotten so much closer since I graduated high school and he has supported me and given me advice in times when I didn't know who to turn to.  He has NEVER judged me and even though I'm his annoying little sister he has always supported me in everything that I have done.

My husband!  He is more than I could have EVER dreamed of.  He is my rock and my world.  We have had our good times and bad and through it all he has ALWAYS treated me with respect.  He has seen me at my lows and my highs and is always there for me.  He is not only my lover, guardian, partner he is my heart.  I never thought that I could care for someone other than my own family as much as I do my husband (im sure that might change when we have kids ; ) )  

It is always nice to take a moment and realize how amazing my family is and how blessed I am to have a husband that is so supportive.  I'm blessed to have married such a strong, driven and independent man who knows how to respect and treat me and care for me.  

I love my family my life! 

support is where the heart is

So the past couple of months have been a little rough on my husband and I.  With him losing his job money has been really tight and we have had to change how we do everything! Both of us have had our moments of breakdowns and we have totally leaned on each other for support.

I've come to realize that my husband is my rock.  He is the person that I turn to in my times of need, the person i lean on when I'm not stable, the person i give my whole self to because he is the one that understands me and and has vowed to be with me for the rest of my life.

My husband rubs my feet everyday when I get home and even though I don't ask him he always takes the time to do it because I've been on my feet all day.  I honestly couldn't have asked for a better person to marry, love, and spend every waking day with.

History live

The whole election thing is something that people have been talking non stop about.  The past few weeks day in and day out it is all I hear from co-workers, friends, family and customers.  Usually I'm very in tune with what is going on in the world around me but it was getting to the point that I wish it was all over.

Well as of Nov. 4th at around 8:30 p.m (California time) it was all over our new president is Obama!  Now I totally understand that everyone has the right to vote and believe in what they want and I can honestly say that I try not to judge people based on my own views.  But as I sat there on the sofa with my husband holding my hand a feeling of accomplishment came over me.  

Growing up African American I never really took thought of a black president. Not because I didn't think they could do it but just because it was something I had never seen before, so there for couldn't grasp.

Regardless of how people feel about Obama I realized one thing. He has opened so many gates and set such an amazing example for the black community.  Showing them that we CAN be in top positions such as the president of the United States.

He made history and even if it doesn't happen again...or anytime in the next couple of elections it felt good to know that my future kids (who will be half black and half Hispanic) will have an example to lead by not only by their father and I but by a man who proved to EVERYONE that minorities can do it to!!

As I called my mom my she gave me chills when she sat on the phone with me crying, saying that she never thought she would see a black president in her life time.  Knowing how much it meant to my parents that I have that example really touched me.  It felt good to see communities come together both black, white, Asian, Hispanic and everything in between on t.v. and in the streets all celebrating the same person.

In the end I don't really care who anyone voted for. But what I do know, is that our next president made history and a huge milestone and for that in and of itself I thank not only him! but Americans for giving him that chance!!

Parents in town

My parents came into town to visit the husband and I this past weekend. It was so nice and refreshing to see them we haven't seen them since the wedding and even though they live 6 hours away (driving of course) we are used to seeing them on a more regular basis.

Oct. 30th was my 24th birthday so the husband and I went to Fridays with some friends and had a drink.  My parents came up on Friday (Halloween).  My mother and I spent the day grocery shopping and making a huge dinner for my father and husband and while we were our the men stayed in and put together our new flat screen t.v. a gift from my parents for our wedding.  They also managed to bring up some of our other wedding gifts like our casual dinner wear, our new pots and pans which i was super excited to use, and a few of our other appliances. Many things are still at their house just because we don't have all the room in our apartment.

The dinner we made was fried fish, rice, squash with tomatoes, salad, rolls, and creme brulee for dessert.  It was so nice to be in the kitchen with my mom again talking and laughing and learning how to make some of the things she made for me when I was younger.

After my parents went back to their hotel for the night the husband and I got into our Halloween costumes and went to a party that a friend of ours was throwing.  It was nice to get out since we haven't been doing too much of that since my husband lost his job a month and a half ago.

Saturday consisted of a light breakfast at our apartment with my parents then we were off to J. Lohr wine tasting room and then to Cinnabar wine tasting room.  Even though I love wine I am not nearly as knowledgeable about it as my parents but it was nice to do something that I know they are really interested in.  After the wine we stopped back at the apartment for a little bit to freshen up for dinner Then we headed to Maggiano's little Italy a really good (kind of expensive but worth it) Italian restaurant.  While we were eating I ran into an old college friend of mine who works there it was so nice to see how he was doing!!!

After dinner we went to the movies and watched Changeling. The movie produced by Clint Eastwood, staring Angelina Joli.  It was pretty good and a little intense but definitely worth checking out.  We all came home exhausted from our day and went to bed.

We slept in today and just hung out around the apartment until my parents were ready to go. They left around 11:00 a.m. to make the long drive back home to southern California.