Say Cheese... Now Smile!

wowie... its been a while since i've blogged... i know some of you have been sitting there patiently for the newest updates on my oh so exciting life (oh yeah right...) so here's my "goin ons"

christmas eve was kick ass. =) the family got together at my dads and had dinner... we rented KEEPING THE FAITH.. which was a really cute movie. then we opened gifts.. (yay car wash gift certificate ftrom my mom!!) and off to midnight mass were i saw lots of people from my elementary school. its crazy how old we have gotten!! =D insane!!

christmas day... went to puente hills mall were everyone and their mother was watching a movie... soo... my mom, sister and i watched CAST AWAY which was AWESOME!! seriously... everyone should watch it... very symbolic and i think a lot of people can relate to it... so yeah.. watch it. sad stuff cause the actual stores in the mall were closed and no christmas money was actually spent yet.

ok then.. the rest of the week... went shopping and pretty much VEGed with my sister.. rented MANSFIELD PARK which was a cute movie just very different from the jane austen novel.**notice how my vacation so far mainly consists of watching movies, shopping, and veggin out... i swear.. but there is that CUTE guy who works at blockbuster.... =)**

ok.. so then sat.. went over to pasadena to help decorate rose floats... but there were TOO MANY PEOPLE and they had the floats almost done.. so i didnt really get to decorate much. =( but it was all good cause i got to hang out with carrie...(straight off her plane from taiwan), pic, manny-licious, homie for life k-athy and andy.. as well as all those other kookie CKIers from all over california and got to play a wonderous game of BOOM CHICA BOOM BOOM BOOM. =D

so then yesterday, new years eve... i SPENT THE NIGHT on the streets of PASADENA. it was an experience..first of all.. i had to be dropped off cause the parking situation was aweful... (so basically.. my mom pulled to the curb on orange grove blvd and carrie, joe and andy RAN to the trunk and grabbed my stuff as i jumped out of the MOVING vehicle) Then.. we sat... sat... sat... around 6ish... walked over 4 blocks to colorado to old town.. but sadly all the stores were close and had our last chance at clean bathrooms (the bathrooms near our campsite was a line of PORTO-POTTIES! ewwwww... and we had to go in there in the DARK! ewww!) and grabbed some really good pizza. Then we hiked back to the site and ate.... and then WAITED FOR MIDNIGHT. it was fun... when the clock hit midnight.. it was wicked and wild cause everyone was roaming the streets... looking at the floats... mingling... half naked old man dressed up as a baby... but then, after all the celebrating.. we got sleepy. but noooo.. couldnt go to sleep cause people were still roaming the streets and it was COLD.. not freezing.. just COLD. =) but i did have fun... just chilling there with carrie, pic, joe, andy... and on occasion the PNW Ckiers... and then in the morning... we screamed LOUD for pic and angela cause they got to ride the kiwanis float. =) sooo.. now im back home... chilling... and extremely tired. have to go pack now cause all this week.. we are MOVING. =) yay!!

sooo... what am i grateful for?
1) im grateful that 2000 is over. it was a GOOD year.. and it was a BAD year.... overall it was interesting. but its good to know that we are starting fresh and hopefully 2001 will KICK ASS. =)
2) im grateful for my friends and family... =) yes.. im ALWAYS grateful for my friends and family... but sometimes (like today...) i feel OVERWHEMLING grateful for them... i love them all! its just during the vacation.. i have more time to kick it with them and appreciate them..
3) im grateful that people liked their christmas gifts...or at least pretended to like them... =) I love the holidays... =)