A New Day Every Day

I just wanted to wish everyone a happy Thanksgiving! I'm off work tomorrow so I don't know if I'll have a chance to post. (I'll be having too much fun doing... um... nothing!) Actually, I'm planning on baking cookies and sneaking little (or big) pieces of dough. So for all of you, have a very happy turkey day and eat to your heart's content! Don't let anyone tell you not to!

1. There's nothing like feeling a baby move inside you. You can be totally alone and quiet and all of a sudden you feel a kick or a roll and it reminds you that you're not alone. I'm sure it's something I'll miss once other people have access to this baby, not just me! 2. I love the rain, and if the sky opened up right now and just dumped buckets down on us there wouldn't be a happier girl in Northern CA!! 3. Thinking of rain makes me crave Campell's potato brocolli soup. 4. Sometimes at work I like to poke around in the supply closet. Not to steal anything, but just because I love school supplies. I like to take out the colored markers and write my name in fancy loopy circles. 5. One more essay you should read if you a) have a daughter or b) are a daughter. So basically everybody! It's called "Four Generations" by Joyce Maynard (it's only about 8 paragraphs long) and it's so sweet yet sad. 6. Why do girls show their thongs? It's re...

For those essay aficionados, I am currently reading The Seagull Reader ( which has to be a direct ripoff of The Penguin Reader, but what can you expect from Norton?) Nevertheless, it has tons of great, thought-provoking essays. Some of my favorites include: 1. "Graduation" by Maya Angelou. You may have read this in I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings , but it's worth reading again. It's very poignant and makes you question our own (sometimes low) expectations that we quite often unknowingly place on others. 2. "Why Don't We Complain Anymore?" by William F. Buckley Jr. Although it was written on a train in 1961, it's just as true today: people are afraid to complain. He writes of the train being 85 degrees and yet not a single person wants to complain to the conductor, so they all just sit there, sweating and sticking their heads out of the window. He says, "We are all increasingly anxious in America to be unobtrusive," which I think is an incr...

(Which is probably why we're given nine months to get used to the idea) 1. We cleaned out our fridge on Sunday and the only things edible were slices of american cheese, half a tomato and diet coke. 2. I am so behind on the laundry I had to buy new underwear! 3. My cat sleeps at my feet and scratches at them if I shift around during the night. Therefore, I'm a little scared of her. 4. At Target, I zoom right past the boring bottles and pacifier sections and instead am only interested in the clothes. 5. Our baby has no name, and it doesn't look like she'll ever have one!! 6. I stopped reading the pregnancy books because they got boring, and am now reading smut again. 7. I had to keep myself from alternating between laughing and cringing while watching the birthing video at our prenatal class. 8. I am more interested in the snacks and the other people at the prenatal class than what we're being taught. SHOULDN'T YOU HAVE TO APPLY FOR A LICENSE TO HAVE A BABY????

This past weekend Juan and I took a spontaneous trip up to Alpine County, which is a few hours south of Tahoe and absolutely gorgeous! We left on Friday, on a beautiful Fall day. We had a picnic at Lake Alpine and read books by a roaring fire. It was every cliched movie you've ever seen. Saturday morning, however, we woke up to an amazing, thick blanket of snow. We're valley kids, so we still run around and squeal when we see snow. We almost got snowed in, but we braved it and our trusty Jeep took us back down to safety! (And boringness! Is that a word? I should know, I'm an English teacher, for crying out loud!)

My best friend Kira got married this month and I was a bridesmaid. I almost grew out of my bridesmaid dress but I made it! YES!!

Here are some pictures from our summer trip to Guatemala. We had a great time, but I was very happy to reach the first world again!

Hi Guys! So I'm officially blogging. I resisted this for a long time (don't ask me why, cause I've been on myspace for over a year... it's not like I have standards) but here I am, setting up a blog for our little family. I'm at work (don't ask me why I'm not working, knowing me should be enough of an answer for that!) so there won't be any pictures this time around, although they should come soon. So here's an update on our lives: In May, we moved from Davis back to Elk Grove, and it's really nice to be near my family and friends again. Davis certainly wasn't the moon, but it was far enough way to miss out on all the spontaneous get togethers and game nights! Juan is teaching 7th and 8th grade English at California Middle School in Land Park, and he's been recently made the Leadership teacher, which makes him busier, but I think he has fun, too. I'm working at Woodland Community College as an instructional assistant, which means I ho...