Diva Las Vegas

Show your Support

noreply@blogger.com (Jen) — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 18:39:00 +0000

Show your support by donating to help find a cure for breast cancer!!! I will be running in our local Race for the Cure run!!

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Drawing the Line

noreply@blogger.com (Jen) — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 21:32:00 +0000

Where do you draw the line between new boyfriends and ex boyfriends? With new boyfriends, you are normally so in love you could care less about your ex. What happens when your ex isn’t a bad person but you just didn’t work? And you own a dog together, which he gave you in the break up. So you, your dog and your shit leave and move on to bigger and better things. And a new boyfriend enters. The ex reemerges asking about the dog and wanting to see her once in a while. Dilemma. If you were single, this wouldn’t matter as much. No one’s feelings would be at stake but your own. But there is a new boyfriend. And you don’t want to hurt him. Where do you draw the line? A strong no and move on with your life?

Where is my life manual on how to deal with these shitty situations?

unhealthy grief

noreply@blogger.com (Jen) — Sat, 02 May 2009 03:39:00 +0000

Greif is an extremely tough thing to deal with and everyone deals with grief in different ways. My stepfather passed away on Wednesday night. All I can think about is my poor mom. Her grief overshadows any grief I am feeling. I can't even think about myself. My sister is the opposite. Completely. All she can think about is herself. And she totally went off on my mother today and said some really nasty things. My aunt keeps saying everyone deals with grief differently. I agree, but think you should never take your grief out on others, especially someone who just lost their husband. Angry. All I have is anger right now. No room for grief.

Vote for Lola!

noreply@blogger.com (Jen) — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 19:25:00 +0000

Vote for Lola!

Truckin Along

noreply@blogger.com (Jen) — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 19:31:00 +0000

Blogger hates me and deleted my post from yesterday too. I decided to write my posts in email and copy and paste them so this never happens again. So there, Blogger, I outsmarted you!

Things are going great. Someone yesterday was discussing how negative people are lately and how she is sick of everyone complaining and it made me think. I complain a ton when I actually have life pretty good. So that is my resolution for the week....No Complaining.

I have been working out a ton and changing for the better. I have slowed down, been reading a lot more, relaxing a lot more, and I love it!! I am a changed girl.

On Superbowl Sunday, one of the guys I hang out with looked great and lost tons of weight. We were talking about what he did and he told me about P90X. As insane as I am sometimes, I decided I would do it after a few people said I couldn't. So that will be a major part of my posts for the next 90 days starting next Monday. It is a boot camp work out that gets you in awesome shape in just 90 days. I can't wait. I need something to knock me down and really push me to the next level. And you will all be here to see it happen.

I have been quite weird lately being that I do not want to spend a ton of time with people. I normally am a "let's get together" group invite type of person. I love being around people. Not lately. I would rather sit in bed with Whitey and Lola and relax. I have no idea what has changed within me. It is funny. I honestly would have rather stayed in and relaxed the day of the Superbowl but had to go to a big party with tons of friends. Maybe I am growing up? Settling down? Whatever it is, it is weird. My books and puppy have never been so happy.

Go Ducks!

noreply@blogger.com (Jen) — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 23:44:00 +0000

I can’t blog long since I was swamped at work and am rushing out the door to get to my anniversary surprise night for Whitey. I have been planning this night for a while and it is almost four weeks after our real anniversary!! We are headed to a fun dinner and a Ducks game. I am STOKED.

I totally hit my health goals last night. I worked out at the gym for an hour, lifting weights for half and cardio for half. Then I got home and Whitey dragged me on a run around the island for two miles. I was exhausted but feel a lot better about not being able to work out tonight. Till tomorrow…..

Chugging Along

noreply@blogger.com (Jen) — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 19:42:00 +0000

I am back. I need a small break and actually tried to blog yesterday except blogger freaked out and deleted my post. Argh! My best friend is doing alright and thank you for your kind words. It hit at home and made me think and appreciate life more, especially my parents.

Things are going really well and I did really well last week on my resolution (I extended it a week for the book reading so I could actually finish). I had the most relaxing weekend and just watched movies and read a ton. It was great!! Things are finally falling into place. Whitey and I saw Revolutionary Road on Friday night. The movie caught me totally off guard and actually made me really depressed. I do not recommend this movie for anyone that has hope for being in a happy marriage with children. According to this movie, it did not look possible. Such a dark, sad movie. Saturday was spent with Lola on the beach with two lab puppies from the island. She is the cutest and LOVES the beach. She is normally completely covered in mud by the time we bring her home.

Hense photo....

My resolution for this week---Eat two fruits everyday. I had strawberries and an apple yesterday. Today, I already had another apple and I am thinking about going to Trader Joes to grab some blueberries. I love blueberries. I am also going to try to keep reading more since last week was so relaxing. Anyone have any good books they suggest?

My sister has finally made a breakthrough. I know it will not be smooth sailing forever but she is trying. As some of you may know from previous posts, my sister and I are extremely close, although she is extremely hard to get along with. She is selfish, always late and wrapped up with Planet Michelle, often forgetting about the other people that are here. She recently broke up with a toxic boyfriend she was dating and has been really pleasant lately. She is kind, helps Whitey and I out and actually listens. She has turned over a new leaf. I am trying to be kinder to everyone I come in contact with, her included. I think it is working.

Life is Short

noreply@blogger.com (Jen) — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 23:41:00 +0000

Yesterday was a rough day for me. After trying to get to work early to make my 4:30 cycling class after work, I was late. My boss was in the office waiting for me, and clock watched me right when I walked in. Normally, not taking a lunch would be good enough for her to allow me to still leave early. Not today. Today was different. We had a huge new business presentation the next day, which meant yesterday was practice day. She scheduled a practice session at 4:00 pm, knowing all too well I would never make my class. And I didn’t. I was sad but got over it. One less day of working out down the drain.

Problem came late afternoon though. All of the above activities and issues all of the sudden felt so trivial. My best guy friend in Las Vegas’ father passed away unexpectedly. My heart stopped when I found out through a mutual friend. I called him right away. He answered crying. They were still in the hospital waiting for them to remove his father, the man who meant the most to him in his life. I let him cry, tell me the story, I cried, sad I could not be there with him to hug him. It is the one downfall of moving out of state from your oldest friends. You can’t be there physically when they most need you. Only emotionally and via phone. I hate phones for this reason. I got off the phone with him feeling horrible, sad and totally freaked out. Life is so short. His dad is the same age as my dad. His dad was such a great man and full of life and smiles. I wish I could be there to hug Matt. He needs it right now.

If you get a chance, please go home and hug your parents and closest friends. If you can’t hug them, call them and let them know how much they mean to you.

Relaxation City

noreply@blogger.com (Jen) — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 01:12:00 +0000

What a weekend! This weekend was full of one of my resolutions. From the title you can tell all I did was relax. Whitey and I saw Benjamin Button on Friday night. It was really good and really long. It made you think about things and really ponder if you are doing everything you can be doing with your life. My conclusion was no. I am totally settling at the moment. Not in the relationship department, but in the pursuit of life in general. My career is kinda boring and I know I could be going further. This started my pondering for the entire weekend.

Whitey left on Saturday morning (at 6 am!!!! and guess who had to drive him to the airport??) for Phoenix to watch the Cardinals game on Sunday. Lucky bird. I had two whole days to myself. Saturday Lola and I woke up around 10 and went to the vet to see what was wrong with her eye. She had sand particles in her eye so we got some eye drops. Poor thing. She has already had an eye infection and two ear infections and she is only 3 ½ months old. She loves the beach, which is the reason for these infections, so it is hard not to take her there. So about an hour after we got home, we headed to the beach again. I say this puppy only lives once and she is living it up. She LOVES the beach. I am hoping I can add one of the photos via my iPhone blogger so you can see how happy she is. We spent the entire day relaxing by the water, with Lola covered in sand from head to toe. My friend called and picked us up on her boat for a few hours too. The weather was GORGEOUS, upper 70’s and sunny and warm. It was wonderful. We went to dinner at my sister’s hotel’s restaurant and had a glass of wine. Well I did, Lola just slept under my barstool. Then was off to girl’s night.

I do not do that many girls’ nights out anymore. I do go out with my girls a lot, but I am talking a clubbing girl’s night full of alcohol and cheesy men. I have a great guy at home and do not enjoy being hit on by gross men with their hats backward spitting out pick up lines. Not my idea of a great time. We went to The District, a bar by the beach in Newport. My sister had met this really nice, outgoing girl recently and she was meeting up. When she got there, she introduced herself to everyone and was immediately one of the nicest girls I have met recently. She was friendly, cheery and one of the most attractive girls I have ever seen, but I noticed she had no idea how pretty she was. We all hit it off with her really well and she wanted all of us girls to come to her apartment to check out her new place after the bar closed. We headed over there around 1 am, and when we walked through the door, we were greeted by a stripper pole….in the middle of her living room. Yes, let me repeat, a stripper pole in the middle of her living room. Now, I am not one to judge and know plenty of people with stripper poles in their house, either in a bedroom or basement. But the living room? Right when you walk in? She said she has taken a number of classes and does it to stay in shape. She was in great shape so we were all joking about having a stripper pole class one day a week. She was stoked. We were just joking but went with it anyways. My drunken girlfriends then began to cheer her on to show us some moves. She heads into her room to change into a nonexistent outfit and busted out some of the craziest stripper pole moves I have ever seen. It was quite the night. My sister tried to do a few moves, noting that she was extremely intoxicated. It was hilarious, but one of the most random endings to a night I have had in quite some time. I am thinking I should do more girls nights out more often.

Sunday was spend at the beach all day again relaxing with Lola and reading…yes, reading. I hit my goal and am well into Interview with the Vampire. It is really good so far. I will keep you posted since I am hoping to read more tonight. I was also able to relax and daydream and think about some of the things I want to accomplish this year. What a weekend!! Best part was seeing the giant bruise on my sister’s foot from her run in with the pole.

Co-Ed Leagues

noreply@blogger.com (Jen) — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 22:28:00 +0000

I love playing on co-ed leagues of any type of sporting activity. I am a pretty athletic chick and have never put myself in the gorgeous, girly girl bag. I compiled a Thursday night co-ed volleyball team to play on for fun with some friends, and so far, we suck pretty bad. Which is hard since I am competitive. I hate losing. And so far, we have lost four games. We are in over our head. The best part of last night though was going to the bar and getting hammered together as a team. It definitely helped for the camaraderie. Not so much the skill. That, my friends, is something we will have to work on.

Since I had volleyball last night, I got absolutely nothing done last night. I didn't read, I didn't work out, I didn't even put my clothes away after work. I need to get myself together. That is my goal for 2009. It is comprised of many things, so here's the List.

The List

1) Get in shape for myself and my health, not my looks. This is going to take hard work and determination.

2) More me time, comprised of reading, relaxing and long walks on the beach. Maybe some Lola too ;)

3) Sharpen my work saw. I want to be irreplaceable. That way, I will be in dire need instead of just on the pay role. I am on my way there. This is my year to soar.

4) Stop biting the nails. For one, it is disgusting. For two, it doesn't look very professional. Any suggestions?

5) Improve my communication skills and relationship building skills with all the close relationships in my life. Spend tons of time on the people that truly matter.

I will give myself a small goal this week to try to meet all my 2009 goals. That should help make the whole "life-altering" process easier.

Stalker

noreply@blogger.com (Jen) — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 17:40:00 +0000

I am officially a stalker. I stalk all your posts, read, and sometimes comment (very rarely). But I have not written a post in months. I owe it to you to do the same as you have done for me and entertain you with random snippets of my life. That is going to change my friends. Now I have my good friend Jilly O holding me accountable for writing so here goes the new me. 2009, bring it on!

Resolutions are floating in and outta the brain lately. I do not really believe in resolutions since the second you make them, you know you are going to break them within the next week. I would rather think of them as life changes. I think I might start with one thing a week and build upon it. How long does it take for something to become a habit? I will do an easy one this week and begin the real thing on Monday, at the start of the week. That way the hardest part will be the weekend.

Resolution for the week of Jan. 14: Read a Book.

I have like sixteen books in my queue. It is one thing I definitely enjoy doing, and one thing that totally relaxes me. I have not given myself enough "Jen" time to read and enjoy a book lately. That changes this week.....Interview with the Vampire by Anne Rice is my next victim. I LOVED the Twilight series so Anne Rice is obviously where her inspiration came from and I have heard the book trumps the movie.

Besides my resolutions, things are going great in my life. Whitey and I are extremely happy, healthy and enjoying life. We just celebrated our two years together on January 1 (Happy Birthday Jill---the night before). We got the cutest golden retriever puppy int eh world, Lola. She is an angel and has brought so much joy into our life.

How could you not smile looking at that sweet face every day?

BTW-See that stack of books that need to be read in the background?!?!!?

Enjoying the Night

noreply@blogger.com (Jen) — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 05:07:00 +0000

Trying to blow off some steam...

At the LAKER GAME! Thanks michelle. My sister totally gets me sometimes.

Mobile Blogging from here.

Contemplating

noreply@blogger.com (Jen) — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 19:57:00 +0000

It has been a long time. Too long. Summer moved into fall, although fall is not much to see in California. There is a lot on my mind. Hense my return to blogging. Plus I got an iPhone, which makes blogging on my lunch break fun.

I just finished the twilight series. For those of you who have never read them, head straight to your nearest bookstore. They are amazing and I honestly could not put them down. The extreme passion between the two main characters is what got me thinking in the first place. Do you think passionate love only is present between two people never meant to stay together forever? I began studying the couples closest to me in my life. They were the easiest targets. I noticed not one of my friends has a passionate relationsip besides my sister, and her current one is not something I view as healthy or working out in the long run. Convenience and passion is all they have.

I also don't see my relationship with Whitey as passionate. It is hard to make a passionate relationships from two people who were previously friends. Passion is present slightly at the beginning, but it is more a rush of being intimate with a former friend.

What I worry about is will I need that passion present to completely be satisfied with my relationship forever?

SSLLLLooooooooww

noreply@blogger.com (Jen) — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 21:52:00 +0000

Can someone help me with a blog issue I am having? My blog is loading so slow. The headline and sidebar show up but the content takes a while to load. Anyone know how to fix this issue?

My Friday Meme

noreply@blogger.com (Jen) — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 18:24:00 +0000

A Friday meme for you all :)...enjoy.

1) In five words, explain what ended your last friendship? We were completely different/wrong.
2) How was your prom night? Amazing! I went with my best friend and we had a great night, dancing at prom and heading to his best friend’s house for an after prom party. I got completely smashed with my date, with me and him passing out together in bed (no hanky panky though). The next morning we went to breakfast with 30 of my closest friends. I have some great pics cause my date is like 5 to 6 inches shorter than me.
3) Do you have any famous relatives? Not so far, but I know my sister will be famous one day hopefully on ESPN.
4) Have you taken out loans to pay for college? Nope, I got a full-ride volleyball scholarship to San Jose State University. After two years, I left to go back home throwing away my scholarship. Fortunately, I was able to get an academic scholarship and finished at UNLV in Vegas baby!
5) What did you receive last in the mail? A giant box from Victoria’s Secret full of random clothes and things I ordered.
6) What beverages have you drank today? Water. I am trying to drink two big things of water a day. So far, it is really hard.
7) Do you leave nasty messages on people’s answering machines? Why bother calling someone I wouldn’t want to talk to?
8 ) What’s the most painful surgical procedure you’ve had done? Getting my wisdom teeth removed. I got sick from the pills and ripped all my stiches out from throwing up and had to go back in and get more stiches without going back under. O.U.C.H.
9) What is out your back door? My tomato plants and the ocean…..what a life huh?
10) Do you usually go out on the weekends? When we are actually here, we go to the beach, grab drinks with friends, go to Del Mar and watch horse racing, attend wine tastings, go dancing, etc.
11) Do you like what the ocean does to your hair? Not really. It usually makes it greasy and flat, which I hate. I wish I could have beautiful ocean hair like some girls.
12) Have you ever visited a planetarium or do you even know what one is? No, but it sounds like fun.
13) What is your favorite flavor of pudding? Chocalte swirl snack packs. Yum!
14) Describe your keychain: Dodger key for home, car keys, work key and rainbow flip flop keychain I got from the guy that invented Rainbow flip flops.
15) Where do you keep your change? In this giant Chargers bottle at our place.
16) When was the last time you got up and spoke in front of a large crowd? Last night when I asked a question during a Q&A at an event.
17) What kind of winter coat do you have? Several, but my favorite is this winter white coat that is too cute for words.
18) What was the weather like on your graduation day? Hot, Vegas weather but it was a great, fun and memorable day.
19) Do you sleep with the door to your bedroom open or closed? It depends on if me or Whitey actually close the door.
20) Is there anything purple within 20 feet of you? Post it notes and my plant vase.
21) What is the strangest thing you’ve put in the microwave? Food?
22) Can you speak any Japanese? Nope
23) Do you look good in the color yellow? Hmmm… I’m not sure if I own a single thing in yellow. Me neither J
24) Do you spit or smoke? Neither
25) What is your favorite color(s)? Black and red
26) Ever played an instrument? Only the recorder in 5th grade and no Jill, I was not half as successful as you at it.
27) Do you believe in Bigfoot, or Sasquatch? Nope
28) Ever been to a palm reader? Yes, and I didn’t really like the experience
29) Did they tell you the truth about your future? Not sure. I can’t remember really cause I didn’t really want to listen. I was worried the whole time she would tell me something bad.
30) What are you thinking about at this very moment? How excited I am to visit NYC!!!
31) Have you ever received a black eye? Yes, after being hit in the face by a girl at Hawaii University during college.
32) What is your biggest current disappointment? I thought I would be more successful and actually think I am becoming pretty lazy and not really showcasing my talents and living my life. I think I am in a slight slump.
33) What are some of your favorite drinks? Heifenweisen, Water, sweet tea and vodka water with three lemons.
34) Do you have anything that hurts on your body at this time? I am a little sore from working out lately.
35) Have you ever ridden in a taxi? Yes.
36) What is the last alcoholic drink you had? Wine at the event last night.
37) Did you do anything special last night? No, I went to the OC Press Club event and had a better time than I would have thought.
38) What is your very favorite food? Sushi, strawberries and italian.

Viva Las Veggggasss, so so tired!

noreply@blogger.com (Jen) — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 19:45:00 +0000

We went to Vegas this weekend for my dad’s and brother’s birthday (it was the weekend between both of them) and to see my grandparents. I was stoked about this trip since I was a little homesick. I got out of work an hour early to get a head start on the road trip, jumped in the car with Whitey and cranked up the tunes. We made it there in four hours easily, with only a slight amount of traffic through the IE and I was able to organize my iTunes on my new laptop on the way there. I still can’t figure out how to get internet through my WiFi but hopefully that is only a small glitch for the moment and will be resolved shortly.

We arrived to my little brother and his girlfriend watching hilarious movies on the couch and my sister rushing home from the store to see us. Surprise……no grandparents, no dad. I call to find out where they are and my dad responds with slot machines in the background and my grandparents yelling at a machine. Hanging at The Rampart, a local hotel that my dad and grandparents, who are from Chicago, seem to visit all too frequently. Grandparents aren’t supposed to like sitting in smoky hotels with loud slot machines screaming in their ear everyday while on vacation. My sister walks in, says hi, and I politely ask her if she made the reservations she was supposed to make at Chicago Joes for the birthday dinners the next night. She says no, I ask why and she chucks a half full water bottle at my head. No Joke. What the f*&k.

This was the start of what came to be a very interesting and perpetually disturbing weekend in Vegas. After the water bottle incident, I walked upstairs a while later, tried to talk to my sister and apologize for jumping on her but tried to explain the fact that not making reservations at a very busy restaurant when she said she would is slightly irresponsible. She didn’t really comprehend but whatever. She is a little selfish at times. We all go downstairs to chill on the couch once my dad and grandparents return. We are having quite hilarious family time when my sister mentions she needs alcohol to do this family crap, then perceives to get in a massive fight with my father in front of the entire family over an economic stimulus check issue. Afterwards we head to the bar where my sister complains about my dad, complains she can’t move in with me when she moves to California since I live with Whitey, and complains about her entire situation and how bad it is. Get this….my sister’s situation is so bad cause she lives with my dad still at home, he pays for her college and all her books, and pretty much supplies all her food and toiletries. Rough life huh?

My sister gets mad at me for not understanding her side, doesn’t talk to me the next day while having girl time with my mom and is constantly complaining and talking shit to her friends over the phone. My mom is watching this whole situation asking why my sister is ignoring me while we are getting our nails done, and can’t believe I only came into town this short weekend and we are already down each other’s throats. This doesn’t’ bode well for her moving by me. The rest of the weekend was a blast. We went to Chicago Joes for my little brother and father’s birthday dinner (my sister didn’t show up). Whitey and I then headed to TOWN SQUARE with my little brother and his girlfriend for some shopping and to see the lifestyle center. It is gorgeous and huge! You should definitely check it out if you go to Vegas. We went to meet my sister and all her friends (we planned this before the fight and I felt obligated to go) at Yardhouse at the center and headed upstairs to BLUE MARTINI for a night of dancing, drinking and overall fun. Oh, and I bought a new cute hat to sport to the club. Ended up being a blast and I even got buzzed enough to split my new Rock n’ Republic jeans while trying to get up on the dance floor stage. Whitey laughed so hard he was crying. I laughed until I sobered up the next day and realized how much those jeans cost and they were new! Sunday consisted of golfing with Whitey and my little brother. I am getting better and even beat my brother on this 9-hole, par three course. Yes, finished with a bang. What a memorable weekend.

Oh, and by the way, my sister called me to apologize. Too little too late since we left. It could have been a fun weekend of us having a blast and partying together. That girl needs to quit drinking and start laughing more.

Motivation, where did you go?

noreply@blogger.com (Jen) — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 23:59:00 +0000

Ever feel that lack of motivation and inspiration in the morning and it carries through a whole day at work. This has been my entire day today. I have no drive to work, no inspiration to be creative and no freaking work ethic. It is gone. Dunzo. And I am supposed to be inspiring people to be creative for my clients. The tough thing about PR. I am really freaking good at what I do but my current firm barely allows me to think outside of the box since all of my clients are business to business accounts. Where the hell do you find inspiration? I really need some ideas.

Whitey and I have been in a little bit of a career slump and have been thinking about starting our own venture. Problem is we have no idea where to start, what to do, or which direction to go in. We have a few ideas of things we like, but we are not the entrepreneurial types in foreseeing this great idea that would warrant us jobs that we love and enjoy. I am interested in writing a book one day, but barely have time to keep up with this blog to do that. There are many ingenious ideas out there. Why can’t we think of just one.

I feel in love with this great little site I found today. It is called CHIC BOULEVARD. The girls came up with a fantastic idea and I am still wondering how they make a living off of this. What a great site!

Last night I got home and received a call from an old friend I played volleyball with in college. She was heading to a bar in Newport with another one of my old teammates and wanted me to meet up. Whitey wanted to go to so we grabbed our tandem bike, a yellow bike with black cab checkers made out of an old Schwinn tandem bike frame. It is the greatest thing ever. We rode down toe BLACKIES, a hole in the wall joint on the beach in Newport, and got drunk and stupid with my old teammates. We had a blast and it was totally random we had so much fun and stayed out way past our bedtimes on a Tuesday night. Maybe this is why I have absolutely not one iota of motivation.

Dressin To the Nines....

noreply@blogger.com (Jen) — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 19:08:00 +0000

I decided yesterday that I am really going to start putting my fashion foot forward and trying to dress sophisticated and pulled together on a regular basis. I put on these great navy slacks, this tight button up top from Victoria’s Secret that is perfect for the office but shows off a little shoulder and my best black shiny pumps and worked it. I was able to get a line jump at lunch, a total plus for the trouble of pulling together a hot outfit while trying to still make it to work on time. I think I really look professional and powerful when I dress to the nines. I am already intimidating at five foot ten inches (over six feet in heels) so my height gives me this instant model feel. I have long arms and legs, although I could afford to lose five pounds in my stomach region. I am not fat, but I am not completely model skinny either. The real pay-off was when I got home and Whitey did a double take outside our house. I felt like Anne Hathaway in Devil Wears Prada when her boyfriend says they better get out of here cause his girlfriend might see. I felt sexy.

This new adventure in dressing better and more professional is a direct result of my watching too many girly movies lately. After watching six episodes of sex in the city while I worked out and Devil Wears Prada and Pretty Women over the weekend, I decided I wanted to start dressing better. I have a little money to spend on my wardrobe each month thanks to my ass getting kicked in work and me asking for another raise so I deserve it. And it feels good. I finally feel like I have clothes to be proud of. And my heels collection is looking mighty nice. Gosh, I love shoes.

Our 4th turned out to be quite the adventure, although a few tears were seen. My little brother got into an altercation on the beach with one of our outrageous marine friends and stormed off into the night. Then later in the evening, he took the stupid fight out on me. I was not letting him ruin my fav holiday though. Whitey and I tandem biked to the Back Bay to watch four different sets of fireworks light up the OC sky. What a day! I wish the weekend lasted forever…

Happy Fourth of July!

noreply@blogger.com (Jen) — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 22:36:00 +0000

Whitey and I went through some shit this week. It wasn’t really that bad but it has still been wearing on me and it hit the fan two nights ago. I would have blogged about it yesterday but work has been riding me lately. Great news though….I get my new laptop today! It is waiting at home for me patiently in its new little box. I am stoked!

I laugh since normally, as most things go, Whitey and I seem to do everything backwards. A couple of examples are our age difference and personalities. We are completely different. Whitey is 14 years older than me. He is hot though and you would probably guess he is 30 so it never bugs me. He is way, way calm and relaxed about life, where I am a high-stung Virgo ready to overanalyze any situation put forth. The thing lately is his amount of sex-drive. I am ready to go at least five days a week or more. Him, two would be sufficient. This is totally ass-backward. Normally, the guy is the one with the high sex drive while the girl gets to try to keep up with him and make him happy. Women are normally putting all they got into work and too tired to do it every night. (Jill, my girl, you know what I am talking about). For some reason, I wasn’t designed this way. I am always on the lookout for moments to have a sec spree. Early getting ready for a dinner party? Let’s have a quickie! This began posing a problem in our relationship when Whitey pointed out he feels pressured by my sex drive sometimes. He pointed out his age (grrrr…) and how he can’t keep up with me. I think he was more frustrated by the fact that he honestly doesn’t have the sex drive I do and it is ass-backwards. We talked things though and have had to come to a compromise in our sex life. I have to be a little more willing to have less frequent but better quality sex, and he has to put in the effort when we actually do it three times a week or so. Not like he wasn’t putting in the effort, but now that it is going to be less frequent, he said he will make them worth it. I am fine with this. More sleep, more reading, but I worry about that little sexual creature stuck inside me. No, I would never cheat on Whitey, but I worry that my vibrator is going to be getting a lot more love in the future.

My favorite holiday is right around the corner. I love, love, love the 4th of July! I love the weather, the FIREWORKS, friends, bar-b-ques, the beach and just the whole happiness of the day. Everyone is always happy on the 4th of July. I can’t wait. We have made no plans for the weekend except to see where the day takes us. And we are a mighty adventurous crew. This could get interesting….

The World is Upside Down

noreply@blogger.com (Jen) — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 22:37:00 +0000

The world has completely gone wacko. There is another Spears baby in the world. I bought Cheetos stock this morning since I saw this coming.

It’s been long, too long. Too long since I bitched, too long since I moaned. I’m back. But I ain’t bitchin. Things are good in the pleasant world of mine. Good and dandy. Whitey and I are doing AMAZING. I can’t believe how great we get along and how much fun we have living together. It is comforting to come home to him and lay in bed reading, sit on the couching talking and turn up the ipod stereo in the morning and dance around, cracking him up each step of the way. Enough about my blissful love life. My best friend is pregnant again. She just had a kid. Do any of you have those friends with kids that you feel completely out of touch with now that you don’t have a kid? Every time I talk to her, I feel odd. We just don’t connect anymore. I have nothing to talk to her about. If I talk about partying or traveling, she just says must be nice. I want to snap back that I am still young, without children. Don’t get pissed at me for not having kids before I was ready.

My sister is thinking of moving to Cali right around the corner from me. I have mixed feelings about this. She is really high-maintenance and I am hoping she doesn’t expect too much from me. After moving out of Vegas, my partying has fallen by the wayside and I actually enjoy watching bad reality tv on most nights of the week.

Whitey and I are preparing for another trip to NYC next month. We are so excited. We want to get both baseball games, Yankees and Mets, in while we are there. We got lucky since we are pounding them both out on the first two days and we were able to get tickets. This leaves me plenty of time for shopping, sight seeing and getting lost in New York. Whitey works the Friday we are there so the town is mine.

I am excited about this weekend since my little bro is in town and he loves spending time at the beach, which means I will be sitting on Newport Beach all weekend and playing in the waves. Sounds like the perfect weekend to me. Since I moved into Whitey’s place, I haven’t had an internet connection to my computer so my posting has really lagged. Ok, it has completely stopped. By I have good news. I ordered a brand new laptop with WIFI so hopefully things will be back in full swing by the beginning of July. Stoked.

Is it seriously March?

noreply@blogger.com (Jen) — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 22:16:00 +0000

Life has been moving so fast for me lately. I have a plethora of new updates to tantalize your taste buds with....one being Whitey and I making the giant plunge of moving in together.

This was decided over Whitey's birthday dinner when he blurted out the big question....
Want to move in?
Uh, ok? Sounds fun.
Done.

Wow. I began moving the first few boxes this week. We are aiming for April 1, but we have our cruise to Mexico the last week of March, so it might turn into more of a March 23 thing. I am stoked. We have been doing great lately and traveling a ton....Phoenix for Spring Training, Palm SPrings, Vegas, soon to be Mexico. I couldn't ask for more at this moment in time. He is amazing.

My mom is coming to visit with my stepdad and my little sister. I can't wait. My mom hasn't been out to visit me since I moved out here.....three years ago. I can't believe it thinking about it the other day. We used to be so close, then life happened, things turned sour with the family, my parents got divorced, it was my mom's fault....and here we are. New stepdad, six years later and the mom is visiting. I feel the need for some reason to make Whitey's house look clean, great and homely. He doesn't exactly have the most homely house. Honestly, it is a complete bachelor pad. I moved my book shelf in yesterday to make it look like there is actually decorations of some sort. Oh well. Mom better like it.

Wish me luck. I will write tomorrow with more updates. Welcome back to me!

Falling Behind

noreply@blogger.com (Jen) — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 22:09:00 +0000

I am slowly falling behind in my posting. I wrote a long post about Whitey’s surprise party and then for some reason, blogger freaked out and didn’t post it and it was lost in blogger hell. A lot of hard work down the drain. Here goes the shortened version since I am way too busy at work this week to retype the long version again. (my patience is also trying and I have decided to always type my posts into word and copy and paste into blogger.

BTW-we celebrated our year anniversary at the beginning of the year and look what the lovely chef brought me after my favorite dinner at Roys. So so yummy.....

This pic was also taken after Whitey and I started to tear through it. I then realized we might want to take a pic.

Whitey’s 40th surprise party turned out perfectly. My friends came over, cut the cheese, prepared the food and drinks and kept me sane in the morning. I left to get Whitey, blindfolded him with plenty of flack and fight, and was able to somehow get him surprised while entering the limo without him finding out for over a month! Quite a feat. We took the limo to Temecula to go wine tasting, one of Whitey’s favorite things to do. We started at the massive South Coast Winery, where my sister stole his birthday present and presented him with a king’s cup wine glass. I got in a mini tiff with her over the stealing incident but other than that, there were no additional fights or brawls to be made. We headed to Frangipani next, which was a lot smaller and way more quiet. Mount Palomar was the final winery and drunken debauchery was bestowed after a five hour session of drinking in three wineries and a long limo ride. They were less than pleased by Whitey had a huge smile on his face and that was the only thing I cared about. We ended our limo riding, wine tasting adventure with The Captain’s Cabin for dinner. I was so happy that I went with a random nice restaurant and not one of the most popular in Temecula. We were drunk, nosey, singing and cheers-ing over and over and over again. Our waiter loved us and I tipped him extra for putting up with my crazy friends. Overall, the day was perfect and Whitey was more than happy I went out of my way and surprised him. His friend from Phoenix was able to make it too, making it his dream celebration.

Our limo....

The amazing women who helped me......

The birthday boy right before his big surprise......

We are beginning the where are we going with this talks…..post to come.

I got tagged...a meme for you!

noreply@blogger.com (Jen) — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 17:43:00 +0000

it's a meme world...I was recently tagged by SOPHIE so enjoy the meme for a rainy Monday.

1. Four Jobs I have had in my life:
Waitress at Sonios Restaurant in Vegas
Cocktail waitress at the Monte Carlo
Nanny for a rich family
PR goddess in the OC

2. Four films I can watch over and over again:
Knocked Up
How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days
The Devil Wears Prada
The Green Mile

3. Four places I have lived
Las Vegas, NV
San Jose, CA
Huntington Beach, CA
Balboa Island, CA

4. Four TV shows I watch
Lost
Grey’s Anatomy
Entourage
Sex and the City reruns…over and over and over again

5. Four places I went on vacation
New York
Chicago
The Carribean
Backpacking through Europe

6. Four internet sites I visit alot
Post Secret
pinkisthenewblog.com
myspace.com
Jilly O’s blog

7. Four dishes I couldn't/wouldn't want to eat
liver
mustard
olives
coffee

8. Four dishes I love:
Pizza
French fries
burgers
ice cream

9. Four places I would like to be right now:
on the beach in some tropical island where the water is crystal
blue
NYC
Tahiti
Australia

10. Four people to tag
Jill (if she has time)
Lizzle (for bringing me back to blogging)
Mazing Amy

Post this afternoon about Whitey's surprise party....it went PERFECT!

WTF?!? You left me hanging!

noreply@blogger.com (Jen) — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 18:20:00 +0000

I have been thinking lately at THIS POST. Lizzle is totally right. I mean, I used to blog everyday or almost everyday. I meet Whitey. Blogging slowly almost stops! Stops! That is horrible. I am starting a resolution today. I will blog at least every other day....and Lizzle, you have every right to email me and yell at me if I am not.

I have been really busy lately. And none of this so called busy-ness is the result of keeping any of my new years resolutions. That must start maybe February 1st. I really want to change a few things and they are nothing big.

I have mostly been busy planning a surprise 40th birthday party for Whitey (holy hell he is turning 40!) that is taken place tomorrow. I was fine until today. Then the shit hideth the freaking fan!

Here goes the scenario....

Girlfriend decides to throw boyfriend 40th birthday party. Girlfriend gets confirmation from 17th people for birthday party. Girlfriend needs to confirm price of limo per person so she estimates about $60. Girlfriend books limo for 18 people and decides to pay for last person and gratuity due to mis-estimation of price per person. Girlfriend gets call from boyfriend's brother who canceled today with his wife. WTF!?!? The day before?!?!? WTF?!?!? Girlfriend realizes limo will cost her $120 more dollars on top of paying for gratuity and four people. (I am also paying for one of his closest friends that couldn't afford it) Girlfriend starts crying from being upset.

End of story. Honestly WTF?!?!?

Christmas Traffic and a Bottle of Colon Pills

noreply@blogger.com (Jen) — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 01:13:00 +0000

My Christmas was pretty awesome, but also pretty traffic and car road trip filled. Whitey and I headed to Mother Whitey’s house on Saturday morning. We were followed by his sister and three of her kids, ranging from 13 to 20. We waited for them for four hours, before Whitey getting mad enough to leave and stop at a restaurant and wait for them there. We left at 10:00 am for what should have been a four hour trip, and arrived in Prescott at 8:30 pm. It was a long day, but also fun and exciting since Whitey and I love singing and talking in the car. Doesn’t make for a too bad version of a road trip right?

Sunday, Monday and Tuesday morning were spent relaxing and spending quality family time with Whitey’s family, especially his mom who we barely ever get to see. We opened presents, watched Christmas movies and just hung out and read. It was so nice and totally needed. I had been stressed with Christmas shopping and work for the whole week prior to this relaxation moment in Arizona. We headed to Vegas on the morning of Christmas to enjoy every moment of the holiday with each other’s families. We had dinner at my dad and laughed at my sister’s present being an ornament from A Christmas Story. Yes, my sister successfully tracked down the leg lamp ornament. It was hilarious to see my dad open it and place it on the tree as a lone ornament. I think my family got lazy this year because the leg lamp stood alone. We had a great Christmas dinner with my family and headed to the local bar to hang out and meet up with some of my closest friends. It was a blast and Whitey got to meet some of my old friends that I rarely get to see anymore from home.

We woke up hung-over and headed to my mom’s for Christmas breakfast at her house and more presents. Whitey and I could barely stuff everything back into his car to take back to California. It was hilarious. My mom gave me the most hilarious stocking stuffer of colon pills and candy. Whitey and I could not stop laughing at this for the rest of the day. Overall, it was a great holiday. More fun stories to come….