Wow, What a Surpise

I must say that I was totally shocked last night when Constantine from American Idol was voted off, or voted less. I think my jaw dropped when I heard it. I was like "What the hell? Anthony and Scott are still in it? What the f&*%?".

I could of sworn that Scott would be the next one to go, I mean he has made it this far without looks or personality, and his singing is not that strong. From what JR told me he read somewhere that there is a force to keep Scott in it, just like last year and that whole Jasmine business, since he is thought to be the worst in the competition.

Like I said before I am an Anwar fan. I don't know who will win it this time. I saw a poll that says that Bo is the favorite to win it, but I think AI would have a hard time getting him to do everything they want...after all they do become Fox's, or whoever the recording company is, be-atch after they win. I just think that Bo is a little older, writes his own music, and maybe will not feel right singing some of the happy pop-y songs they will force him to record. I dunno.

In another AI note. I just read that Paula slept with Corey Clark?? YUCK!! Wasn't there anyone else cuter around?? Cheez, Paula. Maybe she was on drugs back then too and her bad taste should not be held against her. Full story here.

Super Size Me - Update 3

This week was not that good for me as far as the diet is concerned. I went out to eat for the first time in three weeks, only exercised 4 days, and had a "snack" (chocolate fudge pop-tart - yummy!) every day. For the coming week I had decided to cut down on my snack and stick to eating at home. On the other hand I am proud of myself, I have lost 9.5 pounds in only three weeks (I just hate the fact that my weight loss tracker does not count my .5 pound, they do mean a lot to me, and that damn thing should be rounding up not down). I should, will! - positive thinking, be breaking the 10 pound goal next week, keep your fingers crossed for me!

It Just Ain't Right

What happened to Anwar?? I really thought that he would be one of the finalists in American Idol. I liked him since he auditioned and thought that he performed well in all shows. I just can not believe that Anthony Fedorov is still in it. He is just not that good.

I am thinking that the finalists will be Carrie and Bo, I am just not crazy about either one.

Super Size Me - Update 2

Mondays from now on will be known as Diet and Fitness Day here on my blog. I will feature products that I have found that are yummy and tasty as well as not so bad for you.

On that note lets begin...If you are like me and can not have a sandwich without the extra crunch of chips you will appreciate this new Lay's Fat Free Chips. I was surprise to find out that they are quite tasty and do not leave your mouth feeling greasy. I read the label before I bought them and even though they are made with Olestra they did not have me running to the restroom (a side effect, I have heard). The chips however do come with a hefty price tag, I paid $3.50 for a regular size bag.



If you live in the Houston area Ruggles has the BEST low-fat Tres Leches cake. The dessert has 3 grams of fat and is around 350 calories. Awesome!!!

Weight Loss Update - My week has been pretty good. I have exercised every day and lost 3.5 pounds this week. Yippie. I still have 32.5 pounds to go, yuck!!

Old School Girly

I found the cutest thing ever...an iPod carry case from Burberry.



The carry case made want an iPod really, really bad until it dawned on me that I am so old school. Lets put it this way my cell phone is the only gadget I own. On the phone I hardly use the camera, don't use the internet and don't text message anyone. I am a paper and pen type of girl, I write everything down on pieces of paper that clutter my desk to no end, but I know where everything is or what stack of papers is located in in case I need it. To remember my schedule I print out a monthly calendar from calendarhome.com and write everything in.

Ok, going back to my iPod desire...I was so into getting that iPod carry case that I actually started thinking of the songs I would put in it (Another example of my old schoolness is that I HATE to burn CDs and way prefer to buy music, my husband gasps at this, but to me the quality is not the same), the size of storage, and what color I would get. Until I started to think or try to figure out when I would listen to the thing, does it connect to my car stereo somehow? And if I do put the 1,500 songs they advertise it holds, how do I easily find the song I want to hear?

If you own an iPod and have any answers let me know, I would just love to buy me that case.

The Weight Must Come Off

I had a little too much fun with my pregnancy, by that I mean food, and now I must suffer the consequences.

I gained a massive 70 pounds~cringe~with the pregnancy and now need to find a way to get the weight off ASAP. With Baby Girl I got the weight off in about a year, but this time I am starting now, I have places to go and people to see.

The day of my one month check-up, the doctor pretty much just looks at you down there and makes sure everything is healing properly, I embarked on my massive weigh loss plan. I am not doing a crazy diet, but a high fiber with exercise every day regimen, so it should work.

The day of my check-up I was 40 pounds overweight. On Monday, a week later, I had lost 4 pounds, bringing my grand total of pounds to loose down to 36.

I will be jumping on the scale every Monday and updating the blog (I feel that doing that will keep me motivated, I hope). Wish me luck! and if you guys have any weight loss secrets pass them along.

What Is Up With Paula?

Doesn't Paula (American Idol) seem to be on something?

I could swear that she was drunk a couple of weeks ago. As I saw her I was like "Hey, that is how I act when I am drunk!". These past weeks she has been getting up, dancing , and speaking incredibly slurred, what is up with Paula?

Spring Has Sprung

This weekend we took a trip through the Texas Hill Country. The weather was awesome and the flowers were in full bloom. During our drive we visited Brenham, Chappell Hill, and Washington, Texas.

I just love drives, specially through places I have never been before. I swear, I rather take a car and drive anywhere than take a plane. Getting from point A to point Z is way more enjoyable if you get to see all the other points in between. I must admit that sometimes, as I am driving, or lost somewhere in the middle of nowhere, I do think of that Texas Chainsaw Massacre movie and hope it did not happen where I am driving through. During my life I have driven through some crazy places and seen some very strange people and believe me that is always in the back of my mind.

The Pope

A couple of years ago, while in Rome, I had the change to visit Vatican City and see the Pope give mass and bless the people. At St. Peter's Square it was nice to see so many people from different parts of the world and religions come together, I can only begin to imagine what the square has been like this past week.

Update...

Wow, I am finally catching my breath!

Harrison is doing well. We were released exactly a week ago, after being in the hospital for 10 days, from Texas Childrens. He was diagnosed with having a Urinary Tract Infection and after much testing and a full dose of antibiotics it was determined that that was all there was, just an UTI. All of tests that were performed on him (my poor baby!) came back negative. We are glad that all the tests were negative, but it is a little disconcerting that there was nothing else found that caused the UTI. Anyway, to make a long story short we are back home, he is fine, and I am totally paranoid. I check him constantly for any sign of fever.

Like I said I am finally catching my breath, so how are you guys doing?

Bad News...

I have been a bad blogger but at least I have a good excuse this time. My brand new son has fallen ill. We have been at Texas Childrens Hospital since Sunday morning after being transfered by ambulance from our local hospital. We are supposed to be in the hospital till Tuesday if everything goes as planned (cross your fingers).

Harrison is in good spirits and doing well, but we will all rather be home. Wish us luck. I will be back soon.

St. Pat's...

May your pockets be heavy
and your heart be light.
May good luck pursue you
each morning and night.
-Old Irish Blessing



Happy St. Paddy's Day

What Ever Happened To...

As I sat there this morning pumping away (ouch, ouch, ouch) I could not help but wonder what ever happened to music videos.

At around 8am this morning I made my way to the couch and started flipping around looking for a pumping-mood kinda show and I stumbled on VH1 Classic. They were playing 80's music videos. I must say that watching the videos again was kinda nostalgic, they took me back and memories came rushing in. I saw Erasure, The Cure, John Waite, Prince, the only thing that would of made it complete would of been to see a Men At Work video.

The only time I hear of music videos now days is when Madonna or Britney Spears has a new one coming out and MTV milks it for all it is worth.

Yes, 80's music videos were cheesy, most of them consisted of the singer and well, that was it, but I, as many of us did, grew up with them and can even remember a show called Friday Night Videos. I was a pre-teen then and my TV was all I had on a Friday night. Videos are not what they used to be, whether that is good or bad, I don't know, but I am glad that there is still a channel out there that can make me remember what it was like to be young and stupid.

I'm In Love With A Boy...

I just met him and I am completely in love. It is funny how things work like that.





Harrison Antonio
March 2, 2005
6:19 PM


I am doing well and will be posting my adventures of being a two-kid mom soon.

The Oscars

Everyone looked breathtaking last night in Hollywood. The dresses, the tuxes, the jewelry, the hairdos, and the bodies inside those dresses looked just amazing. Natalie Portman is just so pretty. Orlando Boom and Johnny Depp - MEAOW!!

I don't know if I liked the new format of having people stand onstage and wait for the announcement of the award, this was only done for behind the scenes work not for the actors, but I think it would have been more interesting to have the actors up there. I think it would have looked like the Ms. Universe pageant. Imagine...all the 5 finalists on stage waiting to hear who will be named the next Best Actress. All of the sudden a name is called - Hilary Swank - everyone yells and runs to hug her, she starts to cry and saying no, no, no, me?! me?! while shaking her head in disbelief. Finally someone gives her the statue and she makes her speech. Maybe next year.

Did anyone notice the amazon woman given out the statues on stage? I swear she towered over everyone by a foot. I was hoping they would stand her next to Prince, but they sent out someone else, this girl was still taller than Prince, who wouldn't be?, but at least she wasn't three feet taller than him.

Another thing that I was able to capture and re-watch thanks to the magic of TiVo was in two separate occasions see two separate individuals in the background totally asleep. Their heads were actually bobbing and the guy’s mouth was actually open. The other was a girl, how embarrassing. I guess that Josh Groban can put anyone to sleep.

TV...

One question I asked myself yesterday was "Who the hell watches The Simple Life?" Does anyone out there find these girls endearing or entertaining in any sort of way? I mean if they were some off the street people with no real future I would say ok, maybe they are making a fool of themselves for the money, but no! You would think that with all the money they have, all they places they have been, all they can have, they would not come across as so annoying and ignorant. Are these girls 12?

American Idol - I was incredibly surprised that Melinda Lira was voted off the show. I actually thought she had done a good job, but I think she was right when she said that she had not received that much exposure on previous shows. I am glad she said something because that was exactly what I thought!! I remember seeing Judd Harris a couple of times and not seeing Jared Yates at all and they were both voted off!!

Also, what happened yesterday as Ryan announced the last male voted off? I thought the whole thing, if not a mistake, was kinda cruel. He told a row they were safe, made the other row get up, and then said that a guy (I think Jared) that was sitting down was off the show. The whole thing was weird to me.

I Am One Of Those People...

I am one of those people, well, weird. I will put off listening to a new CD, from an artist I already love, to the last possible minute. I don't know why that is. I guess I just do not want to be disappointed.

I have had the new Rabanes CD since it came out, but had refused-?? to listen to it until a month a go. The only reason I finally listened to it was because I could not find the other Rabanes CD - Money Pa' Que - I was dying to hear.

I must say that the Rabanes did not disappoint this time around. I just love Ecolecua, their new album. It is a little more laid back than Money, but it still has the same mix of rock, funk, reggae, and folkloric sounds that I have just come to love from Rabanes.

Most of the songs are great, well, I could do without the one titled Panama, but I just love Pastilla del Amor and Sinverguenza.

If you guys are looking for something different to listen to I highly recommend Rabanes and you do not have to understand or even speak Spanish because most of their songs are a mix of Ingles y Espanol.

A Little Strange Thing Called Love

Love is a strange thing. There is no concrete meaning to the word love, it means different things to different people. I have been married for almost 10 years and I can tell you that the meaning changes all the time. Love sometimes means having someone there to share your life with, or make you feel better when the world is against you, or even having to carry you when you are down.

Love is also the hardest job I have ever had. I sometimes think that the whole love thing is a practical joke that got out of hand. I can just hear some one saying "let's put two people together from different places, different backgrounds, with different thoughts and opinions, and have them try to make a life together...ha, ha, let the games begin".

Some people compare love to a roller coaster, I compare love to driving. There are paved roads, rocky roads, hilly roads, some times you even make a wrong turn, leave the road before your exit comes, or just plainly run out of fuel. The worst is when you exit early, get lost, reach a dead end and have to find your way back to the main road and hope, with all your heart, that your partner did not get lost too and is waiting for you when you get there...and he always is. That, my friends, is love.

Happy Valentine's Day!!

Women Getting Killed For Their Babies? WTF???

There is an epidemic going on. I am afraid to even talk to anyone (strangers) about my pregnancy and was told to keep it as quiet as possible on the internet. That is crazy to me. Gone are the days that you could have an innocent pregnancy talk with a stranger at the mall or while shopping for your unborn's clothes. Now days that person that innocently asks how far along you are and where you live can follow you out, kill you, cut you open and steal your baby.

So far, within 3 months, I have heard and read two news stories of this type of thing happening. The first one, back in December, was about an innocent pregnant lady that meet someone online after she placed an ad for a puppy. The perpetrator very innocently got the lady's info flew to her house, killed her, and took her baby! Read the whole story here.

The other perpetrator was not so lucky. The would be killer lured the pregnant women to her apartment by telling her a package had been mistakenly left there for her. After a struggle the nine month pregnant lady ended up killing the woman. Story here.

This is some crazy stuff.

BO-RING!!!

If Janet's saggy titty fiasco was too much for family television I think that Paul McCartney's part in this year's Superbowl was completely the opposite.

I was emailing some friends when I decided to check out the half time show, well, to my surprise it was over before I could see it. I was listening to it and heard only four songs played. The whole thing sounded pretty mellow to me.

I hope this year's half time show does not set a new precedent for things to come. I think that one "wardrobe malfunction" or a singer's bad choices should not ruin it for everyone. Afterall, the only reasons I watch the Superbowl are for the commercials and the halftime show. Football game?!, what game??

Do not get me wrong I do like Paul McCartney and at times have had to defend him for his "Wings" phase.

I just think the Superbowl did a 180 degree turn in coming up for the enterntainment for this year's half time show. Who are we going to see next year? Barney?