on 5.27.10 geoff and i had the honor of helping florida out with his proposal. he stopped by my office and dropped of a container of rose pedals, a bag of baby candles, a digital camera and a video camera. the man was well prepared.
i couldnt be happier for them and fully support this marriage! florida is one of the greatest friends geoff and i have ever had and for him to find someone with as big of heart as him is so amazing and heaven sent. and ive never seen him happier, soft, lovey and considerate with anyone like he is with kristina. i love kristina and florida a lot!
heres a quick video of what i was able to catch on camera. the editing is rough but thats what you get with imovie. hope you can still feel the love.
p.s- id post the video from my youtube but i guess the song isnt WMP approved or something so there is no audio if you play it with them. lame.
Dumb me. I didn't realize that when we were getting our marriage license in march that THAT was my final name change on that particular document. For some reason i thought that was when you picked it up. idk why... just going to blame it on the wedding brain.
Ideally, i wanted to have my maiden name as a second middle name or hyphened and have the longest name of anyone i know with: Candice Marie Valdespino-Brouillette
I wanted to have what i call a 3-liner.
on Geoffs drivers license his full name is so long that it takes up 2 lines. Even with my old name is was just one. but with this improvement i would for sure beat him.
Negative on that plan now.
I got my social security card in the mail and will be going for my DL in a few weeks. Takes forever to get an appt these days. I'll also be getting a new picture taken for it which would be cool. its the same one from when i was 15. not like much as changes since then though.
Seeing my name like this kinda makes me sad. its so final. well maybe not sad, more nostalgic? idk.
still trying to master my name signature though.
and a quick vid of June:
i know, i know. im totally the pet parent of the year....
i go straight to the source and she actually loves it
cool things happening this week:
my little brother is getting married on sunday to his high school sweetheart! im so excited to them!
because of this i get to see my baby brother and sister AGAIN this year!
just bought my ticket to visit them this summer (surprise!)
and one of life's biggest question's will be answered tonight. in redlands. at market night. thats all im sayin' for now...
so ever since we first started looking at houses we've been keeping a bunch of pictures in our secret "ssshhhhh" folder of what our dream place would come to be. while our current new-to-us house maybe not be our dream home that we will live happily ever after in, its a great investment home and plan to stay 5-7 years at least. and being the restless creative minds that we are we have some plans to make our house into our home.
i dont really know what my taste in home style is. i like clean, modern, hodgepodge, kitschy, vintage, gray, woods and brightly colored solid and patterned things ...you know? haha
i didnt get all the photo credits but the majority of them are probably from design sponge.
mom: i had to drop Jack off at the doggy day care this morning... (starts giggling)
me: whats funny about that?
mom: i said 'jack-off'. doesnt that mean something bad? (still giggling)
me: wow, its too early for this...
mom: i felt so weird telling them, 'im here to drop jack off!' hahah!
clearly, the apple doesn't fall far from the tree.
joanna and i surprised the guys with tickets to a dodgers game.
geoffs a major fan and hates the angels so i figured i owed him one.
left field bleacher seats with no one sitting in front of us
apparently we were sitting in a rowdy section. there are 6 security standing in the picture and by the 7th inning everyone around us had been kicked out. people really hated Lee the left fielder from the Astros and they really loved their beer.
the Bermuda's (ryan's "DOYERS" = dodgers en español)
a skinny, foot long, dodger dog. very anti climatic.
the Brouillette's
joanna: "meow!"
all in all, dodgers games are WAY different than angels games:
people: not many blondes. lots of cussing. not really a family friendly event but you if you were a dodger fan you were part of a family.hence all the dodgers "my town" ads. everyone there was screaming/booing.
stadium: not as clean, bench seating in our section was painful, easier to find your seat though but couldnt see if we were on the megatron (you know youre always looking for yourself on there too...), and dealing with LA traffic and parking was a bitch.
team: dodgers are way more entertaining to watch! hands down. homer in the first. a lot more runs, hits, and the players were actually engaging with the crowd more than the angels.and they have G.A.! he was my favorite angel player but he stunk last night.
Geoffs finally home. He came home with a really long beard to his wife, dog and now his own piece of California. Sunday was their last show of this tour. Next one begins in mid June. On Monday I took the day off work to relax but it was anything but. The day was filled with riverside courthouse, social security office, lowes, home depot, walmart and the 99cent store. By the time we got home we wanted to go back to bed but our front yard was so embarrassing and geoff was really excited to use his new lawn mower and weed wacker. I baked some "thank you" cookies for our neighbors who helped me out with the trash and mowing the lawn when geoff was gone. They are so sweet. And June hasn't left geoffs side since he's been home. She couldn't seriously careless that I'm there. Don't bite the hand that feeds you, pooch.
For a perfectly good globe and a belt for $5. Lots of home furnishings for cheap + big empty house = This could be dangerous. Hopefully in 10 years you don't see me on horders.
So by day 4... I had lost 3lbs of water weight and I had zero energy. I was having two "movements" a day and was barely sleeping.
Come day 5 and I could barely function. I barely made it to my doctor appt that day and had to pull over to a walgreens to use the bathroom. I was in there for 20 mins. 20 minutes of pure stomach pain and my legs falling asleep from sitting on the toilet for so long. And while I was peeing from my butt and calling my mom to pick me up because i was too sick to drive, i realized this is in no way healthy for me and I was ending it that day.
I felt like I broke edge.
How do anerexic people do this? How do you get your brain and body to that point where you can find comfort or power and control fighting a natural urge?
I can detox my body in a much more healthy manner. So now I am. But first, my first meal was with the ladies to lucille's. Florida's Kristina was working that night and she hooked us up with free dessert. But since i had gone so long without a full meal I couldn't finish my first meal because my guts shrank so much.
This may work for some people but I need food to function. And I love to eat too much.
Now I'm eating raw veggies and fruits and as little meats as I can and tea and water only. Pretty much only natural and whole foods. That's healthy I can handle.
