Lonely Summer

Olivia announced to Rick and I the other day that she hates summer because it is so lonely for her. This breaks my heart. Her best friend who lives next door spends the whole summer in Iowa with her grandma which leaves her with no one to play with. Unfortunately for her I work night shift and she has to find things to do so I can get a little sleep when I get home in the morning. Lucky for me, she is a late sleeper. Finally when she can't stand it anymore, she comes in and says "MOM WAKE UP, I NEED SOMEONE TO PLAY WITH." A girl can only watch so much Disney Channel and Sponge Bob Square Pants as well as play her games on the computer. She is getting very creative at her craft table I must admit. She is learning to use her camera that she got for her birthday last year, she has good shots and some well lets just say they are blurry. She is trying though. Here are some of her masterpiece photos.

Knee Surgery

Well, I go in tomorrow for surgery to debride the meniscus in my right knee. I have had this done before on my left and I thought that it would be a breeze since It was going to be arthroscopic. Back to work in 1 week NO PROBLEM right? It hurt so bad, I was out of work for a month. This time I am going in with eyes wide open. I know it will be very painful. The silver lining is that I will be able sleep at night while I am off work. Right now I am calm about the whole thing, but tomorrow I will probably be a little more nervous. I will be hungry for breakfast, nothing to eat or drink after 4:00am. I can normally skip breakfast and not be too hungry, but just because I can't eat I was be starving. God will be with me as I go into surgery and He will be singing over me as I drift in anesthesia sleep.

Get Smart!

If you ever grew up watching Get Smart with Maxwell Smart and Agent 99, you must go see the new Get Smart Movie. I went with a group of Friends from church and We laughed through the whole movie. Steve Carell and Anne Hathaway are excellent together. I thoroughly enjoyed myself and I am glad I went. I give it 5 stars.

Tag I'm It!

Well Susie, Here goes my Tag

Four Jobs I've Had:
1. The Great Hot dog Experience
2. Shift Manager at Wendy's Old Fashioned Hamburgers
3. OB Scrub Tech
4. HUC (Health Unit Coordinator)

Four Movies I've Watched More Than Once:
1. Grumpier Old Men
2. Finding Nemo
3. What Women Want
4. Surf's Up

Four Places I've Lived:
1. Michigan
2. Arizona most of my life
3. California for 17 years
4.Albuquerque, New Mexico

Four TV Shows I watch:
1. Survivor
2. CSI New York & Miami
3. Big Brother
4. HGTV, Too many to list

Four Places I've Been:
1. Mexico
2. California
3. Colorado
4. Texas

Four People Who Email Me Regularly:
1. Colette Martin
2. Susie Day
3. Kelley Munoz
4. Judy Orosco

Four of My Favorite Foods:
1. Italian
2. Mexican
3. Filet Mingon
4. Sauteed Mushroom Burger

Four Places I would Like To Visit:
1. Italy
2. Disneyworld and their private island
3. New York
4. Hawaii

Four Things I'm Looking Forward To In The Coming Year:
1. Getting Back Together with my Bible Study Chicks
2. Celebrating Olivia's 7th Birthday
3. Turning 45
4. My knee Getting Better

Four Friends I'm Tagging:
1. Colette
2. Judy
3. Aunt Nora
4. Sara

Our 1st Vacation

After a lot of indecision about where we should go for our vacation, we decided on a Carnival Cruise to Cabo San Lucas, Mexico. Olivia was especially excited because the had a twisty slide on the ship. When we finally go our luggage, she put her on her swimsuit, climbed the steps to the slide only to find out that she wasn't tall enough to go down it. She started off her 1st cruise disappointed. She did have a blast at all the Camp Carnival activities they had on board though. She never once went in the pool. Our 1st day at sea was overcast and sort of cold. The next day we woke up in Cabo where we hung out on the beach and shopped in the flea markets there. Our next day at sea was overcast in the morning but is got sunny mid day. On the way back to San Diego, the cruise sponsored a Susan G. Komen On Deck For the Cure Breast Cancer Walk. I walked for my friend Susie Day. When we arrived back in San Diego, we spent the next week with Shane, Kelley Ayden and Layla. We took Olivia and Ayden to the beach, went to Disneyland and Knott's Berry Farm.
I wonder where we will go for vacation next year. Rick still has a few vacation day this year so I think we are going to go camping and fishing.

I can't believe it's 20 years!

Well, Rick and I have been together for 20 years now, and we only knew each other for 4 months when we were married. We will celebrate our 20th Wedding Anniversary on November 21st. Looks Like we made it! On November 11th we renewed our Marriage Vows in front of our Palm Valley Church family, it was very special. After words we took pictures with our Pastor and Olivia.
I never dreamed that when I was 23 years old, I would meet the love of my life.
We have had our ups and down just like any marriage, but we made a commitment to each other and entered into a covenant with God for better or worse. We are a work in progress. Then, who knew that it would take a test of out faith trying to have our precious Olivia. God's timing, not ours. 13 years later Olivia Marie Munoz arrived into the world on July 27, 2001. Our lives changed forever and for the better. We were now a family of 4.
Shane got married to a beautiful girl named Kelley in 2004, and in June of 2006 they gave us a grandson. Ayden Mantle Munoz. He is the exact image of Shane when he was little. We have another grandbaby on the way due in April 0f 2008.