Happy Easter Bina, Love Tia Liz.

I have been very productive this Easter. Not only did I help my mother through her eye surgery and recovery (which requires strict head-down positioning), but I took the opportunity to take my neice Bina (short for Sabrina) under my wing and spend some quality time with her. As her Godmother, I love to teach her valuable life lessons and I think its important to be a good role model.

Bina and I were dancing around to the Jonas Brother's SOS video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8JUvbJekM88 and she starts requesting Miley videos. I thought it was the right moment to start introducing her to Britney. So were dancing and whipping our hair side-to-side to If You Seek Amy http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FehBgQeVKFQ, and she stops and says, "but Tia Liz, how does she dance with high heels? Do you know how to dance with high heels?" I immediately grabbed my gladiator heels out of my bag and said "start practicing because its the only way to dance!" It was a great moment.

On Monday it was Sunflower Elementary School's annual "Read With Your Child Day," which also included a picnic lunch. I was the first parent, in this case Aunt, to arrive therefore the teacher asked Sabrina to introduce me to her class. I could tell Bina felt very proud to have her pretty aunt from "the big city" in class today. I also took note that no one else got to introduce their guest. You see, graduating from my town and going to live in San Diego makes me the "city girl" in the family so it was a really big deal for me to go. She loves when I pick her up to school in my green Pony, so this was a real treat.

I sat on a bench with Bina and her good friend Yuri. Yuri is the cutest little Chinese girl with straight hair tucked in a headband, and with diligent lady-like posture. I said, "wow you're book has so many pages," and she very straight-faced informed me "it was the last of the series." I said, "of course, of course... I remember reading it." Her mom arrived during the picnic hour with a baby blue trench and a picnic basket. I have to admit I felt a slight wave of jealousy of how Bri-like (Desperate Housewives) she appeared. Here I was with a striped boyfriend sweater and a Happy Meal. I can only hope to be just like her one day.

Between reading an lunch, we needed to kill time, so the teacher invited me to judge a multiplication contest, that I couldn't play by the way. How can I tell who said the answer first if I don't have my "twelves" memorized? If there was a tie, I decided the girl was the winner. It was the right thing to do since we all know that classrooms are gender biased towards males and this was my moment of vindication. The teacher listened to me because I'm a teacher's daughter and a "big city" girl.

I forgot to mention that a young little girl named Erin ran out of her class puking all over herself. She stood there with puke all over her hands while her fellow classmates looked on. Coincedently, this was my Mother's class, but since she was out for surgery was being looked after by a woman I know refer to as the barbaric substitute. She did not offer her a paper towel, a pat on the back. In fact she stood 10 feet from her and asked another little girl to find a janitor and tell the office. Even worse, when no one from the office was available to come to Erin, as she is standing alone with her hands on her knees and puke on the floor, she directs her to walk to the office BY HERSELF! I almost had an out-of-body!

Overall it was an outstanding day at Sunflower Elementary School and a reminder of how it takes the rest of our lives to get over grade school.



On Saturday, the day before Easter, I took Bina Easter shopping. I get away with buying her more than I buy my nephew because she is my God child and I take that role very seriously. I taught her to pull as many looks as possible and we analyzed each dress, canceling out the "no's" and putting aside the ones that work. As always, when we found it, we knew. Shoe shopping, however, wasn't so easy. I found the cutest white guaracha sandals, but of course, being 9, what does she know about trend? To her they're like gross old lady Mexican sandals. I tried to explain, but she didn't get it. Every shoe she wanted was a high wedge. It finally dawned on me when she said, "these make me look tall." The wedges were her Britney heels! It was so perfect. I was so proud.

Easter morning, we decorated eggs and she creamed Ethan in the hunt...35 eggs to 5. He cried, but life is not always fair. He learned something too that day. The day drew to a close and it was Monday and I said my farewells. My sister has a new baby on the way. I pray it is a girl. Meli and Bina worship me. One more makes three, which technically makes a clan of followers. I guess we'll wait and see....

OMG, im blogging on my cell phone!!!

This is incredible, this is superb. I'm actually blogging on my cell phone! The only thing is that I don't think I can format so you'll just have to read one very long paragraph. Like I can be at the car wash or a thought can pop in my head and I can blog...on the go. So I didn't blog every day on my vacation. In fact this is the last day. In eleven days, I managed to eat the entire contents of my fridge, and my mom's fridge and any food in my line of sight. I'm a little large and in charge, but nothing I can't fix. I think I've spent more time laying down than standing upright. Oh, I did manage to get a dental exam. Guess how many cavities I have? 7! SEVEN! I was appalled!its not like I'm in kindergarden running around with a sucker in my mouth all day. I've gone through a half a bottle of Listerine. I even started flossing three times a day but it gives me smile wrinkles so I'm only doing that at night. Hence the over usage of mouth wash. I've also kept up with my resolution to make more friends. I went to an alumni brunch and instead of sitting by one of my best friends for years I sat by people I don't know. I even initiated small talk. I KNOW! Crazy, right? Me, interested in others. Or,sometimes I get shy, but I was having a pretty day so that helped. A few cups of coffee and good conversation. I love Sunday brunch minus the all you can eat. It should be illegal cause' then your day is shot. I think I will organize one every week with different people. That will be fun. Or a book club! Except not about those Twighlight books. I swear they move at a turtle pace. In any case, I feel energized this year, like the world is my oyster...is that a saying? Oh yes, like you open it and oooh what's inside? The last two years I felt lost, which made me a hermit. Clarissa and I joked that I should have a coming out party, or as Olivia from The City says, a "Deb Ball." lol! I feel that way. My friend Michelle blogged and said that she collects sticks and hopes to make a sculpture one day.I mean, I can make a sculpture out of credit card statements. I don't stop to say, oh look, what a unique stick? I'm just not that interesting. I'm like stomping through the planet so carelessly that I walk into a supermarket across the street and can't remember if I'm in a ralphs or albertsons! And, if I did meaningful things like collect I would have interesting things to talk about with people I don't know. Do you see how it all relates, people! It all ties back. There was a point to this blog, well except the part about my teeth. Now as for what to collect, I don't know yet, so for now my small talk will have to be about not knowing what to collect. that's all the wisdom I can share for now, as blogging on a BlackBerry pearl hurts my forearm.please disregard any typos due to predictive text. :)

Vacation Day 1

10 days of vacation...what will I do with myself??? I've decided to blog everyday while I am visiting the folks.

I won a mini shopping spree at work and got two new dresses. I wore one of them today and it was a hit. Everyone's been telling me how cute it looks. I'm even wearing the wrong shoes! The shoes I wanted to wear are lost, probably swallowed up by the bedroom monster along with a bunch of socks. The dress has adorable little pockets in the front. I love dresses with pockets. I made sure to put a little tube of lip gloss in there so when people complimented my new little dress I could show them how functional it is too.

My car battery died today. A gorgeous man asked if I needed help and my father so proudly sent him away. He's like, "I have cables, I got it under control." Next time I'm just staying stranded on the side of the road until a hot guy stops. I'll just tell the rejects my husbands on the way. That's what I can do tomorrow. I'll take an ice pick to one of my tires. Who knows, I might be married by the end of my 10 days.

I'm really excited for Tuesday. Can't wait to stand in line for my free cosmetics!!! I'm in El Centro, so I figure its the most exciting thing happening in the county this week. I called Dillards (there's not much of a choice here and I'm not allowed to go to Macy's), and no one knew about the class action settlement. I'm like, "it's on Tuesday, are you sure you don't know?" Finally, i asked for the store manager, and she confirmed they would have my goodies. It hasn't been on the news and not in the paper, and I hope it stays that way. I've even convinced my Dad to wake up early and stand in line with me. He's a little annoyed since he'd rather be watching CNN all day, but i begged. Do you think if I go at 10 am and then change my clothes and hair and go at like 7pm they would know? I'll scope it out in the morning and make a decision. I'll have to learn how to post pics to my blog by then so I can share it with all of you. My heart goes out to everyone at Bloomies who have to work that day!

Tonight I think I will watch the Benjamin Button movie. Nachos sounds good. See you tomorrow!!!

:)

My very first blog!

Everyone is blogging. Cathi blogs and Michelle blogs, and they are really smart, and really funny, and so am I. So now here I am...blogging. I blog. Liz is a blogger.

30 days and 20 hours ago I turned 29. My hair feels different. The top layers are now frizzy. I want to grow out my hair with long bangs like Lady Gaga and the frizz won't allow it. Unless I wake up 20 minutes earlier to straight iron every morning, but I don't need that stress in my life. I already had to adjust the clock 10 minutes cause' I can't hold that damn little Shisedo eyeliner brush steady. It's to the point I don't even bother with the bottom. Two times, I went to buy a pencil and someone talks me into a pot. It is a cute little pot of eyeliner and I do enjoy the way it looks in my make-up kit. It screams, "Yes, I work at Bloomingdale's and I have better cosmetics than you."

Now on to Ms. Britney. Did anyone watch Good Morning America yesterday? It's comeback week and when it's comeback week, PUT YOUR GAME FACE ON AND BRING IT! I needed to see hair flying, pelvic thrusting, naughty girl faces...all of it! I don't care if the anti-depressents have you so numb you can't feel your fingertips, figure it out!It's like she's a milli-second behind. I will say however, that I still love her and I will spend money on concert tickets which go on sale December 6th and can be presold now on ticketmaster.com. I've been taking a healthy cooked lunch and working out like a marine so that we both make comebacks, so I'm sticking by my girl.

Blogging is fun. I will stop here for now. Do I blog everyday? I'm not sure. Cathi, if you're reading this, how do I put fun little pics next to paragraphs like you do? Maybe I'll be famous. Maybe a publisher will read this and decide that they need me and then swoop me off to New York and then ten years later I don't remember your face. Hopefully, someday.