This little girl never ceases to amaze me! My daughter is three going on 13!!! It's so funny looking at her because I see myself staring back at me. Not only does she look like me, she acts and talks like me LOL it's very ummm.. SCARY!
So the other day this is the conversation that she had with Hubby:
Hubby: Tanya have you seen my belt?
Tanya: Yes, mommy whoop my butt with it!!!
Whew! Ok, can you say HILARIOUS I was on the floor laughing hysterically at that. It was the funniest thing to me, especially since I had not whooped her but she said it so matter of fact that I almost believed her! And I never know when she's going to come out of her mouth with some fairy tale either.
So we're out for a walk, I'm pushing her in the stroller trying to get my work out on. This man trying to flirt passes me and this is how the conversation went:
Man: Tell your man that he is lucky.
Tanya: Daddy gone (with the saddest look on her face)
Man: Aww it's ok sista keep your head up, I know it's not easy doing it all on your own
Me: (Looking dumbstruck) I'm not sure what she's talking about since I'm married
Man: (Looking at me like I'm crazy) Yeah ok
LOL WOW!!!! Where oh where does she come up with this stuff??? We can be in a grocery store and she'll say mommy is that my daddy? LOL It's sooo embarrassing! The fact that I am married to her father and she has seen him everyday of her 3 1/2 years on this earth makes me wonder if she is embarrassing me on purpose... hmmmm LOL
How do kids come up with the things they say?
Wednesday, October 27, 2010
Tuesday, October 19, 2010
Best Taco I Ever Had
A couple weeks ago I took my daughter to see Yo Gabba Gabba Live downtown. When the show was over Hubby came to pick us up and as we were heading back to Lake Shore Drive we passed a Mexican restaurant called Mercadito; hubby said that he wanted to go there with me one day. Since this past Saturday was Sweeties Day, and me being the thoughtful wife that I am, I made dinner reservations for the two of us.
Walking into the restaurant you know that you are in an upscale Mexican restaurant. The decorations are enriched with culture, but not overdone like some Cantinas you may encounter. The restaurant is tapas style, which I guess is becoming popular these days. We decided to order chipotle, roja, and verde salsas and margaritas on the rocks to start. The salsas were good and unique, especially the chipotle. The margaritas were perfect! We then ordered steak tacos and shrimp enchiladas.
The first bite into my steak taco and my taste buds were doing the tango! This was the best taco I had ever eaten in my life! It was so good that we ordered a second round of tacos just so we would have left overs. The shrimp enchiladas were perfect and practically melted in my mouth, which is not a term normally used to describe Mexican food, but it's the only way to describe it.
If you are a lover of Mexican food and are looking for a more upscale environment I would definitely recommend Mercaditos. Even if you don't want to dine in, just grab an order of tacos to go and treat yourself to the best tasting taco you will ever have the pleasure of eating!
Walking into the restaurant you know that you are in an upscale Mexican restaurant. The decorations are enriched with culture, but not overdone like some Cantinas you may encounter. The restaurant is tapas style, which I guess is becoming popular these days. We decided to order chipotle, roja, and verde salsas and margaritas on the rocks to start. The salsas were good and unique, especially the chipotle. The margaritas were perfect! We then ordered steak tacos and shrimp enchiladas.
The first bite into my steak taco and my taste buds were doing the tango! This was the best taco I had ever eaten in my life! It was so good that we ordered a second round of tacos just so we would have left overs. The shrimp enchiladas were perfect and practically melted in my mouth, which is not a term normally used to describe Mexican food, but it's the only way to describe it.
If you are a lover of Mexican food and are looking for a more upscale environment I would definitely recommend Mercaditos. Even if you don't want to dine in, just grab an order of tacos to go and treat yourself to the best tasting taco you will ever have the pleasure of eating!
Friday, October 15, 2010
You Know You Like It
Hubby and I always watch television together, we have been t.v. partners for many years now. The funny thing is we have completely different tastes in what we like to watch. He likes to watch of course ESPN as well as the History channel, Biography channel, and cartoon central. I on the other hand HATE watching anything with commercials, I tend to only watch HBO series and the Bravo Housewives (each city).
He is always complaining about what I want to watch BUT I often find him laughing at my shows. Take Sex and the City for instance. I watched this show faithfully every Sunday for six years and he would be right by my side complaining, "why are you always watching shows about rich white women" LOL ok well MR why do you know each character's name as well as their hair color and their personality, and who they are dating on the show????
Fast forward to last night, we were watching the Real Housewives of D.C. reunion show. Well I had already watched the original airing of it, but then the rerun came on later in the night. So this is our conversation: Me: "you can turn if you want to" Mr. "no watch what you want to watch" Me: "well I've already watched it" Mr. : "silence"... his silence let me know he wanted to watch it so I went ahead and left the channel where it was.
Not even ten minutes into the show he is laughing, no not laughing, cracking up at what is going on. I started to dose off and woke up and he was still engrossed in the show. I didn't say anything because my immediate thought was, "I'm going to write about this in the morning" LOL he talks so much stuff about me liking to watch "rich white women" but hmmm it seems like every time I tune in he's right by my side... HMMMM I think he likes it just as much as I do, so why won't he admit it?!?!? Anyone have a hubby/significant other like this?
He is always complaining about what I want to watch BUT I often find him laughing at my shows. Take Sex and the City for instance. I watched this show faithfully every Sunday for six years and he would be right by my side complaining, "why are you always watching shows about rich white women" LOL ok well MR why do you know each character's name as well as their hair color and their personality, and who they are dating on the show????
Fast forward to last night, we were watching the Real Housewives of D.C. reunion show. Well I had already watched the original airing of it, but then the rerun came on later in the night. So this is our conversation: Me: "you can turn if you want to" Mr. "no watch what you want to watch" Me: "well I've already watched it" Mr. : "silence"... his silence let me know he wanted to watch it so I went ahead and left the channel where it was.
Not even ten minutes into the show he is laughing, no not laughing, cracking up at what is going on. I started to dose off and woke up and he was still engrossed in the show. I didn't say anything because my immediate thought was, "I'm going to write about this in the morning" LOL he talks so much stuff about me liking to watch "rich white women" but hmmm it seems like every time I tune in he's right by my side... HMMMM I think he likes it just as much as I do, so why won't he admit it?!?!? Anyone have a hubby/significant other like this?
Friday, October 8, 2010
HE IS
Some days I wonder how I got so lucky to have found a man that loves me through thick and thin, through my MANY mood swings, and indecisiveness about just about everything! But he's very patient with me and gives me my space to figure things out on my own without pressure. He gives me 100% unconditional love, he spoils me to no end and I know he is my biggest supporter in whatever crazy idea pops in my mind.
We have our differences, but we also know how to overcome them to keep peace in our home. Not everyone is lucky enough to have found a love like this and I am understanding that more and more as time goes by. So I want to take time out to say to my husband, my best friend, thank you for being you and loving me the way you do!
Heather Headly summed it up in this song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3H5zMeD2Rs Enjoy and Happy Friday!
We have our differences, but we also know how to overcome them to keep peace in our home. Not everyone is lucky enough to have found a love like this and I am understanding that more and more as time goes by. So I want to take time out to say to my husband, my best friend, thank you for being you and loving me the way you do!
Heather Headly summed it up in this song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3H5zMeD2Rs Enjoy and Happy Friday!
Tuesday, October 5, 2010
Losing weight SUCKS!!!!
Well losing weight does not suck, the process to lose weight definitely is not fun! I did not struggling with weight until my late teens, I was always an active child and I've always loved food! As I got older and became less active my love for food definitely caught up to me LOL
Now that I am 31 I know the importance of being healthy. I have a history of heart problems, diabetes, high blood pressure, and the list goes on in my family and I want to do everything I can to control my health, it's in my hands for the most part.
Yes, there are illnesses that I can't control such as cancer or lupus or something like that, but by controlling my diet and putting the right things in my body along with exercise, should help me decrease the chances of ending my life too soon.
About a month ago I posted about my weight loss goals. Well during the month of September I lost 5 pounds!!!! I'm very excited about that since I had been working out for over a month before I even saw one pound disappear. My goal for October is to lose another 5 pounds and increase my work outs to five days a week. I can do it!!!! Who's with me?
Now that I am 31 I know the importance of being healthy. I have a history of heart problems, diabetes, high blood pressure, and the list goes on in my family and I want to do everything I can to control my health, it's in my hands for the most part.
Yes, there are illnesses that I can't control such as cancer or lupus or something like that, but by controlling my diet and putting the right things in my body along with exercise, should help me decrease the chances of ending my life too soon.
About a month ago I posted about my weight loss goals. Well during the month of September I lost 5 pounds!!!! I'm very excited about that since I had been working out for over a month before I even saw one pound disappear. My goal for October is to lose another 5 pounds and increase my work outs to five days a week. I can do it!!!! Who's with me?
Monday, September 27, 2010
I LOVE YOU MOMMY
Being a mother is not always an easy job. Yes I said JOB because parenting is a 24 hour a day 7 day a week job. In my opinion it's the hardest job a person will ever have in their lifetime, but also one of the most rewarding jobs.
Sometimes with the hustle and bustle of everyday life we sometimes find ourselves going through the motions of life. Get up, get dressed, get ready for work, get the kids ready for daycare/school, come home, feed your family, prepare for the next day. Then get up and start all over again.
With everything going on it's easy to overlook the small things. So a couple weeks ago when I was really stressed out and just wanted to go to sleep, I had given my daughter a bath and we were looking on her bookshelf for a book (a very short book) to read for bedtime, when she looked up at me and said "I love you mommy" with a smile on her face. Those words coming from my three year old melted my heart and suddenly all the stress I was feeling went away.
All I could do was pick her up with tears in my eyes and say "I love you too cutie pie", she then gave me the biggest hug her little arms could manage and it felt so good. When we laid down that night for bed (nope she still doesn't fall asleep alone but that's another story lol) I felt so light and had the best sleep I'd had in a while.
I don't know if she knew I had been a little stressed and feeling a little sad, but I do know that those words lifted my spirit and made everything I was stressed about leave my mind. It reminded me that there is a little person depending on me and I can't lose focus of what is really important. I'm a mother and there is nothing more important than that!
Sometimes with the hustle and bustle of everyday life we sometimes find ourselves going through the motions of life. Get up, get dressed, get ready for work, get the kids ready for daycare/school, come home, feed your family, prepare for the next day. Then get up and start all over again.
With everything going on it's easy to overlook the small things. So a couple weeks ago when I was really stressed out and just wanted to go to sleep, I had given my daughter a bath and we were looking on her bookshelf for a book (a very short book) to read for bedtime, when she looked up at me and said "I love you mommy" with a smile on her face. Those words coming from my three year old melted my heart and suddenly all the stress I was feeling went away.
All I could do was pick her up with tears in my eyes and say "I love you too cutie pie", she then gave me the biggest hug her little arms could manage and it felt so good. When we laid down that night for bed (nope she still doesn't fall asleep alone but that's another story lol) I felt so light and had the best sleep I'd had in a while.
I don't know if she knew I had been a little stressed and feeling a little sad, but I do know that those words lifted my spirit and made everything I was stressed about leave my mind. It reminded me that there is a little person depending on me and I can't lose focus of what is really important. I'm a mother and there is nothing more important than that!
Tuesday, August 31, 2010
Bitter Sweet
So, today is the last day of August. Tomorrow is September 1. Five years ago I would have said September was my favorite month. Now it's just a bitter sweet month that I dread as well as look forward to.
The sweet part of September is that both mine and my mother's birthdays are in September. It's the beginning of fall which is my favorite season. When I was in school I enjoyed returning to school for the new year.
The bitter part is that my sister Tayna's birthday was September 1, and the anniversary of her death is September 6. It has been four years since her accident yet most days it seems like yesterday that she was taken from us. She was my best friend. We did almost everything together once I became an adult. She was 9 years older than me, so as a child she was always a mother figure to me. I still remember the french fries she would make for me. She would cut them into the shape of a smiley face.
I remember the first time I saw Michael Jackson's Thriller. I used to sleep with my mom and my sister said she would flush the toilet to let me know it was on so I could sneak out of the bed since my mom didn't want me to watch it LOL My sister was a HUGE Michael Jackson fan, which in turn made me one as well.
Though I know her memory lives on through her two children as well as in my spirit, I still feel cheated. I feel let down. My life has been forever changed and not for the better. Yes, her death has made me a nicer person, a more understanding and patient person. But is has also made me a sheltered person. I shelter my feelings because I still don't know how to process it. This may sound crazy because it's four years later, but I am still processing losing my sister. Is this something you ever get over? I don't think it is.
Tomorrow September 1, 2010 would have been her 40th birthday. If she were still here we would be partying like it was 1999. Instead all I can do is remember the birthdays I did get to share with her and hope that one day our paths will cross again.
The sweet part of September is that both mine and my mother's birthdays are in September. It's the beginning of fall which is my favorite season. When I was in school I enjoyed returning to school for the new year.
The bitter part is that my sister Tayna's birthday was September 1, and the anniversary of her death is September 6. It has been four years since her accident yet most days it seems like yesterday that she was taken from us. She was my best friend. We did almost everything together once I became an adult. She was 9 years older than me, so as a child she was always a mother figure to me. I still remember the french fries she would make for me. She would cut them into the shape of a smiley face.
I remember the first time I saw Michael Jackson's Thriller. I used to sleep with my mom and my sister said she would flush the toilet to let me know it was on so I could sneak out of the bed since my mom didn't want me to watch it LOL My sister was a HUGE Michael Jackson fan, which in turn made me one as well.
Though I know her memory lives on through her two children as well as in my spirit, I still feel cheated. I feel let down. My life has been forever changed and not for the better. Yes, her death has made me a nicer person, a more understanding and patient person. But is has also made me a sheltered person. I shelter my feelings because I still don't know how to process it. This may sound crazy because it's four years later, but I am still processing losing my sister. Is this something you ever get over? I don't think it is.
Tomorrow September 1, 2010 would have been her 40th birthday. If she were still here we would be partying like it was 1999. Instead all I can do is remember the birthdays I did get to share with her and hope that one day our paths will cross again.
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