It's 2007! Can you believe that? We celebrated New Years by staying in the house because the parents were here. We spent most of the day cooking. Rico & I prepared sisig, dinuguan, rellenong bangus, cassava suman, & fruiet salad. We also deep fried some mushroom empanadas & my dad cooked some calamari. That was our menu for new year's eve. We spent most of the night watching tagalog dvs waiting for the clock to strike midnight. We watched You are the one starring Toni Gonzaga & Sam Milby and we also watched Dubai starring Claudine Barretto, Aga Muhlach & John Lloyd Cruz. I was touched by some of the lines so the crybaby in me cried most of the time while Rico kept laughing at me lol. The next day was spent sleeping in and watching the Rose Parade after that Rico watched his Rose bowl while I tried to catch up with my teleseryes. The parents left today leaving the two girls a little sad. When the grandparents are here they usually get away with alot of things because my dad don't believe in spanking the girls. They love that they have somebody to protect them those spoiled brats hehehe.

2006 Recap:

Here's a layout I did for digi-dare #17 and for philippine digiscrapper forum:
Credits are in my DST Gallery.

We started 2006 with my birthday. I turned 25. It was celebrated in disneyland because I wanted the girls' to be happy. I love seeing the delight in their eyes. As I turned 25 I'm slowly learning to leave all my worries behind. My friends know what I've been through in 2005. I was beyond stressed out. I had to plan my church wedding in less than three months. That was overwhelming. I don't recommend in doing that. Having a new stepmom got me guilty because I wasn't able to stop my dad from remarrying. I promised that I won't let him get married, not too soon anyways after my mom died. I had a hard time accepting the fact that my dad has another woman in his life aside me and my mom. Then I had a new boss who hated my maybe because I wasn't mexican like most of my co-workers. She would talk behind my back and twist my words. An accident on Father's day got me scared of riding a car. All of that lead to panic attack on july of 2005. I was rushed to the hospital by an ambulance when we stopped by the freeway because I couldn't breath. I thought I was going crazy. I was diagnosed with a panic attack. I had to take medication because after the initial attack. I was having more and more episodes. I also went to therapy because they wanted to know that root cause of why I had the panic attack. So when I turned 25 I promised myself to accept everything I have. I will slowly learn to not worry about the little things in life. To not let words hurt me or worry me. That only I can help myself. I have to be strong with all the trials and tribulations life will give me. Now as I turn 26 on the 4th I know I came along way. I love myself more. I accepted everything that happened. If I can't change it it's not worth worrying about it. Not alot of people know that for along time I felt guilty about my mom's death. She was sick for as long as I could remember. She used to constantly tells me that she'll wait til I'm finished with school. As you can see I never finished school because of course I got married. After I got married I got pregnant with Jelynn, she got weaker and weaker. She only waited for Jelynn to be born. After three weeks after Jelynn was born she died. I felt so guilty because I never gave her the diploma she waited. Sleepless nights were spent asking her for forgiveness. I used to dream about her alot, usually she would be saying goodbye to me and I wouldn't say bye back but not long ago I dreamed of her telling me she forgive me and told me to go and move on. As I turn 26 in a day I will be so happy that all the burdens on my shoulder were lifted. Wherever my mom is right now I know she is proud of me. I may not be the nurse she always wanted me to be but I am the mom she was to me.

Here are also what we did/happened in 2006:
Went to Big Bear and the girls touched snow for the first time.
Jelynn's 3rd birthday spent at her Ninang & Ninong's house in Murrietta, CA.
Jewelle's birthday 2nd birthday.
Our 5th anniversary
Spent 9 days in Orlando Florida and Walt Disney World. It was a dream come true for the girls and I.
Rico's promoted to first class.
Going home to San Francisco after over a year.
Roadtrip with my family & friends
Halloween 2006
The parents visit San Diego and helped us move here
Christmas 2006

More updates later...got to go for now...