Our Easter...

Well I was worried how Easter would turn out this year since the girls didn't want baskets. It turned out pretty well after all.. I made up there baskets while they were sleeping. When they woke up in the morning, Zoey's first reaction was to run to the back door. That is where my grandma would hide my baskets so I just kept with that..Doesn't make for great photos but I love the idea of it. They both screamed "The bunny came!!" I acted surprised, what are you talking about?? They said come see and brought me to the back door, they both just started digging through there baskets. Nevaeh just kinda looked at hers like hmm this is shiny, but really didn't know what to think of it.







After baskets were torn apart they went and took a bath and I started to make the eggs for the hunt. We did 24 eggs filled with candy and little bubbles and balls and the best part for them, money.. They got dressed and we went outside and took pictures first, I had to bribe them to take pics or else forget they put up a fight to take pics now.. But I got some good ones. Ava and Zoey didn't want to take too many but I got a few good of them. Nevaeh gave me a hard time to smile but finally my mom got her to laugh by doing some crazy dancing...lol








Daddy was sick he had a cold so he slept most of the day but we did our hunt outside and the girls ended up with 12 eggs each and $2.00 for there Piggy's.. Lots of candy of course.. We took a few more pics outside and then came up to have some lasagna. We were going to eat at Mama's house but she was doing a cookout and I just felt like I wanted to have some real food..Not that I don't LOVE a good cookout, just Easter to me brings back the memories of my grams house and a yummy lasagna in the middle of the table.. Ava loves lasagna just like I do, so she was super siked about it... Came out really good, not as good as my grandmas yet but still practicing!



We went to my Mother-in-laws house and they had another egg hunt over there. Lucy and Puti were there so it was fun to be with the family. We had coffee and watched the Yankee vs. Boston game..Yeah, yeah they lost, that's okay its the beginning of the season. My husband was being a butt head so we went home and that was pretty much "Our Easter" My girls had a awesome time and that's what matters..


More pics of our Easter "2010"

Play by play from the phone....

Blogging from my phone, cause Jay said I couldn't....so there Jay...I will blog throughout the day from my phone.. Were getting ready now..

2:00 we finally left the house, yes it takes forever for us to get ready..Picked up Isaiah and now were heading to Milford Mall...Texting Melanie and Carmen on the way..LOVE my phone..

2:30 went to walmart and got the girls there dresses and sandals...picked out some Easter candy for the eggs..

3:29 Going to Milford mall...we got 2 Wii games and Sleeping beauty...

4:30 Going to get something to eat...we ate at McDonald's and the kids played in the play area...

The rest of the night until now at 10:02 we were at my MIL's house...spending time with the family..had fun laughing with Puti and Lucy...went to the grocery store to buy eggs..

10:47 and were waiting for the eggs to finish boiling, so we can decorate them...
We decorated our Easter eggs, lost a few during it cause Zoey dropped 2 of them.But otherwise they came out pretty good..Nevaeh was sleeping through this years egg decorating, but hopefully she will be in on the fun next year...







Then the kids were pooped and fell asleep watching tv, while I cleaned the mess, and WHAT a mess it was... All for fun though! Now off to play the Easter bunny and make some baskets up!

This day brings it all back....

Good Friday brings back memories of working in Mainport Fish and Chips, My first job, just about to turn 16 walking home from Stratford high with friends. It started out as a joke going in there mostly out of curiosity and while I was in there I noticed a hiring sign.. So I asked about the job and hours, the owner was there and he gave me the quickest interview ever..He asked me to read the menu and I did.. He says "When can you start"? Little did I know those MANY years ago that tiny little place would have played a big big part of my life..



I worked there for many years, became a manager at the age of 16.. The people I was managing were all WAY older then me. I was given the nickname "Little one" by his manager that was working there for a short period with me, she went on to buy into a subway. So I basically took over for her.. The owner was there most of the time so really managing mostly consisted of taking care of ordering and making the chowders and doing scheduling..He would leave around 3ish and come back to do the money. Sometimes I would have to lock up but not often. There was one time that he actually left for a busy Friday night, and of course what happens the toilet in the men's room over flows..


The owner was a older man and most of the time a pig, I had to put him in his place many times while I was working there..That is why I quit a couple times also, but I always went back when I was out of a job..The last time I called to get my job back he says to me "What are you kidding, aren't you like 30 now?" Which I was.. I already had Ava...I stayed working there for a little while, it was really different in there, through out the years, the owner was really obsessed with Elvis and it sorta became a shrine in there to him..




The prices went extremely high and the customers were changing..That was one of the things that I loved about it, the customers were the same loyal Wednesday fish sandwich people and Friday night call in orders were the same people on the phone placing there orders..Sometimes I knew there order before they even got to say it..Lent obviously was our busiest time of the year, we would have lines out the door. But it was really slowing down alot.. I left again, that time I was pretty sure it was for good, didn't realize that soon after it would also mean the end of Mainport.. I seen a friend not so long ago that told me that they closed down, there was family issues and therefore closed up.





So Mainports journey is over but I still remember my first job.. The best thing about it was I would remember going in there with my grandma years before and buying fish and stuff clams on Good Friday.. I still remember the smell and the swinging door and all the pranks played in there..Like soft shell crab legs in my purse, which was SO not funny at the time, but now I can laugh about it..Mixing the tartar sauce and shucking the clams...Mainport will never be forgotten by many, especially on Good Friday...

Whew...

That was a really hectic weekend, and it was back to "Real life". Back to cleaning and school, back to Monday!! The boys came over for a little while cause Luis got out at 3. My cousin came over to spend the day with us. Sometimes he is a pain in the arse, but there are other times that it's nice for him to be here. He watches soaps with me, how funny is that! We had burgers and fries and watched cop out. But it was just a quiet day at home. Back to Real life and every day craziness...

Fits Perfectly...

I had this made by a online friend she does all my siggies for my justmommies board, she is amazing. I wanted the infinity sign cause not only do I love the way it looks and yes I know it looks like a sideways 8..lol, but to me it just represents never ending love and that is what I have for my family..The wings behind represent my 2 angel babies that are in heaven, I never held them in my arms but I always hold them in my heart..So that is why I chose this for my blog tag. It came out perfect just the way I pictured it.. The title of my blog, I feel also suits us well..We are not perfect, who is? But we are Perfectly Imperfect.




Luis bought me this frame for our pictures it had our names on it and our anniversary date engraved on it, on a little plaque in the middle, but it fell off, its in my heater but I can't reach it..lol I will get it before I move out of here though. When my girls say "I love you" it usually will be, I love you infinity or like a big house..Which both of those just warm me heart..So this is my blog tag, I use it for others to find my blog, hopefully people will enjoy reading about my boring life!

Finding my way back...

I woke up tired, Zoey was up last night throwing up with a bad belly ache. She was up tossing, turning and moaning and I could not get to sleep. She woke up fine, I was a mess the rest of the day. I had a huge cup of coffee in the morning and that seemed to help a little bit. The rest of the day was pretty simple and laid back, helped Ava with her homework when she came home. We worked on her sight words also, she is so smart but she rushes through everything that she does, of course playing dress up and fighting with Zoey are much more important.


Dinner:
I was prepared to make chicken strips and macaroni salad for dinner but Puti called and asked me what I was cooking, and reminded me that this is Holy week. I usually only don't eat meat on Good Friday has been like that since I was young, but I figured I could do this one little thing and give up meat for a few extra days..God made sacrifices for us all, and I need to start teaching my girls now about these same things that I learned about growing up. I went to church with my grandmother every Sunday and was very into it and I just have to find my way back..



I do talk to my girls about God and I help them pray at night. I would like to believe that I am helping them to find there religion and to learn about God the best that I can, but I myself am not into it like I should be. I have God in my heart and I believe that he is the reason for all the good in my life and he is always by my side. But I just need to act on my religion and get back into it more, I would like to find a church and attend with my family. I am Catholic, have been since I was younger. I really don't know much about the other religions, kind of ashamed to say that but I was brought up Catholic and just stuck with it. I will let my girls as they get older make there own choices on what religion they follow but I will always secretly hope that they follow in there great grandmothers footsteps just like I am doing.

Boring...

Today was just a boring day, I did nothing but play with my new phone..Texting Melanie all day..lol Let me just say that I simply adore my phone, I was online from my phone today.. I kinda believe that it goes faster then my laptop.. I made some calls for Luis, trying to get our t-mobile phone bill lowered but they said to call back in September..Other than that, watched my favorite Tuesday shows.. Well watching biggest loser now and then going to bed.If Neveah lets me, she fell asleep at 8:30 today and she is now up at 11:17...Ava's dentist appointment is in 2 days =(..Nighty night peeps..