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I was holding for a job that was going to start next week but that went away and I dunno what put the idea in my head but I really want to go to Mexicali where my mom is from. I used to go once or twice a year but as we've gotten older the visits have been less frequent. I never got to go while pregnant and the family down there hasn't met Alice and I haven't seen my beloved aunt Chela, my mother's twin for awhile now. I think it's been about three years since we've been back to Mexicali and thankfully I think we went for a wedding and not a funeral.  Of course once the idea got in my head I google mapped my nana's house and remembered the sights around the neighborhood and felt this insane nostalgia I can't describe. A familiarity and a distance all at once. A joy and a longing. Or are all these sentiments the definition of nostalgia? Anyway... the bakery on the corner of the street where we got the mandatory pan for the cafe. And the church on...

Whew. After a depressing Friday night the rest of the weekend turned out pretty spectacularly. For my birthday I came up with an idea that I'm not sure whose idea it was but I think it was mine? We met up Grand Central Market in Downtown LA (DTLA) which is a big indoor market that has gone the way of the hipster and added some cool restaurants in there and took our food to Grand Park nearby which is an urban park that goes from the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion to the steps of City Hall.  The beauty of the market is that it there's something for everyone but the sucky thing is how dang crowded it is on the weekend. The gang loved having so many food options and wandering around but it was tough maneuvering a stroller and a group of people through a narrow space.  To no one's surprise I ended up at DTLA Cheese which is a cheese shop and food stand and I dunno if you people know this but cheese shops are secret (as evidenced by the lack of line) food places and DTLA had a...

Not only am I a working mom but I'm a production working mom. The hours I keep when I'm working are pretty long and at the end of the day I'm home with Alice for a few hours before she goes to bed if I'm lucky. But those hours when I'm home with her are not the quality hours you would think. Alice is starting the terrible twos early, because duh, she's advanced. So when I get home I get someone that is tired and at her worst.  When I get home, I have just spent hours talking to people, making deals with people, figuring amounts out, I've been driving for an hour to get home, I was probably up early, and I am pretty much at my worst. I want to sit down in front of a tv, stare at my phone, and tune out and just lay still until I can gather thoughts enough to decide to eat, shower, work, or sleep. Then I have to actually do those things which is harder than thinking about them.  I want to be able to come home, leave my phone at the door and give her my...

Happy Anniversary Burbank! Moving up here has been one of the best decisions of our life and definitely improved it for the better.  When we decided to move up here the mail reason was that if we ever have kids I didn't want to be stuck in traffic trying to get home to them and lo and behold the shorter commute has made such a difference in the quality of my life. I'm still stuck in traffic but it's about half the time I would have spent commuting from La Mirada when that could have been spent playing with my girl. We love all the wonderful amenities of this big small town like having our own airport, a Sprouts, a few movie studios, endless amounts of eateries and shopping, and of course having an Ikea walking distance. But whenever we go for a walk around our neighborhood we are reminded that we made the right decision to move here and this place feels so much like home.

My sister Mari's baby shower this weekend went great. She and her hubby were so grateful and loved all the details. I'll give a full recap of the event next week.  I can't believe that once her son arrives, all 5 of us will have kids. CRAZY. In other equally (not really) exciting news today I fit into size 8 pants I haven't been able to fit into in months. You know, losing weight is a money saver because I have been wanting to wear grey pants and by losing weight I was able to fit into the ones I already owned.  I've been a little less strict with the food than I have the first month and all this weight loss has been only with diet. I hope to add exercise in there to help the process along but I'm just blown away by how much weight I've lost just by eating healthy and restricting sugar. Bananas. I mean, that's crazy, not that I've eaten a banana. Bananas are disgusting.

I just liked seeing all these colors together. Don't you? Have a good weekend. BABY SHOWER FOR LAST PREGGO SISTER! FAMILY! EEEEE.

I'm throwing my sister's baby shower (with the help of my sister in-law Gaudy) that's happening on Saturday and since it involved crafty stuff I recruited my homies Milena and Man-D to help too. We spent Saturday crafting and chatting and eating and I thought of a business idea. I've since pitched it to a few people who like it and believe in me and such and I even know where I would want to have it. I've been thinking of having a business someday pipe dream for many years I just never knew what it could be. I think I know now. 

Well the plague of stomach flu hit the farm then it rained and we are going stir crazy over here. I did get to watch an insane amount of Downton Abbey though, so not all things are bad. I think we'll head to the zoo me and the Alice. My Marigold is a Rosemary.