Everything is Bigger In Texas!

Why yes....it is the truth. EVERYTHING is bigger in Texas.

Why yes, that IS a 3 1/2 pound Cinnamon Roll. We dined on in for a few days. Lulu's Diner is the place we picked it up. Fantabulous!!!! We really enjoyed it!!! And the Chicken Fried Steak...bigger than a plate...DeeLish!!!

Now for the yummylicious on any block. Big Lou's 42 inch in diameter pizza. Oh yeah! Hubby was excited when I brought it home. Big Lou's started it out as a gimmick to bring people in...But their pizza...so worth driving across town to eat at. I had one of my guests bring me some to take home to the family. Oh yeah....sausage and pepperoni. So grateful for my guest, my friend. I appreciated him and the kids' eyes...well they got big too!!!

Death by Cascarones!!!!

Well...living here in San Antonio and moreso now than before since transferring to work at a downtown property...I've been blessed to work an incredibly crazy amount of hours when you try to remembr that I ahve three teens AND I am still crazy enough to be going to school full-time. Getting out....doesn't happen much here. However I've learned a few things about San Antonio since movng downtown. First and foremost....San Antonio is all about celebrating life and all the good in it. I was working during the Fiesta hours readying myself to go home, my relief standing right next to me when my Supervisor snuck up behind me and slammed a Cascarone over my head sending bright colored confetti everywhere, my hair, all over my uniform, the floor and inbetween the keys on our computers. Now, for those of you who haven't experienced a Cascarone it is an eggshell, brghtly colored and filled with confetti and sealed with a piece of tissue paper....like in the picture. Another fun thing about Fiesta is the collecting of medals. There are some truly crazy people here who collect these medals as if it would save their lives. In my first Fiesta I was lucky enough to collect a fair few. P

You don't buy them, you are simply given them. My work gave me 2, the dance club next door gave me two, A city worker, aka an Amigo, gave me one and a few others handed them to me. I was surprised as when they saw you wearing medals people would simply hand you a medal. It was probably the funnest part as my suitcoat I wear at work was covered in medals and I loved like a loon...well, no more of a loon than I usually look I guess. There is a downside to Fiesta, but to those who go to enjoy the mariachis wandering along the Riverwalk, the luminaria, the Night in Old San Antonio festival....it is fun.

A New Year....A New Me!!!

Nope...it has nothing to do with losing weight...though I can guarantee you it would be a wonderful thing....if it happened. No...I am thinking more of my attitude. I've always tried to keep upbeat and that has shown through, but my life is getting now in order more than anything and I am thankful for it.

I love my job at the front desk of the Residence Inn. There's nothing like knowing my job is to really get to know the guests and spend my time talking and showing them the best of San Antonio. So fun!!!

My kids are doing so well in their perspecitve classes. Yes, there are challenges. There are always challeneges, but we still push on.

School starts up again this week and I am thankful I was able to receive enough mony on my pell grant to supply me with a new computer to bring with me as I travel to and from work....oh and there is free wifi on my bus. Life is good.

So, when the challenges hit this year I will continue to push on in hopes of making this new year more fantabulous than anything. We'll see how that goes!!! It's onward and upward!!!

It's Been Awhile!!!

Time flies when you've lost your mind and your life is like a runaway train...trust me...I know.

I survived yet another semester and I am halfway through my courses to get through school. I am grateful for my husband in supporting me though he doesn't understand just why I decided to go back to school. SOme days, I don't either. It's not like I am going for a Bachelor's Degree. It's just an Associates, but it gets me on the way to where I eventually want to be. We shall see how it turns out I am just hoping for the best.

Hubby is loving his new position. The best Christmas gift he received all year was from a woman who works for him at the Elementary School. She is originally from Mexico City and emigrated here and became a citizen. it has long been her dream to speak english like other Americans and she is working hard to fulfill her dream. Every few eeks or so she comes over to our house and my husband tutors her on her pronunciation. For Christmas, she wrote him a letter in english of how much she loves him and how grateful she is with his patience and support in her endeavour. Tears filled his eyes when he first read the letter. I nearly cried reading it as well. She is a sweet older woman whom my husband has a great deal of respect and admiration for.

The kids are all doing great. My oldest, Rinni, is working hard at all of her classes. I can barely beleive this next year we will be applying to colleges....Where did the time go? She is now in National Honor Society and feeling good that she belongs to something. She is into her art and enjoying every minute of it. I couldn't ask for more.

Bryan is enjoying life and getting out and having fun with some friends. He recently joined up with 18 of his friends and went to the mall. They had a great time. He is always heading out camping with the young men.

Molly....sigh....oh Molly. She is the one child that puts a lot of thought into the nonsense she writes on facebook. She has the statuses everyone waits to read and then scratches their head laughing when they read what she wrote. And with her....there is a backstory behind everything.

Workwise for me I've hit my stride. I am gearing up to work on Christmas, which is fine because they were nice enough to let me off for a week at Thanksgiving. How can I complain? I am working early, the shift I adore. I'd never ask for anything more. I am still loving my job and coming in happy every single day...unless I am not awake. As with most hotel employees....we can never remember one date to another.

Hopefully, I can blog a big later with some news that is more interesting than this, but know that I live and I breathe and I survive. Until then...Happy Blogging!!!

Do You Ever Feel Blessed?!?!

My life is a hectic crazy chaotic mess....and I feel blessed.

Here I sit at the front desk passing time after completing all of my work and thinking about my children and Hubby at home snoozing away....and I feel blessed.

I feel blessed for my feet hurting at the end of the day because it means I am working at a job which I love with people I adore and learning new things while being valued in a way I've never felt before.

I feel blessed for all the twinkling lights which illuminate the Riverwalk and Alamo Plaza....I get to enjoy them everyday either coming or leaving from work.

I feel blessed when walking from my bus stop in a rainstorm. Yes, my shoes and pants are getting wet, but we need the rain here in Texas.

I feel blessed when I see my answering machine filled with calls....it means I am loved.

I feel blessed not to be able to see my toes....it means I have enough food.

I feel blessed to have my family and friends. Merry Christmas to all my blogging friends!!!