1. Bobby
2. Dancing to Grease songs the night Bobby died. Strange thing to do, but it felt so right.
3. Granddaddy's cheese sandwich and Seal Beach
4. Marcus & Welby, not Marcus Welby, but seperately.
5. Eskimo Pies
6. The Mecca
7. Mountain View Park
8. Sledding in the snow--that one time--with Bobby. Magical. Perfect snow. Perfect Sled. Just 2 kids having fun.
9. Katie's face when she was born
10. Heather's face when she was born.
11. The man who gave my mom the couch and rolled his hips around and around like he was hula hooping
12. Ethel Hayes
13. E&Js
14. The Bahooka
15. Sequoia National Park and the bear
16. Corona and the swimming pool we snuck in to with the kids
17. The booger on my ice cream from Tastee Freeze
18. The little girl at church who stole my chocolate bunny I had won
19. Riding double
20. The smell of the blacktop getting re-tarred at Potrero
21. My first kiss, and Chino's face as he came out from hiding, laughing.
22. Getting kicked off the beach bus and Bobby hitching us all a ride, and him strategically putting me in the front with him
23. The Rose Parade with Heather and Bobby
24. Riding the 266 bus to the beach--good times
25. Camping out on the rocks at Seal Beach
26. Heather's graduation vacation in Arizona, at the resort
27. Heather's beautiful curly hair and having to comb it out in the bath tub
28. Heather's swimming (floating) lessons
29. Donnie falling out of the back of the Ranchero
30. the Streets (outreaching)
31. Titos
32. Taxcos
33. Seeing the Poppies for the 1st time
34. Sedona
35. The Grand Canyon
36. Grandma's big pillow cushions and night lights and cigarette lighters
37. My mom and Joyce being drunk. Scariest and saddest times in my life
38. Playing with my cousins and going to Bible camp in Tujunga
39. Crashing into a van on a bike with no brakes and getting a scar on my leg
40. Telling my mom I was pregnant
41. Singing on the Altar with Bobby
42. Watching Heather be a mommy and knowing that she now understands how much a mother loves her baby
43. The heat at Heather's baby shower
44. The Christmas with the Bells, Gabe, Travis, Ashleigh. Best Christmas ever.
45. Seeing Bobby in the casket and thinking I might die myself
46. Wearing the same clothes, not eating or bathing for a week after Bobby died
47. Picking up Heather from Highland with a scar on her face from a hockey puck
48. Picking out prom dresses with Heather
49. That red lipstick candy we could buy for a penny
50. Lighting my mom's cigarette for her when I was 5-16, when I finally wouldn't
51. Going to the drive-in and sneaking our friends in by putting them in the trunk
52. Driving without seatbelts and riding on a motorcycle without helmets
53. Sitting backwards in a station wagon
54. Going to the snow barefoot with Uncle Steven and granddaddy
55. Singing, "our camper is better than your camper" all the way up there, even though ours was NOT
56. Camping at the beach one Easter with my cousins, granddaddy and Joyce.
57. Leo Carillo
58. Seeing Anthony walk down the hall with his newborn daughter, Hannah
59. Seeing David laying in an adult bed at Children's Hospital, with a boom box playing nursery songs
60. The fuzz on David's premature tiny body
61. Ashley with a cast on her legs
62. Lauryn's thick hair
63. Holding Bobby's hand for the 1st time and knowing I loved him
64. Blake's 1st birthday, right before we moved to Palmdale
65. The little neighbor girls carrying a basket of baby food for Blake, for his 1st birthday
66. Mrs. Doan telling me, "just because you finished first, doesn't mean yours in the best", about my leprochaun. I was 6. Scarred me for the rest of my life and I always went slow from then on.
67. Heather sneaking into our bed and hiding under the covers
68. Having a crush on Mr. Herd
69. My first slow dance, with Paul Urena
70. The way Heather crawled, without using her knees, with her butt straight up in the air
71. Being a girl scout leader and having to pay for everything with my welfare check because none of the girls paid their weekly dues
72. Going to birthday parties with $2 in a card that my mom gave me, and buying gum and tossing the card away with a promise to "bring the gift later".
73. Christina Cosgrove laughing so loud during lunch that a massive booger flew into my lunch tray and having to turn it in to the lunch lady who must have thought it was mine, and I was disgusting
74. Mr. Sid
75. Selling avocados and lemons to Mario
76. Doing plays in the backyard and believing that they were really good
77. Pretending to be stars from the Mickey Mouse Club
78. Spinning under the avocado tree until I was dizzy
79. The maggots that came out of the walnut trees
80. Almost being picked up by the pickle wagon and hiding in the Taco Bell restroom
81. Azusa Canyons and Chantry Flats
82. The tacos at Pup N' Taco
83. The "witch" that lived next door to the Potrero 1st grade classroom
84. El Monte Holiday House
85. Anthony holding his ears at Knott's Berry Farm because the roller coasters were too loud
86. The way Heather dragged her poor hamster around the house until he escaped to some unknown corner of the world, never to be seen again
87. Jumping into the pool fully clothed to get out of the heat
88. The feeling of total loss and despair when I first felt like I could call Bobby's cell phone, and he might answer
89. The night I got saved
90. Goodnight, I love you, Don't forget to pray
91. Heather, asking me to say the sinners pray with her, and her being baptized
92. The first time I ever saw Bobby's feet.
93. The carnival at Legg Lake
94. Seeing Guns & Roses live, and then, years later, Elliott Yamin
95. Central Baptist Church and Arlene Thompson
96. Summer Camp
97. Buying a Jetta that was an absolute lemon and crying while I signed the papers, then having the door fall off the hinge
98. Bobby throwing pennies at my window, in order to sneak in and his friends naming him "Penny Lover"
99. Bobby passing out gum cigars when Heather was born
100. Anthony and Heather dueling like "real" power rangers and Rita Repulsa
101. Our first REAL snow in Palmdale, and waking up Heather and Bobby to play in it at 3:00 in the morning
102. Blake's birthday, when it snowed and we all ran around barefoot or in sandals
103. "Tinting" the windows on our pinto with black spray paint and ordering food at the drive-thru while intoxicating the employee with our fumes from the Pinto.
104. Sticking my head out of the window to see the "fire" only to realize, it was the dust from the hovering helicopter. DUH! Bobby and I both had dirt faces
105. Desiree begging for Orajel when she went in to labor
106. Raddish
107. The cockaroaches at the Basye apartments
108. Fitting the 20 foot couch in the pinto hatchback
109. Sleeping behind Vons in the moving van because we couldn't go anymore
110. How I felt when I knew my class was graduating, and I had a one month old
111. The way God moved for Bobby
112. Conference
113. Tippy sitting ON my head in the car
114. Bye Bye, Car Car, Leash
115. Being mad at Becky and accidentally stabbing her with a pen, then hiding and praying in my closet because I thought I gave her blood poisoning
116. Stealing an Easter candy and being caught, then hiding in my closet for hours
117. The Asian boy who tried to touch me and offered me money at Toy Villa when I was only 12
118. Wrap-Around shorts and vans
119. Watching cholos run through the klingerman's and sometimes Potrero, with long black whips, to fight. Scared me to death
120. Getting lost at Disneyland because I left to soak my feet
121. Getting lost at the rocks at the beach
122. Wrestling with Bobby when we were 10
123. Going to yard sales with my mom
124. Fishing off the pier and floating with those enormous truck innertubes
125. Wednesday movie night and Friday ice cream night
126. Being 6th grade class queen at Maxson
127. The way Mr. Russell read, Carlotta, Mice and Men. My favorite class
128. Being asked to a dance by Jimmy Fernandez, but then being too scared so I ran home through the field at Kranz. I was sure I heard him yell out my name. He never spoke to me again.
129. The Christian Bobcats
130. Desiree running across Peck road to go to Penny Pinchers Paradise with me
131. Anthony carrying his bike upstairs at 4 years old because a dog was chasing him
132. Jew Boy trick or treating at our door
133. The Keepie sponits (they always told the kids they "speak Spanish" but with their accents, the kids thought their names were keepie sponits
134. Inga's dog ripping Blake's pants
135. Singing on the church bus
Sunday, February 24, 2008
BTW, American Idol
My favorite guy is now Jason Castro. I don't know if that will change, but for now, he's my favorite, well, him and David Archuletta for the sheer adorableness factor. As for the girls, I'm liking Carly, Kady, Alaina (only because she's a carbon copy of Carrie) and Asia'h.
The Mall
Well, we took Katie to the Picture People at the Valenica Mall. We weren't planning to. We were looking for an Easter dress and they gave us a coupon for a free 10 x 13. The pictures were random, because we weren't anticipating having any taken, but I think they came out really cute. I think her eating cereal is just adorable. There were so many more poses of her eating, that kinda of told a story, but Heather and I weren't planning to spend the money. They are going to have the Easter Bunny there soon, so hopefully, we can take David and Hannah with us for those. I had a nice time with Heather. Katie went around in her car and rode on the carousel. Everyone in the mall kept stopping to say how cute she was. Katie loves being in her car. Heather got a couple of pictures of her on the carousel. She didn't find a dress though. Everything seems to be sleeveless this year, and more like a summer dress than an Easter dress. The bst part of the day was actually just spending time with my two favorite girls. 
Thursday, February 14, 2008
American Idol Top 24
So, I definately think it's going to be a guy's year. They have a great group this time around.Girls: Carly Smithson - She is the Irish girl. I love her voice. I think she's the best of the girls. Her boyfriend is completely covered in tattoos, which might hurt her. People might think she's too weird. I don't know. She seems like a nice person. She had a recording contract before, but she never sold any CDs. Less than 1000. I think with AI exosure, she could do well.
Amanda Overmyer - I love her voice, but yeah, I agree with Simon. Every song will sound the same. I thought she might do good in Country though. She kinda has that Gretchen Wilson thing going. She may surprise us. She's a nurse, so she's not stupid. She may go far. She is the one who survived a car accident.
Kristy Lee Cook - Now, she's beautiful. More so than Carrie Underwood, I believe. She got a lot of air time. I expect her to go far. According to Google, she signed with Arista Nashville and Brintey Spears' production company Superstart Spears in 2001 when she was 17. She released a CD called "Kristy Lee" in 2005. She was managed by the former manager of LeAnn Rimes.
Brooke White - My mom loved her. She is the blonde with wavy hair. She played the keyboard during auditions. She has a nice voice, but she looks to me, out of place in the "pop" culture. Her claim to fame is that she's never watched an "R" rated movie.
Alexandrea Lushington - She is 16. She reminds me of Tyra Banks in Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. She's very manly, in my opinion. I wasn't a fan of hers.
Ramiele Malubary - She's Filipino American. American Idol is HUGE in the philiphines so that may get her a lot of votes. I hated her voice. She's a pretty girl, but I don't think she should have gone through. She may have gone though simply based on her ethnicity.
Syesha Mercado - In the summer of 2006, she was a contestant on ABC’s “The One: Making a Music Star”. Unfortunately, ABC canceled “The One” after 4 episodes. It had the distinction of having scored “the second-lowest audience ever for a premiere episode on a major U.S. broadcast network”. She's a beautiful girl. She could be a model but I don't like her voice.
Kady Malloy - She is the Britney Spears impersonater. She would do great with young girls. She's very pretty and I think she has a nice voice.
Amy Davis - I honestly can't remember her. She may be one of the first to go. She's very pretty. Looks as though she has some Asian in her.
Alaina Whitaker - Just another cute blonde. I don't remember her
Asia'h Epperson - This is the one who lost her father on the way to audtions. I hated her performance but the judges loved it. I think she got through on the sympathy vote. She's talented, but not my favorite.
JoAnne Borgella - She's a beautiful girl. She seemed like she was screaming at the audition.
BOYS:
David Cook - Chris Daughtery's competition. He has a nice voice. Hate the hair side sweep. I think he'll definately make it to the top 12.
David Archeleta - Definately going through to the top 12. Great voice. Very sweet kid. One of my favorites. He is Mormon, so he will get a lot of votes there. Also, he won Star Search when he was 12. Those who remember him from Star Search will probably vote for him. He had vocal paralysis recently, but has since healed. He's already got a fan club, called the "Arch (Archeleta) Angels"
Danny Noriega - Most annoying guy for me. He just bugs me. Sanjaya repeat. He made it to Hollywood last year, but was cut. I wish he had been cut this year too. I would have perferred the Bill Gates look alike.
Jason Castro - played the love interest of Cheyenne on the MTV show "Cheyenne". I don't think he will be willing to cut those dreadful dreadlocks.
Luke Menard - Looks like an older Orlando Bloom. He was never showcased so I don't know anything about him.
Michael Johns - Loved him from the start. He's Austrailian and a former lead singer of a band called The Rising, changed his name from Michael Lee. He sang Bohemian Rhapsody and was awesome.
Garret Haley - WHO?
Jason Yeager - zero exposure on AI. Grew up singing in church. From there his love of music led him to competitions in school choir and then to performing at Six Flags over Texas for three years. He received a full vocal scholarship to Dallas Baptist University, and was a top 25 finalist on the ABC series “Making the Band”. We'll have to wait and see because he was totally left out during the auditions.
Robbie Carrico - In 2000, Robbie Carrico was a member of Boys and Girls United, a boyband which toured with Britney Spears in Europe. He could be handsome if he cleaned himself up. Right now he looks way grungy and won't be able to compete with the pretty boys.
Chikezie Eze - His name is fun enough to keep him in for a bit. It's fun just to say. He made it to Hollywood last year, but was cut. He is the only black male, so that may keep him in for a while, but he won't win, by any means.
David Hernandez - David Hernandez competed on Arizona Idol but he did not win. He reminds me of the guy from last year, who didn't make it to the final 12. Nick Pedro or something. He has a great voice, but I can't see "David Hernandez" on a pop cd.
Colton Berry - Active in community theater. I preferred Bill Gates. Looks like Ellen Degeneres.
Favorites: Carly, Kady, Michael John, David Archuelta
Amanda Overmyer - I love her voice, but yeah, I agree with Simon. Every song will sound the same. I thought she might do good in Country though. She kinda has that Gretchen Wilson thing going. She may surprise us. She's a nurse, so she's not stupid. She may go far. She is the one who survived a car accident.
Kristy Lee Cook - Now, she's beautiful. More so than Carrie Underwood, I believe. She got a lot of air time. I expect her to go far. According to Google, she signed with Arista Nashville and Brintey Spears' production company Superstart Spears in 2001 when she was 17. She released a CD called "Kristy Lee" in 2005. She was managed by the former manager of LeAnn Rimes.
Brooke White - My mom loved her. She is the blonde with wavy hair. She played the keyboard during auditions. She has a nice voice, but she looks to me, out of place in the "pop" culture. Her claim to fame is that she's never watched an "R" rated movie.
Alexandrea Lushington - She is 16. She reminds me of Tyra Banks in Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. She's very manly, in my opinion. I wasn't a fan of hers.
Ramiele Malubary - She's Filipino American. American Idol is HUGE in the philiphines so that may get her a lot of votes. I hated her voice. She's a pretty girl, but I don't think she should have gone through. She may have gone though simply based on her ethnicity.
Syesha Mercado - In the summer of 2006, she was a contestant on ABC’s “The One: Making a Music Star”. Unfortunately, ABC canceled “The One” after 4 episodes. It had the distinction of having scored “the second-lowest audience ever for a premiere episode on a major U.S. broadcast network”. She's a beautiful girl. She could be a model but I don't like her voice.
Kady Malloy - She is the Britney Spears impersonater. She would do great with young girls. She's very pretty and I think she has a nice voice.
Amy Davis - I honestly can't remember her. She may be one of the first to go. She's very pretty. Looks as though she has some Asian in her.
Alaina Whitaker - Just another cute blonde. I don't remember her
Asia'h Epperson - This is the one who lost her father on the way to audtions. I hated her performance but the judges loved it. I think she got through on the sympathy vote. She's talented, but not my favorite.
JoAnne Borgella - She's a beautiful girl. She seemed like she was screaming at the audition.
BOYS:
David Cook - Chris Daughtery's competition. He has a nice voice. Hate the hair side sweep. I think he'll definately make it to the top 12.
David Archeleta - Definately going through to the top 12. Great voice. Very sweet kid. One of my favorites. He is Mormon, so he will get a lot of votes there. Also, he won Star Search when he was 12. Those who remember him from Star Search will probably vote for him. He had vocal paralysis recently, but has since healed. He's already got a fan club, called the "Arch (Archeleta) Angels"
Danny Noriega - Most annoying guy for me. He just bugs me. Sanjaya repeat. He made it to Hollywood last year, but was cut. I wish he had been cut this year too. I would have perferred the Bill Gates look alike.
Jason Castro - played the love interest of Cheyenne on the MTV show "Cheyenne". I don't think he will be willing to cut those dreadful dreadlocks.
Luke Menard - Looks like an older Orlando Bloom. He was never showcased so I don't know anything about him.
Michael Johns - Loved him from the start. He's Austrailian and a former lead singer of a band called The Rising, changed his name from Michael Lee. He sang Bohemian Rhapsody and was awesome.
Garret Haley - WHO?
Jason Yeager - zero exposure on AI. Grew up singing in church. From there his love of music led him to competitions in school choir and then to performing at Six Flags over Texas for three years. He received a full vocal scholarship to Dallas Baptist University, and was a top 25 finalist on the ABC series “Making the Band”. We'll have to wait and see because he was totally left out during the auditions.
Robbie Carrico - In 2000, Robbie Carrico was a member of Boys and Girls United, a boyband which toured with Britney Spears in Europe. He could be handsome if he cleaned himself up. Right now he looks way grungy and won't be able to compete with the pretty boys.
Chikezie Eze - His name is fun enough to keep him in for a bit. It's fun just to say. He made it to Hollywood last year, but was cut. He is the only black male, so that may keep him in for a while, but he won't win, by any means.
David Hernandez - David Hernandez competed on Arizona Idol but he did not win. He reminds me of the guy from last year, who didn't make it to the final 12. Nick Pedro or something. He has a great voice, but I can't see "David Hernandez" on a pop cd.
Colton Berry - Active in community theater. I preferred Bill Gates. Looks like Ellen Degeneres.
Favorites: Carly, Kady, Michael John, David Archuelta
Saturday, February 9, 2008
Spring
Spring is in the air and I love it! I went to Lowe's today to get some grass seed and grass fertilizer to fill in the bald patches. It's so nice out. I miss the sun. I cut back my roses and hope they start blooming soon. I wish I had the money to hire a landscapper to do my front yard really nice. I've wasted so much money trying to do things myself, only to have my plants die. I really would love to have some brick flower beds done up for me.
Katie has a sore tooth and it's given her such a fever. I feel sorry for her and Heather. Both of them are worn out from staying up all night. Katie hasn't slept much in two days.
I'm, God willing, going to trade my car in for a new one this month. Either another Fit, or the Toyota Scion. I'm not sure which yet. Both are good cars. I like my Honda, but the paint is thin on it. I like the Toyota Scions, but they didn't seem to hold their value as well as the Honda, so I'm kinda not sure which one.
Katie took her pictures yesterday. She was simply adorable in them. She had two cute pig tails in her hair. She's growing up so fast. I sure love her.
Katie has a sore tooth and it's given her such a fever. I feel sorry for her and Heather. Both of them are worn out from staying up all night. Katie hasn't slept much in two days.
I'm, God willing, going to trade my car in for a new one this month. Either another Fit, or the Toyota Scion. I'm not sure which yet. Both are good cars. I like my Honda, but the paint is thin on it. I like the Toyota Scions, but they didn't seem to hold their value as well as the Honda, so I'm kinda not sure which one.
Katie took her pictures yesterday. She was simply adorable in them. She had two cute pig tails in her hair. She's growing up so fast. I sure love her.
Sunday, February 3, 2008
I swear! I'm not a Claymate
So, I was watching American Idol rewind yesteday, and let me first say, I am by no means, a Claymate. I didn't start watching American Idol until Season 5, so I never really saw Clay Aiken or Ruben or any of the others. I didn't even watch Kelly Clarkson's or Carrie Underwood's seasons, even though I love them both.
Well, I was watching AI rewind and they had the rejects up. They called it the last chance or final chance or something episode. They brought back people they had already sent home and each judge picked one person to come back, after an audition, and then a final 4th person would be chosen by the audience. So, all these people get up. There are like 10 or so. Carmen Rassmussen comes up and she is HORRIBLE, then it's Kimberly Caldwell, who sounds really, just okay, and then a girl named Temeka who sounds good, but keeps making strange faces and then anyway, all these non-memorable people and they can't sing, at least not professionally, and then Clay Aiken comes on to sing "Sun Going Down on Me" and he sings like he is a paid professional, doing it all the time, and his voice is as clear and effortless, and flawless as a CD, but Simon says he doesn't "look" like a pop star, although, he was the only one of the 10 who sang with confidence and really held himself like a "star". Simon chooses Carmen Rasmussen, because she's cute, Randy chose Kimberly Caldwell, and "Pauler" chooses Temeka. Well, of course, we all know America chose Clay, but omg. I just started laughing, because there was no competition. That's the same thing that happened to Elliott in Season 5. It was clear that Elliott had the best voice and should have won, but because he wasn't "pretty", he lost out to Taylor Hicks and Katharine McPhee.
Anyway, I just go to thinking, that's it's really unfair that people who are "pretty" are able to go further than people with great voices. I mean, Barbara Streisand, Stevie Wonder, Celine Dion, Aretha Franklin...none of these people are particularly good looking, and yet, they have some of the best voices in the industry.
Anyway, I don't know why I found it so amusing, but I did. I was home all alone, laughing at my t.v. screen, and afterwards I felt a little silly, but it really amazed me, that there was ever a question that Clay wouldn't be able to produce a CD.
Well, I was watching AI rewind and they had the rejects up. They called it the last chance or final chance or something episode. They brought back people they had already sent home and each judge picked one person to come back, after an audition, and then a final 4th person would be chosen by the audience. So, all these people get up. There are like 10 or so. Carmen Rassmussen comes up and she is HORRIBLE, then it's Kimberly Caldwell, who sounds really, just okay, and then a girl named Temeka who sounds good, but keeps making strange faces and then anyway, all these non-memorable people and they can't sing, at least not professionally, and then Clay Aiken comes on to sing "Sun Going Down on Me" and he sings like he is a paid professional, doing it all the time, and his voice is as clear and effortless, and flawless as a CD, but Simon says he doesn't "look" like a pop star, although, he was the only one of the 10 who sang with confidence and really held himself like a "star". Simon chooses Carmen Rasmussen, because she's cute, Randy chose Kimberly Caldwell, and "Pauler" chooses Temeka. Well, of course, we all know America chose Clay, but omg. I just started laughing, because there was no competition. That's the same thing that happened to Elliott in Season 5. It was clear that Elliott had the best voice and should have won, but because he wasn't "pretty", he lost out to Taylor Hicks and Katharine McPhee.
Anyway, I just go to thinking, that's it's really unfair that people who are "pretty" are able to go further than people with great voices. I mean, Barbara Streisand, Stevie Wonder, Celine Dion, Aretha Franklin...none of these people are particularly good looking, and yet, they have some of the best voices in the industry.
Anyway, I don't know why I found it so amusing, but I did. I was home all alone, laughing at my t.v. screen, and afterwards I felt a little silly, but it really amazed me, that there was ever a question that Clay wouldn't be able to produce a CD.
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