Not much going on here in Coolidge. Last week was however a little more busy than usual. My yoga classes on Tuesdays and Thursdays are keeping me busy during the week, it's only one hour in the morning but between getting Kaleb off to school, dressing Moqui and Ethan, to getting home and making lunch, I'm tired. My neighbors helped me take a couch and blankets and canned food to a family in Coolidge that lost their home to a fire.
I think that was last Wednesday, Friday my mother spent her first night in Coolidge, she has just leased a house 2 blocks down from us in the same subdivision, pretty cool! She watched the kids for us that night, Adam went four wheeling, I went to a healing chakras workshop. Saturday morning, my mom, sister Stephanie and Jared went to Mesa to pick up a moving truck. Mom does not like U-haul trucks so I did all the driving, we had some help loading the truck from my aunt and uncle Doolittle, they live in Gold Canyon, east AJ. The same day I had a baby shower to go to. My neighbors sister Reyna is having her 4th baby, but first girl.
My family on my mothers side is a mixture of Mexican, Indian (or native American to clarify), Spanish, and a dash of gringo spices (Irish, dutch, German..you know the 'allspice' we all have a little right!). I remember having great family parties as a young girl, a very Mexican experience. It seems like it has been forever since I had such an experience. Well last Saturday was a hell of a party. There was fantastic food piled high, fresh tortillas, salsa, beans and other variety meat dishes........DELICIOUS!!! Long tables with pink paper coverings, balloons, pile'0' presents stacked high, an outside DJ with lights, speakers and a microphone, providing a constant flow of cumbia, latin rock, Shakira and a little of the stuff you hear on the street vibrating from the car 3 blocks behind you. There were a few people there drinking, but no one was sloppy or belligerent, we all danced talked and just enjoyed ourselves. Kaleb, Ethan and I stayed until 10:30pm, Adam left early with Moqui and put her to bed. There were sooo many kids there, it was hard keeping track of them all.
Sunday, nothing. I was so tired from the week I didn't want to leave my bed, but of course mommy duty called. This time, by the time I got up and dressed and walked into the kitchen (9am), Kaleb and Ethan had already gone to my moms house and had eggs and biscuits with their grandma, how sweet. Monday was a holiday, we all hung out in the morning ate breakfast, played outside in the back yard and took turns on the tramp. Later we went to homedepot and bought some plants, flowers and organic compost. Every time we go there Adam has a great time with the kids making them laugh hysterically, running up and down the outside ails of the garden center, peeling out in the puddles and doing 180's. Moqui, I think busted a gut laughing so hard, her mouth and eyes were open so wide as Adam rushed down the ails, I'm sure she caught bugs in there.
Tuesday, I talked to Robin about girls night right before I headed out the door for class. When I got home again, I was tired! I made a cup of coffee took it outside and began to sift through dirt and compost and potted the plants we acquired the night before. It felt great to be outside working with soil and admire the variety of Gods creations, the colors, smells and textures all so unique. The complexity of their genetic make up and how effortlessly they grow, my thoughts and feelings at that moment were, perhaps heaven isn't a place earned or unseen until death, perhaps it's earned each day and to be experienced now, here on earth. Could there really be a more beautiful place holding as many riches as we now behold on Earth!?!?!
We were also given an African Sulcatu Tortoise from our neighbor Cindy. She just had too many animals to take care of and thought we might want him. Well if I were to take on any new animals this little guy definitely fit the bill, small, easy to take care of and doesn't scratch up furniture. Ethan calls him froggy, yes, he knows it's a tortoise but insists that is his name. Thursday class and wal-mart, I was on a budget and was able to keep to it, yeah me!! Again tired by the time I got home and just before I had to get Kaleb from school. WHY??? Around 2pm I am exhausted I just don't know what imbalances are causing this, I'm sure my lately crappy diet has something to do with it. Then I cleaned up made dinner, walked around the
block with my neighbor and her two daughters then left to girls night. There were a few new faces there, which was great, I always like to meet new people. I wanted to order swordfish, just to try it, but Adam's been working hard to in bed a seed of frugality in me, he was successful! Swordfish 14.99 or Thai chicken wrap 8.99, I was able to set aside the voice in my head only once I hunted the waitress down and changed my order to the wraps.
That's about it for now! Although, this weekend promises to be as busy, so look for another update soon.
I think that was last Wednesday, Friday my mother spent her first night in Coolidge, she has just leased a house 2 blocks down from us in the same subdivision, pretty cool! She watched the kids for us that night, Adam went four wheeling, I went to a healing chakras workshop. Saturday morning, my mom, sister Stephanie and Jared went to Mesa to pick up a moving truck. Mom does not like U-haul trucks so I did all the driving, we had some help loading the truck from my aunt and uncle Doolittle, they live in Gold Canyon, east AJ. The same day I had a baby shower to go to. My neighbors sister Reyna is having her 4th baby, but first girl.
My family on my mothers side is a mixture of Mexican, Indian (or native American to clarify), Spanish, and a dash of gringo spices (Irish, dutch, German..you know the 'allspice' we all have a little right!). I remember having great family parties as a young girl, a very Mexican experience. It seems like it has been forever since I had such an experience. Well last Saturday was a hell of a party. There was fantastic food piled high, fresh tortillas, salsa, beans and other variety meat dishes........DELICIOUS!!! Long tables with pink paper coverings, balloons, pile'0' presents stacked high, an outside DJ with lights, speakers and a microphone, providing a constant flow of cumbia, latin rock, Shakira and a little of the stuff you hear on the street vibrating from the car 3 blocks behind you. There were a few people there drinking, but no one was sloppy or belligerent, we all danced talked and just enjoyed ourselves. Kaleb, Ethan and I stayed until 10:30pm, Adam left early with Moqui and put her to bed. There were sooo many kids there, it was hard keeping track of them all.
Sunday, nothing. I was so tired from the week I didn't want to leave my bed, but of course mommy duty called. This time, by the time I got up and dressed and walked into the kitchen (9am), Kaleb and Ethan had already gone to my moms house and had eggs and biscuits with their grandma, how sweet. Monday was a holiday, we all hung out in the morning ate breakfast, played outside in the back yard and took turns on the tramp. Later we went to homedepot and bought some plants, flowers and organic compost. Every time we go there Adam has a great time with the kids making them laugh hysterically, running up and down the outside ails of the garden center, peeling out in the puddles and doing 180's. Moqui, I think busted a gut laughing so hard, her mouth and eyes were open so wide as Adam rushed down the ails, I'm sure she caught bugs in there.
Tuesday, I talked to Robin about girls night right before I headed out the door for class. When I got home again, I was tired! I made a cup of coffee took it outside and began to sift through dirt and compost and potted the plants we acquired the night before. It felt great to be outside working with soil and admire the variety of Gods creations, the colors, smells and textures all so unique. The complexity of their genetic make up and how effortlessly they grow, my thoughts and feelings at that moment were, perhaps heaven isn't a place earned or unseen until death, perhaps it's earned each day and to be experienced now, here on earth. Could there really be a more beautiful place holding as many riches as we now behold on Earth!?!?!
We were also given an African Sulcatu Tortoise from our neighbor Cindy. She just had too many animals to take care of and thought we might want him. Well if I were to take on any new animals this little guy definitely fit the bill, small, easy to take care of and doesn't scratch up furniture. Ethan calls him froggy, yes, he knows it's a tortoise but insists that is his name. Thursday class and wal-mart, I was on a budget and was able to keep to it, yeah me!! Again tired by the time I got home and just before I had to get Kaleb from school. WHY??? Around 2pm I am exhausted I just don't know what imbalances are causing this, I'm sure my lately crappy diet has something to do with it. Then I cleaned up made dinner, walked around the
block with my neighbor and her two daughters then left to girls night. There were a few new faces there, which was great, I always like to meet new people. I wanted to order swordfish, just to try it, but Adam's been working hard to in bed a seed of frugality in me, he was successful! Swordfish 14.99 or Thai chicken wrap 8.99, I was able to set aside the voice in my head only once I hunted the waitress down and changed my order to the wraps.That's about it for now! Although, this weekend promises to be as busy, so look for another update soon.
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