uneventful summer

Once again I lost track of my blog, I guess is a little discouraging not having anything unique to write about, I don't think many would be intrigued to read about me doing laundry, washing dished, watching the First 48 and sleeping, seems that has been the theme of this summer so far.
I am looking for a job that will turn into a career, I had an interview yesterday that went great... so now we wait..

Another recent change is that I join a gym and got a personal trainer who is from somewhere near Russia. I am very excited to jump into this commitment and making some positive changes in my life. I also went back to playing tennis, not as I was in Queretaro but at least is once a week and my friend Morgan is going with me also.

Jeremy is getting ready to go back to school this fall to complete his engineering degree, like we had planned since I went back to school. Deal was I finish school and he could go back to get the education he wants.

I am looking forward to graduation in December, but more so to see my nona and for her to stay here for a while. I miss home like crazy and wish I was there now!

So that is all for now, like a I said nothing really exciting going on but is my life..

All better.. sort of

I am feeling better, at least I am not laying in bed waiting for death, but my allergies are still here..

I am so exhausted and I am frustrated with a lot of stuff.. school, weight, lack of free time, and no rain!.

I am getting a little anxy being in one place, I am already wishing I was somewhere else no offence but life in the US SUCKS!! nothing to do, no where to walk and shitty=fatty food!

I haven't been working out or even going for walk because I really have no time and I really don't want to go to the part alone at night, and I have no one to go to the gym with... arrgg!!

OK, enough bitching..

getting sick sucks!

Its one thing when you don't feel like going to work or school and you pretend to be sick, but it really sucks when you are sick for real. I have been sneezing, coughing and creating a mountain of tissues. Today I look like Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer and been drugged up on Day and Night Quill since Sunday.

One good news I got this week, after meeting with my advisers and the registers office I will be officially done with school this December. I would of been done this May if they would if told me that I needed a minor for my degree so I just need to take one class in the fall and I AM OUT OF HERE! I am really exited to be finally done with college, but I am not excited about having to pay back those loans..

Now I am going back to my tissues, Vick's and TV.

A new challange

Tomorrow I start my internship with the San Antonio Convention & Visitors Bureau working with the Mexico-South America Public Relation Dept. I have been waiting for this opportunity to come along since I decided what I wanted to major in, and tomorrow is the day!

I am excited because the office is downtown and I feel like I am working with the big shots, and in a silly way I pretend I am in N.Y.

I am a little worry about the whole wardrobe since it has to be professional and I don't have a lot since I have been living in jeans and t-shirts for 3 years! I would love to go shopping but there is thing call money, and I don't seem to have any..

On other news, my mom left for South Korea today and when I took her to the airport I had this urge to hop on a plane to any where..

New Year, New Blog-y

A new year begins, I was so excited to be able to bring in 2009 in Chile with my family. I have set new goals for this new year, such as pay off more debt, take more time off and spend more time with those who matter to me.

I have already made some changes, the most recent one was quitting my job with the student news paper at my university, I was so sick and tired of the bullshit, the gossip and the lack of leadership if there is one thing I can't stand is people talking behind others back and them pretending to be their friends, nothing ever got done and it was really not worth my time nor the money. I really feel that I needed to focus more on my academics especially being my last one before graduation.

Speaking of school, I am taking a rather light load this semester only taking my last four courses, Media Law, Media and Society, PR and Event Planning and Desktop Publishing, I am also doing an internship with the San Antonio Cultural Arts and Events. I am very excited to work with the city and be able to get hands on experience on what I want to do with my life.

On another subject, our house was burglarised on Dec. 23 right before we left for Chile, and they took my laptop, and almost everything electronic too, this is why I was unable to write while I was in Chile. I have posted the link to the photos and will soon post a slide show of the best pictures. I was very difficult to leave Chile, and I would love to go back for at least one year and see if we can make a go there, we will see.

That is all for now, we are heading out to go to a bar-b-q at our friends house. (it nice to have someone cook for you =)

I am back.....

So its been ageeeeeesssssss since I have even longed on to the site, between school and work I haven't had much time to write.

School: is going OK, is getting rough to manage everything that we have to do, especially my broadcast writing class where I have to create commercials for TV and Radio. Also my school got a brand new TV studio where I will be working on several projects, but I am scared to break anything in there..
Media Ethics is kicking my ass too, since my teacher has quizzes every class and they are fill in the blank types, so you have to memorise the books.. I mean the 3 books that we have for that one class.. retarded.
On my other classes are I am doing good, especially on my marketing classes.
I am also searching for internships, two look promising.. keep fingers crossed.

I am looking forward to next semester at school here is what I will be taking:

Media Law (yuck)

Public Relations

Desktop Publishing

Race, Gender and Society

La Sociedad, a Hispanic marketing class.

Life:
Jeremy and I have been lucky to be going to almost all home games of the San Antonio Spurs..GO SPURS GO!! that's been one of the highlights. We are also 12 days from celebrating our 5 year wedding anniversary. I looked at our marriage certificate and I couldn't find an expiration date so i guess I am stuck, just kidding. I really can't believe how fast the time has gone by.
Halloween was different this year, we went out bar hopping with our new friends, JD and Amanda. It was nice to have a mess to clean up at the house with our usual party. The next day we had a bar-b-q and watch the Texas v. Tech game and dranked a lot of beer to drown the sorrow of losing.


Upcoming events: Jeremy and I are leaving for Chile on December 26, until January 12, I am so excited to see my family and spend new years in my country. We are also going to spend the last days in the south of Chile being "tourist-y".

Well that is all I can think for right now, I will start posting more often. I just wish I knew if people are actually reading this or not... humm??

Just peachy..oh peary?

Between school, work and house chores I really haven't had the time to really write, so lets recap.
My classes are O.K some are better than others and I am still procrastinating on homework, actually I have this one essay due tomorrow and instead of working on that I am writing on my blog...anyhow, I am really liking working as the ads manager for the Lake Front but is sure does keep me busy.
Life at home is good, this Sunday we had this cold front come in and it was just the perfect day to garden. This is where the picture of the pear comes in, I went out to the tree to prune it a little and to my delightful surprise we got our very first pear!!! We have waited for 3 years now to get fruit we had even given up hope that I was not a fruiting tree. I also finish painting the front porch rails and re-planting and cleaning the flower bed, which left me with this annoying back pain =(

Another cool happening is that we are getting a hot tub this week and the best part of it is that is FREE! we just have to go get it from Jeremy's co-worker's house that apparently has this hill-like driveway so it should be a fun little Sunday, we are actually recruiting workers to move this tub, so any takers?

We got this awesome cold front today and it feels like fall already, it is so nice to be able to open the windows shut of the A.C and wear sweatshirts.
So, here I am sitting at the Lake Front office, windows open and all (let hope no bird fly in here that would chaotic), listening to No Doubt and not doing my homework.

Las Vegas is calling

30 days until Las Vegas!!

Back to school

Wow! talk about a busy week, school started on Monday and I haven's stop moving since.

I am proud to say that I am taking a full load this time around, a whopping 16 hours!! but I am taking classes that are focused on my degree and the classes are (insert drum roll here) Marketing, TV Production, Media Ethics, Broadcast Witting, Marketing for the Media and Tennis. I am also back on staff at The Lake Front Student News, and I am now an editor (not to thrilled, but...) I am also helping out with ads and promotions for the paper and that is what I am really excited about since is what I am passionate about. I know that my classes are going to be tough, but they will definitely prepare me for the "real world" and for that I can't wait!

As far as news from the home front, nothing really exciting. This past weekend we went to see Tropic Thunder and we were terribly disappointed =( we were expecting more comedy that random non sense and mumble words, but I guess it was still entertaining to watch. I am thinking this Sunday we should give Pineapple Express a shot, that one looks really funny, but so did Tropic Thunder.

Tomorrow I don't have to go anywhere expect to go fill up with gas before the prices really go up, (Gustav is making its way over here) I should of gone today but I was running a little bit late, well not really late but I wanted to stop at Starbucks for coffee, and didn't stop to fill up oops! so anyhow tomorrow will be nice to get time to clean the house and relax..

So, that's it!! you can go now.... lol.. =)

Sunset on my way home.

Its been raining a lot lately

Nothing new

Only five more days until I return to class and I can't believe how fast the summer went by but I am ready to go back to classes.

I really haven't been posting anything because nothing new or exciting has happen, we have been going over to visit friends, going tubing and some weekend we went out dancing. So, as you can see nothing new but I am sure that will change once schools starts, especially working at the Lake Front will keep me very busy and will give me new stuff to write about.

Right now, is raining again and we are loving it since we finally get a break from the heat and the plants get water, plus is the perfect weather to stay inside make muffins and watch movies (all of which I did today).

With nothing else new to report, I am out!!

back to working out

I have made up my mind to start working out again, I seem to have gained 2lbs since I got back and I am not going back to that. So yesterday I went for walk at the local park and it seems that everyone likes to walk at the same time, I felt a little lonely to be walking alone plus I am not a big fan of the "hamster-walking" meaning walking around without getting anywhere, I rather walk with a purpose but either way I walked and felt good after worth.

Today I started the Slim in Six program, and man those 28.16 minutes sure kick my butt!! and since my goal is to lose another 5 lbs before going back to school I have to just suffer and get to it!
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Another good news, yesterday after my walk I drove by the tennis courts and I saw the same man teaching tennis, so this time I stopped and asked him if he gave personal lessons and he does! So I should start my private lessons in a week or so, I am so excited, maybe I can get better by the time I finish the year, now if I could only find someone to play with during the day that would be great.

Other than that, nothing else is going on. Tomorrow I will be volunteering at San Japan, San Antonio's Japanese Culture and Anime Convention, all in the name of OLLU let me make that clear.. lol..

that's all folks.

Rainy day

Another normal Tuesday at home only this time is raining and thundering, a nice break from this infernal heat.

I really have nothing new going on this week, just the normal "boring" day to day stuff...maybe I will cook something sweet later today.

Helping out my friend

This post is not about me or anything going on in my life, imagine that! actually I want to help out my friend Jess who is raising money for a turtle sanctuary called, El Tortugario located in Cuyutlan, Mexico. Jess spent part of her summer down there helping out and she is now raising money to help them by selling this fantastic photographs she took of the place and the animals. I am going to copy some of the information that she posted on her blog for anyone interested in helping out this wonderful place.

"El Tortugario in Cuyutlan, Mexico is where I spent a small portion of my time in this summer. In part, they provide environmental education to visitors, care for turtles, iguanas, and crocs, and protect turtle eggs from poachers. Basically, they all work their asses off to do something really important for our planet. I was really impressed with the center and am very grateful to everyone there for their kindness and hospitality.I want to raise a little dinero for the center so they can continue to do this work.My goal: $1,000.Applicable talents to accomplish this goal: throwing a parties, selling my photographs, and talking to everyone about it!"

"Right now, I have 3*5" cards available to sell. They are super cool and can be bought individually for $3.00 or in a set of 15 for $30.00 (the photos on the cards are the ones with a * after the title).Any photo can be made into a 5*7 card for $5.50. In the next few weeks I will have framed art...ranging from 4*6 to 8*10 and prints in any standard size can be ordered too!All the photo cards are packaged in environmentally friendly plastic & (of course) the packaging is decorated in ribbon!! The card sets will make great gifts for the holidays!!"

Here is the link to the photos available for sale and Jess's blog if you wish to contact her directly. I really think this is an inexpensive, easy and great way to help out and take care of our planet.

Jess's Blog and how to help

Wanna see?? Click here NOW!!

A new month is here

A new month has began, which means school will be start soon and I am really excited to all the new classes, and the new organizations I am part of, specially being president of Sigma Delta Pi (National Spanish Honor Society), and I am actually missing writing for The Lake Front I have tons of new ideas for the paper =)

Yesterday it was the 10th annual SAAHJ banquet, and even though I was not one of the scholarship recipient I was great to meet some very influential people, and in a way is reassured me that I am in the right place. Dinner was exquisite we all felt all fancy and the funniest part of all was trying to figure our this little trinket that we each got, so we all started to guess, it is a lent brush?, is an eyebrow grooming tool?, a camera? A business card holder? After an hour or guessing it was announced that is a screen cleaning tool!, and it actually works pretty good.
the mistery trinket
our dinner

After the banquet was over, Melissa, Tessa, Pricilla and I headed towards Howl at the Moon. It was suppose to be college night but there was definitely an older crowd that night, we it must of been college night of 1970. The music was still good and the "entertainment" was good to; let me explain that, there was this one woman who had obviously had a few and she REALLY, wanted to dance, so every song she would be out there, not the funny thing is that she danced exactly the same for every single song, and her "dancing" resemble what a chicken does when you feed them, you really had to be there even thinking about it now makes me laugh.

at the moon


Today I stayed home and took care of laundry and the yard; also I officially started my recycling efforts. I cleaned our pantry and got this two bins that will have cans/alumni and paper.


Now I am waiting for Jeremy to come home and start our weekend!!

A total Betty Crocker..

What a better way to kill time than to cook. I was going to run to the store and get stuff for the week but its so dang hot outside and I got lazy so that will have to be tomorrow's adventure. Anyways, I decided to make panqueques de manjar (caramel pancakes) and they turned out delicious. Cooking deserts makes me think about home and how my nona (my grandmother) used to teach me how to make stuff and we would spent the afternoons cooking, some of the best memories of my life were spent in the kitchen.

panqueques con majar.

Jeremy is home early today and was happy to see that I had made something yummy, and now I am making chicken and rise.. yeah I know I am being little house wife today, but thats what having nothing to do will do. Now time to go, gotta go check on dinner.

A good start

A new week begins and it started pretty good. I got a call this morning from Best-Buy saying that they were going to replace my camera with a new one and that got me out of the house really fast. So I got a new camera, actually I upgraded to a better Sony W-170 Cyber Shot =), and like Jeremy says "Mari is happy".

This past weekend was awesome to. On Friday Jeremy found out that he had the the weekend off and we wasted no time and making plans to go see the new Batman movie and it was AWESOME!! its the best Batman movie by far, so if you haven't seen it stop reading this blog and go, go NOW.


On Saturday we invited Gabe and Megan (Jeremy's cousins) to come over and eat, and then Josh (bother-in-law) and Ronnie (friend) came over too. We spent all day playing pool, horse shoes and eating good food. After people headed back to their prospective homes, it was time for me and Jeremy to go out. We got dressed and ready to go dancing. We headed to our favorite club, Club Rio and stayed until they closed. I enjoyed our Saturday and than spent all Sunday just relaxing and enjoying our time off.


Today, after getting my new camera, I headed towards school and took care of a lot of stuff for the fall semester, even got a scholarship reinstated!! yay! So it was a good day, tomorrow I have cleaning and planting new plants.. and of curse taking pictures..
oh since I can't take a picture of my camera with my camera, here is a picture from the web.

And there goes my hopes.... =(

Business day is over, and I didn't get a call back from Univision, so I guess it was not chosen for the internship and that's O.K it was not meant to be. I know what I am capable of doing and I know I will find something else, besides I have a really busy fall semester.

Nothing else is really going on this week, I am still trying to get cough up with everything around the house and I am getting closer. Jeremy still at work so is just me and the laundry today.

So, with not much to say I will go watch some "First 48" episodes while I clean.... Oh and I think rain is coming.. =)

One dream came true!!!

our new game room!

This weekend was fantastic!! I have been looking forward in spending time with Jeremy all week and it was great that was got home relatively early on Saturday. I spent mostly all day with my mom, we went shopping and just really spent time together that was really nice.

On Sat. night Jeremy and I headed to Josh's house and even Gabe (Jeremy's cousin) showed up, and we all headed to a party. The party was so much fun, it seemed that no one had ever meet anyone from Chile before so they were all fascinated about me being from so far away, it was kind of cool =) It was during this party that we heard that one of Josh's friend was selling his pool able and needless to say we were all ears and we got this awesome deal on this 8 ft' table with cues and sticks. Getting our own pool table and turning our garage into a game room has been a dream of ours since we got the house and this weekend that dream came true.
my man and his new toy
he beat me =(

We picked up the table this morning and spent all day cleaning and setting up our new game room. Jeremy finally got a place to put his dart board up, and just have a place to relax and have fun together. I am really happy to because I will get a chance to get good at pool, so watch out!! =)
first break on new table

Tomorrow is going to be a big day for me, I have my interview with Univision for an internship, so please wish me luck. After the interview I have to go to OLLU to get some stuff taken care of, then back home to get this endless pile of laundry.

Well is almost 1 a.m. and I need to get to bed, I am exhausted from this awesome weekend. I should be updating tomorrow about the interview.

New day, new blog

So I was thinking on the easiest way to continue writing a blog, and the choices were to start a new one (a pain in the butt may I say) or just stay with this one and just change the address, so I decided to just change the web address and keep on writing.

Being back at home it’s been nice but boring as hell!! There is nothing to do here. I can't really go walk unless you like to walk around in a circle like a hamster, there are no coffee shops to go relax and people watch and worst of all I have no one to really do things with since all my friends either work, are out of San Antonio, or have kids. I am really regretting coming back home so soon, if I would of planned it better I could of had stayed in Queretaro for the rest of the summer and continue to study at the TEC, but oh well I just need to make the best of the rest of my summer here.

One exciting new is that on Monday I have an interview with Univision for an internship. I am super excited about that, I mean is UNIVISION!!! So please cross all your fingers for me. I am a bit worry about the course load I have this fall since I am taking 15 hrs including Tennis, plus the Lake Front and a possible internship, talk about being busy.

Ok, changing the subject this past weekend we went to South Padre and it was the first time I visited the island. I can see why people would go there for spring break or vacations it is beautiful! The beaches are clean and the water is clear nothing like Corpus. We got this great deal at a condo we found on the internet. When we saw the pictures of the condo we though "it's OK" it was still better than a cheaply hotel, but one we got there we were pleasantly surprise to see that the condo was newly remodel, it had bamboo flooring, a flat screen TV, and a new king since bed, also we were really close to the beach and our balcony faced Schlitterbahn.

our condo.

We spent our days hanging out with Allie, Josh, Aaron, Ronny and Zack, we even got a change to go fishing with Ronny’s dad on his boat, and I think that was the highlight of the trip especially since I got to drive it. I really wanted to stay there longer, 3 days is not enough but Jeremy had to go back to the "sweat shop" on Monday. =(

driving the boat

I think tomorrow I am going to spend the day with my mom, since she is alone too because John, my stepdad, is in Korea for a year teaching English. I believe we are going to work on our scrapbooks and make dinner, should be fun!

I guess that is all for now, I maybe going for a “hamster” walk later just to something, especially since I managed to loses 12 pounds in Mexico and I am not about to gain it back!

Oh, I almost forgot, sorry for the lack of new photos, my camera is at the "camera hospital" I should be getting it back in a week or so.. =(

55 minutes

So here we are, only 55 minutes left in Mexico. I am sitting here at the Mexico City Airport waiting to find out what my gate will be.



I haven't been writting this past week because I really didn't have time or desired to really get on the computer but it was very evenfull week. We meet this really nice guys, well really the one we meet was Josue and his friends, but he was just great, he really looked out for us and took Misty, Steph and I out to see the city the only bad things is that we meet him so late into our trip. Still we made the best our of the little time we had. so Thanks Josue for being such a great host of your beautiful city.

i am really looking forward in seeing Jeremy and my doggies. I have to say that I have really enjoyed writting a blog, I maybe writting one on a regular basis about my daily life.

Thanks to all of those who read my blog and posted comments it motivatived to keep sharing.
now lets go catch that plane.