You really need me to answer that for you? Ok, here is a clue........the guy on the right is an idiot moron....the guy on the left knows how to lead this country!

Heros! I support them.....John Kerry and Michael Moore do not........ Big surprise there!

Where we could end up if people don't wake up!

Halloween.........No this is just the flip flop waffle look

Mr. & Mrs. Heinz won't pay higher taxes.....but we will!

He's been wearing a costume the whole time..... Today he took it off and we finally see the real John Kerry ~ Liar Liar

Boooooooooo

the last time I saw Felipe....he looked gorgeous like the picture below.....Last night however he was apparently dressed in drag.....he said he would send me pictures, if he does(which he better) watch for them to be posted here....amor e beijos sweet Phils

I went to the MOA today becuase the rusky mafia asked me to go with them..Who can say no to them? I had a purpose for going though! It was to try to spoil Felipe just a little....He does not get spoiled enough and He needs to be treated well right now with all his concerns....I know he doesn't let those things get to him but he still deserves to be spoiled! I luv ya Phils.....You have to come down to see me to get what is pictured below.....I know how much it means to you to get things for free! I had a little help from my Rusky Mafia...Beijos

Lidia Dovganuic (left) Luba Lopin (Right) the Moms......At the MOA

Ina Dovganuic (left) Ina Lopin (right) at MOA

Camp Snoopy ... Crazy there today.......To many people...

Camp snoopy....MOA

Ina & Ina.....

Slatka kaza...Lidia ~ Luba

You Know it's Halloween When.........

People come to me for medical advice......Don't ask me to take your temperature...I am sure neither of us would come out of that alive

People come to me for legal advice....Here's your advice.....Stay out of trouble and quit selling yourself on the street corner..(that would be legal and medical advice combined)

People come to me for financial advice....Give me a break...I don't balance my own account

People Come to me for spiritual advice.....hmmm last time I went to church...dunno

People come to me for career advice.....pluuuleeeez...career??? Just get a stinkin job

People come to me for parenting advice......People, grow up yourself before you try to raise other dysfunctional people

People come to me for relationship advice......What am I? Match.com?

What is it? Why me? It is that tattoo! I tried to remove it with sand paper (forehead is pretty bloody and damaged now) but apparently it is still there!

Holy Crap! I See My Shadow...oops it's gone, no, wait...there it is...no, gone..geesh, tease, tease, tease. The madness needs to end.

Today in the 70's ~ 23 celsius

Make up your mind stupid weather.....Muggy and warm today with strong thunderstorms later today. The madness never ends....Or is it me who just can't cope? Feel free to answer that in the negative......I can handle it.....I think.....

"Rain Drops"
Brian Peterson, Star Tribune

Here Comes the Sun...

The Sun will make a debut on Sunday.....Get up early and keep an eye open...The sun will return for a few seconds. Then, back to rain......Sounds good! A day without Sunshine is just a day with rain. Tomorrow......Thunderstorms! YEAH! Scary that I could get used to this.....I am breaking under the weather pressure people.....Overcast is becoming my friend...Someone send intervention... MONDAY SNOW! Doesn't get much better than this!

Is it just me or...........

Do I have a tattoo on my forehead that says.....Will support, answer and generally live your life for you so you do not have to suffer through any hardships.....I must..Really! Am I such a sucker that people think that I am the answer to all the problems in life?

For those of you who know me well,(you know who your are) you know I would move heaven and earth to help you if I can.....I do that willingly because you mean so much to me........But for those people I hardly ever speak with and only know them as an acquaintance, there must be a tattoo on my forehead. Why oh Why do they ask me to help them with aspects of their lives that I really should not be privy too?

I get to work this morning and listen to the one message on my answering machine and find out it has nothing to do with my job. This person who left the message would like me to help her with legal documents regarding her child support issues...HUH? Come on! Do I look like Legal Aid? I talk to this person occasionally, I try not to make it a habit because she never stops talking....Which is awkward for me when the phone is ringing and she just keeps on talking as I am answering the call...

Is it me? Am I too nice?? Do I change my persona at work just to avoid this? What? I have a terrible time saying no to people, I know this! But why do I get put in the position where I need to say no and then feel bad about it? I hate that....

Am I an easy mark? Do I make it that easy for people to approach me for help? I help! I have no problem with that, as long as I know you and sincerely love ya! Of course then I will do anything for you!.....But why do virtual strangers come to me with this merda?

I know I am redundant here...but the same questions just keep spinning in my head.....Why Me?

350 miles round trip (563km) Worth every mile!

It was so hard to go to Duluth yesterday and so easy at the same time!

Hard because I knew that it would be a long drive home.

Easy because of Felipe...What can I say, he has my heart and I would do this for him!
I am so glad I did!!!

I don't get to see Felipe enough...He is so extremely busy all the time with work, school, studies and soccer. He is amazing! He does so much to succeed! Everyone should have his outlook on life and work as hard as he does to accomplish their goals! Felipe inspires me! I cannot express how much he means to me....I wish I could do more for him!

We had a great time last night freezing our butts off! It was so great to see him play soccer for a full game! Finally I got to see him play! Wow! He runs so fast his legs are blur's.... He can kick the ball with such precision it is unreal! Phils puts everything into his game!

Before the game, Felipe showed Evan and I where he worked on campus and the new coffee bar he will be working at. We saw the cafeteria where he works too. Busy place on a Sunday night. UMD has a beautiful campus and buildings. I asked Phils about campus during the winter.....Do you have to walk outside to get from one building to another or are they all connected by tunnels or walkways? They are connected, you do not have to go outside unless you leave campus!.....Hey, it gets pretty darn cold in Minneapolis in the winter...But the winds coming off Lake Superior reduce the temperature in Duluth even more! BRRRR...In Minneapolis, you can walk through most of the city by just using the skyway system....You can get lost easily though if you don't know where you are going...Been there, done that.

After soccer we went to get something to eat at Perkins....Kinda Evans choice... Evan and Felipe were very hungry....Me, I just was happy to be with both of them! Lucky me! Took Phils back to his apartment to pick up some things then dropped him off at his friends apartment on campus to study and spend the night. Phils actually drove my car once I got to Duluth...Hey, he knows where we need to go and I don't! Besides, I just drove 175 miles to see him.

Later when I was home sleeping, Phils texted my cell phone at 4:30am and said "Finally got done with calc! Good thing I don't work 2morrow, eh? :)" my response at 4:34am was "OMG! Good thing you don't work TODAY!" That scarred him and he texted back (and I am still smiling about this) "I think every hair on my body popped up when my phone beeped and I almost crapped myself" ( oh Felipe....You do make me smile) My text back to him... "Now you know how I feel...lol...luv ya". He woke me up at 4:30....I should scare him for doing that! Ah Phils, you can text me any time you want to! Seeing the texts from you makes me happy....Even when ya wake me up...xoxoxo

The drive home was long but Evan and I were glad that we went to see Felipe! Sometimes ya just need a little Phils to get ya through the week! Beijos sweet guy! See you soon!

At Perkins after soccer with Evan and I. Phils was so hungry and tired... I don't know how he can keep going like he does......

Felipe at soccer......I said "smile for your Mom" and he did! Sweet Sweet Phils!

Be still my heart! Such a smile! Just saying hi to a teammate that arrived... Amor e beijos Felipe!!

Felipe getting ready to play soccer....it was flipping cold last night! I am so glad I was there!

Felipe at his computer in his apartment. His apartment is one room....I won't use the word "large" because it is not large...But he gets by... Apparently it is much better than his freshman year when he stayed in a building with no heat all winter...I told him I was glad I did not know him then because it would have killed me to know this.... My tender heart can barely take hearing about it now...But he made it! Felipe is a strong man to carry the load that he does in the face of all the adversary.

Felipe's Kitchen.....not much room to cook..but it works for him when he is home...

Fleipe's apt...He is standing in front of his bed

Going to Duluth

Evan and I are driving up to Duluth today. I had talked to Felipe earlier in the week and he told me about the soccer game tonight at 7pm. Of course it would be great to go see Phils, but why do these soccer games happen at all the wrong times.....for instance.....the game Thursday night at 11pm. Can you stand it!! It is so cold in Duluth this time of year that by 11pm they have to run and play hard just to stay warm.....wait change that to SO THEY DON"T BECOME FROZEN PEOPLE POPSICLES! Today I waffled on going up there...at first I told Phils I couldn't make it........but my heart kept telling me that if it wasn't important to him, why did he remind me of it in a text message? I need to go for Phils! He has come down to the cities to see me and I will go up there to see him too. I think it is important for me to do this for him. I will take my camera and make sure to put silly Phils pictures on my blog......maybe not tonight......but by tomorrow for sure...Beijos

The "Strangers"....... What we wish we didn't know

You know it is close to the end of October when the weirdos start coming out of the woodwork.......Wait that happened in June......They started early.

The building that my office is in, is an apartment building for seniors and people with disabilities......Sometimes these two "traits" coincide... There is one resident who happens to fall into both categories....She needs an "aid" to help her.....(I use aid loosely...As you will read, we wonder who is actually being "aided" in the arrangement).

There are two people who are contract workers at the apartment building. One contracted to aid residents through Hennepin County and the other "aid" contracted privately by one residents daughter. The first aid contracted through the county is a wonderful person. She cares for 3 residents and they love her. She cooks for them, cleans for them and is a very intergral part of their lives. The privately contracted "aid" is anything but wonderful. In fact he is a letch. Yuck, gross and get away from me, spring to mind.

This person cares for (using "cares for" lightly) a frail older woman who seems to suffer from dementia (a condition of deteriorated mentality) and had previously broken her hip but has been recovering for several months. This person doing the caring has recently been bestowed a new label of which he has no awareness. We call him..... The banger.....Fitting and disgusting.

A little about the apartments themselves. They are all equipped with 2 emergency pull cords should a resident ever find themselves in need of assistance. The pull cords are located in the bedroom and the bathroom. Once activated, an alarm will sound outside my office. It will indicate which apartment activated the alarm and in what area the alarm was triggered. The proper authorities are called immediately to respond to a potential emergency at the apartment.

A couple weeks ago the bedroom pull cord was activated in the unit where the "banger" was working with the frail older woman. The police arrived promptly and went immediately to this apartment. They stood outside the door knocking and ringing the doorbell for approximately 10 minutes. The maintenance man Jado was called to open the door so they could gain access and assess the emergency. At the same time Jado arrived to open the door, the "banger" opens it. He is disheveled to say the least. Tucking in his shirt, adjusting his glasses, smoothing his hair out of his face and just obviously looking quite guilty about something. The "banger" is asked by the police officer if everything is ok, he responds that everything is fine. The officer asks why it took him so long to answer the door, he replies that he did not hear the knocking or the doorbell. The officer tells the "banger" that the pull cord in the bedroom was activated indicating an emergency. The "banger" responds by telling the Officer that he was giving his "patient" a therapeutic massage and that it was pulled by accident. Ok....Raise your hand if you believe that one........NOT.

Not even a week later, I had sent out a notice to all residents explaining that we would be in every unit to do some work on items that were not finished with the rehab. They receive 24 hour notice so they won't be surprised by our entry into their apartments. Apparently someone did not read their notice....

Jado was assisting the contractor in finishing up the little details left behind from the rehab. He was helping the contractor out by letting him into apartments where no one seemed to be home. They arrived at the apartment where the "banger" works and knocked on the door as well as rang the doorbell. No one answers. They give it another minute or two and then Jado opens the door.......Well wouldn't ya know, the "banger" is scurrying out of the bedroom trying desperately to get his pants up...Oh My! He manages the task of pulling his pants up and closes the bedroom door behind him.....hmmm. He asks why they are there. He is told why and does not argue but is clearly unprepared for their entrance into the apartment at what seems to be a very inconvenient time. This man has no morality what so ever.....If he does, he left it in a shoe box at the last train station he was dropped off at.

My dilemma.....Although this aid seems to be taking fairly good care of the woman he has been contracted to care for, he is also taking more than what is morally acceptable, hence we call him the "banger". I do not know, not having witnessed this first hand, what my position as building manager would allow me to say. Do I tell the daughter and risk her angst or do I let it go and the chips fall where they may? This is my rhetorical question.....one that has no answer that would be correct...it is all grey......and very strange. The weirdos have landed.....or at least one...and he is already dressed for trick or treating....watch out...you don't want to see his tricks.....Really NO! Don't even go there.....Scarier that any horror flick...yeap that's the BangHer......lol

Raquel's cousin Sophie......Hi Raquel! We love you

Dear Sweet Raquel

You are a wonderful girl. Thank you for taking such good care of Julio. We miss him very much. I have asked your aunt Cris to put more picture of you on her blog. I look forward to meeting you. When you grow up you can come here and stay with me, just like Julio. Love you, tia Becky

Você é uma menina maravilhosa. Obrigado tomando tal cuidado bom de Julio. Nós faltamo-lo muito muito. Eu pedi que sua tia Cris ponha mais retrato de você sobre seu blog. Eu olho para a frente a encontrar-se com o. Quando você cresce acima você pode vir aqui e permanecer com mim, apenas como Julio. Ame-o, tia Becky

This is my Friend Lidia Dovganiuc...I helped her get her job at St. Bartholomews Catholic School. She is such a sweetheart! She is learning more english everyday and teaching me russian......she is a gas to be with! Always laughing and smiling!

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Politics

The election is in two weeks and political Jabber is at it's peak. I stay away from anyone who wants to talk about the candidates. I suppose it is because I am not good at debating the issues in polite conversation and it would not be polite conversation for me to have bestowed on me another's comments on how terrific John Kerry is. I am a Republican and I support President Bush. I have never even considered the Democratic party as something that would be acceptable to me and grew more intensely disgusted with this party when Bill Clinton was elected. It is hard for me to say though which Clinton disgusts me most......Bill or Hillary. As far as I am concerned they are both a plague on society.

Having such strong feelings against one particular party makes it impossible for me to listen to anyone who might be pro Kerry. I do not have the tolerance to listen to someone sing his praises to me or try to convince me to vote for him. I had someone come into my office last week and ask "who ya going to vote for? Kerry?" Obviously this person, though he knows me fairly well, had no idea what a loaded question that was or how it made my skin crawl. I looked at him like he was out of his flipping mind! I laughed in an evil little chuckle and said firmly.......NO! At that point he wanted to talk about my political views.........."Don't go there dude" is what he heard from me......This guy was about 5 beers short of a six pack because he kept on asking, Why? Why? Why? This is the point where I get totally fed up and just let them have it........I say "What did you not understand about the fact that I DO NOT want to discuss politics with you?" then I get the "Well, well, I don't understand why not?" Because I don't like John Kerry, and refuse to hear your blatant, uneducated promotion of him. I wouldn't invade your office space and tell you how fabulous Bush is, so don't come into mine and try to convince me that Kerry is the better candidate." By looking at him you would have thought I had just shot him. I have a rule (kinda) that I follow so I don't get anyone too upset with me.........If it is not going to hurt your feelings, I will say it.....If my words to you are going to hurt you emotionally, I will not utter them. Apparently I have not fine tuned this rule........Because I think this person was upset about my refusal to discuss this topic with them.........Which if you ask me is totally asinine because, I did not invited him into my office and I certainly did not bring up politics.....So, go lick your wounds some where else and do not sit here and cry to me because you feel that I was to offensive, offensive in my dictionary would be to call you a looser and kick you immediately out of my office.........Ok so that may be bitchy but hey....... When I tell you not to go there, listen to me the first time. Don't try to question me when you can clearly tell I have strong feelings on the subject and my refusal to discuss them with you is clearly in your best interest.......Enough said.

There is a link to a blog written by a girl named Jen..........Jen in my book ROCKS! She wrote this one post about another hurricane..........I have added it to this post.........

New Hurricane Advisory
The National Weather Service has issued a warning for yet another catastrophic hurricane following on the heels of Charley, Ivan and Jeanne. The path of this hurricane zigs and zags, and is therefore highly unpredictable. Experts predict that this one will cause the most damage to the United States that we have experienced in four years.

They are naming this one Hurricane Kerry.

Be advised, the only way for citizens to protect themselves is by being behind a Bush

http://sweetgrrrl.blogspot.com/

Lil Rock Rock Rock......Jado's little brother.....He has shorter hair today though.......buzzed off that winter coat.....poor little guy

Where I shop in Wayzata.....I took it mostly for the colors of the trees......It was a beautiful day.......unlike today.....cold and rainy now

Early Morning.....Long Lake smooth as glass

Early Morning at Long Lake......

Last but not least....the kitties

Denial

I think I am in denial..........I just cannot accept the weather that has crashed into us this past week..........It seems as though I am fixated on it.........I'm needing to go to weather.com to make sure it's for real when all I really have to do is open my front door and be blasted by the frigid air...........I need to go to a tanning booth.........I don't want to get a tan, I just want to feel like I am bathed in sunlight and warmth..........It's going to be one long winter if I don't snap out of this "hating the cold" theme I have going on in my head.....not to mention the little icicles that use to be my toes and fingers.........And then there is a person in Florida who really rubbed my face in it the other day......."Oh, it is so nice here, blue skies, lots of sunshine............yada yada yada..... I think I blocked out the rest of what was said to me about the weather in the lower half of the states.........pouca merda......At least we don't get hurricanes...........Just blizzards.........Beijos, noite boa

Minneapolis ~ Current Conditions

Temperature as of 11:25pm CST 38° F = 3° C Oh Yeah we're having fun!

Feels Like (this is where it hurts) 29° F = -2° C Yeah Baby.......

It is on and off rain with winds WNW at 15mph or 24km

Tomorrow we will see the sun and have a scorching temperature of 45° F ~ 7° C
with lows in the in the -2° C category

It is predicted that we will get back into the 50's or 10° C By Tuesday.....HEAT WAVE......Does it get any better? Hopefully we will see one more 70 degree day before the end of the month......Don't hold your breath though......You may just turn blue and die waiting for the heat wave!

Julio........I love ya.......Don't let me scare you.......I am just being a little devil tonight! Amor e beijos

I know what's wrong with me! lol

Ok, maybe there are more things wrong with me than I know or that my friends care to tell me about. There is one thing the Doctor pinpointed today that is a relief to find out about. I have been having serious jaw pain......to the point where it is hard to bite into and apple or anything for that matter......It even hurts to brush my teeth. I have TMJ or inflamed my jaw joints to the point where it aches all day...........I did this by chewing gum..........I have never been a gum chewer....until this last summer. No more gum chewing for me........The Doctors orders are to rest my jaw completely for the next two weeks and to take Aleeve to bring down the inflammation.......of course this is something I brought on myself. I will have to be tough and get through it......I won't at this time entertain you with other things that might be wrong with me..........Because I am optimistic that I am ok and nobody's been telling me differently.....Let's keep it that way.........of course if my death is imminent, tell me right away.

The weekend is just a day away and I am very happy to see the end to the week. It has not been a bad week, just long and I am ready for a break. My resident who did not like her new kitchen light yesterday stopped by to say she was sorry! That was appreciated....I was very impresssed that she saw in herself the need to say sorry for being grumpy. Kudos for her!

I have to dash now and take Evan to meet his Dad and get some Aleeve for the jaw pain.....I'll see what I can come up with later..........maybe some kitty pictures for all you cat lovers....lol
Tchau

No Photos.......So I write.....Stay with me now.....

It has been a quiet, yet interesting day.
Not much going on at work which is a relief, but enough to keep me busy. Some days though I feel like the camp counselor. Some of the residents come to me with questions and comments so unrelated to the job at hand I have to look at them and shake my head. I also wonder what alien dropped them off on my planet, because I am sure they do not belong here. It is unreal what people will say and do to get somewhere with me..........Take Deon for instance....PLEASE.....The guy is nice, but every conversation with him turns into some sexual overtone that I am quickly getting fed up with dodging and ignoring. Flirting is fun but I would not cross that line with him because he is married.......Apparently I have more respect for his marriage than he does.......That, right there, is a clue as to why I would never go there with him. I have to much respect for myself.........But the game goes on. I want to scream "Give me a break!" I have been yanking his chain a lot lately just cause I can!! (Little devil me) There is nothing suggestive in how I do it.........I give him shit when he tells me he will show up on a certain day or at a certain time to fix his machines and then SURPRISE NO Deon! Not surprising........You know the kind of person who speaks without thinking of what they are saying first and end up leaving the door wide open for a snappy come back! I'm the snappy comeback with Deon.......Anything I say to Deon lately is twisted by him into something that he is thinking about. His latest ploy is to get me to download and burn a Steely Dan CD for him........(sticking my tongue out here) so he can come to my house to pick it up.......Blonde not stupid Deon......... Deon = Trouble! End of Story

One of my residents is a very nice woman but she is so contradictory about what she says......Almost hypocritical. First she wants her carpet replaced.......Fine, I lay it out for her and tell her exactly how the carpet and new kitchen vinyl flooring will be laid out when finished.......She is thrilled! Can't wait!........But then it's done and she doesn't like it. Typical! Today it was her Kitchen light fixture.......She did not want a new one in while the electrician was on site doing every single unit 2 months ago....No.......She wanted it done today........Can't wait to get it...yada yada yada.......First we have to take down her old ceiling fan (which is not something for property employees to do, she put it up, she should take it down. But Jado was kind enough to do this)........Ceiling fan down..........Electrician puts up the new kitchen light fixture that she has been dreaming of......... And wouldn't ya know........IT'S HORRIBLE! It's too bright, it's too square, it's not the same as everyone else's, I just don't like it.........IT'S TOO BAD! I am not here to make your world and apartment perfect.......It would be impossible with you anyway.....

Want more.........No?........Don't blame ya much but that is how it goes at the workplace!

I did have my sweet friend Lonna come over to color my hair today! (Running low on blonde hair) She's the bomb! Lonna has cut and colored my hair for a couple years.......Now she will actually come to my house to do it! She Rocks!.......She was here to cut Andre's hair too and when Julio was here I took him into the salon for her to cut his! It is a great thing that she does for me coming to my house like that! I am a lucky girl!

I am so looking forward to our trip to Florida for Thanksgiving! I will be seeing Andre again if just for 4 Days! I hope that Gui will be able to join us too. It will be so much fun! I can't wait!

The last Presidential debate is tonight........ugh.....I can hardly stand it......Who's wrong........Who's right......Who's strong and decisive.......Who can't decide which way to go and wobbles back and forth........Mud slinging, trouble making, deceit mongers.........How do you sort it all out? With a debate...........Maybe.........But that just throws more fuel on the mud slinging fire as far as I am concerned.......Ah well, such is the demon of a Presidential race.....I vote for the person who I believe I can trust.........Key word believe! That is a heavy burden.....Cause as far as I am concerned.....You can't believe or trust a politician........Where do you go from there?

That's all the babble from me for now..........Beijos

This weeks weather.........After today...It's downhill!

It is getting cold......brrrr! Snow is imminent.....The leaves are not even off the trees yet and It feels like we could start winter any minute.....Sorry Julio.....We will make sure you are warm! It is supposed to rain tomorrow. Friday there might be SNOW......Merda........This weather Sucks....Which brings me to question why in Gods name do I live here?....Oh yeah, because I am employed here.......Well, I can have a fire in the fireplace and pretend to be somewhere warm......wooo hooo!

In detail, here is what we are looking at!

Wednesday ~ Flipping wet and cold with extra wet thrown in for fun

Thursday ~ More flipping cold and some more wet

Friday ~ Big change today! There might be snow! The fun never ends!

The actual temps on these days......In Celsius:

Wednesday High ~ 12.78
Low ~ 1.67 ....... This is just wrong.....brrrr

Thursday High ~ 10.56
Low ~ 3.89 ......Wow warmer low...Who'd a thought

I shouldn't leave out the fact that we might just see the sun Thursday......Trust me when I tell you this......It won't make us feel warm.....Nope that time is over.....

Friday High ~ 8.33
Low ~ 2.78 .......

Like it, love it or just plain tolerate it.......We are slowly becoming the frozen tundra.....Thank goodness for Florida at Thanksgiving, Spring break and any other time we need to get out of the snow!

Seasons.........Now it's Fall

Fall is like death..........Sorry......It is beautiful, but everything is dying, hibernating until spring.

Winter is bitter, cold, crisp and refreshing.......Depends on the day and the snowfall.

Spring is like birth........It is beautiful and everything is coming back to life.

Summer is a renewed chance with childhood............ A time for fun and adventure.

Fall Colors.....A beautiful day today! Sunday October 10th

Better gather those nuts quick! Snow is coming.

Fall Flowers

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A picture of my best friend Abby Normal.....Get it??? Abby Normal ~ Abnormal! lol.....Her real name is Julie...aka Jewels..and she is a big goof when we get together!

Hey we have not time for hide and seek......Who's the boss here anyway??

Jewels.........aka Abby

Julie makes out with herself.........goof ball!

Beautiful smile for a beautiful friend! We have so much fun together and we actually accomplish tons of work. We are amazing!

O Mais melhor Amiga! Obrigado para seu amor. Amor e beijos..... She hates it when I write her things in portuguese...hahaha to bad

The Look.........oops have I gone too Far?

Beijos para Andre
I love this picture.......next guy Sophies kisses besides her Dad will be Julio!

Birthday pic's (none of me)

I took these pictures last night at my birthday celebration at Grandma and Grandpa's house. Amy was there and Tom and his family with the exception of Jess. Jess is incredibly busy with school and dance. So much going on in her life. Almost as busy as Felipe.

I will find the time later to write and catch everyone up on my funny little emotional and mental status....lol......Amor e beijos!

Beautiful Mattea Marie!

Silly Evan and Sweet Soph

Sweet Beautiful Sophie.....I told her we would do a 3 way call with her boyfriend Julio soon! Amor e Beijos

Tom, Peter, Rocky and Grandpa's hand

Sophie Talking to Phils.....Miss ya Phils!