Good Afternoon! It's hard to believe that it's Monday again!
I spent the morning working on bills and checking out our credit scores, which seem to have gone down in the past year. I think I've only had one late payment, so it must be because the banks have been tightening up and they've lowered our credit limits big time. This means that what we owe is extremely close to our card limits. Has anyone gone through the whole debt consolidation route? I'm thinking that is the way to go, but with the economy the way that it is, is it a lot more difficult to get approved for a loan? Any advice/tips would be appreciated! :)
Other than that, my day hasn't been too exciting. i woke up early-ish and got my shower. Diego had to turn off the water in the building for a bit because of a plumbing issue. The tenants were notified that the water could be off until 2, but he was finished around 12...so I got the laundry room all to myself! Yay! So I got a couple loads of laundry finished without even having to fight for the washers! :D Now that made my day! hehe... I now have TONS of laundry to fold (about 5 baskets full), a bunch of dishes to wash, I need to figure out supper, and i have some baking to do.
Anyways, here is my weekend in review:
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| On Friday, I made a variation of chicken pot pie for dinner... |
Shortly after dinner, we got a call from Chicho inviting us to go see a movie with him and Crystal. Crystal had free movie tickets to this theater in downtown LA. So that's how we ended up going to see "Ides of March".....I had been wanting to see this movie, but had never thought that Diego would even consider going to see it! It was a pretty decent film that had a lot of big name actors, but honestly, i was a bit disappointed. I had expected a bit more. It was entertaining and thought-provoking though and hey, we didn't have to pay for it, so I'm definitely not complaining! I definitely loved the cast list and the acting was good, but the script/plot just seemed to be lacking a bit.
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| The theater was in downtown LA near USC in a newer section called LA Live. |
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| It was a really NICE theater! I think they actually have a lot of movie premieres here... |
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| After the movie, we walked around LA Live.... |
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| There are lots of bright lights, gigantic screens, clubs, restaurants, etc. |
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| I think it's supposed to be the LA version of NY's Times Square--you know with all the gigantic screens w/ advertisements... |
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| Diego posing for a picture, with Crystal and Chicho walking in the background... |
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| The Staples Center is located int his area and also the building where the Grammys are held... |
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| There was a radio station broadcasting live or something like that... |
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| These plaques were located on the sidewalk leading up to the Grammy Museum... |
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| @ a restaurant near the museum... |
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| The museum! I didn't look to see if they had prices listed... |
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| Some downtown buildings... |
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| Skyline... |
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| Bright lights! |
On Saturday, we mainly hung out at D's fam's house....No one was there when we first got there, but they all eventually wandered in...
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| D's mom was showing me a bunch of old cooking magazines...I brought a few home to browse through...the recipes are written in spanish, but i can still get the general idea... |
We eventually decided that we were hungry so we drove over to Larry's favorite pizza parlor that's located in Long Beach.
We also went to Yogurtland and then to Point Fermin Park. While @ the park we were observing all the raccoons that live there and Diego and Jessie decided to scare me. Diego runs up and yells, "Watch out! The raccoons!" They were trying to scare me, Berenice, and Alicia....but I was the only one that really reacted. I think Berenice had caught on and Alicia was just like , "what?" I was the one that screamed, kicked my feet and was wildly looking for attacking raccoons. :P They all got a good laugh out of it...especially Jessie and Berenice. haha :P At least I'm a good sport ;)
As we were leaving the park, we stopped by a lookout with a great view of the harbor...
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| View of the harbor...you can see the bridge(marked with the blue lights) that goes across to Long Beach |
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| Jessie and Diego checking out the view... |
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| Jacob and Berenice |
On Sunday: We had planned on going to the 9:30 service @ Whittier Area Community Church so that we could get to D's house early to help sort onions. But we overslept and had to go to the 11am service. We ended up taking Jessie with us. I enjoyed the music/worship and the sermon was pretty good.
We spent the rest of the day @ D's fam's house. Diego was helping sort onions. I wish I would have taken a picture, but I forgot! You should have seen all these pallets of onions! All 5 brothers were out there sorting and also 3 guys that they had hired...I was inside helping Alicia and Irma sort through some things and organize Irma's storage room.
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| The menu @ Norm's where we went for dinner...it's kind of like a Denny's or IHOP except, they have this really cool retro looking sign out front.... Their pancakes weren't as good as IHOP or Denny's either.... |
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| Larry and Alicia |
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| Berenice and Jacob...you can see our waiter's reflection in the window...haha...he was pointing out "The Trio" which included a steak, shrimp, chicken tender, soup, salad, and bread for $10. |
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| Diego decided to go ahead and get the Trio...so did Jacob and Alicia. Larry got BBQ ribs, Berenice got a tuna sandwich, Jessie got a turkey sandwich, and I got pancakes! |
Random Photos:
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| D's mom has a friend that works @ a bakery and they get to bring home a bunch of free bread...so we got a gigantic bag full... |
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| Yum! |
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| I stuck a bunch of it in the freezer for next week... |
So yeah, that was my weekend. Oh, a job update: Over the past few days, I have applied for a couple different positions that I'm really interested in...
- Applied Behavior Specialist position ( basically a teaching assistant) @ an elementary special needs school in Torrance.
- Giving presentations on good oral health to low-income elementary students in the Los Angeles county schools.
- A teaching assistant position in an ESL classroom here @ San Pedro high school.
- Administrative assistant position @ the Rolling Hills Estates company where I applied for the technical editing position.
So, keep your fingers crossed! I would be excited to get any of those positions! :) I actually just received a voicemail about an interview for the administrative assistant position! They're wanting to schedule one for tomorrow or Wednesday! So...we shall see...
Well, it's nearly 4:30 here, so I had better get busy folding laundry and doing dishes. Happy Monday, everyone! :)
