Chili Cookoff Weekend

Sorry I have not updated in a while

OMG its been loco here ... time is not at all on my side ...

The Chili Cookoff was today and :) YEAH it was super fun ... it was me, alyssa, and her friend jojo .... the crowds were fucken crazy lol but come one what else would you expect at an event like this ... my friend was gonna try to get us BACKSTAGE PASSES but it was a LOCKDOWN event and that is a no no in the event world, but she tried so LAREN thank you but no thank you haha jk THANKS FOR TRYING!! It was a crazy event but over all I was glad I went. Of course we encounter a little drama but really what would life be like with no drama ... we missed out on 2 main headliners but no worries because (DUDET) I will get us tickets when they are in town for sure!!

As for all else everything is ok I guess. I have so much on my mind, and also so much to share, but time has not at all been on my side.... example lol I have to be at work in no lie 5 mins and I still have to shower and fight the traffic because I just got work of a van flipping over on the highway I need to be on so yeah I am gonna be late.... and of course knowing all that I decide to kill that much needed time blogging hahaha what a great emplyoee I am !!

Here are a few pics from the Chili Cookoof!!

Happy B-day Danit

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DANIT

HAVE A GREAT DAY!!

Remember you are only 21 once

so make this day a memorable one!!!

BABY-SAT

This weekend (FRI, SAT, SUN) I baby-sat .... 2 boys: Christopher 4 and Evan 9 .... yeah that talking back age, and eating junk age ... what was I thinking is what you are asking yourself ... lol and yeah after the first day ... FRIDAY I was like what did I get myself into ... to make a long story short it was a long but also fun weekend. Yes fun haha let me tell you why ... when it comes to kids no matter what age whatever you do with them as long as they are not at home is entertaining ... plus this is the time I can be a kid too haha *Friday* I picked the up from school, went to my house and we walked my dakota, then we went to the kids house and ordered dindin Pizza Hut then ate dindin, played on the trampoline, took a shower, and then watched the Disney Channel movie High School Musical omg been waiting for that movie forever and it was worth the wait haha ... not to eventful but they were tired and it was our slow day. **Saturday** ... Day to ... it started off early (5:30am) Ooooo god is right ... Christopher comes in "TIME TO GET UP ITS 5:30".... I am thinking: OMG KID WHAT THE HELL (but) I said: FIVE MORE MINS haha then I got up. Went to Sawgrass at 9am just to walk the mall, then went to Muvico (movie theater) to see HOOKWINKED ... movie review in a nut shell ... it was cute but sooooo not worth 7 bucks. I recommend if you want a short ok movie for kids entertainment on a rainy day then rent it or order it on paperview, but other than that the story of little red riding-hood should stay in children's books haha!! After that we were gonna go to the part but it looked like it was gonna rain so I opted ChuckE Cheese and omg was that the biggest mistake of my life ... no lie 39 birthday parties that say and a million and one kids just running around .... Yeah I will leave it at that ... all I will say is you live an learn ... after 4 hrs at the cheese I am soooo never having kids!!! After that we headed to my house to walk my pup agian haha boys love dogs!! Then we went home and were in for the night ... the boys took showers, I made dindin, and then we watched a movie (Herbie) I love that movie!!!! ***Sunday*** Day three ... ahhh sunday .... it was a short stressful say ... another 5:30am wake up call ... WTF is right ... god damn why dont kids sleep ... sleep is good .. they are not birds but are up with the birds!! Anyways we cleaned the house today (O Yeah that was fun telling the boys to do that haha) but they did and the house looked sooooo good!! After that we hit the pet store just to check out the pets haha (it does not take a lot to entertain kids) then I took them to the park for an hr and they surprised them with a trip to get ice cream and then this Aquarium place ... they saw a huge shark it was cool they also saw nemo haha KIDS WILL BE KIDS!! WHAT I LEARNED FROM THIS WEEKEND ::: it is official .. I NEVER WANT TO HAVE KIDS!!

called back to work!

As you all know I quite my job but the good news is I am back to work .. I know I know what now haha but no really the job I quite called me to tell me they got rid of that stalker guy and they wanted me back. I said ok but you have to up my pay and whoohoohoo they did just that!! I am stoked to be going back to work because really last week the longest and the most boring week of my life .. except for last monday whoohohoo I HAD A BLAST!!
Ok so I cant wait to go back on monday ... the people I work with are the best and its always fun fun fun .. well the past few week were stress with the stalker around but now that he is gone its back to fun fun fun !!

I will tell you all about it on monday !

Chris Gomes (4down)

Sometimes life sucks but in the end its what we make of it that makes us who we are!!!

4 Months down ..... 8 more to go

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MANIC MONDAY ..NOT..

JUST ANOTHER MANIC MONDAY

... NOT...

Monday ... ahhh a day of much needed R&R ... OOooooo YEAHHHHHH ... the day started off at a rush ... needed to take some papers to a friends house in miami at 6am and then I had an interview at this coffee place at 7am .. yeah talk about the ass crack of dawn, but hey no lie the day got soooo much better when I got home around 8:30am took dakota for a walk and then got a phone call around 8:55am from Alyssa (Dudet) to come over ... whohoooooo I love just hanging out ... HAKUNA MATATA ... no worries in the world ... GOOD TIMES!! We watched movies all day long :) , ate junk food (well she did that) .. what diet?!?! haha , had take out (lunch) from jersey's (best place ever DANO SAUCE KICKS ASS) , and had some much needed R&R :)!! FYI:
I love the movie The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants ... OMG it is the best friends movie of all time. I recomend it to the world of all ages!! That was one of the movies we watched and yes I am a dork because I cried but whatever :)I DONT CARE!!

It was so great spending the day with her ... We have not dont that in a while and I really miss just hanging out her and I so MONDAY WAS NOT A MANIC ONE :) IT WAS MORE LIKE A FUN DAY!!

Drama in the workplace

Eventful week ...Uneventful weekend

Its was a crazy last week but to top it off the most boring weekend ever .... Ok let me start off by saying I quit my job ... bro and dad are so mad at me .... its a long story but the in a nut shell short version is this dude was sexually harassing me ....... not in a gross touch all way, but he would push me, grab my arms, and also say very inappropriate things to me. I told my dad and my bro as soon as this started and they told me I needed to go to my MANAGER (my boss is my dads boss too and we have known him for 15 years) he told me he was gonna get rid if this dude ... well days went by then weeks went by and nothing was done. The more I let this go the more he would say things to me that just made me very uncomfortable with he around me. So last week (Monday) I gave my notice that this was gonna be my last week .... everyone thought I was just joking around but was not ... it came down to either him or me .... BYE BYE was the quote of the day FRIDAY!!

Now I am stuck ... I loved work ... ok ok ok that is a lie I loved the people I worked with ... people are what make work fun ... and thats what it was FUN AT WORK, I really did not want to leave, but I am sooo sad that it came down to that. I told them if and when they do get ride of the pervert I will come back but unless they do it quick before another job comes along I am soooo gone!!!!!!!!!

Starting Tuesday I have to hop on that job hunt wagon and find something ASAP .... I dont care what ..... I have so many plans for this year that yes does cost money and the truth is money does not grow on trees!!!
I have an interview at this Coffee Place at the Broward Mall .... I went with a friend to the mall Saturday and this guy was so crazy loud laughing and just going crazy .... I was like OMG are you a MGR and he said why ... I said I would love to work with someone like you (funny, happy, loud and so outgoing) all the time.. that would totally motivate me to want to come to work just to have a good time... he laughed and said I am the owner hahaha .. I said WHAT ??? He laughed again and my friend said are you hiring she needs a job ... he said as a matter a fact we are ... I said yeah ... he said I am off now but come by anytime Monday and we will work something out.

Its funny how they say everything happens for a reason .... Well I will keep you posted on what happens with that coffee place :) ... but as of right now the job hunt is still!!! I got to run .. the plan is to vegetate all day ... watching movies, the disney channel, eating junk, stay in PJ's and bundle up with dakota because it is chilly here in SUNNY SOUTH FLA haha, then come 8pm it will be time for my SUNDAY NIGHT shows CHARMED / DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES / AND GREY'S ANATOMY ... whoohooho its gonna be an uneventful day but a much needed relaxing one at that!!

little girl at store

I had a frustrating day at work and just wanted to go home and do nothing but I had to hit the store before that ...... Between work, the traffic driving to the store, then the employees who were just fucken dumb I wanted to just get home because my day could not have gotten any worse that it was .... yeah was I wrong .... I forgot about checkout ... the time you need self checkout line that store does not have one ... ugh is right ..... so I waited in this line and no lie it was the slowest cashier I had ever....... Ok usually I would be like ITS ALL GOOD ... she is new , in training, having a bad day like me... whatever I would just make up an excuses to keep myself sane .... I finally get to her after about 20 mins in line and when I say Hello she does not say anything to me ... does not even look up at me after I said hello ... I was like strike one BITCH!!! While she is ringing me up I look at her badge and it says 7 years. I know am thinking OMG she has been with this company for 7 years and is this fucken slow ... ok bad day but shit leave your attitude at the door please .... so all is done and she does not tell me my amount just looks at me .. I was like umm ok and handed her money .... she hands me my change and it falls all over the place ... in stead of helping me pick up the 99 cents in fucken nickels she gave me because she had no change in her register she started to ring up the next person .... Oooo hold up ... hell no ... that is not happening .... I gave her a look and then rolled my eyes .... shit no lie that ticked her off and she made a comment to me "can you please hurry and move" ... hahaha ..... Oooo WHAT ... ugh whatever I was about to go to the manager about this employees attitude when I glanced over and saw this girl ... she must have been 13 or so ... she had no hair (cancer I am assuming) and was just soooo happy ... I was like OMG ... I watched her for a while and it was like in the movies ... nothing was around me all I saw was her ... it was the most amazing thing I had ever seen .... I saw my mom battle cancer but never without her wig on and never publicizing it to the world that she had cancer.... the girl was with a bunch of girls and they were laughing and just acting like themselves ... the little girl was not shy it looked like she was proud to be fighting this disease ..... and the girls who were with her were looking at her like she was one of then .... no different ... I know cancer patients are not different but it was sooo nice to see that people see more than just cancer in someone. Then I thought to myself ... I have to wake up at 4 in the morns to go to work , then I have to deal with shit at work , then I have shit ass days at work , sit in fucken FLA rush hour traffic after work, then have to deal with the slowest and stupidest cashier that I felt was just the highlight of my shit ass day, I get mad over the stupidest things with my bro and dad, get into fights with my best friend (hasn't happened in a while), and last but not least have the audacity to think "could my day get any worse" ..... wow...... after looking at that little girl ... yeah it could because I could be in her shoes , but its not and I am not walking in her shoes sooooooo why get mad over stupid ass things??????????????????

SOooooooo crazy but true how at times we think ..... we have had the worst day ever ... but in reality people have it a whole lot worse !!!!

Sometimes it takes you to really look at something and see something to really open your eyes about life and how its just tooo damn short !!! I am not saying be happy all the time ... I am just saying .... live life ... get over shit... and love every min you have left, because really when you think you are having a shit ass day people are worst off than you are!!!!!!!!!!!!

I WISH

Dont take anything for granted ... You never know what you have till its gone!!

When I look back in life and can say "I have no regrets" only because we all have a choice and yes sometimes we venture down the wrong path, do the wrong things, not listening to that voice inside us, say the wrong things at times, or miss out on saying what we need to say.... we are not perfect and we all make mistakes but in the end if we are that bigger person and can grow from it all .... we can see the whole picture and live and learn from our mistakes ... having no regrets!!!!

After this past year, thinking about mom, grieving her death, talking to other people about things I would only share with my mom, missing the glue that held our family together and soooo much more .. I can say that I do have regrets ... I wish I said more to her ... I wish I did more for her ... I wish ............. but now its toooo late!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Moms 1yr mass

Moms One Year Memorial service was today.

FORTY-DAY MEMORIAL SERVICE AND ONE YEAR MASS AFTER A DEATH ....
It is traditional for the family to sit in the front row of the church before the icon of Christ during the service. The family provides a wheat dish called kollyva, a symbolic custom
MEANING ::::::
Truly, truly, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it bears much fruit. John: 12:24

The message of everlasting eternal life and hope is symbolically represented by the white mound of kollyva on a tray bearing a cross and the deceased's initials in Greek. The tray rests on a small table with candles in front of the church ikonostasion during the memorial service. After church the family shares the kollyva with the rest of the congregation.

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It was a long long long long service and to all of you who were able to attend thank you so much .... Dad Michael and I appreciate it , but I also I have to say I am sooooo sorry .... It was a long long standing , all greek, boring, and cold service ... so on the memorable note I have to promise you all that I will NOT have a greek wedding :) !!!!

The service like I said was a long one OMG it was sooooooo long ... I dont have the energy or time to write all about what happened ... short version is ... we had to sit upfront, the mane next to me was falling asleep, I kept crying because I kept thinking of mom ... note to the world I got baptized when I was younger (they dunk greeks underwater from head to toe) and today I was baptized again.... omg dont get me started on that ..... Yeah lets just leave it at that ... actually I have to thank god that Alyssa was not next to me because we would have gotten kicked out of church from laughing..... why is it that every one year mass some crazy shit happens to make it a memorable one .... I guess that is a good thing haha!!

Well it was nice service, and I was so glad we were able to get the wheat on the alter and also moms name in the bulletin!

SAD 1st week of 2006

For the rest of my life I am going to request.... no ... demand vacation time for these exact days Dec 31 - Jan 7th ... during that time I am gonna vegetate on the sofa watching movies and eating pizza the entire time ... no radio, no TV, no people contact, no news paper, no phone calls, no Internet ... yes you all read right ... no internet for the entire time ... I know I am a NET ADDICT but I cant take anymore bad news at the beginning of the new year so my plan is to avoid all till the second week of Jan comes around!

This past week has sucked ass .... so many people have passed away ... Lets recap shall we :(

Alyssa's Friend's Sister who was 19 died - Jan 2nd
Nikki a co-worker got into a car accident and passed away- Jan 2nd
A friend of the family's Mom died after a strong cancer battle- Jan 3rd
Moms One Year Mark - Jan 5th (mom I miss you)

REALLY I CANT TAKE ANYMORE BAD NEWS ..... so to all of you .... mark your calendars I will be MISSING IN ACTION from Dec 31st - Jan7th for the rest of my life!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

My Heart goes out to everyone who lost someone

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Now for the good news .... On Jan 5, 2005 I went to the cemetery ... it was the first time ever that I got to see moms marker. It was hard at first and I was soooo scared but I did not show it. The whole day I was dreading that min of seeing her name but I knew deep down inside that I had to do this ... if not for me then for mom.... also what made it easier was that I had the one person I needed for strength there with me and girl if it were not for you I dont know what I would do ... THANKS DUDET (Alyssa) FOR ALL !!! Well I fought back the tears, faced my fears, and I did it ... finally I can say that I have been there ... not sure when I will go back again just because it was a hard thing to do but at least I did it!!
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Dear Alyssa
The adventures we seem to find are always classic ones at that! Thank you dudet for everything!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
xxoo
me

To the min of this day!

This time last year at 11:05am every second felt like a min ... every min felt like an hour... every hour felt like an eternity.
It still hurts and I am sure it always will!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


Behind every band is a story




IN LOVING MEMORY OF MOM


MOM YOU ARE SO MISSED

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The Food Industry

WORK WORK WORK

Talk about sucking ass

Here are my top ----- reasons WHY NOT TO WORK IN THE FOOD INDUSTRY

1. You will learn very quickly all that really goes on behind the scenes and trust me when I say you will never want to eat out again.

2. When it comes down to the smell you can never get that food smell off your hands ... thats the reason why I have 2 pairs of gloves on at all times then shower with a LEMON.

3. It gets soooooo hot in the kitchen... SONG SING WITH ME: its getting hot in here so take off all your ... lol you know the rest :)!!

4. Shoes are an essential when it comes to walking on a greasy floor. If you dont have the right non slip shoes on you will 1. fall on your ass and yes that is a guarantee 2. Totally get a work out on your calves 3. get exhausted before the middle of your shift.... spend the money even if you are not gonna be at that job for to long it will pay off in the end!!!!

5. Note to all ... shave your arms or the hair will burn off !!! If you shave your arms then you are fine but if not when using the grill HIGH HEAT is the only way to cook food fast so during that time your arm hairs just fry right off .... O yeah and roll your selves UP when grilling fire is your best friend but also worse enemy

6. HOT HOT HOT WARNING ... dont just grab a pan you see on the table it just might have come out of a 500 degree oven. Third Degree Burns SUCK ASS and HURT like hell.

7. Industrial ovens have 2 degrees ... HOT and MOTHER FUCKEN HOT. Those doors are HOT and close real fast.

8. Chafing Dishes.... those buffet looking things that keep food hot during parties for buffet style food ... yeah key word is HOT .. HOT STEAM. The covers and the pans inside are always HOT!!

9. You dont know how hard it is to cook for 100 people till you try it. Trust me when I say its not the same as cooking for 5. After working 5 weeks in a kitchen I have learned to cook for 100 and overcook for 5.

10. Heating up soup .... Soup will burn when its left on a stove even in low heat... burnt soup is no good even if you try adding more flavoing to kill the burning taste it does not work!

11. When they say instant grits they mean boil the water, pour the grits, stir about three turns, and then take that bitch right off the stove .. instant is right ... if not that pot is a pain in the ass to clean ... P.S> again back to burnnt food ... burnt grits smell so bad.

12. Rice ... new way of making rice. After burning rice 3 times in a row ... the new way is the oven. Add what you need inside the rice for flavor ... then keep in mind 1 gallon of water to 1 gallon of rice ....... cover it with 2 sheets of foil and put it in the oven for 1 hr. NO LIE It will come out sooooo perfect.

13. Never send your food back or complain ... people will remember you!!

14. Never push a cart (speed rack) always pull it ... dont as why just listen!!!

15. soap .... dish soap is not used for mopping the floors.

16. iIf you see your food ever drying out just add a little water because water never hurts anything.

17. Ever wonder about salad bars ... do you really think they dump stuff at the end of the day ??? Yeah hahaha keep enjoying your salad bar and telling yourself that one.... IT NEVER HAPPENS ... shit is always reused. Gross is right ... P.S> to the world ... I will never eat at a salad bar again!!!

18. Flat Grills ... smooth surface grills ... O god if you burn shit on a flat grill thats it say good bye to the rest of your life because that is how long it will take you to clean it. Grease cutter does not work either it helps a little but all the scrapping is done by hand : /!! A mistake made only once you can say a lesson well learned !!

19. If a spoon is left in a pot .....STEAM is HOTTER than anything so yeah that spoon or whatever that you are using is gonna be HOTTTT!!!!

20. I have come to the conclusion that I think everything should be able to say I worked in the food industry ... then costumers (the world ) would be nicer, cleaner, and also understand a little about how much shit it really takes to cook, serve, and clean.

Happy 2006 New Year

GOOD BYE FUCKED UP 2005 .... HELLO BETTER 2006

Ahhhhh the new year ... a time to start new , reflect on all the shit you did the past year, move forward in life from the shit you did that past year haha, make those resolutions that you are totally gonna eventually break, make those promises you sooo are not gonna keep, and yes time to PARTY the night away .... go out with a bang and start the new year off with a bigger bang ... yeah the world anyway :)!!

WHAT TO DOOOOOOOO ?????? Its the question of the night !!!
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Danit's Journal Posting
New Years is my favorite holiday. I always look forward to it so much and love it. But today, I have NO plans. I feel like such a bum cause I wanna go out and do something so badly! The thing is, we usually have a New Year's Eve party at my house and invite lots of people over. But this year, no one is coming over and it's gonna be soooo boring. And everyone has plans! Parties and families and blah blah blah...

So I dunno, I've been on the phone with Chris for the past 35 minutes trying to plan something but nothing so far. Personally, I just wanna get outta the house and do SOMETHING, I mean, even if it isn't that special and doesn't involve alcohol or craziness. Just don't wanna be boring...

Anyways, I should stop complaining and actually get dressed and just get in the car and go somewhere. We'll see...
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That doing something never happened ..... we hung up the phone and did our own thing ....

::::::::My new years eve in a nutshell::::::::

I did not end 2005 or start 2006 with a bang ... it was an uneventful one at that .... I stayed home alone with my pup ... bro (michael) went out like he does every year and partied the night away ..... I watched Dick Clarks Rocking New Years Eve ... watched the ball drop at midnight ... cried because I missed mom (that was something her and I did every year) , opted to drink the night away (Smirnoff Ice lol) .. got three phone calls at midnight ... first bro, second my aunt, and third Alyssa :) ... after those phone calls I went online, sent emails, surfed the net for a while and then I turned in :)!!

This year might have been a dull one but next year no lie its gonna be a BLAST and a damn good post at that!!!!!!!!!!


Dear Mom
I remember how sad you looked last year ... how sick you really were .. the fear you never showed any of us ... and even the hope that you still had ... something I have given up on (HOPE) .... I guess that is why I dont see any holiday the same .. I just look back and see the sad in your eyes, the missing part of our family, but more so I cant help but think about all you are gonna miss out on!!
I GET REALLY SAD AT TIMES AND MANY DAYS I CANT HELP BUT MISS YOU SO MUCH ... I KNOW THAT YOU ARE NOT HERE WITH ME ANYMORE BUT DEEP DOWN INSIDE I KNOW YOU ARE WATCHING OVER ME .. O yeah mom please dont watch the bad things I do, close you eyes, look away, just dont watch hahaha ... EVEN THOUGH I DO GET SAD I WILL NEVER FORGET THAT I HAVE YOU IN MY HEART NOW AND FOREVER SO REALLY YOU ARE NOT TO FAR AWAY!!!
HAPPY 2006 NEW YEAR MOM ... even though this year was not at all the same I still had to say it!!!!
Love
Your Only Daughter