there is nothing in my head!

so its been awhile since i last posted but tons of stuff has been going on. most of you know by now but for those of you that haven't heard i was worried for the past few weeks that i might have a brain tumor. I've been having rather weird pressure headaches throughout the day. before i could ask my doctor what it could be i looked up information online. apparently pressure headaches can be a lot of things like tension headaches, headaches from high-blood pressure or worst case a brain tumor. naturally, being so traumatized with tumors i automatically think the worse. a brain tumor. on top of EVERYTHING else a brain tumor. i think this time i was really really scared. a new level of fear just filled me up!

finally on Monday i had an appointment with Dr. Chen and i told her about the headaches. she didn't want to play around so she ordered an MRI right away. the only good news i could see from all of this was that the type of chemo i am currently getting treats brain and neck tumors. so i guess that was a plus. other then that i was super scared. Tuesday i went to get the MRI. the whole time i was in the tube all i kept doing was thinking just how loud that machine was and praying! all i kept doing was talking to God and asking him to please let everything be OK.

yesterday, i got the call. 9:00am Dr. Chen called. she told me my MRI was clear. no brain tumor!!!!!!!! i was SO happy! i don't know if I'll ever hear the words "you re cancer free" but I'm sure hearing that was a lot like how i would feel! right after that phone call i cried like no body's business! i was so grateful to God and to everyone who has been praying for me! God really does listen! I've never felt like that before! it was amazing!

I'm still getting the headaches but not as often and Tylenol seems to be working just fine. I'm thinking it maybe because its so hot out. i cant really handle 85 and above heat. hopefully, this headache problem will all be in the past soon!

not sure how to feel

so those of you who may or may not know. i didn't get some good news on Friday. for the past few weeks i was having pain and excessive bloating in my lower abdomen. i finally went in to Dr. Chen and told her whats going on. i asked her if she thought maybe it had to do with the radiation. she said normally if i was going to have any type of pain it would be where i was getting radiation. when she listened to my abdomen she said she could definitively hear things are moving very slowly in there and that's why i was feeling full. she scheduled a CT scan ASAP to see whats up.

i went for my CT scan last Thursday and got my results on Friday morning. found out i have a bunch of little tiny tumors all up in my intestines. these little tumors are what cased things to slow down in my digestive system. i was happy to finally be able to have an answer but man it felt like hearing i have cancer all over again. it was so hard to hear. i knew going into this battle was going to be hard but i didn't think how much it was going to hurt.

all day Friday and over the weekend all i could think of was how much of a failure i was. am i doing something wrong? did i say something not right? i don't get it! i thought i was doing so well. i feel so many things right now. one things for sure is i don't feel like giving up. this just has to be a little bump or trip through my which feels like an endless journey.

the results

well i did yet again another endoscopy test yesterday. this time they completely knocked me out, thank goodness! so i didn't feel a thing. the doctor who did the procedure, Dr. Chui, told Robert that he did see the main tumor and the little lymph nodes around the esophagus. he told Robert that he would talk with Dr. May Chen and see what they can do about it.

today i saw Dr. Chen and she told me that radiation therapy maybe the answer along with chemotherapy. my radiation will be for 3 weeks straight and i will be getting chemo once a week. I'll be getting a lower dose of chemo. Dr. Chen said based on the type of chemo i was already getting this treatment should be no problem. so i should get through this with no problem. after the treatment I'll be getting another PET scan to check for anything else that we've might have missed.

I'm so excited and extremely happy that this stupid nightmare is almost over!!!! i cant wait for my hair to grow back! i cant wait to just start my life again. cancer puts a hold on everything. it doesn't stop you from living your life but it does stop your day to day "normal" life. cancer just sucks in general and i cannot wait to put this behind me!
on another note... Michael Jackson's memorial was extremely moving and touching...Michael may you RIP. thank you for being the soundtrack of my childhood. thank you for your Thriller video because without it i don't think i would have eaten much as a child.=) My mom used to carry the thriller video everywhere and put it on so i could eat. my eyes would stay glued to the TV as Michael and all the monsters would dance around. my mouth would just drop open while my mom would feed me. thank you for your Bad album because without that i would not have been able to run around my house singing to your songs and putting on concerts for my stuff animals and to anyone that would listen to me. thank you for all your music videos because without them i don't think my mom would have anything to threaten me with to take my naps. she would tell me "Juana, you better go to sleep! Otherwise you're not gonna watch Michael on MTV!" thank you, thank you, THANK YOU! you will always be in my heart!

things are looking up

i got my PET scan results and the votes are in. the cancer that was on my bones are no longer there. I'm all clear on my bones!!!!! we are heading in the right direction! chemo is working! my main tumor is there but Dr. Chen said there is no activity going on. it may just be dead cells that are there. But even with all this good news there is a little bit of bad. On the scan there was a little spot that showed up near my esophagus. its about 1 centimeter. they aren't totally sure as to what it is so this Monday I'll be seeing the stomach doctor again and they will be putting a camera down my throat to check it out. i'll keep you all posted.

but over all things are looking up. my war against cancer is still on its way and it looks like i'm winning! Juanita: 1 Cancer: 0

nightastic birthdays!

i dont care who you are....this is HELLA funny! LOL! oh disneyland! how i love you so!

PS...HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME!

A Wicked Weekend!

This past weekend Robert and i went on a little getaway to San Francisco. it was absolutely awesome! Thanks to one of my very best friends, Adrian, we were able to stay at the JW Marriott off of Post street. This hotel was amazing! i totally recommend staying here! Beautiful!after we checked in our SWEET digs, we headed out to the movies to watch the new Disney-Pixar movie Up. Two thumbs up WAY UP! This movie hit me on an emotional level. i think i cried so much cause of whats been going on in my life. i know the characters aren't going through cancer or something crazy but mainly because i want that kind of life with Robert. hopefully I'll get better and i will live a full life with Robert. that's the plan anyway. i related a lot to earl and Ellie with not being able to have children just because that might be something i will be going through as well. so yeah this movie hit me like a ton of bricks and i loved it!

the next day, Robert and i got up and head out to where all the hippies hang out in San Francisco! haight and ashbury! this place reeks of weed!!!! LOL! they had awesome art work all over the place. the environment was so chill and cool. they had really cool shops and names for restaurants. very original! i loved it! OH and also in the area is the house in the Disney TV show That's so Raven! cool stuff!

After hanging out with all the hippiest people in San Francisco we headed out to the Hippiest and FABULOUS area in San Francisco....THE CASTRO!!!! i loved it here! we saw how everyone here could just BE there self! nobody was judging them. nobody cared who you were kissing or holding hands with. it was so awesome! you were really able to just relax and be who you were. Robert and i were saying too bad the rest of the world couldn't be the same way. its kinda sad actually.

after all the excitement we went back to the room to rest before dinner. Dinner was at kuleto's in union square. it was pretty yummy! stuff mushrooms and chicken with marinara sauce is the bomb! we felt very fancy and rich! hahaha lame i know but still its fun to pretend! after dinner it was Wicked time! that Broadway show was AMAZING! i was totally blown away with such a great performance. i can see what all the fuss was all about.

my memorial day weekend!

so my weekend was super busy! 2 graduations, an awesome day at Napa and a trip to the beach. many congrats goes to my girl Christine Ann Pingel and my cousin Alex Chavez. I'm so proud of you both!
Napa was BEAUTIFUL! we headed over to my aunts house and had a BBQ. after the BBQ Robert, my dad and my nino went to play golf while my tia, my mom, Mandy and myself went wine tasting. the first winery we went to is run by Walt Disney's daughter Diane Miller. that place is absolutely beautiful. its the same place they filmed soarin' over California. we also got to meet the man who helped open the winery at Disney's California Adventures. good knowledge! more Random facts i know about Disney!

From there we headed out to a castle winery just down the road. the man who built it spared NO expense! every rock that was use to build the castle was hand made! he didn't want his castle to look fake so everything was top of the line. we did a 1 1/2 hour tour of the place and at the end we did some wine tasting. we absolutely loved it!
and today Mandy, Jessica, kiwi and myself made our way to Seacliff state beach in Capitola. such a beautiful day. best beach day so far this year! we talked about our trip to Hawaii next year and plans for this upcoming Disneyland trip in June...should be fun! once we were done playing at the beach Jess and i headed to the mall where we had a shopping fail day. nothing really catched our eyes so not a very productive day at valley fair. maybe next time. oh yeah FUCK you old navy and your bullshit $1 flip-flops! why didn't you save any for me! FUCKERS...tis all...

break time is over, back to chemo

round 8 official started this past Monday. this time i felt a little more sick then normal so they upped my meds a bit. it made me feel really weird and then eventually i passed the fuck out. all i know is it made me feel sick when i got home. nasty! oh well...

this past weekend was my cousin's wedding. the ceremony was beautiful! actually everything was nice! I'm so happy for them both! Renee is officially my cousin-in-law! yay! as a gift to them Robert and i got them Disney dollars for there honeymoon and very cool extensive fun guide that i put together for them. i hope they have fun...what am i saying OF COURSE they will have fun! its Disneyland!

the following day, Sunday, we went to the giants and mets game with some friends. it was hella hot for being San Francisco, but once we got in our seats the temperature cooled off. giants won the game but sadly did not win the series. mets wanted it more. good job to both teams!

what will you celebrate?

MY LIFE! Congrats to me on my 6 month anniversary! 6 months ago on Nov 12, 2008 i was told i have cancer. i was told that without treatment i would have 6 months or so left to live. Crazy huh?! back then i wasn't sure how i would be but turns out 6 months later I'm still kicking ass and looking awesome! I'm so grateful that i don't look like shit and I've been doing so well. these past few months I've been to Disneyland 3 times, gone to a lot of giants and sharks games, went to Santa Cruz a thousand times, hung out with my bestest friends, and gone to fantastic family events! thank you for all your prayers and company. I've made up with friends that I've had conflicts with. most of that stuff was pointless and stupid. I'm kind of glad that i have cancer cause i think its made me a better person as a whole. it really puts things into perspective. i like to think I've come a long way. I've made new friends. some of them are fellow cancer peeps and nurses who are the most awesomest people ever. don't get me wrong getting cancer sucks and it was not on my to do list but you have to deal with whatever cards you're dealt with. I've made lemonade with the lemons life gave me. i hope i continue doing fabulous and with that i raise my cup of Starbucks to you cancer and say "Cancer, you are a bitch. fuck you and thanks for the good times! Cheers!"

Confused????

so today's chemo treatment was put off yet another week. turns out my blood count (white blood cells) was too low again! i don't understand! i mean i do understand but at the same time I'm just so confused???? Dr. Chen told me that the reason my counts were to low is because I've already had so many rounds of chemo that my bone marrow is really slow to make more white blood cells. she didn't look worried at all and thinks I'm doing really well. BUT STILL! i mean is that OK? do i have to take a break from chemo? WTF!? i just wanna get better. I'm sick of being SICK! i know I'm on my way but all this stuff, these little bumps confuse the hell out of me! I'M I REALLY GETTING BETTER? I'm feeling fine but my blood work says other wise. now i have to get more of those shots to keep my white cells up. i got one shot today and i have to come back tomorrow and Wednesday. Friday i go back and get my blood work done. Wendy, the nurse practitioner, will see me and tell me if I'm good to go on the following Monday for treatment. Dr. Chen did say that she is very amazed as to how well I'm doing with this many rounds of treatment. she said most people don't even make it through 2-3 rounds of this type of chemo. my mother-in-law said its cause I'm stubborn and i wont let the cancer get the best of me. i say its cause i say FUCK YOU CANCER and GET THE FUCK OUT OF MY BODY and P.S. i hate you. hahaha....

my cousin Alex's wedding is Saturday so i didn't wanna have chemo at the end of this week. i cant be sick on their wedding day! Alex is like a brother to me. i would be very upset if i missed it. i have a job to do that day. I'm the bubble passer expert! BUBBLES BUBBLES BUBBLES (*in the voice of that yellow tank fish in Finding Nemo*). oh well....hope you all had a fabulous Mother's Day!

getting my mediport!

Alright team I'm finally going under the knife! it's not anything huge like a full on surgery but it is a minor one. I'm getting a mediport put in for my chemo treatments. its kinda like what i used have in my arm but now its gonna be in my chest. i have to admit i am a little scared. I've never been through anything like this so the thought of something being put in my chest is crazy to me. but I've been reading up on it online and I've seen pictures of it so I'm not too worried about it anymore. i read peoples comments about their experiences and most of them said that its not big thang. most don't even remember the procedure. so this mediport is just another little bump in the road. i can deal.

so this mediport thing is gonna be hella better then the pic line was. no more dressing and stupid arm bands that gave me a bad tan line. LAME! the pictures of a mediport shows like a little bump in your chest but its nothing i cant hide with a cute ass tank top! well take care everyone and happy early mothers day everyone!This is a picture a a girl who got a mediport put in. the lines are just where they are gonna do radiation.

GOOD NEWS!

I'm finally better enough to let all you know that my tumor is shrinking! Yep that's right...shrinking! i went in for round 7 of chemo this past Monday. i talked to my doctor to see if she had heard anything about my last CT scan. the last time i talked to her she said she couldn't tell if my tumor was smaller or bigger cause she had nothing to compare it too. i told her we had the old scans so she might be able to compare. we did that and the radiologist said my tumor is smaller! FINALLY i know where i stand!

they took out my pic line cause it wasn't working anymore. they had to poke me and put an IV in my hand so i can get my chemo. that was not fun at all! when they told me that they had to take out my PIC line i was scared that it might hurt cause they were gonna just pull it out! i was like oh heck no! BLOOD everywhere!!! but that was not the case =) no blood was spilled.

on another note...my hair looks like its growing back. i have some kind of fuzz so that's cool. my cousin Jr stopped by and wanted to see and he said i looked tough. hahaha i am pretty bad ass so yeah i gots to look the part if I'm gonna act the part!

CT results tomorrow

Tomorrow i get my results for last Thursdays CT results. I'm really scared... i don't feel any different. still have no pain, don't feel any worse, everything seems normal. i think that's what scares me the most. the fact that i feel fine scares the hell out of me. before all this crap started i felt fine! so i really don't know what to feel. I'm still keeping my head up and hope for the best but still. Dr. Chen thinks I'm doing great. with her thinking that i think maybe just maybe everything will be fine but I'm still skeptical. well i guess we'll find out tomorrow. keep your fingers cross!

bald, disneyland and a NEW CAR!

Hello! So i finally did it! i finally shaved my head this past weekend! No, i didn't have a breakdown like my girl Britney Spears. It was just time. Most of my hair was gone anyways so it needed to be done. I'm OK with it. it was weird at first seeing my head for the first time. CRAZY. but I'm OK. i don't look too bad with no hair, i mean i would love it if i had it but I'm OK without it for now. my sister and my dad had to help me out a little when i was cutting it off. i couldn't see the back of my head. my mom had a hard time with it. she was upset and felt bad about me having to go through this. i can understand. if i was a mom watching her daughter go through cancer i would be upset too.


on a happy note: WE'RE LEAVING FOR DISNEYLAND IN 2 DAYS!!! Yes folks we are going back to Disneyland for the the 3rd time in 4 months! LOL! We're crazy i know, but i love it so who cares! this time were talking the Disney gang with us. we leave on Thursday and come back on Sunday, so not too long. I'm really excited about this trip cause we made shirts for everyone! the girls and i thought it would be cool if all of us had a shirt with a ride on it. the shirts came out awesome! i cant wait to show you pictures. I'll be sure to update during the trip!


on another happy note: ROBERT AND I GOT A NEW CAR! we are now proud owners of a 2008 ford escape. its the family car. Robert and i don't have any kids so it'll be our little toy to play with for a while. in case you were wondering why we got a new one its cause Robert's mustang got into a little accident 2 Sundays ago. it was messed up and it couldn't be saved so that's where the new car came into play. Robert did an excellent job at wheeling and dealing at the dealership. i was very proud of my man! good job baby!

well that looks like that's all for now...I'll be updating during the trip!

chemo time baby!

getting chemo! my last one round until may! woot woot!

Finally! Good news as arrived!

hey friends! so guess what? it was doctor visit time. i finally was able to get some answers from my doctor today. she told me she thinks I'm doing great! she noticed that i wear my wig now, which i do wear everywhere i go now cause I've lost most of my hair. my head looks so nasty but what are ya going to do, right?! anyways...my doctor thinks my treatments are going absolutely fabulous! thank you God! the other night i was a little worried mainly because i had no idea what was going on with me. i hadn't cried so much since i was diagnosed. Now i feel like I'm actually getting somewhere with this cancer crap.

anyhow, my doctor thinks my next CT scan (April 2) will come out looking awesome! she is more than positive about that. i was SO happy to hear this. she checked out all my lymph nodes and she said everything looked fine. we asked her about whether i could possibly have surgery in the future and she said its not something she wants for me right now cause it might be too much for my body to handle. right now we are just concentrating on getting the tumor down to size. OH and the best part was that she thinks i might be very close to remission!!!!! isn't that awesome! I'm sooo happy with everything. i know I'm not out of the woods yet but i feel like things are actually going to get better for me! YAY!!! i get a second chance! THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR PRAYERS AND HAPPY THOUGHTS! GOD LOVES ME! WOO HOO!

d23 is what?!

so the D23 hoopla is a magazine? wow i thought it might have been something cooler like i don't know something cooler! apparently this magazine is gonna be almost $16 bucks and it only comes out 4 times a year. that sucks! ah well i wanna get it either way so yeah.

Happy Birthday Mandy!

Happy birthday to you!
Happy birthday to you!
You smell like a monkey!
And you look like one too!

Happy birthday Mandy! WOW you're finally 21 years old! Congratulations! you're in the big leagues now! Well lucky girl not only are you going to celebrate with your family and friends tonight you get to go to Tres next weekend AND head to Disneyland at the end of the month. You're birthday is pretty much all month long! I'm sorry i won't be able to be there next weekend. Chemo gets in the way of everything. I'm sure you'll have a great time anyways =) Happy birthday sister...hope you have a awesome one!

anoop dog

OK so i was totally pissed off at American idol this year. i could not believe Anoop was kicked off a few weeks ago! i was like what the fuck was America thinking! he's freaking awesome! but thanks to the wild card show he's back!!! top 13 baby! I'm sure this guy is going far! GO ANOOP DOG!

P.S. HAPPY 4 YEARS CHRIS AND CHRISTINE!!!! LOVE YOU BOTH!

Are you 23?

what is this "are you 23" business? dateline disney has been twittering about it all day? i'm so lost!

in other disney news....thank goodness they are thinking about re-doing star tours for the 55th! i love the 80's but that ride needs a makeover! how exciting! i love new stuff at disneyland!

Another weekend came and went

So this weekend was girls night out! Dinner and a movie with my girls was a blast! good times all around! for starters dinner was interesting. of course i had to be the one to order the worst effing thing on the menu! tell me why my pizza was like HELL exploded in my mouth! i ordered the Sicilian pizza from macaroni grill. The waiter informs me that the pizza was "a little spicy". I've ordered this before at CPK so i knew the pizza was spicy so i was like oh sure i know whatever. So, it comes out and by this time I'm hungry. i take a bite of the fucking thing and BAM the shit kills my mouth! I'm trying so hard not to die while eating this shit but no. there wasn't enough water in the world to put out the fire in my mouth. the girls found my situation to be very funny. i didn't. i was still hungry.

the movie was cool. we went to see confessions of a shopaholic. this movie was the whole reason we had girls night to being with. apparently this movie was too girly for bobby and Chris to see. i read the book before hand and of course the movie was different from the book. i liked it both ways. the girl in the movie was really cute. Christine and i loved her "fan dance". the "fan dance" needs to be done at the club for sure!
today my nino and aunt Gail came over with ribs. they are so sweet! i wish i could have enjoyed the food more. Food for me taste like crap. the chemo messes everything up. hopefully by next weekend food will taste better. anyways, on top of dinner together we had a Wii night here at the house. Chris and Christine came by to play with Mandy. they're always fun to watch. i love it. Christine gets super into the game which makes it that much more fun to watch. LOL! love it!

after Wii time was finished we gathered around the table and talked about our cell phone/pager past. LOL! oh man! we talked about what our first phones were and the pagers we used to have. apparently i was the only one who actually had people page me. Chris and Robert on the other hand had it only for looks. hahaha wow! Chris and i also were talking about pager codes and the alphabet that went into the whole "pager movement". man pagers were so lame! haha. too funny!

thanks friends for making this rainy and cloudy weekend enjoyable! 6000 171647 877! 15339 986312 60035 871173--143!

Welcome Green Machine to the world!

Hello friends! Breaking news!!!! Bobby and I bought a Mac Book last night! This is exciting to me cause I've never had a new laptop! I feel so special! Everything is so NEW! hahaha this laptop would have been so kick ass at State!

Well other then the laptop news i am feeling better since my last blog. i bounce back pretty good. My new CT scan should be in a couple of weeks. i hoping for good news. i think i might get some good news cause i have been feeling pretty strong and i haven't gotten any worse sooo good news it is!

alright...all the single ladies put your hands up!
-J

hanging in there

hello! well round 5 came and went. i think I'm doing OK. I'm not quite sure if everything is going to plan so I'm hoping for the best. my next CT scan should be happening soon which means I'll have to drink that nasty stuff again! YUCK! oh well whatever in the name of health!

this time around i got the normal chemo on top of some other medicine for my bones. as you may or may not know they did see some cancer on the top layer of my bones. the medicine is so my bones stay strong. i didn't get all of my chemo that day. apparently weather delayed the delivery of it so i had to come back the following day to get it. i just didn't know how much effort it was gonna be the next day.

i went the next day to get the last of my chemo. with all that movement i got sick. my tummy was not happy with the car ride over there so once i got into the clinic i threw up. NASTY! everyone, the doctors, and nurses all noticed how sick i looked sooo they bumped up my "no getting sick meds" up a notch! THANK GOD! that put me right to sleep.

now I'm recovering. i was knocked down an extra day but its OK i need the rest. I'll be all better soon and ready to go shopping again! look out mall here i come!

It is a small world...get over it!

You know this whole crap about Disneyland adding new characters to their Small World attraction is retarded! i think it's awesome! i don't understand why people are so up in arms about it? this is the same thing that happened with pirates! people were up in arms about that too, and ready to flipped tables around cause they were adding jack sparrow! Walt Disney said that Disneyland will never be complete. there will always be changes and something new added to the park. Disney did just that with pirates and small world. little kids will be excited to see Aladdin and Jasmin in the middle east part or Alice and the white rabbit! all the new Disney characters are placed in areas around the world where the stories come from. i think it shows how diverse the Disney stories are. i really do not understand how people can think its all a commerical for Disney. nothing about the new characters take away from the "world peace" small world promotes.

any ways to all the people who are bitching about the new additions i say get the fuck over it! it's a children ride....deal with it!

feelin' crappy, crappy, CRAPPY!

well if you haven't guessed already i feel crappy. so far this HAS to be the worst round. i totally feel like a huge ass truck hit me, went in reverse and ran me over once more. i don't know why I'm surprised every time i have a round of chemo that I'm gonna feel like this. i go through it every 3 weeks. i hate the way everything tastes and smells. I'm not sure if I'm crazy but i feel like i smell like chemo and everything taste like chemo. i know the taste is a metal taste but i cant really explain the smell.

i started on my new 5FU chemo this round. before i had the pump but now its the pills twice a day. I'm not to sure how i feel about them yet. i mean don't get me wrong i LOVE not having that pump connected to me all the time, its just I'm not sure if the new pills are the reason i feel worse this time. i hope not. i would hate to have to go back to the pump.

good news is in a few days I'll feel like myself again. hopefully the pills are not gonna make me feel bad. i cannot wait to go to Disneyland with Robert in 15 days! I'm ready for another vacation pronto! plus i think Robert and i deserve a little trip just the two of us.

I'm free! FREE AT LAST!

Today was a big day! I was officially taken off my pump today! My new doctor, Dr. May Chen, is now going to be giving me pills that i will be taking twice a day. We all think that this will be much more better then having the pump connected to me 24/7. By the way, in case you were wondering....that's not me in that picture above. i was gonna take a picture with the pump today BUT i forgot (another side effect of my chemo, forgetfulness). LOL i just googled this picture. =)

tomorrow i start round 4 at South Bay Oncology. I have mix feelings...I'm excited cause I'm gonna be starting there but at the same time I'm nervous! i know i just have to keep my chin up and stay positive but I'm only human. think good thoughts kids! updates soon...

Pinkberry! Everybody's doing it!

Have you tried this? The place is called Pinkberry and it just opened up at Santana Row this week! Apparently its all the rage with celebrities. They have them all over the place down in southern California and now we have one here!

i tried the green tea with fruity pebbles and that sucked. the green tea to me tasted like throw up. went back got another (pomegranate) and that was way better with captain crunch and fruity pebbles. yum!

tonight was there "grand opening" party. all the small size yogurt was free. you can imagine how packed it was. plus they even had a full out VIP (guest list only) tent party. they had a DJ, wine, pink instead or red carpet, the works! i thought it was pretty funny. made me think i should throw a yogurt party or cereal party, guest list and all!

What will you celebrate?

Disney 4-1-1 News flash! the new decorations are up at Disneyland! How exciting! This year Disneyland slogan is "what will you celebrate?" i felt like they were asking me and i thought....I'm gonna celebrate LIFE! My life with family and friends! this year is bobby's and mine's year of million trips! We already started this past December and are planning our next trip in February. I'm excited!!!!!! who else is????

A Beautiful Day To Be In Monterey

Today was just another beautiful in California! Bobby, Michael and I took a day trip over to Monterey Bay. I wish you all were there with us! The day started with an awesome lunch at Bubba Gump's. Michael said he was gonna go "Crazy" and order a tall boy beer and something hella expensive on the menu. And Bobby got a girly fruity drink with the scampi. Did you know that when you buy the speciality drinks there you can keep the cup? i didn't know that! Oh and i almost forgot about the drama that happened when we were trying to leave bubba's! So, it turns out that one of the boys forgot to leave there charge receipt (the merchant one) on the table. So as we are going about our way out and start our day our waiter hella with the quickness runs up to us like we didn't leave a tip or pay for our meals! "Excuse me! i can't find your receipt?!" Bobby went back to tell him that we left the receipts on the table while Michael and stood around and laughed. the people around us all looked at us like we were some kind of criminals! craziness! turns out the whole time it was Michael that tried to jack the receipts! LOL! But really the real question here is what would have happened if the waiter couldn't find the receipt and we were long gone? does the restaurant just not get paid or would they have put it all on bobby's card cause they only had that information??? Once all that craziness was over we marched on over the aquarium. Michael hadn't been since 1986 so he was over due for a re-visit. All the fishes were still there. The new splash zone was done! it was great to see my friends the penguins!This is also where we met our latest addition...Soy Bean all natural Lopez! He is our new plush penguin made completely with soy beans! i thought that was amazing! we needed it! here's a family portrait!

Once we were done with our day at Monterey we headed out to a nice drive down the 17 mile drive. The waves were crashing against those rocks! the coast has never looked at beautiful as it did today. Amazing is the only word i can use to describe it. It really made me feel at peace and without a care in the world when looking over the ocean. i can honestly say i didn't think about my cancer ONCE when i was there!

Our day didn't end there. we came back to San Jose to spend the evening playing mini golf. i lost as usual BUT i did do better then normal so that's a plus! Bobby and Michael had there own little "ass whoopin" competition going on. Michael won. the ass whoopin was givin to bobby. sorry babe maybe next time.