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A year in photos

Five Hundred Twenty-Five Thousand Six Hundred Minutes

Five Hundred Twenty-Five Thousand

Moments so dear

Five Hundred Twenty-Five Thousand

Six Hundred Minutes

How Do You Measure - Measure A Year?

In Daylights - In Sunsets

In Midnights - In Cups Of Coffee

In Inches - In Miles

In Laughter - In Strife

-Larson (Rent)

A perfect ending to 2008... dinner with my parents and little brother. We met for sushi at our local sushi place, Fuji Sushi in Rialto. My dad was very adventurous.... he had the burrito roll. It was spicy tuna, cucumber, avocado crab meat wrapped in soy paper. It was huge... like a burrito. Hot tea and mochi Ice Cream. They even had complementary Champagne. The food was great, the service excellent and ambiance perfect.

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January

We skipped Christmas 2007, at least at home. Our Timba died and we just did not feel like putting up the tree. After the 1st we decided to pull it together and focus on us. We crafted, or at lease I did, my husband worked on music. We gardened and spent time with all our other pets.

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February
In February our oldest cat Malcolm died of a suspected tumor (per Vet). All we have is pets. So we are very attached to them. I know when we have children this may change a bit, however my world collapsed. Once more besides work, the garden was my home. My husband and I cultivated the area and even planted some grass. We had to lay down an area and ready for our fall harvest. We planted corn, pumpkin, watermelon squash and tomatoes. Work was hectic.

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March

In March I caught spring fever. I was outside all the time... with camera in hand. Our lives deep in work and home. Our cat Chata had to become an outdoor cat because she became a neurotic Pee pee girl. She would pee on everything, other then the cat box after her brothers died. Our neighbors dogs got into our yard and hurt her so badly we had to put her to sleep. My escape was our garden, it was in full bloom. I was at work a little to much... and work was coming home with me. My husband and I did become members of the UCR Alumni Association.

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April

My husband I took time out for us this month. March was hellish at work and we needed to focus on ourselves. My tia turned 50 and had a huge party. The best event was bring Mazzy and Zuko home from the pound. Karel was all alone and became a recluse in the house. Once the kittens came home life was good again.

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May
My husband completed his first marathon. He won the Bronze in his age group. I am so proud of him. My brother turned 28 and the little brother was finishing his 11th grade year in High School. Work was winding down a bit... our CEO announced he would be retiring. This was good news.
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June

Our dear friends had a party to celebrate their completion of College. She with a masters from Loma Linda and he with a BA from University of Redlands. TO celebrate we headed out to Vegas. I had a loteria style party for my husband's birthday and

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July
As I was coming home from Costco with my mom (4th of July supplies) I looked down and saw that my truck hit a milestone. We pulled over and I took a shot... with my camera that is. I know ... the smallest things amaze me... but I thought it was cool. We hung out with M and M all summer. They were done with their studies and we needed time with people other then our co workers. LACMA was one of many little adventures... oh and Pink's.

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August

We celebrated our 6th anniversary. Our garden went from purples and pinks to yellows and oranges. Yes ( and I rub my hands together) my master plan of seasonal color scheme is working... hahahahaha. I continued crafting, met my new boss, went to San Diego for a week and attended concerts in the park.

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September

The new fiscal year started in July, but there is stress in the air over money at work. The yard is the gift that keeps on giving and my husband put out an album. My grandmother's finances are now finally coming under control. I took over her utility bills and was able to get them in sync with her bank account. My dads older sister is now involved and talking.... love it! Life is good.

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October

Work is in full swing again. He (the boss) is like caffeine. Too much and your jittery and at times a cup does keep one productive. We went to a pumpkin patch ( in the city) and purchased a few pumpkins for a flora arrangement. My cousin from Wisconsin came in for a visit. It surprises me... the types of wildlife we feed with our garden.

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November

My favorite month. Dia de los Muertos, the temps start to cool, pies.... mmmmm pies, and Thanksgiving around the corner. I love this month. We resumed our shushi hiatus and the cats are getting bigger. I also was able to meet Pearmama. The first time my digital world met with reality.

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December

Life... in December became a little black and white for me. Pain, no pain, pain, no pain. Shadows and Light. December was a long month.... and that is not counting Christmas week to now. The last two weeks seemed like December 2.0. The holidays were wonderful My family is wonderful, my husband is wonderful. Which makes my life a "Wonderful Life".

-end 2008-

A week in photos

Candies before we melted them into candy tiles to top the brownies.

My father works for Santa Fe (now BNSF) and every year he puts up a train under the tree. My mother has added a cute village that grows every year.

My mom and I made 10 dozen or so tamales this year. We made chicken, pork and olive ones this year.

My husband found this cute little hot chocolate mix and put it in my stocking. This is the first year in 10 years that we had stockings. Since there are no grandchildren, my mother still puts together stockings for my brothers, husband, father and myself.

My Christmas and Birthday Gift

Mazzy and Zuko asleep on our new bed and bedding.

My husband saved up some money to buy me the best Christmas/Birthday gift... a new bed. We have been together 11 years and have had the same bed, that he brought into the relationship. For four of those years we were poor Undergraduate/Graduate students, then we turned into "married time to pay the student loans and bills" type of couple. So the man I met in a Chicano Studies class... has now bought us our first "New" bed.

The only thing I will miss about our old bed is that one night he came home late from band practice and was kneeling next to the bed ... he woke me up.... and he asked me to marry him .

He was never at practice that day... he was out with his guitarist/best friend shopping for a ring... I had no idea.

On the road again

We went out for some last minute shopping.

It was cold and we ducked into the antique store. It's three levels and from the bottom level came a yummy smell. They have a little cafe called "Phood Cafe". It's always closed when we go antiquating, however today it was open. I had a cheese sandwich with tomato soup and shared a Red Velvet cupcake with my husband. Simple yet filling.