For everyone who has asked...

I received an email from my boss saying that the week of March 9th they are going to be doing an evening training class from 5-11pm for the work-from-home job I am doing. They also said that it may the last one they do. If you are interested hurry fast, because they only accept 12 people per class. All you have to do to get into it is email your resume and a type test to jcox@fvtech.com. The training is in Taylorsville, but it's only 5 days and it's totally worth it! I love staying home with my kids, and still being able to bring in some income for my family :)

I'm jealous!!!

I just have to say I am completely jealous of my parents right now! My mom just called me and they had just got into Vegas (they are down there to see Cher and go to Nascar), and it's 70 degrees! I want the warm weather! I should be in Vegas, and not sitting here freezing anymore. I am so over this cold weather, but then again I was over it when it started. I'm ready for the summer NOW!!! I am not a cold weather type person. I should really live in California with the rest of my family where it's a lot warmer than it is here!

Not much going on

There hasn't been much to blog about lately. Other than doing training, starting my actual working at home and getting all of Anth's stuff done for him to start his new job we've been pretty boring lol Anth has been a ton of help with all my training and stuff while I have been working. I really don't know what I would do without him. He has been amazing! He not only watched the 2 girls I tend for the last hour I had them everyday last week, but he also cleaned the house, cooked dinner, did some laundry and got all the kids put to bed for me. I think he's a keeper lol He has part 2 of his physical tomorrow, and after that we should know when he'll start his actual job.....YAY!!! He finally understands how hard it is to be a parent at home 24/7 with the kids. I don't think he'll ever pull the "I'll trade you places" thing on me again :)

I DID IT!!!!

As of tonight I am done with my training...WOOHOO!!! I could jump for joy, but I am honestly too tired at the moment. I am excited to have the whole weekend home with my family, and to be able to be the one to put my kids to bed again. I truly have missed that so much!

Anthony had his drug and background testing today, and also the bloodwork part of his physical. He has the rest of his physical next Wednesday, and hopefully after that he will be starting his new job!!! From the sounds of it he is actually going to be in the same area as my Aunt Dolores, so that should be fun.

Tomorrow we have to go register Syd for softball, and she is way excited! We are going to try to get the same coach as she had last year. She was way sweet, and she also happens to be one of Syd's friends moms. Other than that I think I am going to relax and try to catch up on the sleep that I didn't get this week, because it seriously kicked my butt!!! I made Anth promise me that we will not have any guests this weekend. We will be lazy! I cleaned the house today, so I don't think I am even going to be doing any of that this weekend. I do have laundry to do though, but that won't be too hard. I hope everyone has a great weekend!

A significant other tag....

I did this on my facebook page, but I will do it on here too just for Hayley....

What are your middle names?
Anthony Jay and Angela Michelle

How long have you been together?
Almost 5 years, but the first 2 years weren't consistent

How long did you know each other before you started dating?
We started hanging out from the day we were set up, so it was right away

Who asked whom out?
We didn't really ask each other out. We just slowly started having talks about how we felt about each other. Anth did try to use some cheesy little line or something on me the first night though lol

How old are both of you?
We're both 26. I am a whole month older than him, and he never lets me live it down

Whose siblings do you see the most?
Probably mine, because they live closer. We do hang out with his brother and his wife quite a bit though

Which situation is hardest on you as a couple?
Disciplining the kids. I think he is too strict, and he thinks I am a pushover. I think we both need to find a happy medium

Did you go to the same school?
Yes and no. He went to Judge Memorial the first 3 years of high school, and I was at Tooele High at that time. He came to Tooele High our senior year, but starting second semester of senior year I went on homestudy

Are you from the same hometown?
No. I grew up in North Ogden for the most part, and he is from Tooele

Who is smarter?
We both have subjects that we are smarter than the other in

Who is the most sensitive?
That would definitely be me. He is a lot more sensitive than he used to be when I first met him though

Where do you eat out most as a couple?
Probably La Frontera

Where is the furthest you 2 have traveled as a couple?
We went to Starvation this past summer. It's only like 3 hours away I think, so not very far

Whose EXes are the craziest?
Mine...hands down!

Who has the worst temper?
HIM! It takes a lot for me to lose my temper

Who does the cooking?
When he was working I did, but since he has been laid off we share

Who is the neat freak?
It's kind of a toss up, because we both like things really clean around here

Who is more stubborn?
We both are, but he will admit he's wrong long before I ever will

Who hogs the bed?
HIM!!! He sleeps at a diagonal, and half the time he is laying on my pillow with me

Who wakes up earlier?
Right now me, but as soon as Anth starts his job at the Depot he will be

Where was your first date?
It's really sad, but I don't really remember. When we first started hanging out we always just hung out at my house or at our friends

Who is more jealous?
Neither of us used to be, but lately he has had a bit of a jealous streak in him

How long did it take to get serious?
About 2 years. He wasn't sure if he was ready to settle down yet, and since I had 2 kids already I was looking to settle down and be a family

Who eats more?
He does

Who does the laundry?
I do, but this past week he has been helping out quite a bit

Who is better with the computer?
I am, but only because he doesn't get on it enough to learn new things about it. If he can download his music and check his emails he is happy

Who drives when you are together?
He does most of the time. I hate to drive if I don't have to.

I tag anyone who wants to do this....

Exhausted :(

I am definitely not as young as I used to be!!! I used to be able to stay up all night, get 2 or 3 hours of sleep and be up and ready to go the next day. Well...since I started my training I have been so tired I can't even function much doing the day, and my training is only from 5-11 at night. I just have to keep telling myself that including today I only have 3 more days left to go, and then I will just have to work at home and I will be fine! On top of all of the very little sleep I am getting I am getting sick :( Fun huh. Oh well I will make it through!

Just a quick update...my mom had her consultation yesterday and she will be having her surgical biopsy on March 6th, so we will know more after that. The surgeon did tell her yesterday that if it is cancer that he thinks it's one that will only require removing the lumps, and no further aggressive treatment will be needed. Then, of course, she will just have to make sure to have her regular mammograms to continue checking on everything.

Things are looking up!

YAY!!! Things are starting to take a turn in the right direction here in the Quintana household. Anthony got a call this morning from a lady out at the Tooele Army Depot asking him if he is interested in a job as a material handler! Apparently it is a group hire thing, and he has to go on Friday to do his drug test and background check and after that the job will be his!!!! We are both so excited and relieved. It only took 3 months, but you know what we've gotten through it and now Anthony will have not only a good paying job but also a government job with amazing benefits for our whole family!!!! With our 3 incomes we'll have now we might actually be able to get a decent savings, and now have to worry so much about money :)

New job

It's official I start training tonight for my new work-from-home job! I am way excited to have the money coming in, but even though it's only for 5 days I am going to miss being home with my babies at night. I have always been the one to put them to bed, and for the next week I won't get to be :( It'll be good though. I am riding in with my mom and my friend Bethany, and when Bethany and I get together we LOVE to talk LOL My mom might have to sit between us during training, so we don't end up in trouble! J/K I really am thankful that Bethany told me about this job. It is going to be the perfect oppurtunity for me to help bring some more income into our house. Times are tough for everyone, and we are definitely no different.

Our not so typical Valentine's date!

Anthony and I didn't do your typical Valentine's Day date of dinner and a movie. Both of us have wanted to get tattoos for so long (a 1st for him and a 2nd for me), so we decided while Anthony's mom had them we would go get them done! It was sort of a last minute decision, and we made some calls trying to get into tattoo shops but we couldn't find anyone available. I happened to mention to my friend Alecia what we wanted to do, and she told me there was a tattoo convention going on at the Salt Palace this weekend. How much luckier could we have gotten?!?!?! We went there and there were TONS of artists everywhere, and in every booth there were people getting tattoos done. We felt a little out of our comfort zone at first, and kind of clueless on how to find an artist. We had to make sure to find one that would tattoo the top of my foot, because not all artists will. Plus we wanted someone who had a style that we liked. After wandering around for a good half an hour or so we finally found one! We told him a little about what we both wanted (Tasia's name for me and Gemini for Anth) and he said to give him 15 minutes and he would have it drawn up for us. Both of us started getting nervous, but we were determined. The guy was really nice, and his girlfriend that was there with him was funny. She told us Anth's wouldn't hurt, and mine would. How nice of her huh! Its ok though I figured it would hurt, because there isn't any "meat" on top of your foot. It was worth the discomfort though, because we both LOVE the outcome! Here are some pictures...they are both in the healing process obviously, so they won't be all red and stuff once they have healed.

Happy Valentine's Day!!!

I hope everyone has a Happy Valentine's Day! Here are some pictures of my cute kiddos in their Valentine's outfits :)

I give up!!!

I generally try to keep my posts semi-positive. If I have something to gripe about I hold back a little, because I don't want to sound like an angry, bitter person. Well this is a post where holding back isn't going to happen, so just a fair warning to all of you heard are reading it.

I give the F*#K up!!! I have always tried to be a positive person, but I can only take so much before I competely lose it and today that line has been crossed! Everyone knows the stuff going on with my mom because of my previous post. Well today I decided to take Dom in to have a mole checked. It seems to be getting bigger, and it's a little different colored in some areas. My mom had told me once before to get it looked at, but I really didn't think anything of it. I guess I should have, because the dr told me today he is concerned about the way it looks. My son could have melanoma skin cancer. WTF?!?!?! It runs in both sides of his family, and so I have been referred to a dermatologist to get it dealt with as quickly as possible. I called the dermatologist office as soon as I left the dr, but they can't get me in for another month. I come home and read about melanoma, and find out it is the most serious form of skin cancer there is and that it can be life threatening. I have been bawling my eyes out :( Who the hell wants to worry about their 6 year old possibly having skin cancer, and even if they get it out it can still reoccur and could be something that Dom will have to deal with for the rest of his life. I know we haven't found out for sure yet if that is even going on, but to have that even be a possibility scares the hell out of me. I've always been told that God doesn't give us anything he doesn't think we can handle. He must have a hell of a lot more faith in me than I do in myself, because I don't know that I can deal with my mom maybe having breast cancer and my son maybe having skin cancer all being piled on me in the same month! I am so frustrated and scared right now I want to puke! Like I said I give up! Everytime something goes right something else seems to go wrong. Yes I am drowning in self pity right now, but who cares! I can have my moments can't I??? I will continue to pray and hope that God will bless my family, and that once my mom and my son get all their stuff taken care of we will find out that neither of them have cancer but until then I will probably be sulking and cranky deep down inside. I haven't told Dominic anything, because I don't want to scare him if I don't have to but if I do how do you explain to your child that they have something that could potentially kill him if it isn't taken care of quick enough. Now I obviously won't say exactly that, but I will have to instill some sort of sense of urgency to him to make sure he always has sunblock on no matter what, and any other precautions he can take throughout his life. UGH!!!! I have so many different emotions running thru me right now. Like I said we don't know for sure that that is what's going on, but as a mother how do you not worry knowing that that is even something the dr is concerned about!

Working out...

I have been trying to workout latey, so that I can not only lose weight but also be healthier and it is kicking my butt big time! My legs hurt so bad I can barely move, but I am determined. I used to be able to have fun and dance and move forever, but I have been slacking big time over the years so it's definitely not that easy anymore! I will get there again, but it's going to take some time. I know they say that if you do it for 2 weeks it will become habit, and it won't be so hard so that is my goal to push through the pain for 2 weeks and make sure that no matter what I workout! If I take a break for even a day I know I won't get back on track so I can't! I am also trying to eat healthier and drink lots of water. I would love to say that I am going to quit drinking soda completely, but everytime I try that I do good for a while and then since I have completely deprived myself of my much needed Dr Pepper I will overindulge and it's all been for nothing. Therefore, I have decided that I am just going to limit myself on the soda, and have actually been doing pretty well with that. I know lots of people who are doing the same thing, so if anyone wants to get together to workout let me know! It's always more fun with a partner! I tried to get Anth to do it with me, but he just wants to lift weights so that isn't happening!

Valentine's Day Parties

Syd and Dom have their Valentine's Day parties today since they don't have school on Friday. I went ahead and let them wear their Valentine's outfits. Dom doesn't exactly have a Valentine's outfit. He got a hoodie with red, because having an actual Valentine's outfit for a 6 year old boy would be kind of girly! Anyway...I went to Hair Today blog, and found some ideas for doing my girls hair so I tried one of the heart hairdos on Syd for the first time this morning. When I went to take some pictures though I found that my batteries have been stolen out of my camera, so I had to take some with my phone. They turned out ok, but definitely not digital camera quality!

Toddlers in tiaras

Have any of you watched this show??? I have watched it a few times now, and have continued to be shocked! Don't get me wrong I think beauty pagents can be a fun experience for kids, but some of these mom's and dad's even go so far with it. There was a little girl on one that I watched that was 2, and when she got 1st attendant instead of being happy for her and congratulating her her dad told her "You didn't win anything. You weren't good enough" Talk about lack of encouragement! Whatever happened to kids trying their best, and just being proud of them for having the courage to get out there and do it. I mean obviously you want your child to win queen or some sort of prize, but to tell your child she wasn't good enough when she got 1st attendant is not right. Then last night I was watching and one mom bought these things called flippers for her daughter. Her daughter had lost her 2 front teeth as all children do, and she didn't think it looked good so she did a mold and had fake teeth made for her daughter. On that same show another mother had said that the most recent dress she purchased for her 5 year old was $2,000! I didn't even spend that much on my wedding dress! She's 5!!! I can't even imagine. Anyway...I just had to rant and rave about how overboard some people go. No I'm not against beauty pagents by any means. I have even considered doing them with my girls. I think it can be a great way to spend mother/daughter time when you're getting ready for it. I also think kids can learn from all the stuff that you have to do for beauty pagents, but I can't imagine looking at my 2 year old and telling her she wasn't good enough just because she didn't get that "queen" title :(

Need prayers

My mom was told last week that the mammogram she recently had has some things on it that weren't on her previous one. The scheduled her an appointment for today to do a more detailed one with the radiologist present, so that they could figure out what is going on. Well it turns out there are masses in there, and they are concerned about them :( Because of the placement of the masses she isn't able to just have a needle biopsy, and will have to go in for a surgical one. Her surgical consultation is next week, so we aren't sure exactly when the biopsy itself will take place yet. Our family is obviously very concerned, and can use all the prayers we can get! Please pray that once they get in there they will find that the masses are benign, and we have no reason to be concerned.

I, personally, have been kind of shocked over the whole thing. I never in a million years thought this would be something I would have to deal with with someone so close to me. Yes we have lots of cancers that run in our family. Years ago we even had a scare that my mom had cervical cancer, but luckily it wasn't. I don't know what I will do if my mom has breast cancer. I would definitely be a supportive daughter, and do everything that I can for her but it's a scary thought. My mom and I have had our problems (mostly when I was being a shit as a teenager), but she is one of my best friends and she is always there for me no matter what! I can't imagine her having to deal with something so scary. Like I said though hopefully everyone will keep her in their prayers, and hopefully when she does have the biopsy done we will find out it's benign.

Morning from hell!!!

Lets start with the fact that I got next to no sleep last night. That will ruin anyone's day! I got up early, so that I could get ready for interview this morning for my work-from-home job. It seems like they do things backwards with that company. First they book you into a training class, then they set up your interview and hire you. Weird, but whatever works for them I guess. So I fight with my kids to get them all ready for the day while I am trying to get ready. Then I plan on leaving at 8:45. I had to stop and get gas and pay our internet bill on my way out of town. Well I go to leave and cannot find the keys to our car anywhere!!! I tore this house apart. Then Anth remembered that when his friend was here last night he used them to go get something out of the car, so I am thinking he has our stinkin keys. I had to call him like 10 times before he finally answered his phone ( I was like a stalker, but I had no choice lol). He doesn't have them, and he isn't exactly positive of where he set them. So the search begins AGAIN! We finally found them about 9:10. They had fallen off our kitchen counter down behind our garbage can. We head out to Taylorsville in the lovely weather, and I realzie my interview isn't at 10:30 it's at 10!!!!!!! Of course we get stuck behind every idiotic driver on the road, so I was stressing out thinking we weren't going to make it. Then we get to the area where it's at and the lady who had emailed us directions had failed to mention that you turn left when you come to 815 West. Luckily from 4500 South we could see the address on the building after we had driven around for a while, and we got there with about 10 minutes to spare. The interview went smooth, and they said I was being recommended for hiring. The only problem I have now is that I can't do the hours I needed to work, and I am going to have to figure something out. I guess we are going to have to look into buying a laptop, so that I can take my work with me when the kids have games or practices if I need to. So I guess the research of pricing a laptop starts!

FINALLY!!!

I was finally able to go see Chas and Miss Boston today! I could've sat there and held her forever. She is so dang cute, and so little! I don't remember my kids being that little anymore. Time flew by while I was there, and before I knew it I had been sitting at her house for 2 hours! I never intended to stay that long, and it sure didn't feel like I had been there that long. Oh well, it was nice to just sit there and do nothing since at my house I am constantly on the go.

I seem to be getting more and more excited about this new job I am starting. We are going into Old Navy today, so that I can get some nice pants. I don't have work clothes anymore, so it's something I have to force myself to invest in even if it is only for a week. It'll be worth it though that's for sure! I think part of me is so excited, because of the money obviously but also because my mom, myself and my friend Bethany are going to be riding in together. Even that hour drive each way of girl time will be nice!

Getting ready for a VERY busy schedule!

I just signed up for a work from home job, and I am so excited! My mom and I are actually doing it together. A lady from her church used to do it, and she said that she made pretty good money at it. It'll be so nice to have the income coming in, and the fact that I get to do it all from home other than 5 days of training is the best part! It's not one of the scam jobs either. It's actually one that you get paid by the hour, and don't have to pay to start up. Plus you get a bonus each month! Once Anth finds something stable we might actually get on top of things, and be doing good financially! YAY!!!!! I'm still going to be tending of course, so I guess technically I will be working 2 jobs :)

As far as other things going on around here. There isn't much. Anth ordered the UFC fight this past Saturday, and had some people over to watch it. Then just like the rest of the world we watched the Superbowl yesterday. Nothing too exciting, but it was a nice weekend. Syd started a dance class they are doing at her school today, so I am sure she'll have lots to tell me when I go pick her up in about 20 minutes. Sign-ups for baseball for Dominic are this coming weekend, and he's so excited he can't stand it. I think he spent an hour talking about batting yesterday! My crazy schedule of games will start again in a few months. Lucky for me though this year Anth will only be on 1 team instead of 3, so this year we will only have to go to games for 3 different leagues instead of 5!