10 Songs that are Near and Dear to my Heart in No Particular Order.
(Thanks Kari, for the great idea.)
1. Ride On by ACDC: This was one of the songs Ryan and I listened to when we first started dating.
2. Come as You Are by Nirvana: This little ditty, and truthfully the entire Nevermind album really could be a soundtrack to my last year in high school, when he and I first started dating.
3. Rock the Kasbah by the Clash: This song and (and entire album too) is one of my very, very, very, favorites. Mick Jones and Joe Strummer are an unbeatable combination; they are the fathers of modern punk rock.
4. Black No. 1 by Type O Negative: This song reminds me of the time just before and just after moving from the small town to the “big city”. Plus goth music kicked ass.
5. Stagger Lee/ Where the Wild Roses Grow by Nick Cave: This is a tie, mostly because the two songs are right next to each other on the album. Stagger Lee is the rudest, crudest song ever, where Wild Roses is the sweetest most twisted love song ever. It really personifies my unusual music tastes.
6. Chan Chan by the Buena Vista Social Club: My friends Augustino and Monica gave me a copy of this album right before Aurora was born. After I got home from the hospital, I put this CD on, and danced around with her in my arms in the living room of our little house on Estrella.
7. The King without a Crown by Matisyahu: This man has the most compelling voice I have ever heard. He is amazing. I think of Ryan when I hear his music.
8. Soul Meets Body by Death Cab for Cutie: This song reminds me of my feelings for my family. I think that Astrid and I have sat around or driven around a couple of hundred times listening to this song.
9. Somewhere Over the Rainbow by Israel Kamakawiwo’ole: I heard this one day on the radio for the first time. I nearly had to pull over because I started to cry. This man had the most beautiful voice. I play it for my girls and we sing together until our voices crack with emotion.
10. Junco Partner by Joe Strummer and the Mescaleros: “TAKE A WALK!!” This song cracks me up. Aurora memorized the lyrics and can sing it at the top of her lungs in her sweet little voice:
Down the road came a Junco Partner
Boy, he was loaded as can be
He was knocked out, knocked out loaded
He was a'wobblin' all over the street
Singing 6 months ain't no sentence
Yeah, and one year ain't no time
I was born in Angola
Serving 14 to 99
Well I wish I had me one million dollars
Oh, one million to call my own
I would raise me, and say, "grow for me baby"
Raise me a tobacco farm
Take a walk, Take a walk, Junco Partner
Well, when I had me a great deal of money
Yeah, I had mighty good things all over town
Now I ain't got no more money
All of my good friends they're putting me down
So now I gotta pawn my ratchet and pistol
Yeah I'm gonna pawn my watch and chain
I would have pawned my sweet Gabriella
But the smart girl she wouldn't sign her name
(repeat first verse twice)
Well I'm down, yes I'm getting thirsty
Pour me out a good beer, when I'm dry
Just, just give me whisky, when I'm thirsty
Give me headstone when I die.
Down the road.
Sunday, July 06, 2008
Wednesday, July 02, 2008
Congratulations!
Today is our anniversary. Thirteen years... Whoa.
I am trying to remember my nineteen year-old self, wondering if I have become the person I wanted to be. At that time, I didn't know if I wanted children, I thought I might be a comic book artist, or a veterinarian. Here I am over a decade later with two kids, and a career that truly does suit me. My future has always been very foggy, so it is difficult to ascertain if I have done okay by my standards, but I think so...
When I look at Ryan I see the same person that I fell in love with at such a young age. He brightens the lives of all who come in contact with him. He is thoughtful, communicative, insightful, and thankfully unselfish too.
I think I am very lucky.
I know you will read this, Ryan, so here goes:
I love you, forever. Here's to many more.
Wednesday, June 25, 2008
It feels a little contrived to me, this writing-journaling-blogging thing. I suppose that it will get better with time.
The kids are in swimming lessons this summer. They go M-Th for 30 minutes. Aurora is doing so well too, she is actually swimming short distances. Her sister Astrid, on the other hand, WILL NOT GET IN THE POOL. Which is weird because Astrid will play in the pool when we go for family swim, or at friend's houses who have pools, or the hot-tub. But. not. for. lessons.
Is her teacher creepy? no.
Is the water chilly? yes, but it always is.
Is the class too big? No, four kids max.
What then?
She says simply, "I do not want to." And I am shaking my head in confusion.
In other thoughts of the day, I would like everyone to know that:
1. I stopped eating fast food one year ago today.
2. My family has also stopped (much to their surprise!) eating fast food one year ago today.
3. I am, from this day forward, going to strive to become GREEN.
4. No more using/ or accepting plastic grocery bags.
5. We will eat more organic foods.
6. We will use fluorescent bulbs instead of incandescent.
7. I will ride my bike at least once a week.
8. I will do something creative once a week.
9. I will find a vegetable that Aurora will eat.
10. I will perfect the carne asada recipe.
Wednesday, June 18, 2008
TEN things about us...
So lets see, what has been going on this past month?? 
1. I finished my BSN- diploma received and everything!
2. Aurora finished kindergarten-I bawled like a silly baby too.
3. Astrid is OUT OF DIAPERS at night FINALLY!
4. Ethan is standing, apparently teethed two more teeth out last night, according to Jenn.
5. Ryan started grad school for his masters degree three weeks ago. His words, "it is intense."
6. My Mom and Dad celebrated their anniversary (45th!) and birthdays in Mexico this year.
7. Jenn won an essay contest at college and received a $100 gift certificate for the bookstore.
8. Cancer is on everyone's mind.
9. Chester is going to be fourteen this summer, and he looks it too.
10. In less than three weeks, Ryan and I will be celebrating our thirteenth
anniversary.
Saturday, May 10, 2008
long overdue
On April 20, Aurora went to an award ceremony for her honorable mention for the Earth Day poetry contest.
She walked up to the front of the stage, accepted an award and read her poem out loud.
Yep. Coyote Poem. I love it.
This was taken during the field trip that I went on with her class. That was (obviously) fun.
Friday, March 28, 2008
Saturday, January 26, 2008
"Ah-id Wose" (Astrid Rose) is three!
Oh my DOSH a bike for my birf-day!
Now that I am three, I am in Dance class...
Me an Daddy on my birf-day.
Happy Day to me!!
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