Beautiful Down Town Los Angeles

Like that the pics look like it was partially day time when in fact it was pretty late and dark. 

ARGGG Look! I'm lifting Down Town L.A...

Pics by JB

yummy yum yummyness

Pinkberry: origianl plain yogurt, pineapple, strawberries, mango, granola, and gummy bears..

Treated myself to a yummy Pinkberry yogurt before starting my day.  Darn it was freakn ymmmy!

Me Gustas Tu -Manu Chao

....."a la bim a la bam a la bim bom ban..a la bim a la ban a la bim bom ban, otra ti otra ta otra ti ta ta..a la bim a la bam a la bim bom ban."

Catchy tune and totally dig the video... Love Manu Chao!

Great way to end today =)

Put my Disneyland Annual pass to good use today.  Got out of work and went to Disney for a scoop of ice cream then off to "Soar Over California" ;) I "flew/glided" over Yosemite, the Pacific Ocean, Downtown L.A, San Francisco... I freak'n love that ride.  I want to have that ride at home so that I can ride it everyday before I start my day.  Have you been on Soaring Over California in California Adventure?  If not, you should.

nighty-night

...mmmmmm.

 Stella Rosa wine and Gummy Bears...can't ask for more:)

Ladytron----(what an awesome name...to bad it's taken)

Thought I'd share what I'm listening to at the moment.  Ladytron "Destroy Everything You Touch"

...about today and FUN/GREAT news.

What a gorgeous day today! Don't you think? The sun is definitely smiling at me this morning and I'm smiling back at the sun right at this moment. (can you picture that? Made me wanna sneeze..Ha!) Have tons to do, but I must find some time in my day to go for a nice walk and take a deep breath of life. 

Well, wanted to share something that has been in the works.  Fun news! yay! I have been invited by the CFO of thewriteguyz.com to be a contributing writer for their blogging site and YES I have accepted.  For the past three days we have been communicating back and fourth about the process, rules, and determining what types of blogs I can author.  I'm super excited and flattered to have been asked to be a writer for their site.  I've been researching their site and they are in the process of expanding the site and making it more known.  They have done such an awesome job with their creation thus far.  I haven't posted my first blog yet as we are still in the process of getting me started.  I will keep you all posted on my first entry.  Yay!!! Hopefully you will enjoy my writing and my random thingsandstuff. 

Again, thanks Writeguyz, especially Chub Johnson, for this cool opportunity.

-me

Productive Day

Wow, today, got lots done for my teacher induction process called BTSA-hours and hours of paper work.  Best part was that it was done in company of great friends and mmmmmm pizza and mmmmm soda. Right now i'm listening to great music, Deadmau5 and Kaskade "I Remember" getting ready to go paint the town purple and enjoy being...

Maid of Honor

Last night my best friend and I spoke for hours and hours.  We reminisced on all of the fun times and nonsense we've gotten ourselves into throughout the years.  We talked about a bunch of nothing as well as a bunch of something, which is what makes me truly understand that she is my best friend.

How did we meet you ask? Well she was my very first college roomate for a summer program I did before my Freshman year in college. Yup, that was over ten years ago.  We are complete opposites that have been united and unseperable through a journey of life shifting situations. Through the years we've experienced college together, roomies for like four years, the loss of family and friends, studying abroad in Mexico, boyfriend breakups, homesickness, getting into trouble, dissapearing, tatoos, laughs, cries, amongst so many wonderful memories.  It is safe to say that she truly knows and understands me in every state of mind and she is one of the very few people who probably knows me better than I know myself. 

Our sophmore year in college she decided she'd complete one of her religous sacraments which was her Confirmation at the time.  Prior to her considering her Confrimation Sacrament with the Catholic Church we had coversations about how we felt like family.  We understood and agreed that we weren't just friends we were sisters.  One day after her confirmation preperation class she said "Hey, I know how we will become family for sure and nothing will ever change that. I feel this way it'll be permanent"  I said, "how so, we've already established that." She replied, "I'm asking you to be my God Mother under the eyes of God." Now you are not only my sister but my God Mother. Luckily, I had already finished all of my sacraments and was able to be her sponsor.  I felt honored. 

Once again, last night she managed to make me feel so blessed and honored. After discussing t.v. novelas and how I think the story lines are lame x)... ( love her randomness by the way-obviously we are not to completely opposite).... and out of the blue she said, "I don't even have to ask you so I'm telling you now. My boyfriend and I have decided to get married next year and you will be my Maid of Honor."  Acommpanied with feelings of nostalgia, I felt so amazingly happy for her and felt so vastly honored that she'd like me to be by her side.  Congratulations my sister, God daughter, and friend! I freakn love you to death and I will do anything for you.

Why don't you tell what's on your mind?

Nothing's gonna change if you keep on whispering -Lo-Fi -Fnk

Ring Pop Power!

Haven't had one of these in a looong time =O) Blueberry flavor Ring Pop Power! Up next: will try all the ring pop flavors. Made me remember another cool candy I enjoyed as a kiddo- Pop Rocks! If I get a hold of some pop rocks..I'll share with you.

Nighty-Night

...last song before I go mimis. Next goal:  must see Radiohead Live-very close seats....

...mezmorizing

Funky Socks

Feels good to come home and put on some comfy funky socks :)

....These are my "I love shoes" funky socks.

New Color Invention

Student: Good Morning Ms. Ortega!!
Me: Good Morning Sunshine!
Student: I've inventend a new word-it's called  blorange
Me: Awesome! What does it mean?
Student: It's the mixture of blue and orange.

...cool a.m convo.

....Favorite saying of the day.

"FRICKEN SCRUMDIDLI!" Brothers reaction after a sparks/cliff notes discussion that lead to ice cream talk.   

"I thrive best hermit style with a beard and a pipe" -bjork

Who Told Them?

Today my students were given an activity book by visitors from City National Bank. One of the activities was to draw a gift they'd like to buy for someone special.  This student bought me daisies :) I love daisies.  Who told him I love daisies? So sweet of my students... they always draw the most cutests and sweetest things for me.  Teachers might not get paid enough but sweet and thoughtful notes like this make me feel like a million dollars.   Everyday they remind me of why I chose to become a Teacher :)  Here is a list of other "gifts" students wanted to "buy" for me: bike, baby wipes, tissue, and a heart necklace. 

Morning Routine....

Ok so lately I've been hooked on having a Sugar Free Vanilla Iced Coffee from McDonalds every morning.  Super yummy :) and holds my apetite for almost the entire work day.  I'm not really a breakfast person and although I do enjoy coffee nothing has quite suited me like this darn iced coffee.  As you can see in my picture I've been pretty consistent for the past three days.  Now, the problem is.... finding a moment in that "routine" to dispose of the freak'n empty cups. Ha! I've officially run out of room.  

Things and Shtuff...

Always trying to cram info and things I feel like sharing on facebook.  Darn facebook will only allow.. 420 characters? sheeesh....Wait! Gotta admit that the number of characters allowed on Facebook is quite peculiar right? Not 400, 500, or 430 it's 420.  Yup, I googled "Facebook Character Limit" and learned i'm not alone...apparently, there are others just like myself that hate having a "Facebook character limit" and some "genious" has discovered a trick to bypass the limit.  Pretty clever I must say, but no need for code breaking because I'd rather just blog on this :)  Great =P so now I can kinda ramble on forever about anything without limits. Anything! Feels liberating. Okay seriously, I probably won't ramble on(hence the word "probably"), but I will love to post pics, music, quotes, random conversations, thoughts, amongst other things that I feel must be shared with YOU.  My vision for things and shtuff is to post just that- a bunch of things and shtuff.  Remember I'm new at this so hang in there as I figure this out...Hope ya enjoy and share your thoughts.

me