Gripa Gripa go away...

Hey everyone I just wanted to get one more post in before this holiday weekend. I have not been here for a complete month yet and it feels like half of the time I have spent being sick. My eye has finally healed but the weekend after that I came down with la gripa (cold) it has been a week now and I am starting to feel back to normal. This is my first year I will be completely away from my family for Christmas. It feels a little weird being so far away and learning some new traditions.
At least it feels a little like Christmas here, we have a decorated tree in the house and a Nativity set. The house is decorated with lights and so are other houses here in the town. I thought there would be more decorations around the plaza but there are not any at all. The only difference in the center are all the kiosks set up for the holiday shopping. I am not sure how everything works for Christmas eve and day here with Javi's family. Back in the states we would be going over to my moms side of the family and spending Christmas eve with them and then getting up early Christmas day to open presents with my dads side of the family.
  I believe we will be staying here in my suegras house for both days and doing our gift exchange. I am glad Javi suggested it, it makes it feel a little more like Christmas here and I love watching peoples faces when they open their gifts. I am looking forward to spending time with Javis whole family, not all of them get a chance to visit that much and of course enjoying all the yummy food including the tree P's. Pozole, Ponche, y Pastel (made by yours truly). I just wanted to wish my family back in the states a wonderful christmas. I am and will be thinking of you and love you.

Wishing you all a Merry Christmas. Have a wonderful Weekend.

Drinks, rides, and a hawaiian performance?

Here in our small town there are fiestas being held for the first two and half weeks of December. I believe today is the last day, but Javi wanted me to experience the holidays here and how everything is celebrated. The plaza that is located in the center of town is just not big enough to hold all the people, rides, stage for performers and all the kiosks. So they made a big area right at the edge of town specifically to celebrate this fiesta. Even though the plaza is small some how people still fit in their stands to sell clothes, food and holiday gifts. There was room for smaller rides for the kids, a small stage for family performances and just enough room to squeeze by everything.

You can see how close two of the rides are in the first picture.

We made sure we went a little early because I hate having to

squeeze by everyone and I am not very patient.

Here are two pictures of a little performance that was dedicated to the Virgin, my camera does not take the best pictures at night but I managed to get a few photos.

And only here in Mx, I had to laugh because I was actually watching a performance of  girls  dressed as Hawaiians and dancing.

After walking around the plaza, we had a slice of pizza, enjoyed the Hawaiian performance and headed over to the bigger area of the fiesta, which was more for adults. There were bigger rides, drink stands, a big stage for performers traveling through town and a huge area for dancing.

I loved the colors in the picture, it makes me a little dizzy but t still looks pretty cool.

Me n javi managed to get one picture together.

Javis nephew was taking his turn trying to shoot these tiny little toys off of a shelf.

Javi, thinks he is a professional.

Overall it was pretty fun to experience. We only had a chance to get on one ride because it was to much money. All the performers that came through town were pretty good, one night we actually saw a Selena impersonator who was pretty decent. We were able to enjoy ourselves and the fiesta, and still make it out of there before all the rowdy crowd came in. Only downfall was the fiesta is in the field right behind our house so on the last night we could hear music and fireworks till about 7 the next morning. I was just never that kind of party animal. Me n javi were asleep by 11. LOL

My one good eye

So I have been here for two weeks now and for the most part enjoyed my time since I have been back except for one little problem. Last Monday night I was trying to sleep and woke up with a horrible feeling in my eye. It was like a piece of sand paper was scratching my eye every time I closed it. By early Tuesday morning it felt so bad, I just started crying and I was totally exhausted, I knew there was something wrong. Since javi had to be at work he asked his sister to take me to the eye doctor and yep of course I have an eye infection. The doctor tells me I am not allowed to wear my contacts and to put eye drops in both eyes every hour for the first day. Crap. After the first day I could only see out of one eye, the other was completely blurry. After a week of putting drops in the blurriness has gone away but there is still a little white spot from the infection that I am waiting to go away. Let me tell you it was not a fun week.

I was feeling a little better on sat and Sunday so I decided to go with my suegra to see the parade that would be going through the plaza. Well little did I know I would be apart of the parade instead of actually sitting on the sidelines and taking photos. After we walked from one church in to town to another we went straight to mass. I would have like to actually see what and who was walking behind me but didn't turn out that way. I did manage to get a few photos of inside the church after mass.

This church is so beautiful inside. I love taking pictures in here.

Outside view with all the lights on.

A view of some street decorations I thought were cute.

Here we go again

Alright ladies, I am sending around another set of fun questions. Hope you all join in with me and cant wait to hear your answers and learn something new.

1. If you could picture you life two years from now what would you like to see?

       I would like to be officially married and having our first kid. Javier and I have been together for five years and he introduces me as his wife but I think we would both like to make it official.

2. What is the worst habit you feel you have?

        It is hard for me to share "my feelings"  with other people  and I have always had a habit of biting my nails for as long as I can remember.

3. What is your favorite genre of movies?

        Comedy, I could watch anything that makes me laugh over and over again.

4. What are five thing you would include in your to- do list?

        Travel to Italy and Greece
        Get married
        Have kids
        Have our own house again
        Start our own business
     

5. Are you still in contact with any childhood friends?

      No. I had one best friend from age 10-18 but not any more.
      I really only have one best friend besides Javi, who I have known since I was 17.

6. Do you get along well with family members and relatives?

        I am happy to say that I have a great family, who 90% of the time get along. I have a short temper but when it comes to family I will try and let it go just because I know they have always been there for me and I would not want to do anything to mess that relationship up.
    

7. If you were to win 10 million what would you do with the money?

      I would build our own house here in Mx. and maybe one closer to the beach also.
      Start up some kind of business me and Javi could do together.
      Give some money to my parents and save the rest to give our kids a good life.

8. Have you ever been in a physical fight? Any details?
  
     I have to admit I was pretty feisty when I was younger and I am surprised to say have not been in any huge physical confrontation. There was only one time I remember pushing a girl into a locker because she had been teasing me for weeks. I tried to hold it for as long as I could but, just snapped one day. Have to say after she banged her head on that locker she never came to bother me again.

9. Three things you could not live without?

      My family
      Javier
      My kindle (only thing keeping me sane)

10.  Have you ever met a celebrity if not who would you chose to meet?
 
      George Stults, he played Kevin, Lucy's husband on 7th heaven if anyone remembers that show. I was eating at a Hooters restaurant with my family and they told me to go ask for his autograph. I went to his table where there were about four other guys and asked him to sign my menu. He did and then he asked me if I wanted his number also WHAT? I figured yea right like that would ever happen so I just smiled and said no thanks I'm just here for my aunt ( I mean come on get real, he was really good looking, but I am not an idiot I would have never got the real #). His mouth fell open and all the other guys started laughing at him. It was pretty funny.

11. Do you have any tattoos or piercings?

    I do have one on my the back side of my left shoulder. It is a half moon with stars and it is a light blue color. Me and my ex-best friend decided to do this together for our 18 b-days. Even though we are no longer friends I don't regret it, I actually like the color and the way it looks. I might even get another some day. Only piercings are in my ears, trust me if  I could of ever had one in my belly button I probably would have doe it already.