Leaving one house
finding a new house
Enjoying: parenthood
handsome husband
PEP soccer game
going to Sea World
and to the Circus
new friends
(too many photos)
Attending:
My sister Angela’s Wedding (still waiting for the photos, hint, hint) 
and Wordstock 4
Missing: friends
(Kyla was the photographer for that last one) 
family
and a Brazilian type of Christmas (Natal)
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!!!
Love and prayers, Sam, Tammy, Kyla and Shani
Sunday’s sexy ones are…
Marky
Sam
Phil
And one more just for fun pic!
And the women looked gorgeous as well, but I’ll have to ask them all for permission before posting.
Boo and Tory were setting up the Christmas tree yesterday when the kids came down for dinner. Shani (2) says to Sam “Look, dey’re making Chrissmas!”
The girls stayed up late decorating the downstairs part of the house. Marky and Darren moved the tree. Sam D. and Phil got the happy job of untangling and fixing the Cmas lights. GBY them!
Wine, caramel popcorn, sweet Christmas music (and Stephanie’s company) made the evening extra good. Hearty laughs!
The happy Christmas season has begun! 
Oh wow! Has it really been that long since I last blogged??? Yikes! Well lets see, what has happened this last month?…..A fire, a dust storm, extreme sickness, new people moving in, a double wedding, more sickness, visits from friends and strangers. I got a new voice…a low raspy hoarse voice…ouch! Hopefully won’t last too long.
Last night we had an impromptu “home bonding” with mixed drinks, chocolates, nuts, and hot pockets (don’t ask). We had the wonderful company of Haven. Tory and Jules amused us with embarrassing stories from their past. Good laughs! I love those two women! “Anchor Man” was saved for the last laughs of the night. Twas good. Very good.
(Many thanks to my sweet homeys that put this shindig together!)
Pictures I took during the San Diego fires:
Clouds of smoke and dust
During one of the nights of the fires we lost a big heavy glass table that was siting on our roof top/porch. The wind blew it over the 4 1/2 foot wall. We didn’t even realize it was gone till the next evening we found it smashed in the middle of the road by our house.
Thanks for all your help with the children! They really do love you lots and lots! You’ll be a wonderful mother someday.
Fridays may be fetching….but Sundays are downright sexy. 
While on the trolley the other day there was a conflict beginning in the seats right behind Sam and I. The four seats had a young Mexican/American guy with his girlfriend and two sisters. Across the isle from them was an older buff black guy.
One of the girls had made a comment to the black guy and he was very offended. He challenged them to a fight at the next stop, and they were arguing till the stop came. Some lady had tried to calm them down, but they just started dissing her. When the next stop came she said she would call the police if they would fight and got off the trolley with her cell phone clinging to her ear.
The black guy didn’t seem phased by her and kept challenging the Mexican guy and the girls to get off. After some debating the Mexican family decided to stay on and tried quieting each other down, much to the big black guy’s dismay. He kept taunting them, hoping for either a fight or an apology.
Sam and I got off the trolley soon after that, with them still having a (less heated) argument. I had been trying to ignore the whole thing, all the while praying that know one would get hurt, and that there were no guns. We got off the trolley alive and well, but did we really do the right thing? I know praying is important. I did that part, but what about the part of being a peacemaker?
Everyone else knew “not to get involved” and looked the other way. Except that one lady tried, in the best way she knew how, to be a peacemaker. Jesus said “Blessed are the peacemakers”.
Maybe her way wasn’t the best but it seemed to help a bit. At least she tried, and for that I’m sure she’ll be blessed.