Hale o Heidi

This is going to be depressing…

Christmas Eve, i found out my uncle had a stroke and is paralized on his whole right side. He is very young! He is only 45 years old! I am praying hard for him. My grandma called my cell phone and i told my cousin Maile and she talked to her. It was really hard to deal with. My cousin and I kept our spirits up for the kids sake. We were at my Brother-in-laws house next door for a Christmas party. It was great! It was the first time we had Christmas Eve there. 12 o’clock midnite, all 50 kids opened their gifts at the same time. It was krazy!
The next day, my children opened their gifts from Santa. They all loved their gifts. Marlon got a engine for his 66 mustang. I got shopping money!!
I cooked all day for Christmas dinner. Everyone enjoyed their food! I was very happy about it!
New years eve was great also! Greg and Maile rode with us to Marilyn’s house. The guys got drunk. Marlon was very sweet. He sang and danced with me the whole night. It was a beautiful way to start the new 2005!!
God bless everyone. Prayers are with everyone and especially my Uncle Yancy.

Today all I keep thinking about is the holidays. The holidays and bills. And how much money the holidays cost me every year.
So, I decided to do something about it. I actually went around the neighbor hood and sold some of my famous Holiday Crunch. I sold a few! Its not much but anything helps. I always get nervous about the holidays and always trying hard not to get into dept.
I am almost done with my whole christmas shopping for the family! I only have a few more people to shop for then I can focus on my kids. Its quite amazing how I got it almost all done! Especially considering how large the family is!!
I am looking forward to this Thanksgiving weekend!
My children only have 2 days of school this week and my husband only works 3 nights! Its wonderful that I can spend alot of time with them! Another big hit is that my cousin and her family are all moving up here on Thursday. Which is Thanksgiving day. On Friday, my husband and I are going to put up the Christmas lights up and all over the house. We do tend to go a little (okay… we go all out) for Christmas with the lights. My husband and I love Christmas. Its funny too! It seems like we are always competeing against my sister in law next door on who got the most lights up and who’s is better! Its all fun! We laugh with them when we are putting up the Christmas lights.
On Saturday, if weather permits, we are all going to drive up to Placerville and play in the snow and chop down our tree. We are all excited.

boy oh boy… didnt i ask for it!!! when we first moved in this house, there was no family around. for 3 years of loneliness. then one of my brother in laws and then another moved right next door. then… my sister in law moved closer to me. she used to live an hour away!! then one of my good friends moved closer. and now…… my cousin!! her and her whole ohana are moving up closer!! all the way from fresno!! my cousin in law greg, he got a good job here in the area! now they all moving here!! its totally awesome!! its like my own lil community! i have all the people i love moving closer! lol!! almost all the people! lol…
My cousin, her husband and 2 kids, and greg’s sister and family all moving up here! Now i should be worried!!! (am i gonna have a single day being sober?!?!) lmao!! nah… only sober during the week! ha ha ha!!
Its totally awesome!!

Jocelyn and her kids went with us to fresno. We arrived there kinda late but even though we arrived late, the first nite was pretty kewl! Everyone just started to party! It was dark so it was intresting watching Marlon and the guys puttin up the tent in the dark. He did turn the monster lights on so he can see what he was doing but it was still intresting.

In some ways i was disappointed because lot of Marlon’s side of the family said they were going and we planned this a while back. They didnt go. But the good thing is that we didnt let that get us down!

The next night there was so much food! All soooo good! everyone was drinking and it was great! I got so drunk that when i heard my favorite hawaiian song playing, i started dancing hula!! lmao!! Talk about no shame! Maile was laughing at me!! lol. Oh and i almost forgot to mention that my uncle tim was the one passing out the shots and he was the one that was passed out on the bathroom floor! lol.

We all had a great time! I always have such a wonderful time while i am there! Its hard to see my family in hawaii and i am so glad that my auntie rose and cousin Maile lives in Fresno! Its nice to have family close by! I love you guys!!! and “hey! we’ll do it again!!! but this time, i will be the one passing out the shots! that way i’ll be the one to end up on the bathroom floor!” at least its saying “i partied til i passed out! ” Literally!!!!!

Marlon and I went to Lake Tahoe for the weekend. The drive up there was beautiful! Our first nite there, we walked around town and it was really romantic. We played at the same table playing Black Jack and i was on a roll! I was so into it and wasnt paying attention to weather marlon was winning or losing but when I looked over at his chips, he was running low and its only been 10 minutes! lol. The second day we played again, and we walked over to Cezaer’s Palace. That place is really cool! Marlon was winning there although, i wasnt so lucky there. I stopped playing for a bit and started watching Marlon play for a bit. We head back to the other place where I won the first nite, and i started winning again!! Marlon and I headed to the slot machine and again, i was winning! It wasnt all big winnings but still i was on a roll! It was great! I kept telling him before we left that when i gamble i am lucky. sure enough! i was winning and winning! marlon stayed with me the whole time. He is such a sweetheart! but also because he was losing! it was really romantic! it was the first trip we taken together without the kids ever!! it was great! marlon and i both agreed to take more together!