Quinceañera #2 Janet's

Hey everyone sorry its been awhile I've been busy with school and all the craziness of my life. This blog post is about my niece Janet's quinceañera . As you can see from your pictures and video her dress was blue. Her special day was fun, and it took a lot of planning.To start off the surprise dance that the boys did with Janet was kinda hard for them to learn especially when all the boys have never really danced or moved their hips. It took a LOT of LONG practices over the summer. While she was busy with that her girl cousins and I all decided hey let's do a surprise dance for her, we can totally do this in a week...yeah not the best idea we ever had. We were trying to learn it within a week and not tell her. Unfortunately she caught us in the act by snapchat and selfies her cousins were taking and forgot that she was in the snapchat group convo. She busted us when she got a hint through snapchat then called her two sisters who were at practice. It ended up working out because then we had her involved and in the surprise dance.

This is Janet and her surprise gift. I hand made a life size version of a little bunny she used to carry around when she was a little girl. Everyone loved the bunny and even took it out dancing.

The first video is Janet's surprise dance with her boys and the second one is Janet and the girls. Sorry  for the quality of this video due to the song and the Warner producers having problems on Youtube  I couldn't get this full video on there but here it is the girls surprise dance for Janet's Quinceañera.

I'm Coming Back!

Hello everyone! Happy New Year! I'm coming back with an update on the last two quinceañeras that my family had. There's going to be another one coming up this summer. I'm sorry I haven't been posting like I was it seems that life had a few obstacles for me to jump through before I could get back to writing. I also would like to announce that I'm going to be publishing one of my stories that I've been working on. But all in good time, I'm still having it be reviewed and edited. I've gone over it about a hundred thousand times but I always miss something. So I will be blogging as I wait for the editing to be done and then make my corrections and set that ship to sail and pray not everyone hates it. See you all soon!

The First of 3 Family Quinceaneras

Hey everyone! Hope everyone is having a great summer, I'm writing to you today about my niece Mimi's Quinceañera . Woot! Woot! My niece turned 15 in May but due to the church and the venue the celebration was held on June 20th. I'm going to share with you some of the questions I asked her and what she responded as well as her surprise dance!

Me:
 1.Did your quinceañera turn out as you thought it would?
2. What was your favorite part of the quinceañera ?
3. What was the most stressful part of the quinceañera ?
4. Let's talk about the gifts lol what were the best gifts you got and what were the worst?
5. What was the most memorable part of the night
6. For the church service what was the best what was the worst? What would you do differently for the church ceremony of your quinceañera ?
7. Also what would you have done differently about the party
8. Let's talk about your quinceañera practices what did you like and what did you not like?
9. What was the hardest part about having quinceañera ?

Mimi's Responses:
1.) Actually, my quinceañera turned out better than I expected.
2.) Hmm.. My favorite part of my quince was either the "regalo sopresa" which was when both Maria and Mario came out to dance Or when the Banda came in playing cause I had no clue what so ever that I was getting a banda.

3.)Stressful part about the whole quinceañera planning was probably getting everything done at the very last minute.
4.) The gifts were pretty interesting to see lol um the best gift was either the flowery backpack or the red big "bitch bag". The worst gift were the leggings and a nail polish that used to be shown on TV. I also got a plastic cup and sandwich box food thing but it wasn't a bad gift.. I just found it pretty funny cause no one would really expect getting something like that as a quince present haha.
6.) For the church service everything was okay.
7.) Although my court and I didn't get to rehearse for the actual day, everything went pretty well. I don't know if anything could have been changed.
8.) Any changes to the party.. I don't know if any changes should have been made at all just because I thought everything went pretty well. Although organizing a little more could have helped that night.
9.) The hardest part of quince practice was probably getting my court to focus from time to time. One of the scariest parts for me about quince practice was probably doing the lift. I was afraid I would slip or something.

Beautiful Disaster and Walking Disaster Review

I was walking around Walmart when I found Beautiful Disaster. What caught my attention was the cover and the description of the book. Abby Abernathy is a good girl. She doesn’t drink or swear, and she has the appropriate number of cardigans in her wardrobe. She also has a past she doesn't ever want to talk about or go back to. When she arrives at college with her best friend, her path to a new beginning is quickly challenged by Eastern University’s Walking One Night Stand, Travis Maddox. He is dripping sex appeal and temptation, he's lean, cut, and covered in tattoos. What else could you possibly ask for? Travis comes from a all boy family. As a child he lost his mother, which probably has something to do with the whole Walking One Night Stand status he has. Travis spends his nights winning money in a floating fight ring, and his days on campus. He is deeply intrigued by Abby’s resistance to his appeal, so much that he's willing to risk his current lifestyle. Travis tricks her into his daily life with a simple bet. If he loses, he must remain abstinent for a month. If Abby loses, she must live in Travis’s apartment for the same amount of time. Either way, both are in for a tug of war of the heart. I had never heard of the author, Jaime McGuire but I'm glad I found her book. Her first pages drew me in, I'll be honest here Travis is a alpha male character but he does however have his soft side. It all comes with the territory of his past, the same goes for Abby (except she's not an alpha male lol). Niether one of them has had a fairytale childhood and you see it in both books Beautiful Disaster is the book based on Abby's POV, and it serves as the backbone of the series. Then in Walking Disaster you get Travis' POV, which definetly adds more to it and it becomes a window into his soul, because you get to read his thoughts and feelings. I would recommend these books if you're looking for something new to read that has a bit of edge to it along with romance and some catchy names for the main characters!


"If A Maddox boy falls in love, he loves forever." A very well learned lesson in Beautiful Disaster and Walking Disaster.

 

 

 

Held Against You Review

Okay everyone sorry for the delay in the blog posting that was finishing up finals and all but awful end of school year stuff. Anyways I'm here writing today because I read another book by Season Vining. What got my attention about this book was the author because I've read one of her books before and I loved it so I figured I would love this book. Season Vining just has this vibe in her books that makes the story so captivating.This book is a stand alone novel and is 276 pages long in paperback. Held Against You is a dual POV tale  in which more than one person has a secret. This book has its main characters Kat is girl on the run from a crime she committed and the sexy bounty hunter that's chasing after her ;). Kat has chosen a path far away from her problems, she flees after making bail. Running away from her life and everything she knew, including herself. But after her encounter with the sexy bounty hunter that has found her and is determined to bring her back to his employer she is skeptical about what her fate will be. Especially when she finds that she is just as attracted to the sexy bounty hunter as he is attracted to her. This story really becomes a cat and mouse game in more ways than one. Held Against You is definitely a book to read. I've got to give Season Vining props for this romantic, suspenseful young adult book. I love her work and she still keeps me guessing right until the end. I love how she is able to write about her and damaged people and how they pull through through some crazy experience that bonds them together. I also enjoy how she is able to incorporate humor action and romance into her books this one had quite a bit of action I can't really give out anymore because I really want people to read her book.

 "I don't know why there's a bounty on her head and I don't care. It's not part of my job to care. My job is to find her and bring her in." - The sexy bounty hunter.

"As for this bounty hunter, I'm not sure what to make of him. He's immune to my weepy crying girl act, so I'd say he probably tortured small animals have a child. With his stunning good looks, he's a far cry from Dog, the Bounty Hunter. I'm thankful for that, because who wants to spend days in a car with all that hair and pleather?"-Kat

"Kat's fingers claw at my back as she pulls in tighter, muffling her sobs against my chest. It's overwhelming, the feeling of her body pressed against mine, along with the smell of her hair and the push and pull of her breath. I'm not sure of what I'm doing."-The sexy bounty hunter. 

You Know You're Practicing For A Quince If

You know you're practicing for a Quince if.......

1. You have to wear a big poofy princess dress.
2. You have a tiara and eventually a crown on your head.
3. You have a septer.
4. You're planning a big surprise dance to wow your guests and family members.
5. You have a crap ton of family coming from all over,  even the family you didn't know you had. 
6. Your parents are working harder to get more money for preparations related to the celebration.
7. You're trying to do anything to make the house look nicer.
8. You're trying to find people to be a part of your court.
9. You have to go ask random friends of your parents to be padrinos or madrinas.
10. You have to go to a church retreat. 
11. You have to go to church more than you used to until the time of your Quince.
12. You're practicing in your driveway for your Quince.

This just like my family. When they go all out for a Quince they invite half of the town and then some. :P

My Reading List

Hello everyone, so after the excitement of the show last week I decided I need to catch up on some reading. Finals are coming up for me so it might take a while or maybe not it varies on my next couple weeks. The books I planning to review are the following: