Saturday, May 9, 2009

Introducing Alison Vega

Manuel's brother, Hector and his Wife Paulina- brought the first Vega grandchild into the world!!! Alison Vega- was born March 22, 2009- ( I know, a little late on posting, but I needed a picture or two). She is the cutest little girl, and oh-so spoiled. It's so funny, b/c my mother in law stayed here in Boise for a week after the baby came home, we would be talking to her and hear the baby talking and all the sudden Consuelo (Manuel's mom) would disappear, back to Hector and Paulina's room to help with the baby, it was pretty funny. She is more alert now, and it was fun this weekend, having them over for the BBQ, although I missed out on holding her, it seemed everyone else was holding her, and I was a little sad, I love her little hands and feet, they are my favor tie on little babies. Paulina pierced her ears, she didn't take her any place to get them done, she literally did them herself- I was shocked when I found out, b/c I honestly can't imagine, trying to pierce the ear and having the baby stay still, if I ever tried (*don't worry, I don't have the courage, nor the ability*) but if I did, I would just have no luck- but she did a good job, they are even with both sides and the earrings are adorable and Alison is just a beautiful baby, with lots of f black hair and there amazing beautiful brown eyes, small eyeballs, definitely enough to fall in love with her.

Manuel and I are so lucky to have one of the cutest nephews and one of the cutest nieces- they are so much fun and we have lots of fun spoiling them!!! We love Aidan and Alison

NEW FRIDGE-

I have had a love/hate relationship with the refrigerator---sometimes on good days, the fridge was nice, it would keep things cool, such as a Dr. Pepper on a hot summer day, or on a bad day when I just needed that extra boost of caffeine...other days...I would go to cook some chicken and come to find it has been defrosted and refrozen....process repeated many times- so I quickly became tired of buying freezer food and having to throw it away due to the fridge's behavior. Its an older fridge, my brother in law purchased it in 2003-white, freezer on top, fridge on bottom, you know your standard fridge. Well sometimes when one would get in the fridge, and close it behind them, the freeze would pop open, not enough to where you could see it was open, but enough to make it defrost everything. Well then it became real angry and would start freezing stuff in the refrigerator part...yep, you read that right, it would freeze like eggs, sandwich meat, applesauce, WATER, you name it, if it was in the fridge, it was bound to get frozen, first it was just towards the back of the fridge, if the items on the shelf would get pushed too far back, then then it would freeze them. But then it started freezing everything, like my Brita water container, you don't know how many times I went to get water to find nothing in the glass b/c it was just solid ice- well I would complain to Manuel that we needed a new fridge and he must have thought I was going crazy, because he never found anything wrong- until one day, when he had to pack his own lunch and when he took the food out of the fridge from the night before-it was frozen- yeah that did it right there for him...(it has been doing it to me for over a year). But long before he figured it out, I quit buying meat for the freezer, I would just buy it when I needed it, which in turn sucked b/c I don't like going to the grocery store very often, and having to do it for every dinner meal, it was becoming real annoying- and a couple times turning my sweet Grandma Carol down b/c she was offering us some beef, but I told her no, b/c it would just get ruined (Ready for it now Grandma), so we have been looking for a while online for a fridge that we liked, and I was sold on a black one, it would match the other appliances, right...so finally we find time on Wednesday to go to the store and look. We went to Best Buy, found the one we wanted, left and thought about it for a while, and then I convinced him to go back that night to get it. So we were back in the store, and look at the fridges one more time and we come across this Titanium, side by side, fridge, sweet looking, same price as the one we were set on, and then I had to go back thru the "do I really like this fridge" process. IT was perfect in every way, we decided to go for it, told the guy and he was ordering it for us and there were 4 more at Best Buys warehouse- but it wasn't letting him order a new one...so he sold us the floor model. But before we were sold, I walk to the fridge and the first thing I notice is a dent in the bottom freezer door- I was a little bummed, but no worries, I didn't care- they were giving a 10% discount on the additional clearance price- so it wasn't bad- but then after we were sold on it, he pulls it out away from the other fridges, and right along the side of it was a big scratch (Appliance employees really need to learn to take better care of the appliances they deal with, Seriously) so after much thought and a headache later, we purchased the fridge and were well on our way home. I told Manuel to call someone to come help him bring it in-so Gordo and Vanessa came over, and the two men worked real hard to get inside- they couldn't bring it thru the garage, because it wouldn't fit through the two laundry room doors, and I didn't think of the sliding glass door until they were stuck in the front door, and then I tried to take the glass door off the track, but I have no clue how to do that, so I just watched them fit it through the front door-it was sad, it didn't really fit, they had to work real hard to get it through, and during that process, mind you the fridge is still wrapped in plastic, but shoving it through the front door, somehow the plastic got cut, and the handles on the fridge, have little scratches, no worries, scratches or not, I have a new fridge and I love it.



In fact, I love it so much and am so happy- I can buy otter pops and they will be frozen and delicious, not frozen, melted, frozen..etc. I have lots of room and it's funny because when I was cleaning out the other fridge, I was throwing things away that were just old, and so our new fridge looked pretty empty- I had a door full of condiments and random odds, but the rest of it it was feeling lonely-Friday, Manuel's family called and wanted to have a BBQ and it was blast, and the fridge sure can hold alot of food :) It's full now, and it looks great- WE had another BBQ today and sure was delicious- Carne Asada is my favorito!!! *and homemade TORTILLA's too- mmm...and one other good thing- I NEVER HAVE TO BUY ANOTHER BAG OF ICE WHEN MY FAMILY COMES, ICE IS ON HAND, FILTERED WATER ON HAND-WHOHWOH!!!

Sometimes its just better to cut the middle man

So- it was about 3 weeks ago, I came home from work and Manuel told me that he thought the washer was broken. I just assumed, he had messed with the settings, and it wasn't washing like usual ( He likes to push the buttons, and it's my pet peeve to hear a buzzer go off when the laundry is done). So I open the washer, and sure enough the clothes were soaking wet, (its a washer...duh) so then I was like...hmm well the spin cycle didn't run, so I set the washer to spin, and then watched for quite a while and it did nothing, then all the sudden, it starts humming, the motor was running in the washer, but the spin cycle was doing nothing...So we hung his clothes to dry, we were leaving town the next day, and didn't need to worry about it. So when we got home from Utah, it was super crazy, I had a paper due, that I had started the day it was due :) and then I was asked Manuel to look at the washer, but before he tore into it, we decided to just run the cycle and see if it would work....so I gathered some blankets to wash, started the load and we to get something to eat. Came home, I sat in front of the washer, and watched until the spin cycle started, (it was spinning during the entire wash time) so I was happy I thought it was working, happy day right...well time comes for the actual spinning, and all went silent in the house, and all I hear is the 'humming' sound...it was very sad, so Manuel takes the top of the washer off and starts reading the code manual...trying to figure out what was wrong. It wasn't until the next day, when him and Franky figure out what part needed to be replaced. I was happy when the discovered the problem, and after searching for the part on the Internet, I was pleased with the price, it was $50 to get the part, plus shipping. So on Wednesday, I called around to some repair places here in Boise area, and there was one place that had the part in stock but for almost $90----(I totally would have if my husband wouldn't have already seen the price on the Internet)... So I call the Internet store that had the part, and asked for a faster shipping- b/c the regular ship was between 4-6 days...not going to fly, I hate laundry piling up...so I ordered the part, purchased the faster shipping method- which was fed-ex home delivery, product expected within 2-3 days...right this is a Wednesday, I was thinking by Friday or Saturday we should have the part...they told me I would receive an e-mail confirmation with the tracking code...never received it! So I decided to call Friday afternoon, and the gentlemen on the phone told me "we received the part this morning and it will be shipped out momentarily"...Me thinking momentarily is that afternoon- logical right...well that night when we got home, I still had no e-mail confirmation. I called Saturday afternoon, and another gentlemen told me "We received it Friday, it will be shipped out Monday morning". I was so mad, b/c I was expecting it to be shipped Friday grr...so I vented to a few people, it was non-sense. SO after complaining to my husband, he decided to call Monday- he calls and low and behold guess what they tell him "It has shipped from our warehouse and we should receive it at our place Tuesday and we will get it shipped out to you as soon as we can, sorry for the delay, its taking so long."...WHAT??? When Manuel told me I was so mad, b/c not only had two different guys told me the product was at their place, but it still wasn't shipped out. So apparently Manuel let the gentlemen know he was mad that it had taken this long, and they had told me a different story, so I get home Monday night from class and I had an e-mail saying it had been shipped...now I was real confused b/c the gentlemen that Manuel spoke to said it hadn't been received in their place...so how were they able to ship it out that same day, when it wasn't coming in until their Tuesday shipment??? weird...but any who...8 days later, we received the part. I am just wondering why would a company have a part posted, for sale, but then order it from another company...have a customer order the part, then they order it from another place, have the other place ship it to the place where the customer purchased, and then the seller will sent it to the customer...why not just freaking have the place that has the dang part, send it to the customer- it would reduce a customers heart rate and head aches...seriously sometimes it's just better to cut the middle man out!!! I came home from class Thursday morning, and my washer was running, and spinning like a GEM!!! three weeks worth of laundry, a helpful husband, the laundry is all washed....still sitting in the dryer and laundry basket waiting to be folded, but at least we have a wardrobe again- and I couldn't be happier