It's Thanksgiving eve. Yay! I love Thanksgiving.  I love the food... gawd do I love the food, but I especially love spending it with my family.

So since it is Thanksgiving eve, I thought it'd be fun to list a few things I'm thankful for:

1. My baby nephew. He seriously brings a smile to my face everytime I see him. I love how it feels when I hold him close to me.

2. My 6 year old niece and the fact that she calls me tia. We've missed so much of her life because of her parents' bitter divorce but I'm so happy she now feels closer to us.

3. My mama, a single woman raising 5 children on her own. I'm happy to say we've all turned out well. I owe her so much.

4. My two brothers and two sisters. They mean the world to me and I'm so happy that we are so close. I bitch to them sometimes (I'm the oldest) but I know they forgive me and I'm thankful for that.

5. My ENTIRE  family. They seriously are the best. I have nearly 40 cousins on my mother's side and we all grew up like brothers and sisters. I love that! My aunts who are each like a second mother, my uncles who are each the father I never had, my tata who is still alive and kicking and was the number one father in my life. I'm thankful for each and every family member in my life.

6. My nana, may she rest in peace. She passed when I was only 11 years old, but I'm so happy that I remember all the moments I spent with her, the riddles she told, the empanadas she made, the hugs she gave, the kisses on my cheek... absolutely everything. I'm so thankful I remember her. My younger cousins and baby sister never got the chance to meet her.

7. The clothes in my closet that actually still fit after my recent weight gain even if they are a bit snug.

8. A boyfriend who thinks I'm beautiful despite my recent weight gain. He said he doesn't notice. I don't believe him, but either way I'm thankful.

9. My boyfriend's family. I love them. Never did I think I'd feel as comfortable with anyone else's family as I do with his. "It's the best. I love it." -Nacho

10. Nacho Libre. What? It's funny. It makes me laugh and I'm forever grateful for anything or anyone that makes me laugh. I love Nacho! "When you are a man sometimes you wear stretchy pants... in your room. It's for fun."

11. My new MySpace and Bakotopia friends and old Blogger buds. I love that you get to meet people you wouldn't normally meet. You get to know them on a different level and develop a relationship with them. I'm easily intimidated and slightly shy so it's not as easy to make friends. So I'm thankful for my cyber buddies!

12. My carrito, even though it's prone to flat tires and cracked windshields, I'm thankful for her. [Yes, it's female. :) ]

13. My laptop!  I LOVE IT!

14. Being able to blog at work. Doesn't get any better than this.

15. Having 4 different functions to go to on Thanksgiving. Even though, I'll probably be stressed and tired tomorrow, I'm so thankful I have places to be and people who love me... and who love to feed me. I couldn't ask for more.

 

Jim is back, but now Karen is in the picture.

What is Pam to do? I feel so bad for her. I must have missed something in the previous episode, Jim's seeing someone? Is he officially seeing Karen? I was completely thrown off by that. Aww... poor, poor homely-looking Pam.

I finally joined a gym, and man, do I feel better. I feel 5 lbs lighter already.

I don't know what did it. Maybe it was because I knew the elderly man would be using our apartment complex treadmill yesterday like he has been for the past  five months. That man has ruined my routine. For the past two years I'd been using the treadmill at our apartment complex. I didn't really have problems with anyone else using it when I needed to, at least not really. Not until this man showed up out of nowhere. I was tired of trying to beat this man to the gym so I began jogging around the running track at a nearby school until the soccer kids started practicing every day inside and around the running track. Well, so much for that. So guess what? I stopped working out. I gave it up altogether. I felt the pounds packing on. I felt so disgusting that I looked for comfort in chocolate chip cookies, ice cream, candy, hamburgers, pizza, french fries, Hostess cupcakes, whatever... until earlier this week.

I convinced my fat ass that it was time to make a change, so I began using the treadmill at my apartment complex again. The elderly man was still using the treadmill daily, but I'd wait for him to get done. Yesterday, however, I decided I would wait no longer, so I took my chubby butt to a nearby gym. Yeah! (*cyber five*) The best part about it is that it isn't a meet market. No half naked woman with make-up on their face running around, no one sitting on equipment chatting away, no big, bulky men intimidating me in the free weight area. It is totally family oriented and I love it. And the best part?? There are 14 treadmills and when I arrived at 5:30 p.m. only two were being used. Tralalalala... I loved that! I'd have the hardest time finding a treadmill at 24 Hour Fitness and they had that stupid 20 minute rule. Grrrr...

I'm so excited, though. I'm even looking forward to going tonight. What?? When have I ever looked forward to going to a gym??

Pretty soon, fellow Bakotopians, I will be a skinny bitch. Nicole Ritchie will have nuthin' on me. Ha! Okay, so basically that means, I'll have to lose about 100 lbs, but with my newfound motivation, who says I can't do it?

Okay, so this Fall season I have become a TV addict.  I have no idea what happened to me. When did I become this person? Gah! I remember when I had no idea what shows were on television. I didn't even have time for the news. I no longer read the way I once did. I'm losing brain cells by the minute. I am so far behind on the Harry Potter series. Seriously, dude? What kind of crap is that, when a woman can't even be caught up with Harry Potter. Oh I know! TV! Damn, that TV. Damn it to hell!

I'm almost ashamed to admit it, but since I can't show my face (Yay for blogging!) I will let y'all know how many shows I'm watching this season.

Hmm... let us count, shall we? Prison Break (I LOVE WENTWORTH, what a doll!); Heroes (GO HIRO!);  The Nine, Six Degrees, Ugly Betty, Ghost Whisperer, Kidnapped, Cold Case, and not to mention the upcoming Medium. Wait... that doesn't even include My Name is Earl, The Office, and the upcoming Scrubs. Oh and I can't forget CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, CSI: Miami, Law and Order: CI and Law and Order: SVU. AUGH!! Granted I don't get to watch ALL Law and Order and CSI shows, but I do watch a lot of the episodes. At times when I don't get to watch CSI all I have to do is go to cbs.com and watch them there. In fact, I watch most shows online. Okay, so was anyone counting? Ugh!

Except, last night I decided to download mozilla and something happened. Oh the horror! I can no longer access the abc.com streaming video page. WTH! I'm going through withdrawals over here. I asked a friend about it and he told me to download the latest internet explorer. I believe its 7.0 and nada. What's a girl to do? I'm behind two episodes on The Nine. Any nerds out there? Help me! I need to find out what happens in the bank with all those people.

Maybe it's for the best. That'll teach my fat ass to sit on the couch watching shows online and on television. Geez.

But if anyone knows what I did wrong, give me the 411, yo!

All rightee... I'm out of here. I need to schedule my AverTV for Ghost Whisperer tonight. Augh!

I have several blogs on Vox.com and blogger.com, several handwritten journals, several word documents all of which contain my different thoughts and emotions, but none of which I can maintain on a regular basis. Expect the same from this blog. 

Sometimes I'll write for the heck of it, sometimes I'll write about funny crap that happened to me, other times I'll write for the interaction from other peeps, but most times I'll probably just write to bitch. It's what I like to do.