Ahhh... another "catch up" post. Was in Porterville all weekend for my sister's birthday and Easter. Here are some pictures taken around my apartment complex. Sorry it's not too exciting.
Tuesday, April 26, 2011
Friday, April 22, 2011
Day 112: 365 Project
I took this picture at Fosters Freeze last week when Angelica and I were out and about celebrating Record Store Day. What an adventure! I would love a jukebox!
The ABCs of Michelle Lopez
Getting to know the girl behind the blog...
(A)ge: 23
(B)ed size: Queen. Even though it's probably technically a twin since I have to share half of it, however, the husband would say that I have Queen-sized bed since I stretch out and take up most of it.
(C)hroes you dislike: Doing the dishes -- which sucks because it's something that you can't really get out of! And I hate sweeping.
(D)ogs: Well, technically, none. But my mom and sister have two doggies which I love as my own. Taffy and Armoni. Armoni, they've had for only a couple years and Taffy, we've had for more than ten.
(E)ssential start to your day: Breakfast. I absolutely would not be able to function without it!
(F)avorite color: Green! Most kinds of green. I like this color green, but I tend to like the the brighter shades.
(G)old or Silver: Silver. Most definitely.
(H)eight: 5'2" -- Mrs. Shorty Pants, I know.
(I)nstrument you play(ed): Ooohhhh you know... the radio. I would like to learn guitar someday.
(J)ob title: Temporary Full-time job searcher -- Although, let me tell you, sure does feel like permanent! Boo!
(K)ids: Like a baby goat? No thanks. No idea where I would put it.
(L)ive: Fresno, Calif. It's become my home! Love it here!
(M)om's Name: Beverly.
(N)icknames: Mooshell. Mooshizzle. Chelzos. Michellie. Chelly. Mrs. Lopez. Mrs. Sam.
(O)vernight hospital stay: Nope. None. Well, the first night I was on Earth, probably. I've had two day trips. One was like five or six years ago for my heart feeling like it was going to jump out of my chest. Turns out it was a bad reaction to some medicine and not eating. Then I went a year and half ago because my left arm was hurting SO bad, I was seriously on the verge of tears. Turns out when I had blood drawn at school either that day or the day before, the woman hit the nerve which was the equivalent to my funny bone. It still hurts every so often when I move it weird or carry a heavy bag/purse. That lady probably messed up that nerve for life!
(P)et Peeves: When people don't pick up their feet when they walk. People who don't use turn signals. Jaywalkers (especially with kids in strollers).
(Q)uote from a Movie: Well, this isn't from a movie, it's from a TV Show -- Everwood. I've recently started watching the first season again so that I can watch the other two seasons that are out on DVD. I'm excited to watch the final season when it comes out in August. I've really grown to appreciate this show. It's so wonderfully written. Next to Parenthood, I'd say it's the best written show I've seen on television. Here's a very long quote that took place over the course of one episode in season one. Andy wrote this to his late wife. I just thought that it was beautiful and an example of true love. Sorry it's so long!
"Dear Valentine, come away with me. If I had a day with you and you only, I would enjoy the simple things. The things that, in the end, when time steals the rest away, are the only things we'll remember. I would paddle you across a still lake in a rowboat and read poetry to you until you fall asleep and I would never think about the hours. Dear Valentine, if I had one day with you and you only... I would admire every line of your face, every strand of your hair... Every graceful movement of your hands or your eyes or your body. If I had one perfect day... Don't you see? My heart beats only for you. Dear Valentine, these are the things I remember of my love. A warm hand, a warm breath. Your warm mouth. Your arms around mine... I remember feeling safe, cease-less. Like one person. The two of us still, at rest, entwined... I remember how I felt the first time I kissed you. It felt like the high dive. What do you remember? How will I ever know what was inside your heart? Where did they go? All the things we think and feel but don't say. Dear Valentine... These are the things I never told you. These are the things I need you to know. That I loved you always. And my love was so big, it lives still after you're gone. I'd like to tell you that I would do it differently. That if I had one more day I would do everything right. But I know that isn't true. I'd make all the same mistakes. That is except one. I wouldn't say goodbye."
(R)ighty or Lefty: Righty tighty!
(S)iblings: Yesss! I have one seester who is younger than I am! And six siblings-in-law.
(T)ime you wake up: 9ish. Too late! I need a job so I have someplace to be!
(U)nderwear: Yes, I have some of those.
(V)egetables you don't like: Peas scare me.
(X)-rays you've had: Teefers. Chest? I remember going to get x-rays done, I just don't remember what for. It's been too long!
(Y)ummy food your make: Chicken Parmesan is fun to make and it comes out pretty tasty. :) I also make yummy tuna salad. Oh! And I'm a whiz at making a good ol' peanut butter and jelly sandwich!
(Z)oo animal favorites: It's been far too long since I've been to the zoo! I remember I used to love Koala bears. Now, I want to go to a zoo where there's penguins!
(A)ge: 23
(B)ed size: Queen. Even though it's probably technically a twin since I have to share half of it, however, the husband would say that I have Queen-sized bed since I stretch out and take up most of it.
(C)hroes you dislike: Doing the dishes -- which sucks because it's something that you can't really get out of! And I hate sweeping.
(D)ogs: Well, technically, none. But my mom and sister have two doggies which I love as my own. Taffy and Armoni. Armoni, they've had for only a couple years and Taffy, we've had for more than ten.
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| Taffy -- Taken for a photo project at my jr college a few years ago. |
(E)ssential start to your day: Breakfast. I absolutely would not be able to function without it!
(F)avorite color: Green! Most kinds of green. I like this color green, but I tend to like the the brighter shades.
(G)old or Silver: Silver. Most definitely.
(H)eight: 5'2" -- Mrs. Shorty Pants, I know.
(I)nstrument you play(ed): Ooohhhh you know... the radio. I would like to learn guitar someday.
(J)ob title: Temporary Full-time job searcher -- Although, let me tell you, sure does feel like permanent! Boo!
(K)ids: Like a baby goat? No thanks. No idea where I would put it.
(L)ive: Fresno, Calif. It's become my home! Love it here!
(M)om's Name: Beverly.
(N)icknames: Mooshell. Mooshizzle. Chelzos. Michellie. Chelly. Mrs. Lopez. Mrs. Sam.
(O)vernight hospital stay: Nope. None. Well, the first night I was on Earth, probably. I've had two day trips. One was like five or six years ago for my heart feeling like it was going to jump out of my chest. Turns out it was a bad reaction to some medicine and not eating. Then I went a year and half ago because my left arm was hurting SO bad, I was seriously on the verge of tears. Turns out when I had blood drawn at school either that day or the day before, the woman hit the nerve which was the equivalent to my funny bone. It still hurts every so often when I move it weird or carry a heavy bag/purse. That lady probably messed up that nerve for life!
(P)et Peeves: When people don't pick up their feet when they walk. People who don't use turn signals. Jaywalkers (especially with kids in strollers).
(Q)uote from a Movie: Well, this isn't from a movie, it's from a TV Show -- Everwood. I've recently started watching the first season again so that I can watch the other two seasons that are out on DVD. I'm excited to watch the final season when it comes out in August. I've really grown to appreciate this show. It's so wonderfully written. Next to Parenthood, I'd say it's the best written show I've seen on television. Here's a very long quote that took place over the course of one episode in season one. Andy wrote this to his late wife. I just thought that it was beautiful and an example of true love. Sorry it's so long!
"Dear Valentine, come away with me. If I had a day with you and you only, I would enjoy the simple things. The things that, in the end, when time steals the rest away, are the only things we'll remember. I would paddle you across a still lake in a rowboat and read poetry to you until you fall asleep and I would never think about the hours. Dear Valentine, if I had one day with you and you only... I would admire every line of your face, every strand of your hair... Every graceful movement of your hands or your eyes or your body. If I had one perfect day... Don't you see? My heart beats only for you. Dear Valentine, these are the things I remember of my love. A warm hand, a warm breath. Your warm mouth. Your arms around mine... I remember feeling safe, cease-less. Like one person. The two of us still, at rest, entwined... I remember how I felt the first time I kissed you. It felt like the high dive. What do you remember? How will I ever know what was inside your heart? Where did they go? All the things we think and feel but don't say. Dear Valentine... These are the things I never told you. These are the things I need you to know. That I loved you always. And my love was so big, it lives still after you're gone. I'd like to tell you that I would do it differently. That if I had one more day I would do everything right. But I know that isn't true. I'd make all the same mistakes. That is except one. I wouldn't say goodbye."
(R)ighty or Lefty: Righty tighty!
(S)iblings: Yesss! I have one seester who is younger than I am! And six siblings-in-law.
(T)ime you wake up: 9ish. Too late! I need a job so I have someplace to be!
(U)nderwear: Yes, I have some of those.
(V)egetables you don't like: Peas scare me.
(X)-rays you've had: Teefers. Chest? I remember going to get x-rays done, I just don't remember what for. It's been too long!
(Y)ummy food your make: Chicken Parmesan is fun to make and it comes out pretty tasty. :) I also make yummy tuna salad. Oh! And I'm a whiz at making a good ol' peanut butter and jelly sandwich!
(Z)oo animal favorites: It's been far too long since I've been to the zoo! I remember I used to love Koala bears. Now, I want to go to a zoo where there's penguins!
Thursday, April 21, 2011
Day 106, 107, 108, 109, 110 & 111: 365 Project
Sam and I went to the World's Largest Water Balloon Fight last Friday. It didn't exactly turn out to be what everyone thought. We got there early and as we're walking up to get in line to sign in. We waited about 10 or 15 minutes. Not too long. Then we overheard an interesting conversation from some not-so-interesting people.
Guy 1: Dude, Why aren't you coming in here for the balloon fight?
Guy 2: Meh. Don't want to.
Guy 1: Come on!
Guy 2: No, Bill wants me to walk with him.
Guy 2: Dude! What are you doing tonight?
Guy 1: Nothing, why?
Guy 2: Let's get drunk!
Guy 1: Yeah! Where?
Guy 2: Everywhere!
Guy 2: Yeah! Let's get Fratified!
I love the IQ of these kids who entertain us while in line.
Anyway, we signed and started to scope out a nice place throw water balloons at people. Well, we were more or less looking for friends. We didn't find any in this huge parking lot filled with people.
Our Shadows!!
We then noticed at around 5:15-5:20, people were starting to take bags of balloons out of this huge box-type-thing. (If you look closely, you can see water falling from the bottom of the bags being picked up) And about 10 minutes before the water balloon fight was even supposed to begin, people started throwing balloons at each other! All of these people spent so much time planning this and filling up over 150,000 balloons just for people to start early and ruin our chances of actually winning this thing. I have no idea how many people actually showed up to this thing since people were apparently jumping over the gate to get balloons once they started before checking in and there were even people who were still signing in as Sam and I were done and leaving.
Sam with our two bags of balloons!
Yes, there was a random orange bear there. Doesn't every balloon fight have one?!
And this is the ground once the craziness was over.
Even though we didn't achieve World's Largest Balloon Fight, it was still fun to see the community get together, and it was just fun to get balloons and throw them at random people. I don't regret going, I just wish that people could have actually followed the rules. Either way, it was fun!
Afterward, we went to Swiggs because we got half off food if we wore our Balloon Fight shirts. We had been wanting to try the food there, so it was the perfect opportunity!
Guy 1: Dude, Why aren't you coming in here for the balloon fight?
Guy 2: Meh. Don't want to.
Guy 1: Come on!
Guy 2: No, Bill wants me to walk with him.
Guy 2: Dude! What are you doing tonight?
Guy 1: Nothing, why?
Guy 2: Let's get drunk!
Guy 1: Yeah! Where?
Guy 2: Everywhere!
Guy 2: Yeah! Let's get Fratified!
I love the IQ of these kids who entertain us while in line.
Anyway, we signed and started to scope out a nice place throw water balloons at people. Well, we were more or less looking for friends. We didn't find any in this huge parking lot filled with people.
This is us waiting for the fun to begin! I'm in my $5 T-Shirt I got there! Woot Woot!
We then noticed at around 5:15-5:20, people were starting to take bags of balloons out of this huge box-type-thing. (If you look closely, you can see water falling from the bottom of the bags being picked up) And about 10 minutes before the water balloon fight was even supposed to begin, people started throwing balloons at each other! All of these people spent so much time planning this and filling up over 150,000 balloons just for people to start early and ruin our chances of actually winning this thing. I have no idea how many people actually showed up to this thing since people were apparently jumping over the gate to get balloons once they started before checking in and there were even people who were still signing in as Sam and I were done and leaving.
Sam with our two bags of balloons!
Yes, there was a random orange bear there. Doesn't every balloon fight have one?!
And this is the ground once the craziness was over.
Even though we didn't achieve World's Largest Balloon Fight, it was still fun to see the community get together, and it was just fun to get balloons and throw them at random people. I don't regret going, I just wish that people could have actually followed the rules. Either way, it was fun!
Afterward, we went to Swiggs because we got half off food if we wore our Balloon Fight shirts. We had been wanting to try the food there, so it was the perfect opportunity!
Monday, April 18, 2011
Changing Routes
Well, I didn't really know what I wanted this blog to be when I started it. I wanted it to be something more than me talking about what my day was like. All I really knew was I wanted to keep writing. In January, it turned into a 365 Project blog, at least for the most part. I wish I had actually started a new blog for that because now I feel like I can't write other stuff in here.
That's going to change.
While I liked the original title of the blog, "jumping into the deep end," I felt it wasn't accurately descriptive of what I now want for my blog, so I felt the need to change it. I thought "my little corner of the world" was perfect because not only will I be writing stuff about what I do, what I see and what I think, but my 365 project will show readers what goes on in "my little corner of the world." Title is inspired by a song that I love off the Gilmore Girls soundtrack. I've attached the song if you want to hear it.
So from now on, this is my everything blog! Not that anyone really cares what the theme of my blog is, but it'll get me doing more than just my 365 project (which I know I'm behind on). I've actually really enjoyed my 365 project. It's something that I'm sticking to and it's really important to me to keep up. I've really reignited my love for taking pictures these last few months and my computer hard drive is filling up with photos.
Hopefully a catch up post for my 365 project will be finished today sometime!
That's going to change.
While I liked the original title of the blog, "jumping into the deep end," I felt it wasn't accurately descriptive of what I now want for my blog, so I felt the need to change it. I thought "my little corner of the world" was perfect because not only will I be writing stuff about what I do, what I see and what I think, but my 365 project will show readers what goes on in "my little corner of the world." Title is inspired by a song that I love off the Gilmore Girls soundtrack. I've attached the song if you want to hear it.
So from now on, this is my everything blog! Not that anyone really cares what the theme of my blog is, but it'll get me doing more than just my 365 project (which I know I'm behind on). I've actually really enjoyed my 365 project. It's something that I'm sticking to and it's really important to me to keep up. I've really reignited my love for taking pictures these last few months and my computer hard drive is filling up with photos.
Hopefully a catch up post for my 365 project will be finished today sometime!
Friday, April 15, 2011
Day 105: 365 Project
Sam and I went to Swiggs tonight for dinner because we got half off for wearing our Water Balloon Fight t-shirts! Yay! We had been wanting to try their food, so it was the perfect opportunity.
I dedicate this picture to Angelica because of the mustache on the left. I thought it was too cute! She requested that I take a picture of a mustache and I think this is the closest I'll get to one for now.
I'll write a regular blog (not 365-related) with pictures and all about the Water Balloon fight in the near future. It was... let's just say... interesting. Fun... but interesting.
Happy Weekending! Tomorrow is Record Day! So hit up your local record store!
Thursday, April 14, 2011
Day 104: 365 Project
This balloon was awarded to Sam at an Oscar's party we attended for best dressed in the male division (granted... he was the only man...). Anyway, this balloon is STILL alive! It's a little deflated compared to this picture, but it's still alive after almost two months!
If you look closely you can see me! And my kitchen cupboards.
Anyway, sorry my pictures haven't been super exciting lately. I hope that I can get my creative juices flowing again!
Have any suggestions or requests? Just post them here!
Wednesday, April 13, 2011
Day 103: 365 Project
Last night Sam and I went to the Pregnancy Center Fundraiser Banquet last night. This was in front of the Memorial Building that the banquet took place in. Thought it was pretty cool looking. Plus, it gave me the chance to use the camera on my new phone. And I must say, looks pretty good!!
Anyway, while Sam and I couldn't actually donate any money, I'm going to try and donate my time as a receptionist. There's an orientation on April 28, and I'm planning to go to that assuming I don't have a job that will conflict with it. Should be fun and a wonderful experience. I'm looking forward to it!
Bruce Wilkinson, author of Prayer of Jabez, was the guest speaker. He was hilarious. The pregnancy center's donation goal for for this fundraiser was $250,000 and people donated $326,000! Praise God! Last year, they saved 500 babies from abortion and their goal this year is 1,000 babies. I think them surpassing their donations goal is a bit of foreshadowing and they'll save more than 1,000 babies this year!
Exciting stuff!
Tuesday, April 12, 2011
Day 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101 & 102: 365 Project
Well, some of you may have already seen these pictures on my Facebook, but I thought I would post them here anyway. A couple weekends ago, Sam and I went to the beach for his birthday. It was a wonderful trip to get away and relax. It was great not to have any plans for a couple days and just do whatever we wanted to. I saw so many beautiful flowers and snapped quite a few pictures of them. Here they are:
We ate lunch at The Otter Rock Cafe! A place I used to eat at all the time when we went to Morro Bay. The wheel below was on the wall right next to me. I loved the color of the wall too!
And the beach was just beautiful! The first day we got to Morro Bay, it was really gloomy, but the sun decided to come out the second day. I'm so glad it did!
See, the first day was gloooomy!
Great thing about Morro Bay is that there's tons of rocks and shells! We got some cute ones and I'm going to use them as a center piece! Excited!
Blue Skies and Blue Waters.
There was a part of the beach where the sand had a weird texture look to it. I loved it! And as you can probably already tell, I love setting my camera on the ground for a different perspective!
Hope you enjoyed some of my more creative beach weekend pictures! There! Now I should be all caught up!
And I hit my 100 day mark in this post! Yay!! :)
We ate lunch at The Otter Rock Cafe! A place I used to eat at all the time when we went to Morro Bay. The wheel below was on the wall right next to me. I loved the color of the wall too!
And the beach was just beautiful! The first day we got to Morro Bay, it was really gloomy, but the sun decided to come out the second day. I'm so glad it did!
Hope you enjoyed some of my more creative beach weekend pictures! There! Now I should be all caught up!
And I hit my 100 day mark in this post! Yay!! :)
Friday, April 8, 2011
Day 92: 365 Project
Anyway, the picture above obviously shows the storm coming in and the white puffy clouds leaving. It's also fairly noticeable that it's sunny outside since this is a pretty bright picture.
I can't believe that I'm a week behind again -- except that I can. Just been a busy week with being away at the beach, Sam's birthday and then I've been kind of sick the last couple days. I promise to catch up soon.
Happy Friday!
Monday, April 4, 2011
Day 91: 365 Project
The Anniversary of
The Proposal!
This past weekend marked a year since Sam proposed to me! I can't believe it's been that long! Along with some engagement-related photo, I'm going to write out my proposal story. I realized that I never actually did it.
Well it was the night after the Rock and Worship Roadshow. I had two friends spend the night at my apartment and the next morning, Sam and I had plans to go to Pismo for the day and then Porterville for the rest of the weekend. It was nearing the end of Easter break, we had a party on Saturday and then Easter and church on Sunday. It would be a weekend filled with fun! Little did I know that along with seeing those closest to me in Porterville that weekend, I would get to share something new and sparkly with them as well as a wonderfully perfect story. In case you haven't heard the story, sit back and enjoy!
After waking up on that April morning, we all went out to breakfast at Yosemite Falls before my friends left for Porterville. After breakfast, Sam and I went back to our Apartments and gathered together the things we would need for the weekend. After packing up the car, we then proceeded to look for Sam's keys for the next hour or so. We seriously looked everywhere! And where were they? Underneath something in the car. Figures.
We were then on our way to Pismo! It was a beautiful day! We get there and do the usual thing -- Splash Cafe, walking around the pier, going down to the beach, shopping. Then we went to the Great American Melodrama. It was so much fun! They're always hilarious. It was such a fun and perfect day. Looking back at the Melodrama, Sam was most clumsy than usual... kept dropping random things and seemed distracted.
... even the ride home was weird. He accidentally took the wrong way... again, just seemed really distracted. And it just got weirder from then.
We got to my mom's house in Porterville probably close to 2 a.m. and my mom hears us and comes out the door. I thought it was weird that she was still fully awake and up. Usually she's asleep on the couch and has the TV on when we get to Porterville at midnight. But anyway, I got inside to say hi and then planned to unpack everything else with Sam.
My mom immediately wants to show me her bedroom bathroom because she's getting it redone with a new shower. I go with my mom to the bathroom and look at what's been done. I take a glance around and am ready to go help Sam unload. My mom keeps stalling me though. And I'm like "Mom! Sam's going to get mad because I left him with all the unloading." But she starts asking me questions...
"What do you think?" Looks good, mom! It needed to be redone!
"What color should I paint the walls?" Green! That's my default color. I don't know!
I need to know now because I have to go to Home Depot early tomorrow morning. Well, I'll go with you then! I'm tired and it's late and I need to help Sam.
"What kind of sink should I get?" I don't the different kinds of sinks!
"What kind of tile flooring would look good in here?" ... Again, I don't know! I need to go help Sam...
I was beginning to think she thought I was some sort of Bathroom decorator. Did she not hear me when I said I was going to be a journalism major at Fresno State?
The actual new shower wasn't put in yet, so she wanted to show me that next. Then she started asking me about getting a digital camera and what kind she should get. Now, this is stuff I know about, but still not sure why she needed to know about this information at two in the morning! At this point, a proposal had crossed my mind, but taking into account the hour, I figured he wasn't going to do it.
The proposal idea crossed my mind because a couple weeks before Sam had went to Porterville for one reason or another and he wouldn't let me go with him! He said he wanted it to be a quick trip. I had a feeling he was going to talk to my mom about marrying. Turns out I ended up being right!
Anyway... back to the story. Then my mom's phone rings. She said it was Stacie telling her that she's spending the night at a friends house. My thought? Why is Stacie just now calling my mom? Later I'll find out it was Sam telling me that he's ready for me. After my mom gets off the phone, she says she thinks she hears Sam calling me from the Kitchen. I open the kitchen sliding door to a couple dozen candles glowing in the darkened room. And I see Sam standing there in a suit. I close the door and stand still. A million different thoughts running through my mind. One sticking out in particular, "is this really happening?" Every time I think of this moment, it still gives me butterflies and my heart skips a beat. I don't move until Sam says, "come over here."
So I do. It felt like I was walking over there slowly, but Sam says I walked over there quickly. He hugs me. I would say "we hugged," but I'm pretty sure that my robotic-like "hug" motions couldn't be considered a hug. I'm pretty sure I was having some sort of out of body experience. I was in complete shock and disbelief.
He picked up this rose ring holder and opened it. Sure enough, there sat a ring -- with diamonds! He then said several sweet-filled romantic things that I can't remember. I was living in the moment and I wish I could remember what he said! Then he asked me to marry him and I (obviously) said yes! And he put the ring on me (He liked it so he put a ring on it) and then we kissed (yup! Our first kiss in the five years we'd dated).
It was perfect... and it got better.
Sam goes to knock on the the garage door and says "You guys can come in."
Two giggly voices say, "Are you sure?!"
And in walk Sharon and Lisa (two of my wonderful friends, in case you didn't know.)
They were Sam's handy helpers who set up all the candles while we were on our way home from Pismo! Sneaky!
I was scared and excited and nervous after that. We celebrated with some apple cider. I called some friends. Pretty sure I got like two hours of sleep that night. The picture above is of my rings and some of the candles from that night. We still have all the candles in a box and the rose that Sam had the rose in is sitting on our dresser.
Seriously a wonderful day! It's a story I enjoy telling to people! If you made it through the entire blog, congratulations! Hope you enjoyed reading it as much as I did writing it!
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