Happy Mother's Day

2007

He Was Mine First

Okay, as most of you know, I've liked the actor Gabriel Byrne for, let's see, going on 18 years. What?!?! Good grief, that's a little painful to admit. Anyway, most of you and all other people never really even knew who he was until shown a picture or a mention of a certain character in a movie. Now, G.B. has his own show on HBO, In Treatment. He has won a Golden Globe or one of those kind of awards for his efforts, and now he is being labled a sex symbol and the next "McDreamy." This man is almost 60 years old, and they are just now recognizing how incredibly good-looking and what a great actor he is? I must admit, I am a little jealous that all women in America have taken notice of my Gabe and find him so appealing. It's not like I've been in love with Brad Pitt or Tom Cruise all these years. My infatuation started when this man was middle age already. Well, the infatuation is starting to wear off. You see, once other people started noticing my crush, he was not as delectable anymore. I can't believe I'm saying this, but is Gabriel Byrne not doing it for me anymore? Well, the current Gabriel Byrne is not. But, I will always love to revisit his old films (i.e. Shipwrecked, Hello Again, End of Days, etc.) when he wasn't a sex symbol to rekindle old feelings. *Sigh*

Updates

I have been a terrible blogger as of late. Things have been really hectic the last few weeks.

I am pleased to say that Arturo was home all of last week and is home again this week! Hopefully, he won't have to commute anymore, and we can now focus completely on our restaurant here. There is still a lot to do, but we are making progress with it, and I can tell you this: It is going to be beautiful when we are done. I will have to put pictures up to show the finished product. The name of the restaurant is Pueblo Viejo, which means "Old Town" or "Old Village." So, we are going to decorate with very old pictures from Mexico and just general pieces that have that "old" feel. You Andalusia folk can get an idea by some of the pictures that are in Old Mexico that I happened to see a few weeks ago when I was there. I take credit for those pictures, by the way. At my high school in Mobile, I found them in a closet, gave them to Arturo, and I think various members of his family have copied them because they now hang in many restaurants.

It has been so nice having Arturo home. Wesley has been absolutely terrible, though. When it was just me and him, he was wonderful most of the time. When Arturo is around, I don't know what happens to him. I guess we were just in a routine, and then Arturo kind of messed that up, as bad as that sounds. Of course, I would much rather our family be together and Wesley have a few more meltdowns or whining spells. Did I actually just type that? Just kidding...

Wesley is doing great at school. I'm now trying to plan out the summer. I'll probably put him in at least three VBS's and maybe a few half-day camps. I want to keep him busy and not having to sit at the restaurant while I work.

That's it for now, and I'll try to blog better, I promise!

I'm posting a few recent pictures.

Wesley's 4th Birthday at Disney World - March 14th


Money Well-Spent


My Two Favorite Boys

Subliminal Message, Maybe?

You think Wesley is trying to tell me that I spend too much time on the computer? This is my clarinet case, by the way.

Wonderful Long Weekend

We had a great weekend and President's Day yesterday. My parents came on Friday night. My dad went to Dothan on Saturday to see my grandmother, who is in an Alzheimer's place. My mom stayed with me and Wesley. The three of us had fun on Saturday. We ate lunch at Red Lobster and then went to see all the kitties up for adoption at Petco. That is always fun, and I always fall in love with one. After Wesley's nap we all played outside for a little while. Arturo got home Saturday night about 11:45. It was so good to have him home. Sunday for lunch we ate at our newest restaurant, Texas Roadhouse. It was very good. I was so excited for Sunday night because Arturo and I got to have our first date in many, many months. I can't even remember the last time we had one. We went to eat at Thai Cuisine (our favorite restaurant) and went to see Taken. That was an AWESOME movie. Yesterday we showed my mom and dad our restaurant. Yes, I can say now that we got the place. The rest of our day yesterday was spent playing outside, walking around the mall, eating at Beef 'O'Brady's and grocery shopping. I hated to see Arturo leave this morning, just like I always do, but hopefully it won't be for too much longer. We're hoping for a lot of good news this week.

Wesley didn't have his nap yesterday. Arturo and I were talking at Beef 'O' Brady's last night, and I looked over at Wesley, who had gotten unusually quiet, and he was sound asleep.

Arturo and Amanda

1. What is his name? Jaime Arturo Godoy.
2. Who eats more? He does. He's always getting onto me because I don't eat right or enough.
3. Who said "I love you" first? He did.
4 Who is taller? He is by about an inch.
5. Who is more sensitive? We both are.
6. Who does the laundry? Me, but very, very occasionally he'll put a load on.
7. Who sleeps on the right side of the bed? Me.
8. Who pays the bills? Me.
9. Who cooks more? I do, but we go out A LOT.
10. Who is more stubborn? Me for sure.
11. Who is the 1st to admit they are wrong? Usually him, but I'm getting better, slowly.
12. Who has more siblings? He has 4, and I have 1.
13. Who wears the pants in the relationship? We both do.
14. What do you like to do together? Lately, just being able to have a conversation without interruption is lovely. We love to go out to eat, go to movies (which is very rare now), walk, ride bikes, really anything.
15. Who eats more sweets? Me, but I am so much better than I used to be.
16. Guilty pleasures? Any time that we have together doing anything when Wesley is at school or being watched by someone else.
17. How did you meet? At Old Mexico in Andalusia, 14 years ago.
18. Who ask whom out 1st? He asked me out first, but I made the first move to let him know I was interested.
19. Who kissed who first? He kissed me on the cheek during our third date, and then at the end of that date it was a mutual lip-lock and total fireworks! I'm happy to say there still are fireworks!
20. Who proposed? He did.
21. His best features and qualities? I think all if his features are beautiful. He is loving, generous, kind, an extremely hard worker, dedicated and funny.

New Beginnings

Arturo is no longer at our restaurant. He was having problems with one of his partners, who also happens to be his cousin. They hadn't gotten along for awhile, and now Arturo is gone. He has been working at another restaurant out of town, but we're hoping to lease a restaurant right here in Brooksville, which is only about 3 miles from our house. We're going to look at it on Monday and hopefully sign a lease. It's very exciting and scary, too. With the economy the way it is, starting a new business is a big risk, but it's a risk that we are willing to take and hopefully everything will work out. This is something we have wanted for awhile, to have another restaurant, but it's sad that it had to happen this way, with him basically being forced out of his own business that he had made successful. But, the Lord works in mysterious ways, and maybe this will turn out to be a wonderful venture for us.