I don't like having a cold....

I, Sandra, have a cold. Eventually, Sofia and Vince will also have colds. It's sad how these things work. At least I'm not coughing or have to constantly RUN to the bathroom... ha ha ha. Anyway, I had some medicine this morning and it did help a little. I guess I'm just a woman of simple words today. I told the pharmacist this morning, "Can you fix this?" and I pointed at my nose. It's been a long day.

A Vince adventure

So Vince decided to take me to a Vince adventure yesterday. Sofia and he tend to go on these adventures when I'm at work. He decided to take Sofia and me to Charter Oak park. It's a nice little park that has great slide equipment, a picnic area, and some trails to walk to a pond. I was rather negative about the experience because of the "walk to the pond part". I knew that it would remind me of my walks in the jungles of Costa Rica this summer. I expected iguanas to interrupt our paths, but it never happened. I must say it was a wonderful time. My favorite part was watching Vince come down one of the twisty slides that OBVIOUSLY were not made for a guy like Vince. I haven't laughed so hard in a while. We had a great time. This is me with the Ipod dock Station listening to some music like I'm the Fresh Prince of Bel Air...

CUBS WIN!!!

Leo Hildenbrand, 104, throws the ceremonial first pitch before Chicago Cubs game against the St. Louis Cardinals in Chicago, Saturday, Sept. 20, 2008. For those of you who don't follow baseball, this guy was 4 years old the last time the Cubs won the World Series.


CUBS WIN!! Cubs 5 Cardinals 4 The Cubbies are the 2008 NL Central Division Champions!!! As José would say... YEAH BABY!!!

Today

Today we found out that Vince's aunt Rose passed away with Ovarian Cancer. She was such an incredible woman and we got to spend some time with her when we went to Michigan for the family reunion. She spent most of her life as a nun and her order of nuns that she was in focused on teaching.

Sofia took the above picture of her, the actual picture is of everyone looking around, but Sister Rose saw that Sofia was taking the picture and looked at her and smiled. She noticed the little things in life and cared for many. She will be missed.
Above is the picture that I promised of me at Mix Match day. Sofia picked out the skirt and Vince picked out the top. Wow... lovely.

Thank you so much!

Hello all... it's me Sandra. I just wanted to truly thank you for everything you all have done. Thank you for the prayers, cards, emails, flowers, and hugs. It has been a few rough weeks, but I have come to peace with all of it. Yesterday, Vince and I decided on a name ... we named him Angel (pronounced in Spanish). It seems fitting since after it occurred one of the most encouraging words that I heard were from my mom... "Bueno mi amor, lo mejor es que ahora tienes un angelito en el cielo que los está cuidando a los tres" "Well my love, the best is that now you have a little angel in heaven that is watching over the three you." Those words just brought me peace; therefore, may God bless Angel who is watching over us.

I have been keeping busy with school. Teaching Spanish 1, 3, 4H, and 5AP is a lot more fun than at first feared. I couldn't believe that I could handle it, but I seem to be doing better. I'm also sponsoring Snowball (a club that encourages students to lead alcohol and drug free lives filled with a good attitude). The first meeting which was 2 weeks ago, I had 250some students come. Yeah.. two hundred some students. Rumors say that they want to be in the club because I'm the sponsor... GREAT! Being "popular" is not fun, it just creates more work. I have 5 officers that help out as much as they can, but it is rather overwhelming. Fun stuff! Did I mention that I'm coaching JV Scholastic Bowl too? The varsity coach has been awesome allowing me to sit back for a few weeks until the season gets going more. So, busy busy. This week is homecoming week and I have really enjoyed it so far. The theme is "Music" so Monday was Band shirt day... I pulled my senior year of high school marching band shirt out and wore it. The band students loved it. Today was StopLight Day. A day that I did not like, but participated anyway. If one wore Red today it meant that you had a date to homecoming or you didn't want to go. Yellow was that one was going with friends, but was open to begin asked and go with a date if the opportunity came up. Green meant you did not have a date, could be asked, or you were going with friends, but rather have a date. HOW CONFUSING. I wore red because I'm married and well didn't want to create an awkward situation. Anyhow, tomorrow is mix match day and Vince and Sofia will be choosing my outfit this evening. I shall blog about that tomorrow.

We're still here...

Sorry we haven't posted anything in a while. Some of you already know that Sandra had a miscarriage last week. She has had some difficulty after the fact. I won't go into detail but she had a few really bad days recently. She is doing a lot better and would like to thank all of you for your thoughts and prayers. She was about 7 weeks along when this happened. There was no real reason it happened, About 1 in 5 pregnancies result in a miscarriage.

Crazy Italians

This weekend we are going to Detroit for the annual Iadipaolo/Ferrari/Suarini Labor Day weekend party. Of course there will be plenty of great food there, but the best part is the bocce ball tournament between the Canadian Italians and the American Italians. The men's tournament is fun, but the women can get pretty testy at times. We will post some pics when we return. Have a great Labor day weekend. Oh yeah, Go Cubs Go...