I had the girls last week for about 4 days and Kasidy was sick, she kept coughing without covering her mouth, inspite of Danyel and I constantly reminding her too. Danyel kept get angry saying "Cover your mouth your gonna get me sick" and sure enough by the time the girls had left they were both sick. We got them childrens Tylenol and they started to feel better, but once they were gone I noticed I was getting sniffly...the next day we went to the $Theatre, and it was freezing in there, even tho I took a light blanket in with me, well I think that is what really got me even sicker. Afterwards, we went to Taco Cabana...Yum! Daniel joined us. They have got the best tasting Margaritas EVER! We had a blast!

We were supposed to go to the Riverwalk the next day...but I was SO SO SICK, it felt like my eyes were on fire and melting. So we had to cancel the riverwalk. Adrian came over that day after he got out of School to see if we were still going or not. He hung out for about an hour or so. And then he noticed that I had a guitar so he and Adam talked music a while, and jammed a bit. And then he left.

Adrian is Daniel's Childhood friend...he is like a second son to me. Since we got here to Texas...he's come over a few times to visit us on his own without Daniel, that is so sweet. He and Daniel and Lindsey and Finesse have hung out a few times as well. They've gone over to my cousin Bill's house to swim in the River and stuff. They are all good kids.

Anyway, it went from me having a headcold to having like  Bronchitis...started wheezing and making my asthma act up, and then I just got a plain 'ol ugly sounding cough. But I knew Adam was leaving on Tuesday, so I know my Mom would want to hang out with us before he left. So I mustered up enough energy and called her up to see if she wanted to go to that BIG HUGE Flea Market in San Antonio that she had been wanting to go to. We had alot of fun! On our way to the Flea Market, Daniel Texted me he wanted to know if I was gonna say Goodbye to Lindsey...he texted a couple of times. We got to the Flea Market it was HUGE and  was outdoors under open covered buildings...there was food, and Tejano bands there so people could dance if they wanted to, but people were not dancing...Except for this one man who got up and danced by himself, he must've been feeling good ; ) He was soo cute dancing by himself, I wanted to get up and join him so badly, but didn't...I Love Tejano Music...It MOVES me! So we would walk around and shop and then get hot and tired so we'd get a refreshment and sit and watch the band. It was so much Fun!

At the Flea Market Adam bought me a little "Siesta Man" atleast thats what I've alwasys called them...I have always wanted one since I was a teenager, to put up against the wall near the front door or resting under a tree. Now I have one for the door of my RV. When I was in Washington I wanted to have one for the front porch of our home to greet people and to show my heritage/culture. So I finally have a little one. Siesta means Nap...so that is why I call him the Siesta man...he is taking a nap, taking a Siesta. I will attach a photo of him at the end of this blog, as well as a short video of some of the music that was playing...you can really only hear the music and see my skirt, cuz i was holding my cell phone down, in case the band didn't want to be video taped, ha ha but you can see the Man that was Dancing by himself sometimes...LOL. And you can hear Adam and I and My Mom having conversations. The last time I had been to a big flea market with tejano bands playing was when I was about 14 or 15 when My Mom used to take us. So this was so nice to be able to take her now ; )There was a man wearing a ball cap  and Khaki shorts that asked Finesse to dance, but she declined so he went and asked someone else and you can see them out there dancing, towards the middle of one of the videos.

Mom Bought Finesse and I and herself some perfume and some little bracelets there, and she and Finesse got  nail polish too. And during one of shopping breaks Mom and I got a Margarita and Adam got a beer and Finesse a water ( second pic.)...FUN, FUN, FUN!

Then we came home...and dropped mom off, but then she quickly realized she had forgotten her keys inside...She locked herself out. So Adam had to climb into a window to get her in. Then we were getting ready to leave, but then decided to ask Mom if she wanted to go eat Mexican Food with us, So we all went and had dinner together. Then we all went home. When I got home I got a Text from Daniel saying: " I propesed to her....and she said Yes" So now I know why he had tried to text me so many times earlier this moring...he wanted to come by on his way to take her to the airport and tell us.

I texted Daniel after the Meeting on Sunday to see if Daniel could get the girls on Monday evening so that Papa could say Goodbye to them before he left the next day. So he said he probably could. So on Monday...Mom came over early and we were about to go to Hondo Walmart and asked her if she'd like to come along, and then we went to lunch, and then we got home and sat out on the pic nic table and played Aggravation...Mom Won! Daniel came over with the girls...mom left, we all signed Papa's cast and then we took the girls to DQ for an icecream. Then Daniel and Finesse went to pick lead, daniel picks lead and sells it for cash. Papa and I watched the girls til around 10pm. We enjoyed our time with them.

Well today is Tuesday...and we all woke up at 6am to get ready to take Adam to the Airport : ( How Sad! So as I sit and blog he is on his first plane home. I miss him already.

My poor Baby is going home to an empty chaotic home. But he is so loving he was willing to do that so that Finesse and I could be here in Texas. Can't wait for the house to rent out so he can join us.

First Pic...is Me, Mom and Finesse getting to the Flea Market.  Second one is of Finesse listening to one of the Tejano Bands, The second band was much better and they are the ones I took video of, and the other pics. are me and My Little Siesta Man.

Adam and I packed up my car and left for our roadtrip to Tx. on January 13th, we were gonna go see The Glama Girls for our Anniversary! This was not gonna be a hurried roadtrip, we were gonna take our time and visit family along the way. Once we got to Tx the plan was for Adam to stay there with me for a couple of weeks and celebrate our 6th Anniversary on January 17th. and I was gonna stay longer to visit a little more with the girls, I can't believe it I haven't seen my girls in 6 months...I miss them SO SO Much!

We took a 40 min. detour and headed to Gig Harbor where my sister Pauline lives, Finesse had some clothes that she was getting rid of that I wanted to give to Pauline, and also my nieces son had been wanting a Battleship Game...we had two of them so we also wanted to drop the extra one off and say goodbye to my Sis. They weren't home so we left them by the door on the porch...and we were on the road again, I left her a message to let her know I had left some stuff at her front door, couple minutes later she called and told us where she was and asked if we wanted to stop in and say goodbye, but Adam and I decided we didn't want to make another stop so we said our goodbyes on the phone.

Next stop was Oregon, we stopped in Portland and had a quick lunch with my Father-in-Law, Larry. He is an Awesome Man, we hadn't seen him since our wedding day ( I am so bummed I never got a recent pic of him and Adam ). So after a nice lunch and visit with Larry, we were on our way again.

We continued on the trip til late that night where we stopped in California somewhere half way thru the state, dont remember where...stayed at a motel for a much needed stretch, rest and sleep.

Then in the morning we fueled up and grabbed coffee and were on the road again by 7 or 7:30am. Later when we'd been driving a couple of hours we got hungry, so we got some McDonalds breakfast. And for lunch we were gonna stop at a Carls Jr. Adam Loves Carls Jr. So we drove on and checked out all the scenery ( California is almost as flat and dry looking as TX. ) and Finally We stopped for lunch and had some Yummy Burgers at Carls Jr. ( I just had to get a pic. of Adam and his Burger, he was as happy as ever like a little kid ) So after lunch we got more gas (Ha Ha that sounded funny) and headed out again. The plan was to make it to Az. where my sister Jolee (Yolanda) lives that night and stay at her place, and visit her and my neices (Hope and Zipporah) and their handsome lil boys the next day and then head out back on the road the following morning so we could be settled in Castroville on our anniversary the 17th. I Couldn't wait to see them...hadn't seen my sister in like 5 years and hadn't seen Hope in like 12 years, and had never met Zipporah (she is like 22 years old I think), couldn't wait!

So we got into their town late at night about 11pm or so, we tried to call them... no answer, then GPSd their home and knocked on her door, no answer...she was fast asleep, she hadn't been feeling good that day and had taken some medicine, so it knocked her out and she couldn't hear our phone call or knock, poor thing. So we went to a motel and slept. In the morning we got ready to go to my sisters house, I was dying for coffee, but wanted to wait to have my morning coffee with her : ) Before we headed over there we stopped and got flowers for both households My sisters place, where she and Zipporah and Pora's son, Raymond, lives ( They got Pink Calililies potted flowers )...and flowers for Hope at her home ( Hopes were yellow potted calililies ). So we got to Jolee's home and Pora came out to greet us, She is a beautiful young lady...I got tears in my eyes as we hugged for the first time. She is such a sweet and loving girl and a very good Mom, once in their home I met Pora's son Raymond, what a cutie. Then on to see Jolee, of course more tears were shed as I hugged and kissed my sister, it was a wonderful reunion!

Pora made us coffee and bagels as we visited and got acquanted and reacquanted with one another. After visiting for a bit, they got ready so we could go to another little town where Hope lives...so that I could visit with her and meet her husband Dwight and their boys Titus (12 or 13), Tyson (8 I think), and Q (5) Q is a nickname for Quentin. I couldn't wait to meet Hope again...we have gotten to know each other really well thru email, IMing and Texting. She had become more like a close girlfriend rather than a neice. It was great to meet her and her boys, they are such handsome little guys, and they all gave me hugs and stuff, how sweet is that. Dwight was very  nice and friendly and loving too, throughout the day he and Adam got to know each other and got along great. Tyson the middle boy is so cuddly...he sat near me for a big part of the day and evening. We had such a great time getting to know one another...about an hour into the visit, I cant believe it... I did my Swoozie impression, LOL that really broke the ice, and then everyone just kinda relaxed and probably thought 'okay if Tia can act that crazy I can be myself'...the boys were looking at me weird for awhile, found out later they thought I was pretty cool, I think they were surprised at how much they liked me...ha ha me too. (Hope says I was a big hit in McDaniel Household...Yay! and that the next day they were all in the back seat of their car doing a Tia Litsi "Swoozie" impression Ha ha). We all got hungry so Adam and Dwight went and got Pizza and stuff ( stuff to make margaritas: ) to bring back. We ate and watched Megamind, and then all the boys were playing...as us grownups visited. Then Adam made us all Margaritas and we had even more fun...WooHoo! Dwight went to play basketball with bros. from his hall so he missed most of the fun.  Titus danced for us...we cheered him on, it was such a blast! Somehow we all ended up upstairs on Hope and Dwights California Kingsized Bed...Literally all of us. Adam, my sister, Pora, Hope, me and the boys, talking laughing being Retarted. When Dwight got home, his eyes got big like... 'okay thats weird, everyones on my bed', but then he joined us. After a it of more visiting and fun...we left and went back to Jolee's home. They had all convinced us to not leave in the morning for our trip to TX. I didn't want to leave either, I was having a blast. So in the morning Adam and I went and found an awesome Mexican Restaurant, I think it was called Felibertos. Awesome Awesome Burritos...they were so tasty and Huge. I had Carne Asada, and we took some back for Pora and Jolee. Jolee was still sleeping when we had left. On our way back to their place we found this restaurant called "Garcia's" Cool...my maiden name! So we stopped and Adam took pictures of me near the sign and stuff. So we stayed and hung out with my sister all day, Weird once again...we all ended up on the bed in Jolee's room. I went in there to lay with her and take a little nap, cuz she still wasn't feeling good, then Adam came in and joined us...She and I never took a nap we just visited, but Ha Ha, Adam fell asleep. He woke up and Jolee and I were still talking and bonding. Then later in the evening Hope and her family came over to hangout and say goodbye to us cuz we were leaving the following morning the 17th ( which would be our anniversary, didn't want to be on the road on our anniversary cuz we wanted to be relaxed and exchange gifts but...) we would have been in Castroville, TX on the 16th if we hadn't stayed to visit a day longer in Az. But I would not trade that decision for anything...we had such a blast in AZ. It was like One Long Anniversary celebration. So anyway, that evening we visited and took pictures and stuff and then said our goodbyes to Hope and her family. The next morning we woke up about 5am and said our goodbyes to Pora and Jolee and I went and layed and hugged and kissed Raymond goodbye while he slept on his bed.

So on the road again...in Benson, AZ we got hungry and needed to fill the car up again, so we stopped at this really cool McDonalds with a cool Dinosaur in front, so after we got our food we went and took pics in front of it...that was so cool, I love the pics. then we were on the road again. We decided not to celebrate our anniversary that day, we were gonna wait til the next day. We got into Castroville, Tx. (our final destination, my hometown) about 9:30 or 10pm. I will blog about our anniversary and our visit together in Castroville before Adam left in my next blog. 'Til next time : ) Enjoy our little slideshow, it takes awhile for all the images to upload, there are someithing like 52 pics. Be patient, cuz there are some awesome dinosaur pics at the end : )