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When my car doors did not lock my dh suggested that I should call Mercedes road side assistance. I told him - Dude, you know, Trust me, they can not lock my door through satellite because my door has mechanical problem. He just kept blah blah blah blah blah ing and I told him BLAH BLAH BLAH - NOOOOOO.
AND let me tell you- I was right. Passinger side door had some serious health issues - but now it is fixed and is functioning fine. I might be a girl, but I know a little about cars. So stop messing with me.

Now on a different note. I THINK our governer Swarchenegger has been taking some ESL( english second language ) classes. I mean it. His english, pronaunciation is much better than year ago. Yeah, I do pay attention what he is talking about and how he is talking, his CALIFONIA is sounding more like CALIFORNIA now. lol WTG Arnold!!!! I knew that you'd be back ;)

OK- SCHOOL STARTS NEXT WEEK!!!! WOHOOO TO ME. I can finally start studing without - MOMMY, mommy, regina i hurting me, MOMMY, GABRIEL TOLD ME THAT I AM STUPID BABY, MOMMY, HELP ME BECAUSE REGINA IS HURTING ME...
OH, it will be Paradise from 7.40 AM till 2.07 pm -

Today was awsome. :)

(sari that I made


My friend ( from Estonia) celebrated her birthday today. Since she has "good relations" with India, her theme for party was India. So last night I sew myself sari , nothing fancy, simple , black sari ( or Saree). Seems like I did pretty good job since I got lots of good reviews about it. :)

Indian food Is awsome. first time I ever tasted indian food was in 1998 year february in London. I LOVED it and I still to. :) Food at her party was very,very good. Music was Indian and we watched Indian/american movie The Guru( I think that was the name of it.) It was fun fun fun.

All of her friends vere dressed up in Indian style- very cool and different. :):):) happy Birthday Reet.


OH,oh, oh - one more thing- first time ever I had my eyebrows threaded.
http://www.hairfacts.com/methods/threading.html
It was so relaxing, and my eyebrows never looked better.

I hate my car- Sometimes---

So today, I was supposed to go to college- orientation. So I start my car, drive to schools parking lot, exit my car- trying to lock my doors, trying again and again and again. Nothing. I hear clicks, but door is not locking. I try to do it manually- not working. I try to push in those knobs inside the car- NOT GOING DOWN... Oh, I was pissed. I did not want to leave my car unloced in college parking lot, so I left and called Mercedes dealership to get my powerlocks fixed. Guess what- I got apointment for monday- but not for today. Oh, I was so pissed. What the heck is wrong with my car. It always does it when I need it the most.

I guess I am going to get a rental car for a weekend because I do not dare to park my car in some strange parking lots when doors are not locked.. i hope I get a good deal....lol

What a week

... do not get to exited. lol nothing special going on here. I finally started scrapbooking again and finished Reginas MAW trip album. Ugh, Scrapbooking is so expencive. I Love going scrapbooking stores and I HATE leaving store because I just NEED lots of the things they have in there. lol

THEN I enrolled gabriel in K+ probram in local YMCA. Now , starting from September I have free time from 7.40am-till 2.07 PM. HO ho ho and Merry chistmas, i am so exited about it. Not that I do not love my kids, but it is time for me to get some ME time ALONE .... Maybe now, I can finally clean my house and it stays clean longer than 10 minutes....
I think I mentioned that I start college again ( 2 online courses) Psychology and Excel.

And I am starting to take belly dancing classes ;) Yeah, next time you go one of those Maroccon restaurants you may find me flashing my fat...... lol

What else?? OH, I went to see Snakes on a Plane. OMG that was heck of a good movie. I think I almost had a heart attack - FEW times . I am scared of snakes, and THIS movie just scared "kaka" out of me big time. lol Wery well played movie. Thumbs up!!!lol

OK .. then last week I took kids to swimming pool- I HATE public swimming pools for a reason- every time i jump into those I come out with huge blisters on my lips- this time they are extra large... And painful and UGLY.... kids are fine , I guess even reginas immune system is now stronger than mine because she is doing much better than me..

OK. Enough for today. I need to do some cardio because I really want to fit into my size 8 jeans again. 10 is not good enough!!!!


AND I almost forgot one very very important thing-- Our Friend Steven Is in St Jude now getting his regular check up. ( He and My daughter Regina were diagnosed with same kind of tumor ) -- ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ Sending some good calming vibes to your way...

now I know.

....Our dentist billed me my dh's balance that has not taken care by insurance yet. So that is why it was that much. Now I am off to ortanize my house. To much clutter ...

WHY???

I guess you have noticed that I have kept low profile here. I have been just lazy and buzy also. I try to fix that. Those who know me, know that I can talk "trash " all day long. lol I really can,. Eventhough I am VERY positive person, and I find something good in everything - I CAN BE very mean, honest and find bad in GOOD things. To I make any sense??? Maybe not. But oh well, Who cares- Right???

Today I Received 875 dollar bill from My dentist. I was beyond pissed. Since Regina does not have insurance I have to pay for her cleanings. And it is usually 75 dollars ( yes ONLY). SO today I received this bill and of course I called them and guess what- THEY WERE NOT IN OFFICE. OH , now I am even more pissed becaues I freekin' want to know why they overcharged me?? Dumbasses. I absolutely hate, hate , hate WAITING till morning so I can call them again and streighten this typo. ( AND if they tell me that it is because she received BOTOX, I am going to scream ( lol, yeah, now even dental offices do Botox)..

THEN I went to costco because I needed some food. AND regina was with me. You have 3 guesses about what she wanted to buy from there----- ---- ---- CHOCOLATE bundt cake. It is one of her faves and she HAD to have it . So I got it. AND now I am tempted to finish it up. It smells heavenly and it looks so moist and delicious I can hardly control myself. mhm But I guess I have no choise. I HAVE to have a slice and then one more and one more- and then I will feel sick and throw up. ( I LOVE sweet stuff, but past few weeks sugars make me sick to my stomach. not sure why). Ok.

let the countown begin---20 more days before school starts.

Dear Friends...

As you know I will be spending 4 weeks in China. We will visit lots of different places and I will be really, really busy. I created blog just for my china trip. And since I heard that Blogger is blocked by Chinese something ( not sure who controlls that), then my friend will update for me. I will email her and she will copy and paste. BE patient!!! I'll BE BACK....

and here is my new blog address that is empty right now.
http://tanfamilytravels.blogspot.com/

:)

Way to exited to do anything at all. lol Few days ago I found out that my camcorder has no manners . lol battery lasts only 10 minutes and images look kind of all off color pinkish. So today I went to Best BUY and got myself new awsome toy. I wanted to get camcorder with dvd in it, but after 20 minutes of touching and flipping and talking and other things I decided to get regular one. I got myself Canon Elura 100 digital camcorder. It is nice and small and beautiful :) Maybe now I get China into my computer just the way I want it ;)

http://www.usa.canon.com/consumer/controller?act=ModelDetailAct&fcategoryid=174&modelid=12827

My complection...

Proactive is my answer. I swear. That thing works. After my first wash my skin felt smoother and cleaner. On third day I had 70% less break outs and now, week later I started using it, by skin is getting better and better every minute. I only use it for my body, not to my face, and I feel really exited that finally SOMETHING works. :) LOVE IT :)


4 more days and we are on our way to CHINA!!! ! yeah, I can not wait . I sooo want to get out of here and see and experience china. :)

...

Last time I had my hair done by professional hairdresser I paid 100 dollars and it was year ago for color( highlights). So , On saturday afternoon I went back to my hairdresser with an Idea and she was more than exited to do it because at least I wanted something more " funky" and "original". lol After 2,5 hours I ended up looking ALMOST the way I wanted to look. Color was littlebit OFF but I was happy. BUT what made me almost pass out was THE pricetag my head came with.... 200 dollars+tip..... I was not ready for that price. I had no Idea that prices had gone up so much on that hair place ( THe Art Of Hair). But oh well, that was my fault, I did not check with my hairdresser first.

...

1000 dollars poorerererer. Yup, thats me. I had to take my car back to dealership to get it fixed. Yesterday, after I dropped Regina off to school, I was on my way home when suddenly something weird happened- My car did not want to stop.... So warning signs, no weird guys yelling- YOUR BRAKES ARE OUT, YOUR BRAKES ARE OUT.. Luckily I was driving only 10 miles an hour and hand brake did the thing.... Brakes, and fuses( or whatever they call those things that light up those warning lights) , and rotary something costed me almost 1000 dollars. Yuck. Now at least I do not have to worry about brakes another year. ( yup, ever year almost same time, same problem).

And. I am not sure what the heck is going on with this CA weather. One day it is steaming hot and then suddenly it is cold and raining. So stupid . Global warming??? duh... Well, all that weird weather has invited some outdoor bugs indoors. I flushed 6 spiders today and got bitten by one. And they keep coming in. Small, big, black, brown... . spiders... I hate spiders and kids hate spiders... yuck...

AND I AM EXITED to tell you that one more week and I'll be out of here... I hope China can handle me...

Mexican Burgers.

I really think that America has gone grazy.... lol Next new best thing- MEXICAN BURGERS. lol Who knew that mexican have burgers, ( but of course since Estonians have them, why not to let mexicans have them also....

Well, here is the recipe. I really needed to eat something different today, so I made these burgers.

Recipe came from Cooking Pleasures magazine..( Photo by Diana Tan)

Mexican Burgers
1-1/2 lb. ground beef
1/4 cup chopped cilantro
2 tablespoons thinly sliced green onion
1 pickled jalapeno chile (I used diced green chiles)
2 teaspoons minced garlic
2 teaspoons chili powder
1 teaspoon grate lime peel (I omitted)
3/4 teaspoon salt
4 slices Monterey Jack cheese

1/2 cup Jalapeno-Lime Mayonnaise
2 cups shredded iceberg lettuce
1/2 cup Quick-Roasted Chile Salsa ( or any other salsa)
1 cup Quick Guacamole

In medium bowl, gently mix together beef, cilantro, green onion, chile, garlic, chili powder, lime peel and salt. Shape into 4 patties. Heat grill. Place burgers on gas grill over medium heat or on charcoal hrill 4-6 inches from medium coals; cover grill. Grill 8-10 minutes or until thoroughly cooked and no longer pink in center, turning once. Top each burger with one slice cheese, grill 1 minute or until cheese has melted. Spread each roll with 2 tablespoons of the Jalapeno-Lime Mayonnaise. Place lettuce on top of tolls; top with burgers, salsa and guacamole.

I loved them. I am not big on buns, so I just had a burger, lettuce, with all the other stuff on it. And it tasted delicious. :):):) Simple and great and tasty recipe. :):)

HA...

I just made one of the biggest mistakes of my life... I opened bottle of red whine that is just horrible. ( I should not be drinking red wine anyway, but I do not trust my doctor- I am planning to tell him that- glass of wine , keeps a doctor away..... Anyway, we are members of Wine club of California and every month we get 2 bottles of red wine delivered to our doorstep... Last month they sent us Caparone family winery wines. One that I opened is Cabernet Sauvignon. It is just WAAAYYY to strong and overpowering. I absolutely hate it. yuck. Yuck, yuck.

But, my latest good wine experience is thanks to Leila. For my birthday she gave me bottle of Rawsons Retreat Shiraz Cabarnet. This wine just tasted right. It was very smooth and calming (;) I LOVED IT. My new fave :):):)

Ok. Now I have to figure out what am I going to with rest of the Caparone bottle. Yuckkkk...

So , you think....

I can live without dishwasher??? BINGO!!! You are absolutley right!!! My dishwasher broke last friday, after my friends " good bye" party. Sine then, I have been handwashing my dishes. MY POOR DELICATE HANDS get real housewife training now. OH, the joys of broken household appliances. ... I think that I will not get this GE profile performance fixed. IT will be its third time and repears exceed 300 dollars. Price for this built in dishwasher is 400 dollars. ( cheap stuff, but hey, it came with house- almost came with house, we updated it to stainless steal .....) . So , now I am doing everything by hand. .... Just trying to same some money...lol..

last night I was forced to post In LIFE as IT IS blog ( www.diana78.blogspot.com) because this PMS blog was not found..... weird. So if you want to know what the heck is going on, go there and read the latest entry about myPMS....


As you know I am married... lol yeah, and I have 2 kids and my husband just had enough and moved to china , so he does not have to listen to my blah, blah blah 24/7......( I love you honey...) So today he called and started bitching about how bad chinese food is.????? And trust me, he does it EVERY TIME HE CALLS( 4 times a week). I KNOW HONEY, you allready told me.... and my response to him - SO GO OUT THERE AND FIND SOM E' Better MSG free food??? Do something about it!!!! Don't just complain, take action and ask around. But knowing my husband... I do not think he will do that. He expects ME to go there and find him THAT IT!!!! Oh, sweety, I feel bad for him. Every time he goes to China he buys his favorite protein bars and shakes with him, he takes Total cereal and mixed nuts( from costco). He is total health food freak... BUT what bugs me is He can not find his way in china... He is Chinese and he asks directions from me- WHAT SHOULD I DO , HONEY??? ( to bad he can not read this blog in china, blogger is blocked by chinese covernment, weird , huh???).

I think that is it for today.... I am turning my TV to fox and watch- So you think you can dance?? What's up my firends?? Any exiting summer vacation plans??

Competition, competition competition..

Ok. I am little unhappy now. I spent 2 hours by the pool and got horrible sunburn and I used 50 spf sunblock. I HURT EVERYWHERE. I want my money back....


Anyway, what I want to write about today may make some of you disagree with me. It is about My California. It is about what I see here every day. Area where we live is close to everything and our house is built on last Developement in Laguna Niguel ( at least that what they are saying). Our community is not finished yet. There is still place for new homes. But do you want to know what is the price for new homes??? 4 years ago when I bought my house we payed 750 000 dollars for our house. If we'd sell our house we'd make around 1,5 million dollars. BUT new houses range from 1,3 million to 2,5 million dollars and THEY ARE NOT worth that amount of money. It is grazy over here. Ridiculos. But of course Laguna Niguel is very beautiful area , very clean and well organised. Close to freeway, toll road, close to few malls , grocery stores etc. I love it here.
Living here is kind of stressful I think. people who live here make GOOD money, they have interior designers, private shoppers , Gardners, mades, own 3-4 houses, apartments, ,condos ( not everybody , but lots of them do). Most of the familyes have more than 2 cars , if they have small kids and both parents work Live in nanny is necessity , well, lot of moms I know, are stay at home moms and they still have live in nanny/ baby sitter. I know lot of people here who are taking acting lessons and drive to LA area few times a week to show up in auditions in hopes of finding awsome HOLLYWOOD fame. I know parents whose kids got chosen to Santa Clause 3 movie and now they are not friends anymore, because one of the kids gets to be on big screen one minute longer. ( jelousy). Whatever.

People who have been in my house know that our house is NOT traditional in any means. lol All my fooms have different colors, furniture is miss and match and I do not shop in High End department stores. Nothing matches in my house. AND then I go to these awsome traditional looking clean, clutter free DO NOT SIT ON MY FURNITURE kind of homes and I feel overwhelmed. I am not sure why, but sometimes it just irks me that I do not have 3000 dollar couch in my house, or my coffe table is out of Ikea? Do I make any sence to you?? Yeah, I do want to decorate my house with Art deco and Salvador Dali and Picasso. But will it make me happy when I have it??? Will I enjoy it for me or will I enjoy it because people will go AWW, ond OWW and wow... you know??
I have been writing here and I forgot why I started writing this. Oh, I remembered. Life here is all about WHO is the Best. My husband blah, my kids, blah, my this blah my that blah... All I hear all day long is blah blah blah and I am so fucking sick of this all. Sometimes I just want to pack my bags and leave this place, and then I take a minute to think about it and I feel like I am a total moron. Why do I ever feel depressed? I live in Southern paradise. I have everything I ever wanted , even more. Husband, kids, house, best cars ( yeah, you may disagree there. lol). But I do get my dull and I want out of here moments. The other day I thought I should back my bags and move to hollywood, take couple of acting classes, get myself agent and start acting . lol I'l probably get a job as and dead fat russian stripper in CSI crime lab..... oh. wow. I get teary eyes even thinking about it.... Watch out Hollywood, Diana has few more glasses of cider and I am ready....;)

Everybody here looks good. THey do. And I love how people talk here I love California English. lol.. I had hard time getting New Jearsey and Memphis one, but CA one sound just Right......

OK. I am going to take care of my sunburn. It really hurts. ...... I love California, but I miss Estonia.:)

I am so tired right now. I hate hot weather, I hate cold weather I hate rainy weather, HECK- I hate when wheather changes from one extreme to other. Whay can't it be JUST RIGHT!!!!!

Anyway, I feel really upset right now. Some of you have met Jill, My very first friend here in US. about 4 years ago she moved to Ca to be with her boyfriend. They have been together for 6 years. Well, things did not work out the way SHE wanted and she decided that it is time for her to move on. AND she is MOVING TO FLORIDA. With whoom will I go to scrapbooking now??? huh??? Ok. That's fine, just pack your bags and leave your good friend behind... not fair. :(

On friday night I threw her a little party. As my good bye gift.. And on Saturday Morning I will drive her to Airport. :( I hope she finds what she is looking for...

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WHY???

These past 2 weeks have been very entertaining. Season finales, series finalies and all the other finalies. Today is Alias 2 hour series finaly. I LOVE Alias. But I am glad to see it go. 2 more hours and then I see what all the fuzz was all about anyway.

I have been really tired past few weeks. Not sure what is going on. I yawn all the time, got very weird skin rash and PLEASE DO NOT SEND ME TO HOME DEPOT nursery dep. I went there the other day , and few moments after I entered the 'blooming " area I had to leave it. I almost passed out. MY head got all dizzy and I started sneezing. To top that i got blurry vision and scratcy throat... THANKS god home depo is only abot mile away from us. Drive home was horrible since I was still sneezing and my eyes were watering. I am taking Claritin and it is helping a lot. :)

Oh people, please give me some good ideas what to get for my "family" in china. Everything is made in China anyway. I got See's candys and few CA books, but that is it. I need something original...

So girls...

I had my annual ob/gyn checkup today. I do it every year and I look forward to it. I remember when we lived in New Jearsey, there was ob/gyn group called Woman Caring for WOman. I loved going there for chekcups. All doctors were really nice and they laughed with you, cryed with you... My last day there--- I remember it... It was halloween, all doctors were dressed up, wearing costumes, my doctor was wearing Queen costume from snow white, she looked just like queen - beautiful but evil same time... oh, anyway... I miss them up there.

BUT I found really good doctor here. Her name is Mona and she is doing awsome job. And her memory is just incredible. I saw her last year ago and she asked some questions about our family and kids and my background .. I told her what was going on with Regina and with my mom and that my DH was working in China... SHE remembered everything. I was impressed..

About my health- she wants to do an ultrasound ( no I am not pregnant), but since my AF is veryirregular ( every 2-3 months) they just want to take a "closer " look. I also have to get some Ovarian cancer screening done because of family history. Not happy about it, but better safe than sorry. And They took my blood for testing. OH, how could I forget the most important test -Pap test. Now I am hoping for negative results.. ( I had false positive about 3 years ago and I hated all the other test they did..... yuck).

SO all of you out there who avoid going to see your doctor once a year. It's no big deal. Just do it. Take off your clothes, put on that funny looking robe and sit patiently until doctor enters and ask you to scoot forward...... JUST DO IT....

just a little update.

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I found us... can you??? ( we should be on page 7)