Sad music video

Ok so I am not the best at titles. Anyway, I was watching TV this morning and we always flip from cartoons to the music channel (bandamax..do they have this in Mexico?)
A song comes on by Ricardo Arjona and Intocable called 'Mojado' I have seen the video before, but it was one of those videos that I like to see, no matter how many times a day it comes on. It was so sad to me to see al the crosses of the people who have died trying to cross the border to get here probably to make a better life for their children. It show little clips of vidoes where the border patrol is getting the people and then it shows a mother and her baby. I just think that is sad how these people have to suffer. I wonder if the immigration law makers even know or care what these people go through. Not only walking for days or weeks in the heat with no water and no food, but having to leave their children and mothers and fathers to come over here and try to make a better life for them. There has to be an answer somewhere, we really need a reform that is going to help these people who come over and are hard workers.
Example, I have a friend who I work with and his sister-in-law is in the hospital here in the US and she is in a coma. She has been in a coma for a while. She has not seen her son since he was 4 and now he is 16 years old. They were trying to get him a Visa to come over because she is in her last days, they would not give it to him. I do not know all the details, but that is sad. I do not know why she has been here 12 years, but I bet that her check went to him and his grandmother (or whoever takes care of him) for school and clothes and food. Me personally I would have had him here with me, but maybe she has her reasons. Another friend of mine told me that the people who bring you over are sometimes mean and will abandon you in the desert if you do not walk fast enough. She said they had to help carry a woman who could not walk anymore, she was in her 40's they say. Daddy Edgar tells me bits and pieces of the pasada but I do not ask much because I get all sad and stuff.
Daddy Edgar has been here 4 years without seeing his family. I am going with him when he goes, but I can not imagine not seeing my grandmother. My grandmother raised me and I am really close to her, she is my mother.
Anyway, I know this video is on You Tube. Check it out. I have never seen the frontera like this. Daddy Edgar says that it really looks like that too. There is one memorial that says 'no olvidado' (not forgotten) and I think that is the saddest to me.

A few new happenings..since 9/11

Well, I am not the best at posting every day not really even every other day, but as soon as I get a computer at home I am going to post more. Well since my last post a few things have happened.. yesterday my kids passports came in the mail. I was excited to get them and daddy edgar was too. Their pictures looked so cute even though they said my daughter could not smile.
We live with daddy edgar's cousin and we were talking last night and he told me that a little boy (10 years old) had passed away from the dengue fever. I was thinking that this was some kind of serious flu like thing that was passing around the community. I remembered seeing it on searchingbliss's posts, so I looked at it and 1 of the comments said that it was west nile. So that made me feel a little better. I got to thinking though, how could someone die of west nile? That was here in the US and I never heard of alot of deaths- or am I not remembering well? Anyway, his cousin was telling me that they were having the little boy's funeral today and that when he talked to his wife she was heloing make tamales. He said that everyone in the area would go to the family's house and sit up all night with them and have tamales. I told my grandmother and she said that sounds like what they used to do here. She remembered her aunt of grandfather passing away and everyone came to the house for the viewing and stayed with them all night. So here in the US we used to do alot they do in Mexico. I thought that was cool that my grandmother knew about all that.
I have been wanting to go to Mexico and take my kids because abuela wants to see her 1st grandson so bad. He will be 9 months on the 29th and I really feel bad about not taking him a long time ago. Right when I was planning on going, here comes swine flu. I am going to wait until December. I'd like to go around the 14th so abuela would get to feel like she celebrated Christmas and his birthday with him. She is so nice and she always asks about Elisa and wants her to come also. She wants them to stay for a long time (like a few months) and I am not ready for that yet. I was thinking about maybe trying to meet her for a few days close to the border so she could atleast see him a few days.
I am happy... a while back I only had 2 followers and now I have 5!! Thanks guys for following and I really like your blogs also. I check them daily!!

Remembering 9/11

I just wanted to do a quick post to remind everyone to remember everyone who was involved in the tradgedy 9/11. I was thinking about everyone this morning and I remembered where I was the morning that it happened. I was just waking up and a friend of mine had stayed the night and I went to the living room and she was crying about what had happened. She is a good friend of mine named Jessica, who I have not introduced in my blog yet. But anyway she is sentimental like I am. I was shocked because we did not know what was going to happen next. I went to the gas station because someone said that gas was going to be out of sight within a few hours and the gas stations were packed! It was a sad day and still is thinking of all the innocent people whose lives were basically stolen from them. All the babies, kids, mothers, fathers, mothers-to-be, fathers-to-be, grandmothers, grandfathers, aunts, uncles, cousins that were lost. I guess I am one to put myself in situations and I think that what if it was my husband or fiance or my kids who were lost and what the lonlieness must feel like. I better end now or I will be crying at work.
Leave me some comments you guys, let me know how you felt or what you were doing this day.

My favorite Mexican Restraunt

We go to a restraunt called LA BAMBA almost every week and the food is really good. Last night I ordered my favorite which is a shrimp and crab meat quesadilla, it is soooo good. I just thought that I would share that with everybody. Last night me, daddy edgar, his friend enrique and enriques girlfriend Heather (she is my friend also- we work together) went out for her birthday.
Heather and I drank 2 pitchers of Margaritas and the guys drank 2 medium blue margaritas. We had fun. Daddy edgar told the waiter that it was heather's birthday so they put the sombrero on her head and sang happy birthday (la mañanita) Instead of giving her cake they gave her a tequila shot. That was weird I have never seen them do that. I would have preferred the cake, I am not a drinker. Last night, only because it was a special occasion. My grandmother, aunt, or god mother try to keep the kids for us one night a week so we can go some where. I think this Saturday coming up we are going to go see The Final Destination at the movie theater. I am looking forward to that, but it is expensive. Well for me anyway. I think 9 dollars is alot to get in and 3 dollars for a coke and 3 dollars for a drink is alot also.
I want to try and go ahead and get started on my FM3- is it possible to start from over here or do I need to be over there?
AMANDA (borders aside) how much was it for you to get yours, for you and your daughter? What about all this bank stuff I am reading about? If I go over to Mexico I am not going to have any money going in my account over here. I hope I do not get thrown out of Mexico.
I saw something about they do not want you to be a drain on the Mexican government, but they don't have food stamps and stuff- do they???
Well, anyway if you have been reading you know that daddy lives on a rancho, well he said that we would go to his mom's for a while and from there we will go to Cancun or Monterrey or some where so 1) we can work and 2) I will be able to make it because we will live in the city.
I am not by any means a high maintenance lady, but I can not imagine myself breaking a chickens neck and living without hot (atleast warm) water and an A/C. I love him so much that I only have those 3 requests; warm water, no live animals to kill to cook, and an A/C, or atleast some kind of cooling device. AND.... if I can not have any of those then I will just have to make do. I think the 3 people that read my blog and i read theirs(borders aside, limon blog, and gringa n mexico) live in the city (or city area- right guys?) and I am hoping that daddy edgar moves me to the city. If I go to Cancun, I hope I will have some visitors! Good night everyone!

Broom stands alone..... for real no joke!

I live in Montgomery, Alabama and there is a city outside of Montgomery called Prattville. It is a nice city, my grandmother lives there. It used to be a small town and now they have so much that if you did not want to you would not have to leave for anything. I want to move there, but you know I am going to Mexico with daddy Edgar, but if we are able to get his papers I would like to buy a house there, good schools also. Anyway, this is not what this post is about.
My grandmother tells me on Wednesday that there is a broom in downtown Prattville that stands alone! This lady is opening a store and they were cleaning or something and moved a piece of furniture and the broom stayed standing up without any support! How weird- right? Well now this smaller town has made cnn news- cool huh? Some paranormal researchers came in and stayed for a while doing observations. You guys should really check it ou. Google it. I put in "broom stands alone" and it pulled it up. I wonder if it will make it to Univision or Telemundo?? That would be cool. Well, nothing else really excited has happened except for my daughter is starting dance school on Wednesday! She is going to be taking tap, tumbling, and ballet. Have a good weekend and check out the broom!

Progress Made

Well, I finally my kids passports applied for and sent off. I have been looking on the travel. state. gov page everyday to see if they are being tracked yet. My daughter looked so pretty in her picture. She looked like a big girl (she is only 3) She had a hard time not smiling. The lady who took the pictures said that she could not smile. Well, as for baby edgar, he is 8 months old, that was fun. He was so cute. He did not want to stop smiling he thought that we were playing. She had to take like 10 pictures of him because he would turn his head or something like that. He was so cute. Finally we had to lay him on a white blanket and they also tried a white poster board. (Hey if any of you have kids that can not stand up yet, tell them to lay them down on something completely white, it saves alot of time) I am so happy about finally getting the passport done for them. I am trying to get to Mexico to see his mom. I talk to her alot and she wants to see the baby so bad. He is her 1st grandson (1st grandchild) and she is dying to see him. Okay another advice post..... what does anyone think about taking a bus?? Dangerous? I know it will be hard with 2 kids, but what about the danger factor? When I go with Daddy Edgar in January or February we are taking his truck, that is different though. I wish I had a car to take. I know my daughter will get tired of being stuck in a seat in a bus and it is a long way.
Like if I leave on Friday afternoon I will get there Sunday morning. I can not imagine that. Anybody know any cheap airlines??? How about that deal priceline offers, name your price. I put in 125.00 as my name your price and it actually calculated the tickets as that and gave me the price. It was like 700.00 for 3 round trip tickets, but leaving from Houston, Texas I live in Montgomery, Alabama. I am going to have to stop watching my FAVORITE novela (it is called Victorinos- it comes on telemundo every night at 9pm alabama time) and work some overtime! I love that show though. HMMMMM... maybe I need DVR.
Anyways, all my blog friends have a good day and I am going to start trying to post mas seguido!

Need some help

Well everyone knows that I had been debating on going to Mexico when daddy edgar goes back.
I am going! But I need to know from some of you that live in Mexico, what do I need?
I know that somewhere I read that they stamp by passport and it is good for 180 days.
I need some kind of Visa right? And how do I get approved? Is there anyway that I would not be approved? I have a daughter that is not his and would she be approved?
We may live in the main city which is a port so I would try to get a job or something, what do I need to do? Help (oh yeah how much is it approx. so I can start saving?)