Inspiring Award :)

The Rules:
1) Post this award on your blog.
2) List three things/people that inspire you.
3) Award 5-10 other blogs that you believe are an inspiration for others.
4) Let these bloggers know they won this award.


Thanks for this award Yannet :)

The 3 people that inspire me the most are

#1 First and foremost my wonderful fiance Ish! He is honestly the man of my dreams, he's gentle, sweet, super nice & friendly, always ready to make everyone laugh, he's basically everything I've ever wanted in a man. He's my best friend and I'm proud to say in a few months I'll be his wifey! :) He inspires me to do what I want to do without worrying about what anyone will say or think, I know at the end of the day he'll be there for me no matter what, and for that I thank him and God!
This picture is from our engagement party this past weekend ♥

#2 The second person in my life that I find truly inspiring is my Mom, she is the greatest woman I know, always putting us her children first in her life, and always there for me when I need her. I hope that one day I can be if only half of the woman she is, I love this woman so much, even though I fail to remind her but I know that the day I get married our relationship will become stronger and I'll be able to truly thank her for raising me. Btw my mom is super hot, I need to find a picture of her to post it up, people always think she's my older sister! lol

#3 The third most inspiring person in life believe it or not is my cousin Leilani, yes you are inspiring Rita! She recently got a blog so follow it http://l-leilani.blogspot.com/ I find her to be truly inspiring because she's been through a lot and she's accomplished so much without any motivation from anyone, she inspired me last year to continue going to college to get a degree and to have something to be proud of. For that I thank her!, I consider her my sister and I love her even though I tend to only remind her when I'm buzzed haha, but thanks for being there for me and for inspiring me to be a better person ♥

The blogs I find inspiring are Nataly Lemus' blog, Yannets' blog, Angelicas' blog, Jennys' blog, and SCastaneda's blog.

Yannet, Angelica, and Jenny are all wonderful ladies and they are truly nice, I truly wish we could all hang out one day I'm sure we'd have a blast! They inspire me because they're mommy's, wifes, and they have a job, they're holding it down! lol I hope one day I can be as good as a mommy as they are :) Nataly Lemus inspires me because she started her own business all out of passion for taking photographs, her pictures are wonderful, and when I was looking for a wedding photographer she was one of our choices unfortunately she wasn't available but nonetheless I still love to see her blog and her amazing pictures. Sccastaneda is inspiring to me as well because she started doing youtube videos out of boredom and somehow managed to make it into her own little business. Ok ok enough rambling, thanks again to Yannet, and I promise to start blogging more, I'm going to start the project 1 a day to get started :)

Have a wonderful day ladies, peace & love!

20 Questions

It's such a beautiful Sunday here in so. cal the Lakers won the first playoff game(& we're taking the championship AGAIN this year!), made some ceviche with my mom, and now I'm sitting outside relaxing :). Ish went to the movies with my bro's, I'm not a big fan of fighting movies so I decided to stay home, with the promise of going shopping when he gets back. I'm thinking of going to Target to get some new shoes and tees, GorgeousMommyK tempted me to get the new shoes from the Cynthia Vincent wedges :) Found this 20 questions tag and decided to do it. Hope all you ladies are having an awesome weekend!! :D

20 QUESTIONS!

20 questions- Here we go:

[1] Things you cannot leave the house without:
My cellphone.

[2] Favorite brand of Make Up:
MAC but I also love me some urban decay!

[3] Favorite flower:
Tulips

[4] Favorite clothing store:
Forever21

[5] Favorite perfume:
Vera Wang Rock Princess

[6] Heels or Flats:
Depends on the outfit ;)

[7] Do you make good grades:
Heck yes I do and proud of it, straight A's last semester, hoping for the same this semester.

[8] Favorite colors:
Red and black

[9] Do you drink energy drinks:
Not really they give me the jitters

[10] Do you drink juice.
Cranberry occasionally with some vodka ;)

[11] Do you like swimming:
Not really

[12] Do you eat fries with a fork:
No lol

[13] Favorite moisturizer:
Clinique's Dramatically Different Moisturizing Gel

[14] Do you want to get married later on in life:
The date is set already 02/05/2011 Can't wait!!

[15] Do you get mad easily:
Sometimes I do, but at least I'm honest right?

[16] Are you into ghost hunting:
Yes I love the shows, and I used to be into the whole actual ghost hunting though, yes weird I know, but in Whittier there is a canyon called Turnbull canyon where they say a lot of bad spirits exist, and Ish and myself would often go on some ghost hunting trips lol

[17] Any phobias ?
Death

[18] Do you bite your nails:
yes

[19] Have you ever had a near death experience:
Yes a car ran over my leg once

[20] Do you drink coffee:
Trying to cut back, but yes I'm a big coffee lover!

Spring makeup

Been a little M.I.A. this past month sorry! Well this past weekend I was getting ready to go to a party, & I asked Ish to choose my eyeshadow colors, most of the time I seriously don't even know which ones to go with so I let him choose :p He ended up pointing out a green & a gray eyeshadow, I was like what the?! But I made it work, or at least I tried :) I'm not the type to match my eyeshadow to my clothes so I like it when he chooses colors because he always chooses the last ones I would ever go with. He choose bitter & scene, & I added some humid & mylar to blend it. Since it's spring I decided to whip out my pink noveau lipstick & this is what I came up with, hope you guys like it! :)

P.S. I've been going to a diet clinic for the past 4 weeks and so far I've lost about 14 pounds! :) I'm so excited to reach my goal so I can start trying on wedding dresses!!

Day #2 of "Wedding Bootcamp"

You will notice that I eat a lot food from fast food places, I always go on their website before I go and check out the nutritional facts menu so that I am sure to get something low in calories. Last night I didn't work out because I was soo sore from Monday night, what a weenie! But tonight I will hop back on the train! This is another dress I love the back is hot!! & it's by Lazaro as well :)

Breakfast: Chai Tea w/creamer and sugar

Lunch: Chili from wendy's w/no cheese(it's soooo good, cheap, and healthy!)

Dinner: Veggies, Beans, and Chicken

Snack: Yogurt w/some girl scout cookies topping(sorry I couldn't resist :o)

So far I noticed that the pills aren't doing much ,however yesterday I took them before I went to bed and I got a sudden energy lift so I did my homework, and I ended up going to sleep at 1am! I'm not sure why the package states to take them before bedtime, when it's just going to make you more active. Weird! Day 3 here I come :)

Day #1 of "Wedding Bootcamp"

This week I decided to start on my workout regimen and on my eating healthier diet. Back in high school and pretty much throughout my whole life I was super skinny, I would eat McDonalds all the time and pig out whenever I felt like it without having to worry. Fast forward to when I turned 21 and I started noticing my belly was growing :/ With my wedding insight I know it's time to stop being lazy and to start my so called "wedding bootcamp"! My arms and legs are fine, I just need to lose some belly and overall tone my body up. This week I'll post what I ate and what exercises I did and hopefully this will motivate somebody else to start their diet :) I decided that having a picture on what you envision also helps you stay on track, so this is one of the wedding gowns I fell in love with, if I keep my dedication high hopefully I'll be able to purchase it and look fabulous in it, in no time! :)

Isn't it gorgeous?! It's designed by Lazaro.

What I ate: Breakfast-Chai tea w/creamer and sugar(not too healthy but I'm addicted!)

Lunch- From McDonalds-Chipotle Grilled snack wrap & Apple dippers w/caramel.

Dinner-Steamed rice, vegetables, and grilled chicken.

Workout: 30 mins of cardio in my room(go on youtube there are tons of vids about this), and some sit ups. And don't forget to stretch!

This week I also started taking the SlimQuick 7 Day cleanse pills which are supposed to make your body get rid of all the toxins and it also helps speed up your metabolism. I'll weigh myself at the end of the week and let you gals know if I did in fact lose weight or if I feel like my stomach got cleansed.

I'm engaged! :D

Yes it's true, he finally popped the big question last saturday night, the day after our anniversary. I had suspected he might ask me but I didn't think he would do it that night, so I was clueless at the time it happened. We had dinner at http://www.velvetmargarita.com/ (if you're in so. cal, definitely check this place out it's awesome!!! & the food is delicious), anywho I had invited some friends and family to go and have food and drinks with us, and I was feeling pretty tipsy lol. So we're waiting for our food and I notice everyone start acting strange(pulling out their cameras, moving the table back), so I say "what's going on!?, then I turn to look at Ish and he looks super nervous and he pulls out a box, omg! omg! lol , he gets down on his knee and he says "Mayra we've been together for 6 years already and I wouldn't change them for anything in the world. I love you and I know you're the one for me, I think it's time for us to take the next step, will you marry me?!" at this point I'm already crying my eyes out, so I hug him for what seems like forever telling him over and over I love you, I love you. Then I remember oh yea there's other people here haha, so I say yes of course I'll marry you, he puts on the ring and wow! It's gorgeous! lol I was so happy at that point I didn't even want to eat, I just wanted to stare at my ring all night long (which I did) lol.

I was in disbelief lol

Here's the ring.

I just wanted to share my story with you gals, we're already planning out the wedding one step at a time, we want a dia de los muertos themed wedding sometime next year:) Oh and fyi he told me he had already spoke to my mom and dad like 2 weeks before proposing and they both gave him their blessing and said they would support us 100% aww.

P.S. I entered this wedding contest to have our dream wedding, please vote for us! :)

www.ultimateweddingcontest.com/entries/27063

02/05/2004

Today is my 6 year anniversary with Ish!
What started off as a friendship led to love. We have grown together so much over the years and I know one day I will able to tell our kids about our history together. I love you babe!!
I made a slide show of some of the pictures over the years :)

Tonight we're going to a japanese restaurant for dinner and afterwards to a hot tub woo hoo :)
Tomorrow night we're going out with a bunch of friends to celebrate again!