About Me

Basics

Name: Zoraida
Birthplace: Tucson,AZ
Current Location: Tucson,AZ
Heritage: Mexican/Peruvian- though I don't know much 
about each culture
Eye Color: brown
Hair Color: brown
Hair Length: mid back
Height: on my right leg I'm 5'2" on my left leg I'm 5'3"-so when my hubby asks I'm 5'3" and taller than him!
Weight: not what I wish it was
Figure:not what I wish it was
Righty or Lefty: Both
Zodiac Sign: Scorpio
Introvert or extrovert:Introvert
Meyers-Briggs Personality type:very expressed introvert
Style:vintage
Clothing:casual vintage-y
Hair:short layers and wavy
Music:anything except hard rock
Makeup: light and breezy and only when I have time!
Body Art:none but I love henna!
Car: volvo stationwagon that's almost celebrating its quinceanera.
Decor: none, but I am working on that!


Right Now
Current mood: bored
Current music: reggeton-hey, I'm 22 and Latina
Current taste:Chinese
Current hair: wavy brown stright when I have time
Current clothes: casual semi vintage style but definately new
Current annoyance: Daniel throwing a tantrum when he knows he 
won't get anywhere because he hasn't ever. Sweeping and moping just 
to have someone -no names- spill juice,soda, cereal,salt
Current smell: musky vanilla
Current longing: to get better
Current desktop picture: there is supposed to be a flower, but after a
fewminutes of being turned on the screen turns grey. Help!
Current fingernail color: none, I can't wait for the stuff to dry, there is too much crocheting and knitting to do
Current likes: anything & everything creative and DIY
Current dislikes:  I don't know-mi mama
Current favorite article of clothing: my nursing tanks-so comfy!
Current favorite place to be: in bed!
Current time you wake up in the morning: 7-ish or when my cubs yell
Current favorite word: Y?(and?) tough!

What are you...
Thinking of: getting back to my crafts
Feeling: tired
Remembering:my childhood
Doing:Typing!Knitting! Crocheting!Quilling! Sewing!
Planning: Graduate from Design school!

What were you doing
1 hour ago: cuddling my sick cubs
1 day ago: getting medicine for my boy
1 week ago: making my grocery list
1 month ago: getting ready for X-mas
1 year ago: getting ready for my girl
5 years ago: trying to finish my freshman year after mi mama kept me
home from Nov. to March. 
10 years ago: trying to learn pre algebra in 6th grade


Your favorite
Music: Reggeton
Cartoon: Disney's Beauty and the Beast; The Lion King;Cars
Font:Metro
Color: green
Song: Como Se Cura Una Herida sung by Jacqui Velasquez
Flavor:chocolate mint
Scent:vanilla
Magazine: ReadyMade;Crochet!;Blueprint;Domino
TV Show:M*A*S*H; Charmed; Law & Order; 
Book: not good with titles
Movie:not good with titles
Language: Spanish
Food:Barbacoa en la tierra de Guanajauato
Beverage: Chai hot
Fruit: strawberry
Vegetable: broccoli
Season: spring because its not so hot, but summer 'cause that's when
my cubs were born
Subject in School: writting and science
Weekend Activity: walking at the mall with my hubby and cubs
Ice Cream Flavor:mint & chocolate chip
Pizza toppings: xtra cheese and pineapple

Preferences
Cola or Other: Cola
Coke or Pepsi:Pepsi
Fried, Scrambled, or Poached: scrambled, but they have to be catch free - or I get sick
Pancakes or Waffles: waffles, they catch the syrup better
Dogs or Cats:both
Coffee or Tea: both
Iced or Hot:hot coffee iced tea
Looking out the window or into the room: into the room
One Pillow or Two: one body pillow
Chocolate or Vanilla:Chocolate
High Achiever or Easy-Going:High Achiever
Single or Taken:married 3 & half years
Pen or Pencil:I prefer pen, but you can only read my writting when I 
use a pencil
Gloves or Mittens:none
Planned or Spontaneous:planned
Food or Candy:candy
Matches or a Lighter:none
Typed or Handwritten:handwritten
Walk or Run: walk
Elevator or Stairs: stairs
Walk or Drive:drive
Facing into the restaurant or away from the other people: facing into the restaurant, I like to people watch
Eating alone, with one friend, or with lots of friends:one or with Dani
Home or "Out":home
Alone, with one friend, or with a group? Cubs!

Who Would You Like To...
Hear From: My long lost big brother Alexis Gonzalez
Never Hear From Again:Rosa and Angelica Miranda-my sisters in law & mi mama
Look Like: me
Be Like: Antonia Miranda- my sister in law
Meet: Don Omar
Get to Know: Petra Miranda-my mother in law
Learn from / Study With: Petra Miranda
Impress: my dad
Teach: my cubs

Do you...?
Have any tattoos (where?): no
Have any piercings (where?): ears 1 in each
Have any scars:  tons!
Get along with your parents?:  who does?
Get motion sickness: no
Think you're a health nut: I'm half way to being a health nut
Type with your fingers on the right keys:yes, it was mandatory in jr. 
high
Play an instrument: used to play the violin and would like to again
Play an instrument well: no
Sleep with a stuffed animals: does hubby count?
Have a significant other: does hubby count?
Have a dream that keeps coming back: nightmares
Believe there is life on other planets: yes
Read the newspaper: not any more-too depressing
Read the comics: no
Read the sports pages:no
Check the weather forecast: sometimes-when we go to work
Go to restaurants alone: sure, why not!?
Consider yourself tolerant of others: no
Like the taste of alcohol: I thought you used the stuff to disinfect?
Drink: water;soda;tea;coffee
Smoke: no
Swear: in English but not in Spanish
Sing:sure
Sing in public:NO
Sing in the shower:yes
Laugh: of course!
Joke: Do I?
Read: Couldn't answer this if I didn't
Exercise: Does chasing a 2 yo count?
Diet: Tried, but I like to eat
Cook: Tried, but I like to eat
Believe in astrology: yes
Read your horoscope: no
Believe in magic:yes
Believe in miracles:yes
Go to church:no
Have any secrets:yes
Have any pets: does hubby count?
Have any children:yes,2
Have any brothers or sisters:yes,4
Work:yes
Have a college degree (or go to or plan to go to college):yes
Chat to strangers who instant message you:no
Talk to strangers on the bus:no
Wear hats:no
Like yourself:I'm getting there
Wish on stars: Yes
Like your handwriting: Yes
Trust others easily:no
Like puns:Yes
Have a good sense of humor:Yes
Take walks in the rain:Yes

Do you prefer
Traveling: yes, depending on my mood
Staying home:yes, depending on my mood
Going out:yes, depending on my mood
Cooking:yes, depending on my mood
Eating out:yes, depending on my mood
Entertaining at home:yes, depending on my mood
Large parties:no
Small parties where you know everyone:yes, depending on my mood
Quiet evenings with a few friends:yes, depending on my mood
Being alone:yes, depending on my mood

Leisure Time: Do you like to...
Read:yes
Go out, anywhere!:yes
Go dancing:yes
See a show:yes
Rent a video:yes
Listen to music:yes
Go for a walk:yes
Watch television:yes
Surf the web:yes
Chat with friends online:yes
Meet people for coffee and conversation:yes
Go to a party:no
Stay home:yes
 
Sports and recreation: Do you...
Jog:no
Run:no
Walk:no
Ski:no
Swim:yes
Play on a team:no
Play "pickup" games:no
Bowl:no
Work Out: no

Creative outlets: Do you...
Paint or draw: yes
Sculpt, do pottery, mold clay...:no
Build scale models:no
Collect... (what?):crochet hooks and yarn and anything craft 
related, eventuallt I use it.
Write (what?):yes
Compose music:no
Choreograph dances:no
Dance:yes
Develop software:
Meditate:no
Daydream:yes

Have you ever...?
Eaten an entire box of Oreos:yes
Thought about eating an entire box of Oreos:yes
Baked a cake:yes
Cooked Thanksgiving Dinner for a group:yes
Eaten sushi:never
Been on stage:yes
Gone skating:yes
Made homemade cookies:yes
Gone skinny dipping:never
Dyed your hair:never
Broken a bone:yes
Been hospitalized overnight:yes
Had your name appear in the newspaper:yes
Published a story, poem, novel...:yes
Played a game that required removal of clothing:never
Gotten drunk or extremely intoxicated:never
Been arrested:no
Changed your name:when I married
Changed your "look":  I am working on that
Changed who you were to fit in:yes
Traveled outside the country:yes

Memories - The Past
Last Thing You Bought: medicine and a thermometer-last night
Last Interesting Thing You Did: made three purses
Last Interesting Thing You Heard: that men shouldn't change girls' diapers
Last Interesting Thing You Said:
Last Interesting Thing You Saw: a tummy tuck
Last Thing You Touched:the keyboard
Last Thing You Had To Eat: chocolate
Last Thing You Had To Drink: a pepsi
Last Thing You Watched On Tv:Chavo del 8
Last Book You Read: A book about a girl who grew up with an abusive mother-I'm not good with titles
Last Music You Listened To:my hubby's
Last Movie You Saw:Something on LMN
Last Movie You Saw On The Big Screen: Cars
Last Person You Called On The Phone:Dani
Last Person You Talked To Online:my ITE3 exchange partner
Last Person You Emailed: my niece
Last Time You Cried:two days ago
Last Time You Smiled:when I sent Daniel to the corner & he asked why(first time he asks) and I said 'cause you sat on your sister-abou ten munites ago
Last Time You Laughed: still laughing
Last Person You Hugged: Iva
Last Person You Kissed:Iva

The Future
Where do you see yourself in five years? Designing clothes and wathcing my cubs grow up
Describe your Dream Career:  Designing clothes and making them myself with hand crocheted and knit elements
What do you want to be when you grow up? Me
What country would you most like to visit?Peru and Spain
Where are you going to live?  In Peru or Spain

Miscellany
How many rings until you answer the phone?  two or three
What's on your mouse pad?its black
Do you like thunderstorms? yes
Do you like snow? yes!
How many houses have you lived in?3, one motel room and three 
trailers
How many schools have you gone to?6
Do you like to drive?sometimes
What color is your bedroom carpet?green and cream-yuk!
If you were stranded on a desert island and you could only take one thing (not person) with you what would you take?  a knife so that I can make a hook and needles and a drop spindle and so I can eat
What was the best time of your life so far?the past 3 years

What is...
The last thought you go to sleep with: that I am safe & so are my cubs
Your first waking thoughts: my cubs
The first feature you notice in someone you just met:their face-to see if they are kind and trust worthy
Your best physical feature:my hair
Your greatest fear:being like mi mama
Your biggest weakness: my cubs and chocolate
Your strongest attribute: I am stubborn
Your greatest accomplishment:my cubs
Your most cherished memory: the first time I held Iva and Daniel at the same time

Moods
I Hurt:most of the time
I Love:all the time
I Hate: some of the time
I Fear:most of the time
I Hope:all the time
I Feel:most of the time
I Listen:some of the time
I Hide:most of the time
I Drive:all the time
I Play:some of the time
I Miss:most of the time
I Learn:all the time
I Know:all the time
I Wait:all the time
I Need:all the time
I Want:all the time