The perfect anniversary!!

Hello beloved, welcome back to my blog! I know it's been awhile since I wrote to you all, sorry for going M.I.A I have just been soooooo busy lately, I barely have a moment to catch my breath!!

Lets see what have I been up to? As I probably mentioned in a previous blog at some point, my husband and I started a company together and have been working towards building that up from nothing and I have to say....it IS taking some work so I will keep you all posted on that at another time, another blog! In the mean time, I have been doing a lot of volunteer work at my church and there have been a million and one events going on the last couple of months with weddings, birthdays, showers, etc....it's been so crazy!! But again that's another blog; tonight I want to tell you all about my wonderful anniversary that I had with my sweetheart recently! Are you all tucked in and ready for our bedtime story? Okay my beloved here goes:

It was ten years ago that I met and fell in love with my soulmate. I would tell you the story, but I already did in my earlier blogs so if you want the details I suggest you start there. Fast forward after that fateful night in 2003 where our hearts and eyes met,we are still going strong and even more in love than ever! 

A week or so before our special day, I asked my husband what we were going to do? Can you believe he had the audacity to sit beside me and say point blankly, " nothing!" Oh my goodness you should of seen how upset I got?! " how can you say nothing?!" I responded, " do you know how long we've been married? TEN YEARS!!! Some couples can't even last seven years...shoot Kim kardashian couldn't even last three months!!" "72 hours," is what my husband came back with, " what?!" I said, "Kim kardashian was married for like 72 hours." "No, she's still married, they didn't give her a divorce, she's still fighting it,  thats besides the point, we have been married for a whole decade and.... My husband cuts me off and asks " what's a decade?" " that's 10 years." " are you sure, are you sure, then what's a century?" " a century is like 100 years right?" No America has been around for a hundred years though; isnt that a millennium?" No, what's mil in Spanish? 1000...there you go then, stop changing the subject..how can you do this to me, we've been married for ten years that is BIG!! We need to do something special!!" We went on like this for the rest of the week or so, but then in the end, my husband really pulled out all the stops to make this anniversary special!

First we took two days off from business and just focused on "us time." On the first day which was our actual anniversary we went to the movies and watched " this is the end," starring Seth Rogen, James Franco, Jonah Hill, etc.....we really enjoyed it although I felt they kinda cursed a little too much for my taste? Afterwards we went home and rested a bit before heading downtown to the actual theatre and saw a musical play called " the scottsboro boys," it's the true story circa 1930s Alabama where 9 colored men were falsely accused of raping two white women and it gave us the story of what they went through during their trials....surprisingly, despite the history of the story, it was a comedy and I felt that it was very well written and everyone should see it if they could. Afterwards, it was late at night and we were starving, so we had a nice, sweet dinner at IHOP. 

The following day, we went to the movies once again and this time saw " man of steel," to be honest my husband LOVED it, but I felt like I've seen it all before in marvels other movies (I.e. Thor, avengers, etc.) but it was okay I guess? Afterwards we went to Disneyland and spent the entire night running around the park with my sister and her three daughters and had the time of our lives! The next day after that, we spent a quite day at home and then when the day cooled down a bit, we went to this old fashioned ice cream parlor called Fosselmans where they make home made ice cream like they did back in 1919 and it's a family owned business. We got their salty caramel and English toffee nut ice cream and I was in absolute heaven!!! Although, I think it went straight to my hips so I'm not feeling all that great about it anymore. Now we are back home, enjoying each other, but in our separate corners. Sigh, these past three days have been heavenly and I know to some, it really doesn't sound like much, but considering what big movie and theatre buffs my husband and I are, I'd say it was actually quite perfect and I wish it didn't have to end!!.....until next time



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Russhelle

Lights, Camera, ACTION!!!!

It was a mildly hot February day, unusual hot for this time a year..The year was 2013, the place was Hollywood....Well actually it was close to Hollywood, but not really, but anyway I went to church with my mom and enjoyed the fine California air and upon returning home, we noticed cones semi-blocking off the streets of our neighborhood.  "Oh, so I guess they started filming," I told my mom unsurprised.

My cousin, who I believe will be a very successful Director one day, recently contacted me and asked if he could use my house to shoot some scenes in his movie.  Being the Thespian that I am with a great appreciation for the arts myself, without hesitation, I agreed and today was the day that they began filming.






My mom drove to church so she parked at her house and I walked down or more like trotted down to my apartment, trying my best not to get in that way of artistic progress and as I get to the doorway of my home, I notice two females and a male sitting on my couch.  The male was tall, with shoulder length black wavy hair, wearing a robe and sporting a beard.  I looked at them and they looked up at me as I entered the home and I thought to myself, "Is this a movie or a porno?"  Oh my gosh, what did I get home into?!!" Just kidding, my cousin explained the storyline to  me and my home was suppose to be the married characters home.  I walked in and introduced myself and they seemed like typical "Hollywood peeps," so I put my purse down and searched for my husband who was suppose to be holding up the front while I was out.  I found him back at my moms house, giving my little bro a haircut and we went back to the apartment to hide out in our room, while chaos took place everywhere else. Unfortunately, my husband decided to ditch me to go "buy food," and alas, I am left here alone being a stranger in my own home, which is why I am here now writing to you my beloved, at least you guys can keep me company and make me look like I'm not a total looser with nothing better to do! Again I kid!

I'm actually pretty use to all this craziness, because believe it or not, yours truly almost became the next "Who's that girl again?" but at the last minute I decided to take another route.  Acting and anything that has to do with art actually runs in my blood; all the way down to my ancestors.  Can you believe that my family was a traveling acting company that traveled all over the world, performing theatre and shows and was even Poncho Villa's own private entertaining group.  Legend has it, that when my great aunt was born, Poncho Villa and his posse were downstairs at a bar, when my great, grandfather ran down and announced the birth of his daughter and Poncho Villa and his gang were so excited, they started shooting their guns up into the air. (So Hollywood movies right, but it's true), then when the war broke out, Poncho Villa personally guided my family across the border into New Mexico, which is how we ended up in the United States.  So you can see how it is no surprise that a lot of my family is actually in the industry.

I myself, once upon a time was an aspiring actress and from what I was told, I had a very promising future, and I did get a lot of call backs and things like that, but truth be told, when I was in it, all I felt was pressure.  Pressure to look a certain way, speak a certain way and act a certain way and all the ways I was suppose to be...well it just wasn't me.  So after awhile, I thought about it and even though my manager at the time was strictly against it, I decided to walk away and have a normal life.  One where I wasn't scrutinized for everything I said and did and free to fall in love, go wild and just be me!  Do I wonder what might of been?  Truthfully, not really, all I have to do is open up a magazine and see for myself and I know I made the right decision.  Plus, I would always joke with my husband and tell him that if I never walked away, I would have never of met him and I wouldn't have the wonderful life that I have now.  So by now, you know the gist of my life, you tell me?  Should I have continued with acting or did I make the right decision?  I think so......Until next time.....

The most magical place on earth...

Where else can you go to the movies, see an awesome play, eat gumbo in New Orleans, window shop in Tinsel Town (Hollywood), go clubbing, visit the past and go back to the future all in one day? Why at Disneyland Parks of course!!

Hello my beloved friends, hope all is happy and well with you all?! Lately my husband and I have been caught up with family affairs and job hunting and decided to take a day just to ourselves and wanted to go to the movies. We were suppose to just go to the theatre at the local mall, but at the last minute my husband decided it would be more fun if we went to Disneyland since we have passes and haven't gone in awhile.

All I can say is, it was really packed! We never gone on a Saturday, so I was surprised at how absolutely crowded it was; we could hardly walk to where we wanted to go without being in the middle of a huge crowd! Anyway, we went to the movies in the city walk and it wasn't so bad. The theatre wasn't so crowded and we made it just in time to see the movie start (we saw "Warm Bodies," but I don't want to talk about it and ruin the movie incase any of you readers haven't seen it yet).

After the movies, we walked down the city walk and decided to go into the park and do all the things we haven't been able to do yet. When we got into the park, OH MY GOSH was it crowded!! We decided to cut through the stores, which I of course recommended ( so I can see all the cute stuff they have naturally). We managed to make it to New Orleans and stopped at the Royal St. cafe which is located just behind the Pirates of the Caribbean ride. I managed to find us a table and sat there while my husband waited in line and bought us a bread bowl with gumbo and a side of apple fritters. He originally ordered steak gumbo, but they gave us vegetarian instead (what's that about?) but we didn't really mind since it was so crowded and it cost the same amount no matter which gumbo you ordered, so we ate it and it was still delicious (I never liked gumbo, but the flavors and ingredients were just so yummy, I wouldn't mind trying every kind they have)! After lunch, we walked around and managed to make or way to fairy tale land where we tried on hats at the mad hatter shop, then we walked a little further into tomorrow land where they had this really cute ewok beanie that I REALLY want and hope they still have if I get a job soon.

We got tired of the crowd, so we decided to walk down main street and cross over to California Adventure, which was A LOT more roomier compared to Disneyland.  We were able to walk around the whole park and didn't have to worry about crowds.  We went to see the Aladdin Show that was playing at the theatre in Hollywood and didn't mind waiting 20 minutes because our seats were absolutely perfect!  We sat in the orchestra section and was able to see everything and the Genie really hit the nail on the head with all of his new zingers and side jokes, which really had the crowd rolling on the floor laughing.  I think my favorite line was when he came out pretending to talk on the phone which was really his lamp and told the crowd to hold on because he was talking to Jerry Springer (I think the joke would of been funnier if he said Maury Povich), but he acted shocked and said "WHAT, the DNA test results are in? PAPA SMURF IS MY FATHER?!!!!"  that was just one of his many funny jokes during the play. After the show, we took a hard left down Sunset Blvd and found a hidden arcade area and played to hoops (the basketball game) for awhile, which my legs were so sore afterwards; WHAT A WORK OUT! After we got tired of playing games, we walked out into the club scene, because the Mad Hatter Tea Party started which is where a live band plays current party hits, while the bars are open and they have two different dance club scenes for you to enjoy.

My husband and I aren't really party people anymore, so we decided to ditch the loud music and crazy youngsters starting to get drunk and instead took a stroll back towards the front of the park, stopping to window shop at all the old fashioned stores where they set it up to be just like you stepped into the past and are back in the 1930's- 1940's.

After visiting the past, we decided it was time to come back to reality as it was now 7:00p.m. and we were pretty tired from the day, so we headed out of the park, still stopping to see all of the shops and live entertainment down City Walk.  Once we got back on the tram, into our car and headed out of the park and towards home, I turned to my husband and said, that was the BEST DATE we had in awhile!  We didn't buy anything or spend a lot of money, I think the total we spent on that whole date was $30 and that was for the movie, for us to eat and for gas to get there and home.  See my beloved you don't have to spend a lot of money to have a good time, all you need is an adventure and the one you love!...Until next time




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