At last it's over

I am so happy!!!! Our case got terminated! We have been blessed, the judge ruled in our favor thank God.

My computer is down @ home so i'm here at work & can't be on much so I will def. come back in a few days and write some more.
THANK YOU ALL who had us in your prayer, you all will continue to be in mine too.

and so it's been a year now...

Dec 29, 2009.....

A year ago today I was scared, depressed, sad, did I mention scared? Last Dec 29 was my day to turn myself in... it was one of the hardest things I ever had to do. I knew that it was something I had to do, well as they sy you play you gotta pay. And so it was so that I had to pay. I was scared more than anything because I did not know what was going to happen with my hubbys case while I was gone. As he had court in January while I was going to be locked up. I was really scared of what would happen if he were to be deported while I was serving my time. I had been sentenced to 180 days, out of that I knew I had to do atleast 120 days. It was very hard having to say good bye to my kids, as I knew I wouldn't see them in all that time. I didn't want them to see me in jail, or even to know I was there. All that time they thought I was working in Colorado.

I remember clearly that evening, hubby went to drop me off at 7pm, it was a Monday. They didn't take me in till 9pm, and they had me downstairs in booking till 9am the next morning. As soon as they took me upstairs to a cell I feel asleep and slept all day long, I tried to sleep all day & night kuz when ever I was awake all I would do is cry.

I was in a cell by myself until the beggining of Feb, all that time that I was alone I spent reading the bible & reading everything and anything that was available to me. That way my day would go by so fast. By this time hubby had gone to court and they had given him another court date for June, I was to be out by mid April, so I was able to relax and not worry about what would happen.

While there I meet quite a few girls, it is so sad to be locked up, but more sad to be locked up and not know when and if you will ever be out. I went in knowing that I would be out in fur months, but there are people there that are fighting their cases and don't even know when they will be out, if they will be at all. I always pray for all of them, and since I've been out I've been writting to them, and sending them cards on the holiday, and their birthdays. It is heartbreaking to go thru these holidays knowing that they are all still there, specially for the ones that have kids. I am no one to judge any of them, and wheather they commited the crimes they are there for or not, I will always be praying for them and writting to them. I do hope and pray that they get to come out soon to their families.

I got to come home to my family on April 18, 2009. That experience away from my kids & hubby really taught me to treasure what I have. All this drama that hubby and I are going thru has brought us closer & stronger. We know we got ourselfs where we are, we know we are not perfect, and we have learned from our mistake. A very costly mistake. One that we can never take back. We are paying for it, and probably will for the rest of our lives, But we are both strong and have gotten so far, and with God's help we will keep on going.

As of today we still have no word on his case. But we are very hopefull that things will work out in our favor. For we know God has a plan for us, and we are patiently waiting for it.

All moved in...

So finally we are all moved in...
Boy was it a hassle to make this move. Before we had gone from a studio to a 1 bedroom apartment, then to a 2 bedroom triplex, then to a 3 bedroom house, and now we are back to a 2 room place. I ended up selling quite a few stuff, and even then it was such a hassle to do this move. But now finally we are all settled in. Now we get to enjoy the holidays with our family here and wait to see what happens.

Still no word about our case, so at the moment we are just living that in the back of our minds, and will just relax and spend a very good Xmas with our loved ones here, and next year que sea lo que Dios quiera. For now we are here and will treasure every moment that we are here:).

So now to my lil project I've got..... I was really sick with a cold last week and with the stress of the move and all I stopped taking the pills to loose weight, but I still managed to loose some weight woo whoo!!!!
So I will get back on them and hopefully will be able to loose mucho mas!
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Still no word yet!

So it is said that no news is good news right??? Well not knowing is the worst ever! It's been 3 weeks already since we went to hubby's court hearing. And the judge had his decision made and said he would mail it to us...

so far nada, zilch, nothing, non niente!!!!

I just wish we knew already so we can either be all relaxed or seriously be all stressed out!!!

Agh!!!!!!! What's next?????????

Ok so here is how our day went, his court hearing was at 1pm. There was a few cases on for this day & that time. The 1st case was a lady who had no lawyer, they gave her another court date for Feb 2010, then after her they called this one couple who had a lawyer BUT their lawyer wasn't there, and they were all like wait our lawyer isn't here, and the IJ told them that he knew that I guess the lawyer called them the court to say he wasn't able to be there so the IJ rescheduled the next court date till October of next year! I was like hopefully they give us a next court date till then too so we can do time here, but no that wasn't our case, they called my hubby next and we were like wait our lawyer isn't here but the IJ didn't wanna hear it, he said he had reached a decision already BUT being that our lawyer wasn't here he was changing the next hearing till Feb. 2010. That he would send a letter to our lawyer in the next couple of weeks with his decision. And he knew that the other side was going to apeal but didn't give in to which side he was in favor of, wether us our them so we shall wait for another few weeks till we know. So once we get the letter and all goes well in Feb. our case will close, BUT if it doesn't go in our favor we will know in a few weeks and will be able to decide wether we will keep on appealing it or not and we will have till Feb to decide. So thank you all for having us in your prayers I will keep you all posted. God Bless you all!

Less than a week till next court...

Oh God!!! Here I am @ work trying NOT to think about our comming court date, kuz when I do I stress the h... out!!! This is soooooo frustrading, I am so scared of what will happen if we loose. Our lawyer says everything looks good, that No he can't promise me it will work out but it does look good. I tell everyone I am prepared for what ever comes, I try to seem like I'm all calm and all but who am I trying to kid!! I am a freaking wreck!!! I am so scared! Even though hubby's been out fighting his case, and working we still haven't been able to save money for we have to be paying off the lawyer fees, our car & truck, rent, bills, babysitter, all that that needs to be taken care off. Now the lawyer says worst case scenario if we loose, hubby will get about 120 days before he self deports, but what if he don't??? God I don't wanna think about that! We need to win, for our kids sake. Aghhhhh!!!!!!!! I am so stressed! So many plans that we have for our future here and now they are all on hold. God please help us!

To be or no to be... to have or NOT to have.... These are def. the ?'s

Well Saturday night I was as always trying to catch up on the blogs I am following... And oh my it really got me thinking :(

Here I was Saturday morning going about my usual Saturday morning routine, took the kids to cathechism and left to see some yard sales.... I was so excited kuz I found a doggie stroller for Bimbo for only 10 bucks (what a deal) kuz it's in real good condition practically new, and those run for about 70 bucks new.

Anywho I got that and then I found some Xmas decorations, as anyone who knows me knows I really don't need any more Xmas decorations I already have tons! But ofcourse i bought them... I love decorating for any holiday, specially for Xmas.

So I go about my day....

Then there I was late at night reading the blogs when I go to Melissa's blog (Living on Refried Dreams) and there I was crying & crying.... This last post really hit me hard. I love all of her post, she writes in a way that makes me feel like I am there actually seeing with my own eyes what she's writting about, living what she's living...

So she talks on this posting about the change in life from living here in the states to moving to Mexico, she mentions how when she was here in the states she had lots of Xmas decorations and well how different todo es, how material things sgouldn't matter that much to us, and well it all got me thinking about everything, if we loose our case and have to relocate to Mex I'm gonna have to get rid of most our belongins and well I must admit that really saddens me a lot, even when I know it's just material stuff that I can do with out, and if we where to win our case :) it got me thinking how we don't need all that material stuff how even if we get to stay I need to just get rid of a lot of stuff & be happy knowing that what's really importnant is not how much you have (money wise, decorations, all that) si no what's importnant is that we are healthy and together as a family UNIDOS!

Counter Appeal

Friday evening I get home and see a package from our lawyer :)~

It is the counter appeal he filed for us, and let me tell you Alleluya!!! I've got sooo much hope now. He specefies on all the diferent ways why it SHOULD NOT be considered an aggarvated felony! Hopefully this all works for us. Please keep on praying for us. We will see when we go to our next court on Oct. 26th.

Case Appealed

So the DA from Immigration had until August 1st to appeal our case... and they did :(
I'm so afraid of the unknown, with the crisis how it is I really wish I knew what is going to happen, if we are going to loose the case, then we really need to look for a cheaper place to live, so we can finish paying off our debts, and save some money before it happens. And if it is going to work out then not give up our place, kuz I really like it there. I will be going to see our lawyer next week to see what we need to do know. God help us please.

2 weeks left

So here we are, closer & closer to THE DAY!!!

I really try not to think about it, I am just trying to enjoy the days as they come by, I will have a lot of time to stress once the day gets here. Mientras happy happy joy joy!

Happy Happy Joy Joy

Sooooo here it goes, I was told by Matt that court was @ 10:30am. So I pick up my mom and brother @ 8:15 am, from there we pick up Socorro and head out there. By the time we get there it's about 10:10am. As we are getting checked in I see Matt comming out. I get very sad because I think "Oh my court is over and I didn't even get to see my honey." So Matt has a big O smile on his face and tells me "You should be a very happy woman!" So I ask what happened? He says he was able to get a bond for Isrrael, oh my God I just started crying I was so happy. My mom is all like "Ke paso mija ke dice" So we tell her and she starts crying too. We are all hugging Matt. Gracias Sr. Del Monte! Ahora si te cumplire mi promesa! So there starts our journey hahaha to try to do all we needs to do for the bond ASAP. We drive back to Santa Paula to drop off mom and Socorro, then brother and I drive to Oxnard to meet up with my father in law. We end up getting to Los Angeles at 2:10pm. We are told it's too late to process anything so we have to come back tomorrow. By the time they tell us this it's about 4 om already, so we drove back home. By the time we get home it's about 7 or 8pm.

.... Next morning at 6:00am we leave home, we get to LA around 8am. By 10:30 the bond is paid and all the paper wprk on this side is taken care off. So we drive to Lancaster, by the time we get there it's 12pm. We stop by to eat, then head out to the Metrolink. We are there from 1pm till 7pm when he finally gets dropped off there. It is soooooooo wonderful to finally be able to hug, kiss, and hold him. I really do love my baby daddy! So finally after 78 days & nights, we where able to be together again. The kids, oh the kids get so excited when they see him. In the end all this wait paid off kuz again we are all together, Gracias Diosito!

Waiting for that call..

So I was really hoping that today everything would be taken care off. I had spoken with Matt yesterday, and he told me it was best if I didn't go to court. That he would call me as soon as he was out of there. So this morining after I took Julian to school I went to church to go visit with El Santisimo, for a while. After that I came to work, my mom called about 9:25am to ask if I had hear anything yet. So I told her ke nada yet. Five minutes after she called Matt calls, but dummy me didn't hear the call comming in. So when I notice the call I called him back. So he says that the case was continued due to the fact that the DA really isn't happy with having the probation terminated as he has only been on it for a few months. So now we have to wait till next Thursday to see what happens. So being the chillona that I am, after I get off the phone I start crying. All I can think is that if they didn't say no, and are reviewing it 1 more week, maybe there really is hope. All we can do now is hope & keep on praying. Lord, help us please.

I had court today....

First of all, let me start by saying that last night I prayed, and prayed, and prayed. So this morning I was heading out to court I was calm, I knew my Lord was gonna help me out. So I get there and there is no sign of Matt, hmmm where are you Matt? You said you would be here for us...
.... So they let us in the court room, and still no sign of Matt. I go up to Jan's assistant and she tells me Jan is in trial and will not be here. So ofcourse I get skurred. She tells me not to worry as she is going to represent me. Thank God. She preceeds to tell me how much time I am requesting, and ofcourse I tell het that I am hoping for atleast 45 days, (Jan had told me if anything it would be 30 days, but ofcourse I have to aim high K-no?) So she says let's hope he gives you atleast 30.
Finally Matt getts here, he shows me a motion he filed for Isrrael. He truly went all out. I cried when I read it all. He really said it all in that 5 page letter. I hope the Judge really feels it too. So now we have to wait and see if Judge will expunge it.
Anywho so finally they call me, it is not Judge Clark; it's some other judge that doesn't know our case at all. Lord, help me please. So he tells me right off, that I have already gotten 3 extensions, what is it I am requesting now. We proceed to tell him that still no word of hubbys case, I say I want a stay till Dec 29th, know that's 2 months from know. He is hesitant and tells me that he will BUT that this is the last time I get another extension. That he doesn't want to see me in the courtroom again asking for the same thing.
Oh my thank you, thank you Lord. Now please help us out with hubbys case, please let them expunge the conviction. Let us be happy together again.

Is God talking to me???

So last night as I was reading thru my Bible, I came across this section, First of all let me start by saying that I have 2 Bibles, my Catholic one that is in Spanish, and the other one called Power of the Praying Woman devotional Bible by Stormie Omartian. The reason I have 2 and I do read both is because, the English one, which by the way is Christian, has sections that show you where to go as you a feeling. So I like to look up in that one how ever I am feeling, or what ever I am going thru at the moment, and then I re read it in the Spanish one. Any who... So I read this section, where it said to pray to God, to talk to him ask him for what we need. But most important to listen, as he does talk to us, whether thru the Bible or anything around us. He will let us know one way or the other that he is listening to us. So before I went to sleep I asked him to PLEASE give me a sign, let me know that everything will be OK.

.... So the next morning I am off as my usual on the weekends, up early to make that 2 hour drive to go visit hubby. As I am driving past hubby's work place, to get on the freeway on the station Nueva Vida the lady there starts saying a verse from the Bible that goes as follows:::

"For I know the plans I have for you, " declares the Lord, "Plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future."

Jeremiah 29:11

I just started crying when I heard that, is that maybe his answer to me???

Maybe just maybe.

Let's hope so!

No show at court???

So yesterday I had called my attorneys office, to see about getting put on calendar to see about getting yet another extension. I was told by Jan's assistant that she would put me on calendar for Friday morning & I wouldn't have to be there because Jan would be there. So I left it at that and prayed that I would get that extension that I so very bad need. Needless to say I called Friday afternoon to see what had happened and was told that "NOTHING HAPPENED" Why? Who knows as they told me it could have been because I wasn't there (hello!!! I was told I didn't need to be there) or maybe because no one ever told Jan I was on calendar, therefore she never showed up!

.............. So that's why NOTHING happened!!!

So I leave Jan a message telling her how desperate I am, as No word on Hubby's case yet. She emails me back telling me that I will be on calendar Monday morning BUT she doubts I will get another extension, as I have already gotten 3! Well I wouldn't of even gotten any and would be almost done with my time if none of this would of ever happened!!! So she proceeds to tell me that maybe if Matt (hubby's attorney) has anything to show for his case, that maybe something can be done.

......... So of course I call Matt to see about it. He says he will work on a motion tomorrow (Saturday, what a great guy) so we should be ready on Monday to go to Judge Clark and see about both my case, and hubby's! All I can do know is pray, and pray and pray!

......... Can't wait for Hubby to call me so I can tell him the news about Mondays court!