He is the King, and I am the Queen

I recently posted an article about tips for a successful marriage, just click this link,
http://eighthrising.wordpress.com/2013/10/28/10-marriage-tips-every-wife-needs-to-hear/.

I love the saying that a good relationships is two independent people that choose to be together.  Is it easy? No.  I always say easy would be boring, and I love that the article talks about over communication and no negative words, good stuff.  Then children come in the picture and its a whole new dynamic, buttons are pushed, our nice demeanor with our friends and coworkers turns into that side that we never show anyone.  We are human, to err is human, and its OK to be you.  Be You! God Willing you feel comfortable being you, and expressing you.  I tell my husband he is stuck with me, we will go through it all together, I love to deal with what is thrown at me, I like to look at solutions, not always easy, when emotions arise, but on the other side is growth, understanding, and the connection that originally brought you together.


Here is a great video about parenting:

http://www.collive.com/show_news.rtx?id=27663&alias=parenting-pains-of-modern-society#.UoMN4ZZ7iSk.facebook

Everything that we have been through in our lives makes us who we are today.  A friend recently posted some fun facts about herself and challenged whoever wanted to play to post facts about themselves.  I have to put my thinking cap on to list mine, but I loved reading about hers.

 

Diana De LaTorre

4 Random Things about me:

1. I worked as a Nanny for many years in Los Feliz. Everyday, for about a year I would bring an entire meal and some coffee to a homeless man who waited at the Los Feliz exit off the 5 freeway. He always said thank you and smiled at me. He liked my moms beef and potato burritos. I never got out of the car, and the food exchange was very quick. One day, he just wasn't there. I don't worry about him, because I know he was happy to get those meals and our little friendship.

2. I used to work in the daycare center at Paramount Pictures. At the time Cheers was filmed there, and Norm and Cliff were always very nice men....

3. I am named after both of my grandmas. Digna and Ana.
I always thought it was because my mom liked Greek mythology. This is cooler!

4. I used to get tonsillitis a lot when I was a kid. My grandma used to me watch me on those days when I was sick. And my dad would pick me up from her house in his Arrowhead Water Semibtruck and take me on his "runs" to get water from the mountain springs. He used to let me talk on the CB and honk the horn to other truckers. Some of my greatest memories.

5. Aneiko, I make up my own rules...lol) I took my sleeping baby brother out of his crib and hid him from my parents and pretended not to know where he was. I've gotten over my disdain for him now.

The way this works, you like my status, and I will give you a number and then you do the same. Or you could be a rule breaker like me and do more or less or none.

 

She challenged me to write seven, OY!  I usually do not play, but I really enjoyed reading about her, and thought I would dig deep and find some fun, random facts about me.

 

1. I was born Yulia in Moscow, Russia. At 7 years old in America I became Julie in my Driver's License, High School Diploma, and my Bachelor of Science in Hospitality Management.  I moved to LA at 27 years old, called all my credit cards and told them they spelled my name wrong, showed my passport to the LA DMV, and was reborn as Yulia.

 

2. I love to travel, in high school I had a semester in Israel, and in college a semester in Prague, which at that time was Czechoslovakia.  I worked on Norwegian Cruise Line for three years, saw most of the Caribbean, Western, Eastern, and Scandinavian Europe.  I went to Costa Rica with a few special friends from my ship life, it was so intense, we had a jeep and drove all around the country.

 

3.  My father got married at 33, so I decided I wouldn't even think about it until I was 33 and lived an adventurous vagabond lifestyle where I told everyone my minor in college was International Relations.  I actually started to study it, but realized it would be in politics with suits, and quickly switched to tourism and hospitality so I can still travel, use my Russian, and have fun.  At 33 I opened myself to meeting someone, and married at 34.

 

4.  The last ship I was on was brand new we were in Germany for one month getting it ready, the maiden voyage sailed to Quebec City, where it ran aground and so did my cruising career.  Until they decided what to do I partied in Montreal, met some fun people that made me realize there are Jews of all types out there, and when I asked God for a crazy Jew, he delivered, my husband is one of a kind and just right for me :)  When I got off ships it was either NY or LA, I lived in Miami at the time, I couldn't handle the cold, so I put all my stuff in my car and drove to LA with no plan, Thank God I found Yoga and met my husband, I always listen to my gut.

 

5.  My mother is writing her memoirs and I am so amazed at my family history.  My relatives were in the heart of the Holocaust running from Ukraine.  My parents suffered Anti-Semitism in the Soviet Union, not to mention nothing to eat.  My mother had a lot of milk when she gave birth to me, I was a bad eater, so my mom pumped her milk for another baby.  My father got a bomb slipped under his car in Russia before we immigrated.  When we were ready to leave, I was seven years old and they checked my doll for jewelry or anything else I was hiding.  My mom was a musician, so she was allowed to take her piano, other than that we could take only a few belongings, and only $135 per family, yes you read it right.  Thank God for the American Jews that gave me the life that I live today. I heard we were traded for grain.

 

6.  I was lucky to have good genes and was overall active in my life but never an athlete.  My mother never put me into dance or gymnastics because she knew it would be very competitive, and that I would feel suffocated not to do things my way.  As a child I wanted everyone to follow what I did, and I would get upset if they didn't.  After cruise ships I used to do Jazzercise to get in shape, and I did Atkins to lose 20 pounds.  I realized that tourism and hospitality was a service industry where people were mostly complaining, and I couldn't say go away or cry, I didn't want to hear it anymore.  When I moved to LA a month later I found a job in sales at 24 Hour Fitness, and met my Yoga teacher there and knew that was going to be what I wanted to do for the rest of my life,  I have been there for 13 years

 

7.  Back to my topic He is the King and I am the Queen, that my philosophy of a healthy, peaceful home.  Marriage and Children is my newest adventure, and for the first time in my life, I am committed for life, and that is my biggest challenge ever.  Everywhere else once it didn't suit me, once I was done, I jumped off, and went on to the next adventure.  This is an inward adventure of growth, and I am ready to face it, deal, grow, thrive, and strive to be a supportive, loving wife, and an example of health, happiness, success,and fun for my children.

 

 

Just for fun,

Write down what is fabulous about you,

Feel Good In Your Skin,

You Are Unique,

There is no one else with your light and your message,

Show us your talent and gifts,

Let us grow and learn from your passion,

Coach Yulia