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Thursday, April 19, 2012

A bit of catching up to do.

It's been awhile since I actually posted anything because I have been super duper swamped with finishing up this semester at school, taming one very active 19 month old little girl, and all those wonderful duties that stay at home moms/wives have. Not that I am complaining. I know many women would love to be in my shoes and be able to stay home and raise their own children instead of having to work all the time and put the kids in daycare. 


School is over at the end of May, and because I only need one more class in order to get my AA degree I am actually going to be walking at graduation with my class. I'm actually looking forward to it quite a bit and seeing what the future holds for me after leaving this school. I'm still looking into transferring but that is still up for debate. I guess it all depends on if I find a job first.


The next few months are going to be ridiculously busy and I honestly cannot wait! This weekend we are going to a BBQ for a friend of mine, and even though she has no idea there is quite a big surprise waiting for her ;)


The following weekend I will be helping and attending my best friend's baby shower to help with the arrival of her baby boy Kayden. I can't believe how fast his due date seems to be coming up and I'm anxious to meet the little guy...probably not as anxious as her and her husband! I will post tons of pictures of both the shower and the BBQ because they are both going to be tons of fun. 



My cute pregnant best friend on the left and myself =)




Other things in store for us the next few months:

My graduation.


A lovely helicopter ride above San Francisco that my husband got me as a gift for Christmas. (I should note that he did not actually BUY me a helicopter but he got us passes for a flight and a lunch special. A helicopter would be awesome but we already have no space at our house, so keeping it would be a bit of a problem.)



Chicago trip! 

My aunt and uncle live close to Chicago and are being oh so wonderful and letting us stay with them for a week. We already have some flight credit towards Southwest so we wont have to pay that much more for the trip. And we get to stay for free! I'm so excited it's crazy. I have hardly been out of state and am very travel deprived. Hopefully this is the start of many more adventures!



On another fun note, we did do a spontaneous trip down to San Diego this past weekend. My sister in law lives there and it's kind of hard for her to travel up this way because she is busy with work and school and whatnot. So since the husband didn't have any jobs planned, we thought why the heck not? We left Friday night at almost midnight and stayed there the next two nights. 


Family time at the San Diego Zoo


Someone wasn't a happy camper!


Phil's BBQ. A definite must if you are ever in the area. The line is always CRAZY long. Luckily we were smart and called in our order ahead of time so we were able to walk right in and grab our food.



Chillen with the peeps of Sesame Street


Hi, friend!


My other half



Storage Wars! On the way back up we made a pit stop at Now & Then Thrift which happens to be the store owned by Jarrod and Brandi on the show Storage Wars. I was hoping to get a chance to meet them but they were in Long Beach for the day. Boo. I did however buy a tshirt that I have every intention of getting signed on the next trip down.



Museum of Death in Hollywood was also a must for us to stop at, and is also one of the things on my long bucket list that I can finally check off! (At some point I will post the entire bucket list along with which ones I have actually accomplished.) If you can handle blood and gore then this place is a really cool place to visit. There are so many unique and one of a kind things to look at, and it is definitely one of the most interesting yet creepiest places I have ever been to. Certain areas are dedicated to specific people or events such as Charles Manson and the Black Dahlia. Other rooms have artwork done by serial killers and items that have been in funeral homes. I would totally go back again just because I am so sure that I missed a bunch of things.






Friday, January 27, 2012

Thankful Fridays!

T.G.I.F!

Anyone else remember being really excited for the weekends because you knew that Friday nights meant turning on TGIF on ABC and watching Full House, Family Matters, Step by Step, and Boy Meets World? Man, those were the good days. None of the shows that are on television nowadays can even come close to those ones. In honor of it being Friday, I decided to take the time to think about some of the things I am thankful for on this beautiful beginning of the weekend. 

1. The gorgeous weather! It has been super cloudy and raining on and off the past couple of weeks, so walking outside today and seeing sunshine was definitely one of the highlights of my day.

2. A fun filled weekend ahead spending time with my wonderful husband and daughter, and enjoying some quality family time. Husband has been working pretty much non stop the past month so a much needed break is in order. 

3. Planning a family vacation! Because of my school schedule we won't be able to take a vacation until after the semester is over, but we are talking about all the different possibilities of places we can go. We have some Southwest airfare credit we could use so we were thinking about taking a trip to Chicago to visit some of my family. You can't really pass up having a free place to stay! Other ideas were going to Southern California and then visiting a few other places that we could drive to like Las Vegas or the Grand Canyon. Guess we will have to see!

4. Finding some amazing deals yesterday at DSW. I will do another post later just dedicated to the amazing things I found there yesterday. But let me just say I found some awesome deals!

5. Getting all of my homework done last night so I won't have to worry about it again this weekend! Yay!