eat-shop-laugh

I've never read the book Eat Pray Love but I have it on good authority it is a pile of crizzap. Real life involves fun weekends with good friends where eat-shop-laugh are the priorities. An old roommate and good friend came to visit in February and we did all of those and then some. This was her second visit to see me since I've lived here so some of you, wait MOST of you have some catching up to do. We had a great time, I'm still shocked we spent 5 hours at one mall. 5 HOURS! Guess when you are having fun time really does fly. Good friends are indeed good for the soul. Thanks for coming to visit SheRoos! And thanks for sending her HeRoos!

My favorite fish taco place.

Before our night out...aka the movies.

green

While I was driving to work this morning I saw an old man in a polyester lime green suit. With a white shirt and a bright salmon colored tie and handkerchief. I wanted to take a picture so I could remember it forever but I was driving. I won't do it justice by describing it. It was true vintage. And hilarious!! Put a smile on my face. I might start stalking that neighborhood to get a second glimpse.

compliments

I had a long day of playing with 2 year olds yesterday. They are cute and fun but sometimes it is reeeally hard to be SUPER excited about bubbles and shape sorters. Lucky for me I received a series of fantastic compliments that made my day.

#1) My niece commenting on Facebook about me, "She is the BOOM!" Pretty sure she meant bomb but BOOM made me smile :)

#2) 4 year old client giving me a big hug upon arriving at his house and telling me, "I think, I guess you are kind of beautiful." awwww! Even with the I think, I guess... I'll take it!

#3) Same 4 year old then telling me, "You're my best friend!" as he gave me another hug and patted my head like a dog.

headband scarves...aka reverse yarmulke

When I was in Utah for Christmas I met up at University Mall with my sister-in-law and nieces. I noticed a new weird fashion trend half of the women/girls at the mall were sporting: headband scarves. They are basically a knitted beanie with the back skull part cut out. A reverse yarmulke. I thought it looked really, well, dumb. Especially the girls wearing them with their hair down. Yikes! It was bad news.

I had my nieces model the headbands so I could blog about them. We may have been laughing a lot and making serious scarf headband shoppers mad. Oh well, they should know they are about to make a fashion "no".

P.S. If you are a lover of the reverse yarmulke...my apologies for offending you. To each their own :)

picture this

The middle of January looked like this...

but the beginning looked like this...

I can take a little rain a couple weeks out of the year

if it means I get to enjoy sunsets like these :)

Jealous? Come visit me.

a case of the wednesdays

Ever have those days you feel like you should have stayed in bed? Today was such a day. I now know you can't escape Mondays. I didn't work Monday or Tuesday so instead I have a case of the Wednesdays.

Symptoms of the Wednesdays:

1. Not sleeping well the previous night.
2. Having the heavy, heavy blinds fall on your face as you are putting the doggy door up.
3. Touching your nose to rub away the pain and find your hand covered in blood.
4. Trying not to cry on the phone to your boss that you are going to be late because you can't get the bleeding to stop and you fear a giant scar will soon be present on your face.
5. Client #2 for the day is adorable and from Ghana - and nobody speaks English. And he likes to throw things. And cry. And climb on things. And change his mind every 2 seconds. And his parents don't seem to mind any of the above.
6. MORE rain.
7. Client #3 is still sick. Coughs, hacks and sneezes all over me. Then screams. Then throws up. Then kicks me in the face.

If you have any of these symptoms...or similar tomorrow...stay in bed. You may have a case of the Thursdays.

I am going to bed.

blink and a decade will pass

I hadn't thought much about how 2010 begins a new decade until radio stations were playing tops songs from the past decade, newspapers were reporting the top stories of the past decade, and friends blogged about big events in the past decade. Oh. It IS a new decade. Sometimes I'm rather oblivious to the signs around me. So here is my short, short summary on the 00's:

Many trips were taken.

Lifelong friends were made.

A career change & return to school.

Discovered a love of running.

Family grew by 6.

Some heartache.

Move to San Diego.

It is hard to remember the details and dates of each event that occurred over the decade. What I remember most are the relationships and memories made with the incredible people in my life. (pause for an awww!) Most important thing I've learned over the past decade is to make sure the people close to me are quality. And they are. For that I am grateful tonight.

To the next ten years!