Anniversary Recap and Why I am a Horrible Blogger

Let me paint a picture for you... It was a nice Tuesday evening, Kevin and I went out to dinner for our 3 year anniversary. He was dressed in a suit and I was in a pretty black dress (with just the right amount of sparkle) with a sideways bow on the front. He looked super handsome and refined and I looked beautiful (if I do say so myself). We had the restaurant to ourselves, not because we planned it that way but because our reservations were for 7 pm and the restaurant closes at 8 pm. Kevin picked a spot right on the gorgeous patio next to the coy pond.... It was a picturesque evening. So why do I have to paint this picture for you? Well because I didnt take ONE single photo from our anniversary dinner and I have been kicking myself for that since then. I think Im going to have us do a re-do just so I can take pictures.

Anyway, our anniversary was perfect. Like I said we ate at our favorite restaurant. Its this small place that when you walk in reminds you of a grandma's house. The patio is gorgeous with trees, a bridge, and coy ponds. The food is delicious, everything I have tried here just makes my mouth sing. One of my favorite things about this restaurant is that right when you sit down they bring you fresh apple fritters and boy are they tasty.

I love the mismatching chari covers. Its very eclectic

This time I had Riverwalk filet with a fantastic sauce and cerano creamed spinach. I never thought creamed spinach can make you say "WOW this is delicious" but it did. They paired it with a Pinot Noir (forgot the brand), it was delicious. I am so glad that I am broadening my wine tastes.Kevin had a NY steak with mushrooms on it with garlic mashed potatoes. He loved the musrooms and I am going to assume he loved the steak because he ate all of it.

Whenever we go here I never can finish all my food because their servings are huge (southern style) and you probably already started to fill yourself up on apple fritters before you even got your meal. The service is always fantastic as well. Since it was our anniversary they brought us out an ice cream with chocolate syrup to share.

After dinner we went to my happy place, our hookah lounge. It was nice to just be able to sit and relax with Kevin. We havent seen much of eachother because my schedule lately has been hectic with work and pledging stuff for my society/sorority (Im their alumni sponsor so I have to be at almost everything). I forgot how comfortable and relaxing it is to just spend a full night with Kevin with no inturruptions.

The rest of the week is going to be crazy for  me because its the end of pledging so I have long long nights ahead of me. I am getting too old for this shit. Last night I was out until 2 am and it was SOOO hard to get up this morning. Tonight I will not be getting in until 3 am or so. 5 hour energies will be on the horizon.

I hope you are all having a great Friday's Eve!

P.S. I am slowly but surely getting caught back up on your blogs :)

Its been a long time... A lot has changed. Come get updated on my life!

Man how I have missed blogging. I missed reading your guys' blogs and feeling like I was part of a community. I missed the friendships I started to create on here. I missed that feeling of "oh my gosh I have tlo blog about this" when something good or bad happened to me. But I am back (for now) and hopefully I become a good blogger again. It will be tough but hopefully I can blog regularly and catch back up on your lives.

A lot has happened since I last left you guys (3 months ago!!)... I guess we shall start there:

The reason I stopped blogging for a while was because I had gotten a brand new job and was finding it difficult to find time to blog and keep up with your blogs. Well I am still loving my job. What do I do exactly? I am territory manager for a company that manufacturers and distributes engravable plastic, metals, accessories, and machines. I am in charge of the consumables which means the plastic, metal, frames, engravable gifts, and various other engravable items. Our typical customers are large sign shops, military, colleges, k-12 schools, hotels/casinos, and award shops. It is all business-to-business sales.

These signs are all made out of engravable plastics and metals

Pretty much any sign, name badge, or tag that you see uses the material I sell

 My territory is all of CA and Vegas so I travel quite often and I am always on the road. My typical week consists of going into the office on Mondays and Fridays and being out in the field visiting customers Tuesday-Thursday. I love my job because I get to travel often, I have a lot of flexibility and I set my own schedule 3 days a week, I get to meet a lot of different people, and it is a pretty interesting industry. I don't know if I can ever go back to an office job 5 days a week because I am getting pretty use to being out on the road.

Since I have started my job on Dec 1,2010 I have been to Georgia twice and Vegas twice. I will be going on a small business trip to SD sometime this month and next month I will be visiting to San Francisco and Vegas. So I have gotten pretty good at the traveling thing. Sometimes its difficult because I miss Kevin (yes we are still together :P) and its hard to get into a normal routine when you are traveling at least 1X a month for 4-5 days at a time. However, how can I complain when I get to go to Vegas so often? LOL

Ok, so now that you know how my professional life is going what else has changed?

The biggest change that has come recently is that me and Kevin now own a home together :). It is really really really exciting. I love living in a house. Even more so I love the fact that it is OUR home! We have a 3 bedroom, 1 bathroom house in a smaller  (well small for CA) city in southern CA. It is the same city as wehere I went to college and the city I have wanted to live in for the past 4 years. We have a nice sized backyard, a large gorgeous kitchen, and it is a great neighborhood. I feel so comfortable in my home already but there is still a lot of work to be done. I haven't taken any  pictures yet but hopefully soon I will remember to take photos.

He looks like the perfect politician

Another change is that Kevin got a new job and it is PERFECT for him. It finally uses his degree (political science) and all of his skill sets. Kevin is very knowledgable when it comes to politics, he also loves speaking and solving issues, he is a people person, and he has great ideas and strategies for changes. So when he got his new position I was very happy and proud of him. He is a Field Representative/Communications Aid for a Assembly Congress woman for the 47th district. He seems to be loving it so far and it is perfect for his career path.

3 years strong

Still on Kevin, it is our 3 year anniversary tomorrow! I am pretty excited (maybe too excited) because we haven't celebrated any of our previous anniversaries and we decided this would be the first one to celebrate because its a big milestone for both of us (its the longest relationship either of us have had). I think/hope we are going out to eat at one of my favorite restaurants. The big  celebration is next month because we are going to San Francisco for 5 days. Kevin has never been and I LOVE SF (almost as much as I love SD and Vegas). We are going to watch a Dodgers vs. Giants game up there and probably get into a fight or two at the game (go Dodgers). I also want to take him to Alcatraz, Pier 49, Ghiradelli Square, Union Square, and other fun touristy attractions. We also plan to eat at really great restaurants.

not exactly my car but close

The final big change that has happened lately was I just bought a "new" car. Its actually a previously owned car but its new to me. I am now a proud owner of a dark gray (ish purple) 2008 Mazda 3. I love love love it! I need to come up with a good name for her, any suggestions? She drives super fast (its impossible not to speed while driving it...Zoom Zoom is right), it is really comfortable and smooth, and I love my steering wheel controls for my radio.

Hopefully next time I will have photos for you guys. I need to 1) get a new USB cord for my camera to upload my pictures and 2) figure out how to save a picture off of facebook's new format. When I save it currently it is a website format.

I will now go work on getting caught back on your lives :)

Be Back in the New Year

Hiya folks!!

Yes I am alive and well but I am SUPER busy. At my last job I could figure out ways to check blogs during the day while I was working because all I was doing was cold calls. My new job is awesome but I have no time to blog during the day. So Im going to take an extended break. I am going to come back in 2011 and hoepfully by then I have gotten use to my new schedule and will figure out when I can blog.
I will try to get back to reading your blogs soon. Please forgive me for being such a bad blogger and followerer. I think about all of you a lot!!

Hope you have a safe and happy holiday season. I will be back with a vengenance in 2011!!

:)

A brief Recap with No Pictures...What type of blogger am I

Hiya Folks!! Well obviously I have been SUPER busy over the past days so of course I havent had the willpower to write a blog. My view on blog entries is to only write them when you want to (or if you see a really awesome blog journal that you want to partake in). So anyway. It is almost 2 am and I need to wake up at 7 am to double check my bags and get ready... I am flying out to Atlanta tomorrow. I am going to be there until Saturday afternoon (pacific time) for training for my new job. So Im going to make this a very quick recap

Thanksgiving


Overall it was good. It was super stressful only at the point where we were putting everything in the oven. I knew that timing everything was going to be difficult but I didnt realize that it would be impossible. Ive been told that we have to host it a couple of times to semi get it down. Who knows. I dont think I want to host it again for a while. Its a lot of work, SUPER expensive, and a lot of cleaning (that we may or may not have fully finished yet).

My family (mom, dad, and brother only) came over. We served turkey, stuffing*, candied yams, mash potatoes, green bean caserole, cranberries, bread rolls, salad, and 2 pies. Our turkey was AMAZING. The best turkey I ever had. Kevin did a fantastic job of seasoning it and then we put chicken broth in the bag we cooked it in so it was so moist that it was falling off the bone (I even ate the white meat which I usually hate because it was so moist). *The stuffing was so much of a disaster that we had to throw the first batch down the sink and had to have my dad go out and get 2 more boxes of Stovetop. My green bean casserole was delicious. And I have cme to realize that I will never have a Thanksgiving without the rolls being burned on the bottom.

After we ate we played Loaded Questions and watched The Office. All in all it was fun but STRESSFUL.

Friday


Lounged around all day. That night I went out with a couple of my friends to the Hookah bar. It was awesome because I saw a friend I havent seen in months. We were there from 9 pm-2 am. Then Kevin came and met me over there hung out for a bit and then we went home. wE didnt go to bed until 4 am or so.

Saturday


The best day I have had in a long time. We went and visited with one of Kevin's cousins he hadnt seen in 17 years (since he was 11 years old-do the math lol). She is soo awesome and her house is to die for. We hung out with her and her husband and 2 year old daughter. Had wine and chocolate cake. I had an awesome shot of this tequila called Tres something... You don't need limes or anything with it. Soo smooth. I couldn't get enough of their house. Then we went out to eat at a good Mexican resturant and had the best Margaritas I have ever had. After we got back the boys watched a Rush Documentary (which Dave was nice enough to buy Kevin a copy of) and me and his cousin (Lynn) had girl talk. We ended up leaving there at 12 am. It was soo much fun

Sunday


Football in the morning. Shopping at Kohls with my friend who I hadnt seen in a while who I went to Hookah with on Friday. More football. Watched my boys (the Chargers) kick some Colts Butt! Then I went with one of my friends to Hookah.

I am leaving tomorrow at 11:30 am from LAX and I really doubt I will be on here too much. I will have scheduled posts (AKA kevin making sure the posts go through) because  I am participating in a 25 Days of Christmas blog journal/meme.

I love Christmas time! I love the fact that I can listen to Christmas music finally and hopefully start decorating for it,

Sorry this was much longer and more boring than I intended it. I hope you all have a fantastic week!!

Im trying to be motivated to blog

Hi folks! I really apologize for being scarce with my blogging lately. I have had a ton of time to blog but I havent really been motivated to blog. I have been keeping up with your blogs though. Been nice to read about what you all are doing for Thanksgiving. Has gotten me in the holiday spirits.

Our Thanksgiving

Don't worry turkeys... This year we are eating the pig.
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Kevin and I decided to host it at our place this year. My mom, dad, brother, and his boyfriend are coming over. My sister and brother-in-law are doing it at the inlaws this year.

Food (My Favorite!!)
-Ham (ordering)
-Stuffing (Making-boxed stuffing of course)
-Green Bean Caserole (im making)
-Mixed Veggie dish (kevn is making. His mom's recipe)
-Candied Yams (My mom is bringing)
-Bread Rolls (regular and Hawaiian)
-Cranberries (my mom is making)
-Pies (store bought-Apple and Pumpkin)

At least in our house this is definitely one of our favorite things about Thanksgiving.
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We will probably just eat, watch football (there is 3 games on that day!!), and play games. I am quite excited about it being at our place because we dont have to worry about the drive back home and leaving earlier than we would want to because we are tired. Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday (yes, even more than Christmas) and that is because growing up it was always such a great time with family so I hope that will continue in our adult years.

Oh ya we got a new kitty to add to our family (so now we have 3 girl cats and 1 boy dog. Girls-4 Boys-2). She is super adorable. Her name is Athena and she is a Gray Siamese cat with green eyes and white markings on her stomach and she has boots. She is 6 weeks old and is a very fiesty, sweet, and curious little thing.

Isnt she just a cutie?

She likes to sleep a lot and it has to be on either me or Kevin. She loves to cuddle

Ok now onto Wee Bit of Me Wednesday!

Click to link up over at Leigh Ashley's if you want to play along!

{one} what kind of camera do you have? I have an awesome Fujifilm digital camera that I LOVE. I lost the usb cord though which is why there hasnt been any Vegas pictures or anything yet. Need to go get a new one... :(

{two} you just won $1000 and you have to spend it on yourself on one item. what do you buy? 

The car I want!! Really really bad!!

I would use it as a downpayment for a car. We really need another car.

{three} if you had to choose, would you rather live with your parents in the same house forever or 5000 miles away? 5000 miles away. I love my parents but I did the whole living with them thing. 

{four} is your christmas tree up yet? Nope that thing wont go up until after Thanksgiving. Its suppose to be the day after but we kinda dont have a tree or any decorations...Major slackers!!

{five} do you bring reusable bags to the grocery store? no. 
{six} which would be worse: listening to the same song on replay for the rest of your life or having to eat the same meal everyday for the rest of your life? Replay. At least Im getting good food over and over on the meal. Well hopefully. I get to pick this meal right. I could eat sushi or steak over and over and over again. :)

{seven} name 3 things you are thankful for this season. Having a job and money, my loved ones (this includes family, kevin, friends, and my animals), and sports!! LOL
{eight} do you dye/highlight your hair? if so, do you do it yourself or have it done at the salon? I have been dyeing/highlighting my hair since I was 14. I have done both. I prefer to have it done professionally. And now I am super lucky because I have a friend who is a hair styilist and she comes to my house to dye/highlight and cut my hair for a very inexpensive price. 

{nine} would you rather watch a movie at home or at the theater? at home. i really am not a big theater goer. (Unless its a movie I cant wait to see like Harry Potter).
{ten} would you rather win $1000/week for life or $5 million all at once? $1000 a week. that would make life a lot more simple. (I agree with Leigh)...Also less taxes taken out and I would know that I would always have that money. :)

Well I hope you all have a GREAT Thanksgiving. Eat a lot!! I know I will. :)

What are you all doing for Thanksgiving?

Feeling a Bit Ill But Happy that its Friday!!

Hiya folks! I am feeling a bit ill today. Its my own fault though because I am too stubborn to put soy milk in my Chi Latte and I may or may not be lactose intolerant. So sometimes I get sick from Starbucks...but its so good that I keep drinking it anyway. I also was awake all night with an ear infection so you can feel sorry for me for that one since I didn't bring that on myself.

Well are you all ready for Friday oddities? I sure am!

Chihuahua as a Police Dog?

The smallest crime fighter.
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WTH were the Japanese police thinking when they decided to use this tiny dog as their new police dog? Seriously, who is afraid of this tiny little thing? I would be more afraid of a rat.Okay so its not used for fear but for search and rescue,but couldn't they use a hound dog for that? They have the best noses around. Well at least the police are geting a lot of attention about Peach the Chihuahua.

Doctors Don't do Breast Exams at Bars

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Kristina Ross, an Idaho woman, was jailed because she posed as a physician at a bar and tricked 2 women into agreeing to a breast exam. Okay folks, when you are at a bar there are a couple of things you shouldn't believe or do and one of those are let someone (even if they are a doctor) give you a breast exam at the bar. Whats next? A pap smear up on the pool table? Two women actually let this "doctor" fondle their breasts at the bar... I think they should be jailed for being so naive. 

TV Shot over Reality Show

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A Wisconsan man shot his TV after hearing that Bristol Palin made it to the Dancing with the Stars finale. Now I understand his anger and frustration at Bristol making it to the finale but seriously what did his poor TV do? Nothing! So the man was charged with reckless endangerment and using a deadly weapon and the TV did not survive.

Oh I got an award recently that I forgot to post about on here because I have been super busy laying around on my butt watching reality tv a bad blogger. Jumble Mash (who has an awesome frickin random and funny blog that you all should check out) passed this award onto me about a week ago so now I need to pass it on as well :)

She gave me the Honest Scrap award which I am honored to recieve because I try to be as honest and real as possible on here and also because I love Jumble Mash.

The only rule for this award is to list 10 honest things about myself. Oh Lordy!

1) I use to have a big lying problem (I dont really have that anymore, or I don't think so). I use to lie about stupid stuff though or to make up stories to make myself seem like I had a cool life. Yah now I just embrace my hum drum lifestyle
2) I have days where I feel fat and ugly. And even though I am not anywhere close to being fat I still beat myself up over a tiny bit of pudge
3) I use to be a strong conservative Republican...until I realized that all my beliefs were indeed liberal.
4) I am pretty passive with my friends. If they want to do something that I don't want to do I will usually go along with it just because I don't want to mix things up.
5) I hate hate hate when anything negative is said about the homosexual community and that is the one thing I will have a debate about no matter what. My little brother is gay and several of my friends are also gay.
6) I have lost friendships over a sports team... Yah I am that lame
7) I have an unhealthy addiction for bad bad reality shows. I just finished watching a full season of Toddlers & Tiaras and was disappointed there wasn't another I could watch. I have watched 4 seasons of Making the Team: Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders.
8) I have over 60 pairs of underwear...I think I have a problem.
9) I use to have a shopping problem where I would shop when I was depressed or having a bad day. Shopping is like my comfort food but I have been doing a lot better at hiding it.
10) I was raised religious and spent a lot of time in church. Now I avoid churches, I don't like nor follow a specific religion, and I am still trying to figure out what exactly I believe in.

There is no rule in passing this award on but I would like to pass it along to a couple of blogs that I read who keep it 100% real all the time!

Freckles and Fudge
Mommy Loves Stilletos
My Heart Shaped Life
Welcome to Sara's Organized Chaos. 
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Welps...I am super excited for this weekend because Im seeing Harry Potter tonight!! Then tomorrw I have Rush for my society/sorority that Im an alumni sponsor for then a UFC fight night over at our couple friends house. Then Sunday is FOOTBALL day!! :)

What are your plans for the weekend?

Just a Wee Bit!

Hiya folks! How are you? I am great. I had a fantastic day that included a picnic and a walk with Chey and her daughter and then date night at one of my favorite restaurants. I ate too much but it was super yummy. I had Clam Chowder (divine), Steak Yakatori (orgasmic) and a Devil sushi roll (tasty and spicy). So I figured I would do Wee Bit Of Me since I really don't miss out on doing these. Enjoy. And look at my earlier post for a mini Vegas recap if you haven't already.

{one} what time do you normally wake up?Um it depends. When I am actually working usually 6 am. Currently (since I am not working) and on weekends usually 9 am{two} do you have a go-to song for karaoke?I don't go enough to have a go-to song but I guess if I did it would be "Just a Girl" by Gwen Stefani. 
{three} if you could only see black and white except for one color, what color would you choose to see?I would want to see green because even though I am not a "nature girl" I think I would be sad if I couldnt see grass, trees, and other plants.

See it is gorgeous!

{four} what color best matches your personality?I would say pink because its bright and crazy. 
{five} if you could choose one meal to cook better than anyone else, what would it be?Hmm Ive seen so many good answers.  I like Leigh Ashley's answer of sushi. But I guess I would want to be the best at making steak or chili. Kevin already says I make great chili but it would be awesome to be the best at making it and imagine all the chili cookoffs I could win. But steak...Man steak is SOOO good!

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{six} how many keys do you have on your key ring?I think 6 or 7 (car, condo complex door, mail, kevin's work, kevin's parking garage, and one random){seven} do you give your pets birthday/christmas gifts?Of course. They get christmas stockings (decorated with their names even). Usually toys. They tend to like the wrapping paper more{eight} when your plate has different foods on it, do you mix or not?No!! I will even put up barriers between some of my food (i.e. ketchup and hamburger). I don't like my food touching especially sauces and bread.{nine} if you could hire someone to do one thing for you all the time, what would it be?I would say its a toss up between cooking and cleaning... Can I just say "keep house" and that would include all of that {ten} when flying, do you prefer the window or aisle seat?Well i like both. I like the window because I like looking out. But I like aisle because I have long legs so I like all the room I could get.
:) Happy Wednesday/Thursday!!