Photoage

Today Justin and I went to Redwood City and took some engagement photos courtesy of my good friend Ryan.  The thing about photos is that I love to take them, but I don't like to be the main event.  But today I don't think could have been more surprised at how fun being a star can be.  After the first few minutes of awkward forced laughing and stiff poses, things loosened up and the goofy was able to come out.  We were also able to witness a bum fight, or at least the result of a bum fight, which involved several police cars and fire trucks, two arrests and many confused bystanders. 

Say Hello to 2010!

Christmas this year seems to have came and went.  It was much anticipated in my family because my brother, who had been gone for 8 months abroad to various places, was coming home (for good we hope). Well, turns out while abroad, it seems that my brother may have forgotten how to eat for 8 months, because he came home a stick.  He looks great, not that he didn't before.  It was great for us all to have a homecoming and Christmas celebration.  


After Christmas, I flew to Southern California for some good 'ol fashioned sunshine!  I spent a few days with my aunt, uncle and cousins, and left Justin and Bella to fend for themselves.  It was my brothers birthday, so we went to Disneyland for the day.  Though fun, I did get fair my share of germy children for the next year or so.  I'm pretty sure that if it were not for the the flu shot, I'd probably be quite sick right about now.


We (Matt, Sasha, Justin and I) spent new years in Tahoe and what fun we sure had.  Our hotel, was the fabulous Biltmore.  Best known for it's cheap stuffy rooms and it's $1 beers and cocktails for happy hour.  Only happy hour, is actually happy hours, 3-7 pm every night.  Justin and I also had a fabulous dinner at The Soule Domain with some great friends of ours.  On our way home on Saturday, I got the grumpy pants disease due to a combination of lack of sleep and food and a few annoying passengers (Sasha excluded).  Luckily a solution was presented and we stopped off at Donner Lake for breakfast.  WOW, who knew that such a s**thole could be so delicious.  Not only did the food fill the gap, but the restaurant was right on the lake and we couldn't have asked for a more beautiful day.  Simply perfect.

They Watch While You Sleep

Today, Justin and I went to Fresno to visit my parents for Christmas. Upon our arrival we were presented with a late engagement party gift. The gift was a basket filled with all kinds of assorted goodies. Included were some kitchen towels, some wine glasses, a nice bottle of wine and two strange items that were wrapped in the kitchen towels. I picked up one of the items and immediately felt something ceramic. "What could this be?" I thought. Well, I might have been better off not opening the kitchen towel. What I discovered on the inside, was a very bald ceramic baby doll. "Dear God, what the hell is this?" I then opened the other wrapped towel to find, yet another bald ceramic baby doll, only this time the doll had a flower in her "hair". At this time, I carry the dolls out to my parents, who then explain that these dolls are special. They have been passed back and forth between their friends for years and only brought out, when they have almost been forgotten. Their creepy eyes only seeing the light of day for a brief moment, only to be put into a closet until the next time they are passed along. I guess Justin and I have officially been wrapped in to the "cool crowd" as the dolls are now in our possession. What the gift giver doesnt know, is that I happen to have a large collection of dolls that Justin's grandmother just LOVES to give me. I mentioned to her once that as a kid I collected dolls, and now I get to pick one of her dolls out of her collection every time I visit their house. Lucky me! All I have to say is that the gift giver, may or may not receive them back at some future point in time when they least expect them. Until then, these new awkward dolls will not have to bury their bald little heads and eyes in closet in the dark. I may in fact display them in the guest room with all of my other dolls that I have recently acquired. Looks like whoever sleeps in the guest room will have a couple extra sets of eyes staring at them as they sleep.

Anniversary Numero Dos.

Sunday is our two year anniversary.  I can hardly believe that two years have gone by.  It must be love when you can endure every single day with one another and just keep hoping for many, many more.  That being said, I thought that I would write him a haiku.  


You are very short.
But so am I.  You sleep lots.
But so does Bella.
(Oh...and I love you...and our life.)


We are going to celebrate our anniversary by honoring our favorite past time and visiting the snow.  Yes once again, we will make the long trek up to Tahoe, have a few bloody mary's, get some snow in our pants, and then make the trek back down the hill to Sacramento.  Of course, by "having a few bloody mary's", I mean that I will have a few and Justin will watch me drink them.  


Plans for Saturday night are definitely not determined and I'm pretty sure that neither one of us cares.  Does that mean that the romance is dead?  It is certainly too early in our life for that to happen.  I need to start caring and making some plans.  After all, it is our last anniversary that we will celebrate on December 20th.  Next year at this time, we will have a new anniversary to celebrate.  Thank goodness it won't be so close to Christmas, so my gifts can't get combined again into one.

The Fancy Cam

For Christmas this year, Justin made me a winner.  He got me, what I like to call "the fancy cam."  The fancy cam pretty much has every option I could ever want on a camera.  So many options that I have no idea what they all do.  I'm actually in the process of reading the manual.  That's right, reading the instructions manual.  It's actually quite, helpful, go figure.  I don't believe that I've ever read a manual before.


My goal with the fancy cam is to learn to take photos that make jaws drop.  So far, I don't believe that I have accomplished this, but I have taken a few decent ones.  I also have been in need of a hobby outside of snowboarding.  Folks...I believe that I may have found one.  It's what I've been thinking about day and night since getting the camera (Justin let me open it a few weeks early so I could learn to use the fancy cam by the time Christmas arrives).

Wedding Thoughts

So I'm thinking that some wedding traditions may need to be thrown out at our wedding.  I am not so sure about wedding veils.  I might be more of a flower in the hair type gal or maybe even a headband or a side pony (assuming my hair decides to grow).  Veils make me feel like I'm an adult and being and adult makes me feel old.  Yes, I have paid my own bills for years now, but I'm pretty sure that I'm not an adult.  After all, I have been known to have wine parties on Wednesdays that involve working on Thursday and too much wine.  I won't even describe the details.


I'm also thinking that I may not be keen on wedding bouquets.  I love flowers in vases in my house, but I'm not sure I can really envision carrying one around.  I might need my hands for other, more practical things.  How about holding my dads arm?  Or maybe waving like a beauty queen as I walk down the aisle.  I've just about perfected the wave.    

Time for Turkey (err...ham if you're me)!

Tomorrow is Thanksgiving so I thought I would list a few things that I am thankful for.
1.  I am thankful for my fiance because he is the funniest person that I know.  Even more importantly he thinks that I am funny and I love to make him laugh.
2.  I am thankful for my awesome family and my soon to be new family.
3.  I am thankful for my cool friends and even the not so cool ones.
4.  I am thankful for my great taste in shoes and clothing, but my budget is not thankful for these things.
5.  I am thankful for snow each and every year, no matter how much or little falls from the sky (but hopefully it's a lot.)
6.  I am thankful for my adorable puppy and her constant energy.   She is also very careful about what she eats and that inspires me to be careful too.
7.  I am thankful for my job that allows me to buy things and go places without stressing about saving money ahead of time.
8.  I am thankful to be spending my turkey day with my new family, fiance and booze.
Happy Turkey Day!