Day 7

my little man

Day 6 - Love It

Day 5 - Puzzle Fever

Picked up my parents today from their 2 week vacation to Virginia. Happy to have them home, but sure didn't miss South Sac.
I can't wait to move for a lot of reasons, but one of them is so I can do puzzles again. I'm a dork.
I tried doing this puzzle over the weekend at my parents, but gave up...750 blue pieces was too much for 1 rusty puzzle do'er.
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Day 4 - Hmmmm

So my co-worker has had bad grapes in our work fridge for almost a month now. She's been out for over a week and tomorrow is her first day back. Since I won't be there because I will be in SF picking up my parents, I thought I would make a little picture for her computer background! Think they'll be gone when I get back Wednesday??
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Time Flies When....(Day 1, 2, 3)

Wow...I can't believe it's been almost a YEAR since my last post!! Crazy. Have you ever sat and read other peoples blog and think to yourself how much better they write and how much more creative they are than you will ever be?! I think that's why I stopped blogging. I truly do admire people who blog everyday about something totally awesome. Like my sister Audrey and her sister in-law who never has a dull post. Or Nikki who is the funniest, most honest blogger I know. She's on a blogging break, and I totally miss her posts. Last month I finally got around to reading Nie Nie ... I know I have been living under a rock. It took me quite a while, but I read each and every one of her posts. She is an inspiration on so many levels. Working with burn patients, I know how much pain just small burns are. I can't imagine the pain she is still going through.

Anyway...I really am going to start blogging again. I am actually thinking about making my blog private...any ideas? At this point, I don't think anyone even checks my blog so who cares? hehe

Last year, Samantha stole an idea and took a picture of her family every Sunday to show the progression of her family {by the way, I can't wait to see the progression blog (you're doing one right?)}. I am stealing that idea again, but am going to try (my hardest) and post a picture everyday! I set up my blogger so I can e-mail pictures straight from my phone. Therefore, the quality of picture may not be as fabulous as everyone your blog (my phone is no Edward), but I hope to capture some part of my day in a photo throughout the whole year. I figure if I can get a photo and a sentence or 2 everyday, then I won't have to worry about all the creative writing (because I am horrible at that).

I'm already 3 days behind...so here are some photos to catch up!

Allen's son was here for a week during Christmas this year. It was really cool to have him here. I can't believe he is 10 now! My parents were also gone which was really weird and sad, but very cool since we got to stay at their house. Sort of like a mini vacation for us!

So we'll count this pictures as the 1st - 3rd and starting today....I will post a picture everyday.

Leave me a comment so I know if you're reading....and also your e-mail since I really plan on making my blog private.

Happy New Year everyone!

Long or Short?

Winter Wonderland

After this Christmas I can tell you I am a Cali girl through and through. And a sunny, snow free, Cali girl. I loved having a white Christmas...but trying to get out of that white Christmas was the most frustrating thing! We drove up to Pinecrest on Christmas Eve. We had a lot of fun playing in the snow, trying to make snowmen out of the fresh powder (impossible!) and playing pool.

Our attempt at a snowman...

Allen shoveling us out Christmas morning

Looking down the road from the cabin.

The craziness of Christmas started when we woke up to no power. We used the bbq on the deck to make oatmeal and grill some toast. It was still delicious - but very interesting.
After 2 hours of shoveling my car out of the fresh snow, my chains decided they wanted to break on me right in the middle of the road. After taking them off and my dad trying to fix them (Dad- you are the biggest lifesaver I know! Thank you so much for laying in the freezing snow for me for hours and hours and hours), my dad took one of his chains off his car to check and see if it would fit mine. No luck. After all this wonderfulness, my cousin ended up driving us down the hill to buy more chains. $146 & a hour later - I have a chain that fits! We got the chain on...got through about 50ft of thick snow, only to have it fall off. My poor dad helped us put it on again and we were on our way. On the way up to the cabin we hit some ice and spun out and both of us being "non-snow drivers" - it really scared the bejeez out of us so I had my dad drive my car down the hill. It was a slow, and still scary drive but we defineitly weren't driving sideways like we were on the way up!

All in all I was very happy to be up there and I was glad to be with my family since I was the only child with my parents this year. My dad and I talked about how we probably would never have the whole family together for Christmas again and that was pretty sad. I say we plan Christmas on the east coast next year...eh??