San Francisco

We honeymooned in San Francisco so anytime we visit Northern California we have to go to San Francisco because it is a fabulous place.

Our favorite place to eat is Chowders at Pier 39. It is THE BEST CHOWDER EVER!!

And of course we say hello to the sea lions and wish them a Happy 20th Anniversary!

Here we are in 2003 just a few days married.

Here we are at year 7 and loving it.

4th of July

We celebrated the 4th of July in style

Grillin'

Chilln'

Tormentin' pigeons with water

Startin' fires

And Drinkin'

We played quarters with water

Jamie was the winner. I took 4th place, but was the last girl standing.

I was afraid I was going to be up all night peeing, but I only had to get up once.

Success

Shasta Root Beer

I learned that my dear cousin lives in Northern California. So of course I had to see her.

This is my retarded face

This is hers

We were trying to make a Star-K symbol with our fingers

I love family reunions. She and I were close in age on my Dad's side of the family so we had to stick together and avoid getting picked on by my brothers. I hadn't seen her in years and was glad to reunite. Love you Shasta!

Shrimp is the fruit of the Sea

Lars and I took a trip up to Northern California in early July to camp and play with our friends. Since I am home sick and I am tired of sleeping and movies I put on some I Love Lucy to have some noise in the background while I catch up on some blogging. Enjoy!

After camping we went to Monterey. I sampled claim chowder from The Fish Hopper and then we went to Bubba Gump Shrimp to eat. Let me tell you it was very delicious.

Anyway, like I was sayin', shrimp is the fruit of the sea. You can barbecue it, boil it, broil it, bake it, saute it. Dey's uh, shrimp-kabobs, shrimp creole, shrimp gumbo. Pan fried, deep fried, stir-fried. There's pineapple shrimp, lemon shrimp, coconut shrimp, pepper shrimp, shrimp soup, shrimp stew, shrimp salad, shrimp and potatoes, shrimp burger, shrimp sandwich. That- that's about it.

Elijah said got a kids meal that he later smothered in ketchup. In his kids meal he received a bowl of jello. He announced to the waitress and the entire restaurant that he would rather jump on his jello than eat it. We all got a good laugh out of that one.

He and his sister were full of those. Adrienne, his sister asked me if the Jackson 5 were from the 90's because of their hair. Ha Ha. She was a few decades off.

Elijah was making his boat crash into his face. The kid is a goof and Monterey was fun.

Pomeranian & Me

I am home sick today so I have been watching movies and falling in and out of sleep. One of the movies I watched was Marley and Me. I loved it. It was a fantastic story about the power of animals and life choices of a family mixed in. I cried and I laughed. I loved the ending part when Owen Wilson's character described the love and companionship of his dog and how it had a positive effect on his family. It was a darling show and I recommend it.

Lars and I have been talking about getting a dog for about a year now. I grew up with cats and have never ever considered getting a dog. I never minded dogs, my Grandpa Stark and uncles had a dog and I liked playing with them, but at the end of the day I loved cats. Lars was never a cat person so the likelihood of us getting a dog or a cat were slim because neither of us were willing to compromise (between you and me I have arranged for 2 people to give us a cat as a house warming gift and Lars would consider getting a cat if we couldn't have kids, but I would rather have kids to be honest).

Then we moved to California and have dog sat for our friends and played with their dogs a lot. There is a mall pet store that we visit weekly to look at all the animals and play with. I guess what I am saying is that I am falling in love with dogs, not just any dog though.

This...

A Pomeranian.

I think it would be the perfect dog for our family. It is small, like a cat, and from my research they are smart and interactive dog. Plus it is cute, looks like a lion with all that hair. Now we aren't going to buy today or anything. The idea has gotten more serious as time has gone by. Maybe in the next year or so or for Christmas...we shall see. Until then the trips to the pet store will just have to do.

My Recent Thoughts and Feelings

So I have been feeling and thinking about a lot of stuff lately that I would love to share, but not sure how to put it in words. So I will express myself the best way I know how through song.

See music video's below, I couldn't figure out how to get them all in one blog post.

The Fray - Over My Head (Cable Car)

This song is describes how I have been feeling about work.