Well Vince and I got back from our trip to SoCal Sunday afternoon. It was good to be back to see the kitties, but man I missed home. The trip was great!
We took off around 5am on the 27Th and headed down to San Francisco. After we checked into out hotel and put Charlie and our luggage in the room Vince and I went out to dinner at Joe's Cable Car. We had this place on Diners, Drive-In's, and Dives, and figured it was a must try. The place it tiny and bright, neon signs were every where and random objects hung from the ceiling. Joe's is supposed to be known for their in house fresh ground chuck burgers. The atmosphere was fun, but the food was way over priced for what it was. After ordering 2 burgers, a small order of onion rings and an iced tea it came to $43! I understand this was S.F., but really I would have rather paid $43 for an In-N-Out burger at that moment, Joe's really wasn't all that. They were giving out free mugs that week for the Holiday so we at least got a little souviner =)
The next morning we took off for Ontario, we got in around 5 that evening. I hung out with Vince's parents for a bit and then my mom came and got me. Vince and I had already decided we would kind of go our separate ways back home, to make sure we got to do the things we wanted to do with our family and friends. Later Sunday night I ended back in Ontario because I had forgotten my mixer at Vince's parents house and would need it the next morning because I was going to be making pies with my nieces and nephew. I ended up just staying there that night, he had a much more comfortable bed then the "bed" I had, lol.
Monday my mom and I went out to my sisters house in Hemet. I baked a pie with each kid. Hailey and I made an apple pie, Hannah and I made a pumpkin pie and Caden and I made a chocolate cream pie. The day went so smooth, it was wonderful. I loved my special time with each of the kids, and I know they loved making pies with their Aunt B.
The rest of the week was mostly spent enjoying my time with family. I went and saw a few family friends and some friends, but mostly I was loving my time spent with family. New Years Eve we watched movies and stayed up late, well everyone but me. I fell asleep at 11 something, pathetic I know! I said good bye to my family on Thursday and went back to Ontario. Friday I got to see my great friend Jenny. I was so happy because she is pregnant and by the next time I see her in April she will have had her baby, Sage (possibly Saige). The night her and I went out to the Brandin' Iron in San Bernardino. Oh man I had such a blast, I didn't know many of the line dances but it was still so much fun!
I'm coming back at the end of April, hopefully for another week. My mom is getting tickets for the Stagecoach music festival in Coachella from a friends at work. Her friends son is the guy who runs both this show and the Coachella music festival show. I'm so excited!! I'm not sure which day we're going but I don't really care, both days there are awesome line ups! I've also started to prepare for my next trip, I'm going weekly to Dukes on Thursday nights. They have line dance lessons from 8-9, and then it's ladies night so it's free to get in. Eventually MJ, Mackenzie and a few others said they would join me but for now I'm just going solo and having so much fun learning these dances =) Last night I learned Slappin' Leather! I might even head over there tonight and learn Good Time.
I didn't get many pictures, lame I know. My sister sent me a bunch from our pie day so I'll have to stop being so lazy an upload them someday, hehe.
Friday, January 9, 2009
Monday, December 22, 2008
blizzard!!
So the weather here in Portland has been insane! The snow won't stop, I thouhgt after saturdays storm and getting 10 inches of snow was enough. But no, it's still going strong. The buses are all jacked up in the timing and since I take the 1st bus to work for both the line 9 and 19 I end up waiting 45 minutes at each stop. It sucks hardcore! It took me 2 hrs! Yes 2 hrs., to get to work yesterday and after 40 minuets of waiting this morning I got fed up and called my boss, I told him if he wants me there at work to pick me up on the way in, since he has chains. I hate starting late, it makes my shift run into the production persons shift and the back of house gets so chaotic! Vince and I are still hoping we can make it down to Southern California, the only parts we might have issues with is going through the pass in Souther Oregon. We hope to be able to make it out of our drive way sometime this week so we can go to Les Schwab and get chains before we head down.
This is our balcony off our livingroom, Minnie was sooo intrigued by the snow. This was taken Saturday and since then there has been about 4-5 more inches added to this snow bed.
We went out Saturday night to check out the storm. While we were outside we found a kitty freezing under Vince's truck. We couldn't leave the poor kitty outside so we brought it in. He/she was meowing sooo much. We can't take him to the humane society yet since we're snowed in but I'm hoping once we do the cat has a micro-chip. I would love to keep it but he's obviously someones kitty, he smells like perfume or room freshener, like he has been living inside. That an Minnie would forever hate us if we brought in another cat, lol.
My snow angel. The snow was so much different when I was a kid. I loved it, we used to go sledding all the time! Now I'm sooo over it. It was fun and pretty the first day we got like 4-5 inches, and maybe living in a city thats used to this much snow it wouldn't be such a hassle but for now I'm not a huge fan of it.
The next few are from Saturday as well, I took a walk around the neighborhood taking random snow day pictures.
We want to check these places out, they are just down the street on Gladstone but we have yet to do so. Maybe in the next couple days we will go shoot some pool at Ship Ahoy and check it out. There really isn't a while lot more to do right nowsince we can't drive anywhere...
This picture is for Caden, it's kind of blurry but I was trying to take it quickly and trying not to miss it.
Burrrrr!
Gladstone and 28th Pl., I love this tree, it's so pretty.
Down on 28th pl. near Gladstone, covered garden beds... Poor frozen cabbage.
I love my boots! They are taking a beating in the snow, but they are my only shoes that keep my feet warm and dry =)
Walking down my street. The streets are kind of creepy, they remind me of 3o Days of Night, in the early morning and past 430pm when it's dark. Early in the mornings there is hardly any cars on the roads and no one else to been seen outside. By now you can no longer tell where the sidewalks are so anyone who is out walks the streets since the snow is more compacted and easier to walk on.
The bushes to the right of Vince's truck are now covered in snow, except for the very tips of them.
This is our balcony off our livingroom, Minnie was sooo intrigued by the snow. This was taken Saturday and since then there has been about 4-5 more inches added to this snow bed.
We went out Saturday night to check out the storm. While we were outside we found a kitty freezing under Vince's truck. We couldn't leave the poor kitty outside so we brought it in. He/she was meowing sooo much. We can't take him to the humane society yet since we're snowed in but I'm hoping once we do the cat has a micro-chip. I would love to keep it but he's obviously someones kitty, he smells like perfume or room freshener, like he has been living inside. That an Minnie would forever hate us if we brought in another cat, lol.
My snow angel. The snow was so much different when I was a kid. I loved it, we used to go sledding all the time! Now I'm sooo over it. It was fun and pretty the first day we got like 4-5 inches, and maybe living in a city thats used to this much snow it wouldn't be such a hassle but for now I'm not a huge fan of it.
The next few are from Saturday as well, I took a walk around the neighborhood taking random snow day pictures.
We want to check these places out, they are just down the street on Gladstone but we have yet to do so. Maybe in the next couple days we will go shoot some pool at Ship Ahoy and check it out. There really isn't a while lot more to do right nowsince we can't drive anywhere...
This picture is for Caden, it's kind of blurry but I was trying to take it quickly and trying not to miss it.
Burrrrr!
Gladstone and 28th Pl., I love this tree, it's so pretty.
Down on 28th pl. near Gladstone, covered garden beds... Poor frozen cabbage.
I love my boots! They are taking a beating in the snow, but they are my only shoes that keep my feet warm and dry =)
Walking down my street. The streets are kind of creepy, they remind me of 3o Days of Night, in the early morning and past 430pm when it's dark. Early in the mornings there is hardly any cars on the roads and no one else to been seen outside. By now you can no longer tell where the sidewalks are so anyone who is out walks the streets since the snow is more compacted and easier to walk on.
The bushes to the right of Vince's truck are now covered in snow, except for the very tips of them.
Sunday, December 14, 2008
Snow Day!
Woohoo we had our first snow fall this year. Today we are supposed to get 4-5'' of snow. I guess this year it will be the coldest in Portland since 1990!! Charlie was a little unsure what to think of all this "white stuff" but he quickly learned it was safe to walk on. Here are a few pictures from this morning, Vince and I plan to take Charlie on a walk later in the snow so maybe I'll get some more.
My mini snowman I made while I was at work. His nose was a sliver of carrot and his eyes were carraway seeds =)
My mini snowman I made while I was at work. His nose was a sliver of carrot and his eyes were carraway seeds =)Saturday, December 6, 2008
Riverside!
Oh yeah I'm comming to Riverside!! Vince and I (and Charlie) are taking a rode trip, we will be stopping in San Francisco one night and have a little mini vacation of our own and then will continue our trip down to SoCal. We will be in Riverside/Ontario Dec. 29- Jan. 2nd. Then on the 3rd we will head back up to Portland making 1 stop in either Chico or Sacto. Man I'm so freakin' happy, I can't wait to go dancing at the BI or Stampede with Jenny!
Wednesday, November 19, 2008
Man, I love this place. Seriously this is like my dream property, the horses make me so happy. I'm really going to like volunteering on Fridays. For most of the day there are no classes, not up until 4pm. I volunteer 9:30-3:30, we start our day out by turning out the 27 horses in 15 pastures from there we work on various barn tasks and exercising the lower ridden horses. On my first day Lucky barged past me as I was turning him out. He was testing me, lol, I figured a few of the horses would. He ended up just running into the next pasture and was eventually moved into the correct pasture after running off some spunky energy. I haven't learned all the horses names yet but here are a few.
This is Rhubarb, I love his blue eye.
This is Rhubarb, I love his blue eye.
I think this one is Twister.
And this would be Lucky, yep the one who shoved me aside. His freckles are so cute!
Aww, Lad he's pretty dang cute too!
Ahhh. =)
Thursday, November 13, 2008
Forward Stride
I'm so excited, tomorrow I begin volunteering at Forward Stride. On Fridays they don't have many classes so I will actually be able to work directly with the horses a lot more, yay! It starts out at 930am and we begin turning out the horses in the pasture after their morning feeding. Then from there we work around the barn, cleaning stalls, doing maintenance, exercises horses, and various other farm tasks. This is exactly what I've been looking for. I will be volunteering every Friday 930am-4pm.
Monday, November 10, 2008
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