Friday Fun?

My manager (let's call her A) tells me and my co-workers that our Branch Chief (let's call her V) needs to have an impromptu meeting. This is the conversation that follows:

Co-worker J: Oh god, what's the bad news this time.

Co-worker K: I haven't read anything more about the furloughs so I don't know. A, do you know what this is all about?

Me: (currently busy and feeling frustrated) is it mandatory??

A: I think so and nope I have no clue what's going on.

We walk over to the center isle where we have most of our impromptu meetings, which normally have to do with the Budget (or lack there of), possible layoffs, and/or other not so great news, to hear the need for our impromptu meeting:

V: We need some Friday fun! It's a quarter 'til three and we need to de-stress and move! Does anyone know the electric slide?

Another Manager (will call her C): You bet I do!

C then proceeds to get her radio, turn on music, and begins leading us all in the electric slide in the middle of the office!

I don't really know how great we looked but the laughs and giggles really did help with the stress!! :) Sometimes my job is crazy and stressful but it helps to know that I work with some pretty amazing, quirky, and fun people!!

30 before 30

As my 30th birthday creeps around the corner I thought that I would make myself list of things I would like to do before the big day and since my birthday is a little less than 4 months away, I will really need to get crackin' on some of these items!!

1. Learn to crochet well enough to make a blanket.
2. Floss more.
3. Create an etsy account.
4. Eat at least one piece of fruit a day.
5. Save.
6. Take a pic of something beautiful each week.
7. Finish decorating the bedroom.
8. Read one new book a week.
9. Go berry picking in Apple Hill.
10. Document, document, document.
11. Make out more.
12. Go camping.
13. Write more letters.
14. Squeeze Maxton.
15. Get enough sleep.
16. Watch every episode of True Blood.
17. Do not go on the internet 2 days a week.
18. Go on a Bike ride.
19. Do an aerobic class at Sky High.
20. Cook Pad Thai from scratch.
21. Landscape the front of the house (with Geoff's input).
22. Grow my own Vegetable Garden.
23. Finish my button bust.
24. Say, email, or text “I love you” to Geoff every day.
25. Eat Breakfast daily.
26. Start the EA 30 day challenge.
27. Clean the bedroom once a week.
28. Have a movie marathon with the girls.
29. Build a Bear with my favorite 5 year old.
30. Enjoy life!

Wonderland

Last Friday was the premiere for Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland. If you remember this post back in July, my excitement for this movie was evident. I love anything Alice and this movie was no exception.


We started the day off with my most favorite breakfast restaurant - Tower Cafe.

And this is why Tower is my all time favorite breakfast place - the french toast is to die for! In fact, I told Geoff that this would be my death row meal . . .if for some reason I ever found myself on death row which is very, very unlikely.

the potatoes are pretty yummy too!!

and Geoff loves their huevos rancheros.

We then headed off to the Esquire IMAX to see Alice on a whopper size screen and in 3D to boot!

The Cheshire Cat has always been my favorite and I never thought he could get better than the adorably quirky pink and purple guy from the cartoon - but alas, I was wrong!! Ches was so much better in this movie! Of course is helps that now he's my favorite color - TEAL!!

It was a perfect day filled with all my favorites!!

Happy St. Patty's Day!!

(mk designs)

I've always wondered why we wear green on this day so I looked it up and this is what I found on wiki:

Originally the colour associated with Saint Patrick was blue. However, over the years the colour green and its association with Saint Patrick's day grew. Green ribbons and shamrocks were worn in celebration of St Patrick's Day as early as the 17th century. Saint Patrick is said to have used the shamrock (a three-leaved plant) to explain the Holy Trinity to the pre-Christian Irish. Then in the 1798 rebellion in hopes of making a political statement Irish soldiers wore full green uniforms on 17 March in hopes of catching attention with their unusual fashion gimmick. The phrase "the wearing of the green", meaning to wear a shamrock on one's clothing, derives from the song of the same name.

I hope you all have a green filled day!!

Cherry Blossoms

Our Bubbas

This is Casey Jones, Bubbas, our first born, and one of the loves of our lives. Can you tell he was in desperate need of a haircut ...

I said it was desperate!

So I borrowed my parents shears and went to town!

Do you see those little spots? Yeah they were all covered by the long, unruly hair!

I even gave him a bath!!

Pretty Bubbas!!

And because he was so good during the hour long clipping he got a special treat.

Yes, we love our dogs and we're proud of it!

Valentine's Day (a little late)

Well this post is long over due BUT it's about our wonderful Valentine's Day so it must be posted!! This year was wonderful! We've decided that Valentine's Day is not just about out love but the love of our friends and family as well. To celebrate the day of love we traveled up the hill to enjoy some delicious wine in the company of most of our closest friends.


We started the morning out with a quick exchange of gifts (upstairs on the carpet).





I received a beautiful charm bracelet from Brighton. I've been wanting to start my own charm bracelet and Geoff remembered!




My first charm is a heart (for Valentine's Day) with a ruby center (my birthstone) with a Peace and Love separator. It's lovely and I wear it almost every day!!

And I got Geoff a Wii game . . . I know it's kind of boring but he really wanted it!!

We then met everyone at my parents and headed up the hill to Apple Hill!


Our first stop was Boeger ...

First taste of the day!

Next stop was Fenton (at least I think it was) ...

Next stop was Madrona ...

Madrona got the "thumbs up" from Matt!

love was in the air!

my love

And last (but not least!!) was Jodar ...

The gang

And after all the wine we headed into Placerville for lunch. We had some time ti kill before our reservation so we headed to one of the coolest bars I have ever been in. The bar was built in a mine!! Awesome!

We ended our day dining on pasta and pizza. It was perfect.