6 Months Until the iPhone!

For years I've been putting off getting an iPhone. Was I too cool? Eh, probably not. I love Sprint and wasn't willing to change cell phone providers.

Anyways, since the iPhone 4S was released on the Sprint network I have been counting down the days until I join the rest of the world and get on the iPhone bandwagon.

Here are the Top 3 reasons why I'm looking forward to the iPhone:

1. Face Time! It seems so much easier than Skype. Plus if I'm ever wondering if "these shoes make me look fat?", I can call a fellow iPhone user (Arielle, Bryn, Kellie, Lindsey, Lisa, or Lynn...pretty much most everyone in my life) and get their opinion before I have buyer's remorse.
Note: iPhone users were listed in alphabetical order J

2. Siri. Enough said.

3. The camera on the iPhone is great! It puts my LG phone to shame. I can' wait to start posting Instagrams on the Book.

Had I had one this week you all could have seen the man sitting next to meet at the stop light, who had 2 parakeets sitting on his steering wheel!!!!! Ahhh, it was soo weird, they were walking around the steering wheel and up his arm! I was shocked!

Since I am still 6 months away from the iPhone, I googled an image of "parakeet in car" and actually found a photo that was similar to the crazy situation I witnessed. Weird, right?

85

Ever since Tyler and I started this new life of travelling back and for from NorCal to SoCal we keeping missing the good weekends in SoCal.  Last weekend was beautiful in NorCal, sunny skies and a pleasant 75 degrees. But I decided to see what the weather was in Laguna Beach and sure enough the “Rule of 10” applied. Rule of 10? During the winter months SoCal is usually 10 degrees warmer than NorCal. Easter Weekend was no different, as it was 85 degrees in LB. While I wouldn’t have traded spending the weekend in NorCal (see last week’s post), I was still bummed I was missing good beach weather.

The curse has finally broken, check out the forecast below, 85 degrees! Woo Hoo! The beach is calling my name!

In preparation I picked up some new beach towels. Thank you Macy's Registry Rewards card, they were FREE! Pretty cute, right?

Sunscreen? Check!

A beautiful beach to enjoy? Check!

Hubby? Check :)

Hope everyone enjoys the weekend!!!!

Easter Weekend

The past week was filled with lots of fun events and since I don't feel much like typing, I decided to blog via photos this week.

Wednesday: Landed at the Oakland Airport

Thursday: Home Office Day!

Friday: Aubrey and I headed to Santa Rosa to visit Harriet. The photo below is a throwback to when my mom used to take our Easter Photos in Harriet's backyard.

(oh yeah and Aubrey and I may have stopped at the Banana Republic Factory Store)

Friday Evening: Lisa's Surprise 30th Bday Dinner at Wente Winery!

Saturday: Farmers Market in Pleasanton

The weather was great, so we grilled out. 

Aubrey had never seen The Departed, so kicked back and watch one of my favorite movies!

Sunday: We had Easter Brunch at Nick & Bryn's. I made......

Purple Mashed Potatoes (JeRue Classic)

And then I tried a new dish from Bon Appetit magazine, "Spring Vegetable and Goat Cheese Dip" 

It was a great weekend in NorCal!!!

Slacker

Yup, it happened I didn't post a blog entry last week. I almost made it 4 months w/o breaking my #1 resolution. I wish I had a really good excuse, but I don't. I simply ran out of time. I pondered on what took up so much of my time last week and besides work, not much.

Although I do have to let you in on a new weekly event, I've been par-taking in yoga! My apartment complex offers free yoga every Wednesday night and I get to bring a guest. My friend Christie and I have been going the past three weeks and I love it. I never realized how much deep breathing relaxes me, plus all of the stretching is great. We finish our Wednesday evenings with dinner and girl talk. Needless to say Wednesdays are my favorite day of the week :)

Sadly no yoga for me this week as I will be flying North! I'm looking forward to the long weekend at home. It will be so nice to be home for more than 2 days!

P.S. On a side note I finally named my new car. I received the suggestion of "Katniss", because let's face it anything on 20" wheels is pretty bad ass (just like the Hunger Games character), but it just didn't fit. I kept thinking about how the car was pretty sassy, a bit fiesta and sparkly white. "White" in Spanish is "blanco", but this car is all female, so........(drum roll) I named her "Blanca".