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".

Hunger Games!

Yes, I finally  and read the Hunger Games Trilogy! I kept putting it off because I wasn't sure I could get past the theme of the book, kids fighting to their death. About two weeks ago Bryn mentioned that they were all planning on seeing the movie opening day and since Tyler read the books, she wanted to know if we wanted to come along. Tyler was game and I thought that I should at least give the books a chance before I right them off all together. After a couple of chapters, I was addicted! I was able to get past the actual rules of the "Hunger Games" (just like Bryn and Tyler said I would) and it turns out there was a love story!

I read all three books in a week, I would finish one and immediately want to start the next book. With the help of my kindle I could do just that, even though it was 2 AM on Saturday morning I was still able to buy the second book and begin reading it by 2:03.

We are headed to the the 8:20 showing tonight and I can't wait!

New Car!

It has been a little over a year since I ordered my last car, so naturally you can understand how excited I was to pick up my new ride today! Ok, that may make me sound a bit spoiled and you're right. I won't deny that having a sales car is one of the best perks working for a car company. That being said, I was "bored" with my Explorer and ready to roll down the street in my brand new 2013 Ford Edge!

 

My favorite feature? Well, beside White Platinum being a great color, I LOVE the wheels on this car! The blacked out wheels really make it quite sporty! 

I do need your help naming this one. I'm not even sure where to start. Any suggestions?

Busy, busy!

Yesterday, I received a friendly reminder that I hadn't posted this week's blog entry (thank you Kellie) and I couldn't believe that it was already Wednesday and she was right, no update to the blog. It's been an interesting week. I feel as though I've been quite busy and the work days have been flying by, but its still only Thursday. What gives? Maybe my brain has met it's "project quota" for the week and it decided to take a break?

Speaking of break, I was able to take a mini-break from work yesterday. My friend Christie and I left the office around 2:00 and headed up to Hollywood to the set of American Idol. This was my second trip to American Idol. Last time I went to the "Results" show, so I was excited to be able to see the performances this time around. I hadn't been watching this season, so I didn't have a favorite that I was routing for. The night was all about Stevie Wonder and Whitney Houston, which I found somewhat odd because there would be a fast tempo'd song and then a ballad. That aside it was a great time! For those of you who follow AI, my Top 3 were Joshua, Phillip (reminds me of Dave Matthews), and Jessica Sanchez. Jessica sang "I Will Always Love You" and was AWESOME! She sounded good when I was watching it on TV, but was even better in person. I've tried belting that song out in the car/shower, it's not easy, but she made it look seamless. 

Stay tuned for next week, hopefully it will be a bit more interesting! And once again thank you Kellie, for keeping me on track :)