SoCal Bliss

Let's just take a minute to look at that please. It's 9pm and warmer than our entire week here. Oye.

I just recently got back from a trip home and it was glorious. One of the best. It was filled with friends and family, enough to sustain me for a little while but soon I'll be itching to go back. Since I was there for over a week I won't give you a play by play of each day but rather I will give you a highlights reel. :) Here are some things I particularly enjoyed about the trip:

1. Landing safely (I hate flying)
2. Talking about God with Brooke
3. Being greeted by Steph, Whitney, and Shelly!!!!!
4. Feeling like I was in High School again (talking about boys, laughing until you nearly peed your pants and a sleepover)
5. Eating a huge, delicious breakfast I didn't have to cook
6. Giving people their knitted items. Ex. Steph and her hat below

7. Listening to the playlist below on repeat while driving to Allison and Andrew's wedding


8. Seeing my husband after being apart for three days
9. Allison making everyone laugh talking about her nerdiness as she's getting married
10. Seeing Dom so happy around his friends. He's constantly laughing. :)
11. Getting to know the guy's girls better
12. Watching the guys dance.............Probably one of the highlights of the highlights
13. Randomly seeing Mindy and Taylar since I haven't seen them since May
14. Patrick and Mindy finally meeting
15. Mindy calling me at 11:45 saving us from missing our noon check out
16. Walking through the twilight zone aka Irvine with Mindy, Tay and Tim
17. Watching Jenny run around in circles as we walk up to The Woods place
18. The Woods
19. Listening to Piper whine outside our door because she knows we're there


20. Austin's reaction to Brooke saying she would choose him if things don't work out with Drew. He immediately said YES and then under his breath goes, Goodbye Drew. :)
21. Dom and I looking at each other in disgust as we watched Love and Other Drugs
22. All of the Mexican food, especially the Cali. B. Dom finally got to try

23. Juice It Up
24. Dom getting the nickname "Giggles" by a friend I haven't seen since freshman year of High School
25. Dinner with the family as we all comment on how Dom never eats
26. Pigging out with Brooke and Drew at Midnight
27. The thick, amazing fog we went through to land
28. Landing, again. :)

Well, that was a great trip and I only wish you could have been a part of the hilarious jokes, amazing dance moves, and delicious food.

Wish List

Wish Lists aka To Do Lists for the lazy; this is the revelation that I have had this year. I have talked about my laziness in the past but I feel like I have finally just come to accept it. Rather than set goals for the new year, I am going to make a wish list. That way when I don't achieve most of my list I won't feel bad about myself, I'll just keep wishing. :) So here are my wishes, in no particular order.

1. Get chores done early
2. Make dinner more often
3. Keep yarn organized
4. Keep desk organized
5. Take care of work promptly
6. Learn the Ukulele
7. Blog more
8. Read everything Jane Austen ever wrote
9. Start the process of learning a new language
10. Read the Bible more

That's all I can think of right now or at least these are ones that I find substantial enough to even wish for. I know all this takes is a little will power and discipline and who knows, maybe when I turn 24 (which I consider the, "stop messing around you're a grown up now" age) those two ingredients will magically appear.

Here's wishin'. :)