Bye bye snow (Sunday, March 27th)

It was the end to a fun weekend. We left at noon and got back in record time despite the accident-related traffic we ran into around Dublin. I was glad to be home. It's fun going away but there's nothing like home!

Sledding on body boards (Sat., March 25th)

We woke up Saturday morning to a blanket of snow outside. It was so beautiful. There were flurries outside but we decided to go sledding. We drove for about half an hour to this area that had a nice sizable hill. There were already people there but it wasn't too crowded. Someone had shoveled out steps on the side so it made it a lot easier to walk up to the top. We had some pretty good runs and then took a break and watched as people used body boards to go down the hill. Some survived and some SERIOUSLY ate it! We also witnessed this guy and a kid about 3 or 4 going down a raft and we watched as they hit a bump and the kid went flying out of the raft, landed flat on his face and roll over. The kid's screaming bloody mary and all that guy (who we assumed was the dad) could do was plop him back in the raft and lie back with his arms over his face. He did this while the kid was crying for a couple minutes before he finally got up and dragged the raft w/kid back to the car. Dumb ass.....

We rented "Kung Fu Hustle" and "Derailed." We had my meat and potato casserole with some homemade oatmeal toffee cookie ice cream sandwich. Yum! We watched both movies and called it a night.

The snow life's not for me! (Friday, March 24th)

We had a nice lazy morning and didn't get to Heavenly 'til almost 10. I've only been snowboarding once and it wasn't a very good experience. This time Ray was my instructor. We took the tram up to the top. That took about 5 minutes. Getting down the slope? 1 1/2 hours. After spending all the time getting down the slope, almost pulling a groin muscle, and then trying again for another hour after lunch I have decided that I am a snow bunny for life! It was so frustrating not being able to get past these inner fears I have.

After my pathetic attempt at boarding we went back to their place to take a break before heading to the hot springs. The hot springs was about 40 minutes away and it was well worth it. For $5 we got to soak in a nice hot bath. It was the size of a swimming pool except the water was very hot. It felt soooo good! After hanging out in the springs for a little over an hour we headed back home to have some homemade chicken enchiladas and then went to Caesar's to lose some money. Jeff did pretty well.

Tahoe or bust! (Thursday, March 23, 2006)

Ray and I borrowed my parent's SUV and headed up to S. Tahoe to spend the weekend with Jolie and Jeff. Traffic was light and it was snowing. We got to their place around 11 p.m. and conked out a little after midnight.

Dan Scott needs to burn in hell!



I love Whitey!

How detailed should one be?

A field trip full of surprises raises questions on whether or not I should have posted it.

Thai food and poker

Who can refuse Shirley's curry? I sure as hell can't! Ray and I went over to Shirley and Lorena's for some thai food and poker on Friday night. Her and I were suppose to have our date on Thurs. night but plans had changed so we came over on Friday. Johnny, Cassandra, Xuanthao, Brian, Divij, and Alice were also there. We ate yummy chicken curry, beef and string beans, ramen noodles, soup, and sticky rice with coconut and mango. Yum! I was soooo stuffed. We watched SuperNanny911 and Trading Spouses while we ate and digested. We had some great commentaries. 3 words, hippies and nut bags.

Around 10ish we started up the poker game. I'm a very conservative card player and I don't know how to play poker that well but man did I kick ass! By midnight I had over half of the chips! *evil laugh* It was fun playing with everyone.

Dress shopping

On Tuesday Jen and I went to Panache Bridal in Los Altos to check out their trunk show. I saw this really nice dress. I made another appt. to bring my mom to see it this Sat. I also met with an independent designer to talk about this one dress I saw on her website that I really liked. We did some sketches and made a few changes to the neckline, etc. The next day she sent me a final sketch with a quote. It was around how much I thought it would be.


So I took my mom to Panache today and she checked out the dresses I tried on. She liked one and was ok with the other two. (She was ok with the one I liked. Argh.) She then explained to the salesperson that she wanted me to have a dropped waist to make me like skinnier (go figure.) So the salesperson picked out a dress I hadn't tried on. I put it on and I really liked the beading and crystals on the bodice. I totally loved the design on the train. When I looked at myself in the outside mirror I was amazed. It looked really good! My mom loved it too. With the trunk show discount the dress was slightly cheaper than the dragon dress. My mom made a good point when she said that it's too risky to pay for a dress that I won't see until my first fitting. So, they took measurements and we put in a deposit. I'm so excited! The dress is really pretty!

Missing Ray

So Ray went on his first business trip since we've been together. He went to the fabulous Omaha, Nebraska. It's the first time since we've moved in that I'll be alone. Luckily I kept myself busy with dress shopping, etc. It feels weird not having him around. I don't like it.

Last week I went to my monthly stamping workshop and a Partylite party. It was my first Partylite party and even though the candles and accessories are nice they're way too expensive for my taste! It's like shopping on Pampered Chef. The products are cool and the quality seem to be better than other places but it's still frickin' expensive! I did buy a candle and holder but I don't think I would buy from Partylite again. I'm content with my Walgreens brands and an occasional Illuminations splurge!

On Saturday Ray and I ran a bunch of errands. He rented a suit for Rob & Cindy's wedding, I bought snow pants and boots, and went to Beverly Fabrics and Target to buy items for our centerpieces. Thanks to Lorraine we were able to cash in on major discounts on fake grapes and Target had these really cute bowls.

We then headed to my parents to pick up my sister. We had tickets to Cirque du Soleil's Corteo. My sister and I go Cirque every time they're in town. It was ok. I felt like it was a little too "Ringley Bros" circus-like acts. I can tell they were trying to make it cirque-style and the theme of the show was sorta the circus style, but the reason I like Cirque is because it's not your ordinary circus. I like how they strive to be unique so watching trapeze and tight rope acts were ok.
We had taken the light rail so we took it back to the car. We decided to be naughty and not buy another ticket and just risk it. Unfortunately, when we were only 2-3 stops away from ours I saw a sheriff or something official looking hop on so we got off the train. So we had to wait 10 more min. for the next one and it wasn't nice and sunny outside! It was an interesting little adventure.

Today we did some more centerpiece shopping. Lorraine gave us some good advice and things are really starting to form. I'm a bit stressed by all the little details such as where to put ppl that arrive at the reception too early or like who's going to set up the centerpieces. I enjoying planning but this is the mother of all planning for me and it's getting a bit crazy!