Celebrating 3 years of Marriage

Hollywood Sign

The Beginning of the Walk of Fame

The Chinese Theatre

Hollywood and Highlands Shopping Center

The Odditorium

The Button Man

This man was insane! even though he was playing with it up his nose he sounded amazing! The Crap you find on Hollywood Boulevard!

The Pirate Dinner Adventure Venue

This is when the big boom kicked off the show!

Jared and I.

Our Pirate Cake

MMMMMMM Look at that six pack!

Our Cute Cake

Our Pirate and Gypsy girl

The Beautiful flowers that Jared brought me on Tuesday. It was cute because we went to get groceries and then I got home before him and I couldn't figure out what he was doing. Then a knock came at the door and when I anwered there he was holding this and a super sweet card. He is the best!

Blogger Lameness...Yup that's me!

I have been truely aweful at being on top of my blog lately. Things at the office and outside of work have been very busy for us lately. For the past week or so we have been preparing for our June 2009 Distributor conference for work. Every single one of us has been running all over the place with at least a hundred things to do/re-do before the conference kicked off. I have left work every single night completely exhausted and have had to force myself to go to the gym becuase I have no energy. I have been completely aweful at going to the gym lately as well. I haven't gone at all this week and I feel like a cow but I just haven't had time and I think Jared got me sick.

But lets back up....because of the conference Jared and I had to celebrate our anniversary early. So on Saturday we woke up and did a little bit of research and then loaded up into the car and drove to Hollywood. I just love going to Hollywood...it's so exciting and because I am such a theatre/music buff it makes it that much more of a great scene for me. The history of some of those building is just phenominal. The greats walked there. I wish I were famous lol. We parked at our normal spot at the hollywood and highlands shopping center. It's cool because it's right next to the Kodak theatre and has a perfect view of the Hollywood sign. you just walk out of the amazing indoor outdoor shopping and down the steps onto hollywood blvd. We walked over and went to Ripley's believe it or not odditorium. That was so fun! those exhibts are insane. Mr. Ripley went to some crazy places in the course of his life. We were going to go to the wax museum but we ran out of time because we had dinner plans at 8:30 in Buena Park. We left just in time to arrive at the Pirate Dinner Adventure as soon as they opened at 7. Good thing to because everyone had the same idea we did and the line was already getting long. They had a preshow and free appetizers while we waited. Jared and I grabbed some drinks and settled down for the preshow. They did some fun silly entertainment with the audience and they had a "gypsy" girl that did the most amazing acrobatics. we were completely focused on her walking from the ceiling and the lights were dimmed. Then BOOM! An explosion happened and whiskey barrels were falling from ceiling and pirates were sliding down right in front of us. It was so exciting! When we came in the door we got a ticket with a color on it and that determined our section and the pirate that we followed. Ours was green and we got to sit in the second row. The show was just great. very entertaining! Plus I loved the fact that every single one of those men had a perfect 6 pack. It's not very often that women get good eye candy like that lol. They mentioned to everyone that it was our anniversary and they even gave us a cake *the secret is we paid for it lol* If you ever come to California or go to Florida then you should check it out. I have pictures of it that I will post later. I had to work on Tuesday *our real anniversary date* so we just went to the grocery store and Jared made me Ribeye steak and I made real mashed potatoes. It was such a nice dinner. When Jared came home he brought me the most beautiful flowers, there were a dozen roses, calalillys, carnations, and a few others that I don't know the name of. I just can't believe that we have been married for 3 years already. It's amazing!

Dismissed for lack of prosecution...

Yup readers...the title says it all! Court went very well, Here is the story.

I left work around noon so that I would have plenty of time to get there and wait until called into trial. I was freaking out pretty bad so I pulled out my awesome iphone and played a little bit of bewjeweled to calm my nerves...and by george it was working.....Until.....The unhappy indian man sitting next to me felt that he had to talk and complain about how bad and stupid our country was. I was so annoyed and gave him pretty much every sign I could in a polite way for him to see that I wasn't interested in chatting. At last..the doors flew open and the baliff walked out to call us in. Yes! Wait NO! the nerves came back and we were marched into the large room with at least 20 police man on the right side of the room. We sat down and paper work was passed around. The small but boisterous baliff continued to tell us what to do and what was about to happen to us all. The clerk entered and started to call roll call. She would call our names and the cop that pulled us over. If the police man didn't answer then we were to stand up and move to the first two rows of the court room. I was the last one to be called, out of around 30 people. I loudly said "Present" and waited for the call of the cop. Nothing. WAHOO! I stood up and moved to the front of the room but still remained stressed and nervous. We were told to stand up to be sworn into court and had to tell the reason for our ticket. Then the judge entered. We all were seated and she started to read names from a small stack of papers...it was "us" the small group fortunate ones whom did not have a cop present. she read off everyone but me, my heart began to race and that small panic was creeping back. The clerk had my paper still and had forgotten to give it to the judge. The judge looked at my paper and read my name..then said "Charges dismissed for lack of prosecution!"

I breathed a sigh of relief and had to sit anxiously while the others stood pleading their case. It was so scary...I hate being in trouble for anything! After what felt like forever the bailiff handed me my paper and said you are free to go. I took my paper and walked out of that court room proud!

Thank you Mellisa for calling the cop and telling him not to come ;) Your the bestest friend ever!

Court...Again...

I have my trial today at 1:00 and I am freaking out! I didn't do anything wrong but I know that they are all going to look at me and treat me like I need to go to jail right then and there. I am so stressed it's retarded. But $440 is a lot of money that I don't have. Wish me luck readers...I need it!

The Dreaded Blue Jeans.....

Blue jeans...something that hasn't wrapped my body in over a year. It felt like jeans became untouchable as most clothes did when I gained so much weight, but after months of trying to put on jeans and let down after let down going from size bigger and bigger, I found some! As you all know I have started my road to a healthy life in March when I joined Fuse fitness and I have been going every single day since then. I am trying to watch what I eat a little more and every morning for breakfast I substitute that with a slimfast as I am running to work. So far I have lost 10 pounds and several inches in some parts but i'm not sure on the exact count because I didn't measure like I should have when I started. I am very excited to be able to squeeze into jeans again..especially L.E.I ones. and I hope to continue to get smaller and smaller. Wish me luck reader! Love all of you!

Pictures...FINALLY!!

Pictures finally...sorry this post is long!

Dinner at the Hard Rock Cafe

My dad teaching my mom how to box on the wii.

Fishing on the Oceanside Pier

The tank museum on base

My mom thought it was funny that marines call the bathroom the head.

feeding squirells at the look out point.

Jared is mean and caught it by the tail

The oceanside harbor at dusk

Yes this is a bat ray and we fed it fish!

Eating Lunch at Seaworld

Dana Point Fishing trip

Heading out to sea

California Scorpion fish Jared caught (it's spines are poisonous)

the tiny rockbass I caught

inside the gully where mom and I spent a lot of time due to sea sickness

Happy Birthday to me!

Our first round

Yum. Carribean Fantasy

Over Under Shots.

Kick in the ass shooters

Yay! Tickets!

I love my hubby

The bartender gave her a sippy cup full of water.

Our Walrus impression

I love my girls

The awesome cake they made me

Our 12:30 am drunk hug

It was a great night

He's the best!

The computer desk and Chair that Jared bought me for my b-day!

Happy Birthday To Me!

May 3rd...a day that's all about me....my birthday! The past few birthdays that I have had pretty much sucked, It was just another day to me and it didn't feel special at all. The last big semi Hoorah was for my 16th, so when asked what I wanted to do for my birthday I just responded with "what we do every weekend, nothing special". This of course made Jared sad that I didn't feel like I was special enough to do anything for my birthday so he went all out this year to make my 21st over the top.

My day started out pretty early for a sunday (well at least for my sunday haha) Jared woke me up at 8:00 and was telling me to get ready because he wanted to go out for breakfast. Then we tells me that he needs time to finishing planning something secret and wanted to kick me out of the house so I threw on some clothes and went to the tanning bed so he could have a moment. After my nice warm tan, I met Jared at IHOP. When I walked in the door he smiled and took me back to our table that he had gotten and said " I already ordered for you...this will be a test to see how well I know my Boo" I laughed at him and said " you better know me, we have only been together for almost 6 years now" The breakfast was delicious! He ordered me an orange juice, stuffed strawberry french toast, hashbrowns, eggs, and bacon. Yum! After our meal he said ok well you have an appointment to be at soon so get in the car and follow me, it's a surprise. He took me to June Angel Day Spa and I got a 30 minute massage! *it was badly needed after that guy rear-ended us* He is so sweet! We back to the house so I could finally take a shower and get ready for the day but when I walked in the door there was Jared with Camera in hand and my two besties jumped out from behind the wall and yelled "SURPRISE!" They had decorated my house with streamers, balloons, and they made me a cake! They are simply the best ever! We painted our toes and hung out for a bit then we all loaded up in the car and drove to Irvine to go to Dave and Busters (for all of you that don't know what that is, it's like an adult chucky cheese with better food and an open bar.) We started the night off with dinner in the lounge and then we headed off to play games. It was finally the time for the girls to have a drink together and we did just that. (Again as I say in every post...pictures to come...) Jamie and I got T-shirts with our tickets winnings and Mellisa got a coffee mug. I told her she would need it after the drinks we had since she is a light weight drinker. :) Love ya Mel! We got home at 12:30 am and we all had to get up and go to work the next day. So we didn't eat the girls cake but it looked great. It was a wonderful birthday and I am so loved and adored by these guys and they did everything they could to show me that. It was really nice!

Visits come to a close...

After a week with my parents they had to go home today. :( It was so good to see them since it had been so long. We had so much fun while they were here though, Fishing trips, seaworld, shopping, dinners. It was just great! For our last Hoorah before they left my parents took us out on a deep sea fishing trip in Dana Point. It was so great! (well besides me getting sea sick) It was a crazy rush to get there in the morning though, the boat was to leave at 10 am and we were coming from Oceanside which is about 30 or 40 miles from there. It was no problem for us to get there but we were concerned that Jared wasn't going to make it because he had to rush to the dentist to get a gold crown put on his tooth. So my parents and I left and he was going to meet us there. The drive was beautiful and everything was going smoothly.

We got to the Dana Point Harbor Drive intersection and we were waiting to turn into the harbor and then all of the sudden the guy behind us thought that the light had turned green and he rear ended my parents PT Cruiser. I was so ticked off, I was cussing him like crazy! Well my dad was really scared to get out of the car because that intersection is so busy to he motioned for the guy to follow us into the parking lot. Well the guys didn't understand and kept honking at us like we were trying to run. We had to stop at another red light and he jumped out of his car and pulled his license plate off of our car and then got back into his car and left. He didn't care to see if we were ok or say sorry. Well since we didn't have time to mess with the situation we just let it be and rushed to our boat. Well needless to say even though it was just a small accident it jarred my back enough to make it painful for the rest of the day and today it is hurting to much! We made it on time though and just prayed that Jared would be able to make it since the ticket was non-refundable and they were a pretty penny.

We started to load and we even talked to the captain and asked him to wait. They were so nice and said that wouldn't be a problem so we went and got our bait and then went back to the dock to pick Jared up. Some of the other passengers that apparently go out on these trips all the time said that in all the years that they have been doing this they have never gone back to get anyone ever! Jared felt pretty special :) On our ride out to the designated spot there were dolphins playing in our wake it was so neat and toward the end of the trip we saw a couple of whales. When we were allowed to drop our lines Jared was quick to catch a fish, in fact he was the first person. He caught a poisionous California Scorpion Fish. It was ugly :)

After getting sick and taking a mini nap in the gully, the trip was coming to a close. 5 hours into fishing and only around maybe 20 fish later we headed back into the harbor. Thank mom and dad for taking us, that was amazing! We took my parents out to dinner to Outback steakhouse to celebrate my birthday and their last day here. It was a good meal follow by the sadness of them packing up and getting to leave. I love you guys and thanks for coming to visit!

Visitors Finally!

April has been a good busy month for us! We have had members from both sides of the family come to visit us, which is always nice. Usually Just Jared's dad comes, he is our most frequent visitor. The beginning of the month Craig (Jared's dad) Will (Jared's brother) and Jared (will's friend) came down for an unexpected visit. They called us around 10:30 in the evening on March 31st and said " we will be at your house at 4:00 am." There wasn't much notice, so we paused our show, got up off the couch and started cleaning up the house. They didn't get there at 4 but it was still early enough. As soon as they walked in the house they crashed on the couch and air matress and I left for work. Craig left the next day because he had to be in Idaho for work on monday and it's a long drive back to his home in seattle to prepare to leave. He left Will and Jared behind to enjoy their spring break with us. It was pretty fun, we took them to downtown San Diego to go shopping and we ate at the Hard Rock Cafe. (Pictures will come soon)

After years of begging, my parents broke down and on Thursday they were on their way to see me. I was so excited because it was the first time they have come to visit in CA since I have moved here 3 years ago. Plus I hadn't seen them since December of '07 so it was past time. Unfortunately I haven't been able to take any time off during the week to spend with them since they arrived but they have come to eat lunch with me on friday and then today. We had a fun busy weekend, on saturday we woke up and went fishing off the end of the pier but didn't have any luck catching anything. Then we ate some lunch and took them on a tour of Camp Pendleton to see how Jared and the rest of the marines live life. We stopped at a neat museum on base that had tanks and old vehicles from past wars. The sense of Pride overwhelmed me as I stood there taking pictures. As much as I hate the marines because of the crap they have put us through I can't help but get emotional every single time something patriotic comes along. After our long base tour we went to the harbor at night to see the boats and the lighthouse. We ate fish and chips and headed back to the house to finally fall into bed. On Sunday we got up and got ready to drive to San Diego to go to Seaworld! I just love going to Seaworld, we get one pair of free tickets per year for military thanks to Anheuser busch (Budweiser for those of you who don't know) I have gone every single year that I have been here and I still just love seeing everything over and over! They changed one of the shows and I saw a few things that I never had before so that was fun. we stayed until the park closed at 9:00 and we watched the fireworks that they set off every night at 9:15. So far it's been a fun trip and I love having them here! I will be sad to see them go home this week. I will post pictures of both trips soon, I have been lazy with posting anything!

HEAT WAVE!

It is so hot today....The temp on that thermometer is so lie! It was so warm yesterday that it stayed 80 degrees at 9:00 pm. I slept with both of the sliding glass doors and window open plus the ceiling fan on. Thank goodness I work in an office that has air conditioning! I do bank runs for the company every other day or every day depending on the amount recieved and when I got into my car the temp gage said that is was 105! Ha...I don't know where the heat wave is coming from but we are melting here in California. :)

More Just Cuz It's Wednesdays...

Jared is seriously the best. He has shown up to my work 5 times now on wednesdays to bring me lunch and flowers and when I ask why he just replies..."Just cuz it's wednesday" I love him so much! Here are the most recent flowers.

This one is my cute little swan from a couple of weeks ago!

Progress

So I realized that it's been forever since I have updated everyone on the healthy living I am trying to do. I am still currently going to the gym almost every day for at least an hour. I have uped my cardio to 30 minutes from 20, and I still do weight training every night. I also have been doing tanning on the side, It's really not the healthy living but I sure do look good golden brown! :D So it's been about a month and a half and I have been getting a little frustrated. I didn't feel like there were any results besides me feeling a little bit better every day. Every time I would weight I kept gaining weight and then I would get mad but I kept going. But then I slowly started to see that I have lost inches in certain spots and they aren't as large as they used to be since my muscle finally built up enough to have a result. Last night I weighed in again and kept my fingers crossed....I Lost 4.9 Lb!!! Finally something!