5 posts tagged “the grove”

i cannot believe how quickly this month came and went.  i got out of work early yesterday and we took advantage of it.  we went to the grove to have dinner at maggianos and walk off dinner afterwards.  it was so cold!  later that evening i made us some peppermint godiva chocolate coffee and baked some cookies.  it was nice to spend one last time at a festive location before it's all gone.

i got some bad news on the way home.  one of my ex-bosses and friend passed away recently.  i don't have all the details yet so more on that later...

this morning i began to take down some of the christmas decorations.  i said to myself that i would not try to do it all in one day and instead do a little bit every day.  i think we are going to take down to tree tomorrow morning since it's not looking so good any longer.  we're thinking of getting an artificial tree for next year.  i don't know if there are any left but we're going to check out some stores this weekend.

i am looking forward to this weekend very much.  we have plans tonight to see george lopez with our friends and we're all going to dinner beforehand, special dinner.  i cannot wait!  also, my family arrives from mexico tonight around 11pm.  i am very excited to see them and have missed them very much.

i am also looking forward to new year's eve.  we are going to spend it with the same peeps we're going out with tonight.  one of the couples is having a party at their house.  party!!!

now back to packing up stuff...ugh!

Every year once it gets closer to the end of another year I say to myself that I cannot believe how fast time flies.  I'm already 33 years old going on 34 in October and have been married for almost 13 years!  I think I have a pretty great life.  We don't have kids because I think we were one of those peeps that were not meant to have kids.  Perhaps this is the way God wanted it?  So instead we have Roxxy, a two year old Yorkie that I love to death.

Looking back to 2006 I think we did pretty well.  We were pretty

productive and accomplished a lot around the house.  We got our kitchen floor done; got some killer tiles, roosters all over the walls and painted the walls a mellow yellow.  We also got the bathroom painted a light green.  We replaced our big ass big screen with a much nicer flat screen with a new tv stand and we also replaced our old lap top with a Dell.  I upgraded my cell phone from a low budget one to a pink razor.  I lost 10 pounds and started going to the gym.  I've cooked more and I'm actually getting better at it...  There were some bumps along the way but that's a part of life.  I gained some friends and lost some as well.  Perhaps it was never meant to be?  Overall work is going well and after a couple bumps I got a nice pay increase, which is very nice.  I am looking forward to next year and have a list of things I want to accomplish.  Wish me luck!

We had a nice afternoon shopping and had a late lunch at

Cheesecake Factory @ the Grove.  We went to look for the red Coach wallet I was hoping to get for Xmas but T was right, it's sold out.  I think I spent about 1/2 hour with the sales clerk hoping he would find one at another store somewhere.  No luck!  I did however, get some deals at Crate and Barrel and I bought a lap desk for my lap top and it's awesome.  I wasn't able to find a book with my gift card so instead I got the desk.  I love it!

I spotted another movie star, this time it was Chris Farley's brother.  Does anyone know his name?

 

Oh, Vox how I love you!  You made my Christmas even more special when I read from Bonita in Pink yesterday that one of my photos had made your explorer page...finally! ;)   I was so excited when I saw it that I told my family, "hey I'm famous"!

Thanks again Vox!

Show us something unbelievable.

SNOW in California!  Can you believe that?  Well, not really it's fake snow, more like soap!  ;) LOL!