What a great experience! My Mom grew up in Finland, and I still have a good chunk of family that lives there. I went once when I was about 2 years old, but obviously don’t remember it at all. My cousin got married, so it was just the perfect excuse for me and hubs to…
Our WI Favorites
Our buddies from Wisconsin came for their annual summer visit. We just love when they are here. They kept this pregnant lady on her toes as we toured all around town. We saw LACMA, the Downtown L.A. Art Walk, the Getty, and spent some time with family as well. One is going off to college…
4th of July
Usually for Independence Day we get together with the friends at someone’s house to BBQ/relax. This year we wanted to mix it up a little, so we got together with the friends and went down to Long Beach. We had a great lunch at the Yardhouse and walked around Shoreline Village for a bit. We…
Scary Moments
Let me preface this by saying that everything is fine. But today was not a good day. I was feeling good this morning, but it took an ugly turn. We had an ultrasound at 9am, which I assumed was just a routine ultrasound. We were looking forward to seeing how the little one had grown…
Cat's Outta The Bag
It’s been so hard keeping this in for the last several weeks! But now it’s all over Facebook, so there are no more secrets. Yup, we’re finally pregnant! It feels like we’ve been trying forever. In all actuality, it’s been almost 3 years. Which I realize is a blip in time in the grand scheme…
Father's Day
It’s an interesting day for me. It brings up both happy thoughts and sad. Obviously I first think about my own Dad. We don’t have the best relationship now that we are both grown-ups. And sometimes it makes me sad. But for some reason, even with our faults and frustrations, I still think of my…
Lakers!
I’m one of those bandwagon fans who only watches basketball during the playoffs. And only if the Lakers are in it. So tonight, you know we’ll be rooting for the purple and gold! GO L.A.! I’m so gangster. **UPDATE: Why do idiots have to embarrass L.A. by rioting? This makes no sense!!!!! Can’t we just…
Help!
I’ve fallen off the blog-wagon! I swore I wouldn’t do that because this is sort of like my journal. I need to write things down to remember them. Seriously, my memory is that bad. But honestly, things have been pretty mellow around here. I got really sick with a sinus infection, but let’s just skip…
Allergy Season
Well it’s THAT time of year again. Allergy season. Ugh. Same story as this time last year. I’ve been changing the sheets regularly, we just changed our carpet not too long ago, so the only thing I can think of is maybe it’s time for a new mattress. But then again, I have the allergies…
Girls Just Wanna Have Fun
This past weekend, after many months of anticipation, I took a trip with my girlfriends to Las Vegas. I will say that this was not my first choice of location, simply because… well, I go to Vegas a lot. And I’ve been craving new places. But it was really the easiest vacation to plan and…