Did she really just say that?

I have the pleasure of being in my cousin ephanie's wedding in December. Today was the day that I called in my measurements. It ranks right up there with wearing a bathing suit in public, annual pap smears and the dentist. Not a lot of fun. I shared my measures and the sweet lady named Tina said, "That's it? Well those aren't THAT bad!" Wwhhhhaaaaatttttt! I said no judgement, your opinion = your judgement. No thank you, but thanks for the back door compliment, I guess.

Picking up where I left off...

Last year around this time was kind of a low point for Brent and I. We had just failed IVF and the fertility doctors told me that I had to take the summer off. Like it was something I could turn on/turn off!
Anyways, i decided to try acupuncture not only for fertility but for overall health. Well, we know that it worked! ;) I had also decided to really embrace and push my health and physical abilities. That came to a screeching halt whenI found out I was pregnant. I was afraid to cough! I had a perfect pregnancy, very boring, very blessed. Now, he's here and I find myself feeling complete, satisfied, very "I told you I could have a baby" and lest I admit frumpy. The pregnancy never kicks my butt it's the post partum and nursing. I can't control myself with eating. In my defense i dont ever feel full. Im always hungry. I thought it would be a good idea to track my calories and be present while consuming them! Today I start anew. Today I am being mindful of what goes in and am going to try to move a little more. It's a fine balance with nursing because you have to keep up your calories! But I figure if I could start to see the scale move about a pound a week, that that would be more than reasonable. Nine months on, nine months off.
So I went to the Mecca, Wegmans, and spent 100 bucks on god knows what. I bought kale for crying out loud. I wanted to try it, and let's say it's gross roasted. I bought coconut water. That wasn't too bad, but I think it would have been better spent in a piña colada, just saying. So it's lunch and according to my app for counting calories I'm at 1453. That leaves me with just 350 or so for dinner and another snack. I'm thinking 1800 calories shouldn't impact my milk supply. Here goes nothing!

Valentine's Day in LA

I knew I would be late in blogging about the end of our chilly trip to So Cal! Typical. Anyways, we headed off to LA for Valentine's Day. We were hoping traffic wouldn't be so bad on the weekend, we were wrong. It took FOREVER to get there. We ended up catching lunch at this restaurant called the "Backwoods Inn". It was. It was the type of dive that you could put the peanut shells on the floor. No questions asked. That's classy. And there were all sorts of dead, stuffed animals proudly displayed on the walls and overhangs at the bar. Whoo-hoo. Not to mention there were naked women on the walls--the curvacious Victorian ones with the nipple area whited (? sp) out as if not to offend anyone. Sweet.
It was an adventure. It was nice to just pull off the highway and see where it lead us. It's a real challenge to do that with Allison in the car.
We drove all around LA. Took some great pictures of the Hills, I will post those later. ((Brent is using my laptop to do taxes, I'm hiding out, I don't want to know the outcome!)) I got to go shopping on Rodeo Drive, gush. So fun to pretend I was "pretty woman"--Big mistake, big, huge!! To top off our day, we had dinner at In and Out Burger. I am not a big Valentine's Day person--I would much rather get flowers and candy on any other day than that one. It's just not as special if everyone else is getting some too! Brent kept saying he was soo happy to be able to get away with no flowers, no candy and fast food for dinner. I was happy, I was with him!
All in all we had a wonderful trip in LA. I miss Allison with every cell in my body, but it's nice to spend time alone with my hubby! ;)

Why does the weather hate us?

So full day #2 in So Cal, is just as cold and wet as the previous. We opted to stay close to Carlsbad and I pulled my romantic comedy movie card. ((Brent and I take turns picking movies)). I wanted to see Slumdog, but you can't find it anymore out here. I guess we are backwards and slow in the East! So, since Valentine's is close (gush), I thought it was time for a good chick flick.

Except it wasn't! We saw "He's just not that into you" and it was awful. I need at least three moments in a romantic comedy where I literally put my hand over my mouth and become teary-eyed. This movie only landed me one of those moments (Neil washing dishes) There was a close runner up when Neil but Beth's ring in his old nasty pants.
Although my husband was Neil and I was Gigi. That's the other thing I need to do in romantic comedies is assign who's who based on characteristics and familiar behaviors.
I also don't appreciate movies that portray marriage as a "possible" negative and adultery, um hello?? Where's my happy ending??

So skip the flick. Seriously. It's more for netflix or even on demand. The soundtrack however, not too bad. Might download some of those tunes.

We are off to LA for Valentine's Day........I want to see some paparazzi.

Greetings from sunny sometimes and cold always San Diego!

Brent and I are enjoying some time away from the usual hustle and bustle of life in Southern CA. The problem is it's cold, very cold! We arrived to find out that the rest of our time here the weather would be "unseasonably cool" and "wet". How perfect. The area of the country known for having a stable weather pattern has a blurp while we are here. Al Gore's right, global warming sucks.
We are making the most of it and have ventured out on some day trips. We are staying at the Four Seasons in Carlsbad, not too shabby but our room is hella cold. Enough whining about the weather. The picture above is the view outside of our patio. I have enjoyed doing some reading outside and listening to the fountain while drinking my morning tea. Not too shabby.
Yesterday we went down to San Diego. When we were here a couple of years ago I wanted to go to Seaport Village but we didn't make it so I wanted to be sure to go this trip. I was VERY disappointed. It was a tourist trap for sure. I was hoping to find some swanky shops to get some unique gifts and things and nothing. To make matters worse, you had to buy something to validate parking otherwise you had to pay to park. That doesn't seem right to me!


After Seaport Village, we ventured over to the USS Midway and took some pictures around the bay. The Military and Coast Guard were quite busy with their helicopters over us for what seemed to be every five minutes! (Am I whining again!?) Here's the picture of the most famous "kiss". It's a super big statue. We were also goofing off at the Bob Hope memorial. All in good fun!


After that we drove over to Coronado Island. On our previous trip, we had dinner at the famous Coronado Hotel but didn't really explore the island. So that's what we did this trip. The stores and shopping in Coronado make up for my disappointment in Seaport Village. After lunch we headed back to Carlsbad and took a detour to La Jolla. Brent's most favorite place in the world! We drove along the coast and took some pictures of Torrey Pines, sea lions sunning and the ocean. Those are mostly what you see here.




We are planning a trip to Laguna -- I gotta go!! And also to LA. I'm going shopping on Rodeo drive and I hope to see some famous people this time! :) I also want to go to Coto, but we'll see........gotta try and find some housewives!