My New Best Friend!

Yesterday I did something that I have never done before. I don't know what came over me but I had a gift certificate to a spa in San Diego and got a chemical peel on my face. I made my appointment and as the day approached I got really scared. I went in and it was so relaxing. The cleaned my face and then rubbed this chemical on my face. It tingled a little bit but then was fine. It feels like a little sunburn and then you peel only to reveal a fresh younger skin. I can't be in the sun for a week or even wear make-up, which is fine by me. The girl who did my treatment was really nice; she gave me this stuff to wash your face with which is my new best friend. I'm sure you can order it online. It makes your face feel so good; I recommend it!

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Are you ready for some FOOTBALL!

So this last Saturday, Ian and I head up to Santa Monica for the day to watch my brother first away game. We got up early on Saturday, grabbed a coffee and headed for the open road. We went to my sister’s apartment to pick her up and headed to the outdoor mall in Santa Monica to meet up with my parents. Surprisingly, I didn't find anything worth shopping for. I really enjoyed spending time with the family and doing what we do best..eating. We went to this sports bar to pass some time before the football game. It felt like the whole world was there because of the U.C.L.A and U.S.C. game. We ordered our food and waited but then all of the sudden all the waiters started blowing their whistles. we looked around only to see everyone walking to our table to bring us our food; Ian apparently ordered a special item on the menu that got the whole restaurants attention. People were walking over to our table to take a picture with Ian and his meal. F.Y.I...he did not finish the burger.

After our meal, we headed over to the college for the big game. Let me just start by saying it is very hard to go to a high school like East and to feel uncomfortable or feel a little bit of culture shock. We walk up to buy our tickets and then had to proceed through a metal detector while a police officer checked our purses! There was no food stand but a roach coach. The cheerleaders had their baby on the field with them. I felt really bad because no one showed up to support the other team. Bakersfield, however took up the stands! I was so proud of how the team played, they were classy and didn't play nasty like the other team and we even ended up cheering for the other team to be good sports. I made these fingers that ended up being such a hit! A couple of the pictures were from the previous weeks game as well. We won 43-0. Leave a comment if you want a finger!

Home Sweet Home

So this last weekend Ian and I came home for a couple of different things. We came home late Friday night. Go up early Saturday morning and went to my Aunt house for a barbeque. It was my grandmother’s birthday and so the family just wanted to be together, it was really nice. We told stories and looked through my grandmother college yearbooks. After that, Ian and I left to go to the B.C. football game because my brother Charlie is playing, even as a freshmen. I was a little nervous for him because the other team looked absolutely huge. I didn’t realize what a tough program that had up there, they are ranked 13th in the nation for junior college and that is why Cal State doesn’t have a program. My brother plays wedge buster aka sprint to the end of the field at kick off and break through the line to tackle the guy catching the football to run it back. I was so impressed! They ended up killing the other team 55-7. After the game I went by a friend house from High school. They are going to Argentina to teach English. It was so much fun to catch up with everyone! I met up with my brother and sister later that night, very weird to party with the siblings but none the less always fun. Sunday we woke up and went to brunch and then came home to take a nap…very long night before. Later that day we said our goodbye and off to Ian’s dad’s house for a barbeque. It was so nice to see my two nieces! Then the usual routine we have been doing year after year. Gas up, long drive to the base of the mountain and I cry the whole way because I miss my family. I usually get better about Los Angeles. P.S. Ian and I had our first serious talk about moving home!

Watch out Barry Bonds!

Since Ian has started his new job, his co-workers have asked him to play on the company softball team. He told they’re every Wednesday night and for the next couple of months. He always reminds me the morning of so I am sure to go out and watch. We pull up to the first game in a very cute Carmel Valley neighborhood. The streets are lined with cute homes, local park and kids being picked up by their moms from soccer practice, very charming. We walk towards the end of the park where the baseball diamonds were to watch the team playing. Keep in mind; if you know my husband, we had to be there an hour early and yes he was nervous. I just sat there and watched the opposing team roll up because I had nothing better to do and people watched my favorite thing. It was the Pfizer Pharmaceuticals team and conveniently the day there lawsuit was on the front page of yahoo. Let me just say that I know of one thing the company will be cutting back and that is there matching uniforms that are better than the major leagues. I don’t mean to stereotype but the opposing team was very Bill Gates meets Steve Wozniak., nothing to worry about right! WRONG, they killed Ian’s team but my man did have a home run.

New Job

Lately there has been a lot to blog about and sometimes I actually struggle to know what to post and other times, like now, I have a ton to say. One of the other major things that has happened between family, moving and graduating, is that Ian got a new job! He know get to be a chemist, what he has worked so hard for. He got hired at a biotech company in San Diego called INOVA Diagnostics. I don’t know exactly what he does but it goes a little something like this. When you go to the doctor and get blood work done, the little test kits the use, his company manufactures and distributes. Ian get in a full blown suit and work with samples to make sure the test kits are correct in producing the results the doctors should get chemically. This is a more efficient way in getting the result to the patients. The people he works with are really nice too, they go golf, Ian plays on the company softball team and he has already been to lunch with his boss. I am so proud of him, only Ian could pull off getting such a great job in such a bad time with the economy. I love you Ian!

This is a picture of the test kits they company makes.

Fall

I can’t believe it is already first of September. Time really does fly by when you get older! I love it that fall is around the corner. There is something about fall that even when I was little, I couldn’t wait for it to get here. Even though I am not a huge fan of apples, I love apple cider, pumpkins and the leave turning all the different orange and brown colors. I love seeing all the retail stores stocking their shelves with back to school product, Halloween costumes and then the highlight of my year CHRISTMAS! I know I am completely sick but I think I love this time of yearly naturally because I get to decorate like crazy. I started out in September by helping my mom in her classroom with all her bulletin boards. Then I remember always getting to decorate the house with Molly and Charlie for Halloween. I would even go as far as talking my grandma into a Target trip after school so I could do her house as well. Then you have Thanksgiving, another favorite of mine. I love helping my mom cook and set the table for all 9,000 family members with the exception of the year when we decided that it would be a great year to use china…that is a lot of cleaning dishes by hand my friends! Last but not least, every day after Thanksgiving, my dad gets the lights upon the house; always the first on the block. After getting our lights up, we would always do my grandma’s house. I thought I was so cool because I got to get on the second story roof with my dad! I remember always wanting to help in every little aspect. Even now poor Ian has to eat dinner with glittered place mats and some décor staring back at him. If anyone wants to swap any crafting ideas…I’M TOTALLY DOWN! Until then, I will be enjoying the season.