Visitors From Far Away

Well this past weekend was another busy one for Greg and me. My little sister and her boyfriend flew in from Flagstaff for the weekend, and after going to Venice Beach on Friday, we all drove down to San Diego for a concert on Saturday. We had such a great time with them, and were even lucky enough to get a 28" pizza courtesy of Greg who really wanted one! Let me just say that no...we did not even get close to finishing it. We also went to Cabrillo National Monument where all of us were almost swept out to sea by a couple of the biggest waves I have ever seen. Sadly it was a quick trip and so Bette (my little sister) and Dustin (Bette's boyfriend) had to fly back to good old Flagstaff on Sunday. On the way to LAX we stopped by Mission San Juan Capistrano, it was an incredibly beautiful place and we really enjoyed walking the grounds and taking pictures. It wasn't too hard to say good bye to Bette and Dustin this time though...we will be seeing them this weekend on our annual Halloween camping trip! Keep an eye out for some pictures of that next week!

P.S. We are still playing 20 Questions so please leave your "yes" or "no" questions in the comment portion of this blog!

Wave!

Maybe a little too much wave?

Yup, 28" doesn't seem that big when you are hungry...but at least he is happy!

Yum!

Pure bliss!

In case you were wondering, the chairs in hotel rooms are put in there to keep the mini fridge door shut when a 28" pizza is trying to escape!

The bells at Mission San Juan Capistrano, such a peaceful and beautiful place.

Bette and Dustin at the Mission.

You've Got Questions. We've Got Answers!

Click the image to see the results of last week's inquiries!

P.S. There will be another post later in the week detailing all the fun we had over the weekend...in the mean time I have a test I must study for. TTFN!

20 Questions

Greg and I are embarking on an exciting adventure in June...Want to know what the adventure is? To find out you will have to join me in a fun game of 20 questions. The "Rules of the Game" are below. So fun!

PS: There are a few people out there who already know what adventure we are embarking on...please don't spoil the fun! Good luck everyone!!!!

Click on the image to see the "Rules of the Game."

M*A*S*H

Bet you can't guess what we did this weekend... Well if you guessed camping you are correct! I never was very good at gambling. Greg's department had their annual camping trip this weekend and this year everyone camped at Malibu Canyon. It is an incredibly beautiful area and is where the 1970's t.v. show M*A*S*H was filmed. The original plan was to hike to the M*A*S*H site this morning but everyone woke up tired and so Greg and I are planning a day trip back soon to do that particular hike. We did however, hike the Rock Pool trail which as you will be able to see below brought out the billy goat in Greg. We had a great time complete with hobo dinners, and banana boat's, if you are not sure what these meals consist of basically think of the worst foods that you can put together wrap them in tin foil and throw them on hot coals to cook. It was disgusting...in a very delicious sort of way. Sadly our camping trip is over and Greg and I are headed back to school tomorrow for another week of hard work. Till next time enjoy the pictures and video below!

Can't get there from here...

Ponder much?

Pretty, huh?

*WARNING*
Thanks to my amazing video shooting skills, the following video while acceptable for all individuals including but not limited to adults and children is... sideways. Those with motion sickness view at your own risk.

Honesty...hmmmm....

Hello everyone! I have been scampering about today getting ready for my class, and thinking...a lot. This semester I am getting to take a lot of fun classes, in order to fill some requirements needed in the state of California to graduate. I am taking a Speech class, a Sociology class as well as Spanish.

In my Speech class I have a fabulous professor who talks a lot about honesty. He asks if we think we are honest and tells us his points of view on honesty and I find it both fun and refreshing. In today's society I think the norm is for people to be untrue. This doesn't mean that you are a bad person it just means that you are not completely honest 100% of the time. A fact that my professor says he works at daily and still doesn't think he has been able to do.

So as I was getting ready for school today I was thinking of ways that I have been dishonest in my own life. I am a people pleaser, and that means in order to make you happy sometimes I will lie right to your face in an attempt to please you, other times it means that I will be dishonest with myself in order to attempt to please you. The sad thing is that my people pleasing has not pleased anyone, myself included. So I am trying to change this. I want to be honest in my life. I am not sure who said this but I really love the quote "honesty without compassion is brutality." I do not want to hurt people but I want to be honest. I have hit somewhat of a road block though...how do you tell someone that you don't want to meet them for lunch anymore without hurting their feelings? Weigh in let me know what you think, I have tried to just ignore it however at this point I am starting to feel a bit stalked! Let me know, and just so you all know the great thing about this blog is that it has been honest. I think it is easier to be honest when you don't have to see people's reactions.

Anyway I know that this post is not as fun as some of my others but I thought that I would share with all of you my goal to be more honest and hopefully one day I will be able to be 100% honest. Till next time!

Wait Listed, Flea's and the Dodgers

Our weeks are so scheduled around here sometimes it is really hard to come up with anything to blog. That being said this week was not one of those weeks. This week was rather exciting, but I had a test in one of my classes so everyone has had to wait until now to get the exciting news...I have been wait listed!!!! I can picture you all scratching your heads at this point, we are told that being wait listed is not a good thing, but in my case this is great news! Here is what it means in my situation, pending a drug test and background check (which I will of course pass with flying colors) I have officially been accepted into the clinical portion of nursing school! I have worked really hard and was able to get good enough grades and work hard enough to be accepted! The other minor detail is that due to budget cuts I may have to wait up to three semesters to actually start those clinicals, but really I am walking on air right now, so I am just not even paying any attention to that minor detail!

In other news over the weekend Greg and I had a great time going to the local flea market and sifting through everyone's old junk...I mean our new treasures, although we only purchased one item and an ice cold Squirt, because I was parched. We also had a great time at a Dodgers game on Sunday. We are not Dodgers fan's nor are we Rockies fan's but we really like watching baseball games so we went with some of Greg's colleagues and had a great time! Here is our view of the field...pretty fun, and not nearly as hostile as our seats last year!

America's Favorite Pastime