another week down...

not much has really happened this last week. i worked. with our new contract, we now get major money for working holidays. I just so happened to work one this last week, so hooray! im getting excited for the things we have planned for the next couple months. we are talkin about a trip to virginia city, maybe a trip over to vacaville. i saw online a cool cottage you can rent in Yahatz, oregon. and im sure many trips here and there. right now im saving and working on consolidating my stuff, that way when i move in June, i will come out ahead. so far, im doing great!
as for my arts n crafts stuff, i have a couple big projects planned. and i am REALLY trying to start on christmas stuff early! i opened an online store. most of you have been sent the link. i know it may be a bit hard to navigate, but it was the only really free website i could open. so, that is really about it. just work, and sleep, and hang out with my buddy for now.... maybe when the weather gets better we can start travelin and visitin people! right now, its snowing off and on. i guess the groundhog was wrong!

so for this month....

i have been MIA for awhile. well, as you see in the pics, i have a new guy friend. he is great! loves to just go do stuff, and still loves to hang out and relax. ive been spending alot of time with him, doing fun stuff. we took that trip to santa rosa this last weekend, and we have a trip to go visit my mom and don for march. (her newly remodeled store grand opens about that time) i am quite sad that i dont get to go on the trip with them to see Gpa Bob and Dorothy. but this summer there is all kinds of things going on im sure. work picked up for a bit, i got in some good overime days, but we have slowed down. im still maninly working. i have decided i want to start painting. so first, i will use my chalks for that. my pal Valarie is redoing her house, so i have been trying to help her. i want to make something great for it. im making cards still. i think i am going to start workin on christmas presents this next week i have off. (every year i say im going to start early!) other than that, not too much going on. I did get the bad ball joint fixed on my car. now it drives super smooth. i go in for an orthodontist apointment next week, and i can try to find out how much closer we are getting to surgery. (they have a new doc in there, so one doesnt really know what the other is doing) one guy says next month, and the other says next year. so i dont really know. as soon as i do, i will let you know! oh, and the other day i babysat the two premie babies my best friend had almost 2 years ago. i think i did pretty well. i didnt lose my patience, didnt get frustrated. hey, we even went on a walk down to the post office! so for now, im just pluggin right along!

hope all of you have a great week!

Santa Rosa pics!

Here is a pic of the golden gate bridge at nite (so pretty! and a pic we took of ourselves)


This is the view of the beach we went and played on. its from up where we parked. it was such a wonderful day!


This is us at the beach. we tried to get a pic of it behind us.


This is Joe out on a rock checkin out the tide pool. it was a perfect place to go and relax...


This is him running thru the segals. it was super funny. and i LOVE the pic


I took this pic from where we were sitting and eating. it was peaceful to sit and watch the waves crash over those rocks.


here is another picture of us. by this time, we were getting good at taking our own picture!


This is me sitting on our "breakfast" rock. we walked way far down this trail and it was a few feet from the water.


Here is a pic of the coastline. i figured out that my camera has great picture setting.



here is more of the waves. i just love it!

Went to Santa Rosa for the weekend!

hi all. well, it was a fantastic weekend!! i have a friend who has a ton of family in Santa Rosa. well, the new guy I am seeing also grew up there. My friend Val, invited us to her uncles superbowl party. and since we were off, we took a trip up there. it was so much fun! he took me to Bodega Bay. its where that alfred hitchock movie BIRDS, was filmed. it was really nice over there as well. about 70 degrees. on the ocean it was sunny, warm (about 65) and NOT windy. it was fantastic! we stopped at a place to go down a trail to drink our coffee and eat breakfast. and then we goofed around on the beach for a bit.

saturday we got up and hopped in the car. we took our time, stopping in truckee and a few places in california. then, we hit sanfrasisco around 10. it was dark, so we got lost. we got to drive around downtown for a bit... finally Joe stopped and asked a taxi for directions. so to go north on 101 to get to Santa Rosa, we had to cross the golden gate. it was very pretty at nite time. we pulled over at the vista point just after it and took some great pics. i tried to climb on some fence to get a better pic, but they must have cameras everywhere cuz outta nowhere i was told to GET OFF THE FENCE. so, satisfied with the pics we took, we headed north. we spend sunday morning at Bodega bay, then we went to the superbowl party. first superbowl i have ever watched. it was okay, but the food and the party was awsome! i think we are going to make it a yearly thing!

i will post another blog with pics!