Palm Springs : Sunday

sidenote before I forget:

There are more photos of me over at Making Me Cranky. Andrew never remembers to take photos. Thank goodness Maggie does. From Saturday and Sunday

Sunday morning at the ACE Hotel ……   I slept in. Why? BECAUSE WE WERE ON FAKE-CATION!

Andrew, the maniac, got up at something like [...]

The Big Short

I recently read The Big Short by Michael Lewis.

What can I say? I’m nerdy.

I like non-fiction and finance and true crime and library books.

The Big Short covers part of the cause of the recent economic financial meltdown. All about crazy (crazy) bets that banks and investment managers were making; as well [...]

5 senses

Currently …. (or, rather, Monday night when I typed/scheduled this)

Seeing Photos from last summer being backed up online at SmugMug

Hearing Ella Fitzgerald on vinyl. Andrew’s trying to pick records to take to Palm Springs with us.

Tasting Menchie’s …. leftover in the freezer from Saturday. I tend to fill my bowl to [...]

new-to-me iPhone

If you’ve been following me on Twitter or Facebook, you may have noticed that Andrew and I got iPhones last week.

Yup. We have joined the iPhone cult – with it’s special language and special tools….

Andrew works with several crazy Apple fan boys who MUST have the newest [...]

Sesame Street Live

Andrew bought me a present recently. For no other reason than he thought I’d like it …

Sweet boy.

He found this Sesame Street Live album !! Soo fun.

First of all, I love Jim Henson. And the Muppets. And Sesame Street Live…..

AND….

Andrew didn’t know this, but I have a very distinct [...]

5th anniversary portraits by Jamie Delaine

Andrew and I are in love.

And people who are in love get photos taken together.

We’ve decided to get a professional portrait session done every 5 years (or more often if we can afford it).

SO! Since our 5th wedding anniversary is in November, and since Jamie Delaine was in town to photograph [...]

Fear of Sleep?

I spend a lot of time in the car. Used to be about an hour and a half every day, but now I’m down to about 40-50 minutes/day. And I spend the time by listening to podcasts. There is a whole slew that I subscribe to – some daily, some weekly, and some … [...]

What’s on your keyring?

I used to collect key rings.

Somewhere in storage I have a huge wad of all-connected keychains from any number of places. A lot from vacations (pretty sure there is a Yellowstone keychain and a Washington DC keychain at least), some I just liked, at least a few that I made (remember lanyards?).

But [...]

to do list

Yes, that says ‘Monday’ ….

No, this is not my WHOLE to-do list.

This is just the stuff that should have been done last week, but I hung out with Andrew in the mornings before work instead.

want to read more?current To Do listSaturday plans [...]

mid-year review : 2010 goals

Do you remember I gave myself a big ol’ year long to do list for 2010? Well, now that it is already the middle of July (!!!) I thought I should probably look back and see if I’ve accomplished anything …. and remind myself what I still need to do for the rest of [...]

X-Philes

We’ve been watching the X-Files recently.

Apparently (according to Wikipedia), true X-Files fans have named themselves X-Philes (from the Greek root “-phil-” meaning love or obsession). Not that we’re obsessed by any means, but I kind of love that fan-name!

Sidenote: I LOVE that we can live stream movies via Netflix through our Wii. [...]

this little girl ….

this little girl – this blonde suburban girl – wanted to be Diana Ross when she grew up.

true story.

Also, just found out that around the same time …. on the other side of town …. A little suburban boy named Andrew wanted to be Michael Jackson when he grew [...]

Top 5 favorite things : restaurants near our home

Another in the series of Top 5 Favorites.

We really like where we live and all the food options around us …. I figured I should narrow it down somehow, so for now just the top 5 favorite restaurants ON Ventura Blvd NEAR us …. Otherwise this list could go on forever….

P.S. When [...]

The Garmin Girl

I need GPS.

I don’t drive to new places all that often, but when I do I inevitably have a hard time finding the streets/exits I need to turn on.

I hate Google Maps. It always confuses me.

Luckily, I think I have a *decent* sense of direction, so even when I KNOW I’ve [...]

Andrew’s gold records

Andrew may not get a lot of days off to spend with his wife, but his boss certainly shows his appreciation in another way ….

Andrew’s studio works on A LOT of records. A lot of big, popular records. Records that win Grammys, for example.

The studio just passed it’s 2 year anniversary, and [...]