Happy Thursday evening! I have so much to report... But no pictures, quite yet. Hopefully I will be able to post some on Saturday.

Let's see, last Saturday night we went to see the Opera at AT&T park. It was a simulcast from the War Memorial Opera House in SF. So, it turns out that I am not really the Opera type, but I gave it a shot and it was fun to hang out with our group. :) Oh, and I also had my last long run before my half marathon on Oct 4th. We ran 11.25 miles on Saturday morning and topped it off with coffee and shopping at the farmer's market. It was a wonderful morning with the girls. I would have taken pictures but we weren't very pretty after the long run. :)

Next was Sunday and I spent the day at my parent's house. We had breakfast and then Bahar came over and we made Strawberry Jam. :) I do have pictures of the Jam Festivities, and I should be able to post them on Saturday.

Monday was the last night of Bocce for this week, which is bittersweet because I will miss seeing everyone and playing, but it will be nice to have another evening available.

Also, Monday was the night that my new car spaz'd out on the freeway and then died at the gas station. Turns out it was out of gas, which many people got kind of a kick out of - a hyrbid running out of gas. But the more I find out about the problem, it turns out that it is a malfunction in the design of the car. Anyway, there will be more to come on that topic as I go through the complaint process and decide what the next step is.

Alright, I am going to go watch Project Runway with my mom. Have a great night.

C

Follow up pictures for my posts...

Hello! I am finally blogging from by old 'pc.-o-crap' laptop (the spacebar doesn't really work so I have to hit it superhard). Ok, so now that I am on my laptop, I have pictures... so here you go:

This summer I have had an increasing obsession with learning about how to cook foods, primarily from scratch, so here is my first attempt at baking my own bread - without anything but my hands and the oven (no processor - turns out we don't have one... yet! muah-ha-ha!)It turns out that bread doesn't turn that nice brown color unless you bake it on a stone, which I did not have. I have, however, purchased one since then and willuse it next time... Until then I will stick with non-rising loaf bread...



We also went to Emma and Nick's wedding this summer (Early September) and it was BEAUTIFUL!!! Here are a few pics - you will see the reception was held in a barn that is over 200 years old...




Here are a few pics from the Bocce tournament in Monterey this past weekend... and the guys napping between games... glad I brought the blanket. :)





Alright, I am hoping to post more picture blogs, so we will see how that goes...

Thanks for visiting...

C

Happy Monday! The last few weeks have definitely been busy! But I will start with yesterday and work backwards.

Yesterday we celebrated my grandmother's 90th birthday! There were about 80 people at her house and it was an amazing opportunity to gather all six of her children (and their spouses), all but one of her grandchildren (I think there were 10 of us - and the one who was missing gets a pass - he is on a tour with the British Army in Afghanistan)... AND both of her great-grandchildren were present for the event.

It was wonderful to see my dad's side of the family, and meet some new significant others... :)

Anyway, I think my grandmother had a nice day, though I could tell (and she told me) that she was pretty worn out by the end of it. My mom also went, which was really great.

On Saturday morning we headed down to Monterey for Jeremy's Bocce tournament. I have a few pictures, but not on this computer, so I will have to post them soon and in another post. Incidentally, my camera died half way through Saturday and so I was unable to take photos of the rest of the trip and the party on Sunday, but there were tons of pictures from the 90th birthday, so no worries.

In other news, I have my second to last night of league bocce tonight, which is bittersweet. I look forward to having my Mondays available again, but I miss playing when we are not in season. Oh well, there is always next year. :)

Also, all of my shows are starting back up. Biggest loser, 90210, The Hills, The City (yes, I am a 15 yr old girl inside of this 30 yr old body). On that note, I love that the fall is starting - AND that we have actually had some rain this weekend... imagine that, rain in September, in Northern California. Anyway, we are loving it and it is fun to hear everyone talk about what they were doing when they heard the thunder and saw the lightening on Saturday morning - as if it was a natural disaster or something... we are so funny.

Also coming up I have a fairly empty weekend and I am really looking forward to doing some fall cleaning and some cooking. :) I just had the most amazing pumpkin bread (with no nuts) and I think there may be some zucchini bread in my future...

yummm... :)

Alrighty, back to work... have a great day!

C