Thursday Thirteen

This is my TT, thirteen pictures that I think are beautiful. I found all of these today on the highly addictive stumble upon....hope you like!

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Anniversary

Well on Wednesday the 23rd was our 9th anniversary! I cannot believe time has gone by so fast! I have found the most amazing person to share my life with, I am so thankful for every second I get to spend with this man. He truly makes my heart sing!
We went on vacation for our anniversary. To Pismo Beach, my absolute favorite place in California. I love it there.
Bad news is that I also got a nasty ear infection, thanks to the stupid pool at the hotel. At least it did not start to hurt until we were on our way home, so we got to enjoy the entire trip together. :)

I will leave you with some pictures of our trip. Oh and if you so desire you can click on each picture and it will bring up a HUGE picture.

Dinosaur Caves, Pismo Beach Those rocks aren't white it is all the pelican poop. :(

Me and the hubby! Aww!

No trip to Pismo is complete without the clam chowder bread bowls from Splash Cafe!

Half of the outdoor pool at Hearst Castle

Just a teeny tiny segment of the indoor pool at Hearst Castle. Most of the yellow in this picture is 24 carat gold. Even the tiles inside the pool have it too...wow!

Fashion...Well, sorta.

I have never once even pretended that I am fashion savvy. I usually dress for comfort, jeans and tees are my uniform. This post however is about shoes. Sandals to be exact. I love them: Flip flops, slides, wedges. You name them and I'm probably a fan. One thing I don't understand is why on earth do people wear socks with sandals?? Doesn't that just defeat the purpose?
I was out today and while stopped at a red light I seen this guy. A macho big, buff guy, wearing socks with FLIP FLOPS!! Could there be anything worse?! Oh the humanity! Ew.
If you really feel that your feet shouldn't see the light of day, wear sneakers! OR if you really want to go wild wear those sandals that are basically all enclosed except for a few strategically placed air vents. But never, ever wear flip flops and socks.

Thursday 13 Summer Style

Thirteen Things I love about the summer! 1. The Beach! I don't get to go that often but just walking on the boardwalk makes me happy! 2. Fresh fruit! There is nothing better than super juicy watermelon, nectarines and pineapples! 3. Time off of school, this really wasn't the case this year, but usually that is a favorite part of my year. :) 4. Catching up on reading! I absolutely love to read, but I just don't have the time during the school year. Once I get a second you will find me reading constantly, I usually have two or three books going at once. :) 5. Vacation! We don't always take our vacations during the summer but, this year we are. Pismo Beach here we come. I posted some pictures from earlier trips in the previous post so go check those out. It is so beautiful there. 6. Just being outside. Not when it is boiling out, but in the early morning or evening, just makes me happy. Like tonight, the moon was so beautiful I didn't want to come in. 7. Shredding!! Yeah, this is an interesting one. At the end of the school year I usually have a ton of papers that need to be shredded, along with all the bills/checks/credit card crap that we get during the year. Now, I do shred during the year, but it just doesn't always get done in a timely manner so, it builds up. Yuck! 8. My birthday of course!! And my sister's too! Nothing like summer birthdays. 9. Cookouts. This is the only time my hubby cooks! I prep, marinate and chop and he grills his little heart out. It's quite nice. 10. Air conditioning. 'nuff said 11. Going to the park to feed the ducks and geese. 12. These last two will be things I hate: SUNBURNS 13. Bug bites!

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Pismo

Next week my wonderful hubby and I are off to Pismo Beach again! I am so excited, I absolutely love this place. It is one of the most beautiful places I have ever been, it has a small town feel...I adore it. Here are some pics from our previous trips. What's not to love?!

The Boardwalk

It almost looks like a volcano because of the clouds

Dinosaur Caves

Near Morro Rock

Fun!

I had such a wonderful birthday! My hubby has to be the sweetest man in the world! He bought me a cake a few days earlier so I could enjoy it, throughly. Today, we went out to dinner, Red Lobster, and went running around the mall for a few hours. I just love that my birthday is always untraditional. Growing up it was the same thing every year, don't get me wrong I LOVED the tradition, but now that I'm an adult it is fun to do something new every year. We went to Vegas one year, Pismo Beach another, Go-Kart racing, Mini Golf at this amazing course that had waterfalls and all kinds of great obstacles, and many more, it is always a blast. Thank you hubby!!
One thing that I thought was funny is that we went to the mall because they were having a going out of business sale at Linen & Things. I have never been there before so I didn't know what to expect. Well, I could understand why they were going out of business. I couldn't believe the prices! They were all marked down 30%, but they were charging $12-$20 for cheap looking toothbrush holders!?! What?! The thing that made me laugh was that there were shower curtain hooks, plastic ones. They had this little sticker on it saying they were $4.99, with 30% markdown, making it about $3.50. Well, that little sticker was an older one, so they put a black slash mark through the price and put a new one the other side saying $12.99! So, that's how they make money?? Raising the price before the going out of business sale. Idiots. Needless to say I didn't buy anything from there. I did go to Ross and found a really pretty gold/tan material shower curtain for only $7! Whoot!

Surprise!

It's not my birthday, yet. My darling hubby surprised me with a cake yesterday. We 'have plans' for Sunday (I have no idea what they are yet) and he wanted to make sure I had a cake to enjoy too! He is such a sweetie! The cake is from Portos Bakery, in Glendale. My favorite place to buy any kind of sweets! The cake was so, so good. Chocolate, chocolate, CHOCOLATE! YUM!!

Yes, the lady misspelled my name. The hubby didn't notice till we opened it at home. Oh well, it was just one 'N.'

It' on fire!!

This my friends is a solid chocolate hand sculpted rose. It was very, very good. ;)