Tuesday, July 28, 2009
The Arts
The end of June and the beginning of July I flew to LA to spend a week of vacation in the cheapest spot I know... HOME! I'm serious besides the few (maybe three places) I ate out and $10 in gas for Brandee to drive to Disneyland and the airline ticket I didn't have to spend any money! Now don't get thinking that just because my vacation was inexpensive that I didn't do anything fun! I flew in on a Saturday morning and that night my family and I went to see "Oklahoma" at the Glendale Center Theater. I got sick on Sunday, but still spent some time in the evening with friends and we ended up at the park, Brandee and I swinging and the Boys (Anibal, Christian, and Jason) pretending to be macho and run in between us with out getting hit in the head by our swings. I love how we might be 24-25 but we still are entertained by the same games we were when we were 4-5! Monday, after a trip to the doctor my mom and I got lunch, did some outlet shopping (thanks for the clothes mom!!!) and then met up with the rest of the family to see "My Sister's Keeper" which is good and a tearjerker but not as much so as the book (they changed the ending... hope I didn't ruin it for anyone). Let me see... Tuesday was the Getty Museum of Fine Art! I love all the museums in LA and especially since most of them are free except for parking (and we had a coupon so it was entirely free). After the Museum, Brandee Anibal and I headed of with our handy-dandy annual passports to the Happiest Place on Earth! I love putzing around Disneyland this year because with the passes we don't feel like we are wasting money to see the shows or just walk around and look at the sights! I finally went on the carousel in D.C.A. and we watched Fantasmic! and saw Dumbo flying a long the wires during the Fireworks while eating Dole whip (yum) and waiting to go into the enchanted tiki room (Brandee's favorite). I'm glad that I got to go home and remember a little bit why it was so amazing to grow up in a city where you could have so many different experiences in less than a week. I am glad that I grew up in a place that had art museums and lots of theaters, shows and cultural experiences to be had. I'm also glad that I had a family that valued these assets and made sure to take advantage of them.
Alondra's Bridal Shower
The other (but still important) reason I went home in June was to help my mom host a bridal shower for my amazing little sister (well she might as well be my little sister), Alondra! Alondra is getting married to Christian Johnson on August 1st and I really wish I could be there with her but at least I got to give her a shower like she deserved! Oh and I so claim points for them getting married because when they were 16 I told Alondra that they should date/get married. Ok, so it took a while for them to get together (he did have to serve a mission and grow up after all) but they are getting hitched now. I'm just a good matchmaker I guess. :) I am so happy and excited for you guys!
Club 33
Waiting to be buzzed in.June 14, 2009
That's right I've been into the most exclusive place in my favorite place: Club 33 in Disneyland!!!
My friend's mom got reservations for her birthday and invited us to go with her! Club 33 is like nothing else in Disneyland, You have to be ring the doorbell and be buzzed in before your reservation and then head up the stairs (or old fashioned lift) to a really nice restaurant. the meal is pretty expensive ($79 a plate) but the food was a-MAZ-ing! They have a salad and seafood buffet that had crab and lobster and shrimp and lots of good fruit (The pineapple must have been straight off the plane from Hawaii because it was amazing!). I think I could have had a whole meal from just that little buffet table! But that wasn't even the main event! There were several choices for the main course but most of the 7 of us chose the Chateaubriand which is the MOST delicious steak ever. It seemed to melt in your mouth, almost like you didn't have to chew! After the main course there was another buffet table of deserts! I was in heaven. I think that I tried just about everything! The thing that Brandee, Anibal and I kept commenting on while we were there was that it didn't feel like we were in Disneyland at all! You had to look out the window to remind yourself where you were! It was a really crowded day at the park so it was nice to have the quiet restaurant to sit and relax in. I am so glad that I got to go to Club 33 before I died (I really never thought I would get to go!) Thank you Mary Kay for inviting me, and Happy Un-Birthday now!
The birthday girl, Mary Kay.
Really is the Happiest Place on Earth
The birthday girl, Mary Kay.
Really is the Happiest Place on EarthAlive
I'm still alive I swear. I have a lot to post about summer too so I just need to make myself do it. Maybe tomorrow? :)
Saturday, May 23, 2009
What to do on a stay-cation?
Last Thursday I was "sick" (OK I really WAS feeling a little under the weather) but mainly the weather outside was just TOO good not to enjoy. Also, I felt after working 68 hours the week before and only getting a one day weekend that it would be, uhm, not the end of the world if I missed one day of work... So I called in sick. Amy has Thursdays off as well so we decided it was play day! What did we do with our stay-cation? Better question - what didn't we do? So here are a list of things I recommend trying to squeeze into one of your days off (see if you can be as amazing as Amy and myself).
1. Go to the temple (you can get a lot done with a day when you start it off at 7:30 in the temple!) We have actually made this a weekly thing (at least we try our hardest).
2. Go out to breakfast - Amy and I went to Denny's this particular day but usually our Thursday mornings are a little more rushed so we settle for something like McDonalds .
3. Go home and relax/make yourself presentable and cute for a day off in the sun.
4. Visit the CUTEST fabric store known to man. I seriously am in love with this place now, Thank you Amy for having amazing ideas of things to do. Also, while at said cutest fabric store ever, buy cute fabric and a pattern to make Amazingly Awesome Ataches (I don't know if that's spelled right but I needed to go with the alliteration even if they really are purses). I am so excited about said purses! Don't worry you'll see them when they are finished!
5. Spend at least half and hour in a crazy random store (we chose Zurchers which is a party store). We each walked away with a 68 cent bottle of bubbles to play with.
6. SHOE SHOPPING!!! Zurchers happens to be right next door to a DSW and there was NO way we could just leave without even looking. We were good, and walked directly back to the clearance section where Amy proceeded to have every single shoe she tried on fall in love with her. That's right in love with her (she can pull off so many more shoe styles than I can). She however only felt "that way" about two pairs. Much debate went into which pair should be allowed to go home with her. A pair of blue wedges won and joined our happy stay-cation day.
7. Pei Wei!!! YUMMY FOOD!!! For those of you poor deprived souls who don't live close enough to visit one of these, let me just say this: Pei Wei is owned by P. F. Changs, has most of the same food, and is about half the price and much faster.
8. Luckily, we were smart enough to get our Yummy Chinese food to go because that way we got to have a picnic in the park where we enjoyed our meal, the sun, and the three fourtune cookies each we managed to snake out of the deal! There was a rather amusing story connected to the location of our picnic but I know that Amy wants to blog about that so I'll let her and just leave you with the best quote of the day that none of you will even understand: "What are they doing?" There, you all are now so currious to know that they were doing that you'll hound Amy to blog just as much as I always do.
9. After lunch Amy basked in the glorious sun we've been missing for the many long dreary months that are the Utah winter, while I flew my very own $1 Buzz Lightyear Kite!!!! It was amazing even if it didn't work very well because it wasn't that windy. Amy mostly laughed at me because it barely flew above my head but at one point I got it all the way to the end of the string to which it was attached before it came crashing down to the earth. We also played with our extremely worth it bubbles purchase.
10. SIDEWALK CHALK!!! The park also offered a good lo-cal to express ourselves artistically. I drew random things like islands and fish while Amy showed some true skill with an Elephant who was in love with a Ewe. We used some bright colors and got some color while we were at it.
11. Lisence Plates. I got my plates for my car in the mail like two weeks ago and I had been meaning to put them on. A day off is the perfect time, so I did, and now my car is official!
12. Uhm... more shoe shopping? That's right. So we took a couple hours break and Amy was still in love with that second pair of shoes (black heels that were a black and white fabric ribbon bow at the tows) plus she had convinced Aunt Lynn that these shose were much needed addition to a foot wardrobe, so we went back and bought them (or rather, Lynn bought them). I was being good and I didn't even bring my wallet inside with me, when a pair of lonely brown heels called out to me from their shelf... They wanted to be loved and I really wanted to provide that love. So even though I wasn't supposed to go out to the car no matter what, I did. My only defense? They were on Clearance of 50% off of an already low price...
13. Be thankful that you didn't spend any more money than you did, go home and enjoy the rest of the evening, because you have to go to work tomorrow.
1. Go to the temple (you can get a lot done with a day when you start it off at 7:30 in the temple!) We have actually made this a weekly thing (at least we try our hardest).
2. Go out to breakfast - Amy and I went to Denny's this particular day but usually our Thursday mornings are a little more rushed so we settle for something like McDonalds .
3. Go home and relax/make yourself presentable and cute for a day off in the sun.
4. Visit the CUTEST fabric store known to man. I seriously am in love with this place now, Thank you Amy for having amazing ideas of things to do. Also, while at said cutest fabric store ever, buy cute fabric and a pattern to make Amazingly Awesome Ataches (I don't know if that's spelled right but I needed to go with the alliteration even if they really are purses). I am so excited about said purses! Don't worry you'll see them when they are finished!
5. Spend at least half and hour in a crazy random store (we chose Zurchers which is a party store). We each walked away with a 68 cent bottle of bubbles to play with.
6. SHOE SHOPPING!!! Zurchers happens to be right next door to a DSW and there was NO way we could just leave without even looking. We were good, and walked directly back to the clearance section where Amy proceeded to have every single shoe she tried on fall in love with her. That's right in love with her (she can pull off so many more shoe styles than I can). She however only felt "that way" about two pairs. Much debate went into which pair should be allowed to go home with her. A pair of blue wedges won and joined our happy stay-cation day.
7. Pei Wei!!! YUMMY FOOD!!! For those of you poor deprived souls who don't live close enough to visit one of these, let me just say this: Pei Wei is owned by P. F. Changs, has most of the same food, and is about half the price and much faster.
8. Luckily, we were smart enough to get our Yummy Chinese food to go because that way we got to have a picnic in the park where we enjoyed our meal, the sun, and the three fourtune cookies each we managed to snake out of the deal! There was a rather amusing story connected to the location of our picnic but I know that Amy wants to blog about that so I'll let her and just leave you with the best quote of the day that none of you will even understand: "What are they doing?" There, you all are now so currious to know that they were doing that you'll hound Amy to blog just as much as I always do.
9. After lunch Amy basked in the glorious sun we've been missing for the many long dreary months that are the Utah winter, while I flew my very own $1 Buzz Lightyear Kite!!!! It was amazing even if it didn't work very well because it wasn't that windy. Amy mostly laughed at me because it barely flew above my head but at one point I got it all the way to the end of the string to which it was attached before it came crashing down to the earth. We also played with our extremely worth it bubbles purchase.
10. SIDEWALK CHALK!!! The park also offered a good lo-cal to express ourselves artistically. I drew random things like islands and fish while Amy showed some true skill with an Elephant who was in love with a Ewe. We used some bright colors and got some color while we were at it.
11. Lisence Plates. I got my plates for my car in the mail like two weeks ago and I had been meaning to put them on. A day off is the perfect time, so I did, and now my car is official!
12. Uhm... more shoe shopping? That's right. So we took a couple hours break and Amy was still in love with that second pair of shoes (black heels that were a black and white fabric ribbon bow at the tows) plus she had convinced Aunt Lynn that these shose were much needed addition to a foot wardrobe, so we went back and bought them (or rather, Lynn bought them). I was being good and I didn't even bring my wallet inside with me, when a pair of lonely brown heels called out to me from their shelf... They wanted to be loved and I really wanted to provide that love. So even though I wasn't supposed to go out to the car no matter what, I did. My only defense? They were on Clearance of 50% off of an already low price...
13. Be thankful that you didn't spend any more money than you did, go home and enjoy the rest of the evening, because you have to go to work tomorrow.
Thursday, May 7, 2009
WELCOME BABY K!!!!
This morning at 3am PST my sister gave birth to a beautiful baby boy!!! Welcome to the world Andrew David Kleinbaum!!! You are going to be one of the most spoiled little boys ever (If I have anything to say about it)! Congratulations again Jen and Scott!
Monday, May 4, 2009
NEW CAR
The same day I moved the furniture into my new apartment I also went out and bought a brand new 2009 Toyota Yaris!!! Isn't it so cute? It's so little! It gets great gas mileage (my last two fill ups were at 37 and 38 MPG). I can fit into just about any parking space. And the best part is to actually have a reliable vehicle! Don't get me wrong I loved the Honda I traded in for this one, but when I found out I needed to have my transmission rebuilt, it was just time to move on. And can I tell you just how much I'm LOVING the new car smell??? It's pretty much amazing.
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