Picture from last year at the beach...just getting excited!!
Thursday, June 25, 2009
After reading her blog, I learned that my buddy,
Lindsey, has tagged me. After reading hers I had to rack my brain because I didn't want to steal all of her 6 things!
1. The Rules:
1. * List Six Unimportant Things That Make You Happy
1. * Mention and link to the person who tagged you
1. * Tag six of your favorite bloggers to play along
1. {and comment on their blog to let them know they’ve been tagged}
1. Waking up to my happy dog, LAYLA. There's something that makes me feel optimistic about the day when I wake up and see my dog. Sounds silly, but all she needs is a simple "good morning, Layla!" and her tail starts going. She's up, happy, ready for a new day! It makes me sit and think-I wish I could be more like that in the morning!
2. ZUMBA-OK I know Lindsey put it on her list, but I couldn't keep it off of mine!! Zumba is a fun mix of latin/hip-hop aerobic dance set to fun, upbeat music! It doesn't even feel like I'm working out, but when I leave I'm soaked! If you like to dance-you'll LOVE Zumba! It's just the best!!
3. CHICK-FIL-A. When we are in California for months at a time, I can't tell you how much I crave Chick-fil-a. Sometimes after a flight back to SC, I even route our trip home just so we can stop by the drive-thru and get some! There's something about it that reminds me of home!
4. DVR- I can get into tv shows a little TOO much--maybe that was an understatement...but DVR is the best invention in a long time. Better than shamwow, bump-its, or that thing that's supposed to shave your legs... ok, anyway, it's so great to come back after a night out and get to catch up on all my shows the next day..and without commercials!
5. Playing the song game- This might sound annoying to some of you, but Andy and I created a game for our long road trips where we scan through our satellite radio and the first person to name the artist singing gets a point. Of course, we are highly competitive, so we get really into it. I always win, and Andy doesn't like playing me too much anymore, but I love it when he does!
6. THE BEACH- Sunset Beach, NC to be exact. We've been going there since I can remember, and we've created so many traditions over the years. Family and friends reuniting in the same house every year is so much fun! We enjoy the beach, play games, go to the same restaurants, catch up late at night, take long walks, take the same pictures so we can compare from previous years... simple things that make me look forward to that week all year! I always say it's my favorite week of the year! AND IT'S COMING UP IN ONE WEEK!! YAY!! Oh and not to mention beach hair--is it the salt in the air or just the beauty of not using a hair dryer that I love...?? Some other favorites from the trip: the ice cream store, charades, getting a new Dockside t-shirt, the ice maker, outdoor shower, chicken salad....I could go on and on...
I am tagging...
Sunday, June 7, 2009
Trips and stuff!
Well I haven't updated in a while, so I thought I would just post some pictures from the past few weeks. It doesn't seem like we've been out in California for long, and it's almost time to head back to SC for summer--YAY countdown!! It never quite feels like summer until we hit the humidity of South Carolina! In the meantime, we've been catching up with friends, golfing (Andy of course), ZUMBA (me, of course-Love iT!), and just hanging out!
Here's us with our friends Haydeh and Rob at a cookout they had a few weeks ago. It was actually a HOT weekend (90-95--yes!!) It was nice to see these guys and catch up!
Layla--famous??? Well, sorta. Our friend Gina is doing some work with the K-9 companions organization and they asked some of the 49ers players to pose in a calendar with some of the K-9's and their own pups!! We were very proud of how well behaved Layla was, and with her amazing poses!! Look at that paw up on his leg! How sweet! I'm sure we'll have agents calling when this is published...right....
It's like she's saying "this is my dad, ok!"
As a little pre-birthday treat, Andy took me down to LA for a long weekend when the guys had the week off. We found our way around Santa Monica, Hollywood, Beverly Hills, and beyond! We did some shopping, did the tourist thing, and got to meet up with Andy's college roommate Yogi. He took us out a couple nights and showed us what Hollywood was all about! It was a great trip! Here's Andy outside the Chinese Theatre at Will Smith's square. We took a tour there and learned all about the history of the theatre and how the hand/footprints all started. It was an accident when a famous silent films star stepped in wet cement and Sid Grauman (the theatre owner-sp?) thought it was a unique idea to permanently seal the stardom of all the celebs! Cool-huh?
Here's us on the beach right by the Santa Monica pier. Our hotel was right by it so it was really cool to see it all lit up at night. For all you "Hills" fans-this is where Heidi and Spencer got engaged! (I know it's kind of pathetic, but we did see a few "landmarks" from the show and it got me a little excited...)
Shopping on Rodeo Drive. (I think I called it road-eee-o a few times instead of rod-day-o and showed off my southern side--oops--at least it was just to Andy and not in public!)
Eating dinner at CUT in Beverly Hills. They had big pictures of celebrity's faces all over the place and on the back of the menus. Andy's trying to pick out his steak on the back of Angelina Jolie's face-nice.. and you can see Obama in the background. My menu had Kanye West on it! (another side note-this is where Heidi and Spencer had their rehearsal dinner--didn't know that until after we got back but it was cool to say we ate there!)
Out with Yogi one night at the Roxy. We watched some really cool bands play, and even saw Pete Carroll (USC head coach) make an appearance! Yogi was so nice to take us out! The night before we went to Hwood (in Hollywood, obviously)--pretty trendy place, but no celebrity sightings :(--oh well, maybe next time! It was still fun dancing though!
The camera battery died somewhere after this shot, and I think the charger is back at our house in South Carolina, so no more pics until we get back! (less than 2 weeks though!! YAY!) We're looking forward to seeing everyone soon!
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