to the east side. Well, like the Jefferson's, I'm moving. I've moved the blog and won't be updating here anymore. I've moved all the posts, all the pictures, all the insanity over to a new spot. So you can keep up with our lives still, just need to bookmark a new site. Here's the link and I'll be updating with some of the things that have been going on in the past few months. Trust me, there's no shortage of stories and pictures.
WWW.EASTSIDESWELL.COM
Sunday, September 12, 2010
Thursday, March 11, 2010
More TV time
Guess who got more TV time yesterday? Chris did. Here's the video for everyone not able to check out the non-sense of Fox 5 here in S.D.
Sunday, March 7, 2010
Surf's Up!
Last weekend the earthquake in Chile set off a Tsunami warning throughout the pacific. I only learned about the earthquake while waiting to get my haircut at 8:45 on Saturday morning. Thanks to my trusty iPhone I was hoped right onto weather.com and found out what time we were expecting to have the "Tsunami" hit SoCal. Scheduled to arrive at 12:02 in La Jolla Chris and I made the decision that any smart red blooded American would make. So we threw the dogs in the car at 11:45 and headed for the best spot on the water that we could check it out. As we stood in the rain with the dogs waiting for something to happen 12:02 came and went. At about 12:15 we looked at each other and said "so that was it huh?" It was nothing more than a slight tidal push that was hardly noticeable. What a weird feeling of letdown when you don't get the destruction and drama that CNN and the Today show have come to make you expect.
"Tsunami?"
"Tsunami?"
Sunday, February 28, 2010
Let there be light
Last weekend we finally got rid of the last item in the house that was left over from the previous owner. Well, except for everything in the kitchen. We rented a 12 foot ladder so we'd actually be able to reach that terrible track lighting in the foyer. Nothing too tough, just had to repaint where the lighting was mounted. Then just wire the new light up and let it hang. My arms were burning by the end from holding everything up above my head. Really the only snag that we hit was renting a ladder that was too big the first time. Luckily the guys at the "Tool Shed" were able to give me a 12 footer in between chuckling at me because we originally got the wrong size. Regardless, light is up and functioning.
Thursday, February 18, 2010
Happy DOGentine's Day!
We've created a new holiday, DOGentine;s day! Chris and I don't really make too big a deal out of Valentine's Day. It's a holiday exploited by Hallmark and Proflowers to get people to spend money in the middle of February. We decided to make a change, we'll make it about the dogs. Now it's all about the dogs and doing the stuff they love the most. This benefits both us and them, they do what they love most in the world and we enjoy how tired they are. No longer are we celebrating Valentine's Day, we're celebrating DOGentine's day.
Since this was the time we've celebrated there was no better place to do so then at Dog Beach. For an hour they ran around like complete manics playing in the sand and ocean. Thank god they have finally figured out that drinking the ocean water is a bad decision. We played for a solid hour with 10,000 other dogs in 75 degree sunshine. It was an awesome day and even though they don't know this change has been made to Feb 14th, we know they'll enjoy the extra playing and time devoted to them each time it comes around.
Since this was the time we've celebrated there was no better place to do so then at Dog Beach. For an hour they ran around like complete manics playing in the sand and ocean. Thank god they have finally figured out that drinking the ocean water is a bad decision. We played for a solid hour with 10,000 other dogs in 75 degree sunshine. It was an awesome day and even though they don't know this change has been made to Feb 14th, we know they'll enjoy the extra playing and time devoted to them each time it comes around.
Friday, February 12, 2010
SD>NYC>NJ>SD
36 hours of east coast fun, that's what we had a couple of weeks ago. It was originally going to be longer but due to our rainy/windy winter our flight was canceled and the fun began. We were headed out on the red eye on Thursday night for Natalie and Matt's wedding. Our plan was to land at 6 am and be able to see everyone on Friday and Saturday then head to Summit NJ for the wedding. When our flight was canceled the insanity began. It was a scramble to reschedule and get another flight that would get us into Newark and still leave enough time to see everyone. With only flights leaving at 7 am on Friday morning available we knew it was going to be a stretch. Unfortunately we couldn't go direct so we had the opportunity to visit beautiful George Bush airport in Houston. After a 2 hour layover we took off for Newark.
We landed in Newark at 6pm. From there we drove directly to the Goodman's place to see Samantha(the newest Goodman.) It was about 3 hours there before we then made our way across town to Adam and Callie's. We got there at about 11pm and had some dinner. I think that we went to bed around 2am. I was more than excited to hear my alarm go off at 7am. Chris dragged me out of bed and we headed downtown to Lyndsey and Andrew's to see Kimball. An hour or so there and it was off to Montclair to her great Aunt's house. The next 3 hours were spent around the dining room table eating. Lucky for me, my tux is a little loose so I didn't have to worry about how much I had taken in. We arrived at the hotel about 4pm, sat down for a 1/2 hour and then started getting ready.
In all of our non-sense I managed to forget to bring cuff links, luckily Ed had me covered. Then Chris' dress broke 10 minutes before heading to the bus. Thank god Patience the hotel cleaning lady had 4 safety pins because we were able to put her dress back together enough to get through the night. Then it was off to the wedding.
It was an awesome ceremony outside in Short Hills. We had a great time, danced a ton, drank even more and had ton of fun. At midnight everything started wrapping up and it was back to the hotel bar for more drinks. 2am seemed like a good time for us to head to bed.
5am my alarm went off, we jumped up, showered and headed out to Newark. Arriving at the airport in just over 20 minutes we got through security and onto the flight. 11 am PST we landed back in sunny SD. For those of you keeping score, we arrived at 6pm Friday night and left at 7am on Sunday. Not too shabby.
We landed in Newark at 6pm. From there we drove directly to the Goodman's place to see Samantha(the newest Goodman.) It was about 3 hours there before we then made our way across town to Adam and Callie's. We got there at about 11pm and had some dinner. I think that we went to bed around 2am. I was more than excited to hear my alarm go off at 7am. Chris dragged me out of bed and we headed downtown to Lyndsey and Andrew's to see Kimball. An hour or so there and it was off to Montclair to her great Aunt's house. The next 3 hours were spent around the dining room table eating. Lucky for me, my tux is a little loose so I didn't have to worry about how much I had taken in. We arrived at the hotel about 4pm, sat down for a 1/2 hour and then started getting ready.
In all of our non-sense I managed to forget to bring cuff links, luckily Ed had me covered. Then Chris' dress broke 10 minutes before heading to the bus. Thank god Patience the hotel cleaning lady had 4 safety pins because we were able to put her dress back together enough to get through the night. Then it was off to the wedding.
It was an awesome ceremony outside in Short Hills. We had a great time, danced a ton, drank even more and had ton of fun. At midnight everything started wrapping up and it was back to the hotel bar for more drinks. 2am seemed like a good time for us to head to bed.
5am my alarm went off, we jumped up, showered and headed out to Newark. Arriving at the airport in just over 20 minutes we got through security and onto the flight. 11 am PST we landed back in sunny SD. For those of you keeping score, we arrived at 6pm Friday night and left at 7am on Sunday. Not too shabby.
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
Namaste
This year I decided to make a whole bunch of New Year's resolutions. With so many studies and so many news stories about how small the percentage of resolutions that people follow through on. I figured, if the percent done is so low, then I'll make a ton of them and increase my odds. Good logic huh? Well, I'm telling you it's working for me.
Last night I successfully checked another one off my list, start doing Yoga. I was extremely nervous that all the people there would judge my lack of flexibility in between their judging of my form. I was completely in my own head as usual. If people were judging, I certainly didn't care, I was enjoying it too much. Yes, my flexibility was quite an issue, at least for me. Yoga is great and to anyone who is thinking about starting, I highly recommend it. It's really a great workout as well very peaceful. I was amazed at how much I was sweating from just stretching and contorting my body in weird ways. My one piece of advice for anyone thinking of making the leap, get your own mat. You spend a lot of time face down getting to know your mat very well. It's best that you not be using someone's or even the gym/studio's. That's just gross!
From here on out, if you want to get a hold of me on Tuesday nights from 7-8, you'll just have to leave a message. I'll be busy fanning my inner flame.
Last night I successfully checked another one off my list, start doing Yoga. I was extremely nervous that all the people there would judge my lack of flexibility in between their judging of my form. I was completely in my own head as usual. If people were judging, I certainly didn't care, I was enjoying it too much. Yes, my flexibility was quite an issue, at least for me. Yoga is great and to anyone who is thinking about starting, I highly recommend it. It's really a great workout as well very peaceful. I was amazed at how much I was sweating from just stretching and contorting my body in weird ways. My one piece of advice for anyone thinking of making the leap, get your own mat. You spend a lot of time face down getting to know your mat very well. It's best that you not be using someone's or even the gym/studio's. That's just gross!
From here on out, if you want to get a hold of me on Tuesday nights from 7-8, you'll just have to leave a message. I'll be busy fanning my inner flame.
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