To live would be an awfully big adventure

It was my birthday last week. I had to work which is always such a bummer. Danny must really love me because, bless his heart, he worked so hard to make my birthday special. Danny had to work a ton last week but he still managed to get donuts for my birthday breakfast and stayed up super late and woke up super early to make me Cafe Rio Pork for my birthday dinner. He was so tired but he did it anyways. Loves.

Birthday dinner. Mmmm...home cooked Cafe Rio

Saturday we went to the city to celebrate. We went to Mimi's (my favorite) for breakfast. Then we went shopping all day. Danny was such a sweetheart and was so patient. He never complained about waiting in super crowded stores while I tried on clothes. He carried all my shopping bags. He offered to buy me treats and chocolates and told me to buy everything I wanted. We went to my favorite sandwich place in the city for dinner (Boudin) and finished off the perfect day by seeing Peter Pan. It was totally awesome. The play was in this tent and the back drops were projected on the inside of the tent. For example, when all the kids are flying to Neverland, they really are flying up in the air and the inside of the tent looks like it's flying above London. So cool.

Waiting to go into the tent for Peter Pan

It was a fabulous birthday!

Three Strikes

I flew back from Kennewick and Danny and I drove to Vegas the next day to go through the temple with Dougie, celebrate Grandpa's 75th, see Lindsey, and enjoy Mother's Day. I always enjoy a good road trip with Danny. In the middle of the desert I got a phone call from my work telling me I was getting laid off. Ouch! Strike one. I can't really complain. They paid me for a year to be "on call". The trip was quick but fun. I'm really glad we went.

The night we got back we were hurrying to unpack so we could chill in front of the TV and I stubbed my toe on our bed post. We heard a loud snap but I just brushed it off. The next morning my foot was purple and blue. Crap! After a visit to the doctor it was confirmed. I totally broke my toe. Strike two.

The next day we got a letter in the mail from our landlord telling us we are going to have to leave our apartment for the month of August! Strike three. I was freaking out. After a phone call to our landlord we got everything figured out and hopefully we only have to leave for a week. Fingers crossed. Those people are crazy.

Finally after 3 bad days I had a good day. Five days after being laid off I got a call from a recruiter I know offering me a job with a client. I didn't even have to interview or submit a resume. It was so crazy. I started the next day. Danny was VERY surprised. And so am I. Still.

Russ and Kirsten finally got married!

We've been waiting 2 years for the big day and it did not disappoint. It was a great day. Mill Valley is beautiful!

Moi

Chase and Mary

Becca's Birthday!

I decided last minute to go to Kennewick for Becca's birthday. She was so surprised! When we got home from the airport Becca went upstairs to listen to her music and this is what I found.

A shrine to Danny. Melts my heart.

Becca was hilarious about her birthday. She made everyone get dressed up. She even made my dad wear a tie to work and people do not wear ties at his work. She cracks me up. I spent two fabulous weeks with the family and I'm so glad I went when I did. It was so fun to just hangout, go shopping, and check some things off the to-do list.

I'm the most popular person when I go to Home Depot

In April I decided to build shelves in our walk in coat closet to make way for a bookcase to hold food.

I got in my civic coupe and headed on down to Home Depot to pick up some lumber. Everyone was so nice. The workers in the lumber department carried the sheets of wood for me, cut the wood, and even pushed my cart. Then another random guy told me all about shelves and screws and dry wall anchors. Then a second guy joined in on the conversation to make sure I had the right brackets. Next I was waiting in a long line and a worker pulled me out of line to ring me up right there. In the parking lot another nice man offered to load my car for me. It was amazing. I felt like a princess. Maybe I should build things more often.

Well once I got home I thought it was going to be so easy to use my new electric drill to drill holes. Here's the picture of all the holes in the wall I made trying to get the dry wall anchors in. Opps! I'll fix that later.

I'm so handy!

All that stuff used to be on the floor!

All that food used to be on our kitchen counters and stove!
It's like Christmas every time I see my clean kitchen or open the closet to get food out. I'm such a nerd but having a pantry is a dream come true!

This is my new dolly. I love it. It makes going to Costco and bringing up all the food so much easier. However, we have been stopped TWICE bringing up Costco loads to our apartment by people who thought we were refilling the vending machines. haha. We must buy a lot of soda.