Monday, September 7, 2009
Quick Pics!
I just thought I would post some pictures of Laurel's wedding last weekend in Minnesota. I had a great trip and enjoyed some wonderful Minnesota weather. We just returned from Fresno for the long weekend and had a great time enjoying some nice California weather. Sierra always enjoys going to the Peterson's with their large house and yard. She slept the whole way home! Another busy week this week and then jury duty (yes, again) next Monday!
Wednesday, August 19, 2009
Nothing much to say...
I thought I'd write a quick post to tell everyone we are alive. We have been working hard during the week and Nick has been working hard on the tiling project on the weekends. We are so close to done with laying of the tile, I can smell it. All that is left is a large amount of grouting and installing the baseboards. What, oh what, will we do with the weekends when this project is done?
The last few weeks have gone by fairly quickly. My intern is with me from Fresno State. He is doing a great job and keeping up with the fast pace of our clinic nicely. His midterm is already next week, which is hard to believe since he is with us for nine weeks! I spent one week at our smaller office, but was pretty bored. It's hard to believe how fast you get used to running around like a chicken with its head cut off. That same Friday, I met Heather in San Diego and had a really nice morning and lunch catching up. It was a nice girls' morning. It helps that the weather was absolutely breathtaking in San Diego.
My birthday came and went. I'm another year older...times are going fast. We had a nice dinner out as well as a lunch out at work and another dinner out the following weekend with Josh and Erin.
Sierra continues to be a fun and mischievous pet, but I wouldn't trade her for the world. I just love coming home at the end of the day to a cute little smile and a tail wagging wildly. She is an awesome stress reliever.
Next week, I head to Minnesota on the red eye (I know-I said I was never doing it again, and here I am) on Wednesday night to see friends and family and attend Laurel's wedding. I am hoping that the weather is nice and maybe to catch a thunderstorm.
The weather here has not been too horrible. It's in the mid to high 90s in the day with a fair amount of humidity, but it is cooling off very well at night, which is all I can ask. It's still hard to believe that we likely will have two more months of summer. Kind of like Groundhog's Day in the winter. I wonder what the summer groundhog would be?
That's about it for this week. I will post again with something more to say and pictures to boot! Enjoy the rest of summer! College football season is SO CLOSE!
The last few weeks have gone by fairly quickly. My intern is with me from Fresno State. He is doing a great job and keeping up with the fast pace of our clinic nicely. His midterm is already next week, which is hard to believe since he is with us for nine weeks! I spent one week at our smaller office, but was pretty bored. It's hard to believe how fast you get used to running around like a chicken with its head cut off. That same Friday, I met Heather in San Diego and had a really nice morning and lunch catching up. It was a nice girls' morning. It helps that the weather was absolutely breathtaking in San Diego.
My birthday came and went. I'm another year older...times are going fast. We had a nice dinner out as well as a lunch out at work and another dinner out the following weekend with Josh and Erin.
Sierra continues to be a fun and mischievous pet, but I wouldn't trade her for the world. I just love coming home at the end of the day to a cute little smile and a tail wagging wildly. She is an awesome stress reliever.
Next week, I head to Minnesota on the red eye (I know-I said I was never doing it again, and here I am) on Wednesday night to see friends and family and attend Laurel's wedding. I am hoping that the weather is nice and maybe to catch a thunderstorm.
The weather here has not been too horrible. It's in the mid to high 90s in the day with a fair amount of humidity, but it is cooling off very well at night, which is all I can ask. It's still hard to believe that we likely will have two more months of summer. Kind of like Groundhog's Day in the winter. I wonder what the summer groundhog would be?
That's about it for this week. I will post again with something more to say and pictures to boot! Enjoy the rest of summer! College football season is SO CLOSE!
Sunday, July 26, 2009
We are back!
We've had an eventful couple of weeks surrounding our wonderful vacation. The week before we left, Sierra had to add to the drama by getting a fox tail (grass seed) embedded into her foot requiring surgery the day before we left. We felt terrible leaving her in that condition, but she received great care at the Ruff House. She wasn't able to play with the other dogs as she was bandaged up and had to wear her beautiful e-collar. The stitches were taken out this last Thursday and things are looking good, although she still is wearing the collar when we're not around so she can't lick her foot.
Our trip was wonderful. We had good weather pretty much at all of our stops. Zion was a little hot, but we adjusted, and just enjoyed being on vacation. The hiking was fun, but we definitely aren't used to hiking that much that many days in a row. By Wednesday, I had a huge blister on my foot, so we changed into relaxed mode. We also did some other things such as kayaking at Jenny Lake in the Grand Tetons. Camping went well and the dehydrated food we ate went well, actually tasting really well. We only had one "emergency" when the car got a flat tire. We changed the tire and went to the nearest shop and got it patched. A razor, of all things, was the culprit and we were on our way. We have a lot of pictures that are on Facebook. If you are unable to access them, let me know and I will email you the link.
The return to work was fine, but the hardest return was to the heat. The beginning of last week was well over 100 every day, but now it's more in the high 90s. We have been in air conditioning and have done pretty well. Then again...it's only July. Talk to me again in October. This next week, I have a student starting at work. I can't remember where he's from, but he will be with us for 6 weeks and it is his last rotation. It should work out pretty well. Because of the pace of our clinic, we interview all interns, so that is reassuring. It can be a pretty intimidating place to do one of your rotations, but will be great experience for transitioning into practice.
That's all for now...my birthday is Saturday and I have no idea what I want or even what I want to do. No biggie...just go with the flow. Have a good week!
Our trip was wonderful. We had good weather pretty much at all of our stops. Zion was a little hot, but we adjusted, and just enjoyed being on vacation. The hiking was fun, but we definitely aren't used to hiking that much that many days in a row. By Wednesday, I had a huge blister on my foot, so we changed into relaxed mode. We also did some other things such as kayaking at Jenny Lake in the Grand Tetons. Camping went well and the dehydrated food we ate went well, actually tasting really well. We only had one "emergency" when the car got a flat tire. We changed the tire and went to the nearest shop and got it patched. A razor, of all things, was the culprit and we were on our way. We have a lot of pictures that are on Facebook. If you are unable to access them, let me know and I will email you the link.
The return to work was fine, but the hardest return was to the heat. The beginning of last week was well over 100 every day, but now it's more in the high 90s. We have been in air conditioning and have done pretty well. Then again...it's only July. Talk to me again in October. This next week, I have a student starting at work. I can't remember where he's from, but he will be with us for 6 weeks and it is his last rotation. It should work out pretty well. Because of the pace of our clinic, we interview all interns, so that is reassuring. It can be a pretty intimidating place to do one of your rotations, but will be great experience for transitioning into practice.
That's all for now...my birthday is Saturday and I have no idea what I want or even what I want to do. No biggie...just go with the flow. Have a good week!
Sunday, July 5, 2009
Independence and Kayaking
Happy Independence Day everyone! Greetings from southern California, where it has been hot, true to form for July. That hasn't stopped us from continuing our tile project, where we are inching along, and doing a lot of other fun activities. We both had Friday off, which was a nice break. The Fridays off are becoming more and more familiar to Nick, as he now has three furlough Fridays each month. It would be nice if there was not a 20 percent pay cut that came with that. Regardless, this weekend, we took some time out to have fun.
Friday we headed down to La Jolla for some kayaking. This was our first tandem kayak experience, which, I am happy to report, did not end up in any major fights. We had a really good time exploring the cliffs and caves in La Jolla and enjoyed the surf a bit more than we had in our past kayaking experience.
Saturday we ran some errands for our upcoming trip and caught a matinee of "The Hangover." We both thought it was absolutely hilarious. It's hard to imagine a funnier film will come out this year. We then headed down to Nick's work, which happens to have a prime seat for the fireworks that they shoot off at the top of Mt. Rubidoux. The show was great and we enjoyed having a lot of space to ourselves within the gates of his office and surrounding wildlife education area. Sierra was not quite as excited about the show, but made it through all the less.
We are getting quite excited about our trip to Zion, Bryce, Yellowstone, and Grand Teton national parks. We leave on Friday and will be gone for 10 days. We will be tenting and doing a lot of hiking. Sierra will be at the Ruff House Pet Resort while we're gone. You can check to see if she's behaving herself on their web cam (http://www.ruffhousepetresort.com/outdoor-play-yard.html). Nap time is from 12-2, so you won't be able to see her between those times. For Nick and myself, we will be virtually unplugged and I am actually looking forward to it.
Hope everyone had a great fourth of July and is enjoying the second part of summer. More blogging after our trip!
Friday we headed down to La Jolla for some kayaking. This was our first tandem kayak experience, which, I am happy to report, did not end up in any major fights. We had a really good time exploring the cliffs and caves in La Jolla and enjoyed the surf a bit more than we had in our past kayaking experience.
Saturday we ran some errands for our upcoming trip and caught a matinee of "The Hangover." We both thought it was absolutely hilarious. It's hard to imagine a funnier film will come out this year. We then headed down to Nick's work, which happens to have a prime seat for the fireworks that they shoot off at the top of Mt. Rubidoux. The show was great and we enjoyed having a lot of space to ourselves within the gates of his office and surrounding wildlife education area. Sierra was not quite as excited about the show, but made it through all the less.
We are getting quite excited about our trip to Zion, Bryce, Yellowstone, and Grand Teton national parks. We leave on Friday and will be gone for 10 days. We will be tenting and doing a lot of hiking. Sierra will be at the Ruff House Pet Resort while we're gone. You can check to see if she's behaving herself on their web cam (http://www.ruffhousepetresort.com/outdoor-play-yard.html). Nap time is from 12-2, so you won't be able to see her between those times. For Nick and myself, we will be virtually unplugged and I am actually looking forward to it.
Hope everyone had a great fourth of July and is enjoying the second part of summer. More blogging after our trip!
Sunday, June 21, 2009
What we've been up to....
is a good question. It seems like most of June has flown by, but we have kept ourselves busy. For the most part, we have been continuing the tile project...now almost completing the kitchen. We have a fair amount of grouting to do as well as tiling behind the appliances. Then we will have the laundry room, entry way and half bath to finish. An end is in sight...
We also have been enjoying our contribution to aide the struggling California economy, which is a 42 inch plasma television. We have been long overdue for a new set and we went all out for this one. It is a far cry back from our 20 inch that I bought from my Hy-Vee money when working in Ankeny the summer before PT school. We're not sure what we are going to do with the old set, but we will figure something out. We still like Nick's 13 inch from college in our bedroom, so that will stay put.
In other activities, I cleaned out our backyard flower beds as they were pretty hideous. I probably won't be planting much of anything in there, as it will be getting way too hot for anything to survive. I may plant a few succulents and a few other drought resistant ground cover plants. The yard still needs a lot of work on our hill and it the front yard. More hot weekends ahead too!
Nick had some fun over the weekend with some PVC pipe. He built Sierra a stand for her food and water dish in order to help decrease the amount of food, water and slobber on the floor. We are ever so conscious of this since we installed the new floor. She's still a pretty messy eater, but this helps at least a little.
That's all for now...vacation is so close!
We also have been enjoying our contribution to aide the struggling California economy, which is a 42 inch plasma television. We have been long overdue for a new set and we went all out for this one. It is a far cry back from our 20 inch that I bought from my Hy-Vee money when working in Ankeny the summer before PT school. We're not sure what we are going to do with the old set, but we will figure something out. We still like Nick's 13 inch from college in our bedroom, so that will stay put.
In other activities, I cleaned out our backyard flower beds as they were pretty hideous. I probably won't be planting much of anything in there, as it will be getting way too hot for anything to survive. I may plant a few succulents and a few other drought resistant ground cover plants. The yard still needs a lot of work on our hill and it the front yard. More hot weekends ahead too!
Nick had some fun over the weekend with some PVC pipe. He built Sierra a stand for her food and water dish in order to help decrease the amount of food, water and slobber on the floor. We are ever so conscious of this since we installed the new floor. She's still a pretty messy eater, but this helps at least a little.
That's all for now...vacation is so close!
Monday, May 25, 2009
Memorial Day
It's hard to believe that a year ago this weekend, we were just beginning the joys of new home ownership and were slaving away all weekend trying to "fix" that awful interior paint job. We actually have come quite far, considering every wall of the place has been painted, except the laundry room, which is a neutral cream. We also have installed beautiful new carpet on the second level as well as started to tile our first floor. We now officially have the living room finished, awaiting sealant for the grout. Nick has taken Tuesday and Wednesday to do some more work, not sure if that will be in the form of more tiling or starting the sealing and baseboards in the living room.
Friday, I took off from work at noon and we made our way up to Fresno just for a break from the "same." The traffic was a mess, per usual in LA, but once we got to Fresno, we enjoyed a very relaxing and slow paced weekend. We spent some time in the pool, although the temperatures were so nice (that is, not grossly hot) we did not spend the whole time in the pool. Sierra had quite an experience with the pool. She went from curious to scared to petrified, to okay to falling in and being petrified again. We both have scratches all over our arms from her hanging on for dear life. She paddled fine, but I think she was just worried about where to get out. It was very cute when we both were in the pool and she was outside; she would be very concerned and be running around the perimeter of the pool whinning. She also had a great time exploring the Peterson's back yard and being a spoiled grandpuppy for the weekend.
The best part of long weekends are the short weeks. I am already excited. I can now officially begin my countdown to our big vacation of the summer, which starts on July 10 (46 days and counting). We are planning a camping and hiking trip for Zion and Bryce Canyon National Parks in Utah and Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks in Wyoming. Sierra will be going to the Ruff House while we are away.
I hope everyone had a great and safe long weekend!
Friday, I took off from work at noon and we made our way up to Fresno just for a break from the "same." The traffic was a mess, per usual in LA, but once we got to Fresno, we enjoyed a very relaxing and slow paced weekend. We spent some time in the pool, although the temperatures were so nice (that is, not grossly hot) we did not spend the whole time in the pool. Sierra had quite an experience with the pool. She went from curious to scared to petrified, to okay to falling in and being petrified again. We both have scratches all over our arms from her hanging on for dear life. She paddled fine, but I think she was just worried about where to get out. It was very cute when we both were in the pool and she was outside; she would be very concerned and be running around the perimeter of the pool whinning. She also had a great time exploring the Peterson's back yard and being a spoiled grandpuppy for the weekend.
The best part of long weekends are the short weeks. I am already excited. I can now officially begin my countdown to our big vacation of the summer, which starts on July 10 (46 days and counting). We are planning a camping and hiking trip for Zion and Bryce Canyon National Parks in Utah and Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks in Wyoming. Sierra will be going to the Ruff House while we are away.
I hope everyone had a great and safe long weekend!
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
Beginning of May
Sorry about the lack of posting. The two exciting things in our life is that we're continuing to move ahead with the tile project (grouting stage in the living room-no new pictures yet) and we celebrated Nick's birthday. We took Sierra to "Dog Beach" on Nick's birthday, which was really fun. It may be one of the coolest places in California. The dogs were going nuts and Sierra loved it. I am sure we will be taking many trips back to "Dog Beach."
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