Good news!!

NorCalSupermom is out of surgery and doing alright. A couple things didn't go exactly as planned, but she's doing okay and the doctors are keeping an eye on her. :) Overall it is very good news.

Called the Hospital

She's in surgery now... **fingers crossed** I should find out how it went in about and hour and a half to two hours.

Just dropped off my mom's care package.

I put together a care package last night for my mother while she is in the hospital recovering from surgery. It included:

- Trashy celeb gossip magazines
- Sudoku Puzzles
- Stationary
- A couple kinds of scented lotion
- No-water-needed cucumber face wipes
- A pretty sheet and suede pillow
- Slipper socks
- Mints
- Pink eyeglass case
- Vanilla lip gloss

I dropped the kit off to her on the way into work this morning. She seemed to like it. :) My dad is taking her to be admitted for surgery at 10:00. I'm nervous and praying for a successful and uncomplicated procedure.

♥ I love you, mom! ♥

HOW???

(Click to enlarge.) This cracks me up! How does this even happen??

Back from our anniversary trip!!

We had the BEST time in Monterey!!!! Thanks so much to everyone who offered recs. EVERY place we visited or ate was great! The hotel (Hotel Pacific) was wonderful and so romantic.

We visited the aquarium, ate so much delicious food, went to Fisherman's Wharf and Cannery Row, did 17-mile drive, watched a wedding from our restaurant at Lover's Point at sunset, watched the wildlife, and relaxed, too. I'll upload some photos tonight.

♥ ♥ ♥ ♥

Now on to a couple of bad news items:

• My school quarter starts today! I'm taking 4 classes which totals 15.5 units in 12 weeks. I'm a little nervous becuase work is about to get really crazy. I hope I can handle it.

• My mom goes in for surgery tomorrow. I'm hoping that things go smoothly. I know that it's "routine" and all, but I'm still pretty nervous about it.

One day left!

We're leaving tomorrow morning for our vacation! Woo-hoo!!

• The Nest is down. Booo! I miss my friends. They were the only thing getting me through this painfully boring day.

• Grey's Anatomy is on tonight and I could not be more excited!!!!!!!!



• Hubby and I made our picks and layed out the points for this week's football. I'm really looking forward to the games! We actually picked a lot differently this week.

• I am clearly addicted to TV and could go on and on about the different shows this week, but will refrain. (Except to say that it really sucks that Project Runway was a re-run this week!)

• My mother is having surgery on Tuesday. I'm wishing her the bestest. It's sort of surreal.

• Fall Quarter starts on Monday. I'm taking online classes again, so at least I can do it all from home.

I suppose I should stop rambling. I'll probably post once more before we go out of town. Happy Thursday, everyone!

Anniversary vacation countdown!

2 days and counting!!!

Hubs and I are escaping on a romantic getaway this weekend for our one year anniversary on Sunday. I'm very excited and these last two days of work cannot go fast enough (we have Friday off)!

We plan to spend a little time at the place we got married, stay in Monterey, go wine tasting, watch the sunset, go to the aquarium, eat delicious food, ...sigh... Is it Friday yet??

And for your viewing pleasure, Carmel at Sunset:

Changing my layout soon...

Do any of you fellow bloggers know where I can find good layouts that are actually supported in firefox (mozilla). It's annoying that the graphics don't show.

Thanks in advance!

- Dirty Jeannie (It's Pirate day!)

[Get your pirate name here!]

I won! I won!

First of all... I was stoked about the Cowboy's game!! Not only did they win (WOO!), but we actually got to watch the game. I hate that living in the bay area means having to watch the niners and raiders. Booo! Gimmie some Dallas!



Second of all... I WON the points competition for the 1st two weeks!! It all came down to the Steelers/Jags game last night. That means I get to choose whatever movie I want to drag the Mr. to! I'm thinking a totally cheesy chick flick. Fun times, fun times. I'm open to suggestions!

Spent Saturday in San Francisco

The Mr. and I took my mother (who refuses to drive anywhere near SF) and her sister - my Aunt - to the city to show them around. We did all sorts of fun things!

((Sorry some of the photos are so grainy!!))

- Briefly window shopped at the mall.

- Drove across the Golden Gate and took some photos on the Sausalito side.





- Hung out at Pier 39 watching live performers (percussion performance).

- Laughed at the Sea Lions vying for position on their corner of the over-crowded platforms.



- Walked down to Fisherman's Wharf.



Bread shaped like animals! These were at Boudin's Bakery. Cute, huh?


Wierdo six-seater bike!


- Went down to the cannery where they were having an olive oil and tomato festival (random!) and partook in some margaritas.

My beautiful mother and I:


Hubby enjoying his bread:


- Took a ferry over to Alcatraz and had a really fun time touring around the island and prison.



Sad.. **Pout**


Where someone actually escaped!




- Had dinner at Louis on Pier 39 (giving our aching feet a rest!).

- Finally got back in the car and I drove them around downtown and the financial district to peer at the huge buildings and fascinating architecture before heading home.

Oh and Aunt Eva, if you're reading this, can you email me some of your photos?? I can't believe I didn't snap a pic of you on Saturday!