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In preparation for Summer...

For those who care to know...tis' the season for getting your hair cut. Shed off those winter locks and get ready for the upcoming seasons! Usually I know exactly what I want and am not really afraid to try something new (within reason). In preparation for the warmer weather ahead, I know I needed a haircut. After much deliberation with Ryan, friends and more friends, I decided that instead of growing it out again, I would cut. So for all of you who were curious as to the look I went with...My beautiful friend Elizabeth documented the evening.

Ta Da!!!

I was amazed at how straight my hair got after Stefanie had cut it! Unfortunatley I was not blessed with hair styling abilities so the concept of getting every curl down to a wave down to a straight piece of hair is a bit foreign. :) Maybe not foreign...but not fast enough for me. Hence the modified look above.

So thank you Stefanie! You are the best!!!

So You Think You Can Irish Dance?

Jealousy is not a good trait to possess. You really need to be working through those issues before things get too bad. When it comes to our mad-Irish-dancing skills though...it's okay. Be jealous. You know you are...

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Happy St. Patrick's Day Everyone! Wear your green proud! Eat your corned beef and cabbage! Hunt for leprechauns and treasures of gold!

Savanna the Water Dog!!!

There is a place in my heart for dog accessories/clothes. Not ALL dog accessories/clothes but the items that serve some sort of purpose. For example, when Savanna wears her green collar (because she is cheering for the Oakland A's of course) I usually tie a pink bandanna on her to distinguish the fact that she is a GIRL. Why green collars make a dog a boy I will never know! So in times such as that, bandanna's are so fun.

That is the prelude to my story. The real story is as follows:

Savanna and I are on a daily walking routine. Rain or shine...we are walking. The problem was not the desire to walk but rather the elements of nature. Now it is true that California winters are not the harshest thing out there but I dare say that we have had some pretty decent rain in the last month. In the midst of the week long rains, I hated dealing with a wet and as a result... a smelly golden retriever. So I did some searching.

Today was the day! Thanks to LandsEnd, Savanna can now take the rain walks with ease. And yes, it is personalized...again, with my luck people would walk up and comment on my "boy" dog. I wanted to take no chances.

The irony of the situation is that Spring is almost upon us...those heavy rains, well, we may just have to wait till next winter to really appreciate her rain coat.

What I found when I got home....














Before...














And after!!!

Journaling 101

Every since I was little, the thought of a diary intrigued me. For my birthday one year, I received a Spotty Dotty diary with a lock and key...hello awesome!!! (For all you closet Hello Kitty fans...you know who I am talking about!) I would start by jotting down what happened that day, who got sick at school, who sat by me at lunch, what I had for a snack...You know, the 8 year old style of journaling. I would go for about a week at that pace and then, set it aside. Usually for a few weeks if not months and then start back up again. This has been the set method of my journaling life. Not desired method but set method. So here I am, 24 and still lagging in the journaling department which is something that I do enjoy doing. I wanted to do something about this issue of mine. What was prohibiting me from journaling regularly? - Content? No. Cool Journal? No. Easy - TIME. I have issues taking the time out of my day to spend writing my thoughts, feelings, ideas, etc. - whether they are trivial or not is another question. :)

So here it goes, my reason for this entry. I am not one for a shameless plug when it comes to websites but this has turned out to be a pretty neat site for those in the same lack-of-journaling boat that I am in who want to change. If you type faster than you write, I totally recommend http://www.penzu.com/ Simple journaling site that is not a blog but just a personal empty page of paper that you can keep locked (sorry, no spotty dotty layout) without the hesitant feeling that someone will stumble across a folder on your computer or open up that fancy journal of yours.

I guess you could call this a March resolution of mine? Oh and P.S. - You will be happy to know that I no longer write about who I sat with at lunch - at least, not all of the time. :) Happy writing!

So Lame!

So much for keeping our blog updated with new and exciting info! On our behalf I blame our organization system! We will soon be in the market for an iMac which will do wonders for our picture storage system and the ease of posting those pics and videos to share. Anther excuse commonly used in our house is the lack of videos and pictures...which is only partially true. Our flip video pretty much goes anywhere that Ryan's pocket goes...or right now, wherever my purse goes. Our camera just requires a little more planning to bring along but even so, nothing that cannot be remedied.

So to all our blog followers - I apologize! This year will be full of pictures, videos and stories to share and I promise to do just that.

To back track a bit, about a month ago I snagged a ride with Ryan up to Hartland Christian Camp when Cornerstone took their 4th and 5th graders for a weekend Winter Camp. We were hoping the snow would dump from the sky but we unfortunately, were a week early. (The whole camp was snowed in the following week - go figure!!). Regardless the ground had a bit of snow remaining from a previous storm and the hour we arrived, the snow made an appearance for an hour or so. The kids freaked out - Thought it was the most awesome thing that could have happened! I could not help but laugh at these Bay Area kids pretending they knew how to handle snow!

The weekend was a blast! Despite battling a relapse of that nasty cold that was going around - We treked about with cameras trying to capture the smiles that could be found all around. Check out the Zone's blog for a video from the weekend! Just follow the link below...

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