Dinner at Milagros for Sara's Birthday

Last night we celebrated Sara's birthday at Milagros (which happens to be a few blocks from our apartment). It has been really hot lately in Redwood City, so it was nice to have a dinner outside and some yummy chips & salsa. And the margarita's didn't hurt either :) We had a great night with good friends and good food. Completed by Sprinkle's Cupcakes out by the pool (since they tried to charge us $2/cupcake to eat them at the restaurant - no thanks!). All in all, it was one of those perfectly relaxing "summer-like" evenings...


Ry and I waiting for our table to be set up.


Orion loving the black beans!


Me & Sar.
(Did you read my post about the dress she wore on my fashion blog? It was gorgeous!)


Orion's "camera face". This kid is seriously so adorable.



The whole group :)

Update on Re-Decorating...

So Ryan and our friend Bo took a trip to IKEA this evening, and I think we finally have the finishing pieces for our living room re-organization (or should I say, MY living room re-org).  I will post pictures tomorrow showing you the finished...or close-to-finished product.

XOXO

P.S.  Why is IKEA always out of 1 (yes just 1) item that you need???

Wow it has been forever...

Sorry folks...I've been so busy posting on my fashion BLOG (have you read it yet???) that I have neglected our other blog. So what do I write about? Hmmmm...

Things that have happened since March 12th (our last post):

*Ryan's company moved him to Pleasanton (from San Mateo)...little bit longer of a commute!
*Ryan bought a new truck.
*Alvin got a haircut. He looks so darn cute...I will try to post pics soon.
*The weather (well up until the last 2 days has been amazing!). April in California and you get 90 degree weather. Perfect for pool time with friends :)
*I have re-visited the idea of re-arranging the entire bedroom. Shhh...Ryan doesn't entirely no this yet - haha!
*We sold our coffee table (finally), now we are on the hunt for a new one that doesn't have the same issues as our old one did (no glass ones).
*Work for both of us has been busy busy busy.
*Shopping "ban" is ALMOST OVER! Can you believe we made it??? May 1st is the date! Wahoo!
*Paid...yes P-A-I-D taxes...sigh...

I think that's about it for now.

XO

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It's been a long-time comin' folks...

Luv for our Tassimo Machine

Why do I love the Tassimo so much?  Because it makes me the perfect cup of coffee.  Ryan's parents got us hooked on this thing and it is A-MAZING.  I should be one of the spokespeople for it.  If you've ever come to our place, I've probably told you how awesome our coffee machine is and how you should probably buy one for yourself :)  Haha!  Our favorite beverages from the Tassimo are:

*[Gevalia] Cappuccinos

*[Gevalia] Lattes

*Chai Lattes

They all taste delicious!  It makes just the cup you need and in the long-run is much cheaper than going to S-bucks.  Today I'm drinking my coffee out of one of the cute mugs Bo & Tawny gave me for my birthday (thanks guys - love them!).  One has a V, the other has an R.  I'm using Ryan's today...

JuRy DuTy

Oh how I hate being cramped in this little room with all these other people.  I think they said there are 65 of us in here.  It's quite small.  At least I won't have to come back here for another year (or more - hopefully!).  Have I ever told you that I have the WORST luck with Jury Duty?  I think I have been summoned 5-6 times now.  Holy Moly.  I know it is my duty as an American Citizen, but I sure don't enjoy it.

I live 1 block away from the Redwood City courthouse.  Where did they assign me to???

Answer: South San Francisco

The waiting room for jurors is kind of like jail.  There is a TV that doesn't work, but DOES play the "How to be  Juror" movie on it.  There is a water dispenser.  Bathrooms.  Lots of rows of chairs with about as much room between them as an airline seat has.  And for the lucky few (yep, I was one of them), a long table with chairs so that you can sit at your laptop.

Save Me.