Kitty Christmas

Since I was leaving for Christmas the kitties got to open their gifts from Grandma and enjoy. Of course the package was addressed to them and they were the most appreciative kitties although a bit dazed by the amount of catnip they ingested.

Kim's visit

Kim was in town and I was so excited as I love spending time with friends from my past so we had lunch together (with these worm like baked potatoes...very weird...in the pciture). It is so nice to catch up!

Oh boo boo Amy

Unfortunately Amy had to go home early on our shopping day to go to a party that night but never quite made it as she fell down her stairs and badly sprained her ankle having to be off it for the next two weeks! I went over to her house and helped her a little bit but then took her to the airport and of course took pictures in the bathroom for the blog. But Amy got on her way safely and I went home to take a nap.

Lots of Christmas Cheer

Amy and I went out for the day of shopping but when we first stopped to eat we were mobbed with many many Santas! Oh and cupcake women in the first picture.

Brian's Birthday Bash

Candy themed party for Brian. I only got to stay a little while but it was enough time to hold back from eating all the candy in that apartment. I think Brian was Willie Wonka or something with his wig but it turns out he might just have been trying to look like Jess. The scared picture is of us trying to shoot off poppers but mine wouldn't go...and it was making me nervous.

Spa Finale

Before leaving we had to do the moisturizer under ground that we didn't get to do last time so first to the stinky hot springs, then to the mud, and finally to be painted by men (okay they were boys but I still have to make it sound good) in green moisturizer and then you go through the underground caves to sweat it off and then shower it off. Then you end with a room where you can have tea and apples (still underground)...yeah I could do this more often!

Spa Part #2

I forgot our entrance picture...and then our serious of the sauna. It was actually REALLY hot and that sign does say "alcohol in the sauna may lead to unconsciousness" guess we should have read that before enjoying the last of our mimosas in the sauna. But if heat and alcohol didn't cause unconsciousness the super awesome lunch we had after left us in a coma that we needed to sleep off in the sun.

Shadavia's Birthday

YEAH!!! We got to go back to Glen Ivy Spa for Shadavia's birthday because we went free for my birthday so now it was her turn. It was a great day and there was no one there....it was so nice. It was also extremely entertaining to watch the fight between Shadavia and the floating mat. This is how you live up a spa to yourself...

Holy Wind Storm!!!

We had a seriously destructive wind storm here and it was very scary! My glass door was bowing in and the whole building would shake like an earthquake. I had to bring everything in my bedroom and bunker down in there for the night, but unfortunately I could not sleep as I was pretty sure my glass door was going to blow out...thank goodness it didn't. I had sticks and leaves that blew in under my door and where all over the inside of my apartment(although I cleaned up some before taking the picture). And many trees were down and it smelled like pine trees all over Pasadena because so many pine trees were destroyed. Of course the pictures don't give it justice.

Kayla and Jeremy's new addition!

We tried to smoosh a quick visit to see Kayla and Jeremy's new baby girl. She was so sweet and only a few weeks old. It was so nice of them to let us stop by on our way home before going to get some dinner at my favorite....Cracker Barrel!

Thanksgiving at Jason's Family's Farm

We decided to head to Jason's family to spend Thanksgiving as Jason was going to come to my parents for Christmas. It was so nice of them to have me too. His brother picked us up at the airport and we got some food. Then the next day we headed to his parents from his apartment and got to see a table of pies that makes me very happy. I took pictures of all the people that came as it was a great good group, but Jason's family doesn't love me taking pictures so I had to just take them even if everyone wasn't smiling. We all had a great time and it was nice to spend time with family.

Grilling out and hot tubbing

I loved when Amy and I had a grilling/ hot tub evening so Jason and I had one...plus Jason wanted to go into the hot tub in late November just to say we could swim in late November in the outside pool, unlike North Dakota. It was funny because we thought we would go freeze ourselves by going to jump into the pool and then come back to the hot tub, but the funny part was that the pool was actually a really nice temperature and we wanted to stay in there too! Oh I also got some nice fresh limes from the lime trees that surround our hot tub.

Christmas in Pasadena

On our way to a nice dinner we went through the square that was decorated for christmas and took some pictures...it was really nice! I love getting to have Jason here to share fun times like this with me.

Mission Station Farmer's Market

I had been wanting to go and didn't know it was a night so I met Jason there and we ate and bought some yummy fresh foods, along with tasting to many things it almost made us sick. And this was by far a SERIOUS radish (and yes I know I look possessed by the radish)!