Keeping Sane

Last night was one of those perfectly relaxing Friday nights.
You know, the kind that keep you sane.

I stopped by Kohl's and did some browsing after work.
And then I finished up some projects and watched E!
while the hubs was out at happy hour with his co-workers.

Once he got home,
we headed out for a spontaneous late night bonfire at the beach.
I love me some summer and I adore me some San Diego.

But back to the point...

We've had a couple problems at our house as of late.
1. We've had this empty wall next to our kitchen since...
well, since we moved in.
2. Our kitchen counter always seems to fill up
with bills, and receipts, and coupons, and pens, and mail, and...
3. We tried using Google Calendar to keep in sync with our plans,
but it just didn't catch on like we would've liked, so...

So last night I killed three birds with one stone.

This little wall project is now keeping me sane.

We can keep track of our plans,have a central location to store bills, coupons and pens,and we no longer have a big empty wall.
Me likes.

Friday, Friday!

It's Friday, Friday
Get to go home on Friiiiday.

At least those are the new lyrics my boss was jammin to this morning. :)

Speaking of Friday,
Jeremiah and I have started a new kind of routine
where we stop for coffee, smoothies and the like together on Friday mornings.
It's just a simple thing, that takes barely any time at all
But it's a little extra time to spend together before the start of our days.
A good celebration of Friday if you ask me.

So is our dinner and a movie date.

With the price of movie tickets these days,
we don't typically go to the theater very often.
But tonight, Super 8 is calling our name.

What have you got planned for tonight?

tGif, for sure

I am VERY much looking forward to this weekend.

Not necessarily because we're going anywhere exciting,
or because we're celebrating anything in particular,
but because it's been a strangely long week,
we have relatively NO weekend commitments
and the weather is scheduled to be gorgy.

I'm one happy girl.



I'm thinking I'll watch the Royal Wedding
{because 3am was just not conducive to my beauty sleep schedule},
help our sweet friends move into their new house,
work on a bridal shower gift for my sister-in-law,
prep a little for Mother's Day,
and enjoy a bit of sunshine after church on Sunday.

Have an absolutely lovely weekend!

Happy Happy Joy Joy

I don't think I could be any more excited for the weekend.
Okay, maybe I could. But go with me here.

This weekend, Jeremiah and I have absolutely zero commitments.
Sure, we have plenty of things to do,
but we're taking the opportunity to relax and refresh a bit.
We've rented movies, have some DVR'd shows to catch up on
and will be enjoying both each other and the lovely San Diego weather.

Much.Needed.Rest.

What are you doing this weekend?

Like Peas in a Pod

The Schanakers are those friends
those friends that are always up for a good time,
a good laugh, and good company.

So last night, they joined us for a round [or two..] of Tacos and Margaritas,
a few arcade games at Nickel City, and some froyo.

The boys, of course, dominated the shoot'em up games
while the girls won tickets galore.
I don't care if you're five or fifty,
there's something rather exhilarating
about feeding your tickets through the ticket counter
and running off to the prize counter.

Mua ha ha! The boys - so wrapped up in their games -
didn't even realize as we snatched extra tokens from their pockets.
And those tokens were well worth it.
Erin and I rocked PLINKO!


Thanks for a fabulous time, d&e.
We love, love, love you two.

All You Need is Love

If you thought this was a sweet love story,

how about this one?


What a lovely way to start the weekend.
Happy Friday, ya'll!

Happy, Happy Friday!

Happy Friday, my friends!

This weekend, Jeremiah and I are celebrating the
last official weekend of Summer
with a wedding, a Padres Game, Friends, a Family BBQ and a trip down to the Bay.

It will be a lovely and much needed weekend!

What are you doing?

Pennies, Pennies, Pennies

Before DSC returned to the airwaves, I listened to 94.1 on my morning commute.
They play a little somethin' on Fridays called "Why ya smilin'?"

Today I'm smiling because....

• The work week went faster than normal. And it's already F-R-I-D-A-Y!
• I made a heavenly Homemade BBQ Chicken Pizza for dinner this week: garlic and Herb pizza dough, pesto-infused olive oil, pizza sauce, TJ's BBQ sauce, chicken, yellow peppers, red onions, fresh tomatoes, and fresh garlic sprinkled with mozzarella and feta cheese.
• Hubs awarded me a couple high-fives
• This week went far better than last
• Next month I only have to go to work half of the days, but my paycheck won't change at all.
• I had great conversations with Jeremiah, Alana, my Mom, my Bible Study Girls and my Papa.
• I have softball practice today.
• All those piles of Escrow paper work are moving right along.
• I finally figured out how to download videos from our camcorder and publish them on my bloggity-blog.
• Starbucks has been a regular part of my morning routine.
• I've been incredibly encouraged this week.

More to come. I'm sure of it.

Dinner-and-a-Movie

Last night, the Hubs and I
kicked off the long weekend with
a Dinner-and-a-Movie Date

We made a small summer feast
and enjoyed carne asada, baked beans,
corn on the cob, grilled asparagus
fresh watermelon, and raspberry lemonade


Then we headed off
to see Toy Story 3 in 3D


When I was sick last week,
I re-watched the first two,
but I must say,
they really nailed it with the third one.

I laughed, I cried
I absolutely LOVED it!

You must go see it, ASAP.

2p, Come Soon

I'm in dire need of Friday this week.
Well, actually, if we could skip the first half of Friday
that'd be pretty cool too.

I'm ready for
a few days off work,
Stacy and John's Wedding,
my Grandparent's Anniversary Party,
A night in a cute little hotel
Church,
and Father's Day Brunch with my Papa.

Dear 2p, please come soon!

Happy Birthday, Erin!

This pretty girl had a birthday on Friday.

And I'm so glad we got to celebrate with her.

Dear Erin,
I'm really excited about the friendship that's been growing over the past couple years
(and by couple, I just realized I mean five and a half - wow!)
Thank you for your positive attitude, your honesty, your excitement,
your encouragement and your hospitality.
I've been both encouraged and challenged by you.
You are smart and talented, fun and loving.
What a blessing to have such a special friend.
Cheers to you on your birthday... or a couple days later ;-)
Love,
Jessi