A weekend drive to Point Reyes

Cattle in the pasture on the farms on the drive to Point Reyes!

Me with the lighthouse in the background. I think they said it was 300 steps up to this point!

It was a gorgeous day!

The water was so blue!

My hubby, looking cool in his shades!

We had a great day!

Pink/Green Parking Meters!

Our neighborhood always wraps the parking meters with different colored ribbons for the upcoming holiday or season. When it was Chrismas they were red/green, when the Blue Angels were in town they were blue/gold, and now that it's Spring and Easter time, the meters are wrapped with pink/green ribbons. I love it! I had to take a picture of the meters, so that I could show my girls who know my love for pink and green ever since the wedding planning days. One would think that I would get sick of this color pairing, but I think it will have a special place in my heart forever. I hope they leave them wrapped until our anniversary!

Adults only at California Academy of Science

Every Thursday night the California Academy of Science opens up from 6-10pm to those 21 and older only. The tickets are only $10, and this gets you in to the museum and the ability to see all of the fabulous exhibits, with a cocktail in hand! There is a bar set up around every corner you turn, and a DJ in the center of the museum mixing the music heard throughout the building. Megan and I went (after several others bailed on the evening), and enjoyed ourselves immensely. The aquarium was awesome. There is definitely tons to do here, and we need to go back again! What a cool Thursday night adventure. Particularly an adventure because we rode the bus and took 3 transfers to get there, one of which was a pretty sketchy bus stop! We found a much faster way back from the museum to the marina which involved no transfers. A great night indeed!
A hermit crab with really cool eyes!

Fishy!

This may be the worst job, ever! This guy works with all of the dead animals found and donated to the museum. In this case he is stuffing this deadbird with a saw dust type of material so that they can display it in the museum.

We got patio furniture!

So Paul's been in Japan for the week and I needed a project to do with all of my free time. Conveniently, the patio furniture that we've had our eye on went on sale the Saturday that he left town for the week. So...what did I do? Borrowed Kevin's Xterra and went to buy it! And then, every night when I got home from work I built pieces of it. The only tricky part was getting the loveseat out of the truck. I was able to lift all of the rest of the pieces by myself due to my enormous muscles; however, the loveseat proved to be too heavy. Luckily, the men were working on the apt above ours when I figured this out. So...ding dong! Yes, I rang the doorbell and asked the nice man who came to the door if he'd help me get the box out of the truck and into my apartment. He was kind enough to help me get it right inside the door. Then, when I was ready to build that piece, I just pushed the box along the wood floor, and had some major dusting and mopping to do afterwards. I built all of the furniture in the family room, with chick flicks on in the background. Great background noise for when I am home alone for a while. I need some new ones to add to the mix. The Wedding Date, 27 dresses, Sex in the City, The Wedding Planner, In Her Shoes, P.S. I Love You, etc. need some newbies to be added to the line-up! Anyhow, after I built the loveseat, I realized that just as before, I couldn't lift it out to the deck alone. And, being the anal person that I am, I wanted the whole set to be set up for Paul to see when he got home from Japan. So, I put the love seat on a giant beach towel and then slid it to the door of the patio. From there it was easier to lift onto the deck, and then to it's new home. The set looks great! Now we just need that grill! I think we'll spend lots of time out here!

Valentine's Day with my Hubby!

This was one of the most fun Valentine's Days ever! Paul and I went shopping on Union St walking our way over to Washington Square. We then walked through North Beach over to the Ferry Building where we had dinner at Taylor's Automatic Refresher, a kind of spruced up diner on the water. We had cheeseburgers, fries, and a shake, and then walked over to the Embarcadero and watched the annual Pillow Fight. What a riot...people from all over the city come together, walking around with their pillows from home...and then take out all of their pent up frustration regarding love, or just have a blast hitting their loved ones and random people they've never seen before. It was a great Valentine's Day all around. I love you, Paul!

Celebrating the Chinese New Year!

We went down to the Financial District to watch the Chinese New Year Parade. It included lots of marching bands, government officials, dancers, firemen, and dancing dragons! The night out afterwards was probably more exciting than the parade, but all in all, it was a fun, unique night!

Enjoying the sun at Crissy Field and Sailing

We enjoyed the sun this weekend by going out on the water in the morning with Jake and Megan on Jake's sailboat. After getting some sun, drinking some champagne, we headed over to Crissy Field and enjoyed a barbq with friends and some more sun! What a great day!

To 2009!

I can't believe it's 2009. I think this is going to be a good year. A year of lots of great memories, but no major events like changes of jobs, moving, weddings, etc. At least none planned!

2007 was busy with completing my dissertation, graduating, planning a wedding, completing my internship, getting married, and moving into our 1st house together.

2008 was filled with my first year of work post-internship, Paul getting a job offer outside of AZ, the two of us deciding to move to San Francisco, apartment hunting, packing up our house, moving to CA, finding a new job for me, and living away from my family and friends in Arizona for the first time in my life.

I have no regrets from either of these years, and I know that 2009 will hold as much excitement in it as well. However, I am happy that it is not planned to include any of the excitement of the last two years!

What do I hope 2009 will include?

• A trip to Japan
• A trip to Guatamala
  
• Weekend trips to fun California destinations
• Continued trips home to Arizona to visit family and friends
• Making use of my gym membership regularly
• Continuing to have fun baking
• Developing more friendships in SF
• Reading some good books
• Being better about calling people to stay in touch
• Checking out more neighborhoods in the city
• Taking pictures
• More friends' weddings and babies being born
• More visits from friends
• Trips to LA to visit all of our family and friends that live there
• And being better about documenting the year