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Wednesday, August 31, 2011

a bit of bocce

over the weekend dave hosted a bocce tournament/bbq end of summer party for a bunch of his co-workers. it was a grand old time, and everyone enjoyed it!
dave made a trophy for the winner, and well...im glad it didn't come home with us...as i am sure it'll show up at the next white elephant party:)





scoring correctly was taken very seriously...and the official measuring tape was brought out to settle all potential disagreements

we were excited to see jill came to support the tournament with her little puppies!


me with the host

Saturday, August 27, 2011

i love dessert

here are my many faces while enjoying my dessert, and 99 out of 100 times, its chocolate.

when dave takes me out to dinner, or rather we decide together to go out to dinner...as date nights, dinners and the such change from the weekly event you plan and look forward to, often times the conversation goes a little something like,
"what do you want for dinner?"
"do we have food in our fridge to cook?"
"do we have any leftovers?"
"do you want to order thai food, and i'll pick it up on the way home?"

i think such conversations happen as we both are working full-time-plus; and sometimes creating a meal at home (as fun, enjoyable and rewarding as it is) can also be viewed as overwhelming and exhausting.
(specifically when my alarm clock went off at 408am, and i went running after work, and its now 6pm and i still have to shower, and prepare for tomorrow...creating a meal at times is too much work)

i have gone on a tangent.

dessert.

oh yes, my love for dessert, preferably chocolate.

when dave and i do go out for dinner, when the waitress comes by and asks, "would you like to see the dessert menu?"
i love it when dave says, "YES!" and he knows i prefer anything chocolate, and i know he prefers anything apple pie...so sometimes we don't agree.
but sometimes he says, "which chocolate item would you like?"
and hence, the pictures above of me eating some chocolate mousse cake with fresh homemade whip cream.
(do not judge, i had just walked all over the city...if calories can be earned, i earned them that day!)



Thursday, August 25, 2011

happy birthday sarah!

if we had planned it right...when we went for our "run" this weekend i would have picked up some cupcakes to go with our coffee...as its Sarah's birthday...and she took off to LA for the week

here we are, for our august 20th run!
instead of the 6 mile, 1000 foot elevation climb trail run...we choose the 5 mile walk to get coffee and breakfast!
happy birthday!
cupcakes when you return!
and/or
maybe some sangria from cha cha cha!

Tuesday, August 23, 2011

a day in our own city

warning: this post is picture heavy. you've been warned.

david and i decided to spend a day exploring our backyard as a part of our anniversary celebration.
it was a beautiful day in the city; and much to my surprise there were so many places we explored that dave hadn't ever been to...and myself as well.

for christmas my mom picked up a travel guide of "50 walks in sf" for dave; and we did 2 china town walks and then hiked across the city to complete a pacific heights walking tour!


one of the places i really wanted to go was the fortune cookie factory.
good thing the men out front pointed me to the door; as we were walking down an alley and could have easily passed this little establishment.
all the cookies were hand rolled, and it was 50 cents for a picture, but it had to be quick as there was a line of other waiting...so its a bit blurry.

from china town we went to north beach, and from there we traversed our way to the presidio







and then the lion street stairs...luckily, we went down, not up!

from the presidio we walked through fort mason, to ghiradelli square, along the embarcadero to the ferry building





dave wanted some traditional clam chowder in a boudin sourdough bread bowl

and i wanted chocolate... at thco


and then we made our way to the mission district...
the graffiti.....amazing artwork!
(its appreciated when its tasteful, and not on the mirror in my store)






cha cha cha...one of my favorite places for dinner!
the sangria...oh the sangria! delish!


dave agrees with me...


and we are on our way home, after a fabulous day


we truly played the part of tourists, we were even approached by some locals asking if we needed help! we had out our camera, dave's shoulder bag and our little walking tour guide cards...so much fun!
we're excited for our next day in the city adventure!

Thursday, August 18, 2011

clocking our mileage

we took off for a little run in the sun!



Tuesday, August 16, 2011

three years of marriage

today we celebrate our 3rd anniversary.
i have one amazing, kind, generous, patient, loving husband.

this is what he has been working on...because when we moved i stated,
"i want to paint the cabinets white..."

just look at what he made happen

the before


and the after!


i am one lucky lady!

Sunday, August 14, 2011

a weekly recap

monday
back to work!

tuesday
qasa audit score 96%

wednesday
surprise homemade dinner for dave

thursday/friday
global summit leadership conference
mr schultz changed his mind about speaking, which was a bit disappointing
but the conference did not disappoint. it was fantastic.
dave and i were able to have lunch by the lake two days in a row!!!



saturday
bbq with jill and sean.

sunday
dave made me scones and coffee for breakfast
so sweet!


monday (today)
just a 10 hour work day
after work i made an apple pie for dave


i was starting to gather my thoughts for a blog post, but then as i made my week into a list...i decided to leave it like that.