Friday, January 7, 2011

California Dreaming...


*How I've been spending my mornings(thanks to Dan!)..Drinking green tea by the ocean (how zen)






Tuesday, January 4, 2011

hmm...when it rains it pours

So, I think I am a walking black cloud.
Here's what's been going on in the last week. I have to post cause really all I can do now is Laugh

1. Lost my wedding ring. Dropped it in the gear shift in Joe's mom's car and my Dad and Joe took the car apart to find it and it was gone..Bummer but it wasn't the engagement ring! Thank GOODNESS!

2. While packing the car to go to the airport, Joe lightly brushed up against me and tapped my glasses..they snapped right in half

3. The RV got impounded while we were gone. We were going to check on it Sunday night when we got back into town but were to tired to drive down the road. Well if we did, then we would have seen the parking ticket and notice to move it. However, we didn't and the next day they impounded it. Drove down the road and had to double check my eyes cause the thing was gone! Had to pay police to get a release then pay impound to get the car out by 5:00pm. If you want to get it out after 5pm they charge you an extra $90. Joe works till 5pm 45 mins away..haha. so with some good luck, got the RV and parked it on the street, picked up Joe and brought it home.

4. Someone got ahold of my credit card number and charged $600 to our account. Investigation pending..

5. Went over to relax and have a beer with neighbors. While outside, tripped over his glass and it shattered everywhere..

6. Little things like, no parking spots at grocery stores, long lines, library system down when checking out books, then its up and working and then paper jams, slow drivers, ya know just little things that make you go UGHHH

7. Outrageous amount of money for a talking on cell phone while driving/no headlights/no insurance card present ticket.

8. Joe lost his key to his work office. So he asked his coworker to open the door cause he has an extra key but his coworker's car blew up that weekend and he walked to work, therefore he left his keys at home. (insert punchline here) So Joe and I had to drive around to his other employee's house at 7:30 am for the key...

umm..8 is a good enough number...but hey if this list is our troubles, then we are very blessed to have the health and love and humor to write this. Happy New Year everyone and much love!

XoXo
Cor

PS will update if needed but lets hope not :)

Happy New Year!!!

Good Looking Bunch :)
Best Italian Bakery in Poughkeepsie
Storm King Mountain
Ice on the River
Mr and Mrs

Bannerman's Castle


Glass blowing

Old Firehouse turned into Glass Blowing workshop and store
Typical Sheila Picture..always cooking...what a mom
Fun walk


This lil guy held up Traffic right in the town of Milton...Dan, you see him around your parents house??
Hudson Valley

Gram :)
Walking the canal in Indianapolis
Zyon getting his almighty Xmas present
Isn't Aunt Laura gorgeous?
My nephew is the cutest thing ever
My in-laws
Grandpa and Grandma Throm

Hey Ya'll!
Hope your Christmas and New Year was wonderful!
Joe and I flew into Indianapolis for the Holiday and spent some lovely time with his family. We spent Christmas Eve at his Grandparents house, eating and watching the little one's open their presents. We spent Christmas day opening presents with the fam and then went to the Johnston's for dinner. We were going to leave Sunday to head up to NY to see my parents but a huge snow storm delayed our plans. But we ended up leaving Monday afternoon and got to NY late Monday night. We spent a few days visiting with the family and limited time with some friends.Didn't get to see everyone which is always a drag.. Mom took a day off from work, so we got to spend some nice time together. Of course, Joe and I went into New Paltz for some deserved Mexicalli Blue burritos. We also spent some nice time with Trav, going for walks down to the river. My Dad got a motorcycle!! We got to see that and hang with him. I miss them :(
Joe and I took a nice day to ourselves and went into Beacon. We were gonna head to NYC but we were spent from all the traveling in the last couple of days. But gosh do I miss the Hudson Valley. We watched a glass-blowing demonstration, walked around town, drove towards to mountain, parked the car and walked to the train tracks to view Bannerman's Castle. Can't wait till the summer to rent Kayaks and photograph that castle, it's breathtaking. Friday morning, Mom and I went to Cafe Aurora to buy pastries and italian cookies for Joe's family. It was really nice and hard to say bye..
We drove back to Indianapolis on Friday and got in at night around 11. Joe and I watched the ball drop and went to bed. Saturday we said our goodbyes to his fam, had a yummy mexican dinner and called it a night. Sunday we departed and am back in Cali...back to the grind kiddos..We are gonna hit up Tahoe in a couple of weeks to snowboard (thanks to Travis giving Joey Bear a board)
How was your holiday??

Monday, December 13, 2010

Tis the season

The Warf
Ice Skating
Ice Skating Rink


Lighthouse AveWelcome!

The Nutcracker
Sunset Theater
The YWCA gave us two tickets to see the Nutcracker ballet in Carmel on Saturday night. It was beautiful as well as the theater it was held in. After the ballet was drove through a festive neighborhood in Pacific Grove called Candy Cane Land. Every house is decorated in it's own unique way and it's a great community gathering with your loved ones. The next day we were blessed with warm weather and rode our bikes down to the Fisherman's Warf. A temporary ice skating rink has been set up by the Warf. Might try to convince my husband to lace up!
12 more days til Xmas and can't wait to see our families!
Hope all is well

Thursday, December 9, 2010

Random selection of pictures in California

This place is located on the main street in Pacific Grove (Lighthouse Ave) It's a great chocolate store.The morning sky in Salinas
Tahoe on the Tree
Our Xmas Tree
I love Monterey, it's got stores like this that are only common in big cities like NYC of San Fran
yum
Paris Bakery Cafe...best bread in town
The Lighthouse (on Lighthouse Ave)
Cannery Row Christmas Tree
Forrest Gump..notice the fake shoes and box of chocolate!
Aquarium (it's free for residents this week...pictures below)
Del Monte Center Christmas Tree
Our back yard










Sardines