A 2nd Birthday for Jason!

Lucky guy! Today we celebrated Jason's birthday again. His mom made a wonderful angel food cake and fun was had by all.

Graduation Day!

Today both my mom and my brother graduated! My mom with a Master's in Marriage and Family Therapy and my brother with a Bachelor's in Public Relations. Although they went to different universities, they were able to march together because their universities are affiliated. ANYWAY.... Here is a picture of the happy graduates!


Here are some friends from high school that I haven't seen since I left there my sophomore year. Donnie, in the blue shirt, has been my brother's best friend ever since 2nd grade. Awww, the memories. :]

Ok, here is a family shot!

Which of these three things doesn't belong......

Interestingly enough, my brother and I had the same teacher but at different schools. Ms. McGuire taught me in high school and Michael in college. Here is a picture of my brother, Ms. McGuire and I.


Here is my mom making a speech at our graduation lunch afterward! As you can see, there is a wonderful ambiance at Don Giovanni's in St. Helena.


Here is my dessert and mini me looking on. Just kidding, but she does kind of look like it huh?


The restaurant is dog friendly but not really crazy puppy Mosey friendly so we had to tie him to a tree outside. As you can see, he is very happy to see us return.


It was a beautiful weekend in Napa Valley and since my brother has a good job at a winery there, I am sure we will be back soon.

Having Fun Waiting

It is the day before graduation and we are having fun waiting for the big day.  We went out to eat at Cindy's Backstreet Kitchen where Navi, Michael's girlfriend used to work.  

Hung around outside talking and observed the never-dimming love between my grandparents,

 

and walked around Calistoga

 

(or rather, the girls walked.  All the guys sat on a bench and waited.).  It was a really relaxing and fun day with family. 

Packing Live Animals

As I was rushing around this morning getting packed for our two week vacation, Mosey decided not to mope around at the chance that he might not accompany us, but to be proactive.  If I wasn't going to pack him, he would just pack himself to save me the trouble.  

Bath Time

Mosey got a bath tonight.  It was about time!  The water ran brown!

A Disaster Area

So, Mosey has decided to turn our backyard into his own disaster area.  This is his "Yum, I love the taste of disaster areas!" look.

Symbiosis

I planted my blood orange tree in a pot that previosly housed tomatoes.  I was happily surprised to see some tomato plants growing next to my orange tree.  They are pretty far behind in the growth season but maybe they will grow big enough to bear a tomato or two. We will see.  *By the way, I know that symbiosis isn't really the correct scientific term to describe this situation. * 

It's Getting Hot Again...

Today, I trudged around feeling hot and sweaty.  The air was thick with heat waves and I was burning up.  I even had a nice flowy skirt on, but alas, there was no comfort.  When I found out it was only 95 degrees today, I became even more depressed.  How am I going to last through the summer.  I guess I will adapt. We always do.  I hope Mosey adapts too, otherwise we will have quite the electric bill....

Spokane Water Shortage

Here is the river in Spokane, Washington.  This picture is taken right outside of Riverfront park.  While Arnold signed a drought declaration for California, Washington seems to be doing just fine on the water front.  Indeed, this was quite the rushing water!!

Brandon and Marisol 6.7.2008

Today my cousin, Brandon, got married! They chose  beautiful spot, Camp Mivoden.  It is crazy when someone your own age that you have grown up with ties the knot.  Just ask my cousins.  :]  The flowers were amazing (thanks to my auntie), 

the couple was happy, 

the cake was good, 

and there was even a sunset at the end of the day which prompted my brother and his girlfriend, Navi, to burst into dance.  

I also had a once in some lifetimes picture taken today.  Here is me, my mom, and my grandpa at the ages of 25, 50, and 75.  

This will change in a couple weeks so we had to be sure to get a picture today while we are all together.  A very nice day.  

Cutey Wutey Wittle Mosey Posey

After you quit gagging from my title, take a look at my little doggie.  He is very much a sweetie pie.  Especially when he is sleepy.  :]

Salt Lick

Dogs, birds, deer, and cows need electrolytes.  Birds, cows, and deer get their electrolytes from big cakes of salt strategically placed in their surroundings.  Dogs, on the other hand, get their electrolytes from licking sweaty racquetball playing humans.  

Plunder

My mom moved out of her house today so I raided the artichoke plants that we planted here over a year ago.  I couldn't let the new renters reap our bounty!  We have a lot to eat this week!  I have decided that if I move to a place with harsh winters, I will need to have a greenhouse.  I don't think I can ever go back to not having homegrown artichokes.  They are so good!!

A Pair of Us

Today my mom asked is I could transport my great aunt's wheelchair from her house the assisted living center.  Transport in this case meant, ride it 1 mile.  I was definitely up for it.  I though it would be pretty fun!  It was.  I hooked Mosey's leash to the armrest and off we went.  We made quite the pair!  Mosey in his Elizabethan collar and I, healthy looking but in a wheelchair.  people couldn't help but smile.  It was pretty nerve racking crossing the main roads but I was really grateful for the wheelchair and bike friendly curbs.  I made it to the assisted living center safely but went to the wrong room.  Ah well, she got her chair eventually.  

 

Grades

As you might have noticed, I haven't been updating this blog at all this week. I have been taking pictures though! This last week was finals week and tomorrow my grades are due. I have to grade all these papers before then.


Here I am grading my students final 10,000 words projects.