OMGoodness!

I was innocently strolling through the grocery store looking for the frozen peas when I came across this beauty.  

And it gets better inside.  If you like grasshopper pie, this is the ice cream for you.  My favorite ice cream is mint chocolate chip.  Forget the cheapo kind that has actual chips (yes I am talking to you Breyers) in it, I like the splintered chocolate in my mint chocolate.  This ice cream with oreos is even better.  I had to work hard to limit myself to one small cup today.  It was really hard to stop.  Even though this is not a commercial for Dreyers, it is most definitely an endorsement.  Although I have always been a die-hard Dreyers fan, I now feel that it is important to tell the world.  That is all.  

Mother's Day

Today was Mother's Day so we went and got pedicures.  There is a pretty nice place near here so we had a good time reading gossip magazines, watching a Vietnamese soap opera, and getting our feet pampered.  

After that, we went home and cooked some stew which Jason had requested.  For dessert, we made a berry bliss with the strawberries I got from the organic food co-op.  I found the recipe in this month's Family Circle magazine.  Yum!!!  A very good meal if I do say so myself.  

Big Bear

Today we went up to Big Bear Lake to mountain bike, kayak, and fish.  Well, we didn't end up fishing but we had fun doing the rest.  Here I am with Mosey taking a break. 

 

That is my mom's trailer.  She always goes biking with Pierre (her pug) in the back.  Mosey stays back there too because he can't be trusted to stay next to us while we are ....... well, doing anything.

Today also marks the first day that Mosey swam on purpose.  :]  Jason and I were going to take our turns on the kayaks so my mom was holding Mosey's leash on shore.  We went off and when we came back, my mom says he was bounding and bounding in the water and finally he was over his head so he swam.  Jason and I wanted to see for ourselves so we tried to make him do it again.  That is when my mom got this cute video.  

Beach Vespers

Tonight, my school had beach vespers at Corona Del Mar beach.  We played beach volleyball for along time until I injured myself like an old biddy.  I am fine, I just jarred my neck.  Anyway, we enjoyed 'smores and hot dogs.  After we ate, we got together in groups to create some charades.  Our group had Gideon.  We were discussing how to effectively show the conversation between the angel and Gideon without the use of words when crowds of people started running toward the water.  As they passed I heard snatches of excited exclamations "Seal!"  I grabbed my camera and followed them all.  I got there just in time to see Rebeca, a student from Peru, walking toward the seal with her hand outstretched.  Now, if the seal had been healthy, she would probably be missing a finger or two now and I wouldn't have caught this great picture.  

Someone called some animal rescue place but I think the seal took off before they got there....because I don't think anyone actually ever came.  But the seal actually stuck around until everyone got bored and went back to charades.  I hope it is ok...

 

All in Good Time...

These pictures show you the cleanest my office has been in 6 months.  Really, I am actually proud in a backward sort of way.  

I consider myself an organized person, but I guess I work best when someone has put an organizational system into place and I just follow the rules.   Organizing myself seems to be a different story.  I tell myself that if anyone criticizes me, I will tell them "This is a working office.  I am far too busy to keep it looking like a museum."  That would show them!  We will see if anyone mentions it and if they do if I will have the guts to be such a snob.  :]

Giving Into Temptation

Every time I go into World Market, I lust over these beautiful asian inspired blossom dishes.  I always tell myself to wait.  Lately though, I have been thinking about these dishes even when I am not in the store.  I find myself being worried that I will got to World Market and they will be discontinued and then what will I have waited for?  Heartbreak!  So I bought 1 set today.  Yes.  ONE.  I know that means that Jason can't eat off something beautiful with me.  I still gave into temptation and bought a set anyway.  Watch, I will go back to get another set and they will be discontinued and I will be stuck with my own personal dishes forever....

Sushi: Korean Style

Today, some of my students made me some Korean sushi.  It has a Korean name but I didn't memorize it.  Anyway, they are a husband and wife and the wife gave me a tupperware of it while her husband was out of the room.  She said "All vegetable" so I would know it was vegetarian.  I promptly popped two into my mouth and chewed happily.  They were good!  The husband came in and said "You are vegetarian but you eat fish right?"  Ummmmm..... no.  Uh-oh.  Turns out the whitish pink thing was imitation razor clam.  But imitation just means it is halibut flavored like clam.  Ugh...  I looked at my beautiful tupperware of sushi and at their stricken faces and started to push the pieces of offending meet out 'Jenga' style.  I put the clam on a paper towel and gave it back to them so it wouldn't go to waste.  They bowed and thanked me.  I thanked them and chowed down on my sushi trying not to think about the two pieces I had eaten before.  Now I had 8 pieces of sushi that looked like rice donuts because of the hole in the middle.  

Sadly, the sushi tasted better with the clam.  But they were still delicious!!

Fun with Photo Booth

Since I am lazy tonight and don't feel like being creative, I will let my computer do that for me. Here is me right now, being normal.

"Anime Damsel in Distress"

"Tara the Timid Turtle"

I call this one the "Rosie O'Donnell and Jay Leno love child".

"I collect Sponge Bob paraphernalia "

Arbonne

Today I had an Arbonne party at my house.  Arbonne is a skin care line developed in Switzerland.  It has only very natural ingredients and is very nice.  Anyway, I was just hosting the party for my neighbor and invited about 20 people.  My mom came...... but we spent a lot of money even with just the two of us so I am sure that my neighbor is happy.  Jason probably isn't.  My mom and I finished off the Trader Joe's spincah and artichoke dip just fine by ourselves.  

Mountain Biking and Fondue

My mom loves mountain biking and I have never been interested. Today, she insisted that I go with her. Ok fine. We had a really good time. She gave me some good tips so that I wouldn't fly over my handle bars and it really helped. We came to some nice water and after contemplating for a minute or two, my mom decided to ride her bike into the water. After that, I had to too. Here is a video of me doing so.

The water was actually pretty cold which is why I was shrieking. :]

Here is me going down a hill.

I was scared stiff at first but when I did it the second time, I wondered what my problem was before. I am such a wuss sometimes....

Tonight, we went shopping and I used up 3 of the 5 gift cards that I needed to. My wallet feels much lighter, but in a good way. Afterwards, my mom was dying of hunger so we stopped at "The Melting Pot", a fondue restaurant!!! It was so good! I have always loved fondue and this place was good, and not that expensive. Here we are partaking....

Night Light Improv

The first Friday night of every month, Night Light Improv performs.  We have been together for about a year.  We basically get together, have some fun "Who's line is it anyway?" style and then have a sermonette and some signing.  Anyway, it is a lot of fun.  Here is a picture of us about to start.  You can watch a video of one of our scenes here:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFyz9aacReQ

Some Mean Insect

Last night, about 10 minutes after brushing Mosey's teeth, he looked at back door suddenly and seriously.  He obviously wanted out.   When I went out a minute later to see if he was done, I saw him crouched over an enormous pile of vomit.  Big deal, dogs vomit a lot, plus

 there were the remains of some of his toys that he has recently destroyed in the slop.  He wouldn't come back inside with me.  He stood out there.  Then he started vomiting again.  I looked at him and it seemed like he had been digging; his upper lip was brown.  I went to feel it and it was hard as a rock and swollen.  I freaked out and ran in to get Jason.  Mosey vomited a total of 5 times and then a mess came very suddenly out the other end.  He was definitely having some sort of allergic reaction.  He rushed him to the emergency vet clinic.  He was drowsy and I held onto him the entire drive to make sure he was still breathing.  

The vet was really nice.  She gave him two shots and then we just waited to see if 

he got a little better.  I guess he had hives too.  Vets must be good to be able to see hives under all that fur.  She said such a serious and sudden reaction is pretty rare.  He was very pathetic, trying to crawl into our laps the whole time.  Anyway, here he is on the examination table. 

Obviously we didn't grab our camera as we ran out the door to the ER so we had to rely on our bottom of the line camera phones.  Jason got a pretty good shot of the swelling.  We figure he got a hold of a slow moving mean insect of some sort and had this terrible reaction.  The vet said that when they are this young and have a bad first reaction, they usually grow out of it.  So that was a relief.  He is back to normal, thank you Jesus!  Here he is this morning in the bathtub.  I don't know why decided to crawl in there and curl up while I was brushing my teeth.  Maybe he was hot.....

Show Off

Every time that Jason or I come home, Mosey is ecstatic.  He does this cute happy growl and runs to find his nearest toy to "show us".  Today I got home and one of the kitchen cupboards was open.  When I greeted Mosey he very happily showed me a 100 calorie cheeto bag.  

Puggle = snuggle

Mosey definitely likes to snuggle.  

Snuggling is so nice and cozy.  Unless he get distracted by something and then the experience can be less pretty.....

Eating Artichokes....

So Jason, my mom and I ate our artichokes tonight.  Yes I did get the biggest one because I am the most selfish.  We picked them on Friday and ate them today.  They were really good. Really meaty and rich and the heart was as big as my palm.  We dip them in melted butter with parmesan and garlic.  My family used to dip them in mayo (except for me, I ate them plain) until Danelle, Jason's cousin, made this dip.  We've never gone back.  Yum!!