SO PUMPED!!!

Just have to share how excited I am. One of my very best friends, Russell Weaver, got married on 07/07/07 in Virginia to his sweet wife Ann. Long story short, they decided to move to North Carolina to train Russell in pole vaulting because of his natural skills. So needless to say, I haven't been able to see him much since then.
However, two of my other good friends, Chris and Humberto, and I just booked a flight to go see Russell this summer and we are all incredibly excited about it! We're taking a red eye to get there, but it's well worth it. Can't wait to spend so much time with you buddy

2 down... 2 to go!

My 2nd internship is OVER!!!! Last day was yesterday and the feeling is great. I actually really enjoyed this last one.... my CI was really laid back, easy to talk to, fun, and to top it all off I learned a lot. But WOO HOOO!!!! only 2 more to go after I graduate in May and I will be DONE.

sigh. back to school on Monday.

Food Poisoning is not fun!

so sorry we've been MIA for a while now. as you can probably guess from the title.. we got food poisoning. and it knocked us on our butts!! we had a great weekend with Chris and Kalia on the central coast surfing and hanging out- so we wanted to prolong our weekend and we stopped at got take-out from Tsing Tao on Sun night. it tasted good at the time...

well needless to say about 8-12 hours later.... it came back. dave got sick first, and since i had monday off of work i planned on just taking care of him. boy was i wrong! late mon morning i joined him in puking our guts out. we found out that day kalia also was violently ill. woo hoo! so it totally knocked us for a loop and we both had to miss tues this week too! ps- have you ever been super sore from throwing up? not fun my friends. not fun

so a big thanks to both sets of our parents who brought by love packages filled with gatorade, chicken soup, popsicles, and of course lots of love. it is so great to live close by our parents, especially at times like this! (side note- dave and i have only been really sick about twice this entire year+ of marriage... both times together! which makes i really hard to take care of the other one, ya know?)

anywhoo... we will be back to blogging soon.

The Drink of The Gods

I was just reading a book given to me for Christmas from the Armstrongs titled Beer, by Michael Jackson (Side note: This is not the one-gloved, baby dangling over the balcony, Jesus juice popstar, but the highly respected in the beer community beer enthusiast pictured above). I read something rather interesting and wondered if we should have been drinking that mock wine during communion. Here is the excerpt:

"The Aramaic scrolls that were the foundation for the Bible have Jesus miraculously turning water into "strong drink." The Greeks translated this as "wine," but the Saxon version of the Gospels refers instead to "beer.""

Makes you wonder a little bit doesn't it? It makes me even more excited about a possible future in the beer industry.
-Dave

"What The Hale": side post

Anybody else remember this video? If not, you're welcome.
-Dave

addendum

so as many of you (or 2 of you) had asked.... the little box held a pair of diamond earrings! i know right!?!? but it's not exactly what you think. for our 1st (dating anniversary) dave bought me a pair of diamond earrings. i loved them! i wore them almost every day for a couple of years... but after we got engaged.. i kind of lost one. i haven't been able to wear them for a few years now, so dave being the cool guy he is, thought 1 year wedding anniversary correlates with 1 year dating anniversary and got me the matching earring to complete my pair. yay!!!

and we just got back from our weekend in paso robles. SO MUCH FUN. we spent the weekend over there drinking amazing wine, eating great food, enjoying the gorgeous sunny weather, and simply enjoying each other's company. it was AWESOME. seriously. but more to come later. we are about to finish our glorious weekend with a redbox, pizza, and the rest of the (best bottle of wine we've ever drank) wine we drank at Cass winery at lunch today.

1 year of wedded bliss!!!

So this is a day late.... woops. but yesterday we celebrated our 1 year anniversary. or as I liked to call it our "schmanniversary". (I don't know why)

wow did this year fly by. we both loved it. I can't believe how fun being married is!!

to celebrate, we went out to dinner at campagnia. OOOOH so good. and we had decided no gifts, but dave being the wonderful husband he is, bought me one! ;) what a catch I have!!! (and might I add it came in a small box with a big bow- and all girls know the best gifts come in small, beautifully wrapped boxes!) But sadly, we both had to work all day long, and early might I add. we both got up around 5:30 am. far too early in my book, so sadly, we were both exhausted and i think fell asleep by 9:00 pm. wow, we are an old married couple already!


but I love my husband, my Freddy, my best friend! thanks for an amazing first year- I can't wait for many many more together!!!

here is a side by side comparison of January 5 2008 to January 5 2009:
Thanks to all of you that sent us messages, cards, or called to congratulate us! It means a lot

Belated MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!

Merry Christmas everyone! We hope you all had a great time, got to spend a lot of time with family and friends, were in good health, and really felt the joy of the season while remembering Him. This was our first Christmas together as a married couple and while part of me really missed running out to the family room with my parents (and brother in years past), I couldn't help falling in love with a new tradition with my wife.

I stayed up a little later than Jess the night before to see if Santa came and magically he did! When we woke up, our stocking (Which Jessica made with the help of Dawn) were full, presents had been laid out, cookies and milk had been consumed by Santa and Rudolph had even nibbled on his carrots (Santa left a thank you note too). Snow and icicles filled the window and a delightful dancing fire roared in our "fireplace" (The tv). The air was filled with the smell of our Christmas tree and of cinnamon rolls baking in the oven. We shared mimosas and soaked in our morning as little kids on Christmas day together. Overall result: I fell in love with my wife and my favorite holiday/time of year even more.

"Merry Christmas to all! And to all a good night!"