Bachelorette

I don't know quite where to begin. But, I will say that those could have been the most awkward Limo/Intro/Initial Meetings in the history of the Bachelor. It was making me nervous. The most notable where "Shooter" and "Boots". At this point in the game I don't know names, but hopefully my descriptions aren't too difficult to understand :)

Again I say, as I do every season, do they really pick the people they think would be the best match for Ali or just put all the applicants in a bag and pull out the first 25? Really.

The Men:

Mr. Outdoors-y?????? At first I thought what?! But then I thought braces and a new haircut/wardrobe and this guy could be the next Bachelor...well and maybe a real job too. His going away speach was pretty heart warming though, i must say.

Cape Cod/Mom Died - I like the idea of him, but he does seem a little boring, but then again, so was Jake and Ali "loved" him too.

Weird Voice/Heart Protector - Kinda reminds me of the boy version of Michelle from last season, "here for the right reasons" but crazy stalker.

Speaking of, if I hear the token "He's not here for the right reasons" one more time I might get a bit sick to my tummie. Like anyone even really knows what that means, and who cares?!?! Ali will figure it out right? She's smart, right? Well, maybe they do need to tell her :)

The Weatherman...had a nice tie but a little too goofy don't ya think?

Glasses/Paris/Screen Writer/Lives At Home - not impressed by his 'passion'. But I guess he and Ali do have unemployed and homeless in common. Now that I think of it he'll probably make at least top 10 for sure.

Last but not least the gem that fell through the cracks 'Blonde/Brother Died' if anyone was here for the 'right reasons' :) it was him, so promising. He must have been real awkward in person. Dunno?

The season looks promising. I think Ali's long term boyfriend is here for sure. Husband...yeah right!

Sac-Town

Just in case you were wondering, Nevada City is actually in California!! We definitely did NOT know that.


I went to a little gem called Sacramento last weekend. I have had several comments like..."why?" Why would I go to Sacramento, I'll tell you why:

-My bestest friend since I was 12 lives there.
-All the streets are tree lined...ALL of them!
-There is a super cute downtown area.
-You can ride your bike anywhere in the city, because every street has a bike lane.
-There is an adorable block called "The Fab 40's" where all the houses are different and beautiful. And they basically look like the American Dream.
-There is an AWESOMELY Delicious french place called "Cafe Rolle", owned by a real french guy.
-They have an awesome drive in movie place, that is $6 for TWO movies.
-There is an old town area like San Diego.
-They have a river and parks everywhere.

SO, as you can see Sacramento is a little diamond in the rough. THAT'S why I went there! I recommend it for a three day weekend, for sure.

Mother's Day

So, for Mother's Day we did a what I like to call a '2-fer', like Disneyland, but moms. We got to see both moms for Mother's Day it was awesome! They both spoiled us and took care of us more than we did them. But, they're moms that's just how they roll, right?
Thanks for being so great and raising such wonderful children ;)(insert sarcasm)

PS: I just learned that sarcasm doesn't have an 'i' - who knew!

Camping

A few weeks ago we went camping with some friends. It was only about 1 hour outside of San Diego. We had dressed for late April cold San Diego weather (50/60 at night). Much to our surprise we got SNOW instead. That's right 6 inches of snow covering our campsite and more like 40 degree weather. Awesome. One of our friends was even wearing shorts. Well, it was an "adventure" for sure.

We had brought games and delicious food. But we pretty much just stayed as close the the fire as we could and didn't have the energy to play games. Sad. How did those pioneers do it? No, really? But don't worry we still a good time.

At about 10pm we called it quites and nestled into our sleeping bags. I tried and tried, but really it was just too cold for me to sleep. So, I turned to a sleeping Brett and poked his nose (which was the only part of his body outside of his mummy bag). He awoke, and I said, "I'm cold, I can't sleep, help me." He immediately turned my sleeping bag into a mummy bag moved my pillow, worked some magic, held my ears and started blowing warm air on my face. Comical, yes. But, all I could say as I was thawing out was, "Thank you".

Its amazing how sometimes, even though you are a fully capable woman, you are just helpless and need your husband. In some situations, they're just really nice to have around :)