the sweetest things

Hi again!  I really have no idea how the summer is flying by so quickly, but things sure have been busy.  In the last few weeks, we've been working, traveling to and fro, going to baseball games, a wedding, visiting family, going to San Diego (twice), watching my friend Kristen make her stand-up comic debut at The Laugh Factory in Hollywood (she killed it, by the way!  so proud of her), and trying to get enough sleep whenever we can.  Sometimes I think I can barely even keep up with myself, hmph.  I'm still trying to figure out/decide how to make my blog better and more inspired, but I've just been too tired to think straight on most days.  I miss crafting, too!  Somehow I have to find a way to fit in everything.

Anyway, here's a pic of us at the Jelly Belly factory in Fairfield, CA.  It took us quite a few tries to get a good pic - we were even standing in the street at one point, yeesh.  But I love me some Jelly Bellys!  I got a better strap for my DSLR and a definite goal for the near future is to take more pics AND definitely more pics of the two of us.  I've decided that my pics are fairly boring when I'm always only taking pics of Matt, haha.

i spy a hidden mickey!

We've been busy hanging out at the SD Zoo and checking out tide pools and beaches, but I haven't had the chance to upload photos yet.  Matt's even been using his Flip camera to take some funny videos.  I'm happy he's been enjoying his birthday present.  The weather's been beautiful and we've seen some cool creatures!  I've really loved being at the beach, walking on the sand and walking along the shore with lapping waves.  Hopefully I can share some snippets soon.

I was amused to find this seemingly Hidden Mickey in the rocks of the tide pools at Corona Del Mar on Sunday.  Hidden Mickeys are everywhere!  Or so I'd like to think :)

jr mint's big 'mile'-stone

First it was...

Then...

Woohoo!  So proud of my lil jr mint!  We've been anywhere and everywhere together for these 100,000 miles and I'm looking forward to many more adventures in the future :)

stitches cakes!

And this is what became of my special ingredients.  Cute and tasty, and based on our favorite sock monkey friend! :)

(I also forgot to take a pic of Matt with Stitches and a Stitches cake, and a pic of Matt with his birthday present.  Oops.  Will need to do that in the near future.)

happy birthday, matt!

Today is Matt's birthday!  Unfortunately, there was no celebrating today since he's still up north and I'm still down south.  Boo.  However, he'll be arriving for the weekend yet again and celebrations must commence!  I've been bugging him for a week to figure out what he wants to do.  Of course, he's indecisive and not at all helpful, but for now, he says some time at the beach (and tide pools!) might be nice.  Let's hope the weather holds up!  I'd love to give my DSLR a workout outside with such beautiful scenery.  I'll have to ponder other festivities and/or a nice meal, too. 

Matt already opened his birthday gift last weekend, but I didn't get the chance to take a picture of him with it.  He loved it, so I'll say it was a success!  The ingredients above are for the surprise I'm planning to make for him tomorrow after I get off work and while he's driving down. I developed the idea solely in my head, but I hope I'll be able to execute it and that it'll be an awesome (and delicious) treat when it's done and he arrives.  I'll be documenting the process - fingers crossed! :)

photoshop magic

I was drawing a real blank on what to get Matt for his upcoming birthday, but then inspiration struck me.  I needed a picture of Stitches and Lil Miss (yes, I created and sewed both of them from socks for him) so after some posing and snapping, I got this gem of a pic that I actually edited in Photoshop all on my own!  I'm far from being a pro at Photoshop and it's nothing short of a miracle that I managed to clean up this image when I had no clue what I was doing, but I'm really excited that I figured it out and it actually looks pretty good if I do say so myself.  Hopefully I'll continue to learn how to use it and be a Photoshop pro in no time.

The white space above the image was done intentionally as I needed it for my special, secret plans.  Can't ruin the surprise now so you'll just have to wait and see what it is later!

happy mother's day

Well, Daf, Matt and I really goofed it up this year and completely failed to make arrangements to get nice things for my mom and his mom for Mother's Day.  Ugh, failures.  How lame are we??  But, of course, we are super appreciative and thankful for our moms even if we have nothing tangible or gift-like to show for it.  We hope they've both had a wonderful Mother's Day!  We enjoyed a Lakers loss (swept by the Mavericks out of the playoffs!) but an unfortunate Bulls loss (sigh).  I just got my new knitting needles and books yesterday when I hung out with Daf yesterday (WOOHOO for shopping and Souplantation) so maybe I can make something soon :)  Love you mommy!

The upcoming week looks pretty calm.  I have plans to see two of my college friends for dinner one night and USC graduation is on Friday.  Although it looks like it's shaping up that Daf and I will hang out like old times the following week for a Glee-athon and assorted misadventures and food.  YAY!   Plus, Matt's parents will be here in two weeks to visit us in LA and we'll all be going to Disneyland.  Whee!  It's nice to have things to look forward to, can't wait! :)