Isn't it weird how sometimes things click.... for example, you can be waiting for ever for something to happen, a phone call, a new job, an opportunity, you know anything.... and then it just happens. Despite sleepless nights, aggravation and passed time - it just happens. I kind of feel like that is where I am at this moment. I may be speaking too soon but I figured i'd blog about it anyway. I know this post is a bit vague but I will explain when I have more details :)
Latley, I have been enjoying a lot of family time. Not only with Michael and I but with both of our families. My brother Graduated from college last week - sheesh when did he grow up!?! And the week prior to that we celebrated Mother's day. I swear, every family thing centers around eating. For example, the weeks before Mother's day approached my mom and I planned out the food details about what we would consume for appetizers, main dishes and desserts. We came up with a Mexican theme. It was really good, delicious marinated carne asada and chicken from Valarta market, with a variety of sides including delicious corn cake, beans, grilled veggies, and a mexican style salad with avacado cilantro dressing, pepitas, and cotija cheese - YUM! We always make too much food. That is the problem with my Mom and cooking. And now I do it too, I make too much. My grandma always did that too. It's kind of an inherent default that the women in the kopulsky/ginsberg/sack/ and now klein divisions of our families have and will probably always have. So there is always room for more guests because we typically have two times the amount of food to serve the people that we know are coming!
Anyways, back to what I was saying... I have really been enjoying my family time. For Max's graduation my cousin Rebecca came down from SF. My Uncle Jack and my other cousin Jake and Kiah did not accompany Becca. Which was okay, because we all got to spend some one on one time with Becca while she was here, uninterrupted by the boys. I had a really fun time with her. We shared a nice dinner, took a walk around the area where my mom lives, and just hung out. We are the only "girl cousins" in the family so we have to stick together. She is heading off to Montery in a couple of weeks for her Chinese immersion progarm. She will continue to take mandarin classes, (which she has been taking in school in Oregon at Louis and Clarke) and fully learn the language, so in just a few months longer she can head off to China. She is so excited and I am sure she will have a phenomenal time.
So to sum this up family is great, I am lucky to have such a fun, crazy and at time overwhelming group to be apart of. And thank god - Michael fits right in too!
I have some fabulous photos to go with this post and to show off my new Canon Rebel digital SLR camera. But I still have not mastered the picture posting yet, actually I havent even had time to figure it out... but as soon as I do I will post. Until then....
Things to look forward to:
1. Michael's 27th Birthday - OMG when did he get so old?
2. Work - I am actually looking forward to working on Saturday - weird right?
3. Monday at the Peninsula Hotel w/ my mom, tea time!
4. The Item that just clicked, as I mentioned earlier in my blog.
:)
Wednesday, May 27, 2009
Wednesday, May 20, 2009
A Much Needed Vacation
I have not really posted on here since I started the blog... I have had difficulty posting my pictures. Which I still cannot figure out how to do. Does this mean I am an idiot, or just computer illiterate? I am not sure of which one it is but here I am posing again and I cannot add my pictures... Maybe next post.
Despite how hot it has been in the west valley the past couple of weeks, it has been quite nice where I live in the Ventura County Area. Michael and I visited san luis obispo and los robles last week and returned home this past sunday to earthquakes and heat once again. We went away for our anniversary as we did not get to take a trip in April. We did wine tasting, ate good food, and relaxed. I think our favorite thing was wine tasting though. Michael always tends to drink too much which leads him to be all giggly and funny. So I drive and he sleeps as I navigate our way to the next tasting. We have come to enjoy wine tasting over the past few years that we have been of age. We have tasted in a couple places up the coast and have enjoyed it every time. I think there is something about tasting and talking with some of the well versed and knowledgeable people pouring behind the counter, while taking in the the beautiful scenery and interesting architecture of some of the amazing wineries.
I enjoy whites mostly, michael likes white wine as well but also enjoys red. We bought this delicious rose at Rotta Winery. We also purchased a port - Black Monukka from Rotta. It is made from a raisin alcohol which sits in the sun for two years in huge barrels. Then the raisins are smushed and the alcohol is extracted. The taste of this port was delightful. You really just needed a taste to get the full effect of the flavors. But the immediate tastes on your tongue were nuts, caramel, and then this rich delicious aftertaste. We had to have some of that too!
We traveled to Hearst Castle and took a tour. Tour two to be exact. We were able to see the first house that the family built on top of the hill. We wandered from bedroom to bedroom seeing the crazy and overwhelming decor that William Hearst really loved. Gothic style decor, mixed with roman and greek styles filled the house. We also got to see the huge kitchen and two different pools on site. It was awesome. I couldn't imagine living in something like that today. How would you decorate it all? We also took some great pictures of the grounds and just tried to take in the beautiful views from Casa Del Mar which is the main house that the Hearsts built on the property first.
We shopped around in downtown Slo and saw a movie. We visited my favorite gallery downtown, Hands....handsgallery.com Check it out! I got a very delicate pearl bracelet with pearls in variations of pink colors.
On our way home we stopped in Santa Barbara for some more shopping and then to Montecito for a late lunch at one of our favorite mexican restaurants - Cava. If you are ever on your way out there it is totally worth the time!
I cannot wait for another vacation.
Despite how hot it has been in the west valley the past couple of weeks, it has been quite nice where I live in the Ventura County Area. Michael and I visited san luis obispo and los robles last week and returned home this past sunday to earthquakes and heat once again. We went away for our anniversary as we did not get to take a trip in April. We did wine tasting, ate good food, and relaxed. I think our favorite thing was wine tasting though. Michael always tends to drink too much which leads him to be all giggly and funny. So I drive and he sleeps as I navigate our way to the next tasting. We have come to enjoy wine tasting over the past few years that we have been of age. We have tasted in a couple places up the coast and have enjoyed it every time. I think there is something about tasting and talking with some of the well versed and knowledgeable people pouring behind the counter, while taking in the the beautiful scenery and interesting architecture of some of the amazing wineries.
I enjoy whites mostly, michael likes white wine as well but also enjoys red. We bought this delicious rose at Rotta Winery. We also purchased a port - Black Monukka from Rotta. It is made from a raisin alcohol which sits in the sun for two years in huge barrels. Then the raisins are smushed and the alcohol is extracted. The taste of this port was delightful. You really just needed a taste to get the full effect of the flavors. But the immediate tastes on your tongue were nuts, caramel, and then this rich delicious aftertaste. We had to have some of that too!
We traveled to Hearst Castle and took a tour. Tour two to be exact. We were able to see the first house that the family built on top of the hill. We wandered from bedroom to bedroom seeing the crazy and overwhelming decor that William Hearst really loved. Gothic style decor, mixed with roman and greek styles filled the house. We also got to see the huge kitchen and two different pools on site. It was awesome. I couldn't imagine living in something like that today. How would you decorate it all? We also took some great pictures of the grounds and just tried to take in the beautiful views from Casa Del Mar which is the main house that the Hearsts built on the property first.
We shopped around in downtown Slo and saw a movie. We visited my favorite gallery downtown, Hands....handsgallery.com Check it out! I got a very delicate pearl bracelet with pearls in variations of pink colors.
On our way home we stopped in Santa Barbara for some more shopping and then to Montecito for a late lunch at one of our favorite mexican restaurants - Cava. If you are ever on your way out there it is totally worth the time!
I cannot wait for another vacation.
Thursday, May 7, 2009
Wednesday, May 6, 2009
In The Beginning There Was Light...
I have been thinking about blogging for sometime. I have happened upon many blogs over the past few months that I have followed - and despite much criticism about blogging and bloggers, I have throughly enjoyed reading the one's that have inspired me. So here I am running to the other side of the - to blog or not to blog spectrum, to finally create my own story.
The fews blogs that I have followed have been a combination of personal stories and business related endeavours. I have read blogs that belong to close friends and others of people who I do not even know. But the one's that I have liked the most are from those whom have created a story- something that speaks as to the details of their life's and gives readers a small peak into what is going on. I think that is what I want this blog to be for myself - a place to just write, post interesting things and just kind of have fun.
In this busy life we only have so much time for "free play" so I think it will be nice to be able to keep track of some of the stuff that I do in this blog, so that I can look back later on in life and see what a day in the life of me is like!
The fews blogs that I have followed have been a combination of personal stories and business related endeavours. I have read blogs that belong to close friends and others of people who I do not even know. But the one's that I have liked the most are from those whom have created a story- something that speaks as to the details of their life's and gives readers a small peak into what is going on. I think that is what I want this blog to be for myself - a place to just write, post interesting things and just kind of have fun.
In this busy life we only have so much time for "free play" so I think it will be nice to be able to keep track of some of the stuff that I do in this blog, so that I can look back later on in life and see what a day in the life of me is like!
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