trip to California!

I had a great time on my trip to California. It was great to see Maggie, Heather and Lilian. We spent 3 days at the ocean, all at different beaches. We went wine tasting, took a last minute road trip to San Diego, and celebrated my birthday in Hollywood. Here are some pictures...

^^ Singing karaoke with Heather on my birthday^^

^^Wine tasting in Santa Barbara County at the Firestone vineyard^^

^^Grapes at the vineyard^^

^^Next to Johnny Cash's star on the Walk of Fame^^

^^One of the beaches we went to, in Malibu^^

^The girls^

^^When we picked up Heather from the airport, we found out that she's engaged!!^^

^^We found this sign on my birthday!^^

what a difference a year makes

Remember this? I believe that it's a year to the date that I got my tonsils out. The top picture is from my 21st birthday, when I looked malnourished and could only eat DQ ice cream cake! This birthday should be a little more active! I'm flying out to Los Angeles on Saturday with Lilian and will be there until the 23rd. Pictures to follow!

Updates

There's been a request for an update. :) I guess I've been a little slackerish on my blogging lately. I have however, been enjoying the A team's blog. I think the fact that I'm currently living out of my car and sleeping on a friend's couch may be cause for my lack of posting. NEWS on my end:

I officially moved out of my house in Minneapolis (hence the couch sleeping). My new lease begins on Sept. 1.

Monday is my last day of work for the summer! YAY! I'm heading back to Altoona on Tuesday morning.

Lilian is coming to Altoona on Tuesday!

Lilian and I are going to LA, California on Saturday the 16th to stay with Margaret Meinen. Woohoo!

One of my classes for fall semester got canceled. Boo. Upside: I can rearrange my schedule (my favorite thing to do) so that I only need 2 classes Spring semester to graduate!

I went salsa dancing last night! It was SO much fun. AND I got to speak a lot of Spanish. Earlier in the day I had gone to the Lake St area to Mercado Central, where they have a lot of little Mexican restaurants. I had delicious tacos and spoke Spanish with the cashier. So it was a very Spanish filled day, which was great. I absolutely love speaking Spanish.

I turn 22 in 11 days!

I copied down a lot of recipes this summer while at the library, and I am very excited to try some of them out. If you want me to cook for you, let me know!


Alright, well that's the news on my end. I've been enjoying watching the Olympics this weekend. Hope you all are doing well!