2007 Highlights

Dear Friends and Family, Since some of you may not be regular readers of our blog, I've decided to highlight some things in our lives this year. By all means explorer different parts of the blog, but this is a good summary of us in 2007.Our year started out very stressful and sad. On January 2nd, we rushed my mom Grace to the ER because she had been having trouble breathing and it got progressively...

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50 Nifty United States...

Map of the states I've been to (in red). create your own visited states map I had no idea I have been to so many states already! I'm thinking a visit to the NE portion of the country can knock off a bunch of those little states too! Road tr...

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On the 12th day of Christmas...

Finally today is Christmas Day! As per our tradition, we always go to the beach on Christmas Day. We've been doing that since 1999 when we first moved to San Diego. We were unable to do it last year because my mom was really sick already. That was the only year we missed Christmas On The Beach.So this morning we packed up and left our hotel around 10:30 AM. We drove down the I-5 freeway down to...

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On the 11th day of Christmas...

and we went to Disneyland! Christmas Eve at Disneyland, what could be more magical?On this Christmas Eve, we woke up around 9:00 AM. We brought some fruits and nuts with us, so we ate some oranges and some almond nut bars for breakfast. We also went to Starbucks down the street inside the Marriott hotel. Todd got a pumpkin spiced latte while I got a peppermint white chocolate mocha. Mine was a little...

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On the 10th day of Christmas...

About 10 days before Christmas, on a whim, we decided to spend our Christmas long weekend at Disneyland. Why not? Disneyland is a magical place. Disneyland is all decorated to the tilt in holiday stuff. It seemed like the perfect idea. So we purchased 2-day park-hopper passes, got reservations at the Crowne Plaza Anaheim, and we were all set! So this morning around 10:30, we packed up and left for...

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On the 9th day of Christmas...

It's good to remember the reason for the season. Christmas is nearly here! I've not been exercising as regularly as I should have been. So yesterday I did a new DVD workout called Ultimate Fat Burn. It was actually really hard for me. There were 2 strength segments and 2 cardio segments. I had to take breaks between each segment because I was huffing and puffing. There were lots of squats,...

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On the 8th day of Christmas...

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On the 7th day of Christmas...

One of the best things about Sea World is their animal shows. Whether it's Shamu, dolphins, otters, sea lions, walrus, dogs, cats, or pigs, they're sure to put a smile on your face! Going to Sea World during the holidays is especially fun. They decorate the park for the season. No snow here, but we've got wat...

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On the 6th day of Christmas...

On Monday Todd and I took the day off to go to Sea World. We have season passes and it ends at Dec. 31st, so we thought we'd go one last time this year to enjoy the animal shows and the holiday decorations. We were not disappointed! They really decorated Sea World beautifully for the holidays. They had special shows for the holidays too. We always run to the sea otters when we first get there....

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On the 5th day of Christmas...

Last Saturday night we went to Todd's company Vistage's holiday party downtown at the US Grant Hotel. Upon arriving, I met many of Todd's coworkers. We got our place-cards and door prizes ($10 gift cards to Michaels and Borders!) and headed into the foyer for cocktails. We each received 2 drink tickets. I got a Cranberry Mojito (red and green, very festive). Todd got a Coke, which was free. So we...

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