Best of June 2016

Hello!  Are my eleven blog readers still around?  Even if you’re not, that’s ok.  I’m not blogging regularly, so I can’t expect anyone to stick around.  I’ve decided to blog some month-in-reviews again, because I truly love it for my own memory-keeping purposes.  And I’ve missed it.

Here are some snapshots from June.

My boss came to San Diego to meet me face-to-face for the first time since he became my boss almost a year ago.  He took Todd and I to dinner at Duke’s La Jolla and we were seated at the best table with a view on the patio.  Even though it was very cloudy, it was still quite beautiful.

We went up to Anaheim to meet up with Todd’s parents, who were in town for the Trumpet Guild Conference.  We hung out at Downtown Disney for lunch and shopping.

We went to the Ira Liss Big Band Jazz Machine concert at Bernardo Winery.  One of our summer traditions!

I started a weights workout routine at my work gym, after a personal training session to teach me the exercises.

Todd made his famous oatmeal chocolate chip cookies.

We went to watch Game 3 of the NBA Finals at AJ & Meera’s house.

We screamed with elation when the Cleveland Cavaliers came from behind 3-1 games to beat the Golden State Warriors and won the 2016 NBA Championship.  What a historical comeback.  What a block by LeBron.  What a celebration for the city of Cleveland!

We went to try a new poke restaurant called Pokirrito.  My poke bowl was super-yummy!

Noodle still has some funny antics in him, even at almost 6 years old.

We bought and mounted a new TV in our office so we can watch TV while doing stuff like paying bills.  (Oh, our office has been completely made over as well.  Will write an office makeover post sometime.)

Todd made a salted caramel chocolate layered cake.

We celebrated summer solstice by having dinner after work at Blue Ribbon Pizza.

Followed by ice cream at Handel’s.

Followed by watching the sunset at the end of our street.

We celebrated our wedding anniversary with dinner at Ortega’s.

And dessert at Extraordinary Desserts.

We went to lunch at Pacifica Breeze on our actual anniversary.

View on the way home.

Noodle loves sleeping in his bed.

I went through four boxes of old files and purged/shredded them all.  I also totally re-organized our current files into our filing cabinet.  Those were big jobs.  We have been purging and organizing our house since March and we’re so excited to be less encumbered with stuff we no longer need or want.  Noodle helped me with the files.

We spent a hefty amount of money and replaced all 22 windows of our house.  Our windows were original windows from 1987 and they were single-pane aluminum windows.  We replaced them with the latest energy-efficient windows (low e3).  We’re absolutely in love with our new windows and wish we had done this sooner.  Hello energy efficiency!  I’ll have to take some more “after” photos and write a before/after post sometime.

We went to check out the newly opened 85C Bakery in Mira Mesa.

We gave away four boxes of books to the library.  And we relocated our bookshelves and re-organized all the books we’re keeping. 

We gave away furniture we’re no longer using.

All in all, June was a great mix of fun and productivity.  I’m excited to see what July brings!