TWILIGHT

If you read my blog you know I work a lot. My work has overtaken my "fun" time. Tonight I was lucky tonight to be able to attend a friends birthday party. She is obsessed with "twilight" the party was themed. Although I've read the books, don't know the trivia. We played a board game that was "twilight trivia" and although I didn't fail I did ok. I had a blast, and it was great to hang with some girls! See below for some EYE candy!
The girls surrounding the birthday girl!
Yes I ruled in my pink shoes

Love the cake "d" made for Amy. I can't wait for her to make 1 for me!
I'm so lucky to have met such amazing people! Although every girl there tonight is leaving in April i'm so lucky to have met them and at least have a few months of fun!

Something For David

As we all know, I have a pretty amazing husband that pretty much does not ever ask for a thing or complain about anything. So you can imagine when he asked me if I would go to the USA vs Honduras soccer game with him I didn't hestiate to say okay right away. Although I had many other ideas for the weekend I had off I knew that this would be an experience for the both of us. David loves soccer and has been wanting to go to a professional soccer game for 10 years. So last Saturday (yes I am behind on blogging) we headed up to LA to see the game. We stayed at the LA Westin (in the car we figured out we have stayed at the Westin Las Vegas, Palm Springs, San Diego, San Antonio, Maui in just the last year and a half!!). Thanks to my friend Beverly at the Sheraton we got a room discount, so thank you BV! The best part about the room was that we could see the Hollywood sign from our window. See picture below.

Upon arrival David and I were unsure of what to do in downtown LA so we headed over to LA Prime which is right next door to the Staples Center. We went to ESPN zone to have a drink and to get an appetizer which turned out to be more like a meal! David didn't talk to me much, because well, there were 40 TV's going with sports on them. I kept trying to get his attention but he was in the "zone" I guess!
The nachos!We took a taxi thinking it would be cheaper than parking but boy were we wrong! The soccer stadium was really far away! I was upset for about 10 minutes but soon got over it when I saw how happy David was to be there to see the USA play. The minute we got there he got a scarf in the picture below to show support for the US! We were COMPLETELY outnumbered by Honduras fans. I felt like I was in a foreign country with as many Honduran flags I saw!

In the opening ceremony the players walked out holding little kids hands. It was so cute!

The USA lost 3-1 which was very sad, but all in all it was a good experience.

After the game I was freezing so we went back to the Westin and had some drinks and hung out in the bar. I got 50% off food and beverage so we ordered whatever we wanted. It was great!

Only picture I have to show the fountains in the hotel, nothing like Vegas but fun nonetheless.

For a work update I have been slammed at work. I had 62 emails on Monday (thats just to start my week) and the VIP events haven't stopped. Everyday when I look at the clock it will already be 4:00 and I'll think to myself how am I going to get everything done in time. I am so exhausted at the end of the day from talking to people that I can't muster the energy up to call my friends! So sorry if I've been MIA lately.

I also got word that work is sending me to Vegas for a Catering Convention. I'm so excited! I'm going March 6-10th so if anyone wants to join me on Friday and Saturday I'm staying at the Paris comped per work! I cannot get over how many Vegas trips I've had this year.

I also got a droid which is by far the COOLEST phone I have ever seen in my life. I can do everything on it! Right now I'm keeping track of what I eat so I can keep my calorie intake below a certain number. It even has a bar scanner so I can see the amount of calories I can eat in 1 serving size. Not to mention the phone does everything else under the sun. Good thing I have my brother in law in case I have any questions....its kinda hard to work! Until the next adventure......

My aunt and uncle came out here to visit us all the way from Georgia. Of course they made about a dozen stops on the way, and have another dozen on the way back. It was great to see them and they showed us a great restaurant that had so far escaped our notice. David

Holiday Party

Better late than never! Last night we threw our staff a holiday party for working so hard during the ball and holiday season. My boss and I found the most fun Mexican restaurant with a huge dance floor. The staff didn't stop dancing all night and it truly was a blast! Even David got on the dance floor with me. Here are a few pictures of our fun and festive night!

Andre (motown dre) and I

B&D

Pamtini, Jayson, Kim, me, and David

Blanca and I

Some of the bartenders and the office girls

Love David's smile, he is so handsome

Little Kim Possible

The start of the evening

Like I said we had a fabulous time. The best part was we all had off today because it was Martin Luther King Day. David and I got to hangout all day and not do a thing. I probably should of gone to the grocery store but I wasn't feeling up to it!

On the Clock

I know it seems like all we do is go to Vegas and go to the wineries, but I swear we do other things! However, this post will be about the wineries! This upcoming Friday Wilson Creek winery is hosting a wine tasting at our Pub on base. They invited us to come up for a special wine tasting at their winery. I'm sure no one will be surprised that we got the special treatment. Best part was that we didn't have to pay for a thing! After we visited Wilson Creek we went to Ponte winery and South Coast Winery. Since I have done so many winery posts since we have moved here, I'll just post the pictures. Chef Mindy, Pamtini, Gwen and myself all went to go "research" the wineries. It was great being "on the clock" to do research. I had a pretty good week. Whale watching and wine tasting....my life DOESN'T suck.

I love this picture of Pamtini and myself

Gwen, Pamtini and me at Southcoast winery

No idea who this guy is, but he took our picture a few times

SouthCoast Winery, grounds were beautiful

What trip to the winery wouldn't be complete without a pair of fabulous pink shoes

The girls

The owners son of Wilson Creek

We got to try 100 year old wine, although I have no idea if he was telling the truth

Describing the barrel of wine and the flavors we would taste

Great day! Now I'm off to get ready for our holiday party tonight. Since we worked during the holiday season our staff didn't get to have a party. I'm looking forward to going to it and hopefully David will dance!

Whale Watching

As a thank you to me and the rest of the managers that work at the club, my big bosses Dan and Rick took us Whale Watching and to a really nice lunch in the gas lamp district yesterday. It was so much fun to be off work, and get paid! Although I have been whale watching before while David and I were in Hawaii, I was all about going on mexican waters to find some whales! We ended up seeing about 15 but none of them really breached or came out of the water. We did see a lot of flukes though, along with a few baby humpback whale

s. The boat was both indoor and outdoor and although it was a little chilly it warmed up toward the mid morning. I kept thinking about how in St. Louis our manager outings were to go bowling. To think my manager outings in California are to go whale watching was just a little too good to be true. Our boat wasn't too crowded but the tourists were in full effect. Taking a billion pictures of the water. I can remember my first vacation to San Diego. I did the same thing, and I can also remember thinking "it would be great to live here". Although I wasn't thankful the marines sent us to live in 29 Palms, I can thank them for sending us to Camp Pendleton. It is truly magical here! I took a few pictures of our trip!

Our Boat "the Hornblower"

Our view at lunch at "The Fish Market"

My big boss Rick and his lobster!

The view on the boat

Andre in deep thought

Chef Mindy, Beth , and my boss Gwen

Rick and I discussing the beautiful view

Mo-town Dre as I like to call him

Once again I have been very busy with events this week. I haven't' even seen David because he has been working so late. Today I had a client call me to ask if they could bring an elephant to have at their party since the theme is circus. These clients are impossible to predict. I'll let you know if I can work it out. Supposedly the truck the elephant would come in on is really big so we would have to shut part of the gate to base off. I haven't heard back word from the Base CO yet, I told his officer to tell him I was being serious. I can't wait to hear his response.

In A Nutshell

So......I'm back to work. WOW. Ahhhh 26 voicemail by 9:16 in the morning. OUCH! 55 emails and growing OUCH! 15 WALKINS OUCH! This view while I'm walking to my car...priceless....here is a picture. I seriously sat and looked at the sky....I HEART San Diego! Although I'm exhausted by those phone calls at least I have this to keep me motivated!