sunset cliffs

Today was one of those days where I was reminded just how lucky we are to live in San Diego. We are surrounded by so much beauty! We spent the afternoon at sunset cliffs exploring. Here are some photos:

30 wonderful years on the planet Earth

I am old and okay with it…kind of.


Thirty things

1. I love shaving my legs
2. I never feel pretty
3. I think Chicago is the greatest city in The U.S.A
4. My absolute favorite candy is the Cadbury egg.
5. I think I have cute ears
6. I love ballet flats
7. If it were up to me I would drive an old 1970's muscle car
8. I have a celebrity crush on Simon barker
9. I think I lucked out when I found Aaron. He is amazing.
10. Whenever I see something on the side of a highway I automatically think it is a dead body...everytime
11. My new year’s resolution is to be nicer to humanity.
12. I tend to over share
13. I find it difficult trusting people that don’t laugh
14. I have always felt a little like an outcast and I like it that way
15. I really like my handwritting
16. I like to watch really trashy TV shows and Aaron makes me feel like the scum of the universe for it.
17. My favorite show is weeds, Aaron hates it!
18. I wish someone would pay me to write
19. I have a fish and I kind of neglect it
20. I wish I were a vegetarian
21. I hate coconut and raisins
22. I have zero self control
23. My mom treats me like I am 12
24. I was holding my dads hand when he died. It was heartbreaking and amazing all at once
25. I wish I could dance properly
26. I hate that my teeth are super tiny
27. As a kid instead of T.P ing people’s homes my friends and I would take bagels from the local bagel shops dumpster and bagel people houses. It was pretty hilarious and completely absurd!
28. I wish I were more like my dad.
29. Currently my favorite band is the shins
30. I think my friends are cooler then anyone else’s!

Jacob is 8

I managed to let your birthday slip by this year without my usual letter. SO my little man is 8 years old. Everyday you make me smile. You are my emotional child, and when I say emotional I mean that in the best way possible. You are no lump on a log. You a radiant source of energy. When you are happy you are very very happy and when you upset you are utterly outraged. I love that about it. It makes you real. I have loved sharing the last 8 years with you.

Another reason to hate birds

Everytime I get on an airplane I think I am going to die. I keep it together and don't freak out or anything but the whole time I'm in the air, I am hoping that Aaron remarries and finds a nice lady to care for my kids. This article, combines two of my most irrational fears, death by birds and death by plane, luckily it has a happy ending: http://www3.signonsandiego.com/stories/2009/jan/15/plane-river-011509/?zIndex=37788

The san diego zoo

The best way to ring in the new year

On January 1st my mom and I left San Diego for Chicago on a road trip that lasted three days. I hadn't allowed myself a moment of reflection since the death of my dad so it was nice to sit in a car for hours without little people pulling at my legs and demanding snacks and entretianiment. I tried to continue on with my regualarly scheduled life and pushed aside every sad thought I had. The road trip hit me like a bag of bricks and ended up being a very zen like three days. I miss my dad so much that it hurts to think of him.

Hiking at Mission Trails