Winter is Here!

When I got out of bed this morning I did what I always do, peak out the window to see what the weather looks like. But this morning was not like every other morning. This morning, there was snow! I don't know why I was so surprised after the ice storm last night but for the second time in less than 12 hours I was running outside in my pajamas with my camera. My neighbors must think I'm crazy (the ones that don't know I'm from CA).


Here are a few things I learned from my morning in the small amount of snow we had:
1. I need gloves, like today
2. Ear muffs are not just fashion for old men
3. When your fingers are cold, it's hard to use your iphone
4. Cold + ears = pain
5. My dogs like snow better than wind or rain
6. Socks are always a good idea
7. It's hard to write messages with your finger in fresh snow
8. People from Cleveland think it's gross if you eat snow, even if it's not yellow
9. Toboggans require much more snow than 1/2 an inch
10. Cold dog paws in your bed are not ok

Ice Ice Baby!

I was laying in bed at 1:30 in the morning when I heard what I thought was loud pouring rain. I got out of bed and peaked outside the window to see the rain bouncing off of everything. Now, rain doesn't bounce, so what was it? Ice! It's different from hail in CA because it was a mix of ice and snow. Like hail that rolled around in snow. Being the California Girl that I am, I put on a coat and shoes and ran outside in my pajamas with my camera (at least I stayed on my porch). I was so excited when I came back in the house I started to get the computer ready so I could blog about it. Then I realized, it's 1:40am and I should be going back to sleep. Lame, I know.

Our Neighborhood Cat is Crazy!

This is a picture from my bed on a Sunday morning. The cat in the window is obsessed with my dogs. He waits for them in the morning outside the front door and if he misses them, he looks inside the window and meows for them. He's actually bigger than they are. Poor Stitch, the other day I took him out to go potty and while he was peeing the cat snuck up behind him (I was looking for birds in the tree) and whacked him on the butt. Stitch of course freaked out. I carried him back inside while the cat followed us to the door. How sad, a dog being bullied by a cat. Mya gets along with him pretty well but Stitch wants to kill him. He hasn't quite figured out that the cat could totally take him down in a fight.

This is Not a Joke

This is the gas station across the street from my apartment complex. I was so excited on the way home when I saw gas was under $2 that I pulled over to take a picture. This is actually from a week ago, gas is currently $1.93 at this gas station, $1.86 by my work and around $1.79 or so closer to Downtown.

Another reason why Ohio rocks my socks.

I've been meaning to post this picture since I moved here. Ohio has this picture posted at every gas pump. I think it's hilarious, mostly because of the hat, which all police out here wear on a regular basis. He's holding a driver's license if you can't tell since it's kinda small. He looks so serious but funny at the same time.

Happy Belated Halloween!

Halloween was a lot of fun. This was the first year I got to decorate and pass out candy. Stacy brought Zoey over for Trick-or-Treating in her princess costume with a jumpsuit underneath to keep her warm. This picture really shows what a little punk she is. She cracks me up. She won't share with anyone except for her Auntie :) As you can imagine, I ended up wearing the crown by the end of the night because she wanted to dress me up.

Check out our cool lawn chair for furniture :)


Mya had a Halloween costume too!

You Knew This was Coming...

What can I say? This was an exciting election and it was awesome to be in Ohio for it. I watched the results come in at Derrick's Mom's house and when they finally showed Ohio we cheered :) Both Obama's and McCain's speeches were inspiring and I'm really excited to see what happens next. I waited in line for 45mins to vote at 8:45am. The average wait was around 2 hours but I heard some people waited in line for 3. On Monday people were waiting in the rain to vote early.


Sunday I went Downtown to hear Obama speak but after waiting in line for an hour I was so cold I decided to go home. I would have had to wait at least another hour before he spoke anyway since Bruce Springsteen was also there giving a free concert. I'm glad I left since it started raining as soon as I got home and I didn't want to fight the 80,000 people (actual amount, I'm not exaggerating) to get on the public transit back the the west side (where I parked my car). Here's a picture of the line I waited in and the stage he spoke on.

More on Lola

This is a clip of the show No Reservations from the Travel Channel when Anthony Bourdain was in Cleveland. The bald guy in white is the guy who interviewed Derrick. I love Micheal Symon's laugh! Hearing him laugh makes me laugh every time.

Iron Chef Derrick!

Well not really, but he's going to be working for one! Derrick was offered a position at Lola in Cleveland which is Iron Chef/Host of Dinner Impossible Micheal Symon's restaurant. We're totally pumped! It's a little bit closer to home and he'll have Sundays off for the first time in forever. We ate there when my parents were in town and the food and service were incredible. Check out their website www.lolabistro.com.

My dream job is to have my own show on the travel channel. My wild imagination has this idea that by Derrick working with someone who is on the Food Network I'll get discovered and have my own show. lol. Why not?

I'm a Slacker! :(

Sorry it's been so long! Work has been crazy busy. The deadline for high school seniors to get their photos taken for the yearbook is the end of this month so everyone and their mother is coming in because they all waited until the last minute instead of being photographed during the summer when they didn't have school and the weather was nice. Not that I can complain since I'm the queen of procrastination. I did a photo shoot at the lake today and it turned out beautiful! Unfortunately, I can't post any of the pictures here since they were for work and not myself. The sky was a pretty mix of blue and gray and the water looked like glass. The girl was a trooper too which made it a lot more fun. I had her standing in the water in her jeans and sitting in the mud.

I'm in the process of backing up my itunes files to DVD so I can take them off of the computer and get to making some videos! I have some footage of a groundhog eating that I think is pretty funny. The first disk failed so hopefully this one will work.

More post are on their way!!!