I'm a Homeowner!!!!

I closed on my condo/townhouse on Tuesday March 3rd and I received the keys on Friday March 6th. Welcome to my new abode...

Doesn't the outside look inviting??


There is a half bathroom to your left in this photo and then my living room. Don't the carpets look clean? My sister and I spent about 3 hours cleaning the carpets in the whole place with a steam vacuum. Jealous you weren't there to help aren't you?!?


Where I will probably spend most of my time :)


I am almost done cleaning the kitchen. I just have to clean the inside of the fridge and stove...


This room is opened to the hallway and stairs, so it is technically a "loft" room.


The 2nd bedroom that hopefully I will eventually have a roommate for...


And the bathroom they will get to use...


This is my bedroom with my new queen bed. Well, new to me!


There is a huge soaker tub in there. It's too bad that I don't like baths! Showers only...


My friend wants this closet. One day I'm sure I'll fill it up :)

The Beach in February

We went to La Jolla beach on Saturday Feb 28. C wanted to run around in the freezing water, so I staked out my spot on the beach with A and made sandcastles. He would say "castle", I would build it, then he would knock it down and laugh hysterically. Who knew that would be so fun???


A and me relaxing on the beach.

Legoland & Dramamine

My first trip to Legoland...

I just want to know who gets paid to build these things?!?!


A could only go on a couple of rides due to height restrictions, but he loved the train!


I did go on a couple of rides with C, who was the perfect size for all of these rides. However, this is where the Dramamine came in. Who knew I would need it for kiddie rides?!?


For those of you who haven't been there - they have entire city scapes built out of legos. So I decided to take my picture @ New York City since they have a lego Citicorp building (where my dad worked pre-retirement). He would probably have been a little prouder if their stocks weren't doing so poorly...


Since C did not want his picture taken today - this is what we got! Good thing A loves to get his picture taken and says "cheese" as soon as a camera is pulled out :)


There were some play areas and A liked me to follow him around so he could label everything he saw and wait for me to confirm that he was correct.


I thought it would be fun if we were all in the shark. Can you see my eyes at the top???


I figured I should get a picture taken that you could actually tell I was in it :) 3 Dramamine and 1 Excedrin later, the day was over!

Professional Sledders...

My brother and his family came into town President's Day weekend to visit, so we took advantage of the fresh snow..

My sister is just admiring my sledding skills :) I half went off a jump and was very off-balance...


In case you weren't convinced of my skills in the last photo - I tried tubing as well!


Me and my nephew coming down the hill. I had to use my feet to make sure we didn't go over the jump - hence the flying snow!


Fortunately we made it down the hill in one piece - and he loved it!