My Birthday

I had a great birthday. On Friday, my parents took me to Ichi Maki for dinner. We had a real nice dinner. My parents, grandpa, Brandon and Greg came, which was nice. Pictures of my gifts from Brandon and my parents are below...
On my birthday Greg and I went to eat lunch at Chipotle. Then we went to see "What Happens in Vegas". It was a cute, funny movie. After the movie we went shopping. I picked out a new coffee mug that Greg bought me since my old one was falling apart. I like that it's purple, wasn't so thrilled about the poker symbols on it but it's growing on me. Later that night we went to dinner at Hungry Hunter, which is my favorite place. Dinner was perfect, you'll see pictures below from dinner. After dinner we went to the "Limelight" which is a bar near downtown Sacramento and had a few drinks. It was a very nice night. Below are also pictures of gifts that Greg bought me in when we went to SF last weekend. Overall I had a great birthday.

Birthday Flowers

My love went and cut roses from our yard this morning and put them in a vase. They look so beautiful and smell great too. I like that we have different colors of roses. Thanks again love, I love my birthday flowers.

Birthday Gift

Below is a gift that I got from the Customer Service and Billing Department at work. They all know how much I love Snoopy, so the gift was perfect! I have it displayed on the window seal in my office with my snoopy and dolphin collection. Thanks again Girls, I love it!!!!

Trip to the Bay

This past weekend Greg and I went to the bay for a little get away. I needed a break, lately I've been having stressful days. This was a nice get away for the two of us, we had a really good time. I started off by getting my haircut, which by the way turned out great. I got alot of compliments today. Then we went to have lunch at Juan's mexican restaurant, food was really good and authentic too. Next we went to San Francisco, got to Pier 39 around 4pm. It was perfect timing because when we got to the ticket booth, they said the last bay cruise was at 4:30pm so we made it just in time. Greg bought the combo ticket which included bay cruise trip and admission to the Aquarium of the Bay. We went on the bay cruise first since we were close on time, not thinking Greg didn't bring his jacket and I didn't bring my scarf so we were pretty cold. I didn't get sick which was great for me, I did take some dramamine after lunch just in case but I think I would have been ok without. But you never know. So we headed off on the cruise and we went to the Golden Gate Bridge first which was really cool to see up close. Greg got some underneath pictures which was cool, then it took us around Alcatraz which was cool too. The cruise lasted about an hour, below are pictures from the cruise.



After the cruise we went to the Aquarium of the Bay, we saw alot of cool fishes. They had 3 sections, the 1st section had a bunch of different fish in tanks. The 2nd section was titled "Under the Bay", we got to walk thru this long tunnel that had a moving belt that we walked on. The tunnel was like huge tank that we were walking thru. We got to see all different kind of fish like (sea bass, sharks, stingrays, Greg's favorite fish - California Sheephead, starfish, and more). The 3rd section was called "Touch the Bay", this is where you got to touch Stingrays and Sharks, Starfish, and Coral. Greg went around touching stuff, he had a good time. I walked around taking pictures. You will see some below.

After the aquarium we walked through Pier 39 and looked through all the shops. I got a few early birthday gifts, he got me a stained glass with a dolphin and he put it in our entry way of our kitchen. I really like it. He also got me these 4 dolphin figurines that I can display as one big figurine or 4 small figurines. So I have them displayed on our mantel with the picture we got from our bay cruise. It's perfect touch for our mantle. For dinner he took me to this really nice seafood restaurant on the end of the Pier called "Scomas". I had pasta with clams in a half shell, they were steamed perfect that they just fell out of the shell. Greg had swordfish that had the best flavor. I would recommend this restaurant if you like seafood and your at the Pier. After a long day we ended our day around 10pm. We got back to his grandma's sometime before 11. I was so wiped out by the time we got back I just crashed as soon as I hit the bed. Thanks to my love for a wonderful birthday trip, I loved every bit of what we did and where we went.

Seeing more results.....

This past Friday I went for my 2nd weigh in. Since my first weigh in which was on March 7th, I have lost a total of 2.25 inches and 4.40 pounds. Also lost 2.71 body fat pounds.

.25 inches in my bust
.25 inches in my abdomen
.75 inches in my waist
1 inch in my thighs
1 % in body fat

Tomorrow I will be starting my 12th week of salads for lunch. I didn't think I would last this long but surprisingly this has been pretty easy. With seeing more results after eating better it makes it easier. I have been doing really good in drinking the amount of water your suppose to have a day. I have been going to the gym at least 3 days a week, trying to go at least 4. I will keep you posted on hopefully more success.

Rascal Flatts Concert

Well last Thursday, Greg and I went to the Rascal Flatts concert and we had a blast. This was an early birthday present to myself. We couldn't have had any better seats. This is the first time I believe that Rascal Flatts came to Sacramento, the last 2 years I have seen them in Tahoe. Taylor Swift was the opening act and she did an excellent job too. I couldn't believe how packed the arena was. The concert was good like always and we both had a great time. Here are a few upclose pictures that I took and a video from one of there performances.

Easter Pics

It's been a while since I posted a blog, just been so busy with work the last few weeks. I wanted to post a few pictures from Easter. We had a good time coloring eggs and Brandon had fun on his egg hunt. I didn't think that he wanted to have one this year but he was ready and set to go. Our cats enjoyed it too........