Out of San Diego..

So officially the San Diego Edition must come to an end.  As life has now taken me to San Francisco (Charlotte) will update shortly, the past 7 months has been a ride!

Halloween 2010 - Yabba Dabba Do Style

So for Halloween this year we decided to Couples/Group costume it and went as Fred and Wilma Flintstone, with our good friends Mark and Amber going as Betty and Barney Rubble.

A group shot of the ladies, we had a Jelly Fish, Lady Gaga, Wilma, an Indian, Betty and a vampire.

The gentlemen were Justin Bieber, Kenny Powers (Eastbound & Down), Fred & Barn.  And dog Boozer as Disco-Booze.

Me and my buddy Mark, sporting the Bedrock buddies.

Me and Ash as Bedrock's favorite couple!

60 Ways To Make Life Simple Again

So was just reading this great little article and decided I need to implement more of these into my life!

Life is not complex.  We are complex.  Life is simple,
and the simple thing is the right thing.
- Oscar Wilde

1. Don’t try to read other people’s minds.  Don’t make other people try to read yours.  Communicate.
2. Be polite, but don’t try to be friends with everyone around you.  Instead, spend time nurturing your relationships with the people who matter most to you.
3. Your health is your life, keep up with it.  Get an annual physical check-up.
4. Live below your means.  Don’t buy stuff you don’t need.  Always sleep on big purchases.  Create a budget and savings plan and stick to both of them.
5. Get enough sleep every night.  An exhausted mind is rarely productive.
6.  Get up 30 minutes earlier so you don’t have to rush around like a mad man.  That 30 minutes will help you avoid speeding tickets, tardiness, and other unnecessary headaches.
7. Get off your high horse, talk it out, shake hands or hug, and move on.
8. Don’t waste your time on jealously.  The only person you’re competing against is yourself.
9. Surround yourself with people who fill your gaps.  Let them do the stuff they’re better at so you can do the stuff you’re better at.
10. Organize your living space and working space.
11. Get rid of stuff you don’t use.
12. Ask someone if you aren’t sure.
13. Spend a little time now learning a time-saving trick or shortcut that you can use over and over again in the future.
14. Don’t try to please everyone.  Just do what you know is right.
15. Don’t drink alcohol or consume recreational drugs when you’re mad or sad.  Take a jog instead.
16. Be sure to pay your bills on time.
17. Fill up your gas tank on the way home, not in the morning when you’re in a hurry.
18. Use technology to automate tasks.
19. Handle important two-minute tasks immediately.
20. Relocate closer to your place of employment.
21. Don’t steal.
22. Always be honest with yourself and others.
23. Say “I love you” to your loved ones as often as possible.
24. Single-task.  Do one thing at a time and give it all you got.
25. Finish one project before you start another.
26. Be yourself.
27. When traveling, pack light.  Don’t bring it unless you absolutely must.
28. Clean up after yourself.  Don’t put it off until later.
29. Learn to cook, and cook.
30. Make a weekly (healthy) menu, and shop for only the items you need.
31. Consider buying and cooking food in bulk.  If you make a large portion of something on Sunday, you can eat leftovers several times during the week without spending more time cooking.
32. Stay out of other people’s drama.  And don’t needlessly create your own.
33. Buy things with cash.
34. Maintain your car, home, and other personal belongings you rely on.
35. Smile often, even to complete strangers.
36. If you hate doing it, stop it.
37. Treat everyone with the same level of respect you would give to your grandfather and the same level of patience you would have with your baby brother.
38. Apologize when you should.
39. Write things down.
40. Be curious.  Don’t be scared to learn something new.
41. Explore new ideas and opportunities often.
42. Don’t be shy.  Network with people.  Meet new people.
43. Don’t worry too much about what other people think about you.
44. Spend time with nice people who are smart, driven, and likeminded.
45. Don’t text and drive.  Don’t drink and drive.
46. Drink water when you’re thirsty.
47. Don’t eat when you’re bored.  Eat when you’re hungry.
48. Exercise every day.  Simply take a long, relaxing walk.
49. Let go of things you can’t change.  Concentrate on things you can.
50. Find hard work you actually enjoy doing.
51. Realize that the harder you work, the luckier you will become.
52. Follow your heart.  Don’t waste your life fulfilling someone else’s dreams and desires.
53. Set priorities for yourself and act accordingly.
54. Take it slow and add up all your small victories.
55. However good or bad a situation is now, it will change.  Accept this simple fact.
56. Excel at what you do.  Otherwise you’ll just frustrate yourself.
57. Mature, but don’t grow up too fast.
58. Realize that you’re never quite as right as you think you are.
59. Build something or do something that makes you proud.
60. Make mistakes, learn from them, laugh about them, and move along.

Inspired by a good Friend... M.I.A.

So I've gotten to a point where everything I've done just keeps piling up and whenever I think about writing about my tales, instead it's just a little over-whelming.  So in order to get caught up, I'm going to have to wrap up the past couple months in a few bullet points here.

• Went to Padres game, saw Aroldis Chapman of Reds throw fastest pitch ever recorded @ 105 MPH
• Trip to San Fran/Pleasanton with Ashley
• Volleyball league made it all the way to Semi-Finals but lost there. Team Me, Ash, Mark, Amber and Megan
• Brad Paisley Concert for my Birthday weekend, Friend hooked us up with V.I.P. tickets. Amazing.
• Paso Robles for Ashley's birthday weekend. ~ Stayed at an amazing Bed and Breakfast
• Tim McGraw Concert
• 4th of July @ Hermosa Beach / Manhattan Beach w/ Ashley's friends
• Grandma's funeral :(

Current life consists of Softball 4 days a week, and trying to figure out who/where/what me and Ashley want to do once our lease is up in December.

Heading to Havasu this weekend, will update again with life picking back up.

Utah Weekend Rodeo & Reunion

Wow, so honestly this was one of the most fun weekends I've had in ages.  And I've had some great weekends!
Brought Ashley home to meet my sister finally for the first time, and was able to meet up with a bunch of friends and all go to the rodeo as well, made for a great weekend!

 Me and Ashley at Kareoke @ Habitz in Utah

The Tri-Fector re-united years after their last reunion, good to see these gentlemen!

Went up to Snowbird with my Sister and her BF Andy, swam in the pool, hung out in the hot tub up there, it was amazing.

My sister and Ashley in their matching team 'Move to the Mountains' t-shirts!

Me and Ashley at the Lehi Roundup 2010

The boys relaxing after the rodeo and an exhausting day of fun.

The good looking ladies from the rodeo that evening!

And that about wraps it up, a great weekend in Utah!

A Milky Experience

So here I am living in our hotel in Rockville for a few weeks.

So I go to get groceries yesterday... get a ton of stuff

This morning I make some cereal pour the milk in and taste it, and it's awful!

I'm like dang this milk must be bad

Check the date, it's definitely not, but smell the milk and it's real bad, so I'm like WTF

Read the label... Buttermilk

Then I think back to the store, and I was wondering like why this one was like a buck cheaper than the like nonfat milk right next to it

But dang they look like the same, just different colored lid! I just thought it was like 1% or something

You would think... this should be delicious, butter + milk

But your thinking would be wrong!  That stuff was horrible

Tasted literally just like spoiled milk

In fact I just poured the whole thing into the sink, and the entire kitchen just smelled absolutely awful for like the next half hour, I about gagged as I was pouring it

It was quite the experience

Lake Havasu Memorial Weekend

For Memorial Weekend we were lucky enough to go to Lake Havasu with Ashley's uncle and a couple family friends, it was a freaking amazing trip.
I don't even know how to explain the type of scene Lake Havasu is for Memorial Weekend, you're crawling around the lake on the boat, because there are sooooo many people there, and as rated by Playboy is the #1 Party location in the country for Memorial Day.  I would say that has to be pretty accurate by the amount of people there, it was absolute mayhem.  However, for most of the weekend, we really just kind of hung around the house and took the boat out a couple times.

Me and Ashley out on the boat.

Driving the boat out at the Lake.

Out on the Sea-Doo after some intense directions on how to not wreck it! :)

On the way home from Havasu we stopped by Ashley's Grandma's house in Palm Desert, it is such an amazing house, right on the edge of the golf course, with an awesome swimming pool and hot tub.  A couple hours into the drive it felt REALLY nice to hop into the pool and relax for a bit and then have dinner with her family.  Made for the nice ending to a great weekend.