best surprise.

warren g is my bff. he also is the most selfless person i know. a couple weekends ago he had his second step of boards (aka a 9 hour test to determine the rest of our lives). i was trying to be a supportive wife and have the house cleaned with dinner waiting when he got home. but, as soon as he got out of his test he called me and told me to be ready to run out the door when he arrived. i didnt know what was going on, but i put dinner in the fridge, frantically put my make up on and we were out the door in 2.5 seconds after he arrived home.

he told me we were meeting some of his classmates in LA for a dead perez concert at 8. but he was unusually stressed about getting there in time. about halfway to LA i asked him if that is where we were really going and he just kinda smiled and handed me an envelope. inside were two tickets to this:



it was playing at the pantages theater and i had been talking for WEEKS how i wanted to see it! i seriously almost starting crying. a. bc i was so excited. b. bc he surprised me with something that he knows i LOVE. c. bc his gesture was just so kind and selfless. here he had had undoubtedly a stressful day with his test and wanted that night to be good for ME.



i couldnt be luckier.

remember when...

i posted this??

well....the tables have turned. instead of a "weight gain" program, i am now on a "work out" program. what a novel idea right?

together with my friend (and now personal trainer) austin - we coordinated a beach work out class for ladies. it is perfect because i am at least looking over the tranquil ocean while wanting to throw-up.

but seriously...it is amazing how much better i feel just after 4 weeks of this:


so much in fact, i am now blogging about it to tell all you local bloggers about it! come!! every Tuesday night 6-7pm (meet at 17th and pch). message me for the unbelievably cheap pricing (ahem...$25 for 4 sessions!)


how life has changed. but i sure am loving it :-)

cant believe i never posted this...

here is a link to our short wedding film by ryan southwell. i am pretty much obsessed with it, and you will be too (if you havent seen it yet on fb like 4 months ago). anyway - ENJOY!!

what happens when...

you combine this:



and this:



AMAZING-NESS:

as of late...

apparently i have not been updating my blog with the things w and i have been doing lately (brought to my attention by the newly prego kate hawkley on saturday). so here you have it. oh - and how sad is it that these are literally the only three pics i have taken of us together since we have been married...


this was at the point in corona del mar. we picked up some cafe rio (yes there is one here now) and had a sunset picnic and walked around the ridiculous houses that i wished i lived in. must be nice.


angel stadium - holler! everyone in orange county has such angel pride - i like it. this has been my second game of the season so far. we had fantastic seats thanks to coventry court. no balls caught yet.


and here we are with lisa and wee man at the magic castle in hollywood. it is a private club for magicians, in which you must be a member or receive a guest pass from a member to enter. how did i obtain this you ask? baller status. anyway - the night is literally at a castle and watching a variety of magic shows (while everyone gets wasted) and a super (expensive) nice dinner. quite the experience. especially watching the fellow magicians interact. but i am glad those weird boys wearing capes and ponytails in 7th grade found their niche years later here at the castle. good for them. cheerio.

melt your popsicle?

does she? i mean really. i was a little disappointed with Maxim's Hot 100 list (yes, i know i am like 2 weeks late with these thoughts, but am still having them nonetheless). but then ms. katy and snoop d-o-double-g put out this. and with "bikini on top" i have a new found "like" for her. check it out (if you havent heard it already on kiss every 7 minutes), i cant seem to get it out of my head. oh - and might i just add that i have a love for snoop comparable to luda. just sayin...

thoughts.

sooo...this is my niece bella:

how amazing is she?! she will be 4 this may. i absolutely love this pic. and for being only 3 years old, her technique is uncanny. the moment i saw this pic earlier today it took me back. many of you may not know that i danced. and by "danced" i mean i was a dancer - ballet, contemporary and jazz. it was my WHOLE life. it was who i was. and still feel that it is who i am inside; although i may not be "practicing" these days.
i came home from work finding myself scrounging through my old chest for ANY dance pictures that i have here at our apt in hb. this is the only one i found:

when i found it warren said, "your head looks weird." and yes, it does. but how ancient does this picture look? it was before digital cameras (how crazy is that?) my senior year of high school. and me taking a picture of the picture with my sub-par digital camera probably didnt help with the quality. but anyway, i miss this.

when i am driving i listen to LOTS of different music. britney, fiona, legally blonde, christian pop, luda - you know, the essentials. and i cant help but MOVE to ALL of this music. i imagine myself dancing. and it looks pretty good in my head, but i doubt it would translate that well if i physically tried to execute my choreography. in fact, it may scare people.
will i ever dance again? i dont know. but i DO know that i would DIE to see little bella in her dance class. her arabesque looks a heck of a lot better than mine did at four...