The Woods

October 12, 2008

A few Sunday's ago I went up to Corona to spend time with my good friend Jane and her precious family. Her daughter, Danica, will be 2 in January and Eric, her husband, is the sweetest, most genuine person you could meet. We hung out, caught up, had turkey sandwiches and played at the park. A perfect Sunday.

Background: Jane and I met 10 years ago when I worked at the Guess store at South Coast Plaza, she was my manager. We had so much fun together. We used to go to the gym and take the TKB class and the yoga class. Jane and I took a couple of road trips, too. We went to the Grand Canyon and Meteor Crater. And when I was like 19, Jane took me to Las Vegas to see Powerman 5000 at the House of Blues. Jane's rad, I love her!

Dream House- Less than a month!

These photos are from the first 2 weeks of October.

MEXICO

Mexican Riviera Cruise
Sapphire Princess
September 27-October 4

Our vacation festivities got off to a rough start. Friday, 9/26, I was home packing for a much needed vacation. Abe and Ricky were out riding their bikes with Critical Mass. I had a bad feeling. I knew the call would come...and it did. Abe fell.

We spent most of the night in the ER. He was thrown from his bike and landed on his hands. He had a hairline fracture in the neck of his radius, very close to the elbow. Abe said it felt like his elbow exploded. He was in so much pain, it was hard to see him like that. Did I mention he wasn't wearing a helmet? Or that this was at 9:30PM? Or that he was in a busy intersection? When I think about all these things, and all the horrible possibilities I can't help but think "A fractured elbow is the best outcome!" It could have been SO MUCH WORSE.

Despite the minor bump in the road, we set sail for the Mexican Riviera on Saturday 9/27. We were lucky enough to travel with Abe's parents, their best friends and Ricky and Renee. The eight of us had a fantastic trip!

The mandatory safety drill.
Windy!

Puerto Vallarta

Tequila Factory


EXIST1981

Elevator Fun!
Formal Night

Mazatlan

Old Mazatlan Cathedral

EXIST1981, everywhere

EXIST1981 Polar bear

EXIST1981 Zoid

I made a new friend!

Cabo

The gorgeous sunset from our balcony

Dream House Update

These photos were taken between 9-09-08 and 9-21-08
Things are moving right along. Less than a month til we move!!! We are already packing.

Dear Blog

I know you think I'm avoiding you. But I'm not, I PROMISE! My computer is having some "'issues." Maybe she's mad because lack of time I've spent in Creative Suite over the past couple of years...or maybe it's the 10,000+ photos thats eating all the space on her hard drive. Who knows? I'm taking her to Dr. Mac for a check up and once she is healthy I will blog like crazy!

I will update you on: Mexico, Abe's arm, the house (it's looking so beautiful!), the Wood's, Melissa's engagment...and so much more!

I really do miss you!
Love, Emily

Banksy

“New Yorkers don’t care about art, they care about pets. So I’m exhibiting them instead. I wanted to make art that questioned our relationship with animals and the ethics and sustainability of factory farming, but it ended up as chicken nuggets singing. I took all the money I made exploiting an animal in my last show and used it to fund a new show about the exploitation of animals. If its art and you can see it from the street, I guess it could still be considered street art."
~Banksy, posted on www.woostercollective.com

The Village Pet Store and Charcoal Grill

Dear Blog

Dear Blog,

You have not been abandoned! I have been cruising through Mexico and tending to my boyfriends broken elbow. We will catch up soon, I promise.

Miss You,

Emily