Mi Papa

Like I mentioned earlier, today is my dad's birthday. 
Here are a few reasons he is cool in my book:

• He grew up in southern California in the '60s  - he lived near the beach and surfed and went to school with kids of well known families.
• He joined the navy at the end of Vietnam, working on submarines and becoming a "mustang" (an enlisted who works their way up to be an officer - some of the most respected guys in the fleet).
• He's a leo (like me!).
• He knows exactly what my dream car is without me having to give him a hint (it's an old school red bug convertible with a white top and white wall tires).
• We have the same taste in books so gift shopping for him is infinitely easier than it is my mom, I just pick out a book that I'd want to read and get that for him.
• If I have a military history question, he usually has an answer (I like military history - weird for a girl, I know)
• He has a basset hound who walks all over him - literally.
• He's been all over the world, and it took me some time but I have now surpassed him in number of countries visited.
• and lastly, he's cool 'cause he's my dad!

Happy Birthday Dad!

For My RB

Since a certain person has been saying I should post more about running, here is a video depicting just how I exercised this morning ...

Today

Today is my dad's birthday (Happy Birthday Dad!), but more about him later today...

In other news, Ellie is home!  After an eventful drive up to get her (more on that later as well), we got home last night at around 10:30, and although this is an old photo, it pretty accurately depicts what I woke up to this morning:

The house was empty without her, but she had a nice vacation at my parent's house where she got to watch tv (I don't have cable), and sun herself on the deck (I don't have a deck), and eat Kori's food (I only let her have her prescription food).  I think she's glad to be home though, I hope she is anyways.  

Concert Photos!

Please note... I was sitting about as far away as possible and these were taken with my iPhone, so yes obviously you can't see much...  And no, the photos are not in chronological order... And yes, I was having fun with Instagram on my phone...

In the last photo, it's hard to see, but the person on the big screen is The Edge (swoon...)

U2

Have you ever seen U2 in concert?  Truth be told, up until yesterday I might have only been able to tell you 3 songs (tops) that they sang.  But after the concert I realized I knew a lot more than that!  It was amazing!!! A 19 song set, followed by 2 encores - the first was 2 songs, the 2nd was 4 songs!  I didn't get home until after 1 am, but it was completely worth it...

Also on note, I always thought The Edge was cool, but after last night, I am head over heels in love!  Sigh... too bad he's 20 years older than me and married... Them's the breaks I guess...

Opposite Ends of the Spectrum

That's exactly how my day went.  It started with 4 1/2 hours at the car dealer with what should have been a simple fix and an inspection - it ended up being I needed a new hub and bearing, a new arm (no clue what this is... I have no clue where a mannequin arm fits under the car... which was totally the image that popped in my mind when they told me I needed a new arm...), new rotors and new brake pads.  So that was frustrating - and pricey! 

This is what was running through my head the whole time I was there too:

But the end of the day was just what one could hope for.  I had my accounting mid-term, and after 2 1/2 hours of frustration I turned in my test.  I got an A!!!!  I knew the first 3 problems were right, or at least I was 99.9% sure they were because all of my cross checks worked out, but the 4th problem wasn't coming out right at all!  I was off by $2000 and couldn't figure out why - I even went through the entire problem 2 more times and still couldn't find it... It was one figure that I had as positive that should have been negative.  Oh well, I only lost 2 points for it.  As my professor said, "Not bad for someone who's never taken an accounting class before." 

Yay! 

And tomorrow is the U2 concert with my bestie, her hubby, and my computer guru - so much fun!!!

Really?!?

So with the cooler temps outside (87 instead of 94!) I decided today would be a great time to get in some more canning along with some baking.

Really?!?

Yeah, I'm that crazy.  Too bad canning season is when it sweltering outside, I wouldn't mind the extra heat if it was 20 degrees outside!  That said, I've been as busy as a bee today.