The Arrival of Dad

The weekend of February 20th was great! Dad was planning on coming up/over on Friday night for a visit and we were going to go check out the opening-weekend-tournament-premiere-season-event for CSUB's baseball program. (More about that later.) But one thing that I was extra excited about in addition to seeing Dad and the delivery of some of Grandma's chili verde was the replacing of my haunted, hand-me-down bed by a brand spankin' new bed! For those of you that did not know, my previous bed was haunted. It made noises that only a ghost or lost soul trapped inside a spring filled box of despair would make. For about a week before Dad visited I drove around town looking for places at which I could take a mid-day nap. I only got lost once, finding myself on a highway that I didn't know existed, but was able to find my way back home without much trouble.

Thursday afternoon I was at the grocery store trying to decide what I was going to make Dad and I for dinner Friday night and couldn't make up my mind between lemon chicken stir fry or fajitas. So I decided to call Dad and ask him if he had a preference, being about as decisive as I am, he said that he'd be happy with either and would let me decide. Very helpful when I am standing in the produce aisle and not sure which veggies I will need! Dad said that he was on his way to Lompoc to run a few errands and most likely would lose his signal so would call me back once he got there. (Note to any law enforcement: I can neither confirm nor deny if he was or was not using a hands-free phone as the law states, I am only stating that we were speaking to each other.) While I was checking tortilla prices Dad drove through a dead zone and left me on my own to make the dinner decision. I'm telling you deciding on a mattress was nearly easier! On my way home Dad called me back and told me to wait on my dinner that night until he spoke with Mom and Becca about their dinner so that we could coordinate and not mess up any possible plans. He also told me that he'd call me back in about two and a half hours so I'd have plenty of time to hit the gym and shower before he'd call me with the dinner update.

I still had my hair wrapped in my towel when Dad called me to make sure that I was home and out of the shower because he was just pulling into the neighborhood. He told me he would call me back in a few once he talked to Mom and Becca about dinner. Moments later he called me back to let me know that he was on his own for dinner because Mom and Becca weren't home (they were in Santa Maria checking on a car for Becca). Shortly before I noticed the lights of a car pull up outside and peered out the window to see what I thought was a familiar car. I then was a bit suspicious and peered out my door's peep-hole only to see a very familiar looking guy talking on a cell phone on the sidewalk outside my door. So just as Dad was about to say something about possibly having pizza for dinner I ripped open my front door to reveal that he was surprising me by showing up a day early! I was so excited and very surprised to see him standing there that I very loudly exclaimed something along the lines of "OhmygodIcan'tbelieveyou'rehereearly!!!" I'm pretty sure my response surprised my new neighbors or at least their dog.

Since I am trying not to write epic essays I will put a To Be Continued...here. Plus Dad says that if it's too long people will get bored and not read it. Which I totally found ridiculous, my gibberish is riveting! I then informed him that I have the power, much like John Candy in Delirious, whatever I write is what happens. Muhahahaha! So stay tuned you never know what twists may turn!
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When I get home, I kick my shoes off

Though most of the time I am only wearing flip-flops so it's not much to kick off. I love walking around the house in my slippers during colder months and in summer I revert to childhood when I would constantly be barefoot. Besides, you can't show off your pedicure while wearing shoes!

Hail Video

Ok, hopefully this works. I haven't uploaded any of my own videos before so this process will be very trial and error. Ideally below you will see a video of the hail mentioned in the previous post.



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All Hail Pineapple Upside Down Cakes

So a few weeks ago Jaslynn came to visit on her pre-birthday weekend and we had so much fun. Of course we went out for dinner a few times and it was a slightly rainy weekend so we had lots of comfort foods like grilled cheese sandwiches and cake. I say it was slightly rainy because one day when we were having our grilled cheese deliciousness lunch it started hailing. Now I am not talking about your normal rain with a smattering of hail type of weather occurrence. I am talking about the sky opening up and it pouring down balls of ice rather than rain. Being the mature adults that we are, we immediately ran outside and started trying to catch and eat the hail. Then when we got bored doing it we thought it would be neat to see what the hail landing in the pool looked like. Did I mention it was hailing really, really hard? So we ran the three buildings over to the pool and discovered that it was raining as well because we ran through quite a few very large puddles. Though I did have a very strong urge to play slip'n'slide across the lawn, I managed to stay upright. After playing with hail for about 20 minutes we went back to eating our now cold grilled cheese sandwiches.



That night we decided to celebrate wearing dry pants again and baked pineapple upside down cakes in my pineapple cake pan. They were so cute and so yummy but I think we filled the mini pineapples a little full...

Enter Exclamation of Excitement Here

I just got an email from the school which totally surprised me. I wasn't expecting it and really wasn't thinking about it.

"Dear Kimberly,

Congratulations! Because of your hard work last quarter, you have earned a quarterly GPA of 3.456, which qualifies you for the Fall 2008 Dean’s List. Only those students who are enrolled in at least eight units of letter-graded work and earn a GPA of 3.25 or above in an academic quarter are included on the Dean’s List.

Congratulations again, Kimberly, and continue your good work!

Sincerely,

Edwin H. Sasaki, Ph.D.

Interim Dean"

I am totally doing a happy dance in my living room with my shower towel wrapped around my hair right now.
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You're Being Warned...

I just wanted to say do not expect anything new posted until Monday at the earliest. Not that you expect me to post very often but still, I thought I should warn you. Jaslynn is coming up for the weekend so we'll be too busy having fun for me to think about or have time for writing anything.
Have a good weekend!
Loves.

I Smell Pretty, Oh So Pretty

Saturday evening I went to watch the women's basketball game at the school like I had been planning. Unfortunately I had lost track of time so I didn't get over in time to see the first half of the game. I could have maybe made it for most of the first half but I had to eat dinner and wasn't in the mood for a meal of popcorn, nachos and such. I got over there shortly after half time and the score was 37-40 UCSB. The largest difference in the score that I saw was only six points and that lead was brief. Neither team seemed to be able to hold onto the lead for more than two possessions which made the game very exciting. After many fouls (including two technicals, both on UCSB), exciting plays, and multiple three pointers hit from well behind the men's three-point line by CSUB, the game was tied with eight seconds left on the clock. As the final buzzer rang, the final shot was made to give the Runners the win.

Sunday morning we had a staff meeting to learn about the all new signature collection. It's the same fragrances (including the newest addition, Vanilla Noir) but the packaging has been changed and the products have been improved. For example, the new shower gel lathers more, moisturizes and has more fragrance than the previous formula. At the end of our meeting the managers told us that we were each getting a free shower gel of our choice so that we could use it and be able to talk to customers about the improvements. We were all very surprised and, obviously, excited about that little announcement. Apparently when the company has given free products to employees in the past they did not offer a choice on the fragrance, they just gave out something like Moonlight Path. I wanted something fun and fresh to counteract the fact that it's still winter so I got Mango Mandarin. I nearly went for my winter favorite, Warm Vanilla Sugar--it makes me feel cozy and feel like cuddling, a favorite winter activity.

When I got home from the meeting I tried out my new shower gel and absolutely loved it. The shower gel I had been using was the previous formula and I noticed the differences. I highly recommend it and that is not just because I work for Bath & Body Works.

Now I am going to go take advantage of my free shower gel.
Loves.