Rambo

My own Rambo!  Watching over the apartment through the bathroom window! 

John Wayne

That's John Wayne, one of our 'cats'.  He was a gift from Mom to B but now he sits on top of our refrigerator.  I had a REALLY, REALLY bad day at work and when I unpacked my lunch, this is who I found :)

 

B certainly knows how to brighten my day :)

Big Bear Getaway

At the dealership where B works, if you have been there for three years, you have access to the company's cabin in Big Bear, CA.  One of his buddys got the cabin for the weekend and invited us along.  We headed up in the Focus and so glad we bought chains!  Made it the whole way up except the road the cabin was on!  She just couldn't make it up the little hill!

 

My handy man!

 

 

She got braces!  :)

Then the driveway was all snowed in!  So the guys dug out enough where we could park while waiting on the snow plow.....

 

And the cabin:

 

Headed into the town of Big Bear to walk around - super cute!

 

It was a super quick trip and I didn't take many pictures but....

we had a fun time and would go back!  

 

 

Our "FIRST" Valentines!

Happy Valentines Day!

 

Even the skeleton in the hallway was ready to celebrate :)

 

This was our 'first' valentines together since we met in 2007!

Separated because of school, military, and then traveling for work....we had a special dinner at home, just the two of us :)

 

Caesar salad, porter house steaks, lobster tails, wine, and chocolate covered strawberries :)

So yummy and lovely to be together!

Love you B!

 

Slater's 50/50

We went with Jose (B's buddy from work) and his girlfriend, Maggie, to Slater's 50/50 restaurant.  Known for the 50% ground beef and 50% ground bacon burger!  This place LOVES bacon. You can get this burger with baconaise, bacon salt, a bacon brownie, and even a maple bacon milkshake!  The place is very popular and we had to wait an hour and fifteen minutes for our table!  And that was before 6pm!
Since it was about a 45min drive for us, we stuck it out!

I was really unsure about the whole 50/50 thing and wanted to try the turkey burger but, you gotta try it once!  So B and I split a burger and designed it ourselves - it was HUGE!!!

 

This is only my half!!!

Then for the table we ordered fries, panko fried mac-n-cheese balls (sounds yummy as I LOVE my mac-n-cheese but not so great....) and the famous vampire dip:  artichoke, cheese, and lots of garlic!  It was delicious!

 

Even the ketchup for the fries was bacon infused and had little bits o bacon in it!

Personally, it was bacon overload for me and if we were to go back, I'd get something different :)

We also had the bacon brownie but it was odd - I'll leave bacon to a breakfast food for me!

You know you're a GA girl.....

when you wear your boots and drive the F-150 in LA traffic to work!

Parrots? Yes, Wild Parrots!

Moving to a new part of the country always comes with a learning curve:  climate, traffic, lifestyles, but wildlife?!  Yes, peacocks and even skunks have become a normal part of our days now.  I pass the flock(?) of peacocks as I pull out of the apartment and if unlucky that day, get a big whiff of skunk.  They certainly look cute but, woof! 

And usually on weekend mornings, nature's alarm clock goes off with the nosiest birds I've ever heard!  It took me a while to understand what they were but I never would have guessed parrots!  Yes!  The bright green birds!  Parrots!

We've seen them around - they love this one tree a street over, aren't we lucky?  But I've never been able to get a picture, until now - but warning:  it's far away and not very good.  B and I were leaving the grocery store when I heard commotion in the air and sure enough, a whole bunch of parrots were swarming around the tree -  bet they were just eyeing my groceries!

 

Apparently, there are several different kinds in the area.  Talk about a bird watchers paradise!  Peacocks, parrots, and sparrows!  You can read about them here:  http://natureali.org/parrot_project/suburban_jungles.htm

Like the article says, guess we're living in a suburban jungle!