Oh November Rain, you remind me of my favorite places...

When I got up for work today it was a bit gloomy, but then it's November, that's pretty much how it is everyday.  So I went about my business and took a shower, blew my hair dry, got dressed and noticed that it was raining.  Not just raining, but pouring, so I changed into a sweater instead of the short sleeved top I had originally chosen, grabbed my umbrella and took off for work.  Now those of you who've lived in Southern California know that we normally don't have real rain, but today it was crazy and totally random.  As I drove down the freeway I'd drive through torrential downpour that my windshield wipers had a hard time keeping up with and then it would be completely dry.  As the day went on it cleared up, which reminded me of Steve and my time in Washington for our honeymoon, 2 years ago this week.  While we were there we fell in love with the state as a whole and Seattle in particular.  Our dream is to move up there after Chris is in college and live outside the city on a plot of land somewhere.  Driving through the rain today gave me that same feeling I had up there, when Steve and I got to spend a week with no distractions, we were 45 min out of cell range with no cable or internet, and how wonderful it was.  I really believe I found my soul mate with Steve, he's the most wonderful man I've ever met and he's my best friend.  There really aren't many people I could spend an entire week with and not want to strangle, but with him it was like a week wasn't enough.  Well, until we drove home and he decided that it would be an awesome idea to drive it all in one go, Glacier, WA to Tustin, CA in 20.5 hours, 1,282 miles, in a truck with my hubby and audio books.  I slept most of the way, but even that was fun, though I still think Steve is a little insane for doing it.

A little blurry but this was the drive home

Playin a little catch up!

So what have I been up to for the last month?  Well here's a break down:

The boys (and Janice) all played Edward 40 Hands.  If you don't know what this is, basically you tape 40oz beers or malt liqueur to your hands and you're not allowed to have them removed until both 40's are gone.  This was one of those nights that they realized that they're not 21 anymore, but it was hilarious to watch anyway.  Also, Steve won, first to finish both, only one to finish both and not puke!

So that obviously was a kid free night, but the next week we got to go on a preview of the new Star Tours: The Adventure Continues.  Chris nearly peed himself with excitement when we got the email.  It was super awesome!  We've been on it since then too, I think we're going to have to ride it every time we go.  They did a total overhaul of the ride including the que area and the ride itself, you get to go to different planets and it's different almost every time you ride it and it's in 3D, but this type of 3D doesn't screw with my eyes.

I wore my new wig for the first time, I kind of love it, it's super fun, but it's also really hot so I may have to wait until after the summer to wear it again!

Also saw an awesome VW bus drivin around Tustin the other day with a Dharma sticker from Lost on it.

We went to Laguna Beach a couple weekends ago and got stuck in summer traffic in the canyon, but I'm thinking we're going to go for a hike there soon.  We also went for what we thought was going to be a hike in Newport Coast, but just ended up being a paved walk, still pretty though.

And lastly I have some gratuitous kitty pictures.  Why?  Because she's super cute and apparently has decided my wheel is in the living room is there for her alone!

That's it for now, tune in soon for some more updates, pics from another hike and at least one more finished object in my 28 for 28 adventure!