Another year of FABULOUS!!

I turned twenty-seven yesterday!

 

I found a quote to help put this awkward age into perspective for me:

"Do not regret growing older. It is a privilege denied to many"

~ Unknown

How true is that!

I had quite the busy birthday. I was surprised at work with a fun balloon on my chair and a delicious cake! I had the best patients all day too :). I even got out early! 

 I celebrated my 27th year with some of my favorite people with an amazing happy hour at one of my favorite restaurants, Crab Catcher! I had been craving their crab nachos and key lime pie martini the entire week leading up to my birthday! I was not disappointed :).

I was showered with some fun presents! My hubby got me the new iPhone! I'm so excited to have Siri! And to facetime!! I also got a groupon for a canvas photo that I have been wanting for my living room, some amazing lotions, body wash and candles, a couple super cute shirts, and some fun jewelry. Oh! And a bottle of Chocolate Shop wine. I can't wait to try it!! And of course, there is the fabulous giant balloon! Oh, and a surprise call from my sissy love! Hearing her voice was such a great gift :).

After happy hour, the divas and I actually found a bar with some people in it in La Jolla. It was quite the task, let me tell you! I have the blisters to prove it ;). We ended up at The Living Room Lounge, which turns out is a hooka bar! We got a bottle of wine and a rose flavored hooka. It was a perfect night!

I am so lucky to have so many wonderful people in my life, and it's always so fun to be surrounded by them at the same time.

There is so many fun things coming up the next couple weeks! I'll keep you all posted!

Until next time!
~ T.Don

Happy Valentines Day my beautiful friends!

I have had the urge to bake lately. I gave into the urge this morning and baked some delicious peanut butter cookies from scratch. They turned out amazing if I do say so myself!

I did have a little bit of an ulterior motive for the baking... I mentioned my dental visit that was coming up in a previous post, well I went and sure enough, I had 2 cavities! Boo!! I brought a bunch of the cookies in to make sure they didn't hurt me ;). My dentist is awesome though, and it was a piece of cake!

(Side note. It is really weird going into a dental office that I don't work in! I had a nice conversation with my hygienist about prophy paste and I was able to diagnose my cavities before the doctor came into the room!)

If anyone in San Diego needs a good dentist, let me know!

While I was waiting for the numbness to wear off, I took my puppy dog to visit her papa bear at work. I absolutely love being able to visit my hubby in the middle of the day! I wasn't able to the whole time he was at Port Hueneme (you pronounce that why-knee-me!), so I go as often as possible! I brought the rest of the cookies for his office mates (I can't have them sitting around he house! That's why I don't bake very much). My hubby surprised me with some yummy white chocolate covered strawberries when I got there! He's so thoughtful :).

After we visited for a while and Sadie made her rounds, we headed out to dog beach. Sadie LOVES running in the waves and chasing/herding the other dogs, but she wasn't really feeling it today! She ran off and almost ran into the parking lot with out me. Almost gave me a heart attack! We didn't stay long :/.

I made Anthony his new favorite meal for our Valentines Day dinner, Chili. In the 7 years we have been together, I JUST found out that chili is one of his favorites! Silly boy :). After dinner, we headed downtown for some yummy dessert at the Ghirardelli Ice Cream Shop. Mmmmmmmmm! I had a scrumptious banana hot fudge sunday and Anthony has a root beer float! We both are in a food coma right now!!

  I hope you all were able to spend today with someone you love, be it a friend, a lover, your parents, anyone! I had a great day with my husband! 

Until next time folks!

~ T.Don

Guess who went to Vegas!!!

I did!!

Jessie, Julie, Jolee and I drove to Vegas last Friday for the baby shower for our dear friend Kim. It just so happened that the shower was the weekend after Jessie's birthday, so we got to celebrate that as well!

It was an easy drive out, and we got to our hotel off the strip around 12:30 in the morning. It just so happens that the hotel was less than a block from one of the country bars Jolee likes to go.

Joy.

If you didn't know this, I do NOT like country music! Icing on the cake is you can smoke inside, so not only do I get to hear my favorite music, I get to inhale second hand smoke the whole night.

It actually turned into a really fun night out! After a couple drinks (our bartender Mike made the BEST lemon drops we have ever had!), I was uninhibited enough to learn a couple line dances and even how to 2 step! And besides the lingering cough, I came out unscathed!

Kim's shower was Saturday afternoon. Of coarse I got us lost on our way there so we were late! I didn't realize how emotional I would be when I saw her! I feel like I've been going through her pregnancy with her! We talked about trying for a baby early last year, and now here she is! A month away from welcoming her baby boy to the world! Go figure, I cried! Haha!

We had a great time! We even won the nursery rhyme game! I don't know how I remember so many nursery rhymes, but it came in handy ;).

Saturday night was our GNO. Miss Julie stayed at the hotel and relaxed while Jess, Jolee and I went to the Mandalay Bay for some Vegas fun!

Our only plan was to check out the Ice Bar called Minus 5*. We did, and it was AMAZING! We rocked our awesome coats, mittens and boots and sat in a bar made completely out of ice and had a couple drinks! I feel like I got my winter experience in there. Who needs snow when you can sit in a bar made of ice!

We also were wrangled into going to the Foundation Room, which is the rooftop bar at Mandalay Bay. We called it the 40 and up bar because, well, we were probably the youngest ones there! There was an amazing view up there, but it was too cold to be sanding on the patio (we didn't have our snazzy coats from the Ice Bar!).

For Vegas, it was a low key night! We were ready to hit the hay by 1:30 and were snuggled in bed by 2!

Sunday, we met back up with Kim and her crew to have lunch at Margarittaville, then hit the road to head home. Lucky for us, we left right before the Super Bowl started so we missed all the traffic!

All in all, it was a great weekend with wonderful friends!

Now I'm off to take my puppers to the beach so we can enjoy the beautiful weather we're having!

Until next time!

~T.Don

 

It's February!!!

A.K.A the BEST month ever!!

That may just be because it's my birthday month :).

And it's already off to an amazing start!

So much fun stuff is happening soon, starting with celebrating my besites birthday tonight at one of my favorite places! Happy birthday to my bestie of 13 years! We had an amazing time at Wine Steals in Point Loma celebrating all that is Jessie. I don't think tickets to Mama Mia in Los Angelas can be beat as the greatest gift ever!

Friday is our next big excursion. Jessie, Julie, Jolee and I are headed to Las Vegas for a baby shower! I'm so excited for a weekend road trip with my besties :). There should be some amazing memories made!

I have my first dental appointment in an office that I don't work in next Thursday. I'm not gonna lie, I'm a little nervous! Nothing says "Hey, I work in this field" like gagging during your x-rays :/. It's also been almost 2 years since I've had a check up, so I hope I don't have any cavities!

My hubby and I will probably celebrate Valentines Day the way we normally do, which is cooking an AMAZING dinner together with a great bottle of wine. It's sounds so lovely! I can't wait! We don't exchange gifts for Valentines Day because in my hubby's words, he shows his ever lasting love for me every day of the year ;). He really does try! Valentines is just another day that we can have some special time, just the two of us. Well, three of us with the puppers! She likes to be included when we cook too! 

The week after that, I'll be ringing in the big 2-7. Yup... Dirty thirty is knocking on my door! Lucky me, my birthday falls on Ash Wednesday. You know what that means??? Oh yeah! Mardi Gras is the day before my big day! Guess who's FINALLY getting to celebrate a Mardi Gras? This girl, that's who! Supposedly the Gaslamp has a pretty amazing celebration, so I'm going to ring in my almost birthday getting some beads ;).

The last week in February is the LEAP YEAR! I don't know why, but I've always loved February 29th. I used to secretly wish it was my birthday! I don't have anything exciting going on besides work, but maybe I'll look on Pinterest for something fun to celebrate the last day of my favorite month :).

I am trying to be mindful of all the things I have to be grateful for in my life, and tonight I was so grateful to be around so many people I love! I have so many amazing friends in my life, many that I've had for over half my life! I love them all and am SO thankful to have them!

That's all for now folks!

Until next time,

T.Don