Kel. 28. Lives in the San Francisco Bay Area. Graduated from UC Berkeley 2001. Has a small obsession with TV. Enjoys chick lit and teen movies. Major shopaholic. Blogging since January 17, 2002.

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May 15, 2008

There is a freaking heat wave here in the Bay Area. The one day I would have preferred to stay in my nice air-conditioned office, I had to run out and do errands at the post office. UGH. It was about 90 degrees in the city today. It's almost midnight now and it is STILL sweltering. YUCK.

I just realized that I forgot to mention a couple of recent milestones...

On April 12th, Rob and I celebrated our 9th anniversary. Can you believe he's put up with me for that long? :D And then this past Monday, on May 12th, we celebrated our "engagement-versary." (I don't know what else to call it!) :D Time has flown by so quickly. It seriously feels like I just got engaged yesterday. And now there's only 86 days until the wedding. (!!!) I feel really lucky that I have Rob in my life. He understands and loves me despite all my faults (see below entry for evidence). We share the same hopes for the future. We have interests that overlap (TV!) but we have our own things as well. But best of all, Rob can look at me and smile and I can still feel the butterflies. (Points for you if you get the reference :P).

< / end sappiness>

So. Iron Man was AWESOME. I totally want to go see it again (possible spoilers)...

Robert Downey, Jr. is, without a doubt, the best part of the movie. I've always liked him (he's so incredibly charming) but now I think I have a full-fledged crush. Just the way he can convey so much with a small look or gesture. And his delivery of all the one-liners is brilliant.

Some of my favorite scenes/quotes:

-- The stripper pole on Tony's plane. BWAHAHA. So perfect.
-- "...and sometimes, that involves taking out the trash. Will that be all?" -- Pepper (I've always been pretty indifferent to Gwyneth Paltrow but I really loved her in this role).
-- "If my math is correct and it always is..." -- Tony.
-- Tony's first flight test when he threw himself at the wall. I totally saw that coming a mile away but it still made me giggle.
-- "Face it. This isn't the worst thing you've caught me doing." -- Tony
-- "Douse me again when I'm not on fire and I'm donating you to a community college." -- Tony (HEE!)
-- And finally, the BEST QUOTE EVER. "I am Iron Man." RDJ rocked that line.

And yes, Rob and I did stay until the end of the credits for the teaser scene. Totally a set up for the sequel. YAY.

Such a good way to get the summer blockbuster season started. And there's so many more movies to look forward to! I am definitely going to try and catch...

Chronicles of Narnia: Prince of Caspian
Sex and the City (MR. BIG!)
Indiana Jones
Get Smart
Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants sequel
Dark Knight

Can't wait.

Posted by Kel at 11:56 PM | Comments (1)

May 13, 2008

Had a very "meh" weekend. Saturday was all screwy. Here's the short version of the story...

Had plans to see Ironman with friends.
One chronically late friend was late once again.
*I* had to call *him* 10 minutes before the movie to find out.
I thought I could appease everyone by agreeing to watch a later showing.
But Rob, understandably, did not want to wait around some more and we argued about it.
We ended up going home and not talking to each other for the rest of the day.
Hours later, I got so frustrated that Rob was still mad at me that I threw my shoes around the living room, made a hole in our bedroom door after slamming it, and started crying.

Yeah. I'm not kidding. Not my finest hour. Clearly I have issues...

Issue #1
Rob is the person I love most in this world but for some reason, it's easier for me to disappoint him than it is for me to disappoint my friends. That's why I tried to let it go when our friend was late (again). WHY DO I DO THIS? I'm lame.

Issue #2
I have a tendency to be a doormat sometimes. People get mad at me and I internalize the anger. I want to put on a happy face and pretend that things roll off my back when they don't. So of course, that pent up anger has to go somewhere and obviously, I need to find a better way to deal with it than throwing a fit.

This is obviously bothering me because I'm sitting here at work thinking about it. But I'm not sure what I can do other than acknowledge it and try to be better when another situation arises...

GUH. ANYWAY. We did finally go and see Ironman but I'll have to blog about that next time... gotta do some work now.

Posted by Kel at 10:29 AM | Comments (5)

May 6, 2008

I knew I would fail at the Week in the Life meme... and only after 4 days! I've actually had a lot of fun doing it but yesterday and today were such snoozefests. I'm at work all day and there's really nothing of interest to photograph during most of my waking hours (I haven't even gone out to lunch so far this week). Since I've already broken the rules by commenting on the photos, I'm going to see how the next few days go and attempt to get to 7 days anyway... :D

I do have to share 1 photo from today, though -- Diesel's cousin Smush is staying with us through the weekend because Rob's brother and sister-in-law are on a trip to the East Coast. He came over tonight. Look at the cousins!

Posted by Kel at 10:38 PM | Comments (1)

May 5, 2008

Ugh, my allergies were acting up last night so I didn't feel like blogging my pictures. So now I'm a day behind. Oops. :P

*These are pictures from Sunday.

11:05 am - Sunday Brunch

One of our favorite things to do on the weekends is to go over to 4th Street in Berkeley. We decided to go earlier in the day and start off with a yummy breakfast at Tacubaya. Chilaquiles for me and Chorizo and eggs for Rob.

11:28 am - Scrap Happy

After breakfast we went over to the best scrapbook store EVER -- Scrapbook Territory. You'll see why in the next picture.

11:37 am - Diesel's Scrappy Friends

Diesel has friends! The owner, Diane, has 2 dogs that hang out at the store -- Wilbur is the huge golden retriever (I think) and Dolce is the chihuahua. They like to say Hi to him when he comes in. :D

11:43 am - Posing in the Aisles

Hehe. Rob and Diesel are waiting patiently as I take my time going through each aisle to see if there's anything new. Can you tell Rob is so excited to be in a scrapbook store?

11:45 am - Til Next Time

Saying Bye to his buddies...

11:58 am - Surrounded By Treats

Diesel's favorite store at 4th Street is George -- this is where we got his yummy birthday cookie. We can't help but pick up treats for him when we're here. (Sorry for the shot of Rob's feet -- I told you I'm not a good photographer).

12:05 pm - Paper Heaven

I had to pick up some thank you cards. Like I need a reason to go to Paper Source.

12:12 pm - Diesel Loves Paper Source Too!

I couldn't help it. I bet Rob just loves that I make him pose for these pictures.

12:17 pm - Mmm... Ice Cream

A day at 4th Street is not complete without a trip to Sketch. Mmm. I had the Plain Yogurt (my favorite) and Rob had coffee (sooo good).

And that was pretty much my Sunday. I spent the rest of the day in bed because of my stupid allergies. :/ Too bad... I really wanted to check out Iron Man. Maybe next weekend...

Posted by Kel at 10:42 PM | Comments (2)

May 3, 2008

Happy National Scrapbooking Day! :D

I haven't scrapped in forever. I just haven't really thought about it in awhile. :(

Anyway, the photo meme continued...

Note: I am by no means a photographer so please excuse the amateur pics. :D You can click each image for bigger!

I actually started my day at about 10:30 am when I went to the gym across the street. I brought the camera with me so I could take a picture during my walk over. As soon as I turned on the camera, though, I realized that I left the memory card at home. Doh! That's why the pictures start so late in the day.

01:29 pm - Walking to Subway

Rob and I wanted Subway for lunch and since it's just a short walk away, we decided to take the little munchkin along with us.

04:24 pm - One Dollar Churro

We had to go to Costco to pick up some odds and ends and of course, I could not leave without a ONE DOLLAR CHURRO. Yummy. It was really windy and I wasn't wearing any makeup so please excuse my crazy face. :D

04:50 pm - The Search Continues

I am still looking for yoga socks so we headed over to Sports Authority to see if they carry them. Nope. Rob did browse around the shoe section so the trip wasn't a complete waste.

11:31 pm - Assembling the Invitations

We spent the rest of our night tackling the invitations. I made little tags with our guests' names on them that I'm going to tie onto the envelope. They're going to be so pretty!

Only 4 pictures today -- sorry! I actually had more of the invitation process but since some of our guests actually read my blog, I decided to wait and post them after the invitations have been mailed. I don't want to give away *too* much. :D

{Explanation}
{Day 1}
{Day 2}

Posted by Kel at 11:40 PM | Comments (2)

May 2, 2008

Ugh, I totally forgot to Tivo yesterday's Oprah show with the Sex and the City girls. Massive FAIL to me. :( Hopefully I can find it on YouTube.

Anyway, this meme is turning out to be so much fun!

You can click each image for bigger!

07:17 am - Diesel in the Morning

Diesel and I wake up at the same time in the mornings. He likes to follow me around as I get ready for my day.

07:27 am - Diesel Loves to Eat

One of the first things I do in the morning is feed the little guy. He scarfs his food down right away.

09:17 am - Friday Means Starbucks

I've been really good lately at limiting my trips to Starbucks to Fridays only. I save a little money and it makes me look forward to Fridays more than I already do.

10:31 am - Mmm... Strawberries

Breakfast today was a Tall nonfat peppermint mocha and a huge bowl of strawberries that I bought at the Farmers Market yesterday. Sooo good.

05:04 pm - Search for Socks

I need some really good pairs of sports socks for a yoga/pilates-type class I've been taking lately. You know, the kind with "grips" at the bottom to help with slipping. I went to the mecca (aka Lululemon) but unfortunately, they only had really obnoxious ones (bright colors and stripes). Oh well.

05:21 pm - I Love Vera Wang

My Macy's bridal registry consultant sent me a Friends and Family coupon for this weekend so I headed over there to buy the toasting flutes and cake knife/server set that Rob and I will be using at the wedding. We picked out the popular Vera Wang 'Love Knots' pieces -- so pretty! I wasn't planning on getting them until closer to the wedding (there's no space for all this stuff!) but I couldn't pass up purchasing them at a discount.

06:47 pm - Sleeping Beauty

When I got home, Rob was taking a nap. So of course, I changed into my PJ's and also enjoyed a quick "cat nap" before dinner. :D

09:28 pm - They're Here!

Our invitations arrived today! So exciting. I'll show some sneak peeks of them in the next few days since we'll probably be spending most of the weekend getting them ready to be mailed out. YAY.

No pictures from the middle part of the day because 1) there was nothing going on at work and 2) I had a business lunch and even though we had the most amazing dessert platter, I did not feel comfortable busting out the camera to take pics. :P

Have a great weekend everyone!

{Explanation}
{Day 1}

Posted by Kel at 11:23 PM | Comments (2)

May 1, 2008

I did it! I carried the camera around with me today so here goes...

Oh, and I know I'm totally breaking the rules but I want to elaborate on these pics. I'm such a rule-breaker!

09:16 am - Morning Coffee!

I only have "real" coffee once a week and I always get it from McDonald's. I get a lot of grief from my co-workers. Hey, I like it! Anyway, this is the left side of my desk at work -- you can see the framed photo of Rob and me from college, my rolodex, and my iPod speakers.

01:13 pm - Weekly Farmers Market at Crocker Galleria

I bought some big and juicy strawberries!

01:28 pm - Lunch at My Desk (As Per Usual)

Lunch was a yummy yummy Chicken Tandoori Wrap from Chaat Cafe and a generic coke from our community kitchen.

05:50 pm - First Day of the Month

Turned the page on my adorable shih-tzu calendar. This is the right side of my desk -- or what I call the "toy" section. Note my stuffed bear and Nemo and my Star Wars figurines. I'm such a kid. :D

09:20 pm - "Healthy Dinner"

McDonald's for dinner. Not exactly what I should be eating after a really good workout. Oh, well. The vanilla cone was worth it. :P

09:45 pm - Game Time

Ever since we picked up Mario Kart on Monday, we've been playing daily. SO MUCH FUN.

Ok, off to watch Lost!

Posted by Kel at 10:51 PM | Comments (3)