Halloween 2009

Halloween was fun this year. I dressed up and went to 2 parties. I love this photo of me and my good friend Dave (Where's Waldo). He looked so sweet and mellow in his striped sweater and I delved into a wilder side, complete with clip on nose ring. ;)

Correction

At work, we have this health assessment where they bring in medical professionals to measure your blood pressure, body mass index, cholesterol, etc. It's a really good idea and it turns out I'm very healthy. Yipee!

However, I found out a shocking truth about me-

I'm a full inch shorter than I thought I was!!

All this time, I've been telling people that I'm 5 feet 10 inches (I knew I was 5'9.5'', so I just rounded up). It turns out I'm 5 feet 8.5 inches tall. I can't believe it.

So, for everyone out there who I've ever had a height related conversation with- consider this my correction. I'm a shorty :(

Lindapalooza 2009 celebration!

I had a great birthday week. I wasn't really planning on a big celebration, but ended up doing a few fantastic things:

Thursday night- had dinner with a small group of great friends at my favorite Italian restaurant. I got the best dish- butternut squash ravioli. Yummy!

Here are the friends:





My friends sang a very quiet version of happy birthday- so cute.



Then, we went to see the movie "Coco before Channel", a movie about Coco Channel, of course. It's in french and very inspiring.

On Friday, a friend of mine is a pilot and took me up in a small, 4-seater Cessna. We flew to Napa Valley for dinner and back. We went right over San Francisco and it was amazing! I feel so spoiled.


I wasn't originally planning anything special, but it turned out to be a pretty amazing birthday.

Birthday

Oh yeah, it's my birthday on Friday. I'm going to be 35. Wow.

That sounds so old.

It doesn't feel right to grow old alone. That should only be allowed when you're married and have someone to grow old with. As long as I'm single, I need to stay young and beautiful.

pet peeves

There are a few things I hate:

Stinky Sponges: you know how if you leave a wet sponge on the counter overnight, it ends up smelling like mold the next day. Then if you use that sponge to clean the counter, the entire counter ends up smelling like mold. I hate that! I'm anti-sponge. I'd rather spend the extra $2 per week and get paper towels. Unfortunately, not all my roommates are as averse to stinky sponge as I am. Say no to the stinky sponge!

Watery Soap: Ugh, here's another one. When the hand soap dispenser starts to run low, some people will fill it with water (so as to water it down and get the last bit of soap out of the container). Yuck! It doesn't feel good to wash my hands with a watery mess of soap.

I just want to say that I have nothing against my watery-soap-and-sponge-loving roommates. They are great and we get along wonderfully. I just have to overlook the minor annoyances :)

Kidlets

Here are the cuties in San Antonio that I saw last weekend. We all painted our toes and fingers!

San Antonio

I've been in San Antonio for the past few days, visiting my sister and her family (5 kids under the age of 11). My nieces and nephews are super cute! They want to know why I look like their mom and call her 'Sue'. We've read a lot of stories lately and watched 'Tinkerbell' and other Disney movies. We went to Sea World on Saturday, which I thoroughly enjoyed. The water park was my favorite because it's hot in San Antonio!

I'll post photos soon, but 1 thing I've learned this past week is that 5 kids is a lot. Good thing they're so adorable.

Knott's Berry Farm

I went to Southern California over Labor Day weekend to visit a good friend from Arizona. We rode roller coasters at Knott's Berry Farm, went to the beach, ate good food, and laughed a lot. Thanks for a great time, Forrest!

This is Michael Jackson's star.

Which Disney Princess are You?

I found this link on a friend's blog and took the Disney Princess Personality Quiz. Turns out that I'm a Cinderella. A few quotes from the results:

Apparently, I have 'a keen intelligent sense of humor' and 'find delight in [my] tiny animal friends'.
But, I found a strange truth to the last bit of insight from the quiz.

'Despite moments of heartbreak and disappointment, Cinderella holds onto her hopes until goodness and beauty are rewarded and dreams that she has dreamed do come true.'

Here's to dreaming.

Cruisin'

My new cruiser-style bike. I love it!