Carnival Cruise Day 3
We arrived in Ensenada, Mexico early the next morning but we took our time getting up and eating breakfast. Unlike Catalina Island, there wasn’t much to see once we touched land. We walked up and down a street that was popular for its shops and souvenirs. After seeing shop after shop selling the same items, […]
Carnival Cruise Day 2
Early the next morning, we woke up and were docked at Catalina Island. We took our time and ate breakfast at the breakfast buffet.. Eating too much again. I’ve gone on cruises before and have never had an issue with sea sickness. But good thing I followed my mom’s advice and brought some Dramamine. We […]
Carnival Cruise Day 1
The last time I went on a cruise was in August of 2009. When we first booked this trip many months ago, I was SO excited to go again and to bring Peter and his parents as first-time cruisers. Cruising is such a different kind of vacation and I love how easy it is. Food […]
Hit and Run
Today’s been a difficult day. Work was unnecessarily stressful and I felt pressured all day long. It made me extremely irritable and every little nuisance made me roll my eyes until they almost rolled out of my head. I’m so grateful that I have at least one coworker, whose ridiculousness matches mine, keeping the both […]
Building the Great Wall of Thai – Part 5
We’re sloooooowly starting to paint our way across the fence but this is so much easier than the heavy work it took to actually build it. It takes us about an hour to paint one panel since Peter has to work on one side and I have to work on the other to prevent blobs […]
Building the Great Wall of Thai – Part 4
Building the five panels to close in the yard took so much more effort than building the 11 panels last month. Or at least it felt like it. The sun was beating down on us and, even under the little shade of the pop-up tent, there was no breeze or air to cool us down. […]
The LA County Fair
Every year, we leave the LA County Fair and I wonder out loud to Peter, “Why do we keep coming to the LA Fair? Let’s not go next year.” And yet.. Every year, we return. We both hate spending money so the fair isn’t exactly the best for us to enjoy ourselves. You have to […]
Building the Great Wall of Thai – Part 3
And the wood fence is up! We took advantage of Labor Day Weekend and spent all of Sunday cutting and screwing in 110 pieces. My dad and brother helped us all day long and, by the end of the day, we were covered in sweat and tanned about 10 shades darker. This new fence is such […]
Building the Great Wall of Thai – Part 2
Phase 1 of The Wall is complete! We have finally finished constructing and painting the concrete wall and are already moving on to cementing the wood posts to start the next phase: fencing. I’m just going to pretend it’s not going to take a hundred wood planks, a bajillion screws, and 500 million hours to […]
Building the Great Wall of Thai – Part 1
Building a wall is hard. Literally, my blood, sweat, and tears are in this Wall. Our neighbors have most likely all heard Peter and I arguing and bickering about the construction and design of The Wall. In hindsight, it’s rather embarrassing how many times I’ve loudly cursed The Wall and told It and Peter how […]