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Santa Came!!!! December 18, 2010

Filed under: Christmas,Happy — Kelocity @ 9:25 pm
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Today was a beautiful rainy day in Los Angeles. It rained all day long and we loved every minute of it. We spent the morning sleeping in, reading, cleaning up and listening to Christmas Music. It was perfect. Then we skyped with my parents for a while to say hi.
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We sipped on some morning coffee and admired the presents under the tree.

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Then we both looked at each other and decided this lazy rainy day was the perfect time to open all of our presents to each other!!! We won’t be together on Christmas Day this year, so it was special to be able to open our gifts together.
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And so we did!! First up was our stockings!
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Lots of goodies inside!
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Irving loved his FIFA 2011 Soccer download!!!

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And what better for a rainy day? SWEET!!! New Wiper Blades!!
(Haven’t changed them in six years, it’s about time, right?!)
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Irving’s Stocking treasures!
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And mine!! (He knows me well!)
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Then it was time for the big presents!
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One of the first gifts was this laptop pad! It’s AWESOME!
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Perfect for Blogging!!!! And it has SPEAKERS!
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A few years back we started a tradition of making our gift giving fun and exciting. We pick cards around Thanksgiving that each have an adjective on it (ie: Something Green, Batteries Not Included, For a Roadtrip, etc). We picked our cards back in November this time. We keep them a secret until we open up the presents, and it makes it more fun!

First up…BEGINS WITH AN R…I got a Foam Roller!!!!!!
(This is an amazing invention for anyone with tight muscles!)
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Irving was excited to open this one! SOMETHING WOODEN!
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A BBQ brush for the grill!!

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I also got Irving…

NOISE (A new alarm clock for the bedroom)!
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CHORE or TASK (Running Clothes… what? Running is a chore sometimes!)
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SOME ASSEMBLY REQUIRED (Golf Club covers for traveling)
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NOT ENOUGH (Because Irving will eat this entire box of Shortbread Cookies on his own and declare that was still NOT ENOUGH!)
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And I was the very lucky recipient of these gifts!!

FROM YOUR BIRTHYEAR
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At first I was very confused by this. Was Pass the Pigs invented in 1983? Did people play the game in the 80s or something? No. It’s even BETTER than that! 1983 was the Year of the PIG!!!! Brilliant! Just brilliant!!!!

HUH? There’s a lot of ways this one can be interpreted!  The backstory is that I put “Blog Business Cards” on my Christmas List. So he gave me this!
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HAHAHAHA And in order to get the note out, I had to solve this puzzle maze! and then it unlocked.

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hahaha It was hard!!
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But I’m pretty excited about the business cards… because my next one was REGIONAL…
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CHECK IT OUT!!
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My husband booked a hotel and bought my registration for BlogHer 11, which is in San Diego this year!!! This is a huge conference for bloggers and I’m SO excited to be a part of it!!! I hope to learn a lot and meet lots of other bloggers there! I’m SOOO excited!!!!!

BEST HUSBAND EVER!!!!
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The carnage!
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It was a very Merry Los Angeles Christmas today!! Thank you babe! ❤

 

A Good Housewife December 6, 2010

Filed under: Food,Happy — Kelocity @ 8:43 pm
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I’m hardly what you’d consider a housewife. But it’s always fun to pretend. Winking smile 

Irving and I whipped out a great meal tonight.

Why is it usually more fun to cook with your love?
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Enjoyed of course with a couple of glasses of wine. Mad Housewife, Yes!
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Since Erika’s pregnant, she sent me home from her party with an almost full bottle. (It’s going to good use, Erika!)

Irving and I have started getting into a habit of watching Jeopardy and Wheel of Fortune while we eat.
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We really are like old retired married people. Smile 

And now, I am excited to open an early Christmas gift I bought for myself: New Avid editing software!

Excuse me while I lock myself in my office and play with my new toy:
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Prepare to enjoy some new videos in the next few weeks. YAY!

 

Holiday Cheer is best served with Friends! December 5, 2010

Filed under: Christmas,Food,Friends,Happy — Kelocity @ 3:12 pm
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Last night, Erika and Timmy hosted a Holiday Party to celebrate the Holidays. They really went all out preparing the food for the party.

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The highlight was her Calzones! She made the bread from scratch! Delicous!
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It was such a great night. They have some great friends and we really enjoyed the conversation.
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Muggles was brave all night and hung out with everyone. (Good job, Muggles!)
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And little Abby made an appearance too! She was so cute!
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After spending an hour trying to figure out how to work the controllers, we played a few fun games of Trivia with everyone!
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Then it was time for the Yankee Swap! (Apparantly they don’t call it that out here! Maybe it’s an east coast thing?)
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They were all awesome gifts! I had the second number…
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And I got a sweet game of Travel Scattegories! (Thankfully no one stole from me, because I was pretty excited about this!)
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It was a great night, we had so much fun! Thanks for having us over!

 

Christmas Tree Time!! December 3, 2010

Filed under: Christmas,Family,Happy — Kelocity @ 8:47 pm
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First of all, I can’t believe that it’s already December. Where did the year go! Regardless, I’m super excited, I love this time of year, especially in Los Angeles. It gets just cold enough to feel like Christmas, but still warm enough that you don’t need a coat.

This year, we went to get our tree at Home Depot (can’t beat the price and the convenience!)
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For some reason, I started to feel a little emotional buying our tree. I just feel so lucky that we are able to afford the tree we want to get. We are so fortunate that we don’t have to choose between a tree or food on the table like so many Americans. The tree is a constant reminder to us to remember what’s really important in life, I am so lucky to have Irving and two great families to celebrate the holidays with.

We brought it home and gave her a new home in the dining room.
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We let it settle and open up and we watched an episode of Weeds. And then we dragged out all the ornaments!
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We put up two strands of lights and watched her glow.
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We were so tired at that point that we went to bed (GASP! Without putting the ornaments on!)

So today, we woke up at 5:30a and decorated her before work. Smile Much better!
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We always buy a Christmas ornament from every place we travel to.
This year’s new additions:

Whistler, British Columbia, Canada
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Dubai, UAE (It’s ‘gold’ and it’s a camel. how perfect is that?)
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Cairo, Egypt (which was actually really hard to find!)
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And I know this sounds really bad, but I think I got this last year for Christmas and I really really really love this ornament….  does anyone know who gave this to me? I want to write it on the box!
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The rest of the house got decorated as well!

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Who says Sunflowers aren’t Christmasy?
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I’ll get a picture of us in front of the tree this week to post. Now it’s time to get shopping!

 

Christmas Came Early! November 30, 2010

Filed under: Food,Happy — Kelocity @ 5:00 pm
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Wow… today UPS came not only to drop off ONE present… but TWO! We’ve been on an ordering frenzy lately! Tis the Season I guess!

The first package was our order from Omaha Steaks!
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We like to order from them once a year. It’s enough meat to last us at least four months. Crazy!
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Wow, that’s a lot of meat!
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Somehow, we managed to fit it all inside the freezer!
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All this meat is in addition to three pounds of ground beef, four chicken cutlets, frozen chicken nuggets, a rack of ribs from Costco and this six pound prime rib Irving bought from Harris Ranch! Crazy, right?
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And then we got our giant box of K-Cup coffees for our Keurig!
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We now have 28 flavors in our cupboards… this too should last about four months! I feel like Starbucks. Ha!
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They even shipped a little present in there… Spicy Eggnog Coffee 
(Irving, you can have it, that actually sounds kind of gross).
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And they also included a roll of Smarties in the box (which I think might have been an accident?! Random!
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And to top off all the great mail today… I got the postcard I mailed myself from Egypt!
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Here’s what I wrote to us:

Hi Kelley and Irving,
Right now, you are aboard a ship that is floating down the Nile River in Egypt. You are having the time of your life and you know how lucky you are to be exploring Egypt so young. It is a tough country to visit, but definitely worth it. You rode camels, went inside the second pyramid, saw the sphinx, flew to Abu Simbel, learned hieroglyphics, rode an overnight train to Aswan and had an amazing time doing all of it. We were so nervous about traveling here, but it will be remembered as an incredible experience. Keep Traveling! The world is your oyster!

That is good advice for myself, right?

Dinner on Monday included Thanksgiving Dinner Round II!

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Because once just isn’t enough. lol
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PS… SO excited Christmas music is on the radio now. I’ve been listening for two weeks and I love it. The music paired with our 35* weather right now, and I’m definitely in the Christmas Spirit. We’re getting our tree this week!! Woot!