LOdgings, as of April 2010

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Original underwater artwork, courtesy of David. Printed on canvas by Costco's online photo center.

Love my pillow collection!

Crepe Night

At work on Monday I received an email from my roommate Manu. He mentioned that he was planning on making crepes for dinner. CREPES! I came home after work suuuuperrrrrrr excited for the crepes. At about 7 pm Sarah and I went to her friend's house to cut into the fabulous birthday cake she made. (Alternating layers of Funfetti and German Chocolate Cake with chocolate frosting all over? Yes please!) When we got back, Manu was already mixing the crepe mixture. After a little complication with the milk being too low in fat content and pasteurized, Manu got the crepe-making under control. (BTW: pasteurized means the milk has undergone a process of partial sterilization and it makes the milk safe for consumption and improves its keeping quality.) We paired our savory crepes with sauteed mushrooms & onions, sliced turkey, and cheese. The sweet crepes had sliced peaches, peanut butter, chocolate syrup, and whipped cream. They were so good! Manu said that he plans on making them again, next time using whole milk.

I had a lot of videos on my camera, recorded via Tyler. Here is an excerpt from what I assume is a new blog that is mostly video blog posts?

To Do List and a shout-out

1. Gym
2. Shower
3. Eat yummy crepes!! Manu is cooking tonight :)
4. Catch up on blog posts
5. Catch up on shows I've missed (MIOBI, Greek, Vampire Diaries, etc) - NOT ENOUGH TIME!
6. Clean my room
7. Possibly make cupcakes? Carrot, banana, or oreo? This would require a trip to SAFEWAY!!!! Do I want to drive and spend $$ today?
8. Read!!

Just wanted to quickly congratulate my sister for doing so well last weekend (her solo placed 6th!) at the Homestead dance competition. I'm so proud of her!!! I can't wait until I go see the competition at Monte Vista HS. Any PHS dance team alums want to come with? (I'll check to see what day it is and update later)

Just walking around...

We woke up, ate a yummy breakfast that my roomie made (waffles, fried bananas, breakfast potatoes & ketchup) and then set out on a walk! I showed Kyle where I work and then we tried to locate a trail to walk on behind my building. After roaming around like safari people, we found a dirt trail. (It only took 12 seconds, so we weren't wandering for long.) Fast forward 5 minutes and we were already walking back. We wanted to get going down to Monterey/Pacific Grove and start our bike ride!

While walking back to the duplex, we saw this DOG/HORSE thing. It started barking like crazy and I thought to myself "hold up. I've heard that bark before!" It ended up being the mysterious-neighbor-dog that I always hear, but I've never actually seen it! The guy was H - U - G - E! He put his paws on the top of the tall fence and could peer over! Ridiculous!

Model Home

After consulting craigslist, I found two amazing roommates. Sarah found a place close to CSUMB - and it's close to work! Sarah, Manu and I went to check out a typical model home. I think that it will be perfect for the three of us!

Each duplex is completely rectangular and indistinguishable. However, you can paint the insides!

The kitchen is another rectangle! Nothing like the open kitchen we had in MO8. Both roommates enjoy cooking :)

Living room, with a large window (shown) and sliding doors out onto the grass. We may get a fence.

This will house the old MO8 dining table. I really want to paint the old table black. That would mean hours of sanding down the old one.... and that just sounds.... tiring.

The house has three bedrooms, each with a CLOSET!! There's also a huge storage space thats about 3x the size of a normal pantry. A double bed could fit in it!