the weekend

I didn't go to Dub Dub this week because, well to be honest, I just didn't feel like it. It wasn't because I had a bad week or anything like that, I just needed a break. Sometimes it just causes me to have a lot of emotional stress to weigh in and this week was emotionally difficult for me so I let myself have a break.

BUT, I totally forgot that I won't be weighing in this week either because I'll be out of town for the weekend. Sooooo, I actually should have gone yesterday. Oh well.

On Saturday Dave and I decided to go to Disneyland. We hadn't been in a while and it happened to be Dave's last day to go before we renew his annual pass, it was also raining that morning so we figured it'd be nice and empty. We went on Star Tours for the first time since they updated it. I'm not a fan of 3D so that was a bummer, plus our "missions" were unsatisfactory. I'm bummed at how much the first three episodes were incorporated into the update. I'm also a little old fashioned and don't like change, so just the fact that it wasn't the old Star Tours that I had grown to love was a bummer as well.

Other than that we had a fantastic day. We love going to Disneyland because we usually just have a great time, even if we're just walking around hand in hand or people watching. We just love it.

David snapped these of me on the swings at California Adventures

Last week Kacie and I finished working on the Fall display at our church, something that I was very happy to be finished working on because it was quite a lot more work than we had originally anticipated, but I'm very proud of it and the work we put into it. We worked long hours and may have lost some fingerprints in the process thanks to the hot glue, but it was worth it because it turned out better than I thought it would.

 The boards were made of coffee filters (thousands actually) on the top

and white washed blocks of wood on the bottom

I hope you all had a lovely weekend!
~Andrea

this week and why i still feel like a giant pile of grossness

To my faithful readers it may seem I've abandoned my blog... 

and I sorta have lately. I'm sorry!

But I have a good excuse: Since last Friday I have had Strep Throat and laying, sleeping, resting on the couch or in bed watching TV, movies or reading has just been so much easier to do than sit upstairs in my uncomfortable chair and blog. I also don't think I will be able to catch up on my blog reads or comment much and I'm sorry you guys :(

Here's what happened: Last Thursday evening Dave and I went over to The Hadley's house for some pizza and Back to the Future. I had a lot of jalapenos and red pepper flakes on my pizza which made my lips and mouth burn (I know this may not make sense to the story now, but waaaaaitfoooooriiiiiit). After the movie was over my throat started to burn a little. I thought it could have been from the fiery hotness of the pizza, or maybe since I was cleaning up a storm earlier that day and was using new cleaning products that made me sneeze, that my throat possibly suffered because of it. 

Anyway, we went home, went to bed and right at 2am, BAM, I was awake with a throat so hot on fire I could barely swallow and I definitely couldn't fall back asleep. So I got out of bed, grabbed a cough drop and tried to go back to sleep. NO DICE. I laid there with a stomach ache from the cough drop and a throat that still blazed on. So I went downstairs, made a cup of peppermint tea to settle my stomach, watched an infomercial and as soon as my tummy settled a bit, I made a cup of honey lemon Theraflu, caught up on The Judds, and fell back asleep around 4am. Around 6am Dave woke me up and helped me back upstairs to bed. I woke up around 8am feeling like I hadn't slept in daaaaaaaaaayz. My entire body ached. Even my bones ached. MY TEETH ACHED.

I hung around the house a bit and then decided to the urgent care I needed to go. I had plans that day (Friday) to see Water for Elephants with Lauren and Kacie and since I've waited a year to see it, I knew no matter what the doctor said, I needed to go or I'd be super bummed. 

Turns out I had a fever, a migraine and Strep Throat. A shot in the hip, prescription for antibiotics and a promise to take 800 milligram of ibuprofen later, I felt slightly better so I decided off to WforE I go...

Bad idea. I was DOWN FOR THE COUNT by the last third of the movie. Though I'm glad I saw it since I had been waiting for so long (even though Reese Witherspoon's performance was a MAJOR LETDOWN...girl, you are better than that), I just shouldn't have gone. I drove home to Dave and literally fell on the couch. I eventually forced myself upstairs to get in my sweats and laid on the couch for the remainder of the day. That night I slept for 12 hours.

Easter was a bust for me. I couldn't go to church (and I was really looking forward to sunrise service), and I just rested until it was time to get ready to go to Dave's grandparents' house to take the family photos. Getting ready alone, WORE ME OUT. I was ready for bed before we even stepped foot out of the door. Lunch gave me the strength I needed to take the photos, but after that I was beat. My mom had to help me to the car. Needless to say, the next day I paid for it. I stayed on the couch all day. I finished reading The Hunger Games series, watched some TV, caught up on some American Idol (THANK GOD Stefano is FINALLY gone), and just rested up for yesterday: our Disneyland double date with the Friedman's we'd been planning for weeks. 

I had hoped that by yesterday I felt much better for our day at Disneyland and thankfully I did, but today I'm paying for it. Last night I slept at least 10 hours and I'm pretty exhausted. I don't regret it though because we had such an incredibly awesome time. First of all the Friedman's (Anthony and Chanell) are super rad, and experiencing Dland the way they do was refreshing and super fun. Chanell and I drove out there early and met up with the guys later after they both got off work. Round two is already in the works. I can't wait.

So all in all that's pretty much been my week. I'm hoping that I start to feel 100% better soon, especially since my antibiotics are gone, and especially since I feel like a giant pile of lazy crap and I really don't need an excuse to sit around the house and do nothing all day long.

Anyway, here are a few shots I snapped with my phone at Disneyland yesterday.

A Very Hedonistic Twenty-Seventh

Okay I'm gonna brag a little bit. My husband is THE BEST.


He made my birthday yesterday extremely special. In fact, since I've known David, every birthday I've had have literally been the best birthday's of my life.


His boss let him get off work waaaaaaaay early so that we could spend the day at Disneyland and grub on In N Out (thanks Victor!!) and it ruled.


It was truly a hedonistic birthday, I must admit. I really went all out since today was to be my first official day as a Pescetarian/semi-vegan and I suppose I just wanted to enjoy it all. 


As soon as we got there, we stopped off at the Catal bar at Downtown Disney for a morning gin & tonic (I've never drank in the morning, it's so weird), then we spent the next few hours riding all of the rides we possibly could (both parks were really empty). We went on Space Mountain (I just realized that I wanted to see Captain EO again, but totally forgot. Major bummer!), Indiana Jones, Tower of Terror, Screamin',  and Soarin'. We enjoyed some beers at California Adventures and then walked around for a couple of hours until we got hungry and drove to In N Out where we FEASTED.


David got a 4 x 4 and fries, I got an animal style cheeseburger and animal style fries. It was so yummy. I savored it.


Then we went back to the parks and just walked around for a while. We went to the winery at California Adventures and did the wine tasting. The guy who did our tasting was pretty weird and kind of pretentious, but I enjoyed the wine a little too much apparently because when we were about to leave, I tried to shake the man's hand and he wouldn't reciprocate, which was super distracting to me and when I meant to say "Thank you", I accidentally said "Happy yoeeeeeaaah, uhhhh..." and walked away. I totally started to wish the guy a happy birthday! I totally pulled a Brian Regan ("Take luck!") on that one, but Dave and I couldn't stop laughing about it! Hey if you can't laugh at your own expense when you make an ass of yourself, then life is going to seem way too long.


We went back to the main park and rode a few more rides (the Teacups and, my favorite, Big Thunder Mountain), walked over to the Gibson Girl Ice Cream parlor and got a scoop each of my two favorite flavors: cookies n cream and rainbow sherbert. I have to admit that I haven't had real ice cream in a few years and I couldn't finish it. I didn't even get a third of the way through it. Not only was I still full from my feast, but the ice cream was waaay too creamy and rich. I'm used to frozen yogurts and sorbets. But of course Dave finished his two scoops of vanilla in a waffle cone.


Side note: Dave usually only eats vanilla. In fact, I think I've seen him get something other than vanilla once and that was on our honeymoon in Italy when I made him "live a little" by getting a different gelatto flavor and he wasn't happy with it.


So after the ice cream (which I was disappointed by), I took Dave to try his first beignet, which he LOVED. We shared two small ones and he ate the other. Wow, that's a ridiculous amount of food we consumed yesterday. Needless to say I went to bed and woke up with an unhappy tummy. Whatever, it was my birthday!


Then David let me pick something out from Sephora as a birthday gift. I got a pretty NARS eyeshadow duo in Cleo. Isn't my hubs incredible?!


We finished the night by watching (translation: falling asleep to) a Twilight Zone episode and cuddling with my boys (hubs and Bogie). It was a lovely day. Such a lovely day.


I got so many wonderful comments (via Facebook & Blogger), texts, calls and emails wishing me a happy birthday and I'm SO thankful for every single one of them!

{My birthday cake & dinner at Maggiano's with our families the night before}

{Our day at Disneyland begins...}

{The line is never only 10 minutes!}

{These guys sang me "Happy Birthday" in the middle of "Sweet Baby's Arms"!}

{That's my Amelia <3}

{I ran to get that color teacup}

{He really makes our teacup go fast}

{Ever since I can remember, my mom has had a fascination with Gibson Girls. 

She had pictures of them & Victorian paraphernalia, which fueled my love for the Victorian era.

Of course, I now share her fascination with these beauties}

{If you've never seen this show, do it. 

Lincoln is my favorite president and this show is powerful}

{Dave and I counted how many times the DLand employees wished me a happy birthday.

We think it's 19, haha}