A Few Things

1. I tried making homemade gnocchi last night. I don't recommend it. Time consuming and gross. Stick with the store bought stuff.



2. We were not affected by the fires. Just had a few days of smoke cover last week.



3. Monkeys are funny. It's true. Monkey eating a burger? Funny! Monkey riding a bike? Funny! They can add humor to anything, so next time you're having a bad day just look at this monkey picture:

Just another day at the pool...

Targets Have Escalators...

...for you and your cart!

With more than one level at most Targets out here how else would you get your card upstairs?

First Celebrity Sighting

It only took about 2 months...that's right, I saw these two at The Grove. I'll take what I can get. I didn't take a picture, because, ya know...I don't want to be "that" guy. But you better believe I turned around and walked behind them for a while :)

P.S. In case you don't know them it's Cacee Cobb (Jessica Simpson's former assistant) and Donald Faison (the guy from Scrubs)

Our First "Booty Call"

For you out-of-towners, "Booty" is (was) the USC quarterback. So yeah, check another thing off the list! We went to our first USC game...good thing they won or Ramsey would never invite us to another game! It was great tailgating and so fun to see what our friends had been bragging about for so long!

Can't wait for Bay to Breakers in San Fran in May...long ways away but Gleason and Leona promised they'd be back!

Lime Away

For some reason Zoey has taken to our lime tree...and not in a good way. Seems like every morning her ritual is to go out and dig the tree up. Well, this morning she didn't only dig at it, but dug it up and the hole was like a crater. Man, we aren't sure we are going to be able to save the lime tree now.

As for Zoey, she knows when she gets busted each morning...we wonder if this is her mini-protest about not having any squirrels in our yard for her to chase?

Our Very Own Botanical Garden

Our backyard is blooming...and to think it's only Fall. I can't wait to see what it will look like when it's actually Summer. We have peach roses, red roses, pink roses, the hibiscus my dad planted (one at the bottom), and then some red flower...we have no idea what it is!

The Zoey Scare

Yesterday Mike and I found ourselves at the Emergency Animal Surgery Clinic in the afternoon. Throughout the day Zoey's stomach was getting bigger (like swollen, crazy big) and she was drinking gads of water. We called Alice--the first call we make with anything Zoey--and she said it could be serious and require surgery. Some sort of thing called GDV...I don't remember what the letters stand for, but it had to do with her stomach turning and blocking something important. Basically she could die.

So after waiting almost an hour and hearing our dog referred to as "critical" we are called into the room where we suspect the doctor will come in and tell us our dog is going to die. So the first question the doctor asks is "What did Zoey eat today?" Um, breakfast. Annndd...her food container lid was up. Oh man, could she have eaten extra food? Pretty much. The stupdi pooch almost ate herself to death. Her stomach was like 5 times the size it should be. Yeah, we felt silly rushing her there, but we'd rather be safe than sorry when potentially dealing with GDV.

Maybe our dog isn't as smart as we'd like to beleive...