Tuesday, February 17, 2009

i remembered my camera this time!

I think it will still be Tuesday by the time I get this up.....so I'm keeping the promise I made in the last post! Flying back from California involved a lot of delays and I ended up getting home 2 hours late (almost midnight!), and then it was hit the ground running for me this morning with all kinds of errands and school projects. Good thing I had such a nice Valentine's vacation with lots of happy memories to hold me over through all the day's craziness.




Here's some vacation highlights in no particular order!....




HCMM and I enjoying milkshakes on the beach with friends. It's fun to make people do 'random pointing' in photos!:


I love just looking out and seeing something that goes so far you can't see the end of it. Keeps me humble!



Meet Billy the Chihuahua. He's now going to want all kinds of residuals for publishing this photo:



Perhaps the good citizens of California haven't heard that we are in a RECESSION?.....



It rained and rained and rained.....


More rain....

mmmmmmm......somebody looks good in the rain :)

Though my vacation wasn't really planned because of Valentine's Day, it sure was nice to have someone to spend it with!
(and don't think I forgot about my Mommy duties--the boy squad and I celebrated V.Day in style together on Thursday!)
***I wish I could say for sure just how Haute Cake's and my story is going to end--everything is certainly more complicated the second time around. But, for now, we're just really enjoying the journey together. And that's all I'm going to say about that :) .
~Happy Wednesday!~






31 comments:

Carrie said...

Whoa...am I first?
Looks you had fun, and I sure hope this journey has an amazing happy ending for you.
You deserve it!

ManicMandee said...

Looks like you had a great time. I can't wait to see how this story ends myself. As long as it is a happy ending that is.

angi_b72 said...

Great pics!! Looks like you had a wonderful time!

BlueCastle said...

I'm glad you had a good Valentine's Day. I hope you get the happy ending you deserve. Blessings to you.

The Panic Room said...

the progression of rain is funny. Sprinkle to downpour.

'T' said...

Glad to hear you had a great trip! AHHHH is that green grass I see? I miss that stuff. And the beach?! LUCKY (Napoleon voice).

Lauren and Justin said...

looks like you had a great weekend... i am so excited for you!!!

Shauna said...

L♥ve the pictures! Thanks for sharing :)

Lula! said...

Yep...one delicious Hot Debbie Cake Man. He is.

Ahem...I wanna do random things in photos. Very soon. Is all I'm sayin'...

Elena said...

I wondered if you'd hit delays. We pulled into LA at precisely 5 pm. Argghhhh.... All the "snow" in the mountains made for some VERY slow driving. It was a long day. I'm still sad we missed you though. And I love that shot of Haute Cakes. I loves me some 5 o'clock shadow!

Lisa said...

Looks like you had a great time. Good pictures.

Lisa Q

Meghan said...

He is a hottie!!!!

I am glad you are enjoying this time with him.
You deserve it.
I have followed your blog for a long time & when you went thru everything with your ex my heart went out to you.
My ex blindsided me in June 2005 with a request for a divorce. All is great now with my new dh tho., as I know life is for you.

You deserve many blessings girly & he is one blessed man!

Kati Howard said...

Awww... looks like you had fun, GOOD! Amazing how California can still look beuatiful, even in the pouring rain. As a former PNWesterner I miss the rain and mild temperatures. Whenever it rains here it's to cold to play in. Darn it! :o)

Mama Nut said...

I imagine it's fun and exciting the second time around but I get what you're saying about things being complicated, too. For all of us it seems all dreamy and romantic but for you I know there's much more involoved than we can imagine. Good luck. It looks like you are doing a great job balancing it all.

Jen @ tatertotsandjello.com said...

Great pictures Jennifer! He is a cutie!

XOXOXO
Jen

Anonymous said...

As a mom who is smack in the middle of the second time around, it is waaaaay more complicated and never quite the same. (just wrote about that deal myself!) BUT it is wonderful and I think it's great that you are just letting it be and enjoying the ride.

I hope you got to kiss in the rain!

And that's all I'M saying about that :)

Aubrey said...

He just needs one of those cherry red Mustangs and then he's complete. ;)

"The Queen in Residence" said...

If it is getting complicated then that means that there is something there.....YEAH!!!! Enjoy the journey, so glad we get to go along for the ride.

Katy said...

Awesome! Glad you two could be together for V-Day...sounds like you guys had fun.

Just to let you know .....you have a package coming your way. I sent you the box 'o goods this afternoon !!!!!!!!!!

Jennifer P. said...

aubrey,
Nononono--that's not a Mustang--that's a Ferrari! Only a $100,000 difference :). And I agree HCMM would look pretty hot in one of those----but I don't think the car seat would fit! :)

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Melissa Lester said...

The rain looks pretty romantic and cuddly to me. I'm glad you had a great trip. Our Valentine's Day was spent with a houseful of 2- and 3-year-old girls for a Cinderella tea party. Not necessarily romantic, but definitely full of love!

Susie said...

It looks like a great getaway:-)

Jen - Balancing Beauty and Bedlam said...

Well, we are just enjoying watching your story from afar...no matter how it ends. :)

Brian and Staci said...

Just came over from Facebook...figured you had a post up that I missed :) Man, girl...that profile of his is way hot! He's got such a cute little nose :) I'm so glad you are enjoying this journey :) You sooo deserve...and so does he!

Debbie said...

This is one big grand love story that is so much fun to watch! Glad you are able to see each other frequently....

Scott and Amy said...

ha ha that picture of billy is to funny and too cute!! I think that will be maybe like 1 or 2 mil for putting that online ;) It was fun chilling with you and the MM!! gotta love all the rain too. its like you came to visit washington or something!!

Can't wait to hang out again!!

Simply Stork said...

I thought the "storks" were the only ones who did the random pointing thing LOL

~simply stork~

Ashley said...

Mmmmm..... you had a HOT V-Day!!

I'm lovin' Billy! Is this HCMM's pup?

Lizzie said...

congrats on a nice vacation :)

love the pointing picture too!

Miki said...

HellllOOOOO!!!! MAN! I needed a bloggy break for sure! With Elena gone for a week, and you in California, Trish having gardening on the brain, Emily gone, and ME just SO blogged out, it was good to have a nice solid break away from blogging.

But after last night, looking at Trish's confession of needing a break too, it made me feel better (like I'm not alone in this feeling), so I'm back....

and doesn't HCMM look GREAT! You both are so good looking you could just stare at each other all day and be pleased; perfectly content. Wha? It's not all it takes? Uh well....I guess if life is not meant to be easy, at least it can be easy on the eyes (for a season or two anyway).

P.S. I like how comfortably fun you two are together...random pointing. It's gotta be a little awkward at times, but you two seem to know what's going on, and are keeping your heads about it.

Very good indeed.

"tanks" for sharin'....