Kevin, Kileigh, and I did a day trip to San Francisco on Wednesday to have lunch and explore a little bit of the city. We flew into Oakland and were on the BART (train) by 12pm. We were planning to get off downtown, but the train wasn't going that far, so we got off at the Embarcadero and then walked to Pier 39. We walked through the shops and decided to have lunch at Bubba Gumps. We ordered peel and eat shrimp with half garlic and half cajun sauce. Kevin ordered a burger and I ordered a bowl of clam chowder. The shrimp were great and Kileigh loved them too. She even ate them whole. Kevin enjoyed his burger and Kileigh enjoyed the fries and my clam chowder more than I did. I should have ordered the shrimp tacos. Oh well!
After lunch, we walked around Fisherman's Wharf and decided to take a cable car ride back downtown. The ride was fun and when we got off, we decided to go get some gelato. We found a place right across the street in the mall. Wow they had quite the food court! If I was hungry, I would have ordered some pasta or something oriental because it was all made to order. The gelato was awesome! Kevin and Kileigh shared the cookies 'n cream and I had double espresso.
After dessert, we headed to catch the BART back to the airport. When we arrived and went through security, we realized our flight was delayed an hour and a half, so we checked for an earlier flight and found one leaving in 30 minutes. That one stopped in Burbank, but with no change of planes got us back to Phoenix around the time our original flight was scheduled to leave Oakland.
We had a fun day, but next time I want to check out North Beach and Chinatown and possibly do a cruise to Alcatraz.
Saturday, August 21, 2010
Monday, August 16, 2010
New happenings
This past week a lot of good things happened to us. First, Kevin found out last week that he got a HUGE raise and we are both thrilled, because it will really help out with bills and help us not to stress out.
Second, I a found a job. On Friday night, I received an email from a woman who I had interviewed with a few weeks back and never had heard anything official. She asked if I was still available to start Monday. Recently Kevin and I had discussed my not taking that job because of all the driving. The next day I kind of changed my mind thinking that if I took the job, it would pay my car payment (even though with Kevin's raise I wouldn't have to get a job) and give me something to do during the day. However, I never heard anything back and was wondering what was going on. This morning I received an email saying that she wasn't starting a new job today like she anticipated and would call me when she needed me. Within an hour, I had received a call from a flight attendant that I had spoken with a week ago. She had to fire her nanny and needed a replacement to start ASAP. I wasn't expecting something prior to October, so I was surprised. She came over to meet us and brought her daughters who are 3 and 4. Through our conversation, we came to discover that we both go to Assemblies of God churches and that really seemed to ease her mind with entrusting her daughters in my care, besides the fact that my husband works the same company and I understand the airline industry. So I will be working Wednesday-Friday starting September 1st. She has to bid her trips, so there is flexibility there in case I need time off for vacations or family stuff.
In the past couple weeks, we have reconnected with some old friends from when we lived here prior. I met a new mom who I will be doing some babysitting for in the future. I babysat on Friday for a couple who just moved to the area and doesn't have any family around. We move next week, so we are really excited to sign the lease and get settled into our new place with all our stuff. Last but not least, we found a new church and are feeling right at home. We are taking a class called Next Step AAOG 101, which will teach us more about the history and vision of the church and is a pre-requisite for becoming members.
Second, I a found a job. On Friday night, I received an email from a woman who I had interviewed with a few weeks back and never had heard anything official. She asked if I was still available to start Monday. Recently Kevin and I had discussed my not taking that job because of all the driving. The next day I kind of changed my mind thinking that if I took the job, it would pay my car payment (even though with Kevin's raise I wouldn't have to get a job) and give me something to do during the day. However, I never heard anything back and was wondering what was going on. This morning I received an email saying that she wasn't starting a new job today like she anticipated and would call me when she needed me. Within an hour, I had received a call from a flight attendant that I had spoken with a week ago. She had to fire her nanny and needed a replacement to start ASAP. I wasn't expecting something prior to October, so I was surprised. She came over to meet us and brought her daughters who are 3 and 4. Through our conversation, we came to discover that we both go to Assemblies of God churches and that really seemed to ease her mind with entrusting her daughters in my care, besides the fact that my husband works the same company and I understand the airline industry. So I will be working Wednesday-Friday starting September 1st. She has to bid her trips, so there is flexibility there in case I need time off for vacations or family stuff.
In the past couple weeks, we have reconnected with some old friends from when we lived here prior. I met a new mom who I will be doing some babysitting for in the future. I babysat on Friday for a couple who just moved to the area and doesn't have any family around. We move next week, so we are really excited to sign the lease and get settled into our new place with all our stuff. Last but not least, we found a new church and are feeling right at home. We are taking a class called Next Step AAOG 101, which will teach us more about the history and vision of the church and is a pre-requisite for becoming members.
Wednesday, August 11, 2010
San Diego
I absolutely love the perks that I have for being the spouse of a Southwest Airlines employee. Since we get to fly free and now live closer to several cities in the west that we want to visit, we decided we should start doing day trips. Yesterday we were scheduled to take a 9am flight, but we didn't wake up till 8am. Since the flights were wide open all morning, we went to the airport and caught the 10:30 flight. It left a little late, so we didn't get into San Diego till right before noon. By then Kileigh was hungry, so we needed to catch the bus downtown to go have lunch. We had just missed the bus and were waiting almost 20 minutes before the next one arrived. We bought day passes for $5 each and got off the bus in the downtown area intending to go to an Irish pub. However, we got off at the wrong stop and thought it might be too far to walk, so we walked a few blocks down to the bay and and walked along the water until we found a place called The Fish Market. We wanted to sit outside, but it was a 30-40 minute wait. They were able to seat us outside in the bar area, which was fine for us. We ordered cheesy garlic bread as an appetizer and Kevin got a beer and I ordered root beer. Kevin ordered an albacore tuna melt, I ordered fish tacos, and we ordered mac & cheese for Kileigh. Unfortunately the garlic bread didn't arrive early and came with our lunch orders. It was delicious though. Nice and hot and garlicky just the way I like it. Kevin enjoyed his tuna melt and Kileigh enjoyed the fries. My fish tacos were delicious. We each had a little bit of Kileigh's mac & cheese, but were too full to finish it and didn't want to take it with as we were walking and then going back to the airport. It was a beautiful sunny day around 70 degrees. We enjoyed watching the coast guard boats boats, people in kayaks, and sailboats go by on the bay.
After lunch we walked along the boardwalk and through some shops at the Seaside Village. We discovered Kileigh had dropped blankie somewhere and had to retrace our steps. Luckily we found it almost immediately after going through 2 shops that were connected together. We decided to walk back towards downtown along the water and head to a coffee shop in Little Italy for gelato. We used the GPS on Kevin's phone to know where to go and found Caffe Italia easily after a short 10 minute walk. They sell coffee and blended drinks and baked goods, as well as sandwiches for lunch and gelato, which was delicious. Kevin got a large strawberry to share with Kileigh and I got a small espresso bean. We also got some bottled water to quench our thirst. We sat down in this little courtyard with about 1/2 dozen tables and enjoyed our dessert.
After our gelato stop, we headed to the bus stop and took the bus back to the airport. We were able to get on an earlier flight. Before we boarded, we ran into someone that Kevin used to work with in Phoenix. She is now a flight attendant and had taken her daughter to San Diego for the day as well to go to Sea World. Kileigh hit it off with Jordan well, so we'll have to try and arrange a playdate sometime. We landed and headed home. Kileigh was asleep before we even got home and slept through the whole night. We ended up going for a swim and soaking in the hot tub and came in just in time to watch our new favorite show, Bait Car. So funny to watch people steal cars and get busted by the cops.
After lunch we walked along the boardwalk and through some shops at the Seaside Village. We discovered Kileigh had dropped blankie somewhere and had to retrace our steps. Luckily we found it almost immediately after going through 2 shops that were connected together. We decided to walk back towards downtown along the water and head to a coffee shop in Little Italy for gelato. We used the GPS on Kevin's phone to know where to go and found Caffe Italia easily after a short 10 minute walk. They sell coffee and blended drinks and baked goods, as well as sandwiches for lunch and gelato, which was delicious. Kevin got a large strawberry to share with Kileigh and I got a small espresso bean. We also got some bottled water to quench our thirst. We sat down in this little courtyard with about 1/2 dozen tables and enjoyed our dessert.
After our gelato stop, we headed to the bus stop and took the bus back to the airport. We were able to get on an earlier flight. Before we boarded, we ran into someone that Kevin used to work with in Phoenix. She is now a flight attendant and had taken her daughter to San Diego for the day as well to go to Sea World. Kileigh hit it off with Jordan well, so we'll have to try and arrange a playdate sometime. We landed and headed home. Kileigh was asleep before we even got home and slept through the whole night. We ended up going for a swim and soaking in the hot tub and came in just in time to watch our new favorite show, Bait Car. So funny to watch people steal cars and get busted by the cops.
Sunday, August 8, 2010
Dinner with friends
Kevin reconnected with some old friends on facebook that we used to play sand volleyball with back in the day when we used to live in Arizona. They invited us over to their house for dinner on Friday night. They have 2 boys, Logan who is 5 and Lincoln who is a couple weeks older than Kileigh. Initially Kileigh was shy and wanted us to sit on the floor and play with her, but she quickly found a toy to play with and made herself right at home. Laurie made fajitas for dinner which were delicious. It was nice to catch up and have adult conversation too. After dinner and dessert, we went swimming in their pool. The kids had a blast and it was nice way to wear them out before bed. It was a fun evening and we're looking forward to moving into our own place, so we can invite people over because we love to entertain.
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