Recently

Some recent thoughts.....

• Came across this video earlier this week. It's absolutely stunning (I thought it might be cheesy but I stand happily corrected).  I consider myself to have somewhat of a spiritual connection to threatened sea animals (that they don't know about), so this had me completely captivated. What must have gone on in order to create this is pretty mind-boggling when you think about it.  "Mantas Last Dance"

• Some very cool dudes who I've had the pleasure of talking some Padres baseball with via Twitter have started Padres Public, a superblog if you will, and being a professional in the marketing field (I guess technically you could call me that) I was compelled to respond to the recent discussion about the lack of good game day promotions.  Don't get me wrong, I've stuck with the team win-lose for the last 29 years and I'm not going anywhere, and I'm not one of those fans who only goes to the game on  Free Tee-Shirt Night (also, I have a bone to pick about why they only give out XXL shirts which are of no use to me), but for a team that has to compete with so many other entertainment options in this city - and the product on the field hasn't been enough to sell out games in the last few seasons - then it would serve them well to crowd-source some of these awesome ideas about what fans want to see at games. When you have only so much disposable income you want to get the most out of your experience, so although I'd go to every home game if I could, I have to be selective (and as you can see if you read through the comments, I apparently only care about good deals on ballpark food). 

• On that note, baseball is back!!!!!

• On a semi-related note - this. Can anyone help a nice girl with  big  moderate/realistic dreams and a willingness to work hard to move up in the world?  #AllIWantIsAJobICanFeelGoodAboutAndAFixerUpperHouseAndMyHusbandsAdorableBabies

• I have a reunion/anniversary coming up in a few weeks.... dunDunDUN. I was one of an amazing groups of girls who comprised the Charter Members of Alpha Gamma Delta's Delta Tau Chapter at Chapman University in March 2003. Which is great... but it also means I'm old.

However, I'm totes-def excited to see lots of familiar faces at our celebratory picnic and even got my custom-shirt on for the hubs when I saw this and he agreed to wear it. I found a local screenprinting place and had a similar design done in different colors that were more "him (aka - not lime green)."

• Also upcoming - for the second year we're going to see hot elite tennis players at the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells (Palm Desert area). Unfortunately we weren't really as on-the-ball as we should've been so the seats aren't exactly where we would've liked and we couldn't find any hotels that weren't really sketchy-looking or $300+ per night (also, I'm really cheap) so we're making the drive up-and-back in one day, but we're totally looking forward to it and I feel super-blessed to be able to go on a little adventure (as much as San Diego is a pretty ideal place, I need to leave it once in awhile) and to have found another activity I enjoy with E (I didn't know anything about tennis when we got married 4+ years ago and now I'm a big fan). 

• I didn't my project done in time to post in the Pinterest Challenge but I'm hoping to finish it this weekend.... and because I have a half-dozen yellow paper lanterns leftover from E's tennis birthday party (which I still want to write up for the benefit of anyone trying to host a tennis-themed party because there's not nearly enough ideas out there) I'm planning to do some lantern re-vamping so that they can be used for the aforementioned Alpha Gam picnic and then finally passed on to Baby Sister who like most college students is trying to decorate an apartment with hand-me-downs and DIYs (I wish I had a pic of their ombre paint chip wall!). So expect a summary when that's complete  :)

• I used to watch a lot of CMT, but having changed viewing habits (aka - we DVR and Netflix everything so I don't do much channel-surfing) I wasn't aware that this had happened back in September and serendipitously noticed somebody mention it on the Facebook a few days ago.... Emmylou Harris and Mumford & Sons on CMT Crossroads. It's a match made in musical heaven and I've been enjoying the videos all morning. Do yourself a freaking service and take a listen. :)

• Finally --- TMI Alert --- I also broke a blood vessel in my eye this week from a migraine-induced vomiting-sesh on the side of the road... it looks so much worse than it feels so aside from E looking at me like I'm some pitiful creature it's not too bad, with the exception of not wearing contacts and feeling a little scratchy. But I think it's kind of WalkingDead-chic, if you're going for the walker look, that is. #IdTakeAnArrowFromDarylAnyDay