Sunday, April 25, 2010
Eriks Has a Job!
I have some very exciting news! Eriks got a job! He is the new PR guy for Talenthouse. Talenthouse is a start up company in Mountain View. Basically they are in the business of finding talent. Artists make a profile on their website and Talenthouse matches unknown artists with different big names or contests. Here is their website if you want to go check it out: www.talenthouse.com Right now, Eriks is working on contract, and if he works out, they will hire him full time. Keep your fingers crossed cuz he loves it!
Friday, April 9, 2010
Spring
As I am sitting here overlooking the bay area, I am filled with joy. Spring has clearly started to bloom in this area of the world.
Springtime always seems to remind me that God is here. Spring reminds me of the good and the new instead of the dark and glumy that winter tends to bring. This spring especially, I have a lot to be thankful for and to look forward to. This past fall and winter was a tough one for me. I did a lot of shedding off the old and embrasing the new. So, along with the earth, I too am coming into new life. Things look bright and I feel joyful.
Springtime always seems to remind me that God is here. Spring reminds me of the good and the new instead of the dark and glumy that winter tends to bring. This spring especially, I have a lot to be thankful for and to look forward to. This past fall and winter was a tough one for me. I did a lot of shedding off the old and embrasing the new. So, along with the earth, I too am coming into new life. Things look bright and I feel joyful.
Sunday, April 4, 2010
Easter Day
The Easter bunny came!
The Easter baskets I prepared
From Lauma:
From Eriks:
You all don't know how special this really is
After Easter baskets, we had a big breakfast. The rest of the day, we have just been vegging! It has been a nice and relaxing day!
The Easter baskets I prepared
From Lauma:
From Eriks:
You all don't know how special this really is
After Easter baskets, we had a big breakfast. The rest of the day, we have just been vegging! It has been a nice and relaxing day!
Happy Resurrection Day! aka Easter
Take time out of this fun holiday to thank our creator and savior. He is the reason for the holiday. Because of his love, Jesus came and died for our sins. When all hope was gone, he lived again. I am so thankful for my second birth and the ability to live forever with him. Not only has he blessed me with the gift of eternal life (something that I did not deserve), but he has blessed me with a life and a family that I could not be happier with! Thank you Lord for all of the blessings in my life, the big and the small! I love you with all I am. I am proud to say you are my God!
Latvian Egg Coloring
So, the day before Easter we had an egg coloring party. We don't color eggs any old way, oh no! We color them the Latvian way! Basically, everyone goes trekking out into the forest and finds flowers, leaves, grasses ect. and brings them back to the house. Everyone dumps their treasures in the middle of the table and the fun begins! You take an egg and wrap in in the vegetation of your choice. Then you wrap that in onion skins. Then... You wrap that in cheese cloth and tie it all up. After that you boil the eggs in onion skins. Look at the process and how they turned out:
All of the Vegetation
Everyone working on their eggs:
Eriks is having fun!
After the boil and unveiling the eggs:
The final results:
My best Egg:
Eriks' Best Egg:
Aside from coloring eggs, we also had an amazing lunch of traditional Latvian food. Lauma did an amazing job of decorating for the occasion:
My place setting:
Eriks' place setting:
All of us at lunch:
It was a really fun day full of fun activities, fantastic food and great friends!
All of the Vegetation
Everyone working on their eggs:
Eriks is having fun!
After the boil and unveiling the eggs:
The final results:
My best Egg:
Eriks' Best Egg:
Aside from coloring eggs, we also had an amazing lunch of traditional Latvian food. Lauma did an amazing job of decorating for the occasion:
My place setting:
Eriks' place setting:
All of us at lunch:
It was a really fun day full of fun activities, fantastic food and great friends!
My New Job
So as some of you may know, and most of you may not know. I have a wonderful new job! I am so thrilled! I work at the front desk at the San Mateo Athletic Club located at the College of San Mateo. It is a very low stress job, which is exactly what I need at this point in my life. What I do is welcome people when they come in, scan their card and then let them into the facility. I am basically getting paid to make friends and talk to them. What a perfect job for me right!? The past week and a half, all I have been doing is working. There was so much to get done before the club opened. (Did I mention that I helped open the club and that I was literally 1 of 3 people to be the first to work at the club :) ) I was there all day, every day helping. The club is really amazing! Everything is really high tech and the cardio machines are awesome! I have a perfect schedule! I work Monday through Friday from 5am to either 9am 10am or 1pm. It is really early, but my body is getting use to it!
Friday, March 19, 2010
Day in San Francisco
Eriks and I have been wanting to spend the day in San Francisco for a while now. We saw that it was suppose to be 65-70 degrees yesterday so we thought it would be the perfect day to take a trip.
Around noon, Eriks and I took the train into the city. I always enjoy riding the train, there are always so many interesting people to watch.
By the time we got to the city, I was hungry. We walked to Whole Foods so that I could get a salad. From there, we went to this really cute area. It had the Children's Museum, a mary-go-round, and a little park with grass and a playground. I was kind of surprised that there was such a kid friendly place in the middle of the big city. We sat in the courtyard and basked in the the sun while I ate my salad. We also sat for a bit and watched the children run around and play. We decided to walk down to Pier 39 which was several miles from were we were.
The city was just beautiful! It was not too hot and not too cold. As we were walking, we saw this and I just had to jump in for a pic!
On our way to the pier, we stopped and saw an exhibit of old Hollywood's clothes. Some of my favorite were Dorthy's dress from the Wizard of Oz, Marylin Monroe's lingerie, and several of Lucile O'Ball's dresses. We also walked through this area where there was a bunch of street vendors. It was fun to look at all of the crafts for sale. When finally got to the bay, we took a little break at the Ferry Building. We sat on a dock and talked for a half and hour or so. By this time we were both getting hungry so we finished the long walk to Pier 39 to get a late lunch. We decided decided to go to the Hard Rock Cafe. I have never been to The Hard Rock Cafe before, and it was an experience to say the least. For lunch I ordered a burger and Eriks had a pulled pork sandwich.
The food was FABULOUS! We were sitting at the table with the Elvis display. My favorite part about it was the sun glasses that were worn by Him:
After lunch, I went around the restaurant to look at all of the other displays. These were my favorite:
After lunch, we did some of the touristy stuff. I bought some salt water taffy and we went to a lookout area and watched the bay for a while. It was beautiful. There wasn't a cloud in the sky and only the slightest bit of fog hovering over the water.
After hanging out around Pier 39 we decided to head back. But... before we did, of course we had to get some ice cream! We sat on a bench and watched the bay as we ate.
On our way back, we saw this bike. I wanted to share it with all of you. It was just too funny not to:
By the time we got back to the train station, we were both exhausted. The train ride home was fun. Eriks and I were able to find 2 seats together which was really nice. When we got home I went straight to bed and passed out. It was so nice to have a day for just the two of us.
Around noon, Eriks and I took the train into the city. I always enjoy riding the train, there are always so many interesting people to watch.
By the time we got to the city, I was hungry. We walked to Whole Foods so that I could get a salad. From there, we went to this really cute area. It had the Children's Museum, a mary-go-round, and a little park with grass and a playground. I was kind of surprised that there was such a kid friendly place in the middle of the big city. We sat in the courtyard and basked in the the sun while I ate my salad. We also sat for a bit and watched the children run around and play. We decided to walk down to Pier 39 which was several miles from were we were.
The city was just beautiful! It was not too hot and not too cold. As we were walking, we saw this and I just had to jump in for a pic!
On our way to the pier, we stopped and saw an exhibit of old Hollywood's clothes. Some of my favorite were Dorthy's dress from the Wizard of Oz, Marylin Monroe's lingerie, and several of Lucile O'Ball's dresses. We also walked through this area where there was a bunch of street vendors. It was fun to look at all of the crafts for sale. When finally got to the bay, we took a little break at the Ferry Building. We sat on a dock and talked for a half and hour or so. By this time we were both getting hungry so we finished the long walk to Pier 39 to get a late lunch. We decided decided to go to the Hard Rock Cafe. I have never been to The Hard Rock Cafe before, and it was an experience to say the least. For lunch I ordered a burger and Eriks had a pulled pork sandwich.
The food was FABULOUS! We were sitting at the table with the Elvis display. My favorite part about it was the sun glasses that were worn by Him:
After lunch, I went around the restaurant to look at all of the other displays. These were my favorite:
After lunch, we did some of the touristy stuff. I bought some salt water taffy and we went to a lookout area and watched the bay for a while. It was beautiful. There wasn't a cloud in the sky and only the slightest bit of fog hovering over the water.
After hanging out around Pier 39 we decided to head back. But... before we did, of course we had to get some ice cream! We sat on a bench and watched the bay as we ate.
On our way back, we saw this bike. I wanted to share it with all of you. It was just too funny not to:
By the time we got back to the train station, we were both exhausted. The train ride home was fun. Eriks and I were able to find 2 seats together which was really nice. When we got home I went straight to bed and passed out. It was so nice to have a day for just the two of us.
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