Wednesday, June 16, 2010

a cup of berries, a squirt of lemon and growing up

"growing up is never easy. you hold on to things that were. you wonder what's to come. but that night, i think we knew it was time to let go of what had been, and look ahead to what would be. other days. new days. days to come. the thing is, we didn't have to hate each other for getting older. we just had to forgive ourselves...for growing up."

the Wonder Years

a few weeks back i received a very exciting phone call from susan. she wanted to let me know that there was a position opening at ADP www.adp.com (the company she has worked with for years). needing something to take up my free time and also wanting to make a little mooo-lah, this opportunity couldn't have come at a better time! so here i am after almost completing 2 x 40+ hour weeks: exhausted, busy and loving life :)

at ADP i am working in the accounting office as somewhat of an administrative assistant. filing, data processing, billing, filling the coffee machine and so on and so on... it is somewhere i never thought i would be, but i am really enjoying it and also learning a lot about the "real world" ;) and life after college.
not having much free time during the day (working from 7am-4:30pm) i have made an effort to not come home everyday after work and "veg" on the couch. i try to work out after work everyday (still training for my november half marathon) i have also fit in some baking and creating time. tonight lauren and i made this yummy lemon cake for our wonderful g-pa's birthday.
we decided to make what we call a "martha stewart cake." the cake part was lemon and the frosting was a buttercream-lemon frosting. we layered our cake with strawberries and gpa's favorite, blueberries. after a little splitting of the cake (yikes!) we tried to fix it by frosting the entire cake. it seemed to work and we added blackberries around the base and some lemon slices on the top. not sure how it taste yet...we will find out tomorrow! happy 82nd birthday G-PA!
"spread love everywhere you go. let no one ever come to you without leaving happier." momma teresa

Thursday, June 3, 2010

lilia's bridal weekend


(photo by clairAlign Centere)
may 28th-29th
lilia is becoming a mrs. in a few weeks! so to celebrate we (diana, kapua, molly & me) had a fun filled weekend celebrating lilia's singleness.

friday
first stop was godmother's cafe in malibu:
(lilia and her grilled cheese w/ tomato soup; turkey,avocado sandwich w/ tomato soup; tortilla soup w/ a yummy sandwich)

we later had a nice relaxing day at the getty villa:

for the evening we stopped by ralph's and picked up some cheese, salami and wheat thins to bring with us to SIP (malibu wine tasting room). we really enjoyed sitting around, sipping our wine, eating our snacks around the outside fire:

saturday
for the bachelorette party we decided to go to hollywood.

we ate at cafe WAS:
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(gnocchi; frog legs; burger with a quail egg & fries;
crab, tomato & avocado; beet salad)

at midnight we saw the BEST WORST MOVIE ever "THE ROOM" and was able to take a picture with the lead actor/producer/director/creepiest man that has ever touched me (just look at my face!):
it was quite fun seeing this movie! it was very packed (5 theaters) where we yelled at the movie ("water" "hello denny") and threw spoons at the screen. if you want to have an active, fun experience at the movies and don't mind seeing the worst acting/movie ever i suggest seeing this movie!

some extras from the weekend:

lilia and all her presents:
the card i made for lilia out of her wedding invitation:
i like to call these hanky panky cupcakes (too bad they melted the next day :(