Gondola in Venice

Venice was beautiful! We had a wonderful time on the gondola ride and then shopping at the stores. Although it was extremely cold at night I had a great time walking around checking out the city.

Snow in Austria

Today we arrived in Austria but took a small detour to see the castle that inspired Cinderella's castle at Disneyland. It was so beautiful! It was even better than usual since the entire area was covered in snow.

Beer Time in Munich

Having a wonderful time in germany!

Today we
went to the oldest beerhall
took a walking tour of the city
took some great pictures
ate wonderful food, and
checked out the world famous christmas markets

Back in Amsterdam

Well, I made it. I'm back in Holland and wouldn't you know it, it's raining. Yuck! But then again it's always raining here. I'm waiting around for my Contiki group to show up so I thought I would go on the net for a few minutes. Later I plan on walking around town to get good shots of Pablo. I hope this is not my only post while on this trip.

Greetings from Holland!

Super Susana's Birthday

Today we celebrated Susana's birthday and I think she was pretty happy with the gifts we got her. Her birthday is actually tomorrow but since her and I will be gone tomorrow we decided to celebrate it today.

Tomorrow I'm flying to Holland to start my European Tour!! Yay!! I'm starting to get excited about it. I'm not sure how much computer access I will actually have during my trip but I will try to post as often as I can.

Ciao Everyone! Have a Merry X-mas and a Happy New Year! See you in 2007.

Pablo in Vietnam

Pablo came home today with some wonderful pictures from Vietnam! It looks like he had a fabulous time there with Terry and Eugenia. This lucky monkey will only be home for just a few days before going off to Europe with me. Yay!

For next year Pablo will be traveling to Boston in early February and to Cambodia in March.

Go here to see more pics of Pablo in Vietnam.

2006 Company X-mas Party

I had an awesome time at the company Christmas party this weekend! The after-party at Craig's was the bomb as well! It was so cool watching people drink their way to silliness. LoL!

Highlights of the Party:

- The yummy buffet
- Susana being silly
- The girls dancing the electric slide
- Jim, Dave, and Scott singing along to Metallica
- A tour around Craig's house
- Just hanging out with all my awesome coworkers.

Holiday Street

Marco and I took a short drive down one of his favorite streets in the SF Valley. This particular street goes all out during the holidays, and Christmas is no exception. We found several cars parked along the street checking out all the crazy decorations. Seen above is only one of at least 15 homes iced with Christmas lights.

Monster Monitor

Marco’s new toy was delivered today and boy was he happy. Although I wasn’t fond of the idea at first, I’m starting to really warm up to it. This thing is HUGE!!

Crazy boys and their toys!

Bathroom Sign

I guess El Pollo Loco has decided to get a little creative with their signs. LoL!

Crazy Winds

Man, these Santa Ana winds are making my sinuses crazy! I can't wait for it to calm down.

Spiffy New Car 4 Manda

Amanda finally got her new car and it's wayyy spiffy! This car must have over 20 storage compartments in it. I'm so jealous.

Congrats Amanda! I hope this car brings you lots of good luck...unlike our Mazdas. LoL!

Guinea Pigs

It's so cool to see old friends, especially when I'm having a hard day at work.

A special thanks to Lemon and Amelia for being good sports and agreeing to be our guinea pigs. LoL!

Black Friday Success

I finally got that mini fridge I have wanted to get for the office. I got a real nice deal from Target along with some other goodies.

Other great buys:

4 GB U3 drive (Office Max)
2 GB SD card (Office Max)
Cute PJs (Target)
Flannel Bed sheets (Target)

Thanksgiving Ritual

Another great Thanksgiving gone by! We celebrated as we always do, first a lovely meal cooked by mom, followed by preparations for Black Friday (our favorite shopping day of the year). We'll have to get to bed extra early to hit those early bird specials tomorrow morning.

Daan, Jelle, & Wessel

Today I found out a lot can happen in three years. I heard back from a friend in Holland who I have not heard from in 3 years and found out she has 3 little boys now! Wow! The last time I saw her (4 years ago) she had just given birth to her first little boy. Man, a lot can happen in just a few years! I can't wait to see her again in January and finally get a chance to meet her three little boys (Daan, Jelle, and Wessel).

Angela's B-day

We celebrated Angela's b-day by getting her a real soft travel blanket which she ended up loving. Yay! Now she's got something to bundle up with when she travels.

Great gift idea Amanda!

I Voted

Yay, I voted! I love that feeling of "Making a Difference" I get after I vote. I know that in reality I may not have made a difference at all, but oh well, I'll just keep telling myself it did. LoL!

That's-a-Niiiice

Ah-man, if you haven't seen this movie yet, you should. I couldn't stop laughing through most of it. I will admit some parts of this movie are just WRONG and DISTURBING but it is still one of the funniest movies I have seen in a while.

Jason's 21st B-day

For lunch a group of us celebrated Jason’s 21st birthday at La Capilla. La Cpilla is great since they hook you up with a free lunch on your birthday, woo-hoo they rock! Happy Birthday Jason!

Free Birthday Lunch...Yum!