Sunday, January 18, 2009

NEW YEAR ...NEW ME...well sort of

2008 was a crazy year for me. I graduated from BYU, backpacked through Europe, than moved to Arizona. Since moving to AZ my sister has gotten married, I went on a trip to New York with my Cousin Stephanie and then flew to Oregon to spend Christmas with my family. It has been really fun on all my trips but back in Az the economy and job market has been rather mean to me. It has been a little rough.. I did not realize it would be so hard after graduation to place a job I wanted. Other than that things our great and 2009 has gotten off the a great start.
The first weekend of the new year I went to Malibu with Paul for Erin's open house. We spent the day before the reception shopping, at the pier, finding purses in alleys in L.A ,and eating great food. It was a really fun little double date. The next day Paul and I spent the day with my parents and than went to the open house with them. The first thing I saw when we pulled up to the house was a huge semi In&Out Burger truck blocking half the street. Yes it was there to cater the open house. The colors of the truck even matched the wedding colors...it was so white trash...yet awesome. It was a once in a life experince to be standing in my brides maid dress ordering a burger from an In& Out truck with my sister in her wedding dress standing next to me!! It was ...breath taking. Honestly though the back yard was decorated beautifully and there was another catering with normal wedding food in the back yard. It was pretty....once you passed the truck that is. It was a really fun weekend.
This past week I made sushi with my room mates and dates. It was so legit we had bamboo mats to roll with and even a deep fryer!! We used fresh tuna and it was so good.I was the head chef rolling most the rolls, Paul toasted the seaweed while Steph directed my rolling abilities. It was so fun...we had miso soup, chopsticks, soy cups really the works. It was so fun we decided that once a month we are having a foreign food night. Next time is Fondue!! Its gonna be a good year!!
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