Wednesday, March 18, 2009

New Wife Tip #1.....(I'm so excited!!!)

New wife tip #1.....if your live in a town with a Whole Foods and don't feel like making dinner...purchase dinner from your local Whole Foods. Throw it in the oven at your house and your husband be praising your home cooking skills!!!!!

So you may be asking yourself why I'm so excited about new wife tip #1....well with new wife tip #1 came a wonderful secret about the BEST store on the planet....Whole Foods. And guess what...a Whole Foods is opening in my town TODAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Yipppeee!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I have not been this excited for a long time. I don't think my hour long lunch will be enough to enjoy all of the Whole Foods, so I am sure I will go back at least 2 other times today. It is wonderful that this store is opening!!!!

There are many people in Santa Cruz that are die hard new leaf shoppers and for people that are local to the area....I understand. For thoes of me as an "import" of sorts the Whole Foods Store is something I've known my entire life. I grew up with Whole Foods being a stones throw away from my house. With it's wonderful pre-made foods, great salad bar, amazing yummy soups and all around great shopping environment, I know if you go to Whole Foods, you will not be disappointed. Now don't get me wrong....Whole Foods might be the Walmart of Organic foods (as Thomas, Therea's husband like to call it) but I know the quality of the products is superb. I grew up with the Berkeley Bowl being one of the most local home grown stores you could think of. The location was odd...there was never any parking and you could always smell the produce then you were walking through it. Being 5 or 6, I was just thinking of how much I wish the store looked like Safeway or Whole Foods because there was no nice person behind a bakery counter to give me a cookie. Now in my late 20's (oh god, how depressing....30 is right around the corner) the Berkeley Bowl has a new location but there is still no parking....the place is even more packed than I remember. It looks more like a regular grocery store but with many specialty items. The prepared foods section is amazing and the fresh fish is to die for. I still go to whole foods in Berkeley for my pro-biotic all of the yummy baked goods and their prepared foods. I love their eco-friendly paper products and somehow the milk there is just better. I'm hoping with the opening of Whole Foods a stones throw away from my home in Santa Cruz, I will feel much more at home here.

Now after returning from whole foods....WOW that place is a zoo!!!! When the newness wears off....it will be wonderful!!!!!! Yippeee!!!!!! Back to eating my sammy.

Wednesday, March 11, 2009

Doing the Wedding Over....

This is my new Blog. I decided to start this because my work has blocked Facebook and Myspace. I need a way to vent my anger and frustration about things and also just a plce to get out some new great ideas for you 21st Century newly married wives. Being newly married myself...I think we're doing things pretty great. I'll post new recipies we try and pictures of how things come out. I'll let you know about any new cleaning products that kick major ass and of course I'll blog about the daily struggle to keep the house clean while working a 40+ hour a week job. Don't get me wrong, I am VERY thankful to have a job.

So, I have begun thinking of ways to do redo the wedding with minimal effort and a reasonable cost. Considering that we spent $800 for the Vegas Wedding...doing something in Santa Cruz for about the same would be great. Somehow I think that will be impossible. I would LOVE to get Aloha Island Grill to cater the meat for the event. Get Garrick to make Chicken Katsu and I can make rice and hawaiian mac salad for days. It would be even more perfect to be able to have a beach wedding here that kind of looks like the wedding at the end of 27 dresses. I would like to do all of the floral arrangements and have a big boquet. I know that would be pretty easy to do as long as we had a lot of water and a lot of fridge space. We could make our own cake but I'd LOVE to get Den a cake in the shape of Wrigley Field. Have the boys wear Cubs jerseys over their short sleeve dress shirts with neck ties....that would be pretty cute. I can glue rhinestones in the shape of the cubs logo on my veil. That would be pretty hilarious. Anyways...I'm thinking about just renting the Seymore Center...getting my girls (basically Nori, Theresa, and Loan) dresses and inviting everyone that wasn't at the actual event. Here is a short list:
Judy (Den's mom) Nori +4
Dennis (Den's Dad)
Grandma - Den's
Grandpa - Den's
Grandma - Mine
Allie (my mom)
Danita
Moishe (my dad)
Chris
Jenn and Todd Rolen
Katherine +1
Amy and Russ Stuckey
Maggie
Dale and Jay Whyte
Joe
Taylor +1
Jo +1
Thomas
Garrick
Bill
Jeff
Todd (will hopefully be renewing our vows)
Karen
Steve
Albert
Tree
Thomas
Suzie
Tree and Suzie's mom
Loan
Loan's Mom
Michelle
James and Jenn (Ives' original foster parents)
James Rubel
So we'll see what becomes of this whole shindig thing. My grandma would be happy to come to something where she didn't have to do anything. :) And clean up would have to be quick. I think very easy not really catered buffet would be great. We can do the chocolate fountain right or we can test it out as a nacho cheese fountain!!! :) Hell YES!!!!!