Yeah, yeah, yeah…
I totally know that I haven’t updated in, like FOREVER, but I have a darn good reason – the two main parts of my life (work life and personal life) have both been busy. I’ll skip right over the work life portion to get to what you’re all dying to know about – my personal life. Specifically, my personal life with Swing. *girlish grin* Having a wonderful time with someone I love is great for me, but doesn’t provide much blog fodder and doesn’t really leave me with a ton of extra time to share said fodder with all of you, but I am not complaining AT ALL!
Now a lot has happened over the past few months (besides adding to the ol’ shoe collection as you can see). Honestly, I’ve thought about updating the blog a number of times, I just never actually had the time to do it. I even thought of cute titles that I was going to use and everything… so here is a condensed version of two months worth of updates. :)
Keys to the Kingdom
Swing officially moved into “the Inn” at the end of February. As in any case with selling a house, there was a little last minute drama, but after a few days’ delay, the pending sale was back on and everything was finalized in the beginning of March.
Once he moved in, he promptly had a key made for me (BTW, I had given him a key to my place a few weeks before). It’s nice that we can easily meet at either place or even just hang out if we want to while we wait for the other to get home. Plus, since I can work from anywhere, I’ve started to work from down there a few days a week so we can spend more time together.
We’re now in the process of getting everything all fixed up at the Inn. We did little updates here and there, but really made a dent last weekend with not one, but two trips to IKEA. I could make a joke and say that we picked up everything but the kitchen sink, but we actually did buy a kitchen sink (LOL). Swing is a pretty handy guy and he’s taking care of all the plumbing with the sink so we’ll actually be able to cook and have a regular meal down there that doesn’t involve paper plates!
Oh, where did I leave my heart?
In the beginning of March, I also had to head to San Francisco for a week for work. Since Swing had never been there, it was a perfect opportunity to stay the weekend and play tourists for a few days.
He arrived on Thursday night and did stop by my office on Friday to meet some of my co-workers (and yes, they approve LOL). After I got done working, we enjoyed the rest of the weekend and spent a wonderful two days touring the area. We spent Saturday in the city (Ferry Building, Coit Tower, Cable Cars, etc.) It was great, especially since I had never been to Coit Tower – I got to see something new too. We even rounded out the day at a place that I’ve missed since I left California – In and Out Burger!
On Sunday, it was time to head up to wine country. We headed to my favorite winery (V. Sattui in St. Helena) and enjoyed the afternoon there. We tasted some great wine (and yes, took a few… OK, 7… bottles home with us). We joined the wine club since we really like their wine and I’m happy to say that we got our first monthly shipment earlier today (a Zinfandel and a Syrah). After our tasting, we had a bite to eat on the winery grounds, then headed up the road to see what else we could find. We did stop dead in our tracks when we saw a sign that said “Crazy Good Cabernets” (how can you pass that up?) and did one more tasting (and yes, they were crazy good… but at about $50 a bottle, they better be). We didn’t buy any more wine, but had a wonderful time. This time, we rounded out our day with an amazing Chicago style pizza at Zachary’s in Oakland (I swear, this pizza is like 2” thick!)
We took a ton of pictures, including one of the bathroom towel that the maids folded like a monkey (really!) Once we got home, we bought some frames and each made a fun collage of photos to help capture the trip for each of us. I think that will turn into a fun ritual after each trip…
Here bunny, bunny, bunny
Easter was a very long day… I had church with my mom (so early that even the Priest asked if everyone was awake), then dinner at 1:00 at my parent’s (also known as lunch), and then dinner later on with Swing’s family.
My mom has a fun tradition of hiding my Easter Basket, complete with “you’re getting warmer” tips to help me find it. I surprised her by making her a basket too and slyly hid it as I walked in. It was fun and I’m still eating jelly beans and peeps.
We brought some wine and beer to my parent’s… we brought Dos Equis and we joked about who would have a worse pronunciation of that name between my mom and dad – mom won with something like “Dose Eck-quise” (but she really enjoyed the beer!) We also brought cake pops, which everyone loved.
Dinner (at a normal time) was a bit more relaxed with his family. We brought cake pops there too and made a great Easter Basket for his niece. It was so much fun picking out everything and then building the basket together. The only downer is that the poor child isn’t really allowed to have sweets (um, so peeps were definitely out), so we did fun things like bubbles and a bit lollipop-shaped soap.
But the best part of Easter was actually the night before… we were relaxing down at the Inn and Swing gave me a card. Inside said something about the “Crazy Good” times that were ahead of us… Yes, he found a place to buy a bottle of that “Crazy Good Cabernet” that we tasted in wine country! We’re going to save that for a really special occasion when only something “Crazy Good” will do. ;)
OK, I guess I’ll wrap up there. You’re officially up to speed with what’s going on with Swing and I and I’m ready to call it a night. I promise I won’t stay away so long next time – I’m sure I’ll have more “Crazy Good” times to tell you about!
