Wow, has it really been a month since my last blog post? I guess Facebook's statuses make it easy to keep the world informed on what's been going on with me. Even my Tumblr blog has lain fallow for a while!
So, what's been going on since my last update (the wedding in the mountains near Santa Cruz)?
It started off with the annual Tech Group volleyball tournament, where I opted to watch and play Bocce Ball instead :-)
I also enjoyed a week of bachelorette-hood as Allan took Todd and accompanied his dad on a trip to see family in Oklahoma. Todd went fishing almost everyday and enjoyed it immensely. I enjoyed the peace and quiet of an apartment all to myself-- which stayed a lot cleaner than it normally would!
I've also been taking a singing class all summer, through the adult education center at Santa Barbara City College. (if you read my Tumblr blog, yes, this is the class with the fellow student who has a lovely voice but needs to learn to keep the volume in check) It's a bilingual beginner class, so we learned English and Spanish songs, mostly in preparation for the annual Old Spanish Fiesta Days in Santa Barbara. Our class actually got to perform on Friday, Aug 7 at the SB Courthouse's Sunken Gardens. We dressed in traditional Spanish garb and sang a few songs, many of us using fans to hide the printed out lyrics --> fans make great cheat sheets! My friend Leah took the class with me (as did her parents), and she and I had fun learning to do "A Whole New World" together as a duet, and performed it in class during one of the last weeks.
Our Fiesta performance was pretty much the culmination of our class, and the following week, Leah and I got together with some other friends of ours for a night out singing karaoke at Old Town Tavern. Last time I was there was on my birthday 3 years ago, I'd forgotten how much fun the place was, with 2 pool tables and a HUGE selection of songs! We arrived early enough to have a few turns at the mic ourselves before people started trickling in, and before I knew it, the wait time had lengthened to about 10 songs! We had a blast either way, and though Allan and I were amongst the first to leave, it wasn't until almost midnight that we did.
Allan and I have been spending the past few weekends looking at open houses in Santa Barbara, getting ideas for homes. Some interesting stuff out there, but despite the burst housing bubble, home prices are still outrageously expensive here. It IS California, after all-- and Santa Barbara on top of it all. We remain convinced that the best and most cost-effective way to go about this is to purchase land and build a modular home on it. We've actually spoken to an agent and discussed pricing details, looks like the anticipated cost will actually be a little lower than I initially anticipated in that post, mostly due to a recent drop in the land price :-) Still lots to look into and learn!
Not a whole lot else-- talk about a swift-moving August! Summer is soon over and in 2 weeks Todd will come back from LA and resume school, and we'll be back to the daily routine of school, karate lessons, swim lessons, homework, and all that other busy-ness that raising a little kid entails :-)
Where does the time go!?
Congratulations on having a doctor in the family.
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