David's Seattle Trip

Last week David traveled up to Seattle.    He received a Microsoft Fellowship Award and  was invited to a special ceremony for all the recipients.   He will also be working for Microsoft during the summer, so it looks like we will be moving to Washington for a few months.  I'm really excited.

Valentine's Day

We had fun celebrating Valentine's Day together.  David bought a box of chocolates to share and every year I get to pick a movie to  watch.  This year was the epic Gone with the Wind.  I tried to think of the longest girl movie ever.  David was a good sport he watched the whole thing with me. 

Urban Garden

I am attempting to grow a garden on my front porch.  It is small, but I really enjoy taking care of my plants and watching everything grow. I especially love my baby palm tree. My plants love California I can even grow flowers in the middle of winter.  Can you believe that I took this picture in January?  Neither David nor I are animal lovers, but I think we are definately plant people.

Circus, Circus

For my Christmas present, I asked David to take me on a date in the city.  We decided to go to the circus.  It was a lot of fun.  With the purchase of our ticket we got lunch and a show.  There were comedy acts, acrobats, jugglers, and a live band. 

Making Your Own Blog Background

I decided it would be fun to create my own blog backgrounds.  So one night I sat down and with the help of my husband I figured out how to design and post your own blog backgrounds. If you  are ever interested I have a link to the article I wrote about creating blog backgrounds.
http://ezinearticles.com/?Blog-Backgrounds---How-to-Make-Your-Own-Blog-Background&id=3515752

Happy New Year

To celebrate the New Year I made some fabulous lasagna.  One spinach and artichoke lasanga with alfredo sauce and a traditional lasagna with red sauce.  Yummy!  I was glad to spend another New Year with my husband. Here are links to the recipes below. 

Traditional Lasagna
Spinach Artichoke Lasagna
To make my version of Spinach Artichoke Lasagna. I substituted red sauce for Vegan alfedo sauce.  (I'm not vegan, but too much cream and cheese makes my stomach feel really ill.  I thought the vegan sauce was really good and I  didn't feel sick after.   I also substituted all the cheese for vegan cheeses. )

Microsoft Intership

David was selected to interview for a Microsoft Internship in December. Microsoft flew him to Seattle, provided food and lodging, and a car. He had to interview with about six different people from their research department and we will find out if he makes the fellowship in February. If so we might get to live in Washington for a summer, which would be really fun.