Boston Limo

Boston Limo. Worst. Car. Service. Ever.

Double booked my car service...so they were a no show on the pick-up.

They double charged me after the fact.

They did not quote me the correct amount, but charged me for a "misc. airport fee"

They still have not reimbursed me.

DO NOT USE THEM. You will have a terrible experience.

Boston Limo. Boston Limo. Boston Limo.

AWFUL.

Reggie Baldwin Goldberg

Reggie, the wonder Doggie Lama and friend to all, died yesterday.

His mommies were Belinda and Paula...everyone who met Reggie fell in love with him. I wanted to post a picture of him to commemorate his life.

Shakers

Visited Shaker Village when I went home for the holidays.

Check them out here:

Shakers

Best and Worst Tattoo

It's the best and worst tattoo...all at the same time...

Fallon Health Care Video

This reminds me of some of my friends. I love it.

Mammograms

Click HERE to give a free mammogram!

Another Kitty Video

I couldn't resist. I had tears in my eyes, I was laughing so hard.


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Started a photoblog...

So this blog is going to be even more neglected than it already is.

The photoblog will be updated almost daily. You can find it at by going here:

Burbunny 365

Re-Donkulously Adorable!

Cutest Kitten Video...EVER!

Best Book Title Ever

Enough said. Had me laughing all afternoon.

Holy Sh**! I'm 30.

I just turned 30. Technically, since I was born in Korea, I've been 30 for more than a day, but in this time zone, I've been 30 for exactly 1 hour and 13 minutes. I'm not in my 20s anymore. It's weird. I'm fighting a cold, I have a bit of insomnia. What a way to ring in the new birthday. I need to go and try and sleep.

Almost 30

So it's 11 days before I turn 30.

I miss my friends.

30n30...eh...who am I kidding?

Okay, so I know it's lame to blog about a blogger, but this shit is hilarious.


10 Attributes of Lazy People

30n30...um...#4 in 8 days...

Okay, so I'm pretty bad at this blogging thing. (1) I have nothing to really talk about that I think is interesting and (2) I need to think of something to talk about that I think is interesting that you think is interesting...

To blog about my day and weekend, it would consist of this:

Yesterday, Niko and I decided to venture out in Boston and take the T to Cambridge Side Galleria so that we could shop at Banana Republic (there isn't one at the mall near us). We took the orange line to the green line and ended up at the mall and
shopped our little asses off! I also bought Bioshock, which is a great game so far. The only problem is that I'm sort of afraid of puppets, masks and mannequins...which the game has and I think that in the long run, it might give me some nightmares! So, after a nice lunch at Cheesecake Factory, shopping at the mall - we headed home and I played Bioshock. Then we went to our favorite Mexican restaurant in the area called Mexico Lindo. After this, we watched Superman Returns. WORST MOVIE (not ever!) - but it ranks up there. I feel like I was cheated out of 2 hours of my life.

Today, we woke up and went to meet a co-worker of mine (John) for brunch at Stephanies on Newbury. Which was delicious and fun. We got there a little after 11, and it wasn't too crowded. It starts getting crowded after 12, because they aren't allowed to serve booze until then. We ate slowly and then enjoyed some mimosas and beer before departing. Then, Niko and I decided to take a stroll through the Boston Garden and Boston Commons. (Pictures below). We came back here, I started laundry, we went grocery shopping and are now chilling back at the apartment - waiting for my meatloaf that I'm cooking for dinner to be done.

On a diet note, I really have to get back to it. I have no self-control. UGH.


View from brunch at Stephanie's on Newbury



Boston Garden



Boston Garden

Remembering September 11th

I read an entertainment blog called Pink is the New Blog everyday. Today, he chose not share the latest Hollywood goss and do a post, remembering those who died September 11th, 2001. Please visit this link to remember those who lost their lives.

Pink is the New Blog - We Must Never Forget

OMG 30n30 #3 Missed!

My third day into it, I missed the whole 30n30 thing. I got busy, I forgot. However, where does it say that my blog posts need to be daily? So long as I do 30 posts in 30 days, I think that I'm all set.

Traffic has been absolutely horrible. Terrible. Blah-rrible. Bleh. I need to switch up the time that I leave in the morning to avoid all that crap.

Okay, so #3 post is a bit of a cop-out and boring and I have nothing to say. But hey, at least I'm trying to say something.

30n30 #2

Second day. Not much to share. Niko and I went to the mall to do some fall shopping. It's such a switch from shopping in California. A whole new mindset. I can't just fill my wardrobe up with tank tops and open toed shows. It's time to switch to layers, sweaters and boots. Niko needs to get used to shopping with a New England mindset and mix up his wardrobe a bit. We made some progress today...slowly but surely.

I need to go back to the gym and start running. I am beginning to feel lethargic and I know it's because I haven't worked out. I also need to start on the weight watchers again. I've been slacking on that, and that's bad news bears for me. It's just all the food in New England that I've missed is just waiting for me to eat it! I think I've gotten all the cravings out of my system and I need to have some self-control! Ugh. Why when you get older, you have to eat healthier?!?

OH! I just realized that this 30n30 was started 30 days before my 30th birthday. HA!

30n30

So, no one knows about this blog. I was reading my friend Jesse's blog and he's challenged his pals to do a 30n30 blog...which means for 30 days, I will try to blog at least one sentence! So here goes.

This week was a fun week. Back to the busy-ness at work after a small lull last week. Niko and I also went to a Red Sox game (they won) and had a good time all around. We're trying to unpack those last few boxes and figure out where to put everything. I can't wait until we're all settled.

Long time, no post!

Okay, so I've been crazy busy...and haven't had time to post. Like I've said before, it's not like anyone reads my blog or anything like that.

Started at the new job on August 13th. Love it hear, so far. I can't tell if I like it hear because it's the "new job glow" or because I will like it here in the long term. I think that it's got longevity to it...stay tuned. Niko started his job on August 14th. The day he started, his boss got laid off. That was a bit stressful! But it looks like things will work out for him and he's not going to have to find a job anytime in the near future.

Short post. Will write more later.

1:30AM

It's my last weekend before I start work again. So weird to have not worked since the beginning of July. I've never had that amount of time off before. I'm starting to be "poor" as well. All the money spent on the move and that stuff has drained my bank account. Luckily, I can still pay my own bills...which is nice (vs. having Niko pay them or something like that).

Craziness that I'm starting at this new job. In a new city, with all new people. It's like starting college all over again, except I have way more responsibility. I need to go to bed. I just thought that I would post something to maybe try to clear my head before I try to sleep. I hate anxiety. It just flows through my head and I start thinking about one thing, and move on to the next thing. It's a vicious cycle.

The good part is that our stuff is getting delivered tomorrow. That will make me happy to sleep in our bed and not on an air mattress. It will also make me crazy, because now it's time to unpack and realize that we have WAY TOO MUCH shit to fit in our apartment and we'll have to throw away a lot of stuff, which means more trips up and down the stairs. Exhausting.

On a good note, I've decided to do this training thing called Couch to 5K. So I can start running and actually be able to handle it. Who knows, maybe Melrose has some local 5K in the fall that I will be able to run! It's a nine week program, and I'm pretty excited about exercising and getting healthy. I just hope that job doesn't get in the way of that...But...there are moms out there that balance home and work and still have time to exercise...so I really have no excuse not to do it. I'm going to start it tomorrow morning. I've got the workouts already loaded onto my iPod and everything!

Okay, time to sleep. Big day with movers and the running tomorrow...er...later today...

Food and Rain

Above is a view of our street. As you can see, we live in a village-type of complex. It's comprised of a bunch of buildings. We are really happy here. Happier if we could get our furniture sometime in the near future. I am really getting tired of sleeping on an air mattress (it's as bouncy as a water bed, if Niko moves, I fly up in the air, or vice versa...) Also, since we bought our bedroom set and had it delivered, we have to sleep in the living room, since the air mattress doesn't fit in the bed frame. Argh. I think that Feynman is starting to go crazy as well - or he is getting comfortable in his new home. He's starting to get back to his grumpy surly self.

I've been working out at the gym here. Doing two days on, one day off. Trying to get into some sort of routine before I start work, so I don't feel the need to slack off. I also went back on the Weight Watchers to get back on track for my diet. However, having said that...there is so much food in New England that I have missed like crazy. Food that is not good for my diet. But I guess now that I am working out again, I can work most of it off at the gym or something like that. mmmmm. Chicken fingers and BBQ pork. So gross in California...so wonderful in New England.


Yesterday, Niko and I decided to venture to Kazi Shabu Shabu in Chinatown. We took the T down there and had a good time. It was a bit different from the Shabu Shabu that we are used to in California...but it was good none-the-less. We're going to try to experiment with different restaurants. We still haven't found a korean BBQ place to go to...or at least one that we're feeling brave enough to venture to. So, what does this story have to do with a picture of a rainbow? Well, while we were in Chinatown, it rained in Melrose. When we came back to Melrose on the T, we were treated to the remnants of the rainstorm...which was this purdy rainbow...taken on my iPhone while we were on the T. Can you believe how blue the sky is in Massachusetts? Smog free.

Off to be an official Mass-Hole

Okay, so growing up in Maine, Massachusetts drivers would come up there on holiday and drive like shit. They would cut people off, turn in opposite directions of their blinkers...awful. I grew up calling these people Mass-Holes. Now I am officially becoming one today. Niko and I are going to the RMV (Registry of Motor Vehicles) to get our Massachusetts licenses. I have to take a shower and make myself look pretty.

I hope that when I get my Massachusetts license, I don't become a Mass-Hole.

We have...arrived...

So we made it. We're here (as you can see from my previous posts). When we got the apartment, the woman asked us if having an elevator mattered, and me, being the person I am, quickly said "Nah, we should be fine." This has turned out to be the single worst statement that I have made in this moving process. We are on the third floor. Not just small flights of stairs either...LONG, LONG flights of stairs, 13 stairs on to the second floor, 18 to the third. We have made so many trips up the stairs that I cannot believe I can actually stand. Yesterday, we said that we were going to carry minimal things up the stairs for now on and just pay to have things delivered.

The cable guy came today. He was soooo nice. He told us about a discount furniture place that we went and checked out. Turned out, we got an amazing bedroom set. How exciting! And it's not the cheap Ikea stuff. It's actually real furniture. And a real bed frame! We have never had one before...one with a headboard and foot board. Super exciting stuff! Now we are going to wait until our stuff comes and then figure out what else we need for storage, etc. It's nice to be a bit more settled, but I'm not going to stop worrying until we actually get our stuff delivered! Still waiting to hear from the movers on an ETA, so hopefully we will hear from them soonish!

I'm so glad that I have Niko to move here with. We've been getting along really well (just a few minor tiffs - but you would have them too if you were stuck with someone for 24-7 for more than a week). I think that this move was a positive one and I'm really excited to start my new job and all that fun stuff.

OOOH, we did have our Dunkin Donuts and also some Chinese food. Hopefully, I got most of the junk food cravings out of my system so I can go back on my diet again. Argh! Having said that, the chicken fingers, duck sauce and BBQ Boneless Spareribs were frakkin' delicious. There is nothing like Chinese food in New England. It's soooooo- good and sooooo- bad for your health. I've just been away from it for so long, I just can't believe how good it is! Okay, enough about food. I have to go back on my diet....or else!!!

Anyway...here are a few more pics from our trip. Lots of corn and cows and cats!

Cross Country Driving

Here are some pics from our cross country trek. Our trip took us from Los Angeles, through Nevada, Utah, Arizona, Colorado, Nebraska, Iowa, Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, Connecticut and then into Melrose, MA...our new home.

Eastward We Go

Niko and I are headed to Boston now. Everything is packed, the movers have picked up our stuff and we just finished day three of our cross country drive.

The first night, we stopped in Richfield Utah. The cat had a minor emergency when his nose started bleeding. Luckily, I have my iPhone and used google maps and found a vet in Richfield, who diagnosed him over the phone. Turns out his nose was dry and he had a little cut. It was scary, but he turned our to be okay. On the way to Utah, traffic was OK, however there was a gnarly accident on the 15...took us about 2 hours to go 2 miles. Other than that, traffic moved smoothly to Utah.

The second day brought us to Sterling CO. Driving from the snow resort areas to Denver proved to be a pain in the arse. Really heavy traffic. Then, as we entered the Denver area, torrential, monsoon like weather hit. And the rains slammed down on us.

It's the third day and we are in Des Moines IA. Truly uneventful ride and we made it here in decent time, no traffic delays or crazy weather. Picture below is a sampling of the flatlands and cornfields that we have driven through. Tomorrow is the corn belt and into Toledo OH.

I miss my friends, but I know that this is the right decision...More later...stay tuned.