we can swim any day in november

check out the link to see pics of me and pete at the beach!

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2171691&l=4dd68&id=18400916

speaking of pete, click on his blog's link at the bottom of my page to read very important information!

so far, november has been nice. Yay Obama! I am seriously excited that we elected an African American president. that is awesome. last week i went to a bbq at lisa's. it was a lot of fun and she made delicious food. the next day was veterans day so we were able to party during the week which rarely happens. on veterans day pete and i bought a wii! we are so excited and have been playing mario party a lot.

also a week ago yesterday, peter and i got (non-matching) tattoos. mine is of my nieces names and peter's is of the state of maryland. check out below for some blurry pics. we both love them a lot. this week will be pretty chill and then over the weekend, peter and i are going to visit my grandparents in san diego. after that, i have 1 1/2 days of school then i'm off for thanksgiving break. over the break peter and i will celebrate our 3 year anniversary and go to chicago to spend thanksgiving with his family. we're both siced for both. after that it will be december and i will be coming home!

can't wait to visit, its going to be a great 2 weeks.

in case you were wondering peter and i are safe; regarding the wildfires. we're pretty much surrounded by them but none are really close. the fires make the skies look really crazy/pretty but it smells. i kind of like how it smells; like great bbq but at the same time it can be overwhelming. yesterday when we were leaving the beach is was snowing ashes...so weird. anyhow, we'll keep you posted.

love you all

ash




my left wrist




peter's right forearm, near his "Cheverly" tattoo





the picture collage in my room. needs more pics though.













the LA letters kel gave me for graduation





black and green

october

october is over and i rarely posted. sorries! after working all day i never really want to sit down and write about what is going on. if you notice that i haven't been updating you should definitely check Pete's Blog because we do almost everything together and he is better about blogging than me.

in october i...

• went to the doctors a lot for checkups and i'm healthy yay!
• went to a few parties
• had picture day
• started BTSA - the program that will give me my "full" california teaching credential and help me get my masters
• paid a bunch of bills
• hung out with erica (writer on the oc, and currently criminal minds - family friend) and her husband kenny. peter and i visited the set because a friend i made on the show was getting his episode produced. (his name is mark) we hung out for a while and met a bunch of people including shemar moore (who i met before) and joe mantegna. we also had dinner one time and went to the movies together another.
• saw a bunch of movies including SAW, ROLE MODELS, W., SCHENECTADY NEW YORK, BODY OF LIES, and ZACK AND MIRI MAKE A PORNO. probably some more in theatres and definitely a bunch on dvd
• celebrated my 2 years and 11 month anniversary with pete
• ate a bunch of wings at "Big Wangs"
• started going to a dance class at my gym with a fellow first grade teacher, lisa. its a hip hop class and so much fun!!!! i hate going to the gym so doing this class helps me want to work out
• volunteered at church in the kids club with peter so we could help out and also just play with babies. (that was actually today which is november but whatev.)
• celebrated halloween! carved pumpkins, made treats, had a halloween parade at school, made pumpkin seeds, and dressed as tinkerbell to go with my peter pan.

so it was a busy but fun october. i'm planning on doing something supercool soon and i will let you know about it later. also peter and i are attempting to buy a wii after selling some old video games and systems. tuesday is election day but i'm not sure if peter and i are going to be able to vote because we are not 100% sure how to do it absentee and we def don't have an absentee ballot if we needed one. so everyone else, go out and vote on our behalf!

in november, i am going to a few more parties for coworkers, doing a lot more BTSA stuff, paying more bills, celebrating 3 years with peter (officially, but its really like 3 years and 9 months) and going to chicago for thanksgiving. then it will be almost december and I will be going home december 20th!

i can't wait to go home. i miss my family so much; especially my nieces. they are growing up so fast. elisa can read and she lost her first tooth, mia is teething, zoe can talk like a grownup and they are all getting so big!

i promised some pictures and here are a few!

until november....

farmer shelton

farmer shelton and chef ishaq

first grade!

first grade teachers

girls only pumpkin carving party

the second pumpkin i carved

halloween!

some semi-recent pictures of mia, elisa, and mom <3

yay!