Do You Realize?

that you have the most beautiful face... -flaming lips

100th Post

celebrating 100 insights into these diaz people's lives. hope you've enjoyed! stick around, why don'tcha?

A Gem

this post is alternately titled "i heart npr." did you know that if you ever want to find something you've heard on npr, you can go to their website npr.org and tell them about it and they will find it for you? genius. did you know that even if you were mistaken and the program you were listening to wasn't on npr, but another delightful program called this american life, that the lovely folks at npr will still find it for you and send you the link? quite thoughtful. coo coo cachoo, npr, i'm now an even bigger fan and maybe i'll throw a couple of my extra pennies your way during your fundraising marathons.

i digress... a couple months ago i was driving in the car listening to what i thought was npr, but was actually this american life. i became so engrossed in the story that i sat in the parking lot of the grocery store until it was over. so, if you have 16 of your minutes to spare and want to be entertained, check out this gem. Babies Buying Babies was the story that caught me, but after scowering her website, i'm also looking forward to her book The New York Regional Mormon Singles Halloween Dance coming out this year.

The Other Good News

eric got a job! (phew.) the first week we were here he was contacted by an old contact from costco. it turns out they are opening two new business center costco's in the area and wanted to know if he was interested. uh, yes please. he met with the store manager a few days later and in less than a week he was hired as the marketing manager. sweetness. what a relief to have stable income again. everyone do the happy dance! now it's my turn to find work, but we agreed i would only have to work part time. (yay!) this california adventure just gets better and better. we've been so blessed and everything is going so smoothly. so, we're back on the costco train and life is good. good job, hubs.

One of Two Good Newses

1. we got approved! our first place fell through because the guy we were going to sublet from decided to postpone his spiritual journey for a couple months. go figure. so we went back to the search and found a great building. We actually found 4 great loft buildings all owned by the same guy that were really reasonably priced and fit our needs perfectly. sweet. i fell in love with this one right away, but eric wanted concrete floors over wood so we kept looking. it ended up being the best one, after all, so it will now become our home. it's got one bedroom, a large nook with a closet to block off for pj's room, a kitchen and then one big open space. AND 1 1/2 baths. i was all prepared to share one bathroom and now i don't have to! bonus. plus, it's got a gargoyle right outside the window, so what's not to love? oh, and a pool on the roof, wha? we move in the last few days of march. yippee! thanks again to krista and bim for putting us up for a whole month and letting our stuff take up their entire garage. family is good.the building

the view from our bedroom
eric's kitchen
sweet gargoyle buns out our main room window
the main room

Pay It Forward

The first 3 people to leave a comment on this post will receive a handmade (or possibly store-bought) gift from me during this year. When and what will be a surprise. There's a small catch though: you have to post this same thing on your own blog and then come back and leave a comment telling me you're in. Remember, only the first 3 comments receive the gift!

Our First 2 Weeks

so, we're here! and so far, i think we all LOVE it. it's been a little stressful figuring out all the minor details; a place to live, pj's school, income so we don't become homeless, those things. actually, it's mostly just been stressing eric out. i'm trying to feel the urgency, but let's get real, i'm still in vacation mode and there are babies here. cute ones. we found a sweet place, but the guy decided not to leave after all, so we went back to the hunt and found an even BETTER place. good karma. a new building, affordable, downtown, pool and hot tub on the roof, sweet views. we're stoked. everyone cross their fingers that it all goes well and we get approved even though neither of us really have jobs. good news on that front, too, though. the first week we were here eric got a call from an old contact from costco asking if he wanted a job at one of the 2 new stores opening in the area. so he went and applied to be the head of marketing at one of them and we're waiting to hear back. sweet! please, more finger crossing. thanks. justin, kitti and grace got here (yay!) on thursday and it's been wonderful. and here's what we've been doing since we've been here.