So Tired

Just got back from vacation. Will update soon with pictures from my travels. For now dealing with sunburns, mosquito bites and jet lag. Yes, I know, it's only three hours. I like sleep ok!

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Congratulations Pete!!!

Pete got accepted to the Haas School of Business at UC Berkeley one of the best business schools in the country! I am so proud of Pete and excited to welcome him into the Golden Bear family. He starts classes in August and will graduate in 2012 with his Masters of Business Administration. The best part about the whole thing is we now get student tickets for football games, spouses included. Woohoo! Go Bears!!! Oh and I guess the graduate degree is pretty nice too.

Sartorial Madness

Pete emerges from bedroom wearing questionable plaid/flannel type shirt last seen on Jared Leto circa My So-Called Life...

Pete: Hey this shirt still fits!

Cathy: Too bad it's ugly.

Pete: It's good for wearing around the house!

Cathy: Or for chopping wood...

Pete: I like it! You shut up.

Cathy: How old is that shirt?

Pete: Older than you.

Folks, heed my words of wisdom here. Marriage is HARD.

Come into my JAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!

From The Real Housewives of New Jersey, the greatest, GREATEST reality TV moment of all time. I can't stop watching this and laughing.



I am so going to be her for Halloween. My friend Evan is going to be Danielle because he's thinner and is willing to get tattooed eyebrows. I get to be Teresa because I have more shoes and natural rage.

No time for blogging!

I know! I've been an incredibly delinquent blogger but this chocolate business has been taking up a ton of my time!! We sold out of three batches already and we just finished up our Father's Day orders so we should have a brief respite for the time being. Expect more blogging soon about all my projects.

In the meantime, go see The Hangover, it is HIGH-larious. Carlos! Not at the table!!

Introducing my new baby.

My new dessert company that I started with my friend Katherine! It's currently called Bliss Sweet Shop. Here are some pictures of us making our delicious chocolate truffles!






All pictures taken by Chuin Phang.

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No more ESPN

"Ow!"

"Ooooooooooow, you hurt my finger!"

"You hit me!"

"I did not hit you, your face hit my finger!"

"My face did not move at all, your finger hit my face, clearly it is not a charging foul, it's a blocking foul."

"Are you really describing our relationship in basketball verbiage? Really?"

A funny story from Hawaii

When we were in Hawaii we went to visit Pearl Harbor which Pete really wanted to visit since he is obsessed with World War II. I think it's partly because his grandfather was a glider pilot in the war and partly because he has a Y chromosome. I was frankly more interested in working on my tan and eating shaved ice but once we realized that Pete could only last about ten minutes in the blazing sun even with the SPF 185 we had to come up with an alternate plan. So depressing war memorial here we come!

For those of you have never been there, the memorial is built over the sunken remains of the USS Arizona. First you watch a short film about the attack which details how many of the soldiers on the Arizona are entombed there to this day. It's a very sad and sobering experience. To get to the memorial you have to take about a five minute boat ride out to the memorial so after the film everyone shuffles out to the waiting boat and takes a seat for the short trip. We sat down next to this cute little kid who was about three or four and gave us a big toothy grin. He was absolutely, fricking adorable. He immediately started talking to us and he turned out to be really friendly and chatty and was pointing out the waves and talking about how much he liked boats when all of a sudden he got super quiet and serious and whispers to me "I know who lives in the water..." Keep in mind we'd just watched the film about the dead soldiers still in the boat so suddenly, this conversation had seemingly taken a complete 180 and was going into weird Sixth Sense type territory where I thought he would suddenly be like "I see dead soldiers." But then he gets even more quiet and with big, round eyes and a tone of reverence goes:

"Spongebob. In his pineapple house."

SO CUTE!! I just about keeled over from all the adorableness. Bless his cute little heart. I love Hawaii.

Although he did also ask me if I thought we would see Spongebob at the memorial and seeing as how we were heading to a war memorial which is also the tomb of many fallen soldiers I figured I'd let his parents field that one....

Busy

Sorry I haven't blogged much. I cannot even believe how busy I've been for the last month. Pete and I were talking tonight and we realized that for the last month there hasn't been a single night where both of us have been home with no plans. Seriously, here's what's been happening in the last few months:

- I've launched my own chocolate company. It's still really new but I'm very excited about it and we actually sold out of truffles over Mother's Day so it's a good sign! I'm excited about this new step in my life!
- We went to Dan and Tammi's amazing beach wedding in Playa del Carmen, Mexico where we were completely oblivious to the swine flu outbreak that was all over the news. We realized it when we got to Cancun airport, saw everyone in masks and saw the newspapers reporting the swine flu outbreak in Mexico City. Which just happened to be where our layover was. Wonderful!
- We found and moved into our absolute dream apartment in San Francisco. Before we came to look at this place Pete had asked me everything I wanted in my dream apartment and then someway, somehow this place had it! Walk in closet, nice views, formal dining room, good closet space, newly remodeled bathroom and kitchen, amazing neighborhood. I love it!
- We took a quick trip to Hawaii to "relax" which was amazing. It was Pete's first time and let me tell you, in Hawaii I am a whole different person. I am nice, I am kind, I am EASY GOING. It was enough to make Pete look into getting a summer home there. I AM THAT FREAKING NICE.

Anyway it's been a bit of a whirlwind and it hasn't seemed to stop. This weekend coming up I have a chocolate class, a 90th birthday party, my high school reunion, dinner with a friend from England and a Flight of the Conchords concert. I guess I can't complain. Life is busy but at least I'm really living it!