Tio's Tacos

A plaza de Mexico in Riverside....this place is my new obsession! My friend A and I went out for lunch today and I thought she would enjoy this...a lot (she used to live in Mexico). The food is awesome and authentic, and they even have flan, frozen bananas, and fruit waters. Tio's is a menagerie of junk and collected items. Parrots made out of old tires, people made of bottle caps, tons of old statues and fountains...its absolutely amazing!





This place is located past Market street on Mission, going in the direction of Mt. Rubideaux. Note- its cash only!

Joshua Tree

= i need to go back. asap. camping. hiking. biking. climbing. omg.

East Coast picture book

Here's some photos from my trip back east....



exhibit at the top of the Met




Andy Warhol





"no pictures please"






My next art project. Seriously?!



if you like pina coladas....




Back in the day when we were young/ we're not kids anymore/ but some days we sit and wish we were kids again..... I remember way back when KJ and me in Grand Central



Steve is on the right. Friends for about ten years




My old back yard




My grandparents


Sigh....I miss it

ice cream machine

Attempt 1: failed

(but we got a good watermelon slushy out of it)

Attempt 2: not happening- yet

(my freezer door cracked open last night and the bowl has yet to freeze!)



Once I get this right I am going to be making ice cream all the time. I got a recipe for fudgsicle ice cream :jello chocolate pudding and milk. Well, yep....I freeze my pudding so this makes sense! I am excited about this.

animals

I have the best little animals!

This is bitty the kitty- (my sis calls her, affectionately, 'bite-y')



She just had a bath and was so good about it. Other times, she will be purring up a storm and then go into a rampage and try to tear the petter to shreds.








This is Uncle Mike. He is a leopard gecko and I really don't know his gender.




He always comes out to say hi, and eats his food so fast that he gets belly aches and has to lay on his heat rock for a while (sometimes, days). I just fed him, and bitty watched. She watches every time.

I guess this is what you do when you live alone, eh?

today!

I go in for acupuncture

Get worms and crickets for my little gecko

Look for a new purse

Happily await the arrival of my digital camera from CT (I left it!)

Pick up my ice cream maker and bluetooth from UPS


Revised-

Trader Joe's and frozen yogurt with Melissa! Possibly the best part of my day, how could I not include that this morning! <3


I am definitely excited about my day- but I'm still missing my family and everything. I got to hang with Todd (Australia trip) last night and that was awesome. Hopefully, today will be rad too!

back pt 2

Tonight at Sandals, our guest pastor was explaining how he has felt that his life is in auto-pilot, just going for the ride with no destination and absolutely no effort. THAT is the perfect way to describe my desire to move on and explore the world, and at some point end up close to my family (either my riverside "family", or my family elsewhere).

I believe that God has let me take everything I needed to from this segment in my life, and I am going to be put in another direction. This will be my prayer, and I hope it becomes as clear as some of the other things He's shown me. I just know that whatever happens, its not going to happen where I am at this moment. I am so excited to see my life through the next few years! However, I'm going to enjoy this "stop" while it lasts.

:)