Sad About Japan, Happy with Millers

It was a sad day, hearing about all of the destruction, deaths and missing people in the wonderful country of Japan. It makes me sick. Those are the kindest, loveliest, hardest-working people I have ever come to know, and this just breaks my heart. It's days like today that make me so grateful for facebook. I was able to get in touch with all of my Japanese friends and check on them. They are all ok but very scared. I'm getting constant updates from them and they are feeling horrible aftershocks, no running water in Tokyo, grocery stores are empty, and they have been told to not go outside without umbrellas due to the dangerous chemicals falling from the sky. But they are all still so positive and sweet. Oh I love them and am praying for their safety.


So I'm watching sweet Henry and Louisa Miller Friday/Sat. Louisa went to dinner with the Sorensons after she and McCall had play practice so Henry and I had "dinner and a movie" night haha! We went to Johnny Rockets for dinner since it was right next to the movie theater, and then we saw Rango. I laughed out loud through the entire movie. I thought it was fabulous! Then Henry and I went over to the Sorensons' to pick up Louisa and hung out there for a while. And then the 3 of us came home and watched all kinds of news videos about the tsunami together. The things that Henry says... precious. What a loving, darling boy! Here he is at Johnny Rockets enjoying the paper hat and jukebox:

xoxosb:)

DREAMworks!

Went up to LA (Glendale) on Thursday to meet Suzy and her husband Jack for lunch at DreamWorks Animation Studios where he works. I thought I could get some good pics of the traveling bear and Flat Samantha there. I ABSOLUTELY LOVED it and wanna work there now. I would love to get some education in the Social Media field and work in that area for them. I'm gonna look into that! Mark Sorenson is friends with the COO so hmm...


Here are some pics:

The entrance to DreamWorks gorgeous campus:

Inside one of the animators' office buildings:

They're working on KungFu Panda 2 right now:

Secret door handle when you open "War & Peace" on bookshelf by cubicles:

When you turn the handle, a secret wall opens with 3 bars hidden inside the eaves:

Josh, Suzy & Jack in the secret DreamWorks bar:

DreamWorks' "Boy Fishing on the Moon" logo topiary (he caught Orangey the bear!):

And then later that night I met my old Disney College Program buddy, Paul Desiderioscioli, out at a dueling piano bar at Downtown Disney and had a crazy fun night! He comes to town for a convention every March and it's always a good time. Friends for 17 years!

xoxosb:)

Weirdo at Disneyland

I went to Disneyland today for a few hours so that I could get some cool pics of Flat Samantha and Orangey the Traveling Bear. I am nice. I am also a big weirdo who walks around Disneyland alone with a flat doll and an orange bear, waiting in long, hot lines for pics with the characters. I am embarrassed for myself! I got some GREAT pics of the 2 of them with the characters tho. Every once in a while someone would say, "Would you like a pic of you with them too?" So I did appear in 2 photos:

I also ran for 40 mins and tutored 4 kids until 9:30 tonight. I am BEAT. 

xoxosb:)

If He Could Turn Back Time...

It was a beeeeeautiful day and all the horses by the house seemed to be enjoying it as much as I was:

I watch the Millers on Tuesday and I had to leave right at 6:15 so that I could tutor McCall at 6:30 and Gwendolyn at 8. Henry did not want me to leave so he "changed" the microwave clock to say it was an hour earlier. Very cute!

xoxosb:)

Bunnies!

When I got home this afternoon, Sally wasn't on her pink pillow on my bed! Then I looked down and saw her looking out the French doors:

A bunch of cute little bunnies were right outside my room. So sweet!:

Well, that's my excitement for the day!

xoxosb:)

Lame, Lazy Sunday!

Yesterday's crazy events kicked my ass, so I took today off. I sat in bed on my laptop, organizing old emails pretty much all day. I've now moved to the couch to watch tv. And sweet Sally has been attached to me the entire time. Here she is as a little bridge from my lap to the coffee table. Love her!

xoxosb:)

Funnnn, Crazy Saturday!

Goooorgeous Day! Timmy & I had our own little pool party this afternoon until he had to leave for rehearsal at 1. Then Kim & Trent came over and re-started the party. Then I met Colleen & Heidi at the San Clemente Pier at 4 and we went on a 3 hour walk. 
I've been given 2 "Flat Stanley"-type things this week so I took a picture with each on our walk. My friend Melanie from Denison sent me her son's "Orangey, the Traveling Bear," and Samantha Brewster (one of my faaaavorite students last yr) sent me her "Flat Samantha."

This is the only FLAT Samantha around here...

Then I went over to the Beshks tonight and we played You Don't Know Jack on their wii and watched SNL. 

Fun day!

xoxosb:)