Here are some pictures from a gorgeous wedding we went to on Saturday, followed by a lovely lunch at an incredibly beautiful restaurant. Enjoy!

The Prius

Our beloved Prius was hit on Saturday while we were at a wedding. Click here for the pictures. The good news is the driver left a note.

It Went Well

For as well as emptying an entire room into the dining room, then leaving two-thirds of it in there to sort...

It went well, we like our "new" bedroom and are slowly getting the other room organized (and ahem, purged).

Moving Day

Today we're switching the rooms, and I'm taking an obnoxious amount of pictures to document the proceedings. 

I'm bribing our  helpers guests with a Mexican barbecue. I'm going to cook and get the goods ready and of course, supervise the moving. Here's the menu:

• Flank steak marinated in lime juice, olive oil, black pepper, chili powder and a bit of cayenne
  
• Grilled polenta
  
• Homemade guacamole with limes and jalapenos
  
• Chips (of course)
  
• Grilled peppers and onions
  
• Salad with salsa + ranch -- dang Trader Joe's samples, they were giving away salad today and now I can't stop thinking about it. 
  
• Tea/lemonade combo, so delish
• Cerveza with lime

Baby Hansen update!

The Big Switcheroo

In anticipation of Baby Hansen arriving in 20 short weeks, we've begun getting our apartment in order. Since our big trip to Norway is the better part of May and early June, and by the time we get home and rested, Mama Hansen is likely going to be as big as a house and into full-on nesting. So, this weekend, we're switching the big bedroom with the office. The big bedroom is 12x14, and the office is 10x13. We're going to make the office our bedroom and vice versa. This way, the old office will now become the nursery, guest room and of course, office. We've bought some lovely shelves to organize Pete's work space, and looked at cribs and dressers for Baby Hansen yesterday. Fun!

We'll post before and after pictures this weekend.

Bye Shady Neighbors

Perhaps I should have clarified in my last post: Snoop Dogg is gone, but the shady chick he was um, hanging out with? still lives here, and always has a steady stream of shady guys staying with her/dating her, whatever.

Friends, I hate to type it here in case it might not happen, but here's the deal: we talked to the property managers and they said their lease is up April 30 and they're not giving them the option to renew. Possibly, just possibly, we'll be ghetto-free in a few weeks.

I also found out that one of the shady guys called my very lovely asian neighbor every racial slur in the book because she had the audacity to watch them try to break into their own apartment. She said she was too scared to call the cops. Poor thing.

Snoop Dogg Sighting!!!

Ok, so Pete and I went on a date tonight for ice cream. The place near our apt. was closed (for good) so we drove a few miles further to another place. And who do we see, sitting in the parking lot of the shopping center, afro completely wild, wearing of course, a wife beater with pants falling off his butt, is Snoop Dogg. This is like 3 miles from our apartment, which is a very long way in suburban strip mall land (that is our hood). And there he is, chillin with his homies who were on the phone.

Immediately I regressed into a 14-year-old girl, saying omigodomigodomigod at least 15 times. He/His homie was parked outside of a drug store, not near the ice cream store, thankfully. Afterwards we looked for him but he was long gone. I guess he's shacking up elsewhere these days. Pete said maybe I miss Snoop Dogg, just a bit, because it gave me something to keep tabs on. Maybe he's right. Maybe if we're really lucky we'll have another gangsta neighbor sometime.

Progress!

The belly is making progress! I'm 16 weeks on Thursday!