I have been in my house for 8 months now and I am finally getting a few things organized. On Saturday, I spent the better part of the morning cleaning out a few closets and finding things that needed a home at the DI.
One of the biggest thorns in my side about my house is the amount of stuff I have in my garage. Since I left the classroom last year, I have had to store all of my school stuff in boxes and bins in my garage. I don't know that I am ready to get rid of it yet, just in case. However, I get anxiety every time I pull into the garage becuase of all the stuff.
On Monday, Mark Lowe (Lisa's husband) came over and built shelves in the garage. He worked all day. I know that it was a big undertaking for him and probably not the way he wanted to spend his day off. The shelves are GREAT! I love them! Thank you Mark (and Lisa) for helping me get the shelves in my garage.
While Mark was working on those, I worked inside. I made a huge mess in the house in an effort to get a few things organized. I turned my spare bedroom into a workout room...just in case anyone wants to come workout! I organized things in my computer room. It feels good to have gone through things even though there is more to do!
This is my computer room after the organizing. Can you even imagine what it looked like before?
My workout room...open for business!
A closet...organized...AHHHHH!
Our first stop was at the Oakland Temple. We flew in and out of Oakland and made sure that the temple was one of the places we visited while we were there.
We took a city tour for a few hours one day. Stopping at the Golden Gate Bridge was one of the more popular stops. We saw a lot more of this bridge but this is our first visit and one with a good picture of all of us.
Here is Michelle on one of our tour stops. The house on the far left of this picture was the house used in the filming of the T.V. show "Full House".
We took a tour out to Alcatraz. The last time I was in San Francisco, I didn't get to stop there. They have an audio tour that takes you through the prison and tells stories about the inmates. It was very informational.
This is me standing in one of the prison cells.
Having ice cream at Ghiradelli Square was one of the highlights of our trip. We enjoyed this treat a couple of times.
Michelle and I decided that we wanted to rent bikes and bike across the Golden Gate Bridge. Kristen and Tracy went to see "Wicked" and we went for a nice, casual ride! We figure we biked about 12 miles and as you can see from this picture, we could have gone a lot longer. It was something that I will always remeber doing.
Michelle celebrated hwe birthday while we were gone. Here is a photo of her opening some of the presents that came along on the trip. We visited Muir Woods and spent some time on the beach...
Yes, I guess technically I am a tree hugger...at least in the picture. This is me trying to show just how large some of the red wood trees are.
Michelle and I at the beach. We did get int the water (a little), enjoyed the view and ate some brithday cake from Trader Joe's.
Who can go to San Franciso and not ride the trolley. We were able to ride a couple of times. What an adventure!
One of the things that I really wanted to do on the trip was to go to a baseball game. We drove over to Oakland and watched the A's take on the Texas Rangers. It was a great game and the A's pulled off the win in the bottom of the 9th with 2 outs. GO A's!!!
What is a baseball game without hotdogs, nachos and a diet coke?
