Today Begins Year Three!

Yesterday Michael and I celebrated our Two Year Anniversary!! Woohoo!! And what exciting years they have been. Our sleeping schedules were a little out of wack, so after sleeping during my night off on Monday, I got up at 4am, but Michael wasn't able to fall asleep until that time, so I got on Pinterest and looked up ideas for a Vow Renewal. Michael said he would be fine with that for our Ten Year Anniversary, as long as it's not too expensive ~ so May 2021, mark your calendars!

I didn't even see my little gifts until I went into the kitchen to get my left over cobb salad. (Oh, we went to Hook Burgers for dinner the night before. It was really good and I liked the environment. I had not been there before, but Michael went earlier this week when Christopher was in town with his friend, Zack.) My sweet prince bought me these beautiful flowers- he feels that a variety is prettier, but still added a few tulips added into the mix for me, plus Reese's cups and a pack of white cardstock, which I have been asking for recently to print out all of my Project Life freebie PDF files!

Two years!! (not a peace sign this time)

Michael woke up at 2pm, he got ready then we had lunch at Portos before going hiking. We went on new trails, including a thin "off roading" path, where I stayed on alert in case it led us into a mountain lion cave! And since it had rained on Monday, the view of the city was amazing and clear and wonderful. Michael forgot to bring his phone though, so we didn't get a picture. But we went home and changed into nice clothes for our dinner date at Malbec, in Toluca Lake. Although I did not talk to her, the night gained an extra awesome star when I saw Ashley Tisdale (an actress and singer that I like a lot) and her boyfriend walked in for their own date, halfway through our meal!! 

 The celebrity sighting story goes: Michael was talking to me and, as I am big on people watching, I glanced over every time the door open, before focusing back on my husband. At one point I guess my jaw dropped a little bit, or my eyes widened, and I definitely didn't focus back, because Michael stopped his story and asked, "What?" In a fast whisper I told him, "Ashleytisdalejustwalkedinwithherboyfriend."

"What?" he asked me again. My eyes kept following one my favorite celebrities as her and her boyfriend, Chris French- also a singer, from a rock band I am not familiar with, sat down at a table on the other side of the room, but in a position where I could still see them behind Michael. I leaned over so Michael could hear me. "Ashley Tisdale.. just walked in.. with her boyfriend.. They just sat down.. right over there." I nodded my head in their direction. 

"So what?" He shrugged. I was in disbelief, but I've always been star struck, not that I've ever seen more than a couple celebrities in my life. Shia LaBeouf being one of them, when I got to be an extra in a movie he was in 2003! That was before Transformers when he really became famous. "So what!? You know I listen to her songs all the time." Michael was ready to leave, but I asked if we could stay for a few more minutes so I could watch her like a stalker. He waited patiently. I didn't have a camera or anything to be extra stalkery, so I had to let the live visual memory soak into my mind forever. Although, by the time we left I couldn't remember what she was wearing, but I keep wanting to say she had on a jean jacket with her blonde hair in a high ponytail? 

It wasn't the most random surprise in the whole world that she was there- it's not like we were having dinner in Birmingham, AL or Gainesville, FL where our parents live. I knew she lived in Toluca Lake, from fan site paparazzi photos. But this morning I didn't see any paparazzi photos outside of Malbec.

After dinner Michael and I went home, so I could change again before going to the AMC theater in Burbank for Iron Man 3. It was a really great anniversary with good conversations. ♥

Here are a few photos from our special day in 2011, by Christina ~

Silly side note ~ This morning I was woken by the lady from the school making her usual loud "warning" announcements. Sometimes I actually listen to what she tells the elementary kids and today, she kept reinforcing how important it is not to take candy or food from strangers, even if it's free. "Remember what happened to Snow White?!"

**All photos 95% edited using Pixlr. I love those colorful chemical overlays.