Surprise date

My boyfriend again surprised me by showing up at my house bright and early to take me on a lovely date! I almost didn't believe him because I knew he had things to do that day and wouldn't be free until around 3-4pm but I guess not!  We went to San Pedro area because I've always wanted to see the Korean friendship bell and Cabrillo Marine aquarium. On the way there the area looked really nice near the harbor went over 2 high bridges to get there nice view.

The view from the Korean friendship bell was amazing on a nice bright sunny day!  We made our way down the hill to Point Fermin Park the park has tables right next to the cliff great for picnics and watching the sunset. There is also a light house but we didn't check it out. We then headed to Cabrillo Marine aquarium parking is $1 per hour so it’s not bad. For the most part I think it’s free to get into the aquarium but it is suggested donation of $5 per person.  It’s pretty nice for a small aquarium they have a touch tank but it’s only open during a certain time not sure if it’s every hour but it’s nice, follow the blue line on the ground to get to the touch tank.  There are a couple different kinds of starfish, sea anemone, sea urchins that you can touch in the shallow side. Towards the backside of the touch tank the deeper side that you can't touch, there are different kinds of fish, sharks and I think he said an eel.  The aquarium is also located in front of the beach.

After all that we went to have lunch and started heading home didn't want to hit traffic and get stuck on the 405! We were going to get some frozen yogurt but I convinced him to let me go check out some shoes I’ve wanted to try hehehe :) but after I bought him some Italian ice to make it up for dragging him around shoe shopping.  For dinner we went to Claws Restaurant and for the first time EVER we had to wait a really long time!  I've never waited more than 10 minutes but this time from the time we got there to the time we left 3 damn hours! People that got there after us got seated before us which was ridicules! The only reason I put up with it is because my boyfriend loves this place and we barely come here because he lives so far and there isn't any restaurant of this type in his area.  Our waitress was extremely nice though so it kind of made up for it and my boyfriend was super sweet I went to the restroom to wash my hands came back and another waiter popped out of nowhere with ice cream for me. I had the most confused look on my face I didn't know my boyfriend told them it was my birthday.  So over all the surprise date was awesome even with some bumps in the road. :)

Middle Bottom Pic: biggest lobster I've ever seen!

Boyfriend moved to Victorville

My boyfriend moved to Victorville for a certain reason and I’m so bummed about it.  I guess it’s not that far but I hate driving so it feels like a billion miles away!  Not too sure when we’ll have time to see each other because he has extern at the hospital during the week and gets out at random times and I help my dad at his work place on the weekends.  That’s how we had time to see each other after I get out of work because he only lived less than 5 minutes away from my dad’s work.  BUT now he lives way over there so I can’t see him on the weekends or randomly during the week anymore.  I’m trying to keep a positive outlook on things like my boyfriend said just be positive it’ll be fine everything will work out.  Last week was extremely hard felt like the worst week of my life which it should have been one of the best because my birthday was last week. But it was just so hectic, stressful, and frustrating with my boyfriend moving and other things I don’t want to mention, I was in break down mode.

Anyways yesterday my boyfriend randomly stopped by my house to surprise me!  He is so sweet!  Brought me some flowers and we talked for a bit I didn't want to let him go when we hugged goodbye he was on his way to Victorville.  He definitely made my day just to see him even if it was for a little bit the fact that he took that extra side trip just to surprise me he’s definitely a keeper! I will eventually make my way up there one of these days.  I just hate driving by myself in the dark and it’s like what 45 minutes of driving in the dark mountains from Victorville to get to the first city?  Maybe the first couple of times I drive there I’ll ask my brother if he would be kind enough to come with me. We shall see. :)

From my lovely Boyfriend :) <3

First attempt at making Pretzels!

It was super cold the other day and it look like it was about to rain.  Craving pretzels I didn't want to drive out just to get a pretzel.  So I was wondering if I could make it but wasn't sure if I had all the ingredients. Surprisingly I did! I've never made pretzels before so I had no idea how it would turn out.  I didn't have an electric stand mixer so I used my hand mixer to help mix in the flour and the liquids together.  After it was all mix I knead the dough for a while until it was all smooth.  Anyways the result it was great! It was crunchy on the outside fluffy on the inside!  I made salt, cinnamon, and plain pretzels.  Next time I need to try and make the dough even! I can’t wait to make these again! My boyfriend loves the pepperoni ones from wetzels pretzels so in my next attempt I will be making those for him! Can’t wait!