Meet Sandy!

So this is Sandy, the newest addition to our happy family. We adopted her from the Silicon Valley Humane Society on August 17. She is about 2 years old and they told us that she is a West Highland Terrier mix. At first she was a little shy but now she is as sweet as can be and we love having her. She isn't as hyper as your typical terrier which is good for Jon and I. She doesn't play fetch to Jon's dismay, but she is very lovable and we love having her! Here are some pictures of her!

This is right before her first bath. She was not too thrilled about it, but she was a trooper!
Check out the styling harness! She's so fashionable!

So that is Sandy. You should come visit us cause she wants to meet you!!

Always bring a jacket!

Jon and I decided to take a mini road trip today so we headed down to Monterey. The drive was beautiful and it was really nice to get out of the house. On the way we stopped at a roadside market and bought some pistachios and corn nuts yum! Unfortunately, this is when I realized that I had totally overestimated how hot it would be by the coast. It was in the upper 90's in San Jose when we left so silly me wore a skirt and a tank top. When we got to Monterey it was chilly to say the least. Luckily for me my chivalrous husband bought me a sweatshirt so I wouldn't freeze to death.

We grabbed a bit to eat on the Fisherman's Wharf and took a little stroll. Jon tried clam chowder from every restaurant on the wharf.






This was the awesome house boat we saw while we were there and based on the cost of houses out here this might be Jon and I's only hope of owning a home!





After we left the Fisherman's Wharf we headed to 17 Mile Drive. It was a beautiful drive. Unfortunately it was a pretty foggy day so our pictures did not come out all that great.
This is me in front of The Lone Cyprus. This is apparently one of the most photographed spots in the country.

The houses on 17 Mile Drive we ridiculous! The were all huge and gorgeous. We drove by one house that was for sale so out of curiosity I took one of the fliers. It was listed at $16,900,000.00! It was one of the smaller homes and definitely built in the seventies. It was insane!!!
Our last stop was at the Pebble Beach Golf Course which was beautiful! Everything was so amazingly green and the flowers were so bright and lovely. Over all it was a perfect Sunday! Jon and I had a great time and it was really relaxing. Best of all when we finally made it home Sandy had not destroyed our apartment.

Well Jon just pulled our home made pizza out of the oven so I better go! Til next time!

And so it begins!

So I have officially become a blogger! Now you can read about all the our fun filled days in San Jose. We are pretty close to being completely settled in here and have purchased almost all of our furniture. The apartment is looking pretty cute if I do say so myself, but it isn't quite finished yet. Here are some pictures of the apartment.




This right by the front door. We have the awesome print that Amanda made for us hanging there. Love it!

Here is our rather tiny kitchen. It is small but it gets the job done and I have managed to find a place for everything.

Our kitchen table!

The living room and our blue wall!

The guest bedroom. My favorite room!

The loft. Where I do my crafting (hopefully work too) and Jon does his work/video games.

Our bedroom. This room needs the most work.


I will be sure to post more pictures as things change. Well this is probably long enough for my first blog, but I will post again soon!