Turning 30

Here are some pics from my 30th birthday party. So much fun! I got to bed around 5AM.

As promised...

Wine-ing

Haven't posted in a while, so I just thought I'd give a quick update. The house hunting is losing steam. I love my current apartment, and I'm leaning heavily towards staying there and paying off some of my debt instead of acquiring more.

We had an offsite for work last Friday in the Santa Ynez Valley--wine tasting! For those of you who have seen "Sideways," you would have recognized a lot of what we saw. For those of you who watch "The Bachelor," you would have recognized our tourguide at the Firestone winery. Overall, it was a fun day. Lots of beautiful scenery, getting paid to go drink wine with my co-workers, etc. I have to say that I am actually less of a fan of wine after the trip, though. I probably tasted 15 or so different wines and didn't like any of them enough to buy a bottle. Apparently, my tastes are far removed from those of the wine aficionados. I did learn some interesting things about wine making, though. I also learned that my palate is unable to distinguish most of the flavors people claim are in their wines. My criteria is much more prosaic--I either like it or I don't. My favorite part of the trip, I think, was tasting the grapes fresh off of the vine.

My parents sent me a digital camera for my birthday, so I can finally start including more pictures in my blog. Even though it arrived before my birthday (Saturday), it was a few days late to give you guys pictures of the wine tasting trip. Expect some pictures of my gorgeous drive to work and my dog dressed up for Halloween, though.

Finally, I'm having a big 3-0 birthday bash on Saturday. Should be fun. I will document with pictures.

Oh yeah, and Go SAINTS!