Weekend Trip...

This past weekend I went to Sedona with Aaron. We sorta went in a spur of the moment. We were going to go to San Francisco, but booking a flight on the day you want to leave and to return the following day proved a bit too bold of a decision, Even with flights leaving with about 2-3 hours of difference, that plan did not pan out. now, I am actually glad it didn't as we each grabbed our hastily packed  bags. One bag each only and drove to Sedona, AZ. This was Saturday afternoon, and when we got to Sedona, first thing was to find a room to stay in. That done we went to dinner at this Indian place where we ate once before, 4 years ago. That was the restaurant where my taste for Indian food began.

Next day comes...Sunday... we go to some shops in town. There was a  small farmers market, called Red Rock Springs Farmers Market. There were all sorts of salsas, jellies/jams, spices. etc. We got a bag of Churro Nuggets. They are mini crunchy churro pieces.

We gased up and the girl at the register suggested we eat lunch at the Haunted Hamburger. Later, we took a toor of this relly neat resort in Sedona and, without us mentioning it, the girl there also suggested we have lunch at Haunted Hamburger.

Haunted Hambruger is in Jerome, about 20-30 min from Sedona. So we finished our mini Sedona tour and drove to Jerome.We ate of course at the Haunted Hamburger. The place packed, the food average, the atmosphere, well if it hadn't been packed i am sure it would have been nice due to the spectacular view.  So, I had great expectations for this place, however I didn't much care for it. It is located on the edge of the mountain top with many ups and downs. Not my thing. They did have some neat little shops
We then drove back to Phoenix. There was a rainbow when we were just driving into Phoenix. Awesome gay touch by nature to the end of our mini trip. :) Hope everyone's weekend was as fantabulous as mine. :)

Here are some pics:

Nothing... just sorting pictures

So I have finally finished sorting out packets of pictures into different categories. If you read my prev post you know I have been sorting things and getting rid of stuff and in the interim I have been sorting pictures. I am glad I have digital camera, I couldn't imagine trying to sort out more pictures from the days i didn't have a digital. I do however need a new digital camera. I have a 2 year old digital that only does 3.1 MP with not a whole lot of options.

As an intro camera to digital it has worked, but I have decided my next camera will need to be able to take pics in at least 7 MP. I have been looking at different cannon models. Anyone have any suggestions?

Another thing that I have been able to do by sorting my pictures is, aside from taking many trips down memory lane, is sort out special events that I have been wanting to scrapbook. I got into scrapbooking about I think 3 years ago when in a raffle at work I won a basket of tons of sbing stuff. My first scrapbooking project was to scrapbook my friend Marlas 1 year old birthday party for her daughter. It's half way done So my first sb project half way done, with over 2 years to finish it.
Yeah I know kinda taking a long time. However the progress I did make for being my first I think is good even if slow. And now I have been able to sort out at least other events and their corresponding photos and items to go with them. About 5 projects or so. Oh, for some really neat sbing pages check out Amy's page at blogger. She has awesome sbing talent. She also takes great pictures, o yeah you should hire her for your next event, wedding, etc.

So here are some pics of the front cover of this particular scrapbook. :) Hope everyone has a good week!!!

... Updated 02/13/2010, link to Amy's blog is now http://thosecrazyschuberts.com/

Good, Long ago memories

Those of you who know me, even a little, know that I keep things for a very long time. I had forgotten about my Business Card holder. I had stowed it away during on of my moves and hadn't found it since. I have started purging things that are put away and never in use. On one of the boxes I finally found my Business card holder.

The natural thing to do was to browse through it. In it are cards from many places including the one from my very first apartment from back in 1998. Anyways, the point is in it I have one from Royal India. Of course Indian food is one of my favorite cuisines aside from Chinese and Mexican. But why is this particular restaurant of any importance you might ask? Well, Several years ago an aunt of mine was living in Seattle, Washington. I got to visit her about 3 years ago. I even have a Made In Washington Stores business card. From this store I got some really tasty smoked salmon, it came vacuum sealed and inside this really neat looking wooden box, that of course I kept.

We also got a couple of boxes with an assortment of products from the Made In Washington Store. We of course went to the obligatory visit to the space needle and the market. It was fascinating! They really do toss the fish like you have seen on TV!! There was freshness all around from the food, to the variety of miscellaneous stores. On of these stores I got these fans. I tell ya I could live in Seattle, I loved that place so much.

During the course of my visit, on the weekend, we drove to Vancouver, B.C. It was so awesome. After entering Canada we made a stop at a yard sale. My mom got a really neat looking wooden accent table with some really great craftsmanship and interestingly carved. I got this really neat vase. We drove around called a few hotels while on the road to book a night. We dropped our bags and then went to explore. So we stopped for dinner at the Royal India Restaurant in Gastown. The food delish, the atmosphere amazing, and the evening just great. The following day we took a city tour and stopped to shop in many places. We had a quaint lunch at a Mexican place called Pepita's. I didn't keep a business card from this place. I kept a pen that has their info on it. It's located on Denman Street. I also had a whole lot of fun putting in my dollars into these machines that convert it into Canadian money. I could have done that all day and been just as overjoyed as I was about the rest of the day. I get entertained so easily sometimes. So needless to say I want to go back. I want to go back to Seattle and Vancouver. Everything also was so lush and green, but of course any place is more lush and green than Arizona... Since I didn't have a digital camera back then, as soon as I get a scanner I'll be putting up some of the photos from my trip.