On the 16th Day of Christmas

On the 16th Day of Christmas, my true love and I are giddy about our:

10 Anderson San Francisco Traditions!

We are heading to Northern California on Sunday for an Anderson Christmas Vacation and we cannot wait for our annual San Francisco trip.

I love San Fran! It is a gorgeous city with so much amazing history.

Our traditions include:

1. The Japanese Tea Gardens
2. Ghirardelli Square
3. Paddle Boats in S.F. Park
4. Scoma's (delicious!!)
5. Union Square
6. Bike Rides in the park
7. Farmers Market Place
8. Food Tours
9. The Cliffhouse
10. The Botanical Gardens
    

I cannot wait! And this year, we are trying something new...a Segway tour!

I'm doing my happy dance right now...

On the 15th Day of Christmas

On the 15th Day of Christmas, my true love listened to me for:

11 hours a day! (this is an estimation...maybe)

If you don't know this...I'm a talker.

If one song describes me, my dad would say, hands-down, Toby Keith's "I Wanna Talk About Me". I can't help it. With a psychologist as a mom, you learn to vocalize your feelings and thoughts. Plus, I think I was a talkative person in my past life.

When Mike and I first started dating, Mike realized, "Wow, this girl talks alot", but since he is more of a listener...it is a match made in heaven. Now, if I'm not home to greet him and talk about my day, he gets lonely with all the quiet time.

I trained him well... Muhahaha!

Just to prove my point...this picture was taken by Mike while I was talking...

I'm a talker...and I use my hands while I speak. It's best just to embrace it. ;)

On the 14th Day of Christmas

On the 14th day of Christmas, my family blessed me with

12 Anderson Animals (9 horses, 2 dog and a kitty in a pear tree...)

I'm so sad I don't have any pictures of our animals...Bummer! But you get the idea with the picture below.

I'm so grateful for the plethora of animals we had while I was growing up. Taking care of our animals taught me so much responsibility and I really cherish the life-lessons I learned while taking care of another life.

Plus...our wrinkly dogs were so much fun to cuddle!

On the 13th Day of Christmas

I am so behind this week in my blogging. There have been a smorgasbord of holiday activities, parties and gift prepping that has totally drained my time.

But, with that said...on to my Christmas Countdown.

On the 13th day of Christmas, my true love and I counted the:

13 Appliances we LOVE!

This one is a little silly, but as newlyweds, you really appreciate appliances that make your life easier. When Mike and I were first married, we were professional dishwashers and we had to lug our clothes to a laundromat every week. Not fun.

Once we moved into our little house, our first purchase was a stack-able washer and dryer along with a dishwasher. I cannot praise these machines enough! I really took these things for granted when I was living at home. But now, I count these blessings twice! Especially since I have a husband that is 6'3 and has 20 pairs of jeans.

So, the appliances that have made my life easier are...

1. Washer
2. Dryer
3. Dishwasher
4. Portable air conditioner (a necessity in the summer in LA)
5. My Cuisinart food processor
6. Cuisinart blender
7. Gas stove (it heats so quickly)
   
8. Our awesome heater (yes, we use the heater occasionally)
9. Large fridge with a huge bottom freezer
   
10. Scentsy Wickless Candle (a house necessity)
    
11. Super Sharp Martha Stewart Knife Collection
    
12. BBQ
13. Griddle

Yay for little life helpers!