Five Things for Friday
1. We had the best time in Carmel this weekend with my sister Nicole and her husband Ken! We couldn’t have asked for better weather, 65 degrees and sunny. Fall is the best time to visit the Northern California coast. We ate lots of delicious food, and drank some great wine. After going to Carmel for so many years, I can’t believe I never knew how many tasting rooms they have there! A must do if you go visit.
2. When we got back on Sunday, Shawn’s cousin Ashley asked us if we wanted to come over for some wine and dinner. A night off from cooking after a vacation? Yes please! It turned in to a nice little party, with Shawn’s brothers and sister in law coming, our cousin Amy, Shawn’s parents, and Uncle and Aunt. Was a fun night! We’re lucky to live within a few minutes of so much family.
3. On Wednesday my mom, sister and I went into San Francisco for Andy Cohen’s book tour. The 3 of us are *obsessed* with Bravo TV, and of course love Andy Cohen. We went out to dinner before hand, then headed to the Castro Theater for the show. He did a 1 on 1 interview with Rashida Jones for an hour, then stayed and signed everyones book. They make the line move fast, so we only had about 1 second with him. We were able to quickly snap this “bad, but better than no picture at all!” selfie with Andy. He is just the best!
4. I have been a photo editing fool this week! On Sunday afternoon I did 2 holiday photo portrait sessions, finished editing those and delivered them. Then I finished editing my last wedding of the year! Woo hoo! So nice having all of them “turned in”. What am I going to do with all of this free time now? Probably watch Real Housewives, ha!
5. I normally buy a big 50 pound bag of wild bird seed at Costco that we use to feed the wild turkeys that pass by our house. This week, Costco wasn’t carrying that bird seed, but instead had organic chicken feed. I figured turkeys are basically big chickens, so they should love the chicken feed. Nope! They won’t touch it! And now I have a huge bag of chicken feed and no use for it. Talk about first world problems, *wink*.
22 Comments on “Five Things for Friday”
Hahaha love that last point!! Turkeys won’t eat chicken food!! Intelligent animal, I suppose huh??!!
You can return anything to costco, even without the receipt, as long as there is at least 50% of the product left! :)
Sounds like great times. You and your sis look so much alike. And that pic of your mom in it is so nice. Happy Thanksgiving friend.
Sounds like you had yet another cool week, Natalie. I know what you mean about living so close to family. I’ve been living abroad for years and have just come back home – really enjoying being 5 mins from family!
P.S. You’re close to SF? Jealous!! ;-)
You’ve been a busy girl, Natalie! Your visit to Carmel sounded so nice, and nights off for dinner and wine are always exciting. :) That’s so hilarious about the chicken feed! Why do those turkeys have to be so picky?
sounds like you had such a great time with your family! good job on getting your photos in! I just finished some newborn session photos and felt a little proud and very relieved.
Your turkeys are very picky!! What are you gonna do with all that chicken feed??lol
LOL Natalie!!!! Those ungrateful turkeys!!! You crack me up
You guys always look like you have so much fun!! Carmel looks lovely!! :)
I love Carmel! I was just down there a few weeks ago for a wine/blogging thing. It was so, so lovely!
Picky turkeys? What is up with that? And you all look fabulous in that photo, poor Andy, though….
You guys always seem to have so much fun! Can I please come hang out and drink wine with you?! I love Andy Cohen!! He is awesome and that is so cool that you got to go see him :) I always love reading these posts from you!
Sounds like you’ve been having so much fun! I want to plan a trip to Carmel now!
Ha! Love the bird seed story! Looks like you had an amazing week :)
Your weekend looks like it was a blast! Love how much fun you have with your family :) Yay for getting all the photo editing done for the year too! Have a great weekend and enjoy all the extra time!
Reading these posts always make me so sad that I don’t live near my family! You always look like you enjoy your family time so very much! :)
Uhh who knew there was a difference between wild bird and chicken seed?? I would definitely be in your boat too. I *love* Bravo, too!! So cool you got to go to his book signing. Enjoy your weekend, friend! (and all that extra time to watch Real Housewives!) :)
Nat, love all the pictures! Sounds like you had an awesome weekend. It is wonderful to be able to live close to your family because we always have things to do ;-) I am having busy days here in Brazil too!!
Hope you have a great weekend ;-)
Your weekend sounds like it was a total blast, Nat! Glad to hear that y’all had a great time. :) P.S. I will take your 65F degrees in heartbeat and you can have our 20F degrees, sound good?! LOL. Have an awesome weekend, friend!
I guess it’s time to get some chickens and a chicken coop. *wink*
I really hope to visit Carmel some day. Sounds beautiful. Glad you had a great time away!
Yay for photos/shooting being over for the year. Enjoy some free time lady. You deserve it!
Sounds like you had a great weekend, Natalie! I wish I was in 65 degree weather right now. And that’s so funny that the wild turkeys wouldn’t touch that bird seed. Go figure! Have a good weekend, friend!