Sad Hawkeye's...

Here we were, making plans to watch the Hawks- after all, it SAID on hawkeyesports.com that they were going to be on ABC tomorrow. There's nothing like a good Iowa football game to cure homesickness. But alas, USC apparently trumps the Hawks out here, even if they are playing Wisconsin.... Boo hoo.... at least we got to see them play at Soldier Field this year!!

Better start building an ark!

Good thing I went to the grocery store today. We only had 4 days to prepare for this most unusual weather event here in California!! Whatever will we do??? As you can see from the video- we aren't really set up for this type of weather!! :)

"And as we hike along we're gonna sing..."

Can anyone finish that song?? Justin and I went for a 9 mile hike yesterday! Since I am working very part-time right now, and Justin has not started classes yet we thought it was a good time to check out some local trails. Santa Barbara is sandwiched between the Santa Ynez mountains and the Pacific Ocean- which makes for an abundance of good hiking! We hiked to the top of Montecito Peak where we could see all of the Channel Islands and all of the Santa Barbara area. Here are a few pictures:

Let's see what this blog stuff can do!

Ok, I am a little behind the times here but even though I sometimes think blogs can seem a tad on the narcissistic side (no offense to other bloggers!) now that I live soooo far away,

I see that it can be a cool way to keep people up to date- plus, I really enjoy reading (stalking) other people's blogs!! So, let's see if I can keep this up to date!!