"Warm my heart"

 Funny, random things that you never think about when moving to a warmer climate: random landscape workers waking up your sleeping children at 7 am with a really loud leaf-blower; and going to a park where you are the ONLY stay-at-home mom surrounded by nannies. Don't get me wrong, I could do without the gardeners (and we will, RK & I will do our lawn maintenance) but I had a really nice time with the 3 nannies. They included Buck and Thunder in all the games, gave them snacks when all the other kids were eating and asked me about 100 times if I needed a nanny for my "3 kids - so many children!" I did fall platonically in love with one of the women named Isabel. She was so nice and we talked for 2 hours about how much she loves her little charge. The 18 month old's mom does not work outside the home (or in it, seems like), but she did just take a 2 week vacation to Mexico while Isabel stayed home with the kids. I laughed and said, "I'd like to see my husband's reaction to that if I asked him." I was devastated when I didn't see the boys for 10 days of my bed rest! People are different, that's for sure. California is different now that we have a family!

On practical notes, escrow closes on our house on March 25th and then renovation work will begin our our house. I'm having a difficult time figuring out what to do with finishes, etc. The problem is, RKZ and I are pretty simple in what we like. Honestly, we just want everything to work and look nice and go together. We are more particular about a party/beer fridge in the garage than our entire kitchen! I'm including this picture of the kitchen above because RKZ and I both agreed on it and I can use it on my cell phone to look for things. Does it seem a bit pretentious for us? Am I pretentious now? 

This is a picture of a truck with a driver who shares my sentiments exactly: I hate the 91 freeway. Around March 23, we will be moving to a NEW rental house in Santa Ana (5 mins from Disneyland). I will not drive on the 91 again except to get to Las Vegas or Reno or to go on some awesome vacation.
Lastly, looks like we will be getting our truck back in 4 weeks - YEAH!