My hunt for the perfect blueberry muffin recipe has ended...

1 1/2 cups of flour
3/4 cup sugar
2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt

combine liquids in measuring cup:
1/3 cup oil
1 egg
fill to 1 cup of milk

cinnamon
pinch of nutmeg
1 cup blueberries (or cranberries in the Fall)
1/2 cup of shredded zucchini

bake at 425 for 20-25 minutes

I did declare....

That I would not leave the house anymore until the sun actually started putting out some heat. It is not natural to wear multiple layers to bed and still be cold! Although it seemed to last forever, winter did decide to move on....except now it's "cool and wet".  I suppose I do vaguely remember raining seasons from my D.F. days, but that was a much younger, more...carefree (?) me.

Happy birthday to my little bear!

Team Allen celebrates! 

39 weeks and ready to pop!

On the way to the hospital :)

I remember when 30 was old...

Last year I turned 30 in Big Bear...

Gema, Coop, me and Gina

At 9 months pregnant, this year was a little more low key...

   

How do Base Dwellers do it??

Here are a few issues that I have with spending a lot of time on base.

1. The beauty salon doesn't make you beautiful.

In a moment of desperation, I made an appointment to have my brows "cleaned up" at the base beauty salon. Big mistake! How I managed to leave the salon without having a complete meltdown is beyond my understanding!! It must have been shock that got me from the scene of the crime to my car. I mean, really, how did my normally well groomed brows become 2 very ugly, very crooked, squiggly lines?!! There isn't even a language barrier that I can blame! I should have known something wasn't right when she asked me if I ever use a brow pencil. "Wait...what??"

2. You will often see a lot of the same faces, but you will CERTAINLY run into friends and acquaintances on the days when you fail to put yourself together.

In my defense, it's not easy to get a toddler out of the house (in a timely manner) and occasionally I have to throw on whatever is convenient to speed things up. Unfortunately, convenience has its price. For me, convenience means that I will most likely appear to have gotten dressed in the dark...during a wind storm...with one eye shut...and the other one squinting. Not good.

3. I randomly pick up things from the Exchange/Commissary that I don't need just to pass the time.

4. Most of the food places are down right terrible so your best bet tends to be Chili's. This is actually a good and bad thing because sometimes a girl really doesn't mind a nice buffalo chicken salad. However, as a good eater, having a few food more (convenient) options would nice....

Somebody pinch me!

Since the world didn't end at the stroke of midnight on January 1, I have plans to make and places to see! Right now we're in a holding pattern while we figure out when Allen 3.0 is planning on joining the team, but once he's here, the sky's the limit! We'll be back in Cali in September for Serene-ster's wedding! Can't wait to sink my teeth into some Pasquales! Mmmmmm.......