This past weekend was very outdoorsy, well, as much outdoorsy as I ever do. On Saturday we went to Sunny Slope Tree Nursery to pick out trees for the backyard. It was basically one long row of different types of trees. It got to be terribly boring until I started noticing some trees had interesting leaf patterns. I came across these two trees that I absolutely had to have!
The tree on the left is the Gingko Biloba, a slow-growing tree with fan-shaped leaves. Even though our contractor warned us that the nuts "smell like poo", we decided the extra care was worth it for such an interesting tree. The next tree is my favorite, the Liquidambar Rotunda. Its gummi shaped leaves immediately reminded me of dinosaur paws, hence it has been dubbed our dinosaur tree. This tree is probably the one that worries me the most as it typically grows to be 75 ft tall. Hopefully with careful pruning and shaping we can keep the size of ths one under wraps.
After a few hours at the nursery, we ran errands around Cerritos. We stopped by Best Buy to take a look at iPad cases (I can't stand my incase) and left disappointed. We had a ridiculously sized lunch at TGI Friday's for just $20 -- an appetizer, two entrees and a 1400 calorie dessert. After that we walked it off at the mall and Target.
On Sunday my sisters came down to check out the backyard. Then we drove down to Garden Grove for some Boiling Crab. The last time I had Boiling Crab was on my birthday. The wait wasn't too bad (about 40 minutes). I've noticed that I am much more into shrimp lately than crab. After stuffing ourselves silly we spent the evening at Disneyland. I wish I used the annual pass a lot more this year but so far have only gone a total of 3 times (I think). In the 3 hours we were there we rode Tower of Terror, Toy Story Midway Mania, Captain EO, Casey Jr. Circus Train, Pinocchio and Peter Pan.
I am partially terrified at how boring this post is. I guess when you're not in the mood to write, you can't make even Disneyland sound exciting. :P
The tree on the left is the Gingko Biloba, a slow-growing tree with fan-shaped leaves. Even though our contractor warned us that the nuts "smell like poo", we decided the extra care was worth it for such an interesting tree. The next tree is my favorite, the Liquidambar Rotunda. Its gummi shaped leaves immediately reminded me of dinosaur paws, hence it has been dubbed our dinosaur tree. This tree is probably the one that worries me the most as it typically grows to be 75 ft tall. Hopefully with careful pruning and shaping we can keep the size of ths one under wraps.
After a few hours at the nursery, we ran errands around Cerritos. We stopped by Best Buy to take a look at iPad cases (I can't stand my incase) and left disappointed. We had a ridiculously sized lunch at TGI Friday's for just $20 -- an appetizer, two entrees and a 1400 calorie dessert. After that we walked it off at the mall and Target.
On Sunday my sisters came down to check out the backyard. Then we drove down to Garden Grove for some Boiling Crab. The last time I had Boiling Crab was on my birthday. The wait wasn't too bad (about 40 minutes). I've noticed that I am much more into shrimp lately than crab. After stuffing ourselves silly we spent the evening at Disneyland. I wish I used the annual pass a lot more this year but so far have only gone a total of 3 times (I think). In the 3 hours we were there we rode Tower of Terror, Toy Story Midway Mania, Captain EO, Casey Jr. Circus Train, Pinocchio and Peter Pan.
I am partially terrified at how boring this post is. I guess when you're not in the mood to write, you can't make even Disneyland sound exciting. :P
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