Just another day at the office

So today we had a bit of excitement at work, okay so it was alot of excitement. We spent the entire morning closing out a deal that we have been working on for over two weeks. The job was for  the California Transportation Department or Cal Trans as we call it at work. Our bid had to be out at 9am this morning, the people we were bidding to had to have theirs in to the job owners at two pm. I found out that with these kinds of bids if you are even 10 seconds late they won't take your bid. We bid to seven of the eight bidders vying for the job. At 2pm we were all anxiously waiting to hear if our bid had been accepted. When the bidding time closes the sealed bid packages are opened one at a time and the total sum is read out loud to all waiting. The lowest bid wins. One of my co-workers was there so we could know the verdict as soona s it was announced and guess what... WE GOT IT!!! We were so excited!

We bid on the landscaping and erosion control and with jsut those two things we got the job for the healthy sum of $7.5 million, whew! That brought out monthy total up to almost $12 million, that's twice as much as they have ever made in a single month before, the largest before was $6 million in April of 2006. We get to have a pizza party in celebration and the teo guys who did the estimating on landscaping and erosion control got a day off, compliments of the boss man himself in appreciation for a job well done and in recognition of the long hours they both put into the job!

One cool thing about this job was that I did the take off for it, so in a way I helped get the job. That's pretty cool to be able to say that I helped bring in one of the largest jobs Marina had ever bid on!

Last night my roomate Nacolynn and I went to Yogurtland with our friend Austin. It was really good. It was cool because they figure price based on the ounces of stuff in your cup. They had about 20 diffrent flavors and you could put as many or as few in your cup as you want, You also get to chose your own toppings if you want them. I had pistacio, tart blackberry and cheesecake with blackberries and gummy worms on top!

Spooky Good Fun

On saturday there was a spider infestation that occured in our apartment, they attacked everything and left a mess of webs in their wake. Okay so no spiders attacked but it sure does look like it. Nacolynn and I had a Halloween party, Sarah Dawn missed it as she was out of town. While Nacolynn mixed up a yummy batch of cupcakes I set myself to imitating a spider and covered everything with spiderwebs. I think it turned out well. We had a bunch of friends over from the ward and watched an old movie called the "Monster Squad" it was pretty cute! We had a pretty big group show up, all the seats were taken as was most of the floor space. After the movie we sat and talked late into the night. It was almost 2am when I finally poured myself into bed, and boy was I ready to be in bed.

Our guests were greeted at the door with the sight of two tombstones that Naco bought for 50 cents.

Sarah Dawns piller looks spooky with cobwebs!A cobweb table cloth sets just the right mood!!!           Even Mr. Potato Head got into the Halloween spirit.

Bewitching treats to be shared by all sat on the chest in the living room for everyone to share, there was candy, popcorn, cupcakes and cookies... YUMMY!!!

Counting Down the Days

So I will only be in California for about 28 more days and then it's back to Idaho. I am excited yet slightly sad, I'll miss my roomates who have been by far two of the best roomates I've ever had and I'll miss them. My dad is flying down on the 18th so drive back home with me. It'll be fun to go on a road trip with my Daddy! We are going to stop and see my Grandma and Grandpa Pond on our way home, I'm really excited to see them and glad that I don't have to wait till the spring when they come home. Hopefully I can figure out how I got all my stuff in the car in the first place, it could be interesting becasue I had my little car stuffed as full as it would go!

A little Obsessed

Okay so this past week I'm afraid I heave been a little single minded, all I've been able to think about was Disneyland and how bad I wanted to go back so.... I bought a season pass yesterday. So I know your probably thinking "what are you going to do with a season pass when you are moving back to Idaho in a month?" I asked myself the same queastion and the answer is that I am going to go after  work a couple times a week. I know where I can park for free that is close to the park, I work 10 minutes from the park so it's close and I won't have to deal with 5 oclock traffic- yeah!!! Plus it ended up costing me only $47.00 so It's completly affordable and  even if I only go once a week it will be worth it! So I can now officially say I am a season pass carring member of Disneyland and I am super excited!!!

I went and visited Toon Town as I hadn't gotten to see it the first time I went. It was fun walking through Mickey and Minnie's houses. I also went and found Pixie Hollow and I suggest that if you ever take a little girl to Disneyland you have got to check it out, because she'd love it! I found out, quite by accident that at night they have a light show which was really fun to watch, I took some pictures, but they don't do it justice.

DISNEYLAND!!!

I had the best weekend ever! A group of us went to Disneyland on saturday, we arrived at 8 am when they opened the gates and didn't leave till 10pm after the fireworks. My favorite rides were the Tower of Terror and Indian Jones. I bought the Tower of Terror DVD as my suvenier, I also got a Tinkerbelle Tiara. I was an excited ball of energy all day long!

We went on all the good rides and only stopped to eat, that and to stand in lines. Most of the lines were 30-50 minutes wait but it was worth it! We got park hopper passes so we could go from Disneyland to California Adventures and back again. The Screamin' roller coaster was a blast and  I was screaming almost the whole time. We went on a ride that shoots you up into the sky, I can't remember what it's called but it was funny because four of the five in our group got on. As we were sitting there all straped in we began wondering who's idea it was to go on that ride and we realized it was the guy who wasn't sitting strapped into the seat aboput to go rocketing up the pole, go figure!

The last ride we went on was Grizzly River Run. I got SO WET! The guy next to me also got soaked, we decided that it was because there was an empty seat on the opposite side so we kept getting all the drops and rapids on our side of the raft. Luckily it was warm out still, even though the sun was setting so I mostly got dry.

By the end of the day we were all getting pretty tuckered out!

There was also a great parade with all the Pixar Characters. I loved it! I was like a kid in a candy shop! I can hardly wait till I get to go back. Perhaps I'll splurge and go just before I go home so I can see the christmas decorations!

The fireworks were great, they had a special halloween show, it was amazing!

Here are the pictures of the Disney Characters that I caught a picture of, I couldn't get any closer due to the throngs of little kids.

Being that I am a student of Landscape design I couldn't help but take pictures of some of the cool things they had designed. Here are some of my favorites.

I LOVE DISNEYLAND!!!