Locks of Love

I've donated my hair to Locks of Love twice before.  Locks of Love is an organization accepting donations of hair (it used to be 10 inches minimum, not sure if it's still the same) to make wigs for people with going through chemo and losing their hair.  Awesome organization!  Today, I decided to chop my locks once again and donate them.  It was incredibly scary, but almost exhilarating, like shedding a skin.  I went to Sole Salon in Emeryville (it's an Aveda salon) and they are awesome!  Today I had a lovely hairdresser named Sophia and she was fabulous!  She was so game not only to cut my hair, but to take tons of pictures for the blog.  Thanks Sophia!

Here's the before:

And here's after she cut it:

Ahh!!  Where'd it all go??  The reason the ends are longer is because I got a slight bob situation. Here's the donation:

Someone's getting a lot of locks of love!  Here's the mess I made:

It's everywhere!!!
 Anyway, here's the final result:

Man, I look tired!  So, she did a layered, slightly bobbed thing with some bangs, then she styled it with a beachy curl.  The curl is starting to come out already:

It's definitely gonna take a lot of getting used to, but it'll be easier to take care of on the road and now someone else can have a head full of hair as well.  It's a win-win!
If you can, donate to Locks of Love!  Also, if you're getting a haircut, go to Sophia at Sole Salon (it was only $55).
OMG I just cut all my hair off!  AAHHHHHHH!!!!!!

Travel First Aid Kit

I read a few articles about what to put in a travel first aid kit, so I'll tell you what I think is important.  If you're traveling and staying in an apartment/hostel, I think it could be important to make a small kit and take it with you.  At most hotels, I'm pretty sure they could provide you with most of this should the need arise, but it might still be a good idea to have your own, just in case.

Here's what we got at Target:

Some of this isn't necessarily for the first aid kit, but I'll list it all anyway.  We've got gum (for stank plane breath), Neutrogena face wipes (good for the plane also), contact lens cases, dryer sheets (I heard you should put a sheet in your luggage to keep your clothes smelling fresh, so I'm gonna try it), Dayquil, generic Benadryl, contact lens solution, tiny deodorant, toothbrushes, toothbrush holders, an AUX cable plug splitter thingy (so we could both plug our headphones into the same device), Neosporin, a digital thermometer and generic Claritin (Aaron gets seasonal allergies).

*Sidenote: When shopping generics, always check to make sure the active ingredients, dosages and side effects are the same as the brand name (they pretty much always are).  I have never had an issue taking a generic medication and I usually save a lot of money.  People who say generics are of inferior quality to brand name drugs are wrong.  It's simply a marketing thing.  Brand named drugs are patented, marketed and advertised costing a lot of money, therefore they have to charge you a lot of money to buy them.  Generics aren't advertised, therefore don't cost as much to sell.  I know it's slightly more complicated than that, but the bottom line is generics are fine.  Don't be a snob and a dummy.

Then I went to Walgreens and got:

Salonpas for muscle pain (works great!), bug bite cream, burn pads (for actual fire burns) and Aloe Vera gel (for sunburns...the only mini sized ones were fruit flavors).

So as far as medicines, obviously bring your personal prescriptions, including your anti-diarrhea meds, altitude pills and Malaria (if you need it).  Bring allergy pills (you never know how the weather/climate will affect your allergies), bring Benadryl for allergic reactions (again you never know what you could be allergic to), bring cold meds, antacids (Tums) and pain meds (Ibuprofen, aspirin, Aleve, pick your poison).  I also want to get a multi-vitamin of some kind, but we'll see.
As far as first aid stuff I'm bringing tons of band-aids, bandages and maybe even some gauze.  Also Neosporin, Bactine, hand sanitizer and anti-bacterial wipes.  Sunscreen is a must.  Burn cream and Aloe Vera gel (for sunburns) also would be good.  We got a thermometer because you want to know if your're getting a fever (good indicator that you caught something), batteries for whatever you need them for, tweezers, small scissors, safety pins, paperclips and duct tape (just good to have).

Let's get serious about mosquitoes for a sec:  they are NO JOKE!  You can catch so many diseases from mosquitoes, so avoid bites (and of course, get vaccinated) at all costs.  Make sure you have a mosquito repellent with at least 20% DEET to put on your skin every day (no need to go super high on the DEET percentage because I've heard it isn't more effective and can really dry you skin, maybe stick to between 20-30%).  Also get a spray with permethrin for your clothes (NOT your skin).  You can give your clothes and sheets a good spray and that will last about 6 weeks (or 6 washes) on average.  You definitely want to do BOTH DEET and permethrin and stay on top of it!  Don't slack on this because it could save your life.  I know that sounds dramatic, but it's true!  Also, get a bed net, if you keep windows open at night or if bugs can get into your room, and wear long-sleeves and pants when hiking or trekking through the jungle.

This would be a pretty extensive first aid kit.  I'm not saying you need ALL this stuff, but pick and choose based on where you're going and what the conditions are.  Obviously if you're camping or climbing a mountain or something, this is not the list for you.  I wouldn't even know where to begin!  Oh yea, and good luck with that!
Some of these things we're buying now and others we will find when we get to Costa Rica.  Since we're not planning on checking ANY bags, we have to be a little more frugal with our liquids/creams/gels.  Having said that, all the stuff on this list will be purchased at some point, since I'm somewhat of a hypochondriac.  Better to be safe than sorry!

First thing I did was remove all the packaging (takes up way too much space):

Maybe tear the instructions/ingredient list off the back if you really need it, but don't keep the entire box.  It's a huge waste of space.  That gigantic box on the left held that tiny tube next to it.  Dumb!  Anyway, here's my first aid kit:

I used the travel bag my mom got us for Christmas.  At the very top, I've got the Ibuprofen, Benadryl and Claritin.  On the far left, I've got the burn pads and the Salonpas patches for muscle pain.  In the pouches in the center, I put our Dayquil and  antibacterial wipes.  Under that are all my bandaids and bandages.  On the right, I found a pouch for all my Eos chapsticks (I know that has nothing to do with first aid, sorry).  On the far right, I've got my thermometer and tiny nail kit (tweezers, small scissors, nail clippers and files).  All the liquids (Aloe Vera, Neosporin, hand sanitizer and bug bite cream have to go in my quart-sized Ziplock bag).  After clearing airport security, I'll move my chapsticks and put the liquids in that pouch.

I'm pretty proud of my first aid kit.  I'm obviously hoping we never have to use it, but I know if the need arises, we'll be really glad to have it.  If traveling anywhere, think about making one (it can be WAY smaller).  You can even buy one already put together, but they're pretty expensive and don't seem to come with enough stuff.  I'm the more is more type, so I want enough band-aids to cover my entire body, just in case.  Not to say, I can't buy all this stuff once we get there, but they might not have what we're used to and it might be more expensive.  Plus, who wants to shop for a first aid kit while on vacation?  I sure don't!  This would even be great just to have around the house.  Get started on your first aid kit today!

Rentals

When looking for a rental (in or outside of the U.S.), there are many websites you can use.  The ones I like are VRBO and AIRBNB.  I personally like Airbnb a bit better, but I use both just to compare and contrast.  I know there are many other good ones as well, like Flipkey and Home Away.  Lots of them have the same listings, so it can get redundant, but it's worth checking them all out to find the best place for the best price.  You can look at maps and pick a place based on location, or you can type in a city and plug in all your preferences and pick from that.

We're going for cheap, but close to the beach/downtown (since we'll have no car).  Turns out, we're booking pretty late (hello it's for MONDAY!) and the pickings were getting slim.  We ended up booking this one, which is cheap, but a bit far from the beach (about 7-10 minute walk).

We're staying in a city called Jaco, which is relatively large for a beach city and pretty modern and touristy.  Many would argue that Jaco isn't the place to go to get the full Costa Rican experience because it's so commercial now, but I think that'll be a great place to start our journey.  It'll be a way to really ease our way into a life of travel and living outside of the U.S.  It will be Costa Rica, but with some of the comforts we're used to.  We booked this apartment for one month, and if we like it we can book for April as well.  You definitely get a cheaper rate the longer your stay.  The price for one week almost matches the price for one month!  The price for two months was even lower, but we like keeping our options open, just in case we can find something more beach-front in April.

Our apartment comes fully furnished with everything we'll need.  It's super tiny, but it'll be perfect for the two of us.  It has air conditioning, internet, kitchen and a washer/dryer (all on our priorities list).  Since we're staying a month, we're required to pay the electric bill (most of the rentals do this) and it can be anywhere from $30 to $300 depending on how much we use the air conditioning (which will probably be A LOT).  We've been in contact with the owner through Airbnb and he seems super nice.  You pay ahead of time, but the websites pretty much ensure everything is legit.  I'm not too worried about it (I have too much other stuff to worry about).  For this apartment for 31 days, we paid $801.  Not bad, huh?  It was one of the cheapest we found, somewhat close to the beach.  It'll be very basic, but I'm sure it'll be just fine for us.  Can't wait to see it in person!

Thursday Night Dinner

For about 8 years now, I've had a standing Thursday night dinner date at my best friend, Ashley's house.  It's changed a bit since we were in our early 20's, as now she has a child, but it's still like my second family and my second home.  Ashley and I are besties for life.  I was maid of honor at her wedding, I was in the hospital for the birth of baby Theo and we've had dinner a million Thursdays in between.  Tonight we had our last Thursday night dinner for an entire year.  It was seriously bizarre, but we held it together for as long as we could.  We ended up holding each other for about 40 minutes on the couch and then saying goodbye in the freezing cold for another 10.

To stay in touch, we decided to make our own private iCloud Shared Album and post a picture to each other every day.  If you have an iPhone, the iCloud shared albums are pretty awesome.  You can take pictures, make albums and invite whoever you want.  Every time you add to that album, everyone you've invited sees the pictures/captions.  The others in the album can also add pictures/captions as well.  Pretty nifty way to share pictures seamlessly.

I got Theo (who's one and a half) a going away present:

It's some sort of jungle slide thing with a crank and swings and blocks.  It took Ashley and I awhile to put together and we even needed a screwdriver at one point.  They really don't make it easy, do they?  I had really bad Ikea-desk-in-college flashbacks.  Not to mention, on the box they had a bunch of different animals playing on the jungle slide.  However, when I finally read the fine print, it stated only one animal came in the box and the other were purchased separately.  WTF???  Not cool, V-Tech!  Not sure if I'll be buying anything V-Tech again because that was super shady!

Ashley, Kevin, Theo: love you guys and I'll catch you on the Cloud!

Recreate Wednesday! I'm starting a trend!

Yesterday I had a lovely lunch with my dear friend, Mike.  We went to a restaurant in Pinole called Tina's Place.  If you haven't been it's really yummy and always packed!  Of course, Mike ONLY ordered a side salad, which makes me crazy and will be a bone of contention for the rest of our lives!
Mike is the very first person I told about Aaron's crazy idea to travel around the world.  I'll never forget it.  I went to work and told him what Aaron had said and I laughed and said "Isn't that crazy?" and Mike looked at me completely seriously and said it sounded awesome and we should do it.  About 8 months later, here we are.  Mike has been my sounding board through it all and super excited for us every step of the way.  Thanks Mike, you're the best!

After lunch, I dragged Aaron to the Travel Clinic with me, where I got my VERY LAST SHOT (at least for the next 6 months)!  YAY!  I was so elated, I can't even tell you.  The shot was Yellow Fever, which burned like a mother, but I was so happy to be done, I barely even felt it (yea right, it was horrible!).

Then Aaron dragged me to Dick's Sporting Goods, to which we have never been and to which we will NEVER go again!  Can I just say I have never been in a store that is more of a rip-off in my life!  Never buy anything there because I guarantee you can find it somewhere, ANYWHERE else cheaper.  It just made me mad that a store like that even existed.  EWW!  Go away, Dick!

That night, we went to Aaron's dad, Tim's house for dinner (spaghetti, delish!).  It was really nice to hang out with the family one last time (including Tim's wife, Janice and Aaron's little sister, Timara).  While we were there, I saw an old picture of Aaron and Timara, which of course I took a picture of and then had the bright idea to recreate.  Have you seen those around lately?  Where people recreate old photos?  Well, you should DO IT because it was hilarious and adorable!  Here's the first picture we did (keep in mind these pictures are almost 10 years apart):

Isn't it just the cutest??  Sometimes people even try to wear the same outfits as the first picture, which would have taken it to another level, but we didn't have that kinda time.  Next we had Andrew step up:

OMG isn't it crazy how time flies???  Here's another one of Aaron:

He had to stand on a stool to appear taller than her!  She's getting so big!  It's even nostalgic for me because I've known her for 5 years now, and even since then she's totally different.  I wish I could just stop time until we get back, I don't think I'll be able to cope with having her grow without us here.  Anyway, we love you guys and will miss you lots!  

HOMEWORK:  Find some old photos and do recreations.  They are so super fun and it's really interesting (yet, maybe slightly depressing) to see how you've grown and changed.  

EXTRA CREDIT:  Try to duplicate your outfits, if you can.  It'll just take it over the top!

Framily

The other night we had dinner with my great friend, Willie.  I forgot to take a picture, so here's an old picture of a dinner we had last month with our other dear friend, Mike:

Yup, I did a selfie (I am definitely my mother's daughter).  Willie is on the left and Mike on the right.  Anyway, we went to a yummy Italian restaurant and although I forgot to take any pictures of Willie, I did remember to take a picture of my food:

It was a seafood platter with scallops, shrimp and squid...omg fantastic!

Yesterday, we went to lunch with my best friend, Melissa.  Melissa and I have been through it all together and have come out the other side burned and scarred, yet still love each other to the fullest.  We can go for awhile without seeing each other, but when we do, it's just family.  There's a comfort level between us that's just gross and uncanny.  Here she is with her daughter, Bianca:

Adorable (even with bean on her face...like mother, like daughter)!!  

Then we went to dinner with our dear friend, Racquel, which was super fun!  She's super busy and totally made time to see us, which was so sweet!  Again, I forgot to take a picture, so here's a picture of Racquel from Jessica's baby shower:

I'm really gonna miss all these people whose geographical proximity I just took for granted all this time.  Just knowing you can call/text someone is comforting, even if you never end up actually making a move.  Don't wait to make that move until it's too late.  Make that move now!  Call that person you think about calling, but are embarrassed because so much time has passed.  Or the person you forgot why you fought with.  It's so worth it!  I'm warm and fuzzy all over.

I just have to end with this.  My mom is throwing a party tonight for our housekeeper/friend/all-around awesome lady Aida.  She baked a cake and sent me a picture because she was so proud.

Then we had this conversation:

Hope that brightens your day as much as it did mine!  AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!

Flights

The last major thing on our list is buying plane tickets.  Since we're planning to leave Monday, March 2, it seems like we're super slacking, but believe it or not, TAD says we're in good shape.  Apparently, the closer you are to your departure date, the more flexibility you have.  Let me back up a bit.  When travelling the world, there are a few different ways to go.  You can go on bootsnall and plan your route.  This website is awesome because it's super easy to use and gives you lots of options depending on your priorities.  You can find the cheapest route, the shortest route, the least amount of lay-overs and everything in between.  Keep in mind, the more flights you book, the cheaper it will be.  I can go around the world for about $6,500, or I can go to 3 places in South America for $4,000.  Make sense?  Of course it doesn't!  Just remember, the more flights, the cheaper it will be.  This website is perfect for people who don't have a travel agent and who are juggling more than a couple destinations.  I plugged our itinerary into it and was really impressed!  I even received an email from some guy who works there asking me if I had an questions, so their customer service seems legit.
Assessment: like having a travel agent without having to pay for one!

The second option for people traveling the world is the around the world plane ticket.  We're going with a company called AirTreks.  Now, I'm not exactly sure how all this works because our lovely travel agent (TAD) is handling all that and I haven't really had to do anything, which of course is making me kinda crazy.  However, buying an around the world ticket is majorly confusing.  There are many parameters your trip must fit into: under a certain number of miles, under a certain number of segments (each destination) and under a certain number of stop-overs (every time you switch planes).  You also must keep moving geographically forward (no round-trip tickets), meaning if I start at SFO (San Francisco, I only speak in airport code now) I have to pick a direction (east or west) and keep going that way (I can go north and south freely).  I can't go from SFO to BCN (Barcelona) and back to SJO (Costa Rica).  I must keep going forward.  It makes perfect sense and is technically in your better interest because it's counterproductive to go back and forth anyway.  We basically planned our trip this way, even before we knew we had to.
You must give all your destinations and dates for each place in order to book, which is difficult because who knows where we'll want to be in 8 months, but the dates are somewhat flexible (you might have to pay a fee to change), so we approximated and can later change them if we must.  The destinations ARE NOT flexible, so you can't change your mind once you've paid.  The super shitty part is that no airline anywhere, ever will let you book over a year in advance.  Most only go about 11 months.  Therefore, we can't book the tail end of our trip anyway at this point.  The other thing the around the world ticket is pretty strict on is that we return to our starting country within one year, so we have to be back in American by March 1, 2016.
Assessment: I would recommend a travel agent for booking this one.  Not only do they know what they're doing (at least more than you), but they can usually get better deals on airfare because they have relationships with the airlines.

IMPORTANT!  Don't forget to open a frequent flyer account with the airline you are choosing.  We are using United, so I made each of us an account.  It's super easy and is NOT a credit card.  You earn miles every time you fly and once you reach a certain number of miles, you earn free flights.  Since we're going about 35,000 miles each, it would be crazy of us not to sign up.  If flying United (or anything in the Star Alliance family), you should sign up too!

Our new itinerary (since we wanted to maximize the number of segments we were allotted) is now this (the dates are departure dates):

San Francisco: March 2
San Jose, Costa Rica: April 28
Lima: May 2
Buenos Aires: June 28
Dublin: July 2
From Dublin we will fly to The Netherlands (on July 2) and backpack down to Barcelona through France.
Barcelona: September 2
Athens: October 2
Bangkok: November 28
Bali: December 2
Sydney: January 25
Auckland: February 25
Fiji: February 29

I know this is super confusing, but basically the date next to the city is when we're LEAVING said city.  The date before it is when we're arriving.  It's still confusing.  We added a few more segments (Lima, Dublin, Bali and Fiji), just for short 4-5 day trips on our way to our major stops.  We made these dates up yesterday, so hopefully we can stick to them.  The destinations are unchangeable, but the dates we can change, if we're willing to pay a fine.

That's all I've got so far on flights.  We will have a quote later today on our itinerary and I will update you with the final price and any other details I've missed.

UPDATE:  What we ended up doing was eliminating the smaller flights because we can find much cheaper local flights once we're already there.  So we got rid of Dublin to The Netherlands becasue we can find a cheap flight on our own.  We also got rid of Thailand to Bali for the same reason, but will still keep Bali to Australia.  We also decided to return home from New Zealand, so if we still want to go to Fiji (we like having the option), we will get a cheap, round-trip ticket from New Zealand for the weekend.  That sounds so confusing, I apologize.  I can't explain ANYTHING right!
Here's the final itinerary (I hope):
San Francisco: March 2 to Costa Rica
San Jose, Costa Rica: April 28 to Lima
Lima: May 2 to Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires: June 28 to Dublin
From Dublin we will fly to The Netherlands on our own (on July 2) and backpack down to Barcelona through France.
Barcelona: September 2 to Athens
Athens: October 2 to Bangkok
From Bangkok we will fly to Bali on our own (on November 28).
Bali: December 2 to Sydney
Sydney: January 25 to Auckland
While in Auckland, we can fly to Fiji for the weekend on our own, if we wish.
Auckland: February 29
Anyway, so the price for our round the world ticket (including all taxes and fees) comes out to: $5817 per person.  I know that sounds like a lot of money, but we're going around the frickin world for less than $6000!  Thus further proving my point, YOU DON'T NEED A TON OF MONEY TO TRAVEL!  We were expecting to spend double that amount per person, so it was quite a happy surprise.  I actually thought TAD made a mistake when she told us, but I guess the more flights you book at once, the cheaper it is.  Yipee!  With all the extra money we're saving, we might not be totally broke when we get home (maybe...I do like to shop...a lot).

Just keep swimming...

Still going and going and going like the Energizer bunny!  More stuff done and more goodbyes:
Yesterday, Aaron and I hung out with my fellow Books Bitches member, Mary and her hubby, John.

Aww!  Aren't they adorable?
We went to Berkeley and hit Lanesplitter (YUM!) then Albatross Pub.  If you've never heard of Albatross, it's a bar where you get unlimited popcorn and they have tons of board games you can borrow and play.  Super fun!  We played Taboo and then Apples To Apples.

This is us playing Taboo.  I know this looks awful and none of us are even in it, sorry.  This picture was obviously an afterthought.  Here's me and Mary:

Good times!  We'll miss you guys!

Today we went to lunch with Chris, my best friend since my Freshman year of high school:

It was so good to see him and I'll miss him bunches and bunches!  To me, a best friend doesn't necessarily mean you talk all the time.  It can mean I talk to you once a year, BUT when we do talk it's like nothing ever changed.  You sort of fall back into a groove where you're comfortable and no one knows you better.  I can say that about Chris...and Mary...and a few others.  Once you get a little older and settle down a bit, you realize it's a good feeling to have a few really good friends (rather than a bunch of random people you party with).  Even if we don't talk for a year, I have people I can call at the drop of a hat if necessary.  It's a fuzzy feeling.  Everyone should know at least one person that makes them feel that way.

After we said goodbye to Chris, Aaron and I went to Best Buy and got some goods:

My Passport is an external hard drive that I plugged into my computer and put all my pictures, movies and documents on.  I have Dropbox, but everything I've put on my Dropbox has been automatically saving to my computer as well.  I'm sure I've done something wrong, but I haven't had time to figure it out yet.  Since I ran out of memory on my computer (because my pictures were taking up too much room), I got the hard drive to put everything on.  Then I was able to erase all the pictures off my computer and it's now back to normal.  Sigh...
I also got some cheap Sony headphones.  The Beats or Bose headphones are like $200, but it makes no difference to me if they're noise-cancelling and fantastic, or if they're just functional.  So, I got these for $18 and they work just fine.  I don't mean to under-sell them, they work really well!  Don't waste your money on fancy headphones (unless you're a music producer or something) because these are great.  For $200 I can buy $20 headphones and still have enough money to go out of town for the weekend.

Then we got home and napped for a bit.  Here's Kaney and daddy snuggling:

Then we woke up and settled in to watch The Oscars.  We have a small Oscar party every year where we stuff our faces, talk crap about what everyone is wearing and fill out ballots to win the coveted top spot on the refrigerator for an entire year!  There are no rules about looking online for advice because who's seen all the Oscar movies anyway?  Plus, it's not like even experts know for sure who's gonna win.  Everyone's guessing.  Here we are in PJ's all ready for the show:

The boys didn't last very long:

In the end, my dad ended up winning, which NEVER happens!  It was amazing!  Then he let spill that he went on some Las Vegas bookie website and looked up the odds for each category.  Geez, maybe you really can cheat after all!  Sneaky!  So, my dad got 18 out of 24 and won the coveted top spot on the fridge.  Here are our ballots before I put them up:

I was a close second with 17!

Aaron, however, had by far the lowest score with a measly 4 points.  Sorry babe!

The Oscars aren't the most exciting thing ever and we usually don't really care about the movies all that much, it's just fun to get together, talk crap and have a friendly competition.

I found this on Pinterest and it's something I have to remind myself every day, so maybe you should too:

I like thinking that even though we've got a lot on our plate right now and we're terrified that everything we know is about to change, this internal struggle we go through every day is only PART of our story.  The other part will be joy.  Try to think of your life the same way.  If you're struggling for whatever reason, that's only PART of your story.  You get to decide what the other parts will be.  Get cracking!

Get 'er done

Yesterday, we took the dogs to the vet to be tortured (not really, Kane didn't even feel the giant needle in his back when he got microchipped) and then for a treat we took them to the dog park.  Here's Kane and daddy afterwards, with big smiles:

Capone is napping on the floor somewhere.  I found an old picture of him with daddy, so he wouldn't feel left out:

We were in Monterey for the weekend and he loved every minute of it!

Anyway, later that evening we went to Aaron's sister, Melissa's house for a BBQ, so all the family could say farewell.  It was sad, but really nice.  Here's Aaron and Melissa (with her son, Taylor, photo-bombing):

Here's Aaron, his momma and his brother Andrew:

Lisa was so sweet, she was crying and hugging us over and over.  Here's Aaron and his other sister, Jessica:

Aaron, Andrew and their brother, Eric:

Aaron didn't get the height gene LOL.  Group shot:

It was so nice to see everyone and the BBQ hit the spot!  We had smoked tri-tip, chicken, mashed potatoes and veggies.  Thanks Melissa!

I had to get a picture of these because they were fantastic!

If you're ever in Hawaii GET THESE!  Sooooooo yummy!  It's white chocolate with some sort of pineapple flavoring and a macadamia nut in the middle.  Sounds whatev, but let me tell you they are insane!

Lastly, I was at my bestie, Ashley's the other night and her son, Theo, has this book that cracks me up:

It's all about farting and the sounds farts make and it is hilarious!  Here are some pics of the inside:

I'm sorry, is this not the best book you've ever seen??!  Every kid needs this.

Alrighty, more to do and more people to see today.  Happy weekend, everyone!