Our wedding website

I finally setup our wedding website. Its still a work in progress, so keep checking back perodically for additional details.

http://mooreandvillanova.ourwedding.com/

Who wants pancakes? This girl!!!

I love pancakes. They are my favorite breakfast food. I would eat them everyday if I could. Of course, they not the healthiest thing you can eat. Since I'm trying to slim down for my beach wedding, I can't indulge in them like I used to. Luckily I found a great recipe for a healthier version of pancakes. I stumbled on the big red pot through Laura "Armstrong" Shacmut's blog. Betheny is the blogger and she always has great recipes and coupon updates. I altered the recipe slightly to suit my tastes. I used 100% whole wheat, instead of 3/4 wheat, 1/2 all purpose flour. I top my pancakes with Cary's Sugar Free syrup. Its delicious and low calorie. I also added strawberries and whipped cream for a little indulgence. It is the weekend after all.

http://thebigredpot.blogspot.com/2010/01/harvest-and-grain-pancakes.html

The Calm After the Storm

A couple of weeks ago Los Angeles was hit with a "huge storm". At least it was huge in LA standards. Apparently 4 inches is a bit too much. It caused several mudslides in the foothills where the fires destroyed the vegetation. Its kind of weird to have people evacuated from their homes because of rain. Most people just stayed put, because they knew it was ridiculous to leave bc of rain. Also I notice they shut down the outdoor escalators, why I have no idea. There is no other city in the world that shuts down escalators because of rain. Well anyway, after the storm Patrick and I rode out to the beach. The great thing about having alot of rain, it clears out the smog and you can see for miles and miles. I like the fact that I can stand on the beach and see snow covered mountains in the distance. Not that I would ever go near a snow covered mountain. If you know me, you know I'm not a ski or snowboard type of girl. Here are a few pics we took on our bike ride. Enjoy;)

This is the little land bridge that goes out into ocean, it separates the marina from Playa Vista beach. You can see the Conoco plan in the background.

Happy Groundhog's Day!!!
Punxsatawney Phil saw his shadow yesterday, which means six more weeks of winter! Boo, that means more days of 66 degrees sunny days. Haha. I guess in California Groundhog Day doesn't have that much celebrity. One of my work friends, D. Nichols, made these yummy brownies with little groundhogs made out of candy. They were super cute, and everyone loved them! I don't have a picture of the ones Dana made, but here is her inspiration photo. So cute! She used almond joy minis, raisinets, good n' plentys, and lots of gel icing.