croissants on the balcony. don't i look natural?

a quiet afternoon

its nice to have a quiet afternoon in the apartment. doing laundry, getting ready for the week, planning my target list for the afternoon (why do i love that store so much?) matt's family just left; it was so fun to have them here. we tried to stay cool as much as possible, went to some great restaurants, the zoo, the outlets, a vb dodgers game. it felt like a mini vacation even though we were working most of the week. some pictures later.

there are flowers all over the house from my birthday and having company. i just counted six vases, which i know will all start losing their petals at the same time, but they are beautiful for now.

i'll put up some pictures of alaska, curves and other summer things soon.

at laura fante's wedding

i didn't want to carry my purse into the reception, so we snapped this shot in the parking lot! i promise we were at a real wedding, even though there is no proof we were there!

our curves club (before)

we closed on the club june 29, and have learned more about actually running a business in the last week than during a semester of grad school. (they never mentioned what to do with 5 filing cabinets full of member files that are inactive? canceled? didn't fit anywhere else? we have no idea...!)

so here are some before pictures. we've been going in everyday for the past 7 days, so our first week as business owners has been, well, long. but terribly exciting. and such a good fit for us. matt works in the back office where he tries to keep a low profile. however, one member (named 'cookie' by the way!) always yells at him to come out and say hi to her. it's their little ritual already, and it's only been a week!