LATELY...

There are so many things I could include in this lately post but for the sake of you guys I'll limit it to just a few. 

Sourcing bedding has become rather a delight lately as I've been able to browse in so many lovely shops. This bedding we actually purchased from a rather divine shop called Nordstrom. It was on sale which improved it greatly too. I just can't wait to put it on our bed, when we finally get it that is!

This is a truth I have needed to learn repeatedly over the past month of living here. I find waiting and extremely frustrating thing and yet its often in those periods of 'wait' that God teaches me the most about Himself but about me too. I need to learn to wait and to accept that the waiting needs to happen. 

With all the free time I'm going to be having whilst over here I want to learn to do something that I can't do currently. The one thing I have been thinking about learning is how to make amazing bread. The bread in the supermarket's isn't so great and I think learning to make my own would be beneficial. Just wish I could make it look as amazing as that bread. 

My tastes in jewellery have evolved over time and I'm leaning slightly more towards the less pristine looking pieces as traditionally I've had very 'neat' jewellery. This piece caught my eye, although its not totally different to what I normally would like I'm intrigued by the 'messiness' of the different layers and the colours.

I have just started to read this book this week. I saw the film when I was back in England and was really inspired by their story. I am fascinated with all things World War II so found this to be an interesting side of the war that I hadn't come across before. In fact it was a side of the war that I hadn't even contemplated. So far its an intriguing read. 

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BAZINGA!

This past week has been a bit of a crazy one. We have spent far too much time in the car or filling in forms or attached to our phones calling things through or worse just idly waiting. However the good news at the end of all that is that we have now signed a lease on a townhouse! Wahey! A townhouse for those of you who don't know is simply a semi-detached bungalow. Its a really love place and we are thrilled about it. We will tell you more about the house in due course, probably after we have actually moved in!

Now onto the title of the blog post. Those of you who are fans of the TV show "The Big Bang Theory" will understand the name of this blog post and will possibly get excited about where we went to visit this weekend. Yup you guessed it we went to Pasadena! After all the craziness of the week we decided that doing the tourist thing and wandering around would be a good idea and as Pasadena isn't too far from us it was a good place to start. Coincidentally it has lots of lovely shops too!

We left pretty early in the morning intending to beat the LA traffic and guarantee a good parking spot. We managed to do this and parked pretty much in central Pasadena for an amazing $6 all day. That's probably a trivial piece of information to many but it was £1.50 an hour in Lincoln so thats insane! We started off the day shopping, mainly because as we were driving to find the carpark out of nowhere I suddenly spotted two of the most amazing US stores that I have been dying to visit ever since this posting became a reality; Anthropologie and Pottery Barn. Needless to say we spent a lot of time in those two places and came out with bags from each one! 

After a few more shops, and persuading Andrew that we didn't need to buy another Mac (computer not dog!), we decided to grab some lunch. We found an amazing little Italian place, behind Anthropologie, and sat outside in the sun enjoying the pizza and a bit of people watching. There was a real mix of cultures which I really enjoyed. Plus it's always good fun!

After pizza we walked up to a famous art museum in the West of the city called the Norton Simon Museum. It houses art from several centuries and had a sculpture garden to look around. I'm not as big a fan of art as Andrew is but I really enjoyed some of the pieces particularly the sculptures. Now I can informatively tell you about the two I liked best. The first was called King and Queen by Henry Moore and the other was called Sitting Cheetah by Gwynn Murrell.

After the museum we did a bit more shopping intermingled with a wander around some of the older parts of the city. We managed to see the old city hall and some sculptures of the Robinson brothers who did a lot for coloured people in the city. We enjoyed seeing lots of other buildings and Andrew was fascinated with the architecture too. Can't say I remember the names of any of them but they were nice to look at. 

We finished off the day with a meal at the Cheesecake Factory. It was absolutely delicious! We actually bought two extra pieces of cheesecake with our meal so that we can have them in our new house tomorrow night as a celebration that we have finally got it all sorted. Hopefully you'll be able to see pictures of them as we didn't get any pictures in the restaurant. 

Overall it was a lovely day out and we really enjoyed being tourists. I also really enjoyed the shops and purchasing a few lovely pieces for our home. We move in tomorrow so it'll be a while until pictures arrive on the blog as we'll be busy trying to straighten everything out. Plus our things don't arrive from the UK for a little while longer so it'll still look a bit empty, but I promise there'll be pictures as soon as we can.