work? what's that?

 Every morning, before John leaves for work, he asks, "Who are you having lunch with today?" I'm obsessed with lunching because I actually have the time for it!

It just so happened that some of my high school friends (AKA dbcof) were free for lunch! So, while our spouses were hard at work, we got together for lunch!  Many moons ago, Ellen and I would spend all day with these boys doing absolutely nothing. Now that we are "adults" we can't do that, so getting together for a quick lunch is so nice!

Today, I do not have a lunch date! GASP! I am actually going to stay home and clean (and save $)! What?! But tomorrow my lunch dating resumes. Then, it's time to pack and get ready for my short trip to Korea!

lunch & target

Starting to notice a pattern here?  Lunch datin', playin' with baby, and target. Again. This time with my co-worker and her precious baby Olivia.

Unlike normal people who would hang out on the pier and enjoy the beach, we hit up Target.

Lunch at Pomodoro in Manhattan Beach

Baby Olivia!

If anyone's bored, call me up. I'm always up for lunch and Target.  :)  

summer lunch date

What am I doing during my summer break? Lunch datin' w/ my bestest friend, Ellen, playing with her insanely cute baby, and wandering around Target.  Best. Time. Ever.

We've been friends since we were 13 and nothing has really changed... minus we're slightly older and there's a baby in the mix! We eat, talk (loudly), laugh, and act a fool together.

 

We tried to get her to wear the glasses. She wasn't havin' none of it.

I'm probably saying this too much but... I love summer!!!! :)

quality dbcof time

When my friends and I were in high school we named our group "dbcof". I know, ultimate dorky! It stands for Diamond Bar Circle of Friends. Diamond Bar, a small, obscure city with cows and a whole lotta Asians! But mostly famous for being the city where Snoop Dog raises his kids. Woo. Woo.

I've been friends with these nerds for years and years and I love them to death. The girls stood next to me on my wedding day as bridesmaids, and I wished the boys could have been my bro-maids. Over the years, with marriages (and one baby), the group has grown in size but nothing else has changed. Totally like family.

Last Saturday, we got together for some lunchin' and loungin'. Lunchin', as in, eating some deliciously boiled chicken from Savoy and loungin', as in, some people falling asleep on the living room floor! The best way to spend a lazy, rainy Saturday!

And I finally got to try Half and Half! My goodness! It was the biggest cup of boba I have ever had!

Even baby Senna wanted some!

I thought it was way yummy but would I wait in line for an hour to get it? Probably not. And since it has straight up cream in it, it's something that I probably shouldn't have that often. WWBD, right?!

cafeteria food

School cafeteria has really been jazzed up since I was in elementary school! Some of my coworkers would NEVER eat the cafeteria food, and I don't love to have it everyday, but there are some days where I really have NOTHING to take for lunch. On those days, I'll go over to the cafeteria and have what my kiddos are having! I get to choose from two "main dishes" and then I get to choose the fruits and veggies from the "salad bar"! It's so cute to see the kids grabbing their own fruits and veggies from the salad bar with the huge tongs!

Today's lunch - Soft taco! The mysterious red meat kind of freaks me out, but I made sure to put pile on the lettuce to hide it!

Also from the salad bar, pico de gallo! Yum! Yum!

Of course, I have to have something spicy! Some fiery jalepenos! Along with a tiny banana!

Yes, that's a spinach salad! Many of my kids didn't grab this off the salad bar, but I'm sure if it was smothered in ranch, they'd love it! Thank goodness it wasn't! Just a simple light dressing, with pears and cranberries!

All washed down with a baggie of milk! Yes, a baggie! Milk "bags" are more affordable and have less waste than a milk "carton", so they say. My kiddos are so good at piercing the baggie with their straws! I'll sometimes do it for them, and I'll pierce through the bag AND the styrofoam plate! What a mess!

School lunch ain't so bad!