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I realize it has been awhile since I last posted and for this I apologize but here is an update for the last few weeks complete with pictures. The last week of June I went to a career fair and talked with a bunch of different companies for internships. Hopefully I will find one that suits me for this next year. On June 28th I threw my friend Janelle a bridal shower which went really well. We had a ton of fun at a cute little wine bar in Chandler. On July 3rd I had my last day of summer school and was so glad for it to be over and done with. I was able to talk with an advisor and found out that I will definitely be done next May and will only have to take 12 credits each semester and all the classes are just electives so I may end up taking a bunch of freshman level courses that should be cake. After I turned in my final project I loaded up the boys and headed to Southern California.
My friend Ashley drove down from Northern California to spend the 4th of July with me. We went to the beach and met some interesting people. We were at Huntington Beach and wanted to get something to eat so we stopped in at this little mexican restaurant. We met some new friends who decided to buy us drinks. I know what you are thinking but don't worry, all the drinks that we received came from a nice girl from Chicago named Lisa who decided to talk to me when Ashley went to order our food.
Ashley and I with our "bucket" drink

My new friend Lisa and our tasty Jello syringes

Some girl who wanted to take a picture with me....I don't know her name

Me and my yummy jello "shot"
Ashley and I had a lot of fun over the next few days just hanging out and visiting some of my old friends in Yorba Linda. On Monday Ashley, Ann, my mom, granny and I all went to Glen Ivy for the day. We all played in the mud and had a relaxing day. Towards the end of the day there were water aerobics which Ann, Ashley and I all participated in.

Mom and Granny in the "egg" pool

Ashley and I

Water Aerobics

Don't we look like we are having fun?

Ann and Ashley had some issues keeping their tops on
Ashley left Monday night after Glen Ivy which was sad but I will see her in a few months for Janelle's Wedding. I spent the next few days hanging out with Kristen and another friend from high school, Micah. Yorba Linda hasn't changed much so we found ourself doing the same thing almost every night, seeing a movie. I was also able to spend some time with my favorite niece. Paige and I went to the park one day and to Wonderland bakery the other. At Wonderland Bakery I bought Paige her first cupcake. She definitely has the sweet tooth that most Dinkel's posses. Within minutes she had devoured the entire thing. For pictures of this you will have to talk to Ann but it was the cutest thing I have seen in a long time. On Thursday Kristen and I took a trip down to San Diego to the Wild Animal Park. Kristen and I like to take each other places for our birthday's opposed to buying presents so this was Kristen's birthday present.

Kristen and I on the Rhino

Kristen and "Bambi"

Me acting like "Bambi"

We saw the Lions...Tonka was bigger than them

I don't have a picture of this but I was bit by a duck while we were at the Animal Park and have now sworn them off
I drove back from California on Thursday night and got back really early Friday morning. Saturday was Sophie's birthday party and I can't believe she turned 4. Today, Sunday, a huge rain storm came through and pretty much flooded the entire Valley. It was amazing to see how much rain could fall, it was crazy. This next week I leave for a road trip to Chicago with the babies

WWF Doggie Smack down

Tonka and Guinness have this wrestling game they play everyday where they pretty much see who can sit on who. As you can imagine Tonka has a size advantage but Guinness is pretty quick and hard to get down. The game generally starts with Guinness trying to sit on Tonka's back while Tonka is sleeping. Some biting occurs next with someone inevitably belly flopping down on the other one. Since not everyone gets to enjoy such a sight everyday I thought I would share a few pictures for all to enjoy. Hope all is well <3

Nap Time

I am a person who needs a good solid 8 - 10 hours of sleep every night to be my fun charming self and not be grumpy. The last two nights this has not occurred so I have been needing to resort to nap time, however, the world seems to be against this. Everyone seems to call or text or come over during nap time causing me to not be able to sleep. To most it may just be that you are grumpy from not getting enough sleep that is unfortunately not me though. I have an awful immune system and when I don't get my required sleep I get ill. At this very moment I can feel my lymph nodes enlarging and eyes are burning meaning only one thing is to come of all this and that is sickness. So to all of you who wake me during nap time I send you my germs and hope you think twice about calling me when I am trying to sleep!

P.S. for those of you who are not generally around me when I am sick I tend to be a bit of a drama queen and you should probably not answer your phones when I call either :)

A blog I came across....

So I found this blog devoted completely to cupcakes! This girl in Orange County goes to all the different cupcake places in the area and buys a ton of cupcakes and eats them giving her review. Here is the link so that anyone in the orange county area who wants to go and try some cupcakes knows where to go :) http://www.cupcakeactivist.blogspot.com/ I have only read a few of the posts but I love it and now I want to make cupcakes

Ashley

Poor Ashley was feeling left out so this post is devoted entirely to her. Ashley was my roommate for a year and is pretty much one of my favorite people but she abandoned me and moved back to NorCal

Wednesday afternoon....feels like a good time to blog

Yesterday was one of those days where I really got nothing accomplished unless it involved me sitting at my computer doing work so today I was bound and determined to get some chores done that have been pilling up. While I still have quite a few things that need to be done I have gone to the pet store and bought the essentials for Tonka and Guinness which include organic dog food (which is getting rather expensive due to the amount Tonka eats every day), chewies (rawhide strips that G and Tonks get every night at bedtime), some more poop bags (Tonka's poops sometime require 2), a new collar/harness for Guinness (his first collar was getting small and he ate through his last choke collar so I am trying a harness to see if that helps with his pulling because the dog doesn't seem to care that he can't breathe), 2 new toys and a traveling water bowl for when we go to the puppy park (Tonka doesn't like to drink out of the water buckets they have there). While not every trip to the puppy store involves so many purchases it does always seem to be a higher total than I would like, especially considering I am unemployed at the moment.
One thing that needs to be done that I am absolutely dreading is putting my laundry away. I have been in and out of town so much lately that each time I would unpack I would just leave everything out because I knew I would be packing again very soon. This has lead to a laundry basket overflowing with clothes and me with no desire to put them away.
Arizona is now officially an oven and will be for the next 3 months. I was out walking Tonka and Guinness the other day when G decided that he was going to go out in the street on the asphalt. Poor little man burned is toes and was crying :(. I think I may need to invest in some shoes for him or something (Tonka does not have this issue because his idea of going for a walk includes walking out the door to the grass, doing his business and walking back inside). While I know all places get hot during the summer months I don't think any of you who have never been to Arizona between the months of June to September can ever really say it is hot. The projected forecast for this summer includes temperatures in the 120's, I don't care how much humidity you may have in your state that is HOT!
I don't have any new pictures since yesterday but I feel pictures are some of the best parts of blogging so here are a few older ones with some of my favorite people (I hope I don't hurt anyones feelings but I don't have many pictures with a lot of you).

Week 2 of Summer school...

This last weekend I was able to drive back out to California for my best friends birthday and to pick up Tonka's older smaller brother, Guinness. I left after class on Friday and arrived Friday evening. My mom and I went and saw Kung Foo Panda, I highly recommend it. Saturday was Kristen's party and I took a tons of pictures.

Tonka, Guinness and I all drove back Sunday afternoon and have been hunkering down from the heat. Poor Guinness didn't listen yesterday and went out onto the asphalt in the middle of the day and burned his toes. It was very sad, he kept crying. Yesterday I went and saw Forgetting Sarah Marshall with a friend and I highly recommend it. It was very funny. Not much else is going on right now. I am helping my friend Janelle with some last minute wedding details most days and planning her bridal shower (if anyone has any ideas or suggestions I am always looking for some creative ideas).
I might be going back to work for the family I was working for before part time once I am done with summer school but I would also like to find some kind of an internship for the summer so if anyone knows of any good ones please let me know.