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Jealous Much?

Tonight when laying on the couch (watching Glee), an interesting phenomenon occurred. My cat named Baby kicked my belly. My baby named Poppy Seed kicked back. Seriously. At one point they were both kicking the same spot at the same time. It was an odd feeling (truthfully...freaky odd). After that, she would kick...he would kick...she would kick...he would kick. Um, excuse me, can I just watch TV?!?

The sad thing is that this wasn't the first time and probably won't the be last. The first time was when I was reading in bed. Baby (the kitty) often walks on me to get my attention. She stepped on my belly, which usually doesn't do anything. One night she must have found the magical spot. As she was standing on me, I felt a distinct reaction from Poppy Seed (punch or kick) directly underneath her paw.

It such a great example of two things:
1. My cat is used to getting her way.
2. Poppy Seed does not like having his space impeded, at all.

Two babies. Both bossy. Hmmm....wonder where they got all their bossiness from.

Trip to SD: Round 1

Just some fun pics from our trip to SD. We went down to look for a new place to live, and found some time to enjoy the area as well! We went to Old Town San Diego and visited the Maritime Museum (which meant touring around on five different boats). It was a lot of fun! Well...except the part where the pregnant woman had to crawl through the small submarine doors (hatches?). I think that was just entertaining. Ah well, it was nice to see more of SD attractions!

Good Eats of WSU - Ferdinands!

How is it possible that we have lived here for so long (9 years total...to be sadly exact) AND love ice cream AND I have a blog where I love to post about food; but have never posted about the best place ever?!? It seems impossible, but it has happened.

What am I talking about? Don't worry, this question is often asked. And I will tell you...this time. I am talking about the WSU Creamery piece of heaven called Ferdinand's. It is this cute ice cream shoppe (yup, so cute it's spelled all weird) on the WSU campus, and attached to the Creamery where they

make world famous cheese. It is so popular that they ship it around the country. Gotta love Coug Gold cheese. The mere mention of Coug Gold will yeild one of two reactions: 1) you know what this is and are drooling right now (or) 2) you have no idea what this is, but part of your heart is sad because you are missing out.

So back to Ferdinand's. They have the best ice cream. Period. There cannot be any argument about this. And there doesn't need to be. If you argue against this, then I know you have never had any Ferdinand's ice cream. Classic favorites

include: chocolate peanut butter, tin lizzy, and mint chocolate chip. Seasonal yums: pumpkin, lemon chiffon.

Why is this ice cream so special? First, they make it there. So it is fresh. And creamy, none of this low-fat/fro-yo stuff. Second, you can get them as Grabbers. What is a Grabber? A scoop of glorious ice cream squished between two fantastic oatmeal cookies. Therefore, it is the best ice cream sandwich ever!

So this post totally sounds like an advertisement* for Ferdinand's. It's really not meant to. Really this is me reminiscing, and realizing that soon I will not be able to have this tasty treat for much longer. And how will Poppy Seed ever know the glory that is a lemon chiffon waffle cone on a hot summer's day? Maybe it is better to never know, to never suffer. Who am I kidding?!? Better to love and then lost, then never have loved at all.**

*Please read this in a British accent. It makes the blog classier.
**I'm pretty sure this quote is about ice cream. Isn't it?

This is here for Keith...

I'm posting this, just so it'll be here for Keith. At least now I know the real reason for physics majors...

A Lullaby

There have been many suggestions for our Poppy Seed, now that we know the sex. Some have been serious: Brayden, Cameron, James, Scott, my grandfather's name Seizo. Some questionable ones: Francois, Kenzo. And some seriously hilarious ones: Fred (as in Fred Meyers...spelled wrong), Briggs (after the Myers Briggs personality test - yuck!). My favorite? Oscar. Wait for it......

Still don't get it? Sing along with me:

My baby has a first name
It's O-S-C-A-R
My baby has a second name
It's M-Y-E-R-S.

Love it.

When the catapillar becomes a butterfly...

Aka when Liz becomes Dr. Myers. It was an amazing commencement, surrounded by friends, family, colleagues, and mentors. The graduation speaker was great, Dr. Baxter Black, as was the rest of the speakers.

The best part of this graduation? It should be the last one I have to go through, personally. And that made it all the sweeter!

A huge thank you to all my friends and family who have supported me through this gauntlet called vet school. I definitely have grown during the process (and not just because of poppy seed!). It is true, the heat of the fire creates something purer than before. Vet school = fire. Thankfully I didn't turn into ash!

I want to especially thank my sweet husband, Keith. He has been through all the ups and downs that have been my veterinary training. Without him I am nothing, and without him I couldn't have done this. Only he truly knows what this has been like for me, and I am so grateful that he is my wonderful soulmate. (Is it bad if I make myself cry?)

Good Eats of Pullman: Mexican Food?

Yea for spicy foods!! Now that I can eat pretty much whatever, I am enjoying all kinds of food again. It was definitely a strange event early in this pregnancy when Taco Del Mar burritos were too spicy for me. Seriously, it made me sad and brought a tear to my ear (also because it was so hot!). But now my taste buds are back to normal, and we are back to trying new places.

There is a cute new place in town called Abeulo's Fine Mexican Restaurant. Now we have been reluctant to try it, especially since it was in the old Taco Bell. That just doesn't bode well for Mexican food. But some friends tried it and liked it, so we thought we'd give it a go.

Good thing we did! The food was yummy, the place was cute, the staff was super friendly! The favorite part was the salsa bar. They had seven different types of salsa that we could try, ranging from super mild to crazy hot. This is not including the normal salsa and chips they give you. So really, there were eight kinds of salsa to sample! And they had freshly made corn tortillas - all included with the meal!

The mildest is on the left...the crazy hot stuff is on the right.

I started with the more mild stuff and Keith ventured into the hotter stuff. The mild stuff had such great flavor, but very little zip. The hotter stuff was a great mixture of flavor and spice. Finally we both tried the hottest salsa. This is the salsa that the waiter (and maybe owner?) said that he couldn't handle. That definitely scared us. Let's put it this way: I swear I tried the equivalent of three molecules of this stuff...and my tongue let me know that those three molecules were screaming hot!

Keith was braver and tried a decent amount. Note: the picture I took after he tried it. This is not a posed picture, he did this for a few minutes afterward! It was so hot we both don't even know if there was flavor to it. We both found our favorites, which we scarfed happily with our dinner. Even though we have only a month or so left, we will definitely be back. It's just sad that we are finally finding some decent Mexican food in the Palouse. Hopefully they will be around a long time, so people can learn about real Mexican food!