The Princess Bloggeries

A second virus or cold is attacking me within less than 3 weeks! After taking antibiotics for 7 days and coughing so annoyingly that even Princess was running away and hiding from me, I woke up yesterday with a runny nose, empty head and a sore throat again. The only benefit I see, is that my voice is getting sexy again … but can I keep the voice and return everything else?

I still don’t know what it’s going to hit me in the next months but rumor has it that we will be moving to another house. Hopefully, I’ll like the new place and I’ll adjust quickly. Maybe I’ll have my own bedroom or even better, I’ll have an entire floor? Party time …

On Saturday we celebrated my birthday with an overnight stay in San Francisco. My mom has always told me the story that on the day I was born, it was a nice sunny outside and she was taking a long walk with my uncle when I decided that it’s time for me to be introduced to the world. Later on, I read somewhere that my mom has not lied to me and this day still holds the record for the warmest day since they started measuring the temperatures. 19 degrees Celsius in February is pretty amazing for Bulgaria. And these were the times before the Global Warming. Anyways, I wish we had 19 degrees on Saturday. It was raining cats and dogs here in the Bay Area. Thankfully, there were no accidents on the highway but no one warned me that the big parade for the Chinese New Year is held on the same day and the whole city center will be cut off. Somehow we managed to get to the hotel before our guests. We asked everyone to come earlier for some drinks and finger food before we all go together to the club. Luckily, the hotel Petar scored on Priceline was just around the corner from Slide - the club where we were going.
We were psyched that we’re gonna have difficulties getting in but we were lucky and they let us all in, even with one ID shown twice. Everyone seemed to have fun, we took a lot of pictures and all in all the event was fun … until they decided to take our half full bottle of vodka away and the drinks out of our hands! We were still outraged the next day when some of us who spent the night in SF had brunch at the Crepe House on Post and Taylor. I love that about SF - there are so many places where you can go on the weekend and get tasty brunch food, and then stroll on the streets and enjoy the atmosphere of the city. It was a great weekend in San Fran - I look forward to my next trip to SF with Sia & Nedi who will be here in less than 2 weeks!
Last but not least and in the spirit of the Academy Awards, the Oscar goes to my husband who took care of everything (although he doesn’t remember some moments of the night in detail:). Thanks to everyone who showed up and made the experience unforgettable!

Well they call us “the Slowskies” since we are often arriving late to the parties, but this time we moved fast. Here is the rundown of events:

Tuesday, Feb 19 10am - Svetla messages me with a link to a new KB Homes development and tells me she has a coupon for 3% off as an SJSU employee.
Tuesday, Feb 19 5:30pm - We went to see the models and loved #6 and #7. On our way out we spoke to a sales person and agreed to go the next day after work and look at pricing, etc.
Wednesday, Feb 20 6-8pm - We went back to KB. They were out of #7s, so we focused on #6. Out of 2 sites we picked one, and made an offer. The KB Sales rep Kelly was extremely helpful and we agreed to write up the offer and left a check for 3%. We sat a conditional date for Sunday to go and sign the contract, if our offer were accepted.
Thursday, Feb 21 4pm - Kelly called to let us know the offer was accepted and the builder is willing to give us an extra discount if we sign it all the same day.
Thursday, Feb 21 6-9pm - Svetla and I signed the contract.

We like the location, the plans, the pricing - all in all - a great package. You can see pictures of the model in our Gallery.

Cheers!