Wine Time!

Number 18 (Tour 3 Wineries) is complete! Hooray!!! I have a whole new respect and love for wine. Today my hubby and I toured Thornton Winery in Temecula. Thornton Winery is beautiful and one of the closest wineries to the town part of Temecula which makes it very convenient. All the wine tasting is done in flights with table service, which I felt gave the winery a snobbish feeling. I enjoyed a flight of Champagne and the hubby did a flight called Cal-Ital & Rhone. Both flights were good... but I wouldn't go as far as to say great. One of the most enjoyable parts of the afternoon was getting rained on... twice! Let me clarify that this rain was really just a quick 5 minute sprinkle... but I love rain! I haven't seen any rain since we moved here so for me it was really a treat. Many of the of the other wince enthusiasts were running inside, even though we were under a cheesecloth-esque tarp. Overall the experience was very pleasant but I can't say we will be returning anytime soon.

The three chosen wineries to complete #18 were Wilson Creek Winery, San Antonio Winery and Thornton Winery. As previously blogged I loved Wilson Creek and it is still the winery I judge all others against. Why? I have truly enjoyed and would purchase any of the wines they offer. Of course there are some that l love more than others, but they are all super tasty and delicious... thus they win first place. Winery tours have truly become one of my favorite things to do since we moved to California. I look forward to touring more wineries in SoCal area and hope to get out to Santa Barbara and Napa!

-K

No television... that might be un-Americian

No television for 30 days?! I know some of you are thinking that like not breathing for 30 days. Why would someone do such a crazy thing? Well, to be honest I wanted a good motivator to get my butt up off the couch and see/do some cool stuff.

In 2005, I spent 6 months in San Diego with no television or internet in my apartment and I got a lot of stuff accomplished! I did have movies, television series on DVD and the local library for internet access so its not like I was completely disconnected from the world. But, it was nice not getting sucked in to shows like Tool Academy and LA Ink that you don't need to watch. For me once I start I have to know how it ends and the next thing I know I have lost a whole afternoon watching someone else's stupid drama in back to back season recaps on VH1 or Lifetime.

I have to say giving up television was a lot easier then I thought it would be. Honestly, breaking the habit was the hardest part. For the first couple of days I would sit down on the couch and turn the television on just out of habit. That old familiar sound of the tv powering up would start and I would be like, "arrr I can't watch tv!" and turn it off before it got done fully starting. I started spending more time sitting at the kitchen table so I would not be tempted and spent my time being more productive on things like blogging, searching for a new job, reading and getting out of the house. I didn't even realize the 30 days were up until I was reading television reviews in a People magazine at the gym.

I am still yet to sit back down in front of the television. I am going to make a valiant effort to not watch as much tv as I did before and keep up the lifestyle change. I know my favorite shows like Chuck, Grey's Anatomy and The Biggest Loser will suck me back in... but a girls' got to have some vices right?

-K