So I just boldly stated to Luke and my parents "I think this was the best blueberry muffin that I've ever had!"  They gave me crazy faces, laughed and told me that I must just be hungry.  But seriously it was.  I tried to get my dad to side with me because he halved it with me, but he just gave me one of those crazy faces.  Then my mom said "It was from Starbucks at the airport and it's been in this brown bag squished in my luggage bag all day."  I don't care, it was the best blueberry muffin ever. 

I actually tried to make blueberry muffins from scratch last week.  It's just not the same.  Have you ever made blueberry muffins from scratch?  They taste weird.  Ironically they taste weird because of the fresh blueberries.  It was too real.   Luke loved them, but I was so disappointed.  I was hoping that the fresh berries would make the muffins even better than the box can, but it was sort of a toss up in looking for a recipe and I didn't know what I was going to get.  It was kinda like ordering strawberry lemonade at a restaurant.

I really enjoy fresh strawberry lemonade, NOT the kind made from a powder.  Sometimes restaurants serve the powder kind and try to pass it off as strawberry lemonade, but I can totally tell the difference and not just because the real kind usually has strawberry shavings in it.  It's like the difference of real fruit vs. strawberry candy.  Strawberry candy tastes nothing like real strawberries, so why is it named "strawberry?"  They should just call it "pink sugar candy." 

 

                  VS.

 

 

So anyway back to the muffin.  If anyone has a recipe for blueberry muffins that taste like the kind you get at a bakery OR even better the kind that you can get at Soupplantation (Christa can actually get pretty close at making those) then PU...LE...ZE share!  Because it hasn't quite hit summertime here so our oven is still in full time operation.

And speaking of recipe's I would love to have.  If anyone knows how to make strawberry lemonade (the real kind) OR the peach ice tea from Olive Garden then I would love to have those as well! 

So I'm going to try to get out of our apartment lease. 

Why?  Because I just feel so squished here and I might                go crazy if I have to live here for 6 more months. 

How?  I'm not exactly sure, but I have a few ideas.

First, I'm going to just inquire about how one would go about getting out of the lease.  I seem to remember the leasing agent saying that it was possible to get out of the lease without a penalty, but I don't remember exactly what the details were.

Then, if that doesn't work I'm totally going to play the Prego Card.  I'm going to state the facts that we're about to have another baby and I can't even fit another crib into our apartment without putting it in the middle of the living room and that we really need a three bedroom place to live when the new baby arrives. 

If that doesn't work I may have to revert to a formal complaint about how they are not holding up their end of the apartment lease by complaining about all the issues I have with this place. 

Such as:

Having to turn off all the lights and the T.V. to blow dry my hair so the power doesn't go out...which it still does consistently because I'm always forgetting.

Having to plunge the toilet once a week and just never knowing if the toilet's going to flush or need to be plunged.

Waking up at 3:30am when the Daddy Elephant jumps out of bed for work

Listening to the Elephants use the toilet from my kitchen table

Listing all of the appliances that have had to be replaced since we've lived here.

The list goes on and on, but I'll stop here because I hope not to have to use this list.

 

So wish me good luck...

So our friend Jake came to visit us this week.  He's the ideal houseguest because he's staying in a hotel. hehe  No really we did tell him he could stay with us, but he wanted to be close to all the touristy things, you know and be on vacation to the fullest (aka - sleeping in, etc). 

Yesterday we did the Microsoft tour and today we went to dinner at the Space Needle.  I'd have to say that I highly recommend it, it was way better than the view at the top because you have a clear window to look out of instead of looking through wires and such.  AND it's a rotating restaurant so you get to see the entire city while dining.  The service was pretty amazing and the food just as good, so it's worth the touristy price.   

         

But that's not why we don't have cable.

Before we went up in the Space Needle we were walking around the area down below which for San Diegans is similar to Bellmont park.  It has carnival rides a shop or two and is also next to the Experience Music Project building and the Seattle Science Center.  So as we're walking around this guy comes towards us and says to Alyssa "Hey little one, you're cute." AND then he says "Oh woah, another one on the way huh?  Wow, so I guess you guys don't have T.V. at your house?" and laughs as he walks away. 

Thanks random guy - that's too much information! lol 

In edition to the elephants that live upstairs and the car jackers who live across the way, we also have an intriguing neighbor that lives in the building next to us.  It's a girl who lives right in front of the parking lot and has 2 big corner picture windows facing the walkway from the parking lot. Anyone who parks their car and walks through the courtyard to their apartment, like we have to do, has a theatre viewing of her apartment - that is if the blinds are open which they are most of the time.  During the day there is not much to notice because although the blinds are open it's darker inside and you just mostly notice furniture or her cat sitting in the window, but in the evening when she has her lights on you can't help but notice what's going on as you walk from your car to your apartment. 

So when we get home after dark, Luke usually says "Well let's see what's going on in the Fishbowl tonight."  The usual things that go on in the fishbowl include the girl watching T.V. and sometimes eating dinner at her coffee table and sometimes hanging out with a guy or on the weekends sometimes there are several of her friends over, but nothing out of the ordinary. 

But the other night when we were returning from an evening out, Luke says to Alyssa "What do we have going on in the Fishbowl tonight?  Maybe some friends over?"  Then all at once we take a glance and then Luke says "Just walking to the kitchen with a chainsaw."  Then we both crack up laughing because there really was this girl, the girl who lives there, walking to the kitchen holding a chainsaw in the air.  So of course Luke continues to make chainsaw comments all the way home, "Yeah just taking my chainsaw to the kitchen for a snack." etc. It was the funniest thing.  What the heck is she doing with a chainsaw and at night none the less?! lol  

Elephants

Oh and for those of you following the elephant saga.  Last week I found peanut shells on the sidewalk and on the stairs leading up to their apartment.  How funny is that.  So I guess I picked a good name for them. 

My mom and grandma came to visit and help us celebrate Alyssa's birthday.  We had a mini party that included a 1/2 chocolate and 1/2 white cake with chocolate frosting that was "Alyssa Sized" and then a few cupcakes for the rest of us.

Here's a view of Alyssa's 1/2 white and 1/2 chocolate cake that I baked.  There was a minor fiasco in that I filled the cake pan with too much batter and it spilled over the pan into the oven.  We kinda freaked out when we smelt burning and I was glad it wasn't the actual cake that was burning.  So we opened the window which caused another fiasco.  All of a sudden I started sneezing like crazy and my nose started running and I was like what is going on.  We later realized that the light rain outside had stirred up the pollen and when we opened up the window to air out the burning smell it let in a lot of pollen and thus begun my allergy attack.  Well I guess it wasn't an attack per-se but I felt terrible all day because my allergy medicine has to be taken before the allergy "attack" is in full force or it doesn't work properly.  It was the worst allergy day for me - uh I hate Springtime.  But the show must go on right?! lol  Despite my allergy craziness I did manage to bake and decorate her cake.

We sat Alyssa on our table and set all of her presents around her.  She was able to reach into the bags and mostly pull out her presents which was pretty cool and she even liked opening up the cards.  And she seemed to enjoy all of the presents she was given as well...even the clothes (although she liked the tags on them the best).

Then it was time for the cake.  She wore the Princess Bib that my mom and dad had gotten her and you may recognize it from the pictures from her "First Cereal" photos. We lit her candle and sang Happy Birthday to her. 

                                  

Then we put the cake next to her on the table and right away she wanted to touch the candle.  But when we didn't let her touch it right away she cried.  So that was a bummer and we had to settle her down before we 'began again.' 

So then with the candle cooled down she was allowed to touch the cake.  She took a big touch, but then was like "uh - what is this on my hand?" 

 

I cut her a little piece and tried to get her to taste it, but after knowing that it was "sticky" she didn't even want to try it.  She didn't even want to try a polka dot sprinkle, but then when I had one she wanted to take it off my tongue.  Although it looks from the picture like she wanted me to lick her fingers.

 

 

Then Luke decided that he would give her a taste "Wedding Style" and so thus the chocolate face. :)  Then she started feeling tired and rubbed her nose and so then it got a little bit messier.  And then of course she got more icing on her hand and then the show was over.

                            

And so the birthday party ended with a nice warm bath and a happily ever after.

                Happy 1st Birthday Alyssa!

 

Well Alyssa has made it through the first year of her life.  Here are some highlights in case you missed them:

           

The first and last time she ever sucked her thumb

1 day old

 

 

 

The first thematic outfit she wore -4th of July

2 months old

 

 

 

 

 

First terrible family picture

3 months old

 

 

 

 

Best sad/crying picture

4 months old

 

 

 

 

Documentation of her foot and hand prints

4 1/2 months old

 

 

 

 

First time skinny dipping
(well almost)

and night swimming with the frogs

5 months old

 

 

All dressed up in her "Princess Bib" for her first taste of cereal.

Her reaction: "eh, it's okay"

5 1/2 months

 

 

When our floor cracked and flooded at our condo we drew our hand prints underneath the new flooring.  I free-hand drew Alyssa's because she didn't feel like participating. :)

6 months old

 

First and last sink bath given by grandma Linda (the other grandma Linda - not my mom- which by the way might be somewhat confusing - having two grandma Linda's...hmmm)

5 1/2 months

Alyssa's baby dedication at church.

She wore the same outfit that I was dedicated in - so cute.  I love the bonnet.

6  months

 

Alyssa's Halloween costume.  It's actually a dog costume because it was cuter and cheaper than some of the baby costumes. And it was more of a jacket so it was easy to put on and take off if she got too hot which was nice. :)

6 months

Attempting to eat her "Alyssa sized" pumpkin while sitting on the "Great Pumpkin."

6 1/2 months old

 

 

 

 

 

 

First 'mom made' costume! 

Dressed up as an Indian for Thanksgiving.

7 months

 

 

 

 

 

     

In awe of the screen saver with her mouth wide open - so funny!

7 1/2 months

 

 

 

Christmas Eve in her fancy Christmas Dress.

 

Christmas Morning Breakfast..mmm Rice Krispies

 

 

  

 

 

Opening her Big Gift - a Disney Princess Snow Globe that played music and flew snow.  She obviously thought it was the best gift ever.  Thanks grandpa Coco!

(We're also planning on giving it to her next year for Christmas! hehe)

8 months old

 

Alyssa talking to grandma Coco via webcam - she loves it, but wishes she could touch her! :) 

 

9 months

 

 

Oh so early! Eating breakfast after a good long night's sleep with crazy hair and crazy sleepy face.

10 months

 

 

 

Playing "Catch a Leprechaun"

St. Patrick's Day

11 months old

1st Bathing suit fashion show.  Trying to figure out which bathing suit to get.  We went with the third one, you know 'cause it was the most slimming...and it came with a built in skirt trim. :)

11 1/2 months old

Swimming in her "old" swimming suit with her swimming instructor. She loves the water, so it better be nice and sunny when we come to visit San Diego because we want to go swimming outside in the sun!

And now last, but not least a picture of her at 1 year old.

Yup, that's right.  For her birthday I scheduled her 1 year 'well baby' doctor check-up.  Luke said it was mean because it also meant she got her shots that day. But I have to say that she's a trooper and while she didn't exactly enjoy her shots it was a short lived sad cry and soon forgotten.

 

So birthday pictures on the next blog...stay tuned.

This is Luke here, with my first guest post on good old Boss Lady Blog.

 I just have a quick little story to share.

Today Sabrina and Alyssa came to my work to pick me up so we could go out to lunch. As they were driving up, I looked in the back seat and noticed that Alyssa was holding a lolipop. It still had the wrapper on it but she was obviously really enjoying chewing and sucking on it. So I got in the car and said to Sabrina, "Alyssa has a lolipop?" She looked at me like I was kidding. When she noticed the look on my face meant I was serious, she looked back to see for herself.

Sure enough, Alyssa was holding a lolipop.

Luke: "Where did she get that?"
Sabrina: "I have no idea. I have never seen that before."
Luke: "Well its not like she can really go that far to get it. She is strapped into her car seat."

We just drove on to lunch really puzzled about who was giving our little girl candy without us knowing. And where was this person hiding in the back seat.

The Punchline

Then, after lunch we were putting Alyssa back into her car seat and Sabrina reached over to pick up a toy out of her seat. It was this Star Wars Storm Trooper head that Sabrina had given her to play with. Just then the light went off in her head. You see, this wasn't just any Stormtrooper head. It splits in half to reveal none other than a lolipop in the middle. Alyssa had figured out how to open it and found the prize inside.

This blog will catch you up on most, but not all of my previous blogs.

Snaggletooth

As I hoped Alyssa's front teeth came in shortly after her snaggleteeth.  Here is a picture of her cute teeth....although we had to take the picture upside down in order to get a good shot because she's stubborn and as you can see from the first picture she refused to open her mouth! She has a total of 6 teeth now.

              

The Elephants/Intruder

Since we have lived in our dear sweet...WASP! (yikes stay tuned...)...apartment we have received a brand new dryer & dishwasher, have had money taken off our rent because it wasn't painted correctly as well as have had numerous other things fixed, such as our garbage disposal wherein I was told not to put egg shells down the disposal(whatever-so dumb!) and as I am writing this blog I am sitting less that a foot away from a wasp that I have caught between the blinds and the window.  It's kinda freaking me out, but as long as I can hear it buzzing then I'll keep typing.  Luke and Alyssa are Sunday napping right now and I already had to slam a book on top of the wasp I caught this morning!  Can you believe that?!  Wasps(intruders), in our apartment.  This is nuts!  I hope Luke wakes up soon!

Car Jacking

So I can happily report that I have taken the upper hand in "my" parking spot. I get it the majority of the time and they have taken to a spot on the other side of the car port which I believe is actually closer to their apartment. 

Application for Friendship

So I was at Target last week and this lady stopped to ask me about my shopping cart cover that Alyssa sits in.  We began chatting and stood there for probably at least 5 minutes talking like old friends.  She introduced me to the term "Seattle freeze" which apparently means that people are really nice and friendly to casually chat with, but ask them to coffee and they "freeze" up.  She was telling me she had no friends and had been here for about 6 months (same as me) and her husband works for Microsoft (same as me) and she has 4 kids (same as me...wait, oh, no actually not the same as me, but close enough) So anyway we decided to go for coffee sometime and so we exchanged email addresses and now we're going to actually meet up on Wednesday morning.  So I guess I'm off to a good start. 

Oh and this weekend was our first Washington road trip.  We went 3 hours south to Vancouver WA and Portland OR to visit 2 of my roommates from college.  We had a great time visiting and catching up...here are some pictures of me with my old  roommates.

My Secret/Postsecret.com

Not so much a secret anymore.  As of this week it's pretty obvious that I'm pregnant (5 1/2 weeks).  I had a lady at church who greets me every week tell me today that she didn't realize I was pregnant, but I think that'll be the last of people not knowing/seeing.  So far my pregnancy has been pretty easy (same with Alyssa) and I've only thrown up twice and each time was because I had to down 24oz of fluid in less than an hour in preparation for our sonogram.  So I don't know if that really counts as any type of "morning sickness."  But it was sick at that! lol Especially since the first time was in the car while I was driving to my sonogram appointment  (Yes I had my car detailed afterwards)

When Will the Weather Cease to Surprise Me?

About 2 weeks ago I took Alyssa to the grocery store (as I do several times a week because it gives us a reason to go shopping and get out of the house) and the weather was pretty average - lightly cloudy and dry with bits of sun now and then.  But I wasn't too surprised to notice that it was drizzling when we came out of the store, so I put up the hoods on our sweatshirts and began towards the car.  I took 3 steps and was like what the heck is this?  After 5 steps we were mostly wet and after the 25-30 feet to my parking spot we were soaked. 

So I'm not even quite sure how to describe it but it felt and sounded like it was snowing, but looked like it was sprinkling/drizzling from the inside of the windshield.  It was like tons and tons of light sprinkles coming down in the thickest way possible.  So crazy, because if you looked at me you would have thought it was poring rain, but it totally wasn't.  Oh and if that isn't strange, you can imagine how surprised we were that same week to have one day be warm and sunny (65ish degrees) and then next day snow!

Against My Husband's Wishes

Luke continues to sleep in 4-5 layers of clothing.  I'll leave the update to that. lol

Things Get Crazy When Husband Turns 30

So we're not having twins, but we are having a boy!  I couldn't have asked for a better sequence, my girly girl first and then a little boy.  And yes, I'm totally in denial that he has to have a name.  I think most of you know that Luke it totally pushing for 'Indiana' (and no he's not joking).  I hope we can agree on a name before he is born. lol (seriously it might take that long to agree) So Alyssa will still be Daddy's little girl for now...and well forever too.   Look at their hair! 

Oh and I still have a carrot in my oven, from my little spill incident, that I keep forgetting to get out - it's completely white and will probably crumble if I touch it.

But speaking of turning 30. I just had my 29th and a 1/2 birthday April 5th, which was a Saturday, and it was soo awesome.  I woke up to "breakfast in bed" -well kinda except it was more like breakfast on the couch while watching a movie....but the important part is that Luke had it all made before I woke up.  AND then he handed me the coolest card ever. I am so proud of it that I took pictures for my blog to document how creative my husband is:

I am so excited because I have always wanted to go to Cirque Du Soleil and now I get to go...finally!  I can not wait!

AND speaking of monumental birthday's.  Alyssa will be turning 1 year old on April 28th!  I can't hardly believe it, but yes it's true. (I know so cliché, but had to say it.)  We're not going to throw her a party or anything, but my mom and grandma will be coming into town for the very special occasion so that should be lots of fun.  Luke has specifically requested a chocolate icing cake for Alyssa so that the pictures turn out really good...so stay tuned! lol

 

Favorite Video's of All Time

We have recently been enjoying using our webcam to take video of Alyssa.  Here is one of our favorite so far.  The quality isn't great because it's our webcam, but maybe someday we'll get a real video camera.

You can view our other videos of Alyssa here.

Oh but we still do enjoy our You Tube (although we haven't received any shared videos from Ramona Quimby in a while) and just this morning Luke found one that's pretty cool:

So I am thinking that I may have issues making friends here in the Seattle area because I'm such a waster.  Some know this about me and for some of my "green" friends I try to shelter them from my wastefulness.  You see just the other day we were at a baby shower in which I was in charge of bringing the cake.  So I found this amazingly cute cake at a little quaint bakery and just as I had hoped everyone was taken aback at how awesome my baby bassinet cake looked.  Well to my dismay the cake was not to my liking.  It was very dry and just not anything like I had hoped.  Some were saying that maybe the bakery was Romanian because their pastry's are less sugary and a little more dry.  Luke and another lady at the shower were the only two people who said anything about actually liking it.  So of course at the end of the shower half of the cake was left and despite the hostess asking if anyone wanted any to take home, everyone declined.  So I took it upon myself to take the cake home.  As I immediately piped up saying that it was no problem that I would take the cake home Luke gave me a hidden simile and I had to look away smiling to myself because he knew exactly what I would be doing with the cake as soon as we got home. 

He knew because on a separate occasion I had baked a 4 layer cake, that looked equally as awesome, for a wedding shower of which the couple didn't show up.  So we had this cake and noone really ate it because we were waiting so long that noone felt like eating it - which was totally understandable.  So at the end of the night while casually talking to our friends I took the entire 4 layer cake and slid it into the trash can.  You have no idea how satisfying it is to hear that thump of a 5lb cake hit the bottom of an empty trash can.  My friends were flabbergasted - mouths open wide.  They said it seemed like an illusion and that I couldn't have just done what they saw me do.  Seriously what did they expect?  Luke and I don't even like cake - we barely ate our own wedding cake so what was I supposed to do with it?  Send it to a homeless shelter?  haha not.

You don't even want to know what else I throw away or how I throw things away for that matter.  Let's just say I wouldn't be very popular up here in the tree hugging west if I published those thoughts!

We've been here about 6 months and I still don't have any "real" friends, but I do have potential friends.

I have met some really neat people lately and they might actually pan out to be actual friends.  But I have some big shoes to fill.  Let's see:    

	There was a girl in my swimming class who seemed rather artsy. She listens to The Shins, she watches Pushing Daisies, and had even heard of Damien Hirst. Plus, she was half white and half Puerto Rican...Does that count?
	I stopped by the local Dutch bakery in hopes of finding myself a nice blond Dutch girl who I might be able to discuss the latest happenings in the BL. It turns out that all of the Dutch girls up here are spoken for so I might just have to wait until the real Melissa moves up here.
	I have decided to call off the search for a new Rebeccah because of my new found career as home maker. I am learning to cook, clean, and sew like a natural...any Home Economics teacher would be proud!
	I did find one girl at church who is a pretty good cook but she doesn't have a very infectious laugh. Also, she doesn't host baby showers at her house every other weekend so I guess the Christa replacement search continues.
	I thought this one would be easy because we live like 2 miles from the local UPS warehouse. The other day when the UPS guy came to my house I decided to make conversation by saying, "So...Have you had any dogs pee on your diode lately?" But he just looked at me funny and walked away. Plus, he had too much hair.
	I have a very serious applicant for the Bethany position. She is very in tune with the earth and she likes to cook with some very unique ingredients. She even sells jewelry! But it turns out it was Cookie Lee - not the Premier Designs I am used to. Again, duplicating the laugh is turning out to be very difficult.
	I attended the local MOPS meeting and asked every lady there what fire station their husband works in and how many years they had been breast feeding. I don't think this went over well because it turns out I was in a meeting of the Washington State Chapter of the National Organization for Women. Plus, they were all taller than 4'2''.
	I took Alyssa in for an Autism screening so I could check out the local SLP. When I walked in her office she had a large soda AND a Jamba Juice sitting on her desk - and it was only 7:30 AM! I thought I had found the perfect Bridget replacement! So I immediately asked her if she wanted to meet up with Bob, Szilvi, and I at El Pollo Loco for lunch. She informed me that she doesn't eat fast food and she claimed not to know Bob and Szilvi...definitely not a Bridget!

When we lived in San Diego we didn't eat out at fast food restaurants very much...well at least we didn't  for dinner and if we did it was usually because we were going out with friends.  Well, since we have lived here we have gone to McDonalds like 10 times for dinner (which is a lot for us) and every time we eat there we look at each other and think about how weird it is to be eating there again.

So anyway, besides McDonalds we have tried a couple of local fast food chains that that are not seen so much in San Diego.

 

Taco Time

Our first and last experience with Taco Time was a week or so after we arrived here.  We went inside to order and took a while to look over the menu.  They had a chicken taco thing that looked good from the picture and so I was going to ask about that and Luke thought he might get something that sounded like a chimichanga. It was actually called a "Crisp Burrito." So we get to the register to order and I ask the (young) guy what was on the chicken taco thing.  He promptly begins to ring up the chicken taco until I clarify that not I don't want to order yet, I want to know what is on it.  "Oh" he says and turns around to search the picture menu up above for the item I am inquiring about.  I realize he can't find it and I point it out.  He says "oh-yeah"  Then he proceeds to say, "well it looks like it has chicken, lettuce and cheese on top and some stuff inside."  I say, "that's all?"  Then he says, "uh, I think so." I'm annoyed with him so I say, "Are you just guessing from what the picture looks because I really do want to know what is exactly on the taco, so could you ask?"  So he attempts to ask the worker making the food and she promptly repeats the list of ingredients to him (which I can hear) and then he turns around and can only remember 2 of the things she says and then tries to ask her again, but I stop him because I have heard what she said.

Another puzzling item on the menu was called "Mexi-fries." Luke and I both noticed that they looked suspiciously like tater tots. But this wasn't "Burger Time" or "Potato Time" so had to take them at their word that these were some sort of authentic Mexican side dish. What do we know, we only used to live like 5 minutes from the border.

So then we order and sit down.  Our food arrives with just my order and we have to tell the guy that Luke's chimichunga is missing.  So he was like oh okay.  So he goes to get it and it's not made so he comes back and asks him which one he wanted again and then goes back, makes it and brings in out as I'm finishing my taco and then we both laugh because his "meal" is the size of a taquito. lol  I think Luke was full enough because he had eaten some of my taco and plenty of the "Mexi-fries" (which did end up just being tater tots) while he was waiting.  But we'll most likely NEVER go back there again because the food just wasn't that good.

Dairy Queen

Recently after an attempted meal at home gone bad, we went to Dairy Queen to gratify our grumbling tummies.  We walk in and similarly to Taco Time we look over the menu because we haven't been there in a very long time.  There are 3 different types of cheeseburgers: The regular cheeseburger, the classic cheeseburger, and the cheeseburger deluxe. The regular cheeseburger was kinda obvious that it was just the plain cheeseburger or even the "kids cheeseburger" if you will, but the problem with the other two was that the pictures both looked the same and they only varied by price and sesame seeds buns. So we decide to inquire about the differences.

We approached a young girl at the register and ask about the cheeseburgers. She looked behind her at the pictures on the above menu and said "I know there's a difference I just don't know what they are because they look the same to me" THEN she proceeds to look at us as if we should just pick one to order.  I am again flabbergasted as thoughts of our Taco Time experience flood into my head, so I again ask if she can find out.  The manager comes over and informs us that that 10 cent difference is that one has ketchup and mustard and the other has Thousand Island dressing.  I think we both ended up getting the latter and they were yummy!  So in contrast to Taco Time we actually really enjoyed our meal.

So I just have to say that I never thought I'd say this, (especially since I'm not even 30 years old yet) but "Young People These Days!" what the heck?!