We've been in California for just over a month now and are settling in quite nicely. We've spent our time learning our new surroundings and have already found a couple favorite things to do.
Frequently on Sunday's our routine has us off to breakfast in downtown Willow Glen. Willow Glen is a small area of San Jose where we live. It has a sweet small town feel in its little downtown area with cute little shops and restaurants. After breakfast we head over to Campbell, another nearby Bay Area town, for an amazing Farmer's Market where we've picked up some awesome local fruits, veggies, and even plants for our backyard.
Speaking of our backyard, we spend a lot of time in it. Angie enjoys taking care of all our rose bushes, cleaning out the flower beds, and arranging potted plants around. She has even started composting, which has significantly cut down on our weekly garbage. We've already had one nice batch to feed some of the flowers with.
Sidney has been back in Colorado for the past couple weeks spending time with her dad and friends. Before she left, she was a great helper in the yard and set up the deck outside her bedroom with a cute little bistro set.
Howie absolutely loves the dog door to the backyard since it lets him go outside whenever he wants. At least it did until Kitty figured out how to use it too. Now we need to figure out how to stop Kitty from using it so we can open it back up for Howie, although he still gets out as much as he wants to.
I've settled into my daily routine of riding my bike 3.5 miles to the shuttle stop and riding it in to work. Google has some amazing busses fully equipped with wireless internet which allows me to work during my commute and avoid driving in the California traffic. I am pretty sure I've ridden my bike more miles than I've driven my car since we've moved here.
Here are some pictures we've taken of the yard and stuff. I'll be sure to have another update soon.
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