Donate Blood!!

So Justin finally donated blood with me!!! It's only taken me 2 years to convince him to come with me.
Reasons why it's cool to donate:
1. You get free cookies and juice!!! (And on Wed. nights here in SB you get free pizza)
2. Everyone is really nice, and you can never be too funny, they'll always laugh at your stupid jokes.
3. You can only get turned away if you've been to a malaria ridden country, have a fever, have a low cell count, or got pierced or tattooed within the last year. (PS if you're not sure if you can donate for any reason you can always call them and a nurse will let you know, anonymously)
4. Depending on the donation you can watch TV play on the Internet or even see a movie (for the 2hr long donation)
5. They give you an online profile and you can rack up points towards prizes!!!!
6. They almost always give you a gift cert. for a free pizza or a small box of See's candy.
7. Free cholesterol testing (okay, so not that cool, but interesting info!)
8. They give you stickers that say things like "Be nice to me, i donated blood" or "I donated today, Take me out to dinner" (my personal fave) and a colored bandage (to coordinate with your outfit, how stylish)
9. YOU GET TO SAVE LIVES!!!!

Basically, you all should get off your butts and donate, it doesn't take long and only hurts for a second. If you need moral support I will gladly join you.

My Grandma is Famous!!!

So check out this article a local paper wrote about my grandma. I've already found 3 links to this article on the web! (She's more famous on the web than I am, and I actually use it!)

thedailysound.com/News/040109Volunteer

Congratulations Justin!!!

Justin just passed his contractors licensing exam yesterday!!! He is now officially a contractor and this will make a huge difference in the security of his work. (Especially in the wake of 7 locals getting arrested for contracting without a license.) So Yay!! Pass on the word if you need work done on your house or someone you know does, Justin can do it.

New News

Not a whole lot going on here at the Shrode homstead. Holly just got a new car (oooh a Honda) and is trying to sell her truck (hint hint, buy it!!!) We both just got accepted for health insurance, and with that and the 4 door car we're one step closer to making babies, but don't get too excited, we want to enjoy our anniversary trip sans pregnancy so that birth control will be working well into July. Justin is so close to passing his contractors test so keep him in your prayers. Don't worry if you haven't seen him for a while, he'll be making a grand entrance debutante party style when he passes. That's right, he'll be wearing a white dress and Holly will escort him around the party. But anyway, we look forward to getting our social graces back on track.
On a different note Holly's sister Nicole and her family just moved to LA. We're so excited to have them so close, especially since they have the cutest little girl.
Hope everyone is doing alright!

Merry Christmas to all!!! We wish you all the joy and happiness we have found. Stay safe this christmas and realize that friends can be family and family can be friends. Best Wishes.
-Justin and Holly

What we did this weekend.

Justin's cousins are National Ranked Roller Skaters (and the cutest girls ever), this weekend we were finally able to go see their show. Check out this video of what we saw! (The afro girl that gets lifted and spun is one of his cousins). On a totally random note, Mena Suvari was there and when were invited to put on roller skates and skate with the team I almost killed her by running her into a wall. Yup it was a random weekend.

Tea Fire

Well here is the fire from my house. The fuzzy white thing at the end is the house at the end of my block. We voluntarily evacuated last night around 10:30pm. We decided to leave because after watering down the house there wasn't much more we could do and we had to think about our pets. Our brother very generously opened his house to us to stay, so we're here now. Please say a prayer for us and our home. I'll keep updated with any changes.