Musings of an adventurous empty nest mom on everything under the sun.
Today's version of the Merry Month of May will be taken from the suggested blog topics list: "Share what you love about your hometown." Should I bore you with the weather already? We are only two days into this 31 day challenge?!! But really, when you live 1 mile from Torrey Pines State Beach as... Continue Reading →
It's been about a week now since I finished the book. If you read any of my tweets while I plowed through it, you know already that I am deeply conflicted. First of all, I should be fair and link to the Amazon Kindle purchase page just in case you want to experience this for yourself.... Continue Reading →
This is the tweet/facebook status I posted at 8am today: "Driving in to work, I passed a man walking along the side of Torrey Pines Rd-leading 3 pack mules! Yes, mules!! What the??" And this is the link that someone posted as a response: Three Mules in Los Angeles Last weekend, Kelly and I were... Continue Reading →
Yes, I know, I live here so the headline could seem as if it is hinting that I traveled somewhere new. Which I did. Sort of. Friday night started it off out in east county for the first varsity football game of the season (horrible...penalties, turnovers...lost 22-7...16 still on the sideline though he should be... Continue Reading →
Allow me please to whine just a little bit about the weather. OK, let me whine a LOT! First, here is your frame of reference. I live in San Diego. I've lived here full time pretty much since the early 80s. So this graphic describes me PERFECTLY: The last two weeks it has been... Continue Reading →
Over the San Diego bay last night, there was a bit of a..shall we say...premature ignition....of Every. Single. Firework set to explode for their 4th of July show. Check out this post on the snafu, complete with a couple of utterly hysterical videos on Grist I do believe this is as close you will ever... Continue Reading →
I did it - woke up and ran the 3.2 mile loop along the trail near my house. And oh, was it hard! I purposefully didn't wear the heart monitor because I wanted to go slow and not even look at my time along the way. I have enough of a touch of OCD or... Continue Reading →
OK San Diego locals - HELP! Even though Alex still needs to earn a proper GPA in order to get his complete license, I do want to get him signed up and ready to get his permit so he can start lessons and practicing. However, which company should I use? I get these three flyers... Continue Reading →
Yes, I know I participated in the fun that we on the west coast poked at you guys yesterday. In my defense, I waited until a few after hours your earthquake and I knew full well that everyone was totally fine. Once that was cleared up, well...some ribbing had to be done! Heck, you guys... Continue Reading →
Trees & Flowers & Birds! 