October Ramblings

Here I sit at work and for the life of me I just don't want to do anything today. Sometimes I don't grasp the concept of getting here and having to work as well. It's just not fair.

In fact nothing in life seems that fair anymore.

After watching the 2 boobs debate for a second time last night it is clear to me that this country is going to hell in a handbasket. Why couldn't these guys just answer a question? Bottom line people, bottom line! Quit with the tap dancing around all the issues and quit with the mudslinging! Those guys just pissed me and Limo Man off and we ended up turning the slugbate off.

I think I'll just write in Limo Man for President.
Yeah, that's what I'll do.....

Fall Update

Labor Day weekend has passed and that can only mean one thing. (Okay maybe two things).

School has started and I'm back taking a class at Cal State Long Beach and Huntington Beach will finally get back to "normal" after a busy summer tourist season.

Limo Man and I are looking forward to a couple of things coming up in October: Our pals Janice and Dean are coming down to celebrate Dean's 60th birthday. They'll be here for a few days so it will be so much fun to see them and spend some time with them. Then we'll be going to Oakdale to meet the newest member of the family, our first grand nephew, Border Marion Rath. It will also be the first time we get to check out Tyler and Marjean's new digs! We can't wait!

Oops, maybe I shouldn't have let the cat out of the bag about our trip to Oakdale. If the "Big man" finds out we may have to wrestle him to hold the baby. The "Bigman" loves the babies! And why not? He's got a third grandie on the way! We're so excited for all of them!

Walkin' in HB

This little beauty takes up one entire corner lot.

This is a little convenience store that has a beach mural painted on it's side.

This stone beauty was recently completed.

An unusual style with a clock above and an indian statue below.

Here's your basic "beach house". The porch looks so cozy!

I have recently started walking around Huntington with my IPod blaring. I can't believe that it took me almost a year to take the silly thing out of the box and learn how to use it. Right now I am downloading the best of the Matchbox 20 "Exile in America" tour. Limo Man and I went to see Matchbox 20 at the Pacific Amphitheater at the end of July. We had great seats and with the package that we bought we also got the entire "best of" downloads of the tour. Needless to say it was a great concert and Rob Thomas is so awesome!

Anyways, one recent Saturday when Limo Man was out driving I decided to take a walk and take come pics of some interesting homes in the neighborhood. Some of the pictures may not be that great but hey, I don't claim to a photographer. It's interesting to see the different architectural styles in this city by the beach.

Turtles turtles turtles....

L.W. here and I love turtles.

Maybe it has to do with the fact that Limo Man calls me "little turtle". He says that I look like a turtle when I pout. Can you imagine?

Anyways I shot (not with a gun silly!) some turtles out on our patio to share with anyone that reads my blog.

Okay, so sometimes I get a little bored.

This time off is gettin' to me.

I'd better go do something useful like laundry or something.

Yeah that's what I'll do....

Life after Las Vegas

Limo Man and I had a fabulous trip to Las Vegas this last week.

We left on Sunday and got into Vegas about 3pm. We got an upgrade on our room so we actually had a suite that was bigger than our townhouse. The spa tub pictured above was huge and to give you an idea of how huge it is Limo Man is 6'4" and he could barely sit up in the thing.

We had a fabulous dinner on Sunday night at our favorite sushi place at the MGM, The Grand Wok. We love going there for dinner and the sushi makers love it when we give them a tip. We sat at the sushi bar and after we tipped the guys it started a trend with other diners at the bar.

Monday and Tuesday we hung at the pool. They have a new pool at the MGM Grand called Wet Republic. That's where all the beautiful, young people hang out. Since there are 6 pools now at the MGM we hung at the director's pool which is the adult pool. It was nice to see that the "adults" weren't the usual suspects that we have always seen flaunting their little hard bodies there before. Apparently they have all migrated to Wet Republic. THANK YOU WET REPUBLIC.... Now I have no qualms about hanging at the pool.

On Monday night we trammed down to Caesar's palace and had dinner at Bobby Flay's Mesa Grill. Wow, was that ever a delight! We have decided that since the food was so good that we will go back sometime and make a meal out of the appetizers.

As you can see by the picture with all the building they are building a huge city center in Las Vegas. It's going to consist mostly of condos and timeshares. It will be interesting to see how it plays out in this economy.

We're back from Vegas and back to the usual.

L.W.

Happy 4th of July

Limo Man is driving the dignitaries for the HB Annual 4th of July Parade today. The 4th of July in HB is amazing. People drive in from all over southern california and park where they want. Most of them don't care if they are in a red zone or not. It's almost like the lemmings making their way to the edge of the cliff.

Then later Limo Man is taking some favorite clients to a soccer match at the Home Dept Center. So the 4th of July is a day that I can take for myself.

In the past I have always barbequed ribs and made macky salad for Limo Man but this year we are having hot dogs and hot links with some store bought poatato salad since he only has a short break at home.

I hope you all have a safe and happy 4th and that you get to see some great fireworks. All I know is that later tonight my neighborhood will be a war zone.

Fireworks are illegal in HB unless they are controlled in a show down on the pier. But the people who live here don't care. Oh well, a few shots of tequila and I won't hear a thing. HOPEFULLY. Say a prayer of thanks for our troops over in Iraq and other foreign countries that are fighting for our freedom and those who have fought before them. We owe them big!

L.W.

OH MY GOD

Limo Man and I are getting ready to go to Las Vegas next weekend.
Yes Limo Man loves to go into the desert in the summer time and going into the desert in the summer time means one thing.....
The nightmare search for a new bathing suit!
I boldly went out shopping last night and hit Sears, J.C. Penney's, Macy's, Kohl's and was about to give up while walking back to the car when I remembered that there was a Mervyn's at Bella Terra.
So I stopped in and actually found a couple of cute suits.
But here's the catch.....
I have been so bad about doing any exercise and have been making some pretty poor choices about eating and drinking that I seem to have ballooned to about the size of a small country. I love cottage cheese for lunch but I DO NOT like seeing it on my butt and legs.
All I can say at this time is it's a good damn thing that the trend for this summer is bathing suit bottoms that have skirts attached to them. At least no one has to be subjected to seeing my cottage cheese cheeks.
Oh God......how could I have let myself go like this?
L.W.