Is It Or Isn't It?

Goodness... it's been awhile - again - bad habit - not posting - oh well - I do what I can. So last weekend I went to a picnic at O'Neill Park - a really nice regional park in the area that is popular with hikers, campers and those just wanting to have a nice picnic out. It was with my fellowship group from church and we had a great time - we did have a question about one of the plants though.... is it - or isn't it... poison oak? Didn't want to touch it so I took a picture - I think we decided that it really was poison oak. So at lunch when we were eating at the picnic benches - we noticed all of the squirrels around the field we were in - they were all over the place! At one point we were a bit worried about an attack of the squirrels. So after lunch and some fellowship we decided to play 'Bowling for Squirrels' - aka Bocce Ball. They pretty much got out of the way when we started throwing the balls around - except this one - and of course being the evil one that I am - couldn't resist trying to roll the ball as close to him as possible - which I did - within a couple of inches - he decided to leave after that!

After the picnic was over - a group of us decided to take a walk around part of the park and see where the campground was - and I found this one campsite rather amusing - it had this beautiful new trailer with several slide outs - and next to it was this little hibachi. We also saw horses in the equestrian camping area and then got in the car and drove around the park - there are a lot of picnic areas and hiking trails - I took a couple of pictures that I just couldn't resist - including one of my very favorite subjects - check them out here. All in all - it was a lovely and relaxing day and has inspired me to check out the regional park just down the street from me - may become part of my walking and running routine - will post an update on how that goes - hopefully in a more timely manner!

Three Unrelated Stories

I was in Target tonight buying cat food - and was happy to see that they had a 'Temporary Price Cut' on the food I normally buy - it was now $14.00 - of course then I looked a little closer and the noticed that the regular price is $14.09!  Are you kidding me?  That's almost false advertising - unacceptable!  Of course, I bought it anyway - the cat has to eat!  When I was walking to my car - I noticed the Stater Bros and Target carts playing together again - maybe it's ok since they were in a Target collection stall!

So on Saturday when Terrie and I were going up to Big Bear to do some picture framing, we stopped at Carl's Jr a the bottom of the hill.  While we were in there - this bus driver came in - and I didn't really think much about it until we were walking  back to the car and he was walking back to the bus - that the bus was running - unattended!  It really made me laugh - I joked with Terrie about whether she wanted a bus - there was one that she could hijack - I realize now that the story was much funnier in person.  

One last story that may or may not be funny - we went to lunch last week at South Coast Plaza and I couldn't resist taking this picture...

How many malls do you know of that have a limo stop?!  I was informed by one of my friends that it is the mall of choice of the Real Housewives of Orange County - yeah - real housewives my a**!

It Would Be A Great Outfit And All

Goodness - I keep finding these notes of things that I have meant to write about and haven’t - so here is some completely random stuff.

We shall start with Universal Studios - I was there several weeks ago - played hooky from my church - although I went to church in Thousand Oaks - and after that - I met up with some friends at Universal Studios.  We had a good time - it’s been several years since I’ve been there - and I can say - that I don’t think I really need to go again for another several years!  There was some new stuff that I hadn’t seen before, though - and they had the new Simpsons ride where the theming was fabulous - the park employee that was supposed to be managing the queue was quite the ass - thought it fit in nicely with the whole Simpsons theme.  The best part of the day though - were the several things that reminded me of our England trip - check out the pictures here.

A couple of weeks after that I had the pleasure of modeling for our women’s group at church.  I don’t mind doing the modeling - but it was a nightmare trying to get an appointment to go in and try on outfits.  The shop they choose caters to an older crowd - so there were only times during the middle of a weekday - they made an exception for me and let me come in on a Sunday - how gracious of them!  So there were 3 outfits that I wore - even a casual one in my favorite color - that the coordinator from the store thought I should buy - yeah - no.  It would be a great outfit and all - for my mother!  Check out all the outfits here - along with a pic of peep Lynne who modeled as well.

Random Things I Have To Tell

Here I am out of town - away from all the stuff I should be doing at home - with time in my hotel room to blog and I'm just not in the mood - shouldn't have brought the DVD's of NCIS with me - but there are some random things that I have to tell - so I'll at least get those out...

Let's see - some trends that I have noticed in this and last week's hotels - the shower curtains - it must be the in thing to have a shower curtain that has more privacy in the bottom part and more see through at the top.  And I've noticed that both hotels had elevator permits that were out of date - what's up with that?!

And an amusing store that I drove by yesterday - Baby Trader - didn't know you could trade them in!  Went to Vons last night to pick up some stuff and this woman starts to talk to me about how her son found inspiration on the bottom of a Kleenex box for his graduation speech - she actually read some of the text to me from the box she was carrying around - it was actually pretty good - will have to check out the bottom next time I come across a box.  She told me not to tell anyone - so shhhh - mum's the word!   Speaking of odd things at Vons - I was in Vons a couple of weeks ago back in the OC and I came across these baby apples - along with baby bananas - I found them terribly amusing - so much so that I had to take pictures - check them out here.  So when I came across a potato of a baby size at Soup Plantation recently - had to take a picture of it also!

So one more rambling story before I go - aren't you all glad I finally decided to post :) !  Anywho... best part of the trip - seeing my friend Jan for dinner - who would have thought we would both be in San Diego last night!  We went to a little whole in the wall Mexican place that she is familiar with - YUMMY!  At the end of the evening I had to buy a bag of chips to go - and contemplated buying the big bag - good thing I didn't - I practically ate the entire small bag tonight - I don't even want to imagine the kind of damage I could have done with the big bag!  ok - think I've rambled enough for now - happy rest of the week to everyone!