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!

Happy Birthday To Me!

What a lovely birthday weekend - not only do I get three days - but I get a weekend filled with the love and blessings of friends.  Friday evening started with prayer and wonderful dinner out with friends (even if I was cramming for weigh in on Saturday morning and had to eat salad and the service was terrible!) - Saturday started with breakfast with friends and a lovely day of laying around the house (and doing laundry).  Saturday evening was filled with a pool party and excellent dinner at friends - more good times.  Sunday morning was a bit hectic at church - lots going on - but hope that will calm down in the next couple of weeks.  Went to lunch out with a friend and not only had a great customer service experience but got a discount card also - will have to eat at PF Chang's more often!  Sunday evening went to visit my mom - we had a nice visit - have other mom stories from earlier in the week - will have to get those posted in the next couple of days - back to last evening - at one point she asked me how my love life was - made me laugh!  She also told me about an outfit that she had laid out on the chair to put on before breakfast and when she came back it was gone - last Tuesday when I was there - the outfit was red - last night the outfit was blue and then 5 minutes later when she brought it up again - it was pink (it's her latest obsession).  God Bless Her!  After visiting with her - went to friends for dinner - fantastic (and found out I like yams - as long as they don't have all that sugary stuff on them) - and I got my favorite thing - angel food cake with chocolate frosting (thank you!) - in fact - I think I just might have the leftovers for breakfast - mmmmm.  I started this morning with a couple of my favorite things  - got to see my friend Jan - walked up to cheer her on in her 1/2 marathon and then I treated myself to not just a tall - but a grande hot chocolate.  Happy Birthday to me!

Early Birthday Gift

I got an early birthday gift yesterday.... check it out - Betsy Marie...   I got my baby back, baby back, baby back...  I got my baby back, baby back, baby back!  I was convinced when I left her at the body shop two weeks ago that I wouldn't get her back - cried as I drove out of the parking lot.  But here she is - in living color (although I don't think black is really a color - but you get my point).  It was so good to see her!  I know it sounds crazy - I certainly wasn't this attached to my Corolla (Betsy Jane - they are all named Betsy) when I had her - but there is just something about my Integra - I just really love the car.  When I went to pick her up - there was a guy in the office that might have been either the owner or manager and he asked me if the Integra was mine - and I told him yes - he said he was glad they were able to save it - that it is a really nice car.  I completely agreed with him - it's nice to have her back - God Bless the body shop!

Take My Mind Off Everything

What a week!  Well - here's an update...  had to get a new rental car after a warning light came on in the first one - the new car doesn't have a sun roof - bummer!  Haven't heard anything about whether they are going to total my car - several of the claims folks at work told me it can take a couple of days to determine - will be following up tomorrow (the consensus is about 50/50 as to whether they will total it).  And was told of a 'special assignment' opportunity at work that looks very promising - although getting information about it today wasn't without its drama.  I'm leaning towards the opportunity - but any prayer you would like to send my way would be greatly appreciated!  But best of all today - was an evening out with B - just to take my mind off everything else that is going on - thanks, my friend - God Bless You!

Crappy Day

This is how my day started - needless to say - it wasn't a very good one.  Got rear ended on my way to work - and am fine - just really sore - and the doctor told me I would feel even worse tomorrow - God Bless Him!  I have to say, though - even with the crappy day that it has been (with all sorts of crying going on) - there have been blessings also.  The blessing of a friend that recently got a job - but is off on Fridays so she was able to chauffeur me around to take care of the details.  And the blessing of a doctor's appointment this afternoon that had already been made for my annual physical.  And mostly the blessing that he was able to swerve and only clip the side of my car - had he hit me straight on - I would have been in much worse shape!  And with this damage there is still hope that they won't total my car - but Monday may really be crappy if they do - no matter what, though - God is Good and God is Ever Present and God will Never Fail Us!