Long weekend

Just got back from another trip, this time to LA. Our friends' son, Y, had his birthday last Friday so they decided to go to Disneyland for that. We had some parties in the LA area as well, so we decided to tag along. We left SJ on Thursday, then off to Pasadena to meet up with friends for dinner.

Friday, we spent the whole day in Disneyland. But of course, why wouldn't we? The kids had a blast going on rides. It was good timing, too. The queues to the rides weren't too bad, so we were able to survive without getting fast pass tickets. We went on a couple of rides in Disneyland, then we transferred to California Adventure. We stayed until past 11; would have stayed longer, but the kids were really worn out by then, so we just headed back to the hotel.

Oh.....but I saw Turk! Haha!

Saturday was another long day. We met up with my HS class in Oxnard for a mini-reunion. There was a lot of food......best of all, there was isaw! After lunch, we headed out to the beach about 10 mins away from AS' house. There was a cool breeze and the weather was really pleasant. Took some pictures, and finally parted ways at around 4:30. Next stop: Outlets.

R&Y and family met with some friends, too, and headed onto the outlets. We decided to meet up with them there after our mini-reunion. After that, we drove down PCH to go by Malibu on the way to Santa Monica. We did a stop at Neptune's Net for dinner -- clam chowder was awesome!

We arrived at Santa Monica Pier shortly after 9. Did some games then the kids went on rides. A was really happy. She was saying we should stop playing games for toys because she has a lot of them already, we should just go on rides. The kiddie rides were kiddie versions of thrill rides, so A was really excited to be able to try them. Again, we stayed until after midnight.

Sunday, we met up for an early lunch with my CD friends J & R. It's been a while, so there was a lot of talking. We had to leave soon, though, because we were heading back home that afternoon. We were back on the road by 2PM. We were able to catch up with R&Y and family who were headed back home, too. We rode together for a couple of hundred miles until we left I-5.

Now, back home, nursing a sore throat after 3 days of sleeping late and nonstop talking. Yaaay!

Superpowers

Overheard from the backseat:

D: We will transform to be the.....

D & A: Super sissies!

A: D, what's your super power? I have the power to rhyme!

D: What?

Month long

It's been a month?! Wow. I must have been so busy, it hadn't occurred to me that I haven't even looked here.

So, anyway, what has happened through the month?


Vacation!

The hubby had a business conference in MS land. Since the kids are on school break (even though I am not), we decided to all go for the trip to visit friends. The trip was ok. We were out of the house for almost 10 days, which was really tiring, but all the same, a welcome break. Disappointing that after being told the weather was cooler there, it was hot as hell, and ironically, the weather was really pleasant in SJ, which was odd because it was hot when we left, and it was hot after we got back. But I guess that is a good thing, because otherwise, it would have been either overcast or raining.

Then we took a side trip to Canada, which was only a couple of hours' drive from MS land. It wasn't a long drive and it was all green, but after the first hour, we were looking forward to see civilization. Well, I don't know. Maybe we've just gotten used to driving across Cali and it's all either desert, mountain or farm.


Birthday!

D turned 9 while we were there. My gosh.....where did time fly to? It wasn't a big celebration since we were on a trip, but because there was that business conference, some old friends who attended the conference got invited to the birthday dinner as well. She was happy. She got a lot of stuff plus money that we put in her bank account. Then she said she wanted to watch WALL-E. We did, but we didn't find time until a couple of days after. It was good that she was pretty content. She didn't ask for material stuff, which is always good.


Reunion

When we were scheduling the trip, I called one of my best friends who live close to MS land to check if we can meet-up. Unfortunately, she said they were going to the Philippines 2 weeks before our scheduled trip, and would be there until October. But when we got there, I still tried calling her and left a message. Just in case something in their plans changed and she happened to still be there, although I wasn't expecting anything. The following day, she called me up and she was still there. She was leaving in a couple of days, although she said we can definitely meet up before she goes. I had a window that same afternoon, so we jumped on it. We met up at the Town Center where the kids were able to play outside in the water. Then we had dinner together, and she was inviting us to her house. We were meaning to go, but the kids woke up late, and I had to arrange D's birthday dinner, so we were not able to. She was able to go to the birthday dinner, though, so it was all good. Well, anyway, we were able to hook her up with other friends who are in the area as well, so I think that was good for them as well.


Spilled milk

So, somebody spilled milk on the carpet a couple of days ago. We thought we were able to get everything out, but apparently, we were wrong. So wrong, in fact, that whatever was left got spoiled and started stinking really bad. It was so bad, that any attempt to clean it out only made it worse. We had no resort but to have the carpet shampooed. So we did. It has improved now, but still it smells a bit. Maybe, I should get something from the grocery to take care of it.