Saturday, August 14, 2010

cali with my bestie.

yes, finally....i am back.
i am obviously not a good summer time blogger.
too many distractions and trips i guess.
i am going to try and do better....hopefully.

so lets go to my favorite state...the one i should of been born in.
the one where i have a awesome house sitting gig thanks to laura.
whenever she goes away she lets us come stay at her house.
 this time i was there for 10 days and my bestie tonya, flew out from maine to stay with me.
while i'm there, i get to take care of these 3 characters.

simon
dusty
and panda
simon is such a poser...he loves the camera.
as soon as i get it out he smiles and looks right at me...unlike my camera snob miley.
tonya and i had a blast...we spent lots of time relaxing at the beach.
laguna, crystal cove, dana point...
one of my favorite beaches is in laguna beach near the montage resort and spa.
this was the first time i had ever been to crystal cove beach...it was just as pretty.
this is the tunnel you walked through to get to the beach.
there were happy things painted all over it.
the beach was packed that day.
and just like simon, this little bird hopped right up on the rock and shot me a pose when i pulled my camera out.
we even saw some dolphins swimming around by the beach.
such stunning views wherever you went.
to be continued....

Monday, August 2, 2010

hollywood thrifting.

i  barely have 2 weeks in between coming back from california and leaving again for colorado.
that hasn't left much time for blogging.
my work schedule was overloaded, laundry was piling up, bills were due, and this past weekend was spent camping at the lake for my friends birthday party.

so there's my excuse...
let's move on to some pics from hollywood.
literally within 10 minutes of being there, 2 cars crashed in front of me...
my hood was full of broken tail light covers. 
they really know how to welcome a girl.
craig's uncle from another brother's mother lives there.
he's lived there for years and years and is a artist.
the best part is though...he loves to go thrift store shopping with me.
since tonya flew in way later than me, i hung out with him all day.
we started at this little coffee shop half a block from his condo.
it is where i found my new favorite dessert obsession....gelato!
it's like HEAVEN IN A BOWL!
i think i tried every flavor they had.
the salted caramel was to die for...but so was the mango, the peach, the chocolate...
you see where this is going right?
the whole rest of the trip i was hunting down gelato places.
i think i may need to open one here in kansas...
in between a coffee shop and a gym.
so after my gelato fix we headed out to chai town for some thrift shoppping.
i have to say i am becoming quite the awesome california driver...just ask tonya. :)
somebody may or may not have been cutting me off.

we went to three different stores.
i only took my camera into one of them though...and someone wanted to know if they could buy it.
i could of brought this whole store back with me...GOODNESS it had great things in it!
it blows my mind what people in hollywood toss...with the tags still on!
if only i had a 70's party to go to!
i spent $13.00 between the 3 stores and scored 2 bags of cute clothes.
we spent the rest of the afternoon walking around...in all my trips to hollywood, i never realized 
there was a subway...i just assumed with all the earthquakes and such they didn't have one.
i guess i was wrong.
they have really cleaned it up over the years...
i remember the first time we came, it was kind of disgusting.
now it's really pretty and fun to hang out in.
i usually stay out of the tourist spots though...too many whack people.
we ate dinner at campendo pollo...it's like an el pollo loco if you know what that is.
it's basically a fast food mexican chicken place.
they had yuca fries..yuuuum!!
i need to open up one of these too. 

well that's as much as your getting for now anyway...
i have to go back to work so i can pay for this trip!

Tuesday, July 27, 2010

the best WORST roller coaster picture EVER!

so if you've ever asked yourself what happens when you eat
mexican food and then immediately get on a ridiculously long
wooden roller coaster with your bff...let me show you.


(and you may want to use the potty before you look...you may just pee your pants)



keep scrolling...





almost there...







wait for it....






now!
nuf said!

Tuesday, July 20, 2010

it's not my fault.

whenever i am away from home...
my email gets all wonky.
it lets me receive, but not send.
all my emails just sit there all alone in my outbox.
waiting for their turn to fly through cyberspace to their rightful recipients.
i don't know why...i don't know anything about email that way...

so i guess what  i'm trying to say is that...
i'm really not ignoring you...
i really have replied to your comments, because i really do, heart your comments.
but you wouldn't know that, cause my replys haven't made it to you yet.
maybe i will try and work on that why i'm laying by the pool tomorrow.
it will require a phone call to the hubby...
maybe even tonya's hubby.

in the mean time, enjoy this little beauty of my happy place.  :)
ya know...why you are waiting....