After Church we went to Lunch at Sharky's in Burbank. From there we went to Target -- when I went back outside with Campbell to get a cart we were stopped by a lady who wanted to know if we were interested in getting C1 into pictures. We took her card(We called our in-the-biz friend to get her opinion).
After Target I took our bags to the car, when I got back I found these buskers in front of Target playing with gusto.
Cooper lost his first tooth today. It was loose, and he decided to give it a yank at GTY and out it came. We put it into a polybox. It's odd that his first tooth out is on the top - I'm sure the others will come out it short order.
My dad takes a rest in the shade during our LA tour. We had lunch at Phillippe's, walked through the Bradbury - all our regular stops. Beautiful weather - sunny and not too warm.
We found this odd clear cold stuff in sheets all over the back garden. The boys smashed it on the patio. I'm not sure but it could be ice. I'll need to check with my friend David in Canada to be sure.
Campbell gives his all on the bar. He loves the class, when Hugo is teaching. Today C1 did all the equipment, but did the best on the rings. He never does anything halfway - he tries his best to do what he is asked. Cooper's class is on a different day - so Cooper is playing wild shoot 'em Legos on the stairs.
The background music today is an 80s fest.
Our daffodils are coming up all over our garden. These past few weeks have been very warm, but they are calling for much cooler weather this weekend. We might have to close our windows.
Jay enjoys Kristi's birthday shake. She did not want it, so he had to eat it.
After our walk to the open house we stopped at McDonald's for lunch - Clinton style. We ate small - no frys or huge drinks. We learned from a local developer and friend, that a Bristol Farms market is coming to Valencia near our house (can you say Spa water?). He said that there is also some food coming close to GTY: Rattler's is a posibility, Jack in the Box, and Oats and Whey.
Jumpy in the dirt, dry food, bland face painting, and no coffee. It wasn't the MB party, but we did expect a bit more for our nothing. It was free so it's hard to complain.
We walked down from our house to the event. Summer-like weather in February, 80 reasons why we love living in California.
After the Villa I told everyone that we were going to get dinner. The family was thinking fast food, but I had another plan. My dad used to take us to the Malibu Sea Lion (NKA Malibunius Zalophus Californius), the restaurant is gone, but the building remains. It is now Duke's a seafood place from Hawaii. We had a great meal and a wonderful view of the waves and the sunset.
We got tickets to come to the second week opening of the Getty Villa. We had a great day. The boys painted pots, and tried to spot gods on pots. They both were trying to spot snakes on the pots, and jewelery.
I love my city. The local MB dealership had an open house. Free lunch - Wood Ranch BBQ, face painting, jumpy, Newhall coffee (anything you could want) and t-shirts, two weeks free at the spectrum club, 1 week free at the Paseo club, and all we had to do was show up. The BMW dealership is coming soon across the street. What will they do to out do this?
The merchants of Valencia - great job.
We saw this women of faith at Starbucks. She had her computer balanced on the thin bar below her chair. We left before it came crashing down onto the floor.
Our Pavillion's has an iPod vending machine; what's yours have?
I'd seen every musical instrument here - but I had not seen any bagpipes. Then through the din of the hall I could hear the dulcet tones of a pipe band. NYPD had sent their pipe and drum band to the show.
A friend gave me a pedometer this week. I have been using it to see how far I walk each day just around GTY. Today I wore it to the show. I just gave it a look and the 19,000+ steps I've taken so far (I still need to walk the half mile back to the car) is just over 9 miles! I think I deserve a milkshake.
What's worse than one accordion? 12! Perhaps I'm on trade show overoload, but this booth pushing the world's most (insert favorite slam here) insrtument. Worse yet is they have a loop playing that repeats every 15 seconds. If a fire starts I hope it starts here.
Nice rainy Saturday, so we decided to take the subway to the convention center to see the car show. We just purchased a car, but it's fun to look at all the new cars. We saw a small star from 24 in the crosswalk with us.
Should also say that were were within a few seconds of being invloved in a smash-up on the 170 on our way to the subway station. We also missed by 10 minutes an attempted suicide by train, they were finishing up the investigation when we returned from the show. Glad we missed both of those events.
At the show we saw some exotic cars with prices between $440,000 and $1,200,000. One has 1000HP and a full safety package that can hurl you down the road at 250+ MPH.
I'm in the airport waiting to go home. We got through security (via the secret way) in about 10 min. Everyone else was waiting 1+ hours. This airport has free wiFi - other airports could take a lesson. BTW a friend has started a new blog at http://desertjuniper.blogspot.com if you have a few stop on by and tell her 'Bill sent you.'
I felt like I had done so much walking that I could have two desserts (They look better in person). So I got fruit crepes and creme brule. They were a bit over the top so I guess it's back to the NordicTrack for me.
Vladimir Lenin lost more than his shirt in LV - but he does stand tall outside a restaurant named Red Square. A place where starters are $14 and entrées are $39 plus - his dream come true. Maybe that's what happened, his head exploded.
This Danish company has developed a two arm turntable, one arm for left, the other for right. They claim that you get truer stereo sound this way. It also has an interface for input into a computer. Now if they only still made records. Better late ... This could be the perfect thing for Kerry's record
For the 3rd morning in a row Jay has had a French Dip with cheese and a diet coke with easy ice. The waitress saw how much diet coke Jay drinks, so she gave him the pitcher. Ted and I had normal breakfast items.
They were here giving away prizes to everyone! Like all their products it was all free. I got to plqy with a giant claw game. Plus I learned that they have the internet on computer now.
It's just what you need - a liquid cooled 24K gold plated gaming computer. I'm sure they will sell. The Voodoo person said they sell to rich people. At $20,000 US I'm sure she is right. Ooo it's shiney - you can see my reflexion.
Ted got his coffee and we were off again to get out information overload. HDMI, HDTV, IPTV, HD-DVD and more.
This is wrong on so many levels. A still photo does not capture the jello-like aftershocks. Perhaps he is the next Jerrad. We'll check back in a few months.
The clouds part to let the new year in. Looks like we will have a break in the rain, should be dry on Sunday.
Jay went to visit his brother in Idaho. They went to church on Christmas, when Jay spotted someone he thought he recognized. He went up to her and it was "Mom" Nevins the former GTY doughnut queen.
When she retired from GTY we gave her, the then modern gift, a VCR. She used to help mail the reciepts and thank yous.
She sends greetings to those at GTY.
We had a great day at the beach. Huge waves, sun, and sand; the perfect day.
Campbell loves K'nex, and this is his new favorite. It has glowing eyes and tongue and has moving arms. Plus a missile-firing tail! It is too fierce.
Christmas on Sunday at GCC. For those who do not attend GCC, the choir loft holds 125, and the wreaths are 15 feet tall, that should give some size perspective. And yes, on the stage is a concert grand piano and a harp. There is always discussion how many the room will hold; I'm told if people keep their Bibles and purses off the pews, it will seat 3,500.
This year for Christmas we gave our family a nice new van. The boys love it.
Our credit union did all the haggling for us, so we got a great deal. It is our first new car in 13 years, ahh the smell.
If you wear over 100 eagle feathers you feel special. Several people wanted me to sign a treaty others asked where the casino was.
I just wanted to cry about the trash on the road.
Just what the underprivileged of Valencia need - free ice skating, free lessons, free snacks, free ice bumper cars, and free pictures with the Christmas Gnome. We had a great evening enjoying the freeness.
The event was sponsored by Power Automotive. We are looking to buy a car soon, maybe they'll give us a deal.
C1 and C2 wait calmly while Kerry gets her teeth cleaned. After 32 years I've had to change to a new dentist. Dr Hunt (in Burbank) finally retired. The new dentist in the office was not nearly as good, so we decided to look for a new one. My assistant liked her new dentist, so we decided to give him a try.
He is very good. The boys like him and I found him to be very good.
His front office is kid friendly, good books and coloring sheets, and an open space to play. Plus a staff that understands children.
Today we had our SFC Matt and his brother and sister play some Christmas music for our class.
Campbell does a one-handed headstand trying to impress grandpa. We stopped byfor a short visit after a full day of Christmas shopping.
Cooper always finds a place to rest when we are out shopping. He found a place to perch while we were at EB under a rack.
We did our annual drive through the LA DWP Christmas light show. The boys loved it. This year they had improved the sound, there were speakers everywhere. They played genuine Christmas Hymns (The ACLU was not consulted).
We stopped by the Golden Horseshoe Review to see Kerry's favorite show. They added a few gags just for Christmas.
Today is our staff party. It is also our last time at Disneyland for perhaps a year; we are not renewing our passes this year. Breakfast at Carnation is one of our favorite things to do. As always, Oscar, DL's longest serving cast member - 50 years, came by our table to make sure that everything was fine.
128 children came for a party. We had games, a craft, music, a message, & lunch.
We stopped by our local Starbucks (well one of our 12 local SBUX), and they were having a party. Free tall holiday drinks, a coffee tasting class, and lots of free samples of their baked goods. Plus as an added feature live Christmas music by a member of our church. A caffinated time was had by all.
We went to lunch for Jay M's birthday. As we walked from the car, we discovered their special employee lounge. Please note the comfortable couch, and the ambience the dumpster adds. Free reading material. Must be a great place to work.
