Happy Anniversary to US!!!

9 years ago today I married my best friend. I can't believe we have been married for 9 years already and together for 15 years.



We went out for a quick dinner last night, since he had to work tonight. Captain Kidd's..had to go there since they catered the wedding. Man I still remember all that food and the chippino the 5 gallon buckets. I think Carl and Fran took home one that hadn't even been opened!!!

OK 9 quick things in random order that I love about Michael:
1. He totally gets me
2. His sense of humor
3. He knows when to leave me alone
4. He knows when to not leave me alone
5. He loves all animals (except birds see previous post)
6. He loves my family
7. He spoils me (breakfast in bed)
8. He loves Star Valley
9. He puts up with my crap

Happy 9 years babe...love ya!!!

What the Heck was I thinking???

Sometimes my grand ideas of doing something really turn in to a pain.



We were running low on our stock pile of homemade tamales and well since it's almost the season, I though what the heck I'll just make them myself. I forgot the worst part about making tamales is having to wrap them!!!



I still have another full pot the same size waiting to get wrapped up and then, I have the beef cook just need the red sauce for beef tamales. I'm thinking if I can convince Michael to fore go the beef tamales that I will make beef taquito's instead.

I know I have been MIA from blog land. Nothing to exciting happening last month. I had my 42 birthday in October, Michael had the day off so we ran errands and had a yummy birthday lunch at Chilie's. Well break time is over time to get back to making tamales!!

Remembering 9/11 - 10 years later

I've been lazy not updating the blog with stuff, knowing that the next blog was going to be the 200th post. I wanted the post to be something different but nothing exciting had happened and I've been too lazy to take the time to download pictures off my camera. So after spending most of this afternoon taking a very long nap. I started watching all the remember when stuff on TV and decided I needed to document at least for me 10 years ago and the best way is some pictures I found and one I'm stealing off a blog I stalk.











So much has happened in 10 years, but has anything really changed???

Navy Week in Pedro

So this week has been Navy week in San Pedro. They haven't had a Navy week here since the Navy was kicked out of the LBC. I remember when I was little we use to go and check out the boats and go on the tours of the ships. They use to bring in the tall ships, the old fashion sailing ships too, but they don't do that anymore either. So when I heard about Navy week, I wanted to go and check it out. Well needless to say half of the California population wanted to go too!! They had to shut down the tours early because of the lines and the traffic. I'm so glad I don't live in San Pedro this week. Traffic from the 110 freeway was backed up all the way to the 405, people were waiting in lines over three hours to get on one ship not even counting that there were 4 ships to tour. So reading a little more about the activity I found out that 1. you had to wear close toed shoes to get on board...not happening when its a billion degrees outside. My toes have to breathe. 2. The lines were expected to be longer the later in the week. 3. You have to be able to climb up and down steep stairs and be in confined spaces during the tour...not happening. I'm very claustrophobic and heights are not something I rush through, especially if people are pushing. So to be able to say I saw the USS Abraham Lincoln and the other ships in port, we opted out to seeing it from another vantage point. Since we use to live in San Pedro it made it nice to be able to go through the back way and at least see the ship, not up close but at least close enough and personal for me.



















The other three ships weren't so easy to get a good look at them. I thought about going and taking a harbor cruise, but again the traffic and the parking was horrible and the first harbor cruise didn't go out till 1:30pm and it was 11am when we were taking these pictures. So the best thing to do was try and see them from the bridge except the only problem was when we finally got through all the traffic to get on the bridge every truck in the harbor seemed to be on the bridge at the same time so these pictures are little rough. The ship farthest away in the pictures is the USS Champion, in the middle is the USS Chafee and the closest and not a very good picture of it is the USS Princeton.







Michael got some great pictures of some little friends we met on the beach too!!

Blue Whales in the Harbor

So I'm wishing that I was on this boat seeing this for real, but a part of me is glad that I wasn't because I just couldn't imagine a Blue Whale breaching and the boat being so close that it capsizes from all that water. I guess what gets me the most is that these whales are SOOOO HUGE!!! It's hard to look at the ocean and think that something so big is right out there, but then if you think about it the ocean is so huge why wouldn't there be gigantic fishes in it.

Look whose holding Santa's hand

I've been meaning to post this for the past couple of weeks. Mom was going through some genealogy boxes she had looking for something for the up coming Garrett family reunion and came across this little gem.



Dad was 7 almost 8 in this picture taken at Buffum's in 1948. I thought I had seen most of Dad's younger years pictures but I'd never seen this one before. So here it is for the rest of the world to see!!! (Too bad the world doesn't read my blog!!)

Jay Jay the Blue Jay

Not much happening around here so you get more pictures of the blue jay. He isn't a daily visitor anymore but when he does show up he's happy to see me (probably more the food then me). I did get a few great pictures of him snacking on a bee.









Then a couple of days ago he showed up as soon as I walked out the door. He flew right at me like saying I'm here and I'm starving!! So I ran back inside to grab some bread for him and the camera and got Michael to take these shots. He flew to my hand 3 times that day got some water ate a whole piece of bread and then disappeared. Haven't seen him since!!!






The squirrel and the mocking birds were after him for the food, so I put some old corn that was in the fridge out for the squirrel. Never got a picture of that but the squirrels had a grand time eating it and playing on the front lawn. Man do I live in the city or the country. Next creature on the list to tame is the raccoons. They are a little scary, maybe I should try the skunk first!!!