Full Moon

Today was a gorgeous winter day Southern California style. Daytime was about 72 degrees with clear blue skies, we could see the snow mountains in the background. It cooled off at night to about 62 degrees, but still clear and with the most gorgeous full moon, it made our backyard so beautiful, I could almost read a book while enjoying the jacuzzi. I had to take a picture, my camera is not so good but it shows the perfect yellow circle, beautiful!

Things are quiet around the house with Marvin in Utah, I know he's enjoying his stay there :)

I went to have dinner with Norbert at El Torito after school, it was yummy. I have no weekend plans, just doing some grocery shopping, going to the library, and watching the Grammys on Sunday.

Have a great weekend everybody!

Football and other stuff

My 2 favorite teams didn't make it, Dallas got steam rolled by Minnesota, and the Chargers unfortunately couldn't keep their early lead to the Jets.
I am now watching The Golden Globes, most of the people I liked lost too, but The Hangover won for best comedy and Jeff Bridges for best actor, so is not all bad.
It is raining, they are saying we have 3 storms coming one after the other, which means a wet week. Tomorrow is supposed to be rainy and windy, it's MLK holiday but I have a doctor's appointment, so I guess I'll have to brace the elements.
Yesterday Marvin and I went out to dinner to El Torito Grill, they kindly sent me a voucher for a free meal for my birthday, I am liking all those free dinners :)
They just announced Avatar won best picture, blah! Sandy didn't like it, is not my type of movie either and I am not planning on watching it.
I will sign off with a pretty picture of the sunset in Huntington Beach I took with Marvin on New Year's Day :)
Have a nice week everybody!

Last day of vacation

Grrrrr back to work tomnorrow, at least I had an extra day to relax!. Marvin and I took advantage of the lovely Southern California weather to take an SSR ride to the beach. Everything was really quiet, I guess people has finished partying.
We had a late lunch at El Ranchito in downtown Main Street Huntington Beach, we both had the chicken tortilla soup and it was great, the chips and salsa were crisp and fresh and the Margarita was yummy.
It was a nice ending to the holiday season (although Wednesday is The 3 Wise Men Day).
By the way, I was looking through some old pictures and found this funky looking couple, does any of you know who they are?

Best Hotel :)

I want to write about the hotel we stayed at in South Las Vegas. It was the M Hotel that opened March 2009. Marvin wanted to spend New Year's Eve in Las Vegas, but after checking availability and prices we decided we wouldn't. I was trying to decide where to stay when we stopped in Vegas on the way back home and Jeff asked if I knew about M hotel. I didn't so I went to check it in the Internet. http://www.themresort.com/ It looked good so I made the reservations. The resort hotel is not in the strip per se, but that was OK. We were impressed by the look of it, everything was beautiful and elegant. We were upgraded to a 2 queen beds room with strip views in the 5th floor. The room was large and lovely, beautiful comfortable beds, floor to ceiling windows, big 42" HD TV, gorgeous bathroom. Everything was clean and fresh and new. We went for dinner to the Red Cup Cafe which had gorgeous Art Deco murals, we were seated on a table overlooking the terrazzo and pool, where they had the largest cut Christmas tree in the US at 109 feet. We were not very lucky in the gambling department, although Marvin got a cool cap when we signed up for the iRewards. In the morning I went downstairs to the Baby Cakes Bakery which made my mouth water just looking at the great pastries.
All in all we had a great stay, very enjoyable and we plan to stay there again :)

Wishing you all the best...

...for 2010!

With good health, money and love, as they say in catalan...salud, amor i pesetas!

Sad news

Saturday was a quieter day, we all got together again and we all went out for dinner at a little Mexican Restaurant in Magna called El Habanero, we all enjoyed the food.
On Sunday, Sandy fixed a wonderful breakfast of bacon and sausages, hash brown potatoes, scrambled eggs and rolls. After a while Jeff went back to their Hotel to nap (his back had been bothering him), and we just hung out and talked, we were planning on going to Costco for lunch, when Lizzie got a call from Jeff saying his sister had called him to say their father had an apparent heart attack and was in the hospital. Jeff's father is a preacher and he lives close to Seattle, Washington. Jeff told Lizzie he was waiting for more news, but they decided to drive to Seattle and go see him. Marvin and I and the girls went to Costco for lunch and then took Lizzie back to the hotel and wished them a good trip to Seattle (868 miles from Salt Lake City, quite a long drive). Shortly after we got home, Lizzie called saying Jeff's father had died. He was only 58 years old. They drove to Idaho and spent the night in Burley, where we used to live, and drove to Washington Monday morning.
May he rest in peace.

December 25 Navidad

It was so nice to have the family together for Christmas.
Lizzie and Jeff came over on Christmas Eve, Sandy cooked a very nice dinner starting with a baked ham, and Mormon potatoes, Marty made Margaritas for all, we all had a very nice evening. On Christmas day I was the last one to wake up, Tristan had to get me up, he was excited! We all opened our gifts by the Christmas tree, we all , including Osi, enjoyed the gifts, and took pictures, and had breakfast.
We had our Christmas dinner around 6PM, Sandy cooked a great rib roast, with mashed potatoes, sweet potato casserole (yum), corn, salad, rolls, and cheesecake and ice cream for dessert, of course we toasted with Cava.
It was a wonderful Christmas!
I will post pictures when we get back home.