Viva Las Vegas

We had an uneventful drive from West Valley to Las Vegas. Not much traffic again, and nice blue skies. M had expressed a desire to stay at the Luxor in Las Vegas, not in the Towers but in the Pyramid itself.

We drove down the strip, still a lot of building going on, and of course a lot of people and traffic.

The Luxor is an Egyptian themed casino built like a pyramid. After we registered, we went to the elevator as we were in the 13th floor. The elevators at the Luxor are called "inclinators" because it goes up in a diagonal line. It felt like it was moving sideways rather than up and down.

When we got to our room I felt like the ground was moving, M had the same feeling. Maybe it was because the window was angled downward, and the room was odd shaped. In spite of it we slept well!

After we rested a while we went out to explore, and took a few pictures (check my Facebook). We ate at the Pyramid Cafe and had a lovely dinner. Neither M nor I liked the featured entertainers (Carrot Top and Criss Angel - a T's favorite) so we just went to the Casino where we proceeded to lose a few dollars lol.

After a goodnight rest, we left Las Vegas, and we arrived home to La Mirada mid afternoon. M went to take a well deserved nap, and I went out to water my herb garden.

We decided we will not stay at the Luxor -the Pyramid side anyway- on our next Las Vegas trip. Although it was quite an interesting experience.

Spring Break

I was going to write every day from Utah, but I forgot my blog password, so I ended up not blogging at all. S more or less wrote about the days we spent there, now is my turn.

The trip to Utah went very well, an easy drive, not too much traffic and nice clear skies. We spent the night in Beaver. We usually stop at the same motel and eat at the same place, Kan Kun. It's quite nice Mexican Restaurant in the middle of nowhere, we always enjoy eating there.

It was freezing when we left in the morning, but it got warmer as the sun came out. Again as usual, we stopped in Fillmore for breakfast: potato logs and a crispito for me. Tasty!

We got to West Valley and it was so nice to see the family. It had not been too long since we had seen them since they were in La Mirada on the way to their Mexican cruise, but because we live so far apart, it's always a treat to be with them. Unfortunately we brought germs with us, M and I we both had a cold, and S caught our cold too :(

We spent a nice ,relaxed week. We went out to dinner to a place I had been wanting to try called The Red Iguana. I had sirloin tips with peppers and onions over almond mole. I thought it was tasty, S didn't love it! Sandy made spaghetti one day, I made Spanish meatballs another day, and M made catfish on good Friday. Saturday we had ribs cooked by MT in their brand new BBQ grill. That was the day S and I went shopping.

T and I had a nice talk about toothbrushing, and we did roughhouse quite a bit lol. I hope he remembers our secret password! Of course T and his grandpa enjoyed their daily shopping/bonding too!

On Easter morning, we watched T hunting for eggs, he got quite a few candies and $$$. After that, M and I said our goodbyes and hit the road again.

See you in Summer!!!!!

Nice Weekend

Saturday I went to HB and with my friend N we went down PCH to Dana Point. First we stopped at Rockin' Baja Lobster in Newport Beach and had a nice lunch "bucket" carne asada, shjrimp, lobster tails and chicken, I also had a great Margarita. After a walk down the pier, we went to Laguna Beach and on to Dana Point. It was a beautiful warm day. The beaches were crowded and it was impossible to park , but it was an enjoyable ride.

Sunday M got a great breakfast, Denver omelette, bacon and biscuits and gravy. Then I went to Target and got herbs and flowers, which M planted in the afternoon. He made a nice herb garden area where the tomatoes were last year. We planted 2 kindas of lavender, oregano, sweet basil, cilantro, parsley, spearmint , Anaheim Pepper, leeks, and chile de arbol. I hope they'll do well.

For dinner, we went to the Thai Restaurant, we had pork satay, pineapple fried rice, northern Thai pork stew (spicy), and 2 desserts: fried bananas and mango with sweet sticky rice see picture) YUM.

All in all a very nice weekend! :)

Spring

Winter is over, Spring is here, although some of my readers may think it's still wintertime. But in Southern California, it is definitely here. Flowers are blooming, birds are singing, everything looks bright and green. Of course, living in this area we don't notice the change of seasons quite as much, but I am enjoying this Spring, and I am noticing all the new flowers and all the new leaves.
M has fixed an area for me to plant herbs, in the Fall I will try to plant some bulbs, although I never had any luck with bulbs...We also want to plant another citrus tree, maybe a mandarine or a lemon in the backyard(the lemon bush in front needs to be taken out, is not doing so well)
Saturday we went to San Diego, it was a cloudy day but the sun was shining around lunch time. It's always nice to see L & J and we had a nice visit. Of course I had to have some extraordinary dessert, yum!
Now we are looking forward to Spring Break in Utah, I hope the weather is nice, I remember last year on the day we left it was snowing quite heavily.
Here's a picture of one of my roses, I think is totally beautiful!!!!
Happy Spring to you all!

Crape Myrtle

Today M and I went to buy a tree for the front yard. After going to a couple of nurseries, we settled on an Arapaho Crape Myrtle. It has deep red flowers (I am into red ). It blooms in spring and summer and it follows the seasons. We have a Crape Myrtle bush in the backyard by the Jacuzzi, the flowers are pink.

After leaving the tree at home, we went to have lunch at El Torito, and of course I had to have a Margarita.

I took a looooooooooong nap in the afternoon, I think I needed the sleep :)

Happy Birthday Han!

...and that's all folks!

Catching up :)

Just thought I'd update my blog since I have been very remiss at writing.

I will start with Valentine's Day. We rarely celebrate it, it's a Hallmark day, but the children in my class couldn't have been sweeter. They brought me bouquets of flowers, a potted tulip, heart boxes of chocolates, mugs , and of course, a variety of homemade Valentines :)

This month I had 2 Mondays off because of President's Day. It was nice to just be lazy. On the 18th, M and I took my friend Jennifer to Acapulco Restaurant to celebrate her birthday, the next day it was our 44th wedding anniversary, we got nice cards & calls from the girls. I told M to just cook something at home since we had just gone out to dinner the day before, he made catfish, yum!

That same day, was my friend N's birthday, I just called him to wish him a happy day :)

Then on Saturday, we went to Long Beach to get S and family. She has really changed with the weight loss and I really didn't recognize her at first. She has really work hard with her diet and it shows. Wish I had the same motivation, good for her! Shortly after we got home, L came from San Diego. We all went out to lunch, when we got to the restaurant area we all chose different things. S and me had Baja Fresh, M and T got Panda Express, and L and MT had sushi. We all brought the food from the different restaurants, and ate outside and enjoyed our lunch. It was very nice.

Afterwards, the women went to the movies to see "He's just not that into you". It was fun. The men did some work outside the house, and M and T went to the book store, of course. For dinner, of course, In'N'Out!

L decided to spend the night at home, so the 3 of us played Scrabble and they both beat their mom (who used to be the champ lol)

Sunday morning, L left back to San Diego. Then M and I took S and family to the port of Los Angeles to go to their cruise ship. Huge ship!

Then M and I went back home, where I sat down to watch the Oscars. Way to go Penelope, finally a Spanish woman got an Oscar. I had seen the Oscar winning move "Slumdog Millionaire" so I was pleased it won.

Now is back to work, and testing, and parent teacher conferences...fun! on Sunday we will go to get Sand and family back from their cruise. I just got an email from her, it seems they are having a great time.

I hope all of you that read this blog are having a great time as well :)

The Blahs

I haven't written much lately, nothing much to say, I think I have a case of the blahs.
Mainly I have been nursing a cold for about a week, and the past 3 days I have been homebound sleeping a lot and watching the rain fall. It has been raining a lot after some really beautiful weather days.
I have been reading and watching movies too, Slumdog Millionnaire was pretty different from other movies, I quite enjoyed it, although it made me feel thankful I don't live in Mumbai.
This week is going to be crazy in kidnergarten, we are celebrating 100 days of school and also, of course, Valentine's Day (they both happen to fall on the same day).
I also checked the Melodifestival from Sweden. I think this festival is as good or better than the Eurovision Festival. I hope H.E.A.T gets chosen to participate. I used to watch Eurovision when I lived in Spain and now I sort fo follow it online. Last year Russia won, so the festival will be held in Moscow I think. Spain had a horrible entry lol , it's like they were mocking the whole thing, I hope this year's entry is a little better.
I wish all of you a very happy week. I am lookign forward to next week when I will get to see Sandy and family on their way to a Mexican cruise, and hopefully Lizzie too :)