July Recap

 

Signal Hill

I am having many problems with this blog, gmail, etc. I wrote one post in July that doesn't show up, hmmm. So I will start with the recap now:

The best thing in July was that Sandy visited us for a few days. It's always wonderful when she comes and I have my two girls with me :)

July 1  Our finance man came by and all seems to be going well.

July 5   Due to a language misunderstanding with our gardener, my beautiful lavender looked like this after he chopped it :(

July 8  Breakfast a Ruby Red.

July 10  L cleaned the garage, getting ready to give things away...bike, lamps, etc.

July 11  Biden's speech, very bad.

July 13  Trump got shot!!!!   - Nuri's birthday 83.

July 14   Norbert got the grill. Then we went to Sol Inka for dinner. 

July 15  Lizzie went to San Diego for work for 4 days. I watched the RNC

July 18  I went to Kaiser, Dr. Chopra appointment.

July 20-21 Cleaning the house.

July 23   Picked up Sandy at the LB airport. She cut her hair :)

July 24   To Kaiser to get my glasses. Linner at Dame Mas.

July 25   We went to Long Beach, ate at the Belmont Brewing Company, then to Signal Hill for sunset.

July 26  We stayed home all day watching the Opening Ceremony at the Paris Olympics. Bizarre.

July 27  Farmer's Market - Dinner at Kentro's Greek Restaurant in Fullerton.

July 28   We drove Sandy to the airport. I miss her already. All the time.

BOOKS I'VE READ IN JULY

MOVIES I'VE WATCHED IN JULY (many!)

June Recap

                        Still resting from my Arizona trip. I read a lot and watched many movies

Had to cancel my car insurance with California Casualty, after being a member for many years, they raised my insurance more than twice what I was paying in May, without any reason. 

                                 Lulu had a spa day June 14.  L had a cute haircut on June 27

             We went to Huntington Gardens in San Marino, beautiful day in beautiful surroundings.

                                                                   Japanese Garden

                             On June 21 we took an evening walk at the Fullerton Arboretum

                                                                  Gigantic water can

                                                                          c'est moi

Fun Fact: This month I walked more miles in 2 days than the rest of the month

Ordered 3 new pairs of glasses after visiting Optometry (Dr. Alimento)

Random things I did this month: Bought some rugs @Marshalls for my bedroom. Made a coca de pinyons for San Juan. Saw the entire Trump-Biden debate and aftermath. 

Food: El Cholo, Panda Express,Cane's, Dame Mas, Last Parrot Cafe, Midori's :(  Nick the Greek, Amor y Tacos, Crunch Burger

BOOKS I READ IN JUNE

MOVIES I WATCHED IN JUNE

Happenings in July

Sandy coming to visit June 23-28

Paris Olympic Games  June 26-August 11

L going to San Diego for work June 15-18

A Road Trip to Arizona (Day 6) Back home to California

We left nearly in the morning on our way home. We stopped by the London Bridge to take some pictures.

                                                           Donated by the City of London

 A very sunny day

                                                           Lulu wanted her own picture too

We drove along the Colorado River for a while, it's about 280 miles to our home in California. We chose the desert route, going through Parker, where we stopped to get some jerky.

It was a long drive through the empty desert roads to Twenty Nine Palms, home of a large US Marine Base and Gateway to Joshua Tree National Park. On to Yucca Valley and Morongo Valley, with nice views of Mt San Jacinto and San Gorgonio Mountain. We passed the Morongo Reservation and the Morongo Casino. And then,we hit the California traffic!

Moreno Valley, Riverside, Ontario....

...and finally we were home!

It was an amazing trip

Thanks again Lizzie for everything 💗

Thanks also to Lulu for being such a nice traveling companion

A Road Trip to Arizona (day 5)

 

                                                    The last view of Sedona, from the house

We were getting ready to leave, on our way to Flagstaff, Oatman, and Lake Havasu. After packing, we took a few moments to  rest and say goodbye to amazing Sedona

                                                            Bird cage tree in the backyard

                                                                     Bye bye house

                          We took a scenic road to Flagstaff, about 30 miles north of Sedona. 

It was beautiful

We stopped for lunch at the Wild Flower Bread Company in Flagstaff, and drove on Hwy 40 on our way to Oatman, about 180 miles. There was nothing much to see other than desert, sometimes we went on Route 66 which is parallel to Hwy 40 

                           I had been in Oatman, an old mining town, many years ago with Marvin

Marvin in Oatman

The drive to Oatman had a lot of curves and precipices, we crossed a few mountains, the Sitgreaves pass, and a big Quartzite mine.

Oatman's claim to fame are the famous Oatman wild donkeys that roam the streets.

The Durlin Hotel and Saloon is famous because Clark Gable and Carole Lombard stopped at the hotel for their honeymoon after their 1939 wedding in Kingman.  

The walls and the ceiling of the Saloon are covered with dollar bills. 

It is also said that there's ghosts and friendly spirits in the building.

                       From Oatman, we drove 55 miles thru the desert to Lake Havasu, in the Colorado river

                                                         London Bridge at Lake Havasu

We had a tasty meal at Burgers by the Bridge

It was a long day and we were tired,

tomorrow we'll drive back home to California

Good Night!!!

A Road Trip to Arizona (Day 4)

Mother's Day with Lizzie (missed you Sandy)

Sunday, May 12, was Mother's Day. 

We drove on 89A to the Red Rock Park area in the morning . A beautiful drive.

Cathedral Rock

Lizzie made a reservation at one of the best Restaurants in Sedona, The Hudson, for lunch.  It has a wonderful view of some great rock formations. We decided to sit inside next to the outdoor patio. Our waiter came and went? and we waited until a different, nicer waiter came to take our order, he apologized for the first waiter disappearance. I opted for one of the house specialties, chicken pot pie, it was huge, and it was the best  I'd ever eaten. Lizzie had the Croque Monsieur, it was good but not enough bechamel, but a lot of ham!  Our waiter brought us dessert, with his compliments, because of the delay in the service.

I could only eat half of it. It was delicious!!!
 

After lunch, we drove to Oak Creek Village. It was a very nice, scenic drive. We took pictures of the Bell Rock and Courthouse Rock. We really enjoyed it.

Courthouse Rock

Bell Rock

Courthouse Rock

After the drive,  we went to the house to check how Lulu was doing and to rest for a while.

Lots of quails in the neighborhood.

In the evening, we (and Lulu) drove to the airport, because we heard it was the best place to see the sunset. It was a short drive and we found a good parking spot.

WONDERFUL

We went back home and had charcuterie and beer, I also warmed up the rest of the chicken pie :)

It was our last night in beautiful Sedona. 

I had a wonderful time.

Thanks Lizzie for everything.