A day in the beach

We decided to go to Huntington Beach today. We are going to Utah in a couple of days so I figured he needed to see the ocean before we left. He growled a little because he just loves to play Nintendo while watching TV or being in the computer while looking at a movie. But I said no excuses, beach here we come!
Once we got there, he really enjoyed himself looking for shells and jumping the waves. I think he was pretty glad we went. The weather was nice, the water was cool, we had fun!

The picture

For some reason, it didn't show in the previous post.

...and Family

Last weekend we had the great and rare pleasure of getting together at home with our 2 daughters and grandson. The girls wrote about it and I don't have a lot to add other than we had a very enjoyable time together :)
I am very proud of my daughters and my grandson. Tristan is staying with us for a few days before we take him back to Utah for the beginning of his school, 6th grade already!
Toda we went to see the new Harry Potter movie. We got there early anticipating big lines, but we chose the best matinee time and we just got in without waiting. Once inside we read our books until the movie started. The movie was long, 2 1/2 hours, but quite entertaining. I am not a big fan of Harry Potter but I enjoyed the movie although I was a tad lost. Tristan made up for me since he is obssessed (his words) about Harry!
It is such a pleasure for us to hang out with Tristan!!! :)

Friends

I was thinking about some of the friends I've had that have meant something to me at different times of my life...
I am talking about non blood related friendships.
As a teen, my best friend was Isabel (yes, Lizzie was named after her). We went to school together, we double dated, we talked on the phone for hours. We both liked "foreigners" more than Spaniards for dating, especially we liked American, and coincidentally, we both married guys from Oklahoma. We kept in touch while we both lived in the US, and we both had 2 children (2 boys in her case).
Unfortunately our friendship came to a close for unknown reasons.
Another long lasting friendship of sorts, is Lolin. We have known each other for over 50 years. It's more of one sided friendship, her life is fraught with drama, her family is very dysfunctional, but I seem to be a calming influence on her, so it endures.
Once I got married, my best friend was Sue. She was a friend when I first came to the States and we had fun together, she was married to one of Marvin's best friends Larry. In Idaho, my best friends friends were Araceli (a Spaniard-Argentinian), Myrta and Rosa, we all went to Idaho State together to become teachers. We had many fun times, especially when we spent a crazy Summer in Pocatello!
In California, my best friend in school is Jennifer. In spite of our age difference, we enjoy each other a lot .
But my all time best friend is Norbert. We met at Idaho State University 28 years ago today. We have been best friends ever since. He moved to California from Idaho, and some years late so did I. Through the years we have helped each other in many different ways, we can depend on each other. We enjoy each other's company. I know we'll always be friends :)

...and now, my MJ turn

I watched the spectacle that was the Michael Jackson Memorial. It actually was not as gaudy as I thought it would be. Some pretty emotional moments, some of the speakers seemed to speak from the heart, and singers sang with feeling. I was not too crazy about all the civil liberties/political speeches, I am not a fan of Al Sharpton, et al, but I guess it was to be expected. Even our esteemed President had his say, and Maya Angelou wrote a poem for the occasion...

Now, I am one of the few that think he was not a child molester. There is not enough room or time to discuss it here, but I have my own opinion about it.

He was a troubled and talented man, I still have some LP's of him, his music lives on. And so does the myth.

Happy Independence Day

Weekend in San Diego

School is finally over. Lizzie and Jeff invited us to attend Jeff's Citizen Band CD release party at Brick by Brick in San Diego. It was a nice day to spend Father's Day!

First we stopped by Lizzie's house and we went out to lunch, we were going to a very popuylar BBQ place called Phil's but there were so many people we decided not to stay. We ended up at The Olive Garden where we had a very nice lunch. A funny thing happened, our server had finished his shift, and we got a new server. After we finished our meal, we waited and waited for the server to come and give us the bill, finally I got up and called a waitress and told her we had been waiting and it seemed like they had forgotten about us. shortly after the server came with aspologies, and told us we could have a drink or dessert on the house to make up for the delay. We chose not to. A few minutes later, the manager came, very apologetic, and said the meal was on the house, and to please excuse the delay and next time he promised we would have the best of service. All in all it was nice to enjoy a free meal :)

After lunch, we checked in at a cool hotel called Porto Vista, in the Little Italy area of San Diego. We went by Extraordinary desserts and bought some yummy cake, and then took a nap and got ready for the party.

The show was great, a lot of very excited people digging the music, we saw a lot of friends we had met in other Jeff's shows. We really enjoyed the vibe and the music.

After a very good night sleep (great beds), we woke up and had breakfast at The Glass Door restaurant of the hotel, with a great view of San Diego and the harbor. After check out we went by Lizzie's and she told us Jeff had a flat tire in his pick up and had left his pick up at the venue, we called AAA and went back to Brick by Brick and waited for the tow truck.

And then we drove back home. We drove the SSR and the weather was beautiful and we sure had a really enjoyable weekend.