Cystic Fibrosis Walk

Today Gary and I participated in a walk for cystic fibrosis to support my father in laws girlfriend's son (that's a mouth full!) His name is Cody and he is 16 and has cystic fibrosis. He alone raised over $7,000! they announced, that i believe he raised the second highest amount of money. Gary and I both did the walk (it was just basically if you were there you could walk in it..) supposedly it was 3 miles but they had it mapped through a park so, I'm not sure how accurate those supposed 3 miles were...most people fizzeled out after 1 or 2 laps around and got in the lunch line but, we went around 3 laps which we guess was 3 miles..after the walk they had a free lunch of hot dogs, hamburgers, chips and drink. you know that was my favorite part! lol. it turned out to be a really nice day mid 70's and sunny but, it started off chilly and cloudy! brrr!
Cody and I with his team sign! GO CODY!!!


here are some facts they had posted along the walk....

Dad's Visit

i'm so bummed i forgot to take pictures of my dad's visit today. i'm soo mad! more for the fact i wanted to have a picture to post for my blog! anyhoo, we had a good visit! he came out with ann and michael from Santa Monica (where they're staying) to see where i lived and have lunch. i cleaned places in this house that havent been cleaned since i moved here 3 years ago. i always get that way with company. my house is super clean, anyone else want to visit!? sadly i dont think he even looked at my sparkling clean bath tub i spent nearly an hour cleaning...figures! lol! i was cleaning the bathroom when Gary reassured me that he didnt think my dad would be coming over to take a bath! (i figured that!) it's a woman thing, i guess..i want my house to look nice...ok, back to the visit. so we went to the Cheesecake Factory for lunch, had a good lunch and now, hours after the fact, i'm disappointed i didnt get any cheesecake for dessert...not that i needed it, but it sure sounds good now! we also walked around the mall after lunch, went and played in the apple store with the ipad...poor dad he has no clue about the Internet he couldnt believe the store (and all the people in it!- no recession there!) he didn't even know where to begin on the ipad, i think he should get one and learn about the Internet! ok, maybe start with an itouch! a cool gadget and still could learn his way around the Internet. hard to believe in this day and age someone not knowing how to operate a computer or the Internet, but there is one person!-my dad!
dad is staying in Santa Monica at the hotel michael (ann's son) works at called The Huntley...it's supposedly a fancy shmancy hotel, well i checked it out online and let's just say i want to stay there! we may have to plan a trip for my birthday...i've got quite the list going for my birthday already though...poor gary.! since i don't have pics of our day..
here are some pics of the gorgeous hotel my dad is staying at and hopefully i get stay at! ha ah!-

I 'Beg' Your Pardon!

Every night, or anytime we eat for that matter, Troy begs. He "sits pretty" like a little squirrel quietly waiting for food. Gary saves and gives him a bite of whatever it is he is eating. Troy knows better than to beg from me. Although I did give him a little piece of broccoli last night and he just sniffed it and rolled in it..a ritual he does when he finds a dead or smooshed spider...i don't know what's weirder...1. that he rolls in dead spider guts or 2. That he compared my broccoli to a dead spider.

ALL MY SINGLE LADIES..

while looking for photos to put on here, i came across this photo, a friend of mine sent to me on facebook.. (i saved in my photos becasue of the strange resemblance!)she said it was an advertisment on the side bar of her facebook page! ...this was an advertisement on facebook for single ladies, looking for a men/dating website! this is NOT Gary but boy does it look like him! didn't know he was modeling on the side...he's got some explaining to do! this photo makes me laugh! even he couldn't believe how much it looks like him...ok, once you really look at it, it doesn't but it still is creepy! ha ha

Let's See Where This Goes.....

welp, here goes nothin'...so i got the bloggin' bug, after reading a few of my friend's blogs. They all seem to have way more goin' on in their life than I do, but i figure what the heck...i want one!
so, here i am ! i figured this would also be a good way to share with my family how i spend my life in California!
Oh! and let's get one thing out of the way...i am not good with grammar or punctuation so any critics (not that thousands will be flocking to my page! - all one of you ha ha!) who read this please keep that in mind...and for my blog i don't care about grammar or punctuation!;) i owe my A's in english to my aunt Robin who proof reads all my college papers for me :)
anyhoo....let's see where this goes....