Sunday, May 20, 2012

Gary and I picked up Mom around 8:15 this morning and drove to El Cajon for Sunday breakfast at the Country Waffle House.  However, no one had waffles. After breakfast, we continued our drive to Downtown San Diego where we parked and got on the trolley to Little Italy for the Sicilian Festival. The weather was perfect at 75 degrees and a light breeze blowing. We walked a little, then sat and listened to some entertainers signing Italian songs which gave Mom some time to rest up a bit. Then, we walked a little more, stopping at the next stage to rest a few minutes to rest. As we were getting ready to leave, the parade came by and I dare say it was the smallest parade I have ever seen. Our last stop was for a loaf of Italian bread from the Solunto Bakery, then we walked back to catch the trolley. On the way home, we stopped for an ice cream at Baskin Robbins, fuel for the Toyota, then it was time to make the long drive back to the ranch. Tonight we had stuffed artichokes for dinner, except Gary had pasta, and finished the dessert Dennis brought Friday. We are now too full and too tired to do anything else.

Sicilain Festival - Little Italy - San Diego, CA

Saturday, May 19, 2012

Dennis and Gary went to town again today. I drove down to Mom's and she suggested that she, Connie and me all go to Alpine to try out a new restaurant for lunch, which we did. Actually, there are two new restaurants, so we stopped by the first at Dennis' request and picked up a menu to take home,  Then we had lunch at the second restaurant. Lunch was good! On the way home we stopped at the Vet's to pick up 50/50's cat collar, then a quick stop at the dry cleaners before heading back to the ranch. As we drove through Alpine, we noticed quite a few antique cars parked and some driving through the downtown area. As we drove home on the I-8, we saw even more classic cars heading west. Later this evening, when Gary returned home, he said that the road leading into Pine Valley was closed for a car show. Well, that explains all the classic cars on the road! We had dessert a Mom's compliments of Dennis, and then watch a movie with Mom.

Friday, May 18, 2012

Laundry day!  My sister thinks I do laundry all the time but it has been 10 days since I last did the laundry in Lake Elsinore. While waiting for the laundry, Mom and I browsed through her crochet books looking for a new pattern. Gary washed the rig and did some minor repairs on the trailer.  Dennis and Connie had us over for dinner, a movie and dessert this evening.  The weather was nice here today for a change.

Thursday, May 17, 2012

Gary and I were looking for his old computer in the cargo container this morning to no avail. I can't believe we couldn’t find it since we just put it in there a month ago! Later this morning we drove to Escondido to have lunch with my son, Bryan. We rarely get to see him because he works so many hours as a chef. Today, he is hosting at the Padre game for the box his employer has there. I guess the managers take turn hosting this event and it is his turn today. He isn't too unhappy about it because the Padres are playing the Dodgers and he is a huge Dodger fan. On our way home, while we were still in civilization, we made a couple of stops. When we returned, we found out Mom had made dinner for us.

Wednesday, May 16, 2012

There is absolutely nothing happening today except for the heat wave here at the ranch.  Gary spent the day with Dennis in town.  I spent the day recuperating from the allergic reaction I had to the popcorn at the movies yesterday.  It usually takes me a full 24 hours to recover once I have a reaction to food I eat; no fun!

Tuesday, May 15, 2012 (Movie Tuesday)

It is Tuesday on the ranch and as our regular blog readers know, that means it is movie day! Today's movie selection is The Raven, based on the works of Edgar Allen Poe. The truth is there wasn't anything else to see at the theater, so by process of elimination, we chose this movie. First, I would like to say I don't like gory movies, TV shows or pretty much anything disgusting. The first part of this movie was gory, but later moved on to be a mystery with some gory scenes but nothing like the beginning. The story is about a detective and Edgar Allen Poe solving murders based on Edgar's poems. It was a little slow in some parts, that's when the guys started to dose off, then something exciting would happen. I give it 3 stars out of 5 and wouldn't recommend it for young kids, it was too bloody!

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1486192/

Monday, May 14, 2012

Now that we are back at the ranch, there isn't much to write about. Gary is working on a project for Connie and Dennis, so he is busy on his laptop. Our Direct TV DVR has a couple of bad spots on the hard drive, so we had to reformat it. Of course, that means we lost all of our recorded programs and I now have to setup all of our shows to record again. I visited with Mom while the DVR was reformatting.  It took just under 2 hours. After dinner, Gary and I went down to Mom's for a while.

Sunday, May 13, 2012 (Happy Mother's Day)

Happy Mother's Day to all of our friends, family and blog readers!  This morning we all went for breakfast only to find out that the restaurant we chose was out of business.  With some quick thinking on Dennis' part, he found another place not too far away.  We picked up Uncle Johnny then drove to Santee to have breakfast at the Omelet House.  There were so many people waiting we thought we would be there a long time but since we were a larger group, they had a table for us right away.  We all enjoyed our breakfast and then made the long drive back to the ranch.  It was nice to spend Mother's Day with my Mom and family but I do miss seeing my kids on holidays

Saturday, May 12, 2012

Gary is going to town to get a haircut with Uncle Johnny in Lakeside this morning.  Yesterday after getting my Toyota out of storage, he discovered there was a screw in one of the tires on the Toyota so he filled it up with air to see if it was a slow leak.  This morning the tire was nearly flat again so after putting on the spare tire and getting his haircut, he took it to Discount Tire where it took over 2 hours to get is fixed and re-mounted.  Since Gary had the car, I walked to Connie's to get some of her photo files then walked to Mom's to visit for a while this afternoon.  It was pretty warm here on the ranch today.  This evening we had dinner at Mom's before Connie had to pick up Dennis.

Carlsbad Flower Fields - Photo found on Facebook - I just had to share it with you!

Friday, May 11, 2012

Connie sent Gary on an errand to pick up some horse feed in Lakeside.  He had a couple of errands to run for himself as well.  It was nice to have some time for myself while he was gone.  Later I walked down to Mom's for a visit and then later when Gary returned I went to Connie's for a visit.  Gary is cooking dinner tonight; that means he took us out to dinner!  As most of you know, Gary doesn't cook but he does reservations just fine!

Thursday, May 10, 2012

We met Kristy and Jennifer for breakfast this morning for our early Mother's Day celebration.  After breakfast we packed up the RV to get ready for our drive back to the ranch.  We were all set-up by 1:30 this afternoon then I went to town with Connie and Mom to get some groceries.  This evening we watched some TV at Mom's but didn't stay very long as we walked down and didn't want to walk back in the dark; after all it is snake season now.

Wednesday, May 9, 2012

We spent the morning at Kristy's before having to go to court this afternoon.  We knew this was going to be a big waste of time and we were right.  The case has been continued again; oh well! Gary and I picked up Amanda from school, grabbed a quick snack, fueled up the truck then went back to the RV so Amanda could play in the park.  She had fun playing Frisbee with us then it was time to do her homework.  She didn't give us any trouble and went right to work; what a good girl!  We were a little late getting her home after dinner because she had to finish her math homework.  She really has a lot of homework for the 4th grade. 

Tuesday, May 8, 2012

Now it is time for us to move on again today, however it will be a very short drive to Oceanside. We found a county park with RV sites and partial hook-ups that is not too far from Kristy and the girls. This afternoon we watched Amanda at her Karate class; she sure loves Karate! I had a chance to hold Jennifer while watching Amanda today; she is getting big and now has 2 teeth. She was lying on her back on my lap and put her toes in her mouth; I asked Gary when the last time he could do that was? We all went to dinner this evening and Amanda announced that she has more than 50 friends at school; what a kid!