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PlayDate with Sparty

Above – having fun and staying warm indoors.

Jen and Maya were sick yesterday (no “nastics” for Maya), so after music we had Sparty for a few hours. He’s easily entertained. 

  
  
  

He’s growing up!

Well guess what… Now Bruce is sick and Ron called me this morning and he’s sick too. I better not get it!

I spent a great deal of the weekend working on the family calendar and got it ordered Monday morning. It’s a lot of work, especially now with the new iPhoto and sifting through the gazillions of photos I take all year long and those sent to me by others. Apple claims I’ll get the calendars by the 21st so they’ll be here in time for Christmas Eve!

Now onto the next project – baklava!

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Goodbye Moon

Above – Moonset this morning from the house.

Below (L-R) Barbie Kramer, Cheryl Odell, Mary-Louise McPhee, Chris (Cheney) Bayley, Gretchen Church & to the left of me is Linda Haselton Burke. I’ve known Linda since before I can remember, Cheryl and Gretchen from elementary school, and the rest from jr. high and high school. Linda and I reconnected at the 2015 OB Street Fair and have stayed in touch. Monday night Linda held a little get together at her beautiful University Heights home to celebrate my birthday, even though it was really an excuse to get together with long-time friends.

I do believe this was my Girls Scout troop 393!

Joanne, Jen’s mom, sent me these photos of the Ohio Thanksgiving vacation. Maya and Sparty have a lot of cousins there.  

  

Fun times yesterday waiting in line (outside the door) at the DMV. I realized around noon when I had to show my ID to have my signature notarized that I totally flaked on renewing my drivers license which expires Saturday! Already a bit on the stressed out side working in the office, trying to get to see Bill, teaching yoga at both lunch and in the evening and not being anywhere near packed and ready to go. So, I packed up my stuff, went to the hospital to see Bill only to find out he was in dialysis and they wouldn’t let me go in to see him, and waited in the sitting room for the doctor to respond to a page so I could talk to her (which she never responded to). So I left the hospital, drove to the DMV (now about 3pm) to find no parking places in the lot. I had to park a block away on the street and then wait in this line just to get to the information desk. By the time I was issued a number, there were 45 people in front of me. I got that mission accomplished, but failed the vision test so I’m now required to wear my glasses while driving. Whew! Hmmm … do you think that was too much information?

Finally, rest at last. At least for my students. I could have used those restorative poses myself!
  

After class we drove back up to the hospital to see Bill (9pm) only to find him sleeping. Another missed opportunity. He looked very peaceful an content and that was good to see.

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Brrrrrr

Above – Selfie with Bear on our walk this morning.

Below – The palm tree out my living room window. 

Oh no … my shoes blew off the porch!

… and the owl blew over.

But that’s not all. Look what happened to our poor garden gnome.

And orchids in disarray …

Oh my!

It’s an angry ocean today. 
  

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Halloween Mohawk

Above – Surprise! Robb’s got another Mohawk! I’m guessing that also means soon we’ll see a buzz cut?

Below – scary dinosaur. Looks like Robb got bit by one.

Trick or treating – This was by far the best house. This house was so scary that Maya didn’t want to go up to the door. Here’re a couple photos of the creepy habitants.

No fear – Sparty didn’t have any problem going right up to the door and putting his hand out. At one of the doors we walked up to, he actually took candy out of his bucket and gave it to the people.

Crayons – What happens when you mix green with brown? A chocolate mess.
  

Oh look, there’s a big pink crayon with Elsa.
  
  

TACKLE!

Crayon Head.

Mixup – Pink crayon with Elsa mask.

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Sunset Cliffs High Tides & Ponies

Above & below – Thursday morning view from the foot of Del Monte.

It wasn’t as gloomy as the day before. Check out how the water is going right up to the bluff. Can you find the seagull?

The following photos were taken over a couple days earlier in the week at different spots.

Bruce took this one. It’s my new favorite. Bear was looking for an escape route.
  

Today’s bonus video – the pony ride.

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Twinkle Twinkle Little Dinosaur

Above – Skyping with a dinosaur.

Monday night we were blessed with this … 

  

While Kando watches on …

Family photo shoot.
  

A closer look at the little guy …
  

This just might be the best part:

A good time was had by all!

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Oh Dear …

Above – it can only get better.

And it did. The little bugger cried almost the whole way to music class, but settled down and enjoyed class after all.

After class, enjoying some cold Apricot/Mango juice.

… and playing shy.

The little guy passed out on the way home about 2 blocks away from the house. I took him straight from the car seat to the crib, and according to Rachel he slept for about an hour and a half!

Later, Maya at gymnastics. She’s a bit of a ham …

Later still, back at the house – peanut butter on crackers as we did some arts and crafts.

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Happy Birthday to Jen!

Above – Throwback photo from Maya’s 2nd Birthday. I figured throwing back would be a good idea on this BIG birthday! I hope you have a great day, Jen.

There was a big happening on my Monday morning walk at the foot of Orchard. I couldn’t find anything online as to why three news crews, one police car and two City workers were hanging around, so I did some sleuthing of my own. 

I found this interesting article on the OB Rag website from September 2, 2015 that might explain why one of the City workers was digging around on the side of the bluff. He was probably attempting to block the cave so some derelict doesn’t go getting him- or herself killed. Click on link or cut and paste into your browser: http://obrag.org/?p=98592#.ViVKMdZX9FI

Bear and I quickly became bored and moved on to our favorite private beach to take advantage of some photo ops. That is, after she rolled in a pile of dirty, stinky seaweed covered with flies near an old washed up lobster trap. Yuck!

I love the clouds and ocean contrast in this first photo.

Bear didn’t seem to mind the smell. In fact, I think she was quite proud of herself!
  

Later, after meeting up with Bruce … A bird’s eye view.

Trying to catch the photo during mid spray was tricky until I decided to hold my finger down on the button. See, I’m smarter than the camera!
  

The Martian – Thumbs up.

Matt Damon – Thumbs up.

Cinepolos Luxury Theater Del Mar – Thumbs up. Big, roomy, cozy recliners & good customer service, delivering our XL, extra buttery popcorn directly to our seats.

It’s been a long time since we’ve gone to a movie. I don’t even remember when or what movie we last went to last. I read the book (great read!) so I was interested in how this could be made into a movie. I thoroughly enjoyed it!

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