Bleach + open wound = OW
You learn something new everyday. This was something I like to think I knew already, but learned first hand what it feels like today. In fact, I didn’t even know I had a cut on my thumb when I started cleaning. Josh says that makes me tougher… the not knowing I had a cut part.
Since the Santa Ana winds brought spring back to Los Angeles, I decided to catch up on some spring cleaning early. I’m seriously thinking of getting one of those crazy Scrubbing Bubbles Automatic Shower Cleaners. Athough, I’m slightly uncomfortable with the idea of something wildly spraying chemicals around the shower and around my stuff in the shower that will ultimately be on my skin. I hate hate hate cleaning the shower. A glass enclosed shower is beautiful, but sometimes shower curtains just make things simpler.
Bottled water junkies!
I wanna see this movie!
Mini Takes the States
Mini takes the states was fun! I read somewhere that 1300 mini’s showed up. Insane… it sure felt like that… for the rally I’d say there were at least 500 minis. The rally started at Westwood in UCLA parking lot with breakfast. Then it was on. The police escorted us through Westwood, stopping traffic at the lights for us. It was a sight to see!
Our destination was the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, but not until we made a pit stop at a secret location - Topanga Canyon Park. The parking lot probably holds 25 cars… so it was a feat getting everyone in and out… a slow moving machine.
I posted photos in my gallery bottom right… but also lots of photos here…
Wakeboarding weekend!
We decided to go with Steve and Miggie to the lake this weekend with them on their boat. It was way fun. There were 4 of us, just enough to fit in the boat and wakeboard. I brought the wakeboard and we found a calm area on the lake where another kid was learning to wakeboard and Josh yelled to me that I have pressure now I need to get up the first time! It was my first time out this summer. I surprised myself and totally got up the first time and stayed up! I guess I underestimated myself. It’s much like riding bike.. you know how to get up and you just do it. Staying up can get complicated with waves, cross waves, wake and the boat turning. That’s my challenge at this point. But I’m totally proud of myself and have way more confidence now for next time.
Unfortunately when we were riding out to find calm waters, Steve’s boat’s bimini shade (I think it’s called) cracked off the track and whacked me in my boney shoulder. It was one of those things where you like stub your toe on something or bang your knee on something really hard.. there’s an instance of no feeling then the pounding pain comes… just like that. I wasn’t gonna wakeboard after that but I iced my shoulder and like Steve said “be a man!” and I went out and did it anyway for a few times. There’s a bump on my left soulder now and it’s surprisingly only red no black and blue mark… yet anyway.
It was a really nice relaxing trip aside from that. I love that. Just sitting and chatting with friends at the lake can be just as much fun without the wakeboarding, etc. The sound of the water is so calming. It was really cool because there were not many boats on the water and we slept in an extra hour leaving the house at 6am instead of 5am and we still got in before the jetski limit.
The best part was probably that we shared our cove area with some really awesome people. They had 4 dogs. Two golden retrievers - Pepper and Mocha, a shnauzer - Thistle and a little black dog that I forget his name. Mocha reminded me of Kelsey back home. They were so much fun running into the water like crazy as soon as they got a little bit dry they were back in the water and they loved their boat too.
Made Josh and I really ponder this whole boat thing… I would prefer a boat to the seados. But I know Josh loves the seados and won’t get rid of them for a boat.. he’d just add a boat to his collection of toys. We decided if we can ever find storage for free on our own property or for much cheaper than we pay now… that storage fee is equivalent to a boat payment.
3 pet peeves… in one day
1. Super busy gas station where all pumps have a car at them… I get in line behind the only car at the pump without a line behind it. Looks good the 40 something year old guy is coming back from the store with drinks, chips and everything he could possibly fit in his arms without a bag. So he’s done pumping his gas right? NO! He drops all his stuff off at the passenger seat with his wife for a few minutes then strolls over to the pump makes eye contact with me and proceeds to read the entire pump and watch the commercial playing above it on the tv screen before starting to make an effort to pump gas! He puts the pump in and then gets back in his car to sit in the A/C. I gave up after 5 minutes, did a 20 point turn as soon as it cleared out and pulled into the spot next to him and left at the same time as him.
2. I opened what I thought was important mail and got a papercut! And it was junk mail. ugh a wound for something as unimportant as junk mail!
3. New cell phone law goes into affect today and it is illegal to hold a cell phone to your ear and drive… buuuut it is legal to hold your phone and text message. WTF?! Looking at road holding cell phone to ear vs. looking at phone holding cell phone in hand. Neither should be legal.
potatoes with a side of onion
I found my new favorite way to eat potatoes… even better than garlic mashed! Josh sliced potatoes, chopped some onions and green peppers and fried them in butter on a skillet. It was so good! Even the green peppers were pretty good and I hate green peppers. They just absorbed the rest of the flavor. That has me thinking… potatoes with my fresh rosemary from the garden…. yum!
I would have taken a photo, but I was too hungry and just ate them 
hi-tech green style…
Since the hands-free phone law goes into effect July 1 in LA where you can no longer hold a cell phone and talk to it in your car… I needed to pick up a bluetooth headset. I really don’t talk much on my cell phone at all to begin with much less in my car, but it’s a good thing to have just in case and maybe it prevents that cell phone brain cancer everyone’s talking about.
So this is what I picked:
It’s not as stylish as the other bluetooth headsets out there, but it has something perfect for me in sunny California. A solar panel for charging! It’s the Iqua 603 SUN Bluetooth Wireless Headset. I’ve charged it once in the wall charger since I bought it and it’s been solar charging since. I just sit it in my car in the sun and it charges. Quite the opposite of most electronics that you should keep out of direct sunlight….
Lori Beth’s engaged!
Jake proposed to my older sister, Lori Beth on the last day of their trip to Cozumel, Mexico. Aw
So excited for her! 
Cleaning photos out of my cell phone…
I took Damien to the vet today and because Josh was out of town (and I can’t lift him more than a foot), I put him in my Mini Cooper. He fit surprisingly well. He slept the whole way home and was sleepy when it was time to get out of the car and did the cutest thing, rested his head on the back ledge and just closed his eyes to go back to sleep. It was adorable… so I took a quick photo with my cell phone…
And then I learned how to transfer photos from my bluetooth phone to my bluetooth laptop… so I ended up cleaning all the pics out of my camera that I had intentions of posting the last year or so…
When I was in Philly visiting Tracey… we went to Urban Outfitters and maybe she wanted this lamp… so I took a photo of it?
My Mini with the rat in it… being towed to the dealer where the rat meets his end.
The subway stop by the LA Civic Center… on my way home for LA Detour Festival… people are flying/floating overhead.
Subbu brought back this Taj Mahal figurine from India on his most recent visit home. It’s made of the same white marble the Taj Mahal is made of (heavy)!
Cloudy weather & you can still be healthy!
Even when it’s cloudy outside a 10-15 minute walk can give you the same amount of vitamin D! It’s good for your skin and your mood! Researchers suggest 10-15 minutes spent outside at least 2 times a week to get your vitamin D intake. After 15 minutes, it’s suggested you put on sunblock though… because that’s when the UV rays start harming your skin!
Taken from this New York Times article.
I’m such a believer in this! Not so sure about the cloudy days… but I don’t spend a lot of time outside on cloudy days (and there aren’t many up here in northern LA county!), maybe it’s time I start!
