WINDY!!!

For those of you who don't live in So Cal, it's crazy Santa Ana Winds Season aka Fire Season and half of the state is on fire. The news of course is only showing coverage of the fire in Malibu (which is on fire pretty much every October, but that's where all the rich people live).

This morning when I was opening the blinds, I noticed a poor little tree flapping in the wind. The top safety harness (as I call it) broke off of the support pole, and the poor tree was bending almost 90 degrees. I sent the hubby out to fight the 40 mph wind gusts and reattach the safety harness. Yes I took the picture through the screen safely inside. :)

So far so good, the little tree is hanging on!

Now We Are Safe

The wonderful Ellen Helen came to visit me this evening (aka came to babysit me) while the hubby went to bowl a tournament. USC won earlier today so she was in an extra good mood. She brought the extra "touchdown" cookies for me to eat too!

We watched the Indians lose miserably to the Red Sox (sad!) and did some MySpace research. Since the game was so pathetic, we spent at least 2 hours on our MySpace research. It was VERY entertaining and enlightening.

After the game, and after we ran out of people to research on MySpace, EHW was hungry. I'd polished off about half of the cookies, so I wasn't. She wanted Del Taco so off we went. Technically that was a violation of my rules of recovery, but it was only a short drive of about 3 miles or so. EHW drove her rental car (Nissan Sentra).

EHW drove like a 16 year old taking her driving test so as to not cause my head to fall off. Literally drove 5 mph UNDER the speed limit, hands at 10 & 2, looked all ways before turning or proceeding through an intersection, avoided speeding cars, and stayed in the right lane as much as possible. She drove so cautiously, that a car with an electric wheelchair strapped to the back PASSED us. Fun times!!!

In case you're wondering EHW ordered: bean & cheese burrito with green sauce, 2 soft tacos, and nachos. She ran out of cheese, so she didn't finish the chips, but overall, ate like a fat kid as she likes to say.

Other fun things E.H.W. said tonight:
"They have 10 points already.......................Wait I mean runs."

"LIMH = laughing in my head, you didn't really LOL. "

"What's E-bone-ite?" (She read this on the hubby's shirt when he got home from bowling - shirt reads Ebonite).

Happy Cows Come from CA...

Dead cows come from Chino Hills. You've gotta read this!

I am perplexed by a few things:
1) How both a cow and bull ended up on the 71 freeway - yes the freeway is surrounded by cows but there are steep embankments on either side at this part. Maybe they were strolling along at 4:00 AM and just ended up at that part? Maybe the cow and bull just wanted some alone time?

2) How'd you like to be the truck driver that looks ahead and sees 2 cows in the road? It's only 2 lanes each way at that part so the driver had to hit the cow or swerve off the road and down the embankment (which apparently he ended up doing anyway).

3) I live in dairyland (Chino) and have often feared running into a cow...now that it's happened, I will no longer be driving down certain roads unless it's daylight and I have maximum visibility.

Backyard - Before

I understand that my backyard is small and is really a side yard, however we're going to turn it into a nice little patio complete with BBQ with a little patch of (artificial) grass for our little dog. Trust me when I say that the front yard and park across the street made this small sacrifice completely worth it!

These are the before photos. Construction began today - actually it was demolition and grading today. I'll take photos of the progress as it gets completed.

Crazed Cat!

Apparently my cat has lost his marbles today. He's been picking fights with the dog (who is NOT amused), messing with the blinds in the dining room, and knocking stuff off of my TV Tray. He knocked off a Sharpie and then spent 10 minutes playing with it. He's currently behind the couch causing a ruckus.

Edible Arrangements ROCK!

My work sent me an Edible Arrangement on Tuesday...which happened to be Boss' Day and the same day that the hubby's work got him an Edible Arrangement for Boss' Day.

Needless to say we have fruit coming out our ears!!! The good part is that it's pre-cut so I can just help myself in the fridge. His arrangement included chocolate covered apples which were AMAZING!!!

The Price is Right

I watched The Price is Right today with its new host, Drew Carey. Not bad. Drew seems a little uncomfortable around the CRAZED contestants, yet that's what The Price is Right is all about. They haven't renamed the Barker's Beauties...but I'm suggesting Carey's Cuties or Drew's Divas. I think he'll do well as the host once he settles in.