Ramblings about the weekend

I'm sorry that the weekend is over. We had a great time! A group of us were out in the desert. Actually let me re-do that....a group of us bought homes out in the desert and we are all neighbors. Which is fantastic! There are about 10 homes out there that are officially our fun homes. (well, one is his full time home, but technically, he's out there on the weekends with us too...HAVING FUN!)

I've been wanting to take pictures along the route to our house from Escondido, to the Salton Sea. So....when I rode back home with Deb yesterday (as John waited out there for some friends to show up, that literally just bought a house by us!) ((another new neighbor!)) We stopped in Henshaw for a potty break. The routine is when we leave the "fun" house, we swing by So. Cal's largest AM/PM market by our desert house and grab a drink and a snack. By the time we get to Henshaw, that drink is wanting back out of our system. This is when I pulled the camera out and started to take some pics from the parking lot of the restaurant there. I also took a few coming down Palomar Mountain.

Dude aka Deet da dee and Roxy sitting in my lap on the way home. I love how Roxy just kind of lays on Deet da dee.



Next trip, I want to take some going down Montezuma Grade into Borrego. That is some AMAZING scenary. Enjoy the pics and they're not perfect, but they are after all taken from the front seat of Deb's truck through the windshield! ;)

Rose in our Backyard

 

Playing around with camera and new software.

More Ramblings from the Couch

So if you don't know, I'm a HUGE OBSESSED fan of facebook. I love it. It's a social networking site. It allows me to keep in touch with all of my friends. I love to share what I'm up too and see what they are up to as well. This includes friends that I haven't seen since school days. It's an incredible advance in technology today and how we use it. It used to be snail mail and postage stamps. Thanks to the internet, (and fedex and UPS) the post office is having to shut down several of it's office nationwide. Including one in our home town of Escondido. Think about all of the technology we use today and how did we live with out it.
I know you've seen emails with similar stuff, but here are my memories.

Folks my age.....remember when:

We had just one black and white television in the house and you had to get up to change the channels??

I remember when we got our first microwave oven when I was in High school in the 80's.

I remember visiting my first video rental store. The had VHS and Beta movies for rent. We rented Beta as my dad worked for Sony and he brought home a betamax. We were SO cool. ;) The pic below is identical to the Sony TV and Betamax that we had!



Speaking of Sony, my dad also brought home a Sony walkman for me. And it was cool, cuz when you unhooked the headphones (with foam earpieces!) there were speakers on it so I could share my tunes with everybody!



Our telephone was a rotary phone. I remember doing phone tree lists to call people and my finger getting sore from dialing.



I didn't get my first computer until after I was living on my own and it was an Apple IIe with two 5 1/4 in floppy drives. One drive was used for the operating system. The other was used for programs. I only had three programs...Appleworks, Hitchikers guide to the Galaxy and Printshop.



I thought I was SO cool when I got my first cell phone in the early 90's. It was a handset attached to a brick that was installed in my car.

It's amazing how much stuff has advanced. It will be even more amazing to see what comes up when our kids are grown.

I'm rambled enough, time to get off of my soapbox, but I had to reminisce. It's fun to do it every now and then. ;)

Make it a GREAT day (or night!)

Random Ramblings from here on the couch

It's Monday and the 2nd week of school for Kevin's senior year. Just packed his lunch for the day. I haven't officially counted how many lunches left to pack before he graduates high school. Not sure if I am ready for that.

I've got a busy day ahead of me....as a matter of fact, it's just a busy week! I'm afraid to write up the "to do" list for fear it will be a little out of control. I'm thinking of all the "to do"'s for work right now, haven't even begun to think about my personal life and the house. Although, admittingly, that's popping up in my head at this exact moment. Heck, one thing at a time, and it will get done. Fortunately today is an office day for me, so I might mix a little of the personal stuff in with the work stuff...meaning, load of laundry, go downstairs, do email, switch laundry over to dryer, add another load to washer, go downstairs, answer phone calls, fold laundry, go downstairs to do work expenses. Sounds exciting huh? oh, maybe unload the dishwasher of the clean dishes and load up the dirty ones too.

What a cute little dog ;) Currently she is sitting in my lap as I write this up.



I think I have two trips to the "OC" this week, although, I haven't fully consulted my calendar yet. Remembering from memory. Although, it might be 3.

I think this is officially one of those rambling blogs....it just goes on and on with useless information, but yet, you are reading this! ;) Yeah you! Cuz if you got this far and you see the words, you're reading it! Wierd how that works and how I know. I'm sorry if I wasted valuable seconds of your life reading this!

Well I'm off to get my day and week started. My baby 17 year old is up and having a bowl of Golden Grahams cereal for breakfast.

I am looking forward to getting away to go to the desert this weekend. It's definately an escape!




Make it a GREAT day!

Interesting and Useless Facts

Table salt is the only commodity that hasn’t risen dramatically in price in the last 150 years.

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There are 2,000,000 different combinations of sandwiches that can be created from a SUBWAY menu.

Did you know?

The Country Store in Baker has sold more winning California State Lottery tickets than any outlet in the state?


Hmmm....interesting. Being that is the last pit stop before you reach the Nevada border on the way to Vegas, or the first pit stop in California leaving Nevada. So, the lesson here is buy a lotto ticket in Baker on your way to Vegas, just in case you have a losing streak there, cuz the odds of winning the lotto in Baker might be better.



Baker is also the home of the World's tallest thermometer and Alien Fresh Jerky. Just writing about Baker, I'm wanting to take a road trip. I love that stuff like this is in seemingly the middle of nowhere. Yet, so many people are there just passing through.

It's been a while since I drove to Las Vegas. I usually jump on a Southwest flight and I'm there in an hour. Although, if you look out the window from the plane you'll notice the captain will usually start his descent into Vegas just after passing over Baker. Sit on the right side of the plane and you can see the tiny little town. (although, the worlds largest thermometer is not visible from the air)



Here is the link to the Baker Chamber of Commerce. Next time you head out the 15 northbound. Stop at Alien Fresh Jerky, get a snack, go to the Country store, DEFINATELY buy a lotto ticket, then take a gander at the Worlds Largest Thermometer.

"http://www.bakercc.com/default.asp"

Fun Interesting Fact

Apples are more effective at keeping people awake in the morning than caffeine.