1. How are you planning to spend the summer [winter]? We leave next week for a trip to So Cal. The rest of the summer we’ll be here. Since we live in a tourist town it gets hectic so we like to go to the out of the way places or walk downtown in the eve when all the shops are closed. I hope to enjoy the beach more. We went last weekend and it was so beautiful. It’s warm enough to wear shorts but the water’s too cold for swimming so no bikinis in sight (except for a few hardcore Europeans not exactly built like models. egads.)
2. What was your first summer job? Hmm…did I have one? I was probably babysitting. I was always babysitting…mostly my many siblings!
3. If you could go anywhere this summer [winter], where would you go? I desperately want to go camping in the redwoods in No. Calif like we used to when I was growing up. I loved camping! However, Brian has never been camping (I cannot imagine my mother in law going anywhere where you couldn’t call down to the front desk for something!) So I’m slowly talking Brian into the idea. Next year he gets an extra week of vacation so I’m hoping we can do it!
4. What was your worst vacation ever? One doesn’t come to mind…perhaps when I was a kid I used to get car sick on curvy roads. Even today I can’t read in the car or move around while its moving. If Bella is really fussing in the backseat Brian needs to let me drive and he sit back there with her. I get a headache reading the map and he could write a novel in the car without the slightest bother. Go figure.
5. What was your best vacation ever?I would say the time my whole family (all 11 of us) went camping across country with nothing more than a 11 passenger van and a huge 3 bedroom tent that slept 12. It was hilarious. Man, I really should write all these memories down before they fade away! Now I am looking forward to making new vacation memories with Brian and Bella!
Category Archives: family chit chat
6/27/03 – friday five: summer edition
5/22/03 – Bon Voyage
Hey guys. I feel like such a slacker because I haven’t been making regular posts but darn it there’s just not enough hours in the day! Plus I think you’ll agree that some priorities are more important than my rambling here! ha! Well, I have 10 free minutes to ramble before I start packing, so here it goes.
Bon Voyage!
Brian, Bella and I are packing up for a trip tomorrow to Southern California to visit mi familia. (Don’t ask me questions in spanish…that’s all I know – besides “tacos” and “enchilladas”. Yes I’m ashamed.) I can’t wait!! Although I am not too keen on leaving the beautiful weather and beaches of Carmel for the dry, hot desert (where most of my family currently lives) it is worth it just to be near them again. I am so close to all of them and it hurts quite a bit not to see them more frequently. But it is a small cross I must bear in exchange for my wonderful husband and daughter whom I couldn’t live without. BUT one week I get the best of both worlds since we’ll all be together. Woohoo!
But I have to say good bye now since I haven’t started packing and we leave in 24 hours. (What? I’m late? Shocking, I know! haha) Packing is always fun. Isn’t it? Do you remember that I Love Lucy episode when the Ricardos where going to California? While Ricky and Fred was trying to fit a few suitcases in the trunk, Lucy was piling tons of stuff on the sidewalk to bring as well. That’s me, baby! I always have to bring everything but the kitchen sink “just in case”. When Brian looks at the pile of suitcases and things piled by the frontdoor he says, “Sweetie, we’ll never get all that in the car.” I tell him not to worry and let “Fred” take care of it. I’ll get it in there! (Although it usually means me sitting in a space tighter than an economy flight on Budget Airlines.) But who cares, we’re going! And if on the way we are in need of a rain coat, bath mat or a years supply of fishy crackers, don’t worry – I’ve got you covered!
Say a prayer that we have a safe trip. Talk to you soon. Love, b.
5/16/03 – friday five: food edition
Congratulations to my little sis Elena who is graduating from Christendon College tomorrow! Brian and I are so proud of you, Elena! We’re sorry we couldn’t be there with you but we look forward to your visit to California next month! Bella also sends kisses to her “auntie nena”!
Time for the friday five:
1. What drinking water do you prefer — tap, bottle, purifier, etc.? Didn’t I just answer this? Bottled.
2. What are your favorite flavor of chips? I used to love fritos and doritos but now I stick to low fat tortilla chips. sigh.
3. Of all the things you can cook, what dish do you like the most? Hmm…I love Mexican and Italian so maybe tacos and spanish rice or else pasta and italian veggies.
4. How do you have your eggs? Scrambled. I can’t stand “fried” eggs.
5. Who was the last person who cooked you a meal? How did it turn out? Does dessert count? Brian made me a chocolate cake for Mother’s Day and it was sooo good. Well, that’s it for now! Have a great weekend. Love, b. š