Last day here!

Here it is our last day in San Diego.  We were house bound today, waiting, waiting, waiting!

This is such a beautiful picture.  I noticed, Rita, that this was not taken with your iPhone!  You do such a great job with your photos!

We got up early to start the day of waiting.  The first person arrived at noon.  John came yesterday but forgot to bring his ladder so he had to come back today.  Yesterday he helped me move the T.V.!  Yes, you heard me right.  It was not fun and I am too old !

This is our computer area which is the nook in the living room.  It is really quite nice!

Here is the couch…The coffee table is not centered!  The chair did not arrive as the put the wrong one on the truck.  Otherwise all went well.  The DAV people arrived and took all the stuff and we cannot believe how much room we have.  Of course the Den is tight but we like it that way!  It will be nice when the chairs arrive.

So, we are impatiently waiting to pick our dog.  14 of them will be going home on July 4th.  Since we are #16 we may not picking ours up until the 18 or the 25th.  We should start seeing the reserved signs going up within the next 2 days.

Coming home tomorrow!
                    s'

You are not going to believe this one!

Today we started the day by forgetting to set the alarm….lucky for us, I woke up!  We got ready and flew into our neighborhood Starbucks and got some green tea.  We talked to Bill for a few minutes and then we were off to meet Mary Lou and Phyllis for lunch.

Today we went to Mountain Mikes for a Pizza lunch.  It was very very good.  Mary Lou brought her friend Phyllis to meet us.  It was very nice to meet her and to look forward to seeing more of her!

The den is back to it's original setting.  It is nice to have a caccone to go into to watch T.V.  This is Vicki's little corner of the world!

This is my little corner of the world.  The den is quite comfortable.

Tonight we went to dinner with Jerry.  We talked and laughed but when Jerry told us the latest news!

WE COULD NOT BELIEVE THIS!  As we all know…tomorrow is a busy day for us.  The DAV are picking up furniture and the Living Spaces is delivering some things.  Now, there is only 1 elevator which is located in our 1 lobby.  Tomorrow they are scraping and painting the ceiling in the lobby and asked that we not use that entrance.  There was no notification sent out and we knew nothing about it.  The delivery truck is coming from L.A. and we are leaving on Friday!  Think of us and I will try to take pictures and post, that is if I am not too mad! I tried to cancel the delivery  but the truck is already loaded!

BE ACREFUL OUT THERE!
                         S'

This was suppose to be an at home day!

Today, of course, we started out at Starbucks.  We went to the Starbucks on Sports Arena and then to Jiffy Lube to have the oil changed and the tires rotated.  This was to be it for the day and then we were going home.  Well it always sounds good to plan a day like that, it seldom happens!  We left the car at Jiffy Lube and then…..

It just happens that See's candy is across the street.  Okay let's go over there and get Rosine some candy!  Good thought…….so off we went.

Now,  it just so happens that Burger King is in that same parking lot….I just love San Diego, they are so thoughtful the way they group things together.  Now while we were sitting in B.K. I made a phone call to Living Spaces and found out that here was something wrong with our order.  So, off we go to pick up the car and on to Living Spaces.


                                                               

å∑∑∑This is the sofa and chair we are getting.  The only problem is that we ordered the sofa and a love seat…we have decided to keep the chair.  I know the color is bright but it is f

his is the chair up closer…it looks good!

This is the little coffee table and the end tables.  It looks like distressed wood.  It is probably plastic!  lol!  Now we are finished…..let's go have lunch!

Here we are at the Salty Cleaver….they specialize in different sausage.  Vicki got the Italian sausage sandwich and I got the mango chicken with lime cilantro sauce.  It was very good and we sat outside to eat.  Finally we are going home….what do you mean it is 3:00!

Oh!  About Rosine's mint patties….we ate them! lol!

s'

Here we go again and it's not a dog!

Our time here in San Diego is coming to an end.  We will be leaving on Friday and heading back to Phoenix!  The temps will be running over 110 and dropping as we enter next week.  It has been wonderful to be here in Paradise with the temps in the low 70's.

Today was a busy day….we started out with meeting Mary Lou at Starbucks.      

                                           

I love this picture of Mary Lou!  She looks so cute and so southern Californian.  I think he should wear this outfit to Starbucks everyday…it can be her signature!  Before long people will be saying …there is that cute,strange lady who always is dressed in that cute little hat!  Think of all the people who would talk to you!

After coffee,we met our friend Lou for lunch.  We met in the Valley at Tio Leo's Mexican Food.  None of us had been there for years but the food was still good.  Lou has been having a great time traveling all over the world!  He has only been retired for 3 years and he has passed us up and I do not think we will be catching up with him!  It was fun to play catch up with him!

                                                                                             
After lunch with Lou, we went to the Apple Store.  Vicki picked up her new computer and she let them keep the 8 year old one!  I had an  appointment at the Genius Bar and they fixed my iPad.  Now we are on the way home!

Now I must tell you what I am doing.  I have decided to move the TV back in the den.  Everyone seems to like the idea. The computers will be in the notch in the living room and the c ouch and love seat will make the living room into an actual conversation area.  Wednesday the handyman will come and hang the dining room light, move the TV and put the dog kennel together.  On Thursday the DAV will come and take out the extra furniture and on Friday we will be going back to Phoenix!

Now I need to go and check the updates on the dogs and go to bed

BE CAREFUL OUT THERE!

                      S'

Happy Father's Day to all the Daddys!

Happy Father's Day to all of you

Happy Father's Day to my son Todd!

Happy Father's Day to my son-in- law, Mark!                     

Happy Father's Day to Bob, Vicki's brother!

Happy Father's Day to my brother-in-law, Olias and to Oliver his dog

                      Happy Father's Day to our friend, Irwin!

Happy Father's Day to our friend, George!

Hope you had a wonderful day!

Another beautiful day in Paradise!

Today started with us sleeping in a little.  Then it was off to Mission Valley for coffee. As we were leaving we ran into this darling Maltepoo.  She was adorable and I considered stealing her.  She was so sweet!

She gave me a happy greeting just like Mocha Rose does.  Lily also drew blood on my nose!

The nice big dog just sat there and let her check him out!

Off we went to the Apple Store and Vicki bought a new computer.  It will be ready on Monday.  Vicki is pretending she is on a cruise in order to be without a computer ever since we got here.  She got a lot of good miles on this one.  It was 8 years old in January!

It was nice to have lunch at True Food in Fashion Valley!

This is one of my favorite places too!  Isn't that cool breeze wonderful! My skin just got 10 years younger!


Hang in there everyone and keep cool!
                              S'

Our #1 Choice!

This is our first choice for our puppy.  Her name is Gema!  We are keeping our fingers crossed that she won't be taken by someone else.  There are 14 people ahead of us and she is #22.  I think we have a chance!

                                     

It looks like the picking will start on Wednesday which is also the date the last litter is due!

This morning we met Mary Lou at IHOP for breakfast.  We were down in Mission Valley and there were people everywhere.  We wondered why people were not at work….maybe they are on vacation or retired!  Good guesses.

At 5:00 we met Jerry and went to dinner at Martini's.  It was very nice.  I had an Asian Steak and Mushroom salad and both Vicki and Jerry had Salmon.  It was very good and the bread was wonderful and I only had 1 piece!

Now here is our little baby Mocha Rose.  She is going on 6 pounds and she will be 6 months next week!  She has fully recovered from her operation and is back to going 90 miles and hour!  She is so sweet!

Tomorrow is another day!

                     S'

Beautiful Day!

Okay, we are a little nervous.  They are suppose to start picking the dogs on Tuesday!  Meanwhile we went to our neighborhood Starbucks this morning.  There was no one there that we knew!  It is a nice Starbucks and I like sitting at the high table in the window!  We could not have asked for better weather.  It was 72 at 2:00 when we went to lunch.  After lunch we went home and took a short nap and then it was time for Jerry to arrive for cocktails.  

"I am thinking about the dogs…Tuesday is when they are suppose to start picking."

I think I am what she is thinking about!

Today we went to Fashion Valley to go shopping.  First stop was at Build a BearThere really wasn't anything that would work out as well as a real dog would!  So, we will have to look for a life sized dog!

Next stop was the Apple Store to look at a few things!

                              Next stop was The Walking store.  We did not find anything!

Now it looks like it time to go to lunch at the Cheese Cake Factory.


We had a really nice lunch and we had the wonderful Passion Tea.  So good but no cheesecake!


                                                              S'

Vicki doesn't think I will share!

Vicki does not think I will share our new dog with her, so she is considering going to "Build a Bear"  and building  herself something to pet!

                                                   Wen we went to look at the red poodles, I shared!
                                                   

                                                                                     
When we had Mocha…..I shared  really well! See how well I shared with Molly… Why is she worried 



                                             

                                      

See how well I shared with Molly…What is she worried about?

                                                             

                         

                      " Mary Lou knows that I am a good sharer..I did not steal her dog!  

 Maybe I should encourage the Bear

                                                                              S'

Here we are in San Diego!

We did just arrive in SD this afternoon and no doubt we are going to have fun!

Dis not take any photos today but found some pictures to share!

                                      The staff at the old Starbucks……What were their names?

                                                  Sandi and Irwin ……our coffee buddies!

"I'll drink to old memories….. if you can remember what they are!"

"I am Damion from the old Starbucks!"

                                          "I don't care if it is my birthday….let me off of this!"

"Just shopping until I drop!"

"I REMEMBER THIS…IT WAS…MOTHER'S DAY…ROSINES BIRTHDAY…CHRISTMAS?"


Aw what great memories!

S'