Love Hurts

Good news, Kitty is feeling much better. Bad news, Lenny, I mean CC is loving her to death. Kitty is finding creative places to hide and Claire is displaying super human strength by moving furniture to find her. Bill and I agree that this still has gotta to be better than the cat's last home! Lucky for us she is a very sweet cat and a pretty good sport.

Thanks to Lucas, Jacob, Keith, and Susan for the "Buckeye" treats! We got them right before the game. I am kinda embarrassed by how fast we ate those chocolates. (B and I had been denying ourselves carbs.) We are still missing our Ohio friends like crazy, it's hard to meet new people.

Let's hope kitty finds a good hiding spot this week.

FYI

For friends and family concerned about the fires, we are fine and do not seem to be in any danger at this time. There is a blanket of smoke that is keeping most people indoors. (O's school recess and baseball practice were canceled.) So horrible watching the local news and seeing all of the houses destroyed. Hopefully the fires will be contained soon.

Cat Scratch Fever

Well, we almost made CC the happiest little girl in the world. (Her first choice was a dog.) Say "Hello" to our furry friend "Tortie." She is the sweetest, most m-e-l-l-o-w cat I have ever been around. On Friday I ended up taking her to the vet, he agreed she was unusually still for a 4 month old kitten, she also had a fever. Leave it to us to get a sick cat for our kids. She is on antibiotics, we are hopimg she will perk up.

We had ourselves a busy weekend. O and CC both had games on Saturday. It was so hot outside that we heated up the ol' hot tub to about 90 degrees and the kids and Bill took a swim. Bill decided to jump in the pool which was a whooping 68 degrees, brrrr. I stayed dry and I got a sunburn. On Sunday we headed to Mt. Baldy recreation area. It only takes about 20 minutes to get to the ski lifts from our house. We took a little hike to a waterfall. (Oh, how I love a good waterfall.) We have yet to go on a hike and not have at least one person in tears. This trail got a little narrow and we had to do a little rock climbing, nothing dangerous but enough for CC to get a little panicky. I guess sometimes you have to challenge your kids, a little. We also took a stroll along a stream and ran into alot of broken beer bottles and graffitti, I guess Inland Empire naturalists are also part time gang-bangers, who knew?

Another Weekend, Another Theme Park

Thanks to a contest at Albertson's, Owen won tickets to Sea World. Since my husband was out of town, my Dad came along for the ride. We had a great time!

Car Wash

We had a busy weekend! My Dad and Judy were here. They took their new "baby" to a car show in Temecula. The kids had a great time helping him wash the car. I think all of their scrubbing, spraying, and pounding only made him moderately tense.

Both kids had a game on Saturday. We had to split up but my Dad, Judy, and I were able to see both games. After a 20 minute rest we headed to the LA County Fair. I love a good fair, back in the old days the SW Wa. Fair was the highlight of my summer. Unfortunately, this fair was pretty brutal due the the swarms of people. I cannot get used to the massive amount of people here. Everything is colossal! I need wide, open, spaces! Another difference at this fair was the amount of booze served (which ofcourse, I have no moral objection to) we are talking Jager shots, voldka, $15 dollar magaritas! (The prices I object to.) We thougt it best to get out of there before it got too late in the evening. Okay, the food. There was a stand selling Krispy Kreme Donut chicken sandwiches and deep fried Coca-Cola!! It made me laugh because whenever my Mom is really hungry she always says,"I could eat a fried pig turd." This could actually be an option at next year's fair.