Our Hot Weekend

It was going to be hot this weekend and as you know we have no air conditioning. Since Kaylee was in a wedding party in San Diego we decided to go down a day early and enjoy the comfort of
a cooler place.
In the morning we looked at a couple of homes. One was fantastic and we have put in an offer. Since this isn't bank owned or foreclosed we should know soon.
After checking in we decided to see if San Diego had beaches that weren't cliffs (think Torey Pines). Or a beach that wasn't in the bay.

Shayla and Kaylee said they could taste the beach.
We found one called Ocean Beach. (pretty inventive name) It was great. Had a long pier, great sand and even a grass area.




The beach seemed to being missing something?


Of course the sunset was great. so just to remind everybody why we live we in So. Cal.

Wonders never cease

I know that blogging is new to a lot of us. I have tried to keep up but usually I only have time to read not write. Today is a bit different. Today is Father's Day.

I want to thank all my daughters for making this a possibility. Without you girls I wouldn't be a Father. I thank you for making that responsibility of being a father easy. I am grateful for all the opportunities that you have given me to grow and to change.

I haven't been the best in all situations. I have done the best I knew how. I have tried to do it with minimum yelling or "jump starting your brains". I am still learning patience.

I am always trilled when you girls tell me that I did something right. I have precious memories of our family home evenings 'Charades' and laughing so hard we couldn't say a prayer to end.

I love the woman that you all are. I know that it was more Mom than me but we have been a good combo.

Tamar, I am glad you chose to be first. Thanks for helping set the standard.

Karina, I glad you chose to be next. Thanks for being adventurous.

Shayla, I glad you made it next. Thanks for being the stabilizer.

Kaylee, I glad that you are the end. Thanks for reminding me of whats important.

I love you girls.

I'm glad for my dad and his strength. If I can be half as strong as him I will have done well.

HAPPY FATHER' DAY to ALL of the Fathers that read these Posts.

Celtic game

Went and saw history made the other night at the Staples Center. Shayla and I went to the playoff game. Our seats were in the "nose bleed section". They were good view but high up.

We got there early and settled in. I didn't wear any green because... Well its LA and I didn't want to be thrown over from so high a perch.

Things didn't look good early as the Lakers scored early and often. I was very confident that they were going to win. They just looked like they wanted it more. They went down as much as 24 points and staged a tremendous come back.

It was like reliving my childhood in the sixties when the great Laker teams couldn't beat my beloved Celtics. Now if they could just win on Father's Day the world we be right again. I am sorry for all the people who don't live in places that sports aren't a passion.

Well we have more house hunting to do today so more later.

Oh they gave everyone who came in a Laker flag. I gave mine away. If they lost I would have run it over several times before giving it away.

Tagged by Rina

OK , I don't think my answers will surprise anyone but here they are......

I was born in Arlington, Mass. this is winter sunset.

Favorite place to Vacation ..... Cape Cod, MA this is sunrise.
My favorite color is green.... As in the Green Monster or Celtic green
Dream Career would be Thor God of thunder.....not a fan of lightning
Guilty Pleasure....Chocolate
Favorite Hobby....... Sleeping anywhere
Favorite restaurant was very hard to decide but it would be Tommy's
Favorite Actress.........Julia Roberts unless she get to toothy

Favorite Actor....This was hard between James Stewart and Kirk Douglas

Favorite car never to own...BMW 760Li
Favorite Place to Shop........... anywhere this sign appears
Favorite Flower.....................Lilacs

This wasn't so hard and I don't tag anyone because they probably already have been but if Not and you are reading this then it's you!

Music

I put some songs here on the blog. These are not necessarily favorites but they are songs that have great influence on me. These songs will change on a regular basis but you can listen or not and comment if you like.

Happy Birthday!

June is a very busy month with Birthdays and Anniversaries. Linda had her birthday and we had fun. We missed not having everyone there but made up for it by eating enough for everyone. We went to Chilli's and despite Shayla and Kaylee not wanting to smile I was able to get a picture of them.

Linda enjoyed her day and loved her flowers. Shayla has threatened to use photoshop to alter pictures. She said that we should never posts pictures of her unless we are willing to pay the copyrights to her. I think she is just broke and needs the cash.

Well lots more happening this month and we are still looking for a home. We will keep you all updated.

Still Looking

House hunting is everything I thought it would be. Real Estate people have there own set of rules that they have brought with them from their home world. Yes I believe that there are aliens among us. Everything they do seems to be tilted. The real cost of things is based on as they say," location ,location ,location." that means the real cost of the property is mainly the ground it sits on. The same house built by the same vendor by the same construction company can vary wildly if it was built in the OC and not the IE. This part I get.
What seems other worldly to me is when they take the same area and use different houses (one is still decked out in its 70's glory, the other has "upgrades") They want you to decide on the price by basing on prices of other homes, or the "potential" of the house. I understand you can do $35,000 in make overs. Why does this make the house worth $100000 more? The cost of the land doesn't change. They tell you 3 other houses in the area sold for (insert $ here) and you should pay what they paid or you're bringing everyone elses value down.
Imagine buying a car for sticker value because somebody else did before you. Oh and we won't tell you if the one they paid for had to have new seats,no radio and 3 cylinders aren't working. They are crazy.
I am not even going to start on the financing part of this, where you qualify for certain amount and have stellar credit but somebody else made bad credit decisions so we are going to make you pay for that as well. Or you must pay more to insure that you can really pay for what you borrowed. If you don't think I can pay don't lend. AUGHHHHHHHH!!!!
Beam me up Scotty. we are going to look some more today as the other home went to somebody else...or did it? Why do they ask for back up offers? If the person whose offer they took was so great why do you want back ups?
Maybe my view will change when I've seen so many properties that they all blur into one and I really start thinking like a Realtor and can even understand their language.
Maybe a 2 hour commute each way from nowhere won't be so bad.