It's almost here...

...Turkey Day that is.


Hope everyone is getting ready for the big feast. I can't wait!
My dad arrives Wed. night and we are all driving to Arizona to spend a few days with Grandma Z. It's been a while since I've been to Arizona, which is where she spends her winters.

See ya soon Grandma!

9 more days until Black Friday

As a huge bargain hunter I LOVE black Friday. If you have never been shopping the day after Thanksgiving I suggest you try it at least once. I've been doing this for the past three years, this year being my fourth, and I hope to never miss another year. I owe my addiction to bargain hunting to my mom and owe my addiction to Black Friday to my wonderful cousin Jaci.

At the time, Jaci lived in Seattle, Wa. and I went to visit her just after they closed escrow on their first home. Her and her husband, Tim, kept talking about going shopping Friday morning and I didn't understand what the big fuss was over"Black Friday".

Oh I had no clue what I was in for. If you think shopping should be a sport then this day should be considered the super bowl of all shopping days, with elbow and knee pads included. I've seen fights, shoving, loud cussing and a whole lot of line cutting. Oh the joys of bargain hunting, everyone wants a piece.

So the key to getting a good Black Friday deal is planning. This year, my dad, Jeff and me will be driving to Arizona to spend time with my grandma, Viola, so the planning of our great attack will be a little tricky since I'm not familiar with the distance to the stores or the times they open. Last year Jeff and I were living in San Diego and we drove up to Lake Elsinore Outlets late Thanksgiving night to go to KB Toys. It was amazing how many people were already in line.

Last year we were getting ready to move into our new house so most of our items were focused around things we needed. My favorite purchase of all were my dishes, which I found at Kohl's for $40 (8 place setting) so I bought TWO. I know have 16 of everything and I never have to do half loads in the dishwasher because we are out of plates or bowls. I love it!

This year I have my eye on some Black and Decker garage cabinets that are MORE than 1/2 off. Originally they are about $100 and their BF price is $39!! I'm not going to give away the location because there better be two left for me when I get there, and they better fit in my car for the drive back to Ca.

Thanks Jaci and Tim for this wonderful addiction, and thanks mom for teaching me what a bargain is when I see it.

FYI: I'm going to be an auntie again, my sister is due in June. I'm really praying and hoping for a niece. I've been doing the niece dance so I hope it pays off.

Record High Temps in Nov.

What is with this weather? This weekend we had record high temps of 93 degrees. I'm tired of it, I want the rain and the 65 degree weather.

Saturday, Jeff and I started washing windows in the guest room. After thoroughly cleaning three windows we had to stop because of the heat. We cleaned the blinds, inside and outside of the window and the screens. The screens were so bad you could hardly see through them. Since we live in a construction area, war zone, the dirt gets everywhere and in everything. Once the cooler weather gets here we will be able to shut the windows and I'm hoping it will cut down on the dirt and dust in the house.

Bring on the cooler weather, and it wouldn't hurt to get some RAIN!!

<3 GLO

Ohio in 4 days

We had a great time in Ohio, the weather definitely got cold enough. The last morning we were there it was 34 degrees, Burrr! Ohio is so beautiful in the fall, I just love all the colors and the nice crisp air.

As we always do when we are in town, we spent a lot of time at Sighlo's Work Shop (aka the studio). Here is a picture of Jeff going over some tracks with Trevor.
I can't leave out a picture of the famous "Buck Nasty" who watches over the studio 24/7.Friday was the Sighlo show, which turned out great. Despite the rain there was still a great turn out. Saturday we took Jeff's mom to Chilis for her Birthday. We were able to spend time with his sister and her husband. It's always good to get together with everyone to get caught up. I'm looking forward to Jeff's parents coming to visit at the beginning of next month.

Next weekend we might be going to Mammoth to get a few early season runs in, but I'm not sure the snow will last since they weather is warming up again. I guess I'll have to have to start doing my "Snow Dance".

Mammoth opend yesterday!

We are so excited, the mountains have received over a foot of new snow and Mammoth has opened almost two weeks early. This is great news!

Last week we got a package from Jeff's mom, Marilyn, in Ohio. It was two beautiful pictures. We used to have one of the prints, but it got ruined during the move. I'm so glad we have both of them now, I've always loved these prints because they remind me of Europe, where I want to go, some day. But for now I can only dream or at least mindlessly stair into these paintings and pretend I'm there.



On another note Jeff and I head to Ohio in a few days. We leave really early Thursday morning and get back Monday morning. We will be celebrating Jeff's mom's birthday and going to a Sighlo show. We are expecting very cold weather with possible rain, which I'm looking forward to.

Experiencing a season is always a good thing. That's one complaint I have about Southern California, but I am not sure I would even call it a complaint because I enjoy the 70-80 degree weather almost year round. However year after year it can get a little repetitive.