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Thursday, October 8, 2009

My friend Regena...




The wacky girl I was roommates with during my early 20's until she went off and got married on me.. :-) Regena and I have been friends since probably 1982, We shared many homes and laughs together in Fresno and San Francisco. Regena came for a visit while I was at Mom's last month and while we hadn't seen each other in probably 10-12 years it was like no time had passed at all.. Here's a photo of us (with my Mom) in 1984 and the photo of us in 2009... we're both bigger, I'm balder, she's grayer but life has been good to us both.. It was great to see you Regena!




PS she's still wacky

The grill




I am a huge fan of grilling and although we don't have an outdoor space I found this amazing indoor smokeless grill on Amazon.com by Sanyo. Behold the yummies....

Fall

A touch of fall for the loft.





it's beginning to look alot like fall...











so I crafted a few decorative accessories to slip us into the mood...

Tuesday, October 6, 2009

the Car











Ken and I had been comtemplating a car after we decided to make the move to Chicago. We have a parking space included in the rent so why not take advantage of it? I started looking at used cars right after we arrived and was really disgusted with what I was finding. Pretty much all the used cars in my price range are consumed with the midwest car cancer : RUST. Ugh.. I refuse to pay $5000 for a car that I can put my foot through the floorboards. So while in California I started looking at used cars and was amazed and what I was finding. While I initially wanted an SUV to accomodate the Chicago winters, I decided to go economical and chose a Saturn. I found a 2002 Saturn SL1 in near new condition, bought it and drove it home (39 highway MPG) . 3 of the longest days of my life driving through the most boring, bible thumping territiry in the US. But here she is.. I think I'll call her Levi as she is pretty much the same color as my favorite pair of Levi's.

sorry I've been away so long...

Lots has happened since I last logged on.. Mom had some surgery on her back in mid September so I flew to Northern California to stay with her after she left the hospital. It's nice to say that I really was not needed as she was pretty much up and around the next day. It was very nice spending 7 days with her though. Thats the most time I've spent with her in my adult life. Update as of 10/5/2009: Mom is doing great!