It’s been three heavenly years of nature with sprinkles of human happenings to kinda keep it from being perfect, because as my girlfriend told me many years ago…..nobody gets it all! We did it, lived high up on a hill in a cute little condo, overlooking the Pacific Ocean. We………. watched sunsets from our patio and whales as they passed by. walked the water every day with our two pals, Mr Lincoln & LooLoo. rode the train to San Diego,…
Bartles and Jaymes, two adorable Miniature Schnauzers, were our first furry-four-legged family members. We had recently moved to Monterey and they loved being outside to explore their new world. They had a big fenced-in corner lot to run and investigate. It was a great yard for a breed that was once used to catch rodents hiding in ground tunnels, because this large yard was loaded with gophers and their holes. No grass, just dirt and what looked like hundreds of…
I was nineteen when I married. What does a nineteen year old know about life? I’ll answer for me…..close to nothing! When I said, “I do,” not only did I gain a husband, but also an entire, large extended family of sisters, aunts, uncles, cousins and friends…… and I loved them all. My new sister-in-law was just a few years older than me and I was in awe of her. She was beautiful; tall, thin, dark hair, skin that looked…
Everyone told us not to do it, don’t take a vacation with your neighbors. We were warned over and over that our friendship would never withstand three weeks on the road traveling together……two families, twelve people and, five of those twelve people were teenagers. Everyone knew somebody with a tragic tale of good friendships gone bad because of vacationing together. But none of that scared us. We were two fun-loving couples, our kids all knew each other and even had…