New Post!

For those of you who regularly check our blog, I apoligize for not posting new stuff. So here's an update to redeem myself. It was hard to find pictures that were even blog-worthy. Not sure if these actually qualify... For those of you who are curious about me (Tash), the bump is growing nicely and coming up on 32 weeks. As for details, you'll have to content yourself in knowing that I'm now experiencing lovely purple spider veins, a heavy belly and subsequent lower back pain and an occasional shoot of sciatica down my legs. I've also been told by two separate people that I'm waddling...

Have you ever wondered why your pool is murky? We did. After being spoiled for nearly two years with free pool service, we (actually Cory) were forced to take on the job ourselves. This past summer was his first attempt at maintaining the pool. Our biggest question was: How did the pool lady get the water so clear? We missed seeing the drain at the bottom of the 7 ft deep end...sigh. All through summer we endured (please, no pity) a murky, sort-of-clear yet very swimmable pool. Still, we longed to see the drain. Then one day Cory and a guy from Home Depot figured out a solution involving some pipe and a garden hose. With new knowledge on hand, Cory put it to use and voila! Pool is now clear. Oh the things that shot up when he backwashed the drain! Among the dirty fountain of backwashed water, came a pair of nose plugs and a diving stick. Ah, victory...

Our lamp wilted. You'd think a $5 lamp from Target would last at least a couple of years.

Cory and I spent the Saturday before our 7th anniversary (Sunday) in Destin to celebrate. Cory found a hole-in-the-wall fish shack on the water called Dewey Destin's and we filled our tummies with grilled mahi mahi sandwiches. The weather was sunny, then rainy and stormy throughout the day and made for some more great cloud pictures. We got lucky during lunch because the weather chose not to be rainy for that hour so we were able to sit out on the dock while we ate.

Leaving Los Angeles

LA Philharmonic performing pieces of Tchaikovsky at the Hollywood Bowl.

Overlooking Palos Verdes.

Santa Monica Pier above and at sunset (below).

Downtown Los Angeles

Above is the view from the roof of the LA Dream Center, which Cory and I toured while we were there.

Below is our evening at a Dodgers game. They won.

San Diego & Coronado Island

The week of August 25 - September 2 flew by... We spent a week with Charlene & Alvin in Redondo Beach, CA. Jacqueline & Gerald also flew down from friendly Manitoba to spend the week. The first thing we did was drive down to San Diego and Coronado Island.

...at the beach at the Hotel del Coronado.