oh sunny day.

so if i had internet connection 100% of the time, i'd probably post a heck of a lot more on here....

internet's up for the time being....

we'll see how long it lasts. ;)

so yesterday was a great day.

taylor had begged and pleaded to spend the night (before) at nana and poppa's house and they asked if she could stay, so she did.... which left Jason and i with nothing to do on friday night.....

we both showered and were ready around 9 pm, but instead of just getting into pj's decided we'd go grab a bite to eat.....

we went to ruby's (we ate there the second night he came over; back on september 30th)

it was nice, just he and i....

there was a little baby sitting across from us who couldn't keep her eyes (and smiles) off of jason.... which really always kind of tends to be the case wherever we go and there are babies....

we enjoyed a yummy dinner, came home, and passed out!!!!

we set the alarm for saturday morning, because we don't like sleeping in too late on weekends (especially when beautiful weather's on the schedule!!!)

i woke up at 430, well before the alarm went off, and stayed awake.

the alarm went off at 6 and jason rolled over and snuggled until about 630 when we both decided to start the day.

we got up and got dressed, having only planned to go to starbucks (another routine of ours on the weekends)....

in going downstairs, we decided that now it was 730 am and the tire place would have someone there, as they always do at 730 on saturday mornings.... so jason drove to the tire place and i followed him. we've been trying to plan to get the ranger some new tires for quite some time....

OF COURSE, our luck.... we pull up and there's a freakin handmade cardboard sign made that says, "closed saturday, june 27th" 

ARGH!!!!!!!

we both just started laughing and drove the ranger back home, hopped in our other truck and headed to starbucks as originally planned. 

we've also been planning to pick up the baby dresser from ikea for quite some time too, so we thought, "we'll do that first thing today also!"  well being that ikea doesn't open until 9 am, we grabbed some starbucks and headed back towards nellie gail ranch (a bit of an upper class neighborhood that had some garage sale signs posted).... mind you, i haven't been at a garage sale since either the last one i HAD when i lived in lakewood, OR the last time i helped my dad and stepmom hold one in tennessee.... both of which i've held.... not actually stopped to look at people's stuff.... BUT we thought that this was such a nice area, and we hadn't been up and through there, so we'd just see what it was like up there and what these "rich" people had to sell.... jason joked about us possibly finding a $1500 stroller for ONLY $500 up there.... anyway.... it's SUPER nice up there.... houses are pretty big and it's kinda easy to get lost if you were looking for a small street (which, of course, we were)....

so after driving around in awe, we stumbled upon the "garage sale." 

jason got out just to peek (but was checking out the house more so than the stuff).... and i stayed in the car....

hey, these legs have limited steps for the day.... (and those steps, unless i'm in my wheelchair, are used for getting around the house)

we drove around a bit more until about 20 minutes to 9, and decided to head to ikea....

of course, when we pull up to ikea at 857 am, there are no cars in the parking lot.... and the sign has been changed and NOW they open at 10 am.... OUR LUCK AGAIN!!!!!

we just laughed and decided we'd head down towards the ocean and check out the surf.... waste a bit of time and grab a bite to eat.... 

by the time we finally get towards huntington, i'm literally dry heaving into an empty gift bag, because i am SO on the verge of puking.... 

we stop at a little cafe and split an amazingly tasty bagel, while jason enjoys (a "not-so-tasty -to-me") smoothie. He loves it! perfect! for once, i'm not stealing whatever it is that he has.... and he's stoked. =)

so we head back to ikea now that it's a bit after 10.... and finally end up getting the dresser we had originally set out to get.... mission accomplished.

(yesterday, we also happened to stumble across a super cute baby quilt with a big crown and a couple small ones on it.... SO CUTE!!!!! get it? crown.... king.... our last name....) anyway.... 

(crappy picture, it was taken with my cell phone on our very much unmade bed) needless to say, we got it.... headed home, napped until about 220 pm (which was only an hour nap). i woke up hot, sweaty and hungry.

we went to el toro meat market (where again, me going was pretty useless because i stayed in the car) and got some YUMMY meat and headed to moms.....

the pool was sparkling, and warming up.... poppa was ready to grill and mom was chopping onions and cilantro..... they are QUITE the ones to bbq.... their home is like our resort.... we got there to feel comfy, relaxed and enjoy the amazing view from their backyard (which by the way, i've got to get a panoramic picture posted up here soon.....

we relaxed, poolside, bbq'd some carne and pollo asada, swam a little, caught some sun rays, ate dinner, soaked in the spa, (perfect temp by the way, poppa), ate some freakin YUMMY dairty queen blizzards.... a fantastic (and extremely hot) day!!!!