Thursday, July 31, 2008

Lunch With My Idol

Carla


Carla's view from her Palm Springs home.

This is the second year that all of us girls went down there.


I went to lunch with Carla today. Carla is the person whom I most aspire to be like. She is in one word, exquisite. A lot of people would probably assume that I admire her for her possessions. This is not the case. It is true that she has all of the worldly possessions that we all strive for, but what I admire most about her is her intelligence and fantastic personality. She is the an excellent attorney and everyone that knows her respects her. A lot of powerful women are known as being cut-throat and female dogs (you know what I mean). Carla has the reputation of knowing what she wants and then works her tail off to get it. She is always prepared for court and speaks in such a way that emotes confidence and trust. I often ask her for advise on some of my cases. I am so lucky to have someone like her in my life.

Wednesday, July 30, 2008

"The Girls"

A very sandy and happy Sadie


Sadie Swimming in the bay.


Zoe at the beach.


Sadie and Zoe at Bayshore.


Although I don't have any children, I do have "the girls." As most of you already know "the girls" consist of my golden retriever Sadie and my standard poodle Zoe. They are my pride and joy. They go practically everywhere with me and are quite spoiled. I try to take them on at least one fun trip every month. A couple of weekends ago I took them to one of our favorite places - the Bayshore Beach in Waldport. {When I was growing up we had a beach house in Bayshore and going there brings back a lot of fond memories.}

It was a gorgeously sunny day, but it was a little windy. Sadie, in particular, loves the beach. Zoe likes it well enough because she gets to run after sea gulls and meet other dogs, but Sadie absolutely lives for the beach. I think it's because she knows that she gets to do two of her most favorite things - swim and play with her ball. You see, she and I have a routine. I dig a hole in the sand, Sadie sticks her ball in the hole, I cover the hole up with sand, Sadie digs the ball out of the sand and gives it to me, I throw the ball in the water, Sadie swims out and gets the ball, comes back to me and sticks the ball in the hole, I then cover the ball, etc. It's very amusing. You should see her reaction when I break the routine! It's as if she's saying, "what are you doing? That's not how it goes!" One of my favorite things about the beach that we go to is how many sea lions are there to greet us. When Sadie swims out to retrieve her ball, often times there are sea lions popping up around her eyeing her with immense curiousity.

Tuesday, July 29, 2008

Amy, Sam and John


John with his gun and a cookie. I told him that he should be a soldier. Amy didn't like this idea and said that Mike has already determined that he is going to be an engineer.


Amy and Sam (Chicks dig him).

First Post Since Alabama

I'm back!!!!! The truth of the matter is that I completely forgot how to log into my account. Obviously, I really am not that computer literate with the exception of Word.

Amy Dodge-Aebi (I realize that she doesn't hyphenate her name, but I can't help myself). taught me how to log-in and then gave me a brief tutorial of the blogging procedure. Speaking of Amy, I went over to her house to catch up with her today. All of her boys are so cute! John is a little genius! Baby Sam was adorable and so good! I think that he cried once the entire time I was there. Of course I was holding him at the time and promptly handed him over to Amy. He quieted down immediately. I am trying to insert a picture of Amy and Sam, but must be doing something wrong....argh. It keeps putting the picture at the top of the blog. Oh well, I am still learning! I'll figure it out eventually. :)

So, over the next coming weeks I will try to highlight the events in my life since going to visit Kim in Alabama. Stay tuned!