Earthquake~

Beat you to it.

I ate a breakfast burrito today and the last three days I've worked. I took yesterday off because I work Saturday. The pre-cooked sausage patties I received as part of my monthly food pantry assistance go well wrapped in a tortilla with eggs, cheese and salsa from Superior.

My mechanical horse awaits me in the garage. 7:32 departure time. One hour and ten minutes to ride to work in Monrovia.

June gloom has settled nicely, making morning bike rides very pleasant.

I redesigned a flyer to recruit volunteers for our Back-to-School event at the Santa Anita Race Track coming this August. It is time to recruit new members for Toastmasters meetings which happen weekly. In a vacuum, I was elected to "Sargent at Arms," a silly title that sounds really tough.

I stuck out like a sore thumb at the $75-a-plate Golden Plate Awards Gala last Thursday, also at the track. It was a ritzy event with a lot of Foothill area power players in attendance.

My cell phone is still somehow connected and in my pocket, but not for long. I am not sure who would be more inconvenienced when I remove myself from the wireless network of hand-held tweeters: myself or the advertisers who so eagerly want to connect me to the worldwide advertising Web...

Ooops. Time to depart...

Australian to win CA's bike race

Levi Leipheimer (from Santa Rosa, CA) has won the Amgen Tour of California for 3 years in a row, but this year, with only 1 day left to go, he's in 3rd place overall, 25 seconds behind after nearly 30 hours of racing. Dad and I rode to today's time trial in downtown LA.

Michael Rogers is the aforementioned Australian that looks like he's going to ruin Levi's party. Here he is going down the little steep hill in the race today:


Levi Leipheimer going up the same hill:

From 2010 AToC in LA

Tomorrow's final stage is a slightly hilly ride in Thousand Oaks.

Yesterday, the riders rode 135 miles from Palmdale to Big Bear, taking Angeles Crest Hwy on the way to Rim of the World Hwy at Big Bear. It was special watching them (from my computer) ride in places I've very much enjoyed riding in before.

This is on Angeles Crest Hwy, this side of Wrightwood.

(Thank you Graham Watson and associates for the picture.)

And, a more scenic shot, from one of my favorite places on CA-2/Angeles Crest, at about 7000'.

One Big Frig...

So we got our new refrigerator delivered today. Now that's one big frig...but so energy efficient and pretty, too! Too bad the water heater went out yesterday. Heard these things come in 3s...don't tell the other appliances...

Dick & Jane On The Move

My parents have leased a two-bedroom, two-bath apartment in a senior independent living center, and are very happy. They have been moving little by little with no rush and the help of friends. They plan to be living at the new place by the first week of May. They have been enjoying their meals there on a regular basis. They've met neighbors, planned the flowers to plant in container on their deck, repurposed favorite furniture, ordered phone service, and made plans to play cards with new friends, sew on Fridays with the women (mom), attend the movies, and watch out their windows for deer in the field. I'm having fun hearing all about it and hearing their happiness in the new situation. Their home is still for sale.

For a virtual tour: http://rtvpix.com/rst/BU-9379-INAHXL-01

"Nobody blogs anymore." - Anonymous

Our Newest Housemate...

Here is the boy...he is now home.

Glen & Cindi are sleeping all night.

He is not.

We have Gramma Pete,' Ms. Pete,' Mrs. Pete,' and now the fantastic Baby Pete!

Our Sunday Surprise

Well, our littlest housemate has surprised us all. To quote this morning's text message from the dad: "Elliet Catherine came out a boy! So, Peter Michael is 7lbs 2 oz and 20 inches long. He is perfect!"

He arrived safely last night at 10:00pm or so. We will go meet him this morning.

Good thing the nursery is brown and yellow!

Rain

Last Fri thru Sat we got 1.45" rain which made 14.26" rain this season. More to come this week

Doris

From the Whittier Daily News

Here's something fun.

You should be able to read it here.

Rain

I haven't been keeping up with my duties. We had 9.85" rain this season up to 1/10 Then 2.35" on the 5th, and .1" on the 6th and .5" on the 9th so now it is 12.71" so far this season in my back yard .

Where are they now?