Photo Shoot

Crystal Cove, Newport CA 

04/21/12

We had a lot of laughs and I am really excited about the pictures we got with a 99 cent bucket prop, $15 park fee to the beach and our new tripod! 

Some bloopers for your entertainment:

When Kenny say this photo later he said, "It looks like a gorilla is trying to trap you" (that is his arm lol)

another blooper that I loved

Just having fun:

CA trip - getting there

On our way to CA this trip we stopped in Palm Springs to ride the Worlds Largest Rotating Tram cars! 

This was one of those things that I always say I want to do in passing, but we never have time to stop and do. 

I have been to palm springs before, but it was for business so I didn't have time to explore... I was really surprised at how HOT it was outside! It was hotter than Phoenix... at the base of the mountain! 

A view from inside the tram (you stand the whole time) 

At the top there was SNOW!!

I was only expecting to find one building with a restaurant at the top of the mountain. I didn't know there was over 14,000 acres of hiking up there!!! There is so much to be discovered at the top of the mountain!

We had fun watching the squirrels (and not feeding them...)

View of the Palm Springs from the top of the moutain 

Kenny and I 

Me and Kenny 

We didn't spend much time at the top, but we wouldn't mind going back to hike up there. It is a really neat place. 

When we got closer to our destination the weather cooled and fog filled the atmosphere. 

We got to CA with time to explore the beach near the Montage Hotel. This is the place Sally took me the last time I was in CA for work. I really wanted to show Kenny this place and explore the tide pools with him. Unfortunately, the water was much higher than when I had been there before so there wasn't much to see in the tide pools.

We walked hand in hand along the resort sidewalks and onto the cool beach. 

The tide pool beach area 

It was a pretty amazing day! I had my toes in snow and ocean water in the same day!! 

Bucket List Wednesday...

I crossed two items off my bucket list today! 

Not bad for a Wednesday!! 

At lunch I headed to the mall to try Eye Brow Threading. Its a form of hair removal that was popular in Arab countries. Basically you use two twisted threads to pull out rows of unwanted hair. It is advertised to be painless... um they lie. It hurt A LOT. My eyes would not stop watering! I am actually very pleased with the end result! I usually just pluck at home and I am pretty happy with the results, but with threading it gets those blond hairs that can be hard to see. It was only $10 and hey now I have the experience! 

After work I tried my first Bikram Yoga class. I of course purchased a Groupon and it was expiring today so I had to go... The class is 90 mins long and held in a heated room. I wasn't TOO intimidated by the heat, because I used to exercise in a heated room with the wrestling team. We were supposed to arrive in the classroom 15 mins before class to get acclimated to the heat... It was 95 degrees at the time. I thought, "Oh no problem I can handle this!" 

Then the heaters kicked on... the last time I was able to check the temperature it was 105 and the heaters were still blowing.

I was surprised how many men were in the class and how many people of all shapes were attending as well...Made me feel more comfortable. I still really hated to look at myself in the mirrors for 90 mins. 

I did pretty well with the Yoga part of the class... pretty decent balance ... a lot of room to grow on the stretching... but the heat REALLY got to me. At one point I was certain I was going to pass out (I didn't I just sat down) and several other times I couldn't participate because I was too dizzy.

I know part of this is because I don't drink enough water, but it was seriously HOT in there. I am not much of  a sweater and my entire shirt was soaking wet when I left class... 

I have 30 more days to go again... luckily we are going on vacation this weekend so I have an excuse for not to got for a few days at least!. 

I am proud of myself for stepping out of my comfort zone and doing these two things... isn't that what the whole bucket list is for? New experiences and to grow and learn. 

Now its 7:45 and I am going to BED! Okay I am going to go read for awhile and then go to bed! 

Garden Update Week 5

My Spring Garden is still alive... the corn really shot up in the last couple weeks! 

corn

Green Beans

Cantaloupe

Watermelon 

Onions

onions

radishes 

I am getting tons of weeds this year which I have never had before and I have a few spiders that live in the garden... not sure if they are black widows or what, but I wouldn't mind if they moved along....

The Radishes are yellowing and I am not sure why....

OH and I did have TWO cucumber sprouts about 3 inches tall.... until Wednesday when one disappeared and then on Saturday the other one disappeared.... I am assuming a bird stole them, but I have no idea. The ground was not disturbed at all like it is when you pull out a weed.... its strange.