So Much to Blog About!

Sorry for the lapse, folks! And for the impending information overload. I have so much to tell you all about. First of all, this car exists. Don't have much more to report in that case, just make sure you check out the "Shoe Repair" sign and know that someone is way dedicated to their business.

Next item on the agenda, Sarah Meaghan Strohl of the late Kaboom Toy Store sent me the most amazing package in the mail. It consisted of all the free Sour Patch Kids from Kaboom's last days...sorted into each different color! Notice, the much, much lower amount of red ones. That's because I used to pick out the red ones when I bought them from Kaboom!

Now, in light of my last blog you may be wondering how this fits into my giving up SPKs for Haiti donations, but I've decided that since I didn't buy these SPKs it's OK. I've been dutifully donating, on schedule!

But moving on. We've got a lot more to cover here, people. Like the Fourth of July! Traci, Caitlin, Suz, Suz's boyfriend Brian and I all went to our friend Jennie's beach BBQ at Dockweiler Beach. Which is this awesome beach somewhere in between Manhattan Beach and Venice Beach.

As illustrated by this picture we packed like we were actually moving to the beach. The trunk was empty when we finally unloaded, after giving up the dream of finding a magical tunnel to the beach parking lots, forcing our way past a "Full Parking Lot" sign, and finding a parking spot despite an hour of driving back and forth along the crowded coast.

Jennie and Company had staked out a BBQ pit on the beach (they got there at 6 in the morning and got the last one!!!). Jennie fed us SUPER well with hamburgers, hot dogs, kabobs, corn on the cob, s'mores... Add in my chili, Traci's America platter and Suz's straight peanut butter sandwiches and we had an overabundance of delicious food.

After playing catchphrase and a bit of beach soccer, we built a bonfire and watched fireworks. Since our beach was kind of in the middle we could see fireworks from, like, 5 different coast towns. We could see tiny fireworks shows miles and miles away. Then also the ones from the closest town. Not to mention, the ones being shot off by our fellow beach BBQers mere feet from us. It was probably the most fireworks I've ever seen at one time. It was great.

After telling us all night how much she loves fireworks, Caitlin in particular was completely absorbed in the shows. Even as we were driving back we kept pointing out different sets of fireworks we could see from the car.

Hope you all had a happy fourth! Happy Birthday, America!