The Memorial Day weekend just blew by....
my parents and my tiny grandma came Saturday morning to stay a night, and we had a really nice time visiting and working in the yard. David dug up most of the palm trees, and we replaced two of them with purple wisteria, which one day will make big droopy beautiful blooms all around our front window.

We all went next door to a jam session party at the neighbors, AMAZING. Musicians playing flute, tuba, trumpet, trombone, xylophone, bass, & drums, and even a couple amazing vocalists, filled the afternoon into the evening with soulful tunes; I felt really lucky to be welcomed there, and blessed to live next to such joyful life and talent.

Sweet Pig moved in to stay that night, and we've been busy ever since, getting him set up with food, fixing the gate and backyard to be doggie safe, training and playing and romping about.

Sweet Pig is in the Hood

This weekend we had a doggie slumber party. We met a boxer from a rescue, and he came over to play ball, and spend the night. He is a HYPER-HYPO. Elwood guarded the kitchen with his life. He plunked his girth in the doorway and wailed, "You shall not pass!" but doggie passed. He passed and he even spent the night in our bedroom on the floor in his crate, and kitty slept in the bed, and we felt like Noah's Ark with so many animals around us.






Until we met him, there had been a difficult name debate. I wanted to call him either Dr. Dre (because I really love Dr. Dre, and I also, still have love for the streets) or Sweet Pig, after our delicious favorite pizza at B.J.'s Brewery. Well, doggie came into our lives snorting like a piggy pig, snorting like I've never heard a dog snort before, so Sweet Pig, you have been christened.

We have to do a little fix'n in the backyard before he comes to stay for good, so it'll be a couple weeks, but we have officially adopted him as our new dog-pig baby.

Yep. That's me. In a bar. With a baby.
Nothing out-hips a hipster like showing up to a hipster-bar with a pissed off baby.

Recent Life Events:

1. We are looking seriously into getting a dog.
2. I had my first ukulele lesson from my co-worker's 16 year old son, and it was awesome.
3. My tomato plants out back are making lots of green tomato babies.
4. I finished reading a whole novel in one glorious day.
5. Discovered great things in the neighborhood within walking distance, an amazing Mexican bakery/restaurant, and a great local plant nursery.
6. Busy being so so happy.

Calm relaxing weekend - basked in the sun on the front porch leafing through books, and caught a baseball game at Dodger Stadium, felt a lot of love for Los Angeles ;)

Best In Tent Camping

I just bought this book on Amazon, and it arrived in the mail today. I'm excited to jump in bed with it, and read and plan some weekends outdoors, hiking and dreaming under stars. It promises to be "a guide for car campers who hate RVs, concrete slabs, and loud portable stereos." Sounds perfect.

Have not been around much as I'm working a lot, and had some family troubles. My grandpa Johnie passed away Saturday night, the day before Easter. I'm really sad about it, I loved him a lot, and also I am sad for my grandma. There were married over 60 years, it's hard to imagine living with someone that long, then losing them. But she is doing ok, and luckily my mom is the best daughter ever, and taking great care of her. I love my family so much, and it's hard to watch it getting smaller and smaller. The service was yesterday, at the First Baptist Church in Lompoc, the same church my grandparents ( and my parents too) got married in. So today I took my grief out on the weeds in the back yard, and spent some quiet time thinking of him.