today started out rather ordinary…except for the fact that i woke up at 2:30 am. other than that it was the usual. take michael to work, come home, take the boys to school, grocery store and laundry. same old, same old.
fast forward 5 or so hours…the rain picks up outside, the wind is howling, it looks dark in the sky. the next thing i know, the emergency broadcast system comes on tv with tornado warnings! i thought we were well away from that once we left the midwest. i was sorely mistaken. thankfully, it never got anywhere close to me or the boys for that matter but michael was closer to the projected path. again, thankfully it didn’t happen near him either. the rain came down fast and furiously. it was torrential at times. kaitlyn called and told me she had hail in her neighborhood! our side/front lawn quickly become a river and the backyard a pool.
the busby river with the horan falls in the foreground
our in ground pool...
as quickly as all of that horrible weather whipped up…it was gone and we had sunny skies again. i guess that a california winter for you! i worried about picking the boys up from school in this mess but by the time i needed to pick them, it was fine.
i asked michael what he wanted for dinner this morning and jokingly, he was exact in his request – pork chops, au gratin potatoes and asparagus. so i gave him just that…it was fantastic! i make dinner early on dr. appt. days and the boys and i eat early.
we have our chiropractor appt. every tues., thurs. and sat. so after i picked him up from work we went right over. i asked the dr. h. if i could snap a couple of pics and he was ok with it. (thank goodness he was back from his seminar! i would not have had another adjustment from the other guy…awful.) i’ve been getting pretty bummed out about the whole back situation and contemplated letting tonight be my last adjustment. michael said give it another month so we’ll see. it usually feels a bit better after dr. h adjusts it but it goes right back to hurting. the neck is so much better but still needs a lot of work. i’m not sure how much he can do for me but we’ll see.
anyway…i tried to get some decent pics but the room is so small…i may have to try again thursday.
michael's back cracks like broken glass with this one
michael is usually smiling and joking through the whole deal
dr. h working on the neck
i usually have a grimace on my face
i forgot to mention that somehow…someone hacked my facebook account. i think someone has gotten ahold of my croatian blackberry and was able to access it from there. they left some rather nasty status updates which left me terribly embarassed. i figure it is the croatian blackberry because they also uploaded a photo of a dinner that michael and i had for our anniversary in 2008 which was on that phone. jerks! i hope they burn in hell.
coakley lost in mass. i knew she would…it was just too dire to pull out a win. i don’t think it’s a referendum on obama for being too far left. i think it’s a referendum on obama not being left enough. he left his supporters standing dumbfounded to try and appease the right. it just can’t work that way. he better redirect his focus or he will a landslide loss in nov. and huge democratic apathy.
my days are pretty boring and routine but it is fun to talk about all the small stuff!
we’ve driven by this seafood restaurant often and i’ve been wanting to try it so this seemed like the perfect occasion to do so. it’s called king’s fish house. it has a great atmosphere and excellent food. michael had the wild british columbian dungeness crab platter and i had the wild alaskan red king crab platter. the food was absolutely amazing. i was stuffed by the crab alone but the sides were excellent so i tried to force as much down as i could (the true american way). i had a couple of gin and tonics which complimented the meal perfectly. because it was our anniversary, the restaurant gave us a free dessert. we chose the key lime pie which was perfection! 
