Sometimes crappy things happen… Dear younger son had his car stolen off the street near his apartment the other day.  This dear little car was handed down from his three older cousins, who owned it in succession.  It had seen better days, but was in amazing shape and well loved.  He took possession of it in High School.  It went with him to college.  Always very reliable, and younger son added his dings and marks to it.  Then he took it up to the Bay Area on his “adventure”…  And the other day, someone drove away with it.  I just don’t get how some people can do such things.  If it was a careless theft, I hope your mother is proud of you, I wouldn’t be.  And if it was someone in dire straits, I hope the car serves your needs – please take good care of it…

As dear hubby always says, life is good :).

Now that dear younger son graduated, we have been deprived of watching Collegiate Ice Hockey games.  But fear not, dear daughter has joined the Triathlon team in addition to the cycling team.  So last weekend, we woke at 4:30 in the morning and headed to my alma mater to watch her participate in her first triathlon, the UCLA IronBruin.  It was really a lot of fun! Photo taking was a bit difficult as they are in motion all the time.

We are very proud of her –  her first triathlon, and she managed to come in #112 of 300!

Last month was my Birthday.  For whatever reason, I spent the last year thinking I was 53, when in fact, I was 54.  So, it felt like I got two years older!  Oh well, I am just happy to celebrate another birthday :).  Normally, dear hubby bakes me a cake, but he was out of town.  So, since I wouldn’t be alone, he booked a very nice hotel in La Jolla for me to spend the weekend with dear daughter.   I started off by meeting best friend from 4th grade, Linda for lunch.  It was really nice! Then I picked up dear daughter at University, and we went to a most wonderful quilt shop!  The hotel was beautiful, and a bouquet of flowers was waiting for me from dear hubby – so sweet! Dear daughter and I ordered room service for dinner and watched a movie in our pajamas.  The next morning, we headed to the Village and had brunch at a really quaint seaside restaurant.  It really was a wonderful Birthday even though I aged by two years :).

Since dear hubby drove up with younger son to the bay area, then flew home, it was my turn to drive dear daughter back down to University.  We managed to pack everything in – I think it helped that she only took her road bike.  Now it’s time to pick up and clean up the house.  There is so much of their stuff still in the house. It doesn’t even seem like they moved out!

Oh, and I just wanted to share these cute horse drawn carts I found at a small village in Croatia.  Not sure if they were intended for children’s toys, but I immediately imagined a vintage Santa or little gift packages in the carts for Christmas decorating:

I started this blog four years ago, when dear younger son went off to college and I was sad.  This weekend, he graduated from University.  Dear older son drove out from Arizona for the event.  So, it was a wonderful weekend – we were once again all together!  And finally, the Kings won, and younger son shaved off his playoff beard, but older son said he hadn’t had time to shave: