I love seeing you this happy, vw.
I agree. vw was all happy and glowy yesterday; it was very nice to see.
You know, I just... I woke up, and I looked in the mirror, and I thought, hey, what's with all the sin? I need to change. I'm... I'm dirty. I'm, I'm bad with the... sex and the envy and that, that loud music us kids listen to nowadays.
Buffy ,'Lessons'
Spike's Bitches 41: Thrown together to stand against the forces of darkness
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
sj - May 31, 2008 7:15:03 am PDT #1321 of 10001
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Burrell - May 31, 2008 7:19:28 am PDT #1322 of 10001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
fun pictures, vw. I love the one of you and Toto.
Sparky1 - May 31, 2008 7:20:32 am PDT #1323 of 10001
Librarian Warlord
Hollister has hang gliding lessons: [link]
(I'll just keep mentioning that. Between the DH and I we could probably tell you which instructor's lesson to take.)
vw, as mentioned, you look so happy! (Toto looks hungry. Starving, even. He told me to tell you.)
vw bug - May 31, 2008 7:20:53 am PDT #1324 of 10001
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It really was just so much fun. And everyone just let me have so much fun. Once all the foods and drinks were out (and bunches of people helped with the last-minute stuff there too), I didn't do a thing. My mom and dad and J's mom and dad just did everything so we could chill out and have a good time...to the point where my parents put away all the food and washed all the dishes (BLESS THEM!). So, I have NO dishes to do today! Honestly, that's like the best present ever!
And Toto is still as cute as ever.
Isn't he, though? And he really was pretty good. We had him outside for a bunch of the party, and he just LOVED that. Oh, and he showed everyone that he knows what "Toto, cleanup in aisle seven" means. So funny.
vw bug - May 31, 2008 7:22:21 am PDT #1325 of 10001
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Toto looks hungry. Starving, even. He told me to tell you.
I bet he did! I had J's little sister take down a box of treats to give him some because the grill was just torturing him. I said, "You can give him five," and she spread those five out the rest of the evening. And she couldn't figure out why he was following her EVERYWHERE. So cute.
Sparky1 - May 31, 2008 7:29:46 am PDT #1326 of 10001
Librarian Warlord
Nicole, near Hollister, in Gilroy, are the outlets: [link]
Pinnacles National Monument is also down there: [link]
eta: Henry Coe State Park was also good for hiking: [link]
Nicole - May 31, 2008 7:42:09 am PDT #1327 of 10001
I'm getting the pig!
Thanks, Sparky! I've marked your second post with the shops and the parks.
I'll have to save hang gliding for a time when I'm not still recovery from surgery. I *wish* I could do it because it looks like so much more fun than parachuting. (Not to mention less chance of me landing on my ass and breaking my coccyx.) But... not this time. Pout.
Sparky1 - May 31, 2008 7:46:34 am PDT #1328 of 10001
Librarian Warlord
Both those parks can get hot in the summer, so you'd need to carry water.
Unfortunately, Hollister itself isn't exactly a hopping town. Gilroy is bigger, but its claim to fame is the garlic it grows. [link]
Sparky1 - May 31, 2008 7:52:27 am PDT #1329 of 10001
Librarian Warlord
It looks like Bonfante Gardens has become Gilroy Gardens Theme Park: [link]
Note the mascot is a head of garlic.
vw bug - May 31, 2008 7:54:15 am PDT #1330 of 10001
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Note the mascot is a head of garlic.
Ha! I kind of love that!