Delusions of... Everything

The Maritime Museum

If you haven't read it already and are interested the first of my trip to San Diego post is here and here you will find my confession about San Diego.

I'm pretty sure I was the only one excited about going to the Maritime Museum of San Diego and I was excited for one reason, Ghost Hunters. 

They investigated the Star of India, the worlds oldest active ship and a California and National Historic landmark.  So of course we had to check it out.

We saw some creepy stuff, but no ghosts.

Another boat Ghost Hunters investigated was the Berkeley.  It's an 1898 steam ferryboat that operated for 60 years on San Francisco Bay.  It is also a California and National Historic landmark.  This boat was interesting to me because my Great-Grandfather was a ferryboat captain in Seattle and later his son, my uncle Jack, was a ferryboat captain too.  When we would travel to Bainbridge Island he would let me "drive" the boat!  Super cool when I was 7 years old.

Nothing weird or ghost-like to be seen on this boat either.

We also checked out H.M.S Surprise which is a replica of a 18th Century Royal Navy Frigate.  It was used in the movie "Master and Commander" and in the 4th Pirates of the Caribbean movie.  Even before I knew it was going to be used in the next Pirates movie I thought it looked like the Black Pearl.  It was a fun ship to tour.

I'm not interested in reliving the tour we took of a B-39 Soviet Attack Submarine, but for the good of this blog post I will, just a little. 

We had to climb through 4 of these holes in various spots along the way.

I'm ever so slightly claustrophobic.  I'm ok, until I start thinking about it too much, then the hyperventilating starts, then the hot flashes, but I survived.

It turned out that even though I was the only one truly excited about the Maritime Museum everyone loved it and had a great time!

Stay tuned for my next San Diego adventure post!

 

 

 

 

Sing-A-Long Saturday

I'm still loving this season of American Idol.  The judges are cool and the talent is impressive.  The musical diversity of the contestants is keeping the show especially interesting.

Currently Scotty and Lauren are my top two:

 

I also love Casey.  I have not been a Haley fan. At. All.  However this performance with Casey completely changed my mind.  She should be a jazz singer!

 

It wouldn't be me if I also didn't love the rocker James.

 

Happy Saturday everyone!

Sky Watch Friday

Where the sky meets the sea.

San Diego, CA

Photo by Handy Man

San Diego - The Confession

When we were planning our spring break family vacation San Diego was 4th (meaning last) on my list of places I want to go.

First (and always) I wanted to to go to Massachusetts to visit my good friend Chris and her family, but because it was early April when it's very possible to get snow in MA it was immediately taken off the list.

My second choice was New Orleans, where it was possible that my friend Chris and her husband would meet us for a shared vacation.  The kids had no desire to go to New Orleans, so it was immediately taken off the list.

Third on my list was Washington DC.  I thought it would be interesting, historical, educational and again our MA friends could meet us there.  However Handy Man was convinced it would be too cold and possibly snowy so...

We ended up in San Diego.  Everyone else was excited, I was... Meh.   I was excited to be getting away for a few days, I just couldn't imagine that all the touristy spots we were planning to visit would be fun.

Boy was I wrong!  I can't believe I had this beautiful city last on my list of places I wanted to spend spring break.  I don't know what I was thinking!

(All photos by Handy Man on his little Canon point and shoot, except the last photo was taken by a worker at the Maritime Museum)

Wordless Wednesday

Outside a church

Old Town, San Diego

April 2, 2011

Things that keep me from blogging...

The cat sleeping on my lap - I just don't have the heart to move her, especially when it's cold and she's keeping me warm.

Sunshine! - If you are from the NW you know what I'm talking about.  Perfect example was yesterday when I took some time to do the next thing on my list.

Gardening - My determination to have a vegetable garden has inspired me to get my butt outside, even in the rain (but yesterday afternoon it was sunny!) to prepare and plant all the seeds I've purchased.  On a different gardening note we cut down a couple trees, planted some new ones and installed a water feature in the front yard.  By "WE" I mean Handy Man.

The lastes book I'm reading - I've been on a reading roll the past couple months.

The DVR - I will chose a recorded episode of Ghost Hunters or American Idol or Glee over blogging.

Netflix movies - If Handy Man says, "let's put a movie in", and I'm in the middle of blogging, I will stop to watch a movie.  This happened yesterday evening when we watched Love and Other Drugs.  Good flick, though it was kind of chicky.

When the kids and/or Handy Man want to talk - Family time always trumps blogging, especially when your teen wants to talk.

Working out... Just kidding! - Hahahaha, I crack myself up.

Editing photos - There is dust and lint all over the inside of my camera making editing 10 time longer than it should be.  I really need to get it into the shop for a cleaning!

My new glasses - I know this sounds weird, but I'm having a hard time reading the computer with or without my new glasses.  The screen either has to be really close or really far away.  Sometimes I just don't feel like messing with it.

Feeling that I have nothing interesting or relevant to say - That my friends is probably the number one thing that keeps me from blogging on a daily basis.

Bloggers really are The Best

I've recovered from taking a whirlwind trip to San Diego then going straight to work the very next day.  If I was being honest I'd have to say I'm still pretty damn tired, but I'm trying to stay in a state of denial, so I'll just keep saying I've recovered.

I'll be posting all about my trip over the next few days, but for today I'm posting about the very last day of my visit to a city that I absolutely fell in love with.  It started fairly early with a trip to a great breakfast place in Mission Beach, called The Mission.  Clever huh?  There I met one of the first bloggers I started following regularly and faithfully, Jenn at Juggling Life.

I love her blog, it's honest, funny and Jenn is really smart.  I thoroughly enjoyed meeting her, sharing a meal and having great conversations.  Her youngest son and my son are the same age and have the same name!  It's so cool to meet a blogger friend in "real" life.  When I go back to San Diego (yes I will be going back) we will get together again and I can't wait!

Thanks Jenn for meeting me and recommending such a delicious breakfast!

After breakfast my family and I checked out of the hotel and drove around before heading to the airport.  We ended up in Pt Loma where I found the house I want to live in!  Do you think the people living there will mind?!