My Bestie gave us some tickets to the San Diego Safari Park....I had not been there in 34 years and Steve had not been there in 35 years....ya, we don't get out much locally! In October kids in San Diego get in LEGOLAND, San Diego Safari Park and the Zoo for free so we scooped up our boys and headed out.....they are such troopers they walked and walked and never complained once. Nature Boy Dylan and my Brown Sugar Turbo boy were in there element and we enjoyed being with them and exploring the Park.....it got a little batty for a bit.....
Brody kept us on track with his map reading skills!
The park has changed so much (duh, in 30 years ya think?) and they have made it so kid friendly....lots of climb on interactive areas that the boys really enjoyed....
And exhibits that were up close and personal.....loved these little Meerkat brothers....reminded me of the two we took!
We ran errands one day and found ourselves in OB so got a chance to stop in Vignette's to see there latest displays and as usual they did not disappoint! They are known as a French Flea Market shop and import containers and containers from France and then they mix it with antiques and bric a brac and they are brilliant with their displays....they pipe in French music and it just makes you want to linger and linger....
They find the nicest pieces....I want everything in this store!
I have bought several birdcages and small tables there and they always have the most unusual shapes....
I collect prisms and crystals from old chandeliers.....they had several made into necklaces....
This amber one I could not leave behind and it came home with me.....love....
Visual overload to be sure.....look at the bling and how they display it....
Wish list....this, this, this and this....how can you not love a vintage Tiffany display?
Loved the 'Press for Champagne' .....might have to get that for a certain someone who loves the bubbly!
I am so tempted/inspired by the clock on the right all covered in pearls....I could so get into a project like that. I made my mom a rhinestone cane with thousands of hand glued rhinestones on it.....a girl can't have enough bling!
The bedroom shuffle project came to a successful end this week........I ordered and returned so many linens and bought and returned so many linens that I may be banned from life from linen stores anyway.....
Downstairs guest room where day bed was....now has a queen bed and pretty matching linens.....
The marble vintage dresser is all empty and ready for visitors.....mom, you coming?
Our new mattress came....it is like sleeping on a slab of granite but it helps Steve....it is also very high and on top of our sleigh bed it is about chest length on me so it is part Cirque de Soelil areobics to get into it! However, Rocky and Steve approve so it is here to stay.....I decided on a pattern print and it was the hardest to find....I needed sage green, moss green, brown and cream....not an easy combo but I love this choice and am happy that the search is over!
Highlight of the week was having 'The Addie' fly in and catch up with us.....the boys soaked him up, playing and quizzing him on all things Star Wars.....
They could not get close enough.....everything was all about Uncle Adam.....as it should be!
He scored on some awesome tickets to see Jack Johnson in the Balboa Theatre that only seats 2,000 people. It was amazing and I was honored to be his guest....what a fun night....
He puts on such a great show, very mellow and fun and upbeat....it was so fun to be with Adam and share this experience with him....he loves music and so do I....
I am so happy for Adam because he loves to live in Arizona, but part of my heart is missing and things just are not the same without him here, our Sunday family dinners, talking politics with me, sports with Steve, Apple products with Kristen......Banana Pancakes at Richard Walkers :)
He is so good about flying over and popping in to give us a fix.....we treasure our time with him it just goes too fast!
Have a great week all things Batty and Addie and all the rest of you too!
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