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Slowly Adjusting to Life in So Cal

Well, I haven't worn long pants or real shoes in about two weeks now. Lol. It's hot the second I wake up, but when the sun goes down, the evenings are very pleasant (that's when I try to do my shopping and errands). The errands we have had to run during the day result in lots and lots of sweat, but on the bright side, this pasty, white Oregonian is actually starting to tan! Never thought I'd be able to say that! I'm notoriously un-tannable. Lol.


I don't know if you care to see my feet, but my sister found nearly free nail polish on her weekly grocery run, so I got three shades for $2 total! Wow! I am not nearly as savvy with couponing as she is, but maybe now that we're living nearby, some of that will rub off. ;)


We had a broken air conditioner the first few days and we all thought we were going to die, but it's fixed now so we're all able to relax in a fairly cool apartment during the day. We had to dunk Carlita in the sink three times a day while the AC was out, but now that we've got it again, she's back to her old tricks of stealing my bed!


Here was the view from our front walk this morning. We left early to head down to a meeting in L.A. We also stopped and got a bed for me from Craigslist. No more sleeping on an air mattress! (We had to leave all our furniture in Oregon).

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  1. I remember the never ending heat that So.Ca is! Glad the air got fixed in the apt!

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  2. Great deal on that nail polish! I understand the heat....Lord have mercy I'm praying for January here!

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