Some Random Pics

I was going nutso with the blog today...here are some random pics taken in the last week.

Alex's Long Awaited Cake!

Apparently my son didn't get a bday cake until I made him one...well that is Vanessa and I! LOL! He wanted Sponge Bob...so the two of us embarked on a few walks to the store (we kept forgetting things) and a few hours of baking and decorating! Here is what we came up with! DRUM ROLL PLEASE!!!!!!

SPONGE BOB!!!!

4th of July

Was a blast! I admit, I was a bad mom and forgot to bring my camera to Vanessa's house...but she did get pics, so when she gets back from her dad's I can get em from her camera and put some up...thank goodness for her! It was great day all in all! We had a BBQ and the kids played with water balloons and the slip-n-slide and were SOAKED to the bone! They got to pick their HUGE firework and once night fell we had a rockin show! Between our tons of fireworks and the huge light show the neighbors had it was a terrific night...Alex thought otherwise, falling asleep in the lawn chair around 9pm...despite the noise! LOL!

It was a great night and I know where we are going from now on! LOL!

Beach Trip!

Today we TRIED to go to the beach...however, it was again a gloomy and ucky day! I swear, I can't catch a break around here! We decided to go to Topanga off the freeway and both the kids and I were hit with car sickness cause of the curves in the street! I was so scared when I was driving! I hate driving curvy roads...no clue it was that bad and I probably wont do it alone again! Once we got through the mountains we made it to PCH where I decided "Hey, lets just park on the road like everyone else" I figured it would save me some money in parking fees. Yeah, not a good idea. There were two porto potties that were so darn full of people's stuff it was coming to the top of the toilet. After an hour in the gloom and cold and me dying to pee we had to leave. It wasn't worth staying there and freezing. Either way, it wore the kids out enough for Mick to take a two and a half hour nap! I figured that was good enough for me! LOL!

Hopefully as this weird summer rolls on we will have a much better time at the beaches and it will warm up and not be so gloomy!

At least this time around we saw some AWESOME dolphins! There were three of em and they were SO CLOSE to the shore! We could see em jumping out of the water to breathe and play with each other! It was awesome!

South Carolina Serial Killer

Gaffney, South Carolina...how many have heard of it? I haven't...not until just now. As is typical of me...while I smoke I read the news on my phone and this was the first story to pop up...and because it's been a while since we've heard of a serial killer, I wanted to read it. Apparently there is a man who has killed 4 people in 6 days in this small town and no one knows who or why just that he is a serial killer. The odd thing that I don't get is that the victims so far are unrelated. The range is an 83 year old woman and a 15 year old girl who was seriously injured.

This just goes to show that right now, no one is safe. I am so glad that I dont live in this little town...I know that statistics show that there are 5-15 serial killers in Los Angeles at any given time and that authorities don't know about it, but to have this many murders in less than a week in such a tiny town as this, is frightening.

Sorry for the serious post...I just feel for these people in this itty bitty town.

Michael Jackson's Funeral and Mark Krisky's RIDICULOUS comments this morning

I was listening to channel 5 news this morning (KTLA) and they were discussing what to do for MJ's funeral. Let me say that I am by no means a fan of MJ. I think all the public mourning over his death was hypocritical bullshit. No one wanted anything to do with him after the child molestation accusations however once he died everyone was crying and mourning the loss of a "hero". Hero??? How? What did he ever do for you? This is along the lines of the damn Lakers parade that we had a while back. It's RIDICULOUS. However, there are talks going on to have a funeral for MJ at the Staples Center and Mark Krisky went off on city costs. He was stating that "isn't that what the police are there for any way" to be there at city events and pull security. Last time I checked, it was the police that covered 911 calls and emergencies...not the ones who pulled security! If you want security pay for the rent-a-cops...or pay the police officers OVERTIME. They are there to protect the CITY not pull security.

The police here in LA are stretched dangerously thin...for example in WLA the police have a 64 square mile area to patrol...and in LA that's very large and full of traffic. There are at any one time 2-4 cars driving in that area. For those that dont know the West LA area, that INCLUDES parts of PCH and Mullholland...areas that are always backed up with traffic and are usually two lane roads..one lane each way. Tell me, are we supposed to pull those 4 cars away to have them work at MJ's funeral? Who will respond to the 911 calls in that area then? Oh, of course the cops in West Valley and Topanga...but then the cops from Devonshire have to come and cover their areas...but then who will cover Devonshire? Van Nuys and Foothill? You get my drift? Do you see where I am going? Los Angeles is severely lacking in police officers because of the high turnover and large expanse of the city. There is a statistic floating around that compares LA cops to NY cops and the square miles that a cop has to cover in each city...and if I remember correctly...NY cops have 1 sq mile per police officer where as LA cops have 10 sq miles of patrol area per cop...and we have drastically under the 10,000 cops that we need, where as NY has something like 40,000 police officers.

THEN instead of shutting his mouth Mark goes on to say that "when there is breaking news, we stay to cover it, and we don't get overtime" well excuse the fuck out of me, but if cops made the amount of money he did I am sure they would be willing to work on call and not get over time...however, I am sure that Mark makes about three times the amount that cops do...if that little. If Mark is so concerned about police officers and what their jobs are, perhaps he should donate his generous salary to the city for a year or two so that the police can do their job and do it well instead of being stretched thin. Oh, wait, that would be a public service. He's rich and I am sure has a private patrol (remember, the guys who failed the academy, or couldnt' get in...those are the ones who are the rent-a-cops that I am sure patrol Mark's gated community....but I am sure they dont carry a gun or are anywhere near trained to deal with crime.)in his warm cozy house so he doesn't have to worry about whether or not a police officer can answer his 911 call. However, on the day that you DO have to call 911 Mark...dont be upset when the cops take their time...after all, they might be working on a parade, or shoot, they just might not be available.

Santa Barbara, Las Vegas, and Alex's Birthday!