Dipping our Toes

We are transportation less again. There always seems to be something going on with our cars if you know us well.  The other night someone hit my parked car along with 2 others and I'm waiting to hear if they will be totaling out my older but new to me car. So in the meantime Grant and I walked down to the beach just to dip our toes in the water and play in the sand.  We weren't planning to lay out, just looking for something to do that is close by.

Running away from the waves before they got his feet

We passed the point of dipping our toes, notice he is soaked.

Serious sand business face

Froggs Bounce House

I love this place!  My first thought is ewwww, its going to have germs and stains and grime everywhere but when I arrived I was pleasantly surprised.  There are huge cushy couches and lounge chairs and its easy to sit and get comfy and still have eye contact with your child.  ITS CLEAN! The true test is you have to wear socks and my socks were still white afterwards. It might just be cleaner than my house....haha. It took Grant a little bit to want to bounce but once he got into it we had a blast.  I got a little work out bouncing around.  Again, who has the better time, Grant or me? I love doing all this silly stuff. We went with a meet up group from Long Beach and the girls are all really nice and I will be doing lots more with them. 

Cars are 1st and foremost always!

Obviously blurry but just wanted to show you how cool the inside of the bouncy house was

DIY

Do it yourself (DIY) or what I like to call it Design on a Dime. I don't usually like to do projects because I don't like an inexpensive look but for renting purposes I'm all for it.  I don't know how many of you use Pinterest but its great for anything and everything. I've found great recipes shared on line, tricks to cover my old and too small medicine cabinet and a little book nook for Grant so far. We have a walk in closet that is in the Dining room and as you can see who wants to eat dinner and look into a mess even an organized mess.  So I decided to frost the windows using a thin line of electrical tape around the edges for a more interesting look because I couldn't find painters tape thin enough. Its a little more difficult to work with because it stretches and I've heard you can buy thin line at an automotive store.  Frost paint dries in 10 min which is great because I'm very impatient even at a nail salon I wait about 3 min and go! Which is also why I didn't go gallivanting around town looking for thin painters tape and went for whatever I found at Home Depot. I actually decided not to cover any of the beams either since they were already white I figured the spray over if any wouldn't change the color. Gosh I sound like an impatient person, maybe just a little bit. We are renting and the frost paint will scrape off with a razor blade if we need to remove it.  With all the spray paint I've been using I can see why they lock it up, its addicting.  I want to spray everything now, accent knobs, maybe his toddler bed, I don't know. 

Spice rack from IKEA $3.99

Books seem more interesting when you can see the covers

Covered old medicine cabinet with a mirror using picture wire.  It still opens and is usable

The LBC

"Just hit the Eastside of the LBC on a mission trying to find Mr. Warren G." This is the song I heard when I got in the car when we started our move for the day so it was either meant to be or we are in big trouble if you know the rest of the song. We are officially in Long Beach, closer to Dave's work, car insurance is lower, the beach is walking distance and I've located a commissary.  I've already been to a great meet-up and met some nice people and there is lots of exploring to do because I know nothing about Long Beach or its surrounding cities. Still setting up home, lots to unpack.  Its taken me 5 days to find the toaster. Lesson learned here is label the boxes with must have immediately items and buy the color coded tape at Uhaul that is labeled it will make it much easier. And of course get rid of stuff that you keep taking around the world thinking someday you might use it, you won't!

Doing his part at packing, should of taken a pic of Dave like this too. Just kidding! He does all the heavy lifting.

Moving Night, Grant getting a ride on the dolly

Our Geometric Specialist AKA movers getting all our things in 1 trip

1920's Duplex with french doors, original hard wood floors and built in's. Lots of charm

Playing in the car while movers load up and then passed out on the way to our new home

Helping Daddy set up my bed

Leave the room for 5 minutes and this is where I found Grant

On the way to my 1st play date, have to have my hat

Let me remove all the canned goods, then put them back not so neatly and then bring them into the living room to stack everywhere.