Great 4th of July weekend!

So what does one do on a perfectly gorgeous California 4th of July weekend? LIVE in the sun of course! I can not remember ever laying around that much in one weekend and not feeling like a slug even one little bit!!! On Friday, Rob and I packed up the beach chairs and headed to a private beach called Paradise Cove in Malibu - it is my favorite beach!! Yes, you have to pay to park there and if you don't eat there the parking is SOOOOO expensive, but as long as you spend $20 on food/drinks at the restaurant, it's so worth it. Learned a few lessons there - first the economics of it all.........little did I know you could bring your own food and drink and while that seems anti-economical (see parking ref above), I never took into account that one light adult beverage would hover in the $9 range - highway robbery!!! So my little Aggie brain went ta mathin'......and I see that if put a little elbow grease into packing a cooler, I can get 6 for the price of 1! Brilliant. I will go back and I will be smarter. Next lesson - timing.......if you want a killer spot at Paradise Cove you must time it precisely. Why? Because if you get there too early, you may get a good spot but the fog may still linger and keep the temps in the nippy, breezy 60s and by the time it blows off your 4-hour time limit is up (and you pay the $25 to park no matter what you bought at the restaurant). However if you wait until 11 (like my sidekick and I), you will park in the annex lot (for which my little sportscar should never treck but it did with the teensiest of bottoming out) and you will have to carry your belongings ~ and we all know those can be bulky and numerous on a beach outing ~ all the way down the hill (oh yeah, and back UP the hill when it is time to leave). And then you will have to scuttle and scurry all over to find enough sand to plop the aforementioned belongings. Having said that, we had a jolly good time and I really want to take my dear friend Courtney when she comes to visit.

Saturday and Sunday were no exception to the sun exposure. Rob got me the coolest floating mattress for the pool - it has a cupholder and pillow and you don't touch the water unless you desire that effect. I was able to knock out several hundred pages of the last Harry Potter (re-reading since I just re-read the 6th one in prep of the movie) without getting any pages wet - it was great! My lessons for the pool revolve around sunscreen - that stuff works when you reapply! Imagine that. I was able to be in the sun on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday without getting burned but got the nice glow.

Ok, I promise future blogs will be more interesting ~ I was just enjoying the memories of the weekend! God Bless America!!!!!!!!!!!