before the jump: lunchy lunch

oh snap! 

not my lunch

decor happy

my third coffee of the day

I went for noodles

I can't even eat noodles with these braces

putside happy

**we ate at Pho Saigon Pearl. It was delicious. You can follow them on Instagram here.

before the jump: walking to lunch

but first...donuts

We woke up to rain, of course we did. While everyone else was still in pajamas (except for mr. a-go-go, he is never in pajamas) Stacey and I headed out for donuts, Hollywood-style. Hello Trejo's! Trejo's makes one donut with an assortment of toppings and icings. We picked up waaaaay too many and a bevy of iced horchata lattes and brought them back home to be devoured. The plan is to be lazy and head out for jumping sometime after lunch....as long as the rain stops...

driving down to l.a.

It's our...what is it...thirteenth wedding anniversary! Fifteen years together! Time for an L.A. jump, but first we need to get there...driving down with the prospect of rain always keeps us on our toes. We drove by the burn area from the Thomas Fire in Ventura...it was devestating...but then we got to the valley, as it began to pour just in time for a brunch date with a-renee then we were off to our favorite family's for hugs and deener...

i love a happy planter

bird watching from the parking lot...

I'm at the allergist once a week for allergy shots, then again every other week for asthma injections. Fun stuff. Braces, shots...oof. My allergist is in a little town south of where I live and it;s right off the freeway in one of those industrial type parks. The cool part is that I think there's a wetland nearby as I'm always hearing frogs and birds I cannot identify. Today there were these hawks. Can you see both of them? They were just flying around screeching up a storm. I'm no good with hawk identification but still, I stood there in the parking lot with my head turned up towards the sky as I watched and listend to these two hawks. Last week I saw five or six quail hightailing it away from my car as I pulled into ap arking spot. You never know what you will see. I am so glad I look.