XETV: Meals & Steals

XETV: Meals & Steals

We went on San Diego Living today and plugged Velocity Paintball Park. San Diego 6 is doing great things for the community and local businesses. Meals and Steals was a perfect fit for us and we got a 5 minute segment to talk about the park. It was fun to walk through the studio and see Marc and Lynda from the morning show. Everyone at San Diego 6 was very nice and we hope they will take our hints and get Ruben out to the Park to play some paintball. Having him up to the field would be a lot of fun.

There's a Lizard in the House!

We were getting ready to take Nana for her hair appointment.
Well, scratch that I was reading Twitter updates when Darryl came in and said, "Don't you have to get Nana to her appointment?"
So I jumped up and hollered for Hailey to come in and get her hair and teeth brushed and told Nana to get in the car. (It takes her a while to get anywhere these days) When I had Hailey done with hair and teeth she ran to the car and Uncle Darryl was helpful and put her in the car while I went back for phones, keys, notebook, iPod, and pen. As I reached for all of these things a lizard was climbing down the side of the door. The door was open and Molly was on her way in. She didn't see the lizard, but the lizard saw her and dove for the floor inside the house. It then proceeded to run under the table through my legs and into the hallway under one of Molly's toys. I tried to get it to go back to the door when Darryl came around the corner and scared it into the living room and under the coffee table. He was looking for something to catch it in when we think it disappeared under the couch. We were already running late so I left it up to Darryl to find the thing and irradicate it.

In the car
I decide to tell nana and Hailey that there is a lizard in the house. Nana doesn't have her hearing aides in since she is going to have her hair done, so I know I have to yell.
"There's a lizard in the house!"
No repsonse
"Can you hear me?"
Hailey: "What?"
"There's a lizard in the house!"
Nana turns her head my way.
Hailey: "What?"
"THERE'S...A...LIZARD...IN...THE...HOUSE!"
Nana looks as though she understands now.
Hailey: "Oh, you have to get it out"
Hailey rambles on for a few more lines about Uncle Darryl getting the lizard out of the house...
Nana: "Is that one of the dogs?"
Me: "WHAT?!" "NO, THERE'S A LIZARD IN THE HOUSE!"
Nana: "Oh, I didn't hear what you said"
Me: *&$%* *&$# (under my breath) "Why didn't you just say what?"

Anyway, that's a conversation just about every day...

I found the lizard today and shooed it outside.
I didn't tell anyone about it. Until now. :)

Lasagne LOADED

I have to make this at least every other month and since all of the main ingredients were on sale this week. It was demanded of me. We will be eating this for dinner tonight.

The stuff that's in it:
Italian Sausage(5 links)
2 Gourmet Italian flavored hamburgers(Stater Bros makes them)
Mushrooms
2 Jars Prego Roasted Garlic Parmesan (their BEST yet)
Barilla no boil Lasagne
Ricotta Cheese
Mozarella Cheese
4 cheese Mexican blend(just for the top, because you can never have enough cheese)

Cedar Creek

Just a small 2 and half hour hike to get the morning started.
I'm not sure what the distance is, but it's a HUGE downhill to get to the creek and then you have to climb back out. Some areas are 45 degrees. It's tough.

Molly had a blast and really wanted to jump into the water when we got the the falls. She wasn't sure how to go about it and we coaxed her in at a shallow part. It was pretty hilarious watching her bounce around.



It was our test for Yosemite. I have a long way to go for the steep parts. I've really got to get my legs back.

25 Random Things About Me

1. I love trying new microbrews
2. I’ll never say no to taking care of my sibling’s offspring.
3. I found and married the love of my life. The wait was well worth it.
4. I love hiking with my dad and Darryl in Yosemite, it is my release from reality.




5. We have everyone at our house for Christmas Eve, every year we add someone new. This year it was my cousin Troy his wife Caroline and the kids. I hope they come back.




6. I miss my stepfather very much. My brother and I agree he was the only “real” parent we ever had.
7. I wasn’t sure about living in California when I first came here. It seems to agree with me now. I can’t imagine shoveling snow or having to get up and go out into single digit weather. I can’t believe I used to walk to school with wet hair and Nike’s.
8. Almost every pair of shoes I own is New Balance.
9. I love my sister with all my heart and we’ve only fought one time in our lives. Strange, but true.
10. I love to take pictures. I have two portable hard drives and BOXES of pictures I’ve taken over the years. Beware; you could be in one of those boxes.
11. iPod amazes me, what will they think of next?
12. I am pretty laid back most of the time and generally kind and courteous, unless of course you have crossed me in some way. Then you probably think I am a “royal bitch”. I was called that just two weeks ago. Turns out the guy never even visited our establishment, “no we don’t have your ID”, and at least he apologized.
13. I do not subscribe to the theory that there is no such thing as a stupid question.
14. I answer our reservation line 12 hrs a day 7 days a week. (See #13)
15. I can never say no to chocolate.
16. I have run the LA Marathon 4 times.
17. I have driven across the country and back 7 times.
18. I have been to every state except Alaska, Hawaii, North Dakota and West Virginia.
19. I’ve been to Fiji, Australia and Ireland and highly recommend all three.
20. I used to have to have socks on my feet at all times, just in the last two years I have gone barefoot most of the day.
21. I watch all of my TV shows on DVR. I can’t stand to watch them in real time. Plus the phone usually rings. It takes me about 3 hrs to watch a 90 min movie.
(My hubby helped me with the last 4)
22. I drive a Subaru Baja.
23. I don’t like to repeat myself.
24. I like to cook and bake.
25. I love my Molly Girl!! (She’s our black lab)

re⋅spon⋅si⋅bil⋅i⋅ty

[ri-spon-suh-bil-i-tee]
1. the state or fact of being responsible.
2. an instance of being responsible: The responsibility for this mess is yours!
3. a particular burden of obligation upon one who is responsible: the responsibilities of authority.
4. a person or thing for which one is responsible: A child is a responsibility to its parents.
5. reliability or dependability, esp. in meeting debts or payments.
—Idiom
6. on one's own responsibility, on one's own initiative or authority: He changed the order on his own responsibility.

SECURITY DEPOSIT
A security deposit in the form of a drivers license, active military ID or a major credit card is required from each person renting equipment. Security deposits will be returned only when all equipment rented is returned or payment has been made for lost, damaged or stolen equipment.

At our place of business the above mentioned items are required. First that you are responsible and then that you leave a security deposit to show that you are responsible.

Today we had a situation where the responsible party for the group of underage children left his ID for the equipment they were using. At the end of the day instead of having each child and person who had equipment return it as it was given to them, the responsible person brought EVERYTHING up to the office in the back of his car. We checked it in one set at a time. Turning over each rental agreement as the equipment was handed over. At the end there was still one set not accounted for since we still had one rental agreement left and no equipment for it... The argument ensued. We were wrong for handing the equipment to the kids and not the adults, we were wrong and not everyone got equipment, there's no way they were missing anything, they handed it all in. They were right, not everyone rented equipment, we had a record of that as well, so please tell me why I only have 13 sets instead of the 14 that were handed out? It went back and forth for a while. I let my ladies handle it for about 10 mins. Then I stepped in . I don't do confrontation to well, I yell, especially when I KNOW we are right. We keep track of EVERYTHING and we have a system. Since they didn't follow the system I think they expected us to make a mistake. We did not. It ended with them paying money and me walking off in the direction of the last field they played, since the lost equipment was IMPORTANT to me. I did manage to find the pods that were missing from another set that wasn't complete. I checked two more fields while my ladies collected the payment for the lost equipment. I didn't find the missing marker or goggles, but I am sure they will turn up. They always do...
What really makes me mad is the fact that they did not feel the least bit responsible for what had happened. They didn't give the kids any responsibility either. They didn't bother to look for anything. They figured it was our mistake and only our mistake and they didn't need to take any responsibility for anything that was missing. They even accused us of not giving them all of the equipment at the beginning of the day. Each person hands us a waiver and we mark down on that waiver what they rent, so when they turn it in we know what to get back from them. Since they turned it all in in one big pile it was difficult for them to see how we were counting it all and accounting for what was on all of the waivers. This fact they were arguing over and over instead of looking for the missing equipment. This happens often, but most people will go and look for it and find whatever is missing in a back seat or trunk. These people didn't bother at all. Well, now they are out $250+. I guess their pride in being right was worth more that that. I can't believe what they are teaching their children. Something so simple. Responsibility.

Just had to share the beautiful day in the neighborhood. What great weather we're having in January!