I'll take 3 of your finest lattes my good man

- and make it snappy!

coffee at koffi

stroll down Palm Canyon

coffee at Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf

stroll up Palm Canyon

busy busy busy

Saturday garbage sales

Yard sale saturday! I have to chip chip chip to get those boys on the bandwagon, and I have to forfeit the farmers market ("but boys, it sounds so DELIGHTFUL" ....... silence ...... awkward glances to middle distance ...) but garbage sales here we come!!

I have narrowed it down to a field of TWO -first stop is a BLOCK SALE!! EVERYONE is having a garage sale ..... of crap....

One lady has some solid gold items but if you go anywhere near them - "that's not for sale " ... "oh thats not for sale" .. "no - nothing along there is for sale"... right-e-o then CRAZY - time to move along. But Grant did find some excellent vinyl including "Music To Strip By", and this solid gold Fred Astaire album complete with cha cha cha instruction sheet! oh happy days.

On to garage sale number two -oh dear lord - its as if baby jesus lead us to the garage sale of a man with Grant's taste, with a boyfriend with my taste, who both wear Peter's size in clothes. And they are clearing out the WHOLE HOUSE .... and the man in charge is BORED and couldn't care less!

The rooms are THEMED - robots in one, rat pack in another, tiki in another. Peter is busy rifling through the FABULOUS retro shirts (and creepily a few pairs of discarded panties - eeewww)

We have PILES of stuff -and the best part -no matter how big my pile becomes, the price seems to remain at $10.00!! best. garage. sale. ever.

we pile our treasures into the car, and EXHAUSTED - head off to find some coffee - I heart garage sale saturday!

First Duty

Time to release the doves at the Klassy Lady

the lag de la jet

the house looks AMAZING. Tom was styling out the back yard when we arrived, and Dennis and Kevin had been past to tape a big welcome sign on the front door and to leave us am AMAZING collection of flamingo themed treasures they have been collecting for us all year. Flamingo beach towels, toothpicks and swizzle stix. Flamingo shower curtains, serviettes and outdoor lights. LOTS and LOTS of flamingoes - and also ... FRENCH CHAMPAGNE cooling in the fridge! oh happy days - what a lovely welcome.

WE crack the champagne IMMEDIATELY and vow to try and stay awake until night time to avoid jet lag. Grant falls asleep immediately. We jump in the pool. Peter falls asleep - Grant wakes up. We go to the supermart - Jane and Grant fall asleep - peter wakes up. He watches some TV and falls asleep - Grant and Jane wake up. We watch some Tv and fall asleep - I think we're all asleep - until 4am ... and then 6am ... and then 8am - jet lag - you won the battle, but I think we won the war.

Now we're on LOCAL time .... because we're LOCALS darling!

just one more happy dinosaur moment

-are we over excited about the dinosaurs?

"I just want to get to pee wee's dinosaurs"

all our worrying about peter's showgirl pins on the long flight have been encompassed for the last six months by the phrase "I just want to get to pee wee's dinosaurs"

We had a dream run from LA - no traffic at all - a little starbucks stop at the half way point, and voi la - we made it to pee wee's dinosaurs!!!

next stop -PALM SPRINGS - oh dear -as we turn off the I-10 I start getting teary.

we're here! -at. last.

First stop: pee wee's dinosaurs

excited much?

Business Time!

Upgraded to business! wheee!!
(well, 2 out of 3 of us .... oh dear)
Seat to seat messaging on the plane is the best. invention. ever. when you and your husband are separated from your gusband.

highlights in business class:
special wanker pyjamas - happy days
the in the air business class self serve lounge and bar at the front of the plane (hello cointreu my old friend)
FLAT BEDS - aaaaaaaaaahhh

highlights in economy: (apparently)
complimentary lady fingers
peter getting trapped in the toilet when a man fainted outside the door

14 hours later we were re-united -peter looking remarkably chipper (dear valium, thankyou so much)
Grant seems to have contracted on board kennel cough
I am verklemp as I have no eyeliner in my hand luggage.

at last we're here! yipeeeeeeee!!

Here We Go!

2 sleeps to go

The suitcases are down! 2 sleeps til we go go!

3 sleeps!

another year has passed .....

3 sleeps until we head back to the Palm Springs glamour pad - wheee!!