Did you catch the last Jay Leno monologue last night on “The Tonight Show”?
What can anybody say about O.J. Simpson? Leno got one more poke in at O.J.’s expense: “I found O.J.’s knife, I had it all the time” (in reference to cleaning out his desk, handing over the reigns of the show to Conan O’Brien).
Victoria and Isabella went with Daddy on a day trip, exploring the Antelope Valley – as Victoria might say, it was “a surprise.” She doesn’t always like surprises. She does seem to like trips down dirt roads, though; and that’s what makes today a bit more interesting than any other day because…
How can anybody ever fall asleep on a bumpy, herky-jerky trip down an unknown dirt road?
We did find a funny sign along the route: a “TURTLE CROSSING” sign! That was after I had tried to take the girls onto Edwards Air Force Base to sneak a peak at Space Shuttle Atlantis; but it was camouflaged behind some scaffolding, being placed in position to be raised into its harness to be secured on top of the Boeig 747 Heavy Jet that will bring it back to Florida in a few days. If you didn’t know, it was the last mission for any of the space shuttles, astronauts performing an upgrade to the Hubble Telescope.
We eventually made it back onto familiar roads, and we made various attempts to “pop by” homes of different people we know. Since we were coming back down the 14 Freeway from Mojave, we called to see if their friends in Rosamond were home, Amy & Erin; but their Mom answered her cell phone – she was doing errands in Lancaster, letting us know the girls were with their Grandma. When we came back into Lancaster, we headed to a park in Quartz Hill, affectionately known as “Climbing Rock Park” (Lane Park).
But first I stopped by the house of some friends we haven’t seen in quite some time: and their son Joseph is now 2-1/2, and almost as tall as Victoria! Dad wasn’t home, off with Junior; but the older girls got to see how much Victoria & Isabella have grown since they had seem them last – probably over a year ago. I enjoyed the visit (I hope you all enjoy these photos!)!
Then we went to the park, but left right away, rushing off to Grandma & Grandpa’s house to use the facilities, since the doors to the restrooms were closed – Oh, yeah! It’s a holiday! Oopsy (Actually, two oopsy’s were avoided since they live so close by).
Somehow, we made it home to see the tip-off of the Lakers-Nuggets game, that I had hoped they would win – but even with an ankle injury to Carmelo Anthony, Kobe Bryant & “The Rest of The Lakers” were unable to keep it close enough to steal this time (losing 120-101).
Ouch!
