Wear Sunscreen

Sun damage.

The first age spot on my hand! It just showed up, like overnight!

The first sign of growing old I guess.

I am now carrying handcream with 30 spf in my bag!

And wearing big bold rings as a distraction!

My First Earthquake

Earthquake Map

A moderate earthquake occurred at 11:42:15 AM (PDT) on Tuesday, July 29, 2008.The magnitude 5.8 event occurred 3 km (2 miles) SW of Chino Hills, CA.The hypocentral depth is 12 km ( 8 miles).

Magnitude 5.8 - local magnitude (ML)
Time Tuesday, July 29, 2008 at 11:42:15 AM (PDT)Tuesday, July 29, 2008 at 18:42:15 (UTC)
Distance from Chino Hills, CA - 3 km (2 miles) SW (235 degrees)Diamond Bar, CA - 8 km (5 miles) SE (127 degrees)Yorba Linda, CA - 9 km (5 miles) NNE (23 degrees)Pomona, CA - 11 km (7 miles) S (178 degrees)Los Angeles Civic Center, CA - 47 km (29 miles) ESE (103 degrees)
Coordinates 33 deg. 57.5 min. N (33.959N), 117 deg. 45.1 min. W (117.752W)
Depth 12.3 km (7.6 miles)
Location Quality Good

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I just lived through my first experience with an earthquake. It was actually pretty scary! I was just sitting at my desk, working away, and then there was this loud noise like thunder and the building started shaking. It seemed like it latest a long time, I really don't have any idea how long it actually lasted! I was trying really hard to remember what I learned back in First grade about earthquakes. Do I stand in an open area, clumb under my desk, stand under a door, run outside and start screaming? I couldn't remember. So I basically sat at my desk, frozen, and then it continued so I went and looked out the window to see if the freeway was shaking, you know like in the movies, but it wasn't. And then it just stopped. Over as soon as it started. The earthquake was 90 miles away from my office, I was kind of surprised that I could feel it here. I did rush home for lunch to make sure our house hadn't fallen into the ocean! And it was still there, our whole neighborhood was still there!

The White Party

Today was my friend Tiffany's birthday party. It was a White Party, where everyone wears white. We were allowed to use some colour to accessorize.

So check out these shoes!

Aren't they fabulous?

I had been eyeing them for weeks and the party gave me the perfect excuse to buy them!

The party was great! Everyone looked amazing, the White Party was a great idea.

Here's James chillin' in the lounge.

Ajee, Nicole and Me.

James and Me with Nicole and Dennis.

They are our neighbors and good friends who we hang out with a bunch.

Tiffany had her house decorated so well. I loved the two white leather sofa's and coffee tables in the middle of the yard! It made a great lounge area, what a great idea!

The girls! These are some great ladies. We have so much fun together! Playing bunco, shopping, girls night, hanging out at the beach, whatever! They are a blast!

How cute is this!

For some reason Packer loves standing under James. He will come up from behind and nudge his way in between his legs. It's pretty cute.

Just Peachy

On Sunday mornings my favorite thing to do is to sit on my porch and be lazy for a good half hour. This morning I walked out my front door and something was very different, the peach tree had fallen over!

The tree had so much fruit growing that I guess it just couldn't support the weight. I am so sad about it, there were going to be so many peaches. I was going to be the queen of peaches this summer, pies, cobbler, I was even going to try canning! They weren't quite ripe yet so I hadn't even been able to try one!

The gardener came and removed the tree and all of the fallen fruit. While I'm sad we have no more peaches for summer, it is actually nice having the yard more open for a little more sunshine!

The Maxi Dress

I have found my favorite new fashion.

The Maxi Dress!

I bought one yesterday to wear to a concert in our neighborhood and I think I'm going back to get another. I just love it. Not only do you look super cute while being casual yet semi classy looking, its so comfortable. I felt funny in it at first, expecting that my husband was going to ask why I was wearing a mumu, but then I just feel in love and he actually liked it too!