Sunday, April 24, 2011

California Trip, Easter.


I had a great time on my trip to California. A week ago yesterday, Diana, Gwen, and I arrived. We were picked up by Trixie at the airport. We hung around Timmy and Trixie's house for a bit, then Gwen and I painted the chimney. Later, I was on the roof helping Cosmo, Timmy, and some others put down new roof tiles.

On Palm Sunday, we visited a satellite church location. Later, we walked around the area around the pier. I took a bunch of pictures. The next day, Cosmo, Clark, Norman, Gwen, and I went to Newport Beach. I took several pictures over there as well. Clark and I hiked to the end of a jetty made up of large rocks.

On Tuesday, about half of our group had to leave. The rest of us went out and did some kayaking. I got several pictures of boats and houses as Timmy, Diana, and I paddled around the harbor. Later, we had lunch at Woody's Diner.

On Wednesday, we took it easy before Diana and I left. We caught a plane to Denver in the afternoon. At the airport, we ate dinner before catching a flight back to our home city. The picture at the beginning of this entry I took as our plane was flying out of California.

Today (Easter) I kept busy. Diana and I went to church, then did our grocery shopping and picked up lunch. I took a nap, then did the rest of the laundry. I also did some reading and edited several pictures from my trip.

Tuesday, April 12, 2011

Getting together, Ultimate Alliance.

I got together with Harry and Liz a few times in March. We went to see Mars Needs Moms near the end of March. The last weekend in March, I got together with them to celebrate Liz's birthday. I took some pictures of Norma and watched their Blu-Ray copy of Twilight: Eclipse.

Harry loaned me two movies on DVD to watch: Red and All-Star Superman. The first movie was interesting and reminded me of Ocean's Eleven, but with fewer stars and more guns. The second movie was pretty good, but the ending was kind of lame and made Lois Lane seem like she might have lost her marbles.....

I started playing my PS2 game, "Marvel: Ultimate Alliance" again recently. I completed the Mephisto's Realm level using Spider-Man, Ghost Rider, Thor, and Dr. Strange. This last Sunday, I got started on the Valhalla Level and stopped right before the fight with the Wrecking Crew on the Bifrost Bridge. I lost two of my team in the section before the last savepoint (the fireballs coming down the bridge), so I replaced them with Dr. Strange and Wolverine before saving the game.

On Sunday, I got together with Diana, Cosmo, and Wanda. The latter two were staying at Norman and Gwen's place before their big trip to California to see Timmy and Trixie. I had dinner with the trio, and we talked about the trip.

Speaking of trips, I am heading out to the Birthland this weekend. I plan to take a lot of pictures, some of which I hope to post here when I return.