Oktoberfest La Mesa

     Well this week was spent reading, cooking, cleaning, pool time, grocery shopping, and eating.  I decided to break up all the cleaning into projects each day.  Three floors of stairs is killer on the legs.  I think I need to have 3 of every cleaner, so I don't have to keep walking back up and down when I forget something.  It was entertaining though and it got done!  On Wednesday evening, we went to El Cajon to have pizza and drinks with some people Geoff works with.  This place had just opened and had some terrible service, but I'm not one to complain about service.  Doesn't bother me if you bring me enough water and beer; I'm fine!  They had some strange pizza toppings.  We had one with mashed potatoes and bacon and another one with  chicken BBQ.  The chicken BBQ defiantly my favorite!  The garage door broke on Thursday, so they sent someone Friday to fix the door.  The man was like this is the worst garage door opener ever made!  So, they are putting another one in next Friday.  He was like can you live like this that long.  Me, do I have a choice!?  I said I'm sure my husband will be more inconvenienced than I will!  Oh well, at least we will get it fixed and have a better door opener.  My dessert for the week was Carmelitas.  They were amazing!  The only problem is I want to eat them all!! They have caramel, oatmeal and chocolate chips; can't get much better than that!

     This weekend, we decided to try out one of the Oktoberfest events.  I have been noticing a lot of them going on, but one in La Mesa sounded like it was the best one.  They had little booths set up all along the streets.  As we walked the street, I'm looking at the shops that are always there, thinking this place would be cool even without this event happening.  It kind of reminded us a little of a Fredricksburg kind of town.  Shops, winery, restaurants, and bars...  Pretty neat place.  There was so much stuff there.  I was getting warm, so decided to go into a bar for some AC and a drink to cool down.  Pretty neat bar.  We thought of Geoff's mom, with all the cigar boxes they had on the wall (she collects them).  There was some obnoxiously loud lady in this place and it was driving Geoff crazy!  It was a small place, so her loudness was pretty unbearable!  We finished our drink then went out for more looking around.  Along with a kids corner, beer garden, booths selling anything you could imagine, they had food trucks.  Food selection wasn't too good, but we found a Philly Cheesesteak place and were satisfied.  We went to check out the Beer Garden, but decided bar hopping was way better.  I kept seeing all the football scores and getting angrier and angrier since A&M had lost.  If we could have just won; we would have had a chance at being in the top 3 after every other team had lost!!  Crazy Saturday in College Football!  After our Oktoberfest experience, we had to have some ice cream!!  Cold Stone was calling our names!  Perfect ending to a great night.
     Still may have to try this town out again.  Seemed like my kind of place to go!  :)

 So in a park they had a little fitness center.  They had a leg press, stationary bikes, and arm press.  Pretty cool; you would lift you weight.  When I pushed this up, I was pushing myself up!  Clever!!

                                                    Tree Sock!

                                                   The street

 Cigar Boxed Wall

 I had to take a picture of Geoff!!  I picked out these shorts; don't think he was crazy about them, but lookin' good!! :)

 Being dumb while a car was waiting for our spot!! I'm sure they were cussing us out!!

                                             Philly Cheesesteak!!

Ocean Beach

     Had a relaxing off week with trying new recipes, movies, pool time, and exploring malls.  We ran out of s'more pie, so I had to make a dessert on the fly.  I have become addicted to having something sweet after dinner.  I didn't want to go to the store, so I pulled out Granny Irene's recipe for chip chocolate cookies.  I've never made these, but mom insisted on giving me the recipe before I left.  They sure were yummy!  We have a tradition in the Dick household of making a huge cookie with the bottom of the batter.  It is a little weird, but we enjoy the huge cookie!!

     This weekend we decided to try out another area.  We drove to Ocean Beach.  This was an interesting place.  They did have a street with some bars, shops, and restaurants, so I was excited.  The weather was awesome, so it was nice to walk around the town.  It was even a little chilly for me, glad I wore jeans!  Time to break out long sleeves!!  We walked down to the beach area to check that out.  As we were walking down there I'm like those people are smoking pot on the street!!  There was a man walking by about the same time telling them to hide their shit!!  Lol!  Seemed like all I could smell as we walked the streets was weed.  At least I know where to go to get my weed fix! LOL!  We went to South Beach Bar and Grill to finish watching the Aggie game and have a few beers.  That game had me going nuts!!  I'm glad I missed part of the third quarter or I may have been going more crazy!  The restaurant had a great view from the the second floor overlooking the beach.  We ordered some fish tacos and wow were they amazing!!!  After dinner, I thought a taste of what I like about Texas was just what I needed!  We went to Dairy Queen to get a blizzard!!  It was a great ending to the night.  It just so happened to be our 14 month anniversary, so I thought I deserved a blizzard! 
     Now we have been to IB and OB, so next we need to try PB (Pacific Beach).  The weather is getting cooler here, and now we can open the windows and turn off the AC; kind of nice.  Some evenings we go for a short walk around the neighborhood, I will even tell Geoff I almost need my hoodie out here!  I have another free week ahead; I guess this week will be operation clean house!  What an exciting life, I know... Lol

That's What I Like About Texas!

Baja Fish Tacos

                                                            

Randomness...

     Just my weekly post!  The schools around here have off for the Fall Break for the next two weeks, so I guess that means I'm off too!  So, I guess I'll stay busy with cooking and cleaning!  Okay, and maybe a little reading, pool time, and shopping. 
     This past week I was subbing in a class and a student walks in and is like, "ya what's up Mrs. Dick"!  I felt so bad because one of the teacher aides started yelling at him.  She was telling him that is not appropriate and you need to respect her.  I had to make the lady stop, but I still think she was confused.  I think he's the only kid that knows that's my last name.  It was pretty funny, but he doesn't call me Mrs. Dick anymore, LOL.
     After, the heat all week finally Friday was back to normal cool weather.  I had some kids knocking on the door before the bell, because they were cold.  It's like you can't win; either too hot or cold!  It was only 75!!  
     Thursday, I made a S'mores Pie.  It was really tasty!!  I think I need to start looking for some other desserts to make besides S'more things, but I really do love them!!

     This weekend we headed to Buffalo Wild Wings in order to be able to watch both Florida and Texas A&M at the same time.  Both games were on TV, but started at the same time. 
     Sunday Fun Day, we made our way to church to hear another guest pastor.  He did a really good job; I wouldn't mind him being there every Sunday!  After church, we decided to go pick up some sandwiches from Which Wich and go to the lake for a picnic.  Which Wich was a pretty cool place.  You would grab a bag based on what kind of sandwich you wanted.  Then you would bubble in what you wanted on the sandwich and they would make it and call your name when it was ready.  It was a nice day out, and the lake was really pretty.  Geoff took his camera to practice taking pictures!  After, lunch I really wanted to go see When the Games Stands Tall.  I had an email that said we could get buy one get one free for that movie!  I'm like okay, perfect excuse to go see.  This was an awesome movie!!  I cried for at least half of the movie!  Such an emotional movie, but truly inspiring!  I hope that one day I can inspire students the way this coach did.  He taught the players about family, becoming good young men, and inspiring them.  Very good movie!
     Guess that's about it for now.  As I write these, it always seems like I forget something.  Then I'll be talking and remember oh I forgot to Blog that! Have a good week!!

                                             Looks like dad had fun this weekend!

Not much happening

     I don't have too much going on lately, but trying to make sure I get a post in every week at least!  I have been subbing most days.  I have a few regulars and a secretary that calls when there's openings or I just wait for a random job to come open on the website.  Never a dull moment in the subbing world!
     Last Thursday, I had the opportunity to meet a cousin down the line of mine.  Stephanie had found me a Facebook a few years ago, but we had never met.  She would go to south Texas during the summers to visit family, so she knew my mom.  She was in town because her sister lives on a sail boat and they had stopped in San Diego!  I'm not sure I could ever live on a sailboat, but maybe for a week would be cool!  She is from north of here and made the trip to see her sister.  She got in touch with me and we met up for coffee at Starbucks.  It was fun getting to visit with her and hear all the stories of the past!!  I was glad I had the opportunity to finally meet her!!

     Geoff and I had a nice weekend of relaxing and college football!  Sunday after church we had lunch at Chipotle.  My cup said "vote NO to this spelling of Geoff"!!  LOL!  Couldn't resist taking a picture of the cup!  We went for a little drive after to look at the lake.  I had run by it, but never actually seen it in the daylight.  Really cool with all the mountains.  Even saw the skydive place and saw some skydivers!  Maybe we will have to try that next!!!
     It has been really hot here past few days!!  I laugh at how everyone starts crying about the temperature!  They even let some schools out early!!  Wow, we wouldn't have had many days of school in Texas!!
     Well that's all for now!

                                       Vote "NO" to this spelling of Geoff!!!!!!!!!!!!

Imperial Beach

     We decided to go explore a beach close to us; Imperial Beach.  This is supposedly the most southwesterly city.  I Googled it, so it must be true!  It was a windy day (nothing like south Texas, but close) and a little hazy out, but a nice day anyway.  We walked out along the beach, the pier, and the town.  Geoff loves walking around with me!  I like to say inappropriate things way too loud, apparently.  One day, I'm sure we will get shot.  At the end of the pier, there was a restaurant, The Tin Fish.  We decided to sit outside and have a beer. All Geoff wanted to do was get chips and salsa and a coke somewhere, but I talked him in to a cold beer!  We watched the many people fishing off the pier.  All I saw them catch were some little fish and not very many.  I don't know how they could stand out there all day for that!!  Of course, I'm sure I had many days standing not catching anything, but so very few, hard to remember!  We went and walked in the town looking for a place to eat.  Apparently, there were many places, but we finally settled on one.  We had a nice lunch then came back for some college football!  Of course, we don't have the SEC Network, so we don't actually get to watch our teams play, but oh well!

                            Just had to post; too cute not too!!  Miss them!!

                                                         The Beach!

  Closest I could get to a stand up paddle board picture!!

                                                     The Tin Fish!

                                                             Our project!

I wanted a wall collage and I got one!