Breathing Treatment

Moved this up from the previous blog with edits. List updated 13 December. Yet More To Do lists, priority ranked(?) (You'll recognize s...

Thanksgiving was great for me. I hope it was great for you too. Besides the usual activities, we hiked to the top of Montecito Peak on Satur...

My local chapters of the California Native Plant Society are the South Coast Chapter (Palos Verdes Penninsula and San Clemente and Santa C...

Surfas , Corner of W. Washington and National Blvd. Culver City, CA 90232. Cash and Carry (division of Smart and Final) 4310 W. 190th st...

There are 134,986 people in the U.S. with my first name. Statistically the 433rd most popular first name. (tied with 5 other first names) Th...

I spent 9 hours today working with Antonio on the house. Antonio knows his stucco, since that's his weekday job. At first he approved of...

When I bought this house, I thought to myself, "Ah - no crummy fireplace to vent away the heat in winter. I like it!". As it turns...

The usual weekend planning here. Demo cotoneaster, install ceanothus in its place - All tools are on hand. Looks like a trip to the dump o...

My son wrote a letter to Santa. He's now in 3rd grade (almost 8.5 years old). His list includes Pokemon cards, Legos, Armymen, Armyme...

Friday was Veterans Day and therefore it was day two in a four day weekend for elementary schools. Since no child care was provided by the ...

Last weekend was the big Cub Scout Fall Encampment, which went over really well with my son. We camped Friday and Saturday nights at the Fir...

I returned the horrible, no good, piece of crap that DeLonghi was shilling as a toaster oven. Thankfully, I had no hassles upon return at L...

Made trip to the South Gate Transfer Station (aka "the dump"). This is an essential place to get acquainted with for all do-it-you...

I suspect that there's something the T. Rowe Prices and TD Waterhouses of the world don't want us to know because I'm having tro...