Posted on October 20, 2010 by sonjabarrie

Managed to do a drive around the area today and have a look at the damage done by the fire in Herriman.  It is really apparent as you drive around the scope of the damage: burnt hillsides everywhere and I managed to get some photos of the house that burnt down very near The Cove.  […]

Posted on October 16, 2010 by sonjabarrie

Should I be worried? Read this in my local free paper “The Saddleback Valley News”, it’s named after the local mountain range which strangely enough is called the Saddleback Mountains. ‘Sandbags available to Mission Viejo residents Free sandbags are available to residents at several locations throughout the city. The pre-filled bags, provided on a first-come, […]

Posted on October 14, 2010 by sonjabarrie

On the road again! Yeah back on the road up to Utah, I think this needs to be my signature tune!  Spent over 6 hours driving yesterday and another 6 plus today and my back is telling me about it. The drive was pretty good though thank goodness, no problems at all, let’s hope the […]

Posted on September 28, 2010 by sonjabarrie

I have to say I am very lucky and didn't realize how good this rental; house was going to be when we rented it.  Apart from the fact that it's a nice house it has all these orange trees and while the ones in the back have no oranges left as they are busy growing […]

Posted on September 20, 2010 by sonjabarrie

I got a number of calls last night from friends and neighbors who all knew we owned property at The Cove in Herriman, Utah.  Herriman is pretty close to Camp Williams, and here's the official blurb on the Camp: Camp Williams is a National Guard Training Site operated by the Utah Army National Guard. It […]

Posted on August 30, 2010 by sonjabarrie

Yup, I finally made it back to Orange County, long drive which my back did not appreciate but it's always good to get home! I did have fun staying at my BFF Kathy's house though, she worked 24/7 so I didn't get to see her much but when I did we had fun,  she managed […]

Posted on August 20, 2010 by sonjabarrie

I can go home when exactly? I have now been in Utah for over a month!  Been pretty busy though, nothing new there then.  I had hoped to get the house rented before now so that I can get back to California and my wonderful husband. I almost did!  Tuesday I had decided that I […]

Posted on August 07, 2010 by sonjabarrie

I have just started to help on a project for Grotto about sommeliers, one of the owners is a sommelier and there are a couple of others that do contract work for the company.  One is a Master Sommelier would you believe, and there are only 105 professionals who hold the title Master Sommelier in […]

Posted on July 27, 2010 by sonjabarrie

You know having a business in a different state than you live in can be a bit of a pain to say the least.  I have just had to drive up from California to Utah again in order to get a house ready to rent out. I always do it in 2 stages as it's […]

Posted on July 16, 2010 by sonjabarrie

Well my life never stands still, there's always something going on.  All the time Claire and Gianni were with us I was making curtains for Leo's room.  What was I thinking???? For those of you that sew you are probably thinking….."Curtains? How hard can that be???" Well not hard per se but I think I […]