Posted on July 14, 2010 by sonjabarrie

Woke up yesterday morning to brilliant sunshine, first time in almost 2 months and it seems way longer than that.  I was warned when we moved to this part of California to watch for the "June Gloom" and gloomy is right.  Every morning it is completely gray and somewhat chilly, if you are lucky the […]

Posted on June 30, 2010 by sonjabarrie

Time sure flies when you're having fun and I have been having a ball!  First my daughter Rosanne and her husband Michael come to visit and brought my lovely granddaughter Lauren with them for me to play with and then my daughter Claire and her husband Gianni brought my adorable grandson Leo for me to […]

Posted on June 09, 2010 by sonjabarrie

So I’m not sure if this goes in the weird category or just the downright ludicrous! Politics used to be all about the candidates, what they represented and what they thought they would be able to do for you the punter when they were elected.  Now it is just about money and unbelievable amounts of […]

Posted on June 07, 2010 by sonjabarrie

Well I thought it was cool anyway but as Tim says I'm raving mad.  After all you have to be mad to take perfectly good pieces of fabric, cut them up and sew them back together again.  Well I never said I had that strong of a grip on reality ;o) Being new to California […]

Posted on June 01, 2010 by sonjabarrie

Wow what a lovely weekend, on Saturday Tim and I decided to go for a walk up in the mountains around Orange County.  Well in Utah terms they are mere 'hills' as we topped out at only 1700 feet above sea level. Considering the base of the mountains starts at around the 5000 foot mark […]

Posted on May 27, 2010 by sonjabarrie

Tim found this video while playing with Stumbleupon (I think he is addicted to the site ;o) It is pretty cool really, having cycled in Utrecht it brings back some really good memories.  They are so geared up there for cycling and I always thought it was amazing that they have their own traffic lights! […]

Posted on May 25, 2010 by sonjabarrie

How weird is this then?  You've all seen Transformers, if not the movie you must have seen the toys at some point but this owl really is a transformer.  An octopus can change color but it can't really change its shape, this bird is amazing in how it changes itself based on the threat. The […]

Posted on May 20, 2010 by sonjabarrie

Well, not exactly anyway.  I'm sure there's a lot rattling around in there that a lot of people have questioned over the years but this at least is real, and I can prove it ;o) The results from the MRI are in and although it's not the best of news it's not that bad either, […]

Posted on May 17, 2010 by sonjabarrie

You know after everything I have gone through over the last 2+ years with my back you would think they could have sorted it out by now. I should be so lucky. Where's Dr Crusher when you need her or even the holo Doc? at least he knows how to put Borg nanobots to good […]

Posted on May 14, 2010 by sonjabarrie

I love sailing, we've done a lot of it over the years, the trouble is sailing doesn't like me!  We once spent 2 weeks on a sailing course in the Mediterranean and the skipper told me that sea sickness usually goes away after 3 days max.  I threw up everyday for the whole 2 weeks!  […]