What a wonderful week and a half! We've done heaps of fun stuff, worked a bit, relaxed a lot, and (as always) had soo much yummy food!
We successfully surprised G'ma and G'pa at the airport and had a lovely rest of our Wednesday.
Then, last Thursday we worked on Faking It again, but this time we were out in Glendora - almost an hour away!! What?! Suuuch a drag, especially because we had to be there at 5:30am..!!! Craziness. We made it, though, and ended up having a loooong day outside in the boiling sun! Not so fun.. The plus side was that the direction we'd driven was past the San Gabriel Valley where all the best chinese food is so once we were wrapped, around 6:00pm, we treated ourselves to Dim Sum/Yum Cha for dinner! We were all pumped up and we showed up at the place we went to last time aaaaand they weren't serving Dim Sum that late! Noooo! Feeling very discouraged about our options, the only thing Han could think to do was facebook message a girl, Ning Ning, Han had worked with who lives in the area to see if she had any suggestions. It was a long shot buuut almost immediately Ning Ning replied! And, even better, she had a suggestion for us! She even called up to make sure they were still serving Dim Sum, so sweet! It was only 8 minutes away so off we went to have the most delicious Dim Sum feast we've EVER had! Yes, we said it. Fried noodles, BBQ pork buns, shrimp wantons, and our favourite: egg yolk buns for dessert! SO PERFECT!
We honestly couldn't have been happier - especially when we got the bill and all that was only $25! Amazing.
On Friday Han worked Bella and the Bulldogs and Luce had the day off. Han didn't start till 2pm and it was a quick day, so when she got home we headed straight out to mum and Q's for the weekend!
On Saturday we went to the Miramar Air Show in celebration of Grandpa's birthday! Uncle Fred (G'pa's brother) and Aunt Lorene (Uncle Fred's wife) and G'ma and G'pa's friends, Ron and Carol, all came out to Cali to visit and celebrate too, so it was a big ol' crowd that made it down to the Air Show in San Diego. It. Was. HOT. And not just because of all the gorgeous Marines walking around! We had a look at all sorts of planes, which was actually really cool, then went into the grandstands to watch the demonstrations.
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First was a kind of show (off) and tell of all the different helicopters and planes and things the Marines have, which was pretty intense, then the Patriots Jet team did some absolutely INCREDIBLE aerobatic tricks, totally amazing! Last off we saw the F-35B Lightning Demo which was pretty much a SUUPAHH FAST (and loud) plane flying past a couple times and hovering, very cool. After that we'd all had more than enough of the heat, so we called it a day. On the way out we managed to meet up with Greg and Luke for a few minutes which was really nice! It was fun to see 'em in their natural habitat haha. The only bummer of the day was that Carol had some trouble with the heat and ended up having to go to the medical tent! It all worked okay though, and it wasn't anything Q's BBQ ribs couldn't fix! We finished the day with a huge birthday dinner for Grandpa: ribs, cornbread, hash brown casserole, and green beans, and a yummy cake for dessert! Delish!
We'd barely digested that by the next morning when we went to the Mission Inn for one of the most glorious breakfast buffets ever created in an absolutely enchanting old Inn/Restaurant.
We ate more than our share of pastries, eggs benedict, bacon, pancakes, seafood, cheese, fruit, and an out-of-this-world bread pudding! YUM! After brekkie we went on a tour of the Inn which was actually quite fascinating - it's such a beautiful building and the grounds are gorgeous too, we're actually both quite taken with it as a potential wedding destination..! Now all we need are a coupla grooms...
After looking around the Inn, the two of us said our goodbyes and headed back into LA to spend the afternoon with one of our best friends from high school, Mike, who was in town for the weekend! We met up in Santa Monica and had lunch on the pier with Mike and his dad and brother. It was SO lovely catching up, we totally clicked right back into place and had sooo much to talk about! Mike's such a sweetheart, we're so glad we had a chance to see him! We walked along the beach for a while, chatting and people-watching, and then it was time to say goodbye :(
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"What is dead may never die" (the adopted Capulet motto that we used together in Romeo and Juliet, the "C"s are for Capulet).
After seeing Mike off we went back to the 3rd Street Promenade area to do some shopping for a few extra touches we wanted for our Halloween costumes the following Wednesday! American Apparel and Forever 21 pulled through for us and we were SO excited to wear our outfits!
On Monday Han worked on Shameless, Luce did some stuff at home, and then we hung out with Sully that night! Not much else to report, a pretty average day in the life.. The only uhh shall we say "above" average thing was our weight..! We both weighed ourselves after out rather gluttonous weekend and we'd gained 3 pounds each - on top of what we've already gained in the last year! Yiiiikes!! Crunch time. Luce googled "how to lose weight when you have no will power" and the best result seemed to be a no carb diet. So, here goes..!
On Tuesday Han was babysitting in the evening so she spent the morning cleaning and working out, then did a couple errands and headed over to Michele's to take care of Ellie and Jack - love those crazy kids! Luce worked on Bad Judge, the highlight being that she saw Angela from The Office! Cool! When we'd both gotten home, we headed back out to mum and Q's for a very relaxing mini-vacation. Yeeee!
Wednesday was the big day of Mickey's Halloween Party in Disneyland!! SO EXCITING! We've been going through major withdrawal since our passes expired, so we were thrilled to be going! We had a chill morning at home then got ready (we were SO happy with how our costumes turned out, there's now glitter everywhere in the house and it's kind of amazing) and left to head into the park around 2pm. The whole fam did Star Wars themed costumes and we looked GREAT!
R2D2, Han Solo, Princess Leia, Queen Amidala, Jedi Jeanne, Yoda, and C-3PO. So fun!! Going on Star Tours together was a particularly successful adventure!
We rode all our favourite rides, people-watched to our hearts' content, and trick-or-treated our way around the park; we got SO MANY LOLLIES (and some carrot sticks and apples, that was the "trick" part).
After a fireworks spectacular, Q, G'ma, G'pa, and Aunt Jeanne headed home and the two of us and Mum went on one last ride: Ghost Galaxy..!
Luce was in the car behind and was completely terrified..! To end the night on a slightly less frightening note, we watched the adorable Halloween parade, so cute! Then the three of us headed home as well. What a magical day!
Thursday was rather magical too, in a completely different way. For Grandma's birthday present, we gave her a spa day at the Glen Ivy Hot Springs Spa in Corona, accompanied by all her favourite ladies! The two of us, mum, Jeanne, and Grandma were absolutely in heaven! The facilities were stunning, it's totally unlike anywhere we've ever been and soo relaxing! We started out in a couple different mineral hot spring baths which were totally luxurious then went to 'Club Mud' where we covered ourselves/each other with clay, let it dry in the sun, washed it off in a warm pool, and properly showered afterwards - so fun!
After all that amazingness, we went over to The Grotto for a special additional treatment. Two people used big paintbrushes to cover our whole bodies with a smooth, warm mixture of aloe vera, shea butter, lavender oil, coconut oil, and eucalyptus oil then we went into a beautiful warm cave to let it soak into our skin. After about half an hour we showered and washed it all off then had apples and tea in another little cavern, such a unique, therapeutic experience!
After all that pampering we'd worked up an appetite! We had salads and nachos and other yummy food for lunch then spent the rest of the afternoon floating in the pool, perfection!
On Friday, Saturday, and Sunday we really just hung out at home - except for going out to breakfast at Polly's on Sunday - and played cards (G'pa taught us double deck pinochle), watched TV and a movie (Star Wars: The Phantom Menace in honour of our costumes), and had a few delicious dinners (The two of us made everyone burgers on Friday, we had Chinese takeout Saturday, then bacon wrapped prawns last night). Finally last night, after five days of pampering, fun, and wonderful company, we headed back to LA.
Today Luce is chilling at home and Han's on Glee again! AND Jane Lynch just said "Hi" to her..! So cool! The episode seems like it'll be really funny - especially if they use a particular clip of Han in which she was completely terrified of being attacked by something she's not at liberty to disclose haha stay tuned for the full story after the episode airs!
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