Santa Cruz

Went out to Santa Cruz as the title says. I have no idea how people live there. Almost every other street is filled with parked cars. We had to go in a circle before finding a place to park. Rest of the day was spent walking around the beach boardwalk. Would've gone swimming if the weather channel didn't lie to us saying it would be freezing. Oh well, it's not as if Santa Cruz is on the other end of the state so we can always go back.

Lazy Days

Not much has been going on for the past couple days. Had a dentist's appointment yesterday for a regular checkup and cleaning. I apparently need to wait a few months for my molars to grow in so I can get the stuff you need to prevent any cavities in between the teeth(I have no memory of what it's called). Yes, I'm fourteen and all of my molars aren't fully grown in yet but whatever; as long as I have no need for fillings or braces, I'm good.

Tomorrow, we're going out to invite some neighbors for dinner. Apparently there are people with a son that's gonna be a senior and there are other neighbors with a fifteen year old daughter that's going to be a sophomore and it's her first year here so that's a big plus with the new social life thing. But other than that nothing else too eventful going on. See you next time!

Love and Kisses,
Liz

Errgh

Whoa. Sorry for long time no update. We've been having some Internet difficulties and my computer had some problems that are now fixed...yeah. Everything's fine now though thankfully.

Nothing really has been going on lately. Just been sitting at home and watching T.V and reading Calvin and Hobbes all day. I'd never thought I would be so excited to start high school and meet new people. Now I bet your thinking something like going outside the house and finding if there are people your age nearby but my sister did that a few times and it's not going well. Yeah...

So that's wraps up this post for today since I have nothing else to type about so I will see you guys when something eventful does happen. Bye!

Love and Kisses,
Liz

San Francisco

Today me and my family went up to San Francisco. It's such a great city other than it being really cold. I don't know how anyone in San Francisco parks with all of the hills and such. Who's genius idea was it to build a city on a bunch a hills? Well, whatever, it's here already and even after a massive earthquake it'll still be here. We took a drive through Japan Town and walked around a little bit of Chinatown. We stopped at a sushi place that serves plates of sushi on boats that go around and you're supposed to grab a plate of sushi to eat. They have great spider rolls though the California rolls have tons of roe (fish eggs). After going through Chinatown, we drove all the way out to the Golden Gate Bridge taking a little detour through Lombard Street. Why? Because it was there and resistance was futile.

That's pretty much been our day. We're going to a birthday party tomorrow and that's pretty much gonna be the rest of our weekend so I think I'll stop here.

Love and Kisses,
Liz

Kline

So today me, Marina, and my mom went out to an animal shelter in San Martin to adopt a kitten for Marina. After some searching, we set our eyes on a gray, stripped, tabby boy kitten and, of course, adopted him. As the title says, my sister named the kitten Kline.

He's home with us now while my mom is out at the vet with our English mastiff, Maggie. Our Maltese, Stella, seems to take big interest in Kline. But the older cat, Chip, doesn't like him that much. I don't speak cat but I'm pretty sure if I stuck a Babel Fish in my ear he probably would be saying some mean stuff like a sixty year old man. But I think he'll get over it eventually. As for our English mastiff, well, we still have yet to see if she likes Kline but she likes all cats (except for Chip) so I don't think that'll be a problem.

On a smaller note, tomorrow we're going out to San Francisco and I hear from my friend Jo that it's really nice so I hope it's as great as I see in the movies, T.V shows, and pictures. Well, I'm gonna go watch some hilarious wedding videos on A.F.V.

Love and Kisses,
Liz

Beautiful San Jose

Liz again coming to you live from lovely San Jose, California. God, I know my mom showed me pictures of this place but man, it's so beautiful.

The day started at four in the morning. By that time, everyone was up and out on an almost two hour drive from Palm Bay to the Orlando airport. If you haven't driven in the early mornings I'll tell you right now, it's ridiculously foggy. I didn't know where the rode was it was so foggy. After that, we got to the airport, got our tickets, ate some food, went through security, and all that ridiculous stuff you have to do at airports to get to a plane. After we found some seats and had a ton time before leaving, we started to hear squeaky sounds. We looked around and we found a 2 year old girl running and her shoes were making the squeaking sounds every time she walked. So cute!

After boarding the plane and about five hours of flying later we stopped at Las Vegas. The flight wasn't connecting to San Jose so we had to get off and run all over kingdom come of the Las Vegas airport FILLED with people, restaurants, and gambling machines (or whatever the heck you call them) to find the gate with the plane flying to San Jose. Luckily we did, but they began boarding so we didn't get to take a bathroom break. Once on the plane, we started talking to a girl we were sitting next to. And we continued talking about various subjects for the entire flight from Las Vegas to San Jose. It was only until towards the end of the flight we exchanged names which was pretty funny.

The San Jose airport isn't too far from my new house so we were able to drop off all of our stuff at home and go out for awesome Mexican food for lunch. Best tacos in the world and I wasn't able to finish two they were so big. Good thing I still had room in my stomach to try some Jamba Juice. Their peach smoothie's just awesome. Best smoothie place on the planet.

We invited two neighbors over to have dinner with us tomorrow so that'll be great to get to know some people around here. Oh, and I should say that we already have a babysitting job 'cause these same neighbors just happen to be seven weeks away from having a baby. By the way, if you've never been to northern California, if you plan to invite someone over for dinner, remember to ask if anyone is a vegetarian. It's very helpful to know.

Oh jeez...I seriously wrote that much? Well, I think that's enough for now. Man, my shoulder hurts. Keep you guys updated when something eventful happens.

Love and Kisses,
Liz

Last Day in Florida

Well as the title says today's the last day/night in Florida. Did some more packing. Our flight tomorrow leaves from the Orlando airport at 7:55 in the morning and we are currently about two hours away from the Orlando airport so tomorrow is going to require us waking up at five in the morning so we can get to the airport, get our tickets, go through security, possibly get some airport food for breakfast, and get on the plane. It does sound crazy but we always manage to do it all. Even with it being a weekday in the middle of the summer. And we've been doing this for 3 years too. Depending on what happens after all the flying madness I probably won't type up another post for another day or two. I'm not sure.

Right now we're watching Cheaters on G4 eating cookies. In case you've never heard of it, it's a show about cameras following the boy/girlfriends of people who suspect that they are cheating on them. It's pretty entertaining actually. Check it out sometime if you're interested.

So that's it for this post. See you guys in a day or two and until then, Bye!

Love and Cookies,
Liz

Packing

Not much to say about today. My dad was at work while me and Marina were at home packing up some of our stuff and watching The Producers. Can't get any more eventful than that when my dad's at work since nothing is in walking distance from his apartment and my sister can't drive yet.

My dad's home now and we just finished dinner. We're watching My Fair Lady and eating cookies that a friend of his sent him. Yep. Just another lazy evening at my dad's. Will keep you guys updated tomorrow before the morning we have to leave for the airport.

TTFN (Ta ta for now),
Liz

3 Days

No, I don't have three days to collect ninety-nine souls for Davy Jones. It's how many days I have until I start my new life in the wonderful land of, obviously as the title of this blog says, California. I've been spending the first half of my summer in Florida to visit my dad like me and my sister, Marina, usually do.

Here's the basics on what's going on. My step-dad's been in college for a few years in engineering and he needed a job. Since Indiana has no jobs related do what he plans to do we make the BIG decision to move all the way on the other side of the country with my mom getting a better job in home mortgage. Since shipping out the cars would cost nine to ten thousand dollars, my parents decided to go cross-country with all of our stuff including two dogs and a cat that requires drugs to be kept calm the entire drive. And while they did that me and Marina would be sent down to our dad's earlier than usual.

Of course, my parents are in California right now painting the walls of our new house and moving in all of our stuff. And as mentioned before in three days me and Marina will be taking our little adventure to our new home for the first time.

If you wish to see the details of our summer check out Marina's blog (minaxballerina.blogspot.com) since it's been a long six weeks.

As of now, we're all just hanging out at my dad's apartment watching the fifth Harry Potter movie on ABC Family. Well, I think that does it for my first post so I think I'm going to watch some anime online for the rest of the night.

Until next time, this has been Liz with her blog. Good night.