Heather and Ryan met up with us in Santa Barbara and we went to the Mission and the harbor. We had a great time and the weather was sunny and nice, but with a strong wind closer to the oceon.

It's Monday, we both went to City Hall. We know that a road is going to be built.  But there is not a set time that it will be built, and there have been no surveys or environmental reports on the area that is next to the house that we want to buy. So there are no set answers. The piece of land that goes with the house is fairly big so even if some of it is taken there is still room to live there. We will see what happens next with the offer that we have in with the bank.

Arrgh the house we have an offer on needs to be investigated. The realtor selling it told our realtor that a road was going to be be built through the property. So I contacted City Hall and at first thought that it was all a mistake as I was told that the road was to the south west of the property. I searched online and up came a map showing a road meant to relieve congestion, cutting through the bottom part of the property. North Hills Parkway is the name of the road. On Monday I will get back with the planning department and city hall and find out what excatly is going on.

Yesterday was my birthday and Doug and I went to dinner the evening before to the Secret Garden, a restaurant that was on Gordon Ramsey's Kitchen Nightmares a few years ago. I thought that it was OK Doug thought that it was bad.

Then also on my birthday we put in an offer on a house. It is a short sale so we will have to be patient for a response, details will remain a secret because we don't  want anyone else to know about it. It has everything that we want and more.

We went for an extended hike in Wildwood Park above is a picture of the waterfall , me and the dogs.

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We finally went up to look at the grounds of the Reagan Library and below is the view from there with our little house at the right. Doug has been going to help his friend Bruce work on a car that he is restoring in Pasadena almost every day. Two foreclosed houses came up for sale at good prices. But the flooring and other things have been torn out, which makes them ineligible for financing with the reverse mortgage that we need to have. The weather is starting to cool off a bit, especially at night, but is still nice and sunny every day. I asked ( via face book) next door neighbor to Doug's moms if anyone was taking care of the garden up there and she said yes, that is a relief as when the time comes to sell it will be one less thing to have to take care of. Plus it is good to know that the garden that I made there is not completely ruined. Although I do not know if the apple trees and buddlieas that I planted are still alive sigh! I had a bit of a fright while riding Karrot the other day, I got off him because a woman was approaching on a horse. I had the dogs loose and did not want her horse to get upset by them. The woman offered to give me a leg up, as I sat up in the saddle Karrot went crazy, jumping around so much that I had to get off. The only thing that I can think of is that Roy and or Kole nipped K and he was reacting to that . I have ridden him since and he was back to his usual bomb proof self. Soon I am hoping the D will come out on the Pesk with me, K will enjoy that.