Back From L.A.!
by iowenomore
What a fun trip!! I took one of my sons with me and we had a blast! Joe would have been proud. I was able to talk down some hotel rates with Best Western & The Ramada! That was actually kind of fun. The first best Western I stayed at wanted to charge me over $100.00 a night. We got the room with 2 queen size beds for $72.00 each night. On the way home, I stopped at another Best Western and she wanted to charge me $147.50 for one night. Simple room with 2 queen sized beds. Just like the one I had just been at, now for much higher. I laughed and said no thanks. Then she got this attitude with me saying I wouldn’t find anything cheaper within a 100 mile radius in any direction. “And you look REALLY tired. Your best bet is to get a room here and sleep.” That’s what she said. I laughed again and told her to back away from the crack pipe.
18 miles later I found a Ramada. Beautiful room. I walked into a living room with a sofa bed, a complete kitchen, and then behind it in another room was a king size bed with a vanity, closet and the bathroom. But I’m getting ahead of myself.
After all the meetings I took my son to see a few places. We didn’t have time to visit any amusement parks, plus, he’s 26 and really wasn’t interested in any of that. He wanted to see what it was like where I grew up. So the first thing he saw was this..Venice Beach.
Then he saw these places to live, on the beach..
I couldn’t decide which I liked better…this one…
or this one..I think I like this one better. Bigger windows..
But then…I took him through a side street…there are a few little bridges you can drive over, all in a row, and you’ll find this…
This was taken from my driver side window while I was in my vehicle. Sweet huh?
Then we were driving back to our hotel room at 10:46 PM and he took this picture…
He was shocked at all of the traffic at that hour and says he now knows “why you drive like you do”. What’s THAT suppose to mean?!
On our way home…this is the room I got 18 miles later after I spoke with the rude hotel lady. Originally this room was $140.00. But I got it for $95.00. Much much bigger than the last room we had. I walked into this…
And this is in the same room…
And through that open door I found this…
I didn’t get a shot of the vanity and bathroom that was off to the left. I wanted to call the rude hotel lady 18 miles away and tell her, “You REALLY need to see what I’m staying in for much less.”
Oh wait…in the morning I went outside to load everything up and saw this…typical Calif pool boy. I just had to get a shot of that, to…you know…make sure you all knew what one looked like in case you ever came across one. 
Almost home and as we came across this lake, I thought the reflection in the lake was beautiful…
And this one…
One more shot..
And when I turned around to get back in the vehicle..look what I found on my antenna!
How cool is that?!
I’m easily amused. 
Good job negotiating that hotel room down, you should have called that mean lady at the hotel and told her. Also lol at “backing away from the crack pipe”
I like that second apt on the beach better too. If you buy it will you let me stay there?
Heck yeah you could stay there! I was googling the cost of apts. at Venice Beach and some of them are $10,000.00 or more a month! It would be better to buy. So when I’m rich, I’ll let you know!
I really should have called that mean lady. I couldn’t believe how rude she was. No wonder there were hardly any cars in that parking lot.
That whole strip (Venice Beach, Hermosa, Santa Monica) is very expensive. The cities in general are ridiculously expensive as well. We pay half as much in the valley and just visit the beach on the weekends
That shot with the dragonflies is VERY cool. I wonder why they liked it.. I grew up in Maine and I remember how the dragonflies would come land on us when we were out floating around in our kayaks.
I really love the dragonfly shots! We missed a great shot…as we drove away, the dragonflies stayed on my antenna and they were all lined up perfectly straight, holding on, and you could tell the vehicle was moving because their wings were out. It was really pretty. My son was videotaping it instead of taking pictures and now I can’t get the video to show. *ugh*
I lived in San Gabriel Valley for many years. We were always at the beach, family reunions, all summer long beach camping which was a blast and…ditching school. *lol* I don’t remember the traffic being as bad as it is now. And the cost now…wow. But it was fun while we were there. On Sunday we tried to find an Italian restaurant but we couldn’t find one single one that was open for lunch. That was a bummer.
Saw this story and thought of you: http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/ex-wife-uses-story-cheating-former-husband-sell-221218162.html
Thanks Rosie! *lol* I read it and then went to their website. What a great marketing idea! I was going to buy a magnet until I read that her cheating husband helped with everything.
Alright, when are you spilling it, lady??
Soon I promise! *lol*
I’m with Joe, hurry up!
Also in an earlier post you said your ex had a lot of junk in his storage room. Could you maybe sell some of that and put the money towards your loans?
I have some good news! I’m going to do a new post.
Came over from the NMHD site. Like the way you are doing things. Good luck on the new adverture. Can’t wait to read more
Hi RW!! I just LOVE Joe’s blog! I was so glad when I found it! He really inspired me!Thank you so much for stopping by! I think it’s awesome that Joe’s readers take the time to come over here and comment. It really makes my day!
You haven’t posted in a while hope you are doing well
Wow! I really need to stay more on top of things! You posted this on the 9th of Aug. and here it is Sept.1st! I’m really sorry I didn’t answer sooner!
We haven’t heard from you in a month! That busy with the new business??
Hi rosiedancer! I have been sooo busy! It feels good to be back!