I had a wonderful weekend. 

The Sheets at the Stag in Woodland

My friends, The Sheets, played an amazing show in Woodland, California. Way too short but a power house of a set. I need to get busy and get them booked again around here soon.

David had to work Saturday (which is usually our only day together all week) but we packed a bunch in that night. We shopped for some summer duds for him. He does not own any shorts. Well, now he does. And we are in the market for sandles. He bawked at first, but our first eighty degree day...well, he changed his mind pretty quickly. I guess you don't really need summer clothes when you live in Alaska.

I scored on a fabulous sundress for fifteen bucks at the Banana Republic Outlet. 

Then we went to Woodland to have dinner with The Sheets before the show. Again, they played a fantastic set. Those guys and gal are just great.

Who is two years old???

So Sunday I got to hang out with my grand daughter, Juniper! She turned two on Friday. Her dad had her on Sunday, so I went to Placerville to visit. She has strep throat, so we visited at her daddy's house for awhile. That little angel is a spit fire and so polite!

I brought Lola with me to visit too. Juniper was so careful and kind to my little dog. Lola was on good behaviour. She can be snippish sometimes, but I kept an eye on her (she was abused and beaten at a previous home, her little tail was even broken). Juniper loved her. Lola was a champ. Juniper ran around her home and yard and was full of smiles and non stop talking. She is just this gorgeous little ball of fun! It did my grandma'mas heart every kind of good.

Daniel is so sweet to let me visit. He is such a good daddy. These are tough times and he is just a wonderful daddy despite the rough time he is dealing with (he and my daughter split up).  The most important thing is The Bean. 

Simone with my little girl

I headed back home but thought I would try to track down my gf's for some quality girl time. I managed to get Stac and Celeste in the same day. Stace and I went over to Celeste's place. Simone was there. I made sandwhiches, Celeste poured cocktails. We had a heck of a good time! I miss my girls!

Stace and our cute waiter

My friend Stacy is heading into her third trimester of her pregnancy. We also met up for dinner with our respective mens. A wonderful noisy family Italian place called Buca Di Beppo. Stac and Scott had reserved seating in the kitchen. What a blast. The food was fantastic and huge portions. And the chefs sent additional plates our way at no charge! It was so good to see Stace. She is absolutely glowing and gorgeous. I love that girl. We are already making baby sitting plans for me! Yay! I am just a grandma'ma waiting to happen!

Lets see...what else...a little trip to Alameda to visit Laura and Ian. And of course a visit with her mom, Mary. Mary recently broke her hip and is in a care facility while she heals up. I brought Lola over for a visit. Everyone likes a little dog, right?

Lola gettting treats from Mary's roomie, Nora

Oh, she was pampered and petted. She has been bugging me to go back soon!

That about covers it. Working lots. Mostly staying out of trouble. Madly in love.

I could not be happier.

So, on that note...

Do you see how fat she is?

David has her on a diet and she is not happy about it. She vomited (a big disgusting fur ball ech!) on his side of the bed. To make her point. Nice.

ps: I am planning on a house show at the end of May with my pal Brendon Massei (you have read about him here before - The Viking Moses) and his pal Joey DeMarco (Teenage Mysticism). This should be great fun! I already have interest from a local band to play too. 

This will be short and sweet.

I spent the day with my son for post birthay (he turned 25 on the 11th) celebrating and eating and shopping.

I met up with he and his girlfriend, a really lovely sparkling lass, for coffee. She had to to head to work.

He and I wandered around east Sacrmento a little bit then headed to Folsom for some breakfast at his favorite place and birthday stop, Mimi's Cafe. Then to the outlets for some birthday shopping. This way we get him what he really wants and we get to hang out and catch up.

My son is the sweetest young man. I am very proud of him. He played me a bunch of new stuff that he has been producing and recording with his sister and pal Zac. Very epic, clean and catchy. 

We talked about our relationship stuff. He likes David, I like his gal, Britnney. We talked about what is working or not working. I like his point of view, he is kind and listens to mine.

I bought presents for him, David and Brittney. It is fun to have a surprise at the end of the day, don't you think?

We shopped for a bit of food so he could make her dinner tonight too. I love that young man. He is a terrific human.

It really was a great day. We hung out at his place for awhile and talked about this and that. It is a gorgeous day out. I brought Lola along and she was a perfect lady.

That is it. Just wanted to share some love.

xxoo

Cassi

I am long over due for a blog. 

I have tons of photos, alas, xanga is no longer as photo friendly as it once was. 

Adventures have been afoot on a regular basis.

My room mate, David, has turned into my boy friend. 

That sounds a bit convienent and cozy but he is the finest boy friend in all the land.

I believe I blogged about our times together as roomies here before. The romance was an unexpected and delightful turn. I adore him.

We take mini road trips as often as work permits. He is from Alaska (and Wyoming), so California is a huge new play ground for him and an excuse to be tour guide for me. We have been to the snow (Truckee and Tahoe) twice, over to the coast twice. We are planning many other trips. He likes to get out and about as much as I do.

Our little Wonder Dog, Lola, goes with us where ever we go. She is a travel monster!

Our newest adventure is redecorating our place. Making it ours. Do you have any clue how long it has been since I have been in an Ours and a We?

Seriously!

It takes some special guy to make that safe and ok. He is that guy.

He is way younger than I. We definitely scar people for life when we do any kind of PDA (public displays of affection). The most ridiculous things come out of people's faces when they meet us. Usually from men my age. To make matters worse he looks very young besides being very young. He is thirty three to my fifty. And he looks twenty. This would be an issue if I did not love him so much. What do you do?

The last boyfriend I had was fifteen years older then I and we never got the kind of remarks that David and I get. I am getting more ok with it daily, but it is still kind of funny.

So, this weekend we have been moving furniture and re-decorating. We love to cook together. He bought me a fuschia hand mixer for Valentines day. How sexy is that? This guy takes my breath away. It has been a thousand years since a man has done this for me. And I feel safe enough to type about this. He is a decent and darling guy.

Ok, off of boyfriend planet for a moment...

Old friends have been coming out of the woodwork recently. Is it the planets? I have also been feeling the letting go and safety (safety - a huge topic in my heart at the moment) of fresh starts. My daughter (I am hearing from the other g'ma and baby daddy on how tough she can be) and my mom's Trust situation (awful, my brother is taking me to court) is a letting go deal (you cannot beat a dead horse, as awful as that sounds), and a couple of long time friends that had disappointed me in a hurtful way are in the forgiven seat.

The year is early yet. We will see where all of this takes me.

I am happy. I hope you are happy too.