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Lounging in Laguna

Sometimes I think hubby and I are on our own island. We sure do spend a ton of time with each other. Even though I know hubby loves me I think he misses his pals. It is pretty easy to go through a weekend without seeing any friends. Its not that we don't like hanging out, it's more like you have to make plans in advance as no one is ever available last minute and it's always the last minute when we decide it would be cool to hang with friends. Anyhow since neither of us are really good at setting stuff up we spend a ton of time by ourselves. Good thing we like each other and that Moses guy is a pretty good chap.

In spending time with hubby I have discovered that my hubby is the happiest when we do stuff so I do try to keep him busy but this involves me thinking of things to do. See I could sit at home and watch movies all day but he like to be occupied. The key with hubby is not to be too busy cuz then he says we do too much. So I try to alternate our weekends of doing completely nothing with weekends full of stuff. But I think ideally he would be happy if we just got out of the house for a few hours each weekend day.

Since I had 4 whole days to fill for this holiday weekend, I figured I better make one of those days a real trip so it felt like we got away to do something. So I planned a day trip to Laguna Beach. Of course, we had to take our best friend, Moses so that involved me looking for dog friendly places. I have found that the OC has a plethora of places that welcome dogs (LA take note).

After driving along the beautiful Pacific Coast Highway we parked on a side street and walked along the shops. I was surprised at how many shops let us bring a big dog like Moses into their shop. One shop even had treats. Tons of shops had dog bowls outside their doors. That was so nice. We even found a restaurant that overlooked the ocean that allowed Moses to sit and eat with us. that was cool. Except that the table next to us had two small yapper dogs so they didn't like the fact that Moses was so near by. Oh well, their owners got embarrassed and finished their meal quickly. After they left it was nice though.

Each time I go to the ocean I wonder why I don't spend more time there. It's sooo lovely, calming and relaxing to the soul. The same is true about spending time with friends. Each time I get to spend some time with friends I wonder why I don't do that more often. I guess we get caught up in life and just don't think to plan ahead until its too late.

I guess what I learned from my day at the beach is that I just need to sit down and reach out and touch some people. I got to call them for them to call me!

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