Meet Luna!

We finally decided to get a pet! Doug works a lot of nights and it gets a bit lonely. We aren't allowed to have dogs so we settled for a cat. They do have a couple of pros against dogs (but only a couple). For one, you don't really have to house train them. They are really quick at it, and with Luna, she already knew how to use it. Also, they're much more low maintenance in that you don't have to take them for walks. They pretty much entertain themselves. And they love to cuddle (at least this one does!). In fact, she's curled in my lap as I type this.

We're not really sure how old she is. She was born on the back of a hay truck coming from Bakersfield. We adopted her from the local humane society. So we think she was about 8 or 9 weeks when we got her at the beginning of November. She was so little. She's grown a bit since then but is still a kitten. It took us about a week to decide on a name for her and we decided on Luna Lovegood. I call her Luna Love for short. Or Kitty. She kinda goes by whatever we call her. Sweetie, hunny, etc.

So she and I hang out when Doug is at work, and she hangs out with Doug when I'm at work. When we're both at work, she incorporates herself right on top of us as we cuddle and watch tv. I'd say she likes us :)

A week ago on Friday we had a storm come through. It looked really cool over the ocean. You could see where it was raining and there was sun streaming down to the water. I didn't quite capture it on film, but this is close

It's hard to get a good shot of her so you can see how big she is. In all of the photos she looks full grown

Especially when she stretches herself out on the couch

This past week I've been working a lot of evenings and have been bummed about how many sunsets I've been missing (fall/winter sunsets are the best). I did get to see this one, which was amazing. There was a layer of clouds above the waterline, and the sun just burst through them

I sat on the porch on our rocking chairs and enjoyed it. Luna jumped up on the one next to me to watch too

This past Saturday we had the pleasure of driving out to Palm Springs to visit Doug's Tutu and Papa. We met up with Doug's cousin Kyle and his girlfriend, Joy, and drove out to Palm Springs. We were laughing because we were driving through all three of California's climates. We started at the beach (well at least seeing the ocean)

Then went up to the mountains to get Kyle and Joy. They were at Forest Home, which is near Big Bear. The trees were changing colors and it was really pretty.

Then we drove out to the desert. We visited with Tutu and Papa and caught them up in recent events in our lives. Then we went out to Lunch at Mimi's Cafe with Papa. It was a lot of fun hanging out with everyone.

We stayed about 3 hours and then drove back. We were returning to Ventura that night. Not only did we go into 3 different climates, but there were big temperature changes in that. It was probably low 60s here, and then at Forest Home it was 39 degrees when we dropped Kyle and Joy back off. In Palm Springs it was in the mid 70s.

We got home and went to hang out with our friends. We drew names for Secret Santa and just hung out and talked. It was a busy long day with over 8 hours in the car, but it was a lot of fun. This week is going to be filled with family, and it was a fun kick off to the week :)