REALLY?!?!?

It feels like forever since I surfed last. I should have surfed last Saturday when I had the chance. BUT gas prices are killing me. I can't just throw my board in the car on my days off and hope there may be surf when I get out there. UNLESS I have other reasons to be out. My friends went out Saturday and said I was smart not to waste the gas. I heard this past weekend surf pretty much SUCKED in the OC..and has since then. Even my beginner husband has not been out. Even though I told him he should just get out and paddle before work since he is right there and build up those paddling muscles. Pretty sad when your wife can out paddle you. WHICH I AM TOTALLY ECSTATIC ABOUT... LOL!!!! BUT I know if he is persistent he will catch up.

So now I have Wed. and Thurs. off. I am praying for some sort of surf these days. With Thursday probably being my surf day. BUT the surf forecast is not looking so good. WELL welcome March, April, May.. I remember this from last year. Sad Sad surf days. I think I even posted a "Pray for surf" post around the same time last year.

Poor Mo just came into my life and has only touched the water one time.
Any way I may take my own advice and even if surf sucks and is flat..I may just paddle around and keep my paddling strength up. DON'T want hubs passing me up anytime soon. ;-).. I like being able to out surf him.... Is that wrong?

In other news...I do not know if I ever mentioned a furry family member we had. His name was Higgins..He was an Opossum.. well after a little over two years.. he left us yesterday. I cried all day.. YEP over a marsupial.. BUT I think my poor husband was even more devastated.. HE hand raised the lil guy and named him. Believe it or not that love for his Higgins.. just makes me love my husband all the more! How many Men have soft spots in their hearts for an Opossum?
SO I want to end this post with a farewell to our Special lil guy. He was very unique and Will be missed.

BABY HIGGINS

I was Higgins Mommy so I carried him in my hair as a baby.

The Higgins LOVED his Captain..My hubs was daddy!

AND Higgins LOVED his Daddy...My husband would put his foot down so Higgins knew where he was to find him.

R I P Higgin

DO YOU KNOW ME?

HI BLOG WORLD!! DOES ANYONE KNOW WHO THIS GUY IS! Please contact me via here or my E-mail if you do know who he is! A friend of mine has found something that may or may not belong to him. We are doing a search!
Thanks!

Gave Mo A Go in the Big Blue O..

Where I have been starring at Mo for 4 days! He was not out of my sight!

I know sappy title..I just thought it was cute. I am into this rhyming thing lately. IDK.. weird I know.

I LOVE MY NEW BOARD... I MEAN REALLY REALLY LOVE HIM!!!!!

So I finally get a day off on Thursday..(after I have been drooling and caressing and doing almost everything to my board while it has been in my living room.. except make love to it (save that for the ocean ;-)...)... and as you all read.. I got the rest of my accessories so I could get Mo out into the Ocean like he deserves to be.

First Base coat...


Applying the top wax.. awww intoxicating.

So the night before I give him a nice wax job.. base coat and cool/cold top coat.. I love waxing my board. MY whole garage smells like surf wax..and there is something therapeutic about it.. Especially when it is "Your" Board... It can be a lot of work. It use to kill my arms, I don't know if losing a foot of board, or the fact I have built up muscles from surfing have anything to do with it. But it was easier this time around then previously.

So I barely could sleep the night before.. I was so giddy to try him out. I was up and ready as soon as I took my daughter to school. HOWEVER I was not hearing any good "surf reports" ...

So we drive down to Blackies... Now that it is the Hubs security blanket... it was BIG WALLED & JUST CLOSING OUT and FAST. Anyone who's board was not flying in the air at take off and actually got a ride was zooming! The ride was basically close outs... there really were no shoulders. Few and Far between. I was NO!! I cannot take Mo out in this. ALL I see is wipe outs in my future. That is not what I had in mind for mine and Mo's first rendezvous!... I suggest we head to Seal..and check out spots along the way.

Everything was close outs. Even Bolsa did not look so great. Although I heard it was.. BUT We could not see much on PCH after the jettys.. So maybe the tower my friend said was better was... BUT I didn't have a pass and not paying the $15 to go and see. PLUS I had to put all my money in the gas tank to make this trip. Gas we were wasting driving looking for surf. BUT I WAS determined to get Me and Mo in that Ocean..

We get to Seal.. um basically flat. I could take Mo out and paddle around..BUT I doubt I would be doing any "surfing" At least at Blackies there was some powerful White Wash to play in. SO we head back with one quick stop at the Cliffs. WINDY AS _ _ _ _! OK Back to Blackies.

It was a little less wild but still close outs. Got a little smaller, tide was filling in. So we paddle out.

Paddle out, MO was awesome and easy to paddle. I was wow this is fun. I was worried him being a bit smaller it was gonna be more effort. Thank you Valerie for Mo's volume.. Awesome!I was worried about getting over the white wash with the rocker. I timed it good and no problem. So I get outside. WOOT! I was already happy. By the way Hubs is here also and made it outside..BUT this post is about me and Mo.. so I am not putting much energy about the Hubs..(but not much has changed in his surfing skills, He is trying and not giving up so I am impressed) BOY sounds like I am cheating on my husband with my surfboard... Well maybe just a little. HA!

I take in one close out.. and stand right up on Mo! I was wow this was a lot easier than expected! The more I am on this board... the more I know I made the right decision in asking for what I wanted. ( if that makes sense? I was having doubts that if what I was asking for in a board, when getting it made, IF I really knew what I was talking about..AND I DID!)

So then I am inside and just decide to play in the white wash. TO try a few pop ups. Plus I was not really wanting to get beat up getting outside. I was getting beat up .. I was caught in the impact zone inside for a spell and just decided to ride the white wash next to the hubs..it was pretty powerful. HA!..

I go outside and take a 2 more close outs. Every time I got it. Stood up could only go straight. I really wanted to turn. BUT I just could not in all that foam!

I go out one more time.. I see a wave with some shape maybe.. it looked slower like it was not just gonna just dump. I start to paddle and it is a right so I angle that way. BUT when I looked over as I caught it, I saw another guy on it coming down the line. I was aw man! But I popped up and he backed off. Thank you nice man!.. AND I dropped right down. NO nose going down.. MO just glided.. It was a short ride. BUT it was smooth and nice. I did not have to work to keep my nose up on take off, like I learned with Tallulah... Mo just drops on a wave like he should. I feel a bit guilty I may like Mo a lot more than Tallulah... I came in after that..because for as crappy as the surf was. I was impressed I got that. Plus it was So fun. I had to absorb that feeling.

As I get out. I notice conditions were getting a bit better. Smaller but not as fast and some waves were showing a bit more shape. That explains my last ride. I was contemplating on going back out. HUBS was done and hungry..but he said If I wanted to go.. go ahead. After resting a bit I realized.. I was little tired and my arms were sore. So I decided to just go in. It was almost 2 hours.. Not bad for a BAD SURF day....

V for Valerie..I know ...but V for Victorious..DONT YOU LOVE THAT LOGO? This picture makes my board look green.. but it is not that green. The lighting is playing tricks!


SERIOUSLY DON'T WE MAKE A CUTE COUPLE? .. and notice surf conditions in back ground..um yeah...However that is smaller than when I first went out..and MUCH Smaller then when we first showed up..BUT again Cute couple!

I wanted to go again on Friday..BUT noticed I did not get as much gas for my money as normal..and driving looking for surf did not help. I could not afford another trip to the beach, especially since Surf Conditions were not worth it.. I was a little bummed.

OH WELL.. Mo's Maiden Voyage..A success! I can't wait to see what he does in Ideal conditions.. can you imagine?

Some Girls Get Excited Over A Blue Box.....

BUT not if you are a surfer girl!!!!


THE hubs came home with few gifts for me!

I got a new fin! Leash, and some surf wax!



Nothing says I love you like a New Fin for your new surfboard!!!
NOT just any old Fin...A Donald Takayama Fin! I heard they were good!

...although I still really wanted a proteck fin..hmm I wonder why?

And a Makaha Leash..
...I mentioned I wanted a white or clear leash.. this is clear with a white line in it. COOL!
LETS NOT FORGET A NEW BOARD NEEDS NEW WAX!!!..
Although he might have bought this because I always say surf wax is like an aphrodisiac to me.. hmmmmm?!?!?!?

I think I am a pretty Lucky SG!

I guess it is Love after all!!!! AWWWWWWW

WELCOME HOME "MO"

Me and Mo..

Guess who came home yesterday? I picked him up on my way home from a trip to San Diego. Meet "MO" it is short for Mo' Olio which is Hawaiian for Seahorse. Appropriate.. right?
OK I am SOOO IN LOVE with him..Mo has been sitting in my living room and instead of watching TV I find I am just starring and drooling at my new found love. I keep walking over and picking him up. I can't believe how light he is, big difference in weight from Tallulah. He will also be very buoyant with how thick it is. I hope I can surf and do the board justice. I have to get use to losing a foot of board. It will be like learning all over again..maybe?

SO my hubs is picking up a fin on the way home today. I believe he is getting me a leash also. He somehow got a deal with someone at the Frog House?? I think that is what he said. I thought it was funny. He called me at work and was all excited. I got you a fin! I didn't even ask.. so sweet! We shall see how that goes.(I hope he does not for a minute think he is taking Mo out...hmm I think I see the motive behind his enthusiasm.. I may have to put lo-jack on Mo!)

Any way...I am still ordering my Proteck fin..But I want to try Mo out on Thursday my next day off, I don't want to wait for a fin to arrive. So I am just getting a standard, 7" hopefully white fin.. for now. I will let you all know how next Thursday goes. Lets hope for some easy surf conditions.


Me,Mo and Valerie!

Now onto "Mo's" Creator and surrogate. Val from Mere'Made surfboards. I was so excited to see her again yesterday. I just love that girl. Her and her whole family are just the sweetest. Her daughter and son are beyond cute. Her husband(who I met for the first time yesterday) was also very kind, and is so knowledgeable!He has been surfing practically since he could walk. I love talking to people with that much knowledge. AND who have the passion when talking about it. Now if he would stop showing off and breaking surfboards while doing those aerials. . Poor Valerie can't keep up with making them for him. ;-)I saw one of the victims up close and personal! Yikes!
Valerie herself is quite the surfer as well. If you ever read her blogs you will know that.I also had the privilege of being in the water with her once and saw what she can do. They also had an out of town guest from France staying..he too is a surfer. I think they were getting ready to go out after I left. LUCKY!
(It is great when you get to meet the bloggers who become, I feel, lifelong friends, in person. IT is so special. I now personally know 2 from my blog family.)
As I said good-bye we all got hugs.. including the guest from France.

Well again. I will keep you all update on my adventures with Mo.. I will have to take Tallulah out from time to time. Don't want her to get jealous. Plus my daughter will probably be riding her. BUT for Now Tallulah can rest. SHE has been my go to girl for nearly 3 years. She deserves a break.

SURFERS!

So A LOT OF PICTURES LIKE THIS HAVE BEEN GOING AROUND FB. I FINALLY SAW ONE ABOUT SURFERS AND EDITED IT TO SUIT ME! IT WOULD BE BETTER IF IT WAS WOMEN SURFERS. AND THE LAST PICTURE SHOULD BE "WHAT I DO"..BUT I WORKED WITH WHAT I WAS GIVEN AND THE TIME I HAD. THOUGHT I WOULD SHARE!

A little Love for Valentines Day!

Just spreading a little love Surfer Style! Happy Valentines Day From Me to You!

It is the Love of Surfing that makes us family!

The water baths me in ways I cannot describe. The sun nourishes me and gives me a new vibe. But it's that wave the feeling when you ride..That takes my soul to to new heights. It is on that surfboard when you start to jibe! The Aloha of the other surfers true initiation to the tribe!