Back from Santa Barbara a Day Early!

Hello to all of my blog friends.
I am back from Santa Barbara, a day early.
I sort of had fun! It was one of those weird experiences that we all have sometimes.
My husband and I arrived late Tues. afternoon.
We checked in at the hotel (Not my choice) Fess Parker's Double Tree.
My husbands company choice. We decide to go to dinner on State St., in downtown Santa Barbara. Dinner was great, and the picture you see of the skylight, is the ceiling of the restaurant.
After dinner Mark and I walked around a bit, then went back to the hotel, so I could see the finale of Dancing with the Stars!!
That was practically the last time I saw my husband. (Well exaggerating a little)
His work meetings got changed, so that he would be scheduled every minute of the day and evening. No free time at all. So Wed., I went downtown to do the shopping thing. Here are a couple of examples of the shops. Very cute!! I went back to the hotel in the afternoon and did a lot of reading on my veranda, surrounded by trees and birds. I never saw my husband until 9:45 pm just at the end of the American Idol finale. (There seems to be a lot of finales going on)
He told me all about his frustrating, busy day. We went to sleep at about 11:30. We were awakened at 3:00am, with loudest most annoying sound. We had one of those adjoining type doors in our room. So the noise had to be coming from there, as well as obviously thin walls.
This guy was snoring so loud, that I could not go back to sleep, and neither could my husband. Now mind you, my husband snores a little, but this sounded like a GIANT snoring. So Mark said to me, let me take you home. I thought, are you crazy? But that's what we did. My sweet husband drove me all of the way home (remember, we only live an hour away).
This way I could be home, instead of spending most of the day and night by myself.
We got home at 5:00am and Mark turned right around and went back for another long day of meetings.
I on the other hand get to be at home. He will be home tomorrow afternoon.
So that is my Santa Barbara story.
One other note, the weather was foggy, cold and windy, so not exactly pool weather.
Ce st la vie!
Now I can get ready for a nice Memorial Day weekend with my family.
I hope you are all having a wonderful week.
I missed talking to all of you!

Isn't this a cute store??



A picture of my sweet husband Mark.

A picture of an old Santa Barbara fence.




I was also tagged for the second time, by Jerusalem at My Little Life. I have to come up with 7 more strange things about me.
Here goes, 1. I set the table for Thanksgiving 1-2 days ahead of time.
2. I take down decorations for a particular holiday either the night of or the day after
that holiday.
3. I can't go to sleep at night without turning on David Letterman.
4. I have to arrive early for everything. I hate when people are late.
5. If my husband is out of town, I have to sleep with the light on.
6. One of my favorite foods is french fries, but I haven't eaten any in 4 years.
7. I want to travel, but I am terrified of flying.
Now I am suppose to tag 7 more people. This was at random, so if you have already been tagged, I apologize.
Tracy at A Cottage Industry, Genevieve at Bella Enchanted, KLKINFLA at Jewel Box Chronicles, Mary at Oh Merci, Old Flowers For Me, Carol at Boxwood Cottage, and Meg at My Little Cottage. I hope I got that all right.