The Begining of a great adventure

Hello Dearest Friends and Family,

As most of you know we have made our way safely to Temecula, California... Our new home :-) It has been a beautiful 60 degrees nearly everyday and the burden of winter jackets, scarves, gloves, boots, ect. has been lifted. Bradley just finished his first week of work at Abbott Vascular, and I have spent my week unpacking, testing my cooking skills (baby steps!) and looking for a job as well. As uneventful as our first week was adjusting to our new life together... there were a few memorable moments...

Most horrifyingly I woke up the first morning here to find a coffee maker without a coffee pot, and for those of you who are not coffee pot savvy here is the catch- to get the coffee from the maker into the pot there is a button that must be pressed upwards (usually done by the lid of the coffee pot) to allow the brewed coffee to pour out of the filter. Well instead of a pot doing this while I went about my morning routine..... the first morning I found myself with my mug where the coffee pot was supposed to be, and a spoon in my hand pressed up against that lovely button, watching the coffee literally brew into my cup... sitting... pressing.. waiting....waiting...waiting... still pressing.... finally 5 min of, holding a spoon to the button later I had a cup of coffee, and yes this is a daily ritual until our leasing company pulls through with a new pot.

Later that same day Bradley and I decided that after the long trip from Wisconsin, the Yaris deserved a little reward, so we took her ( yes, her) to get an oil change :-) While in the waiting room of the dealership the weather report is on TV. "Winter Weather Warnings" for the Temecula region all day long- apparently the talk of the town! We continue to watch and then do our best not to laugh when we find out that a "winter" weather warning, is really a rainy day warning to the locals here in Tmec.... you better believe that everyone who had a pair of wellies or a rain jacket brought them out for that one day a year they got to wear them... I wore flats and a long sleeve T-shirt.

Now, lets talk about spiders... (sad face).... not being a insect, bug, arachnid fan I spent about an hour going around and sucking up any creepy crawler that decided to make our home their. Confident I had gotten them all, dead or alive, I went on with the next few days without feeling like I needed to check every corner of the ceiling for a web. Don't get me wrong our apartment is quite nice, and was actually very clean when we moved in, the climate however encourages the plethora of daddy long legs. So anyways I am going about business getting ready for the day - ah the shower is hot ( yes you know where this is going), I step-in wet my hair and go to grab for a pump of shampoo... and then from the corner of my eye I see it... about 3/4 of the way up the wall in the shower a HUGE daddy long legs decided to join me..... my stomach jumps but I refused to get out of the nice warm shower, I sped-up my shower pace (a lot) and hopped out. In my towel I walked to the kitchen and decided to do a little bathroom cleaning. I grabbed the bottle of bleach bathroom cleaner... The spider never saw it coming, now I know it sounds cruel to bleach a spider, but this time it was now worth the risk of missing it with my flip flop. To say the least the shower is now nice and clean and the spider is... well.... down the drain.

The rest of our time here has been very relaxing, we spent our Saturday exploring San Diego on foot. Where I decided Bradley needed to find a job just so we can move there (it is amazing!) - it is about the same distance Madison is from Delafield for a frame of reference. It was a beautiful day, allowing us to walk along the bay, and through the city where we found a lovely and very delicious Italian restaurant, La Bocca, where we enjoyed lunch on the sidewalk patio. It was the perfect weekend to begin our adventures here in California

We can't wait to discover more treasures of California! Bradley is looking forward to some skiing and camping, and I can't wait until it is beach season.

We love and miss you all. Please keep in touch. Let us know of anywhere in CA you have visited and think should not be missed. Our home is open to family and friends always.

Blessings and Love,
The Klebas