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First of all, congratulations to Mr. Matt Kenseth for the second win in the first two weeks of NASCAR's 2009 season. This was a much better win than last week's rainedout. Next, my man, Jeff Gordon, was soooo close to his first win since October 2007. I was hoping not only to be able to witness Jeff's first win in 16 months live and in person, but I was ready to be done with all the talk of how Jeff has never gone this long without a win in his career. Both he and Greg Biffle, arguably, had the best cars of the race. The stands weren't as packed as I had seen them in the last few years, but there were plenty of people on hand to watch the race. TV's House doctor Hugh Laurie gave the "Gentlemen, start your engines" speech (after performing with the As Seen on TV band that included James Denton from Desperate Housewives performed with Hugh Laurie in the Band on TV before the race. Former NY Giants player Jason Sehorn and his wife, actress Angie Harmon, were there to wave the checkered flag. We had to sit in the (shudder) sprinkles of what Southern California calls "rain" that drifted through the area (causing four of the five yellow flag delays in the race), but it was a fun day for any NASCAR fan. Really, it was literally a sprinkling of rain. I was beginning to think that what NASCAR laughably determined to be "rain" would cause us to watch 250 laps go by at 55 mph for the first 50 laps of the race.

I am the lone Jeff Gordon fan in my NASCAR family of Jr fans. I get a lot of heat about loving "the enemy". So, I have to say that watching Jeff run a hell of a race on Sunday was right up there with Jr coming on over to the winning Hendricks team last year. I didn't have to say anything about the race. I'm not a gloater. I really don't have to be. However, I can't say that I was happy to see Jr fall prey to a bad break when he dropped a cylinder just over halfway through the race. It's always hard to watch a good driver have a bad race. And, listening to him run after trying over and over to fix the problem during Yellow Flag pit stops was quite excrutiating. It sounded like a wounded animal limping around the track. And I took no pleasure in watching him get lapped (even by my own guy) in a sea of crap-talking Jr fans (not to insinuate that ALL Jr fans talk crap...just my group of friends).

I'm happy at the way Jeff Gordon's year is taking shape so far. I'll be watching FOX on Sunday at 3:30pm ET to see how he does in Las Vegas. Go #24! Let's just hope his pit crew works on their skills that were so seriously lacking on Sunday (every pit lost Jeff 2-3 positions). They need to take notes on Kenseth's pit crew. Now THAT'S a crew that knew what they were doing!

Top 10 Results of Auto Club 500 from February 22, 2009:

1 - Matt Kenseth (#17)

2 - Jeff Gordon (#24)

3 - Kyle Busch (#18)

4 - Greg Biffle (#16)

5 - Kurt Busch (#2)

6 - Denny Hamlin (#11)

7 - Carl Edwards (#99)

8 - Tony Stewart (#14)

9 - Jimmie Johnson (#48)

10 - Brian Vickers (#83)

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This post has absolutely nothing to do with real estate and is totally personal, but I had to post it anyway. Today is my 16th wedding anniversary. We were such babies when we go married. These are my absolute favorite photos of both me and my husband. He was very GQ, I must say.

It rained that day. Everyone told me that rain was a sign of good luck. I don't know if they were afraid I would be upset with the rain or if it was something they were told. Didn't matter. I didn't care. We got married at my husband's parents' church, Queen of Angels, in Riverside, CA. It stopped raining long enough for me to get from one building to the chapel. When we were pronounced husband and wife, the rain stopped long enough to bring a rainbow in through the stained glass window that rested right where we were standing. And the rain didn't start up again until we were in the car to be whisked away to our reception.

Since we got married on a Saturday and our honeymoon cruise didn't start until Monday morning (and we live in Southern California), we naturally spent our wedding night at the Disneyland Hotel. This was before the beautiful Grand Californian at California Adventure was built. So, we stayed at the original Disneyland Hotel. When we showed up in our wedding clothes to check in, they upgraded us from our standard room to a suite, complete with kitchenette (who's cooking on their wedding night?) and concierge. The place was bigger than our apartment at the time.

Last night, my husband brought home a big, fuzzy red body pillow (my old one was old and body pillows help keep my snoring in check), two books (I'm an AVID book reader) and two dozen of these beautiful roses:

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If you're anything like our family, Friday night is pizza night. It's quick, it's easy and, darnit, I've cook ALL WEEK LONG and I DESERVE A BREAK! We've had lots of pizza in my house over the years: store bought, junk food (Pizza Hut, Dominos, and...gulp...Little Ceasars) and restaurant-style. So, you could kinda say that we are pizza connoisseurs. We have found two of the best pizza places in all of Moreno Valley.

The Pizza Kiln, located at 12625 Frederick St #W-4 (951-653-5000), offers gourmet wood fired pizza. It is scrumptious! Their Margherita and Make It Meaty are absolute heaven. They also offer vegetarian for animal lovers. You can choose from any of their wonderful gourmet pizzas as well: Buffalo Chicken, BBQ Chicken, "True" Hawaiian, Caribbean Jerk Chicken (hello!), Thai Chicken, Mediterranean, Pesto and even an Indian inspired Moreno Masala. Their menu is rounded out by pastas, calzones, stromboli and salads. If you prefer to eat it there, a small dining room area is available. They even offer catering. They're also very involved in the Moreno Valley community.

The second restaurant that offers the best pizza in Moreno Valley is Boompas, located at 12125 Day St #F308 (951-485-3570). This family owned and operated pizza joint offers the standard pizza fare: subs (hot and cold), mozzerella sticks, wonderful cheesy garlic bread, fresh pasta, salads and gourmet and deep dish pizza. There's a nice waiting room with a bar that offers several different beers on tap. Next time you're in the Moreno Valley area, you really should look them up.

It's a ruff life! I swear, Angel's part lizard. First sign of the sun and she plops right down to soak it up. By the way, that's a Harley Girl shirt she's wearing. Just an FYI. She sits real pretty and patiently while I put it on her. Never thought that would happen! Maybe she likes the shirt for the protection from the rain, since she's not willing to come in out of it.