Vacation 2010

This year The Mr. and I took another cruise.  This time to Freeport and Nassau Bahamas.  An amazing trip to say the least. 

We drove on Saturday to Port Canaveral.  An ELEVEN!! hour drive, but boy was it amazing.

Our first stop was in Freeport and it rained the entire day!!  I mean poured.  Didn't stop us from getting of the boat to do a little site seeing.  The photos that I have would bore you, they are mostly of the water.   It was the prettiest blue.

This was one of the only pictures we have to show it was Freeport.  Don't know who the people are but hey, whatever.

This picture was taken in Freeport as our boat was leaving.  The water was so rough.  I have a video, but its too long to share.  Maybe one day.

This was on Nassau at Paradise island.  Amazing!! My favorite picture is this one though....

Our Cruise '09

I am back and ready to relax, but unfortunately that was not an option. We got back in town late Saturday night and that left Sunday a very busy day. I am not going to tell you what has been going on lately, in fact I am going to make this about the fun time we had on our cruise. I have beautiful pics to share. I will only share a few because it takes so long to upload them and I am way to impatient for that.


This was our ship this time. We sailed on The Carnival Fascination. Although it was a beautiful ship, it wasn't nearly as nice as the last ship we took. We were told they were sister ships, but I think they must have done cut backs because the service was not up to par with the last cruise.

This is by far one of my favorite pictures. The photo does not do justice to the beauty of that water though. It was taken from our glass bottom boat tour in the Bahamas. We were on our way to a sunken ship. It was AMAZING!!

This was taken as we were leaving the harbor on the cruise ship. It was one of the best photo's we have from Key West, Fl. The water was clear and beautiful. It was unbelievably hot and I was ready for my air conditioning.

I am tired of sitting at the computer now or I would share several more. I have photo's of Atlantis resort in the Bahamas. We tried to take the picture at night when it was lit up so pretty but it was too cloudy and neither of our camera's would pick up anything but the fog.

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We left Jacksonville on Monday afternoon and traveled thru the next day and arrived at Key West early in the morning on Wednesday. We were there for about 7hours and that was plenty for me. It was hot, people were everywhere and I was just ready to be in the air. The water was definitely worth the heat to see. T and I are water bugs and we enjoyed it.

We took a boat tour there and hated it. The brochure said air conditioned, but they lied. They had two vents and a billion people inside. I was really disappointed.

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Thursday we were in the bahamas when we woke up. It was unreal. I could not believe how clear and blue the water was. We took a boat tour there as well, but it didn't compare to the hot mess we had in the Keys. The worst part about the day was the flea market we stopped at. I was so aggravated at the people there I could have screamed. They got up in your face to buy things. It was so bad I had to cross the street and head back to the boat because I couldn't handle it anymore. One lady came up to us and put bracelets on our arms. She said it was free for everyone but all they ask is that we make a donation for the disabled kids. I handed her a few dollars and so did my husband. She chased me sister in law thru the flea market and asked her for money and when she found out she didn't have cash with her she ripped it back off her arm and took off. Grr! I hate that stuff.

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All in all we had a great vacation but it wasn't long enough. We plan to do it again, but I don't know how soon. I think this next year is going to be all about getting our own home and not about a vacation. A place of our own will be a vacation in itself!!

Vacation

As of tomorrow morning, I will be headed off on vacation. I won't be back for a week. I promise to come back with lots of pics.

Mini- Vacation

I guess you are wondering where I have been... well.... I have been on a mini vacation to see my family in South Carolina. I had a great time and will share with all of you tomorrow. Tonight I am so very tired.

Weekend Update

As per usual, I will catch you all up on the weekend happenings.

Friday was a long long boring day at work. As you know we are training and that is an adventure. No fun what so ever. Since I still work there and there is always the chance that someone might find my blog, I guess I better keep my opinions to myself... but come July 2nd, all bets are off. Anyway...after work, I ran home and picked up my engagement ring. I had to take it to the jeweler where we purchased it. The other day while I was at dinner with E, I realized that one of the prongs that holds the center diamond in was broken. It would have been too easy for the diamond to fall out and I didn't want to take that chance. I had to leave it (boo!) and will pick it up on Wednesday. Its only going to cost me $27 to have it fixed which is much much less than I expected. I feel completely naked without it.

Saturday was a fun day. I got up at about 10 and cleaned a little bit before getting ready to spend the evening with my work girls. We made plans to watch "He's just not that into you" and veg out in front of the tv. Turns out we had to have the kids there with us, which was fun. They are so much entertainment. They both have 2 year olds and they are so funny together. One is a girl, Baby C, and one is a boy, Baby K. We ate and ate, but luckily it was food that was good for us. We have veggies, fruits, and uhum... dirt cake(courtesy of me!). We were there for about five hours trying to watch a two hour movie.

(I do recommend you watch it, it was very true and very funny!!)

Sunday was a busy day for us. We had breakfast at my parents(bacon, country ham, eggs, and fried potatoes) and dinner at Outback. Both meals were wonderful, but I have to say that nothing compares to my mommy's cooking.

My Uncle is at home, like I said before, and doing pretty well. He is still having a hard time adjusting to not being able to do much for himself. He is still weak, and they have not set up therapy for him to make his muscles stronger. That makes no sense to me, but I am not a doctor. I hope to be able to see him soon, but I would much much rather visit when he is well. I think I am most afraid that he will not remember who I am, and I don't think I could stand that!!

Vacation is still going as planned. We will be making our final payment on Friday and I am super excited and ready for it. A whole week to relax and do absolutely nothing!! AND it will be the very first vacation that Hubby and I have taken alone.

In other news, Hubby has been sick all weekend. Just when you think he is better, he has another bout of sickness. He is having horrible sinus problems this year and its not fun. He is miserable. He is having to stay doped up on meds, and is drowsy most of the night when he is home. I sure hope he is better soon!!

Work is another issue that I would LOVE to rant about, but like I said earlier I will wait. I better keep my mouth closed and just be thankful that I still have the job for another 24 days.

Productive Day

Today, I took a vacation day from work to spend time with Hubby. We have been doing things all day, not fun things, but still we have been together.

We bought new tags for our car and truck, took Peach to be groomed (she is adorable!), took the car to be serviced (expensive!!), and booked our vacation for August with the travel agent.

I am worn out and ready for some lazy time.

I promised and I lied

to all of you!

I said I was going to keep my blog more up to date and post more. However, thru the week I rarely do anything other than work and come home to do absolutely nothing because I am stressing majorly over how much we have to do in a day. By the time I get home, I am mentally drained and I crash.

I do have a few updates to share with you though.

My Uncle
He is a lot better. He can feed himself, and he can talk. He wasn't much of a talker so at this point they are still unsure of brain damage. They are trying to regulate his blood gases, whatever that means. Once they are able to do that then they will go from there. He hasn't been up out of the bed in over a month so his muscles are very weak and he will have to have lots of therapy. Keep him in your prayers. Our God is amazing!

Work
...is super crazy. We are busy from beginning to end and rarely get a moment to stop and relax. We only have 47 days left, and they intend to work us up until the end I think. My GM came to us on Thursday (just another co-worker and myself) and asked if we would be interested in staying on after July 2nd if they needed us. I think that depends on how it affects our unemployment. I can't just walk away from it not having another job or able to draw unemployment so I guess we will see how that all plays out.

School
I am still unsure about. I failed my math test so that means that I will have to take the lower classes before I can take the required classes. However, there is another school here, a tech school that offers pretty much the same study I am interested in. I don't know how the diploma's compare though with one being a tech school and one being a college. Any idea?

Vacation
I had said before that The V's weren't vacationing this year, but we changed our mind. Hubby gets three bonuses a year and has decided he has earned a very well deserved vacation. We are taking a cruise with Carnival again. Just the two of us. This will be our very first vacation alone and we have been married almost 7 years!! We always travel with others. I am excited!!!

Home Buying
Hubby and I will be trying to purchase a home later this year. We will hopefully be at the point where we can get what we want... depending on our money situation when that time comes.

Our Day at the zoo...

On Saturday, Tim and I spent the day at the zoo with friends. We had a blast. It was a little warmer than I would have liked, but it was still a lot of fun.

We loved the Meerkats, and stood and watched them for a while. There were two babies that fought and fought with each other. Mom would sit and watch and then break them up. It happened over and over.
I love elephants, and this is Tonka. He is the famous elephant at the zoo. He has billboards all over Knoxville.
Zebra's were fun to watch. This one was watching Nikki and it seemed like he was smiling for her. What a laugh we got outta that one.
My favorite favorite part of the day was the giraffe's. I love love them. There was a baby but he kept hiding from us.


All in all, we had a great time and enjoyed the company. I can tell you that I will not eat lunch inside the zoo again. It was expensive, cold and not that good.

I'm Hooooome!

I finally made it back home and boy, am I tired.

We got back into town yesterday at around 5:30. We were both so tired of riding that I came home and crashed and I am sure D did too. We didn't do anything major, just rode around and gossiped. She took me to Fort Bragg and that was neat to see. I have never been on a base before, and it was cool to see the city inside a city.

We shopped, ate, shopped, and then ate some more.

Overall, we had a great time and enjoyed ourselves but I have to say there is nothing like being at home in your own bed and showering in your own shower. I was glad to be back for that.

Since I have been off work today... I have grocery shopped, started the laundry, picked up around the house and now I am off to do nothing!! Actually I am going to catch up on my tv shows that I haven't watched yet....

I hope you all had a great weekend. Did you do anything fun?

Road Trip

Tomorrow I am taking a little road trip with my friend D. We are headed outta state and I am sure we will have a blast. I will not be back until Sunday and probably won't blog again until Monday.

I will miss my hubby like crazy, but absence makes the heart grow fonder.

I hope everyone has a great weekend and I will tell you all about it when I get back!