Friday, May 30, 2008

Thoughtful Thursday.....on Friday!

To see my name in lights.

That's a thought that crossed my mind just now. I began thinking of the invite I recieved from Java Delights today. The New River Poet Society will be at the shop on June 19th. You can bring your own work and have them read it or read it yourself.
It has made me remember a time when I could sit with paper and pen and pour out my inner thoughts in a poetic flair, I would be proud to have anyone read. Now, I sit to write and the words wisp away like a tendrils of smoke off a newly blown-out candle.
What happens to all of those well thought words? Why can you keep a running commentary in your mind while driving down the road or shopping or whatever, but when you want to put them down they are gone?

My sister came down this past weekend. We went to the Superchick concert. Girl 4 It was great!! What of it I got to see. I was so busy trying to keep up with my four teenage girls I brought with me that I missed most of the Superchick performance. It was around 1 in the morning by the time I got home and I ended up with two of the girls with me. Two giggly, tired, boy crazy girls!! Girls Rule All I heard about for the rest of the evening, after leaving the concert was howwwwww cutttteeeee the keyboardist in Hello Revolution was!!! Girl 5 All in all it was worth it! I'm looking forward to going again sometime.

Sunday, we woke up and got all ready for church. Sister needed to get on the road headed home and packed up. I don't know how in the world I managed to get myself, hubby, babyk, two teenage girls and a nine year old up and ready to go by 9 am, but I did. I felt pretty spiffy about myself!!!
Supermom!!
Custom Smiley

Sometime later the girls and I pulled into the church parking lot and adjusted our seats accordingly to nap. Sleeping My phone rang Telephone , my sis was in Ocala, Fl. and her car had given up the ghost. Ghost I dumped the girls out and took off to get hubby and our mechanic. Mechanic We proceeded to drive to the other side of Ocala. Took us about 1 and a half hours. Got there and our guy said it was the water pump and timing belt. So, we loaded up sis and niece and headed back to Dade city. Road Trip The most wonderful mechanic in the world got a friend from church to go back up there with him and tow the car back so he could fix it. Hubby and I then got into our vehicle and headed to Tampa to see my Goddaughter. By now my rear end is becoming numb.
We arrived in Tampa and took baby K swimming and then went out to eat. By this time Baby K had had enough! Tantrum She wouldn't sit in her seat or eat, or let me do anything. I sat and looked longingly at my steak(just the way I like it, medium rare) and loaded baked potato, my mouth watering. Drooling . Needless to say, I didn't get to eat it. It was time to head back. So, another 1 hour drive for the day, now making it our fifth hour on the road for the day. We were becoming exhausted and it was getting late again. It looked like it would be another night getting to bed late. Current Mood - Wiped Out
This is our third night of less than two, to three hours of sleep. We are now at Monday morning.
From here everything gets kind of hazy, I just kind of begin going with the flow. Sister has to get home because of work and yet her car is not running, so I come up with the bright idea, "why don't I just drive you home and hubby and I can bring your car up this weekend!" Sounds good! So we begin planning.
Call the mechanic and line up to pay for the parts, call mom and see if she wants to come with us so I don't have to ride back by myself, re-pack sisters bags, pack mine and baby's bags. Load car. Go pick up G-G(thats grandma who we had plans to take to eat), pick up mom (and hope she is ready), head to give my hubby lunch, then to the auto store to pay for the parts. We ended up going to the wrong store and had to re-think our schedule. We dropped by walgreens for mom then off to eat. By this time it's noon. If we headed out at this time we would get there probably around 8pm. After eating and going to the correct store to pay for the parts and stopping by my house to drop off food for hubby, then taking G-G home we finally got headed to Ga. around 4pm.
Another long night. We drove, and drove, and drove. Finally we arrived around midnight at my sis's house, where babyk became wide awake!!!
Mom and I arrived at the motel and then spend the next two hours trying to go to sleep with a bouncing, giggling, playful girl in my bed with me. Bouncy 6 This is the fourth night with little sleep. Can it get worse? I hope not because my rope is shredding.
At three a.m. I get up and go get the pack n play(a portable crib for those who don't know) and set it up and throw her in it.( almost literally because at this point I'm exhausted from lack of sleep and her giddiness) Wouldn't you know just as I'm going to sleep and it's coming up on 3:30 a.m. or so I hear banging! Yup, the one place I put her crib and she begins banging on the wall of the person next door. Again, I get up and take care of it. Finally, sleep comes.
We get up Teus. morning, not long after going to sleep and head to breakfast and check out. We begin our journey to Mcrae where my cousin lives. Cousins From here things begin to go a little smoother. We get to Mcrae around....you know I don't even know time or space anymore after this. We are soooooo sleepy. But we arrive in Mcrae and go to get lunch at Southern Star. It has really good food. The people there point us in the direction of a motel and we got and book a room for the evening and get checked in. Again my daughter has reached a crescendo of wildness and is running around the room like a banshee!
We decide to go exploring and go see if our cousin's wife and son are home so babyk will have someone to play with before we end up paying damages for the room!

They weren't home.
Away we go back to town. We stop by a dollar store and get babyk some toys(it's apparent I'm only a 2yr old mom because I didn't think to prepare for these moments) so she would have something to occupy her time with than driving me n mom nuts! By the time we get back my cousin is off from work and comes for a visit and we meet up with my other two cousins(now a total of three cousins) back at the Southern Star for supper. MMmmmm, if you ever find yourself in Mcrae, Ga. you must have supper there. It's good.

After supper and visiting and going to a park to see if we could wear out babyk so she would sleep this night we went back to the motel and did just that. Finally, Sleep. Oh, restful, peaceful, sleep!!!!! I love it!!!!!

Wednsday morning we awake refreshed. At least I did. And we head to breakfast. Mom made plans with some other family members from Hawkensville, Ga. to meet us for lunch. Yes, again, at the Southern Star. We had another great meal and it was so good to see family again that I hadn't seen since I was a teenager. It's too bad gas prices are so high you can't visit more frequently.

The rest of the journey is just driving. Nothing major happened other than babyk finding a toy in Cracker Barrel that she absolutely was obsessed with. Of course I couldn't resist getting it for her. A rubber alligator that has a balloon for a belly. She loved it and still is toting it all over with her even thought the balloon is no longer inflated.

So, we are home now. But gearing up to head out at 6am tomorrow! Pray for us!!

Love to all,
B.

Friday, May 23, 2008

Today is the Day!!

My sister Cinnamon and her daughter Girl With Gum are coming down today!!!!
Yippeeeeeeee!!!!!

Thursday, May 22, 2008

Sleeping BabyK and Shoes

So, Hubby and I went out yesterday on his day off. We took BabyK to the YMCA to go swimming and we had a great time. It still amazes us how well she takes to the water. After swimming we went to Sonny's BBQ. Yummy . Then we headed to Aaron's rental to visit with a friend of ours.
Yawn
Hear me talk!
Somehow in all that we ended up purchasing a flat screen t.v. to hang on the wall in our bedroom. Yikes Faint . While we were there though, BabyK fell asleep. Only one of us could go into the store and the other had to stay with her. I'm So Bored , so I started taking pics. This one is sweet.

I went to a consignment shop we now have in Zephyrhills, it's called The Green Room(check out their myspace), they sell designer clothing, shoes, bags, belts, and accessories on consignment. I bought these Michael Kors shoes for next to nothing.

I also purchased a pair of Sketchers for $10. and about 4 pair of jeans and 2 pair of shorts. The prices range from $7.oo to $25.oo. I was impressed with the place. And, it turns out the owner is a cousin of one of my friends. What a small world.

I'm off to go clean a little and take hubby some lunch. Love to all.


Tuesday, May 20, 2008

Getting set to conduct an olympic dive. I don't know what to say I'm laughing to hard!!
Hearty Laugh
Hear me talk!


View from our balcony, again. Baby K trying to go jump in a lake!
Crickets
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Pretty Flowers that are all over the resort property.
I think it's Awesome that Baby K is swimming by herself. I can't believe it!!
Heart Glasses Baby K and Mommy send our love,

This is Bonanza Golf on Irlo Bronson Memorial Highway in Orlando. We went to go play there because it was a little more interesting than the mini golf place on the resort property.
There were two waterfalls flanking each side of the entrance to the mini golf establishment.

setting up for the putt.


Hope you enjoyed our trip as much as we did! We want to go back again soon. We suggest, if you have any vacation time coming up, you check out Liki Tiki Village, it is truly relaxing and fun.

Friday, May 16, 2008

Liki Tiki Water Park Playground

The first thing we come to on our leisurely stroll to the water park is this sight. This is the sun worshipers sanctuary. It looked so inviting, but you can't stop to enjoy it with two kids and a hubby!
Welcome to Liki Tiki Village Water park!
Across the canal sit the bumper boats and paddle boats. We will be making use of them tomorrow, I think we have had our fill today.


And away we....
Gooooaaaaallll
Hear me talk!

Can you believe it? BabyK is swimming by herself!! This water is 3.5 ft deep. She isn't able to touch the bottom. She did her best to swim in every place that Shell (goddaughter) went.


After the swimming, sliding, dunking, and splashing we decided to grab a bite to eat and get tattoos.




This is Shipwreck Sally's. We had a bite of lunch and the rest of us got tattooed






No, the tat's aren't real. They have a non-toxic paint they use which will wash off with baby oil. It is waterproof though after 45 min. We had a blast picking out our ink and getting it done. All of us but BabyK. She didn't like the way it felt, I guess.
From here, we were all so exhausted we decide to come back to the apt. and get some rest. I've never seen exhaustion until I looked into my daughters eyes after 2 hours of playing in the pool and all the activities we did in that length of time. She was so tired she could hardly hold her eyes open. Literally. I've NEVER seen her act like that.
We came back here and she fell asleep within 5 minutes. I was tired but couldn't fall asleep.
After uploading these pics I went and got a bath. Oh, that was euphoric!
Love Panting
Hear me talk!
The warm water and the water jets blasting. Embarrassing Bubbles I feel so relaxed now. Drinking Red Wine
Now, we are discussing whether we want to go explore and see what kind of eating establishments there are, (heaven knows there are options beyond our imagination,and all of them themed) or stay in and rent some movies from the Clubhouse. I'll let ya know!!