A Weekend Away - To Play :)

So the other weekend Lovie and I took off Friday morning to head to a small island on the bay for a few days of R & R. For those of you who know me well - yes I did go by work early, early Friday morning to finish up a few last things and then hit the road - But other than a phone call or 2 to answer questions I was mentaly on vaccation!





Saturday we decided to play kids and went to Bush Gardens. Can I say that it has been YEARS since I have been to an amusement park. (I think the last time I went was with Lourdes and Cindy - do y'all remember the 3 musketeers drawing we had done there?)

Anyway, after a full day at Bush Gardens, I can now say that at my 30-somthing age -

I STILL LOVE ROLLER

COSTERS!!!!!




I guess I still am a kid at heart.

Gettysburg

So my husband and I took advantage of me haveing 2 days off to make the trek to Gettysburg. It was a beautiful weekend - wonderful weather for touring outdoors.

The Visitors center is newly opened as of this past spring and the museum was well done and very informative. It made it a lot easier to understand the battlefield later on. For history buffs (which would describe the 2 of us) it was fun s well as educational!

Interruption

These cute little guys decided to interrupt our workday. One of the girls stepped outside for a bucket and came running back in saying "There's kittens outside under your truck!!!" So of course we all had to take a look-see. A couple of the braver kittens consented to being held - all while the Mama cat was close by watching.

Fair Night

So last night we went to the County Fair. As we were sitting in the loooong car line to get into the fair, my husband made an interesting statement:

"I bet that before we leave tonite you will have stopped and talked to at least 10 people."

Really??!!

But isn't that the point of going to the fair?

So while hubby parks the car, he lets me out to stand in line for tickets.

As, I head towards the gate I hear my name called - wouldn't you know the guy parking cars was someone I knew. 1 down 9 to go

When we got into the car to go hame later that night, I asked Hubbo if I had talked to 10 people ~ his response:

"I quit counting at 10."

Enough said.

and I'm Off~

Early, that is :)

That's right - it's Friday and I'm leaving early - since I completely forgot to take my day off on Wednesday, I'm taking time today to leave work and enjoy a little bit of this glorious afternoon!!!


Happy Friday one and all!

A Day Off

Ha Ha - I laugh at the thought.

I came into work early today to get a few things done before a morning meeting - so it was a bit of a whirl-wind and then meeting for 2+ hours and then back to work.

Back to work - only to realize that I wasn't scheduled to work at all today ~

So here I am on my 'Day Off' at work cleaning and organizing for upcoming events while waiting for some clients to come by that really wanted to meet with me about some funeral pieces. So here I sit (for a moment) typing, wanting to go home but not having a vehicle to go home in (and that is a whole 'nother story for another time).

BUT maybe, just maybe I'll get to leave a little early .... that remains to be seen.

Celebrating the 4th - ummm.... I mean 5th

As providence would have it, my parents annual 4th of July picnic ended up being scheduled for the 5th - Therefore, hubby and I would be able to be back in time our lake trip (see previous post) to join in on the festivities. This was good news since we would have hated to miss the shin-dig AND hubby was on grill duty along with my brother-in-law.

My folks had all kinds of fun lined up for everyone - there was swimming, badminton, bottle launching, food ~ lots of it ~ and last but not least go karts.

My friend Cheryl and I somehow convinced our husbands that they needed to participate in the fun....

(my Hubby communicating how slow he thought the go kart was moving)

Glenn & Matt drag racing...

I'm sure my Hubby bribed someone to take this shot documenting the insistance from the husbands that the wives take a spin in said go karts.

Lake Adventures

over the 4th Hubbie and I were invited to go on an overnite boating trip with friends

(thanks friends!)

Hubby on small tube...

"cave dog's" first boat ride (above)

our cute little cabin in the woods (below)

hubby helping to 'cast off ' he had lots of practice with that ...hiking a trail that ran along the edge of the lake and an old railroad bedLara and I on the BIG tube (above) and (below) a photo my Hubbie insisted on taking

All in all it was a great time - we even had an adventure that caused us all to have a deeper appreciation and more sympathy for the disiples' attitude durring the storm -

We had a bit of a storm come up on the lake while we were in the boat. There were white caps and wind and sand and lightning! We made our own landing on the beach (not at the boat dock where there was a swarm of people also trying to get off the water) and while the men secured the boat, the ladies and dog took cover in the truck. The men took cover in a culvert to aviod any lighting strikes. It was amazing how fast the storm came in and how fierce the storm was... but on the bright side - it did cool things off for the evening for better sleeping. The next day the sun came out and -yep- you guessed it we were out on the boat again.

Are you ready - for JULY?

I can hardly believe it - next week is JULY. I mean where did June go - not to mention May????

I remember when, as a young child, of hearing people say how fast time goes by. Needless to say, I thought they were all entirely crazy - I mean, come on people, do you have any idea of how long the school year is - and how long it takes Christmas to get here - or summer? or my Birthday!!!???

Sadly, I believe that I have crossed over -

crossed over into the midset of how quickly time does indeed pass. I have become one of those adults who comments "my haven't you grown!!" to most young children that I know. And who talks about how fast time is passing.

So, yes, it IS July next week - and I plan to take time over the 4th to STOP and ENJOY and RELAX and maybe smell a few roses.

So this past weekend was an interesting one - what with setting up and outdoor wedding/reception in 100 degree heat - whew - can I just say that I had a lot of sympathy for everyone in their fancy dress in that heat. Yikes! Makes me glad I got married in April. I know my husband was was thankful for an April wedding rather than a June/July (he's not a fan of hot summer days)

However, on Sunday, some friends invited to go boating. What a GREAT time out on the lake - thanks M&K!!!! I sooooooo needed a day out of town, and what better way to do that than spending time on the water! It was wonderfully relaxing and we had a lot of laughs. Sorry, no pictures as I was not about to take my camera out on the lake - I'm a little to much of a clutz for that :)