Beach Time in Florida

You know, I think the best way to spend a vacation is being with the ones you love and somewhere near water. I am a beach lover. I love walking along the beach, picking up shells and just thinking a lot. It seems that is where I gather my most thoughts, and regenerate myself. We were able to stay in a condo that was right on the beach. The ocean picture you see was from our condo in New Symra Beach in Florida. It was beautiful and my kind of place to relax, boogie board and body surf. Dale had never boogie boarded so I had to buy one and have him try it. He really loved it and had a lot of fun. I taught Sierra to boogie board too. She had a blast riding the big waves. Dale and I took a drive to Cocoa Beach. That beach was filled with surfers and huge waves. The beach was full of shells as you can see from the pictures below. Dale was able to find some whole conch shells that were perfect. I saved a few and gave a few to Sierra. I just didn't think you could find a beach with so many shells anymore. I am hoping that Dale and I will be able to go back there next november to spend a week there. That was like a piece of heaven to me.

Shopping...Food Coop

I just had this remarkable experience today. There is a Food Coop where you pay for food at nearly half the price. You pay for your food at the first of the month and the end of the month you go and pick up your treasures. Part of the program is that you are to do volunteer time as part of the cost of the food. I ordered my food at the beginning the month and at the end of the month I go pick it up. I was not sure what I was in for. I was thinking I would not get very much, however I felt I would try something out so I can share with my customers. So this is what I ordered. Standard share which consist of chuck roast, chicken leg and thigh, country style spare ribs, fresh fruits 3 varieties, fresh veggies 5 varieties, whole wheat bread and 16 oz of rice. I also ordered the harvest share thinking I would need more veggies and fruit which just included the veggies and fruit from above. So I stood in line, was amazed at the amount of food. Instead of getting 3 potatoes, I got 2 bags of potatoes. Mind you I just thought they would give you a bag and fill a bag with a few things. I had a huge box and it was over flowing so much, I could not take all the food. A few things I got were, 2 bags of potatoes, 2 bags of carrots, 6 apples, 6 avocados, 3 big bags of spinach, 6 pears, 8 oranges( which I only got 4 of because I was running out of room) asparagus, peppers, rice, bread, and the meat. For all of this plus some volunteer time, I only paid 35 dollars... is that a great deal or what? I have enough food to last me without going grocery shopping of a week. It just was a great experience and I wanted to share.

Fun at Universal Florida

I thought that I would put some pictures from Universal Studios in Florida. We just went last November and had lots of fun. It was really not what I thought it would be and I really don't care if I go there again, however everyone needs to go at least once.

This guy was outside the ride the mummy, he was pretty creepy, however it was fun to try and distract him so he would break his character. After this picture we went on the ride mummy. Now I am really cautious on rides due to by back issues. I asked the people and they were look, oh no this is just the best ride. Thinking I would be ok, I loaded up Dale and Sierra in tow. I sat with Dale, holding his arm and regretted every moment of it. It was pure dark and it was horrible. I got off and promptly lost my lunch. I thought I was going to die. I told Dale I never wanted to go on anything like that again. He agreed and told me he almost lost it too.

One thing about Universal studios I loved was the constant fake stars constantly appearing everywhere. Doc from Back to the Future rode up on us in this cool looking bike. I was looking at it and asked for a ride. Unfortantly, however cool it is there at Universal Studios you can't touch anything, so a picture had to do.

Curious George is one of my husbands favorite books. He talks about it all the time now. So when Curious George came around the corner Sierra and I had to get a picture of him.

More Snow Day

Me and my Boy

These pictures are pictures of our drive way, a snow drift off of our roof, we had one on the other side that was 6 feet, however the snow was so deep I could not get a picture of it. It was just one of those fun snow days!

The following pictures are just fun ones of shadow, Sierra and I. We had a superbowl party and buried our pop in the big snow drifts.

SNOW DAY!!!

(Heat of the storm, our tree in the front yard)

Sunday morning I woke up around 6am, I could see through the blinds that it was snowing although because it was dark, I didn't think much of it. Still half asleep I proceed to get a book and settle in for a few stolen moments to read. Around 7:30 I looked out the window and was shocked. I went to the door so I could get a better look and snow had drifted up to 3 feet at our front door. I thought I was back in Wyoming, I could not believe it. It was snowing big huge flakes and I was so excited to get bundled up and go out to explore the depth. I got bundled up, with camera in hand and a very excited boy Shadow. There is nothing better in this world then exploring when there is fresh snow. I feel so blessed to have those moments in my life where I was able to do this. These are the pictures that I have taken just in our front yard. We got over 3 feet of snow and had so much fun with it.

Shadow having lots of fun

What a Week of big ole' YUCK!

Wow, one thing I have learned this week is how important it is when you have a sinus infection to go to the doctor and get meds for it. I thought that taking over the counter meds would take care of it. Did you know that not only does it not take the infection away...it makes it worse. Well I woke up on Monday and had a sore throat however the worse part of the whole thing was I swelled up and looked like I was a chimpmunk storing nuts for the winter. My glands were so swollen, I looked hideous. Dale took me to the doctor which I looked my best... NOT! I walked into the doctors offices and took 2 steps and said holy cow. The whole office was filled with sick people. If you werent sick when you went in, you were when you came out. So I left the doctors in a wheelchair, a big blanket, prescriptions and a huge PAIN in the BUTT! They gave me the biggest shot of antibiotic's they could and although I am greatful, the pain was immense too. I thought for the first 2 days after the shot that I was going to need to get donut to sit on. It is amazing what miracles doctors can do. I feel much better 4 days later. Still a little weak and its in my lungs now and I can handle that. I feel very blessed to have a husband that is there to help me to the doc, take care of me when I am sick and the resources to go to the doctor when you feel at deaths door.