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Jamaica Baby!!

Last year I won a radio contest for a 4 night stay at an all inclusive resort in Jamaica. Of course, there were a few hoops I had to jump through, but I have FINALLY been able to book our reservation and air travel for our trip.

So excited!!! squeeeee!!!

There was a time around the holidays when it was really tight for us that we had almost decided that maybe we would just let it go and not go on the trip. After all, neither my bf or myself have our passports, nor did we have the extra cash to pay the service fee that was due at the time the reservation was made. Plus, all the dang hoops I would have to jump through to even make the reservation. But, after much thinking one night, I was kind of like, "seriously, its freakin jamaica! I WON this trip! I have NEVER been on a plane! I have NEVER traveled to a place like this! I still have to pay TAXES on it whether we go or not!" So I told my bf "I am going, you goin?!" So, we are going!

We will be enjoying a wonderful 4 night/5 day stay at an all inclusive resort. The little researcher/organizer that I am just had to find all the information possible about the resort and all the reviews of people who stayed previously (yay, tripadvisor). It seems like a nice place, I wouldn't say five star rated, but we aren't exactly five star people, ya know?! As long as its clean, has running water, edible food, and a nice beach, I think we can make due for 5 days. Plus, we were randomly watching "Wheel of Fortune" one night and they gave away a trip to the same resort, so I'm thinking if it's good enough for "Wheel of Fortune" it's good enough for me! The resort does have excusions to make around the island, but at this point we have decided that since we are really only going to have three full days there, we probably won't go on one unless it seems like it would be really enjoyable for both of us.

We both have read/heard that a shopping trip off resort would be a bad idea as the locals are very aggressive (it is still a third world country) and its supposed to be a trip of relaxation, the last thing I need is to be robbed and/or assaulted in a foreign country. LOL! So we are just planning to take in the sun and some rum. There are alot of activities on the resort so we don't think there will really be a situation where we would get bored and need to leave for entertainment.

So, reservations made, passports applied for, and vacation time taken at work. We are sooo ready!

Anyone else have any interesting travel plans made for the year yet?!

snowpocalypse 2009

So we got the big snow in maryland over the weekend. woo, I have not seen snow like this since i was a kid. It was awesome! As an adult I was not so excited to get out in it as I was when I was a kid.

In the midst of it all on Saturday, my bf decided he would WALK to a friends house and its not exactly close on foot....and in the middle of a snowstorm...yea, he went by himself.

Sunday was the day for digging out and we also went for a walk around town and stopped to visit my parents who live a couple blocks down the street from us. We live in town, but not on main roads so our roads are pretty hazardous, and since so many cars have now driven over it, there isn't much point for the crews to plow now.

Our holiday season also isn't exactly going as expected this year either. Last week we dropped off bf's car at the service garage to get one of his tires checked for a leak, but instead got the news that there is so much work needed on the car, its not worth what it would take to fix it and it is pretty unsafe to drive. So, we are down to one car right now. We spent yesterday digging that one car out in the morning before our walk, but thankfully, last night one of our neighbors 0ffered to have his father in law plow the rest of the snow away for us with his tractor so that was a very nice and unexpected save.

I sent bf off this morning to work, I decided to stay home since I had the opportunity with my job being on liberal leave today. Plus, I figured it would be safe for him to just go straight to work and not have to worry about dropping me off and driving around near my office downtown cause it has to be a mess. I wont be able to do much without a car, but I am broke til payday anway so its not like i would have gone anywhere anyway! It's nice to have a day at home alone to lounge around and work on some projects and do some cleanup.

Here are some pics from our snow weekend!

imma blog slacker

so sue me.... imma blog slacker...i like this whole blog thing, though i know there are few and far between that really give a crap about what ive got to say, but it sure is fun. plus, i feel like i should contribute considering the other blogs i like to stalk, i should give back.

and i give up on the whole capitalization and correct punctuation stuff tonight. its my freakin blog, ill be white trash if i want to!

so what have i been up to? do you even care? well i dont care if you do or not, this is my blog and ill blog if i want to!

oh a few things, mostly feeling the time pass way faster than im ready for. i got too much goin on, ya know!?!

in september i was invited to partake in the awesomeness that is U2 with my good friend, jessica. we had quite the girls night and even though i didnt get home until 330 in the am on a work night, i really did plan on going to work the next day....it just didnt happen.

yes, yes bono is my husband.....

i just love this picture. the concert was at fedex field, which is the stadium where the washington redskins play. ive never seen a show like it. all the tiny lights are actually peoples cell phones, it was an amazing experience.

bf and i also made an appearance at fed ex field the following weekend for a skins game. free tickets must never be turned down....especially club level tickets.


one of my cousins got married a couple weekends ago, i forgot my dang camera. i was extremely disappointed because bf and i so rarely dress up and look fancy but i made sure to grab a couple pics when we got home.

i have naturally curly hair so i made sure to use this special occasion to get a haircut in the morning and then i straightened my hair for the wedding. it looks SO good and i was so happy because it had been raining all day so i was paranoid about my locks getting damp, but luckily we had an umbrella handy in the car.


thats pretty much it in my world. earlier this year, i won a four night stay at an all inclusive resort in jamaica off the radio. so, we are trying to figure out when we are gonna go this coming winter and dealing with getting everything together to get our passports. ive also got a couple crafty projects going on, im current stitching on mirabilia's petal fairy and knitting my first pair of socks using yarn i got from knit picks. i got the book and learned how to do two socks on one circular needle so we shall see how they turn out.

peace out...for now!!

Vacation Pictures!!

Beachtime Silliness

Margaritaville

Yummy!!





BF glad to be out of the car after arriving



Beach Chillin'

Thats all for now. More to come from Ripleys Aquarium and the Jimmy Buffett concert.

Back and not loving it....

Well we are back from our vacation, we have actually been home for a week now. But, it was back to work and back to life, so it was all busy busy busy!

We had an amazing time on vacation. There were days of overcast skies, but we didnt let that get us down. We relaxed on the beach, took long afternoon naps, and took in some sites. One evening in rained so after after dinner we went to the movies. BF, of course, wanted to see Halloween 2, and there wasn't anything I absolutely had to see so I took one for the team and agreed to see it (and cringed the whole way through it). In return, I get to drag him to something he does not want to see. I'm trying to decide between Fame and The Princess and the Frog.....LOL.

Friday, we left good ole' South Carolina and headed back north to Maryland, with a stop in Virginia. Of course, I just happened to find the hotel in Fairfax that was right down the street from Fair Oaks Mall which just happened to have a Cheesecake Factory restaurant. I convince BF we had enough funds to finance a meal at the restaurant and off we went. OMCF....o my cheesecake factory!! Totally worth it, and in the end it really didn't cost anymore than a typical meal when we go out and we got to take the cheesecake back to our hotel to enjoy later when we were not so stuffed from our dinners.

Saturday we slept in a bit and then we were up and running getting ready to go see Jimmy Buffett at Nissan Pavilion. For our first Buffett experience, we had a amazing time!

Sunday, we arrived home and after unpacking the car and sitting on the couch suddenly felt like we hadn't been on vacation at all. More like a very vivid dream!

No worries, pictures to come!

It's almost that time!

Time for my vacation!! I am so ready to pack my crap and get in the car for the drive down to Myrtle Beach with my boyfriend. This summer has been crazy busy and flying by fast! While everyone else has done and gone on their vacations we have patiently waited for our time to come, and it's almost here! I am ready to sit in the sand and play in the ocean! I am ready for my free waffle breakfasts at the hotel. I am ready to sit on my ass all day and do nothing. I am ready for the car ride in which i will sit and knit socks while watching episodes of Grey's Anatomy and movies like Knocked Up and Twilight on my Ipod. I am soooo ready.

Of course, before we leave...soo much to do! This weekend we have a friend's daughters birthday party and bf's mom is away for alil trip of her own so we are checking on grandparents and dog and house. I can check one item off my list and that is getting my car serviced before we leave..a painful $200 spent, but its worth not having the worry of being stranded 10 hours from home.

I haven't been stitching much lately. It's so friggin hot in my house, I can't stand to sit on the couch long enough to get anything done. I did knit a sock though. One sock. My first sock. That will probably never have a mate. But, I knit a sock. I learned a new skill. I got so excited I ordered a circular needle and some sock yarn from Knit Picks. So with my circular needle, I can learn to knit TWO socks at one time, therefore skipping that whole bit with all the guilt where I knit one sock who never meets its sole mate.

Speaking of the heat. It's hot, y'all. Hot in my house. At first I was all "oh, its not so bad" but ya know, it's gettin' old. Really old. We have the ac unit up in the bedroom, but I really don't feel like spending all my free time holed up in my bedroom when I have a whole house to lay around in. So yea, it's hot...and when it's hot, nothing gets done, nothing. So my house is a disaster. I start to clean it, and then I get hot, and then I take a break...and then I see they are showing a marathon of America's Next Top Model on Oxygen, and well, what was I doing? BUT, I refuse to leave and go on vacation and come back to such a mess. So the next couple weeks/weekends will be a flurry of activity and packing and cleaning and laundry. Maybe with some stitching and ANTM in between....not to mention Real Housewives of Atlanta (crap I missed it last night!), Project Runway, Hell's Kitchen, Top Chef........

Where have I been?!?!?!

Well, its been awhile since I posted. Not much to write about....but mostly no internet access at my house at this time. I've been stitching away and finished a few things, and started more than a few.

BF and I are doing great. Tonight we are actually going on a weeknight date night, going to dinner and seeing the new Harry Potter movie, I'm really excited!!

A friend of ours has recently put up a pool at her house for the enjoyment of her family and hangers on friends (me)....I decided I needed a day off recently to unwind and chill on my own. That day is this Friday and I will be spending the day doing some general household duties but probably spending the majority of it in my friends pool....floating on a blow up raft with a cold drink in my hand and the sun on my skin.

No pics to post as I am posting from work and only upload pics on my laptop at home. Hopefully soon in the future I can get some one here showing my projects and the fun times I've been having away from the blog.