Sunday, beautiful Sunday

This weekend seemed long, yet not quite long enough for everything I needed to get done.  Yesterday I slept in. . . and boy was that nice! I don’t know how many other people would consider 9am “sleeping in”, but that seems to be my new sleeping in time. It used to be the dragging me out of bed time.  I was also able to paint the guest bathroom and the color turned out perfect! I have before and after pictures but I’m not completely satisfied with the after, so pictures will come later. I’d like to get a new shower curtain, some art for the wall, and some new accessories.  It feels really nice to have the entire house feel done though. Done meaning paint. . . because I’m pretty sure our house will never really be complete, unless we end up living here for years to come. My list of to-dos would fill up this post and bore you to death. Those will come in time though, as there are many more important things to spend our money on. Although, new flooring and counter tops in our bathrooms would be GREAT!

Today after church, we went to a birthday party for my Grandma. After that we went over to my parents house to help them book their mini vacation to NYC! My mom is totally excited, and I’m completely happy for them to get away. They deserve some time away. They deserve a lot of good things that never seem to happen though.

Tonight we were able to curl up on the couch, watch a movie, and eat some delicious ice cream sundaes! This has become our Sunday night ritual. Sometimes I wish I could just stop time on Sunday evenings. It is my all time favorite day of the week! I’m sure it also doesn’t help that the dreaded Monday is whats to follow. Hopefully this week will be better having Kirstie back at work!

Crazy Love

Crazy Love was the topic at church this morning. (Go there and watch the video “The Awe Factor of God”). Later on while at the book store looking for a new purchase I stumbled across the book “Crazy Love” which I imagine our Pastor based the sermon off of. The whole concept is how big our God really is. There’s so many things that happen on a daily basis that are truly amazing and I don’t even stop and give thanks to the One who created all of it. I’m so small in the grand scheme of things, and to think how God cares so much about me is beyond anything I can really grasp. Who am I to live so selfish? That’s something I am struggling with, as I’m sure most of us are.

Well, I’ve had a very productive weekend. Friday night we got to spend time with Jason and Lis. Jason is the Pastor at the church we attend and have come to love! We had a really good time eating pizza and playing games. Rest of the weekend was spent checking off all of the stuff on my to-do list. Cleaned the entire house, emptied the laundry baskets, washed my car, bought a new Beta fish, went grocery shopping and to Target, got a new book, and turned the house into a festive fall theme! What a way to kick-off a great week!

Time to go start dinner and spend the evening with my husband!

Simple is the theme. . .

Yesterday was a nice day. For some reason beyond me, I actually enjoy having a daily routine. Just a couple of years ago. . .I didn’t want anything to be the same from day to day.  Now, when my routine goes out the window I feel so much unlike myself. We were able to go grocery shopping, and FINALLY go to the gym. Also, I got a bunch of new fall decor! I figure since we don’t really get to see the beautiful season, I can at least pretend and make the inside of our home have the smell and look of fall. I’m completely and utterly jealous of the people who actually get to experience the weather and leaves changing. The little bit we do have here in Florida, I love and am very excited about! As well as enjoying my routine from day to day, I’m learning to enjoy the simple things. My new favorite simple thing is Rachel’s Organic Vanilla Chai Yogurt. Who knew yogurt could be so amazing? I’ve ate yogurt for years. . .you know, the fat free Publix Vanilla or Strawberry kind. I feel like I could never go back to those now, they are just so sugary compared to Rachel’s. If you love yogurt, you must try this brand. It’s just simply delicious!

This weekend I plan to clean, clean, clean! Milo has been shedding his hair like crazy, and it’s driving me mad. If I had one complaint about him, that’s it. He’s such a good dog though and makes us happy. Wednesday night when we got home, he wasn’t at the door to greet us like usual. So we immediately went to check our closet and of course he was in there asleep. When we aren’t home and it’s storming, he’ll go in there to hide and usually just falls asleep. It’s kind of the cutest thing ever.

I also plan to buy some paint this weekend to paint our guest bathroom. That’s something I’ve put off for the past year, and it just simply needs to be done. White walls have no place in my home!

Well, I’m gonna go finish looking through the personals on Craigslist. It’s one of those simple things that makes for a good laugh! Is that mean?

No longer on “vacashehon”!!!!

Hello, blog. How I haven’t missed you.

I can’t tell you how nice it was going one whole week without looking at a phone or computer. We debated on bringing the laptop with us, and I’m so glad we decided against it. Just my favorite person in the world, a balcony with a great view of the never ending ocean, and a ever-so-big swayey boat. (Swayey? I’m gonna go ahead and assume that’s not a real word, but I like it anyway.)
It was such a nice week, despite the not-so-fun effects from Hurricane “Hhhike”. . .as the captain would say. We missed our first stop in Grand Cayman due to the poor weather conditions. It worked out pretty good seeing as we didn’t have any excursions planned for the day, although we were slightly disappointed since we wanted to walk around and just see the island, but life went on. The next day we arrived a couple hours ahead of schedule in Isla Roatan, Honduras. We walked around a bit and then headed off on our tour to go Snuba. Snuba is a mix of snorkeling and scuba diving. Let me tell you, I was TERRIFIED. I had only been snorkeling once before, and it wasn’t the best experience. So when they started to strap weight belts around people, I freaked. I didn’t want to be that lame girl though so I toughed it out and went along with everyone else. I kept my weight belt on the raft until I saw that everyone else wasn’t sinking to the bottom of the ocean like I thought they would. It was a really good experience. Unfortunately, the water was terribly murky and I didn’t see one single fish. . .but a good time was still had. After that we saw some beautiful birds, and met a little baby monkey named Peter. Peter was just about the cutest thing I’ve ever seen, so now my dream to own a monkey one day is right there along with owning my own private island! Both will happen, you’ll see.

Next up was Belize! There we were whisked away on a small boat to a private island (like the one I will own some day), where we spent a couple hours swimming along-side fish, lobster, and many other crazy ocean creatures. It was such a nice, calm, relaxing day on the beach. The last port we got to see was Cozumel, Mexico. This was by far my most favorite place. I’m not sure if it was because of the awesome resort we got to spend the day at, or eating the BEST chicken tacos I’ve ever had, EVER. . .but it was just perfect. If it wasn’t for the salty taste in my mouth, I would have thought we were snorkeling in a pool. . .the water was that blue. The fish just circled you. Big ones, little ones, bright and striped. . .it was like swimming in a fish tank. I hope our cheap underwater camera was able to capture just a small ounce of the beauty. At the resort we also got the chance to zip line and rock climb. That was intimidating, thrilling, and fulfilling all at the same time. We already want to book our next vacation!

Rest of the trip was spent sitting on our balcony enjoying the water, eating until we wanted to puke, laughing at the people who wore bed accessories as clothing as well as laughing at the ones who didn’t, and enjoying the complete and simple comfort of each others company.

Tonight I will finish laundry, finish uploading the hundreds of pictures we took, and try to kick this cold and sickness I’ve had building up inside of me. UHHH! 7 days wasn’t quite long enough.

A couple of my favorite pictures from the cruise. . .(if you check out our flickr, there’s around 400 pictures or something crazy like that!)

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Excitement is taking over!!!!!!

Free Grillsmith lunch today, TGIF tomorrow, packing for our cruise on Saturday, and we’re outta here on Sunday! Pray that we won’t meet Hurricane Ike in Cuba, I have a feeling he wouldn’t be too friendly.