Winter Cruise 2009 - Day 2

We are on the ship today. Can't talk too much. Have to find all the pools and bars. WooHoo. No driving home tonight.

Winter Cruise 2009 - Day 1

Here I am in Florida. We are probably at Disney. Riding. Eating. Laughing. Riding.
Don't be too jealous. My feet probably hurt. ;-P

Plumerias make me happy.

These flowers make me happy. I found the photo on flikr. Posted by chaletgirl13.

Thank you chaletgirl13.

Ready, set to go in 5 days

I am so very ready for this vacation. I haven't had a vacation without kids or hubby in along time. Since right after we got married. I'll tell you about the Alaska trip another time.

I am ready to leave them all for a week. Let them see how I cater to them. I am tired of being the only one that can come up with an idea for dinner. Only to have it shot down like an enemy plane. I am tired of not being able to make what I want to for dinner. Because this one doesn't like it and that one doesn't FEEL like having it and the other one had it for lunch.

I am ready to take care of myself. I am ready to take responsibility for my actions. And only mine. I am ready to only worry about getting myself out the door. I am ready to take only what I will need for the day. I am ready to cut only my meat at mealtime.

I will be a better mother when I return from my vacation. I will be ready to cater to them again.

But for now, I NEED to pamper myself. I am getting the fake nails. I am taking 3 bathing suits. I am going to shop this week for another cute outfit. Even if I have enough clothes as it is. I just want something new to wear. Heck, I may go wild and get two new outfits. And shoes. Gotta get new shoes. So I need the pedicure too. And better see if Robby can fit me in for a hair appt.

Sorry if I sounded whiney just now. I am normally not a whiney person. I will stop now.

Cruise

There are only 8 days until I fly to Florida for my own personal vacation. I am going with my girl friend Stephanie. We are going on a cruise to the Bahamas. I have always wanted to go on a cruise. Danny has never wanted to go on a cruise. So when Stephanie was given a couple of vouchers for a reduced price cruise and asked if I would go with her, I jumped at the chance. I talked it over with Danny and he is all for it. It takes the heat off of him.

I have started thinking about what I should pack. Should we plan on going to the formal dinner? Should we just blow it off? Should I take 2 or 3 bathing suits? (I only had 1 until Stephanie gave me two that she bought that don't fit her. She is better endowed than I have ever hoped to be.)

Also have to think about getting ready. I need a pedicure. Should I spring for fake nails? I guess it's time to sharpen the razors and shave my legs again.

P.S. I am not rolling in the dough. I just happen to have a boss that thinks I do awesome work and has put the money where his mouth went. I got a bonus in October and another one on this paycheck. Have I mentioned how much I really love my job. And my boss. Right now.

Update on Blizzard 2009.

Yesterday was spent indoors. We watched the inauguration of the 44th President of the United States of America. The girls watched IGOR, played games, argued with each other and snacked. We all watched "The City of Ember" and "Ghost Rider". And the whole time outside it was cold and NOT A SINGLE SNOWFLAKE FELL OUT OF THE SKY.

Snow. At the beach. Sounds wrong, doesn't it?

I am being forced to take the day off from work today. (Thank you for the heavy sigh. I really appreciate the sympathy.) The Hampton Roads area is expecting a winter storm. Sounds pretty dangerous, doesn't it?! Don't let panic take hold of you. We will be fine. The schools all over the area have closed in anticipation of the storm. It is roughly 9:30am, and so far no snow. I am home from work with 3 anxious little girls, and there is no snow. Keep in mind that we are only expecting 1-3" of this demon, frozen water. This area just isn't equipped to handle it. We don't get that much snow normally. And when we do, everything shuts down.

Except for WALMART. I took the girls there at 8am to get another mouse. DD2 and DD3 have been fighting over the disco mouse that DD2 got for Christmas. And DD3 didn't have one at all. Santa really didn't think this one out. We also got Igor, City of Ember and a Wii game. The girls are all watching Igor. So, I am typing this from my daughter Melissa's netbook. The home computer s#cks. I have given up on using it. I have ordered a beautiful laptop from HP. It should ship by January 27. I LOVE this little acer ASPIRE ONE, but it just doesn't have enough power for me. Plus my hands get cramped after a few minutes of typing on this little keyboard. But, it is better than that piece of junk sitting in the computer cabinet.

Anyway, my new computer will have 3G to think with and 250G to store things and run other programs. It's a 14 inch little beauty. Onyx. Bluetooth. Okay, I have to stop, cuz that's all I know. I got it for a pretty good price. $686 after taxes. Free shipping. The price was so good, that I ordered myself an iTouch too. I ordered both of these awesome little toys on Friday of last week. The iTouch showed up yesterday. I am so kicking myself for not getting one sooner. I am loving my little toy. And I haven't even tapped into it's potential. I am so thrilled that I have it for my Cruise in a couple of weeks.

Oh, did I forget to mention that I am going on a cruise the first week of February. Danny refuses to go on a cruise with me. My girlfriend Stephanie presented an opportunity to go on one, and I jumped. I am SO EXCITED. We are flying into Orlando and the ship sails out of Port Canaveral. She is flying in on Saturday. Me on Sunday. We will stay with her son, Marc, and his wife Sunday night. The cruise leaves Monday and returns to Port Friday after taking us to the BAHAMAS. If I like the island, I am going to try to convince Danny to go with me via airplane.

More later. Gotta see what is going on with the girls...