I'm SAD!!



I'm sad.. because I haven't made enough time lately for blogging
I'm sad.. because I noticed I lost some followers.. sigh...
I'm sad.. because SPRING just doesn't seem any closer
I'm sad.. because I feel like eating the world.. one brownie at a time..
I'm sad.. because I've become addicted to facebook and if I spent less time there.. it would be more time here
I'm sad.. because I haven't read more blogs that I have been reading....
I'm sad.. because I WANT more energy...
I'm sad.. because I make lists and don't complete them...
I'm sad.. because my kitchen floor is dirty and I don't care at the moment...
I'm sad.. because I haven't had much to say... because I'm in that rut in the home....
I'm sad.. because... well.. I'm sad!!

Hopefully tomorrow the sunshine.. will shine... and I'll be glad!!

1 thing 2 do 3 words 4 you

I'm so loving this song right now!!!!! had to share it with you!

I got this award from my dear friend Wendy over at WeSnLaNi....

It's taken me awhile to actually post this.. Here's what I have to do...

* A) First list 10 honest things about yourself - and make it interesting, even if you have to dig deep!
* B) Pass the award on to 7 bloggers that you feel embody the spirit of the Honest Scrap.

Ok.. so here goes nothing....

1)Everyday I have woken up and have thought that it's one more day closer to me starting my LNA course and I can't wait! This will be one step closer to nursing school.

2)I have to paint my dining room. I have stripped the wallpaper a few weeks ago.. bought the paint but still have NOT painted it..

3) I love to take pictures... but right now I'm at a loss of what to take pictures of.. It could be the weather?

4) I have random piggybanks stashed around my house.. and I have a BAD habit of tucking $ away and forgetting where I put it.. I found $20 cleaning out my medicine cabinet.

5)I signed up for facebook even though I said I NEVER would..

6)I can't tell you the last time I scrapbooked.. and that's sad for someone who has all this "stuff".

7)My house is a MESS.. yes.. a complete MESS and I haven't cared about it in the last week or so.. which is completely ODD for me.. because I stress over mess!!

I pass this award onto 7 other bloggers....

Tammy over at Mommasong
Glitzen over at saddlepotatoes
Kerry over at Curly Girl
Mere over at The Babblings of Mere
Sandy over at Jesus and Dark Chocolate


Sorry for my lack of posting.. I've been working more.. and when I get home I just want to crash.. so I'm TRYING to read blogs.. I really am.. so forgive me if I've been slacking... it doesn't me I don't love you.. or you're losing my interest.. cause you're not!!!

My last post.. I promise.. of Florida... Ü
On my last day in Florida.. I had a choice of what I really wanted to do... of course.. I LOVE Disney.. and really wanted to go to one park... but for financial reasons we couldn't head that way.. and I was ok with that... so we did what I call "Poor Man's Disney"... We went to Downtown Disney... I love shops and all the trinkets and things so I was totally satisfied with this journey...



But on the way.. I did a driveby "shooting".. of the Gates to Disney World...


Funny how when we address Disney.. we never call it Walt Disney World.. or Walt Disney Land...
I just realized that this sign uses Walt's name on it.. and this is the third time I've been there!


We made our first stop at non other than McDonald's.. we got the "kids" happy meals so that they weren't starving through our visit!!

This is Joey.. she's in love with the hamburgler ... LOL LOL.. she took my camera and took random pictures of tourists... I'm surprised they didn't demand for her to get rid of those pictures.. she even took Julio's picture.. our server.. he didn't smile.. I don't think he was impressed.. LOL LOL.. sorry Julio...

There was a new exhibit for us.. called the T-Rex.. This dinosaur.. was life size... It actually scared me.. it does the whole "roar".. thing and moves... and it was LOUD!! I couldn't stay in there long.. and this was a place to eat.. and they had a Build a "Rex" shop inside!!

Here's Kat and I goofing around... she seriously looks like a little kid.. I think this is the BEST picture of her in all my pics.. I chose to be squished by Mr. Potato Head!! LOL LOL!


I love this sign.. and I LOVE how BLUE the sky was that day.. something I haven't seen in NH for a LONG time!! it was warm.. and heavenly!! This is the place three years ago that I had my first batch of Spinach and Artichoke Dip... that's when I went on a mission to make one as good as theirs.. and I found it!! ( yes.. I know I have to share!!)

I had to throw in this picture.. it has the Disney sign.. along with the house of blues!!

One of my ABSOLUTE FAVORITE characters...
My daughter and I use to walk around the house singing ALL Aladdin and Little Mermaid Songs.. this was one of our favorites!!!




Then we headed down to the Disney Boardwalk.. NICE NICE place to stay!!!
I had to make the stop to ESPN sportsbar and buy hubby a little something.. He LOVES their glasses.. and mugs.. so that's what we picked up.. and then decided to eat our dinner there!! GREAT food.. and we had the BEST waiter.. ( wish I had taken his picture).. he chatted up with us.. was SUPER great.. the best WAITSTAFF I have ever encountered in my life... so if you go to the ESPN sports bar.. ask for DREW!! He has a crazy southern drawl too... I loved it!!




Here's one of the sights from the boardwalk.. EPCOT!! I remember being young.. and hearing about other kids going to see this.. and I use to be green with ENVY!!!
The first time we went.. my son was in the third grade... and at the time. his teacher told him to do a report on all the things he had learned while he was there.. so we purposely did the educational stuff.. took tons of pictures.. etc..
When we got home we got a posterboard.. shared some pictures and wrote about the things we ( he) had learned...... He brought it in to school and the teacher refused to look at it.. or let him display it to class for a grade.. she said all it would do is "TEASE" other kids... I was FURIOUS with her... we did what she asked.. and then she told us we were being "snooty" and "showoffs"... that was NOT our intent at all... from there you could guess our teacher/parent relationship with sour... But don't get me started on the whole.. " we don't want to hurt feelings in school thing"... Disappointment will happen to all of us...

This was my flight back home.. see the LONG BLACK line.. that's the Hudson River... our Pilot kindly told us as we were flying over it... LOL LOL~~
Over all my trip was 4 days and it was fun and relaxing!! and I hope to do it again next winter.. ( can't go to FL in the summer .. it's WAY TO HOT!).. I already miss my friend :( and her daughters.. it's sad that they are so far away.. but.. I understand why....

My next post.. I'm talking about failure.. I failed at something lately.. and YES... I'm going to share about it...

If you're my facebook friend.. all my disney pictures are up.. if you're not my friend and want to be... send me an e-mail and I'll send you my name!!

I hope I'm not boring you with more Florida Pictures..
I just have to share..
On my third day there.. we decided to go do something I had never seen before...
Watch the Manatee!
We went to Blue Springs National Park ( I believe that's the name)..We had to get up really early as all the Manatee come into the spring where it's a constant 72 degrees before the Ocean Waters warm up for the day.. This day there were 201 in sight!

This is Britt again.. as you can tell.. she's an actress.. she was standing in front of some informative board.. I never did get to read it... LOL LOL


Crazy me.. I had to take more pictures of the landscape.. I mean seriously we just don't have this stuff in NH.. and everything was pretty GREEN vs the WHITE and BROWN you see here.. Apparently the springs water was extremely low as it's suppose to go up to the roots of some of these trees that you see.

More Green AND Spanish Moss.. I love that stuff!!

Those two birds sat there the WHOLE time we were there.. there was so many people.. but it didn't seem to bother them one bit.. I have no idea what kind of bird they are.. but they were kind of funny to watch..


Ok.. one more Spanish Moss.. this tree was AMAZINGLY HUGE!!

Here is a Manatee.. this is probably one of the best pictures I got.. this one swam really close to where we were standing.. Sadly I didn't see ONE really come up out of the water like I had hoped for....

For the most part though they stayed in packs and every now and again you would see their little fins come up out of the water... or the tip of their nose for air...


More... there are actually babies in this one... ahhhhh...

My friends beautiful daughters...

And again.. neither one of them are camera shy.. AT.ALL!

So we sat in this big hollowed out tree trunk.. and we were taking pictures...doing goofy faces and what not... and on this shot... someone ( girl in the pink) came up behind the tree and "I seeeeeeeeee youuuuuuuuuuu".. we just laughed.. but I was kind of like.. "huh"??? Then she booked it.. we had to laugh cause it was probably something we would have done!!! ha ha!!

Second night in Florida!!
My second night I was dreadfully tired! So we decided to lay low and grab a few people and play the BEST game EVER!!


I LOVE this game... if you have never played it.. you seriously NEED to adopt friends.. family members .. ANYONE and grab this game and PLAY.. It's hysterical.. I haven't laughed so hard like this in awhile. I played with some CRAZY cast of characters as well... !!
But FIRST...

Before we could play any game... we had to make Spinach and Artichoke Dip!! MY WAY!! and YES it's better than Applebee's hands down!! They all said so...


This is Joelle.. Kathleen and I.. YES!! I... I am the wierdo with the "orange" looking hair in this photo.. I don't even remember what we were doing.. other than being silly!!!

This is Harley again.. WAITING for food to be dropped!! This dog was EVERYWHERE you turned!!

Here are the Players.. Britt.. Joey.. their cousin Mikey.. and Kat....( she is taking pics while I'm taking pics. LOL LOL.. but she's an amazing photographer... )...

Joey got a point!!

Britt.. having way to much fun with my camera... STILL!!! She is a riot though!! She can make anyone laugh at a drop of a hat!!

And here's Kat.. I'm telling you.. this game is FUN!!! super fun!!!

Ok.. so the night was winding down... I think I ate to much.. and was ready for some sleep.... But I would do it again in a heartbeat!!





This youtube clip is hilarious!!! I have no idea who these people are.. but this is exactly the way were were!!!! It's so hard to keep a straight face on some of these answers!!

I have a confession... I've been home for a week.. and have been LAZY about blogging my mini trip.. I took an OBNOXIOUS amount of pictures so this might have to be a 2 or 3 parter... I did have an AMAZING time.. it went by so fast.. and secretly.. I didn't miss home... well.. ok.. maybe by Monday I was waiting to get home!
I visited FLORIDA.. I've been there three times now in my life.. and have enjoyed every trip I've taken! I visited my friend Kat whom I've talked about in the past. She did not have ANY idea that I was coming to visit her.. so with the help of her daughters.. she took time off of work.. and thought she was doing an array of different things with them.. but in truth.. it was free time for us!

Her husband, herself and I went out for Breakfast on Friday Morning... They took me to a Bob Evans .. well this New England girl had never heard of this place ( and remember.. I don't eat out a lot)...

This is Kat .. showing me Bob Evan's Famous Biscuit and Gravy... I couldn't eat any of this since the gravy had pork in it.. so I took her word for it.. but had to take a picture.. she was so proud!!


This was the scene coming out of Bob Evans.. hmm which way to go?? There really was no wrong way was there?

We ended stopping at one of her husband's friend's house.. while we were waiting for the men to stop gabbing ( I swear men can gab more than women).. we walked his property and found pretty flowers ( do you know what this flower is??? if so can you tell me).. I took TONS of pictures of the flowers and mother-in-laws tongue...

And the Spanish Moss.. This stuff is strange and amazing!! I'd only seen this stuff sold in bags at craft stores... to see it in real life.. it's quite amazing!! Well.. at least it was to me.. Ü


Later in the day we went to "DeLand"... This is a really cute and quaint kind of town...



We Drove up to the Athens Theatre... This is BEAUTIFUL!! and newly restored! Because Kat's daughter is theatrical ( can you see her on the left standing at the corner?) We got to tour the inside....





I was impressed with the inside.. I really love the balcony boxes BUT.. it really didn't compare to the Opera House we have here in my own town! It's probably half the size which REALLY surprised me for being in Florida.. Where there is so much action... But it is still beautiful none the less..


I was waiting for the Muppet's to jump up and start laughing.. Yeah.. You know the ones I'm talking about...
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Statler and Waldorf!!! But.. to me.. they are "Marley and Marley".. you know.. from my favorite movie... The Muppet Christmas Carol...



And for those of you that are to young.. here's a mini clip...
( Gosh.. I always bounce around when I write my blog!!)

This is my friends Daughters future "Room"... you know.. here's a serious question though.. ?? How does a blind person KNOW to touch the sign on the wall that they can't see???



As we were walking the down town of DeLand.. we stopped at a few Thrift Stores.. this was one room inside one of the stores.. I FELL in LOVE with this room... If you look close in the top right hand corner.. they had a metal picnic basket with utensils inside.. for $7.00 I thought it was a steal.. but I left it there.. along with that BEAUTIFUL Hoosier Cabinet... sighhhhhhhhh... and all those little trinkets.. some were old.. some were new... but once I walked in you could hear Kat and her daughter giggle and said "We lost her"...


This is their new edition to their family.. Harley the Pit Bull... BUT don't let the name fool you .. this dog is a LOVER! a HUGE baby.. I could NOT believe how friendly and mild mannered this dog was... I know .. some of you are saying.. "That dog will turn on anyone in a heartbeat".. but in truth.. ANY dog will turn on a heartbeat... and this is coming from a gal her had her face bitten almost off when I was 4 by a family pet...!! It's truly amazing how I have NO fear of dogs what so ever!! NONE!

That should be enough for today.. I will add a few more pics and stories in the next few days... I have AMAZING pictures to share.. of things I've never seen in my life!!! So stay tuned!!