Tickle Me?

I love the new Tickle Me Elmo and I would love to have one. Although the problem is, they are selling them for $40!!!! I just could never bring myself to spend that much on something like that. I can only imagine what these will go for on Ebay once Christmas gets closer. In case you haven't seen it, check this out.

Birthday Trip

Okay, one more post tonight, and that is it, I promise. I am having a hard time right now. Every year for my birthday, I plan a trip... usually over my birthday although from time to time, it is just around my birthday... and usually by this point I have the whole thing booked, but here I am the middle of September (my birthday is Jan 7th), and I have not the slightest clue as to what I am going to do let alone having it booked. I would love a spa getaway... but they are SO EXPENSIVE. I have looked at a couple that I think I could swing. But then I think I would like to go on a cruise again (did for my 25th and had a blast), but I don't know... Then I think of all the places I would love to visit, NYC, Paris, Venice Italy... and they are all freezing cold in January. I am seriously thinking about sucking it up and maybe doing NYC anyway. Don't know though. Then again I could always visit my friends in Florida... but, that would be the same old thing I do all the time. Well, if you stumble upon my lonely little blog here and have any great ideas, let me know. I would like to keep airfare (from Denver), hotel and car rental (if necessary) under $1000. I will update when I know what I am going to do.

Get to Know Me

I have seen this on a bunch of blogs that I follow and thought I would add it to mine.
1. WHAT IS YOUR NAME: For the sake of anonimity I will just say...R..
2. WERE YOU NAMED AFTER ANYONE? My parents middle names combined to make mine.
3. WHEN DID YOU LAST CRY? Last weekend when I had to leave my friends behind in Florida.
4. DO YOU LIKE YOUR HANDWRITING? Depends on what my mood is at the time.
5. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE LUNCHMEAT? Turkey
6. IF YOU WERE ANOTHER PERSON WOULD YOU BE FRIENDS WITH YOU? I would hope so
7. DO YOU HAVE A JOURNAL? Not beyond this blog.
8. DO YOU STILL HAVE YOUR TONSILS? Yes
10. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE CEREAL? Rice Krispies or Apple Jacks
11. DO YOU UNTIE YOUR SHOES WHEN YOU TAKE THEM OFF? Rarely
12. DO YOU THINK YOU ARE STRONG? I think I am average
13. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE ICE CREAM FLAVOR? Black Cherry Vanilla
14. SHOE SIZE? 8
15. RED OR PINK? Red
16. WHAT IS THE LEAST FAVORITE THING ABOUT YOURSELF? That I am such an introvert.
17. WHO DO YOU MISS THE MOST? My second family, who live down in Florida
18. WHAT COLOR PANTS AND SHOES ARE YOU WEARING? Green pajama bottoms and bare feet
19. WHAT ARE YOU LISTENING TO RIGHT NOW? ceiling fan and the TV on in the other room.
20. WHERE IS THE ONE PLACE YOU WOULD LIKE TO BE RIGHT NOW? Florida
21. IF YOU WERE A CRAYON, WHAT COLOR WOULD YOU BE? Yellow
22. FAVORITE SMELL? Anything tropical... coconut, pineapple, beach
23. WHO WAS THE LAST PERSON YOU TALKED TO ON THE PHONE? My mom
24. THE FIRST THING YOU NOTICE ABOUT PEOPLE YOU ARE ATTRACTED TO? Their smile
25. FAVORITE DRINK? Black Cherry Vanilla Coke
26. FAVORITE SPORT? Football, as a spectator
27. WHATS YOUR FAVORITE COLOR? Yellow
28. HAT SIZE? LG or XL... I have always had a big head and my mom never lets me forget it.
29. DO YOU WEAR CONTACTS? Yes
30. FAVORITE FOOD? BBQ
31. SCARY MOVIES OR HAPPY ENDINGS? Happy Endings
32. WHAT COLOR SHIRT ARE YOU WEARING? T-shirt sold as a fund raiser for the family of a guy I worked with after he passed suddenly.
33. SUMMER OR WINTER? Fall really but if these are my only choices, Winter
34. HUGS OR KISSES? Hugs
35. FAVORITE DESSERT? Ice Cream
36. WHAT BOOK ARE YOU READING? Right now, just a stack of magazines I have been piling up lately.
37. WHAT'S ON THE MOUSE PAD? Mickey as the Sorecers Apprentice.
38. WHAT DID YOU WATCH LAST NIGHT ON TV? Grey's Anatomy
39. WHAT ARE YOUR FAVORITE SOUNDS? Waves crashing on the beach or rain falling.
40. THE FURTHEST YOU'VE BEEN FROM HOME? Guam
41. WHAT ARE YOUR SPECIAL TALENTS? People always tell me I am blessed to have the patience to deal with 3 year olds in Sunday School all the time.
42 AND WHERE WERE YOU BORN? Denver
43. WHO SENT THIS TO YOU? No one, just wanted to join in.
44. WHAT DAY IS IT? Monday
Now here's the scoop: You're supposed to let me know in the comments that you are going to respond on your blog, then I can read about you too! It's great to get to know people!

A Day at the Zoo

My mom and I teach Sunday School in our church. This weekend we were able to take two of the kids we had in our class at our old church to the zoo for the day. We had so much fun. Here are some pictures.




R & O with the Komodo Dragon...


R feeding the Lorikeet's. She had so much fun doing that.

I need a vacation from my vacation

Seriously... I am absolutely exhausted. But I had a blast too. No hurricane came our way. We did get rain everyday except Saturday. I got in late on Thursday evening and had to drive an hour and a half to where my friends live. It rained on the way there. On Friday, I went and picked up my friend D and her two kids, C and J, where they are living with D's MIL (hence the reason I was in a hotel). It was the first time I saw J (he's only 2 months old). He is a BIG BABY!!! He weighs 14 1/2 pounds... just half what his sister, who is 3 1/2, weighs. But he is a handsome little one. We went swimming at the pool at my hotel while it was raining. We went back to their place for dinner and then the four of us stayed at my hotel that night (D's hubby B was in Orlando visiting a college friend). On Saturday after B met us for breakfast before going to work, another friend of ours BJ came down with her two boys and we all went swimming and hung out in the hotel room. It was a lot of fun. The kids had a blast playing together and then were all tuckered out by dinner time. It was just D, B, C, J and myself for dinner... which we took to a park and ate so C could play. We all went home for the night. On Sunday, after church where I ran into some other friends, R and H, we went to dinner and B and D's house and then headed over to Daytona to the beach. It was a bit cloudy (still got burned though) and the waves were really big and rough because of Hurricaine Florence which was off the coast. Then we went to D's parents for dinner and to visit. I then got in my rental car and drove to Orlando where I stayed up entirely too late watching a movie and had to get up this morning at 8 to get ready to go to the airport to fly home. Here it is 7:30, I am at home, and I am ready to go to bed already... We missed the shuttle launch on Saturday but I had fun anyway. Here is my favorite photo from my trip...

Fun, Sun and .... Hurricanes?

Well, I am off to sunny Florida in the morning. Probably won't post while I am gone. I am carefully watching Tropical Storm Florence and hoping and praying she stays the course they are predicting and that no others develop and head toward Florida. I don't want my vacation to be wet and windy.





There is also a slight possibility that I may get a chance to watch the Atlantis shuttle launch while I am there. Although not likely. I saw one when I was a freshman in college down there and it was a night launch. It was really exhilirating to watch. If you ever get a chance to see a launch, take it... it will be an experience you will never forget.

Gesundheit

Now THAT'S funny!!!

Weekend of R&R

Well, the longest week finally ended. My parents and I had a nice steak dinner last night and walked out and it was cold and misty... not rainy but misty. This morning I woke up and it felt like it does in the winter time and it has snowed outside... but it was just because I had left my ceiling fan on all night so it was cold in my room. It has been cloudy all day. Not a lot of rain but enough so it feels like an early fall day before it's cold enough to snow. I would actually be ecstatic if it snowed but I think I would be crazy to expect it to actually snow. The local news website says it is only 57 out and the high is supposed to be 67, don't know if it will make it though. Sunday should be comfortable in the low 70s and Monday is described as "perfect" with a high of 80. I like the cold, cloudy, rainy days myself. I sometimes think I would love to live in Seattle but after a couple days of this, I usually crave a little sunshine. Plus the one time I was in Seattle, it rained only three times during the whole week and once was in the middle of the night. So I think I have a bit of as false perception of what it is like there.