Day 297

2009 in Review!

January:
Anchorage Beer & Barley Wine Festival
Awesome 24th Birthday party with lots of friends


February:
Valentine's Day Weekend in Talkeetna
Deployment Ceremony
Farewell Beer Pong Tournament on our patio

March:
Deployment began, packed up our stuff, and hopped on a plane out of Alaska
Stopover in Colorado to visit an old friend
Spent time with friends and family in CT and PA

April:
Roadtrip to West Palm Beach
Spent time with friends in Miami and Orlando
Started new job

May:
Sunfest Music Festival
Camping and bike ride in the Everglades
Memorial Day Weekend festivities
First Peanut Island Excursion of the Summer

June:
2nd Wedding Anniversary
Toby Keith Concert
Tampa & Bush Gardens

July:
Rascall Flatts Concert
4th of July at Hard Rock Casino
Joined a gym and started kickboxing again and personal training

August:
Miami Girls Weekend
Jupiter Hammerheads Baseball Game
Finished my first freelance web project

September:
2 weeks with the love of my life spent at the Breakers, in the Bahamas & Orlando
Phillies Game at Marlins Stadium

October:
Weekend on Palm Beach
Trip to Philly
World Series
Halloween

November:
Volunteered at Breakers ALS Golf Tournament
Got my Turbokick certification
Weekend in Vero Beach
Camping in the Keys for Thanksgiving

December:
Ran Palm Beaches 5k and came in first in my age group
Yankee Swap Party
Mom came to visit for Christmas and we spent it in Orlando & Tampa
Gator Bowl in Jackonville

Phew, Just writing a summary of 2009 made me tired! It was a tough year, but I tried to make the best of it while staying busy, busy, busy and managed to have a lot of fun in the process. Here's hoping for an even better year in 2010!

Day 296

Best of the Decade!



Random night eating ice cream with the girls just like we did many nights before we had jobs and cars and boyfriends, 2000ish


Last day of Sophomore year of High School, June 2001


Indoor Track with my rival and partner in crime, January 2002

and we enter the age of digital cameras


High School Graduation with Mom and Grandparents, June 2003


We met, fell in love, and have been getting
into trouble ever since, January 2004


Living in this city changed my life, July 2005


An amazing year of DPhiE, and the best little sis
a girl could ask for, January 2006


Wedding and Graduation in the same weekend?
Oh, it happened., June 2007


Marriage, Career, and LOTS of Arctic Adventures, May 2008


This year brough lots of fun under the worst of circumstances,
but I made it!, July 2009


I am hoping the next decade brings 10 more happy years of marriage, our first home, bright career paths, and gasp, a baby or two! ( I mean it is an entire decade)

Happy 2010!

Day 295

"I guess the winter makes you laugh a little slower, makes you talk a little lower about the things you could not show her.It's been a long December and there's reason to believe that maybe this year will be better than the last."

—Counting Crows

Day 294

"When somethings dark, let me shed a little light on it
When somethings cold, let me put a little fire on it
If somethings old, I wanna put a bit of shine on it
When somethings gone, I wanna fight to get it back again"

—Pearl Jam

Day 293

Just a Saturday night bar hopping with my Mom

Day 292

These Florida reindeer were spread out all throughout this gigantic outlet mall and each one was hilarious.

Day 291

A Florida Christmas Tree!

Day 290

The restaurant where my Mom and I ate Christmas Eve Dinner complete with Sangria and Latin Christmas Carols

Day 289

"I ain't gonna write no letter, Send north to the pole cause what I'm wanting this year Saint Nick don't need to know. I only want you for Christmas, baby. I don't need nothing else. I only want you for Christmas, baby...Tie a ribbon 'round yourself"

—Alan Jackson

Day 288

"I don't want a lot for Christmas
There's just one thing I need
I don't care about the presents
Underneath the Christmas tree
I just want you for my own
More than you could ever know
Make my wish come true
All I want for Christmas is you."

—Mariah Carey

Day 287

"Cause there'll be dead ends and road blocks, tough times and hard knocks. Seems like your always wonderin' why you're at the right place at the wrong time. Wheels movin' but you feel stuck like your life's spinnin' in a big mud, when you're out there runnin' around on a wild goose chase there's a reason to keep believi...n'... God don't make mistakes"

—Jamie O'Neal

Day 286

"All I want for Christmas is a real good tan,
I can see us baby on the beach hand in hand,
rockin' to and fro with the rhythm of the ocean..
Baby won't you say you and me we'll be going?
Ooooo, I can almost feel my toes in the sand,
All I want for Christmas is a real good tan."

—Kenny Chesney

Day 285

Today I received a Vera Bradley Stocking from my Mother-in-law with a matching ornament. She knows me oh so well!

Day 284

Looks like the cat likes beer as much as I do...

Day 283

"I want to forgive and I need to be forgiven
I want to let live and I need to do some living
I want to find the light this Christmas night with you"

—Leigh Nash

Day 282

Here is a shot of me running the 5k event at the Palm Beaches Marathon Festival. It was my first 5k in 2 years because of my knees, but I did really well and came in first place for my age group!


(I realize it is just a proof, but that is because the photographer charges and arm and a leg just to buy the digital image)

Day 281

"And so this is Christmas
For weak and for strong
For rich and the poor ones
The war is so long
And so happy Christmas
For black and for white
For yellow and red ones
Let's stop all the fight

A very merry Christmas
And a happy New Year
Let's hope it's a good one
Without any fear

And so this is Christmas
And what have we done
Another year over
And a new one just begun"

—John Lennon

Day 280

I thought this sky was so cool, I stopped my run to go back to the car to grab my phone to get this shot. Seeing a photo doesn't even do the view justice, it was amazing!

Day 279

"They're singing deck the halls
But it's not like Christmas at all
I remember when you were here
And all the fun we had last year


Pretty lights on the tree
I'm watching 'em shine
You should be here with me
Baby please come home"

—U2

Day 278

I just really liked this photo of an old bed and breakfast on Duvall Street in Key West

Day 277

Southernmost Point in the Continental U.S in Key West

Day 276

9 MONTHS DONE!!!!!! And that Means 75% FINISHED!!!!

Day 275

"Remember, Ginger Rogers did everything Fred Astaire did, but backwards and in high heels."

—Faith Whittlesey

Day 274

"Yeah, I might feel defeated,
I might hang my head
I might be barely breathing - but I'm not dead

Tomorrow's another day
And I'm thirsty anyway
So bring on the rain"

—Jo Dee Messina

Day 273

I stole this quote from one of my readers, but it was just so fitting. Thanks!

"You can't be brave if you've had only wonderful things happen to you."

— Mary Tyler Moore

Day 272

As a Military Wife, I have always preferred the original lyrics to this Christmas classic performed by Judy Garland in Meet Me in St. Louis. It makes me think of happier Christmases to come.

"Have yourself a merry little Christmas
Let your heart be light
Next year all our troubles will be
out of sight
Have yourself a merry little Christmas
Make the yule-tide gay
Next year all our troubles will be
miles away
Once again as in olden days
Happy golden days of yore
Faithful friends who were dear to us
Will be near to us once more
Someday soon, we all will be together
If the Fates allow
Until then, we'll have to muddle through somehow
So have yourself a merry little Christmas now."

—Original Lyrics by Hugh Martin

Day 271

"You can go, you can start all over again
You could try to find a way to make another day go by
You can hide, hold all your feelings inside
You could try to carry on when all you wanna do is cry

And maybe someday we'll figure all this out
Try to put an end to all our doubt
And try to find a way to make things better now that
Maybe someday we'll live our lives out loud
We'll be better off somehow, someday"

—Rob Thomas

Day 270

"It came without ribbons. It came without tags. It came without packages, boxes, or bags.
The the Grinch thought of something he hadn't before.
Maybe Christmas doesn't come from a store. Maybe Christmas...means a little bit more."

—How the Grinch Stole Christmas

Day 269

"Sometimes freedom makes it hard to live.
When it takes things from you that you don't want to give."

—Dean Brody

Day 268

"We may lose and we may win
though we will never be here again
so open up, I'm climbin' in,
so take it easy"

—Eagles

Day 267

"They say the bigger your investment, the bigger your return. But you have to be willing to take a chance. You have to understand, you might lose it all. But if you take that chance, if you invest wisely the pay off might just surprise you."

—Meredith Grey, Grey's Anatomy

Day 266

"I picked out a tree
And I tied it to the car
There's a wreath up on our door
Eight tiny reindeer in the yard
I drove under the downtown lights
Red and green and blue
The silver neon snowflakes
Only made me think of you
It's Christmas all around me
You're in someone else's land
So I'm sending out my only wish
Hey Santa tell the man

Hey mister send my baby home
This December I don't want to be all alone
Oh Christmas in America
I need you in my arms
Far away from harm
Mister send my baby home"

—Melissa Etheridge

Day 265

Day 265 marks the beginning of double digits!! Only 100 days left!

Day 264

This one goes out to the man who mines for miracles
This one goes out to the ones in need
This one goes out to the sinner and the cynical
This ain't about no apology

This road was paved by the hopeless and the hungry
This road was paved by the winds of change
Walking beside the guilty and the innocent
How will you raise your hand when they call your name?

Yeah, yeah, yeah

We weren't born to follow
Come on and get up off your knees
When life is a bitter pill to swallow
You gotta hold on to what you believe

Believe that the sun will shine tomorrow
And that your saints and sinners bleed
We weren't born to follow
You gotta stand up for what you believe

Let me hear you say yeah, yeah, yeah, oh yeah

This one's about anyone who does it differently
This one's about the one who cusses and spits
This ain't about our livin' in a fantasy
This ain't about givin' up or givin' in

Yeah, yeah, yeah

—Bon Jovi

Day 263

"It's not a hill, it's a mountain
As you start out the climb
Do you believe me, or are you doubting
We're gonna make it all the way to the light
But I know I'll go crazy if I don't go crazy tonight"

—U2

Day 262

Even though it is not my choice, for the moment this song is fitting to my current state of mind. Sometimes it's nice just to have time to myself.

"Nothing to do, nowhere to be
I sip a little kind of free
Nothing to do, no one to be
Isn't it hard to see

Why I'm perfectly lonely"

—John Mayer

Day 261

"When it comes to my life these days,
"I'm somewhere between a cry an' a laugh"

—Sarah Buxton

Day 260

"I'm so tired of the phone baby
I don't like the tone of the way we
Say I love you a thousand times
We say those words but we can't look into each others eyes

Oh and I guess we made it
Or at least made it this far
And it all looks smooth from here
Oh and in a future day there may be waves but I must say the skies
Have never looked so clear
Oh and I guess we made it
Cause it ain't far to go from here"

—Relient K

Day 259

The malls are decked out in Christmas Decorations and I've done a lot of my shopping, but something about stepping into a store playing Christmas music when it's 80 degrees catches me off guard every time. As odd as it is, it's still a nice change from years past : )

"Let's get away from sleigh bells
Let's get away from snow
Let's make & break some Christmas rules
I know the place to go
How'dja like to spend Chrismas on Christmas Island?
How'dja like to spend the holiday away across the sea?
How'dja like to spend Christmas on Christmas Island?
How'dja like to hang a stocking on a great big coconut tree?"

—Jimmy Buffet

Day 258

"Tell em all I'm on vacation,
Say I went to visit friends,
That you ain't heard or seen from me in quite a while,
When they ask you where I've been,
Tell em I'm out on the west coast where it don't ever rain,
And that I'm probably doing fine,


Just don't tell em I've gone crazy,
That I'm still strung out over you,
Tell em anything you want to,
Just don't tell em all the truth,
Yeah don't tell em all the truth,"

—Jason Aldean

Day 257

"The stakes are high,
How will we find
The courage to believe
We will succeed

'Cause love is a game until it's played
And if it's lost, it can't ever be saved
We have heaven to gain and hell to lose
And the difference is up to me and you"

— Jewel

Day 256

"I can barely feels the sheets with all
these crumbs down in my bed, oh no.
How can I get to sleep with
all this buzzin' in my head?
An' who'd've ever thought
I'd not complain about a mess?
Serves me right, I guess:
This is what I get for eatin'
crackers with my gin,
An' drinkin' in my Sunday dress.

Telephone is by the bottle which
is always by my bed.
Time to time I give it a rattle to make
sure that it's not dead.
I will wait here for your call
till I run out of cigarettes.
I love to play the part of the
damsel in distress,
Flickin' ashes in my coffee,
Drinkin' in my Sunday dress."

—Susan Haynes

Day 255

"I miss the colors that you brought into my life
Your golden smile, those blue-green eyes
I miss your gentle voice in lonely times like now
Saying it'll be alright

I miss my friend
The one my heart and soul confided in
The one I felt the safest with
The one who knew just what to say to make me laugh again
And let the light back in
I miss my friend

I miss those times
I miss those nights
I even miss the silly fights
The making up
The morning talks
And those late afternoon walks

I miss my friend
The one my heart and soul confided in
The one I felt the safest with"

—Darryl Worley

Day 254

"Yea Im sure that you've heard those three words
from lovers and they fell flat,
But this ring ain't something I need to
give you and then take back,
Im a little more country than that"

—Easton Corbin

Day 253

"Sink or swim you gotta give it a whirl
Life's a dance you learn as you go
Sometimes you lead, sometimes you follow
Don't worry about what you don't know
Life's a dance you learn as you go"

—John Michael Montgomery

Day 252

It was a gorgeous Sunday afternoon at Juno Beach yesterday. There was a great breeze coming off of the water. I am finally starting to see what the snowbird thing is all about.

Day 251

Droping off humanitarian aid, shoes, clothing, food,
and beanie babies for kids

Day 250

To celebrate making it 250 days, this weekend's post are brought to you by a special guest blogger-my husband!


Resting before hiking up the gigantic mountain in the background.

Day 249

Friday the 13th means all the crazies were out—us!
Here is a photo of us playing nice for a minute : )

Day 248

If you're gonna be there, be there.
If you're gonna stay, stay tonight.
Start living. Out with the old.
I'm all lit up, must be the good life.

—Howie Day

Day 247

"This nation will remain the land of the free only so long as it is the home of the brave."

—Elmer Davis

Happy Veterans Day!

Day 246

Happy Birthday Scott! As a present for both of us I also get to say...

8 MONTHS DONE!!!!! That's 2/3 of this deployment done and done : )


I sent Scott a Kindle to occupy him now and help with his next adventure - college!

Day 245

All I have
Well, you know it's yours
Every breathe
Every step
Every moment
I'm looking for
All I have
All I have
All I have
Is yours

—Mat Kearney

Day 244

"I got my whole life to change the world and climb the ladders
Looking at you looking at me is the only thing that matters"

—Sugarland

Day 243

"Against all odds, against the grain, Love finds a way"

—Montgomery Gentry, adapted from Kenny Chesney

Day 242

"Half the time the world is ending, truth is i am done pretending
I never thought that i had any more to give
pushing me so far here i am without you
drink to all that we have lost, mistakes that we have made
everything will change, love remains the same"

— Gavin Rossdale

Day 241

I'm falling apart, I'm barely breathing
With a broken heart that's still beating
In the pain is there is healing
In your name I find meaning
So I'm holdin' on, I'm holdin' on, I'm holdin' on
I'm barely holdin' on to you"

—Lifehouse

Day 240

"Through the joy and pain that living brings
Don't we all want the same thing

Freedom, sweet freedom"

—Kenny Chesney

Day 239

"I say Hey I’ll be gone today
But I’ll be back all around the way
It seems like everywhere I go
The more I see
the less I know
But I know one thing
That I love you"

—Michael Franti and Spearhead

Day 238

"Sun comes up and the sun sinks down
And I've seen them both in this tourist town
Up for days in a rage
Just tryin' to search my soul
For all the answers, and the reasons why
I'm at these crossroads in my life
And I really don't know which way to go.

So I'll just sit right here and have another beer in Mexico
Do my best to waste another day
Sit right here and have another beer in Mexico
Let the warm air melt these blues away."

—Kenny Chesney

Day 237

"We were young, so in love
And we still haven't grown up

The only things that I regret are things that we didn't do
Those crazy days that I have left
Have led me here to you

Being free, being wild, being bulletproof
Right now we're rebels without a clue
Nothing in the world that we can't do
Woah oh oh oh oh
Don't give a damn what people say
Cause we're doing it, doing it our way
I know that we will always stay
19 and crazy"

—Bomshell

Day 236

"Her toes dig deep and deeper in the sand
She's seduced by the sunsets and her new life at hand"

—Kenny Chesney

Day 235

Happy Halloween!

Tonight's costume was carebears : )

Day 234

Halloween is my favorite holiday so I always try to get at least an extra day in. My Friday night costume was a Phillies Ball Girl.

Day 233

"Our lives are better left to chance I could have missed the pain
But I'd have had to miss the dance"

—Garth Brooks

Day 232

Game 1 of the World Series!

Day 231

"And did I lose faith, did I lose heart
Maybe I did, but I never lost my way
To where you are-I've been waiting all my life"

—Rascal Flatts

Day 230

"I'd sure hate to break down here
Nothin up ahead or in the rearview mirror
Out in the middle of nowhere knowin
I'm in trouble if these wheels stop rollin
So God help me keep me movin somehow
Dont let me start wishin I was with him now
I made it this far without cryin a single tear
And I'd sure hate to break down here."

—Julie Roberts

Day 229

"It was time well wasted
And there's no way I trade a few more things that
I could've crossed off my list
For a day I'll never forget
No, I didn't get a thing done
But I sure soaked up every minute of the memory we were makin'
And I count it all as time well wasted"

—Brad Paisley

Day 228

So back in Alaska over a year ago my friends and I found this inflatable shark in a bar and proceeded to make friends with him, name him Daggermouth, and take him home to live with me. This weekend I happened to find his twin brother in a bar and was overjoyed to see him.


The Homestead - Eagle River, AK August 2008


Whistle Stop Pub - Boca Raton, FL Octover 2009

Day 227

I love this photo just because the flower in my hair was served to me in a delicious martini at a Jack's Mannequin show in sunny florida. Doesn't get much better than that.

Day 226

"I took a chance, I took a shot
And you might think i'm bulletproof, but i'm not "

—Taylor Swift

Day 225

"She's gonna keep on making wishes;
She's gonna keep on being strong;
She won't settle less than true love;
She's gonna keep on holding on."

—Boy Howdy

Day 224

"I hope that the days come easy and the moments pass slow,
And each road leads you where you want to go,
And if you're faced with a choice, and you have to choose,
I hope you choose the one that means the most to you.
And if one door opens to another door closed,
I hope you keep on walkin' till you find the window,
If it's cold outside, show the world the warmth of your smile,

But more than anything, more than anything,
My wish, for you, is that this life becomes all that you want it to,
Your dreams stay big, and your worries stay small,
You never need to carry more than you can hold,
And while you're out there getting where you're getting to,
I hope you know somebody loves you, and wants the same things too,
Yeah, this, is my wish."

—Rascal Flatts

Day 223

Before heading back to Florida I had a great afternoon date with my other spouse : ) Any day I can have a beer with my omelet at noon on a monday with a good friend is a sucessful one in my book!

Day 222

A great night of dinner, friends, and watching the Phillies do some serious damage

Day 221

Saturday Night Silent Auction Fundraiser which we all helped decorate for. Here is a shot of us (artists) trying to be artsy

Day 220

Philly Octoberfest! I spent the weekend with my best friends and had a fantastic time : )

Friday night sangria and tapas party with my old roomies and friends

Day 219

"Relationships are two-way streets. Not a highway and a bike path"

—Vince Vaughn, Couples Retreat

Day 218

"I'll take you for a ride on my big green tractor
we can fire it up and I can show you around
sit up on the hill and watch the sun go down
when the fireflies are dancing and the moon comes out
we can turn on the lights and head back to the house
or we can take another ride on my big green tractor
we can go slow or make it go faster
down through the woods and out to the pasture
long as I'm with you it really don't matter "

—Jason Aldean

Day 217

"Believers
They got a little more faith than the world has doubt
The earth might shake, but they stand their ground
And god only knows where we'd be without
Believers"

—Joe Nichols

Day 216

"Who doesn't know what I'm talking about
Who's never left home, who's never struck out
To find a dream and a life of their own
A place in the clouds, a foundation of stone

She needs wide open spaces
Room to make her big mistakes"

—Dixie Chicks

Day 215

"An I'll grab the wheel and point it west
Pack the good and leave the rest
I'll drive until I find the missing piece

I've worried about life and
If it's arriving right on time
I guess if you don't jump
You'll never know if you can fly"

—Miranda Lambert

Day 214

7 MONTHS DONE!!!!

Day 213

"I'm still learning how to bend
How to let you in
In a world full of tears
We'll conquer all our fears
I'm still learning how to fly
I wanna take you higher
I'll be there till the end
I'll be your lover and your friend
I'm still learning how to bend"

—Gary Allan

Day 212

"I got my toes in the water, ass in the sand
Not a worry in the world, a cold beer in my hand
Life is good today. Life is good today."

—Zac Brown Band

Day 211

"I believe in the good. I believe that it's been a hell of a year and I believe that, in the face of overwhelming evidence to the contrary, that we will be okay. I believe a lot of things."

—Grey's Anatomy

Day 210

"Call me soon as your plane gets in
I'll tell you where to take the cab
Can't talk now in the middle of this crowd
But baby, I miss you so bad

I got a bottle of wine
Some stolen time
Key to a room where you can be all mine

Till it feels like cheating
Till it feels that good
Nobody's leaving
So let's get it understood
Oh you could be a stranger
It's been that long"

—Jewel

Day 209

"Come Friday night, My friends and I start peeling off them labels
Working hard all week puts beer on the table"

—Josh Thompson

Day 208

"Just ask him how he did it; he'll say pull up a seat
It'll only take a minute, to tell you everything
Be a best friend, tell the truth, and overuse I Love You
Go to work, do your best, don't outsmart your common sense
Never let your prayin' knees get lazy
And love like crazy"

—Lee Brice

Day 207

"Wishin' on stars, only when you see 'em,
It's like askin' God for help, only when you need it,
But I'm wishin' anyway, yeah, I'm wishin' anyway

Tonight there's stars on the river,
Stars in the sky, stars that are faded,
Like the stars in our eyes,
One lonely teardrop, one long goodbye
Hit me hard, I'm seein' stars "

—Jack Ingram

Day 206

"I wanna get lost in some corner booth, Cantina Mexico
I wanna dance to the static of an AM radio
I wanna wrap the moon around us, lay beside you skin on skin
Make love til the sun comes up, till the sun goes down again
Cause I need you

Like a needle needs a vein
Like my uncle Joe in Oklahoma needs the rain
I need you
Like a lighthouse needs a coast
Like the father and the son need the Holy Ghost
I need you"

— Tim McGraw & Faith Hill

Day 205

"And I'll be beside you
Whatever you face
You see diamonds are made
Between a rock and a hard place"

—Jimmy Wayne

Day 204

"She sleeps with the tv on
Wakes up dreamin he came home
Won't lay on his side of the bed
Too many memories in her head
No one knows
When she cries alone,
In the night
They just think
She's alright, cause

She's got a smile like california
She's got a spirit like new orleans
Eyes like the lights of new york city, yeah
Cool as a carolina breeze
But underneath
But underneath
She's got a heart like memphis"

—Carter Twins

Day 203

"Living in the crazy world
Trying to figure out what is and isn't true
And I don't try to hide my tears
My secrets or my deepest fears
Through it all nobody gets me like you do"

—Taylor Swift

Day 202

"So damn easy to say that life’s so hard
Everybody’s got their share of battle scars
As for me I’d like to thank my lucky stars that
I’m alive, and well

It’d be easy to add up all the pain
And all the dreams you sat and watched go up in flames
Dwell on the wreckage as it smolders in the rain
But not me, I’m alive

And today you know that’s good enough for me"

—Kenny Chesney w/ Dave Matthews

Day 201

"Let these wheels spin round
Baby its time to take us some time
Before the sun goes down
Its chasin across that blue sky
That clock keeps on tickin
And life is for livin
So what are we waitin on
Baby what are we waitin on
Its a good day to get gone"

—Jason Blaine

Day 200

200 Days Done!!!!

Day 199

"I always fall in love with an open door
With a horizon on the endless sea"

—Death Cab for Cutie

Day 198

Day 197

"I gotta get outta here
I’m stuck inside this rut that I fell into by mistake
I gotta get outta here
And I’m begging You, I’m begging You, I’m begging You to be my escape."

—Relient K

Day 196

"Breathing is a foreign task
and thinking's just too much to ask
and you're measuring your minutes
By a clock that's blinking eight's

Well you'd like to think
that you were invincible
Yea, well weren't we all once
before we felt loss for the first time"

—Dashboard Confessional

Day 195

"If I could open up my window
And see from Tampa Bay to Juneau
Then I would survey all those open miles
And line them up in single file
Everywhere I look I see green scenic sublime
And all those oceanic vistas are so divine"

—Owl City

Day 194

"If you left it up to me
Everyday would be a holiday from real
We'd waste our weeks beneath the sun"

—Jack's Mannequin

Day 193

"If love is an ocean wide
We'll swim in the tears we cry
They'll see us through to the other side"

— The Afters

Day 192

So far away from where you are
These miles have torn us worlds apart
And I miss you, yeah I miss you

So far away from where you are
I'm standing underneath the stars
And I wish you were here

I miss the years that were erased
I miss the way the sunshine would light up your face
I miss all the little things
I never thought that they'd mean everything to me

— Lifehouse

I'm back from my fantastic vacation with my sexy mystery man!
Ok, he's not really a mystery but it seems that way when I don't hear from him for weeks at time.

Anyway, here's a recap of of our adventures.

Day 181

Sara & Scott Extravaganza 2009 Day 9

We took a quick hike through some caves which we ran out of rather quickly due to the gigantic spiders everywhere (we're city folk) and then out to this amazing beach. At first we were sad that we didn't bring bathing suits until some people started yelling about sharks.

Day 180

Sara & Scott Extravaganza Day 8


Since it was a rainy day in the Bahamas, we spent it walking around the Port Lucaya Marketplace. The shopping was not as excited as I'd hope and the place was full of cheap touristy stuff. However, we did get some cuban cigars to smoke that night which was a lot of fun.

Day 179

Sara & Scott Extravaganza Day 7

Up early for a surprise boat trip to the Bahamas! We took a 4hr cruise to Freeport where we stayed at a resort.

Day 178

Sara & Scott Extravaganza Day 6

The trick to having a picnic was to have lunch instead of dinner, success! I am in love with these trees.



Dinner at Steak 954 for a Steven Starr taste of Philly. (Kourtney Kardashian went here on her date on Kourtney & Khloe Take Miami, I mean if you watch that stuff lol)

Day 177

Sara & Scott Extravaganza 2009 Day 5

It would obviously not be a Sara & Scott extravaganza without a trip to Hooters for some wings, yummmmm

Day 176

Sara & Scott Extravaganza 2009 Day 4
Picnic ruined again, so dinner at the Flager Steakhouse over looking the gorgeous golf course. Not a shabby substitution!

Day 175

Sara & Scott Extravaganza 2009 Day 1


Check-in at the Breakers in Palm Beach and dinner at the Seafood Bar where there are fish swimming in the bar and my favorite dessert is served.

(I am terrible at photo documentation. No arrival photos, because, well how are you supposed to take photos of yourselves? No hotel room photos because I forgot to take one before we made a complete disaster of the room. Besides, just go to www.thebreakers.com )

Sara & Scott Extravaganza 2009 Day 2

This would be the Breaker's private beach where it is someone's job to lay your towel out on your chair for you and then bring you cocktails. Heaven!

Sara & Scott Extravaganza 2009 Day 3

We attempted to go on a dinner picnic for several days in a row but were thwarted by unpredictable Florida weather, so one dinner was at the Melting Pot. Anyone who knows me, knows how much I LOVE fondue!

Day 174

And I'm off on a 2 week holiday kids!

"Aruba, Jamaica, ooh I wanna take you to
Bermuda, Bahama, come on pretty mama
Key Largo Montego, baby why don't we go
Ooh I wanna take you down to Kokomo,
we'll get there fast and then we'll take it slow
That's where we wanna go, way down in Kokomo."

Catch you on the flipside : )

Day 173

Today at work I designed an ad using photos from an architecture company and I was in love. What are the chances my husband will let me paint our walls hot pink?

Day 172

"The first and last breath don't matter
It's all the ones that are in between
It's the reason for living
It's the reason the caged bird sings
It's why we sit in the movies
All the way to the closing scene"

—Sugarland

Day 171

"If there's a plane or a bus leavin' I hope you're on it
If there's a train movin' fast down the tracks I hope you caught it
'Cause I swear out there ain't where you oughta be
So catch a ride catch a cab don't ya know I miss ya bad
But don't you walk to me

Baby run cut a path across the blue skies
Straight in a straight line you can't get here fast enough
Find a truck and fire it up lean on the gas and off the clutch
Leave it in the dust I need you in a rush
So baby run"

—George Strait

Day 170

"When you figure out love is all that matters after all
it sure makes everything else seem so small"

—Carrie Underwood

Day 169

"One of these days
Were gonna have to grow up
Have to get real jobs and be adults, someday
Just not today
Have to worry about things out of our control
Like kids, love and money and gettin' old, someday
Just not today, just not today"

—Kenny Chesney

Day 168

"I Jumped on a flight and I’m
Still by myself but I’m
Thinking more clear if I’m
Gonna be down, Gonna be down way down here

Where no one will ask cause nobody knows
That you’re not in my life anymore
And no one can tell the salt water from my tears
No the pull of the tide or the crash of the waves
Ain’t gonna wash your memory away
But there's a beautiful view of the end of the world from the pier
If I’m gonna be down, I’m gonna be down way down here"

—Kenny Chesney

Day 166

"You say you're leaving as you look away
I know there's really nothing left to say
Just know I'm here whenever you need me I'll wait for you

So I'll let you go, I'll set you free
And when you've seen what you need to see
When you find you, come back to me"

—David Cook

Day 165

"I'm what I am and I'm what I'm not
I'm sure happy with what I've got
I live to love and laugh a lot
And thats all I need"

—Kenny Chesney

Day 164

"You're like a Sunday mornin', pleasin' my eyes;
You're a midsummer's dream under a star-soaked sky.
That peaceful easy feelin' at the end of a long, long road.
You're like coming home"

—Lonestar

Day 163

"In this world sometimes the only thing that's real is the way you make me feel"

—Tim McGraw

Day 162

Today was my Mom's Birthday! Here is a really old photo of my mom and family when she was in highschool. She's the one in the black mini dress. The older I get, the more I think I look just like her : )