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So it has hit me in recent days that my 30th birthday is just around the corner…I know you’re thinking who thinks December is just around the corner…I do! It is just over 4 months until my 30th birthday.
For those who don’t know I was supposed to be on my honeymoon for my birthday…well since that’s not happening I’m trying to plan an alternate trip with a few friends.
So we’re from Michigan and I’d like to travel somewhere…anywhere, does anyone have any ideas? It doesn’t have to be warm…just somewhere not here! My birthday is December 4th, which is a Thursday so we’re looking to head out Thursday morning and come home Sunday. We’ve talked about New York, Chicago, Toronto, Phoenix, Vegas, and Savannah, but none of them have really stuck out as a must do…
Please tell me what your favorite quick getaway is!
Ahh…finally a new hair style! I’m looking to mix it up a little…what do you think? The first picture is right after the salon…the second is me doing it myself this morning:
I am SO EXCITED…I joined a gym last Wednesday. I have decided to forgo my weekly WeightWatcher meetings and spend the money on the gym. I loved my meetings however I’m not learning anything new there right now and I really need to focus on getting my body moving. I know when I’m not eating right, but I think if I could balance it out more with exercise I’d still be better off.
So I joined the YMCA in Auburn Hills, this is such a great place both price wise and location. I went on Thursday morning last week and would like to go at least 4 mornings this week. I’ve determined that I need to go before work otherwise there is a 99% chance I won’t go after because I’m tired or whatever.
So wish me luck…tomorrow at 6am I will be at the gym…ok quit laughing I know I’m not a morning person but I’ll learn…remember what I said the rest of this year is all about me!
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Well Bentley and I went “camping” for the first time ever this holiday weekend. We joined my friends Lori & her husband Cliff, my friend Mark, Lori’s sister Lisa & her son Mark, and Lori’s cousin’s daughter Riley.
Our adventure started with odd Michigan weather where its in the mid 80’s durning the day and down to the upper 50’s/lower 60’s at night. A swing of 15-20 degrees definitely presents a packing challenge. This is especially true for the following two reasons:
1. I’ve never camped before (tent or camper), andespecially never with a high maintance dog.
2. I was staying in an RV with a total of 5 adults, 2 kids and the dog.
The first night there were only 3 adults, 2 kids and 1 dog – this was an interesting night as the kids just wanted to walk the dog, the dog just wanted to lick, sniff and pee on everything, and the adults just wanted to relax.
My friend Lori and her husband Cliff are great hosts no matter what. Cliff cooked a great dinner of turkey burgers on Friday night, fixed some things around the RV andgot us all set up for the night (this was after Lori had already spent one night in the camper with her nephew and neice). We spent the evening around the camp fire made some S’mores, then Bentley andI were off to torture Mark S. with our out of sync snoring (the campfire and odd weather wreaked havoc on my allergies as well as the dogs). Bentley kept waking up and jumping off the bed (which was too high for him to jump back up to) so I kept waking up and having to pick him up and put him back on the bed. Little sleep was had that night.
Here are a couple of pictures from our first night:
- Bentley in his Pop-up Tent
- Lori & Riley making S\
- Mark and Mark
Mark and I nicknamed the back “bedroom” of the “Toaster Oven” – it was fairly cold in there when we headed to bed Friday night and by 8:30 am the room could no longer be considered cool or comfortable, it was fairly warm on it’s way to uncomfortable.
Everyone got up and had a little breakfast (Panera Bagels, we luckily got to eat them before the ant infestation occured later in the day). Lori took the kids off to the showers (we couldn’t shower in the RV because of a previous incident with flooding so now it acts as a pantry for dry food). Mark, Bentley and I relaxed around the site until they got back then we all decided to head off to the lake (this was a perfect activity since Lori had just spent several dollars and a good hour getting the kids clean from the previous day). Here are a couple of pictures from our morning at camp:
The beach was pretty full but we found a spot with some shade and settled in. The kids instantly headed for the water and us adults lounged on the beach for a bit before venturing in. The kids finally bugged Mark enough that he headed into the lake – it was reported back to Lori and I that the kids were nuts the water was super cold. I finally ventured to the lake and I can confirm it was SUPER COLD! Groveland Oaks is pretty awesome though because on the lake they have the Beach, WaterSlide, Paddle Boats, Kayaks and I believe you can fish there also. Below are pictures from our day at the beach:
Mark and Riley trying to drag Mark to the water
Riley wanted to be buried in the sand...Mark agreed
Riley playing/pouting in the sand by herself
Is it me or does she look like a drunken spring breaker?
After several hours (and some very sunburned legs of mine) later we headed back to camp. Lori’s sister Lisa and Lori’s husband Cliff had made it in finally and we all sat around the site relaxing for a bit before dinner. Riley (who is 5) got Mark and I to play Monkey-in-the-Middle with her. She made herself the “monkey” then got mad when we didn’t instantly give her the football. She then decided I would be the “Monkey” so on Marks 2nd throw to her she got right under the football and it nailed her right under her eye – here are pictures of the “injured’ child and the guilt that ensued:
Riley guilting Mark
The make up hug
After another great dinner prepared by Lori and Cliff we hung around camp waiting for it to get dark for the fireworks Saturday night. Here are some pictures of the madness:
Lori, Mark and Me
Lori, Mark, Me and Riley (hidden in the back)
Riley decided to play “Beauty Shop” on Lisa’s hair:
There were some great fireworks at Groveland Oaks and from our campsite we could see almost all of them. Riley had had such an exciting few days she slept right through them. Here are a couple of pictures I was able to capture:
So our friend Mark had this straw cowboy hat that had seen better days thanks in part to Riley. Mark decided to “sacrifice” the hat to the fire gods. But in “normal” Mark fashion there was nothing “normal” to this event. Mark decided to load the hat up with sparklers, loaded the fire up with sparklers and it went up, well like the 4th of July. Lori and I tried to convince Mark to let us light the sparklers on his head, but for once better judgement prevailed:
Mark is a little crazy and a lot of cold!
Pre Fire
Want to see the video?
More Sparkler Fun..
What is Mark doing with those sparklers?
Cliff and Lori decided not to put up the tent on the second night and instead have all of us bunk up in the RV. Mark, Bentley and I were back in the “toaster oven”. Lisa and her son Mark were on the “bed” that is made from the kitchen table, Lori and Cliff slept on the fold out couch and little Riley being the youngest and most asleep earned the floor that night (but as the one who originally picked up her blankets in the morning, Lori and Cliff set her up well with lots of padding to be comfortable.
All in all it was a fabulous weekend! Can’t wait until our next camping trip in August. Bentley won’t join me for that one as it will most likely be too hot for him and there will be far too many people camping together, but I think Bentley had just as much fun as I did.
This last picture was when we got home Sunday afternoon, I think this says it all:
He needs a vacation from his vacation!
Ok so would someone like to tell me where it says in the “Manual of Life” if you’re overweight you only want sex? I know that the internet is not the best place to meet “quality” guys, however, I met my last guy there and he wasn’t only looking for sex. Just because I’m overweight does not mean I have no self-worth or that I want nor am interested in any of the following:
Just Sex (when and if it’s right it happens – also if this was all I was interested in guess what any guy in any bar in america hot, popular or not would do me if I presented myself – that’s just the majority of your race, if a girl offers sex “no strings attached” most guys would take it -sorry but that’s the truth)
A Crazy Stalker (if I don’t reply to your IM’s I’m obviously not interested for one reason or the next)
Only interested in guys who “suit” me (this was actually said to me by someone who would be considered “Good Looking” by society standards – read you should only go after not such hot guys because I’m to good for you).
YES, I know I’m overweight (fat by a lot of standards), but there are two things to this – one I’m working on my weight, I have a goal to be where I was about 8 years ago, which trust me is far from where I am now. I am actively working to change my body. Two – I am still a person with feelings. Take 5 minutes to get to know me you’d learn a little about me and maybe about yourself. While I understand physical attraction must play into any relationship, it can’t and shouldn’t be the basis of the entire relationship! If I read one more online profile about “looking for a girl I can be myself with, someone who wants to be in a real relationship and realizes that there is more to life then looks”, then am flat out told by some that there is no chance because of my looks, I might just scream! Wake up guys…you’re not the hottest one out there either, but I’m making the effort to not be as shallow as I’d like. I mean really – do you think being a 35+ who’s “almost done with a major career change” – read I’m almost 40 with thousands of dollars in student loans, most likely – makes you 100% appealing – NO – however, if I read past that and look past your not so attractive “but I think I look so good” picture, I realize that you’re just a normal person like anyone else looking to find someone special.
ALL I WANT IS TO DATE…I’m NOT looking to get married ASAP – that’s a road I will tread very lightly on when and if that time ever comes, I’ve headed toward that marriage road and had my heart broken. That doesn’t mean I’m carrying a ton of old relationship baggage either, just that I realize that marriage isn’t the “make all end all” of the relationship and that you can have a great relationship together and not travel that path together at all.
