Friday, January 16, 2009

Cruise...

BRRRRRR....Minus 20 degrees this morning. Ohhhh to be back in the Bahamas.....

We had a nice time on the cruise. I took a steady supply of Dramamine....just in case. It was a small ship so you really felt the motion of the water. I am convinced my Mom rocked me to sleep as a baby cause I slept GREAT on the ship.



The second and third pictures are from dinner. Each night the staff would do some type of entertainment. This night they did a Mexican theme.
The man in the second picture (the one without the flames on his head) was our waiter. He spoke English, but VERY broken. Him and I sorta had an unspoken agreement....I pointed to what I wanted on the menu and we would smile at each other when I was done.

We sat with two other couples, both from Canada. The couple in the picture. They were born in a village in the Philippines. Then moved to Canada. They both work for a construction company. She was so funny. She was willing to try anything. I was disappointed that my picture was fuzzy. But, I guess that's what I get for not double checking it and doing it in a hurry.
The other couple were from Canada, but spoke French. He taught himself English, but his wife didn't speak a word. He was really nice too, he tried so hard to talk with everyone and keep her in the loop. Me - I was totally out of the loop. I have a VERY hard time with accents and broken English. I was like his wife, smiling and agreeing to a lot that I had no clue about.

Little Ashley update.... She's doing her first engagement pictures today. A Friend of hers is getting married in August and wanted to get the engagement picture in the paper. So, Ash will be doing that today. Between you and I....she's nervous. She fiddled with her camera, the battery, the card about a million times...lol.

Thursday, January 15, 2009

Ft. Lauderdale

It was so nice to get away. Sure beats this minus three degrees we are having now. We played on the beach and basically hung out. We did have the problem of being on a VERY early schedule. For Christmas here at work - we were getting up at 3:00am. Our internal clocks just didn't understand that we were on vacation. So, our eyes popped open at 3:00am - and had to entertain ourselves until things opened. It was nice to get awake and take a cup of coffee onto the balcony and watch the ocean. - What a great way to start the day.

We had a WONDERFUL meal at the Bahia Cabana. It was on the channel. We ate at a table right by the water. You could watch the boats come and go. Their Key Lime Pie - was the BEST we have ever ate.
The bottom pictures are from the balcony of our room. We were on the seventh floor - so we had a nice view.
We did learn a few lesson on what to change on the next vacation. For one - Plan things that are closer together. We ended up putting 1,000 miles on the rent a car. Which, was WAY too much time traveling.

Believe it or not - Kevin and I are planning 2009 vacation !!!! So far we are trying to figure out which Caribbean island. Right now, we're leaning toward Grenada.

Air Boat Ride and Alligators...


I have finally got the vacation pictures on Flickr. You can get to them by clicking the slide show at the side.
You can also click these pictures and see them.


Kevin keeps teasing me that I was too fascinated by the Alligators (and to think, we originally decided to take the Alligator tour cause that was one of the things Kevin wanted to do) .


I have to admit...I was fascinated - they are so amazing. They look like a little bit of our past....long, long ago past. I was so excited that we actually got to see a real live wild Alligator (OK....I know I sound like a geek).

It was just thrilling to have one so close that (if we were stupid) we could touch.


We both agreed - if we ever get back there we are diffidently taking the private tour. It would be well worth it. So, I guess now that I think about it, that means he DID like it.

Friday, January 9, 2009

SHE GOT THE JOB !!!!!


They called her and told her that she got the job !!!!!
She's so excited !! She starts on Jan 26th!!
She's now a Photographer for Lifetouch's
Prestige Portraits Studio

Thursday, January 8, 2009

Ashley Mini-update

She came back from the interview excited. She likes what she heard. She said they told her that she would be hearing back from them tomorrow. They are doing another background check, this time a Federal check too.

This division does the school pictures and Senior pictures. She would be traveling to the schools.

So keep your fingers crossed....I'll let you know

Keep your fingers crossed for Ash !!!!


Ashley has a job interveiw TODAY at 2:15 pm. It's with the same company (Lifetouch Studios) but a different division. The Pittsburgh Mills Studio is VERY slow now until the next holiday - so she's was looking again.
She got the call yesterday.
I'm not exactly sure which one it's for. It is the Bulter Studio. I'm just not sure if it's for the Church directory division or the one that does the Senior Pictures.
So send her good thoughts at 2:15 pm ....lol

Tuesday, January 6, 2009

We'rrrrrreeee Baccckkkkkk.....



Hope everyone had a GREAT HOLIDAY !!!


It's taken me a few days to get everything settled here at work enough to be able to pop on here. I have decided that I LOVE the Florida Everglades (The picture was taken on our Air Boat Ride). We seen Alligators up close!!!




My other LOVE....the Bahamas !!! Once I get a little more time I will post other pictures. I am still playing catch up here at work