Surprisingly Insightful

Last night my husband and I were watching a program on European cruises. Going on a cruise is one of my dreams in life and when I retire I plan on going on at least one. I would love to take a cruise to Nashville and see all my country stars, but if I were offered a European cruise, I certainly wouldn’t turn it down. My husband and I have many years before we retire and many years before the two younger kids are out of the home so I have plenty of time to save my pennies for any type of cruise. Then when the time comes, I will be all set for an adventure of a life time.

Although my husband and I haven’t taken many vacations together, there is one that we took years ago when really stands out in my mind. The main reason why this particular vacation stands out so vividly is because it was the funnest and the funniest one we ever took. Now that we are older, I really don’t think we will ever have this type of experience ever again so I thought I would share with you all the details about this particular vacation.

When my husband and I first decided to go on our wild vacation to the Cypress Gardens Florida we did not have access to any online travel guides so we had to plan our trip by ourselves and that was our first mistake. We had decided to travel in the middle of the summer which is one of the busiest times for tourists. We neglected to book our plane tickets in advance so we ended up being placed on standby. Six hours later in the airport we finally got a flight. Then when we arrived at our destination we discovered that we had left our travellers checks home on the table. So…we needed to get that straightened out. When this was straightened out, we decided to head out to dinner, but with no reservations, we ended up at a cafe for our “romantic dinner”. Now I know this doesn’t sound like a great big laugh to you all, but NOW I can look back on this experience, or my lack of experience, and giggle.

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We were able to get away one night this past weekend to go camping. Although my husband was home from work last week on holidays the weather didn’t cooperate with us at all to be able to go camping. But Sunday it started to get a bit sunny so we took a chance and went to the campsite. When we first got there it was sunny and nice out, but it didn’t take long for the dark clouds and rain to appear. We were outside playing badminton with the kids when it started to rain. It started sprinkling at first so we continued to play. Then it down poured. So we had to quit the game. But the kids had fun while we were playing and they didn’t mind at all that they got rained on. So on our next trip you can bet that they badminton rackets and birdies will be one of the first things packed.

Yesterday the family had a surprise birthday party for the kids. The kids had a blast and it was nice that their aunt and uncle who live quite far away were able to be there. About halfway during the party my sister in law called me into a separate room and started giving me things that her mother had once owned (her mother passed away in September of 2007). Now I thought this was very nice that she wanted to include me (the daughter in law) in the gift giving. But it did make me uncomfortable.

I guess this is because by giving away my late mother in law’s things, it kind of puts a finality on things. But I took everything she gave me including her mother’s pulse oximeter. All of these things I took I will put away for my daughter for when she gets older. So although this part of the day creeped me out a bit, I know my sister in law was just trying make me feel like part of the family. So for this reason I just accepted the stuff and smiled.

I can’t believe how fast this summer is flying by!  It’s Thursday again already and I really have to wonder where did all this time go.  It just seems like yesterday that the kids were finishing up their final days of school and getting all set for summer vacation.  Now an entire month has passed since the final day of school.  If the rest of the summer flies by like the first of the summer did, then it won’t be no time at all before we will be digging out the lunch bags and book bags.  But the kids are having a major blast this summer so I guess it’s all been worth it.

After almost 10 months without his wife, my father in law is finally starting to move on. He has decided to put the house up for sale and has been cleaning and getting rid of things for the past couple of weeks. Although this activity does make me a little sad, I am happy to see that he is moving on with his life. He has gotten rid of a lot of things of hers over the past couple of weeks. He has given all her clothes to the diabetic association and has finally gotten rid of all her medication, even her diet pills. I could never understand why he wanted to keep her pills, but now that he has gotten rid of them I’m glad. With kids hanging around his house, you can never be too safe. Now that the time has come for him to move on, I guess I should too.

In the past year my oldest brother has lost over 100 lbs. He looks great and claims that he feels great as well. I am very happy for him as the extra weight that he was carrying was starting to affect his health. Now he’s has more energy, his cholesterol and blood pressure are under control and his looks a lot better as well. When I asked him how he lost all this weight, he stated that he used several methods. He joined a gym, went on a strict diet and even tried medication like Phentermine. Of all the methods he used he credits his success to the gym and the diet. Whatever he did, it worked and now I just hope that he can keep all this weight off.

In about three weeks time my husband will have another weeks vacation. And with a brand new trailer, you can just bet where we will be headed. Yup to the campsite for the entire week. Having a camper trailer will save us a lot of money in Hilton Head rentals or any other type of rentals for lodgings. Having all ready spent one weekend in the new trailer, we already have experienced how much fun it is for the entire family. So in three weeks time we will be headed away for an entire week. I can’t wait!

With my hectic schedule for the next month, I really don’t need to worry about gaining weight or taking Leptovox. Between three sets of family members arriving from out of town any day now and with all the running that I need to do with the children, I’ll be lucky if I have a moment to myself. I really don’t mind this busy period in my life, but times it does get a little overwhelming. Sometimes I would just like to go find a corner and hide in it. But what keeps me going is that the busier I am the happier the children are. And when their happy so am I. So I guess I’ll just put up with my busy season and be thankful that September is just around the corner.

One of my husband’s dreams in life is to take a romantic trip to Mexico for just the two of us. Although we don’t have that kind of money right now to go on a trip like this, it is definitely on our list of things to do. So, just for fun the other day I was browsing the Internet and thought I would check to see how much a trip like this would cost us. I was actually quite surprised at how affordable this trip really could be.

I came across a site over at Sea Side Reservations which specializes in giving you information regarding this type of trip. They will direct you to the best prices on Rocky Point hotels, tell you all about the activities that are available in the and help you plan that dream vacation. With their helpful and knowledgeable staff directing you, it won’t be very long at all before your dream becomes a reality. So when my husband and I are all set to take our dream of a lifetime, you can bet that I’ll be back to visit this site.