Birthday Adventures!

Greetings! 

What are you up to today? Perhaps like me, you are at work and taking a lunch break or maybe you’re working from home, or yet still maybe you’re homeschooling your kids. Either way, welcome! I have been diligently working on this week’s Weekly Wishes and today’s post is about #3, which is making birthday plans!

Often times over the years, since my birthday falls close to and sometimes is on Memorial Day, it has been spent traveling and visiting family. I was always made to feel special on my birthday with a cake baked (yellow cake with chocolate frosting of course), presents given, and the birthday song sung throughout the month by my parents. As of late though, I’ve been taking considerable thought into what I’d really like to do. When I turned 30, the Rent’s came down to visit and spent a couple days with me going around to all the spots I’d been wanting to go to.

The following year, I decided that I wanted to hop on a plane and visit one of my BFF’s and her husband and have a real gown-up birthday filled with exciting new foods, shopping, dancing, and all types of drunken fun times! See my 31 Pearls of Wisdom.

Last year The Boo and I spent what seemed like every waking minute at the movies, when we didn’t go to Medieval Times, the Georgia Aquarium, and weren’t indulging in fancy restaurants. 

This year since I love to travel, I was thinking of making it a beach birthday! I’ve heard a lot of good things about Destin, FL. Maybe also going to Savannah, GA and visiting the beach at Tybee Island. I’ll probably consult with Bing since they have a lot of travel info and tips. The other thought is just staying in town and being a tourist here. Maybe go and ride the Skyview ferris wheel downtown or maybe dress up and go see a play? The possibilities are endless!

What say you? Got any suggestions for me? Let me know!

Ciao!

Paradise was Found

Salutations,

Ok........ I have to let you know that this is about to be the laziest post you've ever seen from me. I'm for really real doing like 4 things at once right now. (i.e. commenting on Facebook, chatting on Google, watching tv, & working on a new crochet project) Now I'm blogging to you, soooooo let's make that 5 things! Gemini's know how to multitask! So in one big lump, here are the rest of the pictures from the glorious vacation. Think of it as a silent movie, but with pictures. Enjoy!

Inside the Resort.

The Room, the view, & the pool!

Cocoa Beach with family

So that in a nutshell that was the vacation. I can't wait to go back to the beach. This was the practice vacation, and now I feel like a pro. :) I'm ready to do it again! I remember when I was about 8 or 9, I saw this commercial on tv and it said 'Come to Paradise!!' I really wanted to go, b/c it looked like so much fun, so skip up to my dad and ask, 'Daddy... Can we go to Paradise??' Of course being an adult and knowing better, he was confused when I asked this question and had to explain to me that Paradise wasn't a real location. Just a word to describe somewhere really nice. I was kinda disappointed at the time, but it looks like we made it there anyway. (smile)

Peace!

A. Sparkle

Summer Vacation... Day 1

Greeting all!

I am currently on vacation! 6 gloriously fun in the sun filled days in Savannah, Ga and parts of Florida. Yay!

I have to tell you that this is the first vacation I've taken, like the kinds you see of tv. You know the ones I'm talking about... You'll see a family take a vacation some where tropical and warm, they go swimming at the beach or the resort that they are staying at, and they buy ridiculously priced food and souvenirs. That kinda vacation. I'm on one and I'm loving it. :)

Day 1 started in Atlanta... Me and the rent's hopped in the car and took off down the road.

First stop was in Savannah, Georgia! I like Savannah a lot and hope to be able to spend more time there at some point. The spending of money on ridiculously high priced items started here with smell good handmade soaps. I'll be good and clean for a long long time.

Later the same day we made it to Daytona Beach.. Can I just say that out of all of the beaches I've been to thus far.. Daytona is the best! Maybe you can or maybe you can't tell, but these first two pictures are of a drive-in church......  A Drive......In..... Church!! Who knew such a thing existed!?!? I surely didn't..

 

Views from the room and the beach. :)

Looooooved the beach! Got to swim in the ocean and see and hear it from the balcony in our room. It was truly glorious! At some point in my life and it may only be after I've retired, but I will live near a beach. It probably won't be Daytona beach since everything seems to shut down by 10pm... Then again, if I'm retired living by the beach, I probably won't care about being out very late.

So that was day 1, and there's more pictures to follow tomorrow!

//Peace\\

A. Sparkle