V-A-C-A-T-I-O-N

Gimme a V, Gimme a A...

It's finally time for vacation. I couldn't sleep last night I was so pumped. And then when I did sleep I woke up a 5:30 thinking about what I needed to do to finish getting ready!

Roxie is with her grandparents. Tommy asked me who I thought would gain the most weight while we were on the cruise. Us or Roxie. Let's just say her grandparents indulge her a bit. I'm sure right this minute she's still snuggled up in bed with them dreaming about snacks and catching squirrels.

This is a landmark cruise for me and Tommy. It marks our 10th cruise so we'll be VIPs on the cruise. It means they do our laundry for us for free and we get priority seating at dinner and priority embark and debarkation. It will be nice to walk right up onto the ship without having to stand in the long lines today.

This cruise is with our friends Craig and Allison. They've cruised before but never with us. Tommy has shown Craig the finer points of smuggling beer onto the ship. Hopefully no one gets busted today. The worst that will happen is that Tom loses a case of beer hidden in a carry on suitcase.

As usual, I have over packed and could probably be gone for a month without wearing the same thing twice. I like to have choices on these trips! I never know what I'm going to feel like wearing and options are a good thing.

We'll be out of pocket for the next week, but we'll be thinking about you all. I know we're going to parasail in Key West, so we'll have some photos and maybe a video for the link. We'll see.

Love to all!

Monday

Typical Monday. I worked Saturday duty over the weekend and don't feel like I really got a weekend. Oh well.

Tommy went to the Texans game yesterday. From what I hear, it was a heart breaker. Glad I didn't go. What a let down to lose it at the end like that.

I've complete decorated the house for Halloween. I bought a bunch of stuff last year and have added to the collection. The soap dispenser in the bathroom glows in the dark. On Saturday when the family was over I knew Amy would be a sucker for it. Sure enough, she went into the bathroom and I heard the lights click off so she could see it glow. What she didn't know was that I hid in the guest bedroom across the hall and when she came out of the bathroom, I jumped out at her. She came about 3 feet off the ground and her hair practically stood up. I thought it was hysterical. Let the Halloween pranks begin...

Roxie got a Halloween costume. She'll be dressing up as a pumpkin. I put it on her and she goes "dog-a-tonic". She refuses to move and hits the deck like the enemy is throwing grenades. I don't think she'll be doing much door answering on Halloween since she refuses to budge an inch with her costume on. I think I've figured out the best way to keep her quite when the doorbell rings non-stop!

This Weekend

Well, we should have a fun filled weekend.

Daddy's birthday was Wednesday so we're all going out to eat tomorrow night. We're coming back over here for cake and ice cream. (Is it wrong that I can't wait for that??)

I have to work all day tomorrow, but I'll love the OT on my next paycheck! At least that's what I'll be telling myself as I get up and get dressed in the morning.

The countdown for the cruise is underway. I bought Target out of sunscreen today. Tommy keeps asking me when I'll be done buying for this trip. Silly man. I have 3 more weeks of shopping left!!

Re-building

Okay, I made some changes to the blog.

I think it looks prettier now. I'm sure the 2 people (counting me) who read it will like the changes.

Vacation

Just in case you didn't see the cruise countdown on my blog...

25 days until our next cruise. WOO HOO!