jake and i are so excited for our vacation we sat at the computer for 5 hrs calling people to make sure we still had a reservation and then planning out the week and where we wanted to go. we calculated that by the time the vacay is said and done we will have spent total-including plane tickets and condo about $2700. that is a lot of money-but everything will have been worth it for a week of not having to go to work...haha
we also spent about two hours packing our clothes, because of the cost to check luggage in on a plane jake was very determined we would only pack what we could fit into our carry on bags. so far we have fit everything we will need to take and its quite amazing, i thought for sure i would have to take a lot more than what i have.
3 DAYS AND COUNTING...............
Wednesday, June 23, 2010
Friday, June 18, 2010
gardening
i wish i had taken pictures at every step of the way. this is my thing, but jake occasionally helps-like this morning he came in with this red leafy plant and it was pretty and such a suprise.
he does cute little things like that occasionally. so here is my garden so far, everything is growing huge, and most of the veggies planted are for the iguanas to enjoy-we'll see how it goes this year and next year maybe we'll try different things. the box that you see in these pictures, my sweet husband built just for me, he was so excited about it, we filled it with 10 -5 gallon buckets of just dirt, 2 bags of manure, and 3 bags of potting soil. it is a heavy box. since the way my apartment building is set up there is only a spout in the front yard, so to make it easier on ourselves jake jimmied up the hose that hooks to washing machine so we can just turn a little nob and water comes out the hose and then we can water the box in the backyard.
this is our blackberry bush-jake is really big on no store bought blackberries.
my strawberry plant
these are little growers, that come with little degradable bags full of dirt and you just put the seed inside the dirt and then put the lid on it and you have a miniature garden house. then when the little seedlings pop up you plant them where you want them.
he does cute little things like that occasionally. so here is my garden so far, everything is growing huge, and most of the veggies planted are for the iguanas to enjoy-we'll see how it goes this year and next year maybe we'll try different things. the box that you see in these pictures, my sweet husband built just for me, he was so excited about it, we filled it with 10 -5 gallon buckets of just dirt, 2 bags of manure, and 3 bags of potting soil. it is a heavy box. since the way my apartment building is set up there is only a spout in the front yard, so to make it easier on ourselves jake jimmied up the hose that hooks to washing machine so we can just turn a little nob and water comes out the hose and then we can water the box in the backyard.
this is our blackberry bush-jake is really big on no store bought blackberries.
my strawberry plant
these are little growers, that come with little degradable bags full of dirt and you just put the seed inside the dirt and then put the lid on it and you have a miniature garden house. then when the little seedlings pop up you plant them where you want them.
summer time
Lagoon: sorry long post: lots of pics
my mom called me up on June 7th to ask if Jake and i wanted tickets to lagoon on June 14th. i had to laugh because she waited a week before the day to ask...well both of us were able to get work off. it was a lot of fun and really good to see my family, Andrew was a good sport and wanted to go on a lot of the big rides that jerk you around and he was so sore afterwards because he couldn't hold himself still. so Jake and i went on the rides with him and we would just put our arm over cross him to keep him as still as possible, which isn't an easy task when your being turned upside down. we also got to ride rattle snack rapids 3 times: once with just the teenagers, then with the adults, and then Jake, my dad, and i took Andrew on it for a third time-poor guy slept through the first run through. for more pics you can view them on facebook @ http://www.facebook.com/aaacrazyblonde
here are some pics of the family:
every year we ride the go carts, and this year because Andrew is so week dad bought him a passenger ticket instead of a driver ticket...well me being the nice person i am switched, he was the driver and i was his passenger. Andrew is actually a good driver, but because he has little muscle took keep pressing the gas, i had to keep my foot on the gas the entire time, and then he would press the break when needed, because there was a couple sharp turns as well i put a couple fingers on the steering wheel just to make sure we didnt go off the road, i had no idea how crazy my family is while driving until your in the slowest car on the track. im just glad no one crashed too badly-dad said he actually bumped into shays car so bad he got turned around on the track, and the lagoon workers had to come flip the car back around. :)
high sky ride
this is jake and i after our second time on the rapids and we were completely drenched, by the third run, the light spot you see on my pants and shirts-not there anymore i was so soaked, it was like 7:30 pm by the time we were done so it was quite cold, but thank goodness for spare change of clothes-life savers.
my mom called me up on June 7th to ask if Jake and i wanted tickets to lagoon on June 14th. i had to laugh because she waited a week before the day to ask...well both of us were able to get work off. it was a lot of fun and really good to see my family, Andrew was a good sport and wanted to go on a lot of the big rides that jerk you around and he was so sore afterwards because he couldn't hold himself still. so Jake and i went on the rides with him and we would just put our arm over cross him to keep him as still as possible, which isn't an easy task when your being turned upside down. we also got to ride rattle snack rapids 3 times: once with just the teenagers, then with the adults, and then Jake, my dad, and i took Andrew on it for a third time-poor guy slept through the first run through. for more pics you can view them on facebook @ http://www.facebook.com/aaacrazyblonde
here are some pics of the family:
every year we ride the go carts, and this year because Andrew is so week dad bought him a passenger ticket instead of a driver ticket...well me being the nice person i am switched, he was the driver and i was his passenger. Andrew is actually a good driver, but because he has little muscle took keep pressing the gas, i had to keep my foot on the gas the entire time, and then he would press the break when needed, because there was a couple sharp turns as well i put a couple fingers on the steering wheel just to make sure we didnt go off the road, i had no idea how crazy my family is while driving until your in the slowest car on the track. im just glad no one crashed too badly-dad said he actually bumped into shays car so bad he got turned around on the track, and the lagoon workers had to come flip the car back around. :)
high sky ride
this is jake and i after our second time on the rapids and we were completely drenched, by the third run, the light spot you see on my pants and shirts-not there anymore i was so soaked, it was like 7:30 pm by the time we were done so it was quite cold, but thank goodness for spare change of clothes-life savers.
Sunday, June 6, 2010
The Vacation is almost here
i am so excited for this vacay. i have waited a long time for it and i am starting to stress jake out with all my money talk. but it is almost here and then i wont be pushing to save so much all at once. 3 weeks and counting from friday june 4th.
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