2nd week of March....

I'm feeling a little frazzled. First off, I'm sick with a yucky head cold that I wish would just go away. Then, I'm starting to feel the pressure of having to get ready to go away. We're leaving for Myrtle Beach on Thursday night after Jim gets home from work. I usually hate driving at night, but I'd rather drive on Thursday than drive on Friday (my birthday). Who wants to spend their birthday in the car? No thanks. lol. I need some warm weather, so I really hope the weather in S.C. is, at least, in the 60s and up the whole time we're down there. How did it get to be March 10th already? Time really does fly. Meanwhile, I have to start a "to do" list for this week so that I don't forget to do anything. I think I need to stay off the phone this week so that I actually accomplish what I set out to do! lol. I already stopped the newspaper for two weekends, so I can check that off my list.
With all that said, I think I'm going to make my "to do" list, then turn my brain off for today and scrap. I'm participating in an online scrap for ScrapHappy and I've been trucking all weekend long. I'm going to afford myself this one more day to scrap and then I probably won't touch my stuff for 2-3 weeks (since we'll be away and all). Our Disney album is coming along great - I'm on day #4 already - probably halfway through. Yay!

Sitting Pretty!

Yesterday, our kitty Cleo was just sitting on the end table looking out the window and she looked picture perfect. It was a great photo opportunity, so I had to snap a few. This was one of my favorites. I couldn't get a good facial shot of her looking out the window. oh well.

Haircuts!

I wish I could say that I remembered to take before pictures, but I didn't! The boys were super shaggy, so the difference is amazing. They have school pics tomorrow and Easter is coming, so it was high time for a nice hair cut! Aren't they cute? :)

Island GetAway!

I want to go back to Bermuda really badly. We will probably postpone our trip there this spring, though, because of the possible move to NC. But I can look at pictures and dream about it, right? Bermuda is just such a wonderful island and we have so many awesome memories from our 2002 trip. We are creatures of habit, so we'll go back to Bermuda before we'd try another island out. Can't wait to go on a moped again & see the clear blue water.

Introducing, my Poppit iPod.

We had a photo challenge on ScrapFreak to take a picture of a gift, so I took this shot of my iPod and my logitech deck. I had to name it when I first registered it online, so it's name is Poppit as in 'ello poppit (pirate talk). I have 664 songs on this thing and I use it everywhere. I even have tons of Christmas songs on it.

I don't know what I did before I had an iPod - maybe used the CD player more often? I love to use it in the car, when I walk on the treadmill, when I mow the lawn, when we're hanging out in the kitchen, while I am doing chores (I just carry it around the house if the LogiTech deck is all charged up), etc... I love having so much music all in one place!

Wow, it's March.....

How did it get to be March? My birthday is in less than two weeks and we leave for Myrtle Beach that day. We'll stay through Easter. I need to start thinking about Easter, getting ready for the trip, writing the letters to the school that the boys will need to get out of school for 3 days, dotting my i's and crossing my t's, etc... SIGH! I hope the weather starts to improve. I could deal with one more snow storm, but now I'm ready for warmer weather & spring.

Going to The Quiet Man Tonight!

We're going out to our favorite restaurant/Irish Pub tonight. We started going here a few years ago with our good friends, Mike & Pam, and now it's a tradition to meet them there a few times a year. It's definitely something we'll miss a lot when/if we move to NC.

Our favorite thing to get is the Whiskey Steak and it's sometimes funny because all four of us will order the same exact thing. We get the baked brie w/fruit to start (my mouth is watering already). Then the Whiskey steak, with their homemade scalloped potatoes. Yum! I usually drink wine at the bar before dinner and then during dinner, but then afterwards I usually get Baileys on the rocks or Baileys in my coffee. Jim, Mike & Pam will often get Irish Coffee, but I prefer the Baileys.

We'll be leaving the boys with Jim's dad & stepmom for the night, which always makes the evening so nice. We take our time and usually end up there for like 3 hours. Bar before dinner, then dinner, then sitting at the bar after dinner. Mike & Pam are just such great company, too. We'll have lots to catch up on tonight, also. We can even celebrate my bday which is two weeks from yesterday (March 14th).

Here's a site with a review of The Quiet Man. http://www.artfuldiner.com/quietman.html Also, just a little trivia... this restaurant was named after a John Wayne Movie. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0045061/ I finally saw this movie on AMC about 6 months ago and the chemistry between John Wayne and Maureen O'Hara is just so spunky & fun. Maureen O'Hara actually visited the restaurant, so they have pictures of her up on the wall along with a bunch of pictures of the actual movie.

Now, I have to go figure out what to wear!