Thursday, March 23, 2017

More Ft Lauderdale ....

we just had so much fun down there
the weather was perfect
I love how the bars are open to the outside, very cool


Tommy and Joanne
I think this was our first night there


this was Friday night at the block party
so much fun and we all had to kiss the monkey!


Johnny was just acting like a monkey...haha



very different beach than the Outer Banks
soft sand and no waves


hear no evil, speak no evil, see no evil
Johnny, Chris and Tommy
this was the day we went bar hopping
my pictures are all out of order....haha




Chris and his sister Mary Anne



more yachts!!!


really can't believe I let this parrot sit on my shoulder
I was so afraid he would poop down my back...haha


and then he wanted my glasses


so weird that they throw all of their beer boxes outside like that


from left, Joanne, Mary Anne, me and Kim
and 2 random girls in the back we did not know...haha


Kim and Joanne....this was the evening we were bar hopping




On Valentines day our husbands went to the store for
a few things and brought us back balloons....awww


Joanne kissing the monkey!


I think that's about it
we loved Ft Lauderdale and just had a blast with everyone

later......

Monday, March 20, 2017

Ft Lauderdale ...

We left on Feb 8th for 8 days in Ft Lauderdale
Our brother and sister-in-law had rented a condo
for a good part of the winter and invited us down
SO AWESOME.....so sweet of them
plus they are just 2 of our most favorite people to hang out with
always fun
And friends Chris and Kim were there...more fun
people to hang out with! And some of their family
that we had never met but sure had a lot of fun with.

We hit up a lot of bars, went to a block party, toured
the water ways and saw awesome yachts and 
million dollar homes, sat out on the beautiful beach
ate a lot of good food
just really had a great time

and here is a bunch of pictures
of course a nice bloody mary before boarding the plane




I never knew there was so much money in
Ft Lauderdale...goodness!! 
mansions and yachts 




Tommy and Joanne


I think this one belonged to a diamond broker



these creatures were every where too
I was not a fan


we had lunch at this place and all of these yachts
just come around the corner, going on by....


can you even believe people own yachts this big!! haha
I just can't imagine what they look like on the inside


I wish I could remember the name of this drink
some kind of blueberry, grapefruit, vodka drink and
it was delicious


more pictures tomorrow....
later

Sunday, March 19, 2017

Norwex ....

I had never heard of Norwex and a friend
at work told me about it

I can't really even explain this product
or how it works but I can say this

I cleaned my entire house in record time
with a wet cloth, a shining cloth and a dusting mitt
I used only water, no cleaning products
and I truly felt like my house was the cleanest it had ever been

and really, I just don't even know how to explain that
except I think over time you just push dirt and dust around

Because I used to dust and 2 days later would see dust again
now I dust with the Norwex dusting mitt and see no dust
at all until like 7 or 8 days later
and even then, it's only a little bit

I cleaned my fridge and was shocked at the steel cleaner
build up. It did take a lot of work to clean that off
but now it looks great.

then I got the floor cleaner, dry pad and wet pad
and wow, with just water, my wood floors look awesome

and the kitchen towel...the best ever.
pick up a totally wet dish, one swipe with the
towel and it's totally dry....

again, I just don't know how they really work but
I do love them and I am 100% happy with them
below are the cloths I used to clean my entire house
look how dirty....


I have thrown out all of my cleaning products
I kept a small container of Bono for when the puppy has an accident
and a bottle of TarnX for cleaning for silver
otherwise, just my 3 cleaning cloths
I have now added to my collection the bathtub scrubber, 
the pet towel, the car mitt and the body cloth


oh boy....looks at all of my free stuff
for hosting an online party!!


later....

Saturday, March 18, 2017

Home ....

Usually I go on vacation and I just love it but
love coming home more
I don't always feel like that when I leave the beach
I would like to come home, get my dogs and go back!

Only Monday we sadly packed up to head home and
I made a huge mistake and picked up a
suitcase and messed up my back really bad
went to the Food Lion on our way out to pick up
some Bass sausage....it's local and it's really good
brought some home to freeze
gassed up the car, got breakfast sandwiches and headed home

Khaleesi welcomed us home with this....
she so loves when someone forgets to close the bathroom
door and she can get the toilet paper!!


Then I had to clean up all of my shells
I found only 2 pieces of sea glass
one teeny tiny white one
and a nice green one
some oyster shells that I add to my basket of shells
and some purple ones, my favorite to collect



and I would like to say life is back to normal but no, I have
my back to deal with. I couldn't hardly move on Tuesday morning
without tears so Johnny had to come home from work
and take me to the doctors. She confirmed it was the disk in
my lower back, the lumbar disk. Gave me steroids and pain meds.
rest is about all you can do with this
so thankful that I am able to work from home

later.....

Friday, March 17, 2017

Sunday in the Outer Banks ...

On Sunday we were all happy about the 
St Patricks Day parade
a very fun event in the OBX
we look out the window and whoa, it's snowing!!
just very small, delicate snowflakes falling
couldn't even capture it good in a picture
Johnny went out and got us some breakfast biscuits

and we all put our "green" on....except it was so
dang cold we had to wear our big coats which
covered up our green shirts. We had beads and scarves
so we were still representing the Irish!!
we headed over early to get a parking spot and
then just hung out in the car until it was almost time 
to go out in the cold



Lynne and Bucky waiting for the parade to start



 the cold def kept the crowd size down. This is usually 
3 to 4 people deep. Looking down Beach Rd it did
look like a lot more people



afterward we headed over to Mulligans for some lunch
Really wanted to go to the Kelly's after party but we had been out
in the cold too long....


Jacquelyn and I trying to stay warm




so glad I brought my snow boots!!
sure kept my feet warm





Declan went swimming at the indoor pool a 
couple of nights



I know, my pictures are way out of order but oh well
this is cute, Avery Grace was putting Johnny's glasses on him
but once on, she would take them off, try them on 
and then do it all over again. She was having fun



Lynne and I having a cold beer at Mulligans
after being outside freezing....haha



Johnny was freezing.....he should have worn his
big coat!



after going back to the hotel, Jacquelyn and I left
to go check out the new Home Goods that had just opened
on Sunday. So many pretty things!!
I found 2 pictures to hang in our guest room

While there I heard my name and turned to a woman I did not
really recognize. But she recognized me and I'm so glad she did!
we have a lot of mutual friends, her brother was best friends
with our brother-in-law Tommy. They recently retired and moved
to the OBX just like Johnny and I plan to do. So we've been chatting
online about it a lot and I was so happy to meet Janet in person.
I already have my first friend for retirement!

then after Home Goods, being really crazy, we went back out to the beach
this time we went up in Kitty Hawk trying to find some
good shell beds to find some sea glass but it was high
tide so not a good time to look plus it was way too cold!!

We stayed in Sunday night and ordered Dare Devil pizza
YUMMM

later.....