Pensacola Shutterfly photo book 2013

Pensacola shutterfly book 2013

Nicole Dolans visit

Had a most fabulous visit with one of my best friends Nicole Dolan from Iowa. She had never been to the East Coast so we had a very busy week planned. I picked her up from the airport on Monday and headed to The Yard House for lunch where Stephen met us.  Had a great lunch and a few cocktails.  Tuesday (Stephens Birthday)  we got up early, wished Stephen a happy birthday and headed to Cape Cod with my friends( from the golf course) Linda Longhi and Frenchie Dennencourt.  We stayed in East Sandwhich but visited the quant little town of Falmouth MA. Had a great lunch at the local pub and did some shopping in the mom and pop shops. Nicole and I then headed to the coast and visited multiple beaches and even found Nobska Lighthouse. Headed back to Sandwhich and had a fabulous seafood dinner at the Pilot House.  Wednesday we awoke and headed to the Ferry for Martha's Vineyard. We had a late start and missed the afternoon ferry so decided to head home. Wednesday night we dragged Nicole to robots...I think she was a bit bored!

Thursday we had a busy day planned in NY. We left at 6am for New Haven and took the train into town. Our busy day included Grand Central Station, the Statue of Liberty, the 911 Memorial and Times Square. Grand Central Station is celebrating its 100th year and is always jaw dropping.  I loved seeing Nicole's eyes when we got in view of Lady Liberty for the first time!  Unfortunately Ellis Island was not open due to the government shutdown.  The 6 block walk to the 911 memorial was the typical NY experience-lots of people, traffic, shops and businesses and of course the hot dog stands!  Nothing's better then a NY hot dog!  The 911 memorial proved once again to be a very emotional visit. Tears trickled down both our cheeks as we read the names engraved around the water falls that now stand where the two towers where. Nicole and I hugged each other at The Tree of Life! ( the only tree that survived the tragedy). We had a wonderful, long day in NY!

Friday was movie day. Nicole and I walked 6 miles to a Red Box and got 4 movies and watched them all after noon. It was so nice to have a chill day. Saturday we got up and I took Nicole to the Yankee Candle village. This neat town with tons of shops and lots of good smelly candles.  Nicole met some other friends for an over night cook out so Stephen and I spent the time mowing and trimming our yard. 

 

Sunday we had gotten tickets for a haunted house called the Trail of Terror. It was a multiple maze haunted house that took about 45 min to go through. There were ladders to crawl, slides to slide down, places you had to crawl and swinging bridges you had to cross. There were fireworks going off, chain saws, people jumping out and items hanging that you had to maneuver  through. Stephen was off scaring other friends that went with us and I held on for my life to the back of Nicole's jacket. She only jumped once or twice while I had my face buried quite often in her back!  We had a scare-tastic night!  We finished it off at Barcelonas with half price wine and Tapas. 

Monday was a bitter sweet day having to take Nicole to the airport to head back to Iowa. I love seeing my friend and my heart is warm knowing she spent her vacation visiting me!  Miss you tons Nicole and loved our week visit!  I have so many more things planned for your next visit!

Robots and Facials Oct 5th and 6th 2013

I had a busy weekend this weekend. Saturday was a great day for Bash at the Beach with my robotic group Aces High 176. The team headed to Old Lyme High School at 6:30am to get set up for placement rounds. We had all the kids try their hand at driving or shooting the robots during competition...everyone did a great job! Teams were randomly selected for the quarter final matches. Our alliance did well beating our opponent in two games. Unfortunately our semi final match we lost in two games. All in all, everyone did a great job and we all had a blast! Way to go Aces High 176!!!

Sunday, a group of 5 fabulous girls spent an exciting day in Flushing NY pampering ourselves silly! We started our day with a huge, very tasty selection of dim sum- The very best way to start off our day. After our belly's got full, we headed to get our facials. The girls are so nice and treat us well. We spent an hour of picking, rubbing, slapping, messaging and ending with a relaxing mask which was a queue for a few to let loose the snoring!!! Sometimes you just can’t help it!!! After a brief stop for bubble tea we headed to the foot place for our reflexology foot message...I never hurt and felt so good at the same time before but my feet and calves felt amazing!!! With our feet baby soft and our faces cleansed and lotioned we ended our day with some yummy hot pot! What a great day with some great girls!!! Thanks for a fabulous day!!!

Trip to Pensacola FL Sept 21-29

Stephen and I spent the week in Pensacola FL with his sister and husband Pam and Dale.  We had a most fabulous time checking out Pensacola, the white sand beaches, the air museum and light house, a seafood festival, but most of all visiting with family.  It was so nice spending time with Pops, Uncle Carl and Aunt Inez! Pensacola is a fantastic place-Pam and Dale we thank you for everything!!!

Uncle Carl and Aunt Inez

The view of Pensacola Beach from Crabs.  The sand doesn't get hot and is very very white-like sugar!

Our most fabulous lunch...2 lbs crab, 2lb shrimp, 1lb potatoes, corn and sausage=yummy

Love this picture of Stephen holding up the Pensacola Ball!!!

Lunch with Pam, Dale, Stephen and Pops!

Crazy night at the Seafood Festival.

Stephen and I standing next to the plane Dale flew in when he was in the Marines (at the Air Museum)

The haunted light house!