Highlights of the trip: laying at the pool, visiting the ocean, taking pictures at the pier, eating out Lambert’s, and we visited an aviation museum (this was the most boring part… Tim enjoyed it. I however, did NOT). Mostly, the trip was spent just relaxing. I did get online every day and check in to my favorite forums, didn’t post a whole lot. Vacation is always great, but I appreciate home (especially MY bed) a lot more when I return. Here is the “biggie” of the trip. It’s a photograph of a shark. We visited the new pier at Gulf Shores and there were several “serious” fishermen out. One started to pull his line, and Mike happened to look over the edge to try to see what he caught. He hollered, “It’s a shark!” So I ran quickly and snapped this shot. IT REALLY WAS A SHARK. He got away thankfully. I have no idea how on earth the guy would have ever got him out. I mean, HOW DOES one really reel in a shark?
Another favorite time was taking pictures underneath the pier. Tim figured out how to do the timer last time so that we could all get in the photo (I <3 MY TRIPOD!). Here we all are: Tim, Melinda, Mikey!
There were some great pictures, but this is the most fun of all. It’s of Mike. I talked him into walking out to the next set of concrete pillars, which meant he had to stand IN the water. I didn’t tell him that a huge wave was coming, and of course you can see his back was away from the water. He never saw it coming!
We returned home yesterday from vacation. I was soooo sad. I honestly wish that we could have stayed another week. Seems like the last day I finally figured out HOW to relax while laying out in the sun. Work a good wordfind. By the way, I worked one word find and could not locate “aircraft”. Tim & Mike both searched and could not locate it. Someone came up with the bright idea to look at the answers at the end, and guess what? The find a word folks misspelled it! They spelled it “aixcraft”. So, what a sick joke to play on someone… the last word, racing away to find the very last word… and nothing. Nada, zero, zilch. Similarities yes. Matches no. It should come with a question at the bottom in fine print: “What word is NOT located inside this find a word puzzle?” and I could have answered! AIRCRAFT!
Anyway… vacation is over. We cleaned house before we left, so coming home with no messes was terrific. I slept wonderful in my own bed, even went to bed around 9:00 pm. I slept all night long. Even Missy slept good. She barely moved. She was so glad we were back home, and has followed me around the house all day long, fearing that we would leave again. This morning I cleaned out the fridge, took out trash, went to breakfast and then did grocery shopping. We always use vacation as a good “marker” point as to cleaning out old stuff from the house. I’m about to go through the cabinets, organize, and DECARB them. I don’t know how so much junk gets in… I mean, I do not eat Chex Mix. So how on earth does it get into my cupboards? Perhaps the carb monster comes to visit while we are asleep or away from home? At any rate, he is about to be banned. My nephew lives with me and he’s 18. He doesn’t eat that crap either! At any rate, time to go through, gather it all up into a box, and send it far far away… I know a few coworkers who love this stuff, and it’s free. That about wraps it all up. Tomorrow is work day again. I’m trying not to dwell on it right now.
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