That's me right now.
Graham and I are hosting our first party at our house this weekend and life has been crazy since we got back from our vacation! Our friends from school, Lauren and Kyle are getting married in May and we (along with 12 other Clemson buddies) are throwing a tailgate engagement party this weekend around the Florida State/ Clemson game....sooo I running around trying to clean up this house! I promise...when the party is over this Sunday I will do the following: post cruise pictures, respond to Christie's tag, post pictures of the party, and update my (very few) readers on life!
Until then...wish me luck on my first go at entertaining!
We JUST got back from our cruise and it was absolutely perfect. There is no other way to describe four days in the middle of the ocean with my fabulous husband!
Pictures will be up soon when I get my feet on the ground and stop swaying from the imaginary boat I still seem to be on...
Day 1: We got on the boat Sunday around 1:00, by-passed all the confused people who had never been on the boat before (this is my fourth time...spoiled? definitely) headed straight to a delicious lunch, and immediately glued ourselves to a chair by the pool in the adult only area. Our relaxation was rudely interrupted by the mandatory lifeboat drill, but we were soon back in business assuming the tropical drink/pool day.
Later on, we got to go to one of my favorite shows on the Disney Wonder, The Golden Mickeys! These Broadway-like shows rival anything I've seen in NY! We had dinner at an island themed restaurant, Parrot Cay and explored the ship!
Day 2: Woke up and had a HUGE breakfast and went back to the pool. It was our day at sea so we just relaxed the whole day, went to Toy Story the Musical, and had dinner at Triton's, a french restaurant.
Day 3: Bahamas day! We woke up in the beautiful Bahamas with a view of the Atlantis and gorgeous blue water. Graham had surprised me with a couples massage for our anniversary so we headed to the spa and had the best massage EVER. We were going to go explore downtown Nassau but we love the ship so much we marveled at the beauty of the island from our cozy pool chair and had our new friend Adam bringing us Pina Coladas all day!
There wasn't a show so we went to Diversions, the sports Pub to watch some ESPN before dinner. Well imagine our jaws dropping to the floor when we see that Tommy Bowden had been "relieved from his duties" on the bottom ticker! A lot goes on when you have no contact to the outside world. I was a Tommy Bowden supporter, but I am really excited to see what is going to happen in Death Valley with this new shake-up in the program...but that's a whole new post altogether...
Day 4: Castaway Cay day! Disney has its own private island in the middle of the Bahamas. Its hard to describe, just trust me, its whatever your idea of an island paradise is! We took a tram to the remote side of the island to the adult beach. We picked a chairs close to the water and once again did not move all day! It was so hard to leave when they called all aboard but we had to get ready for the final show, Disney Dreams. We had dinner at Animator's Palate, a really neat restaurant that starts out black and white but transforms into bright colors throughout the meal.
We sadly got up this morning and drove back with grumpy, frowny faces but it's back to reality after a wonderful, much-needed vacation!
My only excuse for not blogging lately is that I have been going non-stop since school has started. Between going to Clemson and working constantly I have not had a chance to catch my breath until today!
The Disney Wonder! Graham and I are going on a late anniversary, early Christmas trip next weekend from Sunday-Thursday. This is my fourth time going on this cruise and Graham's 2nd and I will never go on another boat. It is absolutely amazing, top of the line, luxury! I am SOOO excited. Here are some pictures of the last time we went, last spring, with my mom, before we got married.
On Disney's private island, Castaway Cay
View of the actual Pirate's of the Caribbean's Flying Dutchmen from our room docked in Castaway Cay
Serenity Bay the adult only pool where we spend the most timeThat's a question that I was having trouble with yesterday on our watching football/laying on the couch marathon.
It was our first weekend at home in a month and we REALLY took advantage of it. We woke up way to early and started watching Gameday and getting pumped for our game. We went over to Hunter and Joe's and had a delicious lunch while we listened to our game against SC State on the radio. After the first quarter, Graham figured out how to work ESPN 360 with his nerdy computer skills and we got to watch the rest of the game! After our game, we continued to watch the other 100 games that were on tv and finally fell asleep to the LSU/Auburn game. Not a bad day huh? Well Graham has no problem attaching himself to the couch but I get a little antsy and need fresh air/entertainment, so today when he wanted a repeat of yesterday, I went to school to get some much needed work done and I am now back at home working on Progress Reports. Who said Sundays were a day of rest? That doesn't exist when you are a teacher!
Anyway, I am proud to say that Clemson SHUT OUT SC State to a 54-0 victory and I am very excited to be back in Death Valley this weekend to play Maryland. Most of our friends will be there and it should be another great football weekend in beautiful Clemson! 3-1 GO TIGERS!
We just got back from our second trip to Clemson in a row and....WE WON! We are back on track with a 2-1 record and ready to keep the momentum going! Unfortunately we are not going back for the 3rd of a four game home marathon in Death Valley this weekend against SC State but it will be a great moral booster for some very tired tigers!
Kasey, Mary, and Me showing off our tiger paws! This pic was actually taken in Atlanta for the Alabama game/massacre (I don't have any from this weekend yet). GO TIGERS!! 1-1
