Daytona: Day 2

Today was a good day. We went to the Daytona Flea Market and had a pretty good time. I think the journey there and back was the most exciting to everyone, even though we love the flea market! I am sure EVERYONE knows it’s race weekend in Daytona and there are MILLIONS of people around. Luckily, we are staying on the beach and not near the Speedway!!

 

After the flea market, we ate at a nice Italian(yes, two days in a row!) restaurant called Sorrento’s. It was good! Mama had an OUT-OF-THIS-WORLD cheese steak, Daddy had pizza, and Sami and I had sandwiches! Daddy has eaten there before but it was completely new to us and I imagine we will be back.

We haven’t actually stepped foot on the beach since we got here yesterday so we made plans to visit the beach for some fun in the sun after we ate. No sooner than we pulled on the street our condo is on it started raining. The sky was full of blackish clouds. Bummer. Mama and I waited around in the condo just long enough for the clouds to pass and headed out to the beach. We got a good 30 minutes out there to just relax and lounge around and it started raining again. Maybe it will clear up tomorrow and not be windy and rainy I would love to actually spend time on the beach! I leave Monday…YIKES!

Windy  :)

 

Here are some pictures of the condo we are staying in. Not all inclusive pictures, but a little glimpse of it .

Mama got pics of me getting ready. 

our view from the living room. All windows from top to bottom with sliding blind-door things.

 

another view from living room

 

living room angle again

 

my room. Notice me poking my head out to tell mama something…turned into a tongue picture. lol

she got another one, this time it’s a good one on the other side of my room

 

This is from yesterday on the way here. Sami and I.

Daytona: Day 1

I am making a point to blog about our trip daily. It's only a few days. this shouldn't be so hard, right? I think one of the reasons, besides the fact that I am lazy and enjoy FARRRR to much reading about others lives, that I don't blog is because I feel I have nothing interesting to say. So I'll try it. If you get bored, don't read. Simple as that!

This morning started off pretty good. We decided last night that we were going to leave at 10 this morning to drive "until the map turned blue." So we did. After a mid-morning brunch at Steak and Shake, we headed on. My younger sister, Sami, and I drove my mothers hot, red convertible while Mama rode with Daddy in his truck.

We decided during breakfast that we were just going to go our own ways and meet up in Daytona. This was amazing for us as we could take as many pee breaks as we possibly wanted without calling them and telling them we wanted to stop, etc. So we took our own time and also a different route from them. We went through downtown Jacksonville, which was probably a mistake. The traffic was crazy(remember I am a small town girl!) and it was raining. BLEH. But we made it through and kept on trucking. 3 1/2 hours and one stop later we were getting off of the GLORIOUS exit to Daytona Beach.

Mama and Daddy ended up getting to the condo less than 10 minutes after us, with no stops. ((Neh, Daddy didn't think we could keep up!)) The girls shortly headed out for a Wal-Mart run to get groceries and other miscellaneous items while Daddy hit up some pawn shops and what not. He and Mama have been coming here for years for bike week and we've been here for family vacations as well so Daddy has friends here.

When we arrived back at the condo there was a pizza paper stuffed under our door. There was no question about where we would eat tonight. We loaded back up and headed to Sicily Pizza. When we pulled up I realized that the bathrooms were outside behind the building, not a good sign. This place looked shady to say the least! It was connected to an old beach shop that was obviously closed and had been for years. Yet we preceded in to eat. Mama and I shared a stromboli and Daddy and Sami shared a calzone. The food was pretty good, yet I still was not thrilled about the atmosphere.

Daddy drove us around and we went to a few beach shops before heading back to the condo. Sami and I headed off to Sally's to get some nail polish for her and pink hair dye to touch up my hair. No such luck. Who knew Sally's closed at 7:30PM on a Friday? We ended up getting there at 7:25 and that place was LOCKED UP TIGHT!

We headed back to the condo to wind down and rest up for a nice day at the flea market tomorrow.

Come back tomorrow to hear about Daytona: Day 2. :) ((P.S. I'll try to take at least a few pictures to upload tomorrow! It's so boring with all of these words and no pictures!))

Three more days!

I am so excited about our annual Fourth of July trip to Daytona. :) Mama, Daddy, Sami, and I are leaving Friday to head down to the beautiful shores. Daddy and I have work next week so we will be coming home on Monday, but Mama and Sami are enjoying the beach until next Friday. I am needing a break from EVERYTHING in life.

Until then I am babysitting, babysitting, babysitting! I LOVE IT! I am keeping two different families and working at the daycare the next two days. What could be more exciting than kids? I love babysitting because when you are having fun it doesn't feel like work!

Gotta go get ready for Pretty Little Liars! If you don't watch it, you should check it out!

Opinions???

I have heard these little beauties are supposed to tone you up while you walk. I walk a LOT for school(when it's in session) and wear tennis shoes EVERY day. I think these are totally cute but are they worth the $100-150? If you have these or personally know someone that does let me know what you/they think. Thanks!

I like these silver ones....

((I'm pretty sure Sarah just threw up in her mouth. She has no appreciation for metallics!))

Toy Story 3

I took J and R to watch Toy Story 3 today! I LOVED it! I am usually one of those people who never appreciate the latter movies as well as the first ones, but this one was the BEST out of the three in my opinion.

Woody was just sooo adorable! I would DEFINITELY recommend this video to anyone. (Even if you have to take a cousin, nephew, friend's-cousin's-nephew's friend as an excuse for a twenty something person to go see it!)

A much needed date night.

I received an text from Z yesterday while I was working at the daycare yesterday evening. It read, “be ready at 6:15, it’s a surprise.” I have been on him a lot lately about how much I like surprise nights, so I was ecstatic. He came a picked me up and we headed out. He drove to Albany, a town roughly 45 minutes from home. He took me to the mall and followed me around EVERY store I possibly wanted to go to and even carried my purse and clothes I wanted to try on. He hates shopping and didn’t complain once. After we visited the mall he took me to eat at a Chinese restaurant that his Uncle has been recommending every time Albany has been mentioned in a conversation. I LOVEEEEE Chinese food. The Hong Kong Cafe was nothing like the typical Chinese restaurants I am used to. It had a nice romantic feel to it as well as awesome food. They were really quick and gave us a LOT of food. We ate all we could AND had enough to eat for lunch today! Best of all it was CHEAP. After that we went to Target for more shopping, until they kicked us out because they closed at 10. WHO IN THE HECK CLOSES AT 10 ON A FRIDAY NIGHT? Obviously Target. A trip is never complete without a trip to Wal-Mart so we walked around there for WAY to long. Before we knew it the clock had struck 12 and I was soon to turn into a pumpkin if he didn’t get me home! All in all last night was AMAZING and very much needed.

MJM

In honor of father’s day I am going to do a fill-in-the-blank questionnaire about my Daddy. Yes, I am twenty years old and still call him Daddy.

• My Daddy is 60 years old.
• My Daddy’s name is Mike
• My Daddy has Black hair and Brown eyes.
• My Daddy’s favorite food is spaghetti.
• My Daddy’s favorite clothes are his old sweatpants and a t-shirt.
• My Daddy’s favorite color is ….drawing a blank here..
• My Daddy’s job is building and zoning administrator
• Daddy gets mad when I leave my shoes in the kitchen when I walk in the house. 
• My favorite thing to do with Daddy is watch Royal Pains together on Thursday nights :) 
• The best thing about my Daddy is he has lived with four women and is still sane.

Here are a few pictures of my Daddy…

 

Daddy on family bowling night. :)

 

My Daddy and I at my initiation as a Georgia FCCLA state officer!

 

Mama and Daddy on the swing in front of our house.

My family at my older sisters wedding.

 

My daddy as a teenager. Don’t you LOVE his face??? haha