By now all my readers know of Quinn's trip to Louisville and all that good stuff. When he got home a few weeks ago he asked me to write him a news article to submit to some local papers and surprise, surprise it got published in the Outer Banks Sentinel. Unfortunately, the article says that Quinn is the one that wrote it, but I wrote that article and I am very proud of myself so you should go and read it ;).
UPDATE: March 15, 2008....Check out your local Coastland Times cause my article made it in there, too! Yay go me and my wonderful writing skiiillllssss! hah :)
Wednesday, March 11, 2009
Tuesday, March 3, 2009
.A True War Hero. Part II.
So as I had stated last week, Quinn traveled to Kentucky to go accept a POW Medal for his Great Uncle John V. Scanlan, a P-51 Mustang fighter who was shot down by enemy fire on June 23, 1945. After more than 60 years, last Friday, February 27, 2009 Quinn and his family were finally given the closure that they had been seeking all these years.
Below are some pictures from the ceremony as well as links to Louisville news broadcasts.
This is the actual POW Medal that Quinn received in KY
Here is Quinn's family and him outside St. Xavier High School. The high school that Jack Scanlan graduated from in 1939.
Quinn and his Great Uncle Bill (the sole surviving brother of Jack) and the Medal
This is Quinn and his Great Uncle Bill (the sole surviving brother of Jack) with family members and the General of the KY Air National Guard and the Medal!
This is Quinn's Great Uncle Bill Scanlan (Jack's sole surviving brother) receiving the POW Medal from the General of the KY Air National Guard
Below are some pictures from the ceremony as well as links to Louisville news broadcasts.
This is the actual POW Medal that Quinn received in KY
Here is Quinn's family and him outside St. Xavier High School. The high school that Jack Scanlan graduated from in 1939.
Quinn and his Great Uncle Bill (the sole surviving brother of Jack) and the Medal
This is Quinn and his Great Uncle Bill (the sole surviving brother of Jack) with family members and the General of the KY Air National Guard and the Medal!
This is Quinn's Great Uncle Bill Scanlan (Jack's sole surviving brother) receiving the POW Medal from the General of the KY Air National GuardThursday, February 26, 2009
.A True War Hero.
So this morning I dropped Quinn off at the airport for his trip to Louisville, Kentucky where he and other various family members are accepting an honorary medal on behalf of his Great-Uncle, 2nd Lieutenant John (Jack) V. Scanlan 47th FS, 15th FG who was shot down by the Japanese on June 23, 1945 during WWII.
Back in the days of WWII the Army did not bother with sending an Officer and a Chaplin to the family of a deceased soilder, rather they sent a telegram. Quinn’s Grandmother (his Great-Uncle Jack’s sister) and her family received a telegram from the War Department that simply stated, “The Secretary of War desires me to express his deepest regrets, that your son Lt. John Scanlan was killed June 23, 1945.”But that telegram actually confirming a death would not come so easily. At first, Jack’s family was simply told that his plane was shot down over mainland Japan. Quinn’s Grandmother (his Great-Uncle Jack’s sister) and her family wrote letters to the United States War Department for well over twenty-years requesting information about Jack’s death and demanding that his body be returned home to the United States. The United States played dumb for all these years in reference to the whereabouts of his remains and the acts that Jack went through once his plane went down.
Back in the days of WWII the Army did not bother with sending an Officer and a Chaplin to the family of a deceased soilder, rather they sent a telegram. Quinn’s Grandmother (his Great-Uncle Jack’s sister) and her family received a telegram from the War Department that simply stated, “The Secretary of War desires me to express his deepest regrets, that your son Lt. John Scanlan was killed June 23, 1945.”But that telegram actually confirming a death would not come so easily. At first, Jack’s family was simply told that his plane was shot down over mainland Japan. Quinn’s Grandmother (his Great-Uncle Jack’s sister) and her family wrote letters to the United States War Department for well over twenty-years requesting information about Jack’s death and demanding that his body be returned home to the United States. The United States played dumb for all these years in reference to the whereabouts of his remains and the acts that Jack went through once his plane went down.
After Jack graduated from St. Xavier High School and attended the University of Louisville he joined the Army Air Corps where he trained in Arizona and California before shipping out to the Pacific in April of 1944 where he became a dogfighter. His wingman was Lieutenant Bob Scamara and in a recent news article Lt. Scamara recalls the last minutes of Jack Scanlans life.
“It seemed like the whole Jap air force was after Jack and me. I couldn’t even look around and see if Jack was there I was so busy shooting…We two were certainly alone now, so we flew south, line abreast so we could watch each others tails. It wasn’t long before we were tapped again by the Zekes. They were really out to get us…”“After I rolled out of a turn and could see Jack, it was too late. There were two Japs sneaking up his tail that he couldn’t see. Meanwhile, I was heading straight for him… yelling into the radio for him to do something. I figure maybe he was hit before and his radio was out. The Zekes opened up on him and hit him in the wings. He pulled up a little, his wings burning… He climbed a few hundred feet, rolled over and jumped
out.”
The badly wounded flier parachuted safely to the ground but was quickly captured by Japanese soldiers. While being interrogated by their officers, a mob of angry villagers gathered around the schoolhouse that was being used as a military headquarters. In time, the officers turned Scanlan over to the civilians. The villagers, many of which were woman, beat him savagely. They stabbed him with sharpened bamboo sticks. Soon, the young flier was dead. When his body was recovered, his head had been severed, most likely beheaded.
Tomorrow, 2nd Lieutenant John (Jack) V. Scanlan 47th FS, 15th FG is finally going to be given the recognition that he deserves as a true American War Hero, for if it was not for him, his wingman would not be here today. Once Quinn returns from Kentucky I will be posting additonal information, pictures and video from the ceremony that is taking place at St. Xavier High School, the high school in which Jack graduated from.
Thursday, February 19, 2009
.Dog Fighting.
Everyone is giving poor little pit bulls bad raps these days and it's beginning to really aggravate me. First you have the lady whose two pit bulls killed the neighbors lab and had to be put down and now this! Like I do everyday at noon, I was watching the news today and heard a rather disturbing story right out of Gates County. Officials say that dogfighting is a growing problem in this area and they are doing everything they can to stop it! It's just too close to home.
The Gates County Sheriff found two dead dogs and four alive, but malnourished. These animals were being kept in small cages and were tied to heavy chains. They also seized 13 dogs under court order yesterday morning. Eleven pit bulls and two rottweilers, but the owner...no where to be found. A 15 pound chain was found on a 25 pound dog. The chain is used to make the dog's muscles stronger. To make matters worse the officers seized bottles of dog vitamins and steroids. Among other disturbing things confiscated from the crime scene include a goat horn that was used to pry open the locked jaws of two dogs and appears red due to dried blood also a wooden treadmill where the dogs would be placed with a dangling animal carcass in front of them and the dog would run on the mill to catch thus making them stronger and faster.
This morning the owner finally turned himself in and faces one felony count of Dogfighting, 13 misdemeanor counts of Animal Cruelty and three counts of Not Properly Disposing of Animal Carcases. When asked about the evidence found on his property he said he knew nothing about it! His bond is set $16,500, so I am pretty sure he is not going anywhere anytime soon, but STILL! Now let me explain to you the animal carcases part of his charges because this is the part the really pissed me off. This jackass had three burnt dog carcases in a bag that they found on his property that investigators are saying appears that the dogs who did not survive the fights were doused in gasoline and burnt!!!! Are you kidding me!?! How can you do that and sleep at night!?
The seized dogs are being kept at the Chowan County animal shelter and sadly many have scars, appear weak from malnutrition, and one appears to have a broken leg. Four of the dogs that were seized were considered aggressive and had to be euthanized. :(
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
.Bittersweet To Say The Least.
Me, being the wonderful cook that I am, watch Rachael Ray every morning. I just love her and her wonderful recipes, but today's show was pretty depressing.
She had a man on the show, Matt Logelin, who lost his wife during the birth of their daughter from a pulmonary embolism. How bittersweet? In order to keep his wife's memory alive for his daughter he started to use his wife's pregnancy blog as a way to communicate with family but within months, more than 40,000 people were reading it every day, and parenting tips began pouring in from strangers around the world. With the help of strangers, Matt was able to start a foundation in his wife's name where they have already raised several thousand dollars to help out other widows and widowers.What a heart warming story :)
....I have always had a fear that I would die whenever I had a baby so I really hope that nothing like this ever happens to me and Quinn.
Friday, February 6, 2009
.Doggy Day Care.
Below is a cute slideshow of all the pictures I collected from the past three days of doggy sitting Daisy and Keller. They are so dern cute. Enjoy!
Wednesday, February 4, 2009
.Doggy Day Care.
So today I officially felt what I believe I am looking forward to by being a mommy. It all started by being woken up at the crack of dawn by Keller, who is still recovering from his surgery he went through yesterday. He is freaking out because Quinn's dad had brought over their new pit-bull puppy Daisy for me to watch today. Both dogs are precious little angels while Quinn and his dad are here at the house but as soon as they leave, the dogs start playing and going nuts. Which is cool because I figure they will play and tire themselves out and sleep all day. Oh no, so wrong.
First, I am trying to get ready to go to the doctors this morning and I am tripping over two dogs playing and dog toys that have been dropped in various places throughout my house. Daisy then jumps up on our bed and waits for Keller to walk by and jumps on his back. I think this is cute so I let her keep doing it while I am straightening my hair, but as I go to make my bed before I leave the house I notice that little miss Daisy peed on my bed!!! So, I am already running late but I have to strip by bed down and take the sheets downstairs to wash them. Strike One.
After returning from the doctors, the dogs once again go nuts and play obnoxiously while I am trying to get some work done for the brochure businesses in the office. All of a sudden I smell shit. I searched the whole house and can not find the source of this stomach curdling smell. About 20 min later in the corner of the hall way by the front door I spot it. A little pile of poop, which of course comes from Daisy cause Keller could never have something that small come out of him. So I discipline her and go on trying to watch Marley and Me. Every time a dog barks or makes noises on the TV Keller barks or whines back, which is normally cute but today just is not the day. I feel like hell due to the on going morning sickness that I still experience 7 months into this dern pregnancy. Strike Two.
I start feeling better and know that if I get up and start cleaning I will feel 100% better. I don't know why I love to clean but I do. So, I get through the kitchen and one bathroom and I am on the second bathroom when I hear what sounds like a dam breaking loose in the hallway. As I come around the corner its Keller going to the bathroom. He unloaded what looked like a gallon of piss. Strike Three.
This is it, and I crack. I understand he is healing from surgery but this dog knows better then to pee in my house. I guess he did it to get back at Daisy for doing it. I don't know, dogs have weird minds. No sooner do I get that somewhat cleaned up but then Daisy pees right next to that spot. Now my normally fresh clean smelling house reeks of shit and piss. Needless to say, I had to run up to the store to go get some carpet cleaning stuff to get the god awful smell up.
So for now the house is back to normal but I am just waiting for one of these two dogs to do something else wrong, but while at the store I got them each a nice treat which seems to be keeping them occupied quite well. Good thinking;). All this makes me wonder how people can juggle twins, triplets, etc. Because after just one day with a puppy and a 2 year old dog, I have had enough so I can only imagine what a human is going to be like.....oh the joys to look forward to! ;)
First, I am trying to get ready to go to the doctors this morning and I am tripping over two dogs playing and dog toys that have been dropped in various places throughout my house. Daisy then jumps up on our bed and waits for Keller to walk by and jumps on his back. I think this is cute so I let her keep doing it while I am straightening my hair, but as I go to make my bed before I leave the house I notice that little miss Daisy peed on my bed!!! So, I am already running late but I have to strip by bed down and take the sheets downstairs to wash them. Strike One.
After returning from the doctors, the dogs once again go nuts and play obnoxiously while I am trying to get some work done for the brochure businesses in the office. All of a sudden I smell shit. I searched the whole house and can not find the source of this stomach curdling smell. About 20 min later in the corner of the hall way by the front door I spot it. A little pile of poop, which of course comes from Daisy cause Keller could never have something that small come out of him. So I discipline her and go on trying to watch Marley and Me. Every time a dog barks or makes noises on the TV Keller barks or whines back, which is normally cute but today just is not the day. I feel like hell due to the on going morning sickness that I still experience 7 months into this dern pregnancy. Strike Two.
I start feeling better and know that if I get up and start cleaning I will feel 100% better. I don't know why I love to clean but I do. So, I get through the kitchen and one bathroom and I am on the second bathroom when I hear what sounds like a dam breaking loose in the hallway. As I come around the corner its Keller going to the bathroom. He unloaded what looked like a gallon of piss. Strike Three.
This is it, and I crack. I understand he is healing from surgery but this dog knows better then to pee in my house. I guess he did it to get back at Daisy for doing it. I don't know, dogs have weird minds. No sooner do I get that somewhat cleaned up but then Daisy pees right next to that spot. Now my normally fresh clean smelling house reeks of shit and piss. Needless to say, I had to run up to the store to go get some carpet cleaning stuff to get the god awful smell up.
So for now the house is back to normal but I am just waiting for one of these two dogs to do something else wrong, but while at the store I got them each a nice treat which seems to be keeping them occupied quite well. Good thinking;). All this makes me wonder how people can juggle twins, triplets, etc. Because after just one day with a puppy and a 2 year old dog, I have had enough so I can only imagine what a human is going to be like.....oh the joys to look forward to! ;)
Saturday, January 31, 2009
.Vampire Love.
Ok so I have jumped on the Twilight bandwagon and I must say its not as bad as I thought it was. I mean, yes, there are corny parts of the books when they get way to lovey dovey cause lets face it, no one and I do mean, NO ONE is THAT in love. I am currently halfway through the third book (there are four in all for those of you who do not know) and my crazy hormones are starting to flare up.
Now, let me backtrack first. When one is pregnant, one can expect to have crazy dreams due to the abnormal hormonal balance one is experiencing, but my dreams have gone to a whole 'nother level. I have had dreams about killing people, people killing me, traveling, and other weird stuff and most of the time my dreams take place in Manteo High School. I do not know why I continue to dream that I am still in high school, but I do. Of course this is not really a problem for me because I absolutely LOVED high school and had the time of my life and if I could go back and do it again, I totally would.
Ever since I have started reading these books, I keep having dreams about Edward (who, by the way is the main character in the books). These dreams are so weird because we are in MHS walking around and playing out the scenes in the books. Not that I am complaining because quite frankly these dreams are more entertaining then waking up in a sweat because I just dreamt I killed 5 people but still the same they are really weird. All I have to say is I am really glad I did not start reading a political book or something because who knows what kind of nightmares could come from that ;).
P.S. If you have not read this series yet, I would strongly suggest it. They are highly addictive books, so read at your own risk ;)
Now, let me backtrack first. When one is pregnant, one can expect to have crazy dreams due to the abnormal hormonal balance one is experiencing, but my dreams have gone to a whole 'nother level. I have had dreams about killing people, people killing me, traveling, and other weird stuff and most of the time my dreams take place in Manteo High School. I do not know why I continue to dream that I am still in high school, but I do. Of course this is not really a problem for me because I absolutely LOVED high school and had the time of my life and if I could go back and do it again, I totally would.
Ever since I have started reading these books, I keep having dreams about Edward (who, by the way is the main character in the books). These dreams are so weird because we are in MHS walking around and playing out the scenes in the books. Not that I am complaining because quite frankly these dreams are more entertaining then waking up in a sweat because I just dreamt I killed 5 people but still the same they are really weird. All I have to say is I am really glad I did not start reading a political book or something because who knows what kind of nightmares could come from that ;).
P.S. If you have not read this series yet, I would strongly suggest it. They are highly addictive books, so read at your own risk ;)
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
.Lil' Miss Do-It-Yourself'er.
So I totally love doing little projects around the house whether it be decorating or painting or whatever I can do. One day when I have my own house I can promise that it will be decorated to a T, till now I take what I can get.
Once we got it home I realized that this would be a fun and easy re-finishing project. I am proud to say that I am starting on the sanding and will soon be making my way to the painting and assembling of my kick ass new crib. I have gone through many ideas and think I have finally decided what I am going to do with it and how I will be decorating my nursery. Unfortunately, our house has wood paneling in the bedrooms which I can not stand so painting the walls is out of the picture. But you keep looking for updates and once I have the crib completely finished, I will be posting!!!
Let me tell you the back story on my current project. A couple months back Quinn's mom found a good deal on a wooden crib and just went a head and bought it. Now, it's not exactly what I was picturing for my nursery but I was totally thankful for the gesture. I mean, having a kid and getting everything set up for the arrival is pretty dern expensive, FYI. So the more help the better.
Once we got it home I realized that this would be a fun and easy re-finishing project. I am proud to say that I am starting on the sanding and will soon be making my way to the painting and assembling of my kick ass new crib. I have gone through many ideas and think I have finally decided what I am going to do with it and how I will be decorating my nursery. Unfortunately, our house has wood paneling in the bedrooms which I can not stand so painting the walls is out of the picture. But you keep looking for updates and once I have the crib completely finished, I will be posting!!!PS: Any decorating ideas you may have, throw 'em at me. I'm open to all ideas ;)
Monday, January 26, 2009
.25 Random Facts.
In lieu of me getting this bad boy up and running again, I figured that I would do one of these fun little blog posts titled 25 random things you did not know about me. Pretty much its just to kill time because I am procrastinating doing any work ;). Enjoy!
1. I am not originally from the Outer Banks. I am originally from Chesapeake but had a cottage in corova my whole life and then moved here in middle school.
2. I grew up with purebred Chow-Chow's, who for some reason have a bad rap as being vicious dogs but its all in how you raise them.
3. I attempted to go to college in Wilmington, NC where I must say I have some of the best memories of living with two of my best friends, BUT I had a little too much fun and moved home shortly after my arrival.
4. I have a serious obsession with Pepsi. Some people drink coffee every morning, I drink a Pepsi.
5. I wish that we would have gotten a Krispie Kreme instead of a Dunkin Donuts on the Outer Banks simply because they have way better donuts and I could eat Krispie Kreme donuts all day long.
6. I was never really sure that I wanted to have kids and then found out I was having one and I have yet to even have the child and people are already trying to plan baby number two!!! You must be out of your mind if you think I want to do this again anytime soon.
7. My whole life I have had a fear of horses. It's not like I have not tried to conquer it either. Every year at camp I looked forward to horse back riding but for some reason the horses just don't want me on them. I have been bucked off and time and time again I get the horse that wants to haul ass as soon as I get situated. Needless to say I just stick to feeding and petting them for now.
8. I started out being a straight liquor girl (Bacardi 151, all the way) and now I can barely stand the sight of hard liquor. It's beer all the way baby and you have no idea how badly I am craving a Heineken.
9. I swear I have a touch of OCD. I have to make the bed every morning, or it bugs the crap out of me all day. I clean every single day and everything has to be in its spot. If you knew my boyfriend and how messy he is you would understand how bad my OCD can get ;).
10. I love love love junk food and I must say that during my pregnancy I have controlled myself unbelievably. Healthy snacks all the way. Fruit and granola instead of ice cream and cookies. It's been hard but in the end it will be worth not having a bunch of weight to lose.
11. I pretty much hate myspace. Facebook is the way to go.
12. I can not stand how people let their cars get messy. It makes your car smell funky and once it gets too messy its impossible to get it back to being clean. I hate riding in cluttered, dirty cars. My car is always clean and I refuse to have it look like I live out of my car.
13. I am a closet penny pincher. I clip coupons like crazy and shop for sale items like its my job. You might think its funny but whats really funny is you spend more money on the same items I buy for half off ;).
14. I kickass at Sudoku and I am not ashamed of my nerdy gaming obsession. You see me knock out the Samurai Sudoku in the Washington Post every Sunday. Yeah that's right, be jealous ;).
15. I have a blind dog named Keller who is quite amazing at fetch. Yes, that's right, fetch.
16. I love milk. I go though almost a gallon a day.
17. I have a shopping problem. I have clothes in closet that I still have yet to ever wear. I just buy, buy, buy which I guess at this point is kinda dumb seeing as I can not fit into ANYTHING but I am obsessed with having cute clothes.
18. I am quite the BITCH if pushed to the point where it is necessary to show that side. I have no problem speaking my mind or whoppin' some ass ;).
19. I have an obsession with being tan. I can not be pale, if I start getting pasty I gross myself out and head straight to the tanning bed. I think everyone should be tan because it makes you look alot better when you are tan.
20. I hate the cold weather. I live at the beach for a reason, so when it drops below freezing I become miserable. Summer please hurry!!!
21. I have never broken a bone, had stitches or had to stay the night in a hospital. Needless to say I am not looking forward to the birthing process at all.
22. I maybe a brunette but man do I have some blond moments and when I do it is quite entertaining.
23. I am the nerdy one in my group of friends. They love to pick on me but its OK, I don't mind.
24. As hard as it is to believe, I really miss High School. I don't know about you, but I had a blast in High School and if I could do it again, I would.
25. If I had to pick one thing I detest the most about being pregnant, it would have to be these crazy, wacky dreams I have....no, no wait, these are not dreams they are full blown nightmares that cause to wake up with my heart racing and make it very hard to fall back asleep.
Now you know 25 Random Facts About Me, your turn!!
1. I am not originally from the Outer Banks. I am originally from Chesapeake but had a cottage in corova my whole life and then moved here in middle school.
2. I grew up with purebred Chow-Chow's, who for some reason have a bad rap as being vicious dogs but its all in how you raise them.
3. I attempted to go to college in Wilmington, NC where I must say I have some of the best memories of living with two of my best friends, BUT I had a little too much fun and moved home shortly after my arrival.
4. I have a serious obsession with Pepsi. Some people drink coffee every morning, I drink a Pepsi.
5. I wish that we would have gotten a Krispie Kreme instead of a Dunkin Donuts on the Outer Banks simply because they have way better donuts and I could eat Krispie Kreme donuts all day long.
6. I was never really sure that I wanted to have kids and then found out I was having one and I have yet to even have the child and people are already trying to plan baby number two!!! You must be out of your mind if you think I want to do this again anytime soon.
7. My whole life I have had a fear of horses. It's not like I have not tried to conquer it either. Every year at camp I looked forward to horse back riding but for some reason the horses just don't want me on them. I have been bucked off and time and time again I get the horse that wants to haul ass as soon as I get situated. Needless to say I just stick to feeding and petting them for now.
8. I started out being a straight liquor girl (Bacardi 151, all the way) and now I can barely stand the sight of hard liquor. It's beer all the way baby and you have no idea how badly I am craving a Heineken.
9. I swear I have a touch of OCD. I have to make the bed every morning, or it bugs the crap out of me all day. I clean every single day and everything has to be in its spot. If you knew my boyfriend and how messy he is you would understand how bad my OCD can get ;).
10. I love love love junk food and I must say that during my pregnancy I have controlled myself unbelievably. Healthy snacks all the way. Fruit and granola instead of ice cream and cookies. It's been hard but in the end it will be worth not having a bunch of weight to lose.
11. I pretty much hate myspace. Facebook is the way to go.
12. I can not stand how people let their cars get messy. It makes your car smell funky and once it gets too messy its impossible to get it back to being clean. I hate riding in cluttered, dirty cars. My car is always clean and I refuse to have it look like I live out of my car.
13. I am a closet penny pincher. I clip coupons like crazy and shop for sale items like its my job. You might think its funny but whats really funny is you spend more money on the same items I buy for half off ;).
14. I kickass at Sudoku and I am not ashamed of my nerdy gaming obsession. You see me knock out the Samurai Sudoku in the Washington Post every Sunday. Yeah that's right, be jealous ;).
15. I have a blind dog named Keller who is quite amazing at fetch. Yes, that's right, fetch.
16. I love milk. I go though almost a gallon a day.
17. I have a shopping problem. I have clothes in closet that I still have yet to ever wear. I just buy, buy, buy which I guess at this point is kinda dumb seeing as I can not fit into ANYTHING but I am obsessed with having cute clothes.
18. I am quite the BITCH if pushed to the point where it is necessary to show that side. I have no problem speaking my mind or whoppin' some ass ;).
19. I have an obsession with being tan. I can not be pale, if I start getting pasty I gross myself out and head straight to the tanning bed. I think everyone should be tan because it makes you look alot better when you are tan.
20. I hate the cold weather. I live at the beach for a reason, so when it drops below freezing I become miserable. Summer please hurry!!!
21. I have never broken a bone, had stitches or had to stay the night in a hospital. Needless to say I am not looking forward to the birthing process at all.
22. I maybe a brunette but man do I have some blond moments and when I do it is quite entertaining.
23. I am the nerdy one in my group of friends. They love to pick on me but its OK, I don't mind.
24. As hard as it is to believe, I really miss High School. I don't know about you, but I had a blast in High School and if I could do it again, I would.
25. If I had to pick one thing I detest the most about being pregnant, it would have to be these crazy, wacky dreams I have....no, no wait, these are not dreams they are full blown nightmares that cause to wake up with my heart racing and make it very hard to fall back asleep.
Now you know 25 Random Facts About Me, your turn!!
Sunday, January 25, 2009
.Welcome Back.
So I have finally decided to start this thing back up and I must say I am quite excited. There is alot that has been going on recently and I am excited to update everyone on my life and the progress of the pregnancy.
Please bare with the site as it is still under minor construction.
Please bare with the site as it is still under minor construction.
Thursday, August 14, 2008
Congratulations.
Just want to give a congratulations shout out to one of my best friends, Charly and her boyfriend Ben on their baby fetus (In ten more weeks I will stop calling it fetus and start calling it whatever it is).
Ya'll will be great parents!
Love you! xoxox
Ya'll will be great parents!
Love you! xoxox
Tuesday, August 12, 2008
Birthdays and Fights.
Ok so yes I am that ghetto that I steal my Internet from my neighbors, thus that explains the lack of entries lately. I finally got some signal and decided to give a howdy doody to my Internet friends. I have been so busy lately, you just don't even know. I feel like I never have a day off. Thankfully though I had off this past weekend to help my friend Ashley celebrate her 21st birthday. Wow, what an experience.
Saturday night we went out to Port o' Call and Chillis at midnight and on Sunday, her actual birthday, she had a nice little cook out shin dig at her parents house and then we proceeded to hit the bars up later. Well as we were drinking at her parents it dawned us that it was sunday and thus it was Rock and Bowl night so we got real stoked and headed there after Lucky 12. Let me just say that I have never been to Rock and Bowl and I had a BLAST. It was a giant Manteo High School reunion but it was OK because it was only people that I wanted to see.
But if I'm writing about it, then we call all conclude that it probably was bir all peaches-n-cream that night. At Lucky 12 my friend John and his fiance Maddy were there with some friends, we casually chatted and I said my goodbyes as I went out to get my car and bring it around front so everyone could get in but as I rounded the side of the building to reach the front all I see is a mobb of people being shoved out the door. Apparently some of the people I was with had beef with John and Maddy. Thinking it was all over and done with, we headed to the Bowling Alley. After being there for 20-30 min. in walks John and Maddy with their friends. Ok, whatever. They were at the other end of the place but every time they came anywhere near the people I was with my people proceeded to keep egging it on and talking shit. (Now when I say "my people" it is only for the purpose of the story, they really are not my people). You see, John's fiance is the manager of a local surf shop and a girl that was with us for Ashley's birthday apparently stole about $700 worth of stuff and for her jobs sake Maddy had to prosecute. To make an exteremly long story short a huge fight broke out and of course the wonderful cop force of the OBX show up and arrest people. My loud ass mouth almost got in trouble to for my infamous "Fuck the Police" remark. (Big shout out to Nags Head P.D.....I mean the wanna be NYPD). Opps, my bad. Haha ;). Well anyways everyone I was with got kicked out except for those of us that mingled and hid into the crowds so we didn't have to leave. It was a fun night but I must say that I was terribly embarrassed to be seen with the people involved or to claim that I knew them the rest of the night.
I tell you that story to tell you this. If you so choose to steal, do it a little less obviously. Do not take things from your work and then wear it to work where they will realize that you didn't buy it and how are you wearing it. Overall it was quite an experience I so choose not to go through again.
Saturday night we went out to Port o' Call and Chillis at midnight and on Sunday, her actual birthday, she had a nice little cook out shin dig at her parents house and then we proceeded to hit the bars up later. Well as we were drinking at her parents it dawned us that it was sunday and thus it was Rock and Bowl night so we got real stoked and headed there after Lucky 12. Let me just say that I have never been to Rock and Bowl and I had a BLAST. It was a giant Manteo High School reunion but it was OK because it was only people that I wanted to see.
But if I'm writing about it, then we call all conclude that it probably was bir all peaches-n-cream that night. At Lucky 12 my friend John and his fiance Maddy were there with some friends, we casually chatted and I said my goodbyes as I went out to get my car and bring it around front so everyone could get in but as I rounded the side of the building to reach the front all I see is a mobb of people being shoved out the door. Apparently some of the people I was with had beef with John and Maddy. Thinking it was all over and done with, we headed to the Bowling Alley. After being there for 20-30 min. in walks John and Maddy with their friends. Ok, whatever. They were at the other end of the place but every time they came anywhere near the people I was with my people proceeded to keep egging it on and talking shit. (Now when I say "my people" it is only for the purpose of the story, they really are not my people). You see, John's fiance is the manager of a local surf shop and a girl that was with us for Ashley's birthday apparently stole about $700 worth of stuff and for her jobs sake Maddy had to prosecute. To make an exteremly long story short a huge fight broke out and of course the wonderful cop force of the OBX show up and arrest people. My loud ass mouth almost got in trouble to for my infamous "Fuck the Police" remark. (Big shout out to Nags Head P.D.....I mean the wanna be NYPD). Opps, my bad. Haha ;). Well anyways everyone I was with got kicked out except for those of us that mingled and hid into the crowds so we didn't have to leave. It was a fun night but I must say that I was terribly embarrassed to be seen with the people involved or to claim that I knew them the rest of the night.
I tell you that story to tell you this. If you so choose to steal, do it a little less obviously. Do not take things from your work and then wear it to work where they will realize that you didn't buy it and how are you wearing it. Overall it was quite an experience I so choose not to go through again.
Tuesday, August 5, 2008
NY and No Smoking.
So we have DirectTv and our "local" (ABC,CBS,NBC...) channels in HD are based out of New York and so we always have all the ads for New York's stuff so some of it is pretty entertaing. The local commericals that are so low budget and trying to be cool are so funny and It seems that every single day somebody is shot in New York. This morning apparently a child was playing outside his house and got shot by the NYPD. Too much crime and drama in that place for me. But thats not the reason I am writing this, This morning as I was just watching Regis and Kelly in HD I saw an ad for "NY Quits" which is this quit smoking campaign for the state of New York. They provide a 1-800 number for people to call to see if they qualify for free nicotine patches and a whole kit to quit smoking. I think that is a pretty cool campaign. I mean, now if you live in New York you really have no reason to quit smoking. More states should do that because some people seriously get addicted to smoking.
I just don't get it though. I don't think cigarettes are addicting, but then again I rarely smoke, it's just more of a drunk thing ;)
P.S. They have got some HILARIOUS commercials for local companies up there. They are sooo cheeeessseeeeyyyyyyyy;)
I just don't get it though. I don't think cigarettes are addicting, but then again I rarely smoke, it's just more of a drunk thing ;)
P.S. They have got some HILARIOUS commercials for local companies up there. They are sooo cheeeessseeeeyyyyyyyy;)
Friday, August 1, 2008
Look Who's 21
So wow its been a hot minute since I have last written but I have my reasons of course. Last Sunday, July 27, was my birthday. Oh yeah, the big two-one. Not that it really made a difference, turing 21. I have been going to the bars down here since I was in high school and I can buy beer at every gas station without being carded so the whole turning 21 thing was not THAT exciting.
Me and the ladies laid out at Stephanie's house all day and then parted ways to get pretty with intention of meeting at my house at 7 but right as I was waiting on everyone to get here a limo pulls up to take us all out courtesy of my sister. It was nice :). Any who, went to Ocean Blvd. first, of course. I had a nice tini and some yummy cake. It was so much fun, the whole restaurant was singing to me when they lit the candles and brought my cake out. From there we took my parents home who came out with me for one drink and then headed to Lucky 12 which was a fun time. Now you have to understand that for some odd reason the whole Outer Banks was completely dead on my birthday so every bar really was just a "fun time" cause no one was out. By the time we got to chilli's I was feeling mighty nice and thought it would be bad ass to order a Tangerine Dream (the bartender's, Carter, signature drink for me) and right as I was enjoying that the boys from my work came out. This kid ordered me some blue shot that I have no decided was "the straw that broke the camels back." I could not even finish that shot it was so gross and that right there is pretty much the last thing I remember and then Quinn said he found me outside, beside Chilli peppers on the ground!!!! Which we would be fine minus the fact that I was wearing white jeans (which by the way were later washed with no luck of getting grass stains out, so if anyone knows some strange method of getting grass stains out of white pants, let me know). So he put me in the limo and we headed home but Stephanie's husband, Matt, was already in the limo passed out drunk and I have now been told that the two of us passed out foot-to-head and I have seen these pictures and let me let you know that two drunk people passed out on top of each other is really funny (will post later when I get them off Stephanie's camera).
Apparently, I told everyone at Chilli Pepper's to come to my house and text pretty much my whole phone because by the time we got from Chilli Peppers to our house which is pretty much across the street, people just started flocking to our house. Meanwhile, I am passed out in my bedroom trying to throw up and i NEVER did and all of a sudden after 30 minutes being out of commission, I sat up and was ready to go for round 2. When I came out of my bedroom into the living room there were like 20 people in my tini ass house, and I could not tell you who was even there. For the last week I have randomly run into people all over the beach who said that they were at some point in time on my birthday at my house.....so if you were there sorry I don't remember. HAHA!
Overall it was a very long but very fun 21st birthday. I still have not gone to the liquor store yet so I guess I may want to get on that. To check out pictures from the big day, click here :)
Me and the ladies laid out at Stephanie's house all day and then parted ways to get pretty with intention of meeting at my house at 7 but right as I was waiting on everyone to get here a limo pulls up to take us all out courtesy of my sister. It was nice :). Any who, went to Ocean Blvd. first, of course. I had a nice tini and some yummy cake. It was so much fun, the whole restaurant was singing to me when they lit the candles and brought my cake out. From there we took my parents home who came out with me for one drink and then headed to Lucky 12 which was a fun time. Now you have to understand that for some odd reason the whole Outer Banks was completely dead on my birthday so every bar really was just a "fun time" cause no one was out. By the time we got to chilli's I was feeling mighty nice and thought it would be bad ass to order a Tangerine Dream (the bartender's, Carter, signature drink for me) and right as I was enjoying that the boys from my work came out. This kid ordered me some blue shot that I have no decided was "the straw that broke the camels back." I could not even finish that shot it was so gross and that right there is pretty much the last thing I remember and then Quinn said he found me outside, beside Chilli peppers on the ground!!!! Which we would be fine minus the fact that I was wearing white jeans (which by the way were later washed with no luck of getting grass stains out, so if anyone knows some strange method of getting grass stains out of white pants, let me know). So he put me in the limo and we headed home but Stephanie's husband, Matt, was already in the limo passed out drunk and I have now been told that the two of us passed out foot-to-head and I have seen these pictures and let me let you know that two drunk people passed out on top of each other is really funny (will post later when I get them off Stephanie's camera).
Apparently, I told everyone at Chilli Pepper's to come to my house and text pretty much my whole phone because by the time we got from Chilli Peppers to our house which is pretty much across the street, people just started flocking to our house. Meanwhile, I am passed out in my bedroom trying to throw up and i NEVER did and all of a sudden after 30 minutes being out of commission, I sat up and was ready to go for round 2. When I came out of my bedroom into the living room there were like 20 people in my tini ass house, and I could not tell you who was even there. For the last week I have randomly run into people all over the beach who said that they were at some point in time on my birthday at my house.....so if you were there sorry I don't remember. HAHA!
Overall it was a very long but very fun 21st birthday. I still have not gone to the liquor store yet so I guess I may want to get on that. To check out pictures from the big day, click here :)
Wednesday, July 23, 2008
Why So Serious??
So Monday Quinker and I played hookie and went to Virginia. We went up to MacArthur Mall because he had never been there and had lunch at Johnny Rockets but I was kind of disappointed because they normally sing and dance in there while you are eating and they didn't do it, boo for them ;). We went up there to go drop off my bling at the jewelers so it can get sized, I am so stoked I get to pick it up on Friday.....hopefully. Originally I wanted to head over to the Virginia Beach Marine Science Museum so we could catch The Dark Knight at the IMAX theatre but you can't pre-order your tickets for IMAX so if we had driven all the way there and it had been sold out it would have been a waste of time so we just decided to go see it in regular theatres.
After dropping ridiculous amounts of money on tickets, sodas, hot dog, pop-corn and of course candy for my fatass we finally settled in to the theatre! I am telling you that this movie is one of the best movies....EVER! I am not just saying it's the best comic book movie, but it is a good movie across all genres of film. Christian Bale is super hott and Heath Ledger gives an amazing portrayal of the Joker and quite frankly if the rumors of him being so disturbed by his roll is what drove him to his unfortunate death, I can see why. Not to mention the introduction of Two-Face, which Aaron Eckhart was absolutely perfect for the role and I hope in the next installment they keep him as Two-Face. Also, in the last installment Katie Holmes played Rachel and for this movie they have one of my favorites Maggie Gyllenhaal playing Rachel and she is perfect, they need to bring her back too! The special effects are off the hook and I kind of wish I would have gone to see it in IMAX just for the special effects. One of the coolest parts is when they completely flip over an eighteen wheeler, its sick. The movie is ridiculously long (2.5 hours) but totally worth it, so if you are one of the losers that have not seen this movie I highly suggest you get your little (or big) booty to your nearest theatre and catch The Dark Knight.
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After dropping ridiculous amounts of money on tickets, sodas, hot dog, pop-corn and of course candy for my fatass we finally settled in to the theatre! I am telling you that this movie is one of the best movies....EVER! I am not just saying it's the best comic book movie, but it is a good movie across all genres of film. Christian Bale is super hott and Heath Ledger gives an amazing portrayal of the Joker and quite frankly if the rumors of him being so disturbed by his roll is what drove him to his unfortunate death, I can see why. Not to mention the introduction of Two-Face, which Aaron Eckhart was absolutely perfect for the role and I hope in the next installment they keep him as Two-Face. Also, in the last installment Katie Holmes played Rachel and for this movie they have one of my favorites Maggie Gyllenhaal playing Rachel and she is perfect, they need to bring her back too! The special effects are off the hook and I kind of wish I would have gone to see it in IMAX just for the special effects. One of the coolest parts is when they completely flip over an eighteen wheeler, its sick. The movie is ridiculously long (2.5 hours) but totally worth it, so if you are one of the losers that have not seen this movie I highly suggest you get your little (or big) booty to your nearest theatre and catch The Dark Knight.
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Thursday, July 17, 2008
Chicken Biscuit DRAMA
Ok this morning I am already running a little late. It's my fault due to the excessive amount of times I hit snooze (from 7am to 9am). HAHA! I was not trying to wake up this morning. So my sister calls me as I am pulling up to get a soda from the machine at the Market Place telling me that at McDonalds if you order a large drink you get a free southern style chicken biscuit. My highass gets all excited and I dart over to McDonalds. I mean, I am all stoked for this biscuit, if you know what I am saying.
I go through the line and get to the final window and they hand me my large sweet tea and that's it. They just look at me as I continue to sit there and finally I say "Where is my biscuit?" the ghetto fabulous McDonalds lady tells me that when I order I have to ASK for the free biscuit, that they don't just GIVE it to you. I said, "Well, I am asking for my biscuit now!" and sure enough they would NOT give it to me. Needless to say I thought that was rude and uncalled for, don't advertise a free biscuit with the purchase of a large drink and then tell me I have to ask for the free food.
Whatever, I'm going to Henry's and getting a real biscuit and sweet tea, screw McDonalds. ;)
I go through the line and get to the final window and they hand me my large sweet tea and that's it. They just look at me as I continue to sit there and finally I say "Where is my biscuit?" the ghetto fabulous McDonalds lady tells me that when I order I have to ASK for the free biscuit, that they don't just GIVE it to you. I said, "Well, I am asking for my biscuit now!" and sure enough they would NOT give it to me. Needless to say I thought that was rude and uncalled for, don't advertise a free biscuit with the purchase of a large drink and then tell me I have to ask for the free food.
Whatever, I'm going to Henry's and getting a real biscuit and sweet tea, screw McDonalds. ;)
Wednesday, July 16, 2008
Don't Be Trashy, RECYCLE!
Growing up in Southern Shores (and all the northern beaches) we had two cans that went to the end of the drive way for trash pickup. One was for trash and the other for recycling and it seemed that pretty much the whole neighborhood recycled. Recycling had free pick up, too.
Now that I live in Kill Devil Hills, which has got to be the most densely populated by locals town on the Outer Banks, I have noticed that no one recycles. I just don’t understand why Kill Devil Hills cant recycle, let alone the whole County too. I mean in my house alone, the amount of cans and bottles we go through weekly is pretty large. Not only is Kill Devil Hills heavily populated with locals but it also has a great number of rental properties and as we all know the tourist come down here and party, thus resulting in even more cans and bottles that could be recycled.
Now apparently in Kill Devil Hills and Nags Head you can purchase recycling services for a fee of $7.45 for weekly pickup. Outer Banks Hauling has been picked to pick up the recycling based on the guaranteed of the low cost for three years and their willingness to tailor the program to local need. This is a wonderful way to get into the recycling program, but I just don't understand why we have to pay and Southern Shores does not. (There is also another company out there willing to pick up recyclables in Dare County, but you have to contact them for an exact quote on pick-up pricing)
So now the issue is getting every household including locals and tourists, not only in Kill Devil Hills and Nags Head but across Dare County, to sign up for the recycling program and we could really make a difference. This system could work out very well and should cause little, if any, hardships for the citizens. Not to mention that Dare County as a whole does a lot of construction and demolition all of which use recyclable materials. The majority of beach goers are drinking plastic bottled water or juices, canned soda or beer, and glass bottled sodas and beer, thus if every beach access had a recycling bin that right there is a huge difference in how much we waste as a community.
The Outer Banks is supposed to be this nice beach retreat and as a community we work hard year round to keep the beach clean and make sure that our Island stays beautiful for generations to come. But seeing that we are such a large vacation destination for a vast variety of individuals shouldn’t we want to make a large impression and start “Going Green.” The Brewing Station, for instance, is setting quite the example by being Americas First Wind Powered Brewpub with their 10KW Wind Turbine. And to be honest with you, that Wind Turbine has really gotten the Tourist a buzzing and we know they will go back to their hometowns and brag that they ate at the only wind powered pub in America. It may sound corny but if they get as excited as they do over a Brew-Thru then imagine their reaction to a “Green” restaurant on the OBX. ;)
I just wish the Outer Banks would want to be more of a trend setter and start "Going Green". recylcing is just one small step towards achieving that and we need everyone to pitch in. The sad thing is that most of Dare Counties residents are too lazy or too drunk to recycle (haha). So get up off your lazy asses people and cough up that $7.45/month and start recycling :)
Now that I live in Kill Devil Hills, which has got to be the most densely populated by locals town on the Outer Banks, I have noticed that no one recycles. I just don’t understand why Kill Devil Hills cant recycle, let alone the whole County too. I mean in my house alone, the amount of cans and bottles we go through weekly is pretty large. Not only is Kill Devil Hills heavily populated with locals but it also has a great number of rental properties and as we all know the tourist come down here and party, thus resulting in even more cans and bottles that could be recycled.
Now apparently in Kill Devil Hills and Nags Head you can purchase recycling services for a fee of $7.45 for weekly pickup. Outer Banks Hauling has been picked to pick up the recycling based on the guaranteed of the low cost for three years and their willingness to tailor the program to local need. This is a wonderful way to get into the recycling program, but I just don't understand why we have to pay and Southern Shores does not. (There is also another company out there willing to pick up recyclables in Dare County, but you have to contact them for an exact quote on pick-up pricing)
So now the issue is getting every household including locals and tourists, not only in Kill Devil Hills and Nags Head but across Dare County, to sign up for the recycling program and we could really make a difference. This system could work out very well and should cause little, if any, hardships for the citizens. Not to mention that Dare County as a whole does a lot of construction and demolition all of which use recyclable materials. The majority of beach goers are drinking plastic bottled water or juices, canned soda or beer, and glass bottled sodas and beer, thus if every beach access had a recycling bin that right there is a huge difference in how much we waste as a community.
The Outer Banks is supposed to be this nice beach retreat and as a community we work hard year round to keep the beach clean and make sure that our Island stays beautiful for generations to come. But seeing that we are such a large vacation destination for a vast variety of individuals shouldn’t we want to make a large impression and start “Going Green.” The Brewing Station, for instance, is setting quite the example by being Americas First Wind Powered Brewpub with their 10KW Wind Turbine. And to be honest with you, that Wind Turbine has really gotten the Tourist a buzzing and we know they will go back to their hometowns and brag that they ate at the only wind powered pub in America. It may sound corny but if they get as excited as they do over a Brew-Thru then imagine their reaction to a “Green” restaurant on the OBX. ;)
I just wish the Outer Banks would want to be more of a trend setter and start "Going Green". recylcing is just one small step towards achieving that and we need everyone to pitch in. The sad thing is that most of Dare Counties residents are too lazy or too drunk to recycle (haha). So get up off your lazy asses people and cough up that $7.45/month and start recycling :)
Thursday, July 10, 2008
Trip to Hell and Back.
Ok let me start by saying this is not a diss to the whole state of New Jersey....
...On Tuesday Me, Quinn, Caitlin and her boyfriend Brandon all headed to the airport in Portland to head home from Maine. They were flying US Airways and we were flying Continental. I will not fly that airline again. From Portland we were to fly to Newark then to Richmond and since we would be getting in so late, we were going to stay the night in Richmond and head home Wednesday morning. Sounds like a great plan....
Well of course our flight to Newark gets delayed because of the air traffic and that delay now makes us miss our flight to Richmond so we have the choice to stay in Portland or to fly on to Newark and stay there. Option 2 worked out better for me because I had to work at 4 in Duck. So we fly to Newark and we make an attempt to catch our original flight to Richmond and by the time we got from Terminal A to Terminal C we made it just in time to see the plane pulling away.
I was so pissed, you just don't understand.
The airline did not comp anything. No food, no hotel, no nothing and they were all rude. So on our way to the other side of the airport to where all the hotel shuttles are we encountered an older Asian couple also flying Continental saying that they were rude to them and didn't help them out at all either but that there was an African American passenger from their flight that received food vouchers. The Asian lady proceeded to ask the lady at the desk what was up with that and she said it was at the agents discretion to give out vouchers which then shows me that Newark airport was also a little racist cause there were only black airline agents that night and no one got any help.
So we finally ask if we can just get our luggage and go on to a hotel. Oh no, our luggage is in a "secured area" they said and that it was fine and that it would definitely make it to Richmond with us the following morning. Ok, whatever. Almost every hotel was completed booked except four, which was a price range of about $104 to $299 and then I found one for $82. Hell yeah I thought!! We are only staying for one night, it can't be that bad.
Oh it was THAT bad. We kept going to the straight up GHETTO. I mean, liquor stores on the corners with homies standing outside and strip clubs with what looks like drug dealers at the door and to top it all off I spotted my first real life HOOKER and she was NOT cute. We asked the shuttle driver to take us back to the airport. Now by this time it is midnight, me and Quinn are cranky and irritable and we finally find a hotel for $100 something but my AAA saved the day with a major discount. I had to take a shower and Quinn went to go get food--a turkey sandwich and a chicken salad one--they gave him turkey with chips and then a tiny little ketchup cup size thing of chicken salad and a six pack of bud for almost $50 (apparently they don't sell beer in gas stations....yankees are so wack, dude).
We wake up and go straight to the airport and everything is going smoothly. We get to Richmond and go to baggage claim. Yay, here comes Quinn's bag.....and that's it. They lost 3 of our 4 bags, one of which contains mine and Quinn's brand new North Face jackets (which if you know about North Face, were not cheap), my new stuffed animal made of Alpaca fur (which also was not cheap) and my anniversary ring. They said they would have our bags to us last night, then today by 2:30 and now we are at between 6PM and 12AM today. I swear, nothing better be missing cause they don't want to piss me off.
All in all, New Jersey, it's airport and mostly it's people did not impress me and I could live the rest of my life without returning.
...On Tuesday Me, Quinn, Caitlin and her boyfriend Brandon all headed to the airport in Portland to head home from Maine. They were flying US Airways and we were flying Continental. I will not fly that airline again. From Portland we were to fly to Newark then to Richmond and since we would be getting in so late, we were going to stay the night in Richmond and head home Wednesday morning. Sounds like a great plan....
Well of course our flight to Newark gets delayed because of the air traffic and that delay now makes us miss our flight to Richmond so we have the choice to stay in Portland or to fly on to Newark and stay there. Option 2 worked out better for me because I had to work at 4 in Duck. So we fly to Newark and we make an attempt to catch our original flight to Richmond and by the time we got from Terminal A to Terminal C we made it just in time to see the plane pulling away.
I was so pissed, you just don't understand.
The airline did not comp anything. No food, no hotel, no nothing and they were all rude. So on our way to the other side of the airport to where all the hotel shuttles are we encountered an older Asian couple also flying Continental saying that they were rude to them and didn't help them out at all either but that there was an African American passenger from their flight that received food vouchers. The Asian lady proceeded to ask the lady at the desk what was up with that and she said it was at the agents discretion to give out vouchers which then shows me that Newark airport was also a little racist cause there were only black airline agents that night and no one got any help.
So we finally ask if we can just get our luggage and go on to a hotel. Oh no, our luggage is in a "secured area" they said and that it was fine and that it would definitely make it to Richmond with us the following morning. Ok, whatever. Almost every hotel was completed booked except four, which was a price range of about $104 to $299 and then I found one for $82. Hell yeah I thought!! We are only staying for one night, it can't be that bad.
Oh it was THAT bad. We kept going to the straight up GHETTO. I mean, liquor stores on the corners with homies standing outside and strip clubs with what looks like drug dealers at the door and to top it all off I spotted my first real life HOOKER and she was NOT cute. We asked the shuttle driver to take us back to the airport. Now by this time it is midnight, me and Quinn are cranky and irritable and we finally find a hotel for $100 something but my AAA saved the day with a major discount. I had to take a shower and Quinn went to go get food--a turkey sandwich and a chicken salad one--they gave him turkey with chips and then a tiny little ketchup cup size thing of chicken salad and a six pack of bud for almost $50 (apparently they don't sell beer in gas stations....yankees are so wack, dude).
We wake up and go straight to the airport and everything is going smoothly. We get to Richmond and go to baggage claim. Yay, here comes Quinn's bag.....and that's it. They lost 3 of our 4 bags, one of which contains mine and Quinn's brand new North Face jackets (which if you know about North Face, were not cheap), my new stuffed animal made of Alpaca fur (which also was not cheap) and my anniversary ring. They said they would have our bags to us last night, then today by 2:30 and now we are at between 6PM and 12AM today. I swear, nothing better be missing cause they don't want to piss me off.
All in all, New Jersey, it's airport and mostly it's people did not impress me and I could live the rest of my life without returning.
Tuesday, July 1, 2008
Maine
So, today was our full first day in Maine. YAY! Yesterday was so long. Drove to Richmond at 4am to catch our flight and then first stop once we hit Maine was Freeport to get our shop on. Quinn surprised me and got me a GORGEOUS ruby solitaire ring, white gold with a diamond band. Yes, I know and yes, you should be jealous (I will post pictures as soon as I can).The original forecast for today was going to be 62 and rainy but amazingly it was in the 80's and sunny. We had the memorial for Alex today and it was beautiful. I like to believe that she most certainly had something to do with the amazing weather. We were a sea of baby blue with our matching Alex shirts as we each went down to the dock and spread a little bit of her ashes and then her family took her for one last boat ride. It was beautiful and hopefully this can give the Hartner's a little bit of closure to such a horrific accident.....Rest In Peace, Pretty :)
Don't ever take life for granted because you never know.....On to a lighter note, today is also my very best friends birthday and I am pretty sad I am missing it but I wanted to go on and put it out there and tell her happy birthday.....Happy birthday Steph, love you!That should definitely be an interesting party, though. The cast of characters in the limo will most certainly end with some sort of massive blow up at one individual girl. I can not say that I really feel that bad for her....and if you are an OBXican then you probably know to whom I am referring to. Let this be a lesson to not mess with other peoples boyfriends/baby daddys/fiances/life partner's, whatever....its just not nice and well, it's freaking annoying. :)Speaking of not nice and annoying, I currently attempted to be nice to people that I used to dislike. You know, "tryin' to squash the beef." That totally backfired on me!!!! That person I was trying to be nice went and told people whose business it was none of and caused a whole drama fest. It is over and done with now but I just don't understand why people do things when they know for a fact it is going to start drama (i.e. steph's birthday). When you know that what you are doing is wrong and that it is going to start shit then in the end that person has no right complaining about how much they hate drama and blah blah blah because well, obviously they must thrive for the drama cause they are the ones creating it, knowingly.So happy I am off the OB for awhile :) and soon I should have some pictures of some Maine adventures. Going to get my fishing license tomorrow so hopefully I can catch me a big one ;).
UPDATE (July 5):
So far Maine has been a blast. I still have yet to catch a fish while Caitlin is killing it so I am a little sad. Been getting my shop on like crazy!!! Yesterday we went out to Pemaquid Point to see the lightouse that is in the Red Lobster commercials and walk out on the rocks. It was such a great day to go out there. Last night it was cold enough to make a fire in the fireplace so that was nice. We sat around and played games and got drunk and watched fireworks. This morning after breakfast at the famous Moody's Diner we went to an Apalca farm and that was pretty cool. They are pretty interesting animals, not to mention that our tour guide had been shocked by the electric fence one too many times cause he was a but case. Haha. Over all it's been great fun thus far, below are some pics so check em out :)
Us at Pemaquid Point aka the Red Lobster commercial
lighthouse
Alpaca's - They were so dern cute :)
Quinn and his first catch of the vacation...too bad I am whooppin everyone's
ass in catching lilly pads ;)
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