Ten on Tuesday - Getting Old

This week's Ten on Tuesday is Ten Signs You're Getting Older.  I think this might be a fairly easy list.  =) 

1. You run into the four year old kid you babysat when you were 14.....and not only would you not have recognized them if they had not been with their parent, but they are as tall as you and all grown up.
2. You start going bald.
3. Your knees start popping when you get up or sit down.
4. Sitting on the floor begins to hurt in less than five minutes.
5. You don't remember what you ate last week.
6. You have to think hard to remember what you ate TODAY.  (Course, it helps if you have actually EATEN today....and yes.  I did.  And I do.  Most of the time. LOL)
7. You don't fight sleep at naptime.
8. Trampolines are less fun...and more likely to kill you.
9. You realize that the potential for your own grandparenthood could exist in less than 15 years.
10. You take more vitamins than Methuselah did. Course, vitamins probably weren't around when Methuselah was alive....

Wow.  I could keep going.  But I won't.  And for the record, no, I'm not overdosing on vitamins.  LOL!

See all the Ten on Tuesday participants here.

Ten on Tuesday: Vacation Activities

Ten favorite things to do on vacation: official site here

1. Relax (yeah, I know...that's kinda the whole point of vacation)
2. Sleep in (although it doesn't happen much when you vacation with kids)
3. Go shopping
4. See the local tourist attractions
5. Go shopping
6. Lay out on the beach
7. Stay up late
8. Go....swimming (I almost said shopping....haha...I really do love shopping on vacation because we always put shopping money in our vacation budget so I always feel like I can splurge a little when we're on vacation...LOL!)
9. Have donuts for breakfast
10. Take sightseeing walks

Ten On Tuesday: Songs

But not just any songs, songs you HATE.  Hum.  This should be pretty easy.

1. Anything Jimmy Buffet is singing
2. Particularly Margaritaville....(EW)
3. Friends in Low Places (dumb song)
4. Dust On The Bottle (another dumb one)
5. Before He Cheats (this one totally irritates me)
6. Here Comes Santa Clause (cuz it gets stuck in my head and it's dumb)
7. Goodbye Earl (so WHY did Earl have to die?)
8. I Want It That Way (I'm not sure if this song irritates me more because I listened to it way too many times when I was a kid or just because it's just plain irritating)
9. My Humps (I've never actually tried to listen to this song or figure out exactly what they are talking about but I'm pretty sure I don't want to know)
10. Barbie Girl (I think it was the voices....but really the song is kinda silly, too)

Wow...I could totally keep going.  That was the easiest ten list yet, I think.  Good thing cuz I really don't have the time to be here even now.  LOL.  Official site here if you want to see everyone else's lists.

We're gonna go take a chill pill for the evening and take a walk in the park, I think (we're waiting on another someone before we can leave the house --UGH).  Hopefully it will work out because I could use a chill pill. 

FYI and possibly TMI: Midol takes wonderful care of lower back pain even if your back pain is more related to the fact that you are abusing it and not related to being a girl.  Not that I would ever abuse my back.  Ever.  (HA!)

Ten On Tuesday: My Life In Songs

Ten on Tuesday: 10 Songs That Describe You or Your Life - (click the link to go to the official site and for other Ten on Tuesday participants)

1. Brown-Eyed Girl (Van Morrison) - Borrowed this one from one of the other participants...it fits me....well...the title fits me.  I'm not so sure about the rest of the lyrics...LOL!
2. Everyday People (Nicole C Mullen)
       "I am no better and neither are you
       We're all the same whatever we do
       You love me you hate me
       You know me and then
       You can't figure out the bag I'm in
       I am everyday people"
3. It's Your Love (Tim McGraw) - about the guy I married....=)
      "And if you wonder about the spell I'm under
       Oh, it's your love"
4. Life Is A Highway (Rascal Flatts) - I LOVE traveling...
       "If you're going my way
       I wanna drive it all night long"
5. Dream of Mirrors (Iron Maiden) - I have weird weird dreams....
      "Something makes me feel I just might lose my mind
       Am I still inside my dream? is this a new reality
       Something makes me feel that I have lost my mind"
6. A Living Prayer (Alison Krauss) - well, it pretty much says it all
       "In these trials of life I find
       Another Voice inside my mind
       He comforts me and bids me live
       Inside the love the Father gives"
7. How's The World Treating You (Alison Krauss)
8. Come Away With Me (Norah Jones) - Okay this one not so much for the lyrics but for the feeling of springtime and sunshine that it brings when I hear it...and for this part of it....
      "I want to walk with you
       On a cloudy day
       In fields where the yellow grass grows knee-high
       So won't you try to come"
9. I Love My Lips (Veggie Tales) - this is rather two fold...first because the veggie tales is the music of choice by all the family members who are under 4ft tall, so I hear A LOT of this stuff....and second of all because I relate to Oscar in this part of the song -- as in, when I was a kid I was stung by a bee...right on the lip.  Except I don't speak polish.  LOL.
      "Ten days after I turned 8,
       Got my lips stuck in a gate
       My friends all laughed...
       And I just stood there until the fire department came and broke the  
       lock with a crowbar and I had to spend the next six weeks in lip rehab  
       with this kid named Oscar who got stung by a bee right on the lip and
       we couldn't even talk to each other until the fifth week because both
       our lips were so swollen and when he did start speaking he just spoke  
       polish and I only knew like three words in polish except now I know four
       because Oscar taught me the word for lip, 'Usta'."
10. Amazing Grace (My Chains Are Gone) (Chris Tomlin) - And this sums up my life rather well, I think...the good and the terrible...
        "My chains are gone, I've been set free
        My God, my Savior has ransomed me
        And like a flood His mercy rains
        Unending love, Amazing grace"

Ten On Tuesday: 2009 To Do List

Today's 10 is 10 Things You Want To Do In 2009.

(clicking the above link will take you to the official Ten On Tuesday site)

Soooo...for my 2009 To Do List

1. Attempt to get caught up (somehow) on the terrible backlog of digital pictures that are waiting to be scrapped and printed.
2. Adopt the K-man (hopefully the court appeal will be done sooner rather than later and we will be able to make him permanent before the end of this year).
3. Start doing regular workouts...(YAY for the WII FIT! LOL)
4. Go on a camping trip.
5. Stop stressing out over the little stuff.
6. Talk KC into getting a dog.  I'm quite certain this will take all year, so perhaps on my 2010 To Do List will be "GET a dog."  LOL!
7. Figure out how to play the guitar.
8. Take a long vacation.
9. Get back on taking pictures again.
10. Try something new.

And there it is.  Thanks for reading.

Later!

Ten On Tuesday: Frugality

10 Ways You Can Save Money

(Click on the above link to take you to the official Ten On Tuesday for other participants)

1. Drink water when you go out to eat...at most restaurants, that's at least $2 bucks you're saving right there.
2. At nicer restaurants where they give you much more than one person should really eat, split it with a friend...and that saves you from having to take the leftovers home to rot in your fridge, too! A double bonus!
3. Turn the air a few degrees warmer in the summer and cooler in the winter when you're not going to be in the house...no point in having the air or heat running when you're not there to know if it's a few degrees warmer or cooler than you generally like it.
4. Keep an eye on the Walgreens/CVS/RiteAid sale papers, sometimes they have really good deals and when you pair it up with coupons, you can really hit the jackpot. I have yet to get as good as some people where they pay ME to buy something, but I have gotten items free...and I'm happy with that.
5. Don't buy things you don't need. Really, that's kinda obvious but it's true. It's not really a good deal if you are just going to end up storing it for five years and then eventually either trashing it or throwing it in your quarter box at your yard sale. No, I have NEVER DONE THIS. Well, maybe I have. ANYWAY!
6. Don't drive too fast and watch where you're going...accidents are costly, and speeding tickets are really annoying on top of draining your funds.
7. Stay home (at least it SEEMS like this would save money...I have yet to spend much time trying this one out)
8. Cut back on convenience whenever possible. Typically anything that is convenient is also expensive. Instead of going to the convenience store, try to go to a REAL store. Instead of buying Pillsbury biscuits, use flour and oil and wait...that's a bad example...let's think of a different one. Instead of picking up a pizza, fix a pot of spaghetti, instead of buying shredded cheese, buy the chunk (it really is cheaper) and run it through the Salad Shooter. Well, you get the idea.
9. Stay away from the stock market. FAR, FAR, AWAY! Trust me. *grin*
10. Thrift stores/classified ads/consignments/yard sales.... I can't even begin to tell you how much money I've saved by buying used. The key is to make sure it is something you really NEED or CAN USE. Again. It's not a bargain if it becomes just more clutter in your house. And if it's broken or needs repair and you think you can do it, make sure that you really WILL do it before you buy it to toss in your to-do pile for several days months years. I do know what I'm talking about. Oh, one more thing on that, if you see something for a ridiculously low price (or free) and you are familiar with its used value and know that you can turn it around for a profit, by all means, do it! One perfect example, mom and I were coming out of a thrift store a few weeks ago and she saw a textbook in the freebie book bin and it was the same textbook she had already bought for the class she was currently taking, so she knew it was a fairly recent edition...I told her to pick it up and post it on Half. She made $25 from that book and I'm pretty sure it was sold in less than 2 weeks. Another example was the kids play door that talked and had little activities...I picked it up for $8 at a Goodwill, cleaned it up and the kids played with it for several months...then I put it in my yard sale and sold it for $15. So I got use out of it PLUS a profit. But I knew when I bought it that the going rate for it "used" was around $12-$15.

And that's ten. And it's also time to call it a night! So. NIGHT!

Ten On Tuesday: Blah Blah Blah

Today's Topic: 10 Things You Love To Talk About (as always, click the link to go to the Ten on Tuesday Site)

(these are totally NOT in order of importance)

1. scrapbooking
2. crafty gifts
3. church/God
4. books
5. photoshop
6. photography
7. my family
8. blogging
9. organization projects
10. the horrors of potty training (hopefully this talking topic will go away SOON! HAHA)

Thanks for stoppin by! =) Happy Tuesday!

(Well....sorta happy....and rather annoyed that pretty much all the folks who had my vote....well....annoyed says it all, I think.)

Ten On Tuesday: Scare Factors

Today's Ten on Tuesday: 10 Things that Scare You/Freak You Out
(The above link takes you to the Ten On Tuesday site to see more participants or to join in....)

In perfectly random order:

1. Snakes (of any kind....although I did get up the nerve to hold one at a 4-H show several years ago....it was still freaky)
2. Spiders/Creepy Crawlies
3. Hitchhikers (is it just me or is it a requirement for hitchhikers to be freaky looking....I mean, I realize they may be down on their luck, but in those giant sized duffel bags they carry, don't they have any kind of grooming tools at all? Not that I'd pick'm up anyways...nothin personal, they just scare me)
4. Scary movies (yes, it is kind of the point of a scary movie...to scare you...but I don't like them anyways....they all are so predictable. Duh, she's going to walk down that dark hallway by herself, knowing there's somebody back there, duh, he's going to try to be brave and run outside to fight the monsters....ugh)
5. Glowing eyes
6. The current pitiful economy
7. Sharks
8. House fires
9. Nightmares (that's a given)
10. The possibility of running into one of our kids biological units out in town...or worse, running into them when our kids are with us....if that don't make you want to move far away, I don't know what would!

Okay...so there's ten....got much to do today, so must go away now. Thanks for dropping by!

Later!

Ten on Tuesday: Summer Summary

10 Great Things That Happened This Summer (either personal things or in general)

(The above link takes you to the Ten On Tuesday site to see more participants or to join in....)

1. Dropped about 10 pounds....it wasn't really intentional, probably stress related, but my clothes are comfortable again and I was getting a little antsy about being so close to 150 on the scale, so you won't hear me complaining! I'm tall and the weight wasn't obvious, but I was feeling it and now I'm happy to be NOT. LOL
2. Visited Grandma in NY with my family.
3. Got to go on vacation to the beach with several of our friends. Usually it's just us...
4. Scrapbook Convention....loved that.
5. Discovered the magic of a flat-iron = much reduced frizz factor.
6. Kings Island with my honey.
7. The weekend trip in general since it was very relaxing to go away....I'm noticing a trend toward travel here....LOL.
8. Munchkin learned how to write some of her letters.
9. K-man started being interested in potty training...although he's nowhere near big boy underwear yet. UGH.
10. Had a decent profit on a shortlived yardsale....and speaking of that yardsale, I need to get all the stuff that I had left back into another yardsale. And hopefully it will last longer and won't get rained on, so I can actually GET RID OF IT. LOL!

Okay, I really couldn't think of anything generally good that happened this summer. I mean, hello, look at the economy and gas prices and shortages, wars.....it's not a beautiful world these days, but being that I am such a "POSITIVE" person (not really, but I do try), I find it much easier to find positive things in my personal life as opposed to the world in general.

Ten On Tuesday: Simple Pleasures

10 Simple Things that Make You Happy

1. Walking into the faintest aroma of hubby's cologne and knowing he's been there.
2. Completely empty laundry hampers and folded clothes in their places.
3. Fuzzy/comfy jammies on a cold rainy day.
4. Watching the new grass grow in the backyard. Seriously...it's so green and it's not dying like all the grass we've sown before....ahhhhh. It like sprouted overnight....SOOO cool.
5. Not needing to go anywhere except to get the kids on this rainy day....

--So far, these are all simple things from TODAY, only the hampers aren't ALL empty yet, and the clothes aren't ALL folded yet...LOL....and now I guess I'll list a few that aren't necessarily from today--

6. The "just-cut-grass" smell.
7. Sitting on the beach and just watching/listening to the ocean.
8. Finishing projects.
9. Finishing projects BEFORE the deadline....hey this is a list of things that make you happy...not necessarily things that make you happy FREQUENTLY. LOL!
10. Munchkin crawling in bed with me in the mornings and actually letting me continue to sleep. Okay, that was another TODAY one, but the addendum on 9 would still apply to this one, too....hahaha. Love her anyways.

Okay....that's my Ten On Tuesday....and here's a challenge to my IRL friends who either don't blog often or are looking for something to blog about....you people know who you are....go do this Ten. It's a fairly easy one and fun to boot! Hah!

Later!

Ten on Tuesday: Un-favorite Celebs

This week's Ten on Tuesday is Least Favorite Celebrities. This should be fairly easy. Actually, I could probably list good reasons to dislike a WHOLE lot more than ten. LOL. This will just be the top ten Un-Favorites. Hehehe...not like they care or anything.

(oh yeah, and in the list below, under 18 -- don't click on the links. It's a Christian site, but the content is for adults who are trying to find out the truth in order to protect their kids. It's not whitewashed.)
1. Madonna - nuff said
2. Britney Spears - pretty much the same for this one....these guys can't stay out of the news longer than a few days, can they? Discusting.
3. Any and all of those preteen girls that play up the "good girl" image and then go wild....blah blah blah....if you're gonna do that, don't spend all your time playin' up the image.
4. Heath Ledger - I don't wanna speak ill of the dead, but he is still on my un-favorites.
5. Billy Crudup - it's all in the name for that one. Yuck.
6. Kid Rock - yuck. how obscene.
7. Colin Farrell - ugh. Irritating.
8. Mike Myers/Austin Powers - Beyond irritating, not to mention vulgar. Ew.
9. Paris Hilton - I don't think I've ever heard or seen anything remotely good about her.
10. Tom Cruise - He seems to be way out there...religion, romance....plus he's just plain annoying.

This is one chick that is very thankful it's their world and not mine. I'd hate it. For multiple reasons.

Ten on Tuesday: Vacation Memories

Ten Memorable Vacation Memories (in no particular order....I feel like everything, these days, is in no particular order...hahahaha)

1. Getting bit by a crab while playing in the shallow water somewhere off the Outer Banks on one of our family vacations when I was really little. It happened like three or four times and nobody believed me, so I'd get back in and it would happen again. Finally dad watched the water around me and saw it get me. Since it wasn't getting anyone else, I can only assume I must have been the best tasting. LOL.

2. Riding the ferry to Ocracoke Island on another one of those family vacations.

3. Daddy's "short-cuts" that weren't so short. Funny thing is, I tend to do the same thing when I drive now....and not just on vacation. LOL.

4. Las Vegas in August 05. Actually, that entire trip was memorable....for several different reasons....some pleasant, some not so. Like the poison ivy all over my leg and arm that oozed the entire trip and sent me to a little urgent care place while we were out there....yeah...that was "not so." Teehehe.

5. Dustin and YaYa driving down for a second weekend with us while we were at Myrtle Beach last summer. The moat they dug around their beach mats while KC, Munchkin, and I built the pyramid and sphinx a few yards away.....LOL. Good times.

6. Our anniversary trip to Pigeon Forge in which we discovered that our cabin was pretty much perched on the side of a mountain and we spent the entire weekend hoping it wouldn't snow or else we'd have been stuck for ages. Other than that, it was a great cabin to spend an anniversary in....

7. Walking up the sidewalk in Gatlinburg on our honeymoon in the dead of December, doing the touristy thing with our faces freezing off. And both of us not wanting to say anything to the other one b/c we though they wanted to do that, so we both just suffered and went on. LOL.

8. Burying Munchkin in the sand and then building a mermaid body on her last summer on our first summer vacation with her.

9. Also on that first summer vacation with her....holding her down to keep her from hurting herself or anyone/anything, in the car while she had a massive tantrum and screamed at us. I seriously hope this beach vacation doesn't trigger any more of those flashbacks (which is what we assume happened the last time).

10. The time we spent together in the massive hotel/casino in Las Vegas. Well, we didn't really spend a lot of time in the casino, but just walking through it leaves a pretty vivid memory...LOL.


WHEW. That was difficult. I was drawing a blank toward the end. We always go to the same places, so all the vacations start blending together after awhile. LOL.

Anyways, so there's something that will work for a post. I've been in a rather rotten mood (okay, so it's PMS) over the last couple of days and it's not really left me in the mood to write....or at least to write anything good...OR to do anything else for that matter. LOL.

KC has been laughing at me b/c it seems like this month I've really been a grouch. He thinks it's funny as long as it's not directed at him. He really got a kick on Sunday when I was driving and pulled up at the drive thru after church. I was waiting in line to order, when a car pulled up behind me. Some young punk with his windows down and his music so loud that I'm sure windows were rattling several miles away. I was aggravated, and glared at him in my side mirror a couple of times but he didn't get the picture. So right before I pulled up to order, I rolled my window down and stuck my head out and yelled at him to "TURN IT DOWN.. . ...PLEASE! {long pause} Thank you." He gave me a weird look (which is when I added the please) and then a couple of seconds of me glaring at him and waiting, and then he turned it down (which is when I said thank you). I pulled my head back in the car to find KC staring at me. "What??? I said 'PLEASE,'" I said, to which he busted out laughing, and then I just pulled up and ordered, as calmly as you please. After I got done ordering and pulled up to pay, the guy turned it back up. KC was like, what are you going to do now? "I don't care now," I said, "I'm done ordering. If the guy behind me can't hear, HE'LL have to yell at the dude." LOL.

Moral of the story. Don't make me mad when I'm PMS'in. Haha.

Anywho. I'm going to go to bed now. KC's already sawing logs over there, so I'm gonna get him moving and get both of us to bed. LOL.

Night!

Ten on Tuesday: Favorite Inventions

10 Inventions that have made life easier....from the beginning of time to now...

This is going to be tough, but I'm just going to name the first ten things that make MY life easier without overanalyzing it too much. LOL.

1. The wheel. Can you imagine life without THAT?
2. Wireless highspeed internet. Oh dear heavens. I am so addicted. LOL.
3. DR PEPPER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! IS there another way to handle stress?
4. Laptop computers.
5. Portable DVD players to occupy the kids on long car trips....wow. Yeah.
6. Digital cameras and digital scrapbooking. What a timesaver!
7. Free Blogs.
8. Adobe Photoshop...another one I would have a hard time surviving without....LOL
9. Washing machines. Ya know, if I might over analyze for a moment, I could probably live without the microwave and just use the stove or grill to cook with (although I wouldn't really WANT to live without the microwave), but if I had to wash the clothes by hand.....OH MY. How did they do it?
10. Swimming pools. One could swim in the lake, but the idea of clear water in your backyard....how brilliant. Speaking of that, I would like to HAVE that invention in my backyard....????

Ten on Tuesday: Positives

Actually, the official ten on tuesday is not to do positives, but I'm skipping the actual tuesday ten today.

So....Ten Positives - Day 6

1. I took time to draw with chalk on the driveway with the kids tonight. We drew around each other laying down and made a little crowd of chalk people on the driveway. Munchkin tried to trace me, but she made my chalk body look like a round ball with legs, so I traced myself inside her round ball. LOL. Maybe another day I'll take pictures, but KC washed them off when I brought the kids in for bath.
2. Munchkin and I went up and ate lunch with KC on his lunch break and then went to Wallyworld together. (Yeah, I know....isn't that romantical? LOL. NOT. Had to buy more grass-seed. And toothpaste. And pullups. Life is so unromantic....hehee)
3. I found two different ABC movies at the thrift store. We're working on a collection....more for mommy's sake than the kids....cuz while they wouldn't mind watching the same thing over and over, mommy gets tired of listening to it. LOL.
4. An old friend of mine (Directed Paths) that I don't see much of these days stopped in this evening and visited for a little while....that was sooo nice. We don't get to spend much time together these days but it was cool to get to chat for awhile. Hope her hubby didn't get upset for her being home late. *GRIN*
5. The munchkin let me sleep in this morning....all the way til 7:45...wow! *GRIN*
6. KC grilled chicken out for supper tonight....mmm.
7. The kids played together very nicely for a good half hour at least without fighting. Hey...progress. Baby steps.
8. I got the stupid coupons clipped and the expired ones weeded out. I despise that little chore and I always put it off until I have a massive stack of coupons to look through, but now the stack is gone and it wasn't even a big stack this week. YAY.
9. We (okay, mostly KC) straightened up the garage tonight.....eek...it was in terrible shape again.....it's like our big junkroom b/c we have no room to store anything. Anyways, it looks much better. Still needs cleaning out but that will be a massive job and we can't really do that until we get room to put the stuff.
10. Grass is coming up majorly across the yard.....hallelujah!!! It's now visible in more than one spot and is covering some of the bare spots that we have tried and tried and tried to get grass to grow on....so the topsoil is working. YAY! I'm so glad...cuz that was a lot of work and I'm glad it wasn't all for nothing! hehehe. I didn't go get any more rocks or anything today b/c I was out running errands and stuff. I don't know if I'll do any tomorrow or not, but anyways, the yard is looking really nice.

Alright. That's ten....and only one more day and then I can go back to my normally negative self. LOL. NOT. I'm kidding....I'll go back to my BALANCED self. HEHEHEHE.

Anyways, I'm tired from all the running today so I'm gonna hop off here and get to bed. Can't believe it's almost 11. Yike.

Later!

Ten on Tuesday: Time Wasters

This week is Ten Favorite Time Wasters and somehow, I don't think I'll have trouble coming up with a few of my favorites off the top of my head. LOL.

1. Inspirational Novels (not necessarily romance, actually I prefer suspense and sci-fi, although from time to time I can enjoy a "fluff" book that's full of all kinds of sweetsie romantical stuff that I know does not happen on an everyday basis in real life....hehe...well, maybe in a perfect world....but not mine...HA!)
2. Yahoo Mail....I could read all those daily digests from flylady and photography tips and recipes and freecycle and digital scrapping--well....you get the point--for hours.
3. Blogger....especially on those times when I get in the mood to redecorate the old blog or design something for someone else.......hours....I'm tellin ya.
4. Yahoo Word Games (especially Literati and Text Twist)
5. Myspace (whoa, do you see a trend toward internet??? YIKES)
6. Doing the dishes. Oh wait...oops. Wrong list. Sorry....teeehehehehe!
7. Petting the cat.
8. Photoshop.
9. Magazines.
10. Eating Chocolate....mmmm.....I think I have a mini hershey bar stashed up over the fridge that is right this very minute calling my name. Hey....what a coincidence...that's ten....I'm outa here. Three guesses where I'm heading next and the first two don't count!!! HA!

Later!

Ten on Tuesday: Talented?

10 Things You’re Really Good At

1. Worrying.
2. Folding Laundry (Note that this is things I'm good at, not things I enjoy.....ROFL!).
3. Having Weird Dreams.
4. Waking up grumpy.
5. Organizing things.
6. Scrapbooking.
7. Being inspired and never following up on it.
8. Feeling guilty.
9. Getting distracted.
10. Reading (I'm not a speed reader, but I'm pretty fast with pretty high comprehension).

Well....okay....there it is. My ten things....not all things to be proud of being good at, but certainly honest....hahaha.

Ten on Tuesday: Travel

10 Places You’d Love to Travel To (That You Haven’t Gone to Yet)

I think I posted something like this a while back but I cannot find the post....oh well. Maybe I'll come up with some new places since this is just dreaming and and I'm not even going to be frugal in my dreaming. HAH.

Kalmar Castle (Sweden) - Kalmar Castle, located near the site of Kalmar's medieval harbor, has played a crucial part in Swedish history since its initial construction as a fortified tower in the 12th century. Today, it is one of Sweden's best preserved renaissance castles. (Source: Wikipedia)

Sydney (Australia) - Australia’s oldest and biggest city, gateway to Australia, set on one of the world’s most stunning harbours, which extends either side in a golden chain of easy-to-reach, inner-city beaches....sounds great, right?

A Treesort (USA - West Coast) - Oh....the kid in me is SCREAMING over this one!!! Particularly the kid in me who absolutely adored reading the Swiss Family Robinson and dreamed of living in a treehouse........

Italy - I'm not sure the part of Italy that my ancestors are from, but I'd love to find out and then go there and see it. Just for fun.

Hohensalzburg Fortress (Austria) - Salzburg, where the hills are alive...

Grand Canyon - What can I say....I loved the Southwest when we visited Vegas and I was really bummed that we didn't make it out to the canyon while we were there.

Disney Cruise Cozumel - cuz I really wanna go there and what kid doesn't love Disney, so they could tag along, too. LOL!

Puerto Vallarta (photo right) - yeah....this sounds like where I want to spend some anniversary trip....know what I mean?

Montana Ranch Vacation - yeah, well, what can I say? sounds like fun.....plus a sore rear end....LOL.

Austria - the ultimate ski vacation....this one just sounds like something out of a really good romance novel....LOL.


Okay....I think that's ten. Wow, that was tough. I love Google. And Flickr. Wow. Now I really want to take a vacation. *sigh*