Cruisin'

I loooooooooove to travel! Who doesn't?? I once read an article that said everyone should "get away" a few times a year. Women need at least 4-6 vacations a year (and they can be mini vacations) and men need at least 2-3.

Vacationing is a huge stress reliever for me! Not that I am so stressed out but if I were, laying on the beach with an old fashion pina colada would whip me back into pure bliss. lol!

So last night I found a grrreat deal for a simple 2 night cruise to the Bahamas! The hubby and I actually went to the Bahamas back in 2002, but we flew in and stayed about 4 days. So it was no big deal for us to be going for short a short visit this time around. The ship leaves from West Palm Beach which I am looking forward to!!

We'll be aboard the Bahamas Celebration:

This will be the hubby's first cruise! My first cruise was in 2007 to Cozumel, Mexico for an all girl's trip! We had such a great time! Here's me & the girls on our trip:

This is when I had long curly hair (second from the left)!

In other news, you should visit In This Wonderful Life for a cute giveaway she's having!

Wishful Wednesdsay

This is my first "Wishful Wednesday" post!

And today's topic is " I wish I hadn't thrown ___ away."

So my regret is that I wish I wouldn't have thrown away my childhood diaries. When I met the hubby and moved out for the first time, I had over 20 years of junk in my room. I knew I couldn't possibly take everything with me, like my large collection of NKOTB posters <-- for those who don't know what NKOTB is, that would be New Kids on the Block! lol!

I also had boxes of childhood notes that we would pass in class. Just random letters that said things like what are you doing after class, this class sucks, the teacher is so boring...y'all know what we used to write about.

But my childhood diaries...now those held all my secrets. My thoughts about boys, friends, school, and life. "Back in the days" we always started an entry with Dear Diary! lol! Mine kind of looked like this:

What was I thinking throwing my diaries away?! :( This actually has me thinking that I may have stashed some them in my old closet in a box of junk somewhere. So now I may be paying a visit to my mom's house to do some detective work! lol!

A taste of Italy

I love ALL THINGS ITALIAN! When the hubby proposed, the first thing I said was "We are going to Italy for 2 weeks- there are no other options." I love the country, the food, the people, etc!

So when I walked into Subway today, I saw the new Parmesan & Tuscan Herb chips by Lays. Now my first thought was that they would be overly cheesy and taste nothing like the description. My second thought was, WHY is Subways always out of my sour cream & onion chips. I ALWAYS get sour cream and onion. If they don't have them, I will stop at the gas station to buy them because I just always eat them with my sub sandwich.

Well this time I didn't feel like making another stop. I just wanted to get my sandwich and go home. So I reluctantly grabbed the new Parmesan & Tuscan Herb chips, paid for my meal, and went home.

O.M.G. These chips are DA BOMB! Do you hear me out there? I couldn't stop eating them! They were full of flavor which was very surprising for a BAKED chip! I hiiiiiighly recommend these chips! In fact, I will be heading to Wal-mart tomorrow to see if they have the full size bags yet! Go Lays for bringing me a small taste of Italy!

Happy Monday

I hope everyone enjoyed their weekend! Since we spent Saturday celebrating mother's day, the hubby & I went to lunch at Loco's yesterday. I love this place! To our surprise it wasn't packed!

Afterwards we took Bebe to the park. The hubby played basketball and Bebe and I walked around. Then the unfortunate happened, she decided to climb onto the actual playground area and her paw (nail) got stuck in a groove! She immediately started crying and I couldn't get her loose! I started screaming for help and all the guys from the basketball court ran over to try and help. She kept trying to move & jump and kept crying! I felt sooooo bad for her! I finally got a good grip on her paw and got her set free. WHAT A RELIEF! For a minute I thought we were going to have to call the fire department to come cut the metal around her paw. *whew*

Bebe walked (ran) away without so much as a scratch and was back to her normal self within minutes! Thank God!

Happy Mother's Day!

(Flowers for all the wonderful mother's in our life...

my mom and the hubby's mom, grandmother, & 2 aunts!)

I just wanted to wish all the wonderful mother's out there a very Happy Mother's Day! We celebrated a day early because we know everything will be crowded tomorrow.

I took my mom shopping today and bought her a new suit & a pair of shoes for church tomorrow. Then we had lunch @ Ryan's. I don't know why that woman loves that place so much but she wants to go for every occasion! lol!

A few hours later the hubby & I went to visit his grandmother in the hospital. She has pneumonia but seems to be doing great. After our visit we went out to eat with his parents, aunt, and cousin. Surprisingly, this was his parents first time eating Korean food! Father-in-law loved it, but mother-in-law wasn't too impressed! lol!

We're not sure what we'll be doing for the rest of today. The hubby usually plays basketball on Sundays with his friends...but since he injured his knee last Sunday we'll probably just hang out around the house.

I hope everyone enjoys their day!

Friday...errr...Saturday Fives

I just found Beth's blog so I am a day late on this topic! But I wanted to participate anyways.

The topic at hand is favorite snacks!

1.Trail Mix- I eat trail mix just about everyday!

2. Mandarin Oranges- YUM! My mom got me hooked on these as a kid! Still eat them to this day!



3. Yogurt- I buy in bulk at Sam's! I especially like the strawberry/banana mix!



4. Pudding- banana, chocolate, vanilla...I just love all pudding!



5.Yaki-Mandu- huh? I know most of you may not know what this is. I'm part Korean and this is basically a Korean dumpling- eggroll like. Dip it in some soy sauce and YUMMY! Head to your nearest Korean restaurant and order some!

Show Us Your Life- Your Kid's (or future kid's) names

This is my first Show Us Your Life post. Kelly from Kelly's Korner has a "show us your life" topic for each Friday which I think is a pretty interesting way to get ideas and learn a little more about all the bloggers out there.

So today's topic is Kid's names. I don't have any kids, other than my furry baby Bebe. She was named after one of my favorite stores. lol! I was torn between naming her Dolce (as in Dolce & Gabbana) , Gucci, or Chole. The hubby thought Gucci was a bit ghetto, and I already had a plant I called Chole, and so it was between Dolce & Bebe. Dolce seemed to be a name for a fluffier dog so the new dog was named Bebe!

As far as actual children's names...for a girl I like Bianca at the moment. For a boy I have no idea. I would like to name him after my husband and make him a Jr. but the hubby doesn't like that idea.

But since we are reproductively challenged, we'll just have to see when the time comes! More on that in another post.

**Updated to add:

CNN just posted an article about the post popular baby names for 2009.

The 10 most popular girls' names, in order, are: Isabella, Emma, Olivia, Sophia, Ava, Emily, Madison, Abigail, Chloe and Mia.

The 10 most popular boys' name, also in order, are: Jacob, Ethan, Michael, Alexander, William, Joshua, Daniel, Jayden, Noah and Anthony.