Beaglefest X - Day 1 Favourite Pictures

Beaglefest X - Day 1

Beaglefest X Itinerary - Thursday

2:30-5pm - Doubletree Hotel, The Library

- Event Registration

- Scavenger Hunt Team Sign-up

- Museum Lottery Ticket Sales

- Stained Glass Lottery Ticket Sales

- CCI Item Auction Viewing

6-9pm - Double Decker Lanes (Walking distance from the hotel)

- Private Reception Event

- Late Registration

- Scavenger Hunt Team Registration

- Museum Lottery Ticket Sales

- Stained Glass Lottery Ticket Sales

- CCI Mini Auction

9pm - Doubletree Hotel

- Room Sales

Happy Canada Day!

Well today has been a packed day. I ordered breakfast for today and it was a lot of food. Good thing I did a lot of walking today.

I took a taxi into Santa Rosa to the main plaza. I got there around 8:30am and things didn't open until 10am so I had a lot of time to kill.

I saw my first Snoopy sculpture so was on a mission to find & photograph as many as I could.

There was a mall at the end of the plaza but I didn't go through it until later.

I was able to do a lot of walking and found Historic Railway station which doubles as the visitor booth as well. Here I got more Peanuts pictures and a paper that showed all the locations of the new Lucy statues. Next time I'll have to rent a car.

I ate lunch in the old courthouse plaza. It was a gorgeous day. I did start to panic as it took me almost 2 hours to find a taxi to take me back to my hotel. They sure are hard to find.

Registration was a little late but once it started it kept on going. I got this nice shirt, 2 stuffed Snoopies, a nice coaster set and a great bag to carry it all in.

After registering we went to a room to look at items which will be auctioned off through out the events.

Then the room sales began. People bring items to sell and have all their stuff laid out in their rooms. It is a bit overwhelming that is to say the least!

I met a few nice people who have seemed to take me under their wing. Do I look/act that lost? I am on their scavenger hunt team for tomorrow.

At first I thought this was just going to be a goof-fest but it isn't. There are a lot of nice people here. Yes there are some weird people but less than I first imagined.

I went back to my room after checking out some room sales as I had a headache and wanted a nap. I think I got too much sun today.

I met Denise & Tracy at 5:45pm so we could walk over to the bowling lanes together. There was about 20 of us who walked over.

We had pizza and pop for dinner then then bowled. Afterwards there were gifts (door prizes) given out and finally the auction of some items.

I did get my picture taken with the REAL SNOOPY which was very exciting.

At the auction a bottle of wine signed by Jeanie Schulz went for $250 and a sweater with hand embroidered beads went for $400. All proceeds go to the Canine Companionship International.

We came back to the hotel and hit the room sales again.

Today I bought some ornaments, a nice coffee mug, some material and a bag.

Tomorrow is going to be action packed as we are going to the museum.

I can't wait!!!

Welcome to California

Well finally made it. I knew the airport in Santa Rosa was small but didn't realize how small until we landed. Everything is outdoors & anyone can walk in/out of the airport. There really is no security here.

Flights were all good and didn't have to wait long between them.

So lucky! I got my period - UG. Here I thought I had another week. Thank goodness I didn't have any accidents. There was a Walmart a few miles away so I walked over and bought a few more supplies.

The class of people around here is scary. This is the first time in a long time that I felt unsafe.

I came back to the hotel which is very nice and had a nap.

After my nap I walked a ways to a small grocery store and bought some apples and bottled water. I thought at least I could keep up with my apple a day routine while here.

I went & had dinner at this little restaurant. It was very good.

Gonna go to bed early tonight as I want to go to Santa Rosa in the morning and be back for the Beaglefest X registration @ 2pm.

Flowers in the Garden

I took some pictures of the various flowers growing in the garden for everyone to enjoy. It has been a late year for everything.

Lucy - aw the little angel

Here are a few pictures of Lucy's handy work. She is such an angel. I'm sure that dad actually did this and framed poor Lucy.

Mom & dad have this bird clock and for each hour it plays a different bird call. Noon has the owl. For some reason the owl just bugs Lucy and she has such a mournful howl it is pretty pathetic. Take a listen!

50 lb mark

Well I finally did it.... I have hit the 50 lbs weight lost. I have been struggling (more mental than anything) in reaching this point in my life. Don't get me wrong, contrary to what others think I have been losing weight and not plateauing. It hasn't been large amounts, but I'll take losing 0.6, 0.2, 0.8 lbs a week over gaining.

I have had this mental block for 2 months now. I started out great, losing 2-3 lbs a week. Then I missed my first goal at the end of April. I was off by 4.4 lbs. That's not a big deal really but at the time it seemed so to me. It didn't help that the week before my goal my boss got let go and I assumed half his responsibilities PLUS going to school 2 times a night! The past 2 months has been topsy turvey and stressful. But I made it. I was able to consistently lose the weight and not gain anything back. If I lost my focus during this time in my life I don't think I would be as successful as I feel today.

So today is a historical day for me... I have officially lost 51.4 lbs as of today.

I still have more weight to lose but I feel a 100% better than before. I'm sleeping better (when the dogs let me!), have more energy and now fitting into clothes with more options than before. YAY me!!

My journey is still a work in progress but I will never be big again. This change in lifestyle is easy to follow - no sugar & carbs - and when I hit my goal weight, it will be easy to maintain.

So to all you neigh sayers out there, all I can say is PLLLLTTTT.

I will succeed and you'll have to eat your words.

If you can't be supportive, I don't want to hear it. You can talk behind my back all you want. I will succeed!

Father's Day Adventure

So Dad & I took the dogs for a walk along the ridge on Father's day. We left the house around 9am and started walking on the pathway. It was a nice warm, sunny day. There were a lot of people around but enjoyable all the same.

The pathway we took follows the top of the ridge just by mom & dad's house. On the one side you see all the homes with their fancy yards and newly constructed houses. Some of these homes are huge with magnificant back yards.

Along the other side is a ridge down to the river. Parts are gently sloping with open fields and trees and other parts are a sheer drop off. The view is very beautiful - with the river, golf course across the river and the mountains as a back drop.

We walked along the ridge pathway to the very end. Basically a dead end until the newer construction is completed. Normally when we head home we walk back along the main street in the neighborhood. This time we decided to take the ridge back.

As we were rounding near the end, we came upon this young buck just eating grass along the top of the ridge right beside the pathway. We stopped to enjoy the view. A jogger came by and passed us and at the time the buck looked as if it was going to charge the jogger. Thank goodness it didn't. Instead the buck came closer to us. At that time Lucy saw it was coming close and started to let out an AROO and back as if to say stay away. Lucy isn't afraid of much.

The buck looked at us and then just walked away. It wasn't afraid, skittish or anything. Just turned away and went on his merry way. I thought this was very unusual as this was at about 10:30am and I thought it was late for him to be around such a busy place.

So I got to spend a precious encounter with my Dad. I wouldn't trade it for the world.

Happy Father's Day papa!

Scrap Quilt #1

This is one of the scrap quilts I made quite a while ago. Mom used her long arm quilting machine to quilt it for me. It turned out great.

I gave this quilt to the HR lady who quit as she was so helpful and I was so thankful for all she helped me with in the past 6 months.

Starting the wind down

Well I haven't posted for a while as I have been just a little busy - to say the least!

My little stress started back on April 26th...that was the day my boss got let go. I was told that it was almost impossible to get let go from work but I guess when you don't do your job for such a long time it finally catches up with you. So he was let go and I got half his duties.

A guy who has been there for a while and in a similar role to my boss got to split the duties with me. It has been an interesting ride and very enlightening. He is someone who I hardly interact with and have really enjoyed being mentored by him. He has taught me a lot and I'll never be able to repay that.

We've been running the technical services department for almost two months now. Wow, what a ride. Thankfully a new manager has been hired and starts on Monday - WOO HOO (doing the Snoopy dance). I did apply for my old boss' job but am really grateful I didn't get it! I don't think I could handle the stress. Ok that's not true. I'd be able to know what direction to take a few things instead of just keeping it above water. I know I would have been awesome but maybe it is for the better.

When I interviewed with the VP of Operations and my old boss' boss, they were both impressed. And when they told me I didn't get the job they said that I've been doing such a good job with projects, that they'd like to see me get my PMP - Project Management Professional - designation. This brings me to my second little stress...

I had started taking classes late last year and after humming and hawing it was suggested by my boss at the time that I should finish the courses and get my PM certificate. So I investigated it and signed up for an aggressive schedule of the 6 courses.... all within 2 months! There were only two day courses (all day Friday & Saturday) but most of the courses have been after work. From 6pm to 9:45pm. At the time I didn't think anything of it as my boss agreed to it and would be my backup and be able to cover things..... oh if I only knew he was going to get let go!

So for the past 2 months besides doing 2 jobs (1 I was just learning about) I've been going to school as well. One thing I am truly grateful for is my parents. I don't think I would have survived this if it wasn't for them. With them looking after Lucy (& Snoopy) it has been truly a blessing. Also a HUGE hug and thank you to my favourite sister for inviting me to her house the nights I had classes and feeding me dinner. I thank you from the bottom of my heart to both my parents and my sister.

I've been able to work on a few projects at work but we are also renovating the main floor. We are giving back half the space so there are major renovations underway. The facilities manager from out East has been having me do a lot of the work for him. It has been challenging. I tell you having to babysit contractors to get work done is stressful.

My final class was on Thursday and I was so tired I almost fell asleep in it! I had to keep getting up and walking around. Thank goodness it is over with and I just have to study and write my final paper in the fall.

Work done for another week and the new manager starting Monday I get to start to wind down.

Plus I'm taking a mini-vacation at the end of the month. I am going to a Peanuts Collectors Club conference in Santa Rosa California. I found about this on the Internet a while ago. I was again procrastinating whether to go or not but it is the 10th Anniversary for the conference and this being Peanuts 60th Anniversary I thought I'd go. Yes I'm going by myself as I don't want anyone to be bored while I'm paying homage to my heroes Charlie Brown & Snoopy!

I'm really looking forward to the event, don't know a soul and am gonna have a great relaxing time. I am staying in vineyard country so the weather will be good. None of this crazy rain we've been getting. I'm getting excited as I received the itinerary for the event and it sounds like so much Peanutty good fun!

We are going to have some exclusive time at the Schulz museum and other places.... oh I can't wait.

Well that has been my life for the past two months in a nutshell so I'm off to bed now to try to catch up on some much deserved sleep and relaxation.

Stay tuned for Peanuts pictures and adventures!

Spring snow and fall

Well we had a spring snow storm last night. Lucy loves playing in the snow and running around like a crazy dog possessed. She likes to run real fast and then slide it in. She's weird.

This morning at 1:35am Lucy had to go outside so I took her and Snoopy out. It was still snowing and the porch and stairs were covered in snow. I have my boots on and jacket ready to go pick up poo before Lucy starts having a way to early morning snack when I slipped on the stairs to the grass. Thankfully there are only 2 stairs. I tried to right myself and grabbed the rail with my right hand but that didn't help. I went crash, slid on my butt down the final stair, landed on my back between the shoulder blades on the stair and came to a screeching stop on the ground. Ok this is embarrassing but I had to pee and yup, I peed myself. Ok you can laugh as I did!

The beags came to see if I was alright and if they could help - thanks Lucy but jumping on me when I'm laying in the wet snow doesn't constitute helping!

I get up and take the girls back into the house. So my right hand has the skin torn where the fingers join the palm and is a little bruised & swollen. How do you bandage that up? Guess I'll have to make a glove type bandage and put some silver cream on it to make it start healing.

In July of last year I did a similar tumble but this was down the stairs into the basement. That time I did whack my head and had a concussion. I was off work for a month and so I'm very weary of my fragile skull.

I went back to bed and am all ok. I thought I'd be stiffer but the only thing that really hurts is my hand. I'll be taking it easy today. Today is a "PJ and snooze on the couch as much as Lucy will let me" day.

I haven't had time lately to quilt so again I'm sad to say my 2010 Quilt Block of the day project is on hold. Besides Lucy, it has been crazy insanely busy at work. Last year I was complaining about nothing to do! This will teach me to keep my big mouth shut.

Lucky Amber Heart

Well it has been a very long week. Work has been really busy and I've been having a problem with this one project. The project hasn't been going as smoothly as most projects I've worked on. The biggest issue is that I have no control over what is happening. We were contracted to just install printers and no due diligence was completed. New printers in offices with no ports, no print queues opened.... problem after problem.

Lucy and I went to our first puppy class. She did a good job and I was proud of her. By taking her to puppy play, she had the confidence and wasn't afraid of the other dogs. She has been already sitting as I make her do that before she gets a treat so that command was easy for her to learn. She is getting better at focusing on me and the "off" command. This week we have to work on her "down".

So Friday night I come home from work and Lucy is giving me the love. She grabs my necklace which has on it the amber heart I bought in the Dominican. Somehow she pulls it off and swallows it. UG! All night each poop she had I tried to see if I could see it. But no luck. She had a LOT of poos but I wasn't able to see anything. Plus being dark at night didn't help!

This morning the little bugger had a poo by the fence in mom's garden. I thought to myself - "sure, have a poo by the fence and the piece that falls where I can't get it will have my heart in it!". Well I was somewhat right! I found my amber heart in her poo but I was able to save it and get it back. Ya me!!

With the amber heart cleaned up (OK I almost dropped it down the sink) it is now safe in my jewelry box until I can get a clasp to put it back on my necklace.

My amber heart went thru Lucy with no problems - how lucky is that!

After midnight...

1am : Lucy wakes up and has to go outside and pee & #2. Straight back to bed.

2am: Snoopy wakes up, shakes and jumps off the bed. Lucy wakes up thinking it is time to be fed. Take Lucy outside for a pee and back to bed.

3am: Snoopy wants to be fed NOW. Wakes Lucy by shaking and flapping her ears. Lucy wakes and starts to fidget. Go upstairs and am met by Paige. Take all three dogs outside to go pee. Come back inside and feed all three dogs. Lucy jumps, does circles and finally sits for her breakfast. She chomps down on it.

3:05am: With everyone's breakfast eaten, take Lucy back outside to do her business. This time a pee and #2. Come back in and everyone back to bed.

3:15am: Snoopy hasn't come back to bed and is sleeping on the couch. Lucy restless as Snoopy isn't in the room.

4am: Lucy restless as Snoopy is still in the other room. Attempt to get Lucy back to sleep.

4:45am: Lucy restless again but am able to get her back to sleep - 15 more minutes please!

5:04am: Alarm doesn't go off but Snoopy fidgets again and wakes Lucy. See why alarm didn't go of as it was turned on...... OH! It was set for noon!?! Everyone helps me make the bed. Take Snoopy & Lucy outside to go pee & #2 again. Back inside and downstairs to have a shower.

5:20am: Step out of the shower to find a nice surprise. Someone has learnt that if you play with the toilet paper you can gather a HUGE pile on the floor. Then you can tear it apart. Also you can pull the towel off the holder, pull on Yoga pants to drop them to the floor and tug real hard to remove the belt from the housecoat. Nice pile to play with and lay on while mom is in the shower.

5:25am: Attempt to pick up everything off the floor while wearing a towel that is being tugged on. Bend over and the towel that was on your head is magically yanked off your head. Quickly get underwear on and attempt to get housecoat on. Take Lucy outside for another pee. Come back and get back downstairs to get dressed.

5:30am: Attempt to get ready - put on make up, brush teeth, blow dry hair - while playing with a rambunctious puppy.

5:45am: Dress we head upstairs for breakfast. I send Lucy & Snoopy outside again for another pee. While outside I start making my breakfast.

5:47am: Bring dogs in and give them a cookie each so I can finish getting breakfast ready. Start eating and go into office so we can play, I can check my email, send birthday wishes to cousin Michelle and attempt to blog. Lucy harasses Snoopy so have to break that up several times. Have to chase Lucy to get her back into the office. Breakfast on hold. Go get all her toys and bring them into the office. Attempt to eat again but have to shut door to keep her from going to master bedroom door as Lucy attempts to wake Paige for playing.

6:20am: Get Lucy outside so I can go have a pee myself.

6:23am: Go get Lucy from outside to see that she has brought a present - a nice frozen poo at the back door. What is with this dog and poo!?!?! Get shoes on and go outside to pick up any poo I can find. Come back into the house. Play with Lucy and attempt to finish blog.

6:30am: Stop blog and turn off computer. Need to attempt to wind down monster before she goes into her crate. We sit in the reclining chair but she is fidgeting. Calm her down by pretending to fall asleep.

6:45am: Put calmed Lucy into her crate and head off to work.

7:15am: At work and finishing up blog as I'll forget what I was gonna write if I don't!

7:30am: Day begins.

Dear Jane on HOLD & other stuff

Well I’ve been thinking and I’m going to be putting my Dear Jane quilt project on hold – either until the Fall or until next year. I just haven’t had the chance to do any quilting since getting Lucy and this quilt requires a lot of concentration. So I’ll continue receiving the monthly patterns and fabric but will keep them boxed up until the time comes when I can work on them again.

I will be starting on my Block of the Day again as I’m falling behind on this. But if I cut out the material for 3-4 days and then put the blocks together I should get caught up again. I could get a couple of blocks done per day this way. I’d like to also get ahead on these again as I’m going to busy the next little while.

Lucy & I start puppy classes on Tuesday. Actually the first class is without her but then we are going for a good 6 weeks. After that I will be taking Project Management courses for the month of May and June. I want to get my certification and also my boss has been asking me about this. We had talked about it last year with my performance evaluation and I see he is going to bring it up again this year. I am going to make him pay for it though.

The last couple of nights/early mornings I’ve been really, really dizzy and light headed. So much so that when I take Lucy out at 1-2am I can’t stand or walk. I’m almost in a drunken state and have to hold onto things to ensure that I don’t fall over. It is very scary. Even laying down I feel like the room is spinning. I do get better as the morning goes on but I hope this stop. Two days is a row is enough for me now.

A Happy belated Birthday to Uncle Ken who is enjoying himself down in New Zealand!

The Adventures of Lucy

Today was a big day for Lucy. It was a first day that Lucy & I went out together, just the two of us. She has been full of energy all week and I've been taking her for walks after dinner but that doesn't seem to tire her out too much. Or if it does, just for an hour or so.

This week I've registered her for Puppy Kindergarten starting Tuesday. I was also looking for places to take her to play. I don't want to take her to the dog park yet as the vet said there is a big outbreak of Parvo. Plus she really hasn't been around other dogs besides Paige & Snoopy. So I found a training centre that has drop-in puppy play times. They are from 1-2pm on Saturdays and it is only $10.

I put her smaller crate in the backseat of my car and put her in it. Let's just say the drive to the training centre was a little ear piercing. She didn't settle down at all. Even when I turned the music up to try to drowned her out.

We got to the centre and I took her out hoping she'd pee before going in. No good - too many distractions and vehicles driving by.

We get into the centre and it has two sections - 1 for large puppies and the other for smaller puppies. I thought she was OK to be with the large puppies but they were just too large for her. They started to over power her so I picked her up and took her with the little puppies.

Our side only had 4 dogs - 2 Bishons, 1 Jack Russel & Lucy. The other side had a lot of larger lab-type dogs - I'd say close to 10.

The two Bishons were running around chasing each other and the Jack Russel just stood there. Lucy, she was unsure of what to make of this. She whined and tried to get into my arms for the first 50 minutes we were there. She didn't want anything to do with anyone besides me. I kept walking away from her trying to let her know it was OK to explore and play.

Finally in the last 10 minutes after watching the Bishons run around all the time, she decided maybe this wasn't so bad and started to chase them too. Still unsure but wanting to attempt to play. Unfortunately our time ran out and it was time to go.

I was proud of Lucy as she was one of the only dogs who didn't eliminate on the floor, but she headed to the door as if to tell me that she had to do out. When I took her out afterwards she didn't do anything but going to the door was a good sign.

We got back to my car and with her in my arms I opened her crate. She jumped in there so quickly - she was glad to be in a safe place.

The ride home was peaceful - who would have thunk? Not a peep out of her.

We got home and Dad & Jacki were in the back installing a new light fixture outside. Snoopy & Paige were out there too. It was actually a very nice day out.

Snoopy had to smell Lucy and check her out and then the most wonderful thing happened. Snoopy started to play with Lucy! She started chasing her around and wanted to actually play with her. Lucy was taken aback as Snoopy has been so standoffish since Lucy came home. We had to put Paige in the house as she was being a little bit of a bully and they played for a good 15 minutes. This was nice to see.

Lucy sure was tired after her adventures today and crashed on my lap on the couch.

Feb.26: Dominican Republic Vacation - Day 7

Good day for shopping in Puerto Plata.

Sheila was wrong and we didn`t have breakfast on this excursion. I was ready to pass out and have had a terrible headache all day now. We finally had lunch at 1pm.

So we first drove to Sousa to get another two couples. Then onto Puerto Plata for two more. This time the tour was all English speaking people.

Our first stop was the Brugal Rum Factory. It was interesting to see how they bottled and packed the rum. I bought a bottle to take home for Dad, even though he said not to buy anything.

After that we went to a jewelry store where they sold Larimar and Amber. I bought mom a little amber heart.

From there we went to the Amber Museum. It was interesting and they had a lot of insects, leaves and flowers. Again you could purchase items if you wanted to.

We had about 1 hour free time to go to the main plaza and look around.

We then went to an old fort. It was interesting to see the 3 foot thick walls and how it was still in really good shape.

There was this guy riding a donkey as we were walking up to the fort. A lady coming out made the mistake and took his picture. He was a large man. I've never seen anyone dismount a donkey and chase a person to be paid for his picture before. It was a sight. I quickly took a picture of his donkey - without having to pay him.

After the fort we went for lunch. Thank goodness! I was starving. I did look while we were out, for a bakery or something where I could grab something to each but I never found anything. Lunch was a typical Dominican feast - beans, rice, chicken, salad, tomato & cucumber. I had two helpings.

Next was a stop to Sousa Beach. Here there was a great flea market and the beach. Because it was cloudy and rainy most of the day I didn`t go into the water.

I went into all the shops, yes they were all the same but it was fun interacting with the locals.

I stopped at a shop where a guy from Haiti took a liking to me. He asked if I would dance with him tonight and got sad when I told him I was going home. I left his shop and went on a bit more.

Unfortunately I had to pass his shop to get to the bus. He tried to convince me to stay as he ``he had his eye on me``. I told him I had to go and he got all sad. We said goodbye and he gave me a kiss on the cheek - too cute!

We drove two couples back to their resort. It was weird as at the jewelry shop if you didn`t have enough money to purchase an item, they would take the payment when you got back to your resort. One guy must not have had enough money as we drove to three different banks so they could get paid. Almost like they `kidnapped`you until you paid up.

While at the last bank we did see some Dominican hookers. Too bad I was slow with my camera. Very interesting!

So we are back at our resort and I`m glad we are going home tomorrow.

Feb.25: Dominican Republic Vacation - Day 6

OK so I puked. It really wasn't the waves on the ocean, it was the horrid smell of diesel & exhaust. I didn't throw up much, but just enough. Also I was the only one who got sick. :(

It was a really good day today. We got picked up at 7am and drove for about 1/2 hour then stopped for breakfast. We had eggs, sausage (I threw that up), cheese & ham. Oh and the great coffee! I very good meal.

Back on the road and down to Samana. Very nice town and it looked interesting. I would have liked to tour around a bit but we had no time.

We went straight onto speed boats and out to sea we went. It was a while before we saw any whales but then they kept on appearing. I also saw a lot of dolphins. The whales jumped out of the water (almost full bodies) and we saw a lot of tails. They leave a large water bubble when they dive which I thought was interesting.

Their bellies are white but in the ocean they look blue. We spent close to three hours watching and moving closer to the whales.

As we started to come back in that is when I got sick. We were close to another boat and all I could smell was the diesel & exhaust. I just couldn`t hold it down. Thank goodness I threw up just a bit and not a lot.

We then sailed to a small island with a resort on it. We had lunch (I was starving then!) and then we had 2.5 hours free. We walked around and got harassed by sellers.

I went to the beach and went swimming. The water was great and the beach like at Punta Cana - nice white sand. I wish I had my snorkeling gear as there was a reef I wished I could have checked out.

I really enjoyed the guys trying to sell stuff. We did have a Coco Loco in a coconut shell - with rum of course! Finally I got to drink out of a coconut.

We finally got back onto the boat and sailed back to the dock. We got back on the bus and started on our way back to the resort.

We did have a small stop to a little store on the way back. It was interesting as we were the only 3 English speaking people on the bus. The remainder were German.

Our resort also has a lot of Swedish people.

So today was a really good day as I really enjoyed the tour.

Feb.24: Dominican Republic Vacation - Day 5

Today was a relaxing day. Went to the beach & spent most of the day on a chair and in the water. Weather was nice but it got windy.

I saw a live crab on the beach today and took some pictures.

Sheila and I went for a walk down the beach & found a market at the end.

I bought a mobile of fish for $20.

I ate WAY too much at dinner tonight and feel uncomfortable. I can't walk even. I've eaten way too much this trip and I'm worried about how much I've gained back,

I had my picture taken today and I look horrible.

Going to bed early tonight as we've got to get up at 6am to be ready for whale watching tomorrow at 7am.

I'm really looking forward to tomorrow.

Me, Sheila & John - ug MY FAT ARMS!