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Disney Wish Bahamas Day 8

October 2, 2022October 14, 2022 Shannon

This morning we woke up super early because we chose to do Express Debarkation. There are 2 ways to leave the ship. One is you go to breakfast then go pick up your luggage. The second is express debarkation where you take your own luggage and leave without having breakfast. We had the later seating for dinner which meant we wouldn’t be having breakfast until 9:15 am, so we chose to hop off the ship early and tote our own luggage instead.

Check out the cutest security dog ever!!!

His °o° Ears!!! His crossed legs!!! He’s holding his leash in his mouth! SO cute!!!

Everything went really smoothly and we were in our FILTHY car in no time! Hurricane Ian left my poor Hazel the Hyundai covered in dirt and debris! Poor girl! We went to Southern Charm Cafe for breakfast. It was delicious as always and we were on the road before we would have been seated at our scheduled breakfast on the Wish!

Just before leaving Florida, we stopped for gas & snacks at Buc-ee’s again. When we walked in I heard CSP exclaim from behind me “Buc-ee is here!”. Sure enough, the beaver himself was right there in the plush! CSP was so excited to get his picture with him!

We loaded up on road snacks, beverages, and even a hat for CSP before heading north again. When we got to Orangeburg we stopped and had an early dinner with my father & Mimi at Cracker Barrel. I swear, all these roadside stores with their tempting seasonal merchandise!!!

The drive home up I-95 wasn’t bad, though we did see some dirt and debris in some areas from Ian. We were just so thankful my car was still ok after sitting there all week! It could have been much worse and our hearts broke for those affected.

We had a wonderful week! So relaxing and so much fun! Especially with the 2 bonus cruise days thrown in! There’s no better way to ride out a hurricane than on a Disney ship! The Wish is an absolutely beautiful ship and we really loved our time on it!!!

In case you were wondering about our pups while we were cruising… they were at home being taken care of by Mom of CSP. She came and stayed the week at our house with the pups and spoiled them rotten- just as they should be!!!

It was so good to get back home and hug our pups but we can’t wait for our next cruise adventure!!!

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Disney Wish Bahamas – Day 7

October 1, 2022October 12, 2022 Shannon

Today is our last full day on the ship! Sad face!!! This morning we got up for an early breakfast at the buffet in Marceline Market.

They have a hand washing station as you walk in.

Today we ate in the cafe looking section up front. It’s v cute!

After breakfast I wasn’t feeling too well so I went back to the room for a lie down and CSP popped over to Castaway Cay to try and find some Stitch pins. He was successful and he also got some great shots of the ship while there!

He also saw another Lizard Man! Except this one had Jiminy Cricket instead!

I love all the free spirits you meet on a Disney cruise!

It was H-O-T HOT on Castaway Cay so when CSP got back we decided to just stay on the ship, explore, and enjoy the basically empty pools. I know- it’s a controversial decision but we’ll be back to CC soon!!!

These are the Neverland and Wonderland Cinemas. The last picture is the entrance to the Walt Disney Theatre. They show films in the cinemas and mostly live shows (but occasionally films) in the Walt Disney theatre. We knew we had limited time this cruise and with it being our first on the wish we didn’t want to commit 2 hours to a movie. But we do love being able to see the new releases at sea!

We went to Goofy’s pool for a while and found a shady spot to read. There are a bunch of smaller pools on the Wish instead of only a few larger ones and it’s really nice. We got hungry and went up to Deck 11 for some BBQ for lunch and sat by the helipad on Castaway Cay. The water is just beautiful here!

Back to Goofy’s pool for the remainder of the afternoon where we swam and read our books. CSP is reading a Daniel Silva book, The Kill Artist, or The English Assassin, I can’t remember which one. I read Natalie Barelli’s The Accident, which kept me glued to the pages! Finally it was time to go back to the cabin to pack and shower for our last dinner on the Wish (for now!).

Sunset from our verandah. While packing we decided to order room service one last time. I chose the cheese & fruit plate and CSP got some buffalo wings. The room service lady on the phone said it would be 30 – 40 minutes. So I decided to put off getting in the shower until after they left. But we were still in our wet swimsuits. I had just peeled mine off when (not 4 minutes after I’d hung up with room service) there was a knock at our door!!! I grabbed my suit and towel and CSP shoved me into the bathroom so he could answer the door!!! We were laughing so hard! FASTEST room service ever!!!

On the way to dinner we saw Rapunzel and Flynn Rider on the balcony in the Grand Hall!!!

Tonight’s last dinner was back in Arendelle.

CSP was v impressed with his Chilean Sea Bass!

Even though there wasn’t a show tonight, Elsa, Anna, and Kristoff came around to bid everyone a nice sleigh ride home!

We were able to snag a picture of our hard working server Pedro!

While I was filling out the guest survey, CSP ran around the ship for some last minute night shots.

The last pic above is the Goofy pool, where we spent a good portion of the day.

Our towel animal tonight was a stingray!!!

Goodnight! Tomorrow we disembark the Wish and battle the aftermath of Hurricane Ian to get home!!!

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Disney Wish Bahamas- Day 6

September 30, 2022October 11, 2022 Shannon

This morning we woke up early to beat the crowds at Marceline Market buffet for breakfast.

Cool wood wall on the way in and out of Marceline Market

Click on the pics to enlarge!

We saw Lizard Man again this morning! You know how on a cruise or at an amusement park you tend to run into the same people over and over? Well for us on this cruise it was Lizard Man and Mrs. Lizard Man! LM has a tiny plushie toy Pascal the chameleon (Rapunzel’s sidekick from Tangled) on his shoulder. And Pascal has QUITE the wardrobe! I’ve seen it sporting mini Minnie ears, and a top hat and today’s princess hat! I have so many questions for LM like “How does Pascal stay up there? Does Pascal have his own suitcase?” and many more! I just love this guy!!!

After breakfast we went back to our room to get ready for the day.

Then it was time for the Hyperspace Lounge!!! This is the Star Wars bar on the ship and I swear we walked past the unassuming entrance more than once before I realized what it was!

Before our cruise you had to have reservations to get in to the Hyperspace Lounge. On our sailing we were limited to 45 minutes in the lounge as it’s small with limited seating.

The light up box on the left is where you wave your hand to open the door.

The screen behind the bar changes scenes periodically. You go into “hyperdrive” (complete with sound effects) then boom you’re in a new galaxy!

Quick tour of the Hyperspace Lounge

We ordered drinks. I ordered the Mustafar Berken’s Flow and CSP ordered the Tatooine Freetown Reserve. The server said it would taste like an Old Fashioned but a bit sweeter.

There’s a $200 drink and a $5000 (!!!) drink!!! Way out of our budget!!!

The server brought our drinks out to much fanfare! She finished making CSP’s drink at our table.

She put smoke filled bubbles on the surface of both of the drinks! I loved the smoke bubbles! We noticed a bartender creating them and floating them in the air.

We both enjoyed our cocktails very much! CSP’s even had a blue striped spherical ice cube- v cool!!!

I don’t drink very often at all so when we were finished we went up to Decl 11 to get some food on my belly!

Then we visited Joyful Sweets – the sweets shoppe themed after the movie Inside Out! It’s SO cute!!!

They sell gelato and macarons and these chocolate spheres and themed cupcakes! There’s also a section with prepackaged sweets including flavored popcorn and candies. I chose a couple of macarons and CSP picked a Hocus Pocus cupcake. We dropped the sweets off back at our room to enjoy later.

On the way back to our room we ran into Tiana! I WISH I’d had my phone out because she was gone in a flash, but I love that you can encounter characters all over the ship! We got some drink refills on Deck 11 then went to the Luna lounge for a new game show called Villains Game Night. We’d gotten there early (look at us learning!) and we (along with all the other early birds) promptly got kicked out and told to come back in 20 minutes because they needed to set up for the show. There went our front row seats!

Meanwhile, Captain Andy announced that we’d be passing by Castaway Cay in a few and the Fantasy was there. It’s extremely rare to spot another Disney ship at sea while you’re on a Disney ship since there are only 5! CSP got v excited because this 2 ships passing thing meant a horn battle would ensue! The Fantasy was leaving CC so while I waited in line to snag us some seats for the game show, CSP ran up to deck 12 to get a good spot to see the Fantasy.

The let me back into Luna

and I found seats next to this sweet couple who were celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary! We chatted while we waited for the show to start. We were told to put our phones away because no photography was allowed for this show since it’s new. But I did manage to snag this pic:

You can JUST make out Villain’s Game Night on the curtain

Of course as soon as I put my phone away Chip & Dale came through the lounge in their Halloween costumes looking so cute! But you’ll just have to take my word for it! Ha! Then I noticed some commotion out in the hall behind me (I was seated in front of a window). It was Goofy in his Egyptian get up!

He did a little dance.

The show began with no sign of CSP! It was a cute show- think Hollywood Squares but with Disney Villains! Finally CSP joined me all hot and sweaty from being all the way up on Deck 12 in the sun watching the horn battle with the Fantasy. He got some good pictures of the ship and in the video (it’s about 5 minutes long, you’ve been warned) you can hear the horns. Disney ship horns are different. They don’t honk, they play tunes! It’s awesome!!!

Skip to 2:13 for the horn battle!

We went back to our room to change into our swim suits. We’d decided that we didn’t want to go to dinner at the Marvel restaurant again tonight since we weren’t crazy about it the first night and we’d just wing dinner.

A room near ours with amazing decorations!

We went up to the Quiet Cove adults only area and got in this little bench thingy. The water is about a foot deep and you sit on this tile bench (it’s comfy I promise) while water cascades down the bench and into the little pool at your feet. It was really nice.

The water bench thing. There’s one on each side of the adult pool.

More of the Quiet Cove area ^^^. We read and I found these awesome oversized, padded rockers that were SO comfy cozy!!!

CSP decided he wanted to try the AquaMouse while everyone was at dinner so I parked myself under one of the final stretches and had my phone at the ready to shoot a video.

He went twice and pro tip- it’s really hard to see people at night when they are flying past you on a water raft!!! I took 11 videos of strangers to finally get this one of CSP!!!

CSP (I think!) on the AquaMouse!

We went back to the room and ordered room service for dinner then went to bed! Our towel animal tonight:

CSP noticed the “pattern” we were sailing in trying to avoid Hurricane Ian. Basically we just drove in circles in the Caribbean and the Atlantic Ocean!

Goodnight! Tomorrow is Castaway Cay day!!!

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Disney Wish Bahamas – Day 5

September 29, 2022October 8, 2022 Shannon

Today is a sea day. We woke up early and at 8am went to breakfast at 1923. 1923 is the year the Walt Disney Company was founded. On the way to breakfast we passed the luxury shops and the Bayou- a lounge. Early mornings is a great time to snap pics of the ship!

The bronze statue of Cinderella in the Grand Hall

After breakfast I went back to the room to get ready for the day and connect with people back home. CSP explored the ship. On the way back to the room we saw Tiana waiting to meet people.

We passed back by the Bayou and noticed they now had a Bloody Mary station.

Loved this decorated door just a few down from ours!

The ship’s horns are in the Classic °o° shape!

It was another rainy day. CSP came back to the room to pick me up and we went to lunch back at 1923.

Memorabilia from Alice in Wonderland in 1923

We had sailed directly into a thunderstorm. It was WILD to be on a cruise ship and hear thunder and see lightning! We could barely see the ocean through the windows of the restaurant!

Service at lunch was slow and disjointed. So slow that we missed the sports trivia activity we had planned on going to after. Five different people waited on us at lunch. It was odd. Normally you have a service team of two.

This painting comes alive!

I love how the lights in the hallways on our deck threw sparkly shadows!

After lunch we went to Mickey’s Mainsail gift shop again looking for Stitch pins. No luck. So we went up to the beverage station for drinks and also got some ice cream. We went back to the room to read and watch a movie. I was still looking on the app for some fun activities for us to do. We went to bingo but it was so packed an hour out that there was no room for us. Off to Keg & Compass so CSP could get a Guinness but people were spilling out of the small bar. With the rain everyone was inside so it was super crowded everywhere we went. So…. back to the room to read while CSP napped.

A little later we went to meet Daisy Duck. You have to stand in line to meet the characters.

Chip & Dale greeting people in the Grand Hall

Pluto was there before Daisy and every time he signed an autograph we cracked up! He’d hold the item he was autographing on his nose (!!!) and sign it that way. SO funny!

Meeting Daisy was fun! And lest you think we were the only adults in that line, think again! Many, many adults line up to meet the characters. Something about being on that ship makes you a kid again!

It was time for the show so we ran up to the beverage station to refill our drinks. Tonight’s show was Aladdin.

It was REALLY good. They’d updated the Genie’s jokes. There was even a Pete Davidson joke! It didn’t go over too well but I got it! CSP isn’t normally a fan of musicals but he LOVED it!

We had to make a quick stop this evening back at Nassau for a medical emergency.

Back in our room we got ready for our first dinner in 1923.

Our Navigator app updated to show our extra days.

Time for bed! Tomorrow is another sea day!

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Disney Wish Bahamas – Day 4

September 28, 2022October 7, 2022 Shannon

Today is Castaway Cay day!!! Castaway Cay is Disney’s private island in the Bahamas. It’s a beautiful wonderland! Unfortunately, shortly after waking up, we learned that we could not dock at Castaway Cay today because of the weather and the wind speed (from Hurricane Ian).

It rained off and on all day. We were super impressed with the giant screen – Funnel Vision. SO clear!!!

So we went up to Marceline’s Market (the buffet) for breakfast. While I was walking around gathering my breakfast I saw a man who was crouched down with his hands on his son’s shoulders. The son looked to be about 6. The man was SCREAMING in his face- “You listen to me! You calm down! CALM DOWN!!!” Yeah, that’s going to make him calm down- you all red faced screaming inches from his face!!! UGH.

Random thing I noticed today- the ship smells amazing! Disney must be pumping in scent because it smells good all the time!!!

We went back to the room to buy internet for the day and make some phone calls to update people at home about our cruise being extended. We had a hotel reservation in Florida for Friday night that I had to cancel since we’ll still be on the ship. I took lots of pictures of our room. I posted a video the other day but here’s pictures. Then we got ready for our day.

Lots of storage! And there’s a great (very powerful) hair dryer in your room.

Plenty of room under the bed for your suitcases!

The walls are metal so we bring magnetic hooks for extra storage!

The other bathroom (the one with the toilet). Lots of shelves here too.

Lots of people decorate their doors with magnets! Helps to find your room!

For lunch today we went casual and grabbed something to eat on Deck 11. I went to Donald’s Cantina and got a burrito bowl. CSP got brisket from the BBQ station. Pro Tip: the Disney ships have beverage stations (most of the time on the pool deck or deck 11). You have to use a disposable cup that they offer but the cups are TINY. So we bring reusable cups with us and fill them up at the drink station (using the paper cups to fill for sanitation’s sake). That way we can tote our drinks all around the ship and not run out so quickly! CSP uses a Swig cup and I used my new Stanley cup on this cruise. LOVE the handle!

After lunch we went up to Deck 12 & Wheezy’s Freezies for a Dole Whip. SO good! We took my Dole Whip back to our room and read our books and relaxed on the verandah. We got some snacky snacks from room service (room service on Disney ships is free and fast! Tip your servers!). Then we showered and got ready for dinner. We found out that we aren’t docking back in Port Canaveral until Sunday!!! Wooot!!! The ship is really rocking due to the hurricane.

On the way to dinner we passed by the Grand Atrium and CSP took a quick video.

Dinner tonight is back in Arendelle and it’s Pirate Night!!! We joked that the hallway going to the Arendelle dining room is the longest one on the ship!

Tonight we have the pirate menu and no show from the Arendelle singers. After dinner we went up to Deck 13 to get a good spot for the fireworks!

You can see some people dressed up in their pirate gear!

I love that the Disney fireworks are made from fish food so they are good for the environment!

On our way back down in the elevator to get to our room to retire for the night, a man told us that DCL was gifting everyone with free internet for the rest of the cruise because of the delays. Yay!

Good night! Tomorrow is a sea day!!!

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Tomato

May 11, 2019 Shannon

This is a plushy tomato toy. Last year on my birthday we stopped in at Lidl for a couple things. I stayed in the car while CSP ran in to shop. He came out with this thing that he found in the clearance bin for like $2 and proudly presented it to me. As a gift. Happy Birthday CSP exclaimed! Aw thanks, Honey! So we got home and I put the tomato on my desk. But it’s been months now and I’m not the biggest tomato fan really. So I put it with the pug toys. Keep in mind this side eye giving tomato is a good 6 inches tall, so he’s not some tiny thing I can easily find a place for on my desk. I mean, thank you, but what do I need with a giant plushy tomato?? Well fast forward to the other day when CSP was tidying up the pug toys. The pugs’ cousin Bea had been here for a week so toys were strewn everywhere. He came upon Mr. Tomato on the floor in the midst of the rest of the toys. “What’s he doing down here??? Why is he on the floor??” CSP picked him up, dusted him off and plopped him down on my printer. “I gave you this on your birthday!!!” He was low key not pleased that I’d let the tomato go to the pugs. So now he’s sitting on my printer, taking up space, eyeing me like I’m some sort of ungrateful gift traitor! Punk ass vegetable!

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Tampa

November 2, 2014 Shannon

Last weekend CSP & I took a quick 4 day trip with his parents to Tampa. The main goal of the trip was so CSP & his mom could go to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers game against CSP’s beloved Minnesota Vikings. The trip down was fairly uneventful, if loooong. We found our hotel then went to grab a quick dinner at Mimi’s.

The next morning we got up and had the hotel provided breakfast. We were in a Homewood Suites and it was quite nice. CSP and I had one room, then there was a living room, then CSP’s parents in their room. Great set up. After breakfast we got ready for the day and hung out in the room planning our route for the day. Once it was all figured out we headed toward Ybor City (pronounced EEE-bore) to go to the Columbia Restaurant for lunch.

The Columbia is Florida’s oldest restaurant. It’s SO cool! And as you can tell by the pictures, it was a GORGEOUS day!!! Such amazing details and architecture. You could spend a whole day there looking at everything. We arrived right at 11:30 am and it was a good thing because the place really filled up and had a wait by the time we left. CSP was so excited to order a real, traditional mojito, complete with sugar cane! They bring each person their own warm loaf of Cuban bread. And all the waitstaff are in tuxedoes. Very nice. I ordered the Pollo Riojana. It was so good. CSP enjoyed his Bean Soup and the 1905 Salad that they make right by the table. So mad I didn’t get a picture of our sweet server tossing that up! We even had desert. We shared an incredible White Chocolate Bread Pudding. The best I’ve ever had.

After lunch we went into the Columbia’s gift shop. CSP bought the salad dressing from the 1905 Salad, some hot sauce and a cigar (which he still hasn’t smoked!). Then we hit the road looking for the beach!

CSP’s mom really wanted to see the Gulf of Mexico since we were so close. We thought about going to Clearwater Beach where I used to go as a child. Boy has it grown! It was so busy you’d think it was the middle of the summer, not the end of October! So we drove over to Sand Key and drove until we found a public beach access. It was such a gorgeous day I would have been happy to nap on the beach and swim but we had other plans. We did get to walk around a bit on the beach and put our toes in the water. I could have stayed all day!!! But it was time to get back in the car and drive over to St. Petersburg. We drove around looking at the city a bit and went to a park for a little while. Then we found a Starbucks for drinks. I tried the Shaken Green Tea Peach Lemonade and it was delish! By now it was starting to get late in the day and we were thinking about where to have dinner. There were a couple of ale houses CSP was interested in located in St. Pete so we did a quick drive by. Oops! They were having their Halloween parties a little early so they were packed with costumed party people. We even saw a clown throwing up on the side of the road. At 5:30 in the afternoon! They party hard in Florida!!! So we headed back to Tampa. Let me tell you that each trip from Tampa to Clearwater to St. Pete were not short. Traffic- the struggle is real in Florida. And people drive like maniacs. So we spent the better part of the day just in the car trying to get places!

We found ourselves back in Ybor City (Tampa’s Latin neighborhood) for dinner at Tampa Bay Brewing Company, a place visited by Guy Fieri on Diner’s, Drive Ins, and Dives. I had the beer cheese soup and the Firecracker Shrimp. Best beer cheese soup ever! CSP really enjoyed the wings and house brewed beer. You can see the big brew tanks behind us. After dinner we were all tired from our long day so we went back to the hotel and promptly to sleep. I love sleeping in hotel rooms. It’s so dark and the sheets are so crisp and smell faintly of bleach. Ahhh.

Sunday was game day! We woke up and had hotel breakfast again then I laid down with a nasty headache. CSP came in to say goodbye and he was off to his game. I napped until about 1:30 then showered and got ready for the day. FIL wanted to go to Mimi’s again for lunch so we headed over there. After lunch we went down toward the stadium to find a place to park and wait for CSP & MIL to get out of the game. We found some shade in a grocery store parking lot and waited. Then the game went into overtime. Luckily I had my phone with me so I passed the time texting friends and cruising Facebook. We were parked on the main drag so once the game let out all the fans were walking by our car. So fun to people watch! Drunk people, families, people all decked out in team wear. We found CSP & MIL and they were starving. So we went to Miller’s Ale House back near our hotel. I’m sorry I don’t have a picture of CSP & MIL in their jerseys. They looked really cute. At Miller’s we heard a play by play of the game. I needed a cocktail so I ordered a creamsicle. Very yum. We hung out at the Ale House for a couple hours watching the late football game. Then it was time to go back to the hotel and pack up to leave!

We hit the road fairly early the next morning but ran into major traffic around Orlando so we didn’t get home until about 11 pm. CSP fell asleep as soon as we got in the car. The pugs were happy to see us and we were happy to see them! They were very well taken care of by our BIL, who stayed at our house the whole weekend and sent us funny text updates throughout.

Now we’re all rested up and ready for our next adventure!

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CSP’s Fame Knows No Bounds

December 3, 2013December 3, 2013 Shannon

I was checking my email when I noticed a couple of familiar faces looking at me from my Cute Overload email.

Cute Overload logo (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

It was CSP & Zoe! Apparently someone took our America’s Funniest Video submission and edited it down to a GIF. It was even chosen for GIF of the week. CSP keeps saying “I can’t believe I’m GIFT of the week!”

Check it out! (you may have to click on it to get it to animate)You know, eventually all this fame will go to CSP’s head. Zoe’s keeping it real though, she’s gangsta like that.

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So Long Simon!

November 18, 2013November 18, 2013 Shannon

CSP wrecked his beloved truck a few weeks ago. It’s a 2004 Chevy Silverado. The cd player is broken but it runs great. Our insurance covers a car rental and our body shop happens to also be a Hertz agency. So they hooked us up with our rental car when we dropped off the injured truck, Q-Tip.

They gave us a 2014 Chevrolet Equinox. Fully tricked out. All the bells and whistles. Leather seats, heated seats, sun roof, XM radio, back up camera, the works. It even has lane assist so if you cross over the painted lines on the road it beeps at you. Also if you get too close to the car in front of you it lights up and beeps at you. CSP instantly named the car Simon, because Simon says you’re driving too close, etc. If Hertz’s goal was to make CSP fall in love with the car, then they are clever, clever bastards because that’s exactly what happened.

I called CSP at work the other day and they said he was at lunch. I called his mobile phone. “Where are you?” CSP- “Just sitting in the car”. He swoons over this car.

We finally got the call that CSP’s truck is ready to be picked up tomorrow. They are going to have to peel CSP away from Simon. It’s true love. Today I had a hair appointment. My salon is over 30 miles away. It’s a 65+ mile round trip (she’s fabulous and the price is right, even with gas). So I drove Simon and CSP drove my car, Blanca, to work. CSP said driving Blanca now is like driving a go cart. She’s a Toyota RAV4 and she takes offense to that. My phone beeped while I was at the salon, indicating I had a text message. The following is the conversation I had with CSP via text:

Notice how it starts out so sweet. Aw! He wishes he was with me! But NO! It’s Simon he really wished he was with! He’s obsessed! I mean, I get that it’s going to be hard going from 2014 spaceship on wheels to a 2004 truck that smells like coffee and farts, but come on! He may need grief counseling after he trades Simon in tomorrow. Pray for my husband.

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40th Birthday Mountain Extravaganza Days 4 & 5

August 24, 2013 Shannon

Sunday- recovery day. We woke up and had breakfast then got dressed to go to town. I had a bit of a headache from all the moscato I drank the night before playing Cranium! CSP & I went to Harris Teeter & the Starbucks inside the Teeter to use their free wifi to set up my new iPad Mini! LOVE it! SO cute! CSP picked up a few lunch essentials while I played with my iPad in the Starbucks. We stopped by Lowes for a quick minute then it was back home. After lunch Papa, Gigi, Momo, Sara, and Joey left for Charlotte. The house was suddenly very quiet. CSP & I took a nap with the pugs. While we were napping Marc heard voices on the porch. Thinking it was us he went outside to join us but it was 2 strangers! They were chilling out in our rocking chairs just feet from where CSP & I were snoozing (we had the door open, but there was a screen door). The dudes said they thought our house was part of some tour. Uh, no. It’s private property. So Marc shooed them away. After our naps there was more porch sitting, knitting, reading, hammock lounging, and BB gun shooting. That’s my Peach Nehi CSP picked up for me at the Mast General Store. He loves getting an RC cola in the bottle. In the middle are Jacob, Marc & CSP setting up their BB gun targets. At the bottom are two little pug loafs hanging out on the porch (Kiki & Molly). For dinner Marc made us each our own custom calzone (a fun way to finish up all the leftovers from our trip!)