How long are you staying?

That was the question the front desk lady asked us when she saw us bring in our two carts full of...stuff. Not junk.
Hey, you say tomayto, I say tomahto. Pretty sweet kitchen eh? Yup. The cupboard was left open all day because there wasn't a child around to say, "Hey mom, what's in that cupboard and can I eat it?" Also, when I took this picture, Crystal goes, "That's the kitchen. And we're not cleaning it."

And this is what we did for almost two days straight. We made Christmas cards. Between the two of us we made over 100! Mmm hmmm that's right. We pretty much rock.

And one night we got all gussied up to go out and see a movie called Twilight-a. When we got to the theater, the guy behind the window spoke to us from his hole in the window that has the diameter of my lip gloss tube and goes, "I hope you're joking." So I laughed very loudly and then said very seriously, "No. We're not joking." Do you know that he had the nerve to tell us that, "Twilight only played here for two weeks and last night was the last night it played." ? Then some really big manly man behind us chimed in, "Yeah. And you totally missed out. That movie was awesome!" OoooKaaay. And we didn't go in to the next nearest town because there was a Tsunami/Hurricane/Tornado/Brimstone and Fire warning that night and half of the peninsula was already out of power and we were next. *doom and fear*

So I decided to take a picture of my boots that I bought to be like Danielle and wear over jeans. Let me just say that you should probably wear them over skinny jeans and not boot cut jeans beacuse that's not what boot cut means. Oh, and being skinny (not me) would probably help, too.

On the beach the next day, we saw lots and lots of these buggers. Jelly fish. Although according to Corrine, they should be called Sea Jellies because they aren't technically a fish. So we thought about rescuing them all and throwing them back into the sea, but we were afraid of getting stung so we left them to their destinies. I felt all Lisa Simpson-ish. Wanting to save the wildlife and such. It was a proud moment for me.

Here is Miss Crystal standing in front of a sea foam barrier. You would not believe all the sea foam we saw. And bits of it would come loose and go rolling along the beach like a tumbleweed would in the desert. Crystal's theory on sea foam is as follows:

According to her mom, rivers get foam in them because of a cow drinking from it and leaving it's saliva behind. So...along that line of thinking, wouldn't all the foam in the sea be caused by whale saliva? I mean whales are mammals, too. Aren't they?

And to take it a step further, my glass gets kinda foamy when I drink from it, as well. It has nothing to do with the fact that I just drank egg nog from one glass and water from another. That would just be silly.

One night, we couldn't sleep and it was, like 2:30 in the am. So I asked Crystal if she wanted to go outside and run around for a sec. She said yeah. So we looked out the window to see what kind of weather awaited us. Windy and rainy, and what the...? Where's my car? Oh. Yeah. Left it right in front of the front door where you go to check in. Kinda blocking everyone else. So Crystal donned this lovely mumu, and I put on my apron and out we went to move the car. It was a bit cold and wet, but we got our wiggles out and were able to settle down to sleep not long afterward.
So the moral to this story is...always wear a mumu or something when you go out in a blizzard because you never know who you'll run into.

On a more serious note, this was what I had to look forward to on my drive home. Snow in the form of ice sheets on the roads. I even stopped to buy some chains at Wal-Mart (on a Sunday! Hey, I think this was definitely an "ox in the mire" kinda time!), but a man had walked out with the last pair only minutes before I arrived. Nice. So I called Michael, let him know who I was leaving my shoes to, said a little (BIG) prayer, and proceeded to drive home.

It was very scary and very tense, but I managed to read a gossip magazine cover to cover, 4 chapters in a new book, and do 3 sudoku puzzles to relieve some of the tension.

I also managed to take a few of these. Nope. That's not a booger in my nose. It's part of my brain showing, cuz I'm so smart and all.

And in case you were thinking that I was endangering the lives of those around me as well as my own, think again people. This is what I got to stare at for 2 1/2 hours. In. The. Same. Spot. Not moving an inch.

A drive that would normally take me less than 3 hours, ended up taking 8 1/2 hours.

See that truck on the far left? That's a snow plow. Even he got stuck. Well, only because some dummies decided to try to pass everyone and get ahead of the crowd and they blocked the emergency lane. Can you say 'towed'?

Speaking of toes...
When I got Laynee out of bed Monday morning, this was the state of her socks. It looked like she had worn them for 4 days straight. When I made this same comment to Michael, his eyes lit up and a huge smile spread across his beautiful chiseled face, and he goes, "You noticed!"

Yes. I did. And thanks again, my love, for giving me time to reconnect with myself. My supply has been replenished and I should be good for another 6 weeks. Until I can have another girl's weekend away.

OK. Fine. I can go a little longer. But only if you bring me breakfast in bed, rub my feet, and massage my head for 137 minutes every day.