Blink and 20 years has flown by!

Last Saturday night, I went to my 20th high school reunion in Tulsa! I truly can't believe it has been 20 years already! I have to say my classmates LOOK TOTALLY AMAZING! WOW! They have aged well! It was so much fun to just hang out with them... it was like time had stood still. The personalities are all in tact... the conversations were a bit different than high school as many of us were toting our spouses and talking about our children. I enjoyed my short time with my buddies! Todd, the girls and I also went to the class picnic on Sunday. It was fun but toasty outside! I am excited to meet some of my best high school girlfriends in August for dinner! HOW FUN!

Cruising is SWEET ACTION!

The best part of vacation is arriving! Arriving at the destination, and arriving home are my favorites! I LOVE vacation and I LOVE to go on new adventures! This time it was taking a CRUISE and it was FABULOUS. I have heard you either LOVE it or HATE it... Todd and I LOVED it!!

Here is my list of favorites:

~ All the little towel creatures left in our room each night!


~ Meeting tons of new people from all over the place! Our tablemates at dinner were AWESOME! There were 6 of us... all men except me! We all got along very well and had a blast! I hit it off with Dominic from the beginning... and I looked forward to sitting next to him each evening. :>)


Dominic and Jimmy

Jay and Mike

~ Our waiters were super! Todd LOVED Putu's quick wit! Todd laughed every night at dinner! Johnender was the assistant waiter and was totally great also! He brought me coffee and Todd a Coke every night without being asked! Our service was great!


~ Everybody raves about the food! Gotta say... there is a reason! It is abundant and unbelievable! Our tablemates were well spoken in cuisine... I was in awe! They were all adventurous and knew A LOT about food! Dominic encouraged me to try escargot. Eat snails??? ON PURPOSE??? Surely you are joking? But of course, I was all about the adventure! I had nothing to lose (it was paid for) and I only had to take one bite! They were presented in a garlic butter sauce and tasted like mushrooms! I ate all of them! I LOVED the lobster on the last night!!


~ I loved being rocked to sleep at night... and during the day. I am generally not a nap taker but when we were at sea, I took naps each day! It was a FABULOUS luxury! We never took our sea sickness meds (we brought them just in case)... the rocking was VERY gentle and we did great!


~ Sunset on the ocean... there is nothing like it!


~ I LOVED Formal Night! I enjoy getting dressed up, even though Todd doesn't! It was fun to take pictures and feel pretty!


~ 7 Mile Beach in Grand Cayman... this is the CLEAREST water I have EVER seen! I have been to many beaches but nothing I have seen compares, yep... that includes my favorite place on Earth (Hawaii)! I like to look at the ocean but I don't usually get in. There is something about not seeing what you are stepping on/in that freaks me out! A lot of beaches are littered with rocks, seaweed, jellyfish, etc. but none of that was present at 7 mile beach. I swam in the ocean and loved it! It was all white sand and crystal clear! YOU GOTTA GO!




~ Hilton Beach Hotel in Fort Lauderdale is... WOW! It is the nicest hotel I have EVER stayed in! We had a suite with an ocean-view balcony. The staff was amazing and so welcoming! I will be going back there!!!

~ Swinging in a hammock under the palm trees at Xel-Ha... it was so peaceful!


~ Leaving Mexico...yep, I said LEAVING! I know there are many people who think Mexico is a great place to go but I am not about it! Todd is not about it... we went there for our 5th anniversary (Cancun) and I said then, I never needed to go back. ADIOS!


~ I enjoyed snorkeling... we swam with sting rays. It was fine but not as awesome as swimming with dolphins in Hawaii. Gotta say that seeing a FOUR FOOT LONG BARRACUDA swim a few feet in front of me was a WEE BIT FREAKY! Oh! And at the exact same time, Todd pinched me to be 'funny"... he didn't even know the barracuda was there. STROKE!


~ The best part was holding hands with Todd... we are usually holding hands of children! Laying on loungers with him, in the breezy warm sun while sailing along on the ocean. Walking on the beach with Todd in Florida and swimming in the ocean together at 7 Mile Beach in the Caymans. It was a trip of a lifetime and worth EVERY penny we spent!

Liquid Paper... not just for paper afterall!

I wrote during the summer of 2008... here is another look as requested!

Okay so… I was at school working on my room, AKA the ABYSS! I decided to spend a little time decorating since I needed to use the hot glue gun and Emma wasn’t with me. (HEY! At least I am smart enough NOT to use the HOT glue gun around my 2 year old!!) Anyway, I was hanging up GIANT, VERY BOLD, TEACHER LIKE letters outside my room that spell “WELCOME” !  I got them all hung up and noticed, as I was inspecting my work, that there were some VERY UGLY spots where the OFF WHITE paint had peeled off of the wall.
It looked yucky to me so I began to ponder what I might use to cover up the bare wood look. Hum… I had no paint, except very BRIGHT colors so I thought, HEY! I could use liquid paper… even though it was not quite a color match, it would certainly look better than spots of bare wood!
So, I got back up on my ladder with my liquid paper and began the touch up. All was going well until the last spot when… I DROPPED THE FREAKING BOTTLE!!!!!!!!! HOLY CRAP! SO… what is your best guess on where it landed, FIRST?!?! Oh yes! Right on my BLACK shirt… right breast area! BEAUTIFUL! But of course, it fell, in slow motion, all the way to the floor where it splattered EVERYTHING in its path! I forgot to mention that when it hit my shirt, it BOUNCED up and sprayed my FACE before it continued it’s decent!
I was in awe of what had just happened… I, first, thought of an email we had received last week from the custodian about keeping our newly waxed tile floors CLEAN and FRESH! The splatter of liquid paper went all the way across the hall, almost to Mrs. LeDoux’s door!
So, I am wondering what needs my immediate attention… I notice that my FAVORITE flip flops have liquid paper on the leather so I work on that first (SERIOUSLY… it was a LOST cause!) That is when I began to notice the tightening of my upper lip. I believe I exclaimed, “NO FREAKING WAY!”. I look in the kiddie mirror in the bathroom and YEP! I discovered what landed where… when the BOUNCE happened! I have a DELUXE white mustache and partial beard! I also notice that my arm has a foot long streak of white to match the destruction on my shirt!
Have you ever tried to get liquid paper out of clothes? How about off of HUMAN SKIN!?!?!?! I tried soap, rubbing, alcohol, fingernail polish remover, Goo Be Gone (what a joke), & Windex! I also RUBBED MY FACE and ARM until the white glare was somewhat muted… or just LESS noticeable because of the REDNESS I had created from FRICTION! I did not even attempt to fix my shirt while at school. Although the liquid paper website states that Goo Be Gone removes it, it did not even kinda remove it!
So… I get my paint scraper out (aren’t you impressed by many resources I keep at school… and people wonder WHY I have so much stuff! I would have been SCREWED without my paint scraper!) By now, the liquid PAINT is dry on the door frame and tile. It is clearly a good thing that the floor was freshly waxed because I easily scraped the liquid paper off of the SQUARE MILE of tile it splattered on!
Liquid Paper is some SERIOUS STUFF… I was UNAWARE! It would really make good touch up paint… which I think should be marketed as MY IDEA, since it now comes in a rainbow of colors.
I have since wondered if this was God’s divine intervention. This little event happened while I was wearing some highly athletic looking attire (running shirt and mesh shorts)! One should not pretend to be something they are not. I am clearly NOT an athlete and perhaps God allowed me to DESTROY all evidence of the fraud I was portraying. The black shirt is TOAST, I am no longer white… NO LAUGHING! I mean Liquid Paper WHITE not albino as in my skin tone! My favorite flip flops are scarred but wearable. Life is good and most importantly, the bare wood on the wall outside of my room is covered, making the spots MUCH less noticeable!

 You gotta love Weyher Adventures… I can turn a normal project into a comedy routine WITHOUT EVEN TRYING! Maybe… God just knew you’d need a laugh and I was supposed to provide it! HEHEHE