L.O.D.

is for Long. Over. Due.

Jerry and I went on a cruise in April!!

(I haven't been able to muster up the umphf to wrestle with loading photos on Blogger. I think my little Apple is past her prime so I have to be in a very patience state of mind to upload.)

Anywho, here are some pics. This is our first full day on the boat. Jerry is on the "Flow-rider." It's a simulated wave that goes so fast it will have grown men flying through the air like little tots.

LOTS of wipe-outs.

Quite the entertainment.



Next Jerry and his dad played in the super-serious, ever-popular Dodge Ball Tournament.

They definitely looked the coolest. Matching bandanna's = SCARY :)



Here's Jerry and his mom at one of the jazz clubs that night..

Our first port- Labadi, Haiti. So lush!

Here we are on the beloved hammock. Sadly Jerry didn't move from this spot once all day because he was sick. :(

Ah, pretty Labadi!

Next stop- Ocho Rios, Jamaica!

For an excursion we climbed up a waterfall!

I wish I could post the pics but every one is hilariously awkward because we are all in swim suites; legs and arms flailing.

Seriously, I could not believe they let people do this! We didn't even sign a waiver! One false move and crack goes your skull! "No worries" in Jamaica though, I guess..

This pic is at the top of the falls..

(Please do not judge the shoes.)

(They made you.)

(And I enjoyed them.)

After this day (with all the waterfall climbing and what-not) Jerry went from feeling bad to REALLY bad.

See. :(

But he survived.

And even busted out some smooth-moves to "Staying Alive" later that night.

Next stop- Grand Camen Island!

This stop was a favorite of the group. B-E-A-U-tiful water. Blue and clear even WAY far out. I road a jet-ski, John and Lecia para-sailed, and John and Jerry sailed a catamaran..

Final stop- Cozumel!

This one was my favorite stop. We rented scooters and drove around the island.

Ahhhhhh, so wonderful! You could smell the tropical flowers and watch the huge waves crash on the rocks while zipping along the road.

I love you beach!

And our final day on the boat I went for it on the Flow-rider!

(And I also ate it on the Flow-rider seconds after)..

Such a great trip. Beautiful world.

the end.

sniff

sniff. sniff.

The Great 8

Ok, Kristen tagged me on this. There are supposed to be 8 answers in each section but I used my blogger license to bend the rules.  

Things I look forward to:

1.  Future trips to the beach

2.  Christmas

3.  Home group

4.  1 Corinthians 13:12  (For now we see in a mirror dimly, but then face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I have been fully known.) 

Things I did yesterday:

1.  Unpacked the rest of my things from the beach

2.  Went on a walk with Jer

3.   Sat and stared at the lake

Things I wish I could do:

1.  Cook.  It's just not happening people.  Lindsey Brittany promised to give me a lesson or two which is great because I am telling you, she made some tiramisu that sent me to the third heaven

2.  Run a marathon 

3.  Go to Tibet and meet some sweet Tibetans and see their rosy cheeks

4.  Redo moments in my life. Where's my remote? Rewind, Delete, Fast Forward...

5.  Love people better

6.  Think quick on my feet  

7.  Travel the world

8.  Pay to take my friends and family with me

Shows I Watch:

1. So You Think You Can Dance

2. The office

3. Lost

4. If Designing Women was still running then I'd watch that too!

The Bobcat

Hello, Mrs. Williams.

Hello, Doctor, thank you for seeing me today.

And what brings you in?

Well, it's finally happened.  I had a heart attack.

The iPhone Itch

Some how I have managed to steer clear of the iPhone craze mainly because I didn't see the need.

But what once was simple has now become complex and I need the sanity of my fellow bloggers to keep me from jumping over the edge... or push me over altogether.

Here are the facts:

Fact: I get lost more than anyone I know (depsite being a Dallas resident all my life) and in these times of lostness I can't seem to get my go-to people on the phone (Sister, Husband, Mom). Thus I end up in tears somewhere between a one-way street and a missed right turn. The twilight zone does exist.

Fact: The iPhone has a GPS

Fact: My iPod went ka-put a while back so I don't have one of those

Fact: The iPhone IS an iPod

Fact: We have a stero system that only plays an iSomething. No radio/CD's/Tapes. The only iSomething we have is Jerry's phone which means I can only listen things to when A.) Jerry is home and B.) not on the phone. Are you feeling me? 

(Do people still use the term 'stereo system' now-a-days? Sounds a little 90's to me)

Fact: I sit at my desk most of the day so I have no need for a phone that does anything but ring 90% of my life

Fact: The reason iPhone DOES all these cool things is because you PAY for it... we can not forget that part $$

Fact: I think Looped looks fun!!!!

So here are your voting options:

A.) Purchase an iPhone

B.) Purchase an iPod 

C.) Sit contentedly and enjoy the quiet

THOUGHTS??????!!!

What a missing cord will do to you...

Obviously I am a bit behind. But my dad always told me "Better late than never" and "Sooner better than later."

There was a third saying but I can't remember it now, which is unfortunate because I am sure it holds the answers to all my life's errancies.

First things first:

Christmas at my parents house...

Then, after one short drive to Alabama, Christmas at Jerry's parents house.

Both were a Blast!

On the way home we swung by Memphis with Jamey and Mel to see tiny little Z and her new Mama and Daddy.

So fun :)

And then there was Summer's house-warming party where everyone was in rare form (without the help of even caffeine.. just plain-old crazy running though the veins). At this point only Geoff and Kevin had lost it, which you can tell if you look them closely in the eyes.

Next in photos we have a picture of my good friend Jenny's rehearsal dinner at Nick and Sam's where I had my first steak since middle school. I was pretty sicked out with myself the next day but I didn't feel right about ordering fish at one of the best steak houses in Dallas.

Then there was the wedding which I didn't take many pics at because they had an instant-photo booth set up. Man, an instant-photo booth will bring out the narcissist in the most humble of people.

It was awesome!!

And that brings us up to date!

Sorry you only get the details on events that I took pictures at but those are the only ones I remember at the moment!

For my Mom

This blog is in honor of my mom who's birthday was on Friday! I am not going to say which number she turned but let's say it's a nice round number that's worth of making note! :)

These are a few of her pics from the University of Alabama homecoming. She got to go on the field because she was a cheerleader when Paul "Bear" Bryant was there!

Obviously, we have cheerleading in common but there is so much more about my mom that I love and and hope to inherit.

To name a few:
Southern Charm, Quick whit, Strength, Beauty (you would never guess her birthday!!), Determination, Positive, Always encourages to do the right thing even when it might go bad (aka: tell the truth about a 'cheerleading shoes' mishap!), Knows more about College football than most guys I know combined!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MOM!

My mom and brother Scott

Mom pointing out her brick at the Pi Phi house!


Brother (luckily) standing in front of the Bama Pi Phi house



Don't know my college football trivia but I know that this guy is real good!



Ok, that's it for now. I found my photo cord so hopefully I will get a chance to update soon...

Plus, before my mom's birthday there was another family member with a significant birthday that I will blog on too! I just need a few things first...

Lists of Things

Things I am enjoying while Jerry is out of town fishing:

1.  Being able to park smack dab in the middle of the garage

2.  Being able to turn my heating blanket up to full blast when I go to sleep at night

3.  Hmm, yep, that's it.  COME HOME HUSBAND!

Things I have been obsessing over in my fridge/pantry:

1. Almond stuffed olives.  Don't even really like olives but these are irresistible.

2. Blue cheese.  A few weeks ago I made blue cheese stuffed turkey burgers and fell in love with the flavor.  

3. Smoked Gouda.  Why did I waste most of my life without trying this?  Why wasn't there intervention?? Are you not my friends?

4. Cinnamon.  I have been putting this on anything remotely sweet; coffee, toast, cereal, ice-cream. Yummm

Things I have been doing with my spare time:

1.  Cleaning out and organizing all my pictures.  This is a CHORE.  Right now I have pictures from all time periods in random nooks and crannies of my house and car.  It's time for some adult organization.  I am only in the beginning stages of this but hope to finish by this time next week... we'll see.

2.  Painting.  I fell in love with a painting that was expensive so I though I would just try and paint it.  Is this the picture of over-ambition?  Probably.  Anyways yesterday I sat down on my kitchen floor and gave it a go.  (That's the one and only bonus to hating your floral print kitchen floor- you can paint on it and not worry too much about making it look bad).  Well the picture I was trying to emulate was an abstract and my finished product looks decisively literal. Oh well.  Maybe Jerry will like it :)

In closing I would like to apologize for the lack of photos.  I can't seem to find the cord that hooks to my laptop.  Probably in a nook somewhere with aged photos.