Sorry, late vacation update...

On our first night out to eat we had a horrible waitress... she messed up all of our drinks and when she was taking our food order she kept repeating the wrong item back... Like Zach's dad ordered hamburger steak and she said "ok you want the jumbo gulf shrimp". Well we sat there and sat there and then she came by the table and said that they were plating our food and it should be out soon... well 30 minutes later we still didn't have our food so Mr. Larry went and found the manager and he went back to the kitchen and he came out to our table and told us that she had not even submitted our order but he just did and he promised to have it out in 15 minutes and that he was paying for everything... cool free meal! Not so cool when we got our food and everything was wrong because our crazy waitress had written everything down wrong. Like there were two kids chicken finger plates, we didn't have any kids with us! Anyways, not a way to start off our vacation.

Other than that the vacation was fabulous! We sat on the beach everyday and did nothing. Well Zach fished everyday and cought some fish... Most days we sat on the beach until the sun went down.

We ate in most of the time but we ate out a couple of other nights... it was great! We didn't have to worry about getting dressed to go out to eat and wait forever for a table...

I will post some pictures when I get home.

Yes I sat on the beach everyday and I sat out there all day. I kept my sunscreen reapplied and I sat under the umbrella all day... And I didn't get the first bit of sun... go me!

Anyways, I have to go for now! Have a great day!

Sorry...

I have been super busy since we got home on Sunday. I will try to sit down and write about the rest of our vacation soon.

Hope everyone is well!

Self Family Beach Vacation - Day One June 14

We met in Fultondale at 7:15. We met at Hardee’s for breakfast and then hit the road. While at Hardee’s though we saw Mr. Whitlow, a man that works at ACIPCO that I know. He was heading out to play golf and they stopped to eat also.

We actually left Fultondale about 8:00. It rained on us most of the way. We made our first stop in Greenville at the rest stop and you won’t believe it but I saw someone else that I know! Paula from work was there. She was on her way to Destin to see her husband’s dad. When we left the rest area it started storming on us! It was raining so hard, I was scared…

We had walkie-talkies in the car and we decided to come up with nicknames for everyone to pass the time. Everyone’s nicknames are as follows:

Larry – Gas Master
Kathy – Suzy Q
Patrick – Brownie Maker
Lee – Mr. Clean
Erika – Tooth Fairy
Zach – SquarePants
Kristen – Casper the Friendly Ghost
Vic – Shark Bait
Margaret – Sweet Tea
Katy – Pinky
Daniel – Croc

We got to Gulf Shores around 12:30 and checked in. We ate lunch at DeSoto’s (yum!) before making the 14 mile drive out to Fort Morgan to our house.

We are in now and have been to Wal-Mart to get some groceries. We can’t wait to get to the beach tomorrow!

Here are some pictures from the day! (pictures to come later because Blogger is being difficult)

My last post...

before I go to the beach.

We are leaving in the morning to head down to Gulf Shores for the week. I am going to try to find a place that is close to our house that will allow me to connect to the Internet. I will keep a daily "journal" on my computer and then post it when we get back if I can't find somewhere to post while we are there.

I have been up since a few minutes after 5. Zach's dad called and I haven't been able to go back to sleep! So I took my shower and now I am just waiting to leave.

Anyways, I am going to go get my stuff together and then I am going to finish getting dressed.

Have a great day! Talk to you when I get back if I am unable to connect down there!

Promised Pictures!

Just a few cute pictures!

The End of a Short Week

With Memorial Day being Monday it cut the work week short. It has flown by, thank goodness! I am one step closer to going on vacation, woohoo! 15 days to be exact, or two weeks from tomorrow whichever way you want to look at it...

Tomorrow is going to be an awesome day! We are hanging out with Karmen, Matt, Ava, Alline, and Madyson. We are starting out at Mom's swimming for a little bit. Then we are going to Karmen's house where we are going to watch a movie and I am sure we will eat dinner in there somewhere! It has been so long since we have all hung out together...

Sunday we are heading out to Georgia to pick up a dining room table and chairs from my cousin Tyler's house. Brenda and Jimmy (hi Brenda!) came down this past weekend and she said that Tyler and Caty weren't going to use this table and chairs after they got married and she asked if we wanted it... It was Brenda's mom's table and chairs! It means a lot that Brenda asked us if we wanted it, because I know how much it means to her.

Ava is such a big girl now! I have some new pictures of her on my computer at home... She is swimming by herself!!! Karmen puts her floaties on and away she goes. Someone is always right there with her but she LOVES swimming by her self! She even jumps off the side or diving board to Matt! She is growing up too fast.

Well I am going to go and work... Have a great day!

The Grocery Game

I know Karmen updated about this but I am going to as well...

The Grocery Game (TGG) is such a fantastic idea! I wish I had come up with it... It isn't that I am lazy and don't feel like doing the "hard work" myself, I just want the best deal possible and TGG seems to be a good way to do that... especially since grocery prices are going up everyday!

It is $10 for 8 weeks and if you refer people to the site and they enter your email address as the person who referred them you earn free weeks... So if anyone is interested in joining TGG please leave me a message and I will give you the email address that I am signed up under...

It makes you feel good to look at your receipt and see how much you saved. Like last week when Zach and I went to the grocery store, we saved $30! That is exciting to me because if I had not taken the time to look for those coupons or the sales we would have spent that $30 instead of saving it... Now with TGG it is easier for me to save money!

A busy weekend coming up...

Memorial Day weekend is coming up and I don't know about you guys but I always get excited around Memorial Day because it is the official start of summer!!!

This Memorial Day is going to be super busy for us. Saturday we are having a "family reunion" with my family. It is really a surprise birthday party for my Uncle Bubba!

Sunday we are going up to Cullman for decoration with Zach's family... the past few years I have actually had some severe allergy issues up there so I am going to take a Benadryl BEFORE we leave and take them every 4 hours the whole day.

Monday I am off work!!! And we are going to Zach's sister's house for the mandatory Memorial Day cookout... it should be fun.

Onto other things, I go on vacation in 25 days... I bet you can't tell that I am excited about it! Life has been so stressful the past several months so it will be nice to get away for a week...

Anyways, I am going to go talk to Lindsey. We are thinking about switching our photography blog up some... I will let you know when we make any decisions...

Our Grocery Shopping Trip

OK, the first picture is EVERYTHING we bought yesterday and the second picture is a close up of the items on the table...

We spent around $130 and saved $30... I think we did pretty good for our first trip as this combined with what we already have is enough to last us approximately 4 weeks...

We are having a cook out at our house today for my family so that is what the charcoal, wood chunks, lighter fliud and meat are for...

Also, today is picture day for me, Karmen, Mom, Nanny, and Ava so I will be posting those to the photography blog either today or tomorrow...

Gotta go clean and get ready! Have a happy Sunday!

I want to be like her...

I have stumbled upon a "mommy blog" recently that I have thoroughly enjoyed reading. Dooce is a fantastic writer and she constantly makes me laugh... The cool part about her is that she makes a living by writing her blog and the advertisements that are there!!! She has made enough money that her husband has quit his job and they BOTH stay at home with their adorable daughter!

OK, this makes me a tiny bit jealous because I want to stay at home... it is not because I have children, because I don't, and it isn't because I am lazy either. I just feel like I could get more accomplished in a day if I didn't have to work. I would also get to see my family more...

Maybe my blog will become an internet sensation (yeah right!) and I can having people lining up at my door to advertise on here!

For now I will continue to work and will continue to not get anything done because I don't have enough hours in my day...

On to other things... I am now on a coupon craze! I am all about clipping some coupons!

Zach and I are trying to save money to pay off some of our credit cards and by cutting back on eating out and finding good deals (and coupons) on food at the grocery store can save us a ton of money... We are going to the grocery store tomorrow so I will post about the trip and let you know how much I saved!!!

I don't know about you guys but I am SO glad that it is the weekend... So with that said I am going to go enjoy the start of mine (with a piece of hot fudge cake)... Have a fabulous evening!