Tuesday, July 28, 2009

More Bunburying!

This past week I spent the whole week Bunburying at the BEACH! It was wonderful, fabulous, incredible, relaxing, and so very enjoyable. Sunday - Thursday the husband and I were in Destin, FL. I had to attend a conference for work, but the best thing about the conference was....I only had to be there from 7 A.M. - Noon. How nice is that?! So my afternoons were filled with some serious beach time!Have you ever heard of Seafood Nachos? Well 3 years ago we were in Destin and came across the wonder of seafood nachos and have been craving them ever since we left. They are comprised of shrimp, scallops, some sort of fish, black beans, lots of cheddar cheese, guacamole, salsa, jalapenos, and obviously nachos. They may not sound that great, but they really are wonderful. So the first night we were there we visited Pompano Joe's (one of our favorite Destin eateries) and promptly ordered the nachos. They were everything we had dreamed of! Unfortunately, I forgot to take a picture of the deliciousness, but here is pic of the husband and me attempting to walk down the beach after filling our stomachs.


Don't you love when you make "small world connections"? At least once a day I made a random connection with someone at the conference! One day I had an hour long conversation with a retired MS Congressman that knew my Grandfather! Another day I meet a girl that was a sorority sister with SIL at the University of Alabama. Cue "It's a Small World"

Oh, and of course I did a little outlet shopping in Destin. The blouse I have on in the above picture - $4.77 at Ann Taylor Loft!!

To make my week of bunburying even better the husband and I were invited by some friends to Gulf Shores from Thursday - Sunday. What a perfect vacation!

A pic with the girls!

I am so thankful for my professional school wives! It is so wonderful to have great friends to go through this experience with - it makes all the difference!

One of the best parts of the vacay was that we got to spend a few hours on the beach with these little people (aka G&H niece and nephew)!



They are so much fun! My sister doesn't live too far from the beach so day beach trips happen often for G & H! Those lucky ducklings!

We had such a wonderful time, but man was is it hard to return to work on Monday!

Tuesday, July 14, 2009

The Bunburyist Goes Camping...almost

This past weekend was our 1 year wedding anniversary, and to celebrate the occasion the husband and I spent a few nights in Gatlinburg, TN seeing the Smokey Mountains.


We THOUGHT we would stay in a really cute cabin outside Gatlinburg and really be able to enjoy our vaca...

This is our cabin. Looks fairly nice from the outside, doesn't it?

Well the nice looking cabin turned out to be not so nice after all. The husband (who lived in a frat house for 3 years) even thought the place was filthy! Thankfully, we found some clean sheets in a linen closet, and I had brought some clean beach towels and bath towels just in case. We made the best of the situation and now we can laugh about how we slept under beach towels for 3 nights! Even though we had running water, indoor plumbing, and electricity this was pretty close to camping, at least for me!

Here are a few pics of the wildlife we saw.

Turkey


Deer


Huge Scary Snake


Overall, good trip, good memories, and good adventure!

Exploring our Baptist roots

Elijah Oliver's Barn
Grist Mill

Greenbriar School & The Husband studying hard
Warming up by the wood burning stove

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