The Latest Adventure.....Part 1

I've been wanting to post the pictures of our latest adventure, but just don't have the time to do all the downloading and editing that are involved.

So I'm going to do this 1st post without taking the time to edit and will just put them on here as they were taken.  However, if that isn't so successful.....I will be editing them for future downloading.

The latest grand adventure took us to the exciting Washington D.C. area.  How better to celebrate our 16th wedding anniversary?  Updating ourselves on the weather before we got there, helped us plan accordingly and we were well prepared for any adverse weather.

We left Houston at 9am and arrived in Reagan National Airport about 1pm.  Then it was off to the rental car place and begin our 4 days of fun. 

Our home base for this trip was New Carrolton, Maryland.  About 15 minutes from D.C.  20 minutes from Annapolis.  25 minutes from Baltimore.  2 hours from Philadelphia.

The first afternoon we decided to spend the afternoon in Baltimore.  Since we didn't get there until things were closed, we spent our time walking around the Inner Harbor just checking out all the fascinating things to see. 

 

I love this picture of me! 

 

Nice shots of Baltimore's Inner Harbor.  It was a beautiful place!

 

 

My handsome husband!  Love this man :-)

 

 

 

 

He's such a good sport when it comes to letting me take pictures!

 

 

These crazy seagulls were helping themselves to the leftovers!

 

Once it started getting dark, we started making our way back to our hotel to make plans for the evening.  Off the freeway we saw a sign that said Maryland Casino.  A casino?  Hmmm.....we had better check it out. 

 

This place was the BIGGEST casino I have ever been in.  It was huge and filled with people.  Put a few dollars in the slot machines, but not much happening so we decided to check out the bar.  Ended up with a fantastic band there, so we sat and enjoyed the music.  When we were getting ready to leave, met some people and chatted for awhile.  When they found out it was our anniversary, they bought us a drink and we stayed and chatted some more.

 

 

 

Finally, left the casino and made it back to the hotel.  Late night, but it was a fun first day!

Cooking my dinner

Today is Easter.  Of course, we like to think of it as the 1st of 5 days that Pizza Zone is closed.  A day that we can totally relax and not have to worry if someone is doing something wrong, or that the place is going to burn down, or that we could be called in at any moment because it's busy.

No, instead we are getting to have a peaceful and restful day at home. 

Except that Paul's not here right now......he's going to both stores.

And I have a million things to try and get done today because it's the last day of the month.  And tomorrow we have another new Pizza of the Month and I need to work all my marketing magic to get everyone to order all month.

But one thing that I am doing today is cooking an Easter dinner.  In fact, I'm going all out......and there's only 3 of us!

Menu:  Crock pot Pork Shoulder Butt Roast, Mashed Potatoes and Pork Gravy, home made creamed corn, and roasted Asparagus.  Holy cow......that's a lot of food for just 3 of us, and not sure if Paul's is still ready to eat yet (he's had the stomach flu for a couple of days now).

In fact, if all goes well........it should look something like this:

(This is a "stunt" roast.  Since I haven't cooked my roast yet, I couldn't put a picture of it here yet)

Well, my 5 minutes of free time is now up so it's necessary for me to start on my huge task list for this wonderful holiday.

Hope ya'll are having a relaxing and wonderful Easter. 

P.S.S.   I am so blessed.  I don't take a single day for granted and never forget to stop and say "thank you" for what I have and this wonderful life I live.  I truly am lucky to have the family, friends, job, and husband (most importantly) that I have received.  This truly is the best time of my life.

It's fun to travel.....

But it's also so comfortable to be back home.

No more living out of a suitcase.  Or planning what you're going to do that day or where you're going to eat.  Or figuring out where you are or where you need to be.

Traveling means being a way from your "real" life and forgetting about all those things you have going on at home.  The days seem longer and you seem to have so much more energy and enthusiasm for everything.

Then you come back home and your real life is there waiting for you again.  And it doesn't take long before you are back in the "groove" of your life and slowly the excitement and fun thoughts of the trip start fading as you are back in your daily grind.

I love to travel.......but sometimes it also feels so good to be back home.

We have lots and lots of fun pictures to share from our latest journey.  The only problem?  I can't find the darn cord to download them off the camera.

Yep.......the problems of our real life have just begun!

We're off and running.......

......on another fabulous adventure!

See you when we return :-)

Big Changes Coming!

We're leaving weather that is like this:

To go hang out in weather that is like this:

SatMar 23

54^°

35^°

Sunny

Chance of rain:

0%

 

SunMar 24

48^°

38^°

Few Showers

Chance of rain:

30%

 

MonMar 25

38^°

35^°

Rain / Snow Showers

Chance of precip:

60%

 

TueMar 26

50^°

36^°

Partly Cloudy

Chance of rain:

10%

 

WedMar 27

51^°

37^°

Mostly Cloudy

 

Oh well, just a little extra something to make the

adventure more exciting and different!

This one is for my sister!

Yes, this one is dedicated to my sister.

She was the one bugging me today that it had been over a week since my last blog.

But do I for one minute think it's because she's interested in the adventures of my exciting life?

Heck no.  She was probably upset about the fact that I didn't have a feature blog about her on her recent birthday!

So, sorry dear sister.  I've been so busy lately that it wasn't my intent to ignore you on your birthday.  In fact, I wanted to have a surprise party for you.  But time and situations just didn't allow for it.

I'll have lots of exciting things to blog about in a few days when we get back.

Planning a trip Gainor style

Have I ever mentioned before that I LOVE to travel.  I was fortunate to marry someone who also loves to go places and see things.  However, our time certainly does not allow for us to do much of it.....but when we do, we research, research, research.

This is just a small sample of the recent research material we picked up.  There's still more at the library that I need to go pick up.

This also doesn't represent the information that we research on the internet. 

But hey........planning is part of the trip process and you should have fun with every aspect of that big journey!  However, isn't it sad that the things you most enjoy you don't get to do because you are so busy?