Let the week of fun begin! ;)

Ok there are the 3 remaining tomatos on my plant that have popped up. There is one that just came up, but these 3 plus the 2 that have been picked, which is 5 more than I thought I was going to get! hahaha

Yesterday was ultra weird. We had storms like early on in the afternoon, I got home from work before it began. I got home and was like this is going to be a crappy day full of these. Well it stopped before 4:00 and then I wondered if the pool was going to be open, and it was and there were people down there too. HAH! Don't ask me what time I went, because I can't remember now. :)

So Gaia's week here is fast approaching! :o) She could be here as early as Friday and as late as Sunday. I am thankful at the moment my mom is taking next week off so there is some one extra to help around and keep her entertain. I am off next week and then off one more week in August when we go to the beach. Well this coming week will be spent mostly swimming down at the pool/lake whatever she wants to do. Most likely it will be the pool. HAH! :o) I think we have a trip to Pineville planned to meat my aunt and grandma (???) at the mall there for lunch and maybe to shop. I haven't got a clue at the moment! But I tell you what, Gaia is going to have a choice after we come home to eat dinner, she will either be going back to swim till 9 or watch a movie and no more swimming. I can't do both of these! I will go mad! I am not having a repeat of her spring break, I can tell you that much! hahaha

Well I am off here. I just got home and have some stuff to do around here. Looks like its going to be a nice afternoon! hehehe :)

A new addition is coming!

That is the newest addition to the family coming in 4 weeks!

No not to here, but to my aunt and uncle that lost BJ in March. They are getting this little guy sometime next month when he will be about 8 weeks old. He's a chocolate cocker, but he's so cute!!!!!!!

The name they have picked out, I hope they change. It went from being Darcy Calvin after my grandpa and my uncle's dad. But that changed after my grandpa told my aunt no to that, and so now its Calvin "KoKo." Koko does that not sound like a girl's name! I said Calvin Hershey and my mom said Calvin Snickers, two names we had picked out for our chocolate lab. But whatever, I will be calling this dog KC instead of that if you honestly ask me!

Thats the big news! :)

Had to share this picture!

This picture was snapped of my doggie at my aunt and uncle's house. In the background are BJ's stuffed animals he slept with nightly when he was alive. Isn't Sadie cute?

Carowinds Trip

There's me on Drop Zone at Carowinds! :) Its different from the one at Kings Island....but the same concept. :) If you scroll down you will see the picture of me on the one at Kings Island.

The original plan was for my aunt and I to meet her daughter in law and granddaughter at Carowinds and then we changed the time and so they came here and were going to follow each other to Charlotte. Well my cousin, Kala, wanted us to all ride in one car. Well the plan was that they were going to take their own car and leave before we did, but she wanted to stay the entire time. It worked in the end, because Kala was fine the entire trip and had a great time. :)

Carowinds in located in both North and South Carolina and so it depends where at in the park you are. One of the roller coasters takes you through both states, which is pretty cool. :) So we walked in and the day began.

I knew that this ride called "Nighthawk" would have to be the first thing we went on because the one in Ohio just like it had really long lines and this one already had them when we walked in. So my aunt and I got in line and it was about a 2 hour wait and we stood with these 2 girls and one really didn't want to go on it and I was the same way, because it scared me on the one at Kings Island. So we got up there and low and behold we get to sit in the dead FRONT! Not the back, as it appeared, but the front! I didn't want to ride in the front. I was scared and hesitant about going on it in the first place! The guy that stood where they place you was like, it doesn't matter where you are, everyone looks at the ground the same way. I was like, OH that reassuring! So you get on the ride and strapped in, and then they lay you onto your back. This thing has absolutely nothing to really hold-on to and that was getting to me. Up the hill you knew you were still where it was taking you up and then the noises changed and I was like are we at the top yet? My aunt was like I'm not telling you and it seemed like the next thing I saw was water and we were off! All I saw was water the entire ride! I screamed/laughed/cried you name it! This ride actually scared me! My aunt was like you were crying at the end, and I was like yeah cause I was scared to death!

So we then headed over to the kiddy park so that Kala could go on some of her rides and by the end of that we were all hot and hungry and ready for the water park. We ate lunch and headed to the water park. That was more crowded than the other part, to be honest with you. So after getting changed, I went into Bondi Beach (the new part of the water park) and got wet a bit and then Rachelle and I went on 2 of the water slides. The first one was an inner tube one, and she freaked out because it was completely inclosed. Then we did the body slide one next to it and it was higher up than the other one and it still freaked her and I out both. But about maybe more than 1/2 way down I got flipped onto my stomach and couldn't get turned back around and rode the rest of the way down on my stomach and got banged up! UGH! The luck I have. So Debbie and Kala then did the lazy river while I went to the first aid office and then we got back into our street clothes and headed back to the other part.

Rachelle had this cute top made for her mom and so Debbie and I took Kala over to the kiddy part to let her ride more of her rides. We in that time period did go on "Afterburn" (I went on twice) which is this awesome inverted looping coaster. It used to be called "Top Gun" but this is where they video you on the entire ride. But of course the two times I went on there wasn't really a video for me to see of me on there. Over in the kiddy park, I went on "Fairy Odd Coaster" which is a little coaster for the little kids and I always make a point to go on that one. I never feel too old for it. ;)

We then hit "Vortex" which is a stand-up looping coaster. I got on it the first time by myself and then rode with Rachelle and Debbie. They went together one time and then I went again with them. By the last time, I was done with it. But when Rachelle and I got on, Rachelle couldn't get her seat to go down and so when the seats locked she was about 6-8 inches off the ground. So they got her seat down and then my flew up and then her's did the same thing! Its like my gosh! What's the luck there. ;)

So it was getting toward the end of the day and so we hit the end of the park on the other side. Debbie and I went on "Carolina Cyclone" which was the first coaster to feature 2 loops and 2 corkscrews in the US, or went upside 4 times. It was JERKY, but fun. Then I went on "Drop Zone" which is like the ride at Six Flags that the girl got her feet amputated on. I didn't think twice about it going on, it didn't scare me and its safer now than it was before that accident happened. Then the last ride I went on was called "Ricochet" which is this coaster thats not reall thrilling, but hell it should looks scarier than it is because you hit these tight curves and you feel like you are going to go over the edge! LOL

So we ended the day with dinner at Chick-Fil-A at the park, yes they had one at the park. ;) Kala didn't want to go home, she wanted to stay at the park. I kind of didn't want to leave either, but I was dead tired and sore. My heel has a nice blister from my shoes on it at the moment. LOVELY!

So there was my day at Carowinds. I go back to Seven Lakes on Friday, and guess what is next?! GAIA'S VISIT! Oh my!

In Gastonia!

Thats a picture from the 4th of July fireworks from the dam in Seven Lakes. See the reflection on the water?

Ok so what has been going on since I got home? Not that much! Other than I can never remember to update this stupid thing!

So this weekend, is a post in its self. Initially my mom and I were going to meet my aunt over in Charlotte and spend the day and shop and then I would come back here. Well then my uncle called my aunt and uncle and said why don't you come over and spend the weekend at our house. Well ok, sounds good. So my aunt was like you and I will hang out at the pool while the boys go out fishing. Well that never happened! She went with them and my mom and I were just stuck doing whatever. I was so upset and mad. So my mom and I were like screw you all, we are going to go do our own thing and went to lunch and did some shopping.

I went down to the pool at about 3:00 and swam out the anger and such. (literally) So my aunt, uncle and cousin came down about 5:15 and while it was nice, at that point I was like I don't want to see you all at all. Ya know, but I was able to show my cousin my flip and such. We had a good time together. Hah! Before I forget, Jen is still trying to teach my the butterfly stroke, and HAH not going to happen! I am deathly afraid of that stroke and think I am going to drown everytime I try it.

So this morning, my aunt and uncle called and said they were going to come over to the house. I finished packing and got dressed and at that moment I still wasn't sure I was going to come to Gastonia. So they came over and I am glad to say that my first tomato turned red enough to be picked and so my aunt got the first tomato as promised. So she said make sure you have your bathing suit, because we are going out on the boat and going swimming. The important part was that she apologized for yesterday and she was sort of in tears about it.

So anyways, we went back to my aunt and uncle's house who live in Seven Lakes and were celebrating my aunt's 60th birthday. We found this cute card that was about a cat being in your face every morning, and that's how their cat is. The cat sound on the inside of the card even sounded like their cat's meow. So after opening cards and presents we went out on the boat. I am not big about going out to the lake, but enjoyed myself the hour or so we were out there. :)

So finally at about 4:00 or so we left for Gastonia. We ran into a huge ass storm coming into Charlotte, but other than that it was a quick/boring ride. So off to Carowinds on Wednesday. YAY! :o) TTYL!

I'm Home! :)

Here is one of the many pictures I took while I was in Ohio. Well Annie took this one seeing I was on the ride! HAH! This is at Kings Island in Cincinnati on Drop Zone. :)

I got home on Sunday, but it has taken me all of this time to write this blog entry. Well Friday and Saturday we went down to Comfest, which was something I had never been to before and it was fun. It was a bunch of bands that were playing and stuff like that. Saturday I went to dinner with Annie and her friend Eric, and we had planned to do this one final time and we went and had Chinese and it was good. :) I got teary eyed saying goodbye to her, because we spent so much time together and it was hard to say it.

Sunday morning I had to be at the airport by 7:00 to get check in and such. My flight from Columbus left at 8:50! EEKS! Well first I went to the wrong gate area, heck I haven't flown out of Columbus in forever, I didn't know! LOL So I got through security easily. I grabbed myself a water and something to snack on. The flight to Baltimore was really quick! Which was weird! It was only 40 minutes long. I must have fell asleep because the next thing I heard was turn all electronic stuff off and I was never asked if I wanted something to drink. HAH! OOPS!

Arrived in Baltimore and I had never been to this airport. Come to find out my next flight was 2 gates down meaning like in a different part. So I found where I was going and got something for breakfast and then got another bottle of water and such. So I headed to my gate and waited it out. It was less than an hour by that time till we boarded. Well when I was boarding, I all of the sudden heard my name and looked over and saw a girl named Nikki who lives here! My jaw hit the ground! So the flight to Raleigh was nice, cause I knew some one on the plane! hehehe

So when I literally got back to Seven Lakes, Alyssa texted me and asked if I was going to the pool. I was like I dunno, I just walked in the door! So I texted her back about 30 minutes later and said I would meet her down there. So that just wore me down even more and I slept for like 12-13 hours that night! hehehe

So there ya go! :)