So it’s that time of the year when magazines, TV shows, and blogs do Top 10 lists to summarize the year we’re about to leave behind. So you know what this means – another blog series! Just kidding, it’ll be a long time before I put us through another one of those. I did, however, take some time to think about some of the important events in my life over the last year. Some of them are obviously much more significant than others, but this is what I came up with. I think it’s a weird list.  (Also, they’re in order of occurrence, not importance.) 

Bon Jovi concert – This was really fun, but I mostly added it to the list because I didn’t have anything on the list before May and I felt like I should acknowledge that I did, … Read More »

As promised, pictures!

Todd said I was putting too many pictures in this post, so he made me create a Flickr slideshow. To read my pithy comments, click on “Show Info” in the upper right hand corner after starting the slideshow. I answer all the burning questions, such as what I ate for breakfast and what books I read. There’s also scenery pictures and one of me pretending to be 10 years younger than I really am.

So I think that’s all I have to tell you about our Mexico trip. (Until I remember something else.) We had a really great time and are so grateful for Jan and Janine’s generosity.

If you want more info on Rovia, like how it actually works and how you can go on a vacation like ours, with maximum relaxation and very little critical thought required on … Read More »

So we’ve been back from Mexico for about a week now. We’re back to cooking our own food and picking up after ourselves, theoretically. (It’s going to be hard to not have someone else pick up my empty water glass as soon as I put it down on the table, at least until I have Todd trained.) Anyway, I figure it’s about time to give the people what they want.*

Sunday morning we met our new BFF, Frieda, at Cabo Adventures. Despite the fact that she weighs 400 pounds and subsists on raw fish, which we all know I now have an aversion to, we were fast friends. She kissed us, “danced” with us, and dragged us around the pool with us on her belly. It really was a lot of fun and I’d recommend the experience, but only if you … Read More »

When traveling the world when I was younger, my family used to say “we’re on vacation” to give ourselves permission to do something we might not ordinarily do. For example, if we wanted to have an extra piece of chocolate cake, we’d just say “we’re on vacation” and proceed to eat the cake with no guilt.

The other night Todd and I ate dinner at the Asian restaurant on the property. I don’t usually eat sushi, other than California rolls, but I thought “I’m on vacation,” and proceeded to try exciting new foods.

Yesterday I woke up feeling nauseous and shaky. I and everyone around me thought that maybe I was dehydrated, so I proceeded to consume a very large amount of water in a very short amount of time. It made me feel worse, but I pushed through and drank even more water. … Read More »

After some slight turbulence that almost made me lose my pretzels, we made it to Cabo San Lucas! The group that arranged our trip picked us up right outside the airport, led us through a really easy sign-in process upon arrival at the resort, and had our bags delivered to our room. All this meant that we haven’t had to think about anything since getting on the plane in Houston. This is good since packing took about all the brain power we had left.

After dipping our toes in the very cold Pacific Ocean, which has a very violent tide that nearly dragged me out to sea, we went to dinner at one of the on-site restaurants. The food was good, especially the fried chicken, but the best part may have been the really nice waiters who seemed to honestly care … Read More »

Exciting news! We’re going on vacation in a few weeks! We’re going to the The Hotel Riu Santa Fe in Cabo and will be blogging and tweeting about our trip. We have our passports, plane tickets, house sitter and swimsuits, and now I’m trying to decide what books to take. I have an ongoing list of books I want to read, but I have some special criteria for my vacation book(s):

Nothing too serious/sad
No chick-lit books
Nothing too big

I would love to read some of the classics I haven’t gotten to, but they’re all relatively short so I’d finish them while waiting to board the plane in Houston and then be stuck lugging them around the rest of the week. (This is why it would be amazing if I were able to rent a Kindle*; I don’t want to buy one but would love … Read More »