Vacation Week and other updates!

Yipee!! It is vacation week! Each year my brother and his family come in from Indianapolis to enjoy the beach house on Fire Island. This year it is a 3-week stint. And why not? The alternative is central Indiana - a far cry from the Atlantic.

Vacation week at our house wasn't supposed to start off with a second floor bathroom pipe problem, but alas, it did. I guess it is expected with an old house - the pipe literally wore out. The water leaked through the first floor into a nice puddle in the basement. Needless to say, a lot of $$, a messy house, and a non-working bathroom was not the 'happy' start to time away from work.

AND I almost forgot!! We did the local craft fair on Fire Island over July 4th weekend. We had wagon t-shirts printed up and they were a HUGE hit. In addition - there was a celebrity there and she bought my 'hippie-chic' dress for her little girl - I was thrilled.
OH - we now have a 3 year-old in our house. She is so grown up - she just blocked me from the bathroom because she can go potty ALL BY HERSELF. She actually told me to get out of the bathroom! Oh the things to come...

Vacation: Day 2 and Commute Poll

I'm on vacation now in Florida visiting my parents, who rented a house for 3 months in Martin County. My SIL and niece are here for the early part of the week, so it's nice for the cousins to play together. Ryan really misses Emilia since she moved to Jacksonville. I'll post some pics once I receive from Zuzja - makes me wish I brought the camera. The weather is FANTASTIC and today we went to the pool, to the spa for facials, and to buy some orchids. I have 2 more to add to my collection. :-) More to come.....

AND the result of my commuter poll indicates I'm the only idiot traveling 90+ minutes ONE-WAY to start my daily grind. I thought someone else may be clocking in at the 60-minuyte mark, but the nearest was 30-minutes. Just reinforces that we need to get out of dodge to better this aspect of our QOL. :-0