It's Been a While...

D and I on the beach.

I'm on vacation right now (Aug.21st) with my boyfriends family. The house we are staying is a 6 million dollar home and is FRIK-IN GORGEOUS!!!! We all just got off the beach and it's nap time for everyone... so I thought I'd blog. The water was quit rough, I actually was a little scared but, D was there to save me. Since I haven't blogged in awhile this one might be a lil long. Now as you can see I didn't post this right away so I have pictures form the whole trip. We stayed till Saturday the 25th. It was a very needed vacation for both D and I.



Our Amazing House!

















The Family












































BELLE BELLE

Since Aug. 8th Belle has been recovering from a couple bad seizure's she had that day. It's been pretty tough on me because I thought I was going to lose her. She couldn't walk till the 18th. And even than her walk is like she's really drunk. I have a new found respect for people who have disabled children. D has been an unbelievable help. We give Belle doggy therapy everyday. Angie keeps telling me to think POSITIVE!

D, Belle, & I.Everyday she is doing better and getting stronger. I had to put her on Phenabarb two times a day. My family has been great with calling to she how she is recovering and has been a good support system for me. I was hard to go away on this trip but she's in good hands with my parents. I love my little Belle Belle so much!!!

On Aug. 14th D and I went to Busch Gardens with the B. Bunch. It was a HOT day and really crowed. They have a new roller coaster called the Griffin and it's a 205 feet 90 degree drop that was crazy!!!!!!!!!! Standing in line was worst for me, the ride was great! Bean and Boo even got on with A and C. Very brave little girls! D and I got a portraiture done because we didn't want the caricature to be too crazy. Today was our 6 mo. Anniversary. Well our portraiture ended up being a caricature. A said the girl made D look pretty and I look like an elf. What The HECK!!! D said I look more like Drea than me. But it was a fun trip. It was nice to spend time with everyone.


On Aug. 13th D and I took Belle put-puting with us. Of course I won!!! Ha Ha!


















Aug. 10th I celebrated my 27th Birthday with a few good friends. D and I started the night out at to a really nice romantic resturant. Than we met everyone at the Mosaic Lounge. I had a blast that night! So thank you to everyone who made it out!!!

Drew and I

Big Steps!

D and I looked at apartments all around the area this past weekend and I think we know which one we want. Last night we checked out some furniture places... and nice that we seem to have the same style. I actually had fun doing that with his last night and I think he did as well!

Well today is my 27th Birthday! I honestly feel like I'm 23 maybe 24. D says I look maybe 21... he's sweet I know. His parents just called me at work to wish me a "Happy Birthday". That was really nice of them. I was nervous on the phone and I could tell his Mom was as well. Their looking forward to seeing us at the Beach in 2 weeks. I can't wait!!!! I desperately need some sun!

A Romantic Evening!

Last night D and I were going to go eat Sushi when he said he talked to his friend Michael at Jor's. Michael said he would set up our on private table in our backyard or the hidden patio. So, of course I was all about Jor's even thou it's big Buck$. D's friends convinced us to have dinner in the Monkey Lounge instead since it was humid out. I felt so under dressed since I was just in a t-shirt and shorts... and don't let me leave out the pigtails! But we had the whole room to ourselves and it felt like we were movie stars or something. Michael gave us free desserts (creme brulee & chocolate pate) and dessert wine (for me). It turned out to be a very Romantic Evening!

My very yummy Mojito!!!

Michael and D

Michael wrote D a lovely message... ha ha ha

I finally Got Some Sleep!

Drew and I finally got some sleep this weekend and it was FANTASTIC! So this is how I spent it when I finally got out of bed.

Saturday

The Chinese Koushu Tournament.

I like his mischievous face!

Me and my beautiful niece's.Two of my favorite guys!The B. Bunch!Charlie's Angles and little T! CUTE!!!JJ looks so CUTE! She gets whatever she wants from Uncle D!Twins! I can't believe how big Bean is getting!They just celebrated their 33rd Anniversary on the 24th!This is the guy Dad fought back in 1993. Man I look ghostly white!The happy couples!

SUNDAY

Big D's 15th Birthday lunch.

Big D's work-in the surfer dude look... I like it.

We ate Rocky Run.
My silly little brother! That's 15 for you.

Big D's Sponge Bob Cake. Dad embarrassed him with getting everyone to sing for him.

Another Good Weekend Filled with alot of Inspiration!!!

Friday: After work I meet up with D and I was so excited because it was his 1st Friday off in a long time! D finally quit the bar yesterday!!!!!!!! We finally have our weekends together... I'm so happy!!!!!! We didn't do that much tonight. We made a really nice dinner and watched some TV. We went to bed early because were taking Bean and Boo to ArtScape tomorrow. Back to the food... it was really good and it was nice to sit down and eat a good meal together at his place. We had entirely way too much food... leftovers! His JERK of a roommate decided to have people over around 2 am and no one left till 7 am... I watched the damn SUN come up!!!! ARGH!!! I swear I have never met anyone so ignorant like his roommate, well maybe Dan... no Jon's worse! I swear they were being so loud and drunk, and they just didn't give a shit. And that DAMN smoking in the house kills me the most... I mean it really kills me!!!!!!! D went down a few times to tell the to be quit but it never makes a difference.

P.S. - Check out the haircut drea and Lil C gave poor Binky!

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Saturday: So since we didn't get ANY sleep last night, we were dieing when we go up. That made us late to pick the girls up which really upset me! Driving down the girls were so FUNNY!!! They were singing there little hearts out to old 80's songs. D and I were cracking up. Traffic was a little crazy in the city and there was this Asian comic convention I think at the Convention Center. A lot of weirdo's walking around in crazy costumes. We parked in the exact same spot as I did last year but three spaces over. Now I remember this because it was a strange place to park. We met up with Ja and Em with-in 10 minutes which was really cool. The girls loved it... especially since the are artsy like me! I felt bad for Bean because she finally was able to come with me to ArtScape and the lady that has the booth that made one of my necklaces wasn't there this year. Now I'm on the search for a silver necklace with a hot pink stone/rock with metal wrapped around it... so let me know if any of you reading this see's one. Boo got her face painted and gave us a serenade on a violin. The booth guy was blown away! We all went on the Farris wheel and Boo wasn't very happy. I ran into an old friend (Danny) while we were watching the break dancers... and he busted some moves for me. I only got to see Liza for a minute and she had to go find another friend of hers. We took the girls home and hung out with A, C, and the other kiddies for awhile.

The best part of ArtScape was the inspiration it gave me to really get off my ass and start doing something with my photography. There were a couple vendors/artist that had some pretty amazing work and just filled my head with a million ideas!!! So the wheel's are finally turning the right way.

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Sunday: D and I slept in than met up with with everyone for A's birthday lunch at Dimitri's. I can't believe she is 31 which means I'll be 27 way to soon! It was nice to see everyone! I haven't seen Olivia since she was born which was about a month ago. The food was okay I thought... I'm more of an Italian girl than Greek. I do have to sat that the MD Crab soup was awesome!! D and I were going to meet up with everyone at A and C's but he wasn't feeling well. After taking a nap since we hadn't had much sleep we got coffee at the little coffee shop on Main Street. As we were sitting in there I started getting ideas for my photo exhibits I want to have and how I want to frame and met the pictures. I'm getting really excited about this!!!! The camera is coming soon and I'm going to go to town with it!!! D and I took a walk and we walked over to the old Mill. I was able to take a couple of pretty cool pictures before my battery died. One picture in general I am very proud of and it is going to go into my portfolio I've been working on. It was taken with natural light and it has a dark feel to it, D was my lovely model! What do you think?