Cruise highlights part 2

Here are some more cruise highlights.. when we stopped in Port Cavnaveral, Fl the Disney Wonder ship was docked next to our ship. It was neat to see them get the ship ready to sail. And we finally got to see it leave at sunset.


That night we decided to get dressed up. And it just happened to be when the water got really choppy..which made it hard to stand and even harder to walk around the ship. So in this picture i'm holding onto the piano cause i didn't i would of fallen over. By the way this is my dream piano...it's so beautiful.



Our last night they had the chocolaholics chocolate lovers chocolate buffet..where there was every kind of chocolate you could dream of..and chocolate sculptures. here is my little plate..i coudln't even finish most of it but i did manage to finish the big chocolate covered strawberry

Cruise Highlights part 1

I'm finally getting around to posting something about my cruise.It's probably going to be one of the top vacations i've ever been on. here are some pics...

We left on saturday evening and spent Sunday at sea cruiseing to our first stop Great Stirrup Cay..NCL's private island. So in the afternoon while my mom was taking a nap i explored our ship. And i was so blessed to watch an amazing sunset.






Our first stop was Great Stirrup Cay...which was a small but pretty island where my mom and i had massages on the beach (one of my favorite things of the whole cruise) The water was crystal clear and freezing but i managed to get all the way in even though it took me 20 minutes...but i did it.





This the massage hut where we had 25 minute massages..


Our second stop was Nassau, Bahamas...where we went to the Atlantis Resort for the day. We spent the day going through the lazy river (which is so big it takes 30 mins to get through), i went down a few water slides, swam in some of their many pools, saw their aquariums, and walked around the grounds.

$25,000 a night suite



This manta ray reminds me of the one from "Finding Nemo"..

Me with my fishy friends..

What a start to the new year

I have had quite an interesting start to the new year. The first week i was enjoying a wonderful cruise to the Bahamas with my mom (which i'll write another post with picture later). It was probably one of the most amazing vacations i've been on yet. And then i came home, i was exhausted from the trip but other then things were getting back to normal.

But last week i ended up spending most of my week either in a dr's office, urgent care, and ended up in the ER. It was mostly because i was having this severe pain in my left ribcage for several days and it was going on away but getting worst. Now it's been 10 days since it started. So monday i was at an appointmnet with my cardiologist for my heart conditon and because of all that was going on with that, i forgot to mention the pain i've been having.

So i went another few days without doing anything about it. Tuesday night the pain got real bad to the point that i couldn't sit up or be up for that matter without the pain being bad. And even when i laid down it still hurt. So after not sleeping much because of it i decided to see my dr. And to make a long story a little bit shorter, my sister ended up taking me to the ugrent care.

Which by the way i have the most amazing sister in the whole wide world. Despite of her being sick with mono and haveing to deal with alot of other things right now, she dropped everything and came to help me out. She brought me to the urgent care, then took me home with her so i would have someone there if i needed someone, and took me to the Er and stay with me the whole time. She is simply amazing!!

So back to what happened...urgent care said it was chest wall pain and gave me pain medicine then sent me home. So we were on our way home and they called me telling me to come back. They said that something showed up on the lab tests that could mean i had a kidney stone. I was thinking...what in the world you've got to be kidding me. So they did another xray to look for kidney stones, and found none. So they sent me home again

That night the pain started to be really sharp and felt like it was shooting up into my chest. So after talking to my dr's in the morning, we went to the Er. Which is where i spent most of the afternoon. I had a bunch of cat scans done, ekg, and blood work. They had a hard time trying to get the iv in, so now my arm is severely bruised and looks horrible but it's getting better. All the tests came back ok.

So they said that i somehow managed to injure my rib. Funny thing is i don't remember what i did to cause so much pain. So i'm back home trying to take it easy and praying my rib gets better soon.

Snowy Day

Today it finally snowed!!! I think it started snowing sometime in the middle of the night. When i woke up there was beautiful white snow on the ground. It didn't snowed as much as they said it would....we only got an inch so it barely covered our lawn but it was still pretty. And I sat in my recliner this morning...sipping on my coffee and watching the snow flakes dance around...at least that's what it looked like they were doing. And it was fun watching the dogs run around in the snow. I wish i took a picture of their little paw prints all over the deck...looked so cute. I didn't spend the day at home instead we went over to a friends house and played Wii and had pizza. it was nice to get out of the house for something other then a dr's appointment or church. Hope that doesn't sound bad cause i really love church..but for the most part the only time i'm out of the house is usually to go to the dr's or church. So it's nice to go somewhere else sometimes.

Cruising

Well bright and early tomorrow morning...i will be headed to Charleston,Sc to go on a cruise. I'm going with my mom to the Bahamas for a whole week. I'm really excited but i am a bit nervous cause i've never been on a cruise before. I'm not sure about the whole idea of being on a boat in the middle of the ocean for days. So this should defiantely be exciteing.

Magic Kingdom

So my last day in Disney world (well at least in the parks) we went to Magic Kingdom. This is one of my favorite parks of all. I got to do alot of things that i've never done before like.... ride the magic carpets of Aladdin...Mickey's Philharmagic (loved this one)...meet some of the Disney Princesses...ride Pirates of the Carribbean....Buzzlightyear's Space Commander ride... eat at Tony's ( the resturant's theme is Lady and the Tramp. And plus i got to do the teacups and the other rides that i can't remember right now.

Ready to hit the Magic Kingdom...


Me with Daisy..


My favorite Chipmunks...


Aliens...


Magic Carpets..


Spending some time with the Princesses

Epcot

So onto my day at Epcot. Well after we got through the gate, one of the workers said someone was on the phone for me....it was Goofy singing happy birthday. He noticed my big happy birthday button...it was great having my bday for a whole week instead of just one day. We did ALOT at Epcot so it was a very long but fun filled day. We went on the Mission Space ride (which of course i went in the chicken line), there was no way i was going to do the real thing and feel the G(gravity) forces. The chicken verison was still intense and i actually got a bit scared during part of it. We also went on "Soarin", it's a ride that makes you feel like you're flying over california. At one part of the ride you can even smell the orange blossoms. It's one of my new favorites at Epcot. My mom and I took a crash course on how to drive a segway. If you look to the left in the second picture you will my mom getting on her segway.I've always wanted to ride one and i finally had the chance so i couldn't pass this up. It was soo much fun. I never realized how sensitive they are, you barely have to move for the segway to move. Just the littlest amount of pressure and you're off. I think it would be so cool to have one around but they're alot of money. One of my favorite parts of epcot is where they have the Seas with Nemo and friends. It's soo cool how they have all the characters around...and the segalls who keep saying "Mine..Mine..Mine". I LOVED Turtle Talk with Crush!! So after we went through everything in the front of Epcot, we headed for the World Showcase. I love walking through all the different countries. And that month they were having " the food and wine festival". So you could try different foods from all these different places. There was ALOt to chose from, i waited till we were in Italy and got some Ziti and Tiramissu....oh was it yummy. Then we went to the French Bakery and got pasteries which were also very yummy. And then we had to find our spots for the "Illummnations Fireworks". Here's a video....my camera doesn't record the sound..so it just the fireworks.

Hollywood Studios...my vacation continues

So the day after my bday we went to spent most of the day in Hollywood Studios. But before we went there we went back to Animal Kingdom, to see the Finding Nemo Musical. I highly recommend seeing this if you're there and never have seen it cause it is incredible. If you love Nemo you'll love it.

This day was the first day i got to wear my "Happy Birthday" pin. If it's your bday you can get this big pin with your name on it....and everyone wishes you happy bday or sometimes sings happy bday to you. I wore mine the whole week. So when we went into Animal Kingdom, one of the workers at the gate sang happy bday to me....the funny thing was he couldn't sing. He sounded like Scuttle from the Little Mermaid. He made us laugh so hard. And later when we were in Hollywood studios, another worker, saw me and bowed...and said Happy Birthday princess. And later on we saw him again, and he bowed. It was a lot of fun getting all that attention.

So at hollywood studios, we walked around some more, did the Muppets 3d ride, the star tours (which my mom really liked), saw the Narnia thing, which i was kinda disappointed with. I think they need to turn it into some kind of ride or something. I can't remember what else we did at the moment. But here are some pictures from that day.....

Downtown Disney

So our first real day out..my mom and i went to Downtown Disney and walked around in the chilly rain. We actually went to the House of Blues for their Gospel Brunch...that was definately an experience. They had so much amazing good food, and then after we eat for awhile it was time to have church...gospel style. After the brunch we walked around some more. And then took a bus to the Grand Floridian (which is like the most amazing hotel at disney) and looked around. And since we were so tired from all the walking, we rode the monorail for awhile. Then went back to Downtown disney for dinner at rain forest cafe.

Turning 30 in Disney

So I'm finally getting around to posting some of my pics from my disney trip. I think this was the best birthday EVER and i will never forget it. We went to all of the parks. I spent my birthday in Animal Kingdom, which is now my new favorite park, besides Magic Kingdom. There was so much to see there.....we saw the lion king show, did the bugs life ride, went down the rapids and got completely soaked, went on safari...and also did ALOT of walking. then that evening we went to the beach club for my bday dinner and afterwards walked around the boardwalk. It was a great day!! So here are pics from animal kingdom.....

Here's my mom and me..

This was one of the singers from The Festival of the Lion King show..which was really awesome!!


Wanna go for a ride??



Here's a baby giraffe we saw on the safari...she's only 5 months old...aww soo cute




Look at the elephant family.....isn't the baby cute??

Naptime anyone??

Another picture of the beautiful tigers....

I've got music!!!

Well my blog has music now....it's just a mix of my some of my favorite artists and bands. So enjoy!

Disney World here i come

So today i'm off to Disney World to celebrate my 30th birthday. My mom and I are spending a whole week there. I was so excited last night that i couldn't fall asleep till around 2, so i'm pretty tired right about now. Anyway i'm planning on taking a lot of pictures while i'm gone and there will probably be plenty to write about when i get back. So bye till then.

Ebay and Etsy

About a month ago i started selling some things on ebay. I listed some of my shawls that i made, and some books. Well i sold one of my shawls, and both books that i listed plus a cell phone. So i'm really enjoying selling things on ebay.

But last week a girl in my youthgroup told me about another site that's like ebay, but it's spefically for selling handmade items...it's called Etsy.com. And it's actually cheaper to sell on there then to sell on ebay. And the cool thing is that automatically creates your own store. So i decided that i was going to sell my crochet items on etsy instead of ebay, and see how it goes. So if anyone is interested you can find my etsy store at www.princessbeccajeanne.etsy.com.....i'm calling it 'Princess Becca Jeanne's Crochet Boutique". I only have 4 items for sale right now, but i'll be adding more as i get more done. So feel free to check it out.

Happy Birthday Reagan David!!

Today is my nephew's 6th birthday!!! I can't believe that he is 6 already...i still remember my trip to Maryland to be there for his birth. And i remember being at the hospital with my sister playing cards with her until Warren came back from lunch, hopeing and praying that she could wait to have Reagan until he came back. And she did. I remember going out with my mom and Riley..reagan's big brother, to Build a Bear so that riley could make him a special bear. And when we got back to the hospital, Reagan had arrived.

Reagan i just you to know how precious you are to me. You are so special and unique. There are so many things that i love about you. You always can make me laugh and put a smile on my face. I love being your aunt!! I love you Reagan and am proud of you! I hope you have a special fun filled day! I can't wait to see you and share part of it with you.