Sunday, March 14, 2010
Sunday, March 7, 2010
My meal was Omelets in a bag. Why am I going to do all the work? After breakfast and showers, we (with sad hearts) pack up the car. Vicki says she wants to go to Rite Aid to see if she can buy the Fillet of Fish fish for Megan.
Next we head to Remys. It is a unique store. We all shop and have fun. We decide to stop in Ogunquit at the Life is Good Store. We also visit the toy store. I buy a webkinz Beaver. I name it Eva. Cindy and Kim buy a bobble head beaver for me. Vicki buys Beaver pajama shorts that she puts on in the store.
We have lunch - sandwiches from Kin and Cindy - in the parking lot and head home.
On the way home, Vicki, Nancy, Darcy and I come up with this ELABORATE story on why we would not be into work the next day.
I call work and leave this message....
(Said like crying) Hi Doe, This is Kathy. I'm calling because there was this horrible accident. Vicki went into the Lake for her polar plunge. While she was out there all of a sudden, something pulled her under. We all rushed out to try to help her. All of a sudden this Beaver started biting Nancy in the butt. Darcy tried to pull it off and it gave her a lap dance. Then it turned around and slapped me in the face. We are all in the hospital with Beaver Fever. and that is why we won't be into work. We will get a note if we need one!
Then on the way home, Vicki decides to keep herself busy by playing with my beaver. She flashed it to the truck driver out the window. The truck driver and her were having a great time. While Nancy, Darcy and I egged her on and laughed our asses off. The trip flew by and we were home in no time.
I just can't wait til next girls weekend.
All I Need to Know About Life
I Learned From My Girlfriends
Good times are even better when they're shared.
A good long talk can cure almost anything.
Everyone needs someone with whom to share their secrets.
Listening is just as important as talking.
An understanding friend is better than a therapist; and cheaper, too!
Laughter makes the world a happier place.
Friends are like wine; they get better with age.
Sometimes you just need a shoulder to cry on.
Great minds think alike, especially when they are female!
When it comes to "bonding," females do it better.
YOU ARE NEVER TOO OLD FOR SLUMBER PARTIES!!!!
It's important to make time to do "girl things."
Calories don't count when having lunch (or anything) with your girlfriends.
You can never have too many shoes or girlfriends.
GEMS MAY BE PRECIOUS, BUT FRIENDSHIP IS PRICELESS!!!!!
I love you guys!
Next we head to Remys. It is a unique store. We all shop and have fun. We decide to stop in Ogunquit at the Life is Good Store. We also visit the toy store. I buy a webkinz Beaver. I name it Eva. Cindy and Kim buy a bobble head beaver for me. Vicki buys Beaver pajama shorts that she puts on in the store.
We have lunch - sandwiches from Kin and Cindy - in the parking lot and head home.
On the way home, Vicki, Nancy, Darcy and I come up with this ELABORATE story on why we would not be into work the next day.
I call work and leave this message....
(Said like crying) Hi Doe, This is Kathy. I'm calling because there was this horrible accident. Vicki went into the Lake for her polar plunge. While she was out there all of a sudden, something pulled her under. We all rushed out to try to help her. All of a sudden this Beaver started biting Nancy in the butt. Darcy tried to pull it off and it gave her a lap dance. Then it turned around and slapped me in the face. We are all in the hospital with Beaver Fever. and that is why we won't be into work. We will get a note if we need one!
Then on the way home, Vicki decides to keep herself busy by playing with my beaver. She flashed it to the truck driver out the window. The truck driver and her were having a great time. While Nancy, Darcy and I egged her on and laughed our asses off. The trip flew by and we were home in no time.
I just can't wait til next girls weekend.
All I Need to Know About Life
I Learned From My Girlfriends
Good times are even better when they're shared.
A good long talk can cure almost anything.
Everyone needs someone with whom to share their secrets.
Listening is just as important as talking.
An understanding friend is better than a therapist; and cheaper, too!
Laughter makes the world a happier place.
Friends are like wine; they get better with age.
Sometimes you just need a shoulder to cry on.
Great minds think alike, especially when they are female!
When it comes to "bonding," females do it better.
YOU ARE NEVER TOO OLD FOR SLUMBER PARTIES!!!!
It's important to make time to do "girl things."
Calories don't count when having lunch (or anything) with your girlfriends.
You can never have too many shoes or girlfriends.
GEMS MAY BE PRECIOUS, BUT FRIENDSHIP IS PRICELESS!!!!!
I love you guys!
Saturday, March 6, 2010
Believe it or not - We are ALL up by 9 the next morning. Now the way we run girls weekend is each person has to bring a meal (and prepare it for everyone) Darcy has breakfast for Saturday am. She is making pancakes and maple flavored sausage! It was delicious! After breakfast and everyone takes showers we head out of the house.
The weather is absolutely gorgeous, even though it is March. The sun is out. It's 50. Awesome. I take everyone down to Wells beach. The tide is in but we head down onto the beach. The girls decide that the want a picture out on this rock probably ankle deep out in water. They walk on the rocks to get out there - no problem. As I am standing there trying to take the photo - the tide comes out more. Well you had to see everyone trying to make it back in with out taking a dive into the water.
We walk a little way down the beach. The girls our collecting shells and rocks. Darcy finds a shell with a snail still in it. She shows us if you sing this song to the snail - it will come out! and then she sang to the snail for about 5 minutes! Kim was like a little kid - so excited to find shells. As we are getting ready to leave a wave comes up behind Darcy and soaks her shoes and jeans.
We leave there after I tell the girls I will take them someone else they will really like. We pile in the car and head out. I decide to stop at this place on the side of the road with a waterfall - I tell them all photo op! Wonder if they will get sick of hearing that?!? We head out of the car, there is this waterfall. At the base of the waterfall is this guy fly fishing. We take a photo from up above. Kim decides whe is going closer. I tell them that I have the perfect photo - there is a tree going across the top of the fall - if they all sit on it it would be perfect - but they are chickens and wouldn't do it. But we did get a picture of Kim talking to the guy flyfishing. We imagined that this was how the conversation went....
"Wow - nice rod. It's so thin - how do you use it without it breaking? Can I use it?"
Anyway after returning to the house for Darcy to get out of her wet stuff we head to the East Restaurant. It is without the BEST Chinese food I have ever had. We eat (and eat and eat) and still bring back a big bag of leftovers.
Next we head down to Marginal way. (history lesson time) In 1923, the magnificent Marginal Way was given as a gift to the Town of Ogunquit by Josiah Chase of York and is now a paved footpath beginning (or ending) in a corner of Oarweed Cove near the harbor, then running for 1 ¼ miles to the marvelous expanse of Ogunquit Beach. Once called "the margin" because of its patterned development along the rocky edge of the cliff, the origin and preservation of this truly precious piece of natural beauty was not the result of far-sighted conservation planning, but of the dealings of a shrewd businessman and some stubborn, persuasive "locals." This delightful, exhilarating walk meanders by tangled bayberry and bittersweet bushes, gnarled shrubs of fragrant pink and white sea roses, shaded alcoves formed by wind-twisted trees jutting out onto high granite outcroppings, and humbling views of the mighty Atlantic with its varying seasonal moods. Although the bends and inclines along the way are rather gentle, most walkers will choose one of the thirty memorial benches dotting the path to sit and rest, to contemplate and sometimes to paint the panorama of sea, surf and sky which daily unfolds amid noisy protests from the roiling ocean and screeching gulls. After a freak storm damaged the path in 1991, the Committee to Restore the Marginal Way and a capital fund were established to ensure its continued preservation and maintenance. Each year more than 100,000 people take this scenic path along the rugged cliff line, and, while Maine has several similar ocean walkways, Ogunquit's Marginal Way is undoubtedly the most unique, the most popular, the most painted and the most beloved.
As we walked along we took all kinds of photos. I kept getting the girls to climb down on the rocks in search of the perfect photo. I wanted one to go out on the rock with the wave crashing onto it so I could get a 'Little Mermaid' shot - BUT although I got them to do all other kids of shots I couldn't get anyone to do that. But we did get some amazing photos (check them out). We even had other people ask us if we could take there photos!
The sun was starting to set and I still had 1 more place I wanted to bring them. We headed to Nubble LightHouse. We took a few photos but by now it was starting to get cold and windy. We headed back to the house.
Nancy's meal was vegetable lasagna. Yum! After supper we decided to play Kathy's new game....the list of things. Basically, the reader reads a card....Name something you should never say to a cop. Everyone writes down their answer and then you have to guess who said what. I stink at the game because everyone always figured out waht I wrote. One of the most memorable questions was...
Name something you wished you could buy in a vending machine
some of the answers - bread and milk, underwear, rubber gloves, a super deluxe light up dildo
But then the game really took a turn for the crazy side. It became the Beaver game. EVERY question that we asked was answered with "Cute Little Baby Beaver"
Now think about answering the question - What should you never ask your boss" with that answer! We did this for about 2 hours! I don't think I have ever laughed that much in my life~!
Finally, Cindy read Tarot cards. Cindy truly has a gift because she revealed stuff that none of us knew but were true. Tears, laughter, open jaws. Finally at 3 we headed to bed!
The weather is absolutely gorgeous, even though it is March. The sun is out. It's 50. Awesome. I take everyone down to Wells beach. The tide is in but we head down onto the beach. The girls decide that the want a picture out on this rock probably ankle deep out in water. They walk on the rocks to get out there - no problem. As I am standing there trying to take the photo - the tide comes out more. Well you had to see everyone trying to make it back in with out taking a dive into the water.
We walk a little way down the beach. The girls our collecting shells and rocks. Darcy finds a shell with a snail still in it. She shows us if you sing this song to the snail - it will come out! and then she sang to the snail for about 5 minutes! Kim was like a little kid - so excited to find shells. As we are getting ready to leave a wave comes up behind Darcy and soaks her shoes and jeans.
We leave there after I tell the girls I will take them someone else they will really like. We pile in the car and head out. I decide to stop at this place on the side of the road with a waterfall - I tell them all photo op! Wonder if they will get sick of hearing that?!? We head out of the car, there is this waterfall. At the base of the waterfall is this guy fly fishing. We take a photo from up above. Kim decides whe is going closer. I tell them that I have the perfect photo - there is a tree going across the top of the fall - if they all sit on it it would be perfect - but they are chickens and wouldn't do it. But we did get a picture of Kim talking to the guy flyfishing. We imagined that this was how the conversation went....
"Wow - nice rod. It's so thin - how do you use it without it breaking? Can I use it?"
Anyway after returning to the house for Darcy to get out of her wet stuff we head to the East Restaurant. It is without the BEST Chinese food I have ever had. We eat (and eat and eat) and still bring back a big bag of leftovers.
Next we head down to Marginal way. (history lesson time) In 1923, the magnificent Marginal Way was given as a gift to the Town of Ogunquit by Josiah Chase of York and is now a paved footpath beginning (or ending) in a corner of Oarweed Cove near the harbor, then running for 1 ¼ miles to the marvelous expanse of Ogunquit Beach. Once called "the margin" because of its patterned development along the rocky edge of the cliff, the origin and preservation of this truly precious piece of natural beauty was not the result of far-sighted conservation planning, but of the dealings of a shrewd businessman and some stubborn, persuasive "locals." This delightful, exhilarating walk meanders by tangled bayberry and bittersweet bushes, gnarled shrubs of fragrant pink and white sea roses, shaded alcoves formed by wind-twisted trees jutting out onto high granite outcroppings, and humbling views of the mighty Atlantic with its varying seasonal moods. Although the bends and inclines along the way are rather gentle, most walkers will choose one of the thirty memorial benches dotting the path to sit and rest, to contemplate and sometimes to paint the panorama of sea, surf and sky which daily unfolds amid noisy protests from the roiling ocean and screeching gulls. After a freak storm damaged the path in 1991, the Committee to Restore the Marginal Way and a capital fund were established to ensure its continued preservation and maintenance. Each year more than 100,000 people take this scenic path along the rugged cliff line, and, while Maine has several similar ocean walkways, Ogunquit's Marginal Way is undoubtedly the most unique, the most popular, the most painted and the most beloved.
As we walked along we took all kinds of photos. I kept getting the girls to climb down on the rocks in search of the perfect photo. I wanted one to go out on the rock with the wave crashing onto it so I could get a 'Little Mermaid' shot - BUT although I got them to do all other kids of shots I couldn't get anyone to do that. But we did get some amazing photos (check them out). We even had other people ask us if we could take there photos!
The sun was starting to set and I still had 1 more place I wanted to bring them. We headed to Nubble LightHouse. We took a few photos but by now it was starting to get cold and windy. We headed back to the house.
Nancy's meal was vegetable lasagna. Yum! After supper we decided to play Kathy's new game....the list of things. Basically, the reader reads a card....Name something you should never say to a cop. Everyone writes down their answer and then you have to guess who said what. I stink at the game because everyone always figured out waht I wrote. One of the most memorable questions was...
Name something you wished you could buy in a vending machine
some of the answers - bread and milk, underwear, rubber gloves, a super deluxe light up dildo
But then the game really took a turn for the crazy side. It became the Beaver game. EVERY question that we asked was answered with "Cute Little Baby Beaver"
Now think about answering the question - What should you never ask your boss" with that answer! We did this for about 2 hours! I don't think I have ever laughed that much in my life~!
Finally, Cindy read Tarot cards. Cindy truly has a gift because she revealed stuff that none of us knew but were true. Tears, laughter, open jaws. Finally at 3 we headed to bed!
The night begins!
After unpacking the car, we set up the bar! We decide to take a group picture but we want EVERYONE in the picture which means we need to figure out how to use the timer! After about 10 tries we finally get a picture.
We have our first scorpion bowl at 10:09pm. YUM. These are really good and go down really easy. This is going to be a good good night!
We decide to play the Moment of truth game. But the lie detector doesn't work. But we don't need the lie detector! We decide we can TELL if someone is telling the truth or not. The way the game goes is you take a card and asks the person next to you. BUT there are a few words highlighted on the card so you can change the question by making up your own words in place of the highlighted words. Well lets just say - "Be Afraid! Be VERY VERY AFRAID" You NEVER knew that was going to come out of someones mouth! Every question started with - "HAVE you ever, ever, ever....." At one point Vicki asked Darcy....."Have you ever, ever, ever ..... At this point Cindy spits her beer out all over Nancy and me! WOW!
3 scorpion bowls, 1 shot, Darcy's lap dance from Kim and ALOT of embarrassing questions later we decide to take to the Wii! First we decide to play JUST DANCE. Our dance champion is DARCY! Kim has brought prizes for everyone. They bags with goodies inside them! Thanks Kim!
Next is American Idol Karaoke. We sing our hearts out. Nancy and I are both thinking the same thing! If Kally Clarkson shows up at the end and wins we are BOTH going to smack that Bitch around! In the end - it is me that is our next American Idol! By now - Darcy has finally passed out on the couch! At 230 we head to bed! What a great night!
We have our first scorpion bowl at 10:09pm. YUM. These are really good and go down really easy. This is going to be a good good night!
We decide to play the Moment of truth game. But the lie detector doesn't work. But we don't need the lie detector! We decide we can TELL if someone is telling the truth or not. The way the game goes is you take a card and asks the person next to you. BUT there are a few words highlighted on the card so you can change the question by making up your own words in place of the highlighted words. Well lets just say - "Be Afraid! Be VERY VERY AFRAID" You NEVER knew that was going to come out of someones mouth! Every question started with - "HAVE you ever, ever, ever....." At one point Vicki asked Darcy....."Have you ever, ever, ever ..... At this point Cindy spits her beer out all over Nancy and me! WOW!
3 scorpion bowls, 1 shot, Darcy's lap dance from Kim and ALOT of embarrassing questions later we decide to take to the Wii! First we decide to play JUST DANCE. Our dance champion is DARCY! Kim has brought prizes for everyone. They bags with goodies inside them! Thanks Kim!
Next is American Idol Karaoke. We sing our hearts out. Nancy and I are both thinking the same thing! If Kally Clarkson shows up at the end and wins we are BOTH going to smack that Bitch around! In the end - it is me that is our next American Idol! By now - Darcy has finally passed out on the couch! At 230 we head to bed! What a great night!
Friday, March 5, 2010
The Journey begins. After planning, and looking forward to this trip for a long time, the trip is finally here! We decide to meet at Kathy's house at 530pm. Nancy is first to arrive. She drops off her stuff and then leaves to bring Bryce home. Cindy and Kim are next. Kim is apparently just like Kathy since she has provided Cindy a packing list so they are ready and early at that. YEAH LISTS! Vicki is next. Then Nancy returns. Finally at 545 Darcy arrives. After saying goodbye, we head out on the highway, looking for adventure, and whatever comes our way!
As we hit 290, we get a call from the car behind us. They want to stop for food. Darcy needs a bathroom. But we tell them we are NOT stopping til we hit 495! Everything is going well. All of a sudden I hear from the back seat - "Are we there yet?" Well I go on enough trips with my kids. I'm prepared! I grab the game " Are we there yet" Basically the game is cards with different things listed on them and you have to look for something everytime someone asks "Are we there yet?" Our first card was to find a car or truck with a bug guard on the front of it. Our next one almost has everyone pee there pants - we had to find 2 animals nudging each other! What kind of game is this? But this became a running joke for the rest of the trip.
Our other thing we do to pass the time is texting Eric(a). We find out alot about him during the trip.
1. He has 3 jobs.
2. He drives a truck.
3. His handle is LoverBoy (at least that is what we decide)
4. He is also a bartender (we decide that warrants another road trip some time.
5. We tell him we are cougars and he is our cub.
6. and finally we tell him we are looking for a male stripper and we heard he was it.
Everything is going great UNTIL we get within 1 mile of the entrance of 495. All the traffic needs to merge into 1 lane. But of course some people think they cacn zoom ahead and cut into line. ZSo we were pretty much in a stand still for about 1/2 hour. At one point, I suggested we get out and play chinese red light, but noone will. All of a sudden there is this banging all along the passenger side of my car. We look up and its Kim. She came to see us. She walks along side us for a while, and decides to head back to the car when the traffic seems to be picking up. As we finally make it up onto the ramp, all of a sudden, this tractor trailer comes whipping up next to us in the breakdown lane. He is figuring he can cut us all off. BUT he's dealing with the wrong women! All of us in this van are in a small area with 40+ kids everyday - We're not afraid of NOONE! ESPECIALLY when we are headed away to girls weekend! Vicki and Nancy throw their gum out the window which sticks to the side of his truck! We hold our own and Cindy follows along! HA HA HA. Take that! I just hope he is not the truck driver from the movie DUEL!
We continue driving. We finally decide to stop for food and a bathroom. We stop at McDonalds. As we are waiting to get our food, all of a sudden we hear...."Give me back that Filet of Fish" There is an animatronic fish that sings the song. Well we keep playing it. Kim is singing it. People are looking at us. We're laughing our asses off.
We continue driving. As we start to hit the toll booth, I announce that whoever is the collector was mine. At first I figured it would be a woman but instead it is this old wrinkly guy. I swear he had 2 teeth. Vicki tells me he is all mine - even with his one saggy ball!
We stop at the state liquor store for Kim and Cindy to buy beer. But they don't sell beer there. As we are leaving I see something on the side of the road. I start to say - "Did you see that cute baby beeeaver!" But as soon as I start to say it I know that I am in trouble! Vicki covers her crotch and tells me not to look at her beaver! Again this becomes a joke for the rest of the weekend!
Our last stop before reaching the house is the grocery store. Kim, Cindy and Darcy go in (because Darcy forgot her toothbrush!) Kim walks through the store yelling to Darcy! Meanwhile we decide to try to hide on Darcy. We move to the far side of the parking lot. As they come out Darcy starts yelling to Kim and Cindy can she drive with them. Well we zoom up next to her. She starts running. Vicki jumps out and pushes her into our van. Vicki is yelling at her that she's in trouble. We give her a little freedom and this is what she does! Meanwhile there is the man watching the whole thing. I'm surprised the cops didn't come looking for us.
We finally arrive at the house. Now the real adventure begins!
As we hit 290, we get a call from the car behind us. They want to stop for food. Darcy needs a bathroom. But we tell them we are NOT stopping til we hit 495! Everything is going well. All of a sudden I hear from the back seat - "Are we there yet?" Well I go on enough trips with my kids. I'm prepared! I grab the game " Are we there yet" Basically the game is cards with different things listed on them and you have to look for something everytime someone asks "Are we there yet?" Our first card was to find a car or truck with a bug guard on the front of it. Our next one almost has everyone pee there pants - we had to find 2 animals nudging each other! What kind of game is this? But this became a running joke for the rest of the trip.
Our other thing we do to pass the time is texting Eric(a). We find out alot about him during the trip.
1. He has 3 jobs.
2. He drives a truck.
3. His handle is LoverBoy (at least that is what we decide)
4. He is also a bartender (we decide that warrants another road trip some time.
5. We tell him we are cougars and he is our cub.
6. and finally we tell him we are looking for a male stripper and we heard he was it.
Everything is going great UNTIL we get within 1 mile of the entrance of 495. All the traffic needs to merge into 1 lane. But of course some people think they cacn zoom ahead and cut into line. ZSo we were pretty much in a stand still for about 1/2 hour. At one point, I suggested we get out and play chinese red light, but noone will. All of a sudden there is this banging all along the passenger side of my car. We look up and its Kim. She came to see us. She walks along side us for a while, and decides to head back to the car when the traffic seems to be picking up. As we finally make it up onto the ramp, all of a sudden, this tractor trailer comes whipping up next to us in the breakdown lane. He is figuring he can cut us all off. BUT he's dealing with the wrong women! All of us in this van are in a small area with 40+ kids everyday - We're not afraid of NOONE! ESPECIALLY when we are headed away to girls weekend! Vicki and Nancy throw their gum out the window which sticks to the side of his truck! We hold our own and Cindy follows along! HA HA HA. Take that! I just hope he is not the truck driver from the movie DUEL!
We continue driving. We finally decide to stop for food and a bathroom. We stop at McDonalds. As we are waiting to get our food, all of a sudden we hear...."Give me back that Filet of Fish" There is an animatronic fish that sings the song. Well we keep playing it. Kim is singing it. People are looking at us. We're laughing our asses off.
We continue driving. As we start to hit the toll booth, I announce that whoever is the collector was mine. At first I figured it would be a woman but instead it is this old wrinkly guy. I swear he had 2 teeth. Vicki tells me he is all mine - even with his one saggy ball!
We stop at the state liquor store for Kim and Cindy to buy beer. But they don't sell beer there. As we are leaving I see something on the side of the road. I start to say - "Did you see that cute baby beeeaver!" But as soon as I start to say it I know that I am in trouble! Vicki covers her crotch and tells me not to look at her beaver! Again this becomes a joke for the rest of the weekend!
Our last stop before reaching the house is the grocery store. Kim, Cindy and Darcy go in (because Darcy forgot her toothbrush!) Kim walks through the store yelling to Darcy! Meanwhile we decide to try to hide on Darcy. We move to the far side of the parking lot. As they come out Darcy starts yelling to Kim and Cindy can she drive with them. Well we zoom up next to her. She starts running. Vicki jumps out and pushes her into our van. Vicki is yelling at her that she's in trouble. We give her a little freedom and this is what she does! Meanwhile there is the man watching the whole thing. I'm surprised the cops didn't come looking for us.
We finally arrive at the house. Now the real adventure begins!
Thursday, March 11, 2010
Girls weekend 2010
This is a blog about our 2nd annual girls weekend in Wells, Maine. This year going on the trip are Vicki, Nancy, Darcy, Cindy, Kim and Kathy. We will be staying at the same house in Wells. Can't wait.
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