Greetings from the Sunshine State!

Hellooooooo from sunny Florida!!! We made it to Florida! YAY! We actually crossed the state line on Saturday May 26th, despite the child having a stomach bug straight from hell (including projectile vomiting) and driving through Tropical Storm Beryl... we made it just fine! :) It has been hot, Hot, HOT since we arrived! Thank god for pools and A/C! I still would choose to take this heat over the heat and humidity in Mississippi any day of the year! At least down here we have a nice ocean breeze. We even grilled out on Memorial Day, it was under the awnings of my in-laws house since we were slammed with rain but never the less we did cook out! LOL! Now that we are finally here and have been patiently waiting to come to my sacred meca/homeland I find out that hubby might be home sooner than expected as well... but... it is the Air Force and just like any other branch of service... I am not going to hold my breath, nothing is ever set in stone unless he has a ticket in his hand LOL! But wouldn't that be nice... on the other hand he could stay just a tad bit longer... I am not quite finished saving up our cruise money LOL! Anyway... hope you all are doing well... will update again soon. Much love from the Sunshine State! :)

Kindergarten Graduation... next stop College!

Woah! Is it the end of the school year already! That flew by... especially these last few weeks! Seems like it was just yesterday that I was sending her off to school for the first time. I now have a first grader! Hard to believe the next time I will attend one of her graduations she will be 19 years old, hubby and I will be in our 40's and her grandparents will be in their 70's! Craaaaazy!

The kindergarten classes at her school did a really great job putting on a ceremony and preforming a song for us parents. They sung us a song to the music of Frank Sinatra's New York, New York only instead of it saying "I wanna be a part of it... New York, New York." they said; "I wanna be a part of it...First Grade, First Grade." Sooooo stinkin cute! The kiddo has been practicing all week so, I've been able to see the preview but the whole production was awesome! They even did the little chorus line kicks and all! Here's a few pics of us enjoying the moment! I am one proud momma! My baby girl is growing up so fast into a wonderful and fantastic little girl. Now... next stop... College! LOL!

The munchkin and her graduation cake :)

Getting ready to sing their song... awwwwe!

Receiving her Kindergarten Diploma! :)

Book Review: Deadlocked By: Charlaine Harris

Growing up with telepathic abilities, Sookie Stackhouse realized early on that there she'd rather no know. And now that she's an adult, she also realizes that some things she knows about, she'd rather no see-like Eric Northman feeding off another woman. A younger one.

There's a thing or two she'd like to say about that, but she has to keep quiet-Felipe de Castro, the vampire King of Louisiana (and Arkansas and Nevada), is in town. It's the worst possible time for a human body to show up in Eric's front yard- especially the body of a woman whose blood he just drank.

Now it's up to Sookie and Bill, the official Area Fire investigator, to solve the murder. Sookie thinks that, at least this time, the dead girl's fate has nothing to do with her. But she is wrong. She has an enemy, one far more devious that she would ever suspect, who's set out to make Sookie's world come crashing down.

I really loved the book! It was a great page turner and as always, I managed to finish it in a few days time (would have finished sooner but ya know, life gets in the way of my reading habits). I was pleased to find out some of the answers I had questions to about the remaining fae. I was also glad to see life progress in positives ways around bon temps. I wonder now though, with only one book in the series remaining for Charlaine to write... what choice will Sookie choose for herself. Do all roads really lead to Rome for her, so to speak? Or will she decide something completely different? There are so many choices and its too soon to tell, but one thing is for certain... I can't wait till to read the finale!

Book Review: Adrift on St. John By: Rebecca M. Hale

No one knows better than resort manager Pen Hoffstra that the idea of a tropical paradise is an illusion. So when a young woman named Hannah Sheridan disappears and a water taxi sinks mysteriously off the island of St. John, she is not surprised that all is not what it seems to be.

Pointing out Hannah's resemblance to the Amina Slave Princess from the 1733 Slave Revolt on St. John- whose ghost is rumored to haunt the island-the local community quickly latches on to the belief that her spirit is behind the sinking and the disappearence.

Only one person on the island knows the whole truth, an it's not what anyone suspects...

I really wanted to like it...

I could only get about 3/4th's of the way through this book. I felt like it had a lot of potential, however it just let me down. I'm not particularly crazy on books that I read the ending before the beginning either, so that's one of the other reasons this book and I got off on the wrong foot. I also wasn't too fond of the characters. I had a really hard time connecting with the main character , she seemed a bit lazy and too sardonic for my liking. I'd like to say that I will go back and reread this some day but I doubt that will happen. I will keep the series in mind though and remain hopeful with book # 2 in the series, I just will probably try to barrow from the library first before I buy next time.

The Wild and Crazy Roller Coast We've Been Riding Lately!

Hi guys! I'm still here... I dunno if you've noticed but here in the South we have been experience very peculiar weather lately... yes, a massive shit-storm has been raining over the state of Mississippi for the last two weeks! Ok, ok... maybe just over my house... but still! Sheesh! When's a girl gonna get a break! We've experienced everything from becoming nomadic vagabonds and fleeing our termite and carpenter ant infested housing to being hacked to death by a horrible virus on my brand new computer. Yes, its been a suck-tastic few weeks! I just hope the worst is behind us... because my inner "umbrella" is starting to stink of poo lol! The important thing is... I'm still here, I'm still blogging and remain (at the very least) sarcastic about it... :)

On a good note... I did take the munchkin to a magic show recently; which of course she loved! Thank you to the A & FRC on base for giving us the freebee tickets! Those guys rock! We also have been gearing up for summer and starting to put aside some things we are taking with us to Florida. The kiddo is extra excited about this... since we will be spending a whole 2 months with both sets of grandparents! YAY! I also have a few trips up my sleeve as well; to North Carolina and to Seaworld. The kiddo also participated in her first field trip! And of course, I volunteered as chaperone. We went to the Institute for Marine Mammals here in Gulfport and had a great time petting stingrays & manta rays, digging for sharks teeth and watching dolphins! We finished up this week with a trip to the movies to see the Avengers! And Oh my goodness! Did we have fun! The movie its self was phenomenal! And this is just the start to a kick ass superhero summer! (Spiderman, The Dark Knite Rises etc.) The munchkin has also informed me now that Hulk is also her favorite (along with Captain America) as far as Marvel is concerned, and when I asked her why, she said... "Because he gets angry and then he smashes mom! And that's awesome" LOL! I'm glad she has a great appreciation for the big, green and (often) misunderstood lug... :)

So that's all for now... until school winds down in a couple of weeks! Woohoo! I can't wait to sleep in! And we get to Florida... I will post from there before you can say "Summer Vacation"!