Anyone who knows me knows that my dream vacation is to Hawaii!!! Seiuli and I are going to Hawaii next year for our 10th anniversary (which is actually in a month…) I cannot wait to hang out on the beach, LEARN TO SURF and reconnect with my man. I could pretty much be happy anywhere with a beach, but Sei lived in Hawaii for a while and he has always told me that I was born to live there. So, I think I should at the very least VISIT the place. I can’t wait!!

Another place on my list is Australia. I have been a fan of Steve Irwin, aka “The Crocodile Hunter” for years and years and I love the zoo. I really would like to visit his zoo. Sei has promised me that he will take me there some day. He would love to surf there as well, so it’s perfect!

Where would you like to travel??

• Labor Day was my day off- so I hear. It didn’t seem like it. I didn’t babysit, but I still had Taj and Liv, and laundry, and dishes.  I threw together an impromptu Labor Day  “Don’t Work Yourself To Death” party with my family. Everyone was suppose to dress up as a profession. Can I just say that there sure are a lot of PARTY POOPERS in my family? Yeah- I said it. PARTY POOPERS. Here are the one’s that dressed up…. kinda. Can you guess what everyone is?
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BTW- my 1st choice was to be a roller derby player, but I didn’t have anything to wear. Then I thought of being a Ghost Hunter from TAPS, then a bobbing head turtle sales lady in Cozumel, a lottery winner… and I finally settled on a croc hunter in honor of Steve Irwin who died 3 years ago on last Friday. I would totally love to have his life… except for the dying part.

• Alec has his 1st football scrimmage of the season tonite. I’ll be sportin’ my maroon and black Team Spirit hair flairs. Y’all should seriously check them out. If you think you’re too old or uncool to wear them get them for your teen or tween or 10 year old… Isabel wears them. And you for sure can’t beat the price with the promo codes on my blog only. I just remembered I bought a cowbell that I will SOOOOO be taking tonite!!
• I’ve read thru Pres. Obama’s speech at whitehouse.gov. I think the speech is fine. I still wish they had released the text of his speech last week to eleviate any concerns the parent’s had because of the silly lesson plans. I don’t trust his agenda so I had concerns. And for everyone that said no one made a big deal when Bush spoke to students about not doing drugs back in 1991- that’s a load of crap. Just sayin’…

It’s hard to believe it’s been a year…

I love Steve Irwin. I’ve always admired his passion for his work and his family. My heart literally hurt when I heard that he had been killed. When I pictured Terri, his wife, receiving the news I was sick. My sister texted me about his death and at 1st it wouldn’t even click who she was talking about. I was trying to think of a sports star or something. I think I texted back “Who?” The next text said “The Crocodile Hunter.” My heart just broke.
Steve and I were tight. I hung out with him pretty much every nite when I was going thru my divorce. I’d stay up late after the kids were in bed and watch “The Crocodile Hunter” and “Croc Files.” LOVED him. He’s who put the desire in me to own a snake (Lucky Wormy!!) & to be a Zoo Keeper for a day (Maybe next year…). I would love to be as passionate about anything as he was about animal conservation. He was just awesome and I am excited to watch his children grow and carry on his work. God bless you Steve.