Savannah

Tony and I did still take our trip to Savannah since we already paid for a night at the bed and breakfast. This was our first time ever staying at a bed and breakfast and we really enjoyed it. The food was amazing. 


Our in keeper baked fresh pasties and delivered three different types to the room the night before. Most of them did not make it until breakfast. In the evenings she made appetizers and served drinks. We stayed at the Zeigler House Inn off of Jones Street. The location was perfect. I highly recommend staying here.


Tony and I took a dinner cruise. We see them all the time in coastal cities we visit so we decided to give it a try. Price was $50 a person and that did not include drinks. The food was catered by Paula Dean's catering company. My review....This blew and was a total waste of money. The food was awful. It was served buffet style and as soon as everyone went through one time they started pulling the buffet down. The meat was dry and their side items were nothing special or good. The dinner cruise went back and forth on the shoreline. For two hours we had the same scenery over, and over again. Part of that scenery being an ugly shipping port. We did meet some nice people on the cruise and the band they had was pretty good.


After our horrible dinner we went to The Pink House which is known to be haunted. We had drinks in the basement. I wish we would have skipped the dinner cruise and had a nice dinner at The Pink House. I asked the bartender where the bathroom is and he informed me the women's bathroom is haunted. Still not thinking much of it I went along my business and was disappointed nothing happened to me in the bathroom. The second time I had to go there were two other women in there and only one stall. The one lady looked at me and asked if I knew the bathroom is haunted. I replied, "yes, but I was in here earlier and nothing happened to me." I am NOT kidding when I say right after I said that the door handle on the women's bathroom started shaking and the door was pulling. The lady opened the door and there was no one on the other side. She was pretty spooked. Finally my turn to use the bathroom and they asked me if I wanted them to wait for me. I said , no I will be fine. When I returned back to my bar stool the bartender said to me the women came out with spooked looks on their faces and knew something happened. My response, "that was awesome!" Only I would think an encounter with a ghost was awesome. I researched the history behind the haunting of the women's bathroom at The Pink House and it turns out the ghosts of children try to lock the women in the bathroom as a game. The bathroom used to be one person at a time but they had to put a door up in front of the toilet and take the lock of the door to get in because so many women were ending up locked in the bathroom. Even though the lock is gone the ghosts still try.


Here are some pictures from our trip.

Scary Statue of Marilyn Monroe - I grabbed her ass in front
of a lot of people.

Picture on the front porch of the Inn

The famous Savannah Water Fountain

There were two guys singing to me "She's Some Kind of Wonderful".
It was rememberable yet embarrassing at the same time.

Love this fountain. It is in one of the squares.

On board the dinner cruise. That is the only scenery we saw the whole night.

That band aid is covering another dysplastic mole that was found on Tony.
Our dreams of living in the Caribbean are being wilted by skin cancer.

Back on a Budget

It has been a while since I complained about being on a tight budget. Well we are back on one. Just when we were getting ahead Sydney got cancer, I got skin cancer and had a hysterectomy, and while we were hoping to have a tax refund we ending up owing...a LOT! Tony and I are fortunate we do not have credit card debt so when things like this happen it is not completely devastating. We were very lucky while all this was going on we received a zero percent interest offer through my discover card so we used one card and then transferred it all to discover, interest free for a year. 


So now we do carry a balance but are anxious to pay it off as quickly as possible before the year is up. I could not imagine all of this hitting us if we carried a credit card balance. The last statics I read was the the average household credit card balance went up from $7k to $10k. That is a lot of money to have on a credit card! I strongly encourage people reading this blog to focus on paying off your debt as quickly as possible. It is such a great feeling when the cards are paid for and it is going to save you so much money in the long run. 


We cancelled two of our trips this year. I really did not want to because we were going to go to NYC to celebrate my 30th birthday. NYC will always be there and even better is my friend Tanya will be flying in from Florida for my 30th so Tony will be throwing me a party. We still are going to go to St. Croix in November. Of course we bought those plane tickets just a week before our financial melt down. 


Alright the fun challenge for me. How long do I go before I buy something I don't need. We will have to see....I am pretty determined this time until I see a pair of Michael Kors shoes on sale.

More Black Belt Pictures

Here are more pictures from my promotion ceremony.

Harley Ride

It has been a while since Tony and I went on a Harley ride. We did the Got To Be NC ride and had prime parking inside the event. One thing I do hate about the name of the event. "Got to be NC". Way to go NC for having an event with poor grammar in the name. The kids in the state are screwed when it comes to English. 

Life Changing Event

Earlier this week I had a hysterectomy. Tony and I thought about this decision long and hard and decided it is the best thing to do for my health. About three years ago we decided not to have children but it still is hard when now our ability to change our mind is taken away. I am looking forward to feeling like a woman again and so looking forward to not having any more pain or massive bloating. Tony and I did discuss if we ever feel like we are missing out on a family we can always adopt. I will say I am so in love with my furry children I am fine continuing to save dogs from rescue organizations as mine pass on. Hey....they are cheaper too. :)

Jack using Stella as a pillow.

Black Belt

Last Friday I earned my black belt! It was a long road and I cannot believe it happened. Tony did not see me practice much and he said during the promotion he felt such a sense of pride in me.

Meet Stella

Tony and I were looking for a German Shepherd but we ended up with a Bull dog mix. We found the rescue groups way too difficult to work with. While we like their philosophy behind their method, it just did not work for us since the person who decided where the dogs were placed was the foster parent. The puppy we really like was being fostered by a woman that was way too attached to the puppy and was very discriminating against Tony and I and our dogs with their behavior. She did not listen to how we know our dogs will react. We started looking elsewhere and fell in love with this cute little bull dog/boxer mix puppy. We are pretty sure there is some pit bull in her as well. 


Tony and I seem to not do anything in the proper order. We adopted Stella three days before we left for Savannah. I hated to have to take her to a kennel right away but it ended up working out really well. Stella was boarded at our vets office so she received all her booster shots she needed as well as her exam. Jack and Oscar went to their place for boarding and doggy daycare. It gave them a break from the puppy to help them adjust.


It took a few days but Stella is part of the pack now. She is such a sweet, submissive dog that Jack and Oscar needed. Potty training is going OK. She does not know how to ask to go out but understands she should be going outside. Tony and I just love her and are so happy she is part of the family. Our house is back to being crazy with animals and I would not have it any other way. Stella is just over four months old right now and in the last two weeks already put on 5 pounds. She weighs in at 33 pounds and is expected to get between 50 and 70.

This was the picture online that stole our hearts. She is three months old here.

Stella likes to steal the pillows during the night.

Pack nap

Our baby girl