Has a week really gone by since I last posted? The problem was that I was on vacation and for some reason Typepad does not like to interface with my MacBook. Notice how I say "my" MacBook, not ALL MacBooks. I am sure I am the only human on the face of the earth who has this problem.
But I stray from my topic... and the topic for $500, Alex, is Vacations!
We went to Palm Desert, a short (!) 7-hour drive south. And now we are brand-new Marriott Vacation Club owners. We went down there to check it out and came back as time share owners! Ah! How did that happen??? I think it was when our darling saleswoman, Colleen, showed us that at the current rate, we'd be spending over $35,000 in hotel stays ALONE over the next decade or so. That was a little scary!
Or maybe it was when I saw there was a Starbucks IN THE LOBBY of the hotel!!
Or maybe it was in the spa...
Do you like my new swimsuit? That Jenny Craig diet really worked! Not only did I lose 30 lbs., I also grew 5 inches and got blond!
In any case, we fell for it, hook, line and sinker.
Don't you love the palm trees? But if I had paid more attention to my composition, I would have avoided having one come out of John's head. Sorry, sweetheart.
We came home on Thursday (stopping for the traditional American Thanksgiving dinner at Panda Express) and immediately began assembling these items...
...Because we didn't have long before we needed to go pick up this little rascal:
World, meet Frank. Frank, meet World. They'll love you.
Obviously, he's already very much a part of the family!
What else... 5 AM shopping on Black Friday. A great post-Thanksgiving dinner with friends. A basketball game (or two or three). And PACKING... because tomorrow I head to Utah to work on my Super-Secret-Project with Angie! I'll come home with interviews, prizes, and stories.
Keep up with my antics on the Simple Scrapbooks Studio Blog. I'm hosting this week! Stop by and say hi. I'd love to see you!