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I ve spent the last few hours getting over my disappointment about the last second goal that Portugal scored in the World Cup against the USA team. What the heck? I didn t even know I cared about the World Cup until a week ago when I began to channel some of the sports angst I normally reserve for college football into soccer.
And even though I ve watched Caroline play hundreds of soccer games over the last six years, I still don t understand so many things. Especially how long a game lasts. I think it s supposed to be 90 minutes, but then all of a sudden they add five more minutes. Or just two more minutes. Or maybe ten minutes. It s very confusing. maui hotel deals I like my sports in concise halves or quarters. I need to know when it s going to be over.
Also I couldn t get over that they were playing in the Amazon heat and humidity. Some of you may remember that I went to the Amazon a few years ago and it s the hottest I ve ever been in my life. I nearly passed out wheeling my suitcase up a ramp to the hotel so I can only imagine playing 90 or 95 or 97 1/2 minutes of soccer in that heat. I almost had to put an ice cold cloth on my forehead while I watched because I felt so codependent about the conditions.
In non-soccer news, Caroline and I just got back from a fun little trip with Gulley and the boys. It was technically a work trip because I spoke at an event, maui hotel deals but the event happened to be the Texas Aggregate Concrete Association and Gulley s stepdad, Big, was Chairman of the Board. It also happened to be at the Four Seasons Resort in Las Colinas. And so Gulley and her boys went to support Big and I went to speak and brought Caroline along because it made sense to turn it into a mini-vacation.
(I need to clarify that I did not speak on the subject of concrete and/or aggregates. My knowledge of such is woefully inadequate, as evidenced by the fact that P constantly corrects me when I call it cement . Or maybe he corrects me when I call it concrete . I can t remember. But I bet he ll tell me as soon as he reads this.)
I actually spoke at a breakfast for the spouses that was hosted by Gulley s mom, Honey, and talked about marriage. Not that I am an expert on the subject. It s just more of a we re all in this together and does your husband also leave half a paper towel on the kitchen counter to save for later? kind of talk.
When we checked into the hotel, Caroline was thrilled with our room. She ran from the bathroom to the bedroom and immediately put on the complimentary robe and helped herself to a pear from the fruit basket as she exclaimed, They even have a hairdryer in the bathroom! Which kind of makes me feel like we need to get her out of the house more often, although it was an exceptionally nicer hairdryer than most hotels.
We spent the rest of the day hanging out by the pool with the kids where they all enjoyed the time-honored tradition of taking the Nestea plunge even though they have no idea about Nestea. They also have no idea how thrilling it was to watch the Kool-Aid man come crashing through a brick wall. Which leads me to the conclusion that powdered drink commercials aren t nearly as exciting as they once were.
In fact, we decided all the kids took to a resort like ducks to water. maui hotel deals Will even declared that he was just waiting for someone to come take his lunch tray as he lounged in his pool chair which makes me think his reentry maui hotel deals into the real world is going to be harsh because last I checked Gulley doesn t walk around picking up lunch trays or putting paper umbrellas in drinks.
And then that night there was a banquet where Big got up and made a speech as outgoing Chairman of the Board and I thought it would be a great time to get a picture of the kids while they were all dressed up.
Will ended up going home with Honey and Big and so it was just Gulley, Jackson, Caroline and me on the way home. Jackson and Caroline listened to music in the backseat while Gulley and I explored deep topics like how it s bizarre to think about how women willingly walk around in swimsuits from June through August even though it s basically just glorified underwear. There s no way most of us would walk around in front of people in our underwear in November, but in August? maui hotel deals Totally acceptable.
And at some point our play list of songs arrived at Rappers Delight by The Sugarhill Gang because we believe it s important to educate our children maui hotel deals on the classics. We also believe the children are our future, maui hotel deals teach them well and let them lead the way. As we were singing along, I suddenly remembered something and asked Gulley, Where were we when someone recognized Wonder Mike?
I racked maui hotel deals my brain for the next five minutes trying to remember where I saw Wonder Mike when I suddenly remembered that it was on American Idol . Wonder Mike s daughter auditioned and he was there and they called him into the room because the judges wanted to meet him.
WC Soccer. Nothing beats it. All those nations, the colours, the players, the flags. It s like a month long world peace rally. Except Canada? Our sports writers up here are so confused as to why they haven t seen Canada play in the 1st Round yet. One writer finally decided Canada must have gotten a by in the first round. Yes, that s it.
I m right there with you on the length of soccer games. My son played on a traveling team for years and I always maui hotel deals thought it was up for discussion maui hotel deals how long the game lasted depending on the ref. The resort looks lovely and I m sure you all had a wonderful time. We are taking our grandsons to a resort in July when my husband receives the Gold Medal from the Florida maui hotel deals AIA. I ve already reserved a cabana that comes with a butler, 52 tv and cold drinks. I m not sure any of us will ever come home! As for the pups, I hear ya on that too. Glad they are getting to sleep inside, the question is, will you guys sleep!?
There was plenty of screaming going on at my house when Portugal scored that goal, however I was not one of them. I m saving my voice for the next three days of the college world series. While I don t have a dog in the fight I can never get enough baseball. On a totally maui hotel deals unrelated note, Velveeta has a recall maui hotel deals going on. While Texas is not included, you never know.
Let me help with the soccer timing issue since I just learned after finding out I had an additional 10 minutes of game to sit through. I don t know the correct term for it, but the time is added for any time that the clock kept running while the game itself was on hold for an injured player, foul, or whatever else happens outside the clock in a soccer game.
I introduced myself to you (fellow Class of 93 Aggie) at the Women s Event at Grace Bible Church in College Station. There IS a word for the imagined memory. I learned it from my brother-in-law. It s confabulate , something my mother-in-law does quite often.
My 13 year old daughter knows every word to that 20 minute song and is insistent that I learn them too. Hip hop hip to the hibedy yeah not going so well. Great classic song though, and it should be on everyone s ipod.
I have that same thought about bathing suits every summer, especially regarding the tankinis like Caroline is wearing. They are just like a cami and panties set. And, the resort sounds wonderful! You all may have trouble adjusting when you take your next road trip.
Looks like you guys had fun! Love the pictures! A little warning about the pups, we have that same wire bench and we put our dogs up there to sit with us and when one of them went to jump down he got his nail caught in one of the holes, maui hotel deals we caught him before he pulled it out. Just something to watch out for.
So Caroline likes resort living! WooHoo! It is wonderful when you discover that particular elegant form of vacationing! I recently maui hotel deals went with my daughter and granddaughter on a cruise where pretty much so they wait on you hand and foot. It was marvelous! And we had five days of just girl time which was awesome. I must throw in my two cents about swimsuits-since you brought that up. I swim four or more days a week year round. And now I teach water aerobics. I must confess that I am finally OVER the swimsuit-body thing. I can walk anywhere in my swimsuit maui hotel deals with wet hair and flip flops and it doesn t bother me at all. And it is not because my body is perfect-haha! We are all just folks that show a variety of size and shapes. So just put on your swimsuit and run into the water. It s a memory your kids will always remember!!!,
Love the length of the gams on that girl of yours. She s going to be tall drink of water, isn t she ?~! After fifteen years in KeyWest, maui hotel deals half of them living on board a houseboat offshore, I could wear a tank suit with a pair of shorts pulled over it everywhere in town. Not so much when I moved to the mainland and went to the local grocery dressed like I did for years on the Island. Well, old men crashed their shopping carts and I learned to pull on a t-shirt before entering the marketplace. Bunch of fuddy-duddy old retirees . Yes, I agree, wear your suit and make those memories w the kids, they ll Never Forget, I promise.
I took my daughter to the 4 seasons when she was Caroline maui hotel deals s age, exactly! She enjoyed the room service, rooms, etc. However, she was traumatized when she found out they wouldn t let her have a massage (age) and there were naked women in the pool area where she had to wait for me! She did love having the attendants cater to her while I was busy with my massage.
Not only does my husband know all the words to Rapper s Delight (and a host of other late 80 s/90 s rap songs), he keeps an old plastic bottle cap on our kitchen counter where he leaves his gum so he can come back to it later.
My husband gets so annoyed by the cement/concrete debacle every time it comes up on a DIY show on HGTV. Like they re personally insulting him by not correctly representing that cement is PART of concrete. (I think.)