This is the year of the “firsts” for me! I have done so many new things this year and have seen so many new places, it is exciting.Earlier this month I had the chance to attend Affiliate Summit in Boston. I was eating lunch with Zac Johnson and his dad, Shawn Collins came over and said he had three tickets left to the Red Sox game that night and asked if we would like them. We were happy to accept them and met everyone down in the lobby at 6 pm.20 of us piled into three or four taxis and headed to Fenway Park. I haven’t been to a baseball game before, so I was really excited. Everyone in the group told me that this is the best place to experience a first game because it is still like the traditional old fields.Just like I saw in the movies there were guys running up and down the stands selling hotdogs, beer, cotton candy etc..

It started to rain but I wasn’t going anywhere seeing that it was my first game! So we continued to watch the game in the rain. Boston ended up winning the game against Texas with a final score of 19-17.

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I love the beach of course… I also love the plants that grow at the beach. I am sure I like them because whenever I see them they bring back good memories of the beach. I started to grow a few of them at my old house before I moved. The ones that I grew from a seed did really well, it was called Beach Morning Glory. I couldn’t find any seeds in stores, so I ended up ordering them on Ebay. I love Ebay, I can find almost anything on  there.

Beach Morning Glory is a vine that grows along the dunes to protect them. They can grow up to 50 feet!

The Sea Grape is my personal favorite. I purchased a small one at a local nursery. I planted it in the ground and I thought I would kill it if I tried to pull it up when I moved, so I had to leave it behind. Sea Grape can grow in a bush or it can be shaped in to a tree.

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One of my many goals is to learn to surf before the end of the summer. One of my best friends said he would take me…. (ahem… cough… hint!) before the end of the summer.

This would probably be a good time to head out to the ocean since Tropical Storm Fay is bearing down on Florida as I write this. We were sent home early from work because of the storm.

I have done a few searches looking for female surfers that blog but didn’t turn up anything.

I have heard that it is easier to learn on a longboard. At this point I am willing to try either because the end of the summer will be here soon. I get a little sad when the Fall/Winter starts to arrive. I like the sun, beach, warmth, bright colors and over-all happiness that the summer brings.

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Only a few times in your life do you find a friend that will truly be there for all of the ups and downs that life has to

offer.

We all have casual friends that we hang out with occassionally. We have acquaintances that are in our address books but we

only see them once in a while and send them a Christmas card once a year.

Then you have true friends.
They come so far and few between… these are the ones that I cherish.

A true friend is the first one at your door with food when a loved one has passed.

A true friend helps you through a divorce, shows up on moving day to lend a hand and moral support. A true friend sticks

around and helps you unpack in your new apartment when your heart is crushed and feeling no hope.

Friends send cards in the mail everyday for the first month of being single again to get you through the sad times.

A true friend constantly keeps you busy to keep your mind off divorce.

They forgive you when you have been in the wrong and lashed out at them.

Friends go and exercise with you and cheer you on… even if you aren’t doing so great at the exercising!

Friends hang out until the wee hours of the morning, talking about nothing and laughing about everything.

Friends hand you a couple of Tums and a bottle of water before bed… after a night of drinking.

Good friends sleep on the hardwood floor together because neither one wants to take the couch over the other!

Friends forgive you in the morning for drinking too much the night before!… or just laugh at you!

Friends are honest and will tell you the truth… even if it hurts.

Friends help you get dried off and dressed after a day at the beach… (funny story behind this one!)

One of the most important things in friendship is knowing you can tell them anything.

To my bestfriends… I love you!

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The previous 3 flights I have taken over the past month or two have been miserable because of screaming children on the plane.

On my flight to Denver we had the best seats on the plane… I thought. We were in the very first row and had about the same amount of leg room as we would have had in an exit row, except it wasn’t! The plane takes off and my chair starts bouncing. I realized the 3 unaccompanied minors that I saw board the plane are sitting behind us. Oh great! They are using the trays as drums. They continue to kick our chairs and beat on the trays the entire flight to Denver.

Then it gets better! After a few days in Denver, we have to get up at 7 am to catch our flight back. Neither one of us is feeling like a million bucks. We board the plane and pick two seats next to a nice older gentleman. I looked around and said, “No kids behind us, were gonna catch up on some sleep on the way back.” There was smiles from all three of us until we realized two verocious kids had moved in to the laps of their parents sitting behind us. I overhear the dad say that he hopes that the daughter would fall asleep on the flight. I was thinking thats a great idea! Then mom says, “No I want a quiet car ride and for the kids not to be awake until midnight tonight.”

Oh great! Were going to make 200 people on this plane miserable (I am on the plane as I am writing this post). We had a 3 hour flight back to Orlando and the entire flight was nothing but two screaming kids behind us and kicking our seats the whole flight.

My solution to this problem is to place all children and their parents in the back of the plane. This may sounds harsh but it is only fair to the other passengers on the plane. We shouldn’t be punished because of unruly children on the plane. Ugh…

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