@ the Zoo Splash Park...So fun!
J. all cutely dressed and ready to go in the water. He kept saying, "Not going in the water."
J. and Baby Girl splashin'
J.'s ad for The Real Yellow Pages
BeFrie Mommy and her Baby J.
Friday, July 03, 2009
Zoo-in' it with Friends and Baby Girl Friends
@ the Zoo Splash Park...So fun! J. all cutely dressed and ready to go in the water. J. and Baby Girl splashin' J.'s ad for The Real Yellow Pages
Sunday, June 28, 2009
Baseball with the Nephews
This very small walkway was her favorite area to run through and hang out in. She had such a great time at the baseball tournament.
Baby Girl with Uncle Todd and her cousins
Spider Monkeys!!
Coach Todd and Craig
Matt getting ready to hit Monday, June 22, 2009
Sunday, June 21, 2009
Baby Girl on the Wagon...She loves it!
Mr. Wonderful pulling the Wagon with Baby Girl.
that's my baby girl!Friday, June 19, 2009
My Visit to PRville
at the Sunshine District Board meeting
Current chair of the Sunshine District and I in PRville!
We visited the locker room of the Jacksonville Jaguars. Love this picture of Amy Lyn and our new favorite Jaguar player.
me want Peanut Butter.
Something to know about DragonFly...I love to sing! It's not that I'm any good, I just love music and singing.
So, I guess you can tell that I had an absolute blast during my visit to PRville.
Bravo to all the cool kids who made it happen!
Class of '94 Dinner at Guavate
Iris - Coordinator of the evening
Robin and I - Love this girl! She can do anything or go anywhere in 15 minutes.
David and I - David was my Student Government Buddy 
Ashley and I - We were on Homecoming Court together.
Danielle, April, me and Monica -- I have known these girls for over 25 years. Tuesday, June 16, 2009
HUNCH: Fun New Site to Check Out
Where should I go on vacation? - make thousands more decisions on Hunch.com
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
Welcome Joey!
Josephina Jean "Joey" was born Wednesday, June 3rd @ 2:43 am.
She was 12 days early. Joey was 6 lbs. 6 oz. and was 18 1/2 inches long.
Monday, June 08, 2009
Biting the BIG APPLE
In Central Park 
@ Carmine's on 44th
Gershwin Theater where WICKED lives
my awesome French Toast on Sunday morning
Shari and I at Cafe Cluny, Meatpacking DistrictReally great place!
GO FIGURE...From On the Job
Thanks Anita B. for sharing! This is only a part of the post so click on Anita B. if you want to read the whole one.
What is something these leaders have in common that you feel was critical in them becoming so successful?
I have a saying that you haven’t lost the game until you quit. These people, most of them anyhow, have an immense reserve of pluck, will and desire.
Call it grit. Call it stick-to-it-ness. Call it tenacity. They just don’t know how to give up. I call it the GO FIGURE factor.*
Observant.They are acutely observant about how people commit, but not just commit to buy something…they know how to get people to commit to groups, initiatives, companies and efforts.*
Fun. These people are Fun, usually, and that’s important because we spend so much of our lives at work, that most people want to spend time working with and working for somebody who is fun.*
Inventive. They are immensely Inventive and see opportunities that the rest of us don’t notice.*
Gracious.It’s not often thought of as an important trait but I think it may be the most important attribute. Having manners and being gracious tends to compel people to want to give you their labor. You can get work from people with a paycheck but for a person to offer their labor, well, that’s something else. And people are more likely to offer their labor to somebody who is courteous.*
Unsatisifed. Successful people are usually unsatisfied with what they’ve achieved and always want more.*
Resourceful. Successful people are creative about how to achieve market share and their intelligence will usually open up new pathways.*
Execute. Finally, they have strategies for individuals and teams and they know how to make those strategies work. Put it all together, it’s the G.O. F.I.G.U.R.E. factor.
What is something these leaders have in common that you feel was critical in them becoming so successful?
I have a saying that you haven’t lost the game until you quit. These people, most of them anyhow, have an immense reserve of pluck, will and desire.
Call it grit. Call it stick-to-it-ness. Call it tenacity. They just don’t know how to give up. I call it the GO FIGURE factor.*
Observant.They are acutely observant about how people commit, but not just commit to buy something…they know how to get people to commit to groups, initiatives, companies and efforts.*
Fun. These people are Fun, usually, and that’s important because we spend so much of our lives at work, that most people want to spend time working with and working for somebody who is fun.*
Inventive. They are immensely Inventive and see opportunities that the rest of us don’t notice.*
Gracious.It’s not often thought of as an important trait but I think it may be the most important attribute. Having manners and being gracious tends to compel people to want to give you their labor. You can get work from people with a paycheck but for a person to offer their labor, well, that’s something else. And people are more likely to offer their labor to somebody who is courteous.*
Unsatisifed. Successful people are usually unsatisfied with what they’ve achieved and always want more.*
Resourceful. Successful people are creative about how to achieve market share and their intelligence will usually open up new pathways.*
Execute. Finally, they have strategies for individuals and teams and they know how to make those strategies work. Put it all together, it’s the G.O. F.I.G.U.R.E. factor.
Sunday, June 07, 2009
Wednesday, June 03, 2009
1/2 way through this year...
HAPPY JUNE!
This year is flying by. I hope everyone is having a great 2009 so far. I find myself incredibly grateful for my family, for friends that have been in my life for years and years and for the new friendships I've found over the last few years. I thank my Mr. Wonderful for his love. Mine still grows deeper and deeper every day for him. For my baby girl who's now entering toddlerhood, I'm so proud and amazed of how fast my little 6 lb. baby has become a walking, very curious and helpful little girl. Milestone after milestone, I am so excited about watching her walk through each one.
To my friend, Melissa -- CONGRATULATIONS! She and her husband, Trevor, just welcomed their first little one home. Little Joey! So excited for them and for all they are about to experience. I actually have photos from Heather's Blackberry but they're a bit too dark to post. Hoping to get some new ones soon.
Heading out of town in a day to my old "traveling stomping grounds". Love to get away but now my heart is much heavier since I not only have to leave Mr. Wonderful, but my precious baby girl. Thankfully (there's that word again), Tori is cominng to town to keep them both company. THANK YOU TORI!
So, here's to June! All that will be and all that has been.
This year is flying by. I hope everyone is having a great 2009 so far. I find myself incredibly grateful for my family, for friends that have been in my life for years and years and for the new friendships I've found over the last few years. I thank my Mr. Wonderful for his love. Mine still grows deeper and deeper every day for him. For my baby girl who's now entering toddlerhood, I'm so proud and amazed of how fast my little 6 lb. baby has become a walking, very curious and helpful little girl. Milestone after milestone, I am so excited about watching her walk through each one.
To my friend, Melissa -- CONGRATULATIONS! She and her husband, Trevor, just welcomed their first little one home. Little Joey! So excited for them and for all they are about to experience. I actually have photos from Heather's Blackberry but they're a bit too dark to post. Hoping to get some new ones soon.
Heading out of town in a day to my old "traveling stomping grounds". Love to get away but now my heart is much heavier since I not only have to leave Mr. Wonderful, but my precious baby girl. Thankfully (there's that word again), Tori is cominng to town to keep them both company. THANK YOU TORI!
So, here's to June! All that will be and all that has been.
Tuesday, June 02, 2009
The Rest of My May In Pictures
Shell Searching with Mr. Wonderful and Baby Girl
Super Mom Turns 40! Happy Birthday!!
My First Mother's Day! Mr. Wonderful took me to brunch at BB's. Ran into Wayne & Delores Weaver
Ella, Shawee and I after family birthdays dinner at Charley's
Baby Girl loves Fresh Pineapple from the Farmer's Market.
Shawee enjoying First Watch! 
Youth Annual coordinated by Janice. Very nice!
Holly's Birthday party given by her Hubs, Robb!
Lanie's Luau Birthday! So much fun!
Play date with Erin and Harlow, downtown Orlando
Cousins day with Cutest Nephew and Baby Girl 
Playing with the soccer ball. He actually tried to shoot the ball in the basket instead of kicking it. He's so his father's son.
Monday, June 01, 2009
On keeping a journal...
This is your life's journey...Right here, right now. No one else can write that story better than you.
Friday, May 22, 2009
Happy Birthday to Lanie!
This year it was all out with the Luau at Philip's house. Fun, fun and silly string by all! Happy Birthday! Told you CLUB 30 was the best!
Tuesday, May 19, 2009
Saturday, May 16, 2009
Friday, May 15, 2009
Happy ONE!
Loved, loved, loved celebrating her 1st birthday. Seemed so hard to believe but also adorably perfect that she's becoming a toddler.
Monday, May 04, 2009
2009 Flagler College Alumni Weekend
Had a great time this past weekend with friends at Flagler College Alumni Weekend. Mr. Wonderful and I attended the Friday night reception, Golf Tournament and then on Sunday, I went to WICKED with everyone. Great weekend! Weather was perfect too.
Thursday, April 30, 2009
Where the Hell is Matt?
I have been following www.WheretheHellIsMatt.com for a few years. He's doing so much with his bad dancing..just released a new book and his speech about how he got people to dance with him. Every time I view his newest compilation, I can't help but smile. Keep dancing, Matt!
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
Baby Girl is 11 mos. old
here's the baby girl at the z girls 1st birthday. thanks janice for the cute dress! :-)
Thursday, April 02, 2009
Last week of March
The last week of March was so much fun. It started with the usual calls and meetings. And then...
On Tuesday, I got to go shopping at Sam's for the Salvation Army Women and Children's Shelter with two other ladies. We decided to divide and conquer the list of things the shelter director told us was needed. I was assigned the baby category. I loaded the cart with diapers, wipes, juice, snacks, etc. We filled almost four carts full of stuff in less than 30 minutes.
On Wednesday, I got together with my friend Tracy who I haven't seen in forever for our birthdays. Baby Girl had to join us since Mr. Wonderful was running not so wonderfully late. It ended up being really nice for him to meet the baby girl since he hadn't seen her outside of my belly.
The next day was bittersweet, I caught up with a longtime friend for lunch and then headed out to pick up Baby Girl to get some shots. I hate shots day! What mom doesn't? She cried like crazy for a minute but then was back to her usual self trying to grab pictures on the wall and standing on my lap holding on to my shoulders. She is growing up so fast!
Friday was a great day too. I had asked a friend of mine from MetroPlan to come over to kick off my office's first official Lunch 'n Learn. And, of course, she did a fabulous job. Talk about passion! After the lunch, I had to head over to the airport to pick up the BeFrie and her baby J. They were coming in for a visit for the big Dedication Weekend.
On Tuesday, I got to go shopping at Sam's for the Salvation Army Women and Children's Shelter with two other ladies. We decided to divide and conquer the list of things the shelter director told us was needed. I was assigned the baby category. I loaded the cart with diapers, wipes, juice, snacks, etc. We filled almost four carts full of stuff in less than 30 minutes.
On Wednesday, I got together with my friend Tracy who I haven't seen in forever for our birthdays. Baby Girl had to join us since Mr. Wonderful was running not so wonderfully late. It ended up being really nice for him to meet the baby girl since he hadn't seen her outside of my belly.
The next day was bittersweet, I caught up with a longtime friend for lunch and then headed out to pick up Baby Girl to get some shots. I hate shots day! What mom doesn't? She cried like crazy for a minute but then was back to her usual self trying to grab pictures on the wall and standing on my lap holding on to my shoulders. She is growing up so fast!
Friday was a great day too. I had asked a friend of mine from MetroPlan to come over to kick off my office's first official Lunch 'n Learn. And, of course, she did a fabulous job. Talk about passion! After the lunch, I had to head over to the airport to pick up the BeFrie and her baby J. They were coming in for a visit for the big Dedication Weekend.
Wednesday, April 01, 2009
March Recap
So, I was just looking at my blog thinking...Ummmm...Where did March go? I posted a few pics mid-month but have been off in la-la land since then. The month of March is always full of good times with good friends.
During the first full week of the month, my soccer team beat the Ma's and Pa's in the playoffs for the first time, I think, in VooDoo history. They're a solid team and seem to knock us out every season prior. We played another game and lost but at that point, we were so happy about the victory over the other team, we went home with smiles on our faces at a game/season well played.
Also, this week the family celebrated birthdays through thought and snail mail to both Trish and Erin. Happy Birthday! We love you and are thinking of you!
The second week of March was Communications Week at Flagler College. I traveled to St. Augustine for a speaking engagement. It was great to hear the collective messages..."Network." "Don't be afraid to do whatever job you're asked to do." "If you have an opportunity to talk with top level management about ideas that can help drive the business, do so." And, my favorite, "work with passion"..Really, be passionate about what you do. Most times, that is the differentiator for those that are good at their jobs to those that are GREAT.
On Friday, I enjoyed getting together at Jason and Bernice's place for their wine tasting event. They had a representative from Trinitas there in their home, sharing the different wines available from the vineyard. Really cool time.
On Saturday, I enjoyed taking my cousin Lanie and my other cousin in heart, Nerissa, to the Farmer's Market and introducing them to three of my favorite things: 1) a bagelwich, 2) a large bag of hot kettle corn and 3) fresh squeezed orange juice. Baby girl was there too and enjoyed hanging out with the girls for the morning.
Later that afternoon, the family jumped in the car and headed to Melbourne for J's birthday party. Baby Girl was so excited and had the perfect dress that her Aunty Soluna picked out even before she was born. Aunty Maria helped her decorate her first cupcake. She crawled around a lot and played with the big kids. J. ended up not liking cake at all. Something tells me that Baby Girl won't have that problem just by her genetic makeup. (We'll see in a few weeks!) After the "kid's party" was over, we ate a lot of really awesome Indian food. The Padilla's and Kriese's were thinking that the food had been served and then Soluna came over to let us know that what we had was just appetizers. We couldn't believe it! Needless to say, we were so full at the end of this party that even though I'm a major cake addict, I had ZERO room left for anything else. That was probably some of best Naan I've ever had along with a bunch of other dishes that I don't know the names of. We left pretty late that night and got home at almost midnight. What a day! I think everyone was exhausted in a good way.
SUNDAY was my birthday! Mr. Wonderful invited as many friends as he had phone numbers to to come over and celebrate around the new grill he got a few weeks before for his birthday. It was all hamburgers, hot dogs and anything else he could throw on there. Really fun! Everyone pitched in so I could get my new favorite thing -- A KINDLE 2!!! So love it! Thank you to everyone for making my birthday so much fun and helping to give me the gift that keeps on giving!
The same week of my birthday is Heidi Hi's big day along with Lori and Wendy. Hope everyone's birthdays were extra special!
Third week of March was full of great food with great friends. Andres and Soluna took me to lunch on Monday at Dessert Lady...SO YUMMY that if I had a saying about how good it was, I would insert it here. Then, the Triple L ladies met up for breakfast to catch up on life and the latest. Friday night, I decided to get out of the house and join in on the Stampin' Fun with the ladies. I didn't do a lot of stamping or scrapbooking but I had a nice time just being out of the house. I think the weekend was pretty laid back. On Sunday, I went to a Stampin' workshop at Diana's and learned how to make some pretty neat cards, including a pop up, and an Easter basket. Really fun.
Then to continue to the birthday wishes, a big one goes to my sister-in-law, Cindy. :-)
I will continue the last week of March on another post. What an awesome month!!
During the first full week of the month, my soccer team beat the Ma's and Pa's in the playoffs for the first time, I think, in VooDoo history. They're a solid team and seem to knock us out every season prior. We played another game and lost but at that point, we were so happy about the victory over the other team, we went home with smiles on our faces at a game/season well played.
Also, this week the family celebrated birthdays through thought and snail mail to both Trish and Erin. Happy Birthday! We love you and are thinking of you!
The second week of March was Communications Week at Flagler College. I traveled to St. Augustine for a speaking engagement. It was great to hear the collective messages..."Network." "Don't be afraid to do whatever job you're asked to do." "If you have an opportunity to talk with top level management about ideas that can help drive the business, do so." And, my favorite, "work with passion"..Really, be passionate about what you do. Most times, that is the differentiator for those that are good at their jobs to those that are GREAT.
On Friday, I enjoyed getting together at Jason and Bernice's place for their wine tasting event. They had a representative from Trinitas there in their home, sharing the different wines available from the vineyard. Really cool time.
On Saturday, I enjoyed taking my cousin Lanie and my other cousin in heart, Nerissa, to the Farmer's Market and introducing them to three of my favorite things: 1) a bagelwich, 2) a large bag of hot kettle corn and 3) fresh squeezed orange juice. Baby girl was there too and enjoyed hanging out with the girls for the morning.
Later that afternoon, the family jumped in the car and headed to Melbourne for J's birthday party. Baby Girl was so excited and had the perfect dress that her Aunty Soluna picked out even before she was born. Aunty Maria helped her decorate her first cupcake. She crawled around a lot and played with the big kids. J. ended up not liking cake at all. Something tells me that Baby Girl won't have that problem just by her genetic makeup. (We'll see in a few weeks!) After the "kid's party" was over, we ate a lot of really awesome Indian food. The Padilla's and Kriese's were thinking that the food had been served and then Soluna came over to let us know that what we had was just appetizers. We couldn't believe it! Needless to say, we were so full at the end of this party that even though I'm a major cake addict, I had ZERO room left for anything else. That was probably some of best Naan I've ever had along with a bunch of other dishes that I don't know the names of. We left pretty late that night and got home at almost midnight. What a day! I think everyone was exhausted in a good way.
SUNDAY was my birthday! Mr. Wonderful invited as many friends as he had phone numbers to to come over and celebrate around the new grill he got a few weeks before for his birthday. It was all hamburgers, hot dogs and anything else he could throw on there. Really fun! Everyone pitched in so I could get my new favorite thing -- A KINDLE 2!!! So love it! Thank you to everyone for making my birthday so much fun and helping to give me the gift that keeps on giving!
The same week of my birthday is Heidi Hi's big day along with Lori and Wendy. Hope everyone's birthdays were extra special!
Third week of March was full of great food with great friends. Andres and Soluna took me to lunch on Monday at Dessert Lady...SO YUMMY that if I had a saying about how good it was, I would insert it here. Then, the Triple L ladies met up for breakfast to catch up on life and the latest. Friday night, I decided to get out of the house and join in on the Stampin' Fun with the ladies. I didn't do a lot of stamping or scrapbooking but I had a nice time just being out of the house. I think the weekend was pretty laid back. On Sunday, I went to a Stampin' workshop at Diana's and learned how to make some pretty neat cards, including a pop up, and an Easter basket. Really fun.
Then to continue to the birthday wishes, a big one goes to my sister-in-law, Cindy. :-)
I will continue the last week of March on another post. What an awesome month!!
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