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Hi there!

Well, the good news is Spencer is going to make it. We are thankful. It was a little scary, even our Vet admitted that she wasn't sure if he was going to make it. Of course he's back to being a little beast, i was giving him his pills yesterday and the bastard bit me!

We are so excited because a new Sushi restaurant opening in our area (kind of close to our area). It's considered being in Elgin, but it's close to my mall, a Sushi Station opened. It is so yummy and affordable. Joel and i went last night and tried 12 different rolls. YUM! I LOVE SUSHI!
www.sushistation.us

Today is Monet's birthday so i am heading over there for her party, she is 6 now, i just can't believe it. Then i work tonight.

I will try and post some more photos of Hilton Head soon.
Have a great day!

It's just been crazy...

Hi. It's been kind of crazy around here with getting back from vaca, getting back to work and our dog Spencer is very ill.

We picked him up from the vet (also our boarders) last Monday, during his stay he developed Kennel Cough. Unfortunately he also has Cushings Disease which affects his immune system so what could have been a small case of KC has turned into a very serious case of pneumonia.

He is at the vet right now getting intravenous fluids because he won't eat or drink. The vet had also put him on a diuretic because he has an enlarged heart. She was hoping the diuretics would get the fluid out from around his heart thus dealing with the enlargement.

We are going to try three days of treatment and hope for the best, if that doesn't work we may have to make some decisions.

I hate this. I am so worried.

I will keep you all posted.

4th of July

Happy 4th of July.

Have a safe and wonderful day!

(I took this at Hilton Head at our resort).

Smirky Me...there is a story behind this photo.

So, i am a little bored tonight so i thought i would share a quick Hilton Head story.

We flew into Charlotte, North Carolina and picked up our rental car. The lady was very nice at the counter, she upgraded our car and added me as a driver for free. Unfortunately she also got us to sign up for the insurance (neither of us rent cars very often). We know better but we did it anyways. On the road i pull out the contract and realize that we will be paying $160 for said insurance. I freak! That's $160 less i can spend on souvenirs (i love me some souvenirs)!

So i call the rental car agency and tell them that we don't want the insurance, they tell me that i need to go back to the rental place and they can take it off. Okay, were now 1 hour away from where we picked up the car and there is no way i am turning the car around. Unfortunately there are no Dollar rental places in Hilton Head or anywhere close by. Needless to say we are out the money...lesson learned! This is where Smirky Me comes in...although it should be totally pissed off me.

Not 20 minutes later i gigantic piece of metal road debris comes flying at the car. Luckily it hit the bumper and went under the car and not through the windshield. It hit hard!

This is the damage that it did to the bumper on our rental car...

Now i am Happy Vicky because we have insurance...

That is all.

Hilton Head Island: Post #2

Here are some more photo's i wanted to share with you:

Shrimp Boat

Pier, off the back of the resort. You can fish and crab at the end.

Some boys caught this blue crab from the pier above (isn't he cool looking)?

The Ocean...i love the ocean. This is Disney's beach. There is a separate Beach House (away from the Lodge where we were staying), with a pool, bar and a lunch counter.

This beach was amazing. The sand was so soft and there were shells everywhere.

I will add more tomorrow.

Thanks for looking.

We're back...

Oh what a wonderful vacation. I love Hilton Head Island. It is so pretty.
Unfortunately it is also really, REALLY HOT!

I am somewhat happy to be home but I am already missing the ocean.

We stayed at the Disney Resort down there (since we are in the vacation club), it was wonderful. There weren't any character or anything like that, but there were some hidden Mickey's and it was the experience you would expect from a Disney Family Hotel.

I took about 1000 photos. Seriously. Joel took about 30 and Lisa and Evan took less than that. I am telling you, if you want photos of your vacation...just take me.

I will start sharing some right now.

The first night before we checked into the resort we stayed at a hotel in Hilton Head (not on the Island). Out back was a small lagoon. We found this guy swimming around in it. He was big and kind of scary. I have never seen an Alligator in the wild before. He was about 6' long. Beautiful creature though.

Here are the girls outside of the resort when we arrived. Monet is on the left and Caitlin is on the right. Aren't they cute.

This is the boardwalk that we walked across everyday to get to the pool. Our building was in the front of the resort. The buildings on the left are rooms and in the forest are more buildings with rooms. On the other side of the trees was the pool, the dock, and more rooms.

I will share more tomorrow.

Have a great night!

What a crazy weekend...

One more post before we go away.

This past weekend was crazy but fun. On Saturday we went to Rockford and I photographed my cousin's wedding. (My stepmother's niece). Here are some photos from that.

Some of you may know that i used to photograph weddings (it is certainly not one of my favorite things to do), but i still do it for friends and family. Plus, i like money!

It was a lot easier shooting with my digital camera, i have to admit i don't hate it as much as i used to.

I have two more weddings coming up in the next year.

The bride and groom (Erin & Shaun).

Bye for now...

Take care ya'll, see ya soon!

It's going to be a crazy week!

We are down to one week till we leave for Hilton Head...i can't wait. Unfortunately it is going to be a 'crazy week'. There is so much that needs to be done before we can leave at home and at work.

Here is a layout of the view of the lake at Wilderness Lodge in Disney.



Have a great day and I'll try to get back before we go.

Hi!

Sorry it's been awhile since I've been on. Things have been crazy. We leave for Hilton Head in 10 days...i can't wait, i am seriously in need of a vacation! Needless to say, i have a lot to get ready for at work and trying to keep (get) the house clean. I want to come home to a clean house after vacation.

I just thought i would share of picture of our trio all together, we don't see this very often.

Here is another layout from our Disney trip. We stayed at Saratoga Springs across from Downtown Disney. It was nice, but really big.

Have a great day, be back soon!

Another layout...

Here is another layout from our Disney trip in December. This is Monet inside of Bruce's mouth. I used MM chipboard and then distressed it with the Tim Holtz texture hammer and then inked it. I used my crop-a-dile to cut out the 'shark bites'. I really like how this turned out.

Hopefully i will have more uploading luck tomorrow and i can share another layout.

It's 2am. Good night!