Pinterest

Oh how we have fallen in love with this website. It has certainly motivated me to do several things. I would like to try and note them along the way. I came across this sandwich that is made of all things I love, so I thought I must try it. I made a trip to the farmers market, where I used my new green bags that I ordered, because I found them on Pinterest and use them all the time. Everyone should have some.

Inspiration 

Monday's Lunch 

I did not document Tuesday, but it was just as good!

Wednesday's Lunch

I ordered some of these off of Amazon. I got them all for under 10.00 dollars (that included shipping) and I already feel like I have got more than that out of them. A great purchase for sure!

I also made these cute little things to take to a tailgate for a football game. I found it hard to get everything inside them. They tend to get a little soggy, so I think make them when you are going to serve them right away. People loved them and I enjoyed making them, so I guess that is all that matters. 

I was given a case of mason jars for my birthday. That and all the pickle and jelly jars I have been saving there is no telling what I will be making. I have a few other projects on my to do list as well. I can not wait to get started. Only down fall about this site is that it makes me want to get married, get a house and have babies! I love to share with others, so they can get crazy addicted like me. Cheers to happy pining. 

While I am at it, here are just a few of the thousands of quotes I have picked up from there as well. 

 If you want something you have never had. You must be willing to do something you never have.

We are responsible for our own feelings. 

Worry is like a rocking chair. It gives you something to do, but takes you nowhere. 

Thank you Pinterest for helping me feel insanely creative even though I have just been sitting at my computer for the last 3 hours. 

Ha, I will say that I can not get to everything that I want to do, but I have started somewhere and that is half the battle. Thank you Kylie for introducing me to this delightful web page. More things to come.

Costa Rica = Picture Time

I realized that I wrote a huge blog about Costa Rica, but I never placed any pictures. Probably because there were like a thousand of them (literally). I have decided to challenge myself. I can only pick two pictures per day and I am allowed two extras. So, here we go.

We walked up to the crater of the Paos Volcano. It wasn't the prettiest thing, but it looked like it went on forever. I feel as though I compare to a bird in the sky. The cloud cleared out , we took some photos. I was a bit surprised to see how quickly it went from clear to the air being completely covered with cloud. They say there are people that come and never get to see past the clouds. We were thankful that we got to actually see inside the volcano. We headed on our way to see the inactive crater that was now filled with water. It was a mile or so away. When we first made it up there we could not see a thing. It was filled with white. We ventured off to have fun taking some "jungle like" photos to appease the adventure in me and when we came back down the walk path we saw the most beautiful site ever. 

Surprised

I felt like this is something that you would see in Hawaii. Besides the fact that you can not even touch this water. It was the most magical experience ever. If the clouds had not moved on we would have never seen this. Now, I did not know what beautiful site I would have missed out on either, but the shock that ran through my veins was the epitome of what Costa Rica has to offer. Nature is amazing and I saw the changes take place so quickly right before my eyes.

Miracle

This is not necessarily my favorite picture as much as it is on of my favorite moments. They are loading our luggage up on that bad boy. We are water bound for the entire weekend. I have always wanted to travel to a place you can not transport via car. I was so excited and could not wait to hop on. Pachira here we come! Suspenseful 

These guys were everywhere. They entertained me the entire time. Especially this big fat one that had a hole close to the front door of our cabin. I could scare him back in every time we came in and out. It was kind of like having a wild pet.

Fiction

The Howler monkey was so much fun. Adrian our boat tour guide would rev up the motor while we were on our canal cruises to drive them mad. You could holler out a ew ew ew and they would reply. 

Theatrical

I took a picture of another random boat out in the canal doing a cruise. It was rather far away, but I was trying to grasp in a photo what I was actually feeling in our little tour boat. You were just completely and totally surrounded with more green than you can even imagine. There would be a glimpse of light shining through the tops of the trees or breaking in through branches. It was surreal. You, the group, all the plants and wildlife everywhere. All I can compare it to is a dream. 

Untouchable

Pools and Pools of water starting from the top and working there way down. They range in temperatures too hot to stand in to some that you will never want to get out of the. The pools are natural volcanic sprung fed. Miracle

This rain/thunderstorm was scary. I have not stood out in such a hard, cold, solid pouring down rain before. It will start out of nowhere. It will come for a little bit and then be gone. I love the rain and was excited for a little bit, but then when the lighting was striking pretty frequently and sounded so loud I hesitated movement.  Freighting.

 

Chocolate massages were pretty awesome. I can not wait to get another one.

Luxury 

I am adding this picture just because this was the main highlight of going to La Fortuna was to see the Arenal Volcano. This is a huge tourist attraction for Costa Rica. I personally felt it was just too big to grasp. If that makes sense. It was far away and without being any closer It was hard to take it for real. 

Massive

You never know what piece of beautiful you may see just from turning around the corner. We were dinning at some special place and I decided to just take a peak around the trees off the typical path and stumbled upon this beautiful flowing river. 

Noisy

This is the view of are patio while looking out to the ocean. It is by far one of the most luxurious hotels I have ever stayed in. It was beautiful, but a little too off path for me. The place seemed almost ghost town like. Quiet

Sunset 

Amazing

Daytime

Flawless

Bubble bath tub while watching a huge flat screen. 

Flawless

The night view of our 5-Star stay. 

Brite

Here we go trapping off in to the rain forest to get even closer than I even imagined. The sound of the animals being enclosed by the trees will make you question reality or science-fiction.

Fun

There were so many different bodies of water. They ranged from different colors to flows to temperatures. I had no idea there could be so many varieties in one vacation. This was one we saw from the bus window. Interesting

Ugly

This took place right before my eyes. This was out in the wild.  I can still hear the sound from the force of the chomp.

Crazy

The map of the places traveled. 

Smarter

If I ever feel I want to escape the day at my desk I will just open the files and start looking at the pictures again. I know that we were so lucky to be able to go and I do not ever want to take it for granted. It warms my heart every time I mention that I went to Costa Rica because, of the response from the person I am telling. It is an instant reminder to me of how lucky I am.

My journey with pills

I go to open my pill bottle this morning to retrieve my daily multi-vitamin and giggle as I look at the variety of colors I have. I stop and think about where the pill bottle in my purse started and where it is now. When I was in my youth to my early 20's I refused to take pills. It did not matter if it was Advil, birth control or even a vitamin. I hated trying to swallow them. I could tolerate the pain and I just did not like pills. I find it hard to believe that now I am looking down and see at least five different kinds.

I think it was in my mid 20's when I started carrying around some Tylenol. It was not even for me. I started noticing people always asking for some. I compared it to a band-aid; it cannot hurt to have some. I enjoy being able to help others when needing something, so it was now a staples in the items I carried in my purse. Then I noticed that no one would ever want my Tylenol. They preferred Advil or aleve.  You cannot blame a girl for trying. I realized if I wasn't going to take it then there wasn't really any need to be carrying Tylenol around. I could not really figure out the difference in when people wanted Advil or Aleve, so I carried both. I think it is fair to say it was not until the age of 29 or 30 when I learned the difference in these two. I have also observed how many friends needed pills for heartburn, indigestion and gas. At the beginning of last year I also started getting an allergy and was introduced to Zyrtec (aka a miracle pill) is a saving grace when needed. I never knew when I was going to need one, so that was my first pill to carry that I needed and wanted. Thank goodness it is an itty bitty thing. It is very easy for me to swallow.

Now when I open my pill bottle I have an assortment of pills in there. There are my vitamins, Zyrtecs, Allegra Ds, Aleves, Advils, Imodiums and Benadryls. Sometimes I will put some fruit and veggies pills in there as well. Since I don't have the heartburn and indigestion I think I will have to just let me friend suffer or fend for themselves. There seems to be a variety of those medicines and they have preferences in which ones to take for what as well.  

I remember a long time ago one of my friends said to me, if something is wrong and you can take a pill to make it better, why not do that? I found myself contemplating this statement she had made for years and even still to this day. I am a little better about taking pills. I try to take vitamins however; I really prefer the chewy kind. I will still wait out a headache or cramps, but if they hurt badly enough and I don’t want to deal with them I will not hesitate taking the pills. My nose drives me so crazy that as soon as it happens I will always grab the Zyrtec. It probably helps the fact that it is so small.

I think I have the basics covered in the bottle. I wonder what the ages 30 to 40 will bring to the mix. Maybe I will need some Tums, Rolaids, Gas-X, Beano or that bottle with the white liquid in it. Maalox I think it is called. Ha, who knows? I will be thankful for what I have for now, hopeful there isn't more and laugh at what people may think when they see me dump out an assortment of pills when looking for the one I want.