Week in Review!



My mom and one of my daughters.

Spend last Saturday taking my mom and one of my daughters to their volunteer work and picking them up.

 

Spent an hour at the beach in Alameda writing.

 

Spent last Sunday visiting with family during football game. Mourned the 49ers loss.

 

Grocery shopped with hubby at Costco.

 

Cleaned clutter and old outdated products from bathroom.

 

Got a manicure & pedicure with sparkle polish on Monday, January 21st MLKing Jr Day

 

Got monthly massage on Monday, January 21st MLKing Jr Day at local Massage Envy.

 

Annual contact lens and eye glasses examination.

 

Ordered new pair of glasses. Trying out new contact lenses.

 

Crafted dream map (collage) for drought tolerant front yard garden.

 

Crafted dream map (collage) for home repair.

 

Wrote outline for new novella.

 

Wrote two blog posts. I blog for daily journal.

 

Got paid. Paid bills.

 

Studied & reviewed 24 days o Tranquility e-course.

 

Registered for scrapbook retreat crop at the end of February.

 

Updated my Facebook page with pictures of New Years vacation.

 

Updated twitter account. Followed some new folks, eliminated some twitters that I'm no longer interested in.

 

Began daydreaming/planning/thinking about holiday vacation (vacay) 2014 with family!

 

 

Weekend Wishlist

Color hair

Wash car

Soak in the bathtub.

Write 2000 words on novella.

Pack for next weeks "pop up shop" booth at doll show.

Finish at least 2 more dream map (collage) for annual dreams.

 

 

Me in Puerto Rico 12/27/2013

My Word ~ Goal ~ Intention ~ Focus for 2014 is Golden!

Golden = beautiful, advantageous, bright, brilliant, rich, precious, shining, joyful, best, valuable, sparkly, rare, glorious.
http://youtu.be/ieAD0AhmoqM

Living my life likes it's golden!

 

Things I love: Caribbean Architecture

I took many, many pictures of the beautiful colorful homes and businesses throughout the Caribbean. Here are just  a few of my favorites.

I love the patterns on the front of this concrete block building. Barbados

I love the patterns of the wraught iron decorating this building. Antigua

Love the woodworking detail along the roof and banister of this home. Antigua

You can't go wrong with lots of color. Home in St. Lucia

I'm not sure what to say about thecolor and pattern decorating this casino front in St. Maarten.

Personal and Professional Goals for 2014!

 

 

 

 

My goals for this year include:

Create/plant a low water / drought tolerant front yard garden.

Get a new refridgerator

Clear clutter from my closet

Complete writing at least 2 novellas

Publish at least 2 novellas on Smashwords

Enter at least 3 writing contests (RWA)

Complete at least 3 writing workshops

Attend at least 3 professional networking events (public health / legal or general)

Take at least 3 professional business management courses/ workshops (on-line or in person)

Write business plan for plus size swimwear cover up line

Save at least $2500 cash

Sell stuff at least $500 merchandise at 2 doll shows

Sell at least $500 merchandise at 2 or more Flea Markets

Attend at least 2 scrapbook crop / retreats

Build a greenhouse for garden vegetables

 

As of Jan 15, 2014

I have registered for a table at one doll show and sale

Started writing one novella

Registered for one scrapbook crop

Registered for one Public Health professional webinar

Packed one bag of stuff from my closet to sell and or donate

Began 24 days o tranquility e-course

Visited Antigua, St. Maarten, St. Thomas and  San Juan Puerto Rico in 2014.

Visited St. Maarten, St. Thomas, St. Lucia and Barbados in 2013

 

This is a Becca Brand cover up.  Inspiration for creating my own plus size cover up line.

 I love this cover up. I searched high and low for a great looking coverup.

Paid a small fortune for this one.

Would love to create a line of resort wear for curvy girls.

Not sure when I will be able to do this again (lay out in the sun)

but this also on my 2014 goals/ wish list.

Laying on Orient Beach in St. Maarten

Laying on the Beach in San Juan, P.R.

Laying on private veranda Celebrity Summit somewhere in the Southern Caribbean

 

 

 

2014! Always a Bride. 2nd Honeymoon Ideas - The Trip!

Hubby and I went on a 7 day cruise over New Year's Eve to the Southern Caribbean on Celebrity Summit. We left the kids with the grandparents on Christmas night and flew out on the day after Christmas. Don't worry the kids were spoiled beyond belief for Christmas. We arrived in San Juan Puerto Rico on Friday, December 27th so we had a day to wander around and explore San Juan.

Our first day in San Juan. Walking up to the Morro Fort.

Here we are at the fort.

Here we are walking towards the other Fort. I loved the colorful architecture.

The ship was scheduled to depart on Saturday, December 28th. We booked two nights at the Sheraton so that we could check in early. Which was a blessing because we arrived at 7:00 a.m. We checked in and went straight to bed. After a short nap, we got up at around 10 a.m and went on the walk around Old San Juan and took the pictures above.

Later that evening we took a shower and had a nice dinner with Sangria drinks at the hotel.


Having dinner at the Sheraton in Old San Juan before departing.

Sheraton Old San Juan

 I highly recommend the Sheraton in Old San Juan. It is within walking distance to the Forts and all of the cool cafes and restaurants of the old city. The room was very clean and modern. I read a lot of hotel reviews on TripAdvisor.com and this hotel was very well reviewed. There was no mold in the showers or worn carpeting as other hotels are reported to have in San Juan. There is another Sheraton Hotel in San Juan which is near the Convention center and cruise port but this one was very convenient to the popular tourist area, Old San Juan. There is a U.S. post office right next door so I mailed post cards home.

Later that evening we took a walk around the old part of the city were there was a street festival going on. There were still lots of Christmas decorations up in the hotel and around the city.

Friday, December 27th in Old San Juan

On Saturday morning we took a cab from the Sheraton over to the Pan American port. It was still very early and dropped off our luggage with the porters. The registration hadn't opened and we stood in line until about 10:30 a.m when we walked right up and got our tickets.
Within a short period of time we were taking pictures and walked on board the Celebrity Summit.

Modern Luxury

Our cabin was on the 11th floor aft. Right in the center behind the flag pole. The sunset bar was below us.  

Here I am on the balcony/veranda of our cabin.

Hubby on the Veranda

Hubby's favorite area of the ship was the spa. We were in aqua class cabins which gave us unlimited access to the Persian Gardens spa area where there were saunas, steam rooms, heated loungers. 

Hubby took advantage of salon and got a pedicure on the first day. I had a hot stone massage and facial.

Solarium Thassolotherapy Pool / Adult Only Area

Hubby enjoying the jets in the pool.

The ship visited a number of islands including Barbados, Antigua, St. Lucia, St. Maarten and St. Thomas. We stayed on the ship in St. Thomas and just rested. I had a hot stone massage and facial.



Antigua on New Years Day

Hubby and I at the volcano in St. Lucia

At the beach in St. Maarten waiting for the planes to fly overhead.

Hubby with a bucket of beers at the beach in St. Maarten.
Finally decided to take his shoes off.

Next post, I will describe the food and entertainment.