Hello everyone!!
How are you going today?
I'm sure you've already noticed (but in case you haven't) I changed the picture at the top of my blog!
Why you ask? Because I was getting tired of the old one for a bunch of different reasons. Main reason being: my hair is A LOT shorter - and I don't think my old picture is an accurate depiction of who I am, or what type of curls I have anymore.
When I started my blog I was planning on taking a new header picture every month, because I wanted to keep my blog fresh and new.....but that never really happened lol. Perhaps I'll start doing that from now on.
I'm not sure how crazy I am about the new photo....what do you guys think?
Guess who's back home.....
ME! I AM! I AM!
Well before we get back to my regular blogging format...it's about time we wrap up the rest my trip - don't you think?
I must warn you, I have an awful lot to say lol.
So just sit back, relax, and enjoy my trip from the comfort of your own home...or wherever you are lol....
My Monday/Labor Day went down a little like this.....
Instead of completing my usual morning routine here in Florida (which includes making myself breakfast, drinking coffee, and watching tv ) I went out to eat at a restaurant called 'Robinson' with my family for breakfast.
'Robinson (located in Apopka Florida) has a real down home cooking/ blue collar / mom and pop/ comfort food - type feel, and has been around for many many years.
The menu was pretty standard.
Robinson offers typical breakfast and lunch foods (this restaurant doesn't serve dinner) such as: Omelets, pancakes, sandwiches, chicken and dumplings, baked chicken, etc.
Katie and Dwight have such a cute family :)
I ordered:
1 Veggie omelet consisting of: eggs, american cheese, mushrooms, onions, tomatoes, and green peppers.
Whole wheat toast topped with honey.
And home fries (small diced fried potatoes) with ketchup. Unfortunately I forgot to photograph the delicious potato delights- they were my favorite part of the meal!!
All in all I would rate my breakfast at about a 6.
If the restaurant would just make two teeny tiny changes to this spread - it would've been a 10....
1. If they would carry a different cheese in the restaurant besides American. I love american - but I feel like another type of cheese would've tasted better in my omelette.
2. If they would've sauteed my veggies. I hate eating raw veggies in omelets (especially onions, bleh). Sauteed and caramelized veggies are just so darn delicious! Especially when they're mixed into a cheesey and eggy concoction!
We all know that breakfast is my absolute favorite meal, so of course I expect an awful lot when it comes to the quality, texture, and taste of any given breakfast I eat. BUT...picky Jenna aside - This was a very tasty breakfast, and I'm really glad Dwight came up with the idea of going out to eat for breakfast!
After devouring our breakfast - we went to the one place I've been dying to go to ALLLLLL WEEK LONG....
THE BEACH!!!!!
This was a perfect Labor Day event!
I'm pretty sure that only the United States and Canada celebrate Labor Day (but what do I know? Lol)- so in case some of you don't know what it is, i'll do my best to explain:
Labor day is celebrated on the first Monday in September.
It is symbolic as an "end of the summer celebration".
Most businesses are closed on Labor Day, almost everyone has the day off work, there are a lot of BBQs, parties, get togethers, and lounging about. It is a very restful and eventful day all at once.
I found it quite suitable that I was to be spending my Labor day on the beach!
What better way to spend my "end of the summer celebration" than at a beach?!
For the first hour or so at the beach, it was super duper windy outside, and the sky was over cast....but after a while - the sky cleared up and it was an absolutely beautiful afternoon!
JD found this clam in the ocean - he was so proud of it - I had to take a picture!
Poor Katie.
Since she got a big ol tattoo on her thigh the day before we went to the beach - she had to keep it out of direct sunlight by wearing pants. Not only did she have to cover up her leg, but she couldn't get into the ocean either, because the tattoo can't be submerged in water!
Dwight enjoyed wearing my hat a little too much lol.
Too pale for sun this bright.
Our lunch bag consisted of: Watermelon, Cantaloupe, water, milk&apple juice for the kids, and also peanut butter and jelly sandwiches!
I enjoyed my peanut butter and jelly sandwich very much so. It made my beach experience ten times better!
I was starting to feel a little crispy in the sun, so I had to seek shelter under the shade of Katies SUV.
Just enjoying a little bit of shade :)
Along the perimeters of the beach there are beautiful beach houses you can rent!
After a couple of hours it started getting dark, and looked like rain.
We decided to call it quits, and wrap up our day up at the beach.
I dried my hair and snacked on this bad boy as we were packing up the car.
I was so pooped after having been at the beach for hours.
The rest of my day was spent sitting around my cousins house, watching tv, and of course - eating.
My Tuesday went down a little like this...
I didn't take one single picture all day long.
You heard me right. Me. Jenna. Little miss curly head herself -
Not taking pictures of my food, of my activities, or of my family for one whole day!
How strange is that? lol.
It was slightly refreshing though - not having to tot my phone around with me everywhere, not letting my food get cold or soggy while I desperately try to take pictures at the perfect angle for my blog, not having to coax my cousin into taking a picture for me.
I felt quite liberated actually!
My Tuesday was very "vacation" like. I sat around, ate, went with my cousin to her sons eye appointment, ate, sat around, ate, watched tv, ate....ate some more (Are you seeing a pattern here? lol).
Eating is the perfect vacation activity.
I'll go home pudgier - but happier :)
Wednesday/my last full day in Orlando went a little like this.....
I'm sure you can all guess what I did first...
...oh you know me too well!Breakfast!!
Skim milk & coffee
English muffin with peanut butter and honey + 1 hard boiled egg.
Strawberry activia yogurt with raisins and bananas!
I gobbled my breakfast up pretty fast....but that's nothing new.
Why so happy? Wednesday morning was the very first time I've been able to put my hair into a pony tail since I got
It is a teeny tiny sad sad excuse for a pony tail - but hey - I got it out of my face didn't I?! (Well...sort of lol)
After my cousin got off work - we all piled into the car, and picked dinner up at my favorite fast food joint.
CHICK FIL A !!
...topped with honey roasted bbq, and accompanied with....
a carrot raisin salad! (Which was very good by the way)
It was quite hard eating my meal - because I was sandwiched between my little cousins, JD & Kayden, in the back seat. I had no elbow or leg room at all. I'm sure I looked pathetic trying to maneuver the food into my mouth.
See? No room on either side of me! I'm a small girl...but i'm not a magician lol. There was no way I could make it work
Saying that I made a mess is a huge understatement lol.
This smile can only mean one thing - and one thing only....
ICE CREAM!!!!!!!!
I'm such a fatty at heart lol.
After dinner we picked up blizzards from Dairy Queen.
I ordered the Strawberry CheeseQuake. Which was DELICIOUS.
I devoured this bad boy in a matter of minutes.
Ashamed? Hardly.
Baby Kayden was pulling her and JD's small rolly back packs around the kitchen for about 10 minutes straight.
It was so cute - I had to take pictures of her!
This is the last I saw of little Kayden before she went to sleep. Seeing as I didn't think she wold be awake before I left for the airport in the morning (which I did thankfully) I decided to take this one last picture with her!
I also assumed this would be the last I was going to see of JD before I left for the airport (which was false - thankfully) so I took the cutest picture ever :)
When the kids are away...
...Jenna shall play ;)
I had a couple....a few....well - several Bahama Mammas before playing Wii with my cousin Katie and her fiancee Dwight lol. Thankfully we didn't play any physical game (just 'the price is right' and 'deal or no deal') because my motor skills weren't at the top of their game lol.
You might say "Jenna, you're underage. You aren't allowed to drink!!!!" and I might say "Yea....and your point is? " :)
I enjoyed my last night of vacation very much so.
It was super chill.
I got to hang out with my family, which and that's all I really wanted to do.
Today I flew back home to Ohio - and it looked a little like this.....
Am I the only person who thoroughly looks through these pamphlets? Yea...I'm pretty sure no one looks at these unless they find themselves in the midst of an emergency. I on the other hand - like to read these front to back.It's not that flying scares me (I absolutely love flying) or that i think something bad is going to happen (the odds of that happening are very small) - I just like to be prepared (plus it passes the time)!
The little old couple in front of me were absolutely adorable! (I tried to be sneaky and take a picture, but I only caught the side of the womans glasses! I'm such a creeper lol).Prior to taking off - I was sitting next to this couple in the terminal and the little old man struck up a conversation with me about my phone & ipod. He was asking me how many giga bytes my ipod had, and then pulled his ipod out to show me how many his ipod had. They were awfully sweet. We had a nice little chit chat.
What I loved the most - is that any time I walked by them after that, they would wink at me. Is that an old person thing? Winking that is. It seems to me that older people always wink and smile at you. Why is that?
When i get old - i'm going to wink at EVERYONE. Just because lol - love it.
As I was gazing out of the window, enjoying the scenery...a MONSTER appeared!!!!!!!!
AGH! I have no idea what kind of bug it was - but it was fn HUGE. I spent about 10 minutes trying to coax it off of my window without making it fly up at me (because I knew if that happened, I would scream and make a scene). Seriously, for 10 minutes of my flight, I was battling with this thing. Finally, it crawled down into the hole at the bottom of the window and I slammed the window shade down to crush it. I know....I know....I'm a horrible person and you can tell PETA if need be. I just didn't want it to get me!
I'm such a sissy baby girl lol :)
I'm sure my little old man friend would've approved of the tunes I was rockin on my iPod during the flight....
Sky blogger :)
Sky blogger :)
The best part of the a plane ride (besides the ride itself) has to be the snacks & drinks...
The flight attendant gave me 2 Biscoff cookies & I asked for V8 juice.
The flight attendant gave me 2 Biscoff cookies & I asked for V8 juice.
The cookies were very tasty.
I started to become wrestles as the flight went on, so I decided to draw out my vacation for you guys. Literally. Am I embarrassed of my sub par art work? Never. My art is freakin awesome.
I like to call this "Jenna the sky blogger"
(Like my hat?)"Jenna the beach babe"
(I am a big chested girl...but my chest isn't usually located on my neck & above my arms I can assure you lol)"Jenna & Katie - kayaking queens"
(Our paddles weren't nearly that big....I think i over shot them a little bit lol)
(Our paddles weren't nearly that big....I think i over shot them a little bit lol)"Jenna the garbage disposal (a.k.a.) fatty magee"
(This one is my absolute favorite....probably because it's the most accurate. I ate so much food on my trip. I should be ashamed. But of course...I'm far from it lol)
(This one is my absolute favorite....probably because it's the most accurate. I ate so much food on my trip. I should be ashamed. But of course...I'm far from it lol)
This was the last picture I took in the sky. Crossing over the Ohio river! Almost home :)
This was the last photograph taken before my mom picked me up from the airport.Did you know that flight was born in Dayton?
Well... in case you didn't already know - you do now! Look it up.
So seeing as I just got off a plane - I thought this picture was pretty awesome.
Home sweet home!
Ginger missed me an awful lot. She was happiest to see me :)
This weather is AMAZING!!!It's really starting to feel like fall outside.
I really enjoyed my trip to Florida, and I'm very happy I made the last minute decision to go! I had so much fun, and it was very nice of my cousin to let me spend a week with her family (thanks again Katie!). Even though I had so much fun, and even though I didn't want my vacation to end, I gotta be honest.....
I missed you Ohio.
While going through my daily "blog check" today I came across a lot of pictures that I find interesting, cool, beautiful, and wonderful in one way or another:
I hope you're enjoying your day.
Wherever you are.
Let us begin...
[[Today’s music]]
KATE NASH – FOUNDATIONS
[[Today’s restaurant]]
ST VIATEUR BAGELS – MONTREAL CANADA
"Since 1957, St-Viateur Bagel has been a central part of the culture and daily life of Montreal. Its legendary landmark bagel shop operates 24/7 and sells over 1,000 dozen bagels a day.
St-Viateur Bagel was founded by Myer Lewkowicz who brought his, now famous, recipe from Eastern Europe. The art of bagel making means hand rolling each one and baking them in a wood-burning oven. The current owner, Joe Morena, with over 45 years of experience in the bagel business, ensures that the traditions at the St-Viateur Bagel continue to be respected.
Over half a century, this family business has grown to include 4 bakeries and 2 Bagel Cafés in Montreal."
http://www.stviateurbagel.com/content/?id=53
[[Today's kitchen gadget]]
SALAD DRESSING EMULSIFIER
[[Today’s news]]
SCHOOL MEALS HELP FUSSY CHILDREN TRY NEW FOODS
"School lunches can tempt fussy eaters to try new foods, a survey for the School Food Trust has suggested. Researchers found that four out of five children in England who ate school lunches had tried food at school that they had not tried at home.
Half of parents questioned said their children had asked for foods they had eaten at school to be cooked at home. The survey, of about 1,000 parents, found the most popular vegetables were carrots, sweetcorn and peas. Aubergine, chickpeas and spinach were among the least popular.
Of the parents questioned, 628 had children who ate school lunches.
England's School Food Trust commissioned the research after a survey by the Mumsnet website suggested some parents gave their children packed lunches because they thought they were too fussy to eat anything else.
Trust chairman, Rob Rees, said: "Every parent knows it's a nightmare watching their child push food around the plate.
"School meals can be a great way to help parents encourage their children to try new foods and to increase the variety of foods in their diet."
Want to read more?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-11154244
[[Today’s random]]
SNAZZY NAPPER
WTF? This isn’t “SNAZZY” it’s “CREEPY” lol haha.
Who would would spend $14.99 on this?
It’s called a BLANKET – cover your face with A BLANKET people!! Lol
[[Today’s food clip]]
HOW TO SLICE A RIPE PEACH
[[Today's curly head]]
SHERILYN FENN
Attention ALL curly heads!!
Want to be recognized for your beautiful, crazy, and all natural curls?
You must provide:
-Tell me why you love being a curly head.
-Fill me in on what makes you a unique curly head.
-Give any tips or secrets you might have about maintaining hair like yours.
-And send 2 photos – so you have a chance to put your curls on display!
(If you would like me to provide a link to your blog, facebook, myspace, twitter, etc. for the rest of my readers to see – then also throw that in there! The more exposure you get the better!)
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Happy birthday!! ^_^
ReplyDeleteIt was cool seeing your hair through the years! My hair was loooong and straight until I was about six, and then I cut it short and it turned curly! It was a big, frizzy, curly mess until I was about 14 or 15 and understood that one should use conditioner. x0 I know love my curls, and am sad that I didn't embrace them until the past few years!
Did you get any presents for your birthday? And that's pretty cool that you have pecan pie every year instead of cake. I actually have peanut butter pie every year instead of cake! I love making cake, but I have never been fond of eating it! I would much rather have some ice cream and pie! : )