ABC Wednesday ~E is for ...

EXPEDIA

Do you travel? A lot? A little?

Do you use discount travel sites?

I travel a bit, some years more than others 

and ALWAYS check out the discount travel sites.

I must say that I don't use Expedia all that much,

BUT ... if you are going some where and need a 

flight, room, and car try Expedia. They have GREAT deals!

EXAMPLE: Last Fall, my daughter, her friend, and I planned a trip to Hawaii.

When first looking, we were just looking at airfare. That alone was going to be about

$630.00 per person. Expedia "claims" you can save 40% by booking a package, which includes,

airfare, hotel, and car. (Even though, we now know you don't need a car for a week)

That is what we booked, flight, 6 days in a hotel, and car for $745.00 per person.

Best of all, by the pictures you can see, we had a great time!

                                                       The view from our hotel.

Hanauma  Bay

Sharks Cove

Daughter jumping off rocks @ Waimea Bay

Maunawili Falls

Thanks to Roger Owen Green for posting the letter "E" and thanks to Mrs. Nesbitt for hosting this fun meme.


To view more post on the letter "E" click ~ HERE

Meet Me on Monday

Here I go again ...


When you get a new follower, do you really check them out and become their follower? I try to. I know there are people out there who don't. How sad for them! They are really missing out. I believe that each person who touches your life, somehow enriches it.


Anyway, down to business ...


I have a new follower, Chrissy @ Roses, Rhubarb, and Pearls. I saw that she was linking up to a party called
"Meet Me on Monday". So today, again, I am joining a new linkie party. I am excited to see who I might meet there.
What is Meet Me on Monday  ... in a nut shell ..

Every Sunday Never Growing Old will post five get to know you  questions that you can copy and paste into your own Monday post and we  can all learn a little more about each and every one of us!!


Today's 5 questions are:


1.  Did you get any Valentine's Gifts?


     A red tea rose plant to go in my garden. A bag of Robin Eggs Easter candy. (My favorite.)

2.  What is your favorite topping on something toasted?


      Honey and walnut flavored cream cheese.

3.  Do you pick out your outfit the night before?


     No, unless it is some special event that I am attending the next day.

4.  What food item do you absolutely despise?
      Calamari

5.  Righty or lefty?


     Right handed.


Hopefully, next week my answers will be more intriguing ... LOL


To join in the fun ... check out 

Thanks Java  for hosting a fun meme!

Mother's Chocolate Valentine

When my children were growing up they had a favorite Valentine book.

"It's Valentine's Day"

by

Jack Prelutsky

This is a book full of silly little short stories put in poem form.

Here is one of their favorites.

"Mother's Chocolate Valentine"

I bought a box of chocolate hearts,

a present for my Mother,

they looked so good I tasted one, 

and then I tried another.

They both were so delicious,

 that I ate another four,

and then another couple,

and then half a dozen more.

I couldn't seem to stop myself, 

I nibbled on and on,

before I knew what happened,

all the chocolate hearts were gone.

I felt a little guilty, 

I was stuffed down to my socks,

I ate my Mother's Valentine ...

I hope she likes the box.

HAPPY VALENTINES'S DAY

XOXOXO

Microfiction Monday

Welcome to another Microfiction Monday. Susan at Stony River hosts this fun meme.

She provides a picture and you write a short story about it.

Rules are, your story must be written with 140 characters 

(including punctuation)  or less.

Click ~HERE ~ for all the details.

This week, my story has exactly 140 characters. :)


Jon sat, pondering the events that just passed.
How was he suppose to know that what he
thought was a spider, was actually a false eyelash.

 To see how others interpret this picture click ~HERE

Need your help

Today we are taking a trip to IKEA! How you every been to an IKEA? If you have, you know what a treat it is! Later this year, we will begin to remodel our kitchen and even though today we are going for a totally different reason, I'm taking my camera and looking for some inspiration.

How do I need your help? Well ... Like so many of you out in blogland, I have caught the chicken/rooster fever.
Here are a few items I have.

I'm not sure I will use all of them and I also need to say that my kitchen area and my dinning area are separated by a header. My dilemma is trying to figure out another theme that can go with these items.
The theme now is lemons and limes.
Suggestions??!

I'm linking up to Debbiedoo's Newbie Linkie Party and hoping some of my new friend's can give me some great idea's.

Strangers ~Thematic Photographic 134

This week at Written Inc., Carmi has chosen the theme of STRANGERS. This could be a hard theme. . . I mean ... How many people take pictures of strangers? How many people feel comfortable enough to do that?


For me, it is all the "Social Setting" that aids to make it OK to snap photos of people you don't know.


These were taken Oct. 10, 2010 at the Chicago Marathon.
I don't know any of these people. I do know people who are running, but
trying to find them is "like trying to find a needle in a haystack."

Do any of these people know each other? They may or may not. It all depends on the goal they are trying to meet. Sometime people will run together "just to be able to say the ran a Marathon." But more likely, it is a personal goal they are trying to accomplish. So, even though, they know others who are running , they keep a pace to beat their own best time.
Did you know, that for some Marathons (such as The Boston Marathon), you must have a record of a certain time from another Marathon in order to participate?


Find more photos on the theme of "Strangers" @ Written Inc.

Better late than never ...

Happy Friday!
Yes, it is the Friday before Valentine's Day ... and FINALLY I am getting my act together. For 2 weeks now I have been traveling around blogland looking at all the wonderful crafts that you have made. I was inspired, I was in awe! There were so many that I would love to do myself ... but alas ... being sick for 2 weeks and having to go out of town took care of all my aspirations.

Last week, when driving back home from my travels, I stopped at HOME GOODS. Oh. . . how I LOVE Home Goods!! It is a wonderful store that sparks the imagination! The problem is, the closest one to me is 76 miles away. So of course, any time I know there is 1 around, I make time to stop and walk the isles.

While there, I was looking for several things and of course I found more than several that I would LOVE to have. One item was a Valentine Picture. BUT ... I didn't want to spend $14.99 on it. So I decided to make my own.

Now ... Does this ever happen to you? I knew exactly what I wanted to use and I know that I have seen the materials . . . someplace . . . but I could NOT find them. I came up with a picture that I like and that comes close to what I saw and ... best of all ... cost me about $7.00 to make.

So, what do you think??

Frame $4.99
stickers $1.00
craft paper $0.70
I'm also linking up to Boost My Blog Friday , another new linky party for me. :)