Vacation 2023 Checklist - Jekyll Island

Jekyll Island

I love this place - we got to see them do a surgical procedure on a turtle!

The Georgia Sea Turtle Center

Jekyll Island is so full of history and the beauty of South Georgia

The Horton House - 1736 - the oldest structure on the island

It is made with tabby ... 

Tabby concrete

Island History

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Vacation 2023 Checklist - St. Simons Island

St. Simons Island

Sweet Mama's for breakfast

... pork pops ...

YUM!!!

St. Simons Island Tree Spirits

St. Simons Lighthouse

Tree Spirits

St. Simons Island is such a charming place.

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Vacation 2023 Checklist - Beach Day

 St. Simons Island Beach Day

Cousin, Me, and Sister

St. Simons Island beach - I haven't been to the beach in 6 years (or longer) ...

It was a wonderful day!

Beach Day

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Vacation 2023 Checklist - Fish Fry

 Fish Fry

Food, Family, FUN!

Fourth of July Fish Fry!

Cheese Grits!!

Thankful and grateful!

God Bless America and my Family

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Vacation 2023 Checklist - Dairy Queen

 Dairy Queen

Hot Fudge Sundae

I scream, you scream, we all scream for ICE CREAM!

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Vacation 2023 Checklist - Wine Time

 Wine Time

Day 2 - Casa de Walker Resort

Wine by the pool.

Vacation Checklist - Wine Time

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I love this place! And these people!!!

Vacation 2023 Checklist - Mermaid Toes

 Mermaid Toes

Saturday July 1, 2023 I roll into South Georgia for my 2023 vacation. Casa de Walker Resort is ready and welcoming.

First up ... Mermaid Toes

After a 7 hour drive ... getting a pedicure is highly recommended!

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Beginning my vacation with flip flop ready toes!

Vacation 2023 Checklist - Mermaid Toes

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HEARTS

 HEARTS

I started this quilt on March 6, 2021 right before the world was shut down due to the Covid 19 Pandemic

Truly a labor of LOVE

Machine quilted and trimmed ...

It still needs binding ...

I love it! This quilt is a keeper!

Take Me Out To The Ballgame - The Smokies

The Smokies

Take me out to the ballgame ... take me out to the park ...

This is what my friend's work considers team building!

How awesome!

It was a rainy evening but we were able to eat, have a beer, watch a game (that we lost) before the sky opened up and dumped A LOT of rain.

 

Pantry Update

 Pantry Update

I mentioned my pandemic food hoarding pantry a few weeks ago, so this morning I decided to clean and organize my pantry. 

I threw away several opened (stale) items and a few items past their expiration dates.

I separated items ... all of the sugar (snack) items are on the very bottom shelf. Nuts, grains, and teas on the shelf above that. Vegetables and canned meats and pasta noodles up next, then the shelf above that is full of soups and sauces. The top shelf is for anything too tall for the other shelves ... oatmeal, bisquik, olive oil, cereal, cream of wheat, etc.

My goal is to remove sugar, as much sugar as possible from my diet going forward.

I made cupcakes last week because I had a serious sugar craving! After eating 4 of them, I took the rest of them to work the following morning.

Sugar is something that I will be working toward removing from my diet. I have become obnoxiously large! I have done nothing but gain weight since I turned 45. As I will be 60 at the end of this year, I'm going to begin working on reversing this trend and lose weight. I have a weight loss goal of 30 pounds. 

Knitting Gnomes

 Knitting

I am mostly a sock knitter but I recently started a new knitting project ...

These cute little Gnomes!

#sockknittergonewild