I'm Back!

My family and I just returned from vacation! We took a few weeks and drove our 1978 Dodge motorhome across the country...for the third time! Our stops this time included Mt. Rushmore, Wisconsin Dells, Pittsburgh PA, Holiday World in Santa Claus IN, Rolling Acres Zoo in Salina KS, Dodge City KS, and back home to Grand Junction CO!! Whew!! Now I have a ton to do around the house to get back to normal. Plus I actually am working on some new designs!! So, I wanted to let you all know that my Etsy Shop is back up and running! Hope you all have a wonderful week!!

Having a Great Time

Here is Heather at the Pittsburgh Zoo this week! Really enjoying my time with the family, but miss my blue skies of Colorado!

Vacation!

I will be on vacation from November 19 to December 1st. We are heading back to Pennsylvania to have our first Thanksgiving with the entire family!!! I will have limited internet access while I am gone. All crochet patterns purchased from my etsy shop will be emailed within 48 hours of purchase or you can shop my website for immediate downloads!!

Also, all custom made items will not be started until after I return on the 1st. Please be aware of this when purchasing!

Have a great holiday everyone!!

I went Horseback Riding!

Yesterday Heather and I went horseback trail riding for two hours...and boy do I ache today! LOL!! But actually, I don't hurt as bad as I expected to....it's only been about 9 years since I've been on a horse! (That's me in the second picture in front.)

Heather rode a sweet guy named Whiskey and I got a beautiful guy named October. He was easy to ride...unless you consider that he wanted to run me into every tree (you should see the scratches on my arms!) and I guess he thought he needed extra energy to carry my butt around because he stopped every chance he could get to eat grass! LOL!!

Heather had an absolute blast and didn't want to stop! Sooooooo....daddy will be taking her on a half day ride tomorrow! Why do I have the feeling that horses may be in our future?????

Vacation Blogging!

I loooove the town of Ouray, Colorado! Have I told you that before?? We come here every free chance we get, LOL!!! And to have this wonderful opportunity to stay here for a while week is amazing!!

Right now I am sitting in my RV and enjoying a cup of coffee. Ron and Heather took off early this morning to go ride the Durango/Silverton Narrow Gauge Train!! I am so jealous, but I have ridden it before and Heather has not. Plus someone has to stay here with the dog! My only job for the day is to pack up the RV and move it to a different campground. I'm a little bummed about that...this campground is right in town...so we can walk anywhere...the pool, shopping, a park!! But the new camp will be a few miles down the road...so there is not as much stuff to do there. Oh well, that is what I get for waiting too long to make reservations!!

I've been crocheting some....baby hats for my charity group...reading Twilight (YES!! I know, I am waaaaay behind the times on this!! But I don't get to read much!)...walking the dog...meeting new people...and relaxing! And I think the dog is closterfobic of the RV...he wants out any chance he can get!! Then he heads strait to the car....I think he's ready to go home, LOL!!

I haven't hit the pool yet, but I am taking Heather on her first horseback trail ride on Thursday!! We are both really excited about that!

So here are some pictures of our week so far! I hope you enjoy them! I need to get up and start my day. Wish me luck in moving the RV....I'm not real fond of moving the 30 year old beast....even if it is only a few miles down the road! Better make myself look pretty today just in case I need to ask for help, LOL!! Now.....to keep trying to talk Ron into buying the little trailer that is for sale down the road......

Vacation Time!

We're off on vacation tomorrow...I will have some internet access, so I'll blog when I can! While I am gone, enjoy a cookie....mmmmm...Snickerdoodles!

Vacation Post #2 - Cedar Point!

Boy, did we have a blast at Cedar Point! We had reservations and got to stay in their Campers Village! It was so cool to be able to walk to everything!! The beach, the park, the water park! We got to come back to the RV if we needed a break....or to come back and make lunch. I highly recommend it!! And the best perk of all was that everyone staying on park property got to enter the park an hour earlier than the public and each day they would open a few special rides just for us!
So what's the first thing we do??? Take Heather on her first roller coaster of course! The Iron Dragon! It's one of those types of coasters where you sit in the little cars under the track! We actually made her ride it once both days, and on the second day I had her ride it in the front seat with me!! I told her to pretend that we were riding on Cassie's back (from Dragontales) LOL!!! She did great and didn't complain too much. So we purchased her a tee shirt to commemorate the event!

We didn't get to ride too many of the big rollercoasters because Heather was just an inch too short. But the park did have this great program where one adult waits in line and gets to ride the ride, then when they get off that parent gives the workers a card and the second parent gets to go up the exit ramp and ride the next round. We did that a few times.

Heather's two favorite rides were the kiddie bumber cars and the mini-gemini rollercoaster! Daddy said that the little rollercoaster banged him up worse than any of the BIG ones that he got to ride! That's them in the front seat...daddy in the yellow.

I've got a ton more pictures, but I think you get the gist of the day! She had tons of fun in the children's areas riding all those silly little rides, but she had a BLAST!

Now, the Soak City is a different story! Can you say FUN for my little fishy!! Even though she was still to small to ride the big slides, they did have a ton for the little ones to do including this little slide into a kiddie pool! I didn't get many picures here since I was too wet and having too much fun, but you can check out the link! Be sure to look at the Splash Zone! It was super cool!!!! I even ran through it a few times, LOL!! The waterpark did have one of those HUGE family innertube slides that is like 7 stories high! Well, that was H's favorite! And we rode it 7 TIMES!!! I can't believe I climed that many stairs! LOL!!

OK, enough for now! Have a great day everyone!! Hope you enjoyed the pictures!

Vacation Post #1....

...Adventures with a 30 year old RV...



So we left bright and early on Saturday morning (July 26).... really early!!! 5:30AM! Yikes! Little did I know that this would be the theme for most of our driving trip. Seems the old girl, now affectionately kown as "The Brick", really likes the cool early mornings to drive.



The sun comes up and at about 100 miles from home the power steering belt BREAKS!! So, my super-man of a husband (BTW, he is also a mechanic) decides to drive The Brick without power steering until we find a parts store. Have I mentioned yet that we are taking the L-O-N-G way to PA to avoid going over big mountain passes? At this point, we are actually heading north to Wyoming! We find a parts store in Craig, Colorado....purchase the new belt we need....but get back on the road. Super-man decides that he will change the belt when we stop for the night.



So into Wyoming we go....Ever been there?? Well....you're not missing anything! There is NOTHING there but wind! Seriously! Even driving through the capital, Cheyenne, is like a little spot. Blink and you miss it! But it is pretty....in it's own way.

Then it is onto Nebraska. I personally think Nebraska smells like cows, LOL! It's a BIG state to cross, but by this time it is time to find a stop for the night. Since it was a Saturday, we ended up having to stop at three different campgrounds to find one with an opening! So we did get a little further than planned. And the one we did find had train tracks right next to it. Luckily we were all tired enough to sleep through most of them!

Sunday morning it is up at dawn and on the road again. Today we need to cross the entire state of Nebraska! Like I said before, there is not much here but farmland, so I don't have much to comment on! OH! And the belt didn't fit, so Super-man is still driving without power steering!

We do manage to cross Nebraska and end up stopping for the night just over the boarder in Missouri. A nice little KOA with a toad infestation!! Heather was FASTENATED with all the toads hopping around. And it was BAD!! You really had to watch where you walked or you may step on one!

And by this time the humidity is KILLING me!! We live in a very hot and dry climate, so the hot and humidity was driving me nuts! Not to mention that the RV does not have A/C when on the road. So every night when we stopped my first priority was always to get the A/C turned on!

Monday we decide to take it a little easier. We drove across Missouri and Illinois and ended up stopping just west of Indianapolis. Again, by strongest memory is the HUMIDITY! By this time my skin is breaking out like crazy! I feel as if I am 14 again! ICK!! It's not even worth it to try and put on make-up because it melts right off!

Tuesday is another easy day of driving. Across Indiana and Ohio to our first destination of Cedar Point!! WHoo hoooo!! We get set up at the park campground, which is in walking distance to both parks and Lake Erie. That first night we walked along the lake and swam in the campground pool. These pictures are from this area. I'll admit, I was a bad blogger and didn't take pictures of everything. I just didn't have the urge to lug a camera around with me all the time. OH!! And I think we got the power steering belt fixed somewhere in Indiana! LOL!

Tomorrow I will blog more about our adventures at Cedar Point!

HOME!! Safe and Sound!

YAY!! We made it!! What a WONDERFUL vacation we had! It was great seeing my niece and nephew too!! I've got lots of things to do now that we are home, but I wanted to let you all know that we are back! I have lots of great pictures to share too...but here are a few of the kids just to wet your appetite!! Heather is on the left, James (3 in November) is in the middle, and Anna (6) on the right. You don't know how hard it was for me to NOT pack those extra kiddos in the RV with us and bring them home!!

VACATION!

Well, it is time for a much needed family vacation at the Cirka home. We will be leaving early in the morning for a long drive across the country. Our final destination will be Pittsburgh, PA on August 1st to visit both sides of our family! I can't wait to see everyone! We did just see Grandama and Pap Cirka in May, but we haven't seen Grandma Chalupiak since November! And aunt Linda and the cousins since March 2007!!!! I can't wait to see how much they've grown!

We will be making a pit stop in Ohio and spending three nights at Campers Villiage at Cedar Point. We plan on spending one day at Cear Point Amusement Park and one day at Soak City! I can't wait to see Heather's face when she sees all the rides and fun she is going to have! Too bad she is just an inch shy of riding all the BIG rides!

And yes, we will be taking our old 1978 MotorHome, I have an "are we there yet?" bag of goodies to be given each time we hear those aweful words, and lots of food and movies! Oh yeah.....and my box of yarn! LOL!! I hope I brought enough! Well, maybe I shouldn't "bring enough" and have to keep my eye out for yarn stores?? Hmmmmm????

I'll post more upon my return!

Hello from California!!

Hi everyone!! I'm out in San Diego visiting family and having a wonderful time! I'll have lots of great photos to share when I get home!! But right now I want to let you know that for today only, my ebook patterns are on sale over at MyPinkZebraBoutique.com for 25% off!! All ready for immediate download! Have a great day!

Heading out!

My family and I are heading out of town for two days. We are going to SLC. My husband has training for work and Heather and I will be hanging out in a hotel with a large pool and cable tv!! YAY!!! My auctions are ending while I'm gone, so be sure to check them out!!! Be back soon!

Be sure to check out the Waterfront's Book Fair this month too!