tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84196739574364882812024-03-13T23:04:33.954-04:00DNA Date NightAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10409506707662208011noreply@blogger.comBlogger171125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8419673957436488281.post-49376792781026660142017-05-01T12:06:00.002-04:002017-05-01T12:14:28.301-04:00Date 171 - It's Showtime!<b>Date:</b> Sunday, April 30, 2017<br />
<b>Type: </b>Out On The Town<br />
<b>Cost:</b> $$<br />
<b>Planned By:</b> Dani<br />
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We have been slacking on the date night department due to preparing for Baby Neubauer's arrival (and also we're lazy)!<br />
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This date was an all day affair. We started out with maternity photos at Squire's Castle at the North Chagrin Reservation. We take hikes at this metropark all the time and can't wait to bring baby with us.<br />
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When we found out that baby is a boy I started thinking of ideas for the maternity shoot. Here is a little explanation and back story on our theme. Adam and I participated in many plays together since we met - we actually met as Betsy and John Ross in a summer drama class. In 8th grade Adam and I starred in the production of The Little Prince at our middle school together. Adam was the aviator and I was the prince - it was a last minute gig for me - I was originally the music director but was asked to take over this part a couple weeks before opening night. Adam and I shared the stage for a lot of the play and he did a great job covering all of my mistakes, I think we worked well together!<br />
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I was so excited to combine our past and future together in a shoot for such a big event in our lives! Here are some of my favorites!</div>
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After our shoot we went downtown to see Something Rotten at Playhouse Square. Staying with the theater theme we made a point to get to one more production before becoming parents. Something Rotten was very funny and had so many musical and Shakespeare references mixed in. We caught a lot of them but I'm excited to listen to the soundtrack and find them all.</div>
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Who knows when we'll be back to the theater, but this was such a fun and memorable day in our lives and pregnancy journey. Only 7 more weeks until our little prince arrives!</div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10409506707662208011noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8419673957436488281.post-8726939620165995242017-01-06T10:41:00.002-05:002017-01-06T10:41:26.969-05:00Date 170 - A Dream Is A Wish Your Heart Makes!<b>Date:</b> December 11th-15th, 2016<br />
<b>Type: </b>Travel<br />
<b>Cost:</b> $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$<br />
<b>Planned By:</b> Both<br />
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First, off if you didn't see our big announcement on Facebook here you go:<br />
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The trip was not planned as a Babymoon. It was booked and all planned before we even found out I was pregnant. It just worked out pretty well in terms of the dates and making an adorable Disney announcement.<br />
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Adam and I were traveling to Florida for our good friend's wedding in St. Pete Beach. We decided to extend the vacation a couple days and go to Disney World. We had just been to Disney in March 2015 so this trip was a bit more relaxing and I took WAY less photos. If you want an in depth trip report with tons of photos go check out the other post <a href="http://dnadatenight.blogspot.com/2015/03/date-145-it-all-started-with-mouse.html">HERE</a>.<br />
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Since we were only going to be there for four nights we opted for a moderate resort, Port Orleans Riverside. We also rented a car this time mostly because we had to drive over to St. Pete for the wedding. I will probably never do Disney without a car again unless we are staying at Pop Century or Art of Animation which have one stop and a dedicated bus. Port Orleans has 4-5 stops throughout the resort which causes a lot of wasted time and frustration. The car made it so much easier for all the parks except Magic Kingdom. Magic Kingdom requires taking a ferry or monorail from the parking lot so it is inconvenient.<br />
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Port Orleans Riverside is a nice resort. The rooms had two queen beds and a double sink. There were many pools, and it being a December trip they were usually pretty empty. They had playgrounds, movie nights, carriage rides and a fishing deck. I could definitely see why it was a moderate priced resort compared to Pop Century.<br />
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Day 1:<br />
We took a swim in one of the huge quiet pools. We were the only ones at it so it was really nice and calm. We took the Sassagoula river boat to Disney Springs (formerly known as Downtown Disney) from our resort. It was nice haven't a different mode of transportation. We had dinner at Paradiso 37. It was a little expensive for the quality of the food but I was starving so it was fine. We watched the Drone Christmas show over the lake which was pretty neat. Some of the time we had no idea what the pictures were supposed to be but that's ok it was fun and the music was good. We ran over to the Art of Disney store and made Baby Neubauer's first Disney hat! We walked through the Christmas Tree Trail. The trail had many different trees decorated by movie. There were some creative designs. Then we took the Polynesian bus over to the Polynesian Resort. We went to Trader Sam's Grog Grotto for a drink (well, Adam got a drink). The entertainment in this secret-ish bar was very funny. Next, we made our way out to the Polynesian Beach to watch Holiday Wishes. Since we didn't go to the parks this day we still wanted to see one of the fireworks shows. Wishes from the beach was a great perspective. You can easily see Cinderella's castle and the fireworks look beautiful from a distance. Someday I will bring my tripod to Disney World and get some better photos but that thing gets heavy. After Wishes we went back to the resort for the night.<br />
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Day 2:<br />
We got up early and went to Animal Kingdom at 8AM. They had extra magic hours so we took advantage of there being very few people there at that time. Adam rode the safari while I took some photos. He then went over to Everest and rode that while I tried to get some photos of him. There isn't much a pregnant lady can do in Animal Kingdom so we walked around and went on the small rides. Next, we went over to Magic Kingdom. We rode a bunch of rides but it was pretty crowded so not as many as we would have liked. We had dinner at Tony's Town Square. The setting is inspired by Lady and the Tramp. It was a cute Italian place. We went back to the resort and rested for a little while before going over to Epcot for night activities. We mostly went there to see IllumiNations! Which never disappoints. It's an amazing show!<br />
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Day 3:<br />
We started our day at Hollywood Studios. Adam rode Tower of Terror and Rockin' Roller Coaster while I took some photos. Then we had a fast pass for Toy Story Mania which is definitely one of the more fun pregnant-safe rides. For the rest of the morning we rode the other small rides - Great Movie Ride, Muppets 3D, etc. We went back to the resort for a nap and pool time. We had dinner at the dining hall in our resort and it was good. We spent a little extra money to attend Mickey's Very Merry Christmas Party! We got to Magic Kingdom a little before the party started and noticed a drop in crowds which was great. They also don't allow fast passes during the party which helped the lines a lot. We made our rounds getting the free cookies and drinks while riding some rides we missed the day before. Magic Kingdom doesn't have as many restrictions while your pregnant so I was able to ride most rides. We watched the Mickey's Most Merriest Christmas show then watched the Mickey's Once Upon a Christmas Parade. Both were really great and had a lot of holiday spirit but the most exciting thing happened to us during the parade... A cast member came up to us and gave us free ice cream to share!! I was so excited I had a hard time paying attention to the rest of the parade. After the parade we rode a few more rides before watching the Totally Tomorrowland Christmas show. This show was cute with dancing, fireworks and a decent back story of trying to find Santa. The other main event of the party was the Holiday Wishes fireworks show. We watched from Tomorrowland. The music and fireworks really have a way of making you feel the joy of the holiday season. We walked around a little more checking out the "snow" and Christmas decorations then went back to the resort.<br />
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Day 4;<br />
We got up early and went to Epcot. We walked really fast to World Showcase to get in line for the new Frozen Ever After ride. This ride used to be the Norway Maelstrom ride. We still had a 20-25 minute wait but it was much better than the crazy wait times that ride gets normally. The ride was really well done and definitely worth the short wait we had. Disney has really done a lot with Frozen that some people get irritated with but I think this ride was a good choice on their part. We walked around World Showcase and rode the rest of the Epcot rides. It was not crowded so we had very short waits for everything else. Epcot does a nice job decorating for Christmas so it was nice seeing the different countries decorated and the rest of the park. After Epcot we went back to the resort. In the afternoon we went to Hollywood Studios. We had an early dinner at the 50s Prime Time cafe. The dinner portions are outrageous. I got the fried chicken and I swear they gave me a whole chicken. The cast members act as if they are in the 50s and family members which can be pretty funny. Even though we were there before 4PM it was really busy so we didn't get as much attention from our server. It was still fun and I would go again. We went to the Frozen Sing-A-Long to waste some time. We weren't too excited for it but we were happily surprised at how funny it was. I mean it was hilarious. I had tears of laughter - the two Arendelle historians did such a great job making it an adult friendly show. After the sing-a-long we found spots to watch the Jingle Bell Jingle Bam show. This show was also better than I was anticipating. The fireworks, story and visuals were all really well done. A lot of people see this as a replacement to the Osborne Family Lights (which we saw back in 2008 when we went to Disney with Adam's parents). The Osborne Family Lights were great, but this show was also good and probably a bit more kid friendly. Since this was our last night at Disney we also went over to Magic Kingdom. We really wanted to see the normal non-holiday Wishes. I'm glad they do both because I have developed some nostalgia of the regular Wishes soundtrack and I really enjoyed hearing it. As we left Magic Kingdom we knew we probably wouldn't be returning for a while and that next time Baby Neubauer will be in tow. It will be much more difficult with a child than just two adults, but I'm excited for the adventure - but not too soon. Disney is exhausting.<br />
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The rest of the week we were in St. Pete Beach for Alicia and Alfonso's wedding. It was a beautiful location. We had an amazing time on the boat cruise for the rehearsal dinner and the next day at the wedding. The weather could not have been more perfect! They're favors were caricatures which were really cool and a great keepsake. We were also introduced to the Hora Loca during the last hour of the reception where things get a little crazy with hats, glow sticks, guitars and all kinds of fun stuff. The wedding was a blast and it was so nice seeing everyone!! Our flight the next day got cancelled so we had an extra night in Florida which would have been way better if we hadn't spent most of the day in the airport. We did get out the next day which we were thankful for! It was a great Florida vacation in the middle of December. We were not excited to go back to the snow and cold but at least it was time for Christmas!<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10409506707662208011noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8419673957436488281.post-24685383127336646352016-10-03T11:53:00.000-04:002016-10-03T17:22:40.460-04:00Date 169 - There's Always Room For Dessert!<b>Date:</b> Saturday, October 1, 2016<br />
<b>Type:</b> Out On The Town<br />
<b>Cost:</b> $$<br />
<b>Planned By:</b> Both<br />
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There are so many dessert options near us and we haven't tried nearly enough of them. For this date we picked three locations that sold dessert type treats to try out.<br />
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<b>1. Amy Joy Donuts</b><br />
Donuts are like a breakfast dessert. We got two sprinkle donuts and one boston cream donut. They were very good for breakfast and for our first dessert of the day! We would definitely go there again - sadly we don't eat donuts enough.<br />
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<b>2. <a href="http://www.cookiesbydesign.com/">Cookies By Design </a></b><br />
We went over to Legacy Village for dinner and then made our second dessert stop at Cookies By Design. We got four cookies: two frosted glaze, one pumpkin and one oatmeal raisen. All four were delicious. The store also has cookie bouquets and adorably decorated cookies on a stick!<br />
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<b>3. <a href="http://mitchellshomemade.com/">Mitchell's Ice Cream</a></b><br />
Our third and last stop of the day was Mitchell's. It has taken us wayyyy too long to try this place! I'm so happy we finally made it there because the store is adorable and the ice cream is delicious!! I got the Coffee Chocolate Chunk and Adam got the Key Lime Pie. There are so many different flavors and I can't wait to go back!<br />
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We had this date idea planned for a long time before finally getting the time do it. It was so much fun - minus the slight stomach ache at the end of the night. There are plenty more options that I could see us doing this date again in the future! </div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10409506707662208011noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8419673957436488281.post-90293892424653141662016-09-07T12:40:00.000-04:002016-09-08T09:12:21.127-04:00Date 168 - Life's A Beach!<b>Date:</b> July 22nd - July 25th 2016<br />
<b>Type:</b> Travel & Family<br />
<b>Cost: </b>$$$$$<br />
<b>Planned By:</b> All of Us<br />
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This year for Adam and Amanda's birthday celebration we all took a Family Birthdaycation to Debbie & Richard's condo in Myrtle Beach!<br />
Quick recap:<br />
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<b>Day 1 </b><br />
Drove 11 hours.<br />
Went to Broadway At The Beach<br />
Dinner at Margaritaville<br />
Drinks at Liberty Brewery & Fat Tuesday<br />
Fireworks!<br />
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<b>Day 2</b><br />
Adam and I went on a run around the condo complex. It was horribly hot and humid. Not sure why I agreed to that.<br />
We all went to the beach at Molly Darcy's then ate lunch at Molly Darcy's.<br />
Played Mini Golf at Professor Hacker's Dinosaur Adventure Golf. I won!<br />
Played some board games.<br />
We had a nice dinner at Carolina Roadhouse.<br />
Went to the Myrtle Beach Boardwalk for some walking around and drinks.<br />
The end of the night consisted of drinks and TV and toasting to Adam's birthday at midnight.<br />
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<b>Day 3</b><br />
Went to Cherry Grove Beach and made an epic sand castle.<br />
Drove over to Calabash, NC to shop at St. Nick Nacks and then had some yummmmy ice cream at the Calabash Creamery.<br />
Made our way to Barefoot Landing for some shopping and walking around.<br />
Had some delicious burgers at River City Cafe for dinner.<br />
We ended the night by watching and falling asleep to Mockingjay Part 2.<br />
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<b>Day 4</b><br />
Finished cleaning and drove 11 hours home.<br />
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We had a wonderful time on this Family Birthdaycation! We haven't traveled as a family in a long time and it was nice to have a little vacation together. We were all thankful for having such a nice place to stay!!<br />
Check out my post about our first trip to <a href="http://dnadatenight.blogspot.com/2015/12/date-158-lets-go-to-beach.html">Myrtle with Debbie & Richard</a>.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10409506707662208011noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8419673957436488281.post-78566813885664034122016-08-09T15:07:00.000-04:002016-08-09T15:17:57.086-04:00Date 167 - Hops & Robbers!<b>Date:</b> Saturday, July 9, 2016<br />
<b>Type:</b> Travel<br />
<b>Cost: </b>$$<br />
<b>Planned By:</b> The Esters and Labatt<br />
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Adam and I joined the Esters in the <a href="http://www.labattgames.com/home">Labatt Games</a> in Erie, PA! We went with the team name Hops & Robbers and dressed the part. We arrived at Liberty Park in Erie around 1PM to sign in. Soon after we started the games.<br />
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There were five physical competitions - Human Bowling, Roller Dash, Over-sized Slingshot, Keg-O-War and the Undomesticated Challenge.<br />
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We started out with Roller Dash which was a lot like the game Hungry Hungry Hippos. We each took turns being pushed in to the ball pit area and scooping up as many as we could. Our team did pretty well overall.<br />
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Next we did the Undomesticated Challenge which was a relay event. To start the whole team put together a puzzle, then one by one we had to spin around a bat three times, throw a bag in a giant cornhole board, jump over a bar in to a foam pit, army crawl under a net and slip and slide through the finish line. Our team did really well and had no penalties!<br />
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Our third event was Human Bowling. I was terrified of falling out of that thing and I kind of did. It was fun but I'm not looking forward to the next time I may find myself in one.<br />
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Next, we did the over-sized slingshot. Eric dominated this event for us and brought our total up!<br />
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Our last event was the Keg-O-War which entailed us running up or down a hill with a keg and varying weights on a sled. It was harder than it looked!<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">In a surprising turn of events...</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">WE WON!!!!!!!</span></b></div>
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Even a month later I still can't believe we beat 22 other teams! We went in with low expectations and somehow took home those trophies!!<br />
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I can't wait to participate again next year! <br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10409506707662208011noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8419673957436488281.post-55388798094488193762016-06-01T10:00:00.001-04:002016-06-01T10:00:36.888-04:00Date 166 - You're One In A Minion!<b>Date:</b> Sunday, May 29, 2016<br />
<b>Type:</b> At Home<br />
<b>Cost:</b> $<br />
<b>Planned By:</b> Dani<br />
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Minions came to Netflix this month so naturally I planned a date night around it.<br />
This is one of those quick and easy dates for a lazily night at home.<br />
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First, we got some Minion food. We found a Minion peep and Despicable Me fruit snacks at Giant Eagle. I also made a chocolate chip cookie cake with some yellow and blue sprinkles.<br />
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Second, we made a Minion cocktail. The cocktail consisted of 99 Bananas, Peach Schnapps and Orange Pineapple juice. Minions love bananas and fruit in general and this drink definitely reflected that. I put in a few banana Runts candies as garnish. It was pretty fruity - but tasted great!<br />
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Third, we watched the movie. It was really cute but not nearly as funny as I was expecting. It was pretty silly and probably longer than necessary but definitely seemed like a great movie for kids!<br />
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<a href="http://dnadatenight.blogspot.com/2011/11/date-14-bloody-hell.html">Harry Potter</a></div>
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<a href="http://dnadatenight.blogspot.com/2015/09/date-153-its-pizza-time.html">Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles</a></div>
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<a href="http://dnadatenight.blogspot.com/2014/10/date-131-i-love-you-monstrously.html">Monsters Inc</a></div>
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<a href="http://dnadatenight.blogspot.com/2014/06/date-123-once-upon-dream.html">Maleficent</a></div>
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<a href="http://dnadatenight.blogspot.com/2013/02/date-77-youre-my-hero.html">The Avengers</a></div>
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<a href="http://dnadatenight.blogspot.com/2013/01/date-71-put-on-brave-face.html">Brave</a></div>
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<a href="http://dnadatenight.blogspot.com/2011/08/ahoy-matey.html">Pirates of the Caribbean </a></div>
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<a href="http://dnadatenight.blogspot.com/2012/04/date-35-easy-as-pie.html">American Pie</a></div>
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<b>Date:</b> May 14, 2016 - May 22, 2016</div>
<b>Type:</b> Travel<br />
<b>Cost:</b> $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$<br />
<b>Planned By:</b> Me (with collaboration from Alicia & Fonzi, Tasha & Bobby, Adam and Norwegian Cruise Line)<br />
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Our 2016 big vacation is in the books. Keep reading for all the exciting highlights of the trip.<br />
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As you read keep in mind we did all private/local excursions on this trip. We didn't book anything through the ship for any ports because I like to 1) find the cheapest option and 2) help out the local economy while cruising. I would definitely recommend going this route to all cruisers. Also keep in mind the lighting in the ship is pretty dark and Adam hates when I use the flash - the photos reflect this.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Saturday, May 14th:</span></b><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">A Night in Miami!</span><br />
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<li>This day was our 5th Wedding Anniversary! We started the day by posting our annual anniversary photo (brought out my wedding dress for this one!), exchanging gifts and finishing the packing. The 5th is the Wood Anniversary so I decorated a wood letter N with bottlecaps (super easy, bottlecaps and modge podge) and Adam got me woodchuck cider, a piece of wood with a cute message and candy. We were also excited to be going out in the Wynwood District that night in Miami.</li>
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<li>We met at Tash & Bobby's house and Taylor drove us to the airport around 11AM</li>
<li>We had lunch at Chick-Fil-A in the airport food court</li>
<li>Got our first vacation beer at The Pub!!</li>
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<li>We all flew Spirit from Cleveland to Fort Lauderdale.</li>
<li>I arranged MJS Transportation for us all to get to Alicia's apartment in Miami. The driver got us there in record time!</li>
<li>Alicia made us some drinks and gave us a tour of her apartment complex</li>
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<li>We did a brewery tour including Wynwood Brewing Company, Concrete Beach Brewery and J. Wakefield Brewing. All three locations had a great selection of beer and nice atmosphere! Wynwood had games to play, Concrete had a huge circular indoor/outdoor bar and J. Wakefield had cool Star Wars and Marvel decor!</li>
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<li>We had dinner at the Bar Next Door which had delicious burgers.</li>
<li>We walked through the Wynwood Walls and the rest of the area to see all the amazing grafitti/wall art! </li>
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<li>We got soaked in a quick Miami rain storm</li>
<li>Got a margarita at Coyo Taco in the not so secret hidden back bar - but no Tacos - it was packed!</li>
<li>The last stop was at Pawn Broker a rooftop bar where we randomly met up with Brian! It had great views of the city!</li>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Sunday, May 15th:</span></b><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Embarkation Day!!!</span><br />
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<li>In the morning we took a walk to The Daily for breakfast.</li>
<li>Took a detour through the park and along the bay back to Alicia's apartment</li>
<li>Soon after we had to say bye to Alicia and Fonzi drove the four of us to the Port of Miami!</li>
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<li>We quickly got through giving the porters our bags, security and check in. Last was just waiting for our boarding number to be called. It went pretty quickly and Adam and I were on the ship at 12:30! Tash & Bobby were in a different terminal and boarded slightly later than us.</li>
<li>At first sight (and at last sight) the ship is beautiful!!</li>
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<li>All four of us got the Unlimited Beverage Package promotion included in our cruise fare so Adam and I went straight to the Waterfront Sunset Bar for our first drink, a Miami Vice - it seemed appropriate since we were in Miami!</li>
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<li>All four of us ate lunch at Flamingo Bar and Grill which is known for its Cuban food. We didn't really know what some of the items were but it hit the spot anyway.</li>
<li>Soon after, our rooms were ready so we all went to check them out. Adam and I got a balcony and were surprised to find that his mom ordered us anniversary decorations and a cake! It was delicious! Tash & Bobby were in an inside room and I thought it was quite roomy compared to some inside rooms we've sailed in the past. </li>
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<li>We went back up to Spice for the sail away party where we had another drink and fun times dancing with the staff</li>
<li>For dinner we all met up at Savor or Taste (I'm not sure which - either way one of the main dining rooms). The food was exactly what I had been waiting for! </li>
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<li>After dinner we attended the Welcome Aboard Show which got us all excited for the upcoming entertainment for the week.</li>
<li>We all tried a mojito at the Sugarcane Mojito Bar and unofficially participated in the Name That Tune trivia held there. The Raspberry Guava is the best!!</li>
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<li>The Sailaway Party on the top deck was the place to be that night and we made it! We had tons of fun dancing with everyone!</li>
<li>We ended the night being a little rowdy at the Howl At The Moon dueling piano bar. I may or may not have been singing along too loudly!</li>
<li>Adam and I went to O'Sheehan's the 24 hour food location. We had to wait quite awhile but eventually had some tasty food - then off to bed!</li>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Monday, May 16th:</span></b><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Sea Day #1</span><br />
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<li>Today was the first sea day. We didn't sleep in very well because of a time change and because we hardly ever sleep in. </li>
<li>Went to the buffet for breakfast. It was a normal buffet - breakfast meats, waffles, pancakes, an omelet station, etc.</li>
<li>Adam and I attempted to get in a workout but the gym was packed. We were able to do a few moves but then Adam resorted to doing the rest of the workout in the room as I unpacked our suitcases.</li>
<li>We met up with Tash & Bobby in Spice to get some sun. There was absolutely no issue finding a chair in that area. The main pool area was busy but Spice was pretty clear and had its own hot tubs and water feature to cool off in. So we got a mimosa and hung out there for awhile.</li>
<li>Next, Adam and I attended the Cruise Critic (cruisecritic.com is a forum I do a ton of cruise research on) meet and greet. We didn't stay too long but it was nice meeting a few people I had been talking to online!</li>
<li>For lunch the four of us went to Savor or Taste (still not sure - they are practically the same). We enjoyed a nice sit-down lunch. They had good lunch options but they didn't change throughout the week which was fine.</li>
<li>We hung out in the atrium and watched Deal or No Deal but didn't participate other than trying to advise people on whether or not to take the deal.</li>
<li>This day was technically the "formal" night but on NCL there are no real formal nights. They call it Norwegian's Night Out and its a dress up or not night. Adam and I went with semi-formal-ish attire.</li>
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<li>Included in our cruise fare was a four night specialty dining package and this night we chose to eat at Cagney's, an American style steakhouse. There were many steak options but we both opted for the filet mignon and they were very well seasoned and cooked nicely. My appetizer though was called a Beefsteak Tomato and I now know that that is a type of tomato because my entire plate was a huge sliced tomato and no beef.</li>
<li>After dinner we met up with Tasha & Bobby for the Burn The Floor show in the theater.</li>
<li>Burn the Floor was an exhilarating live dance show. The dancers and singers were amazing! This is not your ordinary song and dance show - it is a very high energy nonstop ballroom dancing show. It has been performed on Broadway and all over the world. We all loved the hour long performance!</li>
<li>We ran over to the atrium to get seats for the Newlywed Not So Newlywed game show. Adam and I put our names in the bucket but didn't get selected to participate. There were a lot of great answers and a lot of laughter from the audience throughout!</li>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Tuesday, May 17th:</span></b><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Roatan, Bay Islands, Honduras</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Excursion: <a href="http://www.boddentours.com/highlights.htm">Victor Bodden Fun-N-Sun Tour</a></span><br />
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<li>Port day number one started with a quick workout in the gym followed by a big breakfast at the buffet and watching the boat dock in Roatan. We had a great view of the port from our balcony.</li>
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<li>Debarking the ship this day was a bit of a mad house. There wasn't much signage around the ship or instructions.</li>
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<li>We got off the ship and found the Victor Bodden sign. They escorted us to a nice and air conditioned van. We were in a group of about 20.</li>
<li>The first part of the tour was an hour long drive around the island with information pertaining to Honduras and Roatan and a couple stops along the way. This part was a little longer than necessary and a lot of the information was repeated. </li>
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<li>Second, we went to Victor's Monkey Business. We got to hold and see monkeys, parrots, macaws, deer and island rabbits. This was a lot of fun! The monkeys were adorable - especially the one that kept trying to steal my water bottle. They had free wifi here so we were able to check in back home.</li>
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<li>The last stop was at West Bay Beach and Bananarama Resort for a two hour beach break. Included was a lounge chair for each person in the group. We laid in the sun and swam in the ocean a couple times. After being sufficiently hot we got a couple local beers at the Thirsty Turtle.</li>
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<li>The ride back to the ship was much faster. The highlight was the quiz about the earlier information in which we got some cool shells as prizes!</li>
<li>After getting back on the ship we all were starving and had lunch in the buffet.</li>
<li>Once back on the ship Adam and I took advantage of a lot of people still being in port and rode all the water slides. They have two twisting slides, one slower slide and two free fall drop slides. The free fall ones were awesome - and I screamed just like on a roller coaster!</li>
<li>Then we took a nap, got ready and met up with Tash & Bobby for dinner at another specialty restaurant La Cucina, an Italian place.</li>
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<li>This dinner took 2 hours and 40 minutes from start to finish and we started when it wasn't that busy. We all enjoyed our food but all agreed that the dinner was too long. Luckily, we didn't have any show or entertainment reservations that night.</li>
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<li>We checked out some karaoke at Fat Cats and everyone was really good so we decided to wait until another night to sing.</li>
<li>We attempted to stay up for the top deck dance party in Spice H2O but couldn't make it to 10:30.</li>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Wednesday, May 18th:</span></b><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Belize City, Belize</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Excursion: Cave Tubing with <a href="http://cavetubing.bz/">cavetubing.bz</a></span><br />
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<li>Belize City requires tendering, riding a small boat from the ship to get to the port. We had to be at our excursion one hour after the ship "docks". So we had a very early morning. The tendering process was much easier than I was expecting and we were on land with plenty of time to look around the shops before meeting up with the cavetubing.bz people.</li>
<li>The tour guides escorted us to a van and along the way we took a photo with the big BELIZE sign.</li>
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<li>They gave us a bottle of water and off we went on a 45 minute drive to the caves. We got some information about Belize from the driver/tour guide along the way.</li>
<li>We arrived at the cave site and had a 30 minute walk in the rain forest to the actual tubing. The company says that they will carry the tubes for you but a couple people in our group, including Bobby, had to carry one for reasons still unknown. We were not fully prepared for the high humidity and heat so the walk was exhausting. The first dip in the river was amazing and highly refreshing and very much needed at that point or I may have passed out. </li>
<li>The cave tubing was so relaxing. The caves were huge and had tons of different rock formations and a little waterfall. There were apparently bats but I didn't see any. The end of the tubing was about a 15 minute float on the outside of the caves. The Belize rain forest was a beautiful sight while lazily bobbing down the river.</li>
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<li>The drive back was a little bumpy and we were all falling asleep. We got back to the port, found some free wifi then back on the tenders in plenty of time for all aboard.</li>
<li>If I have one recommendation for this tour its to bring lots and lots of water in a bottle that you don't mind getting wet and holding on to while tubing - and maybe something to read on the ride to/from the caves.</li>
<li>We were very tired so a two hour nap took up the rest of the afternoon.</li>
<li>Dinner was the four of us at the grand main dining room, Tropicana Room. We all got the same thing - steak. It was good, but Cagney's was better! We had a lot of steak on this ship.</li>
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<li>Tenors of Rock was reserved for 7:30PM. We got to the theater and had great seats. The show consisted of four men singing rock n' roll music. They had great harmonies and it was a fun show all around. We all really enjoyed it - especially since we had no clue they were going to be on the ship for our week! It was great having an extra show!</li>
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<li>After the show we got some drinks, played giant chess and went to bed early because that two hour time difference was brutal.</li>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Thursday, May 19th:</span></b><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Costa Maya, Mexico</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Excursion: <a href="https://thenativechoice.com/">The Native Choice Chacchoben Ruins Tour</a></span><br />
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<li>I have never seen Maya Ruins so I figured it was a must see while on this trip. Tash and Bobby opted for a relaxing day in the port and on the ship (they've seen them before).</li>
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<li>We had to walk out of the port area about 10-15 minutes to get to The Native Choice building. We checked in, got a bottle of water and then our group was ready to go.</li>
<li>The drive was about an hour to the Chacchoben Ruins site. The tour guide (Ivan) was extremely knowledgeable about Mexico and the Mayan culture and gave us lots of information on the way there.</li>
<li>We saw many different temples and learned that there were plenty of cities still underground waiting to be excavated. I was amazed thinking about even more temples under all the hills. Ivan even said that he grew up close by and that his father has been credited in discovering these particular ruins. It is now a national park. I felt like a learned a lot about the ruins and mayan culture that I never knew I wanted to know.</li>
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<li>The Native Choice did an amazing job at keeping us hydrated with plenty of free water and a water mister when it was really hot. </li>
<li>On the way back Ivan had us stop at one of the little pineapple stands along the road. It was $1 for a bag of 6 large slices of pineapple. I love pineapple so I was super excited and it was delicious! I had all 6 slices minus one bite from Adam. It was so ripe and juicy that you could eat the core!</li>
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<li>They were able to drop us off at the port but they also offered to drop people off at a beach. This was only a four hour tour so we were back in port with hours before all aboard. I would highly highly recommend this company for any Mayan Ruins excursions while in Costa Maya!</li>
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<li>Then it was nap time.</li>
<li>For dinner we met up with Tash & Bobby for our specialty dinner at Teppanyaki, a Japanese steakhouse. We enjoyed making origami swans and trying their sake cocktails while waiting. The hibachi chef was very funny and put on a great show for us while cooking our food. I opted for the steak and lobster because I thought it would a great time to try something new (lobster, obviously). Everything tasted great - except the green tea ice cream/cake at the end. I wasn't a fan.</li>
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<li>Next, we went over to Fat Cats so Tash & I could sing Before He Cheats during karaoke. We had fun even if we didn't sound exactly like Carrie Underwood. </li>
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<li>Then we were determined to make it to the 90s party at 10:30 and decided playing card drinking games would pass the time which worked but had some consequences later and the next day... also the 90s music was <b>NOT </b>what we wanted.</li>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Friday, May 20th:</span></b><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Cozumel, Mexico</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Excursion: <a href="http://www.cozumelbarhop.com/">The Cozumel Bar Hop</a></span><br />
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<li>We woke up to a real nice hangover (oops - drinking games amiright?). Luckily our excursion didn't start until 11AM. Tash and Bobby went with a different excursion that day.</li>
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<li>This is one of the excursions I was most excited for prior to sailing. The excursion takes you in an air conditioned coach bus to four different beach bars located on the wild side of the island. This side of the island has not been sold by the government and therefore has not been touched by all the tourist-trappy people. On one side of the road you would look and see the ocean and the other side was all untouched vegetation. The bars don't have electricity so they require cash but they do have amazing Mexican drinks, delicious authentic Mexican food and gorgeous views of the ocean and cliff side!</li>
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<li>The first bar was Punta Morena. It is the only one where swimming is allowed because there was a big rip tide that day. They also have a salt water pool, huge beach, hammocks and lots of relaxation locations. We got our welcome shot and one beer to share - it was a little bit of a rough start.</li>
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<li>Bar Number Two was Coconuts. The bar was located up on a hill with fantastic ocean views. They had some hilarious decor, two dogs, a cat, an alligator and parrots! We each had our welcome shot and enjoyed sharing a <i>real </i>margarita on the rocks! </li>
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<li>Number 3 - Playa Bonita! This was a little bar on top of a cliff. We each had our welcome shot and were happy we were able to sit inside and avoid the sun for a little while. We saw a drink called Playa Bonita on the menu and figured might as well.. then we asked for the <b>BIG </b>size!! It was very big and very tasty! We also soaked it up with some fantastic beef nachos!</li>
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<li>The last bar was Rasta's AKA The Bob Marley Bar. We each had the welcome shot and a beer and then shared a margarita. This bar also had hammocks and some beach and sand to enjoy!</li>
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<li>The ride back to port was fun with singing and cheering competitions between the different cruise ship passengers - Getaway won though. We made it back with about a half hour- 45min to get back on the ship although that little mall is super confusing on how to get back to the dock. We ended up back on at about 4:15 - the closest we made it to all aboard (4:30).</li>
<li>I would go on this excursion again if I find myself back in Cozumel. I would also recommend it to everyone - even those that don't drink. That area of the island was breathtaking. The tour company also has a partnership with Cozumel Chrysalis Group and we brought a backpack with rulers and protractors to give to the school kids of Cozumel.</li>
<li>We went straight to the room for a long nap. We woke up and had dinner at O'Sheehan's (hot dogs, burgers, nachos, wings, s'more-like cheesecake.. yum!) then took another nap (this heat was really getting to us at this point - it was always around 90 and we were still used to the 50s/60s of Cleveland). We set our alarm for 10PM - no way we'd sleep through the 10:30 party this night. We made it to the Glow Party in Spice H2O and cruise director Scott was in full party mode. The glow sticks appeared out of no where and everyone wore white/neon colors. We were still pretty tired so we stood in the back and danced a little on our own. We went to the buffet for a late night snack then called it a night.</li>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Saturday, May 21st:</span></b><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Sea Day #2</span><br />
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<li><span style="text-align: center;">We woke up feeling refreshed and had breakfast at the buffet - we never made it to a main dining room for breakfast.</span></li>
<li>Adam and I got in line for the 10AM opening of the ropes course - no phones/cameras allowed. It wasn't very scary but it was a lot of fun especially being so high up and close to the edge of the ship. I really enjoyed the little zip line across the ship.</li>
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<li>We easily got some chairs in the Spice area for some sunbathing and frozen cocktails. Tash & Bobby met up with us after a little while.</li>
<li>We all had lunch in Taste or Savor. We skipped dessert but went up to the buffet for ice cream.</li>
<li>We split up and Adam and I started packing then tried to play mini golf but it was too busy. We tried to play shuffleboard but they were all taken. We went to the casino and lost $5. So we cut our losses and got a mojito.</li>
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<li>We got ready for our last night on the ship. We had our last dinner at the specialty Moderno a Brazilian steakhouse.</li>
<li>Moderno has a great salad bar to start then they do the parade of meats. Adam tried all of them. I tried most - just not the ones that had the option of wrapped in bacon or not wrapped. I always got the not wrapped. There's something weird about floppy hardly cooked bacon on meat to me. We skipped dessert because we had to quickly get to our show reservation.</li>
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<li>Million Dollar Quartet was the brand new Broadway show for the Getaway this week. When we originally booked we were supposed to see Legally Blonde (which we saw on Broadway with NHS in highschool). We were excited to see it again, but when we learned Million Dollar Quartet would open on our sailing we were happy to learn it was a musical we hadn't seen yet.</li>
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<li>This show was definitely on par with any Broadway style show we've seen in Cleveland and in NYC. The actors were extremely talented with both acting, singing, dancing and playing the instruments live. Jerry Lee Lewis was hysterical and I was amazed by his piano skills. I left that show very happy that it came to the Getaway in time for us to see it!</li>
<li>We rushed over to the Atrium for the Perfect Couple game show. It was a riot. Those three couples had to do some really funny tasks in order to be crowned the perfect couple including things with lemons in pants, a broomstick and toilet paper roll and a squirting water bottle between their legs. </li>
<li>After that we checked out the score of the Cavs game, worked some more on packing then went to bed.</li>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Sunday, May 22nd:</span></b><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Disembarkation Day.</span><br />
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<li>Woke up early and noticed that we already docked.</li>
<li>Had a quick breakfast at the buffet.</li>
<li>Got our bags and made our way down to deck 7 to meet Tash and Bobby at the theater which is 7 Forward where the operator told us to go but really when you get to 7 forward they make you go to the aft. It was irritating. Tash and Bobby were already over there so the people informed them where to really go.</li>
<li>They beat us off the ship by like 10-15 minutes, but when we finally got in the right location the line moved very quickly and customs was super fast. We were off the ship at 8:10AM. I called MJS Transportation and they picked us up. We waited for a few more passengers then made our way to the Fort Lauderdale Airport. We checked our bags and got through security and to our gate by 9:40. Our flight wasn't until 1:10. We got some coffee, caught up on Modern Family and Two Broke Girls and had lunch at Chili's and waited until our 12:40 boarding time. </li>
<li>Landed in Cleveland around 3:45. Got our bags and took an Uber to Tash's house to get our car. Ordered pizza as we left her house. Went down 271 S instead of up 271N so I added 10-15 minutes to our drive like an idiot - as if I don't drive that way every day from work!! Got our pizza, finally got home, cuddled Obi and Codi then settled in for a night of catching up on TV and laundry!</li>
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Overall, this was a wonderful vacation with my amazing husband, two great friends and also being able to spend time with Alicia and Fonzi who we hadn't seen in 2 years! It was a great way to celebrate Adam's MBA and our 5th wedding anniversary. The weather (although hot) was picture perfect all week. The entertainment was the best I've seen at sea. Having the specialty dining package was a really nice addition to the complimentary dining options. We loved having the different themed restaurants. Having the unlimited beverage package made discussion of our account balance minimal and we never had an issue getting whatever we wanted and in a quick manner. I would definitely sail with NCL again and I cannot wait until our next vacation wherever or whenever that might be. A full week off from work spending quality time with Adam and friends and visiting new countries was fantastic!<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">We don't have too much to complain about but here are some things we noticed:</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-size: x-small;">Ship staff lacked in communication - especially with getting off the boat at ports and at the end.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: x-small;">Our room steward lacked in the service department - we never met him/her and some things were not as great as previous cruises.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: x-small;">There were hardly any clocks in public areas - and there were four different time changes during the cruise so it would have been nice.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: x-small;">Comedy filled up very quickly so we didn't have a chance to go - we didn't try that hard though.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: x-small;">All the parties starting at 10:30PM were too late for us. Even 10 would have been better.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: x-small;">The karaoke had lots of artists to chose from but then not their top hits like they had some Spice Girls songs but not Wannabe. Not sure what was up with that.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: x-small;">The iConcierge app that allowed texting others on the ship price increased $5 per phone for our sailing - so beware prices can change from one sailing to the next.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: x-small;">the iConcierge app wifi went in and out a lot - just had to keep checking it to make sure I didn't miss a text from Tash.</span></li>
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<span style="font-size: large;">If you liked this trip report check out our other vacations:</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://dnadatenight.blogspot.com/2015/03/date-145-it-all-started-with-mouse.html">Disney</a>, <a href="http://dnadatenight.blogspot.com/2013/05/date-85-id-rather-be-in-bermuda.html">Bermuda Cruise</a>, <a href="http://dnadatenight.blogspot.com/2012/09/date-55-i-need-vacation.html">Bahamas Cruise</a>, <a href="http://dnadatenight.blogspot.com/2014/05/date-122-lifes-trip.html">Miami & the Keys</a>, <a href="http://dnadatenight.blogspot.com/2015/05/date-148-boston-break.html">Boston</a>, <a href="http://dnadatenight.blogspot.com/2015/10/date-153-district.html">DC</a>, <a href="http://dnadatenight.blogspot.com/2015/12/date-158-lets-go-to-beach.html">Myrtle Beach</a></span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10409506707662208011noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8419673957436488281.post-1901579365491437352016-05-10T09:33:00.001-04:002016-05-10T14:53:53.853-04:00Date 164 - The Tassel Was Worth The Hassle!<b>Date:</b> Friday, April 29, 2016<br />
<b>Type:</b> Special Occasion/Travel<br />
<b>Cost:</b> $ multiplied by a lot<br />
<b>Planned By:</b> Adam & OU<br />
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Adam started his Master's of Business Administration degree back in May 2014. He decided to attend Ohio University and use their online program. Because of the flexibility of the online program he was able to continuing working full time.<br />
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Adam graduated with his MBA on April 29th at the graduate commencement ceremony at the Convocation Center in Athens, Ohio. I am so proud of his accomplishment. It was not an easy two years but the end product was worth it. He worked extremely hard throughout the two years and graduated with a 4.0 GPA.<br />
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Adam, Debbie and I arrived in Athens on the 28th. We stayed at the OU Inn which is a nice walk to uptown Athens. We had dinner at Broney's - complete with champagne slushies. We then went over to Pigskin for a Black Widow. Then shuffled over to Lucky's and Cat's Eye to see some of the NFL draft. We ended our night at Jackie O's for some of their awesome beer. It was a fun night in Athens minus being too old to be carded. Ugh.<br />
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Commencement started at 9:30AM. We watched Adam walk in and take his seat. We also watched every doctorate candidate get their hood - which was the bulk of the ceremony. Then they quickly went through all the master's students. Alma Mater Ohio tied it all together at the end and that was it - he graduated!! (Video by Debbie)<br />
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We walked uptown for some photos on college green and some shopping. We then walked back towards the hotel, getting some photos around the convo then back to the hotel. We then had to say good-bye to OU. Its always a little sad, but we know we'll be back soon!<br />
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Michelle, Manda, Zak and Jim came to our house on May 7th to celebrate a little. Michelle made delicious and adorable graduation cap cupcakes. They also gave Adam a framed Alma Mater Ohio photo. It will look great with all our diplomas - when we finally hang those up. We had a fun night together - especially dinner at Don Ramon!<br />
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Again, I am so very very proud of Adam! Congratulations!! You did it! <3<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">P.S. Maybe we'll have more time for dates and updating this silly blog in the near future now.</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10409506707662208011noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8419673957436488281.post-25062851914265933582016-03-28T09:41:00.001-04:002016-04-07T04:44:53.445-04:00Date 163 - Cool Beans!<b>Date:</b> Friday, March 25, 2016<br />
<b>Type:</b> Theme, Double<br />
<b>Cost:</b> $<br />
<b>Planned By:</b> Dani<br />
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Who doesn't love jelly beans? Well, my husband but that didn't stop me from creating a date night based on one of my favorite types of candy!<br />
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Sarah and Bryan invited us over for game night. I let them know I was planning this Jelly Bean date for sometime this weekend and if they wanted to participate and make it a double date that we would be happy to include them. Sarah accepted!<br />
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<b>1. Sparkling Jelly Bean Martini</b><br />
Prep for this cocktail started on Wednesday. For this recipe I needed Jelly Bean infused vodka. So I purchased a bottle of Pinnacle vodka and a bag of Starburst Jelly Beans. I sorted the different colors and picked the four with the most. I put about 1/2 cup of each color of jelly bean (Strawberry, Green Apple, Cherry and Grape) in to a mason jar. Then I topped the jelly beans with a little less than a cup of vodka. I left them alone to infuse for the next 48 hours - swirling them around everyone once in awhile.<br />
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Adam and I made Jelly Bean stir stick garnishes to make the cocktails cuter.<br />
The Martini is made with 2 oz of your favorite jelly bean infused vodka, topped with champagne or lemon lime soda.<br />
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<b>2. Jelly or Smelly</b><br />
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The title of this game is strange, I know, but I couldn't think of anything better. Anyway.. this was a team taste testing challenge. Each team got a pack of Jelly Belly jelly beans. Each partner had ten jelly beans to try and guess the flavor. I did not do a good job and it was much harder than it seemed like it would be. Adam and I won though!<br />
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<b>3. Beans & Booze</b><br />
I made up this game mostly based off the card game Kings. Each color/flavor of a jelly bean had a drinking rule. We used the Life Saver jelly beans that Sarah & Bryan provided. The peach jelly bean was for pet name. We each had to pick a common pet name to call each other. I was Fluffy, Adam was Lucky, Bryan was Spot and Sarah was Mocha (also the name of one of their cats). It was a fun game and got us drinking those jelly bean martinis pretty quickly.<br />
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Then we got a group photo and ate lots and lots of jelly beans and lived happily ever after!</div>
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;">Having some issues figuring out how to use my Nikon camera app. Practice makes perfect.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">If you like this date go check out our <a href="http://dnadatenight.blogspot.com/2013/04/date-82-youre-my-favorite-peep.html">Peep Date</a>!</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10409506707662208011noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8419673957436488281.post-45521848646664553182016-03-25T10:00:00.000-04:002016-03-25T10:00:40.761-04:00Date 162 - Luck O' The Irish!<b>Date:</b> Saturday, March 12, 2016<br />
<b>Type:</b> Family, Theme<br />
<b>Cost:</b> $<br />
<b>Planned By:</b> Miche & Mandy<br />
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As most of you are well aware at this point my family has three birthday celebrations a year: Michelle & Zak in December/January... Amanda & Adam in July/August... and Me & Jim in February/March.<br />
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Michelle and Manda planned mine and Jim's birthday party around St. Patrick's Day. We all met up at Michelle & Jim's in Columbus.<br />
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First, we had homemade Reubens courtesy of our chef, Michelle. They were delicious. We also complemented them nicely with some green beer.<br />
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Next, we enjoyed Michelle's homemade birthday dessert - Irish Car Bomb Trifle. The trifle consisted of Guinness chocolate cake, Jameson caramel, and Bailey's cream frosting. It was amazing!<br />
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Present time!! Jim got some games and a Fargo poster. I got an iPhone camera lens, an bag insert for camera gear, bluetooth headphones, a stamp, Miche-knitted photo frames, and a new memory card! Then we surprised Manda with a Fitbit!!<br />
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Amanda came prepared with a great new game. It was supposed to be an Irish scavenger hunt but she made it in to an Easter Egg Hunt Drinking Game. There were five of us playing (because sadly Jim wasn't feeling well). One person hid the eggs. Each egg had a command within. If you found an egg you'd run back to the person who hid them and do what the egg said. They were mostly about drinking but some including doing a somersault, doing the Thriller dance, spinning, etc. The hardest ones were finishing your drink, do an Irish Car Bomb, take a shot, etc. We played twice and its was so much fun! Brought back childhood memories of randomly playing Easter Egg hunt throughout the year but this time with an added twist of drinking!<br />
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After playing the games we decided not to go out to the Irish pub for dinner since Jim still wasn't feeling well so we ordered pizza and continued drinking beer. We then did normal things the rest of the night - running around Michelle's house for Fitbit steps, Manda doing some Scottish dancing, Michelle playing the ukulele, lots of singing, trying to play hot potato but failing, selfies<span style="text-align: center;">.. you know normal stuff. </span><br />
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We had a great time in Columbus celebrating mine and Jim's birthday even though Jim was out for the count a lot of the time. At least he got to be there since it was in his house!<br />
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Now we can all look forward to Amanda and Adam's birthday celebration in the summer!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10409506707662208011noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8419673957436488281.post-32633826872946041962016-01-11T10:34:00.000-05:002016-01-11T10:34:04.134-05:00Date 161 - Be Your Own Hero.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<b>Date:</b> Saturday, January 9, 2016</div>
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<b>Type:</b> At Home, Disney</div>
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<b>Cost:</b> $</div>
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<b>Planned By:</b> Dani</div>
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Adam and I really enjoy Disney movies even though we're getting older. This weekend we chose to finally watch Big Hero 6. We didn't know much about it and I didn't want to look up many spoilers so it is a pretty simple date night. </div>
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First, snacks. I knew that the main guy - Baymax - was white and had red armor at some point so we went with red and white snacks. White - white cheddar popcorn. Red - Twizzlers. After watching the movie you could have some other snacks including; healthy treats, donuts, hot wings, gummy bears, etc. </div>
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Second, drinks. We made a red drink with cherry vodka, grenadine and sprite (aka a Dirty Shirley). To top it off we made Baymax Marshmallows. They were adorable.</div>
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We had the movie DVRed from one of those free HBO weekends so we easily brought up the movie on our TV to watch. It was an adorable movie and if you haven't seen it yet you should. It has a nice overlying message and a lot of fun and action to enjoy along the way. I really enjoyed the low battery Baymax scenes and that the movie revolved around science and being a nerd! I would definitely watch it again and I full expect a equal to be in the works. </div>
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<b>Type:</b> Family & Holiday<br />
<b>Cost:</b> $$$$$<br />
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Christmas 2015 is officially over. Our holiday season lasted multiple weekends and I'm just going to throw it all in to one post.<br />
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<b>December 19th - </b><br />
First, Adam and I visited with the Davey Clan. We told stories, had some home brewed beer, ate yummy food and exchanged some very cute gifts. I was also given my dad's old 35mm film SLR camera. I can't wait to try it out! We had a great time visiting with them.<br />
Next, we had the Neubauer Family Christmas. Santa wasn't able to come this year, but everyone still had a wonderful time. Everyone pitched in with food like usual and it was all delicious! There was a new cookie exchange this year (that I wasn't able to participate in), but there were tons and tons of cookies and everyone did a great job. We also had an adult secret Santa gift exchange, all the kids got nice gifts from the family and we had three new babies in the family this year celebrating their first Christmas!<br />
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<b>December 24th</b> - (I started suffering from a bad cold therefore very few photos)<br />
Adam and I both worked in the morning but made it to Conneaut in time for the 4PM church service. Then we went to Christmas Eve dinner with the Plosila's. The pizza and home made wine was delicious as always.<br />
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<b>December 25th - </b><br />
We had Christmas Brunch with Adam's family then Christmas Dinner with my mom and Rob's family. We made it back home pretty early so we were able to exchange our stockies and give the kitties all their gifts. Then we relaxed and watched the Santa Clause to end our Christmas night.<br />
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<b>December 26th & December 27th - </b><br />
I was still sick so I just laid on the couch both days and watched Harry Potter on ABC Family all weekend. In other news - I upgraded my DSLR camera around this time. I am so excited to learn more with all the new features that I didn't have on my D3000!<br />
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<b>December 31st - </b><br />
Michelle & Jim arrived for my family's Holiday weekend. We went to dinner at Brio which was very good. Then we went home and opened our individual bottles of champagne. Sarah came over and we all played games and watched the ball drop! Then we stay up a while longer playing more games. It was a nice low key New Years Eve.<br />
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<b>January 1st - </b><br />
Amanda and Zak arrived around noon. For Zak and Michelle's birthday celebration this year we went with a bar party and cider tasting! Each couple got the ingredients for a do-it-yourself bar. Amanda and Zak brought a hot dog bar - hot dogs, chili, cheese, onions, relish, mustard, ketchup, etc. Michelle & Jim made a caramel apple bar - apple slices, caramel, chocolate, graham crackers, marshmallows, Reese's, peanuts, etc. Adam and I supplied the Nacho Bar - tortilla chips, beef, cheese, lettuce, tomato, black olives, salsa, queso, sour cream, etc. It was delicious and we got to eat it all during the OSU bowl game - which they won... if you live under a rock. Michelle and Zak seemed to enjoy their birthday gifts, too. Later on, we went to Play Arcade and Kitchen for some drinks and arcade games. The biggest find of the night was DDR - which none of us had played in awhile. At one point Manda and I did the song Paranoia and thought we might die. No wonder we were so in shape back in high school. We had a lot of fun and got a lot of tickets - we all decided to save them for another day though.<br />
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<b>January 2nd - </b><br />
The final Christmas party of the year. My mom, rob and grandma came to our house for our Christmas Story/Chinese Christmas party. We had some fun decorations including bunny ears ("he looks like a pink nightmare"), Chinese paper lanterns and chopsticks. My mom brought general tso's chicken, Amanda made a fantastic cranberry/ginger/champagne punch, I made s'more fudge ("Oh fuddddge") and Michelle and I attempted to make fortune cookies with the help of Adam with thinking up the fortunes. Michelle made the rest of the food for dinner including Crab Rangoon, Beef, Fried Rice, White Rice, Pork, etc. She is quite a talented cook! We then went down to the basement for exchanging gifts. Our family does a secret Santa gag gift exchange every year and this year did not disappoint. There were lots of smiles and laughter throughout the exchange. Adam got a mug with a picture of him holding a gag gift mug from a previous year which was probably the funniest gift - from Jim. I got a Miami Redhawks lanyard from Zak - Muck Fiami! The other gifts were fun - Zak got an empty bottle of Kenny Chesney rum from Adam, Manda got finger puppets from mom, Jim got a dino hand puppet from me, Michelle got Dr. Who salt and pepper shakers (which she absolutely loved) from Rob, Mom got a Belichick (who she hates) magnet from Manda and Rob got a shot glass with very small writing from Michelle. Overall, the day was a success.<br />
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The holidays are always a fun time of the year. I wish I hadn't gotten sick (again) but we still enjoyed seeing family, giving gifts, getting gifts and celebrating the holiday with the people we love. Better start shopping for next year...Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10409506707662208011noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8419673957436488281.post-67883137249168794382015-12-24T10:38:00.001-05:002015-12-24T10:38:06.151-05:00Date 159 - Ho Ho Holiday Hop!<b>Date</b>: Thursday, December 17, 2015<br />
<b>Type</b>: Out On The Town<br />
<b>Cost</b>: $$<br />
<b>Planned By</b>: Both<br />
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Adam and I attended the Legacy Village Holiday Bar Hop for the second year.<br />
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The hop started at Granite City where we got a beer mug, drink tickets and a passport. Granite City was packed so we made our way over to Bar Louie for our first drink. I got a martini and Adam got Sam Adams Winter Lager.<br />
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Next, we went over to The Melting Pot. They had chocolate covered strawberries which were delicious. Adam got a rum in coke and the bar tender surprised me with a fruity cocktail of some sort that was very good.<br />
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The third stop was California Pizza Kitchen. We just had a bite of the complimentary appetizer and got our passport stamped.<br />
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The fourth bar was Stir Crazy. I got an Angry Orchard and Adam got Dortmunder. Some lady left her purse on the bar stool so we sat near it for awhile to make sure it didn't get taken. The bar tender couldn't take it probably for company reasons.<br />
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Next, we stopped in at Brio Tuscan Grille to just to stamp our passport because it as very busy.<br />
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Our last stop was back at Granite City. We each got a beer since it is a brewery after all. I got the Ole Bessie and Adam got the Batch 1000. We were sitting at a large table in the Holiday Hop area and let people sit with us. One of the ladies who sat down was the lady who forgot her purse. She found it and I was very relieved! Then another lady in Granite City gave us two drink tickets that she didn't want. So we got another drink and sat and talked with people for a little while.<br />
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After the hop we went over to Chipotle for a very late dinner. Most of the bars were supposed to have food stations for the hoppers, but not many actually did so we were pretty hungry by the end and the Chipotle was delicious and we didn't get Ecoli!<br />
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The hop was fun. It was slightly more organized then <a href="http://dnadatenight.blogspot.com/2014/12/date-139-holiday-hop.html">last year's</a>, and we will probably attend again next year and maybe eat more before going just in case the bars don't provide food again.<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10409506707662208011noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8419673957436488281.post-67058397985983083172015-12-03T10:16:00.002-05:002015-12-03T10:16:13.287-05:00Date 158 - Let's Go To The Beach!<b>Date:</b> November 27th - November 30th<br />
<b>Type: </b>Travel<br />
<b>Cost:</b> $$$$$$$$<br />
<b>Planned By: </b>Adam's Parents<br />
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Adam's parents frequently travel to Myrtle Beach and this time we joined them for the long Thanksgiving weekend. They arrived on Wednesday. We left around 4AM on Friday morning and got there around 2:45PM. The drive was long but the weather was nice so it wasn't too bad.<br />
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Friday after we settled in we went over to Broadway at the Beach. First stop was Margaritaville for a margarita! Then we checked out some of the shops. We had dinner at Liberty Brewery and Grill. Adam and I like to try local breweries while in other cities and it was so convenient. I got the Raspberry Wheat and Adam and his dad got Santa's Little Helper. Mine was very good - lots of raspberry flavor. After dinner we walked over to the hard rock to get our shot glass - we collect them and this was our third new one for the year! Then we were exhausted and went back and watched Trainwreck which we both thought was hilarious.<br />
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Saturday we started off at a beach in North Myrtle Beach called Cherry Grove. It was a beautiful beach. Adam and I had fun walking in the water and collecting shells. The water was a little cold. Debbie & Richard took us on a ride down Ocean Blvd and we made a stop at Molly Darcy's to see the public beach over there. We went back to the condo and took a walk around the old golf course. It was very peaceful and hot - and we saw a frog!</div>
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For dinner we went to Boardwalk Billy's a casual restaurant on the Intracoastal Waterway dock area. I found it interesting that most restaurants in Myrtle Beach have regular American food and also sushi. Convenient if you like both I guess! We got burgers and beer and they were very good.</div>
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After dinner we walked down to get a better view of the Intracoastal Waterway where there was going to be a Christmas Regatta! We had to wait a bit longer than we expected but it was really fun to see the boats all lit up for Christmas. I took some fun long exposure shots, too. Then we went back relaxed, had some drinks and watched more movies. </div>
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On Sunday we went over to the Myrtle Beach boardwalk. We did not ride the Ferris Wheel which by the way is $20 per person - that's outrageous. We did take a picture with it though. We walked along the boardwalk and checked out some shops. There is a lot to do and eat and drink there! We had lunch at Art, a nice burger and (again) sushi establishment. The burger was huge - I would recommended sharing in the future. Then we went back over to Broadway at the Beach to get an alcoholic slushie at Fat Tuesday. Adam kept getting brain freezes and it was funny. We went back to the beach for a little while. Adam had fun wave jumping as I watched from the shore. We took a nice long walk on the beach together. The closest we got to golf on this trip was going to the golf store and playing in the putting station - which was lots of fun. We had homemade stromboli for dinner thanks to Debbie and went to bed early.</div>
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On Monday we got up around 5 and were on the road by 5:30AM. We got home around 4PM. The drive is a little over 10 hours. If you are in the mindset and have sour patch kids and left over stromboli the 10 hours goes by fairly quickly. We had a great time in Myrtle Beach and spending the weekend with Debbie & Richard. It was so nice to relax on vacation as opposed to our last few where we walked for miles and miles (still fun just more tiring). I can't wait for our next trip down there!</div>
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Wanna see our other trips from this year? Check them out here:</div>
<a href="http://dnadatenight.blogspot.com/2015/03/date-145-it-all-started-with-mouse.html">Disney</a><br />
<a href="http://dnadatenight.blogspot.com/2015/05/date-148-boston-break.html">Boston</a><br />
<a href="http://dnadatenight.blogspot.com/2015/10/date-153-district.html">DC</a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10409506707662208011noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8419673957436488281.post-9083703443257502332015-11-06T10:11:00.001-05:002016-09-26T17:29:45.217-04:00Date 157 - A Night of Boos!<b>Date: </b>Saturday, October 31, 2015 - Halloweeeeen!<br />
<b>Type:</b> At Home, Group<br />
<b>Cost:</b> $$$<br />
<b>Planned By: </b>Dani<br />
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I loooooove Halloween. It is definitely one of my favorite holidays. This year I was determined to throw a party. Adam nicely said we could host one and then I was off making lists and plans for about 4 months. I made one rule and it was that costumes were mandatory. I was amazed that everyone got in to it and came in really creative costumes. </div>
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First off - Adam and I dressed as Lilo & Stitch! Here's the rundown of how I made the costumes..</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Stitch</b> - The main costume is a <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Forever-Lazy-Lightweight-Adult-Onesie/dp/B00OWA5KBS/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1474924729&sr=8-1&keywords=forever+lazy">blue forever lazy</a>. I cut out the eyes, nose and ears with felt and used hot glue to attach them. I used a wire hanger to make the ears more stable. Lastly, I added in a green lei to connect us better.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Lilo</b> - I found a cheap red dress on amazon, cut out the <a href="https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/236x/7b/ca/02/7bca02288c61529a42f74ff2cf7b5bcd.jpg">flowers</a> on felt and hot glued them on to the dress. I accessorized with a green lei, green lei-type headband and sandals. Side note - I attempted to use sticker paper instead of felt and glue so I could use the dress again but they didn't stick very well so I resorted to felt and glue.</span></div>
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On to the party! We had glow in the black light jello shots (just use tonic water in place of the hot water). Michelle made beautiful and delicious spiderweb cupcakes. We also had pizza, harvest trail mix, a variety of chips and dips, veggies, pasta salad, wine in a cool pumpkin wine cooler (just carve it out and add ice), orange punch (vodka, orange hawaiian punch and sprite), mummy dogs, and a lot more that we ate for the next 5 days. </div>
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I made a photo booth out of four Dollar Tree table cloths. I wish it had been a little bigger, but it was a decent size for 2 people. I made little signs for people to hold up and found every old piece of costume for people to put on if they so desired. I didn't take enough pictures so I stole some from people - I'm sure they don't care too much. </div>
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We played a few games. Including, everyone playing guess the villain. I made stickers with pictures and names of movie villains. Each guest got one stuck to their back and had to figure out who their villain was. It was also a drinking game and got everyone mingling and drinking! The rest of the time everyone just had fun doing whatever they wanted. </div>
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One of the major events of the night was the super competitive costume contest! There were four categories and each party-goer got to write in their vote. Winners got a cute trophy made by me (dollar tree skeletons, wood base, hot glue and gold spray paint) and some little prizes. Here are the winners:</div>
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<b>Scariest Costume: Cooper as the Clown Mime</b></div>
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<b>Best Couple: Michelle & Jim as The Doctor and the Tardis</b></div>
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<b>Funniest: Bryan as Quailman</b></div>
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<b>Best Overall: Jim as The Doctor</b></div>
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I had so much fun and I'm so happy so many of our friends and family could make it! I hope to make this an annual event so check back next year!</div>
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Special thanks to those who came - Dani & Thackery Binx from Hocus Pocus, The Doctor & the Tardis, Jack & Coke, Quailman and Patty Mayonnaise, The Candy Burgler, The Scuba Diver, The Mimes, Clark Kent & Superman, The Monkey, The Unicorn, Budweiser Beercules Man and of course Stitch for letting me throw the party. I'm so sad we didn't get a full group photo, but the memories will be cherished. </div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10409506707662208011noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8419673957436488281.post-26055076509173344722015-10-22T16:33:00.001-04:002015-10-22T16:33:20.165-04:00Date 156 - prOUd!<b>Date:</b> October 17, 2015<br />
<b>Type: </b>Travel<br />
<b>Cost:</b> $$$<br />
<b>Planned By:</b> Family!<br />
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So as some of you know a lot of my family went to Ohio University (Me, Adam, Michelle, Jim, my mom, my dad, and two uncles). I also somehow have a cousin who went to Miami. Muck Fiami! Anyway... Adam and I try to go back to OU at least once a year because its a great place to spend a day. This year my mom wanted to go back so her, Rob, Michelle, Jim, Amanda, Tash, Adam and I made a special trip together.<br />
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We all met up in Columbus the night before to make the drive to Athens a bit easier in the morning.<br />
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For breakfast Michelle made delicious muffins - lemon blueberry, banana oatmeal and peanut butter chocolate chip. We all drove down to Athens, parked then walked over to Peden for the football game.<br />
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We got to the game with enough time to settle in to the Student Section for pre-game. We mostly go to OU games to see the marching 110 (being former bandos ourselves) - so pre-game was exciting. It was also band day so dozens of high school bands filled the field with the 110 for both pre-game and half time. We watched the game, got some popcorn, an really enjoyed the half time performance. Then like a good portion of the crowd we left. The game wasn't very exciting anyway.<br />
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We had some fun shopping at the College Bookstore where Adam and I got OU beer bottle socks and I got a new neon tank top. Then we all went over to Jackie O's for some craft beer. We got a couple pitchers to share - Kinda Fuzzy, OPA and I think Firefly? Some alumni sitting nearby also gave us their untouched pitcher of Mystic Mama. We were quite disappointed that RazzWheat wasn't on tap.<br />
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After beer, we checked in to the Baymont Inn, changed and walked to Court Street. We decided to have dinner at China King - which was amazing until we all ate too much and felt a little crappy later. I don't regret the decision though. Then we went over to Broney's for a champagne slushie, then Tony's for a Hot Nut, then it was time for Prime Time. We all got a Black Out or 2 - then mom and Rob went back to the hotel. The rest of us hung out for awhile at Pawpurr's. Then we went across the street to Pigskin for some Black Widows and Vegas Bombs. I think some people were watching the Ohio State game - but I wasn't paying attention. We then decided it was time for food - O'Betty's and Good Fellas FTW. Then we walked back to the hotel and watched some Amy Shumer stand up which was hilarious.<br />
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Overall, a great weekend in Athens. We all felt a little old but hey we're not in college anymore. Can't wait to go back! Once a bobcat always a bobcat!<br />
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We also went over to Lauren's the weekend before to celebrate OU homecoming with some of our friends in Cleveland. Here are a few photos from that event:<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10409506707662208011noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8419673957436488281.post-23318521452777910252015-10-13T12:02:00.003-04:002015-10-13T12:02:28.630-04:00Date 155 - Pursuit of Hoppiness!<b>Date:</b> Friday, October 9, 2015<br />
<b>Type:</b> Out on the Town, Double Date<br />
<b>Cost:</b> $<br />
<b>Planned By:</b> Dani<br />
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Happy Cleveland Beer Week! This is mine and Adam's 4th consecutive year attending the Cleveland Beer Week Collaboration Kick Off. This year we decided to invite Sarah & Bryan and check out the event in downtown Willoughby. The first two years we went in Downtown Cleveland and last year we went to Tremont. Willoughby is the closest to us and we've never gone out there so we were excited to try it out.<br />
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<b>The Bars:</b><br />
Willoughby Brewing Company<br />
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Wild Goose<br />
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The Morehouse<br />
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1899<br />
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Balantine<br />
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<b>The Beers:</b><br />
<i>Mash Appeal</i><br />
Collaborators: Great Lakes, Oskar Blues & Lager Heads<br />
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<i>Mad Victory Dog</i><br />
Collaborators: Thirsty Dog, Victory & Mad Cap<br />
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<i>ALTerior Motive</i><br />
Collaborators: Brew Kettle, Rhinegeist & Rocky River<br />
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<i>Silly Pils</i><br />
Collaborators: Buckeye, Smuttlabs & Portside<br />
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<i>Three Badgered Brewers </i><br />
Collaborators: Fat Heads, Green Flash & Cornerstone<br />
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<i>Tafelbier</i><br />
Collaborators: Butcher & Brewer, Ommegang & Chardon BrewWorks<br />
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<i>Budapest Blend</i><br />
Collaborators: Platform, Mad Tree & Brick + Barrel<br />
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<i>Belgohio</i><br />
Collaborators: Willoughby, Yellow Springs & Cellar Rats<br />
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Most of the beers were pretty good this year. There were a few that were too hoppy for my taste (doesn't matter I was DD anyway). They had a good variety of types of beer too - a couple IPAs, a couple porters, etc. Willoughby was a lot of fun to check out. The bars were all a pretty good size and very close to each other. It was definitely a success and we'll probably go again next year.</div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10409506707662208011noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8419673957436488281.post-84945459424631525132015-10-07T11:27:00.000-04:002015-10-07T12:47:41.444-04:00Date 154 - The DistriCt.<b>Date:</b> 9/25-9/28/2015<br />
<b>Type:</b> Travel<br />
<b>Cost:</b> $$$$$$$$<br />
<b>Planned By: </b>Dani<br />
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Adam and I had a great opportunity to travel to DC for a weekend. I had to attend a research investigator meeting in DC for work and it being only 5.5 hours away I decided to drive and take Adam with me because he had never been there. Some of the time I had to work, but we decided to stay an extra couple days to site see. Here are some of the highlights.<br />
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<b>Friday 9/25 -</b><br />
We drove to DC.. finding all the snap chat geofilters along the way. We got in to the city around 3 and our room at the JW Marriott downtown was ready for check in. This hotel was beautiful and just a couple blocks from the White House. After checking in we obviously walked over to the White House and got a selfie like every other tourist. Then we went over to get a Hard Rock Cafe shot glass for our collection. Then we went over to the Laughing Man Tavern for a couple DC Brau beers and Adam's dinner. After that we returned to the hotel so I could get ready for the Welcome Reception and dinner provided. I had fun meeting new people, drinking wine and discussing work and Adam took a nap. When I got back we decided to go out to a few downtown DC bars - first up was the Round Robin in the historical Willard Hotel. This place was super fancy and I ordered their famous Mint Julep and it was seriously the strongest drink I've ever had and it was difficult to choke down - but definitely worth the high price in that aspect. Next, we found an outdoor bar across the street from the Department of The Treasury. After that we mostly walked around the city and decided to head back to the hotel for the night.<br />
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<b>Saturday 9/26</b> -<br />
I was in my work meeting from 7:30-3. Adam wandered around the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History and the Smithsonian National Museum of American History. He had lunch at Ollie's Trolley which has been family owned for 30+ years. After my meeting I met up with him at the Natural History museum for a quick walk around then we went back to the car and headed over to our hotel in Rosslyn near Arlington. We ordered a pizza and stromboli to have in the room while we got ready. Then we walked over to Georgetown which was really swanky with tons of high end shopping and a quarter mile long line for Georgetown Cupcake. We got a Groupon before leaving Cleveland for Pirate Booze Cruise in Georgetown. We had fun seeing some of the monuments until it started raining. We saw the rain coming so we were two of the lucky people who got seats in the inside area. While waiting out the rain we made some friends with a bachelorette party. They were so much fun and hilarious. Everyone on the cruise got a coupon for $5 of a drink at a bar nearby the Orange Anchor so we, and the bachelorette party, went over there for a couple beers. We had fun getting to know them and trying to figure out how to get Facebook to request friends. After they all left Adam and I walked around the Georgetown Waterfront then walked back to the hotel.<br />
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<b>Sunday 9/27 -</b><br />
This was our big site seeing day. We walked over to the Metro and went downtown. We started walked around most of the National Mall including the Washington Monument, Lincoln Memorial, WWII Memorial, Vietnam Memorial, The Korean War Memorial, etc. We decided to walk over to Lafayette Square to see the White House from the back - there were way less tourists over there. For lunch we went to Capitol City Brewing Company. They had a wide variety of their own brews. I got the End of Summer Ale and Adam got the Oktoberfest - perfect since it was both end of summer and Oktoberfest! The food and beer was good - I'd recommend it. Next, we walked back over to the National Mall made a quick stop in the National Gallery of Art and then checked out the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum. I'm not a huge fan of astronomy and planes, but Adam really enjoyed it. Then we made sure to see the Capitol Building. Next, was one of the more painful walks over to Union Station for our Duck Boat Tour. Once we got there we got right on to the Duck Boat and off we went. We saw all the important sites and had a nice ride on the Potomac River. I especially liked seeing the planes take off right above us from Ronald Reagan Airport. After the tour we took the Metro from Union Station back over to our hotel. We finally got to take a much needed nap. That night we took the Metro back downtown for some nightlife in Dupont Circle. We got a beer at The Big Hunt, dinner at The Front Page (which was unsurprisingly decorated with important front page articles), and some drinks at Thomas Foolery (a cool bar with board games, candy and kid-type drinks). We decided we wanted to see all the monuments lit up so we went back over to the National Mall. We were really surprised when we get to Lincoln Memorial and there were a ton of people sitting and staring in the same direction. Then we realized they were all looking at the eclipse that had just begun. So we sat with everyone and watched for awhile. It got cloudy so we started walking to the other monuments and looked up every once and awhile to see the changes. It was awesome seeing it with the Washington Monument in the background. Then we took the Metro back and I think I passed out within seconds of laying down.<br />
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<b>Monday 9/28 -</b><br />
We got up early and walked over to the Iwo Jima and US Marine Corps War Memorial. Then we walked over to Arlington National Cemetery. We didn't stay very long just enough to see the JFK Gravesite, The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier and the Changing of the Guard. We walked back to our hotel, checked out and headed home. We got back in to Cleveland around 4PM.<br />
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Washington DC was a great weekend vacation for us. There is so much to do that you will never be bored. One of our favorite things was finding all the Snapchat Geofilters in the different neighborhoods.<br />
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It is definitely a clean and safe city and easy to walk around - even if you do rack in about 10+ miles a day. The metro was easy to figure out and definitely a foot/life saver because there was definitely potential for Adam suggesting we walk back to the hotel. I would highly recommend a trip to DC if you've never been!<br />
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Interested in any of our other travels? Check them out here:<br />
<a href="http://dnadatenight.blogspot.com/2015/05/date-148-boston-break.html">Boston</a><br />
<a href="http://dnadatenight.blogspot.com/2015/03/date-145-it-all-started-with-mouse.html">Disney</a><br />
<a href="http://dnadatenight.blogspot.com/2014/05/date-122-lifes-trip.html">Miami & Florida Keys</a><br />
<a href="http://dnadatenight.blogspot.com/2013/05/date-85-id-rather-be-in-bermuda.html">Bermuda Cruise</a><br />
<a href="http://dnadatenight.blogspot.com/2012/09/date-55-i-need-vacation.html">Florida & Bahamas Cruise</a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10409506707662208011noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8419673957436488281.post-9127402057315842812015-09-10T15:35:00.003-04:002015-09-10T15:35:26.332-04:00Date 153 - It's Pizza Time!<b>Date:</b> Friday, September 4, 2015<br />
<b>Type:</b> At Home, Theme<br />
<b>Cost:</b> $<br />
<b>Planned By:</b> Dani<br />
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Got Netflix? Got any type of pizza anything? You got this date!<br />
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For an easy and lazy Friday night date Adam and I chose to watch a movie and eat snacks based on the movie. Simple.<br />
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1. Get all the pizza flavored snacks and pizza things you can find at Giant Eagle that are reasonably priced. I found pizza combos, pizza pringles, bagel bites, pizza bites and pizza. We both felt a little crappy afterword but that's to be expected (and I blame it on the combos).<br />
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2. Watch the new-ish Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie on Netflix.<br />
I thought the movie was actually pretty good. Now, I haven't seen TNMT since I was a kid so it was a nice blast from the past. I liked the action scenes and the subtle jokes for adults. I'd recommend it for a lazy night in.<br />
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Boom! Shell-shocked!! Perfect if you have kids, too.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10409506707662208011noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8419673957436488281.post-28136982798908339722015-09-04T15:57:00.000-04:002015-09-04T16:01:18.643-04:00Date 152 - Two Become One x5<b>Date:</b> Summer 2015<br />
<b>Type:</b> Wedding Season!<br />
<b>Cost:</b> $$$$$$<br />
<b>Planned By:</b> All the brides and grooms (but mostly the brides)!<br />
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<i><span style="font-size: x-small;">DISCLAIMER: These are all my photos. </span></i><br />
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First, you may be wondering where we've been all summer since I have posted like zero times. Well, this post should give a clue.<br />
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Adam and I had the pleasure of attending several weddings this wedding season - and by several I mean 4 for him and 5 for me. Here are some highlights of each wedding!<br />
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<b>May 30th - Kris & Sami</b><br />
Adam's cousin Kris married Sami in Conneaut, Ohio. It was a beautiful day with a very nice church ceremony and a fun reception at the Conneaut Human Resources Center. We really enjoyed spending time with the family!<br />
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<b>July 11 - Penny & Ryan</b><br />
We were so excited for our college friends', Penny & Ryan, wedding in Columbus, Ohio. I was asked to photograph Penny getting ready before the photographer got there. I had a blast (and so did my flash bulb) then met up with Adam and our friends to get ready and pre-game (because that's what the Bride would have wanted). The weather was perfect for an outdoor ceremony and it was super cute and quick! Our group walked over to the bar to have a drink before it was time for cocktail hour and the reception. The reception was full of dancing, drinking and laughter. We had a great time - except that moment when Rachel and I dropped salad dressing all over her dress and Adam's pants. Oops.<br />
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<b>August 8th - Rachel & Danny</b><br />
Having two friends from our college group getting married within a month of each other was amazing! We were all so excited to add Danny to our bobcat family! They had a beautiful Catholic ceremony. The reception was awesome with dancing, drinking, fried chicken, mac n' cheese and summer shandy. I also enjoyed taking lots and lots of photos after the photographers left. After the reception ended (at midnight) we walked across the street to the bar for more celebrating - then woke up early to drive home. :(<br />
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<b>August 15th - Jenn & Rob</b><br />
I was honored to photograph Jenn & Rob's wedding day. I met up with Jenn at 9:30AM and stayed with them until 10PM. It was my second full wedding as the photographer and it was amazing. <a href="http://djn-photography.blogspot.com/2015/09/jenn-rob-wedding-erie-pa.html">Go check out my photography blog</a> to see more from their big day!<br />
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<b>August 29th - Sarah & Bryan</b></div>
Last but definitely not least was Sarah & Bryan's wedding! A little background: Adam, Sarah and I have been friends for many years. Sarah and Adam met in Kindergarten. Then the three of us became good friends (along with Cooper) in middle school. We got to meet Bryan last year and now they are practically our neighbors since they recently moved to our city. Their wedding was in Erie, PA. It was an adorable church ceremony AND they had delicious ice cream sandwiches passed out at the end! They reception was a lot of fun with (surprising and amazing) line dances, a beautiful hand made photo booth and delicious food. We're so happy we were able to attend!<br />
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That's it people. We had a wonderful summer celebrating the marriages with all our friends! We wish them all a lifetime of happiness!</div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10409506707662208011noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8419673957436488281.post-69808321303545637232015-07-06T16:18:00.002-04:002015-07-06T16:18:26.450-04:00Date 151: Aging Like Fine Wine.<b>Date</b>: Saturday, June 20, 2015<br />
<b>Type</b>: Family, Birthday, Out On The Town<br />
<b>Cost</b>: $$<br />
<b>Planned By</b>: All<br />
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As most of my readers know my sisters and our husbands have joint birthday celebrations three times a year. In the summer we celebrate Amanda (8/10) and Adam's (7/24). We had to celebrate early this year because we are all so busy!<br />
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First, we all met in Conneaut at our mom's house and had some delicious Sub Shop stromboli. Then we went down to the beach. The weather was pretty crappy and the lake was cold. Michelle dunked under and lost her glasses, but don't worry after some panicking my fantastic feet found them! It did get Manda to come in the water to help so that was a plus.<br />
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On to the wine... On our way out of town we stopped in at Buccia Vineyard. We sampled a few wines then decided to share a bottle of the Riesling. We all enjoyed a couple small glasses then headed out to Geneva.<br />
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For dinner and more wine we went to the Old Mill Winery. We all started out with the full sampler - tastings of all 12 of their wines (except Zak who had a summer shandy). Tasting all the different wines was a lot of fun - there was a great mix of reds, whites, sweet and dry. After drinking our samplers we ordered a couple bottles and finally our dinner. Most of us enjoyed some sort of their famous wine burger/meat and it was really good. </div>
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After dinner we went over to Geneva-On-The-Lake for a round of putt putt. Adam started out with a hole-in-one on the first hole. I got a hole-in-one on the second hole, but that was the end of our group's good luck. Adam won and Amanda lost. Jim decided to re-count the scores because he didn't trust Michelle - he was right to re-count.</div>
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After all the fun in Geneva we made our way back to my house for some patio drinking, Beerio Kart, gifts, Boston Cream Pie Cupcakes (made by Michelle) and fun times falling asleep watching movies in the basement. We had a great day together and I'm glad we are able to get together to celebrate birthdays when we're all in different cities and super busy. Can't wait until Michelle & Zak's!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10409506707662208011noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8419673957436488281.post-8656899852326836692015-07-03T12:02:00.003-04:002015-07-03T12:02:47.380-04:00Date 150 - ALLinCLE<b>Date</b>: Sunday, June 14, 2015<br />
<b>Type</b>: Out On The Town, Physical, Sports<br />
<b>Cost</b>: $<br />
<b>Planned By</b>: Dani<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">First off I would like to apologizing for disappearing so much the last few months. We have been really busy - with Adam and his MBA, working, trying to get stuff done around the house and yard. Anyway - lots going on this summer so check back for updates. </span><br />
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So a couple weeks ago the Cavs were in the NBA Finals - as everyone knows. So Adam and I had a basketball date in honor of the team having a great season - minus the losing part at the end.<br />
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First, we played some basketball at the Lyndhurst Community Center. I kicked Adam's butt at HORSE.<br />
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For dinner we went to Two Buck in Golden Gate. They had a King James Burger special (which I got and it was delicious). They also had the Witnessed Win Ale on tap - so we got a pitcher to share. It was pretty<br />
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During game five we thought it would be lucky to drink some wine - for, you know, the WINE & GOLD! Didn't seem to help, but the wine was good!<br />
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We also went to the Q for the Finals Game 1 Watch Party with Lauren and Matt. It was like being at the game with cheerleaders, dancers, half time performance and lots and lots of cheering! We had a great time, but it was super loud and they lost. ALSO Adam got to meet Delly at work the other day!</div>
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I have faith that next year the Cavs will go all the way! But don't worry I am a born and raised Cleveland fan so I won't get my hopes up too high. :)</div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10409506707662208011noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8419673957436488281.post-11272402538376406212015-06-14T09:35:00.000-04:002015-06-14T09:53:14.428-04:00Date 149 - You Better Beerlieve It. <b>Date</b>: Saturday, June 13, 2015<br />
<b>Type</b>: Group, Annual<br />
<b>Cost</b>: $$<br />
<b>Planned By</b>: Tash & Bobby<br />
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Adam and I attended and participated in the 3rd Annual Towne Beer Olympics at Tasha & Bobby's house.<br />
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There were 13 people participating. Tasha and I revealed the randomized teams on Friday night through a silly video of a "live" drawing. We were really surprised by how the random teams actually ended up with mostly the people who wanted to be together.<br />
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<b>Team 1: Hashtag Winning </b><br />
Me, Adam, Derrick, Jessica and Emily<br />
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<b>Team 2: No Name</b><br />
Alice, Krista, Tim and Corey<br />
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<b>Team 3: #Team1Sucks</b><br />
Tasha, Bobby, Amanda and John<br />
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<b>Game 1: Beer Pong</b><br />
Do I need to explain this? Throw a ping pong ball in one of the opposite teams cups and they have to drink it and remove it from play. Whichever gets them all first wins! Every player got to play three times. Adam and I lost one game and won the other.<br />
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<b>Game 2 : Beer Ball</b><br />
Beer Ball is an intense game. You have a partner and each team takes turns throwing their ball at an opposite players beer can. If you it hit the can your partner chugs until the other team retrieves the ball and puts it on the table yelling stop. Adam and I won both of our games. Opening the can is hard (top right photo).<br />
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<b>Game 3: Thunderball</b><br />
Difficult to explain just go read about it <a href="http://www.brobible.com/life/article/fourth-of-july-drinking-games-thunderball/">here</a>. Our team won one of the games and lost the other.<br />
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<b>Game 4: Flip Cup</b><br />
Drink the contents of your cup, flip it.. then the rest of the team follows. Be faster than the other teams. Simple as that. Each team played each team in a best out of three. Our team beat team 2, but team 3 beat us.<br />
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<b>Game 5: Beer Tray Race</b><br />
Fill up an ice cube tray with beer, suck it out with a straw as fast as possible. Our team lost this game.<br />
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<b>Game 6: Louisville Chugger</b><br />
Fill a bat with beer, drink it, hit a ball, run the bases - then the rest of the team follows. Our team won this game!<br />
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<b>Game 7: Relay Race</b><br />
Do it all! Hit a can in beer ball, sink a cup in beer pong, drink and flip a cup, spin, hit and run the bases and tag the next team mate - all while drinking a whole beer before your team is done. Our team won this game!<br />
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<b style="font-size: x-large;">The overall winner of the 3rd Annual Beer Olympics was Team 1 Hashtag Winning!!!!!</b></div>
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2nd Place: Team 3 #Team1Sucks</div>
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Along with the copious amounts of beer we consumed we also had burgers, hotdogs, party pretzels, chips and dip, watermelon, cookies, mac n' cheese, etc.<br />
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Check out the past Towne Beer Olympics:<br />
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<a href="http://dnadatenight.blogspot.com/2014/11/date-134-eat-drink-be-scary.html">Year Two</a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10409506707662208011noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8419673957436488281.post-20933016435963885822015-05-07T13:04:00.001-04:002015-10-08T16:36:40.984-04:00Date 148 - Boston Break!<div class="gmail_default" style="color: #222222;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Date</b>: Friday, May 1, 2015 - Tuesday, May 5, 2015</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Cost</b>: $$$$$$$$$$$$</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Planned By</b>: All of us</span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Every May we try to take a little or big trip for our anniversary. Four years ago we took our honeymoon cruise, three years ago we went over to Sandusky and stayed at <a href="http://dnadatenight.blogspot.com/2012/05/date-39-i-still-do.html">Kalahari</a>, two years ago we took a<a href="http://dnadatenight.blogspot.com/2013/05/date-85-id-rather-be-in-bermuda.html"> cruise to Bermuda</a> and last year we went down to <a href="http://dnadatenight.blogspot.com/2014/05/date-122-lifes-trip.html">Miami and the Florida Keys to visit Alicia and Fonz</a>i. We've found that May is a great time to travel and we like to celebrate by spending extra time together and also traveling for our anniversary. So for year number four we took a short vacation to a new city.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="color: #222222;">Our good friend, Allyson, from OU just finished her master's degree at Boston </span><span style="color: #222222;">University</span><span style="color: #222222;">. We really wanted to visit her while she was still there and when JetBlue announced they were coming to Cleveland and having direct flights we jumped on the opportunity. Neither of us had been to Boston so we wanted to make the most out of our trip and see everything we could.</span></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">May 1st Highlights:</span></b></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Got to the Cleveland airport after driving 1.5 hours to the airport (thanks stupid rush hour traffic for tripling our normal drive). </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Flew in to Boston on JetBlue - which I definitely recommend. JetBlue was awesome!</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Took the Subway all the way to Allyson's stop where she picked us up and took us over to her house. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">We were all tired by that time so we sat on the couch, had a beer and watched a little bit of Harry Potter - then went to bed.</span></li>
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">May 2nd Highlights- </span></b></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Took the Subway to downtown for our 9:30AM Duck Boat Tour. We got a great guided tour of the city on land and water. During the water portion of the tour I got to drive the boat! It was awesome.</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Took the Samuel Adam's Brewery tour. With the tour we got a beer brewing lesson, a free glass and a tasting of three of their beers. It was very informative and the beer was good!</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">We walked over to Doyle's Cafe after the tour for a late lunch. Had a couple more Sam Adam's beers and burgers. It was packed, mostly because the brewery practically sends everyone there!</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Then we decided to go to Harvard. Checked out some of the buildings and watched a couple short performances for their Art Festival. </span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Today was all about the Freedom Trail. We started at Boston Common and went around the entire city. There are about 17 stops, the last one being Bunker Hill Monument. Adam and I climbed up to the top of the monument for a great view of Boston. Allyson had already done it before so she opted out of the 294 stair journey to the top. Other highlights of the Freedom Trail include the USS Constitution, Burying Grounds, Site of the Boston Massacre, etc.</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">We stopped for a cannoli in the North End at Maria's Pastry shop and it was so so so so good. </span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Added a Boston Hard Rock Cafe shot glass to our collection.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Shared a pitcher of margarita, tortilla chips, salsa and chile con queso at Zuma Tex Mex.</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">We returned to Allyson's for some rest. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Adam and I went out for dinner and drinks at Tavern In The Square. Then tried some New England beers at The Draft and the White Horse Tavern. Then Allyson picked us up!</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Walked over to Cafenation for coffee and breakfast. I had a Mint Chip Latte and it was delicious. </span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Took the bus/subway in to the city.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">We started out at the Public Garden where Adam and I rode the Swan Boat! It had great views of the gardens and a dog kept jumping in and chasing the geese!</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Then we walked over to get a picture of the Cheers bar - like from the show! </span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Next we walked over 2 miles to the Harpoon Brewery for their tour. Their facility is huge, especially compared to Sam Adams.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">We got to play a game called Drink the Beer in the tasting room where we got about 12 minutes to try as many 2oz samples as we could. They had 12 different beers to try. Adam ended up getting all 12 plus an extra sample that he liked. I think I tried 10 and skipped 2 of them. Can't remember how many Allyson had. We hung out in their beer hall for a couple more drinks before walking back to South Station to hitch a ride over to Kenmore Station.</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">We saw someone hit a homer over the Green Monster which was very exciting. The ball park was much smaller and older than Progressive Field, but we had a great time checking out America's Oldest Ball Park. We left at the 6th inning because, well, we didn't care too much about the teams that were playing.</span></li>
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">May 5th Highlights - </span></b></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Woke up at 4:40AM. Got to the Airport at 5:20AM. Landed in Cleveland at 8:30AM. Got to work at 10:45AM. It was a long long day.</span></li>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">By the end of the trip were were pretty tired. We had a great time hanging out with Allyson for more than just a couple hours like we normally get to. We got to see everything we wanted too, but we'll probably have to go back someday to see a lot more. Boston is a very pretty city, with great public transportation (that I can't see myself doing everyday but overall convenient) and a ton of historical sites to see. If you have a chance to go, I'd recommend it!</span></div>
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<b>Type</b>: Travel, Family<br />
<b>Cost</b>: $$<br />
<b>Planned By</b>: Michelle<br />
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My sisters and all our husbands celebrate our birthday together every year. For mine and Jim's birthday we had to postpone the party because of terrible weather. We did finally get together a month later.<br />
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First, Michelle made a special lunch for all of us. She made BBQ Chicken Avocado Quesadillas and Chicken Parmesan Sandwiches. I love Michelle's home cooking. It was delicious!<br />
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Then we competed as couples in Minute to Win It. Adam and I crashed and burned. We did come in second place in a bunch of the games, but you only get points for winning. So we came in last.. which we took surprisingly well for how we normally act when losing.<br />
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Then Jim got to decide on a board game to play. Ultimately, we all played Settlers of Catan together. Most of us had never played, and normally that means Michelle or Jim will probably dominate.. but not this time. I won! It was a pretty close game at the end, but I have to say that I dominated.<br />
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Before dinner, Michelle, Manda and I had a mini photo shoot with eachother in Michelle's backyard.<br />
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For dinner we went in to downtown Columbus to eat at the Japanese Steakhouse. The food was delicious and our hibachi chef was hilarious with all his silly puns.<br />
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After dinner we returned to their house and enjoyed one of the most delicious birthday cakes! Michelle made us an ice cream cake! There were layers of chocolate cake, mint ice cream, chocolate ice cream and fudge. It was so so so good! <br />
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It was a long fun day, and we all were tired so we retired to the couch for some cat videos and other funny things on YouTube and then went to bed.<br />
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The next day we all got up early to head back home. We had a great time and can't wait for Amanda and Adam's birthday party in the summer!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10409506707662208011noreply@blogger.com0