Day One (Saturday)

Well my day started at about 6:00, when I woke up but just layed there because I knew I would probably be drving most of the way, so I need to just rest that extra hour. Well about 6:15 or so the phone rang and I just knew what that call was about and sure enough it was that calling tell us that my uncle had died about 6:00, my aunt talked to my daddy for a little bit and told us to go ahead andgo on vacation because not was going to be done until later in the week. We have not told my grandmother or my dad's brother that is with us because my grandmother will just want to go home and there is not really anything she can do and plus my aunts wanted her to come and this vacation. I know that you are probably thinking that we should have stayed home but when my daddy talked to my aunt she told us to go ahead and go on vacation and that we would do the memorial service when we got back since they were not going to do a funeral anyways. My daddy talked to my aunt this morning and the memorial service is going to be Saturday at 3 so we will have to leave the beach around 8 or 9 to get back in time for that.

Well I got up around 6:50 and got dressed fight with my eye the whole time hoping that it would clear up and not bother me to much on vacation. About 7:15 my daddy comes through and and if we were ready to go and of course we were but we were way ahead of schedule which is good I guess. So we go have breakfast at Biscuitville and then we have to run my the post office to drop something off to be mailed then on to the shop were we left the van so we could have some work done on it while we were gone. I guess we got to my ma-maw's around 8:15 or so and packed her up then we were on our way to my other grandmother's to pack them up and off to the beach we heading. I wish you could all see what my Jeep looked like on the way down here we had the chairs and the travel bag straped to the top of my Jeep. We left their house around 9:45 and were on our way to the beach. Around 11:30 or so we stopped at KFC to have lunch (exit 321). We were on the road again by 12. About 1:45 or maybe before we stopped again because I was about to pop. We got to the place we had to check in at around 2:30 which is what my daddy planned for us to do. We unpacked everything from the cars and dragged it up 30 some steps. We left for supper at Gulf Stream around 5:15, we were not sure that they were open but it turned out that they were. We were very happy with supper and to top it all off it was cheap. After supper we headed on over to Food Lion to pick up the items we could not bring with us like milk, eggs, bread, etc. We got back to the room around 7:30 or so. I head off to bed about 10:00.

So there you have it, our first day of our beach trip. I will blog about our day later tonight.

Off....

to the beach until next Saturday. I have been looking forward to this vacation for a very long time now. The reason is not because I get away from everything but this year my ma-maw and grandmaw are both going with us. I will have to say that this will be a very interesting beach trip to say the least but I am glad that my grandmaw is going with us to get her out of the house and away from Thomasville/Archdale. So in all there will be six of us head to the beach Saturday morning. We have some fun days planned and then just some lazy days planned to lay by the pool/ocean. I am looking forward to climbing to the top of the lighthouse and then we are going on a lunch cruise one day, I get to see one of my cousin and her family who lives at the beach (she is my favorite one, but don't tell anyone).

I would also like to ask you to pray for my family. My daddy got a call this morning saying that my uncle is dying. I know that says harsh and all but that is the way my daddy basically told me when I got home from work. We knew it was coming but did not think it would be this soon and with us going on vacation this week just makes it even harder. My daddy has talked to his sister several times today and she still wants us to go and enjoy ourselves. If he should die while we are gone, nothing will be done until we get back from vacation on Saturday. They are planning to only have a memorial service for him which my daddy was asked to speak at. What puts me a peace with the whole situation is the one thing that my aunt to my daddy told and that was MY UNCLE IS SAVED!!!!! When the news first came of him getting bad that was our one question we all asked each other and now we can put our minds to rest and know where he will go for enternal life.


Well I am going to leave you with that. I will see you all when we get back from vacation with updates and pictures. Have a wonderful week everyone.

Changes....

I have made some changes to my blog, the way it look mostly. I would like to thank Jessica Beaver for the much needed changes to the blog. Hope you all like it. Let me know what you think about it.

So....

So here are my idea/thoughts on my diaper cake and gift business. I am going to start with the diaper cake ideas first.

Diaper Cakes could come in three different sizes: small, medium and large. Small would be two layers and would cost between $30.00-$35.00. Medium would be three layers and would cost between $40.00-$45.00. Large would be four layer and would cost between $50.00-$55.00.

I have two different options to pick from either standard or personalized.
~~~The standard diaper cake would geared toward the gender of the baby and include diapers, 8 o.z. baby wash, 4 o.z. baby bottle, 2 paci, nail clippers, comb/brush grooming set, medicine dropper, teething ring, cold/hot teething ring, linking rings and diaper trash bags.
~~~The personalized diaper cake would be geared toward the specific gender of the baby and all materials would be gathered off the baby registry. The cake would include: diapers of choice, 8 o.z. baby wash of choice, 4 o.z. bottle of choice, 2 paci of choice, any small toys, medicine dropper, nail clippers, comb/brush grooming set, teething ring, linking rings, and diaper trash bags.

** If diaper choice is not provided I will either use Huggies, Pampers, or Luvs. If baby wash choice is not provided I will use Huggies.**
~~~If you are wanting a diaper cake I would need the following information: gender of baby, place mommy-to-be is registered, Person who placed the order contact information, date needed by (please allow two weeks) and any special requests.

Now you are asking why I am charging so much for a simple little diaper cake. Well truth be known I put anywhere from 8-10 hours buying materials, rolling the diapers and putting rubber bands around then all, and then making the cake itself to be perfect for the special little one.

Here are my ideas on the gift baskets. I can make a gift baskets for the following occassions right now: baby, house warming, birthday, wedding.
~~~ Baby: blue/pink/yellow/green pail with tub of wipes, bottles, clothing, toys, bottle brush and anything off mommy-to-be gift registry.
~~~ House Warming/Wedding: big collander with dish towels, measuring cups and spoons, different cooking spoons, salt/pepper holders, pot holders, and anything off gift registry.
~~~ Birthday: Age Theme- would need to know child's age on upcoming birthday and anything the child likes or dislikes or maybe allergic too.

**I am still working on the prices for the gift baskets but I will get back to you soon on how much the baskets would be. Of course each basket price may vary depending on how much time is put in and ideas are put together to make the basket prefect.


I am also working on making suckers to sell in buck or individually and also to put with the gift baskets and on the diaper cakes. I will go ahead and give the information to you but just know I do now have all the supplies yet that I need to make the suckers. When time comes to make suckers I will be making the following: baby- boy/girl/surprise, birthday, wedding.

Small suckers- .25 or 4/$1.00
Medium suckers- .50 or 4/$1.00
Large suckers- $1.00 each or 2/$2.00

Buck:
100 small- $25.00
50 medium-$30.00
25 large- $40.o0

So these are my ideas I would be more then happy to hear your ideas, thoughts, comments, suggestions, anything you want to say I am all ears.