ReMiE's NeW hoMe

SIIIIIIIIIIIIIGH...that was the longest "sigh", just so you know.....A lot has happened since my last post. Emotionally it's been pretty intense. Up until this last weekt i've cried just about every day. Our pup Remie has had a hard time finding a good home and it's breaking my heart. My brother had her and for reasons had to tell me it wasn't going to work out, then a friend of mine had her for a week and things were going well, she loved the two girls and her husband was loving his new bff, for other reasons the roommate was having issues with Remie and wasn't being fair to her when she was home alone with her, so my friend and her husband didn't feel like it was fair for Remie to be treated like that and she could find a better home. At this point i'm absolutely lost for words or ideas. I have no clue what to do with Remie, I just want to take her with us, I want to come and rescue her. She just needs a loving home to give her a chance to be a dog. She isn't in one place long enough to get used to things. She loves the outside and the grass, which we didn't have here, she likes the dog park too which helps her socialize with dogs since we couldn't do that here either, she's learned to like kids and meets new people all the time......she's going to be a pretty awesome dog, especially when she learns how to walk on a leash and the "come" command lol. Thanks to my forever amazing family, my mom was tired of Remie not having a real home so she, my dad, my sister and Casper took her in. My dad and her started out a little rough, but my sister helps and my mom is home all day and says she loves being outside on the porch and does really well at home for her. She's been there for almost a week and I pray every night that Remie is a good dog and my dad finds the love in his heart for another pup. She'll be 10 months old this week so she's got a lot to learn and probably more trouble to get into before the puppy stage is over. I still hope something changes in Barbados and i'm able to bring her, but until then she's in the best home ever and Casper is probably teaching her stuff and they might annoy each other sometimes but you can tell they're becoming buddies. Thanks again to my family for putting my emotions at ease by taking Remie, I can't thank you enough, any dog would be so lucky to have you as a family and Remie got that chance.

TatToOs

Laura (my sister) and I have been wanting to get something permanent to remember my grandfather who passed away Aug 20th, 2009. It's been a little over 2 years and we always talk about what we'll get, it may of changed a few times but ended up what we wanted in the first place. We did it over my Christmas visit home. I know he would of not liked this idea at all and I actually thought while I was getting it done that he was not happy looking down at me and Laura, but probably a little happy we still think about him all the time and want to keep him close to us forever. Our Grandpa was an amazing man, he was always so funny even in his last years it still came out somehow, he also made sure we all knew God, even when he passed he kept saying "know Christ", that was his legacy for all of us. We'll miss him forever and one day get to see him healthy and happy again! Love him with all my heart xoxo! 

Here's my grandpa's song: http://youtu.be/qHJplQYA03E 

NeW YeArs! 2012

Back from our holiday trip to Orlando and ready to write my first post of 2012!! So far this year, it hasn't gone so well. My last few days I was sick, we had to leave our families and also had to leave behind our dog. This year will turn around at some point, but it can't come fast enough.


Our long 2 week trip was great! Remie flew for the first time and I had a surprise 4 some pick me up at the airport and help out with the dog. Remie was quite scared and the sedative didn't seem to really help, I think the anxiety took over the meds lol, but, she made it to Craig's safe, even got a Chick-fil-a fry on the way! I brought her to the dog park a few times so she could meet some friends, got her some new toys and got her all set up at Craig's. She loves it there, runs in the back yard, gets to chase her toys in the grass and not cement, Craig plays with the hose and she loves that too. There's 3 boys there so she'll be spoiled with play time. So happy Craig adopted our pup, but i'm sure going to miss her hanging out all day with us. Gonna be quiet at home. Christmas was busy as usual, we surprised our parents with some pretty awesome gifts this year. Spent lots of money on clothes and even more on food. Darin claims to have gained about 10lbs while we were home because all we did was go eat with people. We went to a Magic game, Darin got to surf, my best friend moved 5 mins from my house so I got to see her a lot, Darin's parents threw a big holiday party and I got an awesome present from Darin. New Years was great, we went to my friend Reanne's house and she had the best little party set up!! Great little foods out, nice decorations and a fun looking bar! As always, i'll put some pictures up of our trip but here's some of each of our families.

The Zubli's

The Doty's

and the new year isn't complete with out my mom's famous Donut Night!!! They.Are.So.Good!!

HoLiDAy tRAveLs

Only 2 more days left on this rock, then to Orlando for 2 weeks!! Can't wait to spend Christmas and New Years with our friends and family this year!! 
When I leave on Tuesday, Remie is coming with me. It will be her last day living in Nassau with us. It's sad and it breaks my heart but I know she'll be ok with Craig and she'll have people around all the time, a big back yard to run in and lots of love. I wish we could keep her, she's a crazy insane dog with lots of energy but she's also very loving. She just wants to play all the time and run around outside, so in a year or so when she's a little older and calmer, she's going to be a really cool dog and sadly we'll miss out on that. At least we'll get to see her when we come home and hopefully she'll remember us!
On a happier note, we're so excited to be able to come home for 2 weeks this year!! We'll be home for Christmas AND New Years! We weren't sure if we were going to be able to, so this is exciting! It doesn't feel like Christmas here, it's not cold and there's hardly any decorations, so home with our family will make it feel like Christmas should. We've planned on going to a Magic game, Darin's parents are having a holiday party and donut night for New Years, which we haven't been home in 2 years for that!!
I assume my next post will be after Christmas, it gets a little hectic at home and I can't ever find time to blog, but here's a little bit of last year...

WiNTeR cRUisE

SUCESS!!! The cruise last week with my aunt Robin, cousin Sarah and her friends Courtney and Stephanie was a blast! Unlike the usual cruise where everyone drinks the whole time, these girls definitely knew how to relax, they work long weeks so I forgave them for not keeping up for 5 days :) I flew over to Florida on Friday afternoon and we left Saturday. The cuise went to Jamaica, which is somewhere I haven't been so that was pretty cool and then to Cayman, which is somewhere I love, so that was pretty awesome too. In Jamaica we went to the Dunn's river falls, which by the time you're done 900ft of climbing, wearing corny water shoes and getting splashed with freezing cold water it's actually a great experience. We rode on a catamaran out there and back, which just so happened to be playing loud music along side free rum drinks. The ride back was a little rough which made dancing and drinking at the same time look so not cute. The next day we headed to Cayman, visited the pawn shop, shopped at Guy Harvey, got our autographs from him and a picture with him and headed to Margaritaville until we had to be back on the boat. The next day at sea I was sure to get up at 8am and save seats on the deck, then head back to bed for 2 more hours....but it was perfect, our seats were still there at 11am!!! That night Stephanie and I attempted the tradition of the "last night". That means you either stay up all night OR sleep out on the deck under the stars. We couldn't stay up all night so we tried to sleep on the deck....from 2am to 5am we were cocooned with our pillows in our comforters. It was soooo windy and we ended up so cold we had to go back to the room and sleep, only to get up at 7am to get off the boat. It was so great to see my cousin and aunt who I don't usually get to see much of when i'm home, but a whole week made up for lots of lost time. Thanks for inviting me!!

As usual, I have a video in progress for this trip, i'll post it to my youtube page on the right of my blog when it's done.....so keep checking for it! Until then, here's some fun photos from the trip!