I miss my blog ...

What the hell is up with me not blogging?

I start a blog, I check Facebook, I check my Email. I look at Twitter, Pinterest and then I go on Amazon.com to see what I can buy because I know I can get it in two days. Do I buy anything? No. Then I look at my Blog and I'm so worn out from my web surfing, I delete what I've written and think, "tomorrow."

Tomorrow has become weeks and I miss my blog, the bloglovin girls and I feel like I've lost my momentum and maybe even my mojo.

So here I am ... blogging without a plan. A random offering of random stuff.

So many things coming up. I'm excited to go on vacation this Sunday. We're going to Beach Bum Headquarters for 10 days. I love our Beach House. It's cute and quaint. We spend time just being Beach Bums. Lots of time on the beach. Walking the golden girls a few miles up the beach, finding lunch at a cafe and then strolling back. The best part is the girls swimming in the Ocean, they are so much fun to watch. Pure joy!

Okay, so random blogging wouldn't be complete without saying that Tim received his HR packet for retirement and he has 30 work days left! That's from now until September 30th. We. are. getting. really. close! Oh, Swag!

Cool, cool stuff. I received my first product review offer! I think it was commenting on Amanda's blog. Sorry, Amanda ... I forgot how to tag you. Anyway, it's from eShatki and I've ordered this dress. They custom make the dress to your measurements and not only do I get a cute dress, I also like the measurements I sent in! Stay tuned for my review!

I've been busy, busy. I walked relay for life. I walked 18 miles in 5 hours on Team Jeb. My buddy who lost his battle with cancer. Tim and I are building a 100' fence. Fence building in 90 degree weather is tough! I'm still teamed up with my partner in crime, Ann and we are taking down City Hall. We've been at it for two months and we've stopped the ordinance from being voted in for now. 

Next month is Portland to Coast. I walk on a relay team and we're going to have a blast. I got my leg assignment and it's a little intimidating. I'll need to get out and walk some steep hills to prep. I walk straight up for 2 miles and down 5 more and that sounds tough. My second leg is almost 4 miles of rolling hills. The relay is about 30 hours. We walk across Oregon and end up at a big party at the beach! It's safe to say I'm a walker ...

He couldn’t Belize it!

What a great thing to be able to go on a family vacation to Belize. Not only a vacation, but also on a secret mission. Our mission as we accepted it after Lizzie emailed last fall was to surprise Matt by Tim, Jessi and I joining them on their vacation. It was very sneaky and was also very exciting to be able to see Matt before his 30th Birthday! Thank you, Lizzie!

So, Matt and Lizzie set out on a two week holiday on June 6th to San Pedro, Ambergris Caye, Belize and Playa de Carmen, Mexico. The sneaky one is on the left ...

Tim, Jessi and I were also leaving on the red-eye from Portland on the 6th and since we couldn't post our woo hoo's or pics of ourselves at the airport, we slept. Once we got to Belize City, we had to catch a cab and then a ferry to the Island. Jessi did a lot of catching up on her sleep. The ferry was no exception ...

We made it to Belize on Saturday. We got to our condo and set it up for Matt and Lizzie's arrival on Sunday. Tim, Jessi and I explored the town, went out for a nice dinner and anticipated Matt's reaction when he found us there after we had lied to him for months.

Sunday came and to say the least, Matt was shocked. He could not believe we were all there. Big hugs all around. We planned to all be in the pool, but I snuck up to the condo to get pool drinks and they came in the door. I heard Matt's voice and froze in the kitchen. He came around the corner and could not wrap his brain around why his Mom was in Belize!

The rest was incredible and so was the place where we stayed ...

Our place and dock didn't come without a little excitement. First we thought a purple balloon jelly fish was a little scary.  Then a ginormous Sting Ray the size of a Volkswagon that passed by. What we didn't expect was what swam under the dock right after we had been swimming ... Shark!

One week went too fast. We flew to Belize City in a 15 seat prop plane and made our way back to Portland while Matt and Lizzie headed out to Playa de Carmen via plane, cab, bus and put on their "camouflage" paint to make the journey and cross the Mexican Border complete with Border Patrol, Customs, Machine Guns and Drug Sniffing Dogs in the Dark ...

I love these two! We all had a wonderful week in Belize. Matt was shocked! He turns 30 on the 24th. A big shout out to Lizzie for inviting his family on their vacation. She's incredible and very sneaky ...