Kristine's Place

OK…I will be the first to admit that my free time since I started working full time nights is minimal. When I am awake (if you can call what I am “awake”), the LAST thing I think of doing is getting on the computer. My life consists of sleep, naps, drooling, multiple pots of coffee, more drooling, fixing supper for my lazy family, attempting to clean up after said lazy family and having mini-melt downs when I have had enough. Pretty boring stuff right? Well apparently people are interested …so Aline, I will take the hint and I am forcing myself to blog about what happened this past Friday.

Trust me, I do NOT have a problem embarrassing myself. Those closest to me can attest to that. I just didn’t think it was interesting enough to tell it on my blog. Facebook was fine however…go figure. LOL!

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Karma bit me in the ass on Friday. There I said it.

Friday after my daughter came home from school, we headed into town to grab a few things and then we were going to the local french fry shack for their grand opening for an early supper. On the way into town , she was telling me about this technology conference she had been at that day in Brantford and how she accidentally squirped yellow mustard all over the table and carpet while trying to fix a sandwich. (trust me when I tell ya this child is all me. Unco-ordinated and spazzy). Being the good mother that I am am, I started laughing hysterically at her expense.

We get to the chip shack, place our orders and when I got my pea meal bacon sandwich I decided that it needed some mustard on the bun to finish it off. I go up to the jug, gently push down on the nozzle and WHAMMO….I got squirped. It was in my hair, my ears, my nostrils. My face was covered as was my t-shirt and sweater.

Being the good daughter she is, she grabbed her phone and went to take a picture while exploding in laughter.

Shitty phone pic but it’s hard to take a picture when you are trying NOT to pee your pants… You get the idea….

I used up a huge handful of napkins to attempt to clean myself up at which point we had to drive to the grocery store to grab baby wipes to properly clean myself.

My t-shirt and sweater are ruined. Mustard does NOT come out of clothes and my truck smells like a rotten hot dog.

That’s what I get for laughing at my kid and her  mishaps.

…and that is why I now hate mustard. LOL!

I have a house full of teenage girls and I am hiding in my office, attempting to clean it but more or less hiding…

It must be a great hiding place because the cat is hiding with me.

She finds teenage girls annoying. They keep trying to maul her.

She hates that. It messes up her fur.

LMAO

I didn’t think it was possible to be this relaxed. LOL! I know it is short lived but for now I will savor the feeling until after  my first night shift tonight when I’m sure I will come home feeling “rode hard and put away wet. “. It was a fabulous two weeks off work.

Hubby and I went on our first ever vacation by ourselves. (even our honeymoon was 10 days spent in St. Pete’s Beach in Florida with his mother and step-father. Ugh) We spent a week at a 5 star all-inclusive resort near Playa del Carmen , Mexico in the Mayan Riviera. It was sensational. We were thoroughly pampered and ridiculously sun burnt when we came back to Canada late Wednesday night.

The Mexican people were soooo friendly and full of joy (their driving skills however were scary. LOL). We had so much fun with them at various restaurants and are thrilled when asked about their Mayan culture. Something they are FIERCLY proud of. This was right up my hubby’s alley as he is a firm believer in the Mayan calendar and it’s culture.

The resort had everything to pamper the fussiest traveler. Here’s our room…

Nice big honkin’ king size bed that we didn’t have to share with a dog…

Super comfy sofa with TV, DVD , cable and satellite. Off to the right is the huge balcony. We were on the top floor of the building so we looked over the treetops. Made for a very private vacation. I loved sitting out there each morning, watching the sun come up and listening to the rainforest wake up.

I’m pretty sure the bathrooms were my favorite part of the suite. LOL. Marble and glass. Jacuzzi tub for two, separate shower for two and separate toilet. Enormous bath sheets and plenty of them (they restock with fresh towels in the early evening after your siesta while you are out for dinner. The bath products were amazing . Full sized bottles of shampoo, conditioner, body wash and lotion.Loved the bamboo scent and the oatmeal soap was fabulous!! It was a local company and unfortunately I can’t buy them and have them shipped here. I already asked. LMAO!!

Little touches made my day. For example the coffee machine was re-stocked twice a day with fresh bottled water, coffee (both hi-test and decaf) and free chips. The fridge was restocked twice a day as well with beer, pop, multiple bottles of water, apple and orange juice. Turn down service in the evening so when you get back from dinner,your bed is turned down with chocolates and candy . The maid Addy left hibiscus flowers by the tub every day as well as rose petals and fresh red roses in our room. Smelled amazing!

We ate like kings. World class chefs kept my belly VERY happy. I ate tons of fish and seafood everyday. The Japanese food was the best I’ve ever had and the sushi was to die for. The only meal I wasn’t fussy on was at the French restaurant. The grouper was really good but it was very rich and the drizzle of squid ink on top threw me right off. It was NASTY. Hubby wasn’t fussy on his meal either. Too rich. The room service was amazing as well. We ordered from it at least 4 times to tide us over from lunch to our late suppers. LOL! The breakfast and lunch buffets were delicious with themed food every lunch and live music. Open air too so you can hear the waves crashing and enjoy the warm breezes. The local birds also flew in to crack us up.

The grounds on the resort were huge. So much vegetation though that blocked out all the buildings so it was very private and very quiet.

Everywhere you walked smelled like vanilla. Yum!!

Every morning on our walk to breakfast, we enjoyed the local birds, the sight of many iguanas suntanning on their rock huts, creatures that looked like small capibaras and tons of coatis that roamed the property. It took us  6 days of walking around before we finally found the sea turtle sanctuary on the back of the property. Too bad we had already checked out and were a half hour before leaving the resort when we found it. I would have liked to spend more time there…

We spent lots of time at this main pool at or near the swim up bar. LOL! The Dirty Monkeys, Blue Lagoons, and Frosty Nipples were delicious and plenty powerful as well as the best margueritas ever. I got reaquainted with tequila after a 30 absence and made it my best friend all week. Hahah!!!

The beach was gorgeous. Sand so soft it felt like cake flour…

and the Carribean Sea really was that color

We came back rested and we will definitley be going back. It was nice to have a vacation where there were no kids anywhere…

Hubby still has another week off however it’s back to work for me tonight as well as our usual running around. My truck goes in tomorrow for maintenance and dance class chauffering starts again tomorrow. Bring it on…

Until we spend a week here….

I can’t fricken wait…