Yellek's World

I’m all up to date!

jewelrybykelley — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 21:56:55 +0000

My 4 day long project to restore my online photo albums is finally complete. 1988-2009 (minus a few years when I must have had better things to do than take photos!)

If anyone has pics from our 2008 New Years party, or our December 2008 trip to Disney, please let me know! Those were fatalities in my hard drive crash of ‘09.

*Edit: Oh yeah, I now have New Year’s photos! Thanks Ben!

Holly’s Birthday!

jewelrybykelley — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 21:38:31 +0000

Now, when we heard that Holly had never had a proper birthday party, even as a kid, she should have known we wouldn’t let that go. Courtney and Cynthia did a great job with decorations and games to give Holly her very own Hello Kitty and Transformers themed party, including a Hello Kitty pinata that broke the bat before it would give us the candy it was hoarding!

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Virginia Beach – 11th Anniversary

jewelrybykelley — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 21:18:47 +0000

For our anniversary this year we went back to Virginia Beach and got our favorite room with the roof top deck. The arts & crafts festival was going again and we had fun walking around seeing the vendors. It was HOT though and that line of booths went on forever. We had dinner at Ruth’s Chris Steakhouse because Tim had received gift certificates at work for a big project he was leading. It was ok, but I really don’t think we would go again without the certificates. We also went over to Busch Gardens for one day

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Atlanta

jewelrybykelley — Mon, 25 May 2009 20:50:48 +0000

We took a quick trip to Atlanta over Memorial Day weekend to check out their aquarium. The trip was a nightmare. First, I left my wallet in a gas station bathroom a few hours before we got to Atlanta. We were almost there when I realized and we had to go back to get it, making us get in much later and not the planned dinnertime arrival. It was lots of fun (not) trying to find the gas receipt so we could make sure we were going to the right station. Luckily someone had turned it in, nothing missing.

The next day, we slept in to recover from the late night, and head down to the aquarium in early afternoon, only to find out that the rest of the world did the same thing. There was a mosh pit claiming to be different lines for different ‘entry times’ so Tim and I each picked a line and he won, getting tickets before mine had moved at all. Time for entry, 2 hours later. So we try to find a place to eat, and fail at the local burger joint near the aquarium, and decide to walk back downtown to the mall we saw on our way in. Apparently, even on a busy 3-day weekend, the downtown Atlanta mall is CLOSED on Sundays. Getting more irritated by the minute, we find a Hard Rock Cafe down the road that is open and serving.

Back to the aquarium. It was ok. Not sure why it gets so much excitement though, I’ve seen better. We hung out and watched the river otters play for a bit and then walked back to a microbrewery restaurant near the hotel for dinner. Atlanta was like a ghost town. The park outside the aquarium was pretty.

As if things couldn’t get worse, on our drive back home Monday, the van’s wipers stop working, and it’s POURING rain. This story makes me too mad to bother typing it all out, but the highlights involve AAA, tow trucks, NASCAR traffic, wrong parts, and Rain-X. We made it home safe in the end.

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Snow!

jewelrybykelley — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 07:03:17 +0000

As usual, Fidget wants to explore the snow.

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New Years Eve

jewelrybykelley — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 03:47:11 +0000

We hosted New Years Eve at our place, and for once I had to stay sober since Tim decided to take the role of house drunkard. He and Ben were still at it til about 4am!

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DisneyWorld

jewelrybykelley — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 07:00:41 +0000

DisneyWorld with friends at the holidays. They really go all out decorating! I had a ton more photos, but I lost them in a harddrive crash.

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Halloween

jewelrybykelley — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 20:45:01 +0000

Amy hosted Halloween this year with the theme of superheroes. Tim was Green Lantern and I was Poison Ivy. It was fun hand painting the greenery on my eyes.

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Hawaii!! – Day Six

jewelrybykelley — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 20:34:58 +0000

Day 6 was our last day in Hawaii. We waved goodbye to the beautiful cottage on the north shore and drove down towards the airport. We stopped at the Pearl Harbor Memorial and took the boat tour over to the memorial itself. Then it was on to the airport. The Honolulu airport is interesting, it’s mostly open air walkways, and there’s a big landscaped garden in the middle below the food court area.

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Hawaii!! – Day Five

jewelrybykelley — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 20:00:05 +0000

Day 5 was the first day in the beach cottage at the resort. We spent the first 3 nights in the hotel part, and moved to the cottage for our last two nights. It was so nice, being able to walk out the back door right across a beautiful lawn filled with hammocks and right down to the beach. We were surprised to see that the cottages were also a popular bird hangout including wild roosters. We had a lazy day, walked the beach, and then went briefly exploring a nearby historic monument, Pu’u O Mahuka Heiau (yes I had to look that up to remember). There were some nice hiking paths to get views overlooking the north shore.

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