Day 54

A few days ago I started a book. It's called "Icing on the Cupcake" by Jennifer Ross. Today, I finished it. The book is actually really cute. It's about a girl who loses everything and moves to New York City to live with her grandmother, whom she had never met. The girl's life is turned upside down and she copes with it through baking. This is really a good read if you are looking for a light summer read.

Between each chapter, the author inserted the recipes that the girl made in the book. I think this is the coolest part of the book, honestly. I've made a goal to (eventually) make all the cupcakes in the book. Hopefully, I will actually do this but I need a few things before I get started. Anyone know where I can purchase a baking stone?

Day 53

I SAVED A TURTLE'S LIFE!

Curtis had to pick me up from work today because my car battery was dead. Driving home, we saw a turtle in the middle of the road and Curtis stopped immediately to pick him up. He changed directions and headed towards a lake so he could be released into the wild. (I really wanted to keep him as a pet, honestly.)

Here are some pictures of us releasing him:

This is George the Turtle:

Day 52

Curtis' former roommate, along with his girlfriend, came to visit us in St. Augustine. We had a lovely time hanging out with them and showing them around the city. We went to the Conch House for dinner, which none of us had ever been to. The location was fabulous. The resturant it located on the intercoastal and has outdoor seating which is actually on docks over the water. The atmosphere is pretty relaxing and very interesting. The food was good too. Everyone seemed to enjoy their meals, seeing how there wasn't any leftovers.

After dinner, we went and hung out at their hotel. They stayed at the Hilton on the Bayfront which was very nice and we spent the evening swimming. It was great having them here, and I hope they come back and visit us real soon. :)

Day 51

While Laurel and Esther were here last weekend, we went to the Vera Bradley store downtown and pick up a few things. I really wanted one of the wristlets but I didn't have money on me so I asked them to hold it for me.





I went to pick it up today and to my surprise, it was not 25% off because they were now running a sale of my particular pattern. Which I found weird because this pattern is one of the new ones for summer but I'm not going to argue with that.





Here is the wristlet that I bought:

P.S. Sorry, you didn't get the 25% off, Laurel. :(

Day 50

New season, new hair. Even though summer has not official started, in Florida it sure does feel like it has. Because of the hot weather and all, I decided to cut my hair short. Why? I don't know.

I really don't like my haircut all too much, hence why there is not a picture attached to this post but it's only hair and it will grow back. :)

Day 49

Instead of staying in St. Augustine on a busy, holiday weekend, I went back home to help my mom get ready for summer camp at her school. My mom works with the extended day program in elementary schools, however during the summer, they are opened all day as a "daycare". I only say daycare for lack of a better term. The kids in the camp, still have lessons and learn all kinds of stuff about whatever theme the program assigns. This year the theme is the ocean which is very cool.

Anyway, my mom needed some help with her lesson plans and the format so I decided to help her with all the knowledge I have from college and the education department. (Which, really she didn't need but still...) Helping her really was just a way for me to get more practice with daily schedules, routines and whatnot.

It was a cool way to spend the day...even if that makes me a total loser. :)

Day 48

Today, I went to the beach with Laurel and Esther since they were here visiting me. It was great to hang out with them like the old times and chat about allllll kinds of things. :) I love those girls so much and it is crazy that I don't see them really at all anymore. But it's okay, really, because we know that we are best friends and it doesn't matter how long it's been, it's like we were never apart.

P.S. We missed you, Keri!

Day 47

Tonight is the night! Laurel and Esther came up to visit in St. Augustine and we had a total girl's night. We went to see Sex and the City. Honestly, I wasn't too impressed with the movie...it was a bit long and sort of, okay completely, silly. However, it was a good girl's night movie and the clothes and glitz were enough to keep me happy during the movie. :)

Day 46

Tonight, Curtis and I decided to try someplace new for dinner. We settled on trying out Tokyo Thai on Anastasia Island...

I was not impressed at all. I probably will not be going back there any time soon. Curtis got sushi which he liked but my chicken teriyaki was not anything that I want again. The actual chicken part of my meal was good but the rest of the meal left something to be desired. The salad that came with my meal was swimming in the dressing, which was not appetizing at all. After the salad, my chicken, rice and vegetables came to the table. I had asked for double rice, no vegetables but that didn't happen so that was my first disappointment. Then, the chicken was good but the rice was stale and the vegetables were limp, both didn't have any flavor, it was like my taste buds were confused and could not figure out if I liked the meal or not because of the unbalenced of the tastes.

I do not recommend on anyone trying this place, but if you do...I hope you catch them on a better night than I did.

Day 45

Missed another day...

Day 44

Today, Curtis decided to get a new tattoo. Instead of going to the regular place we were going to in St. Augustine, he went to his friend's parlor and had her do a tattoo that would be a portfolio piece for her book. He wanted something to do with being a chef since he is going to school for culinary arts and everything. She designed a cool tattoo with a whisk and a chef knife.

It was good to hang out in a new setting while he got his tattoo done. Her parlor is "The Lovely Pearl" on North San Marco, if anyone is interested. She does great work.





Here is a picture of Curtis' tattoo:

Day 43

Sorry guys, missed a day...