Yay for Google!

So, we are working on planning our England, Ireland, and Scotland trip. Which means we sit around, both of us with laptops going and guidebooks handy, and look for flight deals, ferry info, places to go see etc. This is my favorite tool so far:



This shows a bunch of the notable filming locations from Pride & Prejudice and since I am a big geek this made me incredibly happy! I mean, you click on the little film icon and it shows you what locations were shot there! Seriously cool and seriously helpful for this visual learner. :o)
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I heart camping

I do. Everything about it. This weekend was our annual camping trip with the Van Dykes, Van Dyks, and Texers at Silver Lake. Here are some highlights:

1. Ice cream. I love it and can eat it all the time. Lucky for me, we went out for it a couple of times over the weekend. :o)



2. Reading. I also love reading and it was nice to have an extended amount of time to devote to it. Thank the Lord I have friends who also like to read and we are all comfortable sitting around and reading together. I finished North and South and it is now on my list of all time favorite books! (If you look closely, you'll see we did occasionally abandon our books to do stuff)



3. Outdoor Exercise. I love that I got to exercise out doors doing things I don't normally do - climbing massive sand dunes and swimming. I was pretty tired out after that!


4. Friends. It was great to hang out with everyone - fun around the fire, mini-golfing, ice cream, swimming - it was just all around fun.



5. Planning for EIS. This mini vacay gave us time to start planning our May trip to England, Ireland and Scotland. Our travel book got put to good use on the beach! Europe here we come!

blueberries. baa. brilliant.

My friend Baa and I made good use of our afternoon off and went to pick blueberries - yum yum! It was my first time out this season, but I plan to go many many more times. Picking blueberries is fun, but picking with a good friend is even more fun. Baa and I talked and talked and I am pretty sure made the people around us laugh (or at least move down a couple of rows to get away from us).

Now I am waiting for Kevin to get home so we can head out to celebrate five years of marriage. Holy crap - five years! It just seems insane that we have been married for that long. We are headed out for dinner and a night at the Amway Grand and then tomorrow (our actual anniversary) we are headed out to South Haven for fun times with some of Kevin's college friends. The weekend is just getting started and I am PUMPED. I mean, a weekend that starts with blueberry picking is bound to be awesome.