Installment #2 of "Things We Make Fun of"

I'm sure you've all been on the edge of your seats since my 1st post.
Or maybe you're still laughing about the first post, "Lovin' at Stony Creek", and you're not ready for #2.
Anyway, the topic of my second post took place on our honeymoon. During our stay on the island of Aitutaki, we took a lagoon cruise. We spent a day being taken to all the best snorkeling spots in the lagoon surrounding the island. We found some amazing tropical fish and corals, and, yes folks, some humor that has stayed with us through almost 5 years of marriage.

"THE LEGEND OF CAPTAIN SEA CUCUMBER"

This is a sea cucumber. I'll admit, they aren't pretty. They were scattered in the shallow water on the shore of the lagoon. Trust me, the rest of the island was so breathtaking, they really didn't bother me. I was curious one day and actually did bring myself to touch one...it kinda felt like a plastic bag with water in it. They don't move (very quickly at least). They are kinda like the slugs of the sea, if you ask me. The natives rip them open and eat their insides...they call this "spaghetti", so if you order spaghetti the next time you're in the South Pacific, make sure you're really getting what you want. (I never did see it on a menu, though). Apparently you can rip these things open, throw the skin back in the ocean and little sea cucumber will regenerate, kinda like if you chop a worm in half. I'll stop. The details are kinda irrelevant to the story...what is relevant to the story is what these things look like. If you can't tell from the picture, they are about the size of a banana.
On said lagoon cruise, most of the other people we met were honeymooners like ourselves or older couples celebrating anniversaries. There were a few single guys...one of these guys never put sunblock on the WHOLE DAY. He was scheduled to fly home right after the cruise...I'm fairly confident that he was burned so badly that his skin probably fell off mid-flight in an X Files-esque happening. We still joke about that guy...but it wasn't funny enough to earn it's own post.
The other single guy...
We have no idea what the dude's name was...but we will never forget that LIGHT BLUE SPEEDO. Ok....it was actually a light blue pair of "euro shorts" (i think that's what they are called). Picture a guy wearing boy shorts...ok....yeah, we do call them "boy shorts", so a guy wearing them should be normal...in America, it's NOT the norm...so we found it irresistibly FUNNY (and...yikes...tight).
So...I told you about sea cucumbers.....and I told you about dude's bathing suit...I'll let you do the math.
If you hang out with Tim and I on the beach and a speedo is your style, don't feel bad...we can love you just the way you are...but don't cry if we call you Captain Sea Cucumber!

Saturday Sail

Tim and I took the boat out yesterday. We hadn't taken out the boat in 2 weeks (since we were at Interlochen last weekend) so we were eager to go. Seriously, I felt like our sailing skills were rusty! It seemed to take me forever to raise and lower the sails...even the anchor felt heavier...but, alas, we had a good time. We began our sail around 3 pm. Between 3 and 6pm it was a little windy for my taste, but as the evening went on, the wind died down. When we were on our last tack (of course!) the conditions turned perfect, which made it hard to go in!
We also discovered that the best $8 we've spent this year has been on an intertube. We came across a nicely sized intertube at the toy store and thought, "boy, it would be fun to float that off the back of the boat." When we dropped anchor for dinner, we tied the tube up to the back of the boat and took turns relaxing in it...boy was it nice!

Losing My Mind? More Like Lost it...

Yesterday, I came home and I was tired. I decided to pour myself a glass of wine. I got out the bottle of wine and began to pour....then I looked down at what I was doing.
I was pouring my wine into a baby bottle.
Wow.

Pictures

Once in awhile, it happens. I get this urge to take pictures...not just normal everyday "oh, that's cute let me get the camera." It's like i wake up in the morning and i know we have to have a formal photo shoot. When I have this urge, I usually put Lorelai in something cute (or nothing at all) and set up a little studio area in the back of the condo in the afternoon (great sunlight) and snap away. Yesterday was one of those days...and I think we got some great shots. I edited them all in snapfish...cropped them a and made some in black and white. I wish I could post those for you, but you'll have to see the originals. For some reason blogger wont post things I edit in photoshop.

Goddess On a Mountaintop

Well, if you know me, you know I hold Martha Stewart in high esteem. I enjoy her show, but I don't watch it much during the summer. I'd rather stare out the window at the sunshine and green grass than watch daytime tv in the summer. This morning, I was getting ready and I thought I'd see what was on Martha while I did my hair. Her show was all about babies...too bad I didnt tune in until the end. Martha was having a question and answer session with a bunch of moms. Here is the exact quote:

mom: "What is a good theme for a 1 year-old's birthday party?"
Martha: " Oh my GOSH! CUPCAKES!"

I'm still smiling.

One of my favorite parts of the evening is going in to check on Lorelai before I go to bed. There are days when 8 pm can't come fast enough and I'm rejoicing when she is down for the nite...but by the time MY bed time comes, all those feelings are long forgotten. I quietly open the door and instantly want to pick her up. Lorelai moves around quite a bit at night, and sometimes Tim and I comment that she looks like roadkill depending on how her arms and legs are splayed about. Tim used to not like the fact that I'd visit Lorelai before bed...he worried that I'd wake her up...but he has grown to love the tradition. I'll walk into her room now and Tim is right behind me.