There's nothing better than curling up to read a good book but lets be honest...ain't nobody got time for that! Between 2 boys, 8 fur babies and a trucking job its pretty difficult to actually sit down with a physical book so Audiobooks have become my new favorite thing. Specifically dooms day post apocalyptic books or sci-fi and space travel. Throw in a little Outlander and Harry Potter Series to the mix and I'm entertained forever.
I LOVE TELLING EVERYONE HOW MY HUSBAND AND I MET. WE ACTUALLY MET ON EHARMONY.COM OF ALL PLACES LOL. HE WAS LITERALLY MY FIRST MATCH AND THE MORE WE BANTERED BACK AND FORTH WE DISCOVERED THAT HIM AND MY DAD KNEW EACH OTHER FROM WORKING TOGETHER OFFSHORE. sO OF COURSE I CALL MY DAD TO ASK IF HE WAS A GOOD GUY LOL. YEARS LATER WE HAD A TRIP PLANNED TO NIAGARA FALLS. APPARENTLY HE HAD PLANNED TO PROPOSE THERE UNDER THE FALLS BUT I HAD TO THROW A WRENCH IN HIS PLANS BECAUSE I CHANGED OUR TRIP TO GO TO IRELAND INSTEAD A FEW MONTHS LATER. SO UNBENOWNST TO ME HE PLANNED TO DO IT WHILE I WAS IN COSTUME AT A PHOTOSHOOT!
YEARS AGO WE DECIDED TO GO VISIT A FRIEND THAT OWNED A RESORT UP IN DENALI NATIONAL PARK. WE DROVE ALL OVER ALASKA EXPLORING AND SAW SEVERAL MAMA BEARS WITH THEIR BABIES ALONG WITH MOOSE. I ABSOLUTELY LOVED DRIVING ALONG THE COAST PAST ANCHORAGE AND GOING ON A GLACIER CRUISE! DEFINITELY A PLACE WE WILL BE VISITING AGAIN.
I AM SERIOUSLY OBSESSED WITH ALL PLACES ANCIENT. IRELAND STRAIGHT UP OOZES MYSTERY AND ADVENTURE. IT WAS EXTREMELY COLD AND WINDY WHEN WE VISITED BUT IT WAS NOTHING THAT A STOUT GUINNESS AND BOWL OF STEW COULDN'T FIX. WE HIRED A PRIVATE DRIVER TO TAKE US TO THE HILL OF TARA TO SEE WHERE THE HIGH KINGS ONCE RULED, THEN WE WERE WHISKED AWAY TO NEWGRANGE (A 5,000 YEAR OLD PASSAGE TOMB). I COULD FEEL THE GHOSTS OF THE PAST THE WHOLE TIME WE WERE THERE.
THE HUBS AND I DIDN'T GET TO TAKE A HONEYMOON AFTER OUR WEDDING BECAUSE WE CHOSE TO BUY A HOUSE INSTEAD. SO THE FOLLOWING YEAR WE DECIDED TO DO TWO WEEKS IN PERU. OUR FIRST WEEK WAS SPENT ON THE AMAZON RIVER IN AN EXTREMELY REMOTE ECO-LODGE. WE SPENT THE TIME PIRANHA FISHING, HIKING, VISITING SHAMANS AND LISTENING TO DEMON SPAWN.... I MEAN HOWLER MONKEYS SCREAM AT UNGODLY HOURS OF THE MORNING
LITERALLY THE MOST BEAUTIFUL PLACE I'VE EVER SEEN IN MY LIFE! AFTER 26 MILES OF GRUELING HIKING UP TO HEIGHTS OF 13,800 FT WE REACHED MACHU PICCHU TO VIEW THE SUNRISE THROUGH THE SUN GATE. OUR 5 DAY HIKE WAS THE MOST PHYSICALLY TAXING THING I'VE EVER DONE AND I WOULD DO IT AGAIN IN A HEARBEAT!