I wish I had taken a photo of her while she was running passed but that was the last thing on my mind. I did force her to sit next to flowers afterward for a shot. It's not her best look, but that's because her hair is still growing back. And of course I included the lovely serene picture I was taking before the escape!
The other day I actually questioned my own sanity... those who know me are probably chuckling, my sanity is generally questionable, ha-ha! In the parking lot of our apartment building there is a patch of dirt & grass, and a huge tree, this has become my dog's 3rd toilet. #1 is a dog toilet in the neighborhood for speedy walks, and #2 is a strip of grass about ten minutes from where I live. Bathroom #3 is used between walks, it's just not always possible to run her to allotted dog toilets. Anyway, back on subject, in this patch of grass & dirt occasionally flowers pop up, it's spring, it's normal. But then the flowers disappeared, not so normal. The first time I noticed the flowers were gone, I thought the wind possibly blew them away or maybe they just fell off, it happens. (I'm not always fully awake when my dog goes to toilet #3.) Then the flowers magically came back (magic, yeah). I convinced myself it's spring they're constantly renewing themselves. And then they all disappeared again. For a brief moment I thought I was possibly losing my mind, seeing things, who knows. I knew at that moment I was going to have to start paying attention, my head is quite busy and focusing takes more effort than for others (if you haven't noticed). It took me all of two days to see the process happen again and again, and then it dawned on me... deep in the swirling of my brain I remembered science class. And there are plenty of flowers that open and shut throughout the day, dumb*#! I snapped some pics so I could look the flower up and of course show it to you, turns out it is a Star of Bethlehem. That's one less unsolved phenomenon in my life, ha-ha!
We brought a lot of food but we also were sure to eat at a couple of the restaurants while we were there. Besides treating ourselves to everything from bbq to pizza, we also made sure to try out a handful of the offered activities. In the course of the weekend, we swam at the large indoor tropical pool, the kids played at 4 different playgrounds, played midget golf, the guys played basketball, went to a petting zoo, the kids play in one of the many lakes, and even sat lakeside in the sand for lunch and drinks watching people wakeboard & waterski. There were many more things we wanted to do, but there just wasn't enough time, we'll save things like the swan-shaped pedal boats and the white-water slide for the next trip. You can even rent bikes, go indoor snow skiing, or play tennis is you like, oh yeah, and instead of the normal cottage I think you can also rent a houseboat. They really have it all! Some highlights for me, the underwater disposable camera I brought and the hopefully great shots I took at the pool and on the water slides (still have to get it developed) and the afternoon on the water I felt like I was back in Florida just minus the excruciating heat. (Wish I could give you more pics but I don't like posting too many pics of my family & friends on my blog.) A big thanks to the hubby for making this possible! 
Queen's Day 
As usual I took a ton of pictures, with 7 people roaming mass crowds there was always something going on. We were even separated for a while! A couple holidays ago I realized it was quicker and cleaner for me to walk back to our apartment to use the bathroom than wait in line for a port-o-pot or use one at a bar. First bathroom break went well, second one (after a few more drinks) ended up in a 30 minute search to find our husbands again. I told my husband we should have picked a meeting point, oh well! As I mentioned we had dinner reservations, I seriously doubted we would make it but we did, and it was great. We even had half the restaurant to ourselves, thanks to a partition wall. In all of my Queen's Days I've learned to stock up on the orange accessories early. I bought a pair of orange sunglasses for 80 cents in the weeks leading up to the holiday and while we were in the middle of the crowds I saw someone selling the same ones for 10 euros, crazy! I've also learned don't take anything you value, because you'll either lose it or get it so dirty you'll want to toss it afterwards. You can only imagine thousands of people littering their food and beer cups everywhere, not quite nice to walk through by the end of the night. I'll leave you with pics as always, and a big thanks to the old friends & new friends who helped make the day a blast! And to my in-laws for babysitting!!
