Farewells, Family & Fresh Perspective.

10pm on Sunday night seems like a perfect time to update life in the Robinson household. Our life has been all over the place for the past couple of months. I guess I should start back in March, it was the week of my husband's birthday when my grandpa got really sick. He'd had issues here and there but he's a fighter. He fought hard, despite what ailments hit him but he w as tired of being sick and not feeling good. 

One of my last memories I (Jess) have with him was holding his hand after he had just woken up, I had taken a sick day to be with family at the hospital because we weren't sure if this was the end. He was with us a few more days but what my Mom and I had hoped would be a fun day over with family, celebrating Pie Day (3/14) was spent in tears, hugging each other and grieving the loss of my grandfather who had passed away that morning. I was so blessed to go to Ohio to see my family after a decade to honor his legacy. {He was in the Marines so while I am glad to have off for Memorial Day, I am thankful for his & many others who fought for our freedom.}

                                                    

                                               

Besides my husband & my cousin's fiance, this is a collective group shot of all the grand-kids with our Grandma after the funeral. We haven't been together in over a decade and I don't often see them except when it's a funeral, sadly. 

Jumping onward + upward, friends. 

My husband celebrated his last birthday in his twenties the day after my grandfather went to be with Jesus. His parents arrived in town that afternoon but I was able to celebrate the early hours with him in the morning/early afternoon. We had our Wawa coffee, and then spent time at Typhoon Lagoon. Here's us together in front of Magic Kingdom, we essentially live there. 

                                          

A month after this, we celebrated our annual Disney cruise - sailing out of Miami which was a first for us. We went to Castaway Cay which I could live here year round if Disney offered me a spot but I couldn't live without our pups. We also went to Key West which I've never been there and it was fun to enjoy authentic Key Lime Pie in the Keys. 

                                                  

                                   

Consider yourself caught up, friends :) Chris and I are continuing our trek of working out and looking good. My 30th is a few short months away and I want to feel my best for a new chapter beginning. The unofficial summer months of Florida have begun unfortunately due to the everyday killer heat, no breeze and 100 daily temps... A/C is my best friend. 

In a couple weeks we're celebrating our 4th wedding anniversary with a nice dinner out and most likely at the parks that weekend. A couple weeks after this, we get to spend time with my in-love's at Disney for a few days. Summer months are birthday central - my MIL's, both my sister's, one of my good friend's -- so this girl will be gettin her shopping fix :) 

In the effort to not bore you with the details - here's hoping my next update next month will not take as long and be as if not more eventful. As always, thank you for stopping by. 

~ The Robinson's 

Five on Friday!

 

Finally decided that since my favorite Girl Between the Lines linkup is down finished – sad face – that I needed to join up a new one. So I am going to try to be committed to the Five on Friday craze that I see but I never remember to do. Lo and behold – here I am. - my first one.  

1.       Last night we hit up Tarjay & Walmart for our biweekly grocery shopping trip. I am happy to share that between the two trips with my Cartwheel App (if you love Tarjay/saving money, try it!), coupons and sales in the store – I saved $12. I was pretty happy. 

2.       When we were on our Disney cruise last week – on Friday, we woke up in Nassau to see that the Disney Wonder was also in our port. We were excited because usually we only see Carnival in the port when we’re there. More exciting since we booked our 2015 Disney cruise through the Wonder. They’ll be stopping in Nassau so its exciting to see this ship up close.

 

 

 

 

3.       First off – I realized the day after I got back that I have am allergic to pollen. Never in my life before has this so dramatically made me excited to breathe. I feel like it really does hurt me at work in terms of concentration. But this does sum up my week & has made me feel like I am suddenly old & hard of hearing. I hate (with a passion) being congested.

 

4.       The week before my cruise I participated in my first focus group that paid me. It was an interesting experience but nonetheless, I am excited because I am finally using it to buy my new handbag – I was originally waiting to treat myself for my birthday plus I’m a Disney Annual Pass Holder so I will get 10% off. I fell in love with it & can’t wait to own this bag.

 

 

5.       When I came home from the Bahamas on Sunday am, I saw on my Freebies 2 Deals email website, which you need to follow. She is amazing & just wrote her first book that I intend on buying. I just happened to catch the last day of a Snapfish photo prints deal that let me print most of my cruise pics for 99 cents + shipping. = $7 I plan on a few scrapbooking dates with my mom soon. It’s here in Florida and I am supposed to get it tomorrow!

 

Thanks for stopping by. Have a fantastic weekend. This week after vacay has been super slow and I am definitely counting down to my weekend starting at 6pm. I have my sisters over for the weekend since my parents are celebrating their 32nd anniversary simultaneously. :)