I knew that!!

Alright, so it's back to work, play, and entertaining. How I get myself wrapped up into doing so many things, I don't know. Or do I and just didn't know it? Currently I am playing on three softball teams. One on Monday night, one on Tuesday and the other floats between Tuesday through Thursday. One team is really good, which is challenging and intimidating. One is so-so. And the third is "just for fun" and we are really pretty bad, although we have a winning record, meaning the other teams are even worse. Darrell refuses to play with this team as his competitive nature finds it completely frustrating. D and I only play on the Monday team together. We are both average players. Anyway, where am I going with all of this?
For work I set a personal goal to determine what makes me tick. I picked up this book- Now Discover Your Strengths. It is a great book to determine what it is that makes you who you are. Rather than focus on fixing your weaknesses, take a look at your strengths and make them work for you in the future. Ok so it requires you take an on-line survey. Once I saw my results, it was completely obvious. Achiever, Arranger, Focus, Analytical, and Significance. Ah...ya. Hello. Why did I need a book to tell me that!...anyway. I thought it was interesting that sometimes you need someone, even a book, to tell you things that you really already know. Just like Jen and her Whinny the Pooh survey. Ya I am totally Rabbit.
Well. Must go. Hope everyone is good and not getting too uncomfortable in this heat and water. Will catch up on everyone's sites soon and sorry to have missed last week's post.
Love you all.

Paris in the springtime....is COLD!!!

Paris in the springtime....is COLD!!!

Well we made it home safe and sound. Not without a few stomach and headaches on the flight home. A 23 hour long journey from the time we got up until the time we went to bed....way too much work for the last day of one's vacation. It was a lot of fun. Having never been to Europe and not being able to speak a word of French was interesting....Darrell speaks it well enough to get by. I thought what might be the best way to describe our trip is to go through a list of highlights that I wrote down as the week went along. Enjoy. A few photo's above..I would post more but they seem to be coming out fuzzy.

Eric Cartman Grafiti on the subway wall

Acordian playing on the metro

The Eiffel Tower at night and twinkling at dusk

Eating Chocolate Creps at the Eiffel Tower at night

600 + Steps up the Eiffel Tower during the day

Seeing men scaling the outside of the Eiffel Tower

Seeing the water lily garden of Monet at the Musée de l'Orangeries des Tuileries

Ordering a Salad Nicoise and getting a ham and cheese sandwhich..with an egg on it

Spilling half the shaker of pepper (white pepper...I hate white pepper) on my first meal

Buying a $5 umbrella to walk in Paris in the rain

Seeing the Church of Notre Dame and it's awesome stained glass. No wonder it took over 100 years to build.

The open grocery market with fruits, vegetables, fish, and cheese

Sitting in chairs lounging in the Place de la Concord

Riding bikes up the The Champs Elysées

Turning a 10 minute bike ride into a three neighborhood 45 minute bike workout

Shopping in Les Halles

Searching for an Irish Bar because the French don't believe in TV in their "bars"

Magners on Ice?

Seeing Napoleon's Tomb

Deciding not to actually go through the Luve and then realizing later that it was FREE!

Starbucks in the Luve??? Now I have seen everything!

Waffles with powdered sugar at Roland Garros

Seeing John McEnroe play tennis in senior's doubles with a Sweed! Darrell couldn't decide who to cheer for.

"Little Chef" made of chocolate..if you have seen the movie, you know what I mean.

Luxembourg Garden...Incredible.

Dinner with the Scottish and Lunch with the Ausie's

The view of the city from Sacre Coeur Basilica at night

Walking the hilly streets around the Moulin Rouge in high heals

Harry's New York Bar

Red Geraniums EVERYWHERE...in windows, in gardens and at Roland Garros.

Flower stores were just awesome and everywhere. Not a dead flower to be found..my favorite thing about Paris.

Bridge Club...seriously this place was packed on Friday night with people playing cards.

Three old English women commenting on Rafa Nadal picking his underwear (a nervous habit of his)..man we couldn't stop from laughing.

Two awesome days of tennis. One in the rain and the other with some sun.

Four hours of tennis..at least..in two different Irish Pubs...routing with the locals.


Coming home to three creatures who couldn't wait to see us! It feels great to be loved even when the vacation of love is over.