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A month ago, Brian & I went on a belated anniversary trip to the Dominican Republic.  Here are some pictures from our trip.

It had been about a year since we'd flown, so we were a little surprised by how the airlines have changed.

She's going to get started on a baby blanket as soon as we know the sex, so we should hopefully have that before the child graduates high school!  Ha!

We just returned from a vacation to the Dominican Republic, so I'll have pictures from that soon!

On Sunday, Brian & I wandered around a bit & did some shopping.  He found a hat that he particularly liked.  I thought it was hilarous.

What do you think?  Leave me a comment with your thoughts on this hat.  He really wants one & has been threatening to get one in black, if he can find one.  Yikes!

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We threw him back, of course!  But the struggle to catch him was fun!  Brian wasn't as lucky in his fishing.  He caught this shell, but didn't want to pose with it.  He also caught a blue crab later, but it got away before I could snap a picture.

The wind beagan to pick up, so we came back & cruised the intercoastal waterway for a bit.  Brian was drained from all the fun!!

I tried to take a few pictures of the scenery, but didn't get very many as the water was rough & I was trying to keep myself & the camera dry!

The Ravenel Bridge from afar...

The swing bridge connecting Mount Pleasant to Sullivan's Island-opening for a large sailboat to pass.

More info on Baby Lewis to come!  Stay tuned!

 We'll get to have another ultrasound next week, so more pictures to come!!

First ultrasound is next week to find out "how many babies are in there". 

I'll keep you informed!

Heather

While we were there, we met a girl with THE BIGGEST dog I've ever seen!  His name is Oliver & he's awesome!

The week before my birthday was spring break for some schools.  My friend, Cherie (who I taught with in Columbia), came to town & we got together for drinks at Red's.  Red's is a popular place on Shem Creek.  It's really beautiful there.  The night we went there were dolphins & pelicans swimming around in the harbor.  The dolphins wouldn't pose for a pic & the pelicans weren't very photogenic, but I got this great shot of the harbor as the sun was setting.

White sauce is the most delicious condiment there is.  I could pour it over everything.  In fact, I'd be happy just to order a bowl of white sauce & put some rice in that!  Yum!  Of course, there's always leftovers when eating Japanese, so I asked for a small container to put my white sauce in for later.  They gave me a bowl, which Laurie happily filled up for me!  Thanks, Laurie!

Brian was taking pics with my camera during the festivities.  Of course, no one was ready to take a picture when I actually blew out the candles, so this is a re-enactment.

Here's another pic Hubby took during the party.  My dad always does this to me & since Hubby is becoming more and more like my father all the time, he felt the need to do it too.  And thought it was the funniest thing ever!

My nephew, Wade.

Here we are deep in thought as we concentrate on our knitting!

  

It could have been worse!  It could have been SO MUCH worse!  That's how I'm choosing to think of it!  My beautiful snowflake tree (seen below in its former glory days) is toast!

I may be overstating a little, but the end result is that the tree is no longer usable in its current state.  Let me start at the beginning.  (Katey reminds us that this is a very good place to start.)

I got the tree just before Christmas of 2005 from Sam's at a very good price!  It's an awesome tree; 7.5 feet, pre-lit with 1500 white lights.  I love Christmas & was filled with so much Christmas spirit that I put my tree up the weekend BEFORE Thanksgiving!  It turns out to have been a good thing as it didn't make it to Christmas day.  For the past several days, it's been acting odd.  It would flicker slightly as I plugged it in.  I didn't pay much attention to that.  I thought I was just jiggling it to much.  A few times, the lights would go out for no apparent reason.  No one was jumping up and down near the tree or causing any other problems that would cause the lights to unexpectedly go out.  These were clues I should have paid attention to, but alas, did not.  Tonight I was sitting on the couch & Brian in the recliner when the lights went out again.  He happened to be talking on the phone to his dad at the time.  I got up to unplug the tree & plug it in again (this had worked before, why not now?).  I didn't look very closely at the plug as I reached for it, but immediately knew something was wrong when the plug burned my hand as I touched it.  Upon closer inspection, this is what I saw.

And to the left is what's left of the wall outlet.

Since it's a pre-lit tree, it's probably safe to say that this tree is kaput.  My mom was very distraught when she heard the news.  (Mainly because my dad very bluntly tells her, "Heather called.  Her tree burnt up."  He's not very good at giving news.)  Once she learned that we were all safe, including the snowflake ornaments, she turned her animosity toward Sam's.  She's vowed to take the 2 year old tree back to the store & demand a refund!  I'm not so sure about that, but my mom is the queen of returning things, so I don't doubt she can accomplish this!  Brian's dad says that a new plug can be purchased & the cord can be fixed by cutting the old plug off & rewiring it (I'm sure he explained it better.  I was semi-summing up.)  I'm not sure if that could actually work, but Brian's not that skilled an electrician anyway.

So, it appears I will be out with all the crazys at 6AM the day after Christmas to try to get a fabulous tree at a super discount.  Wish me luck & pay close attention to your Christmas trees!  I'm very fortunate that we caught it when we did & that it wasn't much worse!  I am truly blessed!

Have a safe & happy holiday everyone!