Friday, March 1, 2013

Busch Gardens is not for us

When we first moved here we were invited to go to Busch Gardens with our neighbors,they were going to get a year pass for $20 a month. I thought hey that's affordable. It was much cheaper in the long run  then the one day pass of $150.  We were talking about going every three weeks. I waited a while because I wasn't sure if it was just for Florida residents. We had only lived here for like two weeks. Come to find out after she bought their passes it was. I am glad I waited because I wouldn't have been able to use it. I really wanted to go, I had great memories of the Busch Gardens in Williamsburg Virginia when I was younger. I knew Noah loves animals so I thought he would have an amazing time, but I was wrong. It was a total nightmare. Noah hated it. Meltdown after meltdown after meltdown. It was hot but not too bad. He didn't wanna do anything. He rode one ride. He threw a huge fit at the Sesame Street show. I had to carry him away because he was making such a racket it was interfering with the people trying to watch the show. I felt so bad and embarrassed because Noah was ruining their good time. Thankfully she was understanding. 

The food was really expensive and honestly horrible.  After meltdown number five I decided never again. He did enjoy feeding the kangaroos but other than that forget about it. It was like a monster took over my sweet boy. He told me over and over he never wanted to go there again. I was thinking me either. It totally sucked because I dropped an insane amount of money for the tickets and food and everything. It could be worse. I could have had to pay 20 dollars a month for 12 months for nothing. Normally Noah is well behaved and loved it. There were of course armies of people from other countries that just took over the walkways. He would say can we go home now or I wanna go home every five minutes like clockwork. If we weren't with friends we would have probably left right away. I thought about calling my mom to come pick us up, but thought that would be really rude.   We will not go back to Busch Gardens again. Next time we will go to LEGOland I know he will love it there and probably want to move in and  the only time I would cry is when we have to leave.

Thursday, February 28, 2013

Sheilacakes Cocktail Recipe

A couple years ago, I came up with a drink that I call Sheilacakes. It's kind of one of those made up recipes, I just threw together with what I had. After all that is how all the popular drinks probably started out. Who knows, Sheilacakes could be the next Bahama Mama.
Here is the recipe:
Sheilacakes

2 shots coconut rum
1 shot Peach schnapps
1 Hi-c Flashing Fruit Punch juice box 

Mix them all in a big glass and enjoy! Please drink responsibly.

Learning how to Drive



It’s time for yet another Sheilacakes confession.  I don’t have a driver’s license.  I don’t mean that I don’t have one because I lost it or it was suspended.  I mean I don’t know how to drive.  I know that is kind of weird. I just didn’t have a desire to drive. I didn’t get excited about getting my first car or anything.  When I was sixteen a friend of mine was in a serious car accident and became paralyzed so, I was not in any hurry to learn how to drive or get my license. Now that I am a mom to a kindergartener, who has all kinds of programs, has to be taken to and from school, and loves to go to the library, it is about that time to learn.   

Here in Florida, you have to take a written test to get your permit now.  I don’t know a whole lot about driving, besides what I learned from riding in a car.  I would probably have to study. I don’t want to have to take it a bunch of times. I don’t have time for that.   I don’t even know what all you need to know for the test.  I have thought about doing private driving lessons.  I don’t want to be a 31 year old mom who is in driver’s education courses with 15 year olds.  They are immature and wouldn’t take the class seriously. I am too old and too busy to have kids goofing off when I am trying to actually learn.  Thankfully, with the internet and sites about driver’s education, I will be in a good place to start looking for a school to attend to be able to drive. My Grandma Rose didn’t drive either. I think she drove once and that was enough for her.  My grandpa always did all the driving and he didn’t mind one bit.

Do you know any adults that don’t know how to drive?