Aloha Friday

by Amy @ The Q Family on May 9, 2008

I’m down to single digit before my cruise!!! 9 more days…


So I will take it easy today and join Kailani at An Island Life for her Aloha Friday question.

What is the one thing that you must pack for your vacation?

For me, I think I can’t go on my vacation without my digital camera. I love to capture the moment.. sometimes Mr. Rojo probably feels like too much. But I love to look back at those pictures and remembered all those fun and crazy memories we had.

So what about you?

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dakotablueeyes May 9, 2008 at 12:41 pm

Definately the camera

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Cathi May 9, 2008 at 1:11 pm

Yes, my camera. Anything else can just about be replaced while on holiday but the camera, well, best remember to bring it along.
Have an absolutely great time on your cruise!

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mom to p May 9, 2008 at 2:00 pm

The camera too but I would also take my headache medicine. I don’t want a simple headache to ruin my vacation! :-)

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Spice May 9, 2008 at 2:15 pm

My camera!!!!!! My Aloha Friday is up at my Spice World blog over at http://spiceworld.us Happy Friday!

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Dee May 9, 2008 at 2:21 pm

hmmmm I don’t know? I would say camera but I always take it with me and then rarely take pictures. Have a great time on your cruise!

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Jennifer May 9, 2008 at 2:38 pm

Umm… I have to take my husband. He doesn’t like me vacationing alone. :)

After than, my camera and comfy traveling cloths.

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Angie May 9, 2008 at 5:59 pm

I would have to agree and say the digital camera but it’s hubby’s so maybe I’ll go ahead and say a journal and lots of spending money of course. Ok, that’s more than one, I cheated. LOL

I know you have been looking forward to your vacation. Can’t wait to hear all about it. Only 7 months to go for us. Yikes!

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Jenn May 9, 2008 at 7:50 pm

Cell phone. I have to stay in touch!

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BrineS May 10, 2008 at 3:38 am

toothbrush!

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Gorgeous Traveller May 12, 2008 at 11:16 am

My Rosary and of course.. Camera! :)

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kailani May 14, 2008 at 7:08 am

My laptop. How sad, huh?

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Aloha Friday

by Amy @ The Q Family on March 14, 2008

Finally, it’s another Friday that I’m looking forward too. It will be busy day and busy weekend for us but we will live. :) Here is my question for this week.

How much time do you spend in reading blog per day? (be honest here now.. :) )

For me, I think Mr. Rojo will say too much time to count. I will say about 5-6 hours a day. It’s addictive..

Stop by An Island Life for more Aloha Friday fun.

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Dee March 14, 2008 at 3:59 pm

I would say about 1 hour reading other blogs. Is that bad? LOL

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Angie March 14, 2008 at 4:14 pm

I would venture to guess no more than 2 hours, split up of course but I do see how it can become addicting. I have added so many blogs to my Google Reader but don’t have enough time to read them all, I skim a lot.

I need to be more consistent posting to mine plus I have a new business one I have been working on but still have a lot to learn about blogging.

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diana March 14, 2008 at 8:23 pm

i don’t do it one sitting but if you add it all up, i probably spend about two hours a day. is that a lot?

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Jinxy & Me March 14, 2008 at 10:58 pm

That’s a good question. It’s hard to come up with a total becaue it’s usually 10 minutes here and 20 minutes there, but probably a total of around 1-2 hours?

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Deb - Mom of 3 Girls March 15, 2008 at 12:39 am

Hmm, I don’t think I’ve ever kept track, but I’d have to say on average, probably a good 2-3 hours a day, but not all at the same time. And that includes my lunch hour. :)

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BrineS March 15, 2008 at 12:48 am

Who’s counting?! I don’t even want to know how much!

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charlotte (charmed life) March 15, 2008 at 2:30 pm

i don’t think that the total time i spend on reading blogs is enough. there are too many nice blogs that i really want to follow and i want to comment on, but i don’t seem to have enough time.

if i let myself, i could read blogs the whole day, but pressing priorities only lets me do it about 2-3 hours a day, on late nights when everyone else is sleeping!

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Heart of Rachel March 16, 2008 at 6:16 am

I have no idea but I could practically spend half of my day doing it if I had that much time in my hands.

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Aloha Friday

by Amy @ The Q Family on February 29, 2008

This is my first time to join Aloha Friday.

My question for today is ‘What is your most memorable vacation trip?’

For me, I have to say that our Disney Cruise trip is one of the memorable trip for me. For one, it’s the first time that I cruised. I have heard so much about you can either Love it or Hate it. I’m glad that I loved it. Also we are a huge fan of Disney. We have always vacationed at Disney World way before we have kids. And now that we have kids it’s even more of the reason to go there. It’s just something in the water there that makes me feel like a kid again whenever I visit there. Going on a Disney Cruise did bring back the same thing. We enjoyed our time chasing after the Characters for the signature or just roaming on the ship. I especially loved the private island there.

So now we are planning another cruise to the Carribean. The reason that we didn’t go with Disney again mainly is budget. But I would love to go back again.

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jennifer February 29, 2008 at 3:27 pm

I’ve never been on a cruise – someday! My favorite vacation was last summer, our family vacation to Victoria, BC, Canada. We rented a loved beach house and enjoyed the fun of being in a new place and the beauty of Victoria. Thanks for visiting my AF – my first one, too!

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Charlotte (Charmed Life) February 29, 2008 at 4:30 pm

in college and while i was working i travelled a lot, both work/school related or for pleasure, so i could remember quite a few trips. even if the trip is work-related, i always make it a point to have fun so that it will feel like a vacation.

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S.B. February 29, 2008 at 4:47 pm

My favorite vacation was my honeymoon. We went to Yosemite National Park. It was so beautiful there!

S.B.
http://bethriftylikeus.blogspot.com/

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Jacki February 29, 2008 at 5:30 pm

My most memorable was the year I spent in Denmark. I was working, but me and my husband (then boyfriend) were able to trave to different places and countries.

Good question!

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pinkjagxj February 29, 2008 at 10:27 pm

A year ago we spent 2 1/2 months traveling across the USA. Absolutely incredible!!

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Courtney February 29, 2008 at 11:31 pm

Two years ago my entire family, parents, grandparents, kids, great grandparents, etc., all rented a house in Branson, MO. We had a great time! I don’t know if we will ever be able to get everyone together again, so it will be definitely be a vacation I will always remember.

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Kelly-Licious February 29, 2008 at 11:58 pm

When was it? 1996? 4 (crazy) girls in their 20′s took a trip in a rental car, drove from LA to San Fran, Las Vegas, Lake Tahoe, on the way back from Grand Canyon in the middle of nowhere at night the car died! It was dark, we got scared, we needed to pee!
No one stopped to help, not sure who scared of whom.

Thank god, a very kind family man stopped and helped us. Took us to near by hotel, we got a replacement car the next day.
I bet the one was pretty memorable!

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acupofjoy March 1, 2008 at 3:03 am

The trip I won to Austria! I took my Mom with me. We visited Salzburg, and Venice, Italy, and Munich, Germany! It was FABULOUS! All glory to God!

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Donetta March 1, 2008 at 4:35 am

My husband and I traveled back East and I found my Paternal Grandfathers grave. Only to be told that his daughter who sill lived up on the hill would know who I am. I never knew she existed for my Mother lied to me and told me that she was dead. When I pulled up the driveway she embraced me and even knew who I was. It was sir realistic. I understand why my mom kept me safe the back hills of Tennessee are full of KKK and very backward prejudices against Indian people. I was given many documents that filled up the voids of understanding. It was a cap stone of my recovery. We went on to see fire flies. They are so cool!
I never kept contact with them. But they were real and it proved out the memories of my childhood.

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Tiffany March 1, 2008 at 1:21 pm

Oh! A cruise! I want to do that some day. My most memorable vacations have to be the two times we went to Manitoba, Canada. We went first for our honeymoon and then again to the same resort and cabin for our 5-year anniversary. It was so nice to be able to just get away, just the two of us, without the worry of work or cell phones or laundry, and to just have fun! We went hiking, biking, canoing, kayaking, and just lazied around. It was great!

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Heart of Rachel March 1, 2008 at 1:27 pm

Hi Amy. A Disney Cruise sounds like a wonderful experience.

Our family’s recent memorable trip was when we watched the 12th Philippine Hot Air Balloon Fiesta.

Thanks for visiting my blog. You’re right, the photo on my blog is a jewelry holder.

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Kelly@SHE-POWER March 2, 2008 at 6:14 am

Wow, some great experiences described here. I love hearing about people’s vacations. My most memorable vacation was the one I blogged about on my Aloha Friday post: 5 months in Mexico and Guatemala solo.

More specifically the best part of it was being in Oaxaca for Day of the Dead. It’s on the 1 November if I remember correctly and it’s a Pagan/Catholic celebration for everyone’s departed. There is a massive parade with costumes, musicians and dancing, and then everyone goes to the cemetary to light a candle for their dead. People also have parties at grave yards to honour their dead. They talk and cry and toast their loved ones with big picnic feasts. And they also build altars with marigolds and photos and offerings of all the deceased’s favorite things, including food and drink.

Day of the Dead is like nothign I have ever seen before and I shared the experience with a traveling friend and her 5 year old and it was great seeing all this through a child’s eyes. She loved it; thought it was a big party.

Cheers
Kelly

PS. Amy, also thanks for coming to my blog. I love it when people talk to me!

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kailani March 2, 2008 at 8:30 am

It would have to be our Disneyland trip last year. Everything went perfectly – the kids even fell asleep on the flight! Yay!

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