Sunday randizzles

[doodler]

rablissful welcome back to the game

DH and I are finally watching the final episode of Entourage and I am making soup. Then we will catch up on the DVR'd football game and skip commercials. Beautiful!

[wannabmama]

Oct 25, 2015 12:57:14 GMT -5 TheEleventhHour said:

Oct 25, 2015 12:47:33 GMT -5 wannabmama said:

I have really liked Puerto Rico and it has some variety but is easy to get to. Vieques is supposed to be very nice but I've never been. I like that it feels different but still is the US so money, cell phones, etc work. We loved St. John but it's pretty quiet (lots of different beaches, snorkeling, boat trips to do though).

I love Old San Juan but have never explored farther than that since I've only been to PR on cruises or layovers. That could be a good option. I was also maybe thinking somewhere in the U.S. Virgin Islands but I think in order to sell the Caribbean to DH I need to research/find some exciting excursions for him lol. 

There were lots of day trips and stuff from St. John, we ended up mostly liking just driving around in our rented jeep to check out new beaches. Other islands are more active. I would go on every vacation for the rest of my life to St. John, ha.
Of course if you're thinking of AI, Mexico has so many good ones. I've never done AI but my bf does about one a year and has tried a bunch--her H gets bored easily but they've never had a problem finding plenty to do!

[rablissful]

Oct 25, 2015 12:46:28 GMT -5 TheEleventhHour said:

Aruba people - where did you stay?

I stayed at the Divi. My parents had a time share there. It was gorgeous and right across the street from the beach! It's an AI resort as well.

[penguin129]

Your nails look cute! I'm glad I inspired you Ray.

[penguin129]

I had a major headache most of the day. It is sinus related. I had to take a decongestant and 2 advil to make my head stop throbbing. Now I'm making a cake just because. The mix was b1g1 free when I got the mix for H's birthday.

[jubilantsquirrel]

TheEleventhHour, I know nothing about Aruba but my parents have a timeshare in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico so I've been there a ton of times. There's a ton of activities through Puerto Vallarta Adventures. We always do the zip line one and then usually a booze cruise of some sort. There's also tequila distillery tours and tastings and all sorts of other outings.

[rablissful]

Oct 25, 2015 16:06:59 GMT -5 ****** said:

Since there is vacation talk going on:
What's the opinion of GKU of a New England area vacation in November? Like in 20 days from now? Just a general opinion is fine...

Welp it could be very pretty but chilly or there could be snow and it be frozen.

Where in NE?

[rablissful]

Oct 25, 2015 16:18:22 GMT -5 ****** said:

Oct 25, 2015 16:17:19 GMT -5 ****** said:

no where specific decided yet. Just looking into different ideas.

yeah. Quoting myself. If it's a horrible time of year to go that direction, I'll stop researching that area...

It isn't! New England has plenty of charm this time of year! Apple picking may still be open in 20 days, and the coast is still pretty even if it's cold. As long as there isn't snow, hiking is fun when it's cool out.

I'm in NH, from MA, have extended family in CT, and went to school in ME. The only places I haven't super explored in NE is Vermont and Rhode Island.

I know TheEleventhHour is in Vermont, SheilaTheTank is in Connecticut, pippacricket and mrsjene are in Massachusetts, and I believe requiressnacks is in Rhode Island. I don't know if anyone is in Maine, but onesweetworld vacations there often. I'm sure any of us would be willing to give you advice if you narrow down where you're looking.


Edit: maybe I should get the skin suiter award instead of ♪♫choppinbroccoli♫♪...

[wannabmama]

******
I love NE this time of year (I'm in MA). Yes it's cold...it could snow (unlikely but possible). But it's pretty in the "off season." I even like the cape and Newport in the winter. Some stuff is closed but there's enough to do. If you go further north you can get snow and pretty scenery and activities at the ski resorts like Killington (Woodstock VT is beautiful) or Loon is nice. So many options, depending on what you want. I think NE is great any time of the year...except maybe Jan to March ...unless you like to ski

[requiressnacks]

Oct 25, 2015 16:24:11 GMT -5 rablissful said:

Oct 25, 2015 16:18:22 GMT -5 ****** said:

yeah. Quoting myself. If it's a horrible time of year to go that direction, I'll stop researching that area...

It isn't! New England has plenty of charm this time of year! Apple picking may still be open in 20 days, and the coast is still pretty even if it's cold. As long as there isn't snow, hiking is fun when it's cool out.

I'm in NH, from MA, have extended family in CT, and went to school in ME. The only places I haven't super explored in NE is Vermont and Rhode Island.

I know TheEleventhHour is in Vermont, SheilaTheTank is in Connecticut, pippacricket and mrsjene are in Massachusetts, and I believe requiressnacks is in Rhode Island. I don't know if anyone is in Maine, but onesweetworld vacations there often. I'm sure any of us would be willing to give you advice if you narrow down where you're looking.


Edit: maybe I should get the skin suiter award instead of ♪♫choppinbroccoli♫♪...

Connecticut here! I support New England vacations until The holidays. After that, I recommend the Caribbean. ******

[rablissful]

Oct 25, 2015 16:29:17 GMT -5 ****** said:

Oct 25, 2015 16:24:11 GMT -5 rablissful said:

It isn't! New England has plenty of charm this time of year! Apple picking may still be open in 20 days, and the coast is still pretty even if it's cold. As long as there isn't snow, hiking is fun when it's cool out.

I'm in NH, from MA, have extended family in CT, and went to school in ME. The only places I haven't super explored in NE is Vermont and Rhode Island.

I know TheEleventhHour is in Vermont, SheilaTheTank is in Connecticut, pippacricket and mrsjene are in Massachusetts, and I believe requiressnacks is in Rhode Island. I don't know if anyone is in Maine, but onesweetworld vacations there often. I'm sure any of us would be willing to give you advice if you narrow down where you're looking.


Edit: maybe I should get the skin suiter award instead of ♪♫choppinbroccoli♫♪...

haha I have no idea how you remember all that!!

I would love to road trip some and not be limited to one area. A few years ago we were planning a Cape Cod trip but trip advisor steered us away be of that time of year. I no basically nothing about that area. I'm a pretty blank canvas of ideas of which state to choose.

Is one "better" than the others given the time frame? Could one state have an edge over the others this timevofvyear?
*sigh* I feel lost as a goose.

It depends on what you want to do. Cape Cod is generally kind of dead this time of year since it's the off season.

Boston always had stuff going on, not to mention all the museums, tours, the aquarium etc.

NH is great if you want to spend a whole bunch of time outside.

Maine sometimes has the same problem as the cape due to it being the off season. You may have luck in southern Maine because it should still be leaf peeping season.

Here's an article I found about traveling in the fall in NE with ideas.
discovernewengland.org/season/new-england-fall

[rablissful]

Oct 25, 2015 16:31:45 GMT -5 requiressnacks said:

Oct 25, 2015 16:24:11 GMT -5 rablissful said:

It isn't! New England has plenty of charm this time of year! Apple picking may still be open in 20 days, and the coast is still pretty even if it's cold. As long as there isn't snow, hiking is fun when it's cool out.

I'm in NH, from MA, have extended family in CT, and went to school in ME. The only places I haven't super explored in NE is Vermont and Rhode Island.

I know TheEleventhHour is in Vermont, SheilaTheTank is in Connecticut, pippacricket and mrsjene are in Massachusetts, and I believe requiressnacks is in Rhode Island. I don't know if anyone is in Maine, but onesweetworld vacations there often. I'm sure any of us would be willing to give you advice if you narrow down where you're looking.


Edit: maybe I should get the skin suiter award instead of ♪♫choppinbroccoli♫♪...

Connecticut here! I support New England vacations until The holidays. After that, I recommend the Caribbean. ******

ACK! I couldn't remember if you were RI or CT. I guessed wrong. Boo.

[rablissful]

****** if you want to road trip, all the state's are within driving distance of each other within several hours. I live in NH but can get to Boston, Vermont, and Maine all within 2 hours easily.

[requiressnacks]

Oct 25, 2015 16:34:10 GMT -5 rablissful said:

Oct 25, 2015 16:31:45 GMT -5 requiressnacks said:

Connecticut here! I support New England vacations until The holidays. After that, I recommend the Caribbean. ******

ACK! I couldn't remember if you were RI or CT. I guessed wrong. Boo.

Very close, very close.

[butlerfan]

Yeah for now relaxing and watching football. Its been a long weekend and I need to sit and ignore the house.

[notagoddess]

How about a few days in Boston exploring historical sites, museums, aquarium, shopping, and dining? I do state parks and nature trails year-round, but you should realistically expect cold and gray in mid November. I think winter is actually prettier after a fresh coat of snow.

[wannabmama]

****** it can depend a lot. There have been thanksgivings here where I'm in short sleeves...and ones in sweaters. I'd say usually Nov is 50s during the day, upper 30s at night, but it can dip down of spike up that time of year.

[notagoddess]

******, here's a link that I found. Keep in mind this is for Boston -- if you go inland, it will be a few degrees cooler. I was honestly surprised it said 50's because it feels a lot colder to me in November. By then I definitely break out my winter coat and maybe my hat and gloves.

www.accuweather.com/en/us/boston-ma/02108/november-weather/348735

[ellabee]

Bostonian here too. NE is lovely in the fall!

Finished painting out kitchen this weekend. Hooray for being able to reclaim our dining room and living room from all the kitchen paraphernalia we had to move in there!

[britta]

Oct 25, 2015 12:23:39 GMT -5 TheEleventhHour said:

So my mom just offered to watch the kid for us so I am planning a vacation DH and I in April. We haven't been on a vacation just us in FIVE YEARS. I am looking for ideas! Where would you go if you could go anywhere? Okay not anywhere, let's narrow it down to the continental U.S., Mexico, Canada, and Caribbean lol.

Late to the party, but we honeymooned in Jamaica. We paid a bit more and stayed in an all inclusive resort where your excursions were included. This pleased both me and MH, since I'm the lay at the pool type and he wanted to see/do things. We snorkeled, kayaked, and climbed Dunn's River Falls (which was really cool).

In January we went to Cabo San Lucas, which I would also recommend. Cabo is the most Americanized of the Mexican vacation spots, so although we stayed in an all inclusive resort we felt safe enough to take a taxi into town and get a taste of life outside the resort. There's lots of little open air bars (we found one where you could get two Coronas and two shots of Tequila for $5), the marina where you can walk around and visit little shops, a mall, and you can go deep sea fishing. We actually ran into a couple that had been there for 6 weeks while their new home was being built. They went the way of renting a condo by the marina and making their own vacation. They highly recommended doing that and it sounded about the same in price as staying in resort.

[rablissful]

Oct 25, 2015 16:51:43 GMT -5 pippacricket said:

Oct 25, 2015 16:24:11 GMT -5 rablissful said:

*snip*

You are just blowing up my spot left and right this weekend, huh??

[Ray]

BabyStandish JustJudy come say hi!!!

[BabyStandish]

Hellllllooooooooo! I'm "letting" dh peel and cube the butternut squash because it's one of my least favorite vegetables to cut. We need better knives.

[thechickencoop]

Oct 25, 2015 16:06:59 GMT -5 ****** said:

Since there is vacation talk going on:
What's the opinion of GKU of a New England area vacation in November? Like in 20 days from now? Just a general opinion is fine...

In my general opinion, it's too fucking cold.

[Deleted]

Today has been a wonderful relaxing day. Our house guests left after breakfast, and DH and I took DS to swimming lessons. Afterwards my MIL and SIL took DS for the day (from 11am until almost 4pm!). He had a blast, and I got to do some errands with DH in peace. I even finished DS's costume. He makes a pretty cute minion.

[thechickencoop]

Oct 25, 2015 11:25:32 GMT -5 rablissful said:

Lazy day here! I did accomplish putting three weeks worth of laundry away though.

SO and I also finally had sex last night for the first time in months! AND during my FW. Finally back in this TTC madness.

[LadyNymeria]

Oct 25, 2015 16:06:59 GMT -5 ****** said:

Since there is vacation talk going on:
What's the opinion of GKU of a New England area vacation in November? Like in 20 days from now? Just a general opinion is fine...

Conway/Jackson area of NH is nice. We drove up to the top of Mt Washington for our 1st Anniversary a few years ago. Although it was pretty cold at the top and that was mid-September. Loved the Inn we stayed at.

Newport is nice, but can be expensive.

[thechickencoop]

Dude, Ray, you are so fucking Canadian.

IFLY

[TheEleventhHour]

Thanks for the suggestions everyone!!! I am in vacation planning mode now!

****** I am in Vermont. I would vote a visit here but I am probably bias lol. When I drive the back routes to work instead of the interstate I pass so many adorable little inns and towns. I think New England is definitely a place you can visit year round. That said, I lived on Cape Cod nearly my entire life ... I feel it loses a little charm in the bleak winter months! So many things are seasonal so a lot of things are closed. I would personally do one of the more northern NE states or Boston that time of year!

ETA: ****** Where would you be coming from? If you don't like cold weather definitely skip. I prefer fall/winter so I don't really think of that with my recommendation to come. It will be cold. The mountains near me already got snow - one mountain south of us opened for skiing last weekend because it was cold enough for them to make snow. It has gotten back to the 50s this past week though. 

[cjchio]

I'm happily drunk at an awesome place where you go to one of 8 coolers and get your own beer.


I haven't been around these parts a lot recently.