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September 29, 2016 - Tanya's Trip to Florida & Bahamas Cruise - Day 6 - Tanya Leaves for Florida AND Cousin Memories

9/28/2016

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Throwback to Cousin Memories

Happy Thursday to you!

I'm so excited for Tanya's cruise to the Bahamas!  Especially the food part!

Today is going to be a day of errands for me - with my trusty little furry companion - Punkin!

But, before I tell you about my day today, let me tell you about yesterday!
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Tanya, Cosette and Dominic came over right after the kids got home from school.  The four kids hung out and laughing hysterically.  

In the meantime, me and Tanya were sitting together in the kitchen drinking our hot lemon water, gabbing away, laughing.  

The past few days have been so great - just having my cousin come over, hanging out as if we didn't have a care in the world.  It really made me sad when she said goodbye tonight because I really wished she lived closer (insert sad face).

The good news is that we are all going to be together in a little over a week in Florida.

Got me thinking about the first time we reunited after 30+ years and our first-ever Cousins Road Trip to Pennsylvania and Virginia.  Here we all are in Busch Gardens in the Summer of 2013.
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The first time we all met in NYC after a 30+ year estrangement - July 2013 (c)travelincousins.com
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First Cousins Road Trip (July 2013) Busch Gardens, VA (c)travelincousins.com
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Color coordinated cousins (c)travelincousins.co
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Gettysburg, PA - July 2013 (c)travelincousins.com
Tanya and I also made some good progress yesterday talking about upcoming trips and working the calendar out. through the Summer of 2019.  We gals work waaaayyy in advance.  

It looks like 2019 is going to be a big travel year.  It will be the end of Gianna's first year in high school and Kelsey will have finished seventh grade, getting ready for her last year in elementary school. 
At present, we have Easter in Israel and Summer in Croatia.  We'll see how things work out!

Back to my day...I have some errands to run this morning - dry cleaners, bank - the real fun stuff!!

Then the usual after school stuff - afternoon snack, homework, laundry.

This evening, however, I have a treat - I'm having an early dinner with a girlfriend.  

Actually the place I'm going to is one that I had been to a while ago when they first opened.  I'll be taking some pics and doing a little "follow-up" to the original Foodie Friday feature I had done back in September of 2014 in tomorrow's blog.
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And last but not least...
Today is NATIONAL COFFEE DAY!!
With this brings LOTS of great specials and freebies.  
Here are just a few Coffee Day Deals, noted on dealnews.com:

Best National Coffee Day Deals
  • Krispy Kreme: Not only will the store be giving out a free 12-oz. cup of coffee, but you'll even bag a complimentary Original Glazed donut as a sweet accompaniment.
  • Wawa: For those of you who like to drink a lot of coffee, Wawa should be your one stop shop. Customers can visit their local outlet multiple times for any size coffee for free.
  • Cumberland Farms: Looking for a cool treat for a break from all that hot coffee? Text "FREECOFFEE" to 64827 and you'll receive a mobile coupon for a free iced or hot coffee, in any size.
  • Pilot Flying J: If you've had your fill of coffee, you can choose a free small cup of tea, cappuccino, or any other hot beverage of your choice when you download the online coupon from its Facebook page.
  • Dunkin' Donuts: It may not be totally free, but for those who favor Dunkin' Donuts' brews, you can score a medium hot coffee for just 66 cents all day.
  • LaMar's: If you'd like a memento to keep after the day has passed, you can pick up a LaMar's 16-oz. Collector's Travel Mug for just $1.19 and then get it filled with your favorite coffee for free.
  • Whole Foods: For those who like an autumnal taste to their coffee, Whole Foods is knocking $1 off its 6-oz. Allegro Pumpkin Spice Latte when you download its app.
  • Peet's Coffee: Still not quite got your fill of caffeine? Head over to Peet's for lunch and you can nab a medium cup of drip coffee for free when you buy any fresh food item.
  • McDonald's: Only select restaurants will be giving out free cups of coffee this year, from the good old drip brew to Pumpkin Lattes, so check your local outlets' Twitter or Facebook page for more details.
For all the deals and specials, Click Here.
That's it for today - catch up on Tanya's side for some great pics from yesterday and her plan of action for today!!

-E
xoxo
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Tanya's Daily Scoop
CURRENTLY TRAVELING IN: FLORIDA

Time for the next leg...

Good Day to you!

We are all checked in and it's another Travel Day in this little 'ol life of mine.    We're heading out to Newark, NJ for this leg of the trip and then flying onward down south to Orlando, FL.    
Home of the world's most famous rodent!
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Trip to WDW 2008 and only 8 in our group... (c)travelincousins.com
It will be just the kids and I for today, and then our group size will gradually increase in the days ahead.

Second set of peeps include Dave C, Andrea, Jayson, and Robin who all arrive tomorrow.

And then there will be one day that our group will have 11 people!!

​Let's hope that day is not like hearding cats :-/
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Our time here in New York has flown by. It's been great fun and filled with lots of family time and oh so much food!!!
I'll either be full for days or be so accustom to eating more (so much more) than usual that my appetite might have increased! LOLOL
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Yesterday was just so full of laughs and good times that I wish I had a video camera following us around 24/7 and that I could share some of our ridiculous antics.
You too might find yourself on the floor cracking up!

Elisa and I also managed some time towards what we do best - make plans. And it's so much fun when we can do it together!! ​
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As we were in the middle of making plans, the kids came storming in yelling and nearly falling to the ground in hysterics. 
Dominic split his pants while they were playing a game of Lacrosse - and it was BAD!

Thankfully for him that his boxers were about the same shade of color as the badly torn shorts, because we still had to make our way back to my Grandma's before he could change.

I'm sure you could imagine the girls reaction to this unexpected event!

After too short a visit, we all had to head out. We said our good byes and are super thrilled that we'll all be seeing each other in just 9 more days!
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The rest of our night was spent back at my Grandma's where we had an old family friend (who we haven't seen in years) stop by to have dinner with us and play some Apples to Apples.

Then it was a nice surprise to have our cousin who originally had class have his class cancelled and show up to join us.

​Many more laughs were had and once the game was over the laughs only increased when they broke out the SNAPCHAT app and started doing face swaps!
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Oh how I hate this tool - but last night I couldn't help but be pulled into the stupid fun.

And while I'd love to share these foolish pictures - but then again, I really wouldn't love them all too much.
I'll let your imagination run wild and tell you that in one of them I look like some crazy looking rockstar. It was just wrong. But so damn funny! 

​Well, as much as I'd like to tell you a bit about coffee, being that it is National Coffee Day - I suppose that I have to wait. Time is running short and we have a plane to catch!

I'll be back with ya tomorrow from the Sunny Sunshine State of Florida.

Tootles,
​-T
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