GGW 2008- WAS "BEACHY KEEN!"

I just returned late last night from GGW. We had an amazing time. Best yet!! The food was amazing! The house was gorgeous! The conversation was hilarious, emotional, and memorable. I can't believe the time has already came and went. The first day is always fun. Everyone is traveling, and coming in at different times. But we get all caught up, give lots of hugs, and we just can't seem to keep the grin off our faces. I got there first, after a long red-eye flight, followed by an hour ride in a little 10 passenger plane. I actually got to ride co-pilot. I was a bit nervous at first. The view out of the front window was beautiful. But flying over the Atlantic Ocean was a bit scary. Once we arrived at the adorable house, I visisted with Emily and Auntie Patty, and then they let me take a great nap. It was so quiet, and just heavenly. Later that day, everyone else arrived.


Auntie Patty's house is amazing. It isn't huge, but what it lacks for in size, it makes up in charm. And the house turned out to be just the perfect size. Here are a few pics of the house.



The second day was AWESOME! We went out on a sailboat. Sailing, on the Atlantic, OMG! It was fun, a bit scary, and oh so memorable. Thanks Aunt Patty! My sister has the better pics of us out on the sailboat, so I will post what I have. I can't wait to get the ones from her.



Before we went sailing, we had all got dressed in white and denim, to take so pictures. My sister has those pictures on her camera. We were lucky, because she borrowed a remote control for her camera. This allowed us to take group shots. This is one of our favorites! Later that night we had a fabulous dinner. I don't usually eat fish. My Aunt was serving swordfish, and everyone assurred me, I would like it. I decided to try it, and thought it was good. I was such a "big girl"! The cheesecake came later, and thats really why I'm a "big girl!" LOL! The next morning, we played a fun game. Allison broke us up into 2 teams. We then ran around outside for about 20 minutes chasing clues. Kind of like the Amazing Race show or something. When we came back Allison was all dressed up, and had taken Nanny hostage. It was then our job, to "free Nanny", by answering some trivia questions.
My mom and Aunt Patty, and Aunt Candy really should have won. They new more of the answers to the questions. However, they failed to play by the rules. They kept just blurting out answers, rather than raising there Nanny paddle. Therefore we would get to answer the question, and they had just blurted out the answer we didn't know. It was fun! We then decided it was probably going to be the best time to go to the beach. We all put on our Nantucket sweatshirts, packed some snacks, and off we went.



I just realized that I could have the events a bit twisted in my head as to exactly what things we did on which day???? But it doesn't really matter! The next day involved shopping downtown. It was pouring down rain, but that didn't stop us. We put on our raincoats and off we went. Our main mission is to find a gift for our "gift exchange" that we do every year. Nantucket is more expensive than other cities, so we had to raise the dollar amount to $20.00. I purchased a Nantucket hat and tee shirt. It was pretty cute! My Cousin Jo got my gift. I got the cutest little night shirt ever. It actually said Girls Getaway Nantucket on it. Auntie Candy picked it out, and it is perfect. We shopped and had a great lunch out. I had vegetarina chili, and grilled cornbread. Yum-o!
My favorite dinner was the night we ate out. Its this little restaraunt that serves only one thing on the menu. The menu changes nightly. The night that we went we had; lobster fritters, with apples, and caviar (they served me Roasted Red Pepper Soup instead. We called ahead) then a wonderful salad, followed by the most amazing meal ever.....Beef Wellington, with green beans, potatoes, then dessert. I don't know exactly what the flavors were that made everything so yummy. But they were the best green beans EVER!!! The most tender filet inside of the puff pastry. We could cut our filet with our fork. The potatoes were yummy! The dessert out of this world. So after all that food, I started to feel a bit sick. I have been on the Weight Watchers Plan for about 7 weeks. To make a long story short, and not too gross. The minute we got home, I threw up my 90$ meal. I would eat it again, even if I had to throw up again. We all finished our plates cuz they were so yummy. Im thinking because I had only been eating low fat, and fat free that all that just hit my stomach a bit too harsh.


I will post more later, this is taking forever!!