Fun Sun and Sand

Good Morning Bloggers,

Hope you are doing well this morning!!! It is the weekend so that is a plus. Waking up this morning I see the heavens have dumped some more snow on us, YUCK that makes this weekend even more appealing. Later this afternoon I will be boarding a flight to FLORIDA! Whoot Whoot!

I am heading on a GIRLS trip to St. Petersburg's, Florida!!!! Who is excited ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Our Beachfront rooms!!!!!!

Yes posted this picture 3 times, wanna know why????? Because this is where I plan to spend most of my time poolside next to the beach!!!!!

Hopefully Mr. H  can figure out the picture uploading issue when I get back so you can see some bits and pieces from the trip.

I will however miss my MR. He is heading to Des Moines on Saturday to celebrate his brother's birthday!! Happy Birthday Mikey! It is his golden birthday so that is pretty big!
See you on Tuesday!

We're Back-Vaca Recap

Good Morning Bloggers,


It has been way to long!!! I had a week of blogging planned but when we got home Sunday night our Internet wasn't working and we have spend the past three days getting it fixed.

Also I was hoping to post some pics of our trip but I cant seem to get those to upload either! BOO! Maybe the MR. will tackle that project next tonight.

We had a great time in the CITY!!!! It was great to have some quality time together and to have FUN!

Wednesday we drove to Naperville and my mom took us to the train station. We arrived at Union Station around 5ish checked into our Hotel room and then walked around a bit downtown. I had to scope out the shops and Joe was a great partner in crime.

Then we went back to our hotel room and got ready for a big Italian dinner at Rosebuds downtown. It was delicious and we loved it but couldn't finish any of our meals.

Thursday we were out of the hotel bright and early so we could tackle our to-do list. Our first stop was the Museum Of Science and Industry we did all the exhibits and had some good laughs!
Then we walked to the University of Chicago Illinois and went to Greek town for a yummy lunch. After lunch we were off to the Shedd Aquarium. It was great! This was Joe's favorite place, who knew he was into fish?
After that we headed back to Omnio hotel which has a beautiful lounge that overlooks Michigan Ave. While we were hanging out there we decided to go to a play at the Steppenwolfe Theater. This Theater was originally started by Gary Sinacey. We saw the new production of Sex with Strangers. It was a play about two people that meet through technology. We both very much enjoyed it.

Friday we went out for breakfast downtown and Joe headed to Niketown and I headed over to Crate and Barrel to tackle all  floors!!!! I love that place!!!!!!!!!!!

The trip was great although I think the pictures would of brought this post to life!!!! 
Have a great day and more to come from Turner's Take tomorrow.

Mini VACA

Good Morning Bloggers,

Happy Wednesday- the weekend is getting even closer!!!!!! Hopefully you all had a great Valentine's day. We had a great day. Joey lined up some time for me at the SPA!!! Which was lovely. Then I made a big dinner that night! It was YUMMO!

I will be taking a short break from blogging because me and the MR. are heading on a mini vacation!! Whoot Whoot! Can you tell I am excited???? Well I sure am! We are heading to downtown Chicago and plan to do some sight seeing, trying out new restaurants, and Shopping!

I will be back Monday with a full report of  our weekend and pics.
Below is some information from our upcoming trip.

Our Hotel- Crowne Plaza Avenue

Some of the places we plan to visit:

The Museum Of Science and Industry

Shedd Aquarium

Have a great weekend and see you back on Monday!!!!!!

Happy LOVE Day!

Good Morning Bloggers,

Well it is Valentine's Day are you feeling the LOVE??????? Hopefully so.

I heard this on a commerical this year in preparation for Valentine's Day and it said "Valentine's day inst about saying I love you, it is about saying I LOVE US!"

Isn't that perfect? I don't think there is much more to say then that.

Whether you have been in love for many years or are just in the beginning stages of love you know LOVE is magical, priceless and gives life.

I am very excited for the day ahead! My LOVE has some kind of surprise planned for me this afternoon and to the only clue he would give me was that it is someplace we have never been???? Can you imagine why it was hard to sleep last night some place I have never been? I will update you once this mysterious location is revealed! He He He

Now I want to give my LOVE some some Love
-I love that you are a wonderful writer you notes and cards I cherish!!!!

-I love how you love my family, it is a priceless gift.

-I love that you made our first date church a very important step and ultimately foundation in our relationship.

-I love knowing that I get to watch you be a father someday

-I love the your work ethic. You work not only for yourself but for our future.

-I love how fiscally responsible you are and how you finically plan for our family.

-I love that you believe in people unconditionally. Anybody'scorner that you are in is BLESSED

-I love watching yo succeed you DESERVE EVERY BIT OF IT!

-I love all the memories that you have created for me!

- I LOVE YOU JOSEPH STEVEN HALUSKA!!!

Living A Life With Intention

Good Morning,

Happy Friday!!!! The weekend is Here!!! Yeah!!!! Hopefully you have fun things planned for the weekend.

Today's post was inspired from another blog that I follow called Makeunder My Life- http://makeundermylife.com/

She is a Jewelry designer that lives in Chicago and started her business years ago and started a blog about living a life with INTENTION! I love this. For awhile I have been following her blog and have really started thinking about things she has posted. Recently followers have started posting their intentions for life on the blog so I decided what better way to leave you for the weekend but with with my INTENTIONS for LIFE.
                                      
1. To be a good Wife. Short sentence BIG TASK. I am often reminded that how blessed I am because I married my best friend. Being a good wife is a slew of things for me but here are a few: Being patient, being supportive, being loving, being encouraging, being respectful, being conscious of his feelings, helping his dreams to come true, and to have FAITH IN HIM.  When Joey and I were married we had a big talk on out honeymoon about how we wanted to be a United front for each other, our children and our family.

2. Being a good daughter. My mom has been next to me from the very beginning and she has been such an amazing example of unconditional love and support. When I married Joe she not only accepted him as part of our family but she has created a very special relationship with him and loves and cares about him deeply This mean the world to me. What a gift she has given to Joe and I for creating a strong family unit. I want to be with her through thick and thin and the good and the bad. When I am busy and she needs my attention I need to give it to her.

3. Yup this is right Let Go and Be Open. If you know me then you know that I have just really challenged myself. In most areas of my life I like to be in control. I like to make a plan and stick to it. As I am learning I AM NOT IN CONTROL I AM ONLY A PASSENGER IN THIS CAR CALLED LIFE. This one is going to be a daily reminder and I am going to have to actively Let go and be open to life and what it brings. Scared about this one but optimistic of what it may bring to the table for me.

4. TO BE HEALTHY. yes I could of posted some bananas, water and a treadmill but I think if you follow this post then you already know I am plugging away at this one. I have been given to one life to live and I want to be the healthiest that I can. More water less pop, more healthy food options, exercise, and SLEEP yup I said making time for sleep since it is important to health.

5. To take a Leap of faith and to preserve with my endeavors. This has to do with many areas of my life. We must preserve through things to achieve what we want. A while back I completed a children's book. I attempted to contact some literacy agents to begin the process of getting it published and had no real luck. And stopped pursuing it!!! Well this intention is to challenge me to get through it and keep moving forward with it. Whether I publish it myself, make it an E-book, or contact to pound the pavement with publishing houses I am PRESERVING!!!!!

Have a great weekend and see you on Monday!

A Little Blog Lovin

Good Morning Bloggers,

Who is getting excited about the weekend being right around the corner????? ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The hubster and I had a great night last night watching college basketball! And if you dont know, I won the bet from last night! He He He He!

So when you are  checking your daily blogs? do you ever look at the blogs that others follow? I will tell you that is one of the ways I have found some of my favorite blogs.
So today I thought I would give some blog lovin to a few new blogs-check em out and pass on a few that you would recommend.

1. Sunday Baker: A great cooking blog, the posts are filled with the actual pictures from her recipes and the two that I have made from her have been EXCELLENT!!!!! I mean today's post:Tuscan White Bean Soup-YUMMO! http://comeandpeek.blogspot.com/

2. TIP JUNKIE: I started subscribing to this blog awhile ago but didn't check it out that frequently recently I started visiting it more and I LOOOOVVVEE!! I mean for one of her posts she took broken jewelry posts and make a beautiful decoration for her home- who doesn't love that idea???????? It includes everything from DIY projects, to recipes, to organizational tips. http://www.tipjunkie.com/

3. HOMEMADE MAMAS: Yup another great one and I found this from one of the other blogs that I follow. This is a blog that is done by 3 different mamas and they have a LARGE variety of things that they post about. They have children activities, home decorating tips, ways to save MONEY (who doesn't like that), and GIVEAWAYS. http://www.homemademamas.net/

DIET COKE Recap: Well it's going. I cant say it is easy or that  I like it but it is going. I am doing the best that I  can occasionally I have to have a few sips of one but I think on the whole  I am doing pretty good. I find it completely ironic that The Today show is doing an investigation of how it is NOT good to drink diet pop. Why does it have to taste so good then????

Have a great day!
I would love to hear about some of your favorite blogs!

It's Game Day!!!!

Good Morning,

It's Wednesday one day closer to the weekend!!!!!!

Well tonight is a big night at the Haluska home!! My beloved Duke takes on their arch rival North Carolina. I love college basketball and at a young age started cheering on Duke with my mom!!!!! For the past few years Joe and I have wagged a bet against this game and typically it is a new pair of shoes and I am proud to say the past few times I have ended up with a new pair of shoes.

There's the main man in action- coaching another team to a National Championship ( 12 total championships for the team)

Guess where the game is taking place???????

Yup that is right HOME COURT ADVANTAGE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

And here is the team!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I cannot wait for the Mr. to get home tonight so we can trash talk and get in some college basketball together!!!

So tonight the old school jock jams will be blaring, I will be sporting my new DUKE shirt (thanks to my brother-in-law) and my hubby will be ready for some serious trash talking. Can I tell you something though I think he is starting to like DUKE as well.

Have a great day!