The Not So Eloquent One

Per Wikipedia : Designated Suvivor -  In the United States, a  designated survivor  (or  designated successor ) is an individual in the  presidential line of succession , usually a member of the  United States Cabinet , who is arranged to be at a physically distant, secure, and undisclosed location when the President and the country's other top leaders (e.g., Vice President and Cabinet members) are gathered at a single location, such as during  State of the Union addresses  and  presidential inaugurations . This is intended to guarantee  continuity of government  in the event of a catastrophic occurrence that kills the President and many officials in the presidential line of succession. If such an event would occur, killing both the President and Vice President, the surviving official highest in the line, possibly the designated survivor, would become the  Acting President of the United States  under the  Preside...

This past Tuesday, a new show aired on NBC titled, "This Is Us" and I think the network has a new hit.  When the trailer premiered earlier in the summer, it had received so many hits.  From what I read, it was one of NBC's most anticipated shows for the Fall season. After seeing the first episode, I can see why. The show stars Mandy Moore, Milo Ventimiglia (from  Heroes, Gilmore Girls), Justin Hartley, Sterling K. Brown (newly minted Emmy winner), and Chrissy Metz, along with a few others, but those named above are who the stories are centered around.  When the show opens, we see Mandy Moore playing a very pregnant Rebecca and Milo Ventimiglia -- rather, his bare butt in the first scene, as Jack.  It's his birthday and I guess their tradition every year is a sexy birthday dance followed by some sexy time for the both of them.  Unfortunately, they never do get to the sexy time because Rebecca's water breaks and it's time for their triplets to make their...

Well, I am back and a lot sure has happened in the past month. We are now a family of four, having welcomed my baby boy, Logan Daniel on August 21st.  That was a memorable day, considering he was scheduled to be delivered on August 23rd (also Charlotte's birthday) but he had other plans.  Or better yet, he decided he did not want to share a birthday with his older sister.  I say good for him.  When I had his c-section date scheduled, I wasn't too keen on August 23rd, but my doctor said the 22nd wasn't available.  He ended up making his own plans on his debut because really, babies run the show, not the adults. Ha! And they really do.  I haven't slept more than 3 hours a night since he came home last month.  Such is the norm with a newborn baby in the house. I am hoping he turns a corner soon and starts sleeping longer stretches at night. At most, all I want it five blissful hours of sleep.  1AM to 6AM sounds ideal. Here's hoping that comes soon,...

*clears the dust off the blog* Whew! Oh it has been a while since I wrote here. Originally, I wanted to make this a travel blog, but since I haven't been traveling at all since last year, I figured I might as well change things up. Stay tuned... because the next Flores Family Production is making a debut.

Welcome to our last full day in paradise.  And while I'm writing this blog post two months after our vacation ended, I still remember every bit because we didn't do much except relax and enjoy the surroundings. We woke up at our usual time, 8:00AM and started getting ready for the day.  Since we had a routine down, it didn't take us long to get washed up and head down to the buffet for breakfast. We said "hello" to our little friends along the way.  It's pretty much normal for us to see all the lizards and iguanas out lounging as we headed to The Palm.  And as always, I've got the camera out snapping photos of them because I can't help it.  After breakfast (and stashing some waffles in a ziploc bag) we headed back to the room to get ready for pool time.  It was around 10AM when we headed down to the pool and Charlotte was thrilled.  But let me preface this by saying we were smart time time and dropped off some stuff on two lounge chair...

It was another day of waking up at 8AM for me.  I think my inner clock is set to wake up at that hour because it's the same time I wake up on the weekends.  Charlotte woke not long after and she in turn woke up Allan. We ended up at breakfast an hour earlier than the day before. Come to find out, heading to The Palm around 9AM is peak time since everyone wants to get their food in before heading out to the pool and beach. The weather was perfect too because it was partly cloudy and the sun wasn't beating down yet.  I was a little disappointed in today's breakfast selections (not that anything would change, but I was hoping the waffles would be there again.) Charlotte waits for us by the door as we get ready to head outside. We didn't spend much time at The Palm and were pretty much in and out. Once again, we enter the room and Charlotte gets upset. Does anyone see a pattern here? After explaining that we were getting ready to go to the pool, she calmed down only ...

Now that's what I call a vacation. Wouldn't you like waking up to this sight every day? I woke up at 8:00AM feeling completely recharged after the day before.  Charlotte and Allan were still asleep, so I turned on the TV and switched the channel to whichever one had the NY feed going and Good Morning America was on.  I don't know what it is about the islands here. but this is the second time I've traveled to an island in Caribbean and it had a NY channels. Charlotte and Allan finally woke up shortly before 9:00AM and we didn't make it out to breakfast until around 10:00AM. We weren't in much of a hurry, it was a vacation after all. Just lounging around Now, as we walked to breakfast, Allan was quick to point out the wildlife that was roaming the grounds.  These guys are everywhere, on the rocks and roaming around. If you're not careful, one could be walking next to you as you're going by the pool. It felt a little unnerving at first, but we ...