Time Shares....Hmmmm

For Father's Day last weekend, Mark and I went to Myrtle Beach. Why Myrtle Beach? Well, for years Mark and I have been all about doing Time Share presentations in different areas to receive the free gifts. This particular vacation cost us $39.00 for a 2 night stay at the Hilton Resort in Myrtle. The room rate is typically $175-$200.00 a night. Also, since we went during a weekday, after hearing our 90 minute presentation they gave us a $50.00 Visa Card AND a FREE 3 night getaway! Good deal huh? The weather was beautiful and we stayed right on the ocean in an ocean view room. The Hilton has great ammenities (sp?), but I must say that the rooms are very similar to the Microtels...very small. None the less, the weekend was enjoyable (other than going to bed at 8pm since that is Josiah's bedtime and lights were out), AND they actually put us in the wrong HOTEL so they refunded our $39.00 fee AND gave us an extra $25.00 on our Visa gift card! Basically they PAID US to vacation! The company we did this through is Bluegreen travel if anyone is interested in going.

Turning 31......UGHHH

SO... I am not loving getting older. I still feel like I am 21, so it is a bit odd to me to actually be 31 years old. Thank you for all the birthday wishes! Mark and I spent the weekend in Myrtle Beach at South Beach Resort to celebrate and it was GREAT! My sister bought a time share there so we got to stay as her referral in a 2 bedroom condo at the resort. We watched movies, ate at Planet Hollywood and an ocean front restaurant called Damon's and relaxed by the pool. It was our first weekend away from our son who is 18 months (which is good for all married couples to do with children), but we were more than ready to see him again on Sunday. GREAT BIRTHDAY WEEKEND!