First things first...

Of course, I could go on and on about how much fun we had on vacation, about how spoiled the baby girl got, how many hundreds of dollars the family spent on her, about enjoying the Florida Keys, about holding a newborn baby, about seeing thousands of rednecks, about staying in a million dollar home the gulf side of Key Largo, about the girl being a great traveler - you get the point. I'm sure I'll post about some of this soon but first I just have to tell you all.

I need to tell you what to not forget is in your garage when you take off for a 10 day vacation.

A Watermelon.

Of course, when I left last Friday I remembered to take out the trash, clean out the fridge, turn up the AC and manage to forget nothing behind except the watermelon that the hubby had set in the garage.

10 very hot days pass and we get home yesterday, I open the garage to find this...


The smell was beyond horrible, ohmygosh. The hubby and I gagged for 30 minutes. I think the neighborhood could smell it. DISGUSTING. Beyond disgusting.

The poor hubby...


So take my word for it - next trip I may forget my suitcase but there will not be a watermelon left in my garage!