A Little Getaway!

Last weekend the BHW and I celebrated our 17th wedding anniversary with a one night getaway to Savannah, Georgia.  It is only an hour an a half away so we thought that we be a neat place to go, but not too far away especially since it would be the first time ever we have left Jemma overnight.  Yes, you heard me right... the first time ever!  I know... I know... she is 6 and we need to do it more often.  Trust me.  I totally get it and can't believe it has taken us this long, but we have never lived close to any family who are the only ones I would have trusted when she was little!  Now that she is bigger, we felt comfortable leaving her with our friends' nanny who we carpool with.  Jemma had a great time and so did we!

We stayed at the beautiful Amethyst Inn.  It was built in 1888 and was just lovely!  We stayed in the Dahlia suite which had this gorgeous canopy bed, a small kitchen and bath, and a little sitting room with a pull out couch (perfect for another trip with Jemma!).  It was cozy, comfortable and romantic.  The floors and rooms were all beautiful.  The kitchen had been totally redone and I was in love, but unfortunately my pictures of the rest of the house weren't able to download.  Read below for the deatils on that!

Jane, the owner, booked our dinner for us at the Chart House and we were not disappointed.  We took a pedicab there and were escorted in by the manager who welcomed us and informed us that Jane had ordered the fried green tomatoes as an appetizer as a Happy Anniversary gift!  We were treated wonderfully and the food was delicious!  I had a crab stuffed baked shrimp with risotto and the BHW had a lowcountry sampler of fried oysters, caramelized catfish and deviled crab.  We finished the dinner off with a raspberry peach cobbler. Oh my word!!  It was all so good!!!  It was so nice to sit at a dinner and just enjoy each other's conversation for almost 2 hours.  We missed Jemma, but had such a lovely time being together.

Fried green tomatoes with shrimp salsa, jack cheese and cajun buttermilk ranch... Oh my!!!  

Guess who we called????

We booked a ghost tour through Blue Orb Ghost Tours and we were not disappointed!  Tobias, the owner, was the best tour guide I have ever had!  When my BFF, Cindy, comes, we may have to drive to Savannah!  He was that good!  Savannah is said to be the most haunted city in America.  The stories were quite creepy.  I don't know if I believe in all of that.  I had a picture that one time that everyone said was an orb, but whatever.  I will say though that something happened that has sort of freaked us out.  The last home we saw on the tour was reported to be haunted by a little 7 year old girl who was tortured and killed by her father.  He would often lock her in her room for hours at a time, but on this day, he tied her to a chair, gagged her and had her such a position that the sun actually baked her.  Tobias tells the story from the square and said that after strange events, he won't go over to the side of the street that the house is on anymore.  For example, throughout the year 2011, 11 people fainted on the tour standing in front of the house.  People's cameras quit working.  He had a scary encounter there also where he felt something "go through him".  It also went through his water and when he drank it, he said it was the most foul revolting thing he had ever tasted and he promptly spewed it all over a customer.  He comped her ticket for her.  That was nice!

 Anyhoo, I crossed the street to take pictures.  The BHW did not.  He said he was good where he was!  Tobias said if I felt my camera get hot to move back over.  I didn't have any trouble at all until today.  I was trying to download our pictures from our trip and it wouldn't download half my pictures.  It said the file was not recognized.  I tried it several more times and still no luck.  I checked all my settings, took a few more and still no pictures.  When I looked at what it did download and where it stopped, I was shocked.  It downloaded all the pictures up to the point where I crossed the street.  The pictures from that side of the street and all the next day would not download.  I deleted the pictures of the house from that side of the street but kept the ones of our B&B and some of downtown from the next day.  No luck.  I deleted all the pictures and then took 2 new ones.  The two new ones downloaded perfectly.  HOW FREAKY IS THAT???????  I don't know how I feel about ghosts and all that jazz, but that is weird... seriously weird.  Cindy wants to go now more than ever!  Oh my... I think I will leave the camera at home!

The cemeteries in Savannah are quite beautiful.  We didn't visit the famous Bonaventure Cemetery from Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, but we are going back to visit!

This is the house where my camera quit taking pictures.  As you can tell, I am across the street.  Not a picture one would download after that.  CRAZY!!!!

The next morning, I woke up feeling awful!  I was so congested and my eyes looked like I had tied one on.  We think it was the gas heat that sent my sinuses into overdrive.  I am still struggling with being sick at Christmas and am on my second round of antibiotics.  I actually felt bad enough to cancel our tour we had scheduled and slept the whole way home.  We got home to a little girl who had missed us and was happy to see us!  It was a wonderful trip and yes I know... we need to do it more often!

BHW... I love you with all my heart.  Thank you for 17 years of joy, happiness, and love.  You are my best friend and my soul mate.  Thank you for making all my dreams come true and I hope we have many many more years to live life and experience all it has to offer.  I love you.