Disney Days!

And now, for a picture recap of The Happiest Place on Earth, Volume No. 18:

First I got these:

And we got on a plane and went here:

The Boardwalk!!! Our DVC home away from home (aka: Heaven on Earth)

The lobby:

Our view:

We ate some wonderful meals:

Met up with great friends:

Saw the sights:

Rode our favorite rides:

Saw amazing fireworks:

And completely enjoyed ourselves!

Sigh...Disney days just don't come often enough!

 

 

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Disney Dreaming...

Want to know the best way to get through Janu-dreary? Plan a trip to the happiest place on Earth! Watch out...I'm about to wave my Disney freak flag proudly.

We are Disney. We have eaten the Mickey bars, drank the Kool-Aid, and visited the Mouse almost yearly for 19 years.

Holidays are better at Disney...ANY day is better at Disney! If they would only let us bring the furry, four legged members of our family to stay in the resort with us, we'd stay for weeks at a time. I mean, can YOU imagine being told you weren't allowed to take YOUR kids to YOUR favorite place? Rude! :) But, I digress....

So, we are booked for our home resort (yep, we're DVC members) and will get to see this for 7 glorious days:

Some of our very best Disney friends will be there at the same time, staying just across the water, bringing their sweet little one for his first Mickey experience, well, outside of his Mommy's tummy, that is. And they are bringing his grandmommy, so there will some opportunities for adult date nights, too! Perfect! I LOVE getting to do Disney with kids and will steal him for rides and adventures whenever I possibly can.

There are a lot of days to count down between now and then, but ahhhh...Disney days are ahead! Yay! :)

 

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Nine Months From Now...

...I'll be in Disney World!!!

What did you think I was going to say??? :) My new motto is "Adjust and Move On". I'm focusing on celebrating the "haves" not " the could have beens". It's a daily process, but there is so much I have to anticipate (besides Mickey happy days) and MUCH to be thankful for.

Tonight, I'm focusing on this:

It's one of my FAVORITE places...The Boardwalk. It's our DVC home away from home. Just looking at the picture lowers my blood pressure and helps some of the beginning of school stress melt away. Disney days of walking hand in hand with my sweet husband in our happy place are on the horizon! Time with good friends, delicious food, and the happiest place on Earth!

Oh! And tomorrow a trip to WinStar...good times! :)

 

I'm Seeing Spots...and a Before and After!

Ah, summer! Where to begin?

We had a fabulous trip to New York, I went to Shreveport on a wonderful girls' trip, and then, a few stolen days at the BEACH!

When we got home, I got busy!!! I taught for three weeks at a summer reading program and took on a little guest bedroom makeover. It's funny, really. I like to decorate in a traditional, classic kind of style in the majority of our home...I'll do a tour here one day soon. The funny part is when it comes to the "secondary" bedrooms, anything goes! I see a lot of painting in our future if we ever decide to move. Can you say color?

So....here's the before:

And the after:

It's become my happy, somewhat vintage guest/project room. I still want to gut and reorganize the closet with all kinds of crafty goodness, but that's another day...

I've also been working in my classroom:

School is almost here and I cannot wait! New little people to know and love, routine and purpose all rolled into one!

Phew! OK...almost all caught up...what did YOU do this summer??? :)

 

Summer Lovin'...

Very soon, we'll be back in one of our happy places...

...this summer just keeps getting better and better. I don't take for granted for a minute how blessed we are to travel and enjoy our summer days together. Ah, the blessings of being a DINK teacher married to another teacher! :) You gotta look for the silver lining, right???

We're taking the littlest of our furry crew with us...the non-shedding, barks her crazy head off when left alone too long, precious baby. We have a new pet sitter coming to love on the older, more set in their ways, she'd waaaay too much to inflict on my mother in-law's house precious babies. It makes me nervous, but I know they'll be fine...I pray! :)

Hopefully, I'll have lots of pictures and great memories to share in the upcoming days.

Happy summer! :)

 

From The Bright Lights To The Dark Subway...

New York was wonderful! We are still absorbing all we saw, ate, and experienced!

For now, I'll leave you with my favorite picture of us in Times Square:

And one of me learning some very useful tool tips from our insider tour of Yale Drama:

 

More details soon AND more upcoming fun summer outings!

How's YOUR summer coming so far? :)

 

Start Spreading the News...

So...21 years ago, my sweet love and I played Billy and Hope in "Anything Goes". Don't you love how he got top billing and not me? Ha! :)

But the BIG news is that in just a few days, we'll be seeing

on BROADWAY! That's right folks, we've torn ourselves away from the annual pilgrimage to see the Mouse. Oh, don't you worry Mickey, we'll be back soon enough....but this year, it's the bright lights of NYC that are calling our name. Our first ever trip to The Big Apple!

I'm more than a little intimidated, to be sure. I have no expectations though, so how can I be disappointed?

Stay tuned for a few updates from the city that never sleeps, although I'm sure we will! :)