More Spring Break 2009

FYI: Sorry for the long post!
Since Mike was able to take Thursday and Friday off, we headed to Orlando for a long weekend. We had so much fun and many memories! Thursday and Friday we enjoyed going to the Happiest Place on Earth, Walt Disney World. It's our home away from home. We people watch and ride our favorite rides: Pirates, Buzz Lightyear, Toy Story Mania, Wedway People Mover (I don't even know if that is the real name, but that is what my family has always called it.), and the Jungle Cruise. I know you may be thinking--the jungle cruise--That has always been a favorite ride of mine. I always look forward to how our tour guide is going to be. I love the dry humor and the "stupid" jokes. I learned some new Disney jokes, so I thought I would write the the joke and have you try and guess the answer. The next day I will reveal the answer!

Here's the first joke: Why does Peter Pan always fly?




Friday was a very eventful day! We received a text from a friend who inspects carpets and Disney had called him to inspect the carpets at the Treehouse Villas. These villas will be part of the Saratoga Springs Vacation Club this summer! He knew we were over there and wanted to know if we wanted to earn some extra cash and have a new job experience on our resumes. (Not that we are looking for jobs--I hope. . .) We had to pick up a few things from a nearby store that has everything, so that we could do our job correctly!! So Friday morning, we woke up to a thunderstrom and rain. We made it to the Treehouses and we were told that we wouldn't need hard hats, but that was not the case. After a few phone calls and driving around for a bit, we were able to "inspect the carpet" in one of the villas. We had fun and even took a few fun pictures! :-) The Treehouses are very nice and make us want to get the Disney Vacation Club!!! (I walked in my classroom this morning and what did I find--my very own yellow hard hat! I'm going to keep it in my car, you never know when I'll need one!)

The Flower and Garden Show is going on at EPCOT right now and the flowers and toparies are beautiful! The have "Flower Power" concerts on the weekends during this time of year and we went to see 'The Turtles:Flo and Eddie'. (They sing "So Happy Together" and many more hits from the 60's.)


Saturday evening we went to my aunt and uncle's house in Orlando and had a delicious dinner. They live on Lake Windermere(Tiger Woods lives on a lake connecting to Lake Windermere), so we went down there for the sunset. We missed it by a couple of minutes, but we were still able to get some beautiful pictures.


On Saturday my parents arrived with my sister and neice. We had a fun time watching Maggie enjoy Disney World for the 2nd time--and she's only 9 months old! We enjoyed a nearby mall on Saturday and dinner with my aunt and uncle. Sunday we headed to EPCOT for a day full of flowers and fun!


Maggie loves to have her picture taken! And I love taking her picture!

Thankful Thursday!

I am thankful today for Mike and his job! He got Thursday and Friday off so that he could have a spring break too! I am sure I'm going to enjoy our time together. Thanks Mike for taking the time off to spend with me (and my family). I love you!

Spring Break 2009

I'm on Spring Break this week, so I thought I would write about a few of my highlights. This is only Wednesday, so I'm sure I will have more to share.

I started my Spring Break off with dinner with some cute friends! We went to Cheddar's in Clearwater. They have good food at a reasonable price.
On Monday, I had to go to the doctor for my once a month blood work. I haven't heard about my numbers yet, so "no news is good news". I did some spring cleaning around the house that way the rest of the week I could enjoy myself!




Tuesday and Wednesday morning I have walked on the beach. I have been amazed at what I have seen. I didn't take my camera on Tuesday, but wished I would have. So when I walked on Wednesday I wasn't going to forget to bring my camera. The only thing that I couldn't capture was the dolphins that were swimming. I would look out and the fins would pop up, walk some more and then look and the fins would pop up. It's almost like I had company on my walk. I was reminded of how God cares for the birds and he cares for me. Then I saw these sand sculptures and thought about the many talents God has given each of us. Finally, I saw this group of birds. I was in shock that I not only passed them once, but twice. This group of birds were all the same, but I was in awe of the orange beaks. They reminded me of penguins and I wondered if there were still there because they couldn't fly. (I know they aren't penguins, but they made me go, "hmmm".) I know these thoughts aren't much, but what do you expect from someone on vacation.

Happy April Fool's Day! I do have one funny memory from this day. When I was in high school, I had a close friend who loved to play soccer. Him and his buddy thought it would be great to play an April Fools joke on me. His buddy called my house in the evening and told me that my friend had broken his leg playing soccer and was in the hospital and wanted me to come visit him. I went and asked my parents and they said it was too late and that I could go visit him tomorrow. I told the buddy this, but that didn't end the conversation. So my dad agreed to take me to the hospital. This threw my friend and his buddy for a loop, because they wanted to come to my house and the joke would come out. They ended up telling me on the phone, because they didn't want my dad to drive me to the hospital to find out it was a joke! Just wondering if anyone else has a April Fools memory?!?!?

I will be writing more, but that's it for now. Watch out--it's Fool's Day!