Castle at night
Monday, January 23, 2006
Happy 10th Anniversary to Us!!!
We had an amazing weekend at the Disneyland Resort. We stayed at the Grand Californian Hotel for 3 days, 2 nights. The weather was perfect, in the mid 60's during the day and the 40's at night, just cold enough to wear a jacket & scarf to be comfortable.
Once we got all checked in we set off to the parks. We are pro's at this so it was pretty simple to have a good game plan to hit as many rides possible without lines or a ton of walking. I do think we traversed both parks multiple times a day anyways. Without the kids it was so easy to just go wherever we wanted, go on all the rides we don't get to go on together and eat what WE wanted. No Mickey shaped chicken nuggets on this trip!
George spoiled me by letting me have a shopping spree in Sephora while he followed me around holding my purchases. Sweet, wonderful, patient man! I knew there was a reason I kept him around for the last 10 years! ;o)I also got to buy pretty much whatever I wanted in any of the Disney stores too. I am much too frugal to be told I get whatever I want. He had to keep reminding me not to buy for the kids, just for myself. That is harder than it sounds! I did get a few things that made my heart flutter! For those of you that aren't Disney freaks, you won't appreciate them so I will spare the details.
All in all it was an amazing trip & Thank you for all of the happy anniversary wishes!
We had an amazing weekend at the Disneyland Resort. We stayed at the Grand Californian Hotel for 3 days, 2 nights. The weather was perfect, in the mid 60's during the day and the 40's at night, just cold enough to wear a jacket & scarf to be comfortable.
Once we got all checked in we set off to the parks. We are pro's at this so it was pretty simple to have a good game plan to hit as many rides possible without lines or a ton of walking. I do think we traversed both parks multiple times a day anyways. Without the kids it was so easy to just go wherever we wanted, go on all the rides we don't get to go on together and eat what WE wanted. No Mickey shaped chicken nuggets on this trip!
George spoiled me by letting me have a shopping spree in Sephora while he followed me around holding my purchases. Sweet, wonderful, patient man! I knew there was a reason I kept him around for the last 10 years! ;o)I also got to buy pretty much whatever I wanted in any of the Disney stores too. I am much too frugal to be told I get whatever I want. He had to keep reminding me not to buy for the kids, just for myself. That is harder than it sounds! I did get a few things that made my heart flutter! For those of you that aren't Disney freaks, you won't appreciate them so I will spare the details.
All in all it was an amazing trip & Thank you for all of the happy anniversary wishes!
Monday, January 09, 2006
Home safe and sound! Now that we have been back for a week I feel like life is returning to normal. My house is a disaster after a weekend of sitting, knitting, ER trip for tonsilitis (Trevor got so bad I had to take him in to make sure there wasn't a puss filled sac on his left tonsil) and just being messy. Today is laundry, cleaning, more cleaning & more laundry!
Oh, and wasting all my time on the computer. Let's not forget that one!
I still have some random Christmas decorations up that just aren't taking themselves down for some reason! Actually, the real reason is that I am too lazy to get out the ladder & remove them. Also that means I have to reorganize the shed to get all the Christmas bins in an orderly fashion. I have this problem that I have to reorganize the shed anytime I put something back inside, so I then procrastinate & things pile up in the garage. George brought the work trailer home this weekend & got a lot of the tools and things of his out of the garage. Our goal is to somehow use the garage as living space. It is all drywalled with a clean concrete floor so our thought is to temporarily wall off the garage door, throw down some inexpensive carpet, move all the toys and a tv out there and have ourselves a family/play room. It will be a lot cheaper than moving to a bigger house! And give the kids room in their bedrooms to actually live in them instead of squeezing in & out.
I am going to get to a long post about the trip with pictures but I am waiting for my order of prints from snapfish before I venture into the hours that it will take to post them all. I will happily send a link to the snapfish albums to whomever would like them. Just email me & you can see the pics for yourself! Then if you want any specific prints you can order them! Amazing isn't it?
Have a great Monday everyone!
Oh, and wasting all my time on the computer. Let's not forget that one!
I still have some random Christmas decorations up that just aren't taking themselves down for some reason! Actually, the real reason is that I am too lazy to get out the ladder & remove them. Also that means I have to reorganize the shed to get all the Christmas bins in an orderly fashion. I have this problem that I have to reorganize the shed anytime I put something back inside, so I then procrastinate & things pile up in the garage. George brought the work trailer home this weekend & got a lot of the tools and things of his out of the garage. Our goal is to somehow use the garage as living space. It is all drywalled with a clean concrete floor so our thought is to temporarily wall off the garage door, throw down some inexpensive carpet, move all the toys and a tv out there and have ourselves a family/play room. It will be a lot cheaper than moving to a bigger house! And give the kids room in their bedrooms to actually live in them instead of squeezing in & out.
I am going to get to a long post about the trip with pictures but I am waiting for my order of prints from snapfish before I venture into the hours that it will take to post them all. I will happily send a link to the snapfish albums to whomever would like them. Just email me & you can see the pics for yourself! Then if you want any specific prints you can order them! Amazing isn't it?
Have a great Monday everyone!
Friday, December 16, 2005
Whew~ what a day! I just got home about 20 minutes ago, I left the house before 9am to start my trip preparation day. First Kmart for some new Dickies work pants for George, then home for a belt to wear with said pants & Trevors train that he forgot. Then the delivery of the pants to his lovely job site. Then to the post office to mail the last 2 Christmas gift boxes out. Then over for a cup of coffee & apple juice. Then to Costco for new tires on the car. Shopped for an hour and a half, it was more wandering around aimlessly than shopping, waiting for the car to be done. Finally finished over 2 hours later and off to Kmart again looking for the coolest Sylvania lights I keep seeing advertised but I can't find. They would be perfect for the back seat for the trip. I am sure I can find them somewhere in the next day. I just am not sure where to look if Kmart & the auto parts store don't have them I am not sure where to look. I am sure Target or Walmart would have them but I live in an evil town that won't allow such stores!
Then to the auto parts store to buy snow-tire-cables. I am crossing my fingers that we won't need them at any point on our trip but I can't be sure so I thought it smart to be prepared! THen finally home. Whew! Now I have to get the kids from school, come home & shower. Tracy is watching the kids tonight so George can take me on a Birthday Date. I know, tomorrow is my bday but tonight works better!
Whew! Deep breath! I am almost done with all this planning & will be SO ready to go! Tomorrow is our early Christmas & I am busting at the seams I am so excited!! WOOHOO!! Sweet, you all have a nice Friday! Merry Christmas!
Then to the auto parts store to buy snow-tire-cables. I am crossing my fingers that we won't need them at any point on our trip but I can't be sure so I thought it smart to be prepared! THen finally home. Whew! Now I have to get the kids from school, come home & shower. Tracy is watching the kids tonight so George can take me on a Birthday Date. I know, tomorrow is my bday but tonight works better!
Whew! Deep breath! I am almost done with all this planning & will be SO ready to go! Tomorrow is our early Christmas & I am busting at the seams I am so excited!! WOOHOO!! Sweet, you all have a nice Friday! Merry Christmas!
Thursday, December 15, 2005
All finished with the Christmas prep & wrapping! Woohoo!!! Now I just have to have patience until Saturday afternoon when we do our pre-Christmas Christmas celebration before we leave on our trip early, early Sunday morning!
I am also crossing my fingers that I didn't hide any gifts anywhere really strange that I will find in January. If that is the case, like it is every year, then we'll not only have an early Christmas but an extended Christmas also!
Now I can move my focus to prep for the trip! Laundry, gathering and moderation of things for the kids to take. Deep breath, doing it all for 5 people is not a very fun job. The controlling side of me says that I must do it all or things will be forgotten. You know, no underwear, no socks. That kind of thing.
Knitting group is tonight & I am looking forward to that! My goal is to have worked my butt off today to earn a knitting getaway! I will admit I did go a little overboard on gifts for George but with almost having lost him this year I think he is worth hundreds of gifts! Okay, I didn't buy him hundreds, but there are dozens!
It is now time for a shower & laundry!
Have a great Thursday everyone!!!
I am also crossing my fingers that I didn't hide any gifts anywhere really strange that I will find in January. If that is the case, like it is every year, then we'll not only have an early Christmas but an extended Christmas also!
Now I can move my focus to prep for the trip! Laundry, gathering and moderation of things for the kids to take. Deep breath, doing it all for 5 people is not a very fun job. The controlling side of me says that I must do it all or things will be forgotten. You know, no underwear, no socks. That kind of thing.
Knitting group is tonight & I am looking forward to that! My goal is to have worked my butt off today to earn a knitting getaway! I will admit I did go a little overboard on gifts for George but with almost having lost him this year I think he is worth hundreds of gifts! Okay, I didn't buy him hundreds, but there are dozens!
It is now time for a shower & laundry!
Have a great Thursday everyone!!!
Wednesday, December 14, 2005
Sedgwick family Thanksgiving 1982 ( I could totally be wrong on the year). This is to give you some idea of all us cousins, aunts & uncles, grandma and grandpa Sedgwick and Great grandma Grow (all 3 have passed away now). When I post pictures from our upcoming Sedgwick Christmas Party you will all see the fun differences!
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