Disney Insanity!

So, on Saturday, May 29th I worked for two hours in the morning, from 7:30am - 9:30am. On my way home, a crazy idea entered my brain...

I should take my family to Disneyland for one day! I should drive down as soon as I get home, go to Disneyland on Sunday, then drive home on Monday, May 31st aka Memorial Day.

Nevermind it's a holiday weekend with holiday traffic ... nevermind Disneyland is going to be insanely busy ... nevermind this is going to cost a FORTUNE.

So, I asked Ian what he thought, and he said, "Sure" ... holy crap?! Really? Okay then, let's go.
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I got a room at the Holiday Inn Express (where we usually stay) on priceline.com for $85.00 a night. Not bad considering it was Memorial Day weekend. I packed within 15 mintues and we were off.

The drive down was uneventul. We stopped once in St. George for lunch at McDonalds. We were back on the road around 4:00pm. We drove straight to Anaheim without a stop. It was really fast time. I acutally sped, shocking, I know. I drove 80 mph as opposed to my normal 75 mph.

That night we went swimming. The girls LOVED it ... the boys also loved it. I sat in the hot tub and watched the kids. We were in bed by 11:00pm, but the boys had a hard time falling asleep in a different environment. Eventually they fell asleep as well.

We were up early at 6:00am on Sunday. We got ready fast, ate breakfast and made to DL by 8:00am for opening! We knocked out Fantasyland in about 2 hours... we went to Adventureland/Frontierland area. The boys are really in to the Haunted Mansion... they watch a youtube.com video all the time.

We went back to the hotel for lunch and swimming again. Had naps, etc. this took 4 hours then we went back to DL for another 5 hours or so.

Disneyland with kids/babies totally sucks. It's sad, but true. Once your kids are about 8 years old or so, they can go on all the rides, hopefully they aren't very whiny and basically it's fun. I like 'reliving' old memories, etc, but I always build up so much hype that it's a let down for me. I need to be more patient.

This trip was much better than our December trip. 6 months really makes a difference with the boys. They were much better this trip ... still difficult, but much better.

We ate breakfast on Monday morning then left. The traffic getting back in to CA was HORRIBLE. I'm so glad we were on the other side of the freeway. We drove straight from Anaheim to St. George and ate at the same McDonalds. I picked up Cafe Rio for myself'/Ian because I didn't want burger fare. From there, we hopped back on the road and arrived home by 7:45pm.

The girls played with friends, I did laundry then watched the news and went to bed.

All in all it was a fun weekend. It was tiring. I didn't take ONE BLESSED photo. How lame am I? Oh well. My only souvenier is a ring. It's a silver band with Mickey heads inlayed, filled with colors.

Meredith

Oh lordy ...

I'm so so sorry I haven't posted in April, and now we're ending May with out a new update.

I promise to get something up soon ... the last day of school is this Friday.

What am I going to do?

Death in the family

I received a frantic call today from Lily around 3:30ish.

She couldn't find her hamster. I was confident it was somewhere in the house, but I didn't know where. It had gotten out of it's cage by chewing through some duct tape that Ian had put on a hole. Hamsters can escape from *anything* ... duct tape might as well be cobwebs.

After searching the house, Lily found the hamster in the kitty dungeon. 'Hamstey' was found in the kitty house-carpet thingie. It wasn't eaten. My guess is Kitty somehow broke it's neck or something because if Sammy or Kisper found it first, it would be kitty poop by now.

Poor Lily.

When I finally got home she had take photos of Hamstey and created this tribute video.

RIP Hamstey.

Blue Hair

Thanks to Ashlee, my niece, I got my hair done!

As you may remember, the previous color was red, now it's blue in honor of nothing in particular. I also had her dye my regrowth, etc.

Looks pretty good huh?

Meredith

Lame-O

So, I didn't take any photos in January. How lame is that?! How do I miss taking photos?! I'm such a lazy jerk.

Well, good news, I got the job in Motors. It's going to be a great opportunity and great move for me. Even thought it will cost me more in daycare. I'm excited to have my weekends back with Ian and never have to ask for a holiday off. wwweeeee!!!

Weight watchers is going well. It's still easy, but it sucks that I will have to watch what I eat for the rest of my life. NO FAIR! Okay, so it is fair, it just sucks. I love food so much. >.< I'm on track to loose 5 lbs a month. It's very reasonable, and I can still have some yummy food that's important to me.

It's official that Laura and I are going to FL in October! This will be the first time I've gone to FL since I was 16, with out trip revolving around Disney. I don't know what to do with myself. ha ha ha. No, but really it will be nice. We'll be staying at the number one rated beach in America - Clearwater Beach, FL. We're staying at a fabulous beach house: http://www.vrbo.com/262139 and it's literally walking distance to the beach, BUT it also has a pool. The kids are going to love this place. I'm not taking the boys at this point, unless something changes. I've asked Mary, my SIL if she wants to babysit, so we'll see if that works out.

We will go to Disneyworld for ONE day however since they are running their 'Give A Day, Get A Disney Day' promotion - http://disneyparks.disney.go.com/disneyparks/en_US/WhatWillYouCelebrate/index?name=Give-A-Day-Get-A-Disney-Day ... so, that will be awesome, and since it's October, I think I'll go on a day when they are also having Mickey's Not So Scary Halloween Party, too. SOOOO COOL! Everyone needs to go!

Also, my birthday was this past Tuesday, the 2nd. I am 32 years old. I can't believe how young I am, yet how old I am too. Weird. My mom was 33 when she had me, and she still had TWO kids after that! I'm glad I was done by the time I was 30. I was 29 when I had the boys.

Well, that's all for now. I promise to take some photos for next bloggy post.

Update

So, weight watchers is going very well! It's slow, steady and manageable. Hopefully within a year I'll be down to 150 and it won't have been very difficult. wwwweeeee!!!! I have also walked for an hour on the treadmill THREE TIMES! It's a miracle. ha ha ha. I'm only walking at a 2 mph pace though.

My birthday is next week. I'll be 32 years old. I like getting older, personally. I truly feel like I become wiser and calmer. Ian and I are going to Indian food. I'll have to figure out how to chart that with my points.

We also have Valentine's Day coming up. I told Ian just to send flowers to my work for my birthday and that will take care of Vday and my birthday.

I applied and had a second interview in the eBay Motors dept. I have a good feeling, but until I'm actually offered the job, I'll just have to wait. It was a pretty popular job and a lot of people applied. A lot of qualified people. If I don't get the job, I'll just stay in TCC until something else pops up.

Laura and I am trying to plan our Florida trip. Who knows who will show up.

Mer

I started Weight Watchers!

So, last night was my first meeting. Laura and Ashlee are also joining in! The program is SUPER SIMPLE ... the not so simple part it following the plan. I am allowed 27 points per day. Everything you eat is assigned a points value. For example, I'm eating a turkey sandwich right now for lunch. It's two slices of whole wheat bread, two tbls of Miracle Whip and 3 oz of sliced deli turkey. Super delish and it's 6 points. If I wanted to, I could add tons of veggies and it wouldn't raise the points, or if it did, it would be like 1 point. I also get 35 extra points every week to 'fudge' with. So, I'm going to try and NOT use those. Maybe when I go to dinner or something.

I'm hoping to get down to 150lbs. We'll see ... only time will tell.