It’s not so scary!

8:20 PM        70

My Mood:

    Disney for Halloween was like nothing I had imagined! Everything was dripped in fall festive colors, it was beautiful! We stayed at Saratoga Springs Resort & Spa

    Lovie and I didn’t know where to start first! We were so excited with all the decorations! We meet up with our Disney Cast Member “T” for a visit and wondered around the Magic Kingdom for a little while, then we had to make it over to Epcot for dinner reservations.
    Our first night out was in Italy at Via Napoli, a new restaurant in Epcot. The food was out standing! Lovie had the pizza with fresh truffles...OH MY how good! I didn’t think I would even give it a try, glad I did! I had the veal...WoW, that’s about all I can say to sum it up! It was wonderful! At dessert time they cam out and sang to Lovie...It was nice to see the attention on him.
     On Saturday Cast Member “T” meet us at the resort and we went over to Down Town Disney. Oh did we have fun shopping for Christmas goodies for the nephews and nieces! I also shopped at my ALL TIME fav shop TrenD! I found some really neat stuff there! Lovie bought me the Princess Dooney & Bourke tote! OH I’m in love with it! Look how pretty!

    After we shopped till we just about DROPPED! We got a ice coffee and sat by the lake for a bit, then back to freshen up to get ready for dinner at 1900 Park Lane with Cinderella, Prince Charming, The Evil Step Mother and the MEAN step sisters! We meet up with Cast Member “T”s hubby “cmB” did some shopping then went to dinner! HAVE to shop! We had a ball with the step sisters, they cracked us up!
    On Monday we headed over to Epcot for the Food & Wine Festival. Lovie was EXCITED! <giggle> Our first stop was Fifteen Beers for Fifteen Years...We choose three, don’t even ask me what they were! But they were good!
    At each country you could choose (you paid as you went) from three to four foods, drinks and desserts. Each one smelled very tempting...But there is no way you can eat and drink from each and every booth. 
    We had a gentleman tell us we HAD to get the “etouffee” from the booth in Asia. This gentleman told us that Asia is “where” etouffee was CREATED. I laughed and said “I’m sorry but we’re from Louisiana and it wasn’t.” He started getting all “SASSY” with me so I just hushed my mouth! <giggle>
    The most exciting thing of our day at Epcot was meeting “Duffy”! He is a new character for Disney. “Duffy” is Mickey’s bear, Minnie made him for Mickey when he had to go on a trip so Mickey wouldn’t be lonely. He (“Duffy”) was adorable, he welcomed me with open arms! So of course I bought the plush as a souvenir!

 

    On Tuesday we drank coffee and visited with Cast Member “T” and “B” before they packed up to head home. We were so happy they could come and spend time with us on their days off! We wished them well, passed around hugs and said our goodbyes...Till next time.
     That night was Mickey’s Not So Scary Halloween Party! I took a nap because I had a head ache, I wasn’t thinking and set my alarm way too late! Lovie woke me and I jumped into gear getting ready! We got to The Magic Kingdom and headed to the back to have Lovie’s face painted. He ended up at the Pirates League and had the total pirate experience! It was great! He was given a pirate name, sworn in, given a sword, the whole nine yards! Always knew he was a pirate!
    As the night went on I started feeling worst by the minute. I keep replaying in my head the Friday that we left when I was in Target and I chickened out of getting the flu shot! UGH I was kicking myself by this time! It was coming on full force!
    We trick-o-treated all over the park, rode a few rides, did a lil more shopping! Closed down the park and headed back to the resort. By the time we arrived at the room I was warn out! I took a hot bath and got deep under the covers!
    It took everything I had to get out of bed and pack to go home! Thank goodness Lovie wasn’t sick also! We loaded up and I snuggled down under my blanket, turned my seat heater on and sleep all the way home!
    It was a magical trip as always...What a way to celebrate Lovie’s up coming 40th birthday (Dec 14th) It was so heart warming to see him smile as people told him Happy Birthday! There’s no place like Disney!
    Hope everyone enjoyed the Halloween weekend! We stayed in watching movies since I’m still down with the flu! Lovie made chicken & dumplin’s that we have had several times, ya can’t beat comfort food!

Happy Halloween~

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Ready to be back in Louisiana...

1:41 PM         57

My Mood:

 

    I am ready to be back home. I had room service bring me breakfast, I couldn't have ask for better, all but the sausage...It was those big fat sausage links, yuck! But the eggs, breakfast potatoes and toast hit the spot!
    Then time for my shower...COLD water! What is with that? I didn't think hotels ran out of hot water! I was freezing when I got out, so I turned the heater on in the room! Brrrrrr...
    Lovie came up to retrieve me and our belongings to put in the car and to go for lunch. I so enjoy getting to see everyone he works with! They are from all over Louisiana and Texas. VERRRA nice people!
    Well I will say goodbye for now Lovie will be coming out any minute and we will be done with this for another year! Goodbye Houston see ya in 2010~

 

 

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Everything's BIGGER in Texas!

8:12 PM        70

My Mood:

    Well, we are in Houston! We kinda got lost and passed our hotel up by a few (30 miles or so!) miles...Lovie uses Google Maps on his Iphone and got side tracked talking to me! ~*giggle*~ Opps! We turned around and it sent us on a goose chase then! He called the hotel and got directions and we were not that from it...WHEW!
    We checked in and rested for a bit before he left for dinner with his colleagues. I went down with him to tell everyone hello then came back up and and got in my snuggly jammies and got in the big fluffy, comfy bed!
    We dropped the girls off at the puppy bed and breakfast this morning, I didn't go in with my back in the condition it is in, so I gave them a kiss in the car...  =0/ I am gonna miss them tonight...NO SNUGGGLY TIME with my girls! But they are safe and sound.
    Lovie stopped and bought me a back brace thingy. It feels GREAT! It has a lumbar support that really helps me stand up right! YAY! SO I don't look like Fred Sanford too much anymore!
    I sleep most of the way to Texas which was four hours! I took pain meds for the trip! And of course my Lovie took two pics and posted them n his Twitter page! HAHA...SEE ~~~> Click HERE That stinker!
    Hope you and yours have a great weeknd...I am back to that comfy bed, it's callin my name! Goodnight and sweet Disney dreams!

 

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Our cruise...

12:38 PM         69

My Mood:

    We started out our cruise last Saturday with dropping the fur babies at the B&B. They were a lil nervous at first, but settled right in once we putt here blankets and toys out. They ran around and smelled every lil nook and cranny and claimed the Strawberry Shortcake room for their own!  Notice in the pic I am trying to get one last snuggle and they are looking around wanting to go play! Lil stinkers!
    We headed back to our house to pick up our BFF's to head to New Orleans to board the ship! We were a lil early so we road through the French Quarter first. Then it was time to head over to the port!
    Lovie unloaded us and all the luggage and we check it all in, then he went and parked the car. It was line time...Which was not too bad. It really moved pretty fast. We got all checked in, took our welcome aboard pic and checked in with customs and headed to the ship!
    Our stateroom were ready for us, so we went and took a freshen up and then headed up on the Lido deck to grab a bite to eat! Then...THE announcement came...We had some trouble and would not ship off till 8pm instead of 4pm! Bummer! But no biggie, the only thing was missing the sights along the river as we sailed out.
    Our first day we lounged on the deck...All four just laid back, listen to our Ipods and soaked up some sun! It was NICE! The three of them were listening to a mix, but I choose Christmas music! After all it is the start of the holiday's after Halloween to me! I was singing my Christmas carols and Lovie and my Bff were singing other songs! LOL A couple that was sitting in front of us left! Oppps...Guess they didn't like our singing! But we had fun!
     I was about to slip into a nice lil nap when Lovie suggest we go walk, and I remembered I needed to get a handbag for dinner! SO we went SHOPPING! I bought a beautiful beaded bag (needless to say it didn't match my dress and had to go back and exchange it, and found a wrap to go with it! hehe) I found lots of goodies I wanted but didn't buy anything yet! But made SEVERAL mental notes for later in the trip!
    We all four got dolled up and headed down for cocktails with the captain and off to take pictures! And did we take some pictures! I think that is my favorite part of that night! Here are a few that we took our selves...I will post the professional ones later!

 

    On Monday we docked in Progresso. We wanted to go the resort Lovie and I went to in May, so we were in the place to buy our tickets and there were two other couples waiting also, so we all booked together (and NO they didn't give us a group rate! EL CHEAPO'S!)  We all eight had lunch together and then we headed to the beach, once couple stayed with us. We all six hit it off great and spend the rest of the trip together!
    We had such a great time with them, she is from Brazil and he is originally from Texas, they live in Alabama, so I will refer to them a Bama Boy and Our Brazilian Nut. We couldn't have asked for two better people to meet on this cruise! We laughed and laughed with them! VERRA sweet couple!
    After dinner and a show we met B&B at the club for some late night boogyin'! We had a blast!
    We made our plans for our day in Cozumel and headed to bed! It was up early for us, we meet on the Lido deck for breakfast and then headed off the ship for some fun! We went to the Chankanaab Park...Oh my it was beautiful! We all six snorkeled...Lovie took some really great pics with my underwater camera! 
    After our long swim it was time to eat (sounds like we did al lot of eating huh? We did! LOL) Nothing better than Mexican food on the beach! SOOOO good! We headed back to town and went to Fat Tuesday's (Yeah we were not at Senior Frogs port! SUX I know!) and started drink...Well we didn't see the LITTLE sign the read NO CREDIT CARDS! We had NO CASH!
   Lovie and Our Lil Brazilian Nut had to walk 4 block with a waiter to use a ATM to get cash! And you guessed it! It gave him PESO'S! We paid our tab and had a whoopin'  300 peso's left ($30) B-nut and I ran back to a shop that we saw a tank we both wanted and the lady WOULD NOT come off $2 for the two shirts! UGHHHHH! We got a few lil things and RAN back so we didn't miss the ship!
    After our day in Cozumel we  skipped the dress dinner (I sleep!) TnT went to the buffet, I think Lovie ate!?! We all six meet up later that night and visited and had pizza at midnight! YUMMY
    Our last day at sea we all sleep in, the boys had breakfast together. We all meet on the Lido desk for some fun in the sun, but it is a lil chilly.  We ended up going shopping! YAY! B-nut and I LOVE the shopping! Her and I have LOST in common when it come to that! HEHE! 
    That night our Bff's and us dressed and went to take pics and went to dinner. We went and changed and meet B&B for the she A Ticket to Ride! GREAT SHOW! We all enjoyed it so much! After we meandered around the ship and ended up in our famous midnight spot munching on pizza! Our last night together..SAD We all exchanged phone #'s, E-Mail's, ect...Then it was tiem to go to bed!
   We all meet for breakfast and spent as much time as we could together, then it was time for B&B to go, they were called before us. We gave huggies and said our goodbyes, and wished they well and promised we will see them again soon! Then soon after it was our turn to leave out floating home for the last week...Kinda sad, but we all four were ready to go home and get our land legs back! So we gathered our belongings and headed out...
    It was a great cruise with our BFF's and it was wonderful that we found B&B! A great way to start out the holidays! I will post LOTS more pics soon! I am in my bed sick with the flu...Lovie is gone to see his Mom while she is in New Orleans. I am about to snuggled under this covers and take a much needed nap...Enjoy your Sunday!

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