Day 179

Hope every one have a fabulous Thanksgiving. Ours, in everyone else's opinion, was probably boring, but after three tough nights at work it was just what I needed. Working the night and not having children really gives me the best of both worlds.....I get to do what I love and sleeping in is a regular activity.....its pretty much awesome. For example I slept in till 11 today...but I honestly didn't get out of bed till around 1....it drives Eric NUTS!!

So I had to work the night before Thanksgiving, and it was a rough one and my third in a row.....how these people work 6 12hr shifts in a row blows my mind because I am tired after 2 and exhausted after 3 in a row. So anyways.... I was planning on making an apple pie for our family Thanksgiving.....like all the way homemade....crust and cutting apples and everything.....yeah that didn't happen....there wasn't a chance in Haties that was going to happen! I did manage to make green bean casserole.....which I had never made or eaten....blame my mother. But by time we made it to the actual dinner everyone had eaten....So I ended up bring most of it home. Then we went to the movies and saw Tangled. Call us children, but we love stuff like that. It was cute. Even Eric liked it.

Today we did NOTHING!!! and it was pretty much awesome! My family has never really been into the whole black friday shopping thing. I have no desire to stand outside, in the rain, stand in line for 4 hrs, fight people to the death, park a mile away, to save $5 on some electronic, or a sweater.....or anything else for that matter. I am the cyber Monday kind of girl. I would much rather chop online....plus some times the deals are better then they are in the store and some places offer free shipping, which is always a plus. We may venture out tomorrow though. We did get out some of our Christmas dishes, which have been stowed in a box for 2 years waiting for us to get our own place. We are contemplating a Christmas tree this weekend, but I still haven't decided yet. The cat and the tree dont mix well and I dont know if I want to out up with that for a month...we will see.

We have a lot to be thankful for this year. Pretty much everything we have wanted to happen has. Graduating form college, getting married, getting my dream job, passing boards and getting a license, not to mention Eric's business doing well, having a great vaca at disney, our families, our health, our church, our troops for fighting for our country and being away from their families so that we get to be with ours, and everything else that we dont deserve. Most of all I am thankful for our Savior for saving us. We are blessed beyond measure and I know that we forget about that most of the time. We have way more then we need, and alot that we dont deserve. I hope that every took the time yesterday to thank God for what they have. I am so thankful to have a husband who cares for me, and loves me more then any man every has. He is truly a gift.

Day 174

So just because everyone keeps asking, yes we did go on a cruise, we didn't have the greatest time ....and I will just leave it at that. If you must know you can message me personally. We do have one decent picture.

So there you are.....our trip to the Bahamas.

I have been thinking lately about the word "friend" and what it means to call someone a friend and what it means to be a friend. I have never had a ton of friends.....not real ones anyways. I have around 3 or four that I know beyond a shadow of a doubt that if I need them to come wipe my butt they would be there.....ok so maybe not that drastic....lol. But one of them did hold my wedding dress up 5 min before I walked down the aisle at my wedding because I had nervous pee syndrome... a true friend.

You know everyone has many groups of friends.....you have your acquaintances....the ones you say hey to in passing because you know each other you wont really take the time to stop and talk to the in the grocery store......you know you do it.....

Then you have the people you work with....who sometimes become really good friends with, and then I am sure there are many other groups.

I have struggled even most recently with considering someone a friend and finding out later.....they really weren't my friend at all. And nothing drives me nuts more then someone acting like they like me to my face when I know darn well they are talking about me behind my back and really don't like me at all.....don't sit there and give me a hug when you don't like me at all. I dont care to spend my time with those who dont value my presence. I mean not to say that I should get a red carpet and balloons and a party every time I show up somewhere.....but at least that the person actually cares that I showed up. I hope that makes sense.

Anyone who has ever gone through this you know how it feels. And it pretty much sucks....and it hurts. It hurts to know that even as an adult that I am still not good enough for some people. I am who I am. I am too old to fight for someone to be my friend.

As much as it sucks I know that it was meant for me to go trough this and I am walking away and thinking of it as a learning experience. I think the biggest thing I have learned is to invest more time in the friends that I love. In fact I had dinner with two of them this week. It was filling for my soul. Please pray for Eric and I as it is not just me going through this but Eric as well.

Also we are going through a transition in our lives right now. We have a big decision to make together....and we are just hoping everything goes smoothly and works out. We ask that even though you don't know what it is to pray for us. You will find out hopefully soon. We are choosing not to tell everyone just yet till we know for sure that it is actually happening. Thanks! Hope everyone has a great, short week at work, and a good holiday. Give thanks to the Lord for all the many blessing in your life. Hopefully we will have a very big blessing soon. =)

Day 155-157 Disney Continued....

So Wednesday we woke up excited and ready to hit the parks. I was thinking with the time of year being that most children were in school, I thought the parks wouldn't be that crowded.....man was I ever wrong. It was crowded....and hot during the day. But even though it was hot and crowded, not to mention I was in al lot of pain, we had fun riding the rides and spending time together.

As much as we want children, I was personally glad that at this point in time that we dont. I recommend any couple who is thinking about going to Disney World to go before they have kids. There were several couples we saw, young and old, who were enjoying the parks on their own. I do not envy any of our friends that have children. It was a blessing that we got to do this alone with out children for the first time as a couple.

I was in awe of the fact that people were bringing babies to this park....and when I mean babies I mean 3 months to 2 years. I just dont get it. Who wants to tote around a stroller, diaper bag, and fight through thousands of people for a child who wont even remember they came. My kids got to be walking and potty training before we would even consider a trip......just my opinion.

So back the point....

Disney World was a blast.....tiring.....but a blast. For some reason my legs were really bothering me the whole time we were there.....I mean it was so bad it gave me a flash back to my freshman year in high school when I was playing basketball and running all the time and how much my legs hurt....I could hardly walk. But I pushed through it and had a good time despite the fact that my legs were on fire and I had no clue why.

This was a time in our lives where we were thankful we didn't have children. We were able to make are own schedule, ride what we wanted, skip what we didn't, eat when and where we wanted and stay as long as we wanted. Part of what this trip did for us was make us realize that we LOVE the fact we are childless. I mean if we would have decided to have kids right now this trip would have been out of the question.

I love the Disney Company. There service was great and all their staff was generally happy to be there. Ironically one of the only people I saw that wasnt smiling was the lady hold one of the parade banners. She was singing along to the song.....but she was not smiling. One part that I was kinda disappointed at was that I remember Disney being an alcohol free park. Well it isnt any longer..... I just think with as many children that are in that park everyday I think they should have skipped on that way of making money. Again my opinion.

I think the only other part that kinda dissapointed me was the lack of characters. Unless you wanted to stand in line for an hour to meet Woody and Buzz, watching a parade or show, or went to one of the character meals ( which you had to pay extra for) you almost never saw the characters. We did get to get a few pictures with some of the characters in Epcot

These were the only character we got to take pictures with =(. But they were by far the most important.

This was the closest we got to seeing Whinnie the Pooh and Tigger...our faves......I mean would you wait ing a long line for that....We didnt

We dining plan, which I would recommend as well. It was simple to use and saved us alot of time and money. It was around $42 a night per a person....$84 a day for both of us. But if you would have saw what it cost us just to eat dinner (up to $80) we knew right away that it was worth it, not only for the convenience but for the priced. Cause lets face it......Disney finds its way to get your money. I liked mostly for its convenience but also because we got so much food. I mean most of the time it was almost too much cause you not only get the entrée but also a desert...which I never have room for. And even better all the food was great. Down the the hot dog we had for lunch.

Over all the trip was great. We cant wait to go back. We both agreed that next time we go not only are we going to go for longer but that we would stay in a nicer hotel. We stayed at the lowest of the low.....but I mean for how long we were in the room I guess it was ok.

He is wearing a Goofy hat if you cant tell.....I should have made him get it.

Hope everyone has a good weekend!!

Day 155-157 Harry Potter/ DISNEY!!

So a few months back we had planned on going on a cruise. I got the BRILLIANT idea to to also plan a trip to Disney World. I had been several times to Orlando and in Cali but I haven't been since I was 13 and Eric has NEVER been.....I know what kid doesn't beg his parents to take him to Disney World???....I know I did. So anyways I planned the whole trip. From where we went and when to where we ate. I was so excited!! Eric was.....excited too I guess.

So Eric and I got packed and were ready to go when Eric came up with another BRILLIANT idea. Anyone who knows me knows that I LOVE Harry Potter. Well Universal Studios just open one of the coolest places I have ever seen.....Its called the Wizarding World of Harry Potter. If you LOVE Harry Potter like I do you should so check this place out.

outhttp://www.universalorlando.com/harrypotter/

Call me cheesy, geeky, crazy, whatever you want......I LOVE it!I started reading these books in the 9th grade and just fell in love. So anyways we left early Tuesday....like 5am which usually doesn't even register on my alarm clock, but I was ready to get out of town!! So we made to Orlando and then I saw this!!

This you might recognize as what they refer to in the movies as Hogsmead/Diagon Ally....It's a little of both.....and it was like walking into the movie. They had everything.....the wand shop, the candy store, the joke shop, the book store, the cloak store where you could literally buy a cloak from your favorite "house"...in the wand shop you could buy Harry's wand....or really anyone else from the movie...we were not that crazy to buy a wand or a cloak......then you walked a little farther and saw this!!

Ok so its not the greatest picture......but in my husbands defense I took this picture and the sun was directly behind it and it was the best I could do....and it was a point and shoot Nikon.....which is the lowest of the low..... It was neat. The castle was actually a ride and as you went through the castle you saw certain things from the movie like Dumbledore's office, the moving pictures and a few other things......and the ride was AWESOME!!! Here are a few others from that trip.

This is Hogwarts Express

This is the all famous Butter Beer.....and tame yourselves....its not really beer

Ollivander's wand shop.....and I guess that is suppose to be Ollivander. We waited 45 min to go into this "wand shop".....there was nothing cheesier then the show they put on in here. Remember in the first movie when Harry goes to get his wand.....yeah they recreated this scene with some one in the crowd....sadly this poor kid couldn't speak english!!!....then they wouldn't even give him the wand!!! They told him it was available for purchase....so wrong

And here is me with my Butter Beer.....and frankly it was disgusting. They said it was suppose to taste like shortbread cookie and butterscotch.....sounded ok....and I wanted to cup.....but I ended up pouring most of it out.

I also forgot to add that the people who worked there spoke in an British accent.....weird.....because they were obviously not British........but most of them, especially the one who worked the ride spoke like that. The first time I heard it I was like.....for real.....did she really just do that.....but then I heard the rest of them talking like that......I thought it was slightly over the top, but I guess they wanted it to be realistic. We had fun though and I was glad that Eric was willing to spend the little extra money to take me. Disney to come tomorrow!!