Yay for Spring!

Well, I had my snow. It was fun and pretty. Now I am more than glad that spring is here! Yesterday was gorgeous here...70s. I love being able to open my windows - even if that means some sneezing!! That's one thing I'm not looking forward to...everything being yellow for a few months. I noticed some yellow along the edges of a rain puddle just a little while ago....it has begun already.

JJ got his new truck. Yay. I had hoped for a Toyota mini-van but once he got his bass boat he just HAD to have something that could pull it. Sigh. It is a nice truck (Chevy Silverado 1500, 4 door crew cab) and I am looking forward to going fishing.

I have been getting some sub work which is a blessing (and Logan is doing great at the baby-sitter we found). If I keep getting a couple days a week I should have enough money saved to go to England in the fall, which is my ultimate goal. Ahhh...England...I want to go back so bad and I'm determined to see more historic sites outside of London this time around. My tentative itinerary:

1. London - Westminster Abbey, the Tower, Madame Tussades
2. Hampton Court Palace
3. Windsor Castle
4. York - York Minster, Jorvik Viking Center, etc
5. Bosworth Field

Yes, I am a complete nerd. While in York I would love to be able to travel to Middleham where Richard III lived but I just don't think I'll have the time or money. I also need to find out where I could get some white roses to take to Bosworth...I want to put them at Richard III's monument. I fully plan on avoiding chain hotels and staying in B&Bs and small, local hotels. I've already begun my research into that!

Now to find someone to go with me!!

What a long week...

After being at Disney for a week, we drove home on Thursday only to turn around and leave Friday for Warm Springs, Georgia for a wedding on Saturday. I can't remember the last time I was this tired.

So here I sit, staring at over a week's worth of stuff from two trips piled up in my kitchen, living room, and my bedroom...and I have to start unpacking and cleaning it all myself tomorrow...as the hubby heads back to work.

To top everything off, little man came down with a bad cold on the way home from Disney and it hit me yesterday evening during the wedding. JJ seems to have caught it as well. Right now I'm about to take some more Advil Sinus (which isn't supposed to make you drowsy but I'm so small it knocks me out anyway), curl up under the covers (fall temps arrived here in Georgia while I was in Florida! love it!), and read until I fall asleep (or The Next Iron Chef starts, whichever comes first).

But Disney was wonderful!

10 days to go!!

So the Richmond trip was nice. Johnny and I flew into Regan International in DC (where it did take a ridiculous amount of time to get our rental from Budget...horrible customer service) and then drove down to Richmond. I did see the Washington Monument and the Pentagon as we drove by!

Our hotel was nice and we had fun playing with the GPS system we rented with the car. It helped us find something interesting to do Saturday before the race - we went to the Museum of the Confederacy and took a tour of the White House of the Confederacy. Pretty interesting.

Then...it rained. Luckily not enough to cancel the race but it delayed the start. Our seats were good (right at the exit from the pits) and we weren't completely surrounded by smokers (there were only a couple in the vicinity so the smoke didn't make me sick). Then the race....this is usually a very exciting race. Not the case Saturday night. What a disappointment. I really am hating the new cars...they've taken the fun and excitement out of all the races.

Anyway, now that we're home we have Logan's 2nd birthday party this Saturday. Yay! We're doing a Sesame Street party this year since he's fallen in love with Elmo. Its so cute.

THEN...

We leave on the 27th for Disney! I am so excited!! I can not wait to see Logan's reaction to the Park. We're also going to Sea World and I think Johnny is more excited about that (or maybe its the bass fishing trip he's going to take one day?). I am absolutely bouncing off the walls in excitement!!

AARRGHHH!!!

So, between trying to keep Logan occupied this morning, get him breakfast, get things pulled out to pack for our trip, and trying to get some ribs in the crock pot for dinner tonite, the phone rings.

It is the Best Western we had reservations at in Richmond. Their sprinklers broke and flooded several rooms...including the one we were to be in. They had to cancel our reservation but to call the Fairfield Inn next door because they'd spoken to them and the Fairfield would give us a good rate.

Sigh.

So I called Fairfield and the idiot at the front desk just sat there on the phone like "ughhhhhh...." then transferred me to the manager. Finally. So now we are booked at the Fairfield Inn and its only costing us about $20 more overall.

I hope this isn't an indication of how this weekend is going to go....

Busy, Busy!

Whew! Busy around here!

Johnny and I are going to the NASCAR race in Richmond this weekend, then Logan's party is next weekend!! Then we've got a Disney trip and a race home so Johnny can be in a wedding!! Get tired just thinking about it! Gotta get the house clean and spotless too since the in-laws will be staying here while we're gone.

Fun stuff, huh? :)