I have been hit by the bug of travel big time. We don't have any trips to plan this year and it is driving me bonkers!!! Is there such a thing as an addiction to travel?
Not only do I love to travel but I love the whole planning process. Finding the perfect hotel, snatching up the plane tickets for a great deal, figuring out which sites to see. I love all of it. I think my calling in live was to be a travel agent.
We are hoping to take three trips next year, one to Disneyland, one to Disney World and one to Europe, so I have been doing a ton of research on those three. I have my budgets all planned out and I have the hotels picked for both Disney trips. My travel notebook is full of places to stay and things to see, and what I need to buy before the trips. It feels kind of pathetic because 1)we don't even have the time off and we don't even know if we can get the time off 2)the two Disney trips are dependent on if we get registered for the half marathons and they don't even open for a few more months 3)most people think I'm crazy, but honestly thats all ok with me.
We are really hoping that we can get 3 weeks off next June or July and spend a week in Paris and then two weeks on a Canal boat in England. We have been to England and Paris before and we loved it and I really want to go back. We are really hoping that we can get the time off for it. I have been doing a ton of research on canal boats, hotels, things to do, cost of food at Tesco and Sainsbury and of course the cost of clothes because who doesn't love a new wardrobe from Europe!! We have been to Europe before but we have never done a canal boat(other than staying on one that was immobile) so if anyone has any tips please let me know. We really want to take the canal to Cadbury World so we are trying to plan around that.
Does anyone else have this problem or is it just me?
Sunday, March 20, 2016
Thursday, March 3, 2016
Month in Review - February
So February wasn't that fantastic of a month for me. I ended up with pneumonia so I was laid up in bed from the 3rd to the 16th.
I had started to feel really bad so I was taking NyQuil each night and then come the weekend I felt so terrible I just slept the whole time. I missed my sisters birthday, I missed the Super Bowl. I just slept all that weekend. Come Tuesday I realized that something wasn't right so when I took my temp it was at 104 degrees. I called my Dr and she told me to get straight to the Emergency Room. So I spent a few hours there and they figured out I had pneumonia. So I spend about two hours hooked up to antibiotics and then released. Then I went home and basically slept and didn't leave my room until the 15th. I wouldn't wish this on anyone, it was horrible.
Then we spent the next week catching up on laundry and housework. My hubby was so great with taking care of me and the kiddo but he didn't do so well on keeping up on the chores which is totally fine. The poor guy was doing it all for pretty much a week and a half. I couldn't have done it without him.
Then the last weekend my sister and I went to the spa for a makeup to her birthday. That was a ton of fun. They have these rooms of small hot tubs ranging in temperatures, two saunas, and these fantastic heated rooms with sand, jade, salt, etc. So we spent a few hours there and then we got a massage. I love being able to spend quality time with my sister. Life is busy for both of us so we don't get to do it enough.
Afterwards I went out with my friend of close to 100 years lol. We have been friends since we were really young and have been through a lot. We were having a tough time making our schedules work so we decided that the last Saturday of every month would be our "date" night. Sometimes we go to each others houses, sometimes we go out. We decided to go out and have dinner and some drinks and we had such a good time. I love catching up with her.
The hubby and I got a wild hair and decided to paint our trim a dark brown to kind of match some of the other decor in our house so we spend Sunday getting the supplies, prepping and painting. It was fun. It makes me excited to work on the house this year.
So needless to say I didn't get much accomplished that I wanted to this month. So basically my goals for March are:
*Check out cameras and decide on a good one
*Get back into running. This one is going to be hard though because I am going through a lot of medical tests right now to try to figure out what is going on with some of my low blood levels. I have an endoscopy scheduled for the end of the month and I am having lots of blood draws. Plus I am not 100% positive that my pneumonia is gone so I have to do some follow up on that. I really just want to be healthy.
*Do my first vlog - I keep saying that I am going to do this but I just don't seem to have a few hours where I can sit and focus, and there was no way I was going to be able to do it while I was sick.
*Keep up on blog posts - last month I had all these grand ideas of some posts I was going to do but they all fell to the wayside. So hopefully I can stay well enough to get those typed up and posted.
I hope everyone has a fantastic March. I have my fingers crossed that it will be better than February was.
I had started to feel really bad so I was taking NyQuil each night and then come the weekend I felt so terrible I just slept the whole time. I missed my sisters birthday, I missed the Super Bowl. I just slept all that weekend. Come Tuesday I realized that something wasn't right so when I took my temp it was at 104 degrees. I called my Dr and she told me to get straight to the Emergency Room. So I spent a few hours there and they figured out I had pneumonia. So I spend about two hours hooked up to antibiotics and then released. Then I went home and basically slept and didn't leave my room until the 15th. I wouldn't wish this on anyone, it was horrible.
Then we spent the next week catching up on laundry and housework. My hubby was so great with taking care of me and the kiddo but he didn't do so well on keeping up on the chores which is totally fine. The poor guy was doing it all for pretty much a week and a half. I couldn't have done it without him.
Then the last weekend my sister and I went to the spa for a makeup to her birthday. That was a ton of fun. They have these rooms of small hot tubs ranging in temperatures, two saunas, and these fantastic heated rooms with sand, jade, salt, etc. So we spent a few hours there and then we got a massage. I love being able to spend quality time with my sister. Life is busy for both of us so we don't get to do it enough.
Afterwards I went out with my friend of close to 100 years lol. We have been friends since we were really young and have been through a lot. We were having a tough time making our schedules work so we decided that the last Saturday of every month would be our "date" night. Sometimes we go to each others houses, sometimes we go out. We decided to go out and have dinner and some drinks and we had such a good time. I love catching up with her.
Gotta enjoy a libation or two
The hubby and I got a wild hair and decided to paint our trim a dark brown to kind of match some of the other decor in our house so we spend Sunday getting the supplies, prepping and painting. It was fun. It makes me excited to work on the house this year.
The before, taping is a pain in the butt
The after, we hadn't taken the tape off yet.
So needless to say I didn't get much accomplished that I wanted to this month. So basically my goals for March are:
*Check out cameras and decide on a good one
*Get back into running. This one is going to be hard though because I am going through a lot of medical tests right now to try to figure out what is going on with some of my low blood levels. I have an endoscopy scheduled for the end of the month and I am having lots of blood draws. Plus I am not 100% positive that my pneumonia is gone so I have to do some follow up on that. I really just want to be healthy.
*Do my first vlog - I keep saying that I am going to do this but I just don't seem to have a few hours where I can sit and focus, and there was no way I was going to be able to do it while I was sick.
*Keep up on blog posts - last month I had all these grand ideas of some posts I was going to do but they all fell to the wayside. So hopefully I can stay well enough to get those typed up and posted.
I hope everyone has a fantastic March. I have my fingers crossed that it will be better than February was.
Thursday, February 18, 2016
Star Wars Race Haul
So I figured I would do a quick haul of the stuff we got from the Star Wars Half Marathon. I love to see other peoples hauls so I decided why not do one for the race as well as what we got in Disneyland. I am not trying to brag I just love these types of posts so I thought I would share. I will get up a vlog of the items here by the end of next week so keep an eye on my youtube channel.
I bought the I Did It shirt and the long sleave shirt. The 5k shirt came with the run. I LOVE getting the I Did it Shirts it makes me feel so accomplished.
The back of the I Did It shirt. It shows the race course.
This is a zip up coat I got. They are kind of expensive but I love them.
Wine glass of course. We always get one at each race if they have it.
Coffee Mug.
The 5k one is on the kiddos car door the 13.1 is on the back of my car and the 19.3 is on the back of hubbies truck.
The one on the left hand side is the shirt that came with the half marathon registration and the one on the right hand side is hubbies Rebel Challenge that came with the race registration.
I couldn't resist the D&B purse. I LOVE IT!!!!!!!!!! The kiddo and I love the At-At's so I had to get the purse with the At-At front and center. This purse is so me.
Our Medals.
Monday, February 15, 2016
I HATE....
being sick. I swear it seems like it's one thing after another with my health over the past year or two. I ended up in the Emergency Room with pneumonia. I have never had anything quite like this before and let me tell you it sucked!!! I had a temp of 104.2 and I just hurt and couldn't eat anything all I could do was sleep.
So I have spent the whole week pretty much in bed and I am still not 100%, it sucks too because we had a three day weekend for Presidents Day. The poor hubby has been taking care of me non stop. To top it off it turns out that my iron levels are really low so I will be spending some more time at doctors trying to figure out what is going on. It's going to be a rough couple of months, but I am not going to let it get me down. My DR told me that I should be able to start training again by the end of this week as long as I take it slow. We missed our run that we were supposed to do as a family this weekend but we have one coming up next month so we will start training for that at the end of this week hopefully I will feel better by then.
I hope you guys all had a fantastic Valentines Day.
So I have spent the whole week pretty much in bed and I am still not 100%, it sucks too because we had a three day weekend for Presidents Day. The poor hubby has been taking care of me non stop. To top it off it turns out that my iron levels are really low so I will be spending some more time at doctors trying to figure out what is going on. It's going to be a rough couple of months, but I am not going to let it get me down. My DR told me that I should be able to start training again by the end of this week as long as I take it slow. We missed our run that we were supposed to do as a family this weekend but we have one coming up next month so we will start training for that at the end of this week hopefully I will feel better by then.
I hope you guys all had a fantastic Valentines Day.
Sunday, January 31, 2016
Month in Review - January
I had a great but busy start to 2016 in January.
We started off by doing the Resolution Run & Polar Bear Plunge. That was so much fun. I really enjoyed starting the year off with that. You do a mile run and then jump in the Puget Sound. It kind of feels like you are washing away all the negativity and starting fresh, but damn was it cold.
Then we went to a cabin for hubby's Grandma's birthday at the base of Mt. Rainier. It was really fun. There was snow and deer that you could just walk right up to. We played some games and just had a nice relaxing time.
From the 13th to 18th we went to Disneyland for the Star Wars Half. While we didn't get a chance to do as much as we would have liked ride wise (I was sick most of the trip and the one day we had a sitter lines were 80+ minutes for most rides!!!!) we had a blast as a family. It was a great trip for relaxing family time. I totally didn't PR because I was slacking in the training part but I finished. Trip recap coming up soon.
Then we celebrated our 17 year anniversary by going to the Melting Pot and having a nice romantic dinner.
The last weekend of January we celebrated my Dad's birthday by going to his favorite restaurant Sizzler, browsed the Seattle Boat Show and then did a mass cleaning of the bathroom so we could put out our new Disney bathroom stuff. Putting up all the new bathroom items makes me super excited to redo the bathroom.
My goals for next month are:
*Get back to the gym. I have my gym bag all packed and ready to start this week.
*Research cameras. I want to take better pictures and do some vlogs and it's time to upgrade my camera, I just don't know which one I want.
*Don't eat out. We have done ok this month and only eaten out a few times but my goal is to only eat out for my sisters Birthday.
*Do my first vlog. I have been working on putting together one from our last trip, but man oh man does it take a long time to edit. Plus the footage isn't that great so I have to do a lot of editing.
Here is to a fantastic February
We started off by doing the Resolution Run & Polar Bear Plunge. That was so much fun. I really enjoyed starting the year off with that. You do a mile run and then jump in the Puget Sound. It kind of feels like you are washing away all the negativity and starting fresh, but damn was it cold.
Then we went to a cabin for hubby's Grandma's birthday at the base of Mt. Rainier. It was really fun. There was snow and deer that you could just walk right up to. We played some games and just had a nice relaxing time.
From the 13th to 18th we went to Disneyland for the Star Wars Half. While we didn't get a chance to do as much as we would have liked ride wise (I was sick most of the trip and the one day we had a sitter lines were 80+ minutes for most rides!!!!) we had a blast as a family. It was a great trip for relaxing family time. I totally didn't PR because I was slacking in the training part but I finished. Trip recap coming up soon.
Then we celebrated our 17 year anniversary by going to the Melting Pot and having a nice romantic dinner.
The last weekend of January we celebrated my Dad's birthday by going to his favorite restaurant Sizzler, browsed the Seattle Boat Show and then did a mass cleaning of the bathroom so we could put out our new Disney bathroom stuff. Putting up all the new bathroom items makes me super excited to redo the bathroom.
My goals for next month are:
*Get back to the gym. I have my gym bag all packed and ready to start this week.
*Research cameras. I want to take better pictures and do some vlogs and it's time to upgrade my camera, I just don't know which one I want.
*Don't eat out. We have done ok this month and only eaten out a few times but my goal is to only eat out for my sisters Birthday.
*Do my first vlog. I have been working on putting together one from our last trip, but man oh man does it take a long time to edit. Plus the footage isn't that great so I have to do a lot of editing.
Here is to a fantastic February
Wednesday, January 27, 2016
Life
One of the biggest questions I get from friends, family and just regular people is how we travel so much. I figured I would do a post on how we live our life in general which gives us the freedom to do so many things. I am not saying this is right for everyone, but just what is right of us.
The hubby and I have been together for 17 years married for almost 11. We met when I was still in High School. Now I am not saying this is for everyone. The hubby and I are very lucky to have the relationship we have and be where we are. I love him more than anything in this world (except for the kiddo of course) We have worked our butts off to get here. He truly is my best friend and I know I can trust him with anything. We have found what works for us and I am lucky to have a husband who has been willing to work through the ups and downs with me. Crazy moments and all :) The hubby and I have hit many a rough patch, and before we had the kiddo we separated for a small time period. This truly was the best thing for our marriage. It gave us the change to really see what we loved in each other and that we wanted nothing more than to be together and share our live with one another. This isn't to say we don't have our arguments but we always find a way to work it out.
We bought our house a year before we got married, and luckily before the market went through the roof. We only have about 950 square feet with two bedrooms and one bath. I know a lot of people who can't believe we do it, but I wouldn't have it any other way. This allows us to travel, have a boat, Seahawks tickets, etc. I love having a smaller house. It forces us to spend time together and really know what is going on with one another. We eat all our dinners together, talk, and play a ton of games. I feel like we are the Three Musketeers.
We spent years trying to get ourselves to a place where we have minimal debt and we lived with very little for a long time before we bought the house. We had no cable TV, no Internet, lived off of Raman Noodles & PB & J's and two very old vehicles we were given by our families when we were in High School.
When my Dad passed away a few years ago I was very lucky to have a decent inheritance. This allowed us to pay off the hubbies vehicle and buy me a new one cash. It also allowed us to buy "real" furniture for the house and pay off the final bit of debt we had. We now have a few larger debts (mortgage & student loans, etc) and a few smaller debts and recurring monthly bills. We learned many years ago that if we couldn't pay cash for it we didn't need it. So we save up and pay cash for everything.
After my Dad died I took a really hard look at my life and thought what do I really want out of life. Now before my dad got sick I always figured I would have a great big house with the newest vehicles and top of the line electronics which was how I grew up. After my Dad got sick I realized none of that mattered to me. All I could think about was memories I had with my Dad, which grew stronger after his passing. My mom stayed at home while he worked. He spent 30 years in the Air Force, followed by working at Boeing and the Post Office. In 2003 my dad took to me Italy and I fell in love with traveling. My Dad worked really hard to support our family and there were sometimes that he didn't get to spend as much time with us because he was TDY or had to work late. He would always say to me"Kiddo when I retire I am going to travel and I am taking you and your family with me" It never happened. My dad passed away at the age of 57. He got sick with cancer at 56. Way too young in my opinion to go, and with so much life left to live. I made my decision at that moment that I didn't want to skimp on memories.
Coming up on my Dad's birthday this week and the 10 year anniversary of his passing in a few months, I am reminded that the decisions that the hubby and I have made in our lives are worth the sacrifices. I look forward to making many more happy memories with my family.
Again I am not saying that this is how everyone should live, just how we live our lives. I am a true believer that everyone must make their own happiness and just because your choices wouldn't make others happy or people are a bit mean to you don't let them effect your happiness, just be you.
The hubby and I have been together for 17 years married for almost 11. We met when I was still in High School. Now I am not saying this is for everyone. The hubby and I are very lucky to have the relationship we have and be where we are. I love him more than anything in this world (except for the kiddo of course) We have worked our butts off to get here. He truly is my best friend and I know I can trust him with anything. We have found what works for us and I am lucky to have a husband who has been willing to work through the ups and downs with me. Crazy moments and all :) The hubby and I have hit many a rough patch, and before we had the kiddo we separated for a small time period. This truly was the best thing for our marriage. It gave us the change to really see what we loved in each other and that we wanted nothing more than to be together and share our live with one another. This isn't to say we don't have our arguments but we always find a way to work it out.
We bought our house a year before we got married, and luckily before the market went through the roof. We only have about 950 square feet with two bedrooms and one bath. I know a lot of people who can't believe we do it, but I wouldn't have it any other way. This allows us to travel, have a boat, Seahawks tickets, etc. I love having a smaller house. It forces us to spend time together and really know what is going on with one another. We eat all our dinners together, talk, and play a ton of games. I feel like we are the Three Musketeers.
We spent years trying to get ourselves to a place where we have minimal debt and we lived with very little for a long time before we bought the house. We had no cable TV, no Internet, lived off of Raman Noodles & PB & J's and two very old vehicles we were given by our families when we were in High School.
When my Dad passed away a few years ago I was very lucky to have a decent inheritance. This allowed us to pay off the hubbies vehicle and buy me a new one cash. It also allowed us to buy "real" furniture for the house and pay off the final bit of debt we had. We now have a few larger debts (mortgage & student loans, etc) and a few smaller debts and recurring monthly bills. We learned many years ago that if we couldn't pay cash for it we didn't need it. So we save up and pay cash for everything.
After my Dad died I took a really hard look at my life and thought what do I really want out of life. Now before my dad got sick I always figured I would have a great big house with the newest vehicles and top of the line electronics which was how I grew up. After my Dad got sick I realized none of that mattered to me. All I could think about was memories I had with my Dad, which grew stronger after his passing. My mom stayed at home while he worked. He spent 30 years in the Air Force, followed by working at Boeing and the Post Office. In 2003 my dad took to me Italy and I fell in love with traveling. My Dad worked really hard to support our family and there were sometimes that he didn't get to spend as much time with us because he was TDY or had to work late. He would always say to me"Kiddo when I retire I am going to travel and I am taking you and your family with me" It never happened. My dad passed away at the age of 57. He got sick with cancer at 56. Way too young in my opinion to go, and with so much life left to live. I made my decision at that moment that I didn't want to skimp on memories.
Coming up on my Dad's birthday this week and the 10 year anniversary of his passing in a few months, I am reminded that the decisions that the hubby and I have made in our lives are worth the sacrifices. I look forward to making many more happy memories with my family.
Again I am not saying that this is how everyone should live, just how we live our lives. I am a true believer that everyone must make their own happiness and just because your choices wouldn't make others happy or people are a bit mean to you don't let them effect your happiness, just be you.
Wednesday, January 20, 2016
We did it
Just a quick post to say "WE DID IT" We accomplished the 5K as a family and then the hubby did the Rebel Challenge which was the 10K and half and I did the half. We had a fun time but man oh man was it busy. I am going to work on getting up a trip recap this weekend along with maybe a vlog or two. I will keep you posted. I still have to unpack which is the worst part of coming back from a trip lol.
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