There are so many from our anniversary trip in Jan. I think we are resorting more and more to either just going close by to sea world/six flags in San Antonio now.
The other options are some of the various cruises that leave out of Galveston. All of them still have cabins and we recently noted the Disney one has dropped majorly in prices. The guaranteed rooms are only 1500 for the both of us right now and it's an 8 night cruise. Plus we hear the shows on it are amazing, and the food is yummy as well.
We are still waiting until we see how much we have left over from our Christmas bonus checks before making that decision. If a cabin is not available then it wasn't meant to be.
Ian is taking a half day tomorrow so he will be home at 7:30ish and plan on cooking dinner. I love having days off together even if it's only a half day. We have our walk to do tomorrow as well. We are going to push for the 3.2 miles which is two laps around our park we take the doggie too. I hardly had any calf pain when we did the one lap last week so it's time to increase the distance once more. =)
Not much else is going on with us. Just wanted to give an update to everyone. If I don't post again before Thanksgiving, I wanted to wish everyone a Happy Thanksgiving. We love you all and are really thankful we have you in our lives. /hug
Sunday, November 18, 2012
Sunday, November 11, 2012
Holidays are around the corner
I absolutely love this time of year. The fall weather, the smells in the stores, pumpkin spice lattes, and vacation around the corner.
Still no word yet on if they are going to make more spots available for thanksgiving just yet. I'm hoping that as our queue's are coming down they decide more can be off. I would love to be off both turkey day and the day after with Ian for the holidays. We would just stay put because we would have to work on Sat but to be off two days with him would be amazing.
Speaking of Ian. He won an award at our awards ceremony yesterday. He was most improved for the Austin location over the last quarter. So everyone give him a hand. /clap.
Still no clue on the vacation front. It depends on so many things so once we have made that decision next month I will be updating the blog with our choice.
I get to make our adr's for our May trip next week, so going to compile a list of our must do's. We might end up cancelling if we end up pursuing other jobs in Houston. The funds from our income tax would need to go towards moving expense if that happens.
So many changes possibly coming in our life but for the better. We hope everyone that reads this is doing well.
~hugs
Still no word yet on if they are going to make more spots available for thanksgiving just yet. I'm hoping that as our queue's are coming down they decide more can be off. I would love to be off both turkey day and the day after with Ian for the holidays. We would just stay put because we would have to work on Sat but to be off two days with him would be amazing.
Speaking of Ian. He won an award at our awards ceremony yesterday. He was most improved for the Austin location over the last quarter. So everyone give him a hand. /clap.
Still no clue on the vacation front. It depends on so many things so once we have made that decision next month I will be updating the blog with our choice.
I get to make our adr's for our May trip next week, so going to compile a list of our must do's. We might end up cancelling if we end up pursuing other jobs in Houston. The funds from our income tax would need to go towards moving expense if that happens.
So many changes possibly coming in our life but for the better. We hope everyone that reads this is doing well.
~hugs
Sunday, November 4, 2012
so sick of being sick
Hey everyone. We had a rough last week. Sweetpea, Ian and myself were all sick. Sweetpea was diagnosed with Giardia so we have her on an antibiotic for that. Ian and I came down with the stomach flu and we are actually getting tested as well for the giardia as we had to pick up her poop last Sat and it was a mess. I know that is probably going to be tmi for everyone but just wanted to give an update as to what has been going on in our household.
We should know by tomorrow or tuesday if we have it. We are on an antibiotic just in case and if it comes back negative we can stop taking it.
Not much else going on in our life right now. We have just about two months until our anniversary. We will know what we are doing for our anniversary on or around December 14th. It's still up in the air if it's going to be a cruise, going to disney for a few days, or just going to San Antonio.
Sorry don't have more to report but not much going on with us right now. Hope everyone else is doing fine.
~hugs
We should know by tomorrow or tuesday if we have it. We are on an antibiotic just in case and if it comes back negative we can stop taking it.
Not much else going on in our life right now. We have just about two months until our anniversary. We will know what we are doing for our anniversary on or around December 14th. It's still up in the air if it's going to be a cruise, going to disney for a few days, or just going to San Antonio.
Sorry don't have more to report but not much going on with us right now. Hope everyone else is doing fine.
~hugs
Sunday, October 14, 2012
Where did that week go?
Last week went by so fast for us. I'm sure a portion of that was due to so many things going at work as well as some interesting news we found out.
So we will start with the interesting news. We have officially put in for and was approved for our dates in Jan for our anniversary. We are going to be off from Jan 3rd - Jan 15th. With the discounts that were being offered for Jan we almost just booked it. However we have decided that we are going to wait and see what we have once bonus check time comes in December. Depending on what we get, we will see what is available wether that is flights to Disney or cruises out of Galveston. Kind of a last minute trip like we did a few years ago.
I will keep the dining reservations we have set up for a possible trip to disney in Jan and if we don't do that then I can cancel them in December once we know if that trip is a go or not.
We do know no matter what we are going in May for the expedition everest challenge. So we will be booking that while we are there in Jan or when the discounts come out for May.
Not much else going on for us right now, just staying busy working and looking forward to the upcoming time off for my birthday on Friday. I only have to work three days and then will be off for a nice long weekend.
I have my Dr appointment tomorrow morning. Kind of dreading it but know I need to get on a routine check up with a normal Dr. Plus anytime I get sick it will be nice to know I can go to their office and only pay a 20 copay instead of a 50 buck one.
Will post with more updates when I get them or they come along.
So we will start with the interesting news. We have officially put in for and was approved for our dates in Jan for our anniversary. We are going to be off from Jan 3rd - Jan 15th. With the discounts that were being offered for Jan we almost just booked it. However we have decided that we are going to wait and see what we have once bonus check time comes in December. Depending on what we get, we will see what is available wether that is flights to Disney or cruises out of Galveston. Kind of a last minute trip like we did a few years ago.
I will keep the dining reservations we have set up for a possible trip to disney in Jan and if we don't do that then I can cancel them in December once we know if that trip is a go or not.
We do know no matter what we are going in May for the expedition everest challenge. So we will be booking that while we are there in Jan or when the discounts come out for May.
Not much else going on for us right now, just staying busy working and looking forward to the upcoming time off for my birthday on Friday. I only have to work three days and then will be off for a nice long weekend.
I have my Dr appointment tomorrow morning. Kind of dreading it but know I need to get on a routine check up with a normal Dr. Plus anytime I get sick it will be nice to know I can go to their office and only pay a 20 copay instead of a 50 buck one.
Will post with more updates when I get them or they come along.
Sunday, October 7, 2012
So conflicted
So we recently changed our debit cards with Chase to the Disney visa ones so we can get some nice perks anything we go to the parks. There are some nice discount offers given to them as well as discounts on merchandise, food, tours, etc.
So that brings me to this next point, of there is a current disney visa offer that goes through March only for a certain percentage off the stay. We are hoping they offer something similar through May but who knows. I do know we are going to book our flights with the next paycheck. We are still debating between the flights out of Houston that gets us in nice and early on arrival day. Plus we have enough points that would get one of us there and back for free airfare. So we just have to pay for me.
We are waiting to find out what the dates will be because we will either head down there the week before the race, or we will fly in just the day before and then stay the week afterwards.
Part of me just wants to go in Jan though because we know for sure the dates then, and we can do the 5k that they have through Epcot for part of the marathon weekend. Plus we can stay at our favorite resort for around 1700 for the week, park tickets, food, transportation, etc. Which is about 600 less than when we went this last Jan.
So many decisions. Ian wants to just wait for the one in May which I understand why. But when you see such a great deal it's so tempting to go sooner than later. However I'm sure come May I would want to be there for the Expedition Everest one.
I am thinking a large portion of this is because since 2008 we have been doing a major trip to celebrate our anniversary and this will be the first year we don't if we wait for May. We will still take off the week for our anniversary and to recharge. We will go to Sea World and check it out, and then do things around town for a change. I have a feeling though if an excellent deal comes out we might change our minds and go in Jan. I will keep everyone updated as to what happens.
Not much else to report on. Glad that overtime at work is over for me. I have a trip to my parents for my birthday in a week and a half, so excited about that. Then we have the holidays coming up and then will be off for our anniversary. YAY!!!
~Hugs
So that brings me to this next point, of there is a current disney visa offer that goes through March only for a certain percentage off the stay. We are hoping they offer something similar through May but who knows. I do know we are going to book our flights with the next paycheck. We are still debating between the flights out of Houston that gets us in nice and early on arrival day. Plus we have enough points that would get one of us there and back for free airfare. So we just have to pay for me.
We are waiting to find out what the dates will be because we will either head down there the week before the race, or we will fly in just the day before and then stay the week afterwards.
Part of me just wants to go in Jan though because we know for sure the dates then, and we can do the 5k that they have through Epcot for part of the marathon weekend. Plus we can stay at our favorite resort for around 1700 for the week, park tickets, food, transportation, etc. Which is about 600 less than when we went this last Jan.
So many decisions. Ian wants to just wait for the one in May which I understand why. But when you see such a great deal it's so tempting to go sooner than later. However I'm sure come May I would want to be there for the Expedition Everest one.
I am thinking a large portion of this is because since 2008 we have been doing a major trip to celebrate our anniversary and this will be the first year we don't if we wait for May. We will still take off the week for our anniversary and to recharge. We will go to Sea World and check it out, and then do things around town for a change. I have a feeling though if an excellent deal comes out we might change our minds and go in Jan. I will keep everyone updated as to what happens.
Not much else to report on. Glad that overtime at work is over for me. I have a trip to my parents for my birthday in a week and a half, so excited about that. Then we have the holidays coming up and then will be off for our anniversary. YAY!!!
~Hugs
Monday, September 24, 2012
Puppy Power
So we got a new puppy recently. We rescued her at the animal shelter on Friday. Her name is Sweet Pea. She is an american pit bull/terrier mix. She is almost 8 months old. We have an appointment on Wed for her inital wellness check at the vet.
We have had several accidents but she's getting better about it. She knows if she does wrong, we will be putting her outside so she starts to go for the door. When we bring her in she goes into the kennel until we let her out.
I know it's about getting her trained to go to the door if she needs to go out but it's going to take a while. In the meantime we just have to be patient and understand it's like potty training a toddler. They have accidents as well and eventually get out of that stage.
We were talking about it and have pretty much decided that for our anniversary we will just go to Sea World for the day and come home so we don't have to board her. Then when we get ready to go to Disney in May we will have to sweet talk my parents into watching her or take her to be boarded.
We are going to take her to the park on Friday to see how she does after we get her license tag.
Tomorrow starts the overtime schedule for two weeks. My team is doing it before our normal work hours. Ian's team is after work so I will be getting 3 hours of overtime each day that we share together. So that will be really nice on the paycheck.
We had gotten caught up on our bills thanks to a birthday present from Ian's parents. Then I was out for almost a week and have been grateful for that extra money as it helped get the bills paid with my paycheck being cut in half due to that.
Hopefully there are no more issues for the rest of the year. Keep your fingers crossed for us.
Not much else to say today. I will post a picture tomorrow if I have the time of Sweet Pea.
~hugs
We have had several accidents but she's getting better about it. She knows if she does wrong, we will be putting her outside so she starts to go for the door. When we bring her in she goes into the kennel until we let her out.
I know it's about getting her trained to go to the door if she needs to go out but it's going to take a while. In the meantime we just have to be patient and understand it's like potty training a toddler. They have accidents as well and eventually get out of that stage.
We were talking about it and have pretty much decided that for our anniversary we will just go to Sea World for the day and come home so we don't have to board her. Then when we get ready to go to Disney in May we will have to sweet talk my parents into watching her or take her to be boarded.
We are going to take her to the park on Friday to see how she does after we get her license tag.
Tomorrow starts the overtime schedule for two weeks. My team is doing it before our normal work hours. Ian's team is after work so I will be getting 3 hours of overtime each day that we share together. So that will be really nice on the paycheck.
We had gotten caught up on our bills thanks to a birthday present from Ian's parents. Then I was out for almost a week and have been grateful for that extra money as it helped get the bills paid with my paycheck being cut in half due to that.
Hopefully there are no more issues for the rest of the year. Keep your fingers crossed for us.
Not much else to say today. I will post a picture tomorrow if I have the time of Sweet Pea.
~hugs
Monday, September 17, 2012
Time flies By
I can't believe it's already 5:30 on my Sunday now. It seems like the weekends fly by way too fast. Oh well, just have to remember it's 5 quick work days and then you are back at the start of your weekend. =D
Not a whole lot going on with us. We got up and really enjoyed the beautiful weather today. We went for a walk around the track by the Rec center. It's a total of 1.6 miles to complete it and we did the full loop. We are going to try and push it for 2 miles on Wed when we go back. Keep your fingers crossed for us. It took us around 30 mins to do that because I'm still going a bit slower after being sick and resting.
Work is going to be busy again soon which stinks but it does help keep the day busy at work and help the time fly by a little quicker. Before we know it the holidays will be here and then we can take a week off for our anniversary to spend with each other. Woot.
Not much else to report on. Just watching for the discounts to come around so we can book the May trip for our 5k at Disney. Hopefully by the end of this month we might know something. I know at the end of Oct/beg of Nov we can start booking our dining reservations. Yay!
Time to go fix something for dinner. Catch ya'll later!
~Hugs
Not a whole lot going on with us. We got up and really enjoyed the beautiful weather today. We went for a walk around the track by the Rec center. It's a total of 1.6 miles to complete it and we did the full loop. We are going to try and push it for 2 miles on Wed when we go back. Keep your fingers crossed for us. It took us around 30 mins to do that because I'm still going a bit slower after being sick and resting.
Work is going to be busy again soon which stinks but it does help keep the day busy at work and help the time fly by a little quicker. Before we know it the holidays will be here and then we can take a week off for our anniversary to spend with each other. Woot.
Not much else to report on. Just watching for the discounts to come around so we can book the May trip for our 5k at Disney. Hopefully by the end of this month we might know something. I know at the end of Oct/beg of Nov we can start booking our dining reservations. Yay!
Time to go fix something for dinner. Catch ya'll later!
~Hugs
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