Jenn and I went to Disney World for our anniversary in early August. It was awesome! We had such a great time! We were there for an entire week, which we were really happy about. We stayed at the Caribbean Beach Resort again, we went to Disney 2 years ago and that's the place we stayed at then too. We like the Caribbean Beach and we decided to stay there again since it fit with our park schedule and dinning, plus we knew our way around it.
This time around at Disney we were able to go to all the places that we missed the first time around. The last time at Disney was a bit of a rush as we only had 4 days there instead of the full week this time (I love special deals). So what did we do? Well, we did the Haunted Mansion twice, Pirates of the Caribbean twice, most of the rides 2 times at the Magic Kingdom. In fact, there was enough time to actual go on the It's a Small World ride (the wait was unbelievably short for that ride). I have to say the that was the most tripped out ride I've ever been on. It's a Small World was everything I expect and more...now it haunts my dreams.
Well enough of that week of fun...well one more thing, for our anniversary we went to Epcot. We had dinner at Le Cellier Steakhouse in Canada in World Showcase. A very a yummy and romantic dinner. Jenn had filet mignon and I had a coffee rubbed Kansas City Strip steak. Yes, the coffee addict that I am had a coffee rubbed steak...*drool*. It was so delicious. Best. Steak. Ever.
So after that the summer was pretty lax. We got back into the swing of things. Jenn dived right back into freelance and I did stuff around the house. I started a painting in August as well, which was good, I've been in sort of an artist block lately...it really sucks, but I think I'm slowly getting over that hump, I have a few ideas and sketches that I'm working on that will hopefully develop into finished pieces.
August ended, September began with a bang. We started getting things ready for the Fall/Winter and began the next "phase" of stuff around the house. The first was getting quotes for tree removals. The second was getting the tree house torn down so that we could get the trees removed. That was a process...nothing around this house is simple. We also added storm doors.
What does this month bring? Well, we are closing the pool, finishing up the tree house removal, getting 5 trees cut down and 1 trimmed (there is a 6th tree that I'm going to remove myself), and finally getting the roof redone...hopefully the insurance will pay for it (we are in the readjustment phase right now as the 1st agent was one of those that "didn't see" the obvious).
Hopefully, my next update will come sooner rather than 2 months time.
+ August 03, 2009 +Gosh, where did the summer go? I can't believe it's August already. This month marks my turning 33...something I'm not sure how I feel about. Is that a sign of old age? I know I can feel it in my creaky bones. Anyway, I'm also marking my 4th wedding anniversary. I can't tell you how happy I am! 4 years married to such a wonderful woman like Jenn. This has been the best four years of my life! To celebrate we planned on something really fun and cool...something that I'm not going to post here in such a public forum. I'll post after the fact so the few of you that actually read this will just have to wait.
The house, after all the work earlier this year and early summer we finally got things in a rhythm. However, I'm still fighting the lawn, I will tame it!' Part of me is glad for the mild summer another is really freakin' annoyed since there weren't many supper hot days to go out and enjoy the pool. Ah well, at least we got in a couple of really warm days to relax in the water.
The art. I had a very successful art show in June! I can't believe that I sold 6 paintings! I'm amazed and encouraged by it. Two things are in the works as a result of the show. One, I'm going to build me a new computer to replace the 6 year clunker machine that I have been using. I can't wait! Two, I finally have a direction for where I'm going to take my art. It's still in its infancy, but I've been doing a lot of research and hope to start plugging away at some new paintings later this month. I'm hoping to have enough steam to get another show ready for next year.
The job, busy. Very, very busy.
Well, until next time.
