Waffles and Mold

Well, guys. I tried desperately to post pictures last night. Dial up just isn't the answer. It gets really frustrating. We are doing rennovations in our bathroom and I wanted some advice on what to do. The reason we plunged into this project is because we found black mold. It was quite disgusting. So, even though we were going to start this project in future months, alas, it was sped up. Ladies, it is not easy not having a working bathtub and shower. Luckily, my parents live a block away. That's right. Showers at their house all the time. It is convenient, but I tell you, it is time consuming. Anyway, we are not sure exactly what to put around our bathtub. A tub surround or tiles. It isn't easy to put a surround in because we have a window in the shower (which I hate). If we go with tiles, it is a lot more work and more expensive. What colour of tiles would we go with, too? Our bathroom is neutral colours and painted a light brown. Although I would like a punch of a bright colour in there. I don't know. White tiles. Tan tiles. No tiles. Advice is needed.

I also wanted to add that my wonderful husband made me an ego waffle the other morning for breakfast. That was sweet, but the best part was that he cut a smiley face into it. Sounds simple, but it sure cheered me up on a day that I needed it. Thanks sweetie. You are the best. I will never look at an ego waffle again without thinking of that little face smiling back at me.

Gingy

I decided to post of few pics of our little kitty. Ginger is so much fun and always makes us laugh. Her personality definitely suits her orange fur. She can be a little terror. For example, she likes to climb our ceiling and rip out the ceiling tiles, she broke a couple of Danny's die cast cars, she broke one of my dishes, she ripped down the shower bar and curtain....just to name a few. She really shouldn't just be lounging in the sink, but she was soooo cute. Believe it or not, she learned how to turn the tap on. I came home one day and the tap was running. Silly kitty. I guess now she needs to learn to turn it off, too.
Every time we leave the house this is how she says good bye to us. It really is quite adorable.
So, Ginger can be a terror, but she can also be the most cuddly kitty around. So, yes, I know I am babbling about my kitty, but she really is great. Some people wanted to see more pictures of her, too, so I thought, why not? Anyway, gotta run.

Of course you can't go to Disneyworld without a picture in front of the castle!!!
I had to talk Danny into going on this one! I couldn't miss it though.
I met a little friend along the way.
Everywhere you looked, there were bushes in the shape of different Disney characters. I loved that part so much. That was one memory I had from when I was little.
I love this pic. It is from the Animal Kingdom. The animals were beautiful to watch. I especially loved the baby elephant and giraffes. Unfortunately I didn't get any pics of them.

Overall, we had a blast. Hightlights: Aerosmith roller coaster, tea cups (of course), fireworks, Everest Expedition roller coaster, Seaworld, Splash mountain, Big Thunder Railroad, Safaris, Medieval Feast, meeting Mickey, Space mountain, and soooooo much more!

More Trip Pics

Here are a few more trip pics. I know it has been awhile, but I have had trouble with my blog. Anyway, the 4 theme parks were amazing. The shows, fireworks, rides, and parades were amazing. I don't know if we even saw one person who was not happy. Of course, every time we saw a car we had to stop and take a picture. The tree above was from the Animal Kingdom. The picture doesn't do it justice. It was huge and looked so real. The tree of life. In the trunk there were detailed carvings. It was neat.

Disneyworld!

Well, we are back. We had a fantastic time. It was great to get off the plane and step into 25 degree weather. Disneyworld is truly the happiest place on earth. I laughed and laughed like I have not laughed in quite a long time. I will try to post more pictures later, but this dial up business is crazy. Let me just tell you a quick story about our buddy Mickey. Well, we were waiting and waiting for a chance to meet him. Finally, at the Magic Kingdom we found his house. He was no where in sight. Then we saw this line up in a barn behind his house. We went to check it out and it was a line to meet Mickey. Things are different there now. They have specific lines for each character and each character has a body guard. They don't just roam the parks. Anyway, we decided that we couldn't leave without a picture with Mickey, so we stood in line. When we got to the front of the line, I went to stand beside Mickey and he gave me a HUGE hug. He actually wouldn't let go of me. When Danny came, he hardly even wanted to shake his hand. notice in the picture his arm is still around me and NOT Danny. Anyway, Mickey was flirting with me. I can't believe it. When we went to Pooh bear, the same thing. You can really tell that there are men inside those mascot suits. Shamu the killer whale was a little happier to see Danny. We laughed about it for days. I'll post more later, but just wanted to let you know we had a fabulous trip! I don't really want to get back to reality. It is hard going back to life.

Mickey here we come!

So, I was told that I need to update my blog (Rhea) and I guess I really should. It has been a busy month at school. Anyway, the countdown is at 7 DAYS until we go to Disneyworld. I am so excited. I had a bit of a tanning nightmare. Well, everyone else thinks that it is just funny, but they are not the ones who are living with it. I decided that I did not want to show up in Florida as white as a ghost. So I decided to tan a little bit. I went in on Tuesday and apparently the tanning bed was hotter than regular beds. I was relaxed and warm (which is rare because I am always cold lately) and having a grand old time. I left the salon and went home. Three hours later I decided to try my bathing suit on. Well, I looked in the mirror and I was redder than I had ever been. Suddenly I realized why my butt and legs were burning. I had burnt myself BADLY. Yup! That is not the worst of it though. The tanning bed apparently had a bulb burned out, but I did not know that. You guessed it. All the way from my shoulder right down to my left ankle I have a 3 inch white line. It wouldn't be quite so noticeable if I was not so red. This is what I look like: tomato stripe, stripe of snow, tomato patch. Now I did not get much sympathy. Danny laughed and is still laughing 2 days later. Mom laughed. My fellow teachers laughed. Yeah. Not a pretty sight. If it didn't hurt so badly I might have laughed a bit harder. So I will probably go to Florida looking like a Canadian girl who tried to fake and bake. Oh well! At least I'll be in Florida. I am sure that Mickey and friends won't mind!

Back into Rountine Again

Once again, the Christmas holidays went far too quickly. We were able to stretch them out, but it is always tough to go back to work. We had a fabulous holiday! Danny and I had our Christmas on the 22nd. It seems like forever ago, but it was a special time together. I got a beautiful coffee table that matches perfectly in my house. I was very excited! We went all the way to my parents' house for a few days. We had a great time. Laughing and eating!! We played a bunch of games and had a good time. I think a highlight was watching my mother play poker. It was hilarious. We all are not very good and just played for fun, but she cleaned us out. I have a great picture of her with all of her winnings. I'll post that later.

After a fantastic time in Hepburn, we went to Fort Qu'Appelle to have Christmas with Danny's side. Again, lots of laughter, fun, EATING, and good times. We had a hockey match that ended up being a lot more like a tackle match into the snow. We were still there for New Years. It was fairly low key. We played games, looked at Christmas lights, and watched the countdowns on TV. It was nice and relaxing.

So, I am back to work. A pretty good first day other than the alarm ringing at 6:30. It was difficult to get up. The only thing keeping me going is that I am going on a trip with my wonderful husband in February. We are going to DISNEYWORLD and I am super excited. Just the two of us are going. It should be great. Now I just have to work off all of the turkey and cookies before going somewhere hot!!

I should get going. I hope you all had a fabulous holiday and I wish you a great new year.