Caught up!!!
Wow.....24 days already! It's flying past..........and congrats on the DH weightloss........that is so great
Its funny.....it felt like time was moving right along until the last few days, then for some reason time has started to feel like its passing much slower. Like we've shifted into a lower gear or something. Steve thinks its because the final things to do....Diamond Lane check-in, packing, etc.....really can't be completed until about two weeks before we leave, or later yet.
I'm trying to keep myself busy with some projects on the home front instead. We're planning to get the interior of our house repainted once we're back from vacation (walls, ceilings, trim.....generally just giving everyting a "refresh", so to speak) so I've got a couple of contractors coming this week to give me quotes. We've got snow tires to get taken off our vehicles (hoping that by mid-month the threat of snow will finally be past!!) and our driveway needs re-sealing (again, probably not until right after we return, but we can get things lined up before our trip). The yard needs a good raking but we still have to wait for a bit until its a tad drier and a lot warmer....brrrrr!!! Oh yeah, and my car needs a good spring cleaning on the interior. Better pencil that in for this weekend.
Hmmmm.....maybe I do have enough to keep me busy for the next few weeks!
I have such a hard time finding swimsuits and your post made me remember that I bought three of the same ones last year in different colours and happy that one of them is unworn so atleast I have one. I wore the others to death on last trip. 24 days and we swam atleast twice every single day.
I booked our one night at a Universal hotel today. Got a great deal at PBH hotel with hotels.com. They sent me a 12% of voucher and was surprised it worked for Universal hotel. I just saved £40 on my Discovery Cove booking so we decided to upgrade our hotel from RPR and now I have saved some more.
Still 4 months for us but before we go I have a week in Peuto Pollensa, Majorca, a long weekend in a 5* Conrad Hilton hotel in London and 4 nights on the Queen Mary ( but that's with my mum so might not be as relaxing!). We are very lucky but Florida is what I look forward to the most.
Now that's a spring and summer itinerary I could live with. Lucky you!!! I am totally envious!! We usually do an early summer trip to Niagara Falls but I'm thinking it won't be in the cards this year. With three Florida trips in the works, out travel budget is feeling the stretch. Its also hard to get away with the kiddo, because he tends to work so much during his summer break (not complaining there....I'm glad he's ambitious and employed!!).
Good going on the hotel at Universal!!
We have tossed around the idea of booking a one-night stay onsite at the Royal Pacific just for the express passes alone (assuming a one night room will be cheaper than two days of Express for 2)....but we'll see how May goes first, and what the crowd calendars predict for our mid-October visit. If our after-4 pm Express with our Premier AP's works out well, maybe we won't even need it?
On the swimsuit issue....like you, there's one particular brand that I have found fits me perfectly, so I think I'm just going to order a couple of their new styles. I had tossed around the idea of ordering a couple of other suits that caught my eye from various retailers, but then I'm setting myself up to fretting about fit, sizing, and even shipping (will they arrive in time? How hard will they be to return if necessary?). The brand I like has a few different colours and designs for 2015 that are kind of cute, and its comforting to "go with what you know". No surprises on quality either. Last year, I ordered 3 of the same suit (various colours/patterns) so I can totally relate to your purchase of multiples! Suits from the States are sooooo much cheaper than here at home, too, so I get swimwear I like and at a better price. Win-win
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. In the middle of all the regular mish-mash of crap (a flyer for a pre-paid funeral plan, a newsletter from a local real estate agent, some mass mailing from our local MPP) there was this thing of beauty:
). Several times, its been unexpected vehicle issues.
. And of course, I knew the warranty was expiring sometime this month 
(though I wasn't entirely sure when). Ugh.
