Sara

Wednesday, June 9, 2010

Orlando Trip 2010 - Part 2

After two days of courses, we made our way to our next stop...Disney!! The hotel we were at for the conference had their own special "taxi." He loaded us and our luggage up in a big SUV (I don't remember what it was). He was from Haiti and was very fun and entertained by our Southern accents. He asked if we wanted to listen to country music, too! ha!

I love the Mickey towels...every single time!

We started the trip in Epcot since they were open until midnight...I think I got up around 5 or 6 that morning for the conference. :)

It was the Flower and Garden Festival while we were there, so they had lots of flowers and topiaries everywhere! So very cute and fun!

Our dinner was at the Coral Reef. Very good food and fun atmosphere with fish swimming next to you in a really big tank! The dessert was called the Chocolate Wave and it was yum!

We were able to ride Soarin' 2x that night and most of the other rides on our list which was very successful for being in the park for 6 hours. We also had time to see the fireworks that night.

The next morning would be another early one starting at 6:45am at the boat dock to head to breakfast!

Tuesday, June 8, 2010

Orlando Trip 2010 - Part 1

I finally have time to blog about my fun in Orlando. We left town in the plane picture below and flew into Nashville. Let's just say that that was an adventure itself!

I knew the plane would be small but I don't know that I realized how close I would actually be to the pilots who may or may not have graduated from high school yet. (just kidding)

We had assigned seats and when they called the 2 people who would be sitting in the front row, they said "first class" seats...I thought to myself...for real...someone paid extra on this plane...why??? Fortunately they were just joking, and I am just gullible.

The good thing about the bumpy, fish tailing plane ride was the view. I kind of knew where we were along the way based on the interstate.

This was actually just days before the big flood. This picture is of the Opry Land area. It was dark on our return flight, so we didn't get to see it after the flood. So sad for Nashville!

We made it to Orlando! I went with 2 OTs from work and another OT who recently moved but did work with us. We went to the OT conference for 2 days and while I did not learn as much as I had hoped, it was still pretty fun. They had a HUGE expo one night and we got a bunch of fun/free stuff! I got a nice new therapy bag to carry all of my toys and stuff around the clinic!

We had lots of fun together! Lots of "you had to be there stories" from the plane ride to the hotel room duvet mishap and people watching, too.

I did get to escape one day for lunch and eat with a friend from Hot Springs. It was great to see her, but we didn't get a picture! Maybe I can catch up with her again on Orlando trip #2 which is so very soon!

After the conference, two of us headed to my most favorite place in the world for a few days of fun! More to come!

Friday, June 4, 2010

Cookies, Cookies, and More Cookies

After trip to Orlando, I made cookies for coworkers...

Celebrate Cookies

Epcot's Flower and Garden Festival Cookies

The rest of the cookies were for the ATL family reunion last weekend...

These were for Jason and Jessica to tell family they are expecting a little one in December!

Monday, May 31, 2010

Updates

After working overtime for about 7 1/2 months out of the last 10 months, I am hoping to get caught up with everything! Here are a few updates until I get around to everything...

1. As mentioned above...I finished working overtime which means my Friday off is back! Yea for craft day!

2. Still working on the hundreds of pictures I took while on Orlando vacation #1 of 2010.

3. Still working on pictures from this cutie hootie's first bday.

4. Slowly getting caught up on sewing projects...more pics to come.

5. Just had the most wonderful weekend with lots of family in ATL...more pics to come!

6. Last but not least...I am going to be an aunt! Jason and Jessica are expecting their first December 2010, and we are all so excited about little "Tater Tot."