I do like this one
Ooh this one is creepy!
et’s turn our attention here, shall we?
It took me a second to figure out where I was. I had to refocus cause this is the best shot of the castle i've seen! I thought I was looking at another park, like DLP or something!
Love this!
This is gorgeous.
Your quiche does look delicious, too bad the salad wasn't very good.
To be honest, I’m not a huge spa person. I know people love it, and maybe its my age, but I always think of it as something non-essential. When I was a teenager and young adult people just didn’t go to the “spa”. People didn’t have manicures and pedicures. If they did, they had a huge amount of expendable income. It just wasn’t something that “regular” people did on a regular basis. Now its pretty much routine, but somewhere along the line I just never came along with this trend.
I know. I know. I am totally missing out on something indulgent and wonderful. I guess I just feel awkward with massages. I am used to putting my hands on a lot of people considering the type of work I do. I just will never be completely comfortable with people putting their hands on me.
I got my first massage when I was on my honeymoon and I realized then what all the fuss was about. My mom is like you though. She's never gotten one and has never been interested, even when i've offered to buy her a spa package for Mothers day or her birthday. She doesn't feel comfortable with someone she doesn't know rubbing her down. Guess I understand that when I write it out like that!
Then we headed over to check-in. I took this picture of the gym because SSR really does have a nice fitness facility and its adjacent to the spa.
Very nice facility!
In my reflexology massage my “guy” (I forget his name) worked on both my neck and my feet. These are my two problem areas. He also worked other areas and explained to me how each area is attached to an organ or body structure. He sort of gave me a quiz at the end of the session, but that’s probably because I kept asking questions. I was most interested in his training. You know, being in health care and having a scientific mind, I really wanted to get a sense as to whether reflexology is bunk or actually based in science.
I am still undecided.
I did learn that he also taught massage therapy at a local community college and his credentials were fairly impressive.
Here’s a reflexology foot chart. I had it almost memorized by the end of my session.
What can I say. I am a nerd when it comes to anatomy.
I've always been curious about Reflexology too! Did it feel nice at all?
I can’t remember how long I sat there. Long enough to need a bio break from all the water I drank. Figures. But my massage guy did tell me to stay well hydrated because he had released a lot of toxins into my blood stream. Yeah - not sure if I buy that either.
I'm not sure how much toxins can be released during a Reflexology massage, but I know in a full body massage you can get really sick if you don't hydrate properly! My cousin got a full hour and a half body massage one time, did not drink water afterwards at all and was so sick the next day, I couldn't believe it. All from a massage!
So relaxing!
We started out with a few adult beverages. I switched to a Blue Moon and Cynthia stuck with wine.
Wine in a plastic cup?! Oh wait you're outside huh.
Beauty and the Beast - Avocado, cream cheese, Kani Kama krab are topped with beautiful tuna and beastly eel $15.00
Love the name!
All I can tell you guys is if you like sushi, this place is awesome. Everything was really delicious. It was the most perfect, impromptu choice for dinner. We couldn’t have planned it any better, even if I was in my bathing suit bottoms.
Glad this turned out to be a successful meal even with your swim attire!
Two glasses of wine at the Turf Club. (Not counting the one we had at the spa) Two beers at Splittsvile. And another draft at the Hole in the Wall. Can you say “Feeling NO pain?”.
Our bartender was great! Did I have 2 beers here? Cynthia? I think I only had one. I’m not that much of a lush…or am I?????
It had gotten surprisingly late and we were hoping to catch one of the last buses back to OKW, but when we checked our watches….or cell phones …oops - too late.
What?! I thought the busses ran an hour after DTD closes no?!
No pictures from the cab ride home. All I can tell you is that when we told the driver we were going to OKW he said, “Awwwww Come ON. You’re killing me”, as if to infer that he was angry with us because we weren’t going further then OKW.
That did NOT sit well with Cynthia. Or me, for that matter. Hey, a fare is a fare. And we needed a ride. So suck it up buddy.
Ok guy, seriously?! What's up with cab drivers?? When we went to Vegas last year, there was four of us in our party and we needed a cab from the airport to our hotel and there's a line of cabs and we got in line and said party of 4 and no one would take us because of how 'large' our party was! Finally a cab did take us but he didn't look happy about it. Sheesh. Money hungry much?
Before we knew it we were back at our villa. And then we decided that it might be fun to take a 1am dip in the pool.
No pool hours??!
You guys are crazy and I must hang out with you!
What a cool picture!
This was one of the best, if not THE best, sports massage I have ever had in my life. It was absolutely amazing. The right kind of deep tissue but with the spa ambiance...oh my word. I felt like a new person!
Albeit one with very greasy hair! So Mary Ellen might have felt odd in her shorts but I felt pretty icky with my hair (not so much I wanted to deal with washing it at the Spa though...it would have washed off all the lovely massage lotion and I didn't want that.
So you liked the massage, but how was the scalp massage?! I beg DH almost every other day to massage my scalp but he thinks it's gross
WTH, it's not like I don't wash my hair or anything
WE WENT IN THE MENS LOCKER ROOM!
Honest mistake. I've done this once.
California Roll
Sushi rice, Kani Kama krab, cucumber and avocado
I have to admit the fact that they used Kani Kama krab kind of bugged me, even if that is really common. As a west coaster, it's often real crab used and obviously, that's better!
Is that just a fancy way of saying 'imitation crab'?
Never heard of that name before.
But about the bar. It was really weird! We were actually AT the bar, not a table, and the seats were really low for the height of the bar. Awkward, the bar was kind of in your face. Either the bar was too high, or the seats too low...or too much wine was had before the bar. LOL! I do remember whatever Mary Ellen ordered there seemed to hit her kind of at once but either way when we got back after mr. cabby cranky pants, we decided a hot tub was in order to make us extra sleepy. I think we basically got in, and right back out!
I hate those kinds of bars! You feel like a little child ordering a drink when the bartender can barely see you.
I will probably not get caught up on our next morning before I head to DL on Thursday. I tried to upload those pictures on Sunday (that's how far behind on photobucket I am, sigh) and a bunch went wonky on me, not to mention I didn't do any editing. That fiasco aside, there is an important update I NEED to get up on my DL TR before I get on that plane for the big birthday party so that is my next to do! Not to mention the fact I really need to figure out what I am wearing to Alison's birthday dinner! I am SO excited, I did at least book my shuttle to get me to the hotel after I land, still need to figure out my return, I have a few things up in the air there so may have to hold on booking that until that day. I also have a few running updates that I'll put on the runDisney PTR/TR as well if I have time.
Well...if you don't like cream of wheat (texture wise), you won't like grits no matter what is in them.
Cream of Wheat is my all time favorite hot cereal
So now i'm so confused, maybe I haven't had grits the proper way??
Trust me, I know how easy that is.
, so these shirts are heaven for me. For reals! It's also less embarrassing because it doesn't show sweat spots
Some redneck from home will read it and say, "Daisy May, I didn't know you could eat on that thar ride...I mite have to try it!"
alone during our December trip to La Cava del Tequila!! I'm going to be sending you a message about your quiche picture. You two really did shut Downtown Disney down. I've never heard a back review of Splitsville which makes me mad because I canceled our ADR there for our last trip.
Jon! Thanks so much for joining in and stopping by! Great to see you here! 
