Greetings everyone. Bobbie I’m sorry your NYE cruise didn’t go as planned but glad you are feeling better.
Our holidays so far have been different, Christmas Eve didn’t pan out the way we thought it would, and Christmas Day while a success was a lot of work. First time we’ve ever hosted a large gathering for Christmas Day, I think I prefer are more laid-back chilled out situation that we usually enjoy. My in-laws were up and they were their usual miserable selves so my husband had to contend with that and then we both got sick him first than me. There’s some kind of ick going around. It’s like a bad cold with a lingering cough, but fortunate to have all this time off to just chill and do nothing after the holidays to recover or relax. Feeling much better today. About 90% of the indoor decor is down and put away including the tree. Haven’t touched the outside stuff and I’m not gonna worry about it until the mood strikes me and the weather improves. I mean it’s bright and sunny out, but it’s windy as hell and cold to boot and I just don’t feel like it!
Just realized I haven’t been out of the house in almost a week so tomorrow I’m gonna take myself out and about, drop a few things off at Goodwill. I have a list of odds and ends. I need to pick up at the store, and I have a pedicure appointment at 3 o’clock. Husband is headed to Western Maryland tomorrow morning for the rest of the week so the pups and I will enjoy a low-key New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day. I bought myself a new power steamer I’m going to try on kitchen & bathroom grout….yes, it’s a glamorous way to see in the New Year
While we were waiting out these codes, we had we finally nailed down some dining reservations for our trip during the first few days of February. I was shocked to find a ton of availability. No, I take that back not necessarily shocked because we always have good luck finding a decent ADR even last minute while we’re already on property. But I also had no problem getting it for GO 82 and I could easily have gotten beacon barrel, although I didn’t because after reading the reviews, it just doesn’t seem to appeal to us too much.going to try California Grill for the first time for dinner and the Edison for dinner two out of the four nights were there. Made a few other lunch reservations, but will probably make another dinner reservation once we get there and see what we feel like. We are kind of spur of the moment people, so we like to sometimes decide on the fly. Knock wood, it works for us. We’re trying real hard to try different restaurants and different resorts and not always fall back on the favorites. But it’s also hard when you have gone someplace you really enjoy and it’s consistently good and you wanna go again. Staying at the poly for the first time one of the downsides of traveling to WDW on shorter notice is sometimes lack of availability at resorts that are new to us, but I’m glad we finally were able snag rooms there.
Man, the wind is just blowing here. I think it’s gonna be chilly and rather cold for the next week.
I’ve got two large bags of clothes we culled from the closets to go tomorrow, but I suspect I’ll probably end up with more before I can get back there, but maybe I’ll take another load this coming weekend. I need to clear some odds and ends out of my kitchen as well, so I may have a box of stuff. Feels good to go into the next year tidy and cleared out. Think I’ll be cleaning the fridge as well. And rearranging the freezer in the garage had so much stuff in it for the holidays that things became a little jumbled but now that a lot of that stuff’s gone, I can get it back to rights. Or at least try.
No big NYE plans for me, husband won’t be home but I think the pups & I will have some champagne & finally sit down to re-watch Dogma. It’s one of my favorite movies but I haven’t seen it in years & years- but now that it’s available again I’m going to watch it. I am not really into any parades on NYD- well except for the Mummers, but I don’t get Philly stations. I could stream it I suppose.
Pea- how ya feeling? I hope the current protocol you are on is agreeing with you.
Judique- what are your travel plans for the first quarter of the year? We’ve got two trips to Orlando (one is work), 1 to Ft Myers and 1 to Dublin (work w/ a bit of play) plus 3 trips to the NC office between now & the end of March.
How about you Lynn & Snowy & Poly? What have you guys got brewing travel-wise in 2026? Anyone else working on any fun travel plans in 2026? Sometimes the planning can be half of the fun! So far my 2026 travel plans include some places I’ve already been to sometimes many times ha ha ha ha ha and at least two places I haven’t been to before, so I’m glad to be in a position to go new places this coming year.
Well, the only place I’m going this afternoon is to the laundry room to switch the laundry and I better get to it-you guys are having a pleasant holiday week!
