Sometimes the Best Plan is to Forget the Plan!!

[Bridora]

I feel so strange, like I'm the Twilight Zone. (I watched a lot of episodes when they had a marathon on SyFy? New Year's Day) Where has everyone gone?

 

[princess_momma]

I see advertisements for DOI all the time. There's 3 arenas within a 60 mile radius of here lol so I don't think I'd have a problem getting to one of them!

I'll have to check out that seller on ebay when I get home. They block ebay here. But not amazon. I don't get it.

That's great that you have so many arenas and opportunities for DOI!! Luckily for me and my bank account, I don't. Usually its once a year! And they're usually all in spring, except for this past random December.

Did you ever check out that seller?

Yay for the birthday cruise, Kimmy! And no, why would we think you're a bad Mommy, EVERY Mom needs a break...it's makes you a better Mommy!!! Love the DOI pics, looks like fun, we took our boys this week, too! Hoping to get my pics up this weekend, but looks like a different show than yours. We saw DOI 100 years of Magic, it was great!! Happy New Year!!!

Thank you!! I'm so intent on going...I can't wait for all the different excursions and such!!

Cute DOI pictures! Happy New Year, too!

The tiara would definitely Disneyfy your cruise.

Once we went to Disney World without the kids. But it's usually just a weekend trip somewhere low key.

We're having a snow day today, but it's really melting out there now. I put up a couple of pictures on my PTR....you'll have to go over for a good laugh at our "snow"!

hahaha...I think I'm for sure bringing my tiara!! Maybe i'll tell people I'm princess of the ship!! (Sometimes I tell people I'm the princess of America, but they have to keep it secret since America isn't supposed to have royalty. )

I saw your "snow"!

Oh! I've been meaning to ask you where you got your little picture there under you name--with the Broncos logo? It's super cute....I'm wanting to change my picture, but have had no luck with it so far...

I got my Broncos Mickey's head from someone on the Disigns board. Have you ever been down to those? They are great! I don't remember who the specific one was who had the NFL Mickey heads, but I'll look and try to find them for you!

I feel so strange, like I'm the Twilight Zone. (I watched a lot of episodes when they had a marathon on SyFy? New Year's Day) Where has everyone gone?

I have looked and it seems like everyone is gone too!! I don't know where everyone went! I'll try not to disappear again! I miss you guys! Sometimes, life just gets in the way!

 

[jenny105]

That's great that you have so many arenas and opportunities for DOI!! Luckily for me and my bank account, I don't. Usually its once a year! And they're usually all in spring, except for this past random December.

Did you ever check out that seller?

That's my problem. NKOTB tours and every arena near me and it's a safe bet to think that I'll be at every single one! They are going to bankrupt me if they tour this year.

No, I haven't looked yet. I use my home computer for facebook and that's it lol. I spend entirely too much time on that site!

 

[stacikristine]

Yay!! I'm so glad you posted all of the pictures! I can't believe how close you were on DOI--yay for knowing people who can get good seats! Landon is just the cutest little boy ever--he just seems so content all the time! I'm excited for your cruise you're planning--I'm sure it'll be so great!

 

[tinkgurl]

Ooooh DOI looks like it was a lot of fun!

Hey if chocolate milk kept him sitting and entertained..whatever works!

 

[MICKEY4EVER!]

Hey, Kimmy!

Hoping your day is going well for you. We're supposed to be getting some inclement snow weather, but so far only a few flakes. We close for bad weather, but it looks like we're here for the duration! I bet you have a lot of snow where you are, huh?

 

[princess_momma]

That's my problem. NKOTB tours and every arena near me and it's a safe bet to think that I'll be at every single one! They are going to bankrupt me if they tour this year.

No, I haven't looked yet. I use my home computer for facebook and that's it lol. I spend entirely too much time on that site!

Lately, it seems like a lot of people I wanted to see where going on tour everywhere but here! (Cheesy people...like BSpears and the Spice Girls ) and at first I was sad, but then grateful! Already there are some people I NEED to see coming here...better start saving. Its a shame because most concerts are very affordable...but only if you get crappy seats! Oh well...

Maybe I will send you her ebay name on FB so you look!

Yay!! I'm so glad you posted all of the pictures! I can't believe how close you were on DOI--yay for knowing people who can get good seats! Landon is just the cutest little boy ever--he just seems so content all the time! I'm excited for your cruise you're planning--I'm sure it'll be so great!

I still have more pictures to put up! I feel so bad! I don't have the real Christmas ones or anything!! I better hurry.

And thanks, Landon is pretty much always content. I'm lucky to have such an easy baby!! My mom and I always joke that Landon's "bad" behavior is better than a lot of kids "good" behavior! But we may be biased...

I'm posting more cruise stuff next!!

Ooooh DOI looks like it was a lot of fun!

Hey if chocolate milk kept him sitting and entertained..whatever works!

It was fun!! I knew chocolate milk would do the trick during the show. It was before the show that was hard. He was running all over and then would get mad at me because I wouldn't let him climb on the ice!

Hey, Kimmy!

Hoping your day is going well for you. We're supposed to be getting some inclement snow weather, but so far only a few flakes. We close for bad weather, but it looks like we're here for the duration! I bet you have a lot of snow where you are, huh?

Thanks!! Last night was freezing and we got some snow. I thanked God that it was only the fluffy stuff and I just had to brush the snow off my car instead of scraping and scraping thick layers of ice off! My car said it was -2 when I left this morning!! The sun is out now, but its still only in the teens!! I hope you don't get anything too bad.

 

[princess_momma]

Okay...so all the snow we are getting here is making me crave my cruise SO BAD!!

First of all...does anyone have any really delicious healthy food recipes? And I mean REALLY delicious because I usually hate healthy food. Any workout tips would be great too. So I can get bikini body ready. Actually...I'm in the same boat as one of you! Jenny, I saw your facebook status and guess what? I have a food baby too!! yeah...that needs to go!!

Secondly...the ports of call on the cruise we are most likely going on stops in Cabo, Mazatlan and Puerto Vallarta. Have any of you been to any of these places and have any things that I MUST do?

I think its in Puerto Vallarta, but I read about this place where you can zipline through the jungle and repel down waterfalls and stuff! Every port has something very similiar to this, but from reviews I've read, this one is above and beyond and the best. So I think we're going to do that!

Then, we also definitely want to swim with dolphins. I've think I've read one where you can swim with dolphins and also swim/interact with sea lions. If that was correct, I'd rather do one where we could do both, then just one. But I'd pick dolphins over sea lions!! And I definitely want to SWIM not just touch!

Whichever port, we don't swim with dolphins in, I think we may just have a beach day. I want to do stuff like parasail and rent wave runners and just that kind of stuff. Of course, if we want to do more than that (or just have additional time and money ) then there are other things that sound fun. Like an ATV tour or whale watching (we'd be pushing it towards the end of the season for that though) or horseback riding on the beach or even a tequila factory tour! So who knows! What do you guys think?

Also, we will have TWO formal nights! If you couldn't guess by my princess status, I LOVE LOVE LOVE formal stuff! I always hated prom (or any school dances) but would ALWAYS get dressed up and go out anyway!! I just love dressing up! Maybe one of these nights, I will take pictures and show you my formal dress options. Of course, I'll have to establish myself as "the girl who always wears the tiara" before formal night, so people don't think I'm just a prom queen wanna-be!!

 

[princess_momma]

Oh and I forgot!! Both Laura and I have never been to LA, which is where our port is!! So we are definitely planning on getting in as early as possible the day before and spending one night there and checking stuff out.

Since we have never been there, the only stuff we know to do is stuff that you could find on like top 10 things to do in LA lists--like Sunset Blvd and Hollywood Blvd and Rodeo Dr. I don't think we would have the time to do a theme park, even though I would love to. I would love Disneyland or even Universal or Magic Mountain (Six Flags). Has anyone been to the ones in LA? I kind of feel like even if we did do one of those, we would kind of miss the whole LA feel which is what we are going for! What do you guys think?

And do you guys have any specific things that are awesome there that we need to try? Otherwise, I feel like we will wander aimlessly around and not get the most out of it!! Kind of like going to WDW without research!! Blasphemy!! I think the only stop we are FOR SURE making at this point is Roscoe's Chicken and Waffles. I just HAVE to go there. And I heard its really, really, REALLY good. I'll let you guys know.

So any suggestions for that would be great too!! Thanks guys!

 

[jenny105]

We had a birthday luncheon for one of the girls in my office yesterday. There is SO MUCH FOOD. I must have gained 5 pounds between yesterday and today. I am stuffed!!!

I've never been to any of the ports you are traveling to or even LA. I think you should definitely make a stop in Disneyland. I really want to go there, just so I can compare! A word to the wise about swimming with the dolphins. I've never done it personally but from what I know, it's VERY expensive and you get a very short amount of time where you're actually swimming with the dolphins as opposed to getting briefed about safety precautions. That being said, if I had the $, I would love to do it!

 

[jenny105]

I just got Disney on Ice tickets! They were having shows the weekend of Joe's birthday so I got the tickets as his gift!! I hope he doesn't think that's corny lol

 

[princess_momma]

We had a birthday luncheon for one of the girls in my office yesterday. There is SO MUCH FOOD. I must have gained 5 pounds between yesterday and today. I am stuffed!!!

I've never been to any of the ports you are traveling to or even LA. I think you should definitely make a stop in Disneyland. I really want to go there, just so I can compare! A word to the wise about swimming with the dolphins. I've never done it personally but from what I know, it's VERY expensive and you get a very short amount of time where you're actually swimming with the dolphins as opposed to getting briefed about safety precautions. That being said, if I had the $, I would love to do it!

That's too funny! I don't even have an excuse like that! I've just been enjoying lots of food lately!

I really do want to go to Disneyland too!! I will have to compare prices and things of all the different theme parks too. I know we would love to go on the roller coasters at Magic Mountain, so we may go there instead. Sometime in the semi-distant future, I want to go on a big California trip but take Landon and go to Disneyland, Legoland, Knotts, Sea World, San Diego Zoo, etc. so I might save it for him! I'm not sure though!!

I know the dolphin things are expensive!! It's pretty much our only super "must-do" though! The places I have been finding all say you get around 30 to 40 minutes in the water, which isn't much on a 3 hour thing. You are right that they'll spend like the whole time doing safety precautions. But I still think we will end up doing it, just for the memory.

I just got Disney on Ice tickets! They were having shows the weekend of Joe's birthday so I got the tickets as his gift!! I hope he doesn't think that's corny lol

YAY!!!! Which show is it?? Worlds of Fantasy is the one I just saw, and 100 Years is the one I'm going in March. I don't know if they have any others going around right now!! When is Joe's birthday? I bet he will love it!

 

[jenny105]

That's too funny! I don't even have an excuse like that! I've just been enjoying lots of food lately!

I really do want to go to Disneyland too!! I will have to compare prices and things of all the different theme parks too. I know we would love to go on the roller coasters at Magic Mountain, so we may go there instead. Sometime in the semi-distant future, I want to go on a big California trip but take Landon and go to Disneyland, Legoland, Knotts, Sea World, San Diego Zoo, etc. so I might save it for him! I'm not sure though!!

I know the dolphin things are expensive!! It's pretty much our only super "must-do" though! The places I have been finding all say you get around 30 to 40 minutes in the water, which isn't much on a 3 hour thing. You are right that they'll spend like the whole time doing safety precautions. But I still think we will end up doing it, just for the memory.



YAY!!!! Which show is it?? Worlds of Fantasy is the one I just saw, and 100 Years is the one I'm going in March. I don't know if they have any others going around right now!! When is Joe's birthday? I bet he will love it!

I definitely want to do a California trip too but that requires me saving lots of money!!! The flights are expensive, I'd need a car, and we'd probably be staying in a bunch of different hotels all over the coast. Maybe in a couple of years!

It's the 100 Years of Magic show. His birthday is Jan 22 and the show is Jan 23rd. We're staying in Atlantic City the night of his birthday and I figured this way we'd have a weekend full of fun stuff to do. I managed to get a food voucher with the ticket too lol.

 

[princess_momma]

I definitely want to do a California trip too but that requires me saving lots of money!!! The flights are expensive, I'd need a car, and we'd probably be staying in a bunch of different hotels all over the coast. Maybe in a couple of years!

It's the 100 Years of Magic show. His birthday is Jan 22 and the show is Jan 23rd. We're staying in Atlantic City the night of his birthday and I figured this way we'd have a weekend full of fun stuff to do. I managed to get a food voucher with the ticket too lol.

California trips would be expensive!! A large part of me wants to do Magic Mountain because I was looking and I think its around $30 and I LOVE roller coasters. (Almost as much as I love ToT! ) But I think we would want to just do stuff to get more of a "feel" of LA, so we'll probably just stick to the shopping on all the famous streets and stuff like that. I'm looking and there are some really cheap hotels so that's good!! There's this large (snobby) part of me that wants to splurge on a more expensive hotel but then I keep telling myself its only a place to sleep for ONE night and we will be so tired from our exploring it won't matter! But sometimes my snobby side still wants to take over...

You and Joe are going to have so much fun for his birthday weekend!! I bet he will love it!! Geez, you guys sure have a lot to look forward to in the next couple of weeks!! Lucky girl!! I expect to see plenty of pics of all of it!! And don't wory about getting it up on here...I can facebook stalk. The friendly kind of course!

 

[MICKEY4EVER!]

OMG, Kimmy! Your travel plans sound so fun - I'm so excited for you!

Now tell me again when the trip is???

Also, I was wondering do you like Chili and stuff? Because I made a vegetarian chili last night and it was soooo good. And very little fat and calories, too.

If you or anyone else is interested, let me know. I too am trying to lose some weight and I have just started the Special K challenge. When I was younger (early twenties) I got way little (too little, really) and I did it by eating cereal for breakfast and lunch and salad for dinner every night. I was strict on myself, though, and would allow myself NOTHING else. My treat every Friday was a Subway sandwich for dinner! But I wouldn't do that again because I love to eat way too much, though I am trying to do healthier recipes w/out sacrificing taste too much.

 

[princess_momma]

Ok so after every regular season game, an Old Chicago in my area hosts this thing called "Broncos Live!" and basically it has 2 players come on every week and talk about stuff and do a half hour show that airs on our local CBS station. This particular week, the Broncos website had said Brian Dawkins would be there which had be SO EXCITED and I promised pictures for Lynn (since he's a former Eagle, so he gets extra love since she loves the Eagles AND the Broncos! ). But then it wasn't him.

However, it was Elvis Dumervil and I still have a lot of love for him!! He's pretty sensational and just all-around kicks butt. He led the NFL for sacks this season, with I think 17, and there would be times when we would play certain teams and he had more sacks than the whole other teams defensive combined! So, we love us some Dumervil here in Denver!!

Anyway, this night was Landon's first time on tv!! They don't talk to the audience or anything, but they do a lot of crowd scanning and stuff. Landon and I were in the opening shots clapping, and then also, when the camera was on a certain shot of Dumervil, we were in the perfect spot to be on camera! It was great. There's this part where I'm like staring at myself and realize I'm on and so I grab Landon and then just kiss him on the cheek. I'm such a goober sometimes!!

A big reason we got to be in the opening shots was because the people we sat with (who I had met a week before at another Broncos thing) go every week and are pretty good friends with the camera men! So we had gotten there early and got to know them a little too. One of them offered to let me take pictures of Landon with the cameras!!

Aren't those cute? I just love them!!

Now for the long, overdue Christmas pictures!!

Here is Landon after seeing the presents for the first time! He was in such awe!! (Notice his crazy hair after just waking up!)

Opening some presents:

One of his presents was a book. He just LOVES books. He will bring me one and shove it in my face and then climb into my lap while we read it together. Its so cute.

"Oooooh look at the truck!"

He kept going back to the truck! He didn't like that it was in a box!

I would try to bring him back to my lap to open more presents and he'd just try to get back to his toys!!

He wanted it out of the box!

He LOVED playing in the wrapping paper, too.

Here is Landon playing with a truck he got. Sometimes he tries very hard to use this as a ride-on toy but he is just too big. Its pretty amusing to watch though. I don't know why he gets so determined to ride this one, because he has an actual ride-on toy that is the perfect size for him!

Landon got a football for Christmas, starting a Christmas tradition that I stole from the Broncos head coach!! I read an article about how he said he adn his brother would get a football every year for Christmas and stuff. It was really cute. It also talked about how he did NOT want to miss time with his kids on Christmas morning so it was the first year the Broncos had practice on Christmas afternoon instead of Christmas morning!! I really like him...a lot of people say that he should be fired because we didn't make the playoffs. It kinda irks me!! I think he did really good for his first year as a head coach!! Clearly, our team does need some improvements but I don't think he needs to be fired after just one year. I really like him. Hopefully next year is better though!! We could use another Super Bowl win!

Here he is with the ball popper thing. Basically, the balls popped out and then went down a track and popped out again. It was really cool and Landon absolutely LOVED it, but it seriously broke within 25 minutes of using it. Lame. It made him so sad which made me pretty mad...toys should NOT break and just stop working after not even a half hour of use!

 

[princess_momma]

Then all this pictures are from a mall in Denver. The whole play area is all breakfast foods! Its really cute!!

He absolutely loved climbing on and off the waffles most. He really just had the best time running around so freely! He was cracking me up though because he was going around and waving to all the parents and would always try to go up to the ones with snacks. Then there was the time there were these 3 little girls, probably between the ages of 7 and 10 and they were all sitting on a waffle and Landon goes and sits right smack dab in front of them all and starts waving. My little ladies man!!

 

[princess_momma]

OMG, Kimmy! Your travel plans sound so fun - I'm so excited for you!

Now tell me again when the trip is???

Also, I was wondering do you like Chili and stuff? Because I made a vegetarian chili last night and it was soooo good. And very little fat and calories, too.

If you or anyone else is interested, let me know. I too am trying to lose some weight and I have just started the Special K challenge. When I was younger (early twenties) I got way little (too little, really) and I did it by eating cereal for breakfast and lunch and salad for dinner every night. I was strict on myself, though, and would allow myself NOTHING else. My treat every Friday was a Subway sandwich for dinner! But I wouldn't do that again because I love to eat way too much, though I am trying to do healthier recipes w/out sacrificing taste too much.

Thanks!! I'm very excited!! We are going most likely the end of April!! (I plan on booking last minute... I just don't have enough for the deposit now and so I'll probably pay it all off at once.)

Oh, you should post your chili recipe!! That sounds good!! I usually just eat hormel! I love homemade chili though!!

Does the Special K challenge incorporate all their different stuff? I know they have bars and yogurts and drinks too, don't they? I will have to do research on that!

There was a time in my life when I was WAY too skinny too. It was many years ago in middle school, but I was diagnosed with anorexia and had to go to clinics and therapists and stuff. But I have definitely learned there are ways to be healthy and stay thin without starving yourself! And now I really LOVE to eat too!! (If you don't remember all my deluxe dining plans and all that!)

My main problem since having a baby is my stomach. There's always a layer of fat there. I've heard that cardio is better than ab exercises to get rid of that and I think its true because I can feel my abs underneath it! of course, eating better will probably help too. I'm going to go research the Special K challenge!

 

[MICKEY4EVER!]

Hi, Kimmy! Loving the new pics!

How adorable is Landon with the TV camera? Priceless. And Christmas morning, what a cutie! My favorite is the one of you guys reading the book (and you look good for it to be morning, girl! I'm a total mess and will NOT let anyone photograph me. ), and my second favorite is the one with Landon all surrounded by Christmas wrappings.

I love the play pictures, too. How unique is that? Breakfast foods! And you definitely got yourself a ladies man. He knows he's got it - he's gonna work it.

He is growing up so fast, Kimmy. He's such a big boy!!!

 

[jenny105]

California trips would be expensive!! A large part of me wants to do Magic Mountain because I was looking and I think its around $30 and I LOVE roller coasters. (Almost as much as I love ToT! ) But I think we would want to just do stuff to get more of a "feel" of LA, so we'll probably just stick to the shopping on all the famous streets and stuff like that. I'm looking and there are some really cheap hotels so that's good!! There's this large (snobby) part of me that wants to splurge on a more expensive hotel but then I keep telling myself its only a place to sleep for ONE night and we will be so tired from our exploring it won't matter! But sometimes my snobby side still wants to take over...

You and Joe are going to have so much fun for his birthday weekend!! I bet he will love it!! Geez, you guys sure have a lot to look forward to in the next couple of weeks!! Lucky girl!! I expect to see plenty of pics of all of it!! And don't wory about getting it up on here...I can facebook stalk. The friendly kind of course!

First of all, ADORABLE pictures! That giant piece of bacon made me hungry lol. And look at all those Christmas presents!! He's so cute!!

If I went out to Cali, I'd want to do Disney, the LA sites, San Diego, and probably drive along to coast up to San Fran. I'd want the whole experience which means a whole lot of $$$. I should start saving up for that and maybe I can make it a reality in a couple years!

I promise to take lots of pictures! I'm better at posting things to facebook. My wifi is really quick about uploading pictures to that but not so much with photobucket. I tried the other night, it just wasn't happening.

I'm in such a great mood today. NKOTB just announced they're playing Radio City Music Hall in June! LMAO. I'm such a nerd.