8 Random Things

/ Dawn Kasal-Finley / 2 Comments

I thought I’d play along with my good friends Becky & MP and carry on the 8 random things she was tagged to do…

  1. I often forget how old I am and will sometimes rattle off an age I haven’t been in years. Not because I am freaked out about being 35 almost 36 but because I really don’t think about my age.

  2. I love wine. But it has to be good wine. I cannot drink cheap wine. Yes I am a wine snob. No cheap twist off tops. I hate fake corks and please don’t ask me if I want a glass that comes out of box or a tap. Please nothing, pink, fruity, or sweet.

  3. I am a writer. I dream of publishing a novel–not a great work of literary fiction but a novel. The one I am working on now is the story of 3 women lost in the world who find strength and solace in each other that helps them find their way down the path they were meant to walk.

  4. I am scared to death of mice. I don’t mind bugs but I can’t stand mice. They were a problem when we lived in California near a drainage ditch. The cats would bring them dead as gifts and if I was the only one home, I would cover them up with a towel while I got ready and would uncover them when I left so that my hubby (beau at the time) would have to clean it up. I know gross, rotten and disgusting–but I can’t do mice.

  5. I love horror movies. I love scary movies. Hubby can’t stand them so I have to watch them when he isn’t home. Bring on the gore and the pyschological terror.
  6. I am addicted to diet soda. I am a diet coke or diet dr. pepper girl. Please don’t try to give me a diet pepsi.
  7. I love taking pictures–as if you all couldn’t tell, but I hate to be the one getting their picture taken. I would be happy if my picture was only taken for important, memorable moments. So please, no snapshots….
  8. I don’t like to shop. Well, at least not for myself. I love to shop for Minnow and Hubby, but I don’t enjoy shopping for myself and I often experience buyer’s remorse especially when I buy for myself.

Home Sweet Home

/ Dawn Kasal-Finley / 1 Comment

Well, I am glad to be home. Of course I was sorry to leave the land of maid service and eating out, but there is something awesome about coming home. It was our first real vacation as a family. We have taken other trips but those were not vacation oriented. We visited family and I did a bike ride, but this was a nice change of pace. My hubby who is a computer guy went to Microsoft’s big TechEd conference. So unfortunately for him, he had to work much of each day–but he managed to get in some vacation time.

My aunt works for Anheuser-Busch and was able to get us 4tickets to Seaworld. Since we didn’t need a ticket for Minnow he and I went 3 days and my hubby tagged along with us on one of those days. It was great. I owe my aunt a debt of gratitude as it took us 3 days to see everything and even with Minnow being free–it would have been $64 a day for me. That is outrageous. I wonder how families manage to do it.

We stayed at a disney world hotel–it was a great hotel, as it was really beautiful and I loved the layout. We stayed at the Port Orleans–Riverside resort and all the the accomodations near us were designed to look like big plantation houses. Here is a picture of ours from accross the river.

You could take a riverboat cruise from our hotel to Downtown Disney–which we did and it was really nice. Minnow was so impressed with the boat ride but he did have a blast at downtown disney. They have a huge lego shop there and here is a picture of a sea monster contructed all out of legos–yes the entire thing.

I am amazed at how much there really is to do in Orlando and am excited to go back in two years when the microsoft conference is in Orlando again. We didn’t bother with Disney at all as Minnow is too young and too small for just about everything and he wouldn’t have had much fun. But I have to say seaworld is awesome.

He loved the Sesame Street Show–as he loves Elmo. It was a great show and if you are planning a trip to seaworld anytime soon and you have small children do not miss Elmo’s show.

But I am happy to be home and back in the “real” world where there are real problems, like Paris having to go to jail and Lindsay going back into rehab. Really…I am so glad that everything else is so great in the world that this is the only news worth reporting.