Oh So Pinteresting Wednesday

It's Spring Break here and while it was GORGEOUS LAST WEEK it has done nothing but rain here since Sunday evening.

You know it's rained a lot when your 12-pound dog squishes when he walks across the yard.

I have plenty of things to do (ie, messy house) and ZERO motivation to do it. Is that normal for Spring Break/rainy weather? We'll say it is.

Anyways, time for Oh So Pinteresting Wednesday. Just a few....

Love this hairdo. Tried it on Brooke. Epic fail. Hair stylist I am NOT.

Source. Pin.



A guide to fruit/veggie storage. Interesting. Helpful.

Source. Pin.


Apparently I need to get to an IKEA. I'd love to redo the playroom and include this as part of the design.

Source. Pin.




This is cute, but I'm betting I'll NEVER get it made.

Source. Pin.



What have you pinned this week?!

Linking up at the Vintage Apple for Oh So Pinteresting Wednesday.

Sugar Free Baked Oatmeal

Today, I made the first baked-good I have EVER made that doesn't have sugar.

At least from what I can recall.

Now, you know I don't have anything against sugar. I'm actually a big fan. I am a cakechic after all.

But I saw this recipe on Pinterest for individual baked oatmeals, and thought 'hmm. that might be a good breakfast item for my terrible breakfast eaters." I happened to have everything on hand, so decided to give them a whirl today.


Here is the family review on them:
Hannah loved them. (i did put choc chips in them).
Brooke thought they were okay but a little weird.
Matt agreed with Brooke.
I thought that you really had to convince your brain that these are NOT a muffin and therefore are not quite the texture as a muffin and if you convince your brain that they are baked oatmeal, they are pretty good.

I would definately rather eat one of these than a bowl of oatmeal any day of the year.

Are they yummier than a granola bar...no. Are they healthier than a granola bar...yes!!

If you follow the link to the recipe, I'll tell you what I did different. I don't have Stevia so I used a little over a 1/2 cup of honey. And I don't have flax seeds or flax seed meal, so I just left that out.

And I baked them a little extra...just try to get past that oatmeal texture a little bit! Otherwise, I followed the recipe as I found it.

Did I mention they are SUGAR FREE.

Give it a try! What have you made from Pinterest lately that you thought was good?!?!

Disney Fever Thursday

It's Disney Fever Thursday my friends!!! Today I want to share with you a few Walt Disney World facts! Some little tidbits you might not know.

1. I have many clients who do not realize how big WDW is. Did you know, it's about 40 SQUARE MILES, which is about the size of San Francisco?!


2. WDW employs over 60,000 people. They are called Cast Members.


3. The pool at Disney's Beach Club resort has a sand bottom. It holds 750,000 gallons of water and it is the largest sand bottom pool in the world.


4. Spaceship Earth, the big silver ball at EPCOT, weighs over 16 million pounds.


5. Annually, nearly 6,000 cell phones, and 18,000 hats are turned into Lost and Found. They receive an average of over 200 pairs of sunglasses turned in each day as well.


6. The Disney monorail has about 14 miles of track in service.


7. WDW is a happy place. But I wouldn't go there over Easter weekend...where Magic kingdom has been known to reach 'capacity' and have to stop accepting guests for part of the day! Personally, we think May is a great time to go!

Marking Time....Good Life

How do you mark the passage of time?

Is it each milestone your kids hit?

Is it the calendar year?

School year to school year?

I have found since having children that I tend to think of time in terms of birthday to birthday, and vacation to vacation.

Today is almost exactly the half-way mark between the girls birthdays. To celebrate their 4th (Hannah) and 8th (Brooke) birthdays, I've put together a photo montage of the last year.


Simply put, we are so blessed.

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Disney Fever Thursday

Welcome to the second installment of Disney Fever Thursday. Why are we Disney nuts? Here is a photo tutorial....

The rides are a lot of fun...

We look good on a Disney cruise :)

Riding surrey bikes is something we've only done at Disney, and it was such a hoot.

The shows on a Disney cruise are amazing...broadway quality.

WDW is full of things to do to make magical memories...like a kiddos first ride on Dumbo.

The character interactions are priceless....

...no matter what your age!

You get to let your little explore the world of fantasy and princesses.

You can see fireworks every night!!!

And you can get creme brulee as a dessert on a 'fast food meal' on the dining plan. Seriously? Creme Brulee? fast food? yum.

And...because it's our home away from home!

That's So Pinteresting Wednesday

I have been much less busy the last week than in the month previous, but yet still didn't get over here to blog since Thursday! Sorry about that!

time to link up with the Vintage Apple for That's So Pinteresting Wednesday. Since I got a new laptop, I've actually gotten to do some pinning! Here's some of my favorites this week:

Princess Punch. The pin.

the source

Salted Caramel Frosting. Making it this week. The Pin.

The source.

Sweet Ginger Scallion Noodles. Made them on Tuesday. Almost like my favorite restaurant in the world O'hanas at Disney. Except that I think I would use double the sauce on a package and a half of noodles. The pin.

Source

Fairies in a jar. My kids would love this. Not sure it will work, but we may well give it a try one of these nights! The Pin.

Adorable picture. The pin.

And not on pinterest, but my girl was looking gorgeous for pictures this week. After we washed her hair and let it dry just a bit I put it up in about 6 tight little buns for her to sleep in (which she said was NOT comfortable). It came out so curly and pretty the next morning. I told her sometimes there is a price to pay for beauty.

Head over to the Vintage Apple for the pinteresting linky party and see what other people found nifty this week. And come back tomorrow for Disney Fever Thursday! Have a great day!

Disney Fever

Well, I missed 'That's So Pinteresting" Wednesday. I don't even remember what I did yesterday! Yesterday was Wednesday, right?

I can tell you one thing I did....I worked on some Disney trip details. That's right, folks, we are hitting the World of the Mouse again this spring, and we are just as excited as usual!! This is my seventh trip to Disney World and I never get any less excited.

This time, the hubs and I and the two girls will be on our own the first four nights. We're staying one night at the Beach Club at Disney so Hannah can get some 'beach' time. (okay, so we can all get some 'beach' time). That resort actually has a sand-bottom pool and beach area to play in. So our first day there, that's all we're doing!

After that we'll move over to our home resort, Bay Lake Tower. It's next door neighbor is Cinderella's castle. Can't beat that! We'll spend three days hitting the parks as our little foursome! This will be the first time we've done that and it will definately make for a whole new experience. After we've taken the parks by storm and had some time on our own, my mom and step dad will be joining us for the last three nights. We get the honor of showing them what all the Disney Fever is all about! Brad has NEVER BEEN. (GASP!). Mom has been there but not since Animal Kingdom opened. We have so much to do and show them in our three days with them there! Exciting! We've gotten the opportunity to do Disney with the hubster's parents a few times, my dad and his wife aren't all that interested, we'll share this time with Mom and Brad, then hopefully, someday, my little brother and his family!

Even though we're self proclaimed expert Disney travellers (though, really I am, because I've done the Disney travel agent college of Knowledge), I always get into research mode before we go. Checking ride closures, looking for new trips and tricks and information, reading the experience of other people, etc. I tend to be doing this all year round when keeping up to date for my travel clients, but I really get a little crazy about it when I'm planning our trip. It passes the time.

For the next several weeks, I'm going to do "Disney Fever" posts on Thursday. These posts might tell you some of our favorite things about Disney, some travel tips, some warm fuzzy stories. I hope you put on some Mickey Ears, slather on some sunscreen, and dive into the Disney Fever moments with me.

For today, I'm going to share with you some little tips that I've discovered in my research this time around that I didn't know before!

1. Disney has height requirements on many of their attractions (knew that). One of the milestone measurements to get to is 40" tall. (knew that). Hannah is 39.5" tall. However, in reading up on the height restrictions, measuring sticks, etc, I learned that you are TALLER IN THE MORNING. Did you know that?! You are taller because you have not been up all day having gravity pull you down. No joke. I measured Hannah last night with her shoes on. 39.5 inches. Measured her this morning, and she was about 39.9". Not kidding. Moral of this story? We're going to hit Splash Mountain and Soarin (two of our favorite rides that have a 40" restriction) first thing in the morning!

2. I learned this week that there is a Rapunzel Meet and Greet area at Magic Kingdom. That's new since we were there last and I hadn't stumbled across it in my previous reading of various Disney articles. This could be a problem because I hear that the lines are pretty much always long to meet Rapunzel, but she is one of the few we have not met yet!

3. I learned that the first phase of the new Fantasyland should be open by the time we get there. Score.

4. I learned that the new Disney Fantasy was being christened in New York. I had no idea it wasn't being Christened in Port Canaveral. But alas, 'tis in the big Apple matey. It will, however, make its home port down in Florida. And I hope to have my booty on that ship by 2014.

5. If you look at the ring on the right hand of the Walt and Mickey statue at Magic Kingdom, there's a hidden Mickey on the ring.

We haven't told our girls about this trip yet. So shhhhh! don't say anything to them (or to anyone they know so they don't slip). We are still trying to figure out the best way to do the 'reveal'. Any suggestions?

Looking forward to sharing some Disney Fever with you the next several weeks. Maybe you'll understand a bit of my craziness :)