taken july 2008

serious cabin fever for last 2 weeks.

i would love to travel and vacation more ...but alas, i only travel vicariously through others.

we have become old fuddy duddies who can't even figure out what to do on a friday night that does not include a couch potato session in front of the TV.

so i dream of hawaii or disney. i would love to feel hawaii. but that is a distant dream as my mahal says he can't tolerate the flight... and a trip to hawaii would be hella expensive.

so i dream of disney more. Naysayers say 'but your kids are too young...they won't remember' . you got to be kidding me... is this actually a good reason?

that's why you take pictures, people ...and then you tell your kids the meaning of the pictures and you tell stories about your memories.

i have memories of when i was between 4-6 yrs old: some are vague but they come alive in old photographs.

my birthday at shang-ri-la.

my birthday in our basement apartment on Addison. my cinderella princess cake with some type of mocha buttercream frosting with multi colored round sugar sprinkles.

stuffed crabshells. englebert humperdink 8-tracks.

sugar/butter on ritz crackers.

Uncle Cesar trying to feed me the brain from a lechon.

road trips.

getting suntanned/burned on a florida beach in my red one piece swim suit and drinking Dr. Pepper.

i have an itch to go to Disney ...to experience Disney Magic with the kids. baby girl recognizes mickey mouse so i know a trip to disney would just be magical.

so i have it figured out ...no crazy spending on my part + save /save/ save = 3-4 day disney vacation in the fall.