Simple Sojourns

This time of year fills my being with many different thoughts and feelings however autumn is and always has been my favorite time  of year. I love to feel the air cooling and the wind kicking up. In California I’m not able to see the changing of the seasons so when I do see evidence of this phenomena it’s heartwarming. I love to decorate for and celebrate Halloween and Thanksgiving. Autumn is…

Disney’s Comtempary Resort is one of eight Walt Disney World deluxe resorts. The Contemporary (ultra-modern when designed and constructed ) is the only resort where the monrail system passes right through the lobby. It opened in October 1971 and was designed as a pre-fabricated building. The steel A-frame was constructed on-site while each of the guest rooms was built off-site and later fit into…

Welcome to our January Giveaway Linky 2024! Link up your giveaways and find some to enter! I think giveaways are fun and I love the occasional win! Link up your giveaways and find some to enter. These are a few of my favorites this month: Home for the Holidays 10K Giveaway – Ends 1/3 Photo Credit: Libby Penneer $2,500 Gift Card – Ends 1/5/24 Photo Credit: Elena Leya Holiday Central 5K…

Welcome to our December Giveaway Linky 2023! Link up your giveaways and find some to enter! I think giveaways are fun and I love the occasional win! Link up your giveaways and find some to enter. These are a few of my favorites this month: Holiday Central 5k Giveaway – Ends 1/8 Photo Credit: Jonathan Borba And now for our November Giveaway Linky… —> Link up your giveaways and find some to enter!

Welcome to our November Giveaway Linky 2023! Link up your giveaways and find some to enter! I think giveaways are fun and I love the occasional win! Link up your giveaways and find some to enter. These are a few of my favorites this month: Huge Balsam Hill Christmas Tree Bundle – Ends 11/13 Photo Credit: Alexunder Hess $250,000 Luxe-Adventure Vacation – Ends 11/10/2023 Photo Credit: Sheila…

Welcome to our October Giveaway Linky 2023! Link up your giveaways and find some to enter! I think giveaways are fun and I love the occasional win! Link up your giveaways and find some to enter. These are a few of my favorites this month: Blue Sky Woodland Fire Barrel + Gas Patio Heater – Ends 10/5 Photo Credit: Cullan Smith $50 Home Depot Gift Card – Ends 10/15 Photo Credit: Oxana…

Welcome to our September Giveaway Linky 2023! Link up your giveaways and find some to enter! I think giveaways are fun and I love the occasional win! Link up your giveaways and find some to enter. These are a few of my favorites this month: Balsam Hill Hello Autumn Sweepstakes – Ends 9/3 Photo Credit Luann Hunt Wolf Gourmet Blender – Ends 9/6 Photo Credit: Jugoslocos $1,000 Kohl’s Gift Card –…

  Anticipation ~ Riding  the tram to Disneyland  Waiting while Grandpa gets his birthday fast passes from Disney  Jedi Training for Bear The Princess at the castle while everyone was riding Space Mountain Entering the Starspeeder spacecraft at Star Tours The Jungle Cruise Who’s tired? Grandpa or The Princess (aka Sleeping Beauty)? Day 2 ~ Loading the car the easy way “We’re the first ones…

Yesterday we went took Kennedy to Disneyland to celebrate Great Grandma Arline’s birthday.   We started on Main Street with the topside seats on the Omnibus. The longest wait was for Dumbo although Grandpa DD & Juliana waited in line while… Grandma & The Princess and Uncle Gary & Emma went on the Casey Jr. Circus Train. We love King Arthur’s Carousel and we were seen on it more than…

NY 11 days post-op…..

Today Mindi had the a day off from working at the theater. The Princess has been feeling very left out with her brothers going to school without her. So The Mommy and The Princess went to Disneyland!

Today in Photos The Princess getting her morning snuggle and iPhone fix. Bear doing his morning Wii Yoga before he goes to kindergarten. The Princess & DD walked to school to pickup the boys complete with sunglasses and Popsicles. It’s fire season in Southern California. This firefighting plane flies over our house several times a day. It gets water from a neighboring lake.

 Today was the first day of pre-school for The Princess. She’s been anticipating this day ever since her brothers started school three weeks ago. All the children in this particular pre-school decorate a bucket to carry their lunch, art projects and other things they bring to or from school. Mindi asked me to decorate a bucket for The Princess and at Mindi’s suggestion I embroidered her name on…

Friday night Kennedy and Cody had a sleep over with us.    We have a rule about dirty little (or big) feet in our bed.   Grandpa DD couldn’t resist this photo op.