Everyone Needs a Little Gilmore-isms in Their Life!

Well... I still have one more trip to update you on, but alas I don't have the pictures yet. Turns out it's very difficult to get pictures when you forget your camera on the trip, have to buy a disposal camera, and then remember to drop off AND pick up the pictures!! Hopefully I'll remember soon and I'll post about the All You Can Jet trip!!

However, I am determined to not wait to post something simply because I haven't finished posting something else! So here we go...

GILMORE-ISMS

My exciting news for the week is that my Gilmore Girls DVDs came!!!!! Hurray!!! So one day my sister told me that the Amazon.com Gold Box was having a sale on the Complete Series of Gilmore Girls! I thought, what luck!! I LOVE Gilmore Girls AND it was about 60% off!!! Amazing deal!! So I bought it and it game this week!

The packaging is a little different, but hey, what can you do when it's sooo much cheaper than normal! But it does have two exclusive books: a great Episode Guide filled with fun pictures & details, and then a little book called "Gilmore-isms" that has all the inside lingo, movie references, and much more!

I'm currently watching Season 1 of my new fantastic DVDs and I'm loving it! Yay for Gilmore Girls and thanks Jana for the heads up!! :)

CANCUN!!!!

Over the weekend of September 25-27 we went to...

CANCUN

It was INSANELY BEAUTIFUL!!!! The water is soooo BLUE!!! I had heard that it was very blue, but who knew it was THAT blue!! These are all pictures that we took! It truly looks like this!

We had a gorgeous view from our hotel room!

Ruth enjoyed sitting out on our balcony!

One of the awesome things in our hotel was the Infinity Pool!
Here is Ruth relaxing in the pool and looking out to the ocean!
AWESOME PICTURE!!!

I wondered how the Infinity Pool worked exactly, but it turns out it's just an illusion that the pool merges with the ocean. It's a good illusion, but there is a little beach below.

Me in the Infinity Pool!

Ruth in the pool

Here we both are in the pool.

So beautiful!!

Our feet in the sand!

A look up the coast of Cancun.

Shots of Cancun from the air.

Me on the plane all ready to sleep. With my neck pillow and pashmina shawls, too bad I couldn't actually sleep on the plane! Although I think I finally slept an hour or so.

Ruth on the plane.

Cancun was SOOOO gorgeous!!! It was fun!! If it wasn't for Jet Blue, I'm not sure I would have gone to Cancun anytime soon, but it was a fantastic place to visit!! Plus, I got a new stamp in my passport!

The Beach

The same weekend of Disneyland we also made it over to...

The Beach!

Here I am at the beach!

My sand tribute to Jet Blue All You Can Jet!!!!

The Wonderful World of Disney!

The weekend of September 18, we were off to California again! We didn't take many pictures this trip, but we enjoyed going to...

Disneyland


& California Adventures!

We always have a good time at these fantastic parks! It's hard to say what my favorite rides are, but here are a few of my favs!

Disneyland

• Splash Mountain (Love to get wet!!)
  
• Buzz Lightyear (Fun game!)
  
• Matterhorn Bobsleds
  
• Big Thunder Mountain
• Indiana Jones
• Pirates of the Caribbean
• Space Mountain
  
• Tea Cups
  

California Adventures

• Grizzly River Run (Love to get wet!!)
• Soarin' Over California (LOVE, LOVE, LOVE IT! See the sites of Cali!)
  
• Toy Story Mania (So many fun games!)
• Tower of Terror (with my eyes closed)
  
• California Screamin' (with my eyes closed)
• Disney Animation (They show a bunch of movies clips in a big-air conditioned-room
  

So FUN!!

New York, New York, it's a wonderful town!

The month of travels may be over, but I still want to recap all the adventurous trips, one trip at a time!

First up...

New York City!!

We decided to take a 24 hour run to New York City to see the sites and see a show! We left Tuesday (Sept 15th) after work, flew to Long Beach and then on to New York. We had a long layover in Long Beach so we decided to visit our cousin and her husband who live close to the airport. We had a great time! Best layover I've ever had! Of course, my layovers have always consisted of me sitting in the airport... waiting. This was my first adventurous layover when I left the airport. We had taco night at their place, watched a movie, and went for frozen yogurt before heading back to the airport. We had a great time. Then we took the red eye flight to New York!

This was the big test... can I sleep on a plane? Answer... NO!! I was possibly the only person not sleeping, but that was not from a lack of trying! I had a pillow, eye mask, pashmina shawl as a blanket, Advil PM, fantastic earphones that block out all sound, and my iPod playing ocean sounds. But alas, I couldn't sleep. But thanks for all the great suggestions on how to sleep on planes!!

We arrived in New York around 6:00 am and were off! We took the train into the city and went to...

The Today Show!

Here is the Today Show crew outside with the fans.
We got a close up on TV for about a second, or at least the camera was on us!
Left to Right: Al Roker, Meredith Vieira, Matt Lauer, Natalie Morales

Matt Lauer talking to the fans.

It's always so fun and interesting to see the behind the scenes!

Next up...

Backstage with Hugh

We also went to the backstage door of the new show Hugh Jackman is doing. I've never actually seen it, but thought it would be exciting to see Hugh Jackman! And yes, we saw him up close and personal!!

Daniel Craig came first; he came in a fancy car and was escorted in. Just in the way I would expect a famous person to arrive.

Then Hugh came. He actually came walking across the street, so it was a little unexpected, I was waiting for a similar car to pull up. He walked right past me. I was going to take another picture beyond this one, but then I realized I was like inches away and didn't want to take a picture of his nose, plus it all happened so fast! But it was fun to see him!

Then the main event...

Shrek the Musical

Next up we went to see Shrek the Musical! Now, I'm not a huge fan of Shrek the Movie, but Shrek the Musical is hilarious!!! The music is fun and catchy! SO fun!!!

Me at Shrek!

And I got to see Sutton Foster in person!! Who I love!! And she's FANTASTIC!!!
Amazing voice, great dancer, and hilarious!

Shrek (Brian d'Arcy James), Donkey (Daniel Breaker), and Princess Fiona (Sutton Foster)

Plus I got to see a new favorite! Christopher Sieber who played Lord Farquaad... AMAZING!!!!! Imagine playing a role in a Broadway musical, singing and dancing, completely on your KNEES! That's what he did! Fantastic!!

We went backstage to see some of the fantastic cast!
Christopher Sieber in person...

Also, Robb Sapp who played Pinocchio was very funny!

We saw Sutton Foster (Fiona) really briefly backstage, but we didn't get to see Brian d'Arcy James (Shrek) because it takes awhile to get in and out of costume! (Understandable so!) The rest of the cast was also Incredible!

It was a fun trip to New York!! Recommend it all!

A Day at Disneyland!

This weekend we went to Disneyland! We made a quick day trip to California and it was so FUN!!! Here are a few pictures that I took.

My view from the plane.

I was getting creative with how I watch the movies on my iPod Touch! I stuck it in the seat table in front of me. Worked very well! If I do say so myself. (By the way, have I mentioned lately how much I LOVE my iPod Touch? I do!!) Can you guess what movie I was watching??

Here I am after we landed in Long Beach. This trip was the lightest packing job I've ever done! All I took was my purse!
No luggage needed...

Here is what they call the Long Beach Airport. Really?!?
Does it look like a double wide trailer to anyone else?? Interesting!
In California Adventures, we saw Mickey and Minnie in their vacation clothes! Don't they look so cute!

Ruth and I had a lot of fun!!! We rode a bunch of rides and using the Single Rider passes we were able to go multiple times. That is the greatest thing! You get to go to the front of the line and they just seat you in the empty spots. And really, Ruth and I don't need to sit right next to each other, so it works perfectly for us! And I really love going on Splash Mountain in Disneyland and Grizzly Rapids in California Adventures several times in a row! But you do get SOAKED!! (Which I did!) And then it gives you time to try off.

I do have to report that I started getting a few blisters... which I'm not surprised. I think I have the most sensitive feet! But I have to figure something out so I can keep walking on all of my upcoming trips! I've also been trying to learn the art of sleeping on the flights. The big test will be the red eye trips when we go to New York and Cancun. What do you do to sleep on the plane? I need all the ideas I can get!

Well, we'll be back to California for a longer stay next weekend, but we have another trip before that.

Next up....

We're going to
New York City!!

We fly out Tuesday night and get to the city at 5:30 am. Then we'll see some sites and go to the Matinee showing of Shrek the Musical!!!

I'm really excited to see it! I've never seen it, but I've listened to the music. Hilarious!!

Here is a sneak peek for you:

Let the Fun Begin!! ...Disney Style!

It's official!! The month of traveling is about to begin!! Ruth and I are off in the morning to...

Disneyland!!

Have you ever just wanted to go and spend the day with the Disney gang? Well, that's what we were thinking! So we fly out in the morning and back that same night! Just a quick Disney Day Trip!! Next week we'll spend more time in California, but while we can, we thought we would do a fun day trip. I'll tell Mickey hello from you while I'm there.