Sunflowers Everywhere!

On Sunday, Gavin took me to Buttonwoods Farm in Griswold for ice cream and the sunflowers. They all bloomed this past week so everyone was out to see them. It was nuts. There are 14 acres of them. INSANE!!! Unfortunately, my camera phone does not do the sea of flowers justice, but you get the idea. And the best part, they sell the flowers for the CT Make A Wish Foundation.

Vacation Milestone

So today marks a milestone until the big vacation to Disney World. Still too many weeks away, but I thought I’d post about it just to get in the mood a little since I'm in the middle the 10-Q process.

I’m so excited to be staying at the Contemporary.

Source: WDW website.

The rooms look amazing from the pictures online. Very much NOT Disney World-like (although hopefully we can manage to get a lovely view of the Castle which is very much Disney World-like).

Source: WDW website.

I’m also so very excited to be dining at the California Grill while the fireworks are going on at the Magic Kingdom.

Source: Image copyright Charlyn Keating Chisholm

This was Gavin’s one request of the trip. He is so good to me and letting me have my way with this whole trip. In the past, when I’ve gone with my family, it has been all go . . . go . . . go . . . with bathroom breaks even scheduled by my dad. I think this time will be a little more relaxing and we will actually get to enjoy and experience things.

And while we will not actually be in the UK, we will get to do a walk-through of Epcot’s version of the UK.

Source: wdwinfo.com

And to top things off (which I think was the icing on the cake for convincing Gavin to even go with me), we will get to experience the Int’l Food & Wine Festival at Epcot. So exciting!


Happy a few weeks until vacation!!!

New Addition . . .

I am happy to announce the newest member to my household - Smoochie. He is a crazy fish that will probably jump out of his bowl within a week, but he has already provided minutes of entertainment to Gavin and myself and we've only had him for 24 hours.

Holiday Weekend

In addition to doing all the regular 4th of July things (such as enjoying the traditional burger and hot dog made on the grill and watching any fireworks my eyes can find) Gavin surprised me with a side trip to the Sharpe Hill Vineyard. I've never been before. It is georgeous, even with cloudy skies and continuous thunder. Somehow after a glass of reisling, that doesn't seem to matter. These pictures are amazing (especially since taken from a camera phone). Enjoy!