Harry Potter Pix

I was really impressed with how well the Hogsmead village was made and such. The detail was amazing and the castle was amazing. I was pointing out to Matt what some of the statues were and some neat things that only people who read the books would really know about. Yes, I know I am a nerd. The Butterbeer was AMAZING and Matt loved it. We got 3 of them because they were sooooo yummy. My only complaint is, yes Universal was going to specks by making all the stores just like how they are in the movie, very small and cramped, but they were VERY SMALL AND CRAMPED! I don't think Universal understood how many people would be in the stores at once. It was so difficult to get around some of the stores because it was just made tooo small. The ride inside the castle was amazing, and the dueling dragons ride was so fun too, and the Triwizard Cup was in there too and that was cool to see. I am excited for the next movie to come out.

Couple of things, I did get my chocolate frog with cool card, still haven't opened it yet. I did get a wand, it is Ginny's wand and I love it. It was just so much fun to be in Hogsmead and walk around the streets and see all the lopsided buildings. Enjoy the pix.

~The Greenhouse~

~Mandrake Roots~

~Hogwart's point System~

~Harry, Ron, and Hermione are in here and Ron made it snow!~

~The Owl Post , they had owl poop everywhere.~

~Random fun pix~

Disney Pix

~Liked the shirt but not my color~

~I took this with my cell phone!~

~Matt and his pizza, we went to this restaurant in Italy 3 times.~

~Animal Kingdom's Safari~

~Animal Kingdom, Expedition Everest. I went on it 13 times in a row.~~I Love Crocs! CUTE!!!~

~Seriously. I love Crocs!~

~Matt loves Redheads~

~Halloween Castle~

~The Villains came out to play at the Halloween Party~

~Cinderella's Coach at Mickey's Not So Scary Party, so beautiful!~

~At Cinderella's Royal Table Restaurant inside the Castle.~

Our BIG Trip!

We are back! We are very well rested, relaxed and rejuvenated. I think everyone should do a 2 week or more vacation! Ours was 3 weeks long, but let me tell you, it was AMAZING! We spent 10 wonderful days in Orlando. 9 days were at Disney World and 1 day at Universal to check out the new HARRY POTTER Wizarding World! It was amazing. More on that latter. Then we rented a car and drove down to Miami and stayed there for 1 night, and we were upgraded to one of the suites in the hotel! The next day we then embarked on our Carnival Cruise to the Western Caribbean for a week. We also had to divert a hurricane on the cruise and the whole thing was great! Here are the pix that you all have been waiting for... I will post them on the next post up. Check it out!

Trip Highlights:
9 days in Disney World
Keys to the kingdom Tour-Backstage tour of the Magic Kingdom
Segway Tour around the World Showcase at Epcot
Wizarding World
Mickey's Not So Scary Halloween Party
Comedy Club on the Cruise
The SPA!
Amazing Pizza in Italy (Epcot's Italy) and in Miami
Last but not Least...Time with Matt!

Still Here

I know, I know it has been awhile since I have written. I stay pretty up to date on Facebook though. Anyhew things are going well for us here on the East coast! In just 2 weeks Matt and I will be jet setting away on our HUGE trip for a few weeks. We are going to Disney World, Universal Studios, and then on a week long cruise to the Western Caribbean. I am very excited for our trip together.

I am still working out super hard, well not as hard as I should be but I am still trying to lose another 10 lbs by the trip, and well, that is proving to be more difficult that I thought. It is really hard to leave at night when I only get a few hours a day to spend with Matt before he has to go to bed. I have made some progress though. I AM A RUNNER! That is right. I have started running and it doesn't hurt my shins or anywhere else. I have run more than 3 miles as my longest run so far. Now I am just trying to get a faster speed. My goal is to run at least a mile every morning and then when I go back at night to run for 30 minutes and try to get 3 miles in to that 30 min. That is too fast for me right now and I can do about 2.5 miles in 30 minutes but still, back in November I could hardly walk on the treadmill for 30 minutes without dying from not being able to breath or something hurting. I am still doing the elliptical on top of that so I am really working the cardio. My goal is to run my first 5K this November without stopping! Which I have done but not on the open road, which is more difficult for me. Anyhew, I just wanted to let you know we haven't fallen off the face of the earth but we are still around.