Updates

Good Morning!!!

I have some quick updates before I head into work today. First the adventures in real estate update!...

So the house that we found that we really wanted didn't work out... BUT it didn't work out in a good way. I'm taking it as a learning experience and moving on. The fact that it didn't work out gave me and Adam some much needed time to think about what we really want in our next house (which will be the house that we are staying in for a long time) and it has made us realize that this new adventure in real estate doesn't need to be so full of anxiety. So where am I going with all of this? Well Adam and I have decided that we are going to build our next house... Not find a house that a builder has bought the lot and started building on already and get a realtor involved and all that mess. We are going to find a lot of land that we like and we picked out. Adam is an electrician and he has done tons of networking... he was talking to an older friend of his about this whole situation and apparently his nephew builds homes for a living. He told Adam and if he wants he can do all the electrical himself, which would save us a TON of money, and that because he is a friend of his uncle he would give us a deal. He told Adam that he would love to set up a meeting for us all to sit down and discuss everything. Of course this lead to me running out to Home Depot and buying a book of house plans and picking out about twenty that I LOVE! hahaha.

The plan for right now is this... We will start looking for pieces of land in the towns that we wanted to be in. Once we find the one we want we'll buy it. Then once our house goes Under Agreement we'll tell the builder to start building. If we close on this house earlier than our new house is finished then we'll rent an apartment as a tenant at will or maybe even stay with some family BUT atleast we'll know we have a home almost ready for us and that its the home WE picked, and WE want to be in for a long time.

Ok now on to the Disney trip updates! I booked our flights!!! YAHOO!!! We will be leaving out of manchester airport in NH which is an awesome airport. Its very small and cute. It is never crazy busy like Logan Airport in Boston, so i'm kind of happy about that. We are leaving early in the morning and we'll be arriving at MCO a 9:50am. I'm so happy that we got an early enough flight that we can go enjoy the parks by noon time! Oh and I have a question... we are flying southwest and I know they do the whole A,B,C thing... How early can you check in? I really want to make sure I get either A or and early B. Is it a full 24 hours before the flight?

I also booked one more treat on the cruise for Adam and myself. I was looking on the Disney Cruise Line website to see if I could find a special something to do for our anniversary. I know Adam isn't into the whole spa thing and the idea of getting a message freaks him out. (men!) I was looking at the spa treatments just for fun when I came across the Exotic Rasul... Really they should change the name to Erotic Rasul but i think where its Disney they want to keep it PG! I started researching it on Disney community boards and I knew this would be so fun for us and booked it!!! So what is Exotic (Erotic) Rasul?... Well you and your significant other go to the spa and check in. They bring you to a room where you are given robes and you either undress fully or leave on your bathing suit. When you're done undressing a Disney Spa Cast Member will bring you to your private steam room/shower. They take you inside and show you how to use the steam room and shower and then they show you all the products you can use. There is mud, Aroma therapy oils, Lotions, you name it! Then the attendant leaves you alone and says "I'll see you in an hour!"..... I'll let your imagination do the rest! hahaha

I see this spa treatment as being fun, relaxing, even a little sexy... But I also see it as a great way for two love birds to have a spa treatment that gets both people involved in a very intimate way. What better way to celebrate an anniversary??? Adam does not know about this little surprise. I can't wait for him to find out!

Well my quick update turned into a long one! lol sorry about that! If anyone has any advice on home building, Southwest airlines, or Exotic Rasul please leave me comments!

xoxo
-Katie

Whoa!

Hi guys,

Sorry I haven't written in a while but the last month has been quite a whirlwind! Let me start from the beginning... Since I got my new job the longer commute has been a major pain in my butt! Plus where we live is not where we wanted to end up in the long run. It was just a starter house and we wanted to move to a better area at some point. Long story short Adam and I found a STEAL of a home in a town that we really like. I'm not going to get too excited about it or anything and i'm not going to talk about it too much at this point since I don't want to jinx it. In order to make an offer on this new house we need to get ours sold. Over the last few weeks we've completely transformed our house into something out of HGTV. I staged everything and we got rid of all of our clutter. We had a realtor come in and as of Monday we will be listed on the internet and everything. Right now we have a for sale sign up and everything is all done. We put an offer in on the other house contingent on us selling our house of course, and we are waiting to hear back from the seller of that house... hopefully we'll know on Monday! So thats where i've been and I'm so sorry i haven't been more attentive to my blog.

Anyway in the middle of all this house craziness I have some Disney trip news! Today we are 60 days away!!! only two more months!!! woohoo!!! I'm so excited! I also paid the cruise off in full.. go me! And I called and made my reservations for Palo's champagne brunch and a dinner. I tried to get the excursion to the Jade caverns in Cozumel but it was already all booked up... I was so bummed out! Instead I booked the Dune Buggy and Beach Snorkel excursion. Looks just as fun anyway :)

Oh and Adam and I also got our passports in! Everything for the trip is falling into place. I'm hoping that in the next week or so i'll be able to find all the summer stuff on clearance at the stores to make way for the back to school stuff. I'd like to get some sun dresses and some new shorts for this trip. Anyone have any advice on where to go to get some cheap summer stuff? I definitely need one of those big floppy straw hats! :)

xoxo

Quick Saturday Post!

Hey guys!

Just wanted to give you a quick update before I start running my Saturday errands :)

We were finally able to apply for our passports! (Happy dance!) After waiting a good 45mins we got our pictures done, had our applications and birth certificates looked at, and everything looked great! The town clerk sent them out for us and we should be getting them in the next 4-6 weeks. That was a huge weight lifted off of my shoulders!

My first Disney Driven Life blog post was published on the blog! Check it out! I have to thank Jenifer (@lilsqueakrr on twitter) for letting me interview her for my first blog entry. I have three more that will be put up on the blog in the next three weeks and I'll constantly be working on new material for the site. Oh and if there is anything disney wedding, and/or, disney-mooning that you want me to cover let me know and I'll try and get something together for you! :)

Alright well i'm off to go get some stuff done on this rainy, thunder storm-y, Saturday... Talk soon!

xoxo
Katie

Sitting in town hall

Hey guys,

So I'm sitting at town hall waiting to talk to "the passport guy" and hopefully get this done! Like literally I'm right now in a moth ball smelling old town hall. There is family with 3 kids under the age of 5 here trying to do passports for the little ones and its taking for ever because they don't want their pictures taken and are running a muck around the building... Lovely.

So this is as good a time as any to tell you about what excursions we picked. So for key west we decided on doing the conch train tour and visit the key west aquarium. I found a package deal on their website and it was pretty reasonably priced and its on about 3 hours long. After we check out those out we will probably walk around, hit some bars, act until its time to dock.

For grand Cayman we want to go to boatswaine! I love turtles and I'm psyched with all they have to offer there. I went on to the parks official website and their pricing was cheaper than booking through Disney and they provide the transportation. I figure that's a win win situation!

For cozumel we want to do the XRail off road to the jade caverns excursion. I am so excited about this one! It looks so fun and cool!!! I watched a YouTube video on it and the caverns are incredible.

For castaway cay we are going to just relaxxxx.... I showed Adam the adults only beach and I think that's where we will be alllll dayyyyy :)

Alright well the "passport guy" should be almost ready for us... I'll update you when we leave!

XOXO
Katie

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