Sue's World

Frantic Pace

Okay, so that's an exaggeration, but there has been something going on every week for the past several.  It's all good/fun stuff but time is flying by like crazy.

As tends to happen, I don't post consistently so all of a sudden things jam up and then I'm posting like crazy.  So now I need to take a bit of a breather before continuing.

This past weekend I was in Cambria; more on that later with photos (until my phone died) and stories.  It was GREAT! 

I will leave with one thing.  When we came home from Cambria, we were in and out of rain the whole way.  And I was surprised at how cold it was.  When we turned onto a street about 1/2 a mile away from our house, I saw a car with snow on it.  I figured it snowed in a nearby summit but was shocked when we pulled onto our street and saw white stuff around.  When I got out of the car it was obvious that it had rained hard and then the rain turned to wet snow.  So that's three times in one year that's happened.  There are places in the newly-planted area that have little holes about an inch wide and a little deeper where the rain pelted down off the roof.  But once we were hope there was no more of the wet stuff.  We enjoyed the first fire in the fireplace of the season.

I'm signing off with a couple of pictures; time to do something besides typing!

Dizzyland

Today I devoted a chunk of time to downloading photos from my phone to my computer.  I had pictures on there from the past six months and it was time to start deleting but not until I stored them safely.

Most recently I had a few shots of last Friday's visit to Dizzyland, all decked out for Halloween. 

While we were in line for the Haunted Mansion I couldn't help but enjoy the landscaping.  They are so clever!  I enjoyed the use of succulents and ground cover to draw attention to pieces.  One day I'm going to have to try some of it.

Maybe next year we'll have a little pumpkin scene in our side yard where we can enjoy it each night with lights and such.  I'm not decorating for Halloween so much anymore, but jack-o-lanterns and some cats have to be a good exception.

I barely had time to snap this at the Matterhorn, our last ride.  We even went through the gate with the St. Gallen flag!  I'm still grinning from that ride; what fun!

Hey, how did a picture of our house get in here?  Oh, wait...

What a Nightmare!

Hubby and I enjoyed an awesome day at the happiest place on earth this past Friday.  We like going to Dizzyland when kids are back in school.  The weather was perfect and we had a really great time.  We watched "Nightmare Before Christmas" this week, a perennial favorite.  And we love that the park is decked out for Fall and Halloween. 

One of my favorite things was really paying attention to landscaping details.  Man, I would love to have a job on their gardening staff!  The Haunted Mansion, in particular, has really interesting landscape design and I took several pictures of it.

Pirates was closed and I felt better when we later found out it's been closed for a couple of months for renovation.  At least it didn't break down just on that day.  We hit our "must do" list:  Haunted Mansion, Thunder Mountain Railroad, Star Tours (new version - loved it!), Indiana Jones, and Matterhorn. 

I giggled like a school girl; I just love those rides.  The two roller coasters are my favorites.  I kicked myself for never going on Matterhorn until I was an adult.  It always seemed so scary.  I got to ride in front so I was the first to see everything and it was so much fun I thought my face would crack from laughing so hard.  I managed to whack my shin on the first turn and got a nice lump and bruise but that was worth it. 

Somehow the "kids in school" thing didn't quite work out.  I don't know why, but it got pretty packed.  We left just before they started the afternoon parade.  Just in time for rush hour traffic home. 

I was completely wiped out when we got home and slept really, really well that night.  What a fun treat!  Hubby took the day off and that made it even more special.