My Business-Terry

I caught Terry on the way out the door to his conference. Isn't he cute with his lanyard ID?

Driving Shoes

It was somewhat annoying that Terry insisted we spend our first day in Orlando at the mall, but at least it turned out to be a very good mall. They had a Tod's outlet, which I'd not seen before. Coincidentally, I have been searching for a nice pair of driving shoes since I scuffed a pair of ribbon-trimmed stilettos on my dirty car mat a few years back. As it happens, Tod's is the only company I know of that makes driving shoes, but their pricing reflects this lack of competition. But I lucked out and found an adorable pair of driving shoes in my price range as the outlet! Jealous? Ok, you're probably not jealous if you've never wanted a pair of driving shoes, and it is admittedly low on the pyramid of life's necessities. I'm blogging from my phone so I will save my argument in favor of driving shoes for another time.

AT-Segway

 
I had so much fun on the regular Segway, I wanted to try the all-terrain Segway. So I signed both Terry and myself up for the Ft. Wilderness segway tour. We had such fun we spent the rest of the afternoon plotting a business plan for making money selling Segway tours through our farm. We still haven't quite worked that out, but it might be part of the whole hammock camp experience. . .

This, at a Family Resort?

 
I don't think the hotel management ever considered how their pretty pink awning would appear from the balconies of all the rooms on that side of the building. . .

The Seg Way

I took the Around the World Segway tour at Epcot this morning, and had a wonderful time. I couldn't help but grin like a fool the entire time I was zipping around on that thing. It isn't as easy as I thought it would be, but it's certainly not hard. Mostly it's just plain fun.

The Lamb

A few years back I picked up a really sweet Persian lamb jacket at a vintage shop. I wore it a few times, but it was a little too small to be comfortable and so mostly just sat in my closet. But when my hairdresser told me all about how she used to have a persian lamb jacket that she just loved and missed, I knew my jacket had new hope for an active life since Rhonda is petite and the jacket would fit her. I brought it by the salon before I left for Florida and Rhonda obligingly modeled it for my blog.

6 o'clock Scramble

Goddess Chicken with sun dried tomatoes and artichoke hearts-- sounds good, eh? It's the first meal I've tried from the six o'clock Scramble site my sister subscribed me to. I can see how families would think this is great. And it's not bad, don't get me wrong. But I'm ruined since I know how to cook well, so I know exactly what steps were skipped to render this meal's preparation quick, easy and foolproof. And it's those steps that actually make a dish delicious rather than "quick and healthy". Nevertheless, I need to get back into the habit of cooking and I can actually motivate myself to cook these ridiculously simple recipes because I can prepare them in less time than it takes to drive to the Dairy Queen.

The Birthday Boy

Here's the birthday boy himself with his mother--aren't they both beautiful?

First Birthday Party

Here's the first of many photos from Elan's first birthday party. The theme was a Neptune under-the-sea sort of thing. I didn't get a shot of the live mermaids sitting on the fountain past the coat check, but they were pretty darn good. This is a shot of the hall where most of the action took place.

Very Flat Rollercoaster

We took busses and trains out to Brighton Beach for a party this afternoon. We took the Q through Brooklyn, and much of it was above ground. I was riding backwards, and enjoyed the way the view sped by as the train rocked, and how we'd be plunged into darkness without warning as we passed through tunnels. It felt to me like I was on a very flat rollercoaster ride. After having a car up here for so long, the nuisance of the ridiculously long trip (we had seven segments one-way) was offset by the novelty factor. But we are hopeful we'll be able to catch a ride