While we were at Walt Disney World, we got to see what the inside of Space Mountain looks like. We were going to get in line to ride it, but they shut it down. Instead we hopped on the Tomorrowland Transit Authority or as we still call it, the Wedway People Mover. Old habits die hard. It was pretty cool to see what Space Mountain looks like. Not very pretty, but once it started back up, it did become J-Man’s favorite ride of the whole trip.
I did a quick post while I was on vacation about our newest venture. We would love to have our own little store, stocked with all the things we love, but since we live 400 miles apart, setting that up would be next to impossible. With Blue Sky we are able to partner with suppliers and have a virtual shop of things we love. The next best thing. Be sure that we will only have items that we would or have bought for ourselves. We’ll have a permanent page for items and also put up a weekly post highlighting some of the items.
We know some of you have already started back to school and yes, we’re not ashamed to admit that we’re a little jealous. Our kids are still trying to hold onto summer by their fingernails and are kicking and screaming all the way.
Here are a few things items from Mimi the Sardine . According to their website their items are made with 100% organic cotton. The whimsical prints are from European fabric and assembled in the USA. Sissy has already picked out her favorite re-usable lunch bag that she wants for the first day of school.
Ordering is easy. Just click on the “Add to Cart” button below the item you wish to purchase. If there is anything you would like us to carry in our store, please let us know. Thanks for taking a moment to look at our first Open Sky post.
Jungle Lunch Bag $25.00
Re-usable lunch bags are easy to clean and can be even be machine washed.
Dots Pink Lunch Bag $25.00
Flora Blue Lunch Bag $25.00
Propeller Lunch Bag $25.00
Sunset over Jensen Beach, FL
If it’s Tuesday this must be, Random Tuesday Thoughts. It’s brought to you by Keely at The Un-Mom. She really knows how to rock Tuesdays so go and check her out and tell her the Blue Monkey Butt sisters sent you!
Elle
Not sure if Stacy is stopping by for this RTT. Apparently she has a life on Monday nights and doesn’t have any Tuesday randomness. Whatev
We got home late Sunday night and I’m still recuperating. I have no idea how my husband got up and went to work on Monday morning. I have no idea because I was sound asleep and never heard a thing. I spent Monday doing laundry, unpacking, feeding children who are constantly hungry and are constantly asking “What can I have?” I feel like a waitress being asked what today’s specials are. It doesn’t matter how many times I tell them, they still ask an hour later. Really, again? Nothing new has magically appeared in our pantry or fridge in the last h0ur. The choices are same! But no, I have to list them all over again. Same thing is on the schedule for today.
A few random observations from our vacation
A lot of kids throw up at Walt Disney World. I swear we were seeing kids throwing up left and right. The worst was while we were at the Magic Kingdom. Some poor little girl barely made it out of the restaurant we were eating in. Then she was outside the door where we had a perfect view of everything. Glad we didn’t have to deal with any of that personally.
Disney has better quality soap and shampoo at the more expensive resorts.
According to my husband I took 1296 pictures while we were away. He did buy me a new camera to take lots of pictures. Anyone want to see them? I didn’t think so.
Even though we had a night at the Polynesian without our children it’s completely impossible to get away from any children at Walt Disney World. For some reason the place is just swarming with them. At least our room was kid free until the next morning when we went and got them.
At the beginning of the week I confess to golf cart envy. It seems like everyone at Fort Wilderness rented a golf cart to drive around. The place is absolutely huge and it was too far to walk to the pool, Trading Post, Settlement and Marina. But the bus transportation was quick and easy and it didn’t cost another $60+ per day. You have to figure that most days you’re only going to use it to drive to the main bus stop and then again from the bus stop back to your site. But they did look like they were fun to drive around in. We managed just fine without it.
It was great to see our Disney Daughter again and the kids were so excited. While we were away my husband had his birthday and we also celebrated our anniversary. She surprised us with tickets to the Luau at the Polynesian and a room for the night kid-free! It was so cool, fun, awesome and just the best. We have always wanted to stay there and see the show and it was just as great as we imagined. Thanks again DD!
Don’t forget to join us for What The Hell Wednesday tomorrow!
We’ve got an exciting addition to Blue Monkey Butt coming up this month.
We are launching our own online store with Open Sky.
We get to choose the products we love
and hope you will love them too.
Look for more info and some fab items
in the next week or so.
Since we are driving to Florida and I am under doctor’s orders for mandatory rest stops every 1 & 1/2 to 2 hours to get out and walk around,
we have been trying to make the most out of it.
We actually stopped at a scenic overlook in West Virginia that normally we would’ve driven by without a second thought.
Then a little ways down the road we came to New River Gorge National Park
Home to the longest bridge of it’s kind in the Western Hemisphere.
Really, how could we pass that up?
If I had known that it was 173 steps down and I would have to take them all back up,
believe me, I would’ve passed it up.
But it was a beautiful spot and we are glad we did it.
We were all amazed at the huge amount of butterflies we saw all over West Virginia.
It made for a beautiful drive and we all saw things we wouldn’t normally see.
The motel we ended up staying in was a completely different story.
More suited for What The Hell Wednesday.
Don’t forget to join us tomorrow, what the hell?
We’re on the second day of our 3 day drive to Florida. We didn’t make it as far as we planned yesterday, a late start and a carsick boy saw to that. After spending an hour at a rest area in Pennsylvannia we were able to get back on the road. So between that and the frequent stops we made it to West Virginia. Finding a hotel was a lot harder than we anticipated. As soon as we pulled in the lot of the first hotel I said “I am not staying here!” There were about 20 mini-vans and SUVs all decorated with things like “We are the Champs!” etc., and there were a bunch of boys running around. It only took me 2 seconds to size that up…lots of excited Little League boys racing around the hotel and taking over the pool……ummmm..no thanks. The next 2 places didn’t have what we needed. Then the next place was also an immediate NO. The grills and plants outside some of the doors suggested that quite a few of the residents were basically living there. We did manage to find a place and after all the troubles finding a room, nobody was complaining about the lack of a pool.
So last night when my husband proclaimed he wanted to get back on the road by 6am he wasn’t too happy at our lack of enthusiasm. Really? 6am dude? This morning the kids were still asleep at 8 and we’re hoping to get out of here by 9. We’ll see.
Here are a few things we all seem to agree on
The GPS would be more fun if it talked like Scooby Doo. You make a wrong turn and it says “Ruh-Roh” or a pirate, “Ahoy matey, heave to port!” or when a rest stop is needed “You scurvy dog! Time to swab the poopdeck.”
Krispy Kreme donuts are so good heated up in the microwave for 10 seconds!
Saturday night my husband discovered that I was eligible for a new phone upgrade on our plan. Next thing I know he’s heading out to the Verizon store to just look and then he came home with a new Palm Pre Plus for me. Of course I didn’t read the directions, I just started playing with it and then somehow I synced up my friends list from Facebook into the contact list of my new phone. Oops. I really didn’t mean to do that. Then as I was trying to edit the contact list the phone started dialing and I was calling Anne from Small Town Mommy at 11:30 at night! OMG!!! I was trying to hang it up but this was my first call on the freakin’ phone and it wouldn’t hang up. I can hear her voicemail and I’m saying “OHCRAPOHCRAPOHCRAPOHCRAP!” Finally it hung up but the damage was done. I could imagine waking up the whole Small Town Mommy household and then when Anne saw who called she’d be like “WTH?? Crazy internet stalker!” Sooooo if you are one of my FB friends and you get a random call it could be from me, at least until I get this new phone figured out.
I know, I get sick of reruns too, but it’s hot, it’s Friday, the pool is calling and I’ve got nothing else to post today.
Enjoy!
Elle and Stacy’s Summer Vacation
Last night it sounded like a great idea. My husband would get up early before work and head down to the Grand Opening of our new LL Bean store. He would snag a place in line to be one of the first 250 people and we would score a gift card anywhere between $10 and $500. I love Beans! Before we moved to NY we made many shopping trips to Beans. I love their clothes, bags, well, basically everything. Now I have a little taste of Maine right up the street!
This morning, my bed was comfy and the AC was going so getting out of bed wasn’t a priority. I texted my husband who had arrived a little before 7am. I’ll admit that part of me, the cozy in bed part, was hoping he’d say forget it.
Me: Anybody there?
Him: yupper. The person next to me is going to count. You might make it. I’ll let you know.
Me: Yikes! Did u bring a chair?
Him: No but you should. So I’m 241 at this point.
Me: 241? That’s close. I’ll bring a chair. So I gave up my cozy bed to sit in line for a chance to win an LL Bean gift card. Only because I’m such a fan of LL Bean. I wouldn’t wait in line for just any gift card you know.
I threw a Pop-Tart at J-Man and told Sissy I’d be back soon. In 5 minutes I was pulling into the parking lot and spotted my husband. I couldn’t believe the people that were in line behind him and they just kept coming. There were even people that set up a tent and camped there overnight. I switched places with my super spot saving husband and he went to work. By this time it was 7:45 and I only had to wait until 9.
I was in a good spot with some fun people and we were happy that our part of the line was in the shade. We all knew we were a little iffy on the whole gift card thing, but we stuck it out. People from LL Bean came out and walked the line, talking to the crowd. They had employees handing out water to and there was a coffee cart with breakfast pastries for everyone. I was pretty impressed how they handled everything.
Just before 9 there was a bit of excitement. All we could figure out was some guy jumped the line and when the police intervened he got belligerent and the next thing I knew the crowd was cheering and he was getting arrested. Except for some reason he didn’t want to be arrested and put up a fight. After much yelling, swearing and wrestling he was escorted to the police car. I guess he really wanted an LL Bean gift card.
My husband was right. I was one of the first 250 and I got my gift card. I was super lucky and got $50. It was totally worth getting out of bed. Even after they handed out the first 250 cards there were still hundreds of people in line and LL Bean handed out $5 gift cards to them. Tomorrow they are giving away a kayak package and Sunday it will be a $750 back to school shopping spree! I’m so totally signing up for that.
Stumble it!
