Seeking, seizing the Kingdom

Yesterday started with the previous post, while my wife slept soundly. She stirred about an hour after I made some coffee in the room. We didn’t get on the Boardwalk until about 12:30p, which put us at MGM Studios around 1p. Joy and I were on our own for the day. We had to catch the rides we didn’t have time for the night before, so we went on the Great Movie Ride, which features scenes from a lot of classic movies, many of which are old black and white movies, The Little Mermaid the musical, and Drew Carey’s “Sounds Dangerous”. (more…)

Joy and I got on opportunity to do something we’ve never done before… go on a vacation. My uncle and aunt had planned a trip to Walt Disney World for mid-October, that’s right about the time when the MN temps drop into the 50s and 40s during the day, while FL keeps a steady mid-80s spread. Joy and I had been there for our honeymoon, but that was 5 years ago, and there was so much we had forgotten, and so much more to take in. When we got the chance to tag along, we had to take it! (more…)

10. Caribou doesn’t serve real food.
9. Elk River is too far to go when your wife gets off work in 2 hours.
8. I like the French onion soup.
7. The bread is good too.
6. The endless cup of coffee.
5. Monticello seems to have just about everything else.
4. They don’t give you dirty looks if you stay all afternoon… and evening… and after they close… and…
3. I spend too much time at home.
2. I now have a computer that doesn’t throw my back out.
1. Jerrid would be livid.

If you’re ever installing a new valve cover gasket, and you get the urge to tighten that bolt just a tad
more, ignore it, fight it, just don’t break the bolt like I did! (more…)

Joy is working today, so when I got up, I attempted to make breakfast. I thought I’d make a couple “brown-and-serve” sausage. (more…)

I took Joy to BK for lunch on Thursday, and for some reason I saw that triple whopper, and just had to try it.  It was big, juicy, juicy and greasy. (more…)