I'm thankful for...

Freecycle.

Jon and I spent the 1000 degree early afternoon of Memorial Day, standing in waist high grass, dismantling a swing set. It was courtesy of a Freecycler. It was more like he dismantled and I was the assistant. "Wrench...wrench. Scalpel...scalpel." sort of thing. I just happened to see the ad come across my e-mail and snatched it up. With a little TLC and a can (or two) of spray paint, it'll be all freshened up.

Shade trees.

I love them.
"A society grows great when old men plant trees in whose shade they will never sit." (Greek proverb as quoted by Gordon B. Hinckley)

My husband's job.

He is giving away Hersheypark (the amusement park) tickets if you "like" them and the giveaway post on their Facebook page.
https://www.facebook.com/#!/ComfortInnatthePark
I'm excluded - what a bummer. But you're not! Go check them out.

You would think I'd get some perks...

People who let me follow them around and take pictures like the Paparazzi.

I love it.

Have a good day!

You could win this give-a-way

I wish I could win this prize package.

My kids love to go to hotels even when we live close by and have a mini vacation. Why am I saying kids?? I love to go on mini-vacations even in my own area! Don't you? So why not give this a shot...it's super easy to enter.

The details...

My husband's company is giving away a 2 night stay at their hotel in Hershey, PA (no airfare included) 4 park tickets to Christmas Candy Lane at Hershey Park, 4 tickets to the Hershey Trolley Works, 4 tickets to the Hershey Story Museum, and a 15% off coupon to Dafnos Italian Grille or Fuddruckers to a lucky facebook fan! They also give away things like free chocolate and other fun stuff throughout the year. You don't have to be in our area to win these prizes but you do have to become a Facebook fan to be eligible for these and future give-a-ways. Go to their page and become a fan by pressing "Like" at http://www.facebook.com/ComfortInnatthePark in order to be eligible.

If you win, you will have a great time at all of the Christmas attractions that Hershey has to offer. And then you can go back and relax in the nice Comfort Inn At the Park and take a dip in the indoor pool. Make sure you stop by and say hi to my all-time favorite GM.

Good luck!

Winding down

What better way to wind down my niece and nephew's visit than to spend the day riding roller coasters? A trip to Hershey wouldn't be a trip if we didn't go to the park so we spent the full day there with an intermission of grabbing a bite at home. We're not paying $6.50 for a piddly pizza slice and $4.25 for a Gatorade. So we went home where I made a homemade meat sauce, angel hair pasta and dinner rolls.

The evening proved to be a great time for rides since the cooler weather cleared out the park a bit. Blair and I didn't have to wait in line for rides. I was even able to meet up with the older kids and take Reese on two coasters at the end of the night.

Memories are made of this.