Ten on Tuesday -

AKA: The Daily Dime -

We enjoyed spending The Fourth with Craig's mother this year - 

 Just a good day to visit together without rushing around doing a lot of things - 

As a result, there wasn't much picture taking -

1 - Craig cooked burgers on the grill 

2 - We still love the Fresh Market Meal Deals!

3 - I cooked corn on the cob in the microwave - really my first time to do it -

4 - Wrap corn cob in a wet paper towel and microwave for 2 minutes - delish] 

 

5 - Talked about family stories [always good!] 

6 - Enjoyed delicious key lime and the cherry / blueberry flag pies for dessert - 

7 - Got home before the celebrations started in our little town

8 - At the last minute decided to watch some fireworks from a distance

 

9 - Sat on top of the parking deck @ the mall

10 - Neighborhood fireworks [as illegal as they might be] stopped abruptly at 10:30

Good thing since we were both almost asleep by then. Ha.

So thankful to live in this country of ours - 

Even with all the craziness, I believe it's still a good place to be - 

Daily Dime Disney Style...

 Y'all know I've got some catching up to do...

I've posted very little since taking #LottieScottie to Disney World!

So here's the Daily Dime from the day we attended the

 first Mickey's Very Merry Christmas Party of the season

(and our first one ever!)

By now y'all know we're crazy....

And like Craig's shirt says... we don't ever plan to truly grow up. Ha.

So we were decked out and ready for our adventure. 

Our tickets allowed us in the parks at 4:00

 even though the party didn't start until seven...

So Craig had planned fast passes to our favorites ... . 

We were through Pirates and Haunted Mansion by 4:30.

Then it was on to other favorites, like Buzz, of course...

Loved that they had some crowd control measures in place... 

I think a cast member said there is usually 75,000 in the Magic Kingdom each day
and only 25,000 tickets were sold to the party...
after seven p.m. only those with the party bands were allowed
 in the hubs of the park (and on the rides.)

This made it all SO MUCH more manageable than the last Halloween party we attended...

We really could ride our favorites over and over!

As a special treat they offered free cookies and hot Chocolate
(and other treats) at lots of places through out the park.
And those lines were crazy!
We ate a couple and gathered up some for friends to have on the trip home...lol

Oh! And it snowed on Main Street!!

That was fun!

Waiting on the parade, I couldn't resist taking photos of these balloons!

Outside and in...lol
Loved the colors!

The snow was, shall I say it?

Magical.

Especially since we'd been enjoying record breaking heat 

for November throughout our stay.

And of course the Christmas Parade
at (almost) midnight was a fun way to end the day ....
 and get us in the holiday spirit!

Goodbye Mickey!
See you real soon!
(Maybe.... maybe not....Ha)
It was fun!

Trying something different today...

and I hope to make this a blogging habit - 

because I love the idea of documenting the routine, 

the daily parts of everyday life -

So, I present:

Ten on Thursday**, or 

The Daily Dime

as a group of bloggers are calling it - 

click on this link to see others'

A couple of days a week I get out of the house by 6 a.m. for an hour of yoga downtown .

I've been going for a year now and can see how it's made a difference in my flexibility 

as well as stress / anxiety... 

Love that the trees are being put up for the Tinsel Trail - 

They smell SO GOOD.

So fun to find a few little tomatoes on the vine 

earlier in the morning - 

They were my breakfast - ha.

After yoga I headed to the office and got started on emails, etc. 

I'm still playing catch-up from being gone all last week -

Took a break to make some Thanksgiving plans 

with Christy's free printables!

And during lunch I had a quick appointment - 

Just regular yearly stuff - 

Y'all know how that is --

I love my little city - 

And always enjoy seeing The Rocket

when I'm out and about - 

And look what I found when I let Em out for a little run!

It's my first camellia! 

Two of the three bushes I got last year have survived, and have even grown a little ha - 

So I'm VERY happy to see a flower! 

I hope to have more in the next few weeks!

[I'm also loving that 'cat-eye' nail gel I have this month -]

Had leftover pizza for dinner, bc, when we ordered this box I had no idea we were getting two MEDIUM pizzas with it - It just looks much smaller in that photo, doesn't it? 

And I finished the evening up sorting through photos 

and trying to gather my head around some plans for Bible journaling - 

This is from some sermon notes a while back and I still have a few more I need to get in there - I think it's cool to have so many artsy note in Jeremiah 

since our pastor has been preaching through the entire book - 

** So that's it.

Ten photos on Thursday - only, they'll probably be posted on a Friday, 

[Favorite Photo Friday, anyone?]

and honestly, may not always be taken on a Thursday - 

But I am going to try and pick a day every now and then 

and take ten photos of my everyday life to share.

And I'm going to commit to linking up with these young chicks if I can figure out how - ha.