Orlando Here I Come.....Soon!!!

I love to travel and one place in the great United States that I have yet to be is Florida. Yes, seriously this Michigan gal has never been to the Sunshine State, but I plan on making that one of my near future trips. Oh and you can bet that when I do make it there I will most definitely be visiting Walt Disney World, whether I have children with me or not!

While I was searching for Hotels in Orlando, I came across the beautiful Walt Disney World Swan and Dolphin resort hotel. Seriously it looks so beautiful!!! Check out some of the pictures below and you will see what I mean.

This would be the outside of the hotel. So unique looking and a great view!!

Lobby of the Dolphin Hotel.

Lobby of the Swan Hotel

This is just one of the FIVE heated pools that is located at the resort. Absolutely gorgeous!!

Beautiful bar for the adults to visit.

One of the guestrooms. The beds look nice and comfy to me!!

Kids (and adults) would love to dine with their favorite Disney characters, which is also included in the resort.

Love it!!

Some other great features of the Swan and Dolphin Resort include tennis, basketball, and volleyball courts; a health club, which you can follow up with a trip to the relaxing spa; a game room for the kids; an art gallery and much more! Since it is a Disney resort, you also get complimentary scheduled transportation through the park and extra park hours!

Whenever I do make it to Orlando, you can bet I will be trying to get a room here!!

My 5 Monday!!

This week's My 5 is all about traveling. I LOVE traveling. I wish I could go on vacation every year. For 3 years in a row I did, but no vacationing this year :(. Maybe next year though. This weeks My 5 is:

"My 5 Places I Want to Visit Before I Die"

1. Hawaii

Seriously who doesn't want to go to Hawaii. Every time I see pictures of it or see it on the screen I wish I were there. Beautiful weather, gorgeous beaches, friendly people....PARADISE!!! I also really want one of those beautiful leis they give you when you get off the plane!'

2. Tahiti

If you want my reasons for wanting to visit here just read the above about Hawaii. Basically all the same reasons. I remember seeing Ali travel there on this past season of  "The Bachelorette" and I was completely jealous (for more reasons than one). It just looks so relaxing!!

3. Australia

Well I guess I should've been in Oprah's audience a couple weeks ago and this trip would've actually happened. So envious of those people by the way!! Australia is one of the only countries I would want to travel to honestly. The people seem very friendly, they have great accents, and it just seems such a nice continent. Lots of kangaroos and koala bears too I hear!! This is probably the least likely place I will actually make it to, but I can still dream right!!

4. Walt Disney World

So I have never been to Disney before. Seriously. Even though I am in my twenties, I still want to go there though. C'mon now its called the "happiest place on Earth" how could I NOT want to visit there. I am sure I won't be going there until I have some kiddies of my own, but rest assured, I will make it there one day!! Oh yea, and I will also TOTALLY ride the Dumbo ride no matter how old I am when I go there!!

5. New York City in the fall/winter

So I have been to NYC twice in the spring and I LOVE it! I wish I could go there every year. There is so much to do and even though I have been there twice in the last few years, I still haven't been able to do it all. I soo want to go there in the fall so I can see Central Park with all the gorgeous colors and catch the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in person. I want to go in the winter so I can see Rockefeller Center ice rink with the GORGEOUS trees and I might as well just stay until New Years Ever so I can watch the ball drop in person with Ryan Seacrest and Dick Clark. I will do this one day before I die!!!

Well my lovelies, where do you want to make it to before you leave this Earth???

Let's Hear It For New York

Back in May of 2007 I took a trip to Boston and New York City. My sister moved to Boston for a couple years so we went out to visit. First time we met her in Boston and spent 2 1/2 days in Boston. Great city! Lots to see and do there! We were able to take a chartered bus from Boston to New York City for $15! I don't think you can beat that! Funny thing, the bust dropped us off in Chinatown and our hotel was near Tribeca. The four of us WALKED there with out luggage and without the slightest clue where we were going. We took a little bit of a wrong turn, but somehow we got to our hotel. No clue how that happened actually. The second time we went was a year later in May of 2008. This time we just went to NYC and spent four days there. LOVED it! I would go back to New York EVERY YEAR if I could. Such a great time. I still haven't seen everything I wanted to, but I will go back sometime soon for sure! Below are some pics from my trips.


This was my first time in Times Square. Excuse the fact that I look like CRAP, but like I said, we walked to our hotel with our luggage for about 2 hours. Seeing Times Square for the first time is just amazing though :)

This is the Hersey's store in Times Square. A candy lover's heaven!! It smells AMAZING too :)

Rockefeller Center

The top three pics are from a mural on a building by Ground Zero.

Ground Zero in May of 2007. It seriously is so strange being there. Can't even describe the vibe I got being there.

New York Stock Exchange. I really just liked the flags :)

One of New York's finest :)

The second time we went to NYC the hotel we stayed in included a cruise. This is a pic of the skyline from the cruise. Wish it would've been sunny outside that day.

Statue of Liberty. So glad I got to see her up close.

Trump Tower. I wonder how long the elevator ride is to the top of that building...

All you need is...

Me sitting next to some weird thing @ Ripley's Believe it or Not Museum. There was some insane things there. Most interesting museum I've been in :)

St. Patrick's Cathedral. This church is sooo beautiful!

My friend Kendra and me in Central Park.


They had just finished shooting a scene for the movie "When In Rome" when we got to Central Park.


Finally one of my favorite pics. This little thing took me a good two or so hours to find in Central Park. I never quite knew how huge that place was until I was looking for this. Finally found it though. The original pic was in color of course, but I changed it to black and white, uploaded it to Kodak.com and made it into a 16x20 poster that is now framed and hanging above my couch :) It was worth the time spent looking for it!