Tomorrow morning we will be off on our way to Florida. The clothes have been packed since Saturday. Last night, we packed more including the food we’ll need to lunch, snacks, and breakfast. I did a test packing of the back hatch of the van to see where everything will fit. Thanks to my leet Tetris skills, everything should fit just fine without blocking our view or cramping the children.

The plan is to completely pack and ready the van tonight. We will leave early tomorrow morning and meet Mandy’s mother for breakfast. We should be able to get through Kentucky & Tennessee and have lunch once we enter Georgia, probably at their welcome station. We’ll drive through Georgia into Florida and stop for the night at a motel just before the Florida Turnpike. The next morning, we’ll have breakfast and get onto the turnpike for about 8 hours of driving before we reach Big Pine Key.

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Yes, I’ve finally taken Mr. Bill down and created a brand new layout to go with our new domain. I’ll be tweaking this as I go but at least the main areas are here. I’ve imported the posts from Penguin X-ing and, I know, there hasn’t been an update since Ben’s birthday last year. I realize that I’m horrible at posting on a consistent basis so I suppose any posts here can be considered “Whenever Updates” – as in I’ll more likely updating this whenever.

Currently we’re getting really excited about our upcoming vacation to Florida. We’re going to visit Mandy’s dad in the Keys but also take the kids to Disney World right after! I’m excited as well! I’ve been close to it and stayed at one of their resorts some years ago but I’ve never actually set foot inside the Magic Kingdom. This should be an experience we’ll never forget (and yes, I’ll post about it. Geez). We let the kids on the surprise last night and it looks as if their heads will explode.

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Started my first vacation day of this week at the dentist. Now why would I want to do that? A little back story first. At my last cleaning, my dentist noticed that my gums were a bit inflamed, but it was just above where I had gotten crowns a few years ago. He wanted to do an allergy test to see if I was allergic to the trace metals found in the crown. I did that a week ago. I had to strap 3 metal wafers onto my forearm for 48 hours to see if it irritated my skin any. We didn’t anything, that is except for the irritation that the tape caused. I think I lost some arm hair as well.

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