2011 Will Be Different.

As I reflect back on 2010 I am asking myself what was significant about it? Well, I learned a lot about how to make 2011 a different year. This year I am laser beam focused on getting more done. I am dedicated to not lazing about the house when I come home from the day job. Yes my friends, 2011 will be different. When I turned thirty last October reality hit me like a lead pipe in the face with this harsh truth "It's time to stop screwing around and get serious, about everything" My spiritual life is not where I want it to be, and my money management sucks. So, that being said, 2011 will be different. In 2010 I made no moves to better our lives, in 2011 I am aiming to change all of that. I ask for your prayers, and in my own prayers I am asking for guidance from the LORD. For it is only in His will that anything will truely change, so I am begging for that to be part of His will.

2011, you will be different so help me God.

Another WDW Trip Under The Belt.

Well we made it. We are back safe and sound ( and FREEZING!) What's the deal here Al Gore lied to me about Global Warming!? I NEVER saw that one coming! ;P Anyway, that's for another topic.

Before this trip I had never made a drive this long on my own before. I was bit skittish, but I knew I could handle it if I got plenty of rest and time to collect myself. Luckily I got both, on the way there, and coming home. The drive there wasn't to bad. We left at around 1 and drove to Destin, FL where we stopped and slept for the night. I meant to take a photo of the room the next morning, but we were in a hurry to get to Disney. But wow! This room was incredible! It had a flat screen TV, a king sized bed, two bunk beds with a little wall mount flat screen for the kids, well families with kids any way. It even had two separate lavatories for us. So any way that was Destin.

That morning we left for Disney and got there around 7 or so and checked into our resort. After we got settled into the room we jumped back into the car and drove to the Polynesian Resort and ate at one our favorite restaurants Ohana. I love this place cause the food is never ending. They bring you pot stickers, chicken wings, skewered beef, chicken, and pork. The other cool thing is that the whole room is surrounded by windows, so you see the castle pretty much where ever you sit. At the appropriate time they pipe in the music for the fireworks so you can enjoy the show.

The next morning our trip really started, but I'll let Laura fill you in with the full trip report. You can find it over at our website www.mouseventures.net if you want to know the full details. She's a much better writer than I am. Be on the lookout for it.

DisneyVentures

Our website is picking up popularity! Nothing like Dude Perfect but you know, we're trying. We are getting more people everyday tweeting us and letting us use their trip reports. Even Cali Lewis plugged us in one of her latest Geek Briefs. So all in all, Laura and I are pretty pumped about all of it! Also I can't forget all the good people at Be Our Guest Podcast cause they are all great people! Keep reading the posts, and let us know what you think on our guestbook. See ya real soon!

Editing

Working on a little video for my friend Mike Faltin, the timecode is all whack and I can't make sense of it, so I'm venting on my blog. Deal wit it! No, j/k. I'm going to bed now....I feel better.

DisneyVentures, A place for happy endings.

If you're a fan of Disney, then you'll love the website Laura and I are building. We are calling it DisneyVentures. We are going to make it a Trip Report depot for anyone that has written a trip report and posted it to one of the popular forums only to have it lost in the mishmash of comments and quotes that follow almost every post. Our site aims to stop that and cut out all the clutter so the reader can follow the trip report as one conscience thought.

We are very excited because over the last few days we have had a number of people contact us and ask for us to post their trip report. We have also been in contact with Mike Rahlmann, the owner of the podcast show Be Our Guest. He has two shows weekly, the first show of the week he brings on a guest and interviews him/her about their recent WDW trip, so it's a audio trip report, and that's a perfect match for what our site is attempting to do!

So if you get some time head on over to our new site, and drop me a line here on the blog or @VinceTM on twitter and let me know what you think! Would love to hear from you!

The Times, They Are A Changin'

Lately I've been worried that organizations like this one are slowly moving towards taking over the very systems that make our country work. I have to ask questions I don't want to ask of my reps. Luckily, I live in an area of the country where my rep. believes and acts the same way I do. But, is that enough to save the country from turning into the Banana Republic (or worse?) I fear we are turning into? If that question is a new one to you, consider this. We now have an FCC Diversity Czar. A czar is, if you don't know, is a special advisor to the President. These are people with a lot of power, and they didn't get it through the traditional method of going before the Senate to be granted a seat in the Presidential Cabinet. No, they were appointed by the President ,and him alone. So, anyway, this FCC Czar in place now is currently setting in motion a heavily crafted assault on AM radio. His plan is to charge broadcasters 100% of their operations budget to renew their license. To put that into perspective, imagine you're a small business owner and it's time to pay your rent, the owner says ok, I'l give it to you, but only if you pay me equal to 100% of your profit for the year. That would put you out of business in one fail swoop! So, the FCC says ok cough up the money for your license or else not only will you not get it, but it will go to an upstart Public radio station that will only give the point of view of the Progressive side, period. Very soon, unless we do something we lose our Freedom of Speech. This is what they want to do to our country. If you don't believe me, look up the guy, his name is Mark Lloyd. Also, check out this video before it's taken down: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ysqsa_TeLys

As always, pray for our great Republic and our leaders, stay vigilant, and don't be afraid.

Have Yard, Will Work.

For a little while there our house looked like no one was living in it. The yard was soooo terrible looking. So, today I resolved that problem. I cut the grass in both the front and back yard, pulled up a Sago Palm tree, and took the weed eater to all the edges of my house and trees.

It gave me time to think about life. How, when something is not looked after it just gets wild and crazy. People are like that, you know? When you're not keeping a sharp eye on the maintenance of your own soul, it can get a little hairy. And, let's face it, no one likes a hairy soul. Like I was saying, cutting my grass I re-learned that lesson. Plus having my iPod playing Mighty to Save helped too, I love that song. So, ok, now what to do with that lesson? I am going to make a better effort to read my Bible, and ask question about it. I am going to pray more often and listen even more often. I need to find books about subjects I want to know more about. On that note: we recently dropped our Netflix account so we could get an account over at ChristianAudio.com. It's a great website. You get credits, like 8 a month (they have other packages too) but you can download audio books, podcast, adventures in odyssey, and all sorts of other things. I am really looking forward to it.

Anyway, I am off till my next post.

Ciao!