Life is a Journey

Who? The one and only Disneyland, that's who! The 24 hour event that kicked off the 60th celebration was a couple of months ago but I still want to share my adventure with you. I did not want to deal with the throngs of people yet I still wanted to be there. What to do, what to do.....I decided that I was going to go to Disneyland at 3:00 in the morning! I went to bed early and got up at 1:30 so that I could leave my house by 2:00. I drove down to Anaheim and when I was about a mile away, stopped at a red light, I tweeted "Do you think I'll get in?" Several people responded yes. I was excited! I drove into the Mickey and Friends parking structure and didn't even have to stop and show my pass...there was no one in the booths! I parked where I wanted and made my way to the tram. There were a few others there but only a handful, 10 guests at the most. I breezed through security and walked into the Park with no problem. As I walked down Main Street, I was m...

Y'all know how much I love old houses. I was lucky enough to find out about a house tour a few weeks ago and I jumped at the chance to take the tour and see some grand houses. Some are actually being lived in, others are being restored. I scanned the brochure I received that day and have posted pages from it so that you can get a bit of history about each house. Make sure you click on each image to enlarge it! There is plenty of wonderful info in these pages so make sure you don't miss it! And now, The Rindge Mansion, the first house on the tour, the most grand in my opinion. Here's the right side... And the left side. This lamp by the front steps was HUGE. Unfortunately no photos were allowed inside. But they didn't say I couldn't take a picture of the front door! Dig the cars in the driveway. This house was not on the tour but I thought it was beautiful so I took a picture of it. The next house, the Wesley W. Beck...