Never Too Old for Mickey Mouse

Just returned from a great vacation week in Florida with my daughter Chrissie, my best friend MaryLou and her daughter Melissa. It was 7 days of mother/daughter fun - lots of sunshine and plenty of humidity!!!

We spent 4 days enjoying our Disney Resort (Port Orleans Riverside), along with days at the Magic Kingdom and MGM Studios, and some VERY late nights at Pleasure Island and Jelly Rolls (dueling piano bar on the Disney Boardwalk). Kind of tough for us old gals to keep with with those 22-year olds and their late night antics - but we did it!!

We did a fun character breakfast at the Grand Floridian. Didn't seem to matter that the two of them are college students - they giggled like 4 year olds when Tigger and Pooh approached our table for photographs.

The highpoint for me was surprising my little brother Frank for his 40th birthday. My sister-in-law and I have had this cooked up since February! They arrived on Friday night at Jelly Rolls along with their friends Eric and Terry, and Jean and Jeff. We were already in place - just waiting for them to walk through the door - thanks to a quick cell phone call.

We had a front row table at Jelly Rolls, and the piano players were on our case ALL NIGHT LONG! Not only because Frank turned 40, but they seemed to love harassing us poor folk from Indiana. I think there were at LEAST three times that they had Frank and his "harem" up on the stage. I'm so glad that Chrissie came out of her shell on this trip. (ha-ha)

After dropping a LOT of CASH at Disneyworld, we moved on to a few days of rest and relaxation with my family in Melbourne. We celebrated again with Frank at a huge surprise party on Saturday night - followed by a couple of days relaxing on the beach.

Now, it's back home to a new position at work - lots of stuff pouring into my little brain - but remembering the wonderful memories of last week - getting to spend a few days with my mom and my brother and my daughter.