A few years ago my best friend Katie and I took a weekend trip to Sleepy Hollow in October. It was so much fun! They definitely go all out!
Hoping to introduce my son to what a real fall looks like next year!
Sunday, September 28, 2014
Missing Fall
Oh how this time of year makes me so sad. I love fall... the change of colors, sweatshirt weather, pumpkin patches, apple picking, hayrides, apple cider donuts. Now you see we Floridians have some of these things as well. The churches "try" to recreate pumpkin patches mostly in their open side lots or parking lots. Hayrides consist of wearing tank tops and sweating while glaring from the sun beaming down on you. And anything apple well, it just doesn't exist. I spend hours and hours this time every year prowling the internet looking for something, some sort of fall activity that will recreate that NY fall that I miss so dearly, but I have yet to find it. I guess the only thing I can do is start playing the lottery and hope to win so I can buy a "fall home" in upstate NY! I think my love of fall and Halloween stem from my childhood. Every year our neighborhood would organize an outing to a haunted hayride. For years this activity scared me so much that every year I would end up in tears half way through and end up sitting up front with the driver! But I still went every year and then one day it just didn't scare me anymore. I think my favorite was the half way stop with the witches and they would give everyone apple cider and doughnuts. I still crave those things this time every year. Then around middle school a few friends and I would create haunted houses in one of our basements that we could torture all of our friends to go through!
Friday, September 26, 2014
First post...
I have never thought of myself as a blogger, or a writer of any sorts really. So why am I starting a blog? I'm still not quite so sure... maybe I'm bored, maybe I'm testing my introverted personality. I don't even know if I will even stick with it. I guess only time will tell.
Anyway I have been reading a lot of blogs lately, mostly about 2 of my favorite past times; Disney and running. I have lived in Florida for 11 years and have been a Disney passholder for more than half that time. I couldn't even tell you how many times I have been! My very first trip was when I was 6 years old. Unfortunately I don't remember much about that trip. But I do know this was my first experience with an amusement park with my dad. I learned the "Iovanna" way to do an amusement park. This pretty much entails planning every detail and the most important part is to get there at opening and run to Space Mountain! If anyone experiences an amusement park with me they know I will have everything planned right down to bathroom stops if I could! Our second trip was when I was 12, my dad had just returned from Dessert Storm and it was a Christmas gift from my parents to visit when he came home. I think the most exciting part about moving to Florida was the proximity to Disney!
I am also a runner. I have been running since probably about 2001. I used to hate running, I would dread the mile run in gym class every year daydreaming about ways to get out of it. After I graduated college, for a brief moment in time I decided I wanted to become a police officer, so I needed to train for entrance into the police academy. This included being able to run a mile and half (you want me to run how far, I thought?!) in 15.25 or something like that minutes. Anyway long story short I did manage to accomplish it (on the second time around...) and was even accepted into the local police academy. But then I came to my senses and realized becoming a cop was not for me, but for some reason the running stuck with me. For many many years I only ran short distances. The idea of running anything more than 2 or 3 miles was baffling to me!? Then in 2010 my husband and I ran our first 5k together during the Walt Disney World Marathon weekend. Since then I have been wanting to do more. shortly after that first 5k I got pregnant, but still continued to exercise as much as I could during and was looking forward to starting running again after. A few months after Max was born I stated running longer and longer distances and finally signed up for my very first Half Marathon! I will be running in the Disney Wine and Dine Half Marathon this November. My best friend and I have been training for almost a year and are finally feeling ready! My goal is to run in every rundisney race (WDW ones for now) over the next few years... and I may even just sign up for the full marathon, eek! I am nervous and excited for my first race. I have been reading so many blogs about people much younger than me who have ran in so many races and I can't wait to add many more to my list! Now whenever I visit Disney and am walking down Main Street USA I just keep on thinking about that moment that I will be accomplishing my biggest goal... running down main street.
Anyway I have been reading a lot of blogs lately, mostly about 2 of my favorite past times; Disney and running. I have lived in Florida for 11 years and have been a Disney passholder for more than half that time. I couldn't even tell you how many times I have been! My very first trip was when I was 6 years old. Unfortunately I don't remember much about that trip. But I do know this was my first experience with an amusement park with my dad. I learned the "Iovanna" way to do an amusement park. This pretty much entails planning every detail and the most important part is to get there at opening and run to Space Mountain! If anyone experiences an amusement park with me they know I will have everything planned right down to bathroom stops if I could! Our second trip was when I was 12, my dad had just returned from Dessert Storm and it was a Christmas gift from my parents to visit when he came home. I think the most exciting part about moving to Florida was the proximity to Disney!
I am also a runner. I have been running since probably about 2001. I used to hate running, I would dread the mile run in gym class every year daydreaming about ways to get out of it. After I graduated college, for a brief moment in time I decided I wanted to become a police officer, so I needed to train for entrance into the police academy. This included being able to run a mile and half (you want me to run how far, I thought?!) in 15.25 or something like that minutes. Anyway long story short I did manage to accomplish it (on the second time around...) and was even accepted into the local police academy. But then I came to my senses and realized becoming a cop was not for me, but for some reason the running stuck with me. For many many years I only ran short distances. The idea of running anything more than 2 or 3 miles was baffling to me!? Then in 2010 my husband and I ran our first 5k together during the Walt Disney World Marathon weekend. Since then I have been wanting to do more. shortly after that first 5k I got pregnant, but still continued to exercise as much as I could during and was looking forward to starting running again after. A few months after Max was born I stated running longer and longer distances and finally signed up for my very first Half Marathon! I will be running in the Disney Wine and Dine Half Marathon this November. My best friend and I have been training for almost a year and are finally feeling ready! My goal is to run in every rundisney race (WDW ones for now) over the next few years... and I may even just sign up for the full marathon, eek! I am nervous and excited for my first race. I have been reading so many blogs about people much younger than me who have ran in so many races and I can't wait to add many more to my list! Now whenever I visit Disney and am walking down Main Street USA I just keep on thinking about that moment that I will be accomplishing my biggest goal... running down main street.
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