SNS Benches

Funky Junk has a "Saturday Night Special" Link up and I am going to try to do this at least a few times a month. We will see how good I am with keeping up!

I was too excited when Donna at Funky Junk announced that this Saturday nt. Special would be benches. On Saturday my husband was banished from cleaning the house and he went to the garage and came back up a very short bit later with this! 

I knew I was going to be able to link to the party! I was so excited.
Here is a picture taken from my phone, Sorry I did not run upstairs to grab the good camera. Look who built most of this! My 12 year old son. (who also has an aversion to cleaning.)

We started (I say we, I really mean my husband, hey at least I am giving him the credit! I was up stairs cleaning up with vinegar, he hates vinegar, so he stays where he cannot smell it) it was time for a dark stain.

He took a candle and rubbed the edges and places that would be most distressed.

 

Next to decide on a color. My first choice was mint green, because there is a can in the garage that has never been touched, it was $5 a mess up can of paint, surely I could find something to paint mint green...

I asked for mint green, he picked up the bright turquoise and started painting. So bright turquoise it was.

I think he actually dry brushed it on, not slathering it with paint, just a light coat, with a few streaks.

Next to sand that baby!  When sanded the paint on top of the wax on the edges will just come right off showing the stain underneath.

Isn't she a beauty?

I love her, all though I might need to dry brush a little of that mint green on there just to say I was able to use it for something.

What color would you have painted your bench?
Now that's shop class!
I am thinking the boys need another shop class very soon!
What should they build next?

A memory of my first trip to Walt Disney World

 

I have heard a photo is worth a thousand words.

I was a teenager on my first trip to Walt Disney World.

 My eyes were opened to the magic that I had adored in Disney films and toys for many years.

The magic of the songs in films came to life around me it was not just a cartoon but a larger than life fantasy. It really does just seem like yesterday that Toy Story braved the new world of computer animation.

Disney has a way of making you feel like a kid again no matter how old you are.

It is an amazing memory to recall my first taste of Walt Disney World it was a truly magical experience.

Written by Cindy Fragozo, Your Travel Specialist at 3D TravelCompany.

Disney Service Is so Yummy

My 2010 trip to Walt Disney World to attend the Ultimate Field Trip started with a full day at Downtown Disney. While in Downtown Disney we needed to eat lunch, we had dinner reservations at Boma at the Animal Kingdom Lodge at 8pm, and we had just gotten off of a plane and we were "ready to Disney".
 Food was the first bullet on our list! We visited the Create your own Tee shop, and hurried along to find food. I have heard for years that Wolfgang Puck is THE place to eat. But I do have to say that we have always gone to the Rainforest Cafe in the past and now that we had the free dining plan we were going to get a "counter service" meal for lunch, and Rainforest cafe isn't on the dining plan and we decided to do something different this time, even though the kids begged.

Along we walked and came to this said Wolfgang Puck dining establishment.  (Downtown Disney Marketplace) I have always walked past in the past, not a big fancy entrance, but we needed to eat, right then before we had a melt down. We headed into Wolfgang puck, and were looking at the menu as my daughter asked for a chocolate milk, the cashier handed it to here and said here sweetie, this is for you. We continued to order, and she recommended many different things, I am the person who takes the longest to order, and the longest to eat, so I quickly ordered one of the recommendations she gave me for a hearty meal. I tried the meatloaf with mashed potato and onion strips atop.

Now tell me is this what you think of when you hear "counter service"?

The portion was huge and would fill even the hungriest of hungry men.

we also tried the chicken strip meal.

ant the family pirate was super happy with the pizza.

Now this is not the average "theme park"  "counter service" !

well no, because this is DISNEY!

So if and when Disney offers free food, this is what I am talking about!

 when we were ready to pay we noticed that there was no chocolate milk on the bill, and told the cast member that she forgot to add it, we insisted that we pay for it. The cast member told us no I gave that to her, it is just a little something that I can do for since she asked for it is just a dollar and it is ok.


Magic I tell you! it is so much the little things and the service that Disney provides that is over and above the "normal" business. Guests are what Disney is about, as when many businesses are about moving customers quickly to get the paycheck they bring. I so cant wait to tell you more! soon! stay tuned!