jenseib
Mommy to Claire
- Joined
- Oct 28, 2006
Hello again!
For those that don’t know me, I am Jen…For those that do…Glad to see you!
It’s time to write up my latest trip report! I am still working on editing pictures, so like usual, it does take me a while to get everything posted. My memory is going these days…..but for the most part, I tell it like it is to the best of my memory.
This trip took place March 17 – 22, 2019. And as you can probably guess from the title, we went to California…Disneyland to be exact, with a few extra’s thrown in!
If you have read any of my former reports, you probably know we usually have a hiccup or 2 each trip. I always say if someone says they had a perfect trip they are lying! Well maybe that is because we usually have at least one issue, and I can’t imagine anyone could have everything go perfectly. Or maybe we just have that kind of luck?
This trip did not disappoint and we had a few hiccups but still had a lot of fun and new experiences.
I will start by giving some background info and some of the “players” in this report. The background part can be a little boring, but it will set the stage for all about to come later in the actual report part. There will be a lot of writing in the first couple updates, but once we get going there will be lots of pictures too!
I will start by introducing my family.
There is me. I am lucky enough to work from home and I have my dream job! That being said, there are days I want to scream and I can put in long hours and then there are days where I don’t do anything. Because of the nature of the business, you can’t always predict your hours or level of business. I will say that once I plan a vacation, I tend to get slammed with business and the week leading up usually is crazy. And in true form, I had one crazy week before leaving and I packed the latest I have ever packed before a trip!
One of the tradeoffs for my crazy business is that when you reach a certain level in the business you can sometimes get perks and/or discounts. These are similar to Florida Resident Rates, Military Rates, Cast Member rates, Interline rates…..you get the idea. These are not always available, so it’s not something to count on, but I check from time to time to see if anything might be available for a time I would like to vacation. I was able to get a few “extra’s” this time, but nothing to shout home about. Didn’t matter, this trip was planned for another reason.
This was my 2nd trip to California. The first being a work trip (which I got to spend with my wonderful friend Cass!) and was very busy, but we did a lot. I was lucky to have Cass as my tour guide through Disneyland that trip. This trip I had to try and take the reins.
Next up is Claire, my 14 year old daughter. She usually travels with me if I am not traveling for business. She loves to travel and knows she is spoiled rotten. This was her first trip to California and she was beyond excited. I know she thought we would see stars left and right….we did not!
Then my husband, Skip. Skip is a farmer. He has been a dairy farmer his whole life and last year they sold the dairy cows and have made the transition to beef cows. He doesn’t vacation with us often and this was going to be our first family vacation in many years….our last one being an Alaskan Cruise on Norwegian. Well, let me restate this. We were SUPPOSED to have our first family vacation in many years in January, but that didn’t quite work out, which is why we were taking this trip….more on that later.
ca5 by Jenseib, on Flickr
I just want to warn you, I will have a lot of pictures eventually, but my intro will be pretty much pictureless and long…but bear with me. I want to give all the background first!
Also, I am usually crazy with picture taking. I actually slacked off this trip. Now I still have a lot, but I realized there is a lot of things I did not take pictures of….and then some things I took like 5 or 6 of the same thing. Who knows what I was thinking?
Thanks for joining me as I relive this next adventure. I hope you enjoy it as much as we did!
For those that don’t know me, I am Jen…For those that do…Glad to see you!
It’s time to write up my latest trip report! I am still working on editing pictures, so like usual, it does take me a while to get everything posted. My memory is going these days…..but for the most part, I tell it like it is to the best of my memory.
This trip took place March 17 – 22, 2019. And as you can probably guess from the title, we went to California…Disneyland to be exact, with a few extra’s thrown in!
If you have read any of my former reports, you probably know we usually have a hiccup or 2 each trip. I always say if someone says they had a perfect trip they are lying! Well maybe that is because we usually have at least one issue, and I can’t imagine anyone could have everything go perfectly. Or maybe we just have that kind of luck?
This trip did not disappoint and we had a few hiccups but still had a lot of fun and new experiences.
I will start by giving some background info and some of the “players” in this report. The background part can be a little boring, but it will set the stage for all about to come later in the actual report part. There will be a lot of writing in the first couple updates, but once we get going there will be lots of pictures too!
I will start by introducing my family.
There is me. I am lucky enough to work from home and I have my dream job! That being said, there are days I want to scream and I can put in long hours and then there are days where I don’t do anything. Because of the nature of the business, you can’t always predict your hours or level of business. I will say that once I plan a vacation, I tend to get slammed with business and the week leading up usually is crazy. And in true form, I had one crazy week before leaving and I packed the latest I have ever packed before a trip!
One of the tradeoffs for my crazy business is that when you reach a certain level in the business you can sometimes get perks and/or discounts. These are similar to Florida Resident Rates, Military Rates, Cast Member rates, Interline rates…..you get the idea. These are not always available, so it’s not something to count on, but I check from time to time to see if anything might be available for a time I would like to vacation. I was able to get a few “extra’s” this time, but nothing to shout home about. Didn’t matter, this trip was planned for another reason.
This was my 2nd trip to California. The first being a work trip (which I got to spend with my wonderful friend Cass!) and was very busy, but we did a lot. I was lucky to have Cass as my tour guide through Disneyland that trip. This trip I had to try and take the reins.
Next up is Claire, my 14 year old daughter. She usually travels with me if I am not traveling for business. She loves to travel and knows she is spoiled rotten. This was her first trip to California and she was beyond excited. I know she thought we would see stars left and right….we did not!
Then my husband, Skip. Skip is a farmer. He has been a dairy farmer his whole life and last year they sold the dairy cows and have made the transition to beef cows. He doesn’t vacation with us often and this was going to be our first family vacation in many years….our last one being an Alaskan Cruise on Norwegian. Well, let me restate this. We were SUPPOSED to have our first family vacation in many years in January, but that didn’t quite work out, which is why we were taking this trip….more on that later.
ca5 by Jenseib, on Flickr
I just want to warn you, I will have a lot of pictures eventually, but my intro will be pretty much pictureless and long…but bear with me. I want to give all the background first!
Also, I am usually crazy with picture taking. I actually slacked off this trip. Now I still have a lot, but I realized there is a lot of things I did not take pictures of….and then some things I took like 5 or 6 of the same thing. Who knows what I was thinking?
Thanks for joining me as I relive this next adventure. I hope you enjoy it as much as we did!