Best Wife... Ever

Have I mentioned lately that Ryan has the best wife... ever?  

Yeah, I just wanted to make sure you all knew that.  I didn't want you guys questioning that or anything... 

Disneyland

I am a huge Disney fan. 

However, huge might be an understatement.  Ginormous sounds bigger. We’ll use that word…     

Anyway, back to the point of this post, I am a ginormous Disney fan.  Because of this fact, Disneyland is one of my favorite places in the whole world.  I seriously dream about Disneyland on a regular basis. 

No lie. 

When I am Disneyland, I basically act like a five year old without meaning to.  For example, whenever I see one of the princess while I am there, I get so giddy that I can’t even breathe.  I don’t even need a map to get around that place, I know where everything is.  While I am there I make sure to ride every ride and see every show and event possible.  I don’t want to miss anything while I am in the most magical place on earth.  And don’t even get me started on the World of Color show they do every night.  It is the most magical thing I have ever seen in my whole life.      

Now, with this much gumption and passion that I have for Disneyland, you would think that I would have married someone who shares this same deep admiration for the happiest place on earth.      

You’d think, wouldn’t you?   

Well, that is so not the case.  That is not the case whatsoever.  Not at all. 

My sweet husband, Ryan, does not, I repeat, does not care for Disneyland. 

Gasp, I know.    

He seriously rolls his eyes every time I even mention a fond memory of that place.  He told me the other day, “Let’s just do a day at Lagoon, it’s the same thing.”

I almost wanted to hit him upside the head. 

It is soooooo not the same thing.  That’s like saying “Let’s just dye my hair hot pink, it’s basically the same thing as brown.”

NO IT IS NOT!   

I think Ryan was born on a different planet.  Seriously, who compares Lagoon to Disneyland?    

Anyway, because of this comment I am determined to take that husband of mine to Disneyland and culture him on the true behavior of Disney fanatics. 

He has no idea what is comin’ to him.  No idea.  He will never forget his first REAL trip to Disneyland.        

Plus, I haven’t been to Disneyland in over two years and I am starting to hyperventilate about it.  It is becoming my obsession.  I have been pricing out hotels and tickets all summer.  I wish I could skip work and just go this weekend.  I am dying to get to see my family…. Mickey… Ariel… Woody…

So, if anyone wants to donate to the takeryantodisneylandbecauseheisagrumpaboutthatplacefund, it would be very appreciative. He needs to be cultured…. and I need a vacation.   

181

Oh and there are only 181 days until Christmas.  Just thought you all should know...  :)

The Ranch

Ryan’s family owns a ranch near Lost Creek, here in Utah. 

He has a lot of fond memories going there while he was growing up. 

I have been able to go to the ranch twice in the past little while and I love being there with Ryan.

I have never seen anything like it.  The whole ranch is a total of 13,000 acres. 

What a blessing it is to have such a great place to relax in nature. 

Even though I have terrible allergies, I love being at the ranch.    

Foodie

"A person that spends a keen amount of attention and energy on knowing the ingredients of food, the proper preparation of food, and finds great enjoyment in top-notch ingredients and exemplary preparation.  A foodie is not necessarily a food snob, only enjoying delicacies and/or food items difficult to obtain and/or expensive foods; though, that is a variety of foodie." 

According to this definition, I am a "foodie". To prove my point... Who of you make dinner every night and almost never make the same thing?  Who of you just barely signed up for DirectTV just to be able to watch the Food Network?  Who of you go to the library to specifically check out cookbooks?  Who of you make it a point to walk through the ethnic food isle to see if there are any fun ingredients to buy?  Who of you have more cookbooks in your pantry than you have canned food?  Who of you go out to a restaurant and can basically name of the ingredients and spices they used in the dish?  Who of you can't wait to get to the store after work to go grocery shopping?  


I am a definite foodie.