Once Upon a Cline

Hi Everybody. It's been awhile since my last blog post and I'm sorry that this one won't be Disney related. We have had so much going on in our life that it's been hard to take the time to write out what I am feeling. However, I knew it was necessary to help the healing process along. I apologize for how personal this post may be. While we have many exciting things coming up in our life(aka our trip to Disneyland in 39 days), we suffered major heartbreak this last weekend. Our little dog passed away. Ellie Mae was my grandma's dog and when she passed away I took her in. I was fortunate enough to love her as fiercely as my grandma did and care for her for the rest of her life. We shared 3 fabulous years together before she passed over the rainbow bridge and my heart aches so bad for her. I know she is in a place where she is feeling no pain and is reunited with my grandma. However, I still go to let her out of the crate when I get home from work, expect her to ru...

Hiya Everybody! Although we went to Disney World at Christmas, My husband and I just booked a trip to Disneyland!! Cue the celebration!!!! I was able to work out my hours for work so that I could get a whole Friday off! Ideally, we would like to stay a few days longer but we are working with what we have. We've visited Disneyland together once before but I think we are well overdo for another trip and things for this trip ended up shaking out just PERFECTLY. We recently gained enough points with our Southwest Credit Card to be able to get two flights to California. As for budgeting (This was big for us since we are paying for a trip to Greece), we are trying to cut costs where possible. As much as I would like to stay at really any of the Disneyland Hotels, we chose to stay at one of the good partner hotels. This helped us cut majorly on costs. It is going to be a fast and furious two days and I'm determined to get as much in as possible! Flashback to...