Labor Day Weekend Activities

Happy Labor Day weekend! (and Happy Birthday to me!)
Brad got me a cookie cake for my birthday. And we hung up his bike in the garage while the puppies watched. I hope everyone is having a good weekend!

Brad's New Car

Brad got a new car today! A Nissan Altima, 2010. The color is Tuscan Red, interior is charcoal leather. Now he just needs to give it a name...

Cobb Salad

Lunch at the Brown Derby today.

Walking the puppies at "Swan Lake"

We just got back from walking the pups. One of our favorite spots to take them is along the waterway that connects Commonwealth to Knightsbridge, near the pool and clubhouse. There's a resident swan that we always see, and it is beautiful.

My iPhone 4 Buying Experience

I officially got my iPhone 4 at 7:57 AM this morning (that is the time on my receipt). I also got Brad's (his came at 8:02). I left work at 5:30 AM and got in a (long) line at the Apple store at First Colony Mall at 5:57 AM. After standing in the drizzling rain for 30 minutes, they split our line into 2: one for reservations and one for not. Luckily the reservation line was much shorter. I got to move up to the covered area. I estimate about 30 people were ahead of me in the reservation line. Just before 7, the entire Apple store crew came running past the line, cheering and inciting cheers from the line too. A bit after 7 we finally started moving. Once I made it through the mall entrance, Chick Fil A was there handing out free breakfast. I had a chicken biscuit and tater tots and an ice cold bottle of water. It was very nice. They were taking about 10-20 people from the reservation line for every 1 in stand by, so those people were pretty upset. Many of them had been there since Wednesday afternoon. When I got close to the front, an employee verified mine & Brad's reservations and before long I had our new phones!

I went home, dropped the phones with Brad for setup, and went to sleep (although it took me a while to actually fall asleep).

I heard from Bobby (we were communicating via text while waiting in line- he was at the Woodlands Apple store). He had to wait 5 hours for his & Annelle's phones! So I should consider my experience a big success!

Now I just need to get a case. I don't like my iPhone being 'naked'.

Last Disney Meal

Today was our last day. We showed up at the Disneyland gates for rope drop. Today was a "magic morning" early day for resort guests. We rode Space Mountain (we were in the front row of the first rocket!), then we rode the Matterhorn, Mr. Toad's Wild Ride, and Buzz Lightyear. Brad's gun worked this time so I had no chance of winning. We did all of that in 50 minutes from park opening. Finally we tried to ride Indiana Jones but it broke down right as we were about to get on! I was at the gate -- so close!

By that time it was 8:30 and time for our last Disney meal - breakfast at Carnation Cafe. We both had the Cinnamon Roll French Toast (pictured). It was very yummy.

Right now we are on our way to the LAX airport via the Disneyland Express bus. It was a great trip and we definitely want to come back soon!

Dinner at Napa Rose

We had a very nice dinner at Napa Rose tonight. I had the halibut and Brad had the salmon. We also shared a truffle mac and cheese. For dessert I had strawberry sorbet and he had chocolate chunk ice cream. They decorated our plates!