Hi everybody!

I can hardly believe that I haven’t written on here in months!  It certainly doesn’t feel that long!  Let’s see if we can catch up.

NASA EDGE’s Mission Madness is over and a balloon won.  STS-119 *and* STS-125 have  gone up and down successfully.  And we went to this little thing called ISDC.

Oh wait… ISDC was *huge*!  Let me tell you all about it:

YOU, our community helped us out a ton by donating just over $600!!  THANK YOU!  Not only was that such a help financially, but it really gave us the motivation to not let you guys down.  And so began the process of selling everything we own that is basically not tied down.  I will not claim to be an expert by any means, but I think I have a pretty good handle on eBay and Craig’s List by now!  The really big surprise came when our parents really came to our aid in the last moments.  See, our anniversary is in late June, and we were married at Disney.  So our family said since we are so close to Disney, why don’t we go?  Well… um… it’s not like we have the money to do that!  We really were just planing on hitting the free part of Disney and Universal… DownTown Disney and Universal’s CityWalk for some browsing and such.  Well they pooled together and found us enough money to go to the Disney Parks for a few *days*!!  WOW!  Considering that we haven’t been on a vacation in just over five years, that was heaven sent!  And by no small feat, I must add.  I know that there was some borrowing of money and selling of jewelry to make it all happen… but it’s so nice to know that we not only had support, but love from home!  Then, you wouldn’t even believe what happened next!  We did our homework and called a few friends and actually got tickets into KSC for free!!  Considering that Ben and I haven’t been to KSC in our adult lives, this was awesome.  We had enough time to look at everything and even take the tour that is included in the price of admission… INCLUDING the Blast Off Experience!  Some other friends of ours had actually given a number of gift certificates to us for Christmas and birthday’s that we had been saving for a special occasion… like an anniversary… and we figured out exactly where we could fit them into our trip.  Between that and reading EVERY Disney tip guide I could find online or in my library (admittedly, my local book store too, until they would kick me out) we got some nice tips and tricks to help us stretch our little budget as far as possible.  (Like, did you know that Disney gives you enough food that you can really just split every meal?  Although I think my favorite is getting the  $5 foot longs from Subway for lunch, and then saving half of them for dinner too!  And parking? No problem.  You can actually park in DownTown Disney for free and then ride a bus to a Disney hotel, then catch another one to the park of your choice. Which came with some good quality *hours* with the hubby, but I like him!)  All in all, it was a great trip and I’m so glad that we got to do everything that we did.  

So again, THANK YOU to all of you who donated!  And THANK YOU to all of you who have supported us even “just” with your kind words. (In quotes, because it’s not ONLY with your kind words, but usually great suggestions and general community help as well.)  You guys are the best and truly we would not be here and able to do all that we do if it were not for you.