I’m 36, married 13yrs, have two kids, ages 4 & 8 and my Mom is upset with me?

Let me explain.
About a yr ago, my Mom’s best friends son announced he is getting married (he’s 38). We were childhood friends, but by the time we reached high school, he had his friends, I had mine and we drifted a-part. Besides, his wedding is in Northern California (Mid April) and I live in Chicago, IL. My Mom and Step Dad are flying out there and extending their trip, after the wedding to drive down the coast and visit my sister and her family.

For the past year, my inlaws have had a family vacation planned for us in Disney World, Florida (Late March). Very expensive, as were going during Easter time.

So, about 2 wks ago I told my Mom that we can’t swing the airfare and hotel to fly to CA for this wedding and she flew off the handle. She said, if you can afford to go to Disney World, you can afford to come to CA for this wedding. I disagree with her. I’m an Adult. I haven’t seen this guy in over 12 yrs. Ok, he invites me to his wedding, so what…
Your opinion? What do you think?
I’m a MAN, not a Women

Technorati Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

For a vacation is Florida or California funner to go to?

Is it funner to go on a vacation to florida or california? What is there to do at each of them besides disney land and world?

Technorati Tags: ,

im part of the “disney vacation club” and i wanna go on vacation to southern california… HELP!!!?

I wanna go on vacation to southern california… but i wanna stay at a hotel thats part of the disney vacation club.

does anyone have any suggestion on what hotel i should stay at?

i have disney club points that need to be used by december 1st 2010

btw, i wanna stay on the beach.. or extreamly close to it

Technorati Tags: , , , ,

Does the Hilton garden inn have balconies??? downtown disney?

My fiance and I are going to Disney World for honeymoon and he wants to stay in a hotel that is in downtown Disney where all the theme parks are. He was thinking Hilton Garden Inn, I looked at the pictures there but it does not show if they have a balcony and we are smokers so we need one with a balcony and that’s in downtown Disney. So has anyone stayed in this hotel??????

Technorati Tags: , , , , , , , ,

Honeymoon help?

So, when we got engaged last year, my mother in law said that she would take care of our honeymoon as a gift to us. She said that the only stipulation was that she would get to pick where we went for a week. She said she would make sure it was somewhere nice and run some ideas by us to make sure it wasn’t something we would hate. Originally, it was going to be Disney World. Then, California (like a road trip kind of thing), then Vegas, and then she said she would just give us a thousand bucks and her car and we could go wherever. The other day, she told my fiance that she didn’t think she was going to do our Honeymoon afterall. Our wedding is 2 1/2 months away. We are a one income couple with no extra cash. Ever. Now, I’m stuck with trying to find somewhere for us to go that is nice, but inexpensive. Any ideas? We live in Northern, Illinois, but we would travel anywhere as long as the price was right. I’m wondering about any all-inclusive resorts or well, just anything.

Technorati Tags: , , , , , , , ,

Honeymoon help?

So, when we got engaged last year, my mother in law said that she would take care of our honeymoon as a gift to us. She said that the only stipulation was that she would get to pick where we went for a week. She said she would make sure it was somewhere nice and run some ideas by us to make sure it wasn’t something we would hate. Originally, it was going to be Disney World. Then, California (like a road trip kind of thing), then Vegas, and then she said she would just give us a thousand bucks and her car and we could go wherever. The other day, she told my fiance that she didn’t think she was going to do our Honeymoon afterall. Our wedding is 2 1/2 months away. We are a one income couple with no extra cash. Ever. Now, I’m stuck with trying to find somewhere for us to go that is nice, but inexpensive. Any ideas? We live in Northern, Illinois, but we would travel anywhere as long as the price was right. I’m wondering about any all-inclusive resorts or well, just anything.

Technorati Tags: , , , , , , , ,

does anyone know any good attractions in california?

me and my family are going on vacation sometime soon so my brother and i are planning places to go. we chose california because we’ve never been there… so far i have amusement parks, beaches, zoos, hiking, and redwood forest.
for the amusement parks i have:
disney land
six flags
universal studios
san diego zoo

does anybody know any other attractions,
or things to do? thanks in advance. also right now i’m getting facts on the redwood forest, where it is, lodges maybe, etc. any ideas will help
thank you again.

Technorati Tags: , , , , , , , , ,

family vacation in california?

any suggestions? staying about a week, boys are 11 &9, we are fairly athletic, and we are planning to avoid the LA area.
what are the best sites to see or things to do?
anyone been to alcatraz or redwood np?
Planning to avoid southern area
we lived in SoFla for a long time and have been to disney a billion times.

Technorati Tags: , , , , ,

Can anyone suggest me good vacation places in California?

We are planning to come to LA for the thanksgiving vacation. We will be spending 4 days there and we have already been to Disney, Universal Studios and also Vegas. Can anyone suggest nice vacation spots (within 5hrs driving radius)??
Thanks in advance.

Technorati Tags: , , , , , , ,

« Previous Page