So, the countdown is nearly complete and this time next week we'll be in San Francisco (I'd like to say sunny San Francisco but looking at the latest forecasts I'm not too sure).
Jake and I had haircuts yesterday morning, and when Jane asked Jake what he was looking forward to, the first thing that he mentioned was visiting the Ghiradelli chocolate factory - love it! Don't know if we'll manage to bring any home as if we go there fairly early in our holiday, my guess is that we'll have devoured everything we buy long before we leave LA. Perhaps we should see if we can get some shipped directly to home.
Our home improvement plans are coming along well. We had a new garage door fitted this week, and this means that Mike can start on the conversion project as soon as we get back from holiday (turning the garage into a storage space at the front and a games room behind). We've had the window survey done, so hopefully our new windows and doors are being made, and can be fitted not long after we get back from California. Also Nicky had obtained a few quotes for doing brick paving across the driveway and front garden, and I think we've decided who we will be going ahead with. Should be quite a transformation at home over the next few months.
I finished off Chris Evans' book earlier this week. A good read and I'm looking forward to the next installment. Looking at his twitter posts it sounds like most of the writing for his next book has been done, and it should be out later thuis year. (Also from his tweets he went to Disneyland Paris for Friday and Saturday - sounds like it rained!)
I know that going to San Francisco and down the coast is going to be fantastic, but I'm really looking forward to going to Disneyland and seeing where it all began, adding another two Disney parks to our done list. I'm prepared for the castle to be a big disappointment compared with Orlando and Paris, but have high hopes for the rest of the parks, as well as staying on their doorstep at the Grand Californian villas. By staying there Sunday to Thursday night we're getting a really good deal with our DVC points.
The other exciting news is that we've just paid up for some more points (home resort Bay Lake Towers) and should have plenty of points for lots more Disney holidays. Given the plans we already have for 2010 we'll probably end up carrying forward some of this year's points, but should give us scope to have lots more fun in 2011.