The Starving Giant

This is a very big claim I'm making, but I'm not joking. My family and I are saving enough to go to Disney World for FREE. How do we plan to do this? Free gift cards. Free? FREE? Yes. My mom and I participate in SwagBucks and it is the easiest way to earn free money through gift cards to save up for clothes, makeup, and even trips. You get points for participating in surveys, polls, and getting samples and saying what you think about them. By clicking my link, I will get points for you signing up which will definitely help me get to my goal of taking my family to Disney World. Please click here . As of April 2015, we have been saving for our Disney World trip. We now have $1,610 in gift cards alone (not counting all of our savings in coins and recycling cans). That's almost enough to cover the cost of our tickets as a family of 5! We plan to visit in Spring 2017, so we need to save up for our food and possibly our hotel stay on Disney. So, how do you do it? #1...

Anyone that knows me, knows that I'm a huge Disney fan. I can thank my family for that. Although we don't really frequent the parks as much as we'd like to, we've found curious ways to cure our Disney fever when we're away from our kingdom. I mean, we try to make the most of it when we're feeling away too long from the parks. #1. Movie Nights As a countdown to our Disney trips, we plan weekly movie nights. Now, these are more than just simply watching a Disney movie and getting on with our life. No, we go all out. I usually plan them and revolve them around what my siblings like to do. We do activities involving the movie, games, obstacle courses, and cook (most of the time), but everything has to relate back to the movie. Everyone really enjoys them! This forum from DisBoards has helped me so much to get ideas and of course, Pinterest. I will be sure to post about them soon! #2. Countdowns The Disney Community on Pinterest is all over these. There ...

Yesterday, I visited Stinson Beach and it was COLD. We expected this (we always look at our weather apps) so we brought sweaters and pants just in case we wanted to change after we got wet. As we looked around, we saw people in their bikinis shivering under their umbrellas and wrapped in towels trying to keep warm. These are some of the things I would recommend doing: 1. Check the weather!  Because this is the bay area by San Francisco, it is usually cold year round. On the off chance that it is warm, I would still bring a light sweater just in case. Bring sweaters, pants, and maybe even a blanket to the beach, in case you get cold. 2. Don't leave any food out Although this one might be obvious, the seagulls are vicious when it comes to food. We actually saw a group of seagulls fighting over a Cheetos bag that someone had left. Just beware, you've been warned! (My mom got attacked once in San Francisco by 10 seagulls as she carried some shrimp and chips from Fishe...

Hello everyone! My name is Briza. I'm so glad you've stumbled across my blog and welcome! Let me start off by introducing myself: My sister and I in Big Trees, California I am currently a senior in high school. My favorite thing to do is to go off on adventures and document it by writing about my journey.  Passionate about traveling, lover of all good food, dancing in the rain, the magic of Disney, couponing, and writing. Aspiring to be either a journalist, teacher, or speech therapist (I'm not sure yet, can you tell?), I'm like every other teenager trying to discover who am I supposed to be. California born and raised, I've had many opportunities to venture around the Golden State. From the beaches to the mountainous ranges, my family has helped me to venture around my home state.  I hope to write about how I plan to achieve my goal of traveling the world. I just hope to visit as many places as I can and enjoy the sights I'v...