tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-42155848904554525302024-02-07T04:09:26.411-05:00Adventures with the Mouse...NDM 130http://www.blogger.com/profile/05357189056440065720noreply@blogger.comBlogger32125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4215584890455452530.post-12530778429167659032010-07-07T08:35:00.000-04:002010-07-07T08:35:30.142-04:00Wordless Wednesday ~ July 4, 2010<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/heavensent30/4770647209/" title="The heavensent30k Group Pic by heavesent30, on Flickr"><img alt="The heavensent30k Group Pic" height="560" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4102/4770647209_b23c373174_b.jpg" width="427" /></a><br />
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Good times...great friends...great race thru Magic Kingdom ;)NDM 130http://www.blogger.com/profile/05357189056440065720noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4215584890455452530.post-35645754180021435812010-06-30T09:24:00.000-04:002010-06-30T09:24:21.857-04:00Wordless Wednesday - Project WhisperA perfect post for Wordless Wednesday!<br />
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Thank you to my many friends ~ :)<br />
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And a special thank you to the other half of the dynamic duo for my late night encouragement ;)NDM 130http://www.blogger.com/profile/05357189056440065720noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4215584890455452530.post-87090375507958727262010-06-21T22:56:00.000-04:002010-06-21T22:56:02.801-04:00All the Way to 10k Party..the Twitter VersionI think it was March, 2009. I signed up for a twitter account. I had NO idea why, either. I think my first tweet was something along the line of..<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><em>I signed up for twitter today because I thought the little blue bird was cool.</em></div><div style="text-align: center;"><em><br />
</em></div><div style="text-align: left;">Yeah. Seriously. I had NO clue what I was doing. I had signed up for twitter to serve as an easy access to updating my facebook page. I had a stupid phone at the time, so simple text messaging was all I could do. It seemed to serve a purpose. And then, as my good friend would say, I had my "a-ha" moment.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">In September '09, I had applied to the WDW Mom's Panel & tweeted about it. A few of my friends had responded to my tweet, but then I started getting new followers...and Erin Foster (<a href="http://twitter.com/momspanelerin" target="_blank">@MomsPanelErin</a>) started following me & wished me luck.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">And I haven't shut up since.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">Twitter had been crazy lately & accurate tweet counts had disappeared. I was so excited when they came back Saturday morning...just a little over 200 before I hit my 10,000th tweet. Thats a lot of communicating! Later Saturday night, I decided to go for it..I would hit 10k Saturday night. I sent this out to my "tweeps" :</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">And the party started! Amanda(<a href="http://disneyeveryday.com/" target="_blank">Disney Every Day</a>) suggested we sing a song (Ice Ice Baby). Charles tried to sing Kumbayah. We talked upcoming Disney trips, Star Wars Weekends & Conventions. We talked about vacations, kids. We even joked about making t-shirts to commemorate the "event". But, 90 minutes & 110 tweets later..</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://heavensplace.pn2k.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/tweet-6-19-10_2.jpg"><img alt="" class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-915" height="196" src="http://heavensplace.pn2k.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/tweet-6-19-10_2-300x196.jpg" title="tweet 6-19-10_2" width="300" /></a><em> </em></div><div style="text-align: center;"><em>Promise me you'll always remember...you are braver than you believe and stronger than you seem & smarter than you think. </em><em>~Christopher Robin to Pooh</em></div><div style="text-align: center;"><em><br />
</em></div><div style="text-align: left;">All in all, 10k tweets is an accomplishment, but its just a number. Its more about the relationships & the people that have touched my life in so many ways. The friendships that have been started. The lessons that have been learned. The community that has been so gracious to accept me...my random babbling, my proud mommy moments, my super awesome Disney missions, various pictures & links to various cheesy 80's You Tube songs. The community that has accepted my super-DIS-functional (get it? <em>DIS</em> for Disney? lol..ok I *thought* it was funny) family..The Boy, Mini-Me, Future Headache & Princess Peanut..and has really taken the time to get to know them! I so appreciate when y'all remember the things that we share that are going on in our lives! It means a lot!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">Every one of you has helped me reach the 10k mark...and I thank you!! For those that were there that night to help keep me "tweeting" away, a super special thank you!! Check these people out if you get a chance..and if you are not following them or tweeting with them, you should be!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">And these are in NO particular order ;)</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">Nicole - <a href="http://twitter.com/njoysiscaretti" target="_blank">@njoysiscaretti</a> - Talk to this gorgeous chick abt scrapbooking, make up & dance</div><div style="text-align: left;">Briana -<a href="http://twitter.com/BufferflyBrie" target="_blank">@BufferflyBrie</a> - Get to know this aspiring new actress before she hits the big time!</div><div style="text-align: left;">Mark - <a href="http://twitter.com/MHWeaver913" target="_blank">@MHWeaver913</a> - Fun loving Disney Dad</div><div style="text-align: left;">Charles - <a href="http://twitter.com/charlesaguillon" target="_blank">@charlesaguillon</a> - Great Dad, Hubby & Friend! Lives too far away from the Mouse..needs to move closer :)</div><div style="text-align: left;">Vanessa - <a href="http://twitter.com/nessaaguillon" target="_blank">@nessaaguillon</a> - Charles's beautiful wife! You seriously could not meet a nicer couple than these 2!</div><div style="text-align: left;">Jim - <a href="http://twitter.com/JimGarth" target="_blank">@JimGarth</a> - ok so he's a self-proclaimed #moron..but we love him anyways!!</div><div style="text-align: left;">Jared - <a href="http://twitter.com/Jaredsward" target="_blank">@Jaredsward</a> - Just a super great guy! Total fun!!</div><div style="text-align: left;">Scott - <a href="http://twitter.com/bigdsp" target="_blank">@bigdsp</a> - another super fabulous Disney fan!</div><div style="text-align: left;">Shaene - <a href="http://twitter.com/shaene_o_mite" target="_blank">@shaene_o_mite</a> - great Disney lovin', adventure traveling, Village People look-alike friend</div><div style="text-align: left;">Amanda - <a href="http://twitter.com/amandatinney" target="_blank">@amandatinney</a> - If you only follow one Disney gal, this is the one! She really is <a href="http://disneyeveryday.com/" target="_blank">Disney Every Day</a>!</div><div style="text-align: left;">Jillian - <a href="http://twitter.com/JL_Davis" target="_blank">@JL_Davis</a> - This girl loves her Disney Cruises, scrapbooking & NASA! She went to a NASA tweet up, too!</div><div style="text-align: left;">Elisabeth - <a href="http://twitter.com/itsmydinner" target="_blank">@itsmydinner</a> - another great Disney fan ;) Not afraid to speak her mind & call out my fave 80's songs as cheesy ;)</div><div style="text-align: left;">Kathy - <a href="http://twitter.com/Katly123" target="_blank">@Katly123</a> - This girl was brave enough to go thru high school with me & still talk to me on Twitter!! Loves NASA & her pets!</div><div style="text-align: left;">Brent - <a href="http://twitter.com/the4orce22" target="_blank">@the4orce22</a> - Resident Star Wars Expert, Disney Fan & great dad ;) Not afraid to "get his geek on" :)</div><div style="text-align: left;">Angela - <a href="http://twitter.com/stitchlvr" target="_blank">@stitchlvr</a> - The girl loves Stitch..what more can I say?</div><div style="text-align: left;">Traci - <a href="http://twitter.com/TraciLeigh" target="_blank">@TraciLeigh </a> - This girl is my long lost soul sister! Ghost Hunting, Fondue eating, Sex & the City watching, Disney fan ;)</div><div style="text-align: left;">Jackie - <a href="http://twitter.com/jjzmgailey" target="_blank">@jjzmgailey</a> - This gal is my soon to be a whole lot closer Toy Story Midway Mania riding buddy! Scrapbooking & Disney are her thing!</div><div style="text-align: left;">Paul - <a href="http://twitter.com/PaulChadkin" target="_blank">@PaulChadkin</a> - One of my super great Disney friends! A great friend to watch Fantasmic with!</div><div style="text-align: left;">Tracy - <a href="http://twitter.com/tiggerlover75" target="_blank">@tiggerlover75</a> - Fabulous stay at home Disney Momma :)</div><div style="text-align: left;">Puddintain - <a href="http://twitter.com/disneymom1218" target="_blank">@disneymom1218</a> - great Disney mom :) Always takes the time to check on ya & see how things are!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">My 10k tweet is a quote from the original Winnie the Pooh stories. I felt it was perfect. "Promise me you'll always remember...you are braver than you believe and stronger than you seem & smarter than you think." Someone somewhere thinks the world of you. You are brave & strong & smart. Use these to do good in the twitterverse. Make someone smile. Its contagious & will help make the world a better place. Promise me.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">Thanks again to everyone who helped me!! Love you all!! Looking forward to the next 10k tweets!</div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><em><br />
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Okay, so its not the Boardwalk or the Luxor, but this is West 192. And any kind of upgrade, especially the FREE kind, is so exciting! Especially when it is called the "Tower Suites"... and its after 4am.... and someone had waay too much caffeine while driving. <br />
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The front lobby at 4am<br />
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We found our room on the 5th floor..and I have to say, it was a nice room. <br />
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Lots of floor space, a huge closet...and a large window with a fabulous view (which we really appreciated at 7am!)<br />
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The arrows are pointing to hot air balloons. What a beautiful sight to wake up to crystal clear skies & hot air balloons just floating past my window! It definitely helped make a stay in Kissimmee a great one!NDM 130http://www.blogger.com/profile/05357189056440065720noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4215584890455452530.post-77237054935750165322010-05-14T19:50:00.000-04:002010-05-14T19:50:52.332-04:00Living with a Neurotic Disney 2 year old<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/heavensent30/4602133330/" title="1-0509001218 by heavesent30, on Flickr"><img alt="1-0509001218" height="167" src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1022/4602133330_3c3c75c098.jpg" width="200" /></a><br />
No one said life with a 2 year old would be easy to understand. But, when you can understand your 2 year old, there most certainly are times that you wish you & everyone around you couldn't! Hello, my name is Maria, and I have a Neurotic Disney Kid . As you can see from the above picture, Princess Peanut can navigate her way around a Disney park at the tender age of 2 (yes, i am proud!). She can also speak her feelings & retell the events of the day.<br />
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Last weekend, while at Hollywood Studios with Princess Peanut, I met up with a group of friends.<br />
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Meet my friends Aurora, Jillian, Shaene, Shaene's wife & John. Princess Peanut met them. And this is what she had to say...<br />
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"Rora" - I like Rora. I go see Rora. I pack my suitcase.<br />
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"Jooeyan" - Jooeyan gave me a leaf. A BIG leaf. We like the ducks. I go see Rora.<br />
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"Sheen" - (pinched her nose at Shaene MOST of the day) I gave him some chickies. Sheen smell.<br />
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"John" - John gave me choco chip cookie. Yup, gave me a cookie. And my tummy doesn't hurt. Pack bathing suit. I go see Rora.<br />
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Now, if it isn't already obvious, Princess Peanut is IN LOVE with her Rora. Just loves her to death. And while only spending a portion of the day with Jillian, Jillian really made quite an impact by finding her the BIG leaf. Princess Peanut has a thing for leaves right now. She carefully held onto that leaf until we got to Epcot later in the day. She was sad that Jillian was not with us, but left the leaf at Epcot so it could stay "with its friends." John has spent the day before with us, so he is no stranger to Peanut. She likes him because she can "scare" him. And then she laughs uncontrollably! And then there is poor Shaene.<br />
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I really have NO idea (I promise!) why Princess Peanut decided at lunch time to pinch her nose when Shaene walked by & said hi to her. Most of the time when he looked at her, she did the same thing. All I know is, by the time Illuminations was ready to start, she had looked past her earlier feelings & shared her baby chickie crackers with him. Any sharing of food is a sign of acceptance from the 'Nut.<br />
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I am really impressed with how much a 2 yo can retell. Especially days after the fact. While packing her snacks in the diaper bag for tomorrow's trip to the World, she told me she wants to see Jooeyan & John again. She has her "plink" bag of toys packed to go see Rora. And she wants to see "Sheen" too. She has fishie crackers this time.NDM 130http://www.blogger.com/profile/05357189056440065720noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4215584890455452530.post-51341207304857545862010-05-08T08:36:00.000-04:002010-05-08T08:37:52.480-04:00Too much caffeine at 5am makes you wake up at 7am & blog about the night beforeWhat a long night!<br />
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We had everything packed & ready to go by 11:30 last night. We were ready to head out to Orlando for the weekend..all we needed was for Future Headache to come back from Busch Gardens Grad Night. The busses were to roll in between 12:30-12:45 am. Since being instructed NOT to be late picking her up, we left at midnight & parked & waited.<br />
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And waited. (1am)<br />
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And waited (1:30am).<br />
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Slightly before 2am, I had corralled my very awake & super hyper middle-schooler-for-6-more-weeks. She informed us of all the night's events which made driving so late at night easy for me ;) Finally, pulling into our hotel just before 4am, we were checked in, parked, car unpacked and headed to our room. We were excited, as the hotel has a mini-golf course thru the courtyard, basketball hoops, and our room was facing the pool...the kids were excited. All we needed now was to get some sleep.<br />
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Well, at least I thought we were.<br />
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When we tried to unlock the door to our room, the key worked, but the inside latch was locked. Was someone in that room? Scared that someone might freak out on us, we pulled the door shut & ran back over by the stairs. I called the front desk & they asked me to come back to the lobby. Ugh. If this was a premonition on what the weekend was going to be like, I was not going to be happy.<br />
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I drive up there(and yes, left everyone else sitting on the sidewalk with ALL of our stuff) and put on my "Hey, I realize its 4am & I have been in a car since MIDNIGHT, but everyone makes mistakes" smile. Holy cow did it work.<br />
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I asked the man if there was anyway to put me in a room in the same building since we had already unloaded & he looks at me like I am insane. He then says....<br />
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"Ma'am, I have already made you new keys. We upgraded you to the Tower Suites."<br />
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Ummm....ok ;)<br />
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Can you say "Be still my heart???" An upgrade? A free upgrade??<br />
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Needless to say, everyone repacked the car & we set off to find a new parking spot & check out our new room. Maybe I will get to touch Davy Jones after all this weekend!NDM 130http://www.blogger.com/profile/05357189056440065720noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4215584890455452530.post-52758721951085463792010-04-21T16:26:00.000-04:002010-04-21T16:26:02.775-04:00Wordless Wednesday - Reflections of a Castle<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3ucIv0uGJggG_tiAJUDPiBpTUiXwxHvvvz54XUcGn-wTR0qEypOB1Qx1p9En9o1MGIC_BFudYXu8O4c16ce2lHl0rCAtU2qYfvjREKHKfJwou80RGpNvllcG05bkFfmPkTz2LVUQqmbI/s1600/castle-reflection.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3ucIv0uGJggG_tiAJUDPiBpTUiXwxHvvvz54XUcGn-wTR0qEypOB1Qx1p9En9o1MGIC_BFudYXu8O4c16ce2lHl0rCAtU2qYfvjREKHKfJwou80RGpNvllcG05bkFfmPkTz2LVUQqmbI/s320/castle-reflection.jpg" /></a></div>NDM 130http://www.blogger.com/profile/05357189056440065720noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4215584890455452530.post-52330811774983162762010-04-09T18:56:00.000-04:002010-04-09T20:11:51.963-04:00Spring Break 2010I recently visited the Magic Kingdom in a truly Neurotic Disney Person (NDP)fashion. I was venturing out to get pictures of Princess Peanut & the BFFs with Mr & Mrs Easter Bunny (read <a href="http://bit.ly/9X1FOY">here</a> & <a href="http://bit.ly/bsYw3Y">here</a>). Since we were at the park, I figured, might as well ride a ride or 2..right?<br />
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Should have known from the line at the toll booth it would be a packed day!<br />
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We did manage to see "Dream Along with Mickey". The Castle area was packed!<br />
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More Castle Hub crowds<br />
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After the false hope of the park not being that crowded because Main Street was not very busy, we tried to ride an easy, no line ride..the TTA (or PeopleMover for us old school folk). A walk towards Tomorrowland proved otherwise.</div><div><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/heavensent30/4506254652/" title="SpringBreak Crowds 7 by heavesent30, on Flickr"><img alt="SpringBreak Crowds 7" height="120" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4062/4506254652_5849ff25a2_m.jpg" width="240" /></a><br />
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</div><div>The land entrance was *SO* packed, we took our 3 strollers & returned to Main Street to watch the "Celebrate a Dream Come True" parade.</div><br />
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Even after the parade, the crowds showed no signs of thinning, so we decided to end our adventure. As you can see from the picture below, this was the crowd coming into the Magic Kingdom after the parade.<br />
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Fortunately for us, there was NO line for the monorail this time ;)NDM 130http://www.blogger.com/profile/05357189056440065720noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4215584890455452530.post-17536847331514631632010-03-30T21:07:00.000-04:002010-04-02T15:39:43.436-04:00Going to see the Easter Bunny - The NDM version Part 2Meeting Mr & Mrs Easter Bunny<div><br /></div><div>Very excitedly, we walked quickly towards City Hall to see what the line was for the Bunnies. Imagine the shock (& joy) when I saw there were only about 4 people in line in front of us! I was certain that the line was closed off. A Cast Member quickly assured me the line was not closed. We quickly parked strollers & straightened out dresses & hair!!</div><div><br /></div><div>Only Disney would take the Easter Bunnies & make it this adorable!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1UBinodmwkCSPuZW0KTmo69UXEyDF9MnXwEO78x_dbt06nOh713Vg82GtETFvywJSLHYIxHBW9Ry-X86Zg6ofsMS2gJ5Ug8mnTABC4kzG87kgDOm1mosX58eyA0TBQ8iNUYPPKwdnYaU/s1600/IMG_2098.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1UBinodmwkCSPuZW0KTmo69UXEyDF9MnXwEO78x_dbt06nOh713Vg82GtETFvywJSLHYIxHBW9Ry-X86Zg6ofsMS2gJ5Ug8mnTABC4kzG87kgDOm1mosX58eyA0TBQ8iNUYPPKwdnYaU/s320/IMG_2098.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5455608753274659330" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1UBinodmwkCSPuZW0KTmo69UXEyDF9MnXwEO78x_dbt06nOh713Vg82GtETFvywJSLHYIxHBW9Ry-X86Zg6ofsMS2gJ5Ug8mnTABC4kzG87kgDOm1mosX58eyA0TBQ8iNUYPPKwdnYaU/s1600/IMG_2098.JPG"></a>Once in line, the decor that lined the area was so cute & festive! Very Spring-y! There were colored Easter Eggs hanging from the tree that only a few short months ago held Christmas decor when Santa was here.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpoYj4SRMRASmJEflo5zRZa_mBoPYiL9Axka0aiVcKYNdnBbwdtWOTR2xY4ReFAsjAZPFOV9Ab8GtMP-ZkWFLnDQnHOfXOh36hWc70J87S7SZ6yz5z0IUmVxUSmpBsOXY8u2uDe1kBdD4/s1600/IMG_2089.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpoYj4SRMRASmJEflo5zRZa_mBoPYiL9Axka0aiVcKYNdnBbwdtWOTR2xY4ReFAsjAZPFOV9Ab8GtMP-ZkWFLnDQnHOfXOh36hWc70J87S7SZ6yz5z0IUmVxUSmpBsOXY8u2uDe1kBdD4/s320/IMG_2089.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5455608752132834978" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpoYj4SRMRASmJEflo5zRZa_mBoPYiL9Axka0aiVcKYNdnBbwdtWOTR2xY4ReFAsjAZPFOV9Ab8GtMP-ZkWFLnDQnHOfXOh36hWc70J87S7SZ6yz5z0IUmVxUSmpBsOXY8u2uDe1kBdD4/s1600/IMG_2089.JPG"></a>Colorful birdhouses lined the courtyard.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk4vivtTqR9ROGMMfJ6kFd1PuwlRZY1d1HWSeDc5Co1h7srLRaSVCBLwsU7aqEPqNcB3i7dBN6CJRNh8XfwPicuY2Z1RWXG9w1DFEnAXmt_5EqsoJB_Y88jIlL_PY7xISsWZh-e3Fc0KA/s1600/IMG_2093.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 197px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk4vivtTqR9ROGMMfJ6kFd1PuwlRZY1d1HWSeDc5Co1h7srLRaSVCBLwsU7aqEPqNcB3i7dBN6CJRNh8XfwPicuY2Z1RWXG9w1DFEnAXmt_5EqsoJB_Y88jIlL_PY7xISsWZh-e3Fc0KA/s320/IMG_2093.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5455608745075644962" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk4vivtTqR9ROGMMfJ6kFd1PuwlRZY1d1HWSeDc5Co1h7srLRaSVCBLwsU7aqEPqNcB3i7dBN6CJRNh8XfwPicuY2Z1RWXG9w1DFEnAXmt_5EqsoJB_Y88jIlL_PY7xISsWZh-e3Fc0KA/s1600/IMG_2093.JPG"></a>And where toy soldiers stood, beautiful, colorful flower arrangements stood. This definitely confirmed that Spring was here.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinlxflWfOaNchlDWze1_EAw9dkRd2qeCV7_f7hjhKTaTizHjOJX0bK1yVdjS3MN-jZYBtCkigdCGm2XnjDFBwoinltpfAo4CcTgMvY08Eol2ydKVry4WarRIJc8Hg4y017nmO2H-w0w_8/s1600/IMG_2092.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinlxflWfOaNchlDWze1_EAw9dkRd2qeCV7_f7hjhKTaTizHjOJX0bK1yVdjS3MN-jZYBtCkigdCGm2XnjDFBwoinltpfAo4CcTgMvY08Eol2ydKVry4WarRIJc8Hg4y017nmO2H-w0w_8/s320/IMG_2092.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5455608737092874578" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>Finally, the moment we were waiting for ...pictures with Mr & Mrs Bunny!</div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinlxflWfOaNchlDWze1_EAw9dkRd2qeCV7_f7hjhKTaTizHjOJX0bK1yVdjS3MN-jZYBtCkigdCGm2XnjDFBwoinltpfAo4CcTgMvY08Eol2ydKVry4WarRIJc8Hg4y017nmO2H-w0w_8/s1600/IMG_2092.JPG"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMRxsPPcMjfFWLvD9F5yc2iQtx7v5siZxxNpTwfmCkiFz2ZVjTWDfY-IaZHvhBfIwM6ALnJ5I8sngOEr54iaqi7h-axwXzD5TbcMxJOBF_YA8yzewQbcCd51o1AC3pyjil2KsJZtxzHFA/s1600/BPeasterbunnies1.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMRxsPPcMjfFWLvD9F5yc2iQtx7v5siZxxNpTwfmCkiFz2ZVjTWDfY-IaZHvhBfIwM6ALnJ5I8sngOEr54iaqi7h-axwXzD5TbcMxJOBF_YA8yzewQbcCd51o1AC3pyjil2KsJZtxzHFA/s320/BPeasterbunnies1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5455625551148596834" style="cursor: pointer; width: 229px; height: 320px; " /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMRxsPPcMjfFWLvD9F5yc2iQtx7v5siZxxNpTwfmCkiFz2ZVjTWDfY-IaZHvhBfIwM6ALnJ5I8sngOEr54iaqi7h-axwXzD5TbcMxJOBF_YA8yzewQbcCd51o1AC3pyjil2KsJZtxzHFA/s1600/BPeasterbunnies1.jpg"></a>It was a great experience, and one I would brave the crowds again for! And of course, Disney has every last little detail covered..right down to the exit sign...<br /><br /><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhilijRkkMrxvXuZ9wUzZ3OTLfs-lSd8bgPzonksn1whNwatZFPJd7mUv78mIE83HThjgcCgXgpMxkV2B3NM-2XkHzVTAhMZxAbTLRvy63O9nkv_IoumSDa5RZmhXxo_Al5gpGN5Y1T-yQ/s1600/IMG_2089.JPG"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ4bbaTpzde002BZ4KVj5O2HwdRYka07ZFpsv6p89dqP1z2AGB6ix5Ewj-QGx5A1QjLJ6DM4M-rpt22qaxK_F2OBoaRf1cbtjRdnH0wBexBWV1Vehq0j6LYobLVXRq1MQ2CfxtoJ-uMJk/s1600/IMG_2097.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ4bbaTpzde002BZ4KVj5O2HwdRYka07ZFpsv6p89dqP1z2AGB6ix5Ewj-QGx5A1QjLJ6DM4M-rpt22qaxK_F2OBoaRf1cbtjRdnH0wBexBWV1Vehq0j6LYobLVXRq1MQ2CfxtoJ-uMJk/s320/IMG_2097.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5455608759299587842" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 261px; " /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ4bbaTpzde002BZ4KVj5O2HwdRYka07ZFpsv6p89dqP1z2AGB6ix5Ewj-QGx5A1QjLJ6DM4M-rpt22qaxK_F2OBoaRf1cbtjRdnH0wBexBWV1Vehq0j6LYobLVXRq1MQ2CfxtoJ-uMJk/s1600/IMG_2097.JPG"></a>We had a great time visiting Mr & Mrs Easter Bunny. A way better experience than going to the mall!</div><div><br /></div><div>Did you miss part 1? Read it <a href="http://bit.ly/9X1FOY">here</a><br /><div><br /></div></div></div>NDM 130http://www.blogger.com/profile/05357189056440065720noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4215584890455452530.post-44467122498283910542010-03-30T20:19:00.000-04:002010-04-01T16:55:55.158-04:00Going to see the Easter Bunny - The NDM version Part 1The Easter Bunny is coming to town!<div><br /></div><div>Well, of course he is. Spring has sprung & Easter is right around the corner. That can only mean one thing...break out those pretty Spring dresses & head to the mall for pictures with the Easter Bunny. (ok, keep in mind, I have a 2 year old).</div><div><br /></div><div>But not this year. We would not continue our time honored tradition this year. We would alter this tradition & possibly start a new one.</div><div><br /></div><div>The Easter Bunny (and Mrs. Easter Bunny, too) proudly reside on Main Street right next to City Hall! Thats right. My Easter Bunny pictures can now be done with Disney flair. *JOY*</div><div><br /></div><div>As soon as I found out, I planned an impromptu trip to Magic Kingdom for the sole purpose of Easter Bunny pictures. Since I am getting ready to order the DisneyPhotoPass CD, it was perfect timing. I also decided since it was Spring Break (think, older kids home, too) I would bring Princess Peanut's 2 BFFs along for the photo opp. So, early Tuesday(well, early for us), we set out...3 toddlers, 3 strollers, 2 teenagers & me...for the Magic Kingdom for a few hours of fun. </div><div><br /></div><div>As I was pulling into the resort, I noticed the Magic Kingdom directional sign had a "FULL" sign instead of the arrow. Panic did not set in, as I was sure they had not reached a level 4(closed to everyone). Not being able to be on Twitter for the past hour or so, I was unsure of what the status was. I decided to continue on. Then I noticed the large light up sign in the median that read "Magic Kingdom closed. Turn right to Epcot" with 3 cast members waving at us. Hmm..panic may have started to creep in at this point. Determined, I drove on. Finally, all cars were stopped & I realized why. It was the line for the toll booth. </div><div><br /><a href="http://twitpic.com/1bzqra" title="I can see the gate! on Twitpic"><img src="http://twitpic.com/show/thumb/1bzqra.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="I can see the gate! on Twitpic" /></a><br /><br /></div><div>I think I spent 30 minutes in this line. I used this time wisely to get on Twitter. Closed at a level 3(certain guests only), that didn't include me! I was going to get in. As I finally got to the toll booth, the man told me to hurry up & get inside..they would probably go to a level 4. Yikes!! Cast members were all over the parking lot counting as cars pulled in. I had to park in Sneezy 94. Basically, I was about 5 rows from the Petty Raceway. It was a long walk to the TTC!</div><div><br /></div><div>Once we got to the monorail, the crowds were not bad at all. We got right on the monorail with no wait time at all. Getting into the park was not an issue either, as there were virtually no major lines to get in. </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmfEy_TDpFO2MHxoihA_0hM7cIBs0E5qyusipPLAP7zmDangd0lR7noROejx02_AT3c7skh5CivISxYhvxvrCB2_lMRdTR1OWOe_UvKjH_BvMa9EZPqFY5GunxU4DuqOuYvVxrMGwawWY/s1600/IMG_2087.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmfEy_TDpFO2MHxoihA_0hM7cIBs0E5qyusipPLAP7zmDangd0lR7noROejx02_AT3c7skh5CivISxYhvxvrCB2_lMRdTR1OWOe_UvKjH_BvMa9EZPqFY5GunxU4DuqOuYvVxrMGwawWY/s320/IMG_2087.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5455273854296453842" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeLjCcJyToco2JJ_QlqPdDjvfZfU1CSasMqWxQYJkrCELBmIyVGZ1mCVjRmh-X9UmgolrCB93OHsspunI-XTtZSjgM07rtmA1Bz5v-B38vbvK6sO1lzPj3g2dmlXsVfVNsPE45A5u-T5o/s1600/IMG_2086.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeLjCcJyToco2JJ_QlqPdDjvfZfU1CSasMqWxQYJkrCELBmIyVGZ1mCVjRmh-X9UmgolrCB93OHsspunI-XTtZSjgM07rtmA1Bz5v-B38vbvK6sO1lzPj3g2dmlXsVfVNsPE45A5u-T5o/s320/IMG_2086.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5455273847370423298" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 293px; " /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>Not too bad for a level 3...</div><div>or was it??</div><div><br /></div>NDM 130http://www.blogger.com/profile/05357189056440065720noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4215584890455452530.post-52291557183027419602010-03-29T16:59:00.000-04:002010-03-30T00:27:27.991-04:00TwitterTwip Weekend Recap - 3/28/10<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33CCFF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Sunday Morning</span></span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33CCFF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33CCFF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Trying to get motivated to head to Disney for the day. Overheard a conversation at breakfast that inspired this tweet :</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33CCFF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33CCFF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><b><i>Good lord. Listening to @</i></b></span></span></span><a class="tweet-url username" href="http://twitter.com/DavidOlmsted" rel="nofollow" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; text-decoration: none; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33CCFF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><b><i>DavidOlmsted</i></b></span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33CCFF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><b><i> & @</i></b></span></span></span><a class="tweet-url username" href="http://twitter.com/TeamSkellington" rel="nofollow" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; text-decoration: none; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33CCFF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><b><i>TeamSkellington</i></b></span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33CCFF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><b><i> talk abt us needing a Zombie Emergency Kit. They found a website.</i></b></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33CCFF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33CCFF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Yup, they were for real, too. The things I put up with. Luckily, they did not pass the website on, so I unfortunately cannot pass the knowledge on to you. Just leave a comment if you really have a burning desire to know more & I'll get that link for you.</span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33CCFF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33CCFF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Ok..so on the road....decided I would try 4 square on my phone while at the parks. Tried a "test" check-in at this location :</span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33CCFF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33CCFF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><b><i>Getting cough meds for the princess (@ Target)</i></b></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33CCFF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33CCFF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Epic fail.....4 square is </span><a href="http://bit.ly/dDiCaO"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">not</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> (<-- blog link) for "not-so-smart" phones . But, look at what I did find ;)</span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33CCFF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;color:#33CCFF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33CCFF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><a href="http://twitpic.com/1bkbmr" title="Look what i just got for 6 bucks :) on Twitpic"><img src="http://twitpic.com/show/thumb/1bkbmr.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="Look what i just got for 6 bucks :) on Twitpic" /></a><i><b>Look what i just got for 6 bucks :)</b></i></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33CCFF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><i><b><br /></b></i></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;color:#33CCFF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Apparently, all Targets around us are "under construction" to add the grocery section. So, a LOT of merchandise is on clearance. *sweet* Funny thing, I saw this at my local Target for $24.99 today. LOL Happiness is a great clearance find!</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33CCFF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33CCFF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Finally, we arrived at Disney's Hollywood Studios. Mission #1 was underway.</span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33CCFF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><br /><a href="http://twitpic.com/1bkox7" title="The #Flatties are out looking for adventures! on Twitpic"><img src="http://twitpic.com/show/thumb/1bkox7.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="The #Flatties are out looking for adventures! on Twitpic" /></a><b><i>The </i></b></span></span></span><a href="http://twitter.com/search?q=%23Flatties" title="#Flatties" class="tweet-url hashtag" rel="nofollow" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; text-decoration: none; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33CCFF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><b><i>#Flatties</i></b></span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33CCFF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><b><i> are out looking for adventures!</i></b></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33CCFF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33CCFF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Within 40 minutes, we were done with the day's mission....Pictures with the characters from Up ;)</span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;color:#33CCFF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia; font-size: small; color: rgb(51, 204, 255); line-height: 16px; ">Off to get lunch..</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33CCFF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33CCFF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><b><i>lots of lightening around here :) not as much rain as last week. going to Ikea for lunch and some dry time :)</i></b></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33CCFF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33CCFF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><br /><a href="http://twitpic.com/1blbvv" title="The view from I.4. Glad i'm in my car. Just pray it stops by ... on Twitpic"><img src="http://twitpic.com/show/thumb/1blbvv.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="The view from I.4. Glad i'm in my car. Just pray it stops by ... on Twitpic" /></a><br /><b><i>The view from I.4. Glad i'm in my car. Just pray it stops by 7ish!</i></b></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33CCFF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33CCFF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><br /><a href="http://twitpic.com/1blgh0" title="rain rain go away! on Twitpic"><img src="http://twitpic.com/show/thumb/1blgh0.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="rain rain go away! on Twitpic" /></a> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33CCFF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><b><i>rain rain go away!</i></b></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33CCFF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33CCFF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Finally, we were able to venture back out & accomplish the second half of our mission --> Starship featuring Mickey Thomas at Epcot!!</span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33CCFF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33CCFF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><b><i> It really is clearing up. So ready to rock ;)</i></b><br /><a href="http://twitpic.com/1bmm4c" title="It really is clearing up. So ready to rock ;) on Twitpic"><img src="http://twitpic.com/show/thumb/1bmm4c.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="It really is clearing up. So ready to rock ;) on Twitpic" /></a><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33CCFF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33CCFF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><b><i> Tonight's concert snack courtesy of norway :)</i></b><br /><a href="http://twitpic.com/1bmubx" title="Tonight's concert snack courtesy of norway :) on Twitpic"><img src="http://twitpic.com/show/thumb/1bmubx.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="Tonight's concert snack courtesy of norway :) on Twitpic" /></a></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33CCFF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33CCFF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">I found a review of the </span><a href="http://thedisneydrivenlife.com/archives/3179"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Schoolbread from Norway</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> (<--read it!)on the </span><a href="http://thedisneydrivenlife.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Disney Driven Life</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> (<--be counted) . I knew I needed to try it. And, oh my...it was good!! </span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33CCFF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33CCFF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"> </span></span></span><a href="http://twitter.com/search?q=%23Flatties" title="#Flatties" class="tweet-url hashtag" rel="nofollow" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; text-decoration: none; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33CCFF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><b><i>#Flatties</i></b></span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33CCFF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><b><i> in italy. :)</i></b><br /><a href="http://twitpic.com/1bmxmz" title="#Flatties in italy. :) on Twitpic"><img src="http://twitpic.com/show/thumb/1bmxmz.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="#Flatties in italy. :) on Twitpic" /></a><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33CCFF;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33CCFF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Concert time!! </span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33CCFF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33CCFF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><b><i>Holy cow! Starship is AWESOME! I'm cryin! :) lol</i></b></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33CCFF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33CCFF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><br /><img src="http://twitpic.com/show/thumb/1bn36k.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="Of course @davidolmsted taking way better pics! Totally rocki... on Twitpic" /></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33CCFF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"> - <i><b>Of course @</b></i></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33CCFF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><i><b><a class="tweet-url username" href="http://twitter.com/davidolmsted" rel="nofollow" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; text-decoration: none; ">davidolmsted</a></b></i></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33CCFF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><i><b><a class="tweet-url username" href="http://twitter.com/davidolmsted" rel="nofollow" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; text-decoration: none; "></a></b></i></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33CCFF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><i><b> taking way better pics! Totally rockin the world toNite</b></i></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33CCFF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><i><b><br /></b></i></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33CCFF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">And for those of you that did not make it out to see Starship, they announced that they will be back in October for Food & Wine Festival! They are playing Halloween weekend. Guess I know where I will be on Halloween!!</span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33CCFF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><i><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></b></i></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;color:#33CCFF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Met back up with the girls in our traditional spot for fireworks.</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33CCFF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33CCFF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><b><i>Illuminations with my girls :) such a great way to start my week!</i></b></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33CCFF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;color:#33CCFF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">And there you have it..all my Sunday park tweets & pictures..all combined into one nifty neat blog post ;)</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;color:#33CCFF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;color:#33CCFF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">leave me some love, please ;)</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;color:#33CCFF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33CCFF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#00CCCC;">til next time ~<br /></span></span><div width="400" style="padding-left: 10px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#00CCCC;">make it magical :)</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:smaller;"></span></div><div><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/85788/hpmaria/16700dc40158ee93f18aad50211fb6a4.png" border="0" style="border-top-width: 0px !important; border-right-width: 0px !important; border-bottom-width: 0px !important; border-left-width: 0px !important; border-style: initial !important; border-color: initial !important; position: relative; " /></a></div></span></i></b></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;color:#33CCFF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'Lucida Grande', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#66CCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(22, 196, 22); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'Lucida Grande', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#66CCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(22, 196, 22); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'Lucida Grande', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#66CCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(22, 196, 22); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'Lucida Grande', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#66CCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(22, 196, 22); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'Lucida Grande', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#66CCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(22, 196, 22); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'Lucida Grande', sans-serif;font-size:130%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 16px;font-size:14px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#66CCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(22, 196, 22); "><br /></span></span></span></span></div>NDM 130http://www.blogger.com/profile/05357189056440065720noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4215584890455452530.post-42372176367801447912010-03-23T14:28:00.000-04:002010-03-23T16:21:29.095-04:00My Top 10 Favorite Magic Kingdom Songs<div>For Top Ten Tuesday, since this is my Disney Blog, I decided to feature 10 of my favorite Disney songs. But, rest assured, while that may seem an easy task, it really isn't. My OCD has caused me to list my Top 10 Favorite Magic Kingdom Songs...because you just can't lump all the movies, parks, parades, events & tributes together & come up with 10 that easily. </div><div><br /></div><div>So, here goes...</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>My All-Time Top 10 Favorite Disney Songs...from the Magic Kingdom</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>10. If You Had Wings</b> - now, I know what you are thinking. If You Had Wings was an extremely dated 1970's ride. As much as it drove me batty as a child, every time I hear it now generates a floodgate of memories. Simpler times, memories of it being my grandmother's favorite ride, a very vintage Tomorrowland, and some very blue buggies! I think the cliff diver was the scene I remember the most.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>9. SpectroMagic</b> - This is great parade music. It is also the only night parade my children know. While it is gone for the summer this year, I will be sad. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>8. Everybody's Got A Laughing Place </b> - This song makes me smile. It is a great reminder that no matter what, something makes you happy inside...and everyone has their own happy place..you just have to find it! (Betcha can't guess where my happy place is..lol)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>7. Wishes</b> - Wishes is the best collaboration of Disney's all time favorite cry-along songs. Seriously. It makes my heart smile every time we watch Wishes. The kids sing along & each has their own favorite parts. It is one of our very special Magic Kingdom moments.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>6. Mickey Mouse Club Theme Song </b>- ok, so this song can't be heard in any particular spot in the Magic Kingdom, but it most certainly SHOULD be! I remember watching the Mickey Mouse Club when it would come on. The Mouseketeers would sing the song under the Castle...I do think of that song every time we walk underneath the Castle.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>5. Its A Small World After All </b>- who doesn't like this song? Its A Small World is very special because it is one of the only rides that is really not *branded* with anything Disney. Another reason why I am glad we have the original version & not the new Disneyland character version.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>4. Pirates of the Caribbean </b>- This has become a family tradition. We skip all the way thru the ride que singing "yo ho yo ho, a pirates life for me". </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>3. Grim Grinning Ghosts</b> - Happy ghosts are a good thing.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>2. There's A Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow </b>- Nostalgic & definitely a catchy tune, its more than that. It's inspiring. No matter how bad your day was, there's a great big beautiful tomorrow shining at the end of every day. And tomorrow is just a dream away.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>1. Main Street Electrical Parade (aka Baroque Hoedown)<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">- Did you know that the theme music for this parade has an actual title? This is my ALL-TIME MOST FAVORITE. I grew up with this parade. I cried when it left. I cried when it returned. And, when the announcement was made that it was returning, I cried again! I am so excited for my children to see the parade so they can visualize it for themselves. The music has been burned into their minds thruout the years. I love this song so much that I even used it in one of my cheerleading routines (they won the state championship that year as well!) </span> </b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Do you have favorite Magic Kingdom songs as well?</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Will you be crying on Main Street with me this summer when Main Street Electrical Parade returns home?</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Do you think I am just crazy??</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: center;">Feel free to leave me some love below ;)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: center;">Well, that is my top ten this week. Please go back to <a href="http://ohamanda.com/">OhAmanda</a> & check out other <a href="http://ohamanda.com/2010/03/23/make-your-reader-happy/">Top Ten</a> Greats on this Tuesday!!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><a href="http://ohamanda.com/?page_id=1036" target="_blank"><img src="http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/nn115/purplesahm/toptentuesday.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><a href="http://ohamanda.com/?page_id=1036" target="_blank"><div style="text-align: center;">til next time ~</div><div style="text-align: center;padding-left: 10px; " width="400">make it magical :)<br /><span style="font-size:smaller;"></span></div></a><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/85788/hpmaria/16700dc40158ee93f18aad50211fb6a4.png" style="border: 0 !important; position: relative; left: ; top: ;" border="0" /></a></div>NDM 130http://www.blogger.com/profile/05357189056440065720noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4215584890455452530.post-10812419709982878992010-03-15T18:36:00.001-04:002011-01-28T13:55:19.579-05:00Making New Friends is Fun!<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtBssbC0a8yTkT1jHEecF54IsmqIfuzC_ToekyJuik4NFR3fD5hNjI7IpHcaXvtw2nsOudl0KhK8LZHNTrB_kBeMXh83fS5faV7QHqpP28Kylt317bbKMqv1C5cHOCGQJivos71cXvUkE/s1600-h/expohallmeet.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5449012903191041058" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtBssbC0a8yTkT1jHEecF54IsmqIfuzC_ToekyJuik4NFR3fD5hNjI7IpHcaXvtw2nsOudl0KhK8LZHNTrB_kBeMXh83fS5faV7QHqpP28Kylt317bbKMqv1C5cHOCGQJivos71cXvUkE/s320/expohallmeet.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; height: 316px; width: 306px;" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">@al3xg, @Disneybigsis, @heavensent30 & @winterbabe98</span></div><br />
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February should officially be "Meet your Twitter Friends Month". I have been so lucky to meet so many people this past month!<br />
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</div><div><div style="text-align: left;">I was very lucky to meet Lea (<a href="https://twitter.com/MagicalMousecap">@MagicalMousecap</a>) as she SOLO toured the World! What a fabulous person she is!! We met the weekend of the Disney Social Media Moms Celebration, so we had plenty to chat about! Have you seen her Twitter background? I love it ;)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div>Recently, I was able to spend an afternoon at the Magic Kingdom with some fabulous friends. This time, I met up with Alex (<a href="https://twitter.com/al3xg">@al3xg</a>), Heather(<a href="https://twitter.com/Disneybigsis">@Disneybigsis</a>)& her hubby, James (<a href="https://twitter.com/DisneyfotoBlog">@Disneyfotoblog</a>) & his family, Barb (<a href="https://twitter.com/winterbabe98">@winterbabe98</a>) & her family & Garry(<a href="https://twitter.com/garry83">@garry83</a>). Can you say excitement? And what a large group it was. Look for yourself!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlRg8QRrE6bweeNhaIGmzrpidKOZd2bJm12gLdN2A2NZoQFKdyWb551cdMghJ-AfXRjH6FoaUH4Uwm3iZwAxdnmD0Vy4mClGgm7gCtVZeRo2Z3nuIDgs7WzgECbJ1Yh9NxiJ4skkhjScs/s1600-h/megagroupmk.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5449012892555564354" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlRg8QRrE6bweeNhaIGmzrpidKOZd2bJm12gLdN2A2NZoQFKdyWb551cdMghJ-AfXRjH6FoaUH4Uwm3iZwAxdnmD0Vy4mClGgm7gCtVZeRo2Z3nuIDgs7WzgECbJ1Yh9NxiJ4skkhjScs/s320/megagroupmk.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; height: 320px; width: 234px;" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">photo courtesy of Alex (@al3xg)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">Meeting over Dole Whips was fun! We just all kicked back & chatted for a while ;)</div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">I love meeting new people...especially the people I chat with daily on Twitter! Looking forward to meeting many more friends, especially with our David Cassidy Tweet Up coming up this next weekend (March 20th). If you are ever in the parks, be sure to let me know!</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;">til next time ~</div><div style="padding-left: 10px; text-align: center;" width="400">make it magical :)<br />
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</div><div>Taking time out of her family vacation this year, Ali set up the first ever "WDWTweets Meet & Greet" at the Tambu Lounge in the beautiful Polynesian Resort. Since no one had ever seen Ali (her avatar is Sorcerer Mickey), she had posted that her family would be wearing matching Mickey Mouse Ears. After my super exciting day at Epcot with the Disney Social Media Moms, we hopped in our car & drove over to the Poly for a night of fun & friends!</div><div><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKkl0cGWA22dUxQ8xhRLav1LCirtW-wmG0ZVG8l2HciTtGaLCkCx9jOEGjASiGQWUNjYRkBa8qDM4VV_gzLWXEX3cP8NjkhXsok0x8vGBlAbLh83-enZX6j__M4u6d6WcjXd2lEMSD7mQ/s1600-h/tambu.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5448979779947242338" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKkl0cGWA22dUxQ8xhRLav1LCirtW-wmG0ZVG8l2HciTtGaLCkCx9jOEGjASiGQWUNjYRkBa8qDM4VV_gzLWXEX3cP8NjkhXsok0x8vGBlAbLh83-enZX6j__M4u6d6WcjXd2lEMSD7mQ/s320/tambu.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; height: 320px; width: 206px;" /></a></div><div><br />
</div><div>The meeting at the Tambu was great. I found Ali almost immediately, although it was her adorable baby (with classic Mickey Ears) that caught my attention first! As we sat down & started chatting, Shannon(<a href="http://twitter.com/nellabeaner2">@Nellabeaner2</a> from Twitter) & her sister Stacey joined us. They were on vacation all the way from Michigan! We chatted about all sorts of things...Disney related of course ;) Wanting to see Wishes from the beach of the Poly, we headed out to see the fireworks. Once outside, we met up with Lynne & her family( <a href="http://twitter.com/duckyislost">@duckyislost</a> from twitter)from Boston as well. Its always nice to meet new people!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihQtpo1SruGtDQ6Pynce-pCnW5FMSEZu4_COKCG-QnnR6lCG_xafak_DyYfJeGA4RioyZeCPKdBDhkcwURHlYlFZmcwJYXvVmRCax-Z68OPLOFqTi4FvYeJ378pX3v9ud7-NzKxmPJZ2Q/s1600-h/fireworks.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5448979786279345794" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihQtpo1SruGtDQ6Pynce-pCnW5FMSEZu4_COKCG-QnnR6lCG_xafak_DyYfJeGA4RioyZeCPKdBDhkcwURHlYlFZmcwJYXvVmRCax-Z68OPLOFqTi4FvYeJ378pX3v9ud7-NzKxmPJZ2Q/s320/fireworks.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; height: 214px; width: 320px;" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">fireworks from the Magic Kingdom as seen from the Polynesian Resort</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwTXJYJ6NrvGIvTqkA8BLPM_oQxeV0SFDMuVj5iFTl5AB47vTpAK-6jtJSR4baAt6lcuvc80bgM-ihnzeOw9DoWHLMtaV-sDMb8ncRJUMGqU5W27lAjD0-yTGS1plg_tJqTV-lskabgk8/s1600/wdwtweetsmeet.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5457836890796195522" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwTXJYJ6NrvGIvTqkA8BLPM_oQxeV0SFDMuVj5iFTl5AB47vTpAK-6jtJSR4baAt6lcuvc80bgM-ihnzeOw9DoWHLMtaV-sDMb8ncRJUMGqU5W27lAjD0-yTGS1plg_tJqTV-lskabgk8/s320/wdwtweetsmeet.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; height: 214px; width: 320px;" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;">Lynne & family, Shannon, Me & Princess Peanut, Stacey, Ali & family, The Boy </div>NDM 130http://www.blogger.com/profile/05357189056440065720noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4215584890455452530.post-36220924145863045002010-03-10T15:34:00.001-05:002011-01-28T13:55:19.582-05:00Wordless Wednesday - The Disney SM Moms VersionYes, I crashed the party.<br />
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</div><div>Yes, I lived to tell about it.</div><div><br />
</div><div>And now, my first ever Wordless Wednesday post is dedicated to...</div><div><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">**The Disney Social Media Moms Celebration**</span></i></span></b></div><div><br />
</div><div>Do captions count in Wordless Wednesday? Cuz I don't think I can go "totally" wordless.</div><div><br />
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</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwiTCcmjBpwfr82qs7yoPaSrplOj8fZypcZ2aytWP0suV5VgftTrjC2zP8vyoQLHS5T5F0BY8aBUUIYABQKroYPWUY3bNOt8ajtIXN_T902D6hpU2BYXkwzWgISsn0Azl5FVTFGAFo11U/s1600-h/epcot.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5447111344076886658" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwiTCcmjBpwfr82qs7yoPaSrplOj8fZypcZ2aytWP0suV5VgftTrjC2zP8vyoQLHS5T5F0BY8aBUUIYABQKroYPWUY3bNOt8ajtIXN_T902D6hpU2BYXkwzWgISsn0Azl5FVTFGAFo11U/s320/epcot.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; height: 214px; width: 320px;" /></a> A most beautiful day.. & view!</div><div><br />
</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXnqqrmhm3kpEavrTtyvTx75YF0JsSiDhHkzp5uZrvfOA242vR34E_tPzNGoqqu38XXy4MjQ3izB98X8MXZs0LWlpXl8k51Ct1x0vlf3yqOgpzXDV5xfLmHn6Q7EBsoiTNzzDeOzQUklY/s1600-h/Oosterhouse.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5447111348869231762" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXnqqrmhm3kpEavrTtyvTx75YF0JsSiDhHkzp5uZrvfOA242vR34E_tPzNGoqqu38XXy4MjQ3izB98X8MXZs0LWlpXl8k51Ct1x0vlf3yqOgpzXDV5xfLmHn6Q7EBsoiTNzzDeOzQUklY/s320/Oosterhouse.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; height: 154px; width: 320px;" /></a> Carter Oosterhouse & others. My 1st celeb spotting of the day!</div><div><br />
</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9kC5SlGLtYAlPTvM00Bt6KJVFOwNYjyqvQW9xjwE3GwYd04DyzoMUG5HLWN7914cFsEoSzlrBqd-Zn8jGCAi1QKsZB5qupfFEtN_JZgBsz28P01HS_vEyPIlgwwwiTGh_vlnUhCK85RY/s1600-h/fairy+3.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5447111799002210290" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9kC5SlGLtYAlPTvM00Bt6KJVFOwNYjyqvQW9xjwE3GwYd04DyzoMUG5HLWN7914cFsEoSzlrBqd-Zn8jGCAi1QKsZB5qupfFEtN_JZgBsz28P01HS_vEyPIlgwwwiTGh_vlnUhCK85RY/s320/fairy+3.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; height: 320px; width: 214px;" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiICQO_lQHrMQ4IOtuLDfLw1Xr-0uNeJDKknXizLg9cjz9TaVbNVFuiNli513Y1UOiHpqOXIn00HGHQs52Sl_W6SvvV76MkKw2ig8WVvJUK6stgNROKfQ6tYVcvuPqZ-x9nRCf5_6sOXWA/s1600-h/Fairy.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5447111791585112354" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiICQO_lQHrMQ4IOtuLDfLw1Xr-0uNeJDKknXizLg9cjz9TaVbNVFuiNli513Y1UOiHpqOXIn00HGHQs52Sl_W6SvvV76MkKw2ig8WVvJUK6stgNROKfQ6tYVcvuPqZ-x9nRCf5_6sOXWA/s320/Fairy.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; height: 320px; width: 192px;" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWL9Ar8Z2PYcYBsWQtbB00rvQhQ6rr4WiVIWAq49XCoXX75CIEoaCDMv4vx4-w2i9hQOEramhKR51Dh9GIcdBobbk7nezVLfZQEj2Ah0pJ0o7oKF997uhu_rLgX8bESXaPoBylhw3Bpnw/s1600-h/fairy+2.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5447111794761125586" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWL9Ar8Z2PYcYBsWQtbB00rvQhQ6rr4WiVIWAq49XCoXX75CIEoaCDMv4vx4-w2i9hQOEramhKR51Dh9GIcdBobbk7nezVLfZQEj2Ah0pJ0o7oKF997uhu_rLgX8bESXaPoBylhw3Bpnw/s320/fairy+2.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; height: 317px; width: 320px;" /></a> I *wish* I knew what to say!</div><div><br />
</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt7vSS-6bY08JUbhFCnTK259aLsTrjh9Jj5vn-dfMtAHFmrf1zWfRZSwOGAQxaiBAOIuu6U2uE-_n2h4iQ0N5GQk3JfMCSXCrVd00XOOk7xzd_Krhxjrnhyphenhyphenu71GwyaprazLqgZ4qE5aL8/s1600-h/cali+france+1.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5447111051120321586" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt7vSS-6bY08JUbhFCnTK259aLsTrjh9Jj5vn-dfMtAHFmrf1zWfRZSwOGAQxaiBAOIuu6U2uE-_n2h4iQ0N5GQk3JfMCSXCrVd00XOOk7xzd_Krhxjrnhyphenhyphenu71GwyaprazLqgZ4qE5aL8/s320/cali+france+1.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; height: 320px; width: 214px;" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh11RZZpCbV78HNyarUcpgg9feMHir0PpDv8BIaG4-UUmUwawpgnFw0-VK5x3smzXfV0j1PoFE99gOGn-kU5u_RZitpXWaoDH1zzl6ktWGVcaWnJhaxRnWR1Mxcs3rPJ3iYCRNCdJfcCrs/s1600-h/cali+france+2.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5447111341849967170" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh11RZZpCbV78HNyarUcpgg9feMHir0PpDv8BIaG4-UUmUwawpgnFw0-VK5x3smzXfV0j1PoFE99gOGn-kU5u_RZitpXWaoDH1zzl6ktWGVcaWnJhaxRnWR1Mxcs3rPJ3iYCRNCdJfcCrs/s320/cali+france+2.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; height: 214px; width: 320px;" /></a> So in love with the water! A fabulous Disney PhotoPass Photog, Lisa, gave her a nickle to throw into the fountain! Made her day!!</div><div><br />
</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiFp1MjvpPaGRz6jpTjzt3ZJ8V0Bvc4tnTfY9xbx0iaSRReqH2jQhGgAxh1cpoiDG5x-yS4Z5dg-WLv569T7cp-3W-rnSyL9jm5M7GRw3RrvCZv49ZzqGYP4st8H3mhfE4X6HuqsK65Ww/s1600-h/Volunteer+parade.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5447112638023837778" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiFp1MjvpPaGRz6jpTjzt3ZJ8V0Bvc4tnTfY9xbx0iaSRReqH2jQhGgAxh1cpoiDG5x-yS4Z5dg-WLv569T7cp-3W-rnSyL9jm5M7GRw3RrvCZv49ZzqGYP4st8H3mhfE4X6HuqsK65Ww/s320/Volunteer+parade.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; height: 320px; width: 240px;" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHHVBdkfp3wvH5gih3qHMVzgv6qEBYEXq4bBdCrvtbH1MLtDfIwa9vMJpfWB9o8_4ggFyPoN7rQsshccCTlj1AtGlRWs-TfKRuqz-wCGIg6J1Euy0KLGMllofheHi6oYVadHWHOKWP4jg/s1600-h/sweetums.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5447112645753615906" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHHVBdkfp3wvH5gih3qHMVzgv6qEBYEXq4bBdCrvtbH1MLtDfIwa9vMJpfWB9o8_4ggFyPoN7rQsshccCTlj1AtGlRWs-TfKRuqz-wCGIg6J1Euy0KLGMllofheHi6oYVadHWHOKWP4jg/s320/sweetums.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; height: 320px; width: 214px;" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4MS4Z29L87ph9HotvB5yZoi_DImSw7LQkn7fQws-QAqD8lfkh_iOmWDC8B0MqbWw7PACO6L9F1TChoKVsHR994KIDKVY8GiDiAa0ECwhBNneH9Y-S0OOQrllrGGmywQUb5hQ7y6abQMk/s1600-h/piggy+kermit.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5447112649356917010" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4MS4Z29L87ph9HotvB5yZoi_DImSw7LQkn7fQws-QAqD8lfkh_iOmWDC8B0MqbWw7PACO6L9F1TChoKVsHR994KIDKVY8GiDiAa0ECwhBNneH9Y-S0OOQrllrGGmywQUb5hQ7y6abQMk/s320/piggy+kermit.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; height: 214px; width: 320px;" /></a> Great parade! Who doesn't love Sweetums, Kermit & Miss Piggy!</div><div><br />
</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGpFeTWrIIKw4UYRGkF7Aw0iY6VPRiLlh96pAJwXrPzHBxOX9bXXIxTQUp0R33jiyZ4OkXgJK6SAwndjwPJkPa9nPFXWdaOiDUU0qRTUODYG1K_jYeU2xyyeEV9sp3M8NQ7QBRoL7kOuQ/s1600-h/full.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5447113182648637474" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGpFeTWrIIKw4UYRGkF7Aw0iY6VPRiLlh96pAJwXrPzHBxOX9bXXIxTQUp0R33jiyZ4OkXgJK6SAwndjwPJkPa9nPFXWdaOiDUU0qRTUODYG1K_jYeU2xyyeEV9sp3M8NQ7QBRoL7kOuQ/s320/full.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; height: 214px; width: 320px;" /></a> The crowds & trucks of food.</div><div><br />
</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhffxgd3pMfbD3sHuJWrLK7v0tcZgDOj1QgqyPKJRT_4JfX1dnF4iZhsUzEo3TWsI83FoAsTh-Qc7-5zCoz9FHazrmZH-XOZlOmjbKttomrb1t9lr33osecrbyPJ7AU5vy2SarkTJnm4Jk/s1600-h/inset.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5447113192346459922" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhffxgd3pMfbD3sHuJWrLK7v0tcZgDOj1QgqyPKJRT_4JfX1dnF4iZhsUzEo3TWsI83FoAsTh-Qc7-5zCoz9FHazrmZH-XOZlOmjbKttomrb1t9lr33osecrbyPJ7AU5vy2SarkTJnm4Jk/s320/inset.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; height: 214px; width: 320px;" /></a> A close up of the above picture shows <a href="http://www.disneyeveryday.com/">Amanda Tinney</a>, <a href="http://wdwradio.com/">Lou Mongello</a> & <a href="http://thedisneydrivenlife.com/">JL Knopp</a> (NDM #1) before we met. We were standing that close! :)</div><div><br />
</div><div>Leave some love ;)</div><div><br />
<br />
til next time ~<br />
<div style="padding-left: 10px;" width="400">make it magical :)<br />
<span style="font-size: smaller;"></span></div><div><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/85788/hpmaria/16700dc40158ee93f18aad50211fb6a4.png" style="border: 0 !important; position: relative;" /></a></div></div>NDM 130http://www.blogger.com/profile/05357189056440065720noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4215584890455452530.post-79196332288908948932010-03-03T22:48:00.001-05:002010-03-08T14:45:13.087-05:00The "Meet" - pt 2 of Crashing the Disney SM Moms Celebration<div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif";mso-fareast-Times New Roman";font-family:";font-size:9.0pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#66CCCC;">Where were we..Ty Pennington?? lol<o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif";mso-fareast-Times New Roman";font-family:";font-size:9.0pt;"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#66CCCC;"> I met up with Aurora first. </span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#66CCCC;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#66CCCC;">She & Amanda were having fun with the volunteer event & chasing after Joe Jonas. </span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#66CCCC;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#66CCCC;">I went off with Princess Peanut & gang while the rest were involved with conference events. </span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#66CCCC;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#66CCCC;">At 2:40ish, I got the text from Aurora : "Get back to the volunteer area NOW".</span></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif";mso-fareast-Times New Roman";font-family:";font-size:9.0pt;"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#66CCCC;"> Running thru the countries, we finally made it back to the Volunteer Area (Millennium Village) just in time. The Volunteer Parade with Kermit, Miss Piggy & Sweetums from the Magic Kingdom had just started. This was so amazing for a few reasons :</span></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops:list .5in"><span style=" font-family:"Georgia","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:Georgia;mso-bidi-font-family:Georgia;font-size:9.0pt;"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#66CCCC;">1.</span><span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#66CCCC;"> </span></span></span></span><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"; mso-fareast-Times New Roman";font-family:";font-size:9.0pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#66CCCC;">Epcot does not generally have "parades"<o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops:list .5in"><span style=" font-family:"Georgia","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:Georgia;mso-bidi-font-family:Georgia;font-size:9.0pt;"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#66CCCC;">2.</span><span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#66CCCC;"> </span></span></span></span><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"; mso-fareast-Times New Roman";font-family:";font-size:9.0pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#66CCCC;">I never seem to be over at the Magic Kingdom at the right time to see this parade<o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops:list .5in"><span style=" font-family:"Georgia","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:Georgia;mso-bidi-font-family:Georgia;font-size:9.0pt;"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#66CCCC;">3.</span><span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#66CCCC;"> </span></span></span></span><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"; mso-fareast-Times New Roman";font-family:";font-size:9.0pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#66CCCC;">It was the Muppets!<o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif";mso-fareast-Times New Roman";font-family:";font-size:9.0pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#66CCCC;">This parade was just a short little pre-parade, but it was cute. The costumes were colorful & music catchy. </span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#66CCCC;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#66CCCC;">But the most amazing thing was the 10 big box trucks that followed Miss Piggy & Kermit. </span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#66CCCC;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#66CCCC;">These box trucks were full of the canned goods that were used to create the structure built earlier. </span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#66CCCC;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#66CCCC;">All the food was donated to local food banks in the central Florida area.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif";mso-fareast-Times New Roman";font-family:";font-size:9.0pt;"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#66CCCC;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:16px;"><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif";mso-fareast-Times New Roman";font-family:";font-size:9.0pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#66CCCC;">After the parade, I finally met up with everyone! </span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#66CCCC;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#66CCCC;">It was a big hug fest ;) </span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#66CCCC;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#66CCCC;">It was so exciting! </span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#66CCCC;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#66CCCC;">And, to make it even better, Lou Mongello was with them! </span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#66CCCC;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#66CCCC;">We decided to find a quiet spot & do a </span><a href="http://www.wdwradio.com/WDW-Radio-Show-Disney-Podcast/Show-157-February-14-2010.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#66CCCC;">podcast</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#66CCCC;">(</span></span><span style="font-family:Wingdings;mso-ascii-font-family:Georgia; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-font-family:Georgia; mso-char-type:symbol;mso-symbol-font-family:Wingdings;font-size:9.0pt;"><span style="font-family:Wingdings;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#66CCCC;">ß</span></span></span><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif";mso-fareast-Times New Roman";font-family:";font-size:9.0pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#66CCCC;">listen) with Lou. </span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#66CCCC;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#66CCCC;">What better of a place than a quiet cafe table in France?</span></span></span></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif";mso-fareast-Times New Roman";font-family:";font-size:9.0pt;"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#66CCCC;"> We rode Test Track together & it felt like I had been with them from the start. </span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#66CCCC;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#66CCCC;">They were that wonderful. </span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#66CCCC;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#66CCCC;">Soon, it came for us to part ways..they had a dinner cooked by Chef Robert Irvine & concert with Demi Lovato & Joe Jonas & we had a tweet-up at the Polynesian Tambu Lounge & Wishes from the beach.</span></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif";mso-fareast-Times New Roman";font-family:";font-size:9.0pt;"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#66CCCC;"> You know, I could write a blog about each of these ladies (& Lou, too!). They are the sweetest people you will ever meet. </span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#66CCCC;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#66CCCC;">I do suggest you follow them on Twitter & read their blogs, too.</span></o:p></span></p></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#66CCCC;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikp6f2K-omG78pnaUYPStSfeNNIOO9T7UqzMjXkDqk17eaX5gbNzZ2ahHj5g4N6OrViUQfTPLLkeTDOJ7hpqAToc37LiR667yTUX623OdkF0sqgVqpZNBB_jZiaSsgy-Io678ojnOdcQU/s1600-h/downsized_0211001644-771738.jpg"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#66CCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "></span></span></a><a 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style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#66CCCC;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikp6f2K-omG78pnaUYPStSfeNNIOO9T7UqzMjXkDqk17eaX5gbNzZ2ahHj5g4N6OrViUQfTPLLkeTDOJ7hpqAToc37LiR667yTUX623OdkF0sqgVqpZNBB_jZiaSsgy-Io678ojnOdcQU/s1600-h/downsized_0211001644-771738.jpg"></a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><i><span style=" font-family:"Georgia","serif";mso-fareast-Times New Roman"; font-family:";font-size:7.0pt;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikp6f2K-omG78pnaUYPStSfeNNIOO9T7UqzMjXkDqk17eaX5gbNzZ2ahHj5g4N6OrViUQfTPLLkeTDOJ7hpqAToc37LiR667yTUX623OdkF0sqgVqpZNBB_jZiaSsgy-Io678ojnOdcQU/s1600-h/downsized_0211001644-771738.jpg"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#66CCCC;">I was part of Lou's Harem for the day ;)</span></a></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:center;line-height:normal"><i><span style=" font-family:"Georgia","serif";mso-fareast-Times New Roman"; font-family:";font-size:7.0pt;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikp6f2K-omG78pnaUYPStSfeNNIOO9T7UqzMjXkDqk17eaX5gbNzZ2ahHj5g4N6OrViUQfTPLLkeTDOJ7hpqAToc37LiR667yTUX623OdkF0sqgVqpZNBB_jZiaSsgy-Io678ojnOdcQU/s1600-h/downsized_0211001644-771738.jpg"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#66CCCC;">Lynne, Aurora, Amanda, Jen, Traci, Lou, Jackie, JL, Debbie, Me & Debbie's DS</span></a></span></i><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"; mso-fareast-Times New Roman";font-family:";font-size:9.0pt;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikp6f2K-omG78pnaUYPStSfeNNIOO9T7UqzMjXkDqk17eaX5gbNzZ2ahHj5g4N6OrViUQfTPLLkeTDOJ7hpqAToc37LiR667yTUX623OdkF0sqgVqpZNBB_jZiaSsgy-Io678ojnOdcQU/s1600-h/downsized_0211001644-771738.jpg"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#66CCCC;"><o:p></o:p></span></a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align: left;margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#66CCCC;"><i></i></span></p><i><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif";mso-fareast-Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-style:italicfont-family:";font-size:9.0pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#66CCCC;">Check these fabulous people out!</span></span><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"; mso-fareast-Times New Roman";font-family:";font-size:9.0pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#66CCCC;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif";mso-fareast-Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-style:italicfont-family:";font-size:9.0pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#66CCCC;">Follow Jen -</span></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:"Georgia","serif"; mso-fareast-Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-style:italicfont-family:";font-size:11.0pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#66CCCC;"> </span></span><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif";mso-fareast-Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-style:italicfont-family:";font-size:9.0pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#66CCCC;">@</span></span><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-Times New Roman";font-family:";font-size:11.0pt;"><a href="http://twitter.com/Dizneydreamer"><span style="font-family:";"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#66CCCC;">Dizneydreamer</span></span></a></span></b><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-Times New Roman";font-family:";font-size:11.0pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#66CCCC;"> </span></span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:"Georgia","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi- mso-bidi-font-weight:boldfont-family:Arial;font-size:11.0pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#66CCCC;">on Twitter. </span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#66CCCC;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#66CCCC;">Read her blog</span></span><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-Times New Roman";font-family:";font-size:11.0pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#66CCCC;"> </span></span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:"Georgia","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi- mso-bidi-font-weight:boldfont-family:Arial;font-size:11.0pt;"><a href="http://alwaysrunningbehind.blogspot.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#66CCCC;">Always Running Behind</span></a></span><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-Times New Roman";font-family:";font-size:11.0pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#66CCCC;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif";mso-fareast-Times New Roman";font-family:";font-size:9.0pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#66CCCC;">Follow Lynne - @</span><a href="http://www.twitter.com/lynne_from_texa"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#66CCCC;">Lynne_from_texa</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#66CCCC;"> on Twitter.</span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#66CCCC;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#66CCCC;">Read her blog </span><a href="http://www.wonderingwhatsnext.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#66CCCC;">Wondering What’s Next</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#66CCCC;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif";mso-fareast-Times New Roman";font-family:";font-size:9.0pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#66CCCC;">Follow Aurora - @</span><a href="http://www.twitter.com/RoraBorieAlice"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#66CCCC;">RoraBorieAlice</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#66CCCC;"> on Twitter.</span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#66CCCC;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#66CCCC;">Read her blog </span><a href="http://auroraboriealice.blogspot.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#66CCCC;">Tales of a Frumpy Mocha Princess</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#66CCCC;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif";mso-fareast-Times New Roman";font-family:";font-size:9.0pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#66CCCC;">Follow Amanda - @</span><a href="http://www.twitter.com/amandatinney"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#66CCCC;">amandatinney</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#66CCCC;"> on Twitter.</span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#66CCCC;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#66CCCC;">Check out her website </span><a href="http://www.disneyeveryday.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#66CCCC;">Disney Every Day with Amanda Tinney</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#66CCCC;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif";mso-fareast-Times New Roman";font-family:";font-size:9.0pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#66CCCC;">Follow Traci - @</span><a href="http://www.twitter.com/TraciLeigh"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#66CCCC;">TraciLeigh</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#66CCCC;"> on Twitter.</span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#66CCCC;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#66CCCC;">Read her blog </span><a href="http://tracifishbowl.blogspot.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#66CCCC;">The View From My Fishbowl</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#66CCCC;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif";mso-fareast-Times New Roman";font-family:";font-size:9.0pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#66CCCC;">Follow Lou - @</span><a href="http://www.twitter.com/loumongello"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#66CCCC;">loumongello</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#66CCCC;"> on Twitter.</span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#66CCCC;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#66CCCC;">Check out his website </span><a href="http://www.wdwradio.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#66CCCC;">WDW Radio</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#66CCCC;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif";mso-fareast-Times New Roman";font-family:";font-size:9.0pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#66CCCC;">Follow Jackie - @</span><a href="http://www.twitter.com/jjzmgailey"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#66CCCC;">jjzmgailey</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#66CCCC;"> on Twitter.</span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#66CCCC;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#66CCCC;">Read her blog </span><a href="http://mickeysmagicaltriptips.blogspot.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#66CCCC;">Mickey’s Magical Trip Tips</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#66CCCC;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif";mso-fareast-Times New Roman";font-family:";font-size:9.0pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#66CCCC;">Follow JL - @</span><a href="http://www.twitter.com/NDM_1"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#66CCCC;">NDM_1</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#66CCCC;"> on Twitter.</span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#66CCCC;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#66CCCC;">Check out her website </span><a href="http://thedisneydrivenlife.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#66CCCC;">The Disney Driven Life</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#66CCCC;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif";mso-fareast-Times New Roman";font-family:";font-size:9.0pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#66CCCC;">Follow Debbie - @</span><a href="http://www.twitter.com/dcanoli"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#66CCCC;">dcanoli</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#66CCCC;"> on Twitter.</span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#66CCCC;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#66CCCC;">Check out her blog </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#66CCCC;"><a href="http://debbiesadaylateandadollarshort.blogspot.com/">Debbie’s A Day Late & A Dollar Short</a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#66CCCC;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif";mso-fareast-Times New Roman";font-family:";font-size:9.0pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif";mso-fareast-Times New Roman";font-family:";font-size:9.0pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">**Read Pt 1 of this story </span><a href="http://bit.ly/aR23jU"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">here</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">**</span></span></p> <!--EndFragment--><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#66CCCC;"><br /><span style="line-height:115%;font-family:"Georgia","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-language: AR-SAfont-family:";font-size:9.0pt;"></span></span></i><p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:center;line-height:normal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#66CCCC;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align: left;margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#66CCCC;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:12px;"><br /></span></span></p> </div>NDM 130http://www.blogger.com/profile/05357189056440065720noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4215584890455452530.post-64467544698924383332010-02-16T16:22:00.003-05:002011-01-28T14:01:12.108-05:00Crashing the Disney SM Moms Celebration<div style="text-align: center;"><img 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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #66cccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Lets just start this off with "I *so* should have been there".</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #66cccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #66cccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Disney hosted a first ever Social Media Moms Celebration (SMMC). And for reasons that make me the mommy that I am, I did not sign up to go. With that being said, I watched the Twitter-verse in envy the weeks & days leading up to the conference. A lot of mommy-bloggers that I have grown fond of...yes, shameless shout outs will be posted at the end ;)...Jen, Debbie, Lynne, Jackie, JL, Traci, Amanda..all were going to be there. How could I *not* have signed up to go & meet these fabulous people??<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #66cccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #66cccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">*cue "light bulb going on" type music*</span></span></span></i></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #66cccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> I have an annual pass. These mommas were going to be in the parks enjoying some down time. I can go to the parks whenever I want....so, maybe, just maybe, I'll go on one of the days they are there..SCORE!!</span></span></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #66cccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #66cccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">*Ok, so it didn't take rocket science to figure that deduction out. Maybe a little of it (ok, maybe most of it) was slightly embellished for the purpose of interesting reading..but you get my point ;)*</span></span></span></i></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #66cccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> In a completely unrelated coincidence, another Twitter friend of mine, Ali, was having a “tweet-up” Thursday night at the Polynesian. The SMMC itinerary had listed most of Thursday afternoon free. Perfection-Thursday it was! As the day grew closer, I realized just how important Thursday was. Disney was gearing up for a major press event for this conference & Thursday was the main event day. Yay me!</span></span></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #66cccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> Just a few days before, I found out that another Twitter/blogger friend, Aurora, was also going to "crash the party". How exciting!! Now, I wasn't the *only* one to not be attending the conference!! I was so excited, but nervous too. I mean, online everyone got along fabulously, but what if we didn't "click". What if they had all bonded so much over the course of the first day of the conference, I was just an outsider? What if they thought I was an over-zealous nut just showing up & crashing the party? Oh, the things I put myself thru!! Still, it felt good to know that I wasn't the only one just "showing up".</span></span></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><o:p><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #66cccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">We set out Thursday morning. I followed the </span></span><a href="http://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/tag/gdgdd/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #66cccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Press Releases</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #66cccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> (</span></span></span><span style="font-family: Wingdings;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #66cccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">ß</span></span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #66cccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Disney Blog Posts) all the way up. Things like</span></span></span></o:p></span></div><ul type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5incolor:black;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #66cccc;">600,000 people already signed up/volunteered hours thru Hands On Network<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5incolor:black;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #66cccc;">Ty Pennington was there<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5incolor:black;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #66cccc;">He said "Move those balloons"<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5incolor:black;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #66cccc;">The picture of the largest can sculpture does not nearly look as majestic on your cell phone as it does </span></span><a href="http://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/2010/02/record-breaking-canned-food-sculpture-unveiled-at-walt-disney-world/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #66cccc;">here</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #66cccc;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5incolor:black;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #66cccc;">Demi Lovato & Joe Jonas were at the park<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5incolor:black;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #66cccc;">Did I mention Ty Pennington was there?<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></li>
</ul><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #66cccc;">I think I am still floored that 600,000 people have volunteered already..and the program had only been in effect for 6 weeks. That is an incredible amount of man-power & community fellowship. But, we'll save that for another blog post. </span></span></span></div>NDM 130http://www.blogger.com/profile/05357189056440065720noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4215584890455452530.post-35757590559081225222010-02-16T16:21:00.003-05:002011-01-28T13:55:19.585-05:00Super Family Fun Weekend 2010 pt 3<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVEorx-qdHWfWyYI9uaMKascxrN4ZUFpmMoAGa6UwVq9o8MR_GQBqPxk4pdBgtGs-T3-WAf4yVc0ofor7X0OX27R2O9Qlz06G_eh2pCSYn_9scs7gG52NZnoYAe49Pwu1iILixV_1_GSE/s1600-h/downsized_0207001456a-722380.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5439704597103602162" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVEorx-qdHWfWyYI9uaMKascxrN4ZUFpmMoAGa6UwVq9o8MR_GQBqPxk4pdBgtGs-T3-WAf4yVc0ofor7X0OX27R2O9Qlz06G_eh2pCSYn_9scs7gG52NZnoYAe49Pwu1iILixV_1_GSE/s320/downsized_0207001456a-722380.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVEorx-qdHWfWyYI9uaMKascxrN4ZUFpmMoAGa6UwVq9o8MR_GQBqPxk4pdBgtGs-T3-WAf4yVc0ofor7X0OX27R2O9Qlz06G_eh2pCSYn_9scs7gG52NZnoYAe49Pwu1iILixV_1_GSE/s1600-h/downsized_0207001456a-722380.jpg"></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><i>Princess Peanut playing "drums" at EPCOT. In front of Innovations</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Talk about a whirlwind weekend....</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Part 3 of our adventure found us at Epcot...and what a beautiful day it was. Not too hot, not too cold...not too windy. Just plain beautiful ;) Mini-Me went off to take pictures...The Boy & Future Headache went off to do Sum Of All Thrills & Princess Peanut & I went off to the Character Spot.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">This was our first time in the Character Spot. The wait was not bad..maybe 20 minutes. And she was all excited about seeing her favorite Disney characters...Mickey, Minnie, Donald, Pluto & Goofy! Thank goodness for Photopass...or so I thought....</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Mickey's picture was great, but in moving to Pluto, the photographer had to do something with the scanner (sorry for lack of proper terms). So we were pushed thru & I had to take a picture with my video camera..*not* the best quality :( Can you say disappointed?? Moving on to the next character.Minnie..her favorite, and guess what?? It happened again!! This time I was not a happy camper about it. I told the CM I was very disappointed & this was the 2nd time this had happened. She let Princess Peanut finish her visit & pulled me to the side. She apologized & told me that I could wait to the side. As soon as the photographer was done, they would put us in front of the line. Sweet :) I was now a happy camper! Only waited about 5 minutes. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">The photographers must be on the same sort of a schedule, because it was a chain reaction. As I approached each Photopass person, they had to do whatever it was they had to do with their scanners. *UGH* Um, hellllooooo...I have a 2 yo here, people!! </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Luckily, I was allowed to wait for each to finish, but only because I asked. I feel bad for others this has happened to that didn't ask & possibly missed out. I woudl think that if the photographers had to stop to do whatever it is they had to do, shouldn't there be a back-up photographer? This is not the first time this has happened to us. We have missed several character shots because the Photopass CM had to do something with the scanner, one actually had his batteries DIE (they don't carry spares?) & another had to "take a break". Yikes!!</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Bottom line, I got my pictures...and I am still buying the Photopass CD. Still happy (for the most part) with Photopass. I just don't understand how this kind of issue hasn't been corrected.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">We finished up with pictures & waited in front of Innoventions for everyone to finish whatever they did. We all met up & were serenaded by Princess Peanut's Drum Solo (see picture above). Group picture & to the car for Superbowl!!</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">The weekend was great! It was a very busy 48 hours, but they were exciting!!! Can't wait til next year!!</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br />
</span></div>NDM 130http://www.blogger.com/profile/05357189056440065720noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4215584890455452530.post-90293701249491936802010-02-16T16:21:00.001-05:002010-02-23T11:31:19.836-05:00Super Family Fun Weekend 2010 pt 2<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikpneqOEiVv4HlFitW4f1vre5JXl9MEMN-wCFtVGa9dGrjsu_IHNZ5XmIgodJb7EoktrSMm6b-U_zmYBkZS37HEz6gAwyuaqXr79KLmptTbukYomp4lJiNnf_LaUw2dIL6m4jixJbxjl0/s1600-h/0207001057a-730169.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikpneqOEiVv4HlFitW4f1vre5JXl9MEMN-wCFtVGa9dGrjsu_IHNZ5XmIgodJb7EoktrSMm6b-U_zmYBkZS37HEz6gAwyuaqXr79KLmptTbukYomp4lJiNnf_LaUw2dIL6m4jixJbxjl0/s320/0207001057a-730169.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5441216463245033506" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">The view from our hotel room...Orange Co Jail ;)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Let's see...the recap...</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Great football game</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Great Fireworks (x2!!)</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Found a penny..heads up...</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">And then we found our hotel...lol</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">I really cannot complain about this place. It was clean...didn't smell like "cheap hotel room". Even the bathroom floor was clean. Of course, though, we were on the 4th floor & didn't see the elevator til AFTER we were already upstairs. And we had such a lovely view of the jail...lol</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Needless to say, I think we all slept in our clothes. I had friends that were also headed to see the Shuttle take off, so we were meeting up with everyone. I figured we could sleep til they made it to Lakeland. My wake up call was at 1:47am....</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">With everyone super-excited...we left about 2:15ish. Driving thru Downtown Orlando was neat. Would have loved to have found a 24-hr Starbucks! We drove thru Christmas, Fl...and boy did they capitalize on the name. The Ft Christmas Museum had lights & decorations up (& ON at 3am!!). They even had Rudolph's Restaurant! About an hour into the trip, I get a text from my Disney-Sis telling me that the launch is only a 30% GO. *Ugh* Only 30% is not good. I followed @NASA on Twitter the whole way. They really provided very timely updates...which was very helpful when driving across the state on the road to nowhere.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">We finally got to Titusville....can you say LOTS of people?? We met up with our friends in a parking lot and waited!! At 4:10am, NASA gave the GREEN/GO for weather...only 20 minutes left. We were kept busy getting cameras ready, tripods, blankets (it was VERY cold that night)...and in about 10 minutes it went RED again. Within a few minutes, they were GREEN again. And then it was RED....</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">We were on pins & needles waiting for this. It was the first launch of the year..the last night launch of the shuttles. It was one to be remembered. And at T-9 minutes, it was scrubbed. :( We looked out across the water & saw the launch pad. The lights. The beams of light that stretched from the launch pad to the sky. I wanted them to at least see something.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Oh...and I gave Disney Sis one of the pennies I found. They say if you find a penny heads up, you must pass it along to someone else within 24 hours to keep the good luck going!! A friend of mine made a great observation, so I will quote her..</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">"Shuttle launches aren't like Disney shows. Disney shows always go on time"</span></div>NDM 130http://www.blogger.com/profile/05357189056440065720noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4215584890455452530.post-59966093815336862632010-02-16T16:20:00.002-05:002011-01-28T14:03:25.151-05:00Super Family Fun Weekend 2010 pt 1<div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">What a whirlwind weekend!</div><div><br />
</div><div>Itinerary:</div><div>Saturday - Future Headache's Football Game, Magic Kingdom, Hotel</div><div>Sunday - Space Shuttle Launch, Epcot, Superbowl<br />
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</div><div>If you could define a perfect weekend, this would have been the one. For one thing, my house was clean & everyone was packed (including the car) by Friday night!! That itself is an extreme rarity! (you can read about past OCD issues <a href="http://obsessedwiththeears.blogspot.com/2009/10/birthdays-last-for-weekend-right-part-1.html">here</a>). </div><div><br />
</div><div>After Future Headache's phenomenal game(read <a href="http://heavensplace.pn2k.com/?p=29">here</a>), we were off to Magic Kingdom. Granted, after all the trips I make there, a normal person may not be as excited as I was. There was another photo lesson to be taught..this time ACTION! So, after the standard & customary Move It Shake It, the rest of the group & I headed off. It was cold & windy...so we hit Pirates of the Caribbean. For once, we were thankful there was a LINE! After PotC, we met up with the rest of the gang over by the Crystal Palace. Thanks to the refurbs being done at that time, most of the area was blocked off. So, that beautiful little area that overlooks the castle was pretty much dead(think..great spot for fireworks!) We love finding new angles to watch the fireworks from.</div><div><br />
</div><div>So while we held our seats, we just had fun. Princess Peanut ran around the circle area there & sang songs. Patriotic music played in the background with twinkling lights surrounding us. Later on(we waited for about an hour), I did send some of the troops over for a Waffle Bowl Ice Cream Sundae from the The Plaza Ice Cream Shop. Can you say excited children?? Watching them sit around this one dish of ice cream... and before you can say " 1 bowl?", there was a reason for that....seeing the sharing... laughing... talking... was priceless. </div><div><br />
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</span></div><div>Just before fireworks started, I got a text from a friend, <a href="http://twitter.com/shellmilliner">Michelle</a> (<---follow her on twitter!) that I have not seen since 8th grade. Thanks to Facebook, I have reconnected with most of my gradeschool friends. She was in the park, too. She & her family made their way over to where we were & watched fireworks with us. It was so neat to reconnect during such a magical moment!! Luckily, they are local (& passholders!) so we will meet up again -next time to ride Cinderella's Golden Carousel. Disney is such a great place ;)</div><br />
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</div><div>We decided to leave after fireworks, since we were driving over to the Space Coast st 2am. Originally, we were at Epcot, so we had to take the monorail back there for our car. As luck would have it, we boarded at just the right time. By the time the monorail was pulling into Epcot, we rode thru the park on the monorail during Illuminations. I have been wanting to try that for a while! While missing the music, it was still a great sight!</div><div><br />
</div><div>What a great night!</div><div><br />
</div><div>OH! & I found a penny...heads UP!</div></div>NDM 130http://www.blogger.com/profile/05357189056440065720noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4215584890455452530.post-11382833125290036102010-02-02T22:33:00.000-05:002010-02-03T19:19:00.001-05:00My Give A Day, Get A Disney Day Adventure<p class="mobile-photo">In 2010, Disney will celebrate the efforts of 1 million people by giving away a 1 day park ticket in exchange for a day of volunteer service. Kicking this event off on January 1st, the <a href="http://http://disneyparks.disney.go.com/disneyparks/en_US/WhatWillYouCelebrate/index?name=Give-A-Day-Get-A-Disney-Day">site</a> was *flooded* by people all looking for volunteer events they could sign up for. I will admit that I was one of those..desperate to find something that my entire family could participate in. Needless to say, I was very disappointed the first few days, not being able to find anything local. Even more disappointing was notes I was reading from others on Twitter, expressing the same frustrations. :( So close to giving up, I decided to wait a week.</p><p class="mobile-photo">Going back to the site a week later, I did some "in-depth" searching & stumbled upon the Gus A Stavros Institute Finance Park & Enterprise Village events. (Enterprise Village is a real-life, job & financial learning experience for 5th graders & Finance Park is geared for 8th graders) Well, just so happens that I have an 8th grader & that I was already signed up to volunteer for this event. Talk about luck!! Granted, this didn't accommodate my whole family, but I was excited to get in!! I called a friend of mine who also wanted to do a volunteer event & we were signed up together.</p><p class="mobile-photo">Having all the kids that I do, I have been to these field trips many times. I was given a group of students and was there to help them budget their finances & buy a house & car and try to experience some of the monthly financial budgeting we have to do as adults. I was lucky enough that Future Headache allowed me to eat lunch with her & even let me get my picture with her! What a lucky mom I am...lol.</p><p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiyIbsJq-3pUfi0cKd3pb4PRzM3Swfsi-NuKOyF6I1nYldZSDi-b8fJJpvO-C8vRHEx4j7o6L4tuVbNTjZXw01q5s2fX72Yk56zTnytrL603QLiBDQ3Ryf6jw62GTJaGxomfrI53Ee0zY/s1600-h/downsized_0126001334-726782.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiyIbsJq-3pUfi0cKd3pb4PRzM3Swfsi-NuKOyF6I1nYldZSDi-b8fJJpvO-C8vRHEx4j7o6L4tuVbNTjZXw01q5s2fX72Yk56zTnytrL603QLiBDQ3Ryf6jw62GTJaGxomfrI53Ee0zY/s320/downsized_0126001334-726782.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5433484211558123474" /></a></p><p class="mobile-photo">There were a few other volunteers there as well, volunteering for Disney tickets :) These people were excited, planning on using their tickets for the Flower & Garden Festival, Star Wars Weekends & just regular visits. </p><p class="mobile-photo">After this, I decided I needed to find a volunteer event for the rest of the family. The Boy was lucky enough that his play group, Actors Reaching Out, signed up to act out The Little Mermaid for an after school care program. The rest of the family is signed up to help clean up after a ADA fundraising race. Of course, I will be participating again, but thats ok. We are just happy to be a part of this experience!</p><p class="mobile-photo">If you have not yet signed up for something, I encourage you to keep looking! It really is a rewarding experience..especially when you can do it together as a family!</p>NDM 130http://www.blogger.com/profile/05357189056440065720noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4215584890455452530.post-75433163184788694312010-02-01T22:02:00.002-05:002011-01-28T13:55:19.587-05:00We like Toontown<div class="mobile-photo">As January draws to a close, we have successfully visited the world 4 times this month. I am off to a great start! And luckily, I picked the only non-rainy day of the weekend! :)</div><div class="mobile-photo">As Mini-Me played with her camera for this <a href="http://bit.ly/d5MpWL">trip</a>, Future Headache & Princess Peanut decided to play. After riding Goofy's Barnstormer for the first time last weekend, Princess Peanut decided she needed to "ride again". So off we went to Toontown.</div><div class="mobile-photo">Can I say that I am sad that they are demolishing Toontown? First of all, I am totally thrilled about the Fantasyland expansion. It is so needed. Really...just try to walk thru Fantasyland & you will see what I mean. It is super-crowded. More room & more attractions are definitely exciting thoughts, although I am scared to see what the construction will look like!! I overheard on twitter that they are starting on Winnie the Pooh's playground. That saddens me because that is one of Princess Peanut's favorite play areas. But anyway, back to Toontown.</div><div class="mobile-photo">The only thing that saddens me about Toontown leaving the Kingdom will be the loss of Mickey & Minnie's houses & Donald's boat. (Goofy's Barnstormer is staying.) As we walked thru the houses this weekend, I can't imagine Magic Kingdom without them. I know many children are thrilled to walk thru these attractions & see how their beloved mice live. Everything started with the mouse...his presence should remain strong in the parks...especially the Magic Kingdom. I know they are moving to Expo Hall, but it just will not be the same. :(</div><div class="mobile-photo">It will be a long haul with construction. It will also be weird to not see Dumbo front & center with the Carousel. But it is a nice thought that Princess Peanut might be able to ride Dumbo without having to wait 45 minutes ;)</div><div class="mobile-photo">Speaking of construction, lots is being done on Main Street during this slow month. Just this week scrims were put over the Plaza Ice Cream Shop & a large blue scrim was put over the Tomorrowland Terrace Noodle House/Wishes Dessert Party seating area. </div><div class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmakEWz7sPbAvpSS-yqZaI4Gnpl_tX_ONaDKFka1HMrZpwckywqqMtieo_AD5j-yM0wxTmwfLedY4a-NUapze-O4abDxeyw-K2vXrjAGnIbUxQ2kwpZX45HJd4qzTXvhu0ekIypbD97dg/s1600-h/0131001718a-744735.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5433476133567739586" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmakEWz7sPbAvpSS-yqZaI4Gnpl_tX_ONaDKFka1HMrZpwckywqqMtieo_AD5j-yM0wxTmwfLedY4a-NUapze-O4abDxeyw-K2vXrjAGnIbUxQ2kwpZX45HJd4qzTXvhu0ekIypbD97dg/s320/0131001718a-744735.jpg" /></a></div><div class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJAeZbnZX0TT7FclSWO7bROjDrdfcAF1gy9oX92gBbikflZ0qpUOnbcf8AvTYOe5ZuGe1VclIf7QUanv4EiF_t1SfypEaXeYm8F17mBrSFOO6wo2OgFrpyTAGml-DWUTSEc0tOiXCNTZk/s1600-h/downsized_0131001718-746078.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5433476136275990290" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJAeZbnZX0TT7FclSWO7bROjDrdfcAF1gy9oX92gBbikflZ0qpUOnbcf8AvTYOe5ZuGe1VclIf7QUanv4EiF_t1SfypEaXeYm8F17mBrSFOO6wo2OgFrpyTAGml-DWUTSEc0tOiXCNTZk/s320/downsized_0131001718-746078.jpg" /></a></div>For some good news, the 20% Annual Passholder Discount has been extended to March 1st! 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</div><div>Looking forward to our trip next week..planning on meeting up with an old grade school friend (who I have not seen since the 8th grade) & then going to see the shuttle launch afterwards at the Cape. </div><div><br />
</div><div>Til then, have a magical day!!</div>NDM 130http://www.blogger.com/profile/05357189056440065720noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4215584890455452530.post-56376546529870391482010-02-01T15:45:00.002-05:002011-01-28T13:55:19.589-05:00Reflection Lesson<div class="mobile-photo"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: garamond, 'new york', times, serif;"></span></div><div class="mobile-photo" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Ok</div><div class="mobile-photo" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Mini-Me is in a photography class. She was able to bring home her camera from school & the assignment was reflections. Where else can you get a wide variety of awesome shots than at WDW? So, off to Magic Kingdom we went ;)</div><div class="mobile-photo" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div class="mobile-photo" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">We did not have to walk very far to start taking pictures. Along the stores of <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1265076558_1">Main Street</span> gave awesome examples of reflection, as you can see by the *awesome* picture I took with my cell phone! If you look carefully, underneath the word "Disney" you can see the word "Arcade" reflected underneath. Great thing about this shot, it could only be seen like this from my point of view. Mini-me was too short, so I was proud to see it on my own!! Yay me..lol</div><div class="mobile-photo" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR7FVEBFqckt1-xY10TvHi7h31lj-Svx-YUOxK_PNybbxAAxTnd3Wf3spvegIvOnfehHVh1z_GqkHLUdQoHZuOeCJXhJBMnJhyaDwi58K9WHehQUORDxO9LjHXZjJv9GPlMbB4vHc0Z-0/s1600-h/downsized_0131001710-719247.jpg" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5433378957618771154" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR7FVEBFqckt1-xY10TvHi7h31lj-Svx-YUOxK_PNybbxAAxTnd3Wf3spvegIvOnfehHVh1z_GqkHLUdQoHZuOeCJXhJBMnJhyaDwi58K9WHehQUORDxO9LjHXZjJv9GPlMbB4vHc0Z-0/s320/downsized_0131001710-719247.jpg" /></a></div><div class="mobile-photo" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"> Mini-Me ran around the parks for the rest of the evening taking various shots..the Liberty Belle, Castle & Moat pix, a reflection from a <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1265076558_2">water fountain</span>. She shot with a very old school Pentax 35 mm. Yes, it used film!</div><div class="mobile-photo" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">We (me, Princess Peanut, & Future Headache ) ran off to see Dream Along with Mickey & Move It Shake It. Can't wait to see the pictures!!</div>NDM 130http://www.blogger.com/profile/05357189056440065720noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4215584890455452530.post-86347325745936868992009-12-07T14:58:00.000-05:002009-12-07T16:31:47.499-05:00World of Disney Annual Passholder SaleI survived! :)<br /><br /><div></div><div>Leaving a little later than we planned, my Disney-Sis & I left about 4am to head up to Disney's version of Black Friday. Arriving just before 5:30am, the line was crazy! The line wrapped around the building! Standing in line across from Arribas & Basin, we waited patiently. A CM walked around the line about 6am, announcing that wristbands would be given out to the 1st 1000 in line. Once they ran out, that was it. At about 6:15, I got my wristband! YAY!!</div><br /><div>At 6:30, they did promptly open the doors, but we did not get inside until close to 6:45. That was when we saw the true length of the line. The line was still wrapping around the building as we went in the doors. CMs were so nice..handing out shopping baskets/bags as we entered the store.</div><br /><div>We ran all over the store to see what the door-buster sales were. There were quite a few...PotC figurines, Disney pj's, stuffed animals, clocks, watches..there were deals in every room. CM's were right on top of things...keeping doorbusters organized..helping people find things...even making sure that we knew exactly what was on sale! Most organized of all was the free giveaway line!</div><br /><div>Believe it or not, this was the most organized give-away I have seen. The free give-away was stationed at The Bippity Boppity Boutique. A line was snaked around the room. As you approached the Boutique, a CM cut the wristband off your arm & another CM handed you a Vinylmation Doll. And that was it! Very organized & quickly done. Kudos, WoD on that one!!</div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 150px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412609895327213538" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIKIvRSOndtJkjBRDOVdshIwP32HJA2zhswhyphenhyphenAbiFeobl7ttleAa7OyBjmv159asWf7va_yf3VTao10ku1MIrF8EeA849pPM8hG2-jybW3T2QGemvZrVxzYaKmQ7CyiGdlpGD2qow4gIc/s200/DSCN3461.JPG" /><br /><div>The lines & the crowds were another story. I think we shopped an extra hour just so we didn't have to stand in the monstrous lines. In walking around that extra hour, we did spy Santa Goofy & WDW Moms Panel Mom, Erin Foster (@MomsPanelErin). </div><br /><div>All in all, the experience was good. Would definately do it again. As a matter of fact, Disney did add an additional 2 more Saturdays of Passholder & DVC Members Appreciation Days (12/12 & 12/19) from 8-10 am. This time, the sales have been extended to other stores in DtD...Once Upon A Toy, Disney's Pin Traders, Team Mickey, Tren-D, Disney Days of Christmas, Pooh's Corner, Mickey's Mart & Goofy's Candy Company. The flier announces up to 50% off select merchandise, special doorbusters, surprise markdowns, purchase with purchase offers. A complimentary gift to the first 1,000 at World of Disney will be held again on both Saturdays. You do have to have a Gov't issued ID along with your pass in order to enter the store & shop (they do check them!)</div><br /><div>Anyhow, looks like I will be heading to bed early again the next couple Fridays! If you happen to go to the sale, look for me in line or in the store & say hi! </div>NDM 130http://www.blogger.com/profile/05357189056440065720noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4215584890455452530.post-2870675654798780862009-12-03T16:33:00.001-05:002009-12-03T16:57:16.583-05:00Downtown Disney & the Annual Passholder SaleCan you say excitement?<br /><br />This Saturday, my Disney-Sister & I will leave our homes at 3am & head for Downtown Disney(<span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-error">DTD</span>) in search of some great deals a<span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">t</span> the Annual <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_2" class="blsp-spelling-error">Passholder</span> Sale at World of Disney(<span id="SPELLING_ERROR_3" class="blsp-spelling-error">WoD</span>) or Disney's version of Black Friday. Are we crazy...possibly. I'll be sure to let you know after we get back home!<br /><br />We went to <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_4" class="blsp-spelling-error">WoD</span> last weekend to "scope out the joint". We made lists of things we wanted & what room they were in. Mapping out our plan of attack included speaking to a manager about the event as well. In doing some research on previous annual <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_5" class="blsp-spelling-error">passholder</span> sales, last year was reported to have been crazy...selling out of $3 mouse ears in no time. The free give-away last year was reported to be insane, with CM throwing the items into the crowd instead of handing them to people as they walked in the door.<br /><br />Of course, being ever so politically correct, the manager could not confirm or deny anything. But, when asked the right questions, for example-instead of "when you hand out the free <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_6" class="blsp-spelling-error">vinylmation</span> dolls" use "If you were to hand something out", I got some answers! While they <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_7" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">will not</span> confirm or deny the free <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_8" class="blsp-spelling-error">VinylMation</span> dolls this weekend to the first 1000 people, I was told that IF something were to be given out, it would be in an orderly fashion. I was also told that there will only be 1 entrance into <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_9" class="blsp-spelling-error">WoD</span> Saturday morning. Of course, which entrance was not stated yet, but was promised that it would be a crowd controlled environment and in place before people were lining up that morning. Another thing to remember is that this is an event for <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_10" class="blsp-spelling-error">passholders</span> ONLY. You must have your annual pass & <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_11" class="blsp-spelling-error">Gov't</span> issued ID with you.<br /><br />So, in hopes of getting my 1st <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_12" class="blsp-spelling-error">VinylMation</span> Doll (yes, my 1st...and wondering if this will be the first of many), I will be there! I am also hoping to see some of the 2009 Mom's Panel ladies at the sale (@beautygirlsmom, @<span id="SPELLING_ERROR_13" class="blsp-spelling-error">MomsPanelErin</span> & @<span id="SPELLING_ERROR_14" class="blsp-spelling-error">mefries</span>). Although, I am hoping to see you in line. I'll be too busy shopping once we get inside ;)NDM 130http://www.blogger.com/profile/05357189056440065720noreply@blogger.com0