• Hat Watch
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    Hat Watch

    Mickey’s hand and more of the Sorcerer’s Hat gone today at Disney’s Hollywood Studios pic.twitter.com/wAtrYbBBX5 — WDW News Today (@WDWNT) January 22, 2015 I’m hoping there’s a clear view of the theater by the time we get there…. fingers crossed. I check everyday for updates on the demolition!

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    Am I excited about my Disney trip?

    Leaving work like Picking up the rental car like Getting to our hotel like Riding the monorail like Seeing the castle like Walking down Main Street like Getting a Dole Whip like Watchin the parade like Walking into EPCOT like Eating at Rose and Crown with Chase like Snacking around the world at EPCOT like Seeing Fantasmic like Eating so…

  • Disney excitement
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    Disney excitement

    I desperately need some Disney in my life right now. I’m so glad we have this trip coming up. Disney package paid for – check! Rental car booked – check! Dining reservations made – check! Universal tickets bought – doing that tomorrow! Getting there: As I probably mentioned before, we’re driving for the first time this trip. I haven’t driven…

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    My Disney Book

    I’ve kept myself busy this week creating a little guidebook for our Disney trip (26 days!). At Barnes and Noble last year I saw this adorable tiny Disney guidebook – it was small enough to carry in a pocket, and had neat fold out maps and everything. And I really wanted it. Not that I necessarily needed the information… but…

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    Diiiiiiiiiidny

    So, a few thoughts…. 1. We booked our Fastpasses! Friday night (technically Saturday morning – Orlando time) I logged in and booked our fastpasses. There wasn’t a TON we wanted to do, since Chase isn’t big on rides and most everything else we’ve done a lot. We just missed the Mine Train when we went earlier this year, so that…

  • Hat Watch
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    Disney World

    Dragoncon mode: off. Disneyworld mode: engaged. Disney trip 2015 – booked! We are going in February this time around. 5 day trip. We’d picked our dates a few weeks ago, and when we went to book – surprise, they’d just announced free dining for that time period! So we booked, got the free dining, though we upgraded it to the…

  • Back from Vegas
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    Back from Vegas

    I’m back after a week long trip! I’d never been to Las Vegas, somehow. Never had a convention that drew me there I guess LOL I was asked to come along to be part of the booth team for a trade show through work last week, and Chase got to come, too! So I was excited to get to see…

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    Back from Disney World

    We’re back! I got sunburnt, my feet and legs got ridiculously swollen by the 3rd day, it was either really cold or really hot, and I came back with a head cold – it was fabulous. The best part was sharing it all with my parents. We had great meals, I got to do Dapper Day, met a ton of…

  • Flying & Conventions
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    Flying & Conventions

    Let’s break it down. In 2002, I flew to 3 conventions. 2003, I flew to 4. 2004, I flew to 4 again. In 2005, 4 again. In 2006? I flew to 2 events. 2007? 0. 2008? 0. 2009, 2010, and 2011 each had 1 convention we flew to. 2012 was 0. 2013 was 1. So what happened? Well besides life…

  • Disney World 2013: Pics part 5!
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    Disney World 2013: Pics part 5!

    A few of our photopass pics! I have more to upload so there will be a part 6 later 🙂 I would have had them all uploaded already except flickr is only letting me upload 1 at a time right now. Click Read more to see the rest.

  • Disney World 2013: Pics part 1!
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    Disney World 2013: Pics part 1!

    I’ve only got a few of them uploaded so far – Tuesday through part of Thursday, and I don’t have our photopass or Chase’s pics yet. But I figured I’d go ahead and post a few. Click more for the rest of the post! I loved the bedspread in our room: