In the Shadow of the Mouse

It's been a long, looooooong time since my last post about Mary Poppins - and I still haven't gotten around to posting about our last Disney trip! It's been an extremely busy year and I'll try to fill in best I can working backwards...   My son Derek just got back f... [More]

It's been awhile since my last post and I *really* need to get around to posting the notes about our last trip... but until then I wanted to mention D23 again, and the latest benefit they've given out.   In case you haven't read my last post about D23, it's a new Di... [More]

Just flew in last night from another whirlwind vacation in the shadow of the mouse, where we took Sydney down for her 10th birthday. It was a blast! I'm going to recount each day's activities in subsequent posts, but first I thought I'd talk a bit about the house.   It ... [More]

So I've written at length about my home here in Kissimmee, Magna Opus, but not at all about the vacation home community that it's part of. My home is located in Terra Verde, a private, gated community located within easy reach of the US192 corridor and within 15 minutes of Disney, Sea... [More]

Only 10 days left before we leave... and one of the things I'm really forward to is the Epcot International Flower and Garden Festival, which runs from March 18th to May 31st.       This year looks better than ever. Lots of new sets with all your favo... [More]

Soooo... I have my brand, spankin' new D23 membership, and as much as I love the $900 pen I was looking to complement my spiffy new lithograph with something more affordable... like PINS!!!   So I mosey on over the Disney shopping site to pick up a choice few... and I find this... [More]

Ok... back to Disney and back to pins. One of the great pleasures my family and I have at Disney World is found in pin collecting and pin trading. We buy tons of pins, mostly off of the Disney Store site (since we live in Chicago) and a bunch more whenever we visit Disney World. Unfortunately, we ... [More]

So a rare occasions without children on Friday night, so Lora and I went to dinner, ate way too much food (fresh, fried potato chips smothered in bleu cheese... oh yeah), and then we went to see "Watchmen".   Unfortunately, "Monsters Vs. Aliens" boot... [More]

So a brief tangent here from my typical posts on vacation homes and Disney pins... especially for those of you who are fans of animation and may not have heard of Hayao Miyazaki. I'm glad to be able to use this post to make this introduction.   Hayao Miyazaki is consider... [More]

Well, eariler this week my D23 membership card arrived, with a nice "Charter Member" certificate (suitable for framing, although not sure where I'd put it), an official membership card, and the premier issue of the very glossy, Disney "twenty three" magazine. That was all n... [More]