Wednesday, December 30, 2009
Tuesday, December 29, 2009
Guest Star Tuesday!
My Friend Chrissy did this and I think it is a FABU idea!!! I have a HUGE blog post to do Wednesday night for Thursday so I think something like this is what the Doctor ordered!
I want to feature 3 of my favorite bloggers!
First up is Chrissy ! She is an AMAZING woman! A Mommy to an adorable little Man and a Wife to a great guy! She is a Disney lover like me and also like me has worked at the parks! I feel like she is my sister from another mister thru the Twittervurse (click to go to her twitter profile)! She is an inspiration to me because she is open and honest about her weight loss! She is holding herself accountable and I find that AMAZING!!!!!! I Adore her and can’t wait to have fun times with her at Disney on her next trip!!!
Second up is Amanda ! Amanda is my most favorite person that I met in Real Life for 2009! She is a Disney Blogger, a Twitter FANATIC and a bad ass!!! I met her once and then got to spend a whole day with her and she is SO MUCH FUN!!!! I am see MANY MANY MANY moore fun trips to Disney in our future and hopefully in the new year I will assist her with her First Podcast!
Third On my list is Zanna ! She is another Killer Disney Lady that I can not wait to meet in person! She is a 2009 Disney Mom's Panel Mom, a twitter FIEND, a Disney Dooney&Bourke lover and has the most ADORABLE family I have ever seen! She has been an inspiration to watch thru her Disney Mom’s Panel Journey and I hope to one day wear that Pink Quilted Jacket with her!!!PLEASE visit these three ladies! Click each of their names to go to their blog and click the other link for their Twitter account!!!!
Much Love goes to these 3 ladies for keeping me sane and smiling on a daily basis!!! I can not wait for the 4 of us to get together and have fun girly drinks and raise some Disney Hell ;)!!!
Monday, December 28, 2009
Human Nature!
We interrupt the regular blog program for a very important message from the amazing Brandy. Please read it and think about it. If you feel so inclined, please copy and paste the below post onto your own blog to spread the word and keep the good karma, thoughts and prayers flowing.
My name is brandy. And I have a blog.
And a plea.
I use my blog to showcase the crazy I meet everyday, share the stories of the kids I teach and document my love for tequila, dairy products and the abdominal muscles of Ryan Reynolds. Rarely do I talk about personal issues on my blog- as personal as the dude that I adore (who I actually met through my blog- single ladies, let that be a very good reason to blog, the possibility of meeting someone as wonderful as my man), but I need your help. And it involves my dude.
He's a guy who made math comics for my class, so they would love learning about addition. He's the kinda guy who sends my friends gift cards when they are having hard times, who remembers every story I ever told him, who was the first person I celebrated with when I got a teaching job. He's the guy who sent flowers to me at school- dozens of my favourite pink roses just because he loves me. He's a guy who has spent a year patiently explaining (and re-explaining) everything there is to know about football during the important games when silence is preferred. He's made me word puzzles and comics and stayed up late playing Scrabble with me (even though I beat him almost every time). He's listened to me cry about school and family and jobs. He is everything I never knew I needed and everything I always knew I wanted.
The holidays have hit us hard. He's recently been told he may have something called multiple myeloma- an incurable cancer, that gives a person an average of five years of continued life. Though this news has came as a shock, he continues to be exactly who has always been- spending his time worrying about me, rather than worrying about himself. He's the most selfless individual I know- (he stayed late on Christmas Eve to work, so his co-workers could leave early) and a post like this would never be something that he would promote or encourage but when I'm overwhelmed and feeling helpless, the blogging community has always given me tremendous support and comfort, two things I desperately need at this time.
As I write this, the future is uncertain and we aren't sure what's happening. He'll need to see an oncologist soon, to verify what's going on in his body. My hope is that everyone who reads this think positive thoughts and if you are a person who prays, could you add him to your list? (You can refer to him as 'brandy's hot awesome dude'). If you don't pray, please keep him in your heart.This cancer is only a possibility and I believe that the prayers and positive thoughts of people can make sure it never becomes a reality.
I want to give a big thank you to the blog owner who scraped their original blog plans and graciously put this up. My goal is to get as many people as possible to see and read this post. If you are reading this and want to help, copy and paste my plea into your blog or send a link through twitter, so more people can keep him in their thoughts. I would be so very grateful (even more grateful than I am to my friend who first showed me the picture of Ryan Reynolds on the cover of Entertainment Weekly. If you haven't seen it, google it. You. Are. Welcome).
I realize this all sounds dramatic, a Lifetime movie in the making- but this is life. Right now. And I'm throwing away any hint of ego and am humbly asking for you to pray or think kind thoughts. If you are able to pass this on, thank you and if you know anything regarding MM- please email me (my email is on my blog). This isn't a call for sympathy or a plea for pity. It's just one girl hoping you can think positive thoughts for the person she adores. If my current heartache provides you with anything, let it be with the reminder that life is short, love is unbending and no one knows what could happen next. Maybe it is silly, but I really do believe that positive thoughts can make a huge difference. Thank you for reading this and if you haven't already? Please tell someone you love them today.
I did.
A Sunday Meme
I got this from Manda's Blog ! Super fun!!!
Friday, December 25, 2009
Disney Wishes for Christmas
I am borrowing this post from Mike Scopa's Blog on AllEars.Net . I Think it is very smart and I think that Walt would be impressed!!!!
Dear Santa,
Unlike other years I’m writing to you this year for a friend of mine. It’s a very close friend and I know that this friend is too shy to write you a letter so I thought I would write you instead and tell you what I think I would like to wish for my friend.
My friend is Walt Disney World and as you may know, Walt Disney World has a number of wonderful things for everyone but especially the four theme parks; The Magic Kingdom, EPCOT, Hollywood Studios, and Animal Kingdom.
I have a wish for each one of these theme parks and I think my wishes would be the same wishes for my friend so please try hard to make my wishes come true.
For the Magic Kingdom I wish that for 2010 that guests will be treated to a special nighttime party that is not connected to any holiday and that this party runs three nights a week starting in March and running thru Labor Day.
We can call it “Mickey’s Surprise Party” and the party would have wonderful shows in front of the castle and in tomorrow land.
There would be special fireworks shown on these party evenings and of course special treats like hot chocolate and cookies.
Also, there will be special character meets and greets throughout the park.
But here’s the best part….for every party a guest will purchase a ticket and that ticket will have a tear off attachment that will be entered in a raffle each night and five party guests will be given a one-day golden fast pass good for up to 5 people in their traveling party.
The number will be picked randomly during the party and announced at the end of the fireworks display. Oh and one more thing….this guest will also be given a one night stay in the Cinderella Castle Suite.
I think that would be a wonderful new addition to the Magic Kingdom.
For EPCOT a wish I have had for so many years is to see the re-opening of the Odyssey Restaurant and for that restaurant to offer the signature entrees from each of the World Showcase Sit-Down Restaurants.
If the restaurant was able to do that then the guests who have been unable to get Advanced Dining Reservations at their favorite restaurants could still enjoy their favorite entrée.
This has been a wish of mine for years and we know that there is always room for another sit-down restaurant in EPCOT.
Disney’s Hollywood Studios has certainly gone through a lot of changes lately.
My wish for this theme park is to do something long overdue and that is to close down The Great Movie Ride and change a lot of the scenes that are really a bit too old for the younger guests to understand.
My thoughts are that some of the earlier movie scenes have pretty much seen their day and perhaps it is time to bring into this attraction some movies that are not 40, 50, or even 70 years old.
That is my wish for the Studios.
My wish for the Animal Kingdom has also been on my mind for a long time.
I think that the Animal Kingdom needs a dark ride that takes guests on a journey through Mythology with a special focus on Mythological creatures like the Minotaur, the Unicorn, and other creatures we have found in fantasy.
If not that then how about a Soarin’ type ride that shows guests what an eagle sees when flying or what a dolphin sees while swimming in the ocean?
Anyway Santa, those are my thoughts and wishes for my friend. I know granting wishes is a very tough job but if anyone can do it you can.
What I like about these wishes is that I think Mr. Disney would have liked them too.
Merry Christmas Santa.
Merry Christmas!
Love To You All! I hope the day brings you exactally what you want and you spend it with those that you love!xxooxxoo
~Aurora
Thursday, December 24, 2009
7 years ago tonight
This picture was taken at Elizabeth's Mother's house! It was our first Christmas! We had only met a little over a month before but we were living together and engaged already! We look the same pretty much.... I dont wear as much eyeliner and James is skinnier but we are just as happy then as we are now! Merry Christmas To you and yours!!!! xxooxxooxxoo
Tuesday, December 22, 2009
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