Sharing the Disney Magic with Family & Friends-DL Diamond Anniversary-DCA F&W Fest Kiosks & The End!

[franandaj]

Thank you soooo very much for sharing all of this! I feel like I was kind of there with you. The food looked divine but all those special photos were incredible to see. Thank you, thank you, thank you!

I'm glad you enjoyed this post!

Glad you both were able to overcome your heartburn even if you missed your original wakeup call.

How fun to see everyone dressed in their 50's garb. What a nice touch.

We didn't miss the call, we just said, "forget it!" and went back to sleep. At least it prompted us to take the medicine so we felt better when we did finally get up.

I thought about dressing up, but I couldn't come up with something that would be comfy and cute, so I just went with comfy.

Your lunch looks freaking amazing! That presentation sounds amazing. I would have loved that. How very cool and what a special tribute to Walt!

Yup - that lunch with all that wine - I would be heading out for a nap, too!

It was all great! Even the nap!

Seeing the menu I thought sounds delish, but seeing the presentations - they looked super !
How did you even make it through all that wine and not nod off during the family speeches ?

I'm not exactly sure. Because I almost fell asleep on the way back to the room!

The table settings were beautiful also.
Nice touch going to another area for dessert.
You and Fran are living the life - and that is a good thing !
Thanks for sharing.

It was cool to switch venues, seeing the screen was much easier than doing it from a dining table. For the last month, yes, we have been burning it at both ends.

How interesting that someone recognized you from the DisBoards - love it !

There has been a lot of that going around.

That dinner really looked good! I would have eaten everything on the menu which is unusual for me.

I'm usually not very picky, but this was a great mix of tastes!

That presentation sounded nice that must have been cool to see the family and hear all the memories of Walt.

It was really nice and a great tribute to the 60th Anniversary.

OMG, what a special event! Absolutely amazing. The food looked amazing too.

Jill in CO

It was

What a nice photo presentation! My mouth was literally watering looking at the delicious food and a tear always comes to my eye seeing pictures of Walt. Those lucky grand kids!!! I just wish he had lived a lot longer!

I think we all wished he did.

I love the cruise plans, and the B2B with 2 day to nowhere, sounds really nice, and makes it a great cruise overall. I think dressing up for pirate night and the no airline is really sweet.

I am so looking forward to it. Only two months now!

I hate snacks that are all about filling you up and not really providing anything other than fried bread.

Yeah, they have had better snacks, these were pretty weak.

yummy tequila wall

Too bad they weren't offering tastings!

Oh yeah... Margaritas

Now that looks good enough to eat. I would fill up on that alone.

I almost did!

You guys look great and so do the drinks. So glad you had a great time. Fran looks like she is feeling better, I hope it lasts a good lone while now with these drugs.

Hopefully these drugs will not cause her problems, she seems to have managed the twice daily pills.

 

[franandaj]

Cool!

Thanks! Looks like a neat celebration. I didn't even realize they did that... although, it doesn't really surprise me.

They do all kinds of celebrations that only people in the park know about. If they advertised things, they park would be overrun!

You can't have an anniversary without cake!!!!

Totally!

Oh wow... You must have some great connections.

Dinner alone looked great, but this would be the ultimate... sitting in the same room as Ron Miller and listening to stories about Walt!!!!

It's sad to say it, but it won't be long before the people telling stories about Walt won't have that first hand experience of knowing and working with him.

This is really just amazing. I'd have been in awe of the entire presentation!

I've really been fortunate over the years to sit in some rooms with really talented and special people. I just never have the guts to walk up to them and say anything!

I certainly can't argue that point!

Thanks for sharing! I got goosebumps just reading about and seeing the pictures of the Disney/Miller family presentation. I can only imagine how awe inspiring it must have been sitting there in the room with them!

It is really cool to be in the room with them. I sort of "pinch myself" every time I find myself in one of those situations.

Ugh. Sorry you weren't feeling well.

It happens.

Looks like you chose wisely, staking your spot early!

It really crowded up quickly, I'm glad we stopped when we did.

Seems like a fairly brief show.

Mmmm..cupcakes...

Short and sweet because everyone wanted to go get their cupcakes!

Just what you needed after all that Pepcid!

That's why we took the Pepcid!

Thanks for the translation.

You were thinking of me when you wrote these, weren't you?

You know, perhaps I was....

I heard he wasn't very generous with compliments, either.

It's always interesting listening to the truth of living behind the scenes!

Yes, all the folks that I've heard talk about him said that he never gave you a compliment to your face, but he would tell others (sometimes) when you did a good job.

Wow! Just wow! Thank you so much for the great details and photos of such an amazing event! How fantastic to hear about the adventure from the kids side!

I'm glad you enjoyed it!

ok wow! That event looks and sounds ah-mazing! 8 glasses of wine? Atta girl!

And the eight glasses of wine was before the Main Course, it was 12 by the end of lunch!

That event sounds amazing. How fun to hear stories from Walt's family. I imagine it is bittersweet for them at these celebrations though.

it's always great to hear stories from people who knew Walt.

I don't think I'd have been able to eat anything past the first two courses, but the meal looks scrumptious. I've recently discovered I'm intolerant to gluten, so all regular breads and pastries are out the window...

They did come around before the meal asking if anyone had any allergies or dietary restrictions, so I think they were prepared to make substitutions.

Wow what neat updates! First of all that's harsh you woke up that day feeling sick. Sorry for you both. Those cupcakes looked nice and very impressed with that lass and her skirt her Mom made! How cute.

At least we got over the early sickness, there were some very creative outfits there that day.

Wow that restaurant and that menu! Check that out. I love opera cake! The beef looks good. I am with you on the cheeks. Happy kitties though! The other courses superb! How nice you got a talk like that. What a lovely day!

It was a great day, and even more coming up!

 

[franandaj]

That is actually the best spot! And somewhat within eye shot of Walt's apartment

Worked for us!

Such great costumes! I've always wanted to visit during Dapper Days but i'm not sure I could pull off that look. I'd need some help.

I know, I started looking for costumes too late. Everything I found would have arrived a week too late from shipping.

Perfect viewing location!

We liked it!

How awesome that they were giving these out for FREE! Disney and free is a rarity.

Totally, I can't remember the last time I got something free at Disney!

Good shot with the wine and logo

Thanks, it took a few tries!

The tablescape is beautiful!

You enjoyed every dish! Amazing!

Everything about this event was top notch, almost like things pre-remodel.

My hero.

And I still sucked down four more.

Man, my cat would be so jealous of your cats

They are spoiled little brats.

I love seeing old pictures like this. So cool.

I can't get enough of them!

It was lunch???? OMG! I skipped ahead a whole half a day and didn't realise??? I really must pay more attention to what I'm reading!

Yeah, we still have all night to go! Hopefully coming up soon!

 

[franandaj]

So I’ve been kind of MIA this past week. Today I’ve been trying to get caught up on people’s TRs and that includes my own. Since last Sunday it’s been kind of crazy. We were at Disneyland both Sunday and Monday, and Tuesday was spent running around.

For those who don’t know, even though we got Jenny’s daughter and roomies all checked in at the end of last month, we had another tenant in that building move out. They didn’t trash the place, but a tenant never leaves the place as clean as we want it for a new renter. I spent the Friday and Saturday before last weekend working on the apartment, and we were back Wednesday and Thursday to wrap everything up. It was grueling work literally scrubbing the floors, and cleaning 2nd story windows in additional to regular mundane cleaning.

Through the connection of a new found friend, we ended up going to the D23 Expo Friday. We rationalized going, by saying that we would avoid small spaces (ie the presentations in the smaller rooms where you are in close quarters with 800-7,500 of your closest friends.) Instead we did some shopping and stayed in the main pavilion, afterwards we had dinner with DISfriends, so today we woke up feeling like we had been run over by a truck.

Tomorrow we are back out at the park to have dinner with our art dealer. We’ve talked to him on the phone for several years, but have never met in person, so we’re looking forward to that. ETA: Turns out we will not be going out to the park, he has to catch a plane at 5PM to SF. He got a contract with the Walt Disney Family Museum and needs to be there for a meeting Monday Morning. Next time I guess.

Then we have about a month where things will calm down for a while before we get back into Disney crazy mode, when Corinna, Scott, Jenny and Pam come to town (but not all together, thank goodness!)

Today, Long Beach had a record high temperature of 99 degrees, so I have been hiding in the Air Conditioned house catching up on bills, old mail, and TRs. I thought I would share one little “non-update”, but I think it’s kind of cute. Perhaps you remember this picture from earlier in the TR.



Notice the landscaping on the Mickey. Disney had chosen this color scheme for the 60th Anniversary. I have a section of my front yard where the annuals need to be replaced every few months. I snapped this picture during the weekend that I’m currently reporting on and gave it to my gardener.



He planted the area a couple weeks ago and in the last few days the Petunias just started flowering. Here’s a shot of the whole area.



But if you can’t see the colors, here are some up close shots.





Not much else to report on the home front, which is a good thing. That means everything is proceeding smoothly with no major bumps or changes.


When I last left you on the TR, we were off to the room to take a nap. Fran was out immediately, the last thing I remember was all those cars going up in flames on the I-15 in that horrific fire as I dosed off. Our wake up call came in around 6:30PM and I was so disoriented that I thought it was the next morning and I had slept through the night. I didn’t and we were good to go for the evening’s festivities.

We headed out to Disneyland and while it was crowded, it never reached the capacity of the 50th Anniversary and we had no problem getting a spot for the night. Since I had taken pictures of both the parade and fireworks twice in the last three weeks, I just sat back and watched, but Fran took pictures this time.



The parade came before the fireworks.





She really liked the Frozen Float, I’ve only included one of each picture, but she took a whole lot more of Anna, Elsa and Olaf.









We had a pretty good spot for the fireworks, but Fran decided not to take any pictures and just sat back and enjoyed. After the fireworks, we decided to stay for the second version of the parade, but decided that we would move to a more premium location for viewing. We moved right to the east spoke of the hub and were right in the front row. Once the crowds settled down again, I went over to the little red wagon and got us each a corn dog and potato chips.



Soon the parade started again.









See she really liked Anna, Elsa, and Olaf.













After the parade we slowly made our way out of the park and back to our room to go to bed.

 

[franandaj]

The next morning I headed up to the lounge and had a substantially larger breakfast than the previous day.



I brought Fran a bagel, and I packed up our stuff. We had packed two extra empty suitcases to accommodate all our loot. One thing I forgot to mention was that Fran had been shopping at various different locations throughout the trip and shipping all the merchandise back to the resort. It took an entire Bell cart to bring up our bags of stuff. I proceeded to pack the small stuff inside of our suitcases and smaller down some of the bags and packaging. Then we called Bell Services to take all of our luggage down and hold it.

We hadn’t been on many rides, so I asked if we could go on one before we left. On our way into the park, I couldn’t resist the smell of fresh popcorn.



We stopped to enjoy our popcorn, and saw Goofy all dressed up in his 60th finest.



Then we headed to our ride, and barely waited at all.



I think this was my best game ever. Not quite sure what Fran’s score was, but it wasn’t zero.





We decided that a Mickey bar was in order and noticed that the skies were beginning to get very very dark.





We had one more errand to run. We had seen people with these Chernabog sipper cups, and Fran had to have one. So we picked it up and exited the park. It really looked like rain.



We loaded up the car and something made me think that I should put Fran’s scooter inside the car instead of on the rack on the back of the car. Jim was feeding the cats when we got home and he helped me get the luggage inside the house, but we left the scooters in the back of the car.

After Jim left, the skies opened up, I could have sworn we got a ton of rain, but the weather reports the next day said that it was only about ¼ inch. Regardless it was enough rain to set records for July in Los Angeles, and I was glad that the scooters were safely inside the car. Another fun trip in the books!

 

[PrincessInOz]

I love the night shots of the parade. And the corn dog....and the popcorn...and the Mickey Ice Cream.
But what I love the most? Pictures of your garden bed looking like Disneyland!


Thanks for sharing this trip with us. Hope you enjoyed the time at D23 and that you had a great time with the DisMeet. YAY for the new found friend!
September is going to be even busier if all those Dis-sers are coming to visit you!

 

[mvf-m11c]

That is great that you were able to go back to the parks and watch PtN and DF. I always enjoy your pictures and it will be nice to see more and more from your mini TR's. Never get tired of those Corn Dogs from the Little Red Wagon.

 

[Leshaface]

They didn’t trash the place, but a tenant never leaves the place as clean as we want it for a new renter. I spent the Friday and Saturday before last weekend working on the apartment, and we were back Wednesday and Thursday to wrap everything up. It was grueling work literally scrubbing the floors, and cleaning 2nd story windows in additional to regular mundane cleaning.

Ugh that sucks. I don't understand why people wouldn't at least attempt to clean up after they move out. I remember I was so concerned about us getting the deposit back that we spent half a day cleaning and renting a steam cleaner for the rugs. Needless to say, we didn't get our deposit back because one of our friends was super drunk (2 NIGHTS before moving out) and getting mad at everyone and kicked down the gate that leads up to our house Ah, good ol' college days.

Tomorrow we are back out at the park to have dinner with our art dealer. We’ve talked to him on the phone for several years, but have never met in person, so we’re looking forward to that.

That will be fun!

Then we have about a month where things will calm down for a while before we get back into Disney crazy mode, when Corinna, Scott, Jenny and Pam come to town (but not all together, thank goodness!)

Yay! I imagine you'll be seeing a lot more of Jenny these days

I love it! They're going to look great in a few months.

he last thing I remember was all those cars going up in flames on the I-15 in that horrific fire as I dosed off

So sad

Our wake up call came in around 6:30PM and I was so disoriented that I thought it was the next morning and I had slept through the night.

I HATE THAT! When I was 19, I was working 3 jobs and was going to school, so the days were long and i'd sometimes get a few hours in the afternoon to nap. Multiple times i'd wake up disoriented, grabbing my uniform for my morning job when it was time for my night job and my parents would have to reassure me it was PM.

Gaw I miss these beautes!

No souvenir popcorn bucket?! Not like you at all.

Love it!

Aw now every time I see these, i'll think of the day me and you had one while watching Mickey and the Magical Map

 

[Paula Sedley-Burke]

I just adore you having those colours from DL Anniversary growing. What a neat idea! How exciting you have all those lovely visitors lined up.

It always throws me we differ in chips. For us chips are fries. So you said corn dog and chips I my mind imagines fries then looking at your corn dogs photo I remember! Those are your chips! We call those crisps.

Fran took some neat photos of the parade. I love the Frozen ones!

Entering the park,and smelling that fresh popcorn. i love that moment. Everybody has their when do they feel they are in Disney moment. For me at WDW that's that second. Tony's to my right. Guest services to the left. The train in the station and the popcorn smell!

Hope you enjoyed your purchases! I would go crazy for that anniversary gear.

 

[dolphingirl47]

Then we have about a month where things will calm down for a while before we get back into Disney crazy mode, when Corinna, Scott, Jenny and Pam come to town (but not all together, thank goodness!)

I don't know Scott, but it is a shame that I am not over at the same time as Jenny and Pam. At least I should get to meet Pam at Walt Disney World.

That looks great. I hope they are still going strong when I am over.

We stopped to enjoy our popcorn, and saw Goofy all dressed up in his 60th finest.

I love Goofy in his new costume.

I really enjoyed all the photos of Paint the Night. Just 37 days until I hopefully get to see this myself.

Corinna

 

[rentayenta]

Love your flowers that match Disney's. Looks terrific.

You think you're behind? You look on top of it compared to me. I basically check in here because I know I'll catch everyone here. I do need to find Jill's though.

Pam and I will be there at the same time but I think she arrives a day earlier. I'm checking hotels right now for that. We're booked but I am always looking for a better deal.

12 glasses?

 

[franandaj]

I love the night shots of the parade. And the corn dog....and the popcorn...and the Mickey Ice Cream.
But what I love the most? Pictures of your garden bed looking like Disneyland!

Those are all classic treats that I was so happy to get to eat. I really like coming and going from the house now that the flowers have started blooming. It makes me think of the park every time I go in and out of the house!

Thanks for sharing this trip with us. Hope you enjoyed the time at D23 and that you had a great time with the DisMeet. YAY for the new found friend!
September is going to be even busier if all those Dis-sers are coming to visit you!

It was a great time this week. I have lots more to share. Luckily all those DISers are coming in September and October so it won't be quite as hectic and busy.

That is great that you were able to go back to the parks and watch PtN and DF. I always enjoy your pictures and it will be nice to see more and more from your mini TR's. Never get tired of those Corn Dogs from the Little Red Wagon.

Thanks Bret! I'm glad you enjoyed the pictures.

Ugh that sucks. I don't understand why people wouldn't at least attempt to clean up after they move out. I remember I was so concerned about us getting the deposit back that we spent half a day cleaning and renting a steam cleaner for the rugs. Needless to say, we didn't get our deposit back because one of our friends was super drunk (2 NIGHTS before moving out) and getting mad at everyone and kicked down the gate that leads up to our house Ah, good ol' college days.

Actually these tenants cleaned the place better than most. I gave them pretty much a full refund, except for the holes in the wall that needed to be patched/painted from the cords from their DirecTV and Internet. The things we had to clean was the dust on the baseboards, wash the windows, reseal the granite countertops, and just wiping down the walls and doors where one wouldn't realize that there was dirt. Especially cleaning the switches. No one thinks about the dirt in the light switches. The floor scrubbing was actually the landing outside the front door. It's shared between apartments 3 & 4, and over the course of a year and a half the outside got filthy and had ground in dirt. That was the hardest part about cleaning.

I take it you didn't get your deposit back as the landlord had to rebuild the gate?

That will be fun!

Except that he had to cancel. So now I'm playing on the DIS and wondering what we're going to have for dinner.

Yay! I imagine you'll be seeing a lot more of Jenny these days

I hope so!

I love it! They're going to look great in a few months.

I hope within a couple weeks!

So sad

That was tragic.

I HATE THAT! When I was 19, I was working 3 jobs and was going to school, so the days were long and i'd sometimes get a few hours in the afternoon to nap. Multiple times i'd wake up disoriented, grabbing my uniform for my morning job when it was time for my night job and my parents would have to reassure me it was PM.

I guess that's why I don't usually take naps in the daytime. I always wake up disoriented.

Gaw I miss these beautes!

I know! I really want a hand dipped corn dog. We don't even have a Hot Dog on a Stick nearby to get one.

No souvenir popcorn bucket?! Not like you at all.

We already have two Darth Vader ones at home, I suppose I could have gotten a princess carriage, but I don't think this cart had any.

Aw now every time I see these, i'll think of the day me and you had one while watching Mickey and the Magical Map

That was good times!

I just adore you having those colours from DL Anniversary growing. What a neat idea! How exciting you have all those lovely visitors lined up.

I do what I can, it will be fun to have friends in town.

It always throws me we differ in chips. For us chips are fries. So you said corn dog and chips I my mind imagines fries then looking at your corn dogs photo I remember! Those are your chips! We call those crisps.

You and the Aussies. We call those things "French Fries".

Fran took some neat photos of the parade. I love the Frozen ones!

She took at least a dozen of Anna and Elsa each time and just as many of Olaf.

Entering the park,and smelling that fresh popcorn. i love that moment. Everybody has their when do they feel they are in Disney moment. For me at WDW that's that second. Tony's to my right. Guest services to the left. The train in the station and the popcorn smell!

Hope you enjoyed your purchases! I would go crazy for that anniversary gear.

Me, it's looking up at Walt's apartment!

I don't know Scott, but it is a shame that I am not over at the same time as Jenny and Pam. At least I should get to meet Pam at Walt Disney World.

Scott has been MIA around here. He moved to Florida and seems to be more on FB than on the DIS lately. Too bad you won't get to meet Jenny this time, but once she moves back here....

That looks great. I hope they are still going strong when I am over.

They should be doing really when you get here!

I love Goofy in his new costume.

I really enjoyed all the photos of Paint the Night. Just 37 days until I hopefully get to see this myself.

I'm sure you will enjoy it!

Love your flowers that match Disney's. Looks terrific.

You think you're behind? You look on top of it compared to me. I basically check in here because I know I'll catch everyone here. I do need to find Jill's though.

You have reminded me that I need to go find Jill's as well!

Pam and I will be there at the same time but I think she arrives a day earlier. I'm checking hotels right now for that. We're booked but I am always looking for a better deal.

12 glasses?

Uh-oh, I thought you arrived the day that Pam does. We might not be having lunch before we have to leave on the cruise. We leave at 6AM on Friday morning. Pam gets in on Wednesday, so that means you arrive Thursday.

 

[Dis_Yoda]

You guys really are the biggest Disney shoppers I know! Its great always seeing what you end up picking up during your trips.

The paint the night parade looks really nice - I hope we end up seeing it in January.

I find that Buzz is a lot harder at Disneyland than WDW but that could be because I know the spots at WDW and you can just keep the button pressed there rather than having to keep pressing it at Disneyland.

 

[franandaj]

You guys really are the biggest Disney shoppers I know! Its great always seeing what you end up picking up during your trips.

It's mostly Fran, I'm really trying to remember what all we picked up on this trip. I know there were a couple of things that were special, but some were just T-shirts, and then there was the limited merchandise that they released that week. But yeah, Fran buys more than anyone I know. Although if you had seen some of the posts from the Expo of some people and their loot, they gave her a run for her money!

The paint the night parade looks really nice - I hope we end up seeing it in January.

I'm sure it will still be there in January, it's a great parade. World of Color, probably going to be gone after they do the Winter Dreams version. In fact they may release that one early as "Celebrate!" is getting some really bad reviews. I kinda liked it, but I'm weird.

I find that Buzz is a lot harder at Disneyland than WDW but that could be because I know the spots at WDW and you can just keep the button pressed there rather than having to keep pressing it at Disneyland.

I think it's because you know the spots at WDW. I find Buzz in DL easier since you can take it out of it's holster.

 

[dvc at last !]

The flowers at your house look great.
Thanks for sharing the Paint The Night Parade pics
I always have a Mickey Bar also.
Fran is the shopper !

 

[franandaj]

We left off with a rainy summer day in Southern California. Oddly enough, the next day was a repeat of the previous, so we just hid inside the house watching the DVR and me posting on the DIS. But mostly Fran was napping, three days in the parks really wiped her out and she slept all day Sunday.

If you remember this was when we were still getting the place ready for Jenny’s daughter to move in. Carpeting was laid over the weekend while we were at Disney, and the contractor still had to put in the dishwasher and hang the blinds (which I still had to buy). Monday we opened up the box from the brand new dishwasher only to find it had a huge dent in the front door. Tuesday morning the contractor went to return it and all they could do was refund my credit card, not issue a replacement. When I went to find a replacement, I was dismayed to find out that Lowe’s, Home Depot, and Best Buy could not deliver a dishwasher before the second week of August. Jenny’s daughter would be moving in on the 31st of July!

I spent Tuesday fetching the blinds from Lowe’s and fretting over the dishwasher while Fran still had been wiped out and sleeping all day Monday and most of Tuesday. Finally I remembered about the Sears outlet where they sell items that had been returned by customers and now were listed at a discount. Luckily we found a perfectly good Dishwasher and we picked it up on our way to band rehearsal Tuesday night (even though the store was about 20 miles out of our way the opposite direction of Los Angeles, where we rehearse). After this crazy day, I was totally ready to out to the park and spend a day with John, Suzie and their son Elwood!

We agreed to meet up at 10:30AM, and I let Fran stay home. If it took her three days to recover from our 60th Anniversary escapades, she didn't want to be out for another few days because she spent more time at Disney. After I dropped off the dishwasher at the old apartment I was on my way. I showed up a couple minutes late, but not too bad, and pretty soon we were on our way. Our first ride was the Jungle Cruise.









The backside of water never gets old.






Next we went on Indiana Jones. I didn’t take any pictures on the ride, but I took this one of the sign to remind me what we did.



Then we went on to Pirates of the Caribbean. It was on this ride that I realized that I need to get a lens to use strictly for pictures on Disney Dark Rides! These Blue Bayou shots barely came out.





I’m including this one only because you can see how bad it is here.



My favorite harpsichord that I have been watching since college.







I got the redhead!





Unfortunately during most of the ride, the camera wouldn’t even take pictures. I was lucky to get the few that I did.







At least this one at the end of Captain Sparrow came out pretty well. Now I hope that you paid attention during these pictures because in a few more posts there will be a test!



After Pirates (notice, no need to spell out the whole name of ride @Leshaface) we went over to the Haunted Mansion, but once they put us in the stretching room, the ride went down, so we decided to come back later. Elwood proclaimed that he was starving so he got a Mickey pretzel (sorry no picture) and he inhaled it. I guess that’s what 4-year olds do! So we headed to Buzz Lightyear next. Since I had recently rode Buzz (4 days ago), I was more interested in shooting of a different kind!



























I think I’m going to wrap this one up here, and post the next update when I get a chance. I’m on a roll right now! More rides and stuff to come!

 

[franandaj]

The flowers at your house look great.
Thanks for sharing the Paint The Night Parade pics
I always have a Mickey Bar also.
Fran is the shopper !

You snuck in while I was posting!
Thanks for the compliments on the flowers!
I wasn't up to taking pics that night, so I'm glad she was. Yes Fran is the major shopper. I like my jewelery, but other than that I can do without figurines, we have enough already!

 

[Captain_Oblivious]

Through the connection of a new found friend, we ended up going to the D23 Expo Friday. We rationalized going, by saying that we would avoid small spaces (ie the presentations in the smaller rooms where you are in close quarters with 800-7,500 of your closest friends.) Instead we did some shopping and stayed in the main pavilion, afterwards we had dinner with DISfriends, so today we woke up feeling like we had been run over by a truck.

It must have been cool to be there, even though it was exhausting! I enjoyed hearing all of the news this weekend.

Today, Long Beach had a record high temperature of 99 degrees, so I have been hiding in the Air Conditioned house catching up on bills, old mail, and TRs.

99?!

He planted the area a couple weeks ago and in the last few days the Petunias just started flowering. Here’s a shot of the whole area.

What a cool idea!

See she really liked Anna, Elsa, and Olaf.

Apparently so.

It took an entire Bell cart to bring up our bags of stuff.

You know this is just more crap to have to move later on.

When I went to find a replacement, I was dismayed to find out that Lowe’s, Home Depot, and Best Buy could not deliver a dishwasher before the second week of August. Jenny’s daughter would be moving in on the 31st of July!

Sounds like it's time for some good ol-fashioned hand-washing.

The backside of water never gets old.

Agreed.

Next we went on Indiana Jones. I didn’t take any pictures on the ride, but I took this one of the sign to remind me what we did.

Sigh...

Now I hope that you paid attention during these pictures because in a few more posts there will be a test!

What?! I should have studied!

 

[afwdwfan]

Through the connection of a new found friend, we ended up going to the D23 Expo Friday.

Cool! Did you see anything noteworthy while you were there?

Turns out we will not be going out to the park, he has to catch a plane at 5PM to SF. He got a contract with the Walt Disney Family Museum and needs to be there for a meeting Monday Morning. Next time I guess.

Well, I guess if he's gonna stand you up, at least that's a good excuse.

He planted the area a couple weeks ago and in the last few days the Petunias just started flowering. Here’s a shot of the whole area.

Nice job, but it doesn't look like Mickey!

Once the crowds settled down again, I went over to the little red wagon and got us each a corn dog and potato chips.

That corn dog looks amazing!

See she really liked Anna, Elsa, and Olaf.

All the kids do!

On our way into the park, I couldn’t resist the smell of fresh popcorn.

This update is killing me. I need a snack.

We decided that a Mickey bar was in order and noticed that the skies were beginning to get very very dark.

And now ice cream and chocolate!!! Oh man...

We had one more errand to run. We had seen people with these Chernabog sipper cups, and Fran had to have one.

Those cups look really cool!

After Jim left, the skies opened up

It doesn't rain in southern California...

Luckily we found a perfectly good Dishwasher and we picked it up on our way to band rehearsal Tuesday night (even though the store was about 20 miles out of our way the opposite direction of Los Angeles, where we rehearse). After this crazy day, I was totally ready to out to the park and spend a day with John, Suzie and their son Elwood!

That was a lucky break! Crazy that it was going to take a couple of weeks to get one delivered from any of the stores. I can't believe that they wouldn't be able to get one to you sooner than that.

We agreed to meet up at 10:30AM, and I let Fran stay home. If it took her three days to recover from our 60th Anniversary escapades, she didn't want to be out for another few days because she spent more time at Disney. After I dropped off the dishwasher at the old apartment I was on my way. I showed up a couple minutes late, but not too bad, and pretty soon we were on our way. Our first ride was the Jungle Cruise.

You're lucky. Just a normal day. You know. Run a few errands. Swing by Disneyland for a few hours.

Elwood proclaimed that he was starving so he got a Mickey pretzel (sorry no picture) and he inhaled it. I guess that’s what 4-year olds do!

They either inhale it or waste it.

 

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Yes, I'm getting there Wednesday and Jenny on Thursday. Unless she changed but the last thing I knew was Thursday.

How fun that you got to D23!!! Maybe I can plan on next year's. If I get the job I want in Alaska I'll be working one week on and one week off. That will be convenient to pop down to CA and not take any vacation time.

Your garden looks great!

Fun times at DL all around