Congrats on the new addition to the family. Children make life worth livin'.....well, that and Disney. ;-)
I enjoyed catching up on the "trip report", ahem.....Think I will read the previous one today....with all the extra time that I have on my hand.
Oh wait, I have to do
laundry and pack.
The gas prices here are 2.63, wow.
Kiersten, you have a great trip, don't worry about nuttin and bring me back a souvenier, don't worry about that either if you forget, cash always works too.
Boy, there used to be a time when I would go all day without eating, just some coffee and I wouldn't eat until I got home from work and had a couple of drinks.
Now, I'm in the kitchen all the time scouting things out,,,
and my pants are getting tighter and tighter cuz I'm eating anything and everything.
3 months ago Diane asked if I'd take over feeding the cats, I did and I've gained ten pounds from that, damn those Whisker Lickin's.
After the long day of cold yesterday at Epcot that culminated with the Henry episode, we weren't too sure just how to take today, Wednsday, an Animal Kingdom day and our last full day on the trip.
It's supposed to get up to about 62 degrees today, then cold again tonight which is also EMH night there.
Since we have a very early lunch at Yak and Yeti we decided to put Henry behind us and just play it as usual;
rope drop, stuff, eat, take a resort break, drink, back to park, drink some more, shows,,,,,, stuff, and leave.
And we did, it was nice.
Thursday morning; we got up.......
Ok, we made rope drop, wasn't too crowded and once again they changed things around,,,, now they held us at the very front of the park by the Oasis, and Minnie and Mickey and Goofy and the gang all did the welcome show from there.
I was able to grab a shot of the Christmas Tree on the way in,,,
No, there was no second rope drop at Discovery Island with Mickey climbed up the landscape in the distance.
Climbed?
How about clumb?
yeah, he clumbed up the landscape.
But they did go tell us, "Now, go have an adventure!"
I've always liked that for an opening, puts excitement into a young ones heart.
Old ones too.
We had everything timed for efficiency to use our time wisely before our 11 am lunch ADR, so we started with The Screamin' Kids Show hidden in the Tree of Tears, but there wasn't many kids or people in there first thing in the morning so it was the quietest we ever heard it.
Upon leaving the theater, I took a picture of the massive crowds all storming through Discovery Island on the way to Dinoland.
THen it was into Dinoland for Primevil Hurl which it was way too cold to enjoy,,, and then into Dinosaur itself, which was way too bright out to be able to see anything in there and enjoy.
I was in a picture taking mood being the last day:
I really considered climbing up on top of this guy for the picture, but common sense won out over valor in the end,,,,, and the fact my last painkillers are still in the room.
We then went for a smoke and got seats out of the cold up in front to see Finding Nemo. ( I still think they misspelled the name and never caught it)
Nemo is always good, but we have seen it better, there was a different Crush and Nemo this time who didn't seem quite as good. It was then time for one more shot on the way to Yak and Yeti,,,, I've always liked this picture , thinkk I've takein it a couple times now.
I knew we weren't going to make the lunch seating in time but we were only 10 minutes late and they seated us upstairs, near a window. What was nice was that a shaft of sunlight was streaming in through the window and oh did the warmth feel good.
Now, as far as the food is concerned here?
I'm not sure how to answer that.
I'm not sure the food is concerned about anything here.
"Thank you Mr. Nebo for your always direct and to the point critique."
We passed on the appetizers like we usually do on the dining plan now.
I think the only time we violate the "no appetizers" personal rule we have is over at Le Cellier when we go for the Cheese Soup, but that's because that's become a ritual.
I can tell you that you don't want to miss the dessert here,,,,fried won tons,,,,,,, very rich, and very good, we both got it.
I got the bbq pork ribs,,,,,, which were ok, I probably like Flame Tree ribs better. These came with fried rice which was,,,,,, well,,,,, rice.
Fried.
Now, Smidgy did the take a picture thing again,,,,,, and I don't know what she took a picture of,,,,, all I know is it definately came from something on our table, and since she isn't here right now to help me sort this out I'll just post it as the "Mystery Picture."
I'll have a better idea myself when it's posted and in a much bigger size than I'm looking at in my PBucket album.
Allright, it turns out that the reason I couldn't remember what Smidgy had was because she had the ribs also, yes, this chapter is written in two stages. I have a feeling the mystery picture is of the won tons.
Well, we would go back again, especially if we could get an upstairs table. If you timed a lunch just right, and you got a good window seat,,,at just the right time,,,,,,and pigs started flying,,,, you could watch the Jingle Jangle Jungle Parade from up here.
And don't make me say that again!
When we left it felt really good standing in the sun, so we hightailed it back to the resort, just in case we had the same sun at Pop that we have here in Animal Kingdom.
That sentance not so dumb as you smarties might just be thinking right now, I've seen suns that will shine on some faces and not on others!
I have sat in the sun for hours and not gotten anything but my friend walks out and joins me for 20 minutes and he's fried, just because the sun doesn't like Irishmen.
Or he likes them too much.
Back at the resort, we are pleased to find that the maid hasn't come,,,, we have had a battle the whole time with the maids,,,,, for some reason, they just hate it when you slip that "do not Disturb" card in your lock.
We just don't need the room cleaned that oftern,, and besides,,,,she's got that bed so made up so tight and short-sheeted that it's totally useless being used as an actual bed.
I have to go around the bed and pull everything back out again just to get in it, the only person I know that could possibly get in it the way she has it is Gumby.
And besides, I think she's the one that steals one of my socks everytrip. That's ok cuz that cute liitle origami wash rag doggie goes right in my suitcase first thing now.
SO there!
Today though, all is as it should be, an organized mess,,, jsut the way I like it!
Not only all that, it's kind of embarassing with all the liquer we have in the room for Diane, I'd just as soon strangers don't have to see it if you know what I mean.
Here's what the beds should look like:
Now, they have taken much needed shelf space away here at Pop,,, Ha,,,, that won't stop Smidgy!
Then, there's the matter of the vanity area,,,, now, I would have thought that a maid would be afraid to go near this area but oh no,,,,they thrive on this area,,,,this is their
K-2,,,, a real challenge I guess.
You can always tell when you get a "happenin" maid,,, she's the one that puts the toothbrushes on a folded over washrag facing each other, with one upside down.
But it's also where I keep my blood pressure meds,,, believe me, if you hide these out of sight you will forget to take them cuz you won't be in the groove that you are at home. That's why they have to be out there up front and personal, so you don't forget to take them and explode somewhere in public.
There wasn't a cloud in the sky,,,,and it suckered us right in. We changed, we grabbed our towels, ane we headed to the sunny side of the pool.
And we froze.
The sun felt good when we sat down, but a group of whispy cirrus clouds formed,,,, right between us and the sun.
Group of clouds? Ok, what is a group of clouds called?
A pride of clouds? I know,
A gaggle of clouds.
Andyway,
boy, I can't type today.
Andyway? isn't that the main street that goes through ASMovies in the Toy Story section?
Andyway, the little bit of clouds would not move, and took just enough of the heat out of the sun to ruin it for us.
I found myself just staring at the edge of the clouds, trying to will them out of the way and move over, to no avail.
When that didn't work and I got tired of shivering and looking at the sky I did what I normally do when I can't be in control and things aren't going my way:
I went and started drinking and took pills.
I made sure to come back out with the camera though, just one,,,,,,, more,,,,,,,, time,,,,,,,,, today:
Does anybody want to explain the concept of "sunbathing" to Smidgy?
cya
congrats!!!
And I also remember that update! It made me laugh... again! 
Until then give up some pictures so I can live vicariously through you! I love babies! 
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