BriansPyxie -- Oh, I just LOVE that shot of your daughter. I'm glad we at least got to say 'hi' -- sorry if I seemed out of it, I was pretty pooped from all the late nights and walking around the World Showcase. But the Kaki Gori in Japan was pretty good, huh?
YOMD -- So, since I've tried to read everything in the most recent 15 pages or so (too lazy to go back further than that, sorry!) but I'm sure I missed something...anyone win or witness any cool Year Of a Million Dreams prizes?? We actually won something...LOL! About 10am we were headed to Rafiki's Planet Watch to see if I could catch Jimminy Cricket for an autograph (and we did! Whoo!) and as we were entering the building, they herded us through one door and we got the Dream Fastpass! We only used 3 of the 6 tabs (it's one tab per FP ride), because we were only planning to be in DAK for about 3 hours, and we extended it by an hour to use those. It was still really cool, though, especially since I never dreamed we'd win anything. I covet those cool YOMD mouse ears, though...I love mouse ears! (Anyone else buy some of the new ones at MK that light up? I did! It was neat, since most people didn't have them yet, and all the CMs and Characters kept commenting on them, especially at night when I had them turned on.) As we were checking in, I also saw a family being offered a one-night upgrade to a moderate resort (the family turned it down because they were meeting other family at POP), which I thought was nice. And we saw lots of little 'magical moments' (waaaay more than I've ever seen before) like families being asked to play instruments before Philharmagic and the family of the day on Sorin.
DVC -- I saw a couple of posts about the DVC. I don't totally understand it, but I know Disney just announced a new DVC resort at the Animal Kingdom Lodge. I told DH last night, and he said, "Ok, now we have to invest in this, I want to be able to stay there every year!" LOL! We had our honeymoon at AKL, so it holds fond memories for us both.
Michelle -- I'm so sorry about your uncle!

How did your DH's "secret" job interview stuff go? Any moves in your family's future?
Nanu57v -- You can edit the tag under your name somewhere in your user CP.
Sickness -- Well, I hate to hear it, but I'm kinda glad I'm not the only one who came back sick as can be. Sounds like we all had the same thing...fever, aches, chills, BAD sore throat, stuffy head...I'm just now coming out of it. It sucked presenting at my conference while being sick. And my boss thinks I called in just because I was tired, not because I really was sick, even though I have a doctor's note and everything!
dreamergirl78 -- You're not the only one who did a little christmas shopping at Disney. We found an amazing hand-made bowl at the AKL gift shop for my mom. It was $50, but that's usually what we spend on her, so we went for it. As we were checking out, the CM showed us the special mark on all of the pieces made especially for Disney, which was pretty special. i think mom'll like it.