"...you KNOW you're an IDIOT if......."
"What's the matter?"
"I have a terrible feeling."
"About what?"
"That we didn't do something."
"No, you feel that way because we left in a hurry. We took care of
everything. Believe me, we did."
"Did I turn off the coffee?"
"No. I did."
"Did you lock up?"
"Yeah."
"Did you close the garage?"
"That's it. I forgot to close the garage, that's it."
"No, that's not it."
"What else could we be forgetting?"
"KEVIN!!!"
-Home Alone
Okay, so we DIDN'T forget our kid. We DID forget, though, the next best thing -
MY CAMERA!

What, with all the hurrying back and forth from park to resort and back again, we left our room in such a hurry that I'd forgotten to unplug my camera and take it along. The highlight of our trip would be to see the lighting of the Castle. Here I was, at the HAPPIEST PLACE ON EARTH, during the HAPPIEST TIME OF THE YEAR with no camera.

Yes, I'm an idiot. Well, you know the old saying:
When life gives you lemons, buy a disposable [..or something along those lines
[heh-heh] ]
...we made our way through the thickening crowds and headed towards LTT so that we could check in for our dinner. I had heard many conflicting reports about this place - I was willing to give it a shot, and it was festive and quite nicely carried out the 'holiday theming'. After all, how bad could mashed potatoes, turkey, and gravy at LTT be?

I was given the palm pad beeper thingie, while my DH decided to take a short walk. Little did I know, he was about to perform an act of 'chivalry' ~ he ran next door, unbeknownst to me, to purchase the disposable camera [bless his heart!]
The night air was filled with holiday music and laughter, the visitors drawing closer to the front of the restaurant and seemingly gathering in one spot. Apparently they were getting ready to view the Spectromagic parade, that would soon be passing the very spot where we were situated.

[..yes, there IS a god after all...however, he has a sense of humor...]. With the parade in full swing
the beeper went off, signalling that our table was ready
[...TOLD ya that 'He' has a sense of humor!] ....thank goodness I never DID get to see those creepy SpectroMen...
....anyhoo, we were seated at a lovely table in the 2nd dining room to the right of the lobby, where the hostess announced that the chef would soon be making his way to our table...
...

JUST KIDDING! This was the beginning of the long line characters that would be visiting our table throughout dinner, which was, by the way, DELIGHTFUL!
...one thing I really enjoyed about this evening's dinner was that it really tasted like a 'home-cooked meal'. And, the chef did introduce himself (sorry dude,

, I forgot your name

, but he was a real god-send. He even told me where he purchases the gluten-free rolls and breads and how to heat them up in the microwave! It was the first time in almost 4 years that my DH has eaten decent bread! You can almost say that it was a 'Hallmark moment'...

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