You Asked My Opinion

May 2020 note: I don't know when I started this post, but because I don't have other things to do, I'm going to go ahead and publish it. Who knows? Maybe at the end of all of this, Disney Parks will no longer exist. I did check all of the links, and everyone is still publishing information, so here's my opinion. Do with it as you will. How Do I Plan This Trip  or Disney Planning Is Goofy! See what I did there?  Disney is not a fly by the seat of your pants and go where the mood takes you trip. Let me say that again for the people in the back. Disney trips require planning . I totally get that your idea of vacation is sleeping in, and flying by the seat of your pants. In that case, maybe Disney isn't the trip for you. I know people who plan a trip quickly (within a few weeks) and have a lovely time. We'll come back to that. The people who tell me they were miserable or hated it or will never go back didn't plan. F'reals.  ...

Which park is better is the golden ticket, meaning of life, $64,000 question and I have the definitive answer for you. The answer is.... Yes.  All of the Disney Parks are best. All of them. They're all wonderful in their own way. They all have their downsides too. But they're all wonderful.  Disneyland (DLR) and Disney California Adventure (DCA)Parks in Anaheim California: -I love Disneyland. It opened in 1955 and you can practically still feel Walt walking through the park with you. -It's small. Both parks combined are something like 1 square mile (Florida is 47 square miles). Yes, you can see the Matterhorn from anywhere in DLR, you can see Thunder Mountain from Pirates of the Caribbean. It's ok. Really it is. -You can stay off property and walk to the parks. The resort hotels in CA are ridiculously expensive. Like a cheap room is $350. No thanks. Stay literally across the street for $160 and get free waffles out of the deal. I was a WDW snob and I didn...

The earlier days of this blog were for my fund raising for Team in Training. I just read through them and thought they weren't all that bad, and I liked the reminder of how hard I worked for that goal, so I'm leaving them up. They're only related to Disney in that I ran races at Disneyland and Walt Disney World. I'm a big ol' Disney-phile. This causes me guilt. The world is a pile of poop, and I like to spend time and money visiting a people trap created by a mouse. Logically, I know I shouldn't feel guilty unless I spend my kids' college funds on Disneyland Hong Kong (Disney Sea, maybe, but not Hong Kong), but I do feel guilty. I have friends who give me crap about it, (Perhaps they're not really friends, I don't give them crap about their ridiculous picky eating). I realize I am beyond blessed to be able to go as often as I have. I realize I'm beyond blessed to be knowledgeable enough to have opinions. Anyway.  I'm pretty knowledgeabl...

My fundraising deadline is in 24 hours.  One day left for you to make a difference in the life of a patient with a blood cancer.  Any little bit helps. Here's a breakdown: $25 provides patients and their loved ones with booklets that contain up-to-date information on their disease and helps them make informed decisions about their treatment options $50 makes possible a Family Support Group with a trained facilitator where comfort can be found and experiences can be shared among patients and family members $100 provides one-on-one conversations with Leukemia and Lymphoma Society Information Specialists who help people with cancer navigate through treatment, financial and social challenges, and give accurate, up-to-date disease and treatment information $300 can train 25 peer volunteers who can provide emotional and practical support to newly diagnosed patients through the First Connection program $500 can help send 25 LLS advocates to champion policies that accelerate...

~On December 29th, we're having a fundraiser night at Orange Leaf Stillwater!  10% of sales from 6pm - 9pm will go to Team in Training.  Join us!! ~Need a tax write off?  Coincidentally, I need to raise money by December 31st.  You can donate here: http://pages.teamintraining.org/vtnt/starwr15/knealf ~My  sister-in-law donated a lovely scarf which I then forgot to take with me to the raffle event.  The next person who donates at least $10 through the websiste gets a bonus scarf!! (here's the link if you need it:  http://pages.teamintraining.org/vtnt/starwr15/knealf ) ~The 46 people on my TNT Flex Team for the Star Wars Half have donated $98,010, and our fundraising deadline isn't until next week.  Go Team!  Check out my amazing teammates: http://pages.teamintraining.org/ho/starwr15   I just found this page and I love it!  It shows all of my teammates, with links to our individual teams.  Spoiler alert- they're all f...

I need to do more miles so that I can finish the last 1.5 episodes of Serial.