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How ’bout one of these?
Or one of these?
You gotta love the ‘do…
These examples are all from the Lego store in Downtown Disney. Can you imagine how much time it took to put these samples together? And how about this backdrop on the checkout counter?!
Here’s a close-up:
They also had this really cool modular section of the store with legos sorted by color. It had a great retro design feel. Wouldn’t this make perfect craft storage? Just imagine - bins built into the wall for each color of embellishment instead of legos? *LOL* I know…I’ve got a serious addiction. 
Hope you’re having a great week,
April 24th, 2008
Last weekend, I took a long awaited trip to see my best friend Ruth who now lives in the Orlando area. It has been several years since I’ve had a chance to see her & her family and we had a blast hanging out at Animal Kingdom & Blizzard Beach.
We braved the Everest roller coaster…
We traveled through “Africa” on a safari & saw beautiful tigers in “Asia”…
Disney did an amazing job of making the surroundings realistic. I was particularly drawn to the Asian section & some of the sculptures reminded me of ones I’ve seen in Thailand & in China in recent years, like this one here:
We loved the Nemo musical… the puppetry was incredible, and the Lion King Festival was so much fun - the monkey tumblers on the trampoline had us totally amazed!
In the afternoon, Ruth had arranged for us to be a part of the parade! We climbed atop a float in Goofy’s brigade & went all the way through the park. I can’t remember the last time I smiled so much my cheeks hurt! *LOL* We were able to practice our princess waves too as we went through the park waving at the park-goers at the sides of the street. Here we are in our Mickey hats before the parade started. 
And here are a couple of pics at downtown Disney with Annabella, Logan, & Ruth at the end of a hot & sweaty day (I think Nicholas was asleep & Eric was taking the pic).
Next stop Lego Mania…
April 24th, 2008
Ok - I just had to share this story. Mimi & I went to dinner last night with my close friend, Caroline, at downtown Disney. When we returned to the parking lot, we were having a terrible time trying to find Caroline’s SUV. As we walked through the parking lot, she had her arm raised with her keypad trying to listen for the familiar beeping sound of the doors unlocking. We finally saw a couple lights flash, and the car doors unlock beside us. Mimi & I hopped into the SUV & waited for Caroline to come in. We looked off to the side, and there was a man & his wife staring at us oddly. He hesitated with a questioning look & said, “I think you’re in my car!” *LOL* We had inadvertanly hopped into a stranger’s car thinking it was Caroline’s!!!! Ends up her car was next door to his & we had accidentally just popped into the wrong one. I don’t think I’ve laughed that hard in a year! Luckily - the guy & his wife were good sports. But man - how goofy are we!
February 9th, 2008
Merry Christmas to one & all!
It’s been quite a year, and as I look back through all that has happened…I have so much to be thankful for.
I am truly blessed with a group of wonderful friends & family and want to thank all of you for your support through all of the changes this year. You make such a difference! Even those of you that live hundreds & in some cases thousands of miles away, I treasure the contribution you bring to my life, and you are never far from my thoughts.
I wish you a holiday season filled with love, joy & laughter, and I look forward to sharing new 2008 adventures with all of you…whatever they may be!
Laura
December 25th, 2007
Hello my name is Laura…and I’m a Netflix addict. *LOL*
I joined about a month ago to watch movies I wouldn’t necessarily go out & buy. And isn’t it just the best to be able to watch TV shows without commercials & waiting a week between episodes? Some of my recommendations so far…
- The Office, Season 3 - I couldn’t stop laughing.
- Firefly - great short-lived sci-fi western TV show. It’s quirky but lots of fun.
- Peaceful Warrior - wonderful film about Zen thinking
- The Prestige - Hugh Jackman, need I say more?
- Black Book - EXCELLENT film about a Jew infiltrating the SS headquarters in WWII
- The Lives of Others - Amazing foreign film about East Germany in the 80s before the wall came down
- The Station Agent - unusual independent film about a train-loving dwarf who inherits a station depot in a small town in the northeast.
- Little Children - a very disturbing but well-made film starring Kate Winslet
November 2nd, 2007
I think the highlight of the State Fair for my mom was going to the “Birds of the World Show”. She was fascinated by how close we were able to get to some of the birds of prey as they swooped just over our heads. This white falcon was particularly beautiful. Watch out for those talons!
We also saw a number of exotic birds including a brightly colored singing parrot that knew the lyrics to four separate songs!
Now if you’ve seen this show at the State Fair before, you probably know that it usually runs like clockwork. Nobody misses a beat, and you’re amazed at the talent of the animals and their trainers. The day we attended the show, though, it truly was a comedy of errors. First, they announced a hawk was flying in from the ferris wheel when he apparently wasn’t loaded yet. Next, they introduced a bird who flew out from the stage & disappeared for about 10 minutes. He was later found & recovered from a nearby tree. And finally, it took about 12 different attempts to get one of the birds to obey a command to fly out to an audience member & collect a money donation. The emcee kept saying, “That’s just the way this show is gonna go today,” but I think we enjoyed it even more with all of its flaws.
The highlight of the Fair for me was visiting an enclosed butterfly garden that held hundreds of native Texas butterflies! I always jump at the chance to take photos of them. Here are a few of my favorite pics from the afternoon…
October 15th, 2007
Here’s a pic of Caroline & I on her big day. Check out this link to more pics on her photographer’s blog…she was such a beautiful bride…and the pictures are just amazing!
October 6th, 2007
My mother bought me this beautiful lariat style necklace at the trunk show last weekend. I love all the copper elements mixed with green pearls, glass, & crystals. These pictures hardly do it justice…it was made by local jewelry artist, Karen Spotts.
October 4th, 2007
Thought you’d enjoy these pics from the Plano Balloon Fest a couple of weekends ago. It was so interesting seeing these flat sheets of color on the ground inflate into giant splashes of color across the sky.
And what great shaped balloons!
These never took off - but I loved the Energizer bunny complete with flip flops & sunglasses. And the Schepps cow balloon even had udders. Too funny!
October 2nd, 2007
Tara - I promised you Star Wars pics…so here they are! These were taken at the recent Ft. Worth science museum exhibit. It’s amazing to see some of the stuff up close - especially the models of the ships that look larger than life on the screen and can be rather small up close. According to one of the videos, the model-makers bought a lot of the supplies to make the ships in a medical supply warehouse outside of London. Weird, eh? Enjoy the pics…
Here is Luke’s Landspeeder…which apparently was a 3-wheel car modified with a mirror on the bottom to reflect the land…
The Millenium Falcon…
Luke’s ship…
A hairy Chewbacca…
Princess Leia’s outfit & the ‘droids…
Beware of the storm trooper…
I can hear the evil theme now…
Dum,Dum,da,Dum…Dum,da,Dum….Dum,da,Dum…
Luke’s prosthetic hand up close…
The Empire Strikes Back snow creature …
That’s all folks!
October 2nd, 2007
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