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Hot Disneyland Adventure

September 24th, 2009 · 1 Comment

Despite the heat I headed over to California Adventure and Disneyland today. There was very little traffic, took me just about 1/2 hour to 40 minutes to get to Anaheim which was awesome. I entered the park through the front entrance and got to see just what Disney is up to, it looks like they [...]

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Birthday Fun At Disneyland

September 13th, 2009 · No Comments

For my 56th birthday I took myself to Disneyland for the day! Since I renewed my annual pass a few months prior I was able to choose from several options they offer for a free gift as part of Disneyland’s yearly Birthday Celebration. I chose the gift card which is equal to 1 days visit [...]

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Goin’ Disney

August 21st, 2009 · No Comments

The date finally arrived when I was no longer blocked at Disneyland and California Adventure when using my passport again so I headed up to Anaheim with 2 good girlfriends in tow, Jill and Karen. We left around 2, arrived about 3, and set out to have a great time. Despite the fact that the [...]

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Space Mountain With Her Lights On

April 27th, 2009 · No Comments

While at Disneyland last week and riding one of my favorite rides, Space Mountain, I got a delightful surprise, it broke down! We were on it for a total of about 10 minutes, lights on about 7 minutes. Very exciting!

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Down To Two

April 7th, 2009 · No Comments

After the Christmas holiday season in Illinois was over, and Valerie had spent some quality time visiting with both family and her boyfriend who live there, she decided to stay put, at least temporarily. Val’s boyfriend will be getting a job transfer hopefully to the OC, in the very near future, That said, she was [...]

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Val’s Visit

March 24th, 2009 · 1 Comment

At the last minute Patty and Valerie decided to take a trip to Disneyland today, Tuesday March 24th. The weather was spectacular even if the park was full. We got a late start but still had a fun day. Val lucked out and found Pluto just as we entered the park, so we waited in [...]

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Christmas 2008

January 1st, 2009 · 1 Comment

I’m late posting photos, but as the saying goes, better late than never. I had just gotten home after taking our houseguest Valerie to the airport (she went home to Illinois for the holidays) when I saw Jerry’s car in the driveway. I was so excited to see him home for lunch! I was sure [...]

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Tags: Christmas · Jason · Jerry · Matthew · Patty · Tinkerbell · fairie · fairy · family · friends · home · jobs · love

Another Disneyland Playdate

December 2nd, 2008 · 3 Comments

Just in time for the beginning of Disneyland’s wonderful Christmas holiday season my 2 girlfriends Jill and Karen and I headed out for a fun filled evening at Disneyland. It started out with a light dinner at a Downtown Disney resturant. So light in fact that the bartender gave Jill all the booze from my [...]

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Tags: Disneyland · friends

Another Disneyland Annual Passholder

November 21st, 2008 · No Comments

After living with Jerry and I for almost a month while seriously pursuing a job in the interior design market, Valerie decided to purchase a Disneyland Annual Pass. It allows her to have fun during these hard economic times, and besides who doesn’t love Disneyland? Uh, for those of you who don’t? Don’t answer! One [...]

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Disney Topiaries

September 12th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Before you dive into this blog you might wonder if these topiaries at Disney World and Disneyland Resort are real. I am not sure if the Peter Pan and Snow White topiaries shown here at Disney World in Florida are real, but I do know the others are as I’ve seen them up close. The [...]

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Tags: Disneyland · Patty · Tinkerbell · fairie · fairy · garden · love · topiary