Posts Tagged "Florida"
note for me Disney Blackout Dates 09/10
Check it out – here’s 09’s blackout dates, too. This is from Disney’s FL resident section.
A Seasonal Pass entitles you to admission** to Magic Kingdom® Park, Epcot®, Disney’s Hollywood Studios™, and Disney’s Animal Kingdom® Theme Park Except the following dates:
* March 15 – March 28, 2008
* June 7, 2008 – August 14, 2008
* December 21, 2008 – January 3, 2009
* April 4 – April 17, 2009
* June 6, 2009 – August 13, 2009
* December 19, 2009 – January 1, 2010
**Except for activities/events separately priced.
You also get:
* The exclusive “Mickey Monitor” Passholder newsletter
* Special offers on Walt Disney World® dining, merchandise, backstage tours, and much more!
When you order the Seasonal Pass, you will receive an exchange certificate in the mail. Redeem the exchange certificate for a Seasonal Pass at any Walt Disney World® Theme Park ticket window by presenting the exchange certificate and valid photo ID. The Seasonal Pass is valid for 365 days from exchange certificate redemption.
Proof of Florida residency is required — you must provide any one of the following:
* Florida driver’s license
* Florida state-issued ID card (must have Florida address)
* Florida voter’s registration card with corresponding picture ID
* A college ID for a Florida college
* Florida- based military ID
Passes are non-transferable, are only valid during regularly scheduled operating hours and exclude activities / events priced separately. No additional discounts apply.
http://tickets.disney.go.com/buy/TicketTrans#subcat2
(you can put in 32181 as a zip code – that’s mine!)
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CoralSpringsParents : Coral Springs Parents.
I need a local group, so here it is! Just publicizing it.
Read MoreSelfish post 2008
It’s secret swap time! Yay!
I’m doing our secret swap again this year, so here is my all about me post for this year. It’s pretty much the same one from last year, and the year before.
What I am… I am a mom, a daughter, a sister, a wife, and all the things those roles define. I act as an accountant, a chef (gourmet and diner varieties), a maid, a washing woman, seamstress, personal shopper, and any other menial household task you can think of. I am also a taxi service on occasion as well as a nurse.
Now that I have (somewhat) defined my role, here is who I am (on this day)… I haven’t knitted in ages, so please, no yarn. I like reading, but I am picky. I am a web and graphic designer by trade, and I do that in my spare time. I co-own and operate Punky Moms, the rockin’est (is that a word? It is now!) parenting forum out there. I spend way more time there than is probably healthy, but I seriously love it and couldn’t think of a better way to spend my spare time. And all my other time. And time that doesn’t exist yet. I like to think I can sew and do all sorts of other crafty things, but in reality, there isn’t any time left over for it. I am kinda-sorta learning to tattoo, but I seem to be out of time and a cheering section.
I have lots of tattoos and big ears. My lobes are stretched to 3/4 of an inch, my double conches are an 8g, my tragii are a 10g and my helixes are at a 2G. I’ve had my navel pierced since I was 14 and yes it’s still there. Everything else I’ve removed.
I have a general wishlist posted here: http://quirkymom.com/wishful/
I am a stay at home mom.
I live in South Florida, where it’s hot all the time, but I can’t think of anyplace better to live. I grew up in MD but I don’t want to move back.
Hm… I can’t think of anything else right now. If my secret pal wants to know anything in particular, just drop me an email!
Read MoreSarah Palin
OK, So I lied. I have news. And commentary. Alaska gov. Sarah Palin may be McCain’s VP pick.. we will know more when he announces it this afternoon http://palinforvp.blogspot.com/
Does it matter? Are you going to vote McCain just because he chose a woman? I bet he’s hedging his bets on that. I bet over half the Repub party is as well.
Think on this: what exactly does the VP do other than pointedly not be wherever the President is? Yes, the VP is slated to take over if the Pres is incapacitated, but that has happened, I think, six times in our entire history of having a United States president. The last time it happened was Nixon, due to death it was Kennedy, and prior to that it was I think Roosevelt. I’m not positive. There have been many times the VP has gone on to become President in a succeeding election, but is it worth the risk to hope for that outcome? Wait, is it worth the risk if you both want a female president and agree with her politics? I don’t agree with her politics from what I have read *only* today, so I am kind of talking out of my ass there. I am not well-read on her as yet.
I live in Florida. They are using real paper ballots this year (scantron even!) but I am hedging my bets that they find a way to set the storage facility on fire before they are run/tallied or they accidentally fall into a chipper-shredder on the way there or something. I’ll be voting, but it certainly will not based on what is hiding or dangling between someone’s legs.
Read MoreThe girl in the window – St. Petersburg Times
Part One: The Feral Child
PLANT CITY — The family had lived in the rundown rental house for almost three years when someone first saw a child’s face in the window.
A little girl, pale, with dark eyes, lifted a dirty blanket above the broken glass and peered out, one neighbor remembered.
Wow. Just wow. Michael sent me this link. I just finished reading it. Wow. Heart wrenching comes to mind. How something like this can even happen, I cannot fathom.
The girl is just precious. There is a family photo on the page. How someone could ignore a baby like that, to the point that it isn’t a person. It makes me want to hug my babies tight, and I did. It makes me wonder how neighbors didn’t call (more often), and how DCF could ignore it for so long. That is addressed in the end of the article, but it’s just amazing.
My son is so high functioning, he’ll just fall through the cracks if I don’t speak up. It’s disheartening that this little girl just fell through the cracks, because there was no one to speak up. No one to speak up….
I’m not pointing fingers here. From the article, it sounds like the mother has some problems of her own and possibly should have been checked in on a little more often in general. DCF winds up in the news a lot for dropping the ball, and I am not excusing them that, but how often do they properly do their job and it isn’t reported? One in a million is too many to mess up on, let alone more, so I’m not cutting them any slack, I’m just saying that it’s not an everyday occurance.
Mind boggling.
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