As may recall, I got peer pressured into doing something crazy a couple months back — I signed up for the Disney Princess Half Marathon — my first half. It seemed like a good idea at the time, but now that I’m 15 weeks out, it seems like a huge mountain to climb. Given how…
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Magician Mickey’s Greatest Trick Yet: He Talks!
This weekend, we got to check out one of the newest features to hit Disney: Talking Mickey! He’s just one of the many changes related to new Fastpass+ rollout. I’m still desperately patiently waiting to receive our annual passholder Magic Bands (apparently a stay at the resort is the only thing that’s going to bring…
The Treasure of Time Away
Life seems to be in fast forward lately. I’ve blinked and it’s November. In a flash, E. has already finished the first of many, many marking periods of her schooling and I feel like in about five more minutes, we’ll be filling out college applications. I really wanted to take her away for a little…
All My Ex(Cuse)es in Texas
Back by popular demand, one of my patented This Happened Almost a Month Ago posts! And I’m writing a novel to boot! One of these days I’ll learn to blog about things in a timely manner. And edit. Or not. Who cares. As you may have seen if you follow me on Twitter or Instagram,…
Disenchanted: The Princess Story I’ve Been Waiting For
As you all may know, I kind of have a love/hate relationship with the Disney princesses. It’s not their fault, per se, but it’s just THE EVERYTHING surrounding them, in particular the girly-girl princess culture our society seems so intent on cultivating these days. The one post that probably best sums up my feelings is,…