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Tis thunderstorm & tornado season - and we've had our share already. Well, stormage anyway. Thankfully no tornadoes in our immediate area. I took this picture the other night - it was after 9pm and very dark outside. The sky was lit up by all the lightning.



Here's a couple of videos. Right click and save. The first one is short and taken from the front porch - the second was taken from inside the living room looking out the back windows. The electricity went off in the middle of Lost, so there was a 15 minute gap in the TiVo'd show for Ben.

storm video

more storm video

And if you are wondering... DISNEY BOUND! Woo Hoo! My brother and his family want to go, and want us to go with them. I told him it had to be during the cheap season, also known as hurricane season... so we've reserved 2 rooms at Port Orleans French Quarter for 4 days 3 nights in September. Ben so far is not scheduled to go. If I can sell enough of our "stuff" on eBay & Craig's List, I may be able to talk him into it.

Elway had another checkup this past Wednesday, and he continues to be the wunderkind. Good cells up, bad cells down... blood pressure normal. He also gained almost a pound, which his doctor said was good. That means when he eats he's feeding himself, not the cancer. He has graduated to every 3 week appointments now... which will be a bit scary but I think he'll be fine. His oncologist had a little tear in her eye over it - said she didn't know if she could last 3 weeks before seeing Mr. Incredible again! :-)

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We had a great time at Walt Disney World this past weekend - and it sucks to be back at work. But we have our pictures to comfort us :-) Special thanks to Socks and her newly betrothed for taking care of our children, and to Brown, Timothy, for being on call in case Ben needed a ride home Tuesday night. (My flights were a bit delayed - we were on separate airlines - and I had the car keys)

The highlights of the trip were 1) finally getting some time alone together; 2) Expedition Everest roller coaster at Animal Kingdom; and 3) the Osborne Family Spectacle of Lights at the Studios.

Expedition Everest:


Osborne Lights by day and then by night:


This photo is from the fancy schmancy hotel on Disney property, the Grand Floridian. They have a live piano player in their lobby - it's a beautiful place but just a tad bit out of our price range. Every year they build this life sized real gingerbread house. All of this is edible. Very Christmas-y in the 80 degree weather!

Grand Floridian Gingerbread House


Some other Christmas-y stuff from the World -

At the Animal Kingdom Christmas Tree, The recipe and the G-bread house at the American Pavillion at EPCOT

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Ah yes, we are *this* close to departing for our Christmas time Disney trip! We'll get to eat at our favorite restaurant, Boma! on Saturday evening. It's located at the Animal Kingdom Lodge, a beautiful hotel. I also intend to replace a bowl I've lost somehow. We will be staying at the Wilderness Lodge hotel, where we also stayed in January 2006. (Can you spot Ben in his Nooner shirt?) Sunday, we'll be eating supper at another favorite in the World Showcase at Epcot, Germany's Biergarten. After dinner there, we'll attend a Christmas show called the candlelight processional. Then on Monday night we get two Christmas-y events! The Osborne Family Spectacle of Lights is something we didn't see the last time we visited Disney at Christmas time, which was December 2001. And after that we'll go to a special event at the Magic Kingdom called Mickey's Very Merry Christmas Party. They have bubble machines that make it look like it's snowing on Main Street, hot chocolate and cookies, and all the characters are dressed in Christmas outfits.

And the best part? The weather!!! This is the forecast:

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