Animal Kingdom 2017

This is the first photographic journey through all 4 Disney World parks, Disney Springs, and a Royal Caribbean cruise, from our latest Mouse Junkie junket.

Enjoy...

Jo's Chai Fruit Bars

1 1/3 cups water
6 chai tea bags
1 cup dark brown sugar, packed
1/3 cup butter
2 cups raisins
2 cups flour
1 tsp salt
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 cup chopped nuts
powdered sugar
cinnamon
Bring the water to a boil in a large sauce pan. Steep the chai tea according to manufacturer's instructions. Remove the tea bags and squeeze excess liquid into the pan. Add dark brown sugar, butter, and raisins to the water in the pan. Bring to a boil, then it turn off and let cool.  Mix in flour, salt, baking soda, baking powder, and nuts.  Bake in a greased 13x9' pan for 35 minutes in a preheated 350 degree oven.  Do not overbake! Cut into bars & sprinkle with powdered sugar and cinnamon, if desired.

Who Am I Riddle & Winter Wonderland

Today I thought I'd share a great riddle I stumbled across many years ago. See if you can guess the answer, then click "read more" for the answer, and more winter pictures.

Who Am I?

I am your constant companion. I am your greatest helper, or heaviest burden. I will push you onward or drag you down to failure. I am completely at your command. Half the things I do you might just as well turn over to me and I will be able to do them quickly and correctly.

I am easily managed. You must merely be firm with me. Show me exactly how you want something done and after a few lessons I will do it automatically. I am the servant of all great individuals and, alas, of all failures as well. Those who are great, I have made great. Those who are failures, I have made failures. 

I am not a machine, though I work with all the precision of a machine plus the intelligence of a human. You may run me for a profit or run me for ruin. It makes no difference to me. 

Take me, train me, be firm with me, and I will place the world at your feet. Be easy with me and I will destroy you.

Who Am I?

Vintage Disney

I LOVE Disney. Everything classic Disney just thrills me to the gills!  I've been to a Disney park every year for the last 29 years, and some years more than once!

If you want to discuss all things vintage Disneyland, there's a fantastic group dedicated to sharing photos, and memories of Disneyland's first 50 years, on Facebook.

Today I thought I'd share some classic, and not so old but classic looking, Disney posters.  You can see more of them on my Pinterest board here. 

Harvey & an early 40's frock

Mr. and I were gifted tickets to our local theater's production of Harvey a couple of months ago. 

Photo courtesy of Valley Performing Arts.

Happy New Year!

I think 2017 will be a banner year!

Those of you who know me, know I'm an idea person. I love ideas...thinking them up, twisting them around, talking them through, making them perfect in my mind's eye.  This usually leads to lots of projects started, but not nearly as many finished. My word for this year is Completion. 


These are some of the projects I'd like to complete this year to share with you:

Merry Christmas!

Luke 2:1-20

2 And it came to pass in those days that a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be registered. ² This census first took place while Quirinius was governing Syria. ³ So all went to be registered, everyone to his own city.

⁴ Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into Judea, to the city of David, which is called Bethlehem, because he was of the house and lineage of David, ⁵ to be registered with Mary, his betrothed wife, who was with child. ⁶ So it was, that while they were there, the days were completed for her to be delivered. ⁷ And she brought forth her firstborn Son, and wrapped Him in swaddling cloths, and laid Him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn.

⁸ Now there were in the same country shepherds living out in the fields, keeping watch over their flock by night. ⁹ And behold, an angel of the Lord stood before them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were greatly afraid. ¹⁰ Then the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid, for behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy which will be to all people. ¹¹ For there is born to you this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord. ¹² And this will be the sign to you: You will find a Babe wrapped in swaddling cloths, lying in a manger.”
¹³ And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God and saying:

¹⁴ “Glory to God in the highest, And on earth peace, goodwill toward men!”

¹⁵ So it was, when the angels had gone away from them into heaven, that the shepherds said to one another, “Let us now go to Bethlehem and see this thing that has come to pass, which the Lord has made known to us.” ¹⁶ And they came with haste and found Mary and Joseph, and the Babe lying in a manger. ¹⁷ Now when they had seen Him, they made widely known the saying which was told them concerning this Child. ¹⁸ And all those who heard it marveled at those things which were told them by the shepherds. ¹⁹ But Mary kept all these things and pondered them in her heart. ²⁰ Then the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things that they had heard and seen, as it was told them.