Thanks to my webspace getting increased from 100 megabytes to over 230 megabytes, I am able to present this 7.5 megabyte movie of our visit to DisneyQuest’s Cyberspace Mountain, a very neat roller coaster simulator. It’s also accessible via a link from our Disney journal. Enjoy!
Birthdays a plenty
The end of September and beginning of October are busy times for birthdays. Nine months after New Years… hmmm.
Happy Birthday Josie!
Happy Birthday Hunter!
Happy Birthday Grandma!
Happy Anniversary Grandma and Grandpa!
Happy Birthday Lucas!
Dancing Disney
All five days of the Disney Journal are now complete! There’s also a video of Jenelle dancing with Goofy, Mickey, and Pluto. I hope you enjoy it! I’m also working on importing a video of our Cyberquest Space Mountain roller coaster ride so I can show it to everyone, but my four year-old camcorder is giving me issues. Perhaps it’s time to replace it.
Also coming soon: Pictures from Hunter’s birthday party.
Hail to the Chief…
Jenelle here…
Yesterday, President Bush visited Racine, and since quite a few execs at SCJ have donated to the Bush campaign, there were extra tickets floating around. Five people in my work group snatched up the tix and we walked down to Pershing Park, about 15 blocks from work.
There were cops and guys with big guns everywhere — helicopters searching the area, secret service everywhere, snipers on the roof — they had a pretty large area blocked off. The rally was down by the skateboard park, but we had to enter all the way on the north side of the library, go through security and walk down to the field. Because we had blue tickets, and not red or green tickets — we got a seat in the bleachers. We were behind the president — so I got a nice view of his back during the whole speech. I think the green tickets got you a close-up face view.
Once we were seated, Bush campaign volunteers starting passing out flags, poms, shirts and signs — some where hand-made, some were the typical Bush Cheney ’04 signs. My favorite said “Luv Ya, Dub Ya.”
We got to the field around 2, but Bush didn’t show up til 4. His entourage had at least seven buses, a motorcade and lots of cop cars and unmarked SUVs. Just like the movies.
I was actually surprised how eloquent Bush was — he stuttered a few times, but I didn’t catch any blatant mispronunciation — for the most part, he got the emPHASis on the right sylLABle. He focused on education, social security, terrorism and Kerry’s inability to make a decision. His speaking skills have come a long way in four years.
I think the presidency is a very honorable institution and this was a great opportunity to see the President of the United States — I may never get that chance again until I am the President –(or at least her speechwriter, press secretary or director of communication!)I took a few pics of the event — I’ll see if I can get them online sometime soon.
Publishing in progress… 80%
Days three and four of the Disney Journal are now online. After the journal is done, I’m hoping to get some video up as well. I’m also working on something else big that’s website-related, but it’s hard to say how big it will actually be.
Tomorrow, I am participating for the second time in Joe’s Run for United Cerebral Palsy of Southeastern Wisconsin. This time, I will actually be running. I doubt I’ll be able to beat the time I posted at the Roma 5K, since I haven’t been running as much as I used to. However, it should still be fun. I’ll probably see Danny and D from 105.3 the Fish there again.
It all started with a mouse
The first two days of our Disney Journal are online! There’s plenty of photos in there — maybe not enough for Uncle Nick — but I assure you there are lots of ’em. 🙂
Disney Log in progress…
Last Monday: Happy Birthday, Aunt Gail!
Yesterday (Thursday): Happy Birthday, Dad!
I’m continuing work on a journal of our Disney World Trip. I also need to make some room on my iDisk for all of the pictures we took. I’m short by about 8 megabytes at the moment, but I promise I’ll make room somehow. 🙂
Remember the Magic
We returned from a five-day vacation to Walt Disney World at about 8:40 last night. We’re both back at work today. We both agree that we should have taken an extra vacation day to recover. Oh well.
However, as soon as we get a little more free time, there will be lots of pictures and details from our trip, which was quite wonderful.
Watch out for Ivan
I spend an inordinate amount of time looking at hurricane forecasts even though I live far from the Atlantic coast. It’s interesting that, with all the technology we have today, we haven’t found a way to reduce the huge impact of tropical storms. My thoughts and prayers go out to anyone whose lives have been altered because of hurricanes, especially those affected by Charley and Frances.
Things haven’t been too exciting over the past week or so, but that’s no excuse for not posting in a while. I had a fun time on Thursday afternoon — I took Grandpa Nick to the horse racing track at Arlington. We both did okay. On Sunday, we gathered to visit my cousin Todd, who made a trip up from his current residence in Texas. It’s always nice to visit with one of the groomsmen at my wedding. I just realized that all of my groomsmen live outside of Wisconsin. Maybe I need more friends. 🙂
I can’t promise that I’ll post more frequently in the days to come, but I do promise some more exciting stuff to appear here or on the main site within the next few weeks.
