If you can help with Hurricane Ian relief, the Red Cross is one of the organizations that you can donate to. Our hearts go out to everyone who was affected.
Hurricane Ian Relief
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Support for Ukraine
With everything going on in the world, we should take pause to remember those in the midst of it. Consider how fortunate we are if we’re not directly affected and try to help in whatever way we can.
There are some sources in this article to help the Ukrainians, but you may know of others that you can support as well.
Bring Him Home – Streaming and purchase proceeds will be donated to relief efforts. See his description.
As travelers, we all know how small the world really is. Let’s support each other and pray for a quick, peaceful resolution.
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Happy Lunar New Year
Happy Lunar New Year to everyone who celebrates it! May you have a happy & healthy year!
Happy New Year 2022
Happy 2022!
May you have a healthy and safe year!
Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts
To all my fellow Harry Potter fans… Don’t miss the 20th Anniversary retrospective special — streaming only on HBO Max on Jan 1st. You can also stream all of the movies. I can’t believe it’s already been 20 years!
Happy Holidays
Merry Christmas to everyone who celebrates it. If you don’t, I still wish you a joyous holiday season for everything you celebrate.
Happy Thanksgiving
May you all have a healthy and safe Thanksgiving.
Thank you for following along on our adventures.
Do you have a million photos too?
Do you do anything with all those photos on your phone? At the very least, please make sure you have them backed up to another location besides your phone!!
I just came across this article with some great ideas on what you can do with them. Do you have other ideas too? Please share.
Note: if you buy the digital photo packages from theme parks, like the Memory Maker from Disney or the My Universal Photos at Universal, it gives you the copyrights to your photos. So, you can now print them using any print location, which could be more economical than printing them from the theme parks. Also, you can use them in products, like the ones mentioned in the article above.
Get creative and let your pics remind you and others of your great memories. Don’t just let them be hidden in your phone.
Follow me on Instagram
I’ve just added some of the Disney trip pictures to my new Instagram account!
Follow me there: adventures_by_anne.
Since this is new, I only have pics from this latest trip so far, but I’ll try to go back to add some pics from past trips eventually. Going forward, I’ll be able to update you with trip pics faster there, but will continue to do recaps here as soon as possible. Now, you have two ways of following along on our adventures!
If you haven’t already, you can read my full June trip recap here.
July 4th – Independence Day
Here in the United States, July 4th is Independence Day. Here’s the history behind it. Colloquially, we may just think of it as a good long weekend off from work, bbq time, or a good trip weekend, but we should remember how we’re able to do these things in the first place.
Of course, fireworks are a big part of the July 4th celebrations usually. Just in time, Disney World restarted the fireworks at Magic Kingdom and Epcot parks the other day, after being shuttered for a tough many months!
Too bad we weren’t still down there to see them, but here are some good YouTube videos that I found that give a good sense of what it was like down there. We can pretend we’re there and celebrate with them. I can feel their excitement. In a way, it’s a very symbolic and emotional sign of things improving and finally getting back to some sense of normal. Is someone peeling onions?
Magic Kingdom – Happily Ever After
If you are looking for things to do this weekend, here are some ideas in an article I just came across.
Have a safe and happy weekend!
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