Suzanne Calling

As the year ends, we all pause to reflect on what happened in our past and to look forward to what is in store in the coming year. Instead of going that route, I'll share something that I look forward to during the holidays when I can get over to Epcot, the add on to IllumiNations, Let There Be Peace on Earth. (Next year, I'll make sure to sit under a speaker when I tape this-and maybe have a wider angle lens to capture it all!)

Considering that I started uploading a 4 minute video TWO hours ago and it hasn't completed yet, this post is now modified to show you pictures of our evening at Epcot. Hopefully, I'll have a video uploaded for your enjoyment...

Back in July, I bought tickets to an AllEarsNet December to Remember event. Yes, in July (while I was on vacation, in fact). Why? Because this picture, hanging in my living room: was illustrated by Don 'Ducky' Williams, who was the guest speaker at a luncheon at Epcot. I was definitely going to this one! (Alas, I had two tickets and went solo-Ed couldn't get out of work) I'm so glad I did. Don's path to Disney is an interesting story of how a banker eventually realized his dream of working for Walt Disney. He even has the letter that Walt sent him as a kid, when Don had wrote him about job prospects when he was ten years old. I won't spill all, because you need to go on a Disney Cruise and hear Don tell it himself. Basically, he is a one man Walt Disney illustrator. Those park maps you pick up? Don does those. He also does all the illustrations that you find on the cruises, for special park events and just about everything except merchandise. You na...

Vacation is over. It was a nice week, mostly spent relaxing, but it's back to the grind tomorrow. We spent today vegging and recovering from yesterday's jaunt through Epcot. I'd planned on writing about the trip, but I'm fading, so I'll leave you with a segment from my favorite WDW event:

So, yesterday we went to Epcot. I over did it. Massively. The lesson learned: if I don't have a scooter to use or the walker handy, I can't handle it. It's still hard to accept that my leg will not tolerate it. Today was spent recovering, either with medication, a nap or a soak in the tub. I haven't done much of anything, even though there's a Spanish final to take and complete by Tuesday. Ahh, there's tomorrow and Monday to work on it...