Holiday season is upon us again and it’s true…we do get snow in Florida. In Celebration in fact. Starting on 29 November Celebration Town Center will kick off it’s 10th anniversary of the month long “Now Snowing”. A tree lighting ceremony will kick things off from 6pm to 9pm and there will be live music, […]
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Tuesday, November 18th. There’s an anniversary today that many people will find hard to believe – Mickey Mouse is 80 years old! One of the nation’s most enduring entertainment figures appeared for the first time on this date in 1928 in a cartoon called “Steamboat Willie.” It was the first animated talking cartoon, created by […]
Continue reading …Shuttle Endeavour roars above Cumbrian Lakes
November 14, 2008 Comments Off on Shuttle Endeavour roars above Cumbrian LakesWow! What a wonderful sight this evening as I watched Space Shuttle Endeavour soar into space above many of the Florida Leisure Vacation Homes on Cumbrian Lakes around 8.00pm. I’ve seen many day time launches but there’s always something special about a night launch and the opportunity to watch the shuttle disappear into the night […]
Continue reading …Halloween…Freddy v Jason and Michael Myers stay in a Florida Leisure Vacation Home!
October 31, 2008 Comments Off on Halloween…Freddy v Jason and Michael Myers stay in a Florida Leisure Vacation Home!Thought I’d dig back into the memory banks for today’s blog …doesn’t time move so fast? It was FOUR (4) years ago that Freddy v Jason and Michael Myers (Halloween) came to see us. As I dug out the old pictures of that day it set my mind racing as to where all the time […]
Continue reading …A friend just sent me an email as follows: In a local restaurant my server had on a “Obama 08” tie, again I laughed as he had given away his political preference–just imagine the coincidence. When the bill came I decided not to tip the server and explained to him that I was exploring the […]
Continue reading …Think we have problems in Florida with aligators? If so, check this out in Alabama: This picture was taken by a KTBS helicopter flying over Lake Wiessabout 90 miles north of Birmingham , Alabama ! Â Â Â The helicopter pilot and the game warden were in communication via radio’s here is a transcript of their conversation. […]
Continue reading …On October 5, 2008, an article titled “Skirting the Pitfalls of Private Rentals” appeared in the Travel section of the New York Times. The article (click here to read it) focused on just one family’s bad experience renting directly from the owner of a vacation home in Puerto Rico. It went on to suggest that […]
Continue reading …I recently received the following in an email and it gave me cause to pause and think… maybe this actually could work: I’m against the $85,000,000,000.00 bailout of AIG. Instead, I’m in favor of giving $85,000,000,000 to America in a We Deserve It Dividend. Instead, I’m in favor of giving $85,000,000,000 to America in a […]
Continue reading …Sometimes in life it’s really hard to comprend how things work …and I’m confused, bewildered and devastated all at the same time. Less than a week ago I blogged about the new arrival in our family and how easy it all seemed. Today, less than a week later our world has been turned upside down and […]
Continue reading …I’ve just finished eating my lunch and for the first time in ages I was actually able to sit down and read the newspaper while doing so. I now wish I hadn’t bothered. Here’s why; apparently in just two weeks since Orlando turned on the cameras for red light running over 1,100 drivers have been […]
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