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There are other changes as well.

Why? Well, the world has changed. And change with it, we must. The lyrics to "We Go On" for IllumiNations say it best:

We go on to the joy and through the tears
We go on to discover new frontiers
Moving on with the current of the years.
We go on
Moving forward now as one
Moving on with a spirit born to run
Ever on with each rising sun.
To a new day, we go on.

It's time to move on and move forward.

PassPorter is a small business, and for many years it supported our family. But the world changed, print books took a backseat to the Internet, and for a long time now it has been unable to make ends meet. We've had to find new ways to support our family, which means new careers and less and less time available to devote to our first baby, PassPorter.

But eventually, we must move on and move forward. It is the right thing to do.

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Thank you, thank you, thank you for your amazing support over the years. Without you, there's no way us little guys could have made something like this happen and given the "big guys" a run for their money. PassPorter was consistently the #3 guidebook after the Unofficial and Official guides, which was really unheard of for such a small company to do. We ROCKED it thanks to you and your support and love!

If you miss us, you can still find some of us online. Sara started a new blog at DisneyParkPrincess.com -- I strongly urge you to visit and get on her mailing list. She IS the Disney park princess and knows Disney backward and forward. And I am blogging as well at JenniferMaker.com, which is a little craft blog I started a couple of years ago to make ends meet. You can see and hear me in my craft show at https://www.youtube.com/c/jennifermaker . Many PassPorter readers and fans are on Facebook, in groups they formed like the PassPorter Trip Reports and PassPorter Crafting Challenge (if you join, just let them know you read about it in the newsletter). And some of our most devoted community members started a forum of their own at Pixie Dust Lane and all are invited over.

So we encourage you to stay in touch with us and your fellow community members wherever works best for you!

Best wishes for a wonderful and magical new year!

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Posted 02-04-2010 at 05:35 PM by Sandra Bostwick
Sometimes you just have to let the wheels come to a stop, kick back, and relax. Well, that is what I'm doing tonight. I wanted bread pudding - the ultimate comfort food and my friend (Baby Karl's Mom) wanted Sushi.

So I am off to a Sushi Bread Pudding dinner...and THATS all I have to say about that.

Have a fun night!
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    MMMM.... I love a good bread pudding...and I love sushi.... but is off limits for the next few months!!! Ok Sandy and all here.... (I know that this isn't the right blog entry to put this.... but) one of my goals has been realized.... at my dear age.... I hinted at it last week when I talked about my FIL who had just passed last Saturday...I am going to be a mommy again. I am expecting and the doc thinks I could be having .....TWINS!!!!! I just wanted one...a GIRL... (I have 2 boys already)... I will find out next week with an US.... pray for me!!!!
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    OH MY GOODNESS! What fantastic news! This is a perfect entry for that news beacause Sushi and bread pudding sound like a combination for a preggo! And twins? You'll be needing to take some time out because that sounds like an awful lot of work! You are going to have to keep us posted on this, you know! Shall we put this down as a new goal?
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    Oh, I forgot, last night I got to read two bedtime stories to Karl's brother and sister before Mom told them no more stories. Then my friend rented this documentary called The Botany of Desire by Michael Pollan. It basically gave the history of Apples, Tulips, cannabis, and potatoes. Yup, it was a rip-roarin' wild girl's night in!

    Seriously, though, the DVD had some real interesting points, though I fell asleep during part of the potato section, moslty from being tired, relaxed, and coming down from my Wasabi rush.

    Here is a link if you want to learn more about the film. It was quite interesting, really, though I had a few flashbacks to school days when the teacher would pull the shades down and put on a movie for a whole period because of the narration style.

    The Botany of Desire: Based on the book by Michael Pollan | PBS
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    Sometimes you just have to let the wheels come to a stop, kick back, and relax. So True.

    Alright new twins on passporter coming near you. yayaya.
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    Posted Today at 04:46 AM by orionchika


    OK, Mommy, was that hormones talking?
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