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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.

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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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39 days to GOal.

Posted 04-03-2010 at 08:55 PM by Sandra Bostwick
"What do you mean we can't get rid of those weeds in time? Then go over there and put some fancy signs with latin names in front of them."
Walt Disney

I have to tell you, while this is one of my favortie quotes, and I'm sure Walt was wise to tell his men to do this when it was apparent that the weeds would not be gone in time for the opening of the park, it isn't wise to just ignore weeds.

I spent HOURS today pulling up weeds from a large flowerbed. Hours diggin up violets, trying to pull up onions and grass, trying to pull out weeds that I can't even identify.

No, there is no wisdom to putting on a smileyface and ignoring weeds if you can avoid it.

This is nothing new. I think back to one of my first blog entries when I started this project.
http://www.passporterboards.com/foru...-thinking.html

And here I am, near the end and still dealing with weeds.

I think there is something new happening this year, though.

I'm attacking the weeds earlier than usual. I'm out there before they have a chance to set deep roots, when it is fairly easy to pull them all up.

I wonder if that will make a difference.

And as I finish yesterday's_goal to fill in a calendar and set a timeling for the next 40 days, I'm going to spend a little time thinking about the "weeds" in my goal garden.

They are those tiny seeds that turn into a big mess in time.

And THAT is my blog entry for today!
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    I find your post unsettling b/c I'm trying very hard to ignore my yard. I just don't have the budget to make it look really nice this year so I'm planning on planting Sunflower seeds and letting them grow nice and tall to hide the yard.
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    OK, here's my weed. I can't just settle back and not feel guilty about the yard now. The guilt isn't going to change anything really, just make me sick as I walk by it. Another goal? Get rid of guilt?
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    me & my mil just pulled some weeds and trimmed some wild grass, etc., after reading this!!!! LOL! Thanks!!!!
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    I just sprayed the rest of the weeds last night at 9pm!!!!!
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    orionchika said:

    me & my mil just pulled some weeds and trimmed some wild grass, etc., after reading this!!!! LOL! Thanks!!!!



    Posted 04-04-2010 at 08:55 PM by orionchika

    Now, here's me:

    Know what??? That is just what I needed to hear! I'm so glad I could rouse another weed warrior!
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