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Old 05-16-2009, 03:18 AM   #121
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i had a delightful time going around wdw with u all this was my all time best trip!
Liz, I had such a blast with you! Maybe because we're both a little !!!
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i just spent 20 minutes going over you r thread and all i can say is magical and fun
than of course when i say fun shari had to be in volved miss ya shari hope to see you in nov/dec . thanks for sharing .
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Hey Cindy,Thanks for bring up the pics from the Brown Derby,they were great.
I had a lot of fun Hang out with the passporters that week, Especially you, Liz ,Sheri and Super Dave.thanks
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Cindy I would like to make a print of you in your Goffy hat holding your Goofy cup.
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jeff...you DEFINITELY were missed...you'd have had a wonderful time and laughed and laughed and laughed. oh, and danced a bit, also...he he he....
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Another ToT Pic & My Aunt's 50th anniversary

Liz is probably wondering why I haven't posted THIS photo. . . . she pulled a fast one on me and gave me what is now my co-workers' favorite photo from this trip. (I can't imagine why.)





Also wanted you all to know I DID purchase one Goofy collectible on this trip. Sheri was with me at Epcot and said we could pop into the collectibles shop there.
About a minute later, I was hauling a CM over to the case, pointing, and saying, "Please ship that to my office!" It arrived last Monday, my first day back at work. I just snapped the photo this morning so I could show all of you. I will always connect Surfer Goofy with this trip! He now resides with my other Goofys, in my corner dining room cabinet. (See my photo albums on my public page.)




Also, wanted to show the ceiling at Jiko (at AKL). I still haven't eaten there -- I had gone that first day (Friday, May 1) with my two aunts and uncle, but my dear Aunt Ann is going through her second round of chemo and started feeling nauseous before we ordered. Jiko was very nice about it -- and for Aunt Ann and Uncle Bruce's 50th wedding anniversary, all the CMs at Jiko had written good wishes in various African languages on a card -- so that was a nice memento for my aunt and uncle. As I told Aunt Ann, it was ONLY a dinner -- we can do it the next time I visit.




I thought you'd enjoy seeing how adorable I was at 4 when I was in their wedding -- here's the happy wedding party.




And although this is a side view, those who met me at PP's DoD probably recognize the excitement on my face. I remember being quite thrilled to be my aunt's flower girl, and I loved that basket -- kept it for years.

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OMG!!! the wedding pictures!!! You are absolutely adorable!!!

And thanks so much for the snapshow invite. You did a wonderful job on those slideshows.
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I think that is the tot I have ,I know I have one of them.
You and Liz are so silly.
I can see just how excited you were at 4 as your are today.
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Cindy I would like to make a print of you in your Goffy hat holding your Goofy cup.
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Laurie, you can find that photo on Image hosting, free photo sharing & video sharing at Photobucket under the Decade of Dreams account. (For instructions, look under the DoD link.) Look in "pics by cindy" and then I called that photo "Ep Liz Cindy cups."
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