November 25, 2008

Service Review: Disney's PHOTOPASS

This is a free service offered by DisneyWorld for all ticket holders. When you visit a character, they have a pro there to take your picture. Then he scans a credit-card-type card and hands it to you. It is linked to all the pictures the pro just took. As you see other pros and characters around they park they will link THEIR photos to the same card.

When you get online, you type in your card code and POOF! There are all your pictures! Since last year, they've made vast improvements in their website and system.

** Now you can flag pictures as favorites for review later.
** You can share your pictures with friends/relatives - you can share all or just a segment.
** You can purchase all kinds of photo sizes and picture items - ornaments, mugs, shirts, posters, calendars.
** You can add graphics to the pictures - the pictures "know" which character is in the shot and so one of the choices is always that character's autograph. Also, a year stamp, a DisneyWorld stamp and a variety of other icons.
** You can also edit the pics there as well.
** You can upload your own photos to be printed as well as have borders/graphics added.

And my new favorite feature - HOW TO FIND LOST PHOTOS!
After we had seen a bunch of new characters on a new card, we forgot to get our card back from the pro!! OH NO! We had pics of Bolt, Sorcerer Mickey, Frozone and Minnie on there! Well, if you goto the kiosk they can search by time of photo, area of photo and characters seen! They found our pictures!!

Also, this year you can purchase some frames online. The selection is not huge, but it's an improvement over the NONE offered last year!

If you hit a Disney park, DO THE photopass thing. If nothing else, you'll have awesome pics to share, even if you don't buy any - but I bet you do end up buying some!!

(This is not a paid advertisement!)

November 24, 2008

attack of the many day virus!

Oldest started throwing up Friday night at midnight.  He is just now starting to feel better (after 2 doses of zofran) and had 1 piece of toast and 2 bites of banana today.

BabyJ just started throwing up.  The kids are so weird - they were perfectly fine before they got sick - BabyJ even ate a great dinner before she got sick.  Here's hoping Mom, Dad and ToddlerT are spared.

November 23, 2008

read this...

give this a read while you wait for my post-vacation wrap up, which includes a mad phone call to our dr at 8 a.m. and them refusing the prescription I KNOW MY SON NEEDED which the ER said "of course, that is exactly what he needs" at 8 p.m. 4 states north!

http://www.sweet-juniper.com/2008/11/dont-let-them-die.html

November 14, 2008

November 13, 2008

what is wrong with me?

i can't even read that last post w/out crying.  I see my little girl, at 19 months old, and think - "someone had a little one just like her and didn't want her."  Didn't want to love and protect her.  Didn't want to kiss her lovely hair.  Didn't want to snuggle up with her or make her smile.  Kiss her boo boos.  Put on darling little socks.  How could someone NOT want that?  I saw her knocking on the door to her dad's office saying "daaaaaaaaaaaaaad'  and i just burst into tears thinking this girl, at one time was 19 months old with no daddy that loved her like she was his world.  Every girl loves her daddy, and this girl having a daddy that abused her makes me sick.  I hope he rots in jail and that the inmates really treat him as he treated her.  Did you read that she got pneumonia from almost being drowned in the tub?  How sick and frail she must've been - and that no one swooped in and cradled that poor girl.  It is so heartbreaking.  I wish they would let me at those people.  HOW CAN THEY HAVE DONE THIS TO A CHILD?

how??????????????

I just read this article: http://www.spokesmanreview.com/breaking/story.asp?ID=17718

HOW DOES THIS EXIST?  HOW DOES ONE DO THIS TO A CHILD?  I'M HEARTBROKEN FOR THAT LITTLE GIRL JUST PICTURING WHAT EVERY DAY OF HER LIFE WAS LIKE - EITHER BEING TORTURED OR LAYING ON THE FLOOR IN THE CORNER RECOVERING AND WONDERING WHY NO ONE IS HELPING HER?  WHY THE PEOPLE THAT ARE SUPPOSED TO LOVE HER DO THIS TO HER?

HOW IN THE WORLD CAN THIS HAPPEN?  HOW? HOW? HOW DOES ONE DO THAT TO A CHILD? I CANNOT EVEN WRAP MY MIND AROUND IT.  I HOPE THERE AREN'T MORE CHILDREN SUFFERING LIKE THIS AND I AM SO AFRAID THERE ARE.  WHY ARE THE PEOPLE THAT DO THESE THINGS NOT DEAD?  WHY CAN WE NOT TORTURE THEM RIGHT THE FUCK BACK?