Quote of the Day

Can YOU guess who said this and what Movie it's from?

" If --- ---- to -- a -------, I ---- to ---- to -- a ------- ----- one ---, so I ----- have -- live ------- ---."


Movie: ------- --- ----

Have a magical day

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Giant Gingerbread House!!!

This is a REAL gingerbread house at the Grand Floridian Hotel in Disney World.

As you can see this is a large house, over 16 feet tall, only displayed at Christmas time...

This is the Hotel's recipe for Gingerbread.

YUM!!!

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Gingerbread Cookies
Disney’s Grand Floridian Resort & Spa. Makes 36 cookies

Ingredients
2 sticks softened butter
2 1/2 cups confectioner’s sugar, sifted
2 eggs
1 1/4 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
3 2/3 cups all purpose flour
2 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
2 1/4 teaspoons ground coriander
2 teaspoons ground star anise
1 teaspoon ground fennel
1 teaspoon ground ginger
1 teaspoon ground clove
1/4 teaspoon ground mace

Ingredients for decorations optional
1/4 cup milk
1 cup colored sugar granules

Directions
1. Cream the butter and sugar in a large mixing bowl until smooth using an electric mixer. Add the eggs and mix until combined.

2. Sift all the remaining dry ingredients in a separate large mixing bowl and mix well. With the mixer on low, slowly add the dry ingredients to the butter mixture until a dough forms

3. Remove dough from the bowl and wrap in plastic wrap; place in refrigerator until firm, two to four hours.

4. Preheat oven to 350 degrees and grease cookie sheets.

5. Remove dough from refrigerator and allow dough to sit at room temperature for about 15 minutes, until pliable. Divide dough in half and place on floured work surface. Using a rolling pin, roll the dough out until about 1/8 inch thick. While rolling, flour the work surface and rolling pin as needed.

6. Cut out desired cookie shapes with cookie cutters. Transfer cookies to a greased cookie sheet, placing them 1 inch apart.

7. Lightly brush cookies with milk and sprinkle with sugar granules as desired.

8. Bake until firm and edges begin to darken, 10-14 minutes. Allow cookies to cool on the cookie sheet for a minute, then transfer to wire racks to cool completely.

Cook’s notes:
You can find star anise in the ethnic aisle in your local grocery store. To get the best flavor from this spice, you will need to grind the whole star anise pod. For the neatest edges, dip your cookie cutters in flour before cutting out each cookie.

The Grand Floridian gingerbread house offers homemade items like shingles, stollen bread, chocolate chip cookies and chocolate-peppermint bark. You’ll also find gingerbread ornaments and miniature gingerbread houses. Tell us about your favorites in the comments below after checking out some Disney Parks tips for creating your own gingerbread house.

Quote of the Day

Can YOU guess who said this and what movie it's from?

"In ----- --- that ---- be ---- there is -- ------- of ---. You ---- the --- and '----', the ---'s a 

----."

Fill in the blank... Movie: ---- -------!

Happy Birthday Gabe!

Here he is with his awesome birthday pin. :)

HAPPY BIRTHDAY GABE!!

Quote of the Day

Can YOU guess who said this and what Movie it's from...?

"This ___'_ do. ____'_ the _____ with you? All it _____ is ____ and _____. Oh! And _________ I forgot. _____ ____!"


Fill in the blank... Movie: _____ ___!!!

Boy! Times have changed...

This is yours truly...  :)

like...6 years ago, not quite as tall as Minnie.

(This picture was taken in 2005)

Then there's this one. 

I know I'm leaning slightly but if I were standing up straight, 

I would be taller, then Mickey

(This was taken in 2009)

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This one was taken is MGM, 5 years ago...

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And here are "The Three Caballeros"

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This was Rose's FIRST TRIP!!!

(This picture was taken in 2009)

((She was 9 months))

(((AND as you can see she's kind of excited!)))

Here she is on her third trip, and she's not even three yet. :)

With her Grandmother...   :)

Well until next time...

have a magical day!

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79 DAYS UNTIL DISNEY!!!!

YEAH MAN!!!!!

Sorry, I'm a little excited.   As you might or might not have known this is going to be my *count on fingers* ....8 or 9th trip to the most Magical Place on EARTH!!!!

We keep going back for some reason...OH, yeah IT'S AWESOME!!!

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One of my very dear friends C had introduced a book to me....about DISNEY WORLD!

Called the "Kingdom Keepers"

This is the first and the best book...so far.

  First one: Disney After Dark takes place in The Magic Kingdom.

The Second one: Disney at Dawn, takes place in Animal Kingdom.

The Third one: Disney in Shadows, is in Epcot (this is the book I'm in now).

The Forth one: Power Play, is in Disney's MGM or Hollywood Studios.

AND I just found out that there's another one. YEP number Five, it supose to take place on a Disney Cruse Line!!!

So what I'm saying is you HAVE to read the books

Until next time....

Have a magical day.

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