Keebles World

Yep, it's official, I've been way too busy lately! Today was just like all the others I've had recently...I got up, came to work, and pretty much worked my tush off. Pretty late in the day, I was asked by someone, "why are YOU here today anyway?". My first reaction was, "umm, because I WORK here?". At first I was just plain offended and then majorly annoyed and then my mouth got the better of me (as per usual) and I started to get quite snarky with her. She just giggled at me and said, "you might want to look at the schedule for today". So, as I pulled up the nifty online schedule that I pushed so hard for the company to use, the wool covering my overly-worked eyes suddenly started to dissipate and I began to realize that I had actually scheduled today off for a vacation day! Yep, that's right...I SERIOUSLY FORGOT THAT I SHOULD BE HOME TODAY! Who does that? Well, me apparently. Hope this is not an indication of the weekend to come!...

With everything Disney that I have going on right now, I almost forgot that Monday is the day that Mark Owen's new album comes out!! Since I did preorder it from Amazon UK months ago, I'm hoping I won't have to wait too long. From the sound of the first single, it will be well worth the wait (but it might have a very hard time competing with In Your Own Time...my absolute favorite album from any Take That alum or even Take That as a whole!). And just for my sister, who absolutely LOVED 16 hours of Take That music all the way back in the car from Disney World, this one is for you...the Take That song of songs...the one I will NEVER get sick of no matter how many different ways or different times I hear it...SHINE!

I know I have been M.I.A., but Disney planning for December is at it's most crucial stage...scheduling. This has been the hardest schedule I've ever had to work out (and I'm still not sure I'm there yet). Getting each day to fit has been a major pain (especially since Disney doesn't release the park schedule until just a couple of days before your 180 day mark for dining reservations). I had to make a hurried decision about the Mickey's Very Merry Christmas Party and pick a day before I knew the park schedule simply because it's much cheaper to buy early on and the prices were rising daily. Unfortunately, the day I picked at random turned out to be the worst possible day! I've had to manipulate the schedule in all kinds of weird ways to get things to work. Knowing the park hours determines which park is the best park for that day. Some parks don't vary in hours, Animal Kingdom especially, but there are Extra Magic Hours (EMH) to consider. Fo...