Magical!

It has been a dream of mine to go to Disney World.  So, when Booksneeze offered the option to review The Hidden Magic of Walt Disney World: Over 600 Secrets of the Magic Kingdom, Epcot, Disney's Hollywood Studios, and Animal Kingdom, by Susan Veness, I logged in right away!  This book shows just how clever and talented Walt Disney really was.  He thought out and planned Disney World to a tee – the amount of hidden secrets waiting at that park is incredible.  He truly was brilliant.  I cannot wait to enter this magical kingdom and look for the hidden secrets.  I love the detail and the explanations given by the author.  I cannot even imagine the time, effort, and energy put into creating the hidden magic – no wonder they call it the happiest place on earth!

The book reads with ease, flows nicely and tips and hints and fun facts appear in every chapter.  Even though we are planning to go to Disney World next year, it is a very fun and informative book to read for anyone who is a Disney World fanatic.  The fun facts and little bits of trivia make for an interesting read.  I really enjoyed this book and it is a book that will end up all dog-eared and written in, with the spine being all bent and used! Words will be highlighted and the blank pages will be filled with scribbles and notes!  Great coffee table book too, your visitors will always pick it up and browse through it, commenting on and noting the trivia and the brilliance of some of the hints and secrets! The only thing that I wish the author had done was to include examples; pictures and photos of the secrets and hidden magic that she was referring to.  It would have added a great visual!  Wish Booksneeze had sent me to Disney too!

Something I love to do...

This is how I have decorated my girls' room.  They love to read...so do I.

Ten-Four!

Alright, I admit, I have been slacking here.  Who would have thought that a blog could take so much time! I had visions of just "popping" onto the computer and rattling off a post everyday.  I can't even seem to find the time to sign in to the blog site, let alone "rattle off" a post.  My children always find something for me to do whenever I appear to slow down.  Why is that? I mean do they have to be such slave drivers?  And my computer is old, ancient-old really. Just turning it on takes a good 12 minutes.  I laugh whenever I am on the phone with Bell and the Tech Support person says "OK, Restart your computer"...I tell them to put down their phone, go and get a coffee, take a bathroom break, call their mothers, and then come back to me, - my computer should be up and running by then.  I constantly have to tell them "No, Seriously - GO".  Only after about the third "Restart your computer" do they truly comprehend my request.
OK - Here's a ten minute "time-out" for yourself today - if you like to read, and I LOVE to read, pick up the BOOKMARKS magazine (http://www.bookmarksmagazine.com/) at your local bookstore/good magazine shop or if you live in the States or are planning on taking a day/weekend trip down, pick up RT Book Reviews (http://www.rtbookreviews.com/)  at Barnes and Noble or Borders Books.  And if you love to shop on-line like I do, visit their sites and subscribe to 2 wonderful magazines that review books - all kinds of books.