Wednesday Medley

These Wednesdays are rolling around so quickly and the months are flying by! 

1. On December 5, 1901, Walt Disney was born. Have you been to Disneyland or Disney World? Never. Can you share a favorite Disney memory? 

Since I've never visited Disney World or Disneyland, I don't have a memory of that. However, I loved The Mickey Mouse Club show when I was young and watched it every day. I wanted to be one of them and pretended to be a Mouseketeer as I sang and danced in the back yard. I also remember on Sunday evenings the Walt Disney program opening with the beautiful castle and Jiminy Cricket singing, When You Wish Upon a star.

Neuschwanstein Castle

This is the castle that inspired the one at Disneyland. We visited and toured this castle on our Sound of Music tour of Austria and Germany! 

2. The first roller coaster attraction at Walt Disney World was Space Mountain. Do you/did you like roller coasters? 

I loved roller coasters and once rode the Zingo at the Tulsa amusement park six times in a row. I always loved every roller coaster at Six Flags, but the last time I rode, DH and I bumped heads together and that was it. Too much jerking around for us old folks.

3. The very first fairy tale that Walt Disney made a cartoon about was Little Red Riding Hood. Did you enjoy fairy tales when you were a youngster or did they scare you? 

I loved fairy tales and they never scared me. I was fascinated with them. 

Did you have a favorite? 

My favorites were the princesses being rescued by the prince, in particular Cinderella, Rapunzel, and the one where the princess was at the top of the glass mountain and the prince who could make it to the top would win her. I'm not sure we ever questioned how the princess made it to the top of the glass mountain.

Jack and I read fairy tales together and one was particularly gruesome, but he loved playing it and at the end would make me look at the picture and I would feign fear and horror, which he loved! A story about a wolf who kidnapped baby sheep and ate them. At the end, the momma sheep took scissors to the wolf and cut him open rescuing all her babies! Who thinks up stuff like that and thinks it entertainment for a child?!?!

4. In Lady & the Tramp, Tramp’s real name was Butch! Do you have nicknames for your fur-babies and/or for your children? 

I call her Trudy half the time, but my nickname for her would be Annie-Wannie-Bannie-Fannie or just Annie-Wannie. Jason is Jason Me-boy, Sara is RaRa, Kate is KatieKat, Jack is JackJack, Brady is Bucee Boy, and Noah is No-ee!

5. I can’t let this day go by without respecting George H.W. Bush, as he lays in state in the Rotunda of our Capital today. He was our 41st President and only the second father to have a son follow him as President of the United States. President Bush loved his colorful socks. I bought Joe a pair of George H.W. Bush socks for Christmas one year. I know Myra has a pair… any other bloggers checking in today who have a pair of the Presidential socks in a drawer at home? How do you feel about colorful socks?

First of all, thank you for honoring this wonderful person! He deserves our attention as he was a most honorable man of integrity and leadership. I am really glad I read Barbara Bush's memoirs earlier this year. Their love story is so sweet and special. I hope to be able to watch the services for President Bush. 

I think colorful socks are cool and I have some to wear around the house. I loved my moose socks and wore holes in them. No presidential socks here, though. Our pastor always wears colorful socks to show off for the Christmas Eve service.

Please tell us something random about your week.

Last Saturday I was able to join in making PBJ sandwiches for Feed the City Tango Tab and immediately following loaded up my car at our local Aldi with food for a program called Lovepacs to feed the under privileged kids over the Christmas holidays when food is scarce for them. Our Monday night group met as usual and had lots of fun and laughter, I'm having my first Prolia shot to treat osteoporosis this week, we will be attending a Christmas concert this weekend, and I'm getting a haircut on Friday. 

It's cold here. I'm still waiting for people to give me ideas for what to get for Christmas gifts. And I am enjoying my advent readings. And Saturday evening after church, a woman whom I greatly admire cornered me and said she had something for me in her car that she had made for me. What especially touched my heart was that she had been thinking about me and so made this lovely wreath!

Too many randoms, huh?