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Wish trip to WDW - but not staying at GKTW? Can you do that?
Hi everyone, I hope someone can answer our WDW wish trip questions.
My teen son has been granted a wish trip to WDW, but he does not want to stay at Give Kids the World. We reviewed the GKTW website and watched hours and hours of GKTW videos together. We understand that GKTW is a wonderful place - but he doesn't feel it is the right place for him.
The "wish" coordinator is pushing back, hard. She seems to be pushing for a one-size-fits-all vacation package.
There is no information that I could find about what happens to families that visit WDW and do not stay at GKTW - or is that just not done? Are all Florida wish kids required to stay at GKTW? Is there some reason wish kids are limited or discouraged from staying anywhere else? Is it an insurance thing?
If wish kids do get to stay at Disney hotels - what happens? Do the families have to cover the added cost of the hotel room? Is there a specific meal plan the wish families have to purchase - or can we choose the plan that best meets our needs?
I hope someone can answer my questions - I want to fix this if I can. Thanks!
Karen DH DS (13-wish child) & DD (9)
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I am almost positive you can ask to stay outside of GKTW. Esp for older kids.
My daughter chose DL over WDW for her wish trip, because she had been to WDW already several times (we are DVC members). At DL, they put us up at Paradise Pier, in an upper floor theme park view room (amazing).
They are in a tough spot, they want to save $$ overall, so they have more to spread around. They sort of mentioned to me that they save on Disney trips vs other trips, because Disney is so generous, and I assume the same goes for using GKTW. But it is supposed to be what is best for the CHILD. Look at it this way, I see Wish kids taking trips to Europe, Australia, and Hawaii.
Stick to your guns that HE would feel out of place there (if that is the truth). IF so, make the wish "to visit WDW and stay in a Disney resort hotel". My daughter was able to bring a friend vs a sibling. It was me, (her Mom), DD, and a friend. DD was 16. Her 2 brothers were adults, 3rd brother is handicapped. My husband did not go either, to take care of DS at home. So she had to write her wish "to visit DL resort with Mom and a friend etc etc". I think it was ok because the 3 of us shared a room and all.
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I have heard of people staying somewhere other than GKTW village, but it's usually been either because GKTW was full or staying somewhere specific other than there was part of the wish.
As PatMcDuck mentioned, the wish granting organizations will chose GKTW village because having guests stay there helps the wish granting organization to stretch their budget and grant more wishes. It's not only lodging, but GKTW also supplies food free of charge for guests staying there.
I agree with what PatMcDick wrote about how to request somewhere else. It is his wish and if he doesn't want to stay there, his wish request should include what he does want to do and why he doesn't feel GKTW village fits him.
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My daughter had a wish trip, not through Make A Wish, but a smaller local wish organization. Staying elsewhere was part of the wish, and it was granted. But the coordinators told us (just a few days before the wish.....probably should have told us sooner) that they would be unable to transport us to the airport due to the extra money spent on accommodations. We were fine with that but had to scramble last minute to figure that part out! Maybe a larger organization would have handled that part differently. We still appreciated everything that was done for my daughter, and staying someplace where she could see the fireworks from the room, then go right to sleep was amazing! She loves fireworks but needs a LOT of sleep, so it was totally worth it.
Make it part of the wish, you want to stay at X location, for Y reason. And maybe let them know that you understand that the extra cost involved may have to be compensated for elsewhere (we could have given up our park hoppers--never intended to use them, and the water park passes, used only because we had them, not that we really felt the need to)
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Please do let us know what you find out.
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DS did a Wish trip about 8 years ago. We were put up at the Beach Club Resort because GKTW was full at the time during their busy summer season. We were given a rental car as part of the wish trip, airfare, and a stipend to cover our food costs along with theme park tickets. We had to check-in at GKTW on our day of arrival and go through their presentation before we could head over to the Beach Club.
We missed not staying in the villas at GKTW and I had kind of planned on having the extra room. but at Beach Club we had a regular hotel room which was very tight with 4 people and 2 wheelchairs. We didn't have any kind of spectacular view either. But, staying at Beach Club was good for us because we didn't have to go back and forth to GKTW all the time which took about 20 minutes each way.
We were told at the time that Disney has some kind of agreement with GKTW that they will take any overflow necessary if there is no room at GKTW.
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even if your trip is able to get you where you want but booked thru GKTW, you will still have to spend a good bit of time at GKTW the first day to get your passes for the parks at the parent meeting. if what you consider to be the worst and you have to stay ay GKTW, you do not have to do any activities there if you do not want to. from most villas it is possible to get to breakfast without doing characters that are there. you are not made to do them. if you do not want to do any of the activities, just stay at the park longer. even though my grandsons were younger on their trips, one boy wanted to stay at the park instead of going to the Christmas party as it was mid Dec when we were there and he had been to 3 or 4 Christmas parties by then. it was our choice. you are not made to go to the activities
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1) It is a shame GKTW is not a preferred site for your family.
2) As a Volunteer Coordinator at GKTW, I can declare it a great place for MAW-type families.
3) As for choosing other locations, the MAW-organization might not cover some costs to save funds.
4) As for staying WDW versus GKTW for MAW
. . . Disney gives A LOT of money to GKTW every year
. . . WDW does put up families when GKTW is full to capacity
. . . I have no idea of the cost-sharing deal among WDW-GKTW-MAW.
5) It would be nice for you to know the objections of your child.
6) GKTW has a lot of things to do, and with exception of some souvenirs, EVERYTHING IS FREE. *
* This even means ice cream for breakfast. One should see how well I make
a 1-scoop-cone with 3-scoops. (At my old age, sometimes I conveniently miscount!)
Earning My Ears
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Again - we recognize that GKTW is a very special place - but it isn't for everyone. We have gathered feedback from a number of teens like my son and many feel that they would also prefer "off-site" accommodations - from what they've seen or experienced GKTW is for "little kids". As my son said, "Most teenagers would rather have Doritos for breakfast instead of ice cream".
Since GKTW has recently added nightly "teen" programming (instead of their previous single night of "teen" programming) they also seem to be aware that teens were not feeling included and they are making changes to correct that.
Karen DH DS (13-wish child) & DD (9)
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A child's wish should be his or her own. Period. Some kids might enjoy it, others not. It's really insulting for you to insinuate that there is something wrong with someone not wanting that sort of stay.
But, I'll tell you. The whole design of the place is geared towards younger kids. There is nothing, and I mean nothing, in the look of the facility or the activities that even remotely interests my teenage boy. Who knows what the new teen activities will be, it really doesn't say, but one hour long activity per night couldn't possibly outweigh everything else. There is simply no part of any wish my son could make that would include a stay in a place that looks like an overgrown candy land game with activities like "tuck in" by a stranger. Seriously, you have to be joking if you think "It is a shame GKTW is not a preferred site for [our] family"
As a Volunteer Coordinator at GKTW, I can declare it a great place for MAW-type families.
I also think it's extremely condescending that you refer to us all as "MAW-type families".
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Many volunteers are very invested in volunteering and are maybe not as objective as they should be.
I agree it's nice that GKTW is understanding they should do more to appeal to older kids.
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Having been a guest and a volunteer at GKTW, I can absolutely see how GKTW might not be a good fit for a family, especially for a family with older children or one that is park oriented. It's far enough away from the Disney parks that it's difficult to go back and forth, and GKTW is definitely geared towards younger kids. If that's what he wants, then that's absolutely what he should go with. After all, it is his wish.
In terms of how it works, it's my understanding that everything still goes through GKTW, so you'll have to go there on your first day to attend orientation, get your tickets, etc. I believe you will get a food allowance to accommodate the fact that you are not staying at GKTW where all food is included, but I'm not sure it will be enough to cover all meals since you are technically still a guest of GKTW and can eat there at no cost. Once his wish is approved, you can ask your wish granter how much it will be so that you can plan, but they might not tell you until a week, or so, before you're scheduled to leave.
With all that said, I would recommend spending some time at GKTW. I think he might be surprised as to how "cool" it really is. I went down with a group of high school students last year to volunteer, and they were all talking about how they wished they could stay there. The uniqueness of it is appealing all on its own. There's a pretty cool game room and remote control boats, and the miniature golf course is easily the most fun course we have ever played on. It was designed by Universal Studios, and is interactive. It's startling enough that my girls were actually afraid of it the first time we went, and it wasn't until we went back a few years later as visitors that they were able to enjoy it without hands over their ears and running through the "scary" parts.
Good luck, and I hope he's able to get his wish
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My daughter would not have wanted to stay at GKTW (if she chose WDW over DL.) She was 16, and frankly spending weeks upon weeks in patient in Children's Hospitals getting treatment was part of the reason. She was treated for 2 years at CHoP, Childrens in Philadelphia. They are wonderful of course. She was in-patient over 100 days in those 2 years, plus had Dr appmts there 2X a week, some treatments lasted 10 hours a day.
And part of her wish was to get away from that part of her life, I am having trouble explaining this well, I am sorry. I don't mean GKTW is like a hospital setting, it was her feeling, just seeing the way the place is decorated and all the younger Wish kids and their siblings in the photos. I think she even choose DL to make sure she was not staying at GKTW. (GKTW is a wonderful place! I am relaying HER feelings here, not mine, I remember her worrying about being assigned there, I told her it would be fine). Then she said she wanted to see the sun set over the Pacific ocean too (we live near the Atlantic here in NJ), and California became more interesting to her. The smaller size of DL was a better choice for her too, since she had to use a WC, which is easier at DL (no busses!)
My DD first choice was to go away to a SPA, and be pampered. We could not find one that would take teen-agers. She finally realized she would have a good time at a theme park, for sure. I even had said, do you want a hot tub, that would feel good on your sore muscles, etc, I did not push the concept of a trip on her. But, having this to plan was good for her, she looked forward to it so much, got her mind off all the pain and sickness. The actual trip was great, but she was still pretty ill, and tired so easily. She resisted a WC for the first day, but had to "surrender" to using it after that.
Just our experience, and her feelings being related here. When kids have these serious health issues, they do not get many "choices". My DD had many surgeries, treatments, IVs, was stuck thousands of times for labs, too many x rays and MRIs to even count. She had to just roll with all of that. So, if she said she wanted a regular hotel room, that was ok with me, let me give a little control back to you ..
Earning My Ears
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Thank you everyone for your support - I really appreciate it!
He doesn't want to have to have his dream vacation in a place where total strangers are telling him that he is "brave" or "heroic" or "special" - he gets that constantly at our local Children's Hospital - and to be completely honest, he hates it when people constantly remind him he's not "normal".I'm going to tell the coordinator my son's comments and be very, very specific about his wish (a 1 week stay at ___ Disney hotel).
I will let you know how it works out.
Your comments have been so helpful - I had no idea (for instance) that it was a 20 minute drive each way to MK from GKTW (thank you blondietink). I am guessing that the travel time may be longer in rush-hour - or for those of us who have never been to Florida and will need to read maps and may take a wrong turn or two on the way there.
A minimum 20 minute commute each way is a significant issue for our family. We would much rather hop on the Monorail for 5 minutes than spend a minimum of 20 minutes driving (with carsick people who are already on anti-nausea meds) - plus all the time needed to disassemble and pack and then unpack and assemble two mobility devices each time we travel... that's a lot of time.
Thanks again, I will let you know what happens
Karen DH DS (13-wish child) & DD (9)
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Partly, the things lacheeze mentioned and then the decor is a big part too. Many teens feel the decor of Children's Hospitals is kind of 'baby-ish', with bright colors, etc.
That kind of decor makes the younger kids more comfortable, but a lot of teens feel they don't fit.
GKTW village has the same kind of feeling. It doesn't matter for some teens and tweens, but others just don't feel they fit in there.
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Budget Friendly Fall Mantel
My favorite season is officially upon us and here in the Midwest we are having some lovely cool fall weather! This makes me SO happy as sometimes summer stays around too long and we go to the pumpkin patch and sweat (sweat = not fun). It's also hard to be motivated to decorate for fall when you are sweating.
Anywhooo, this year I did a budget-friendly Fall mantel. I haven't done a Fall mantel in a while (last year only did Halloween). I had to come up with something from scratch because I didn't want to pay full price on fall decorations (it's against my religion ;).
I luckily picked up this great gourd filled swag for 90% off after the season at Hob Lob last year. $6 bucks! (Major score like my fall wreath you can see HERE)
I used a bunch of candle stick holders that I already have and picked up some gourds and mini pumpkins for .25 cents each at our local Farmer's Market. (I heart our Farmer's Market! I love the fresh finds and supporting our local farmers plus, the same gourds at the grocery were $5.99 for a bag, about $1 a piece!)
I like the long, spindly stems, gives them character. :)
I left up my black vase 'o sticks to give it some more height and I added my first attempt at a coffee filter wreath to finish it off.
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Hey, Hey, Party People!!
Aren't you so glad it's time for another Flaunt if Friday party?!
What's so great about another Flaunt it Friday party?
Well, I'm glad you asked...
First, if it's time for Flaunt it Friday that means it's Friday! Hooray for the weekend!!
And, you guys always bring lots of awesomeness to my party... I love to check out your stuff!
Plus, you get to hang out with me! Woot Woot! ;) Ok, I'm a dork but just go with it peeps....
A Deelish Dessert! (it's even Low-fat!)
It's about that time for a late night snack. You know, something sweet. The one you're not supposed to have because it's after 7 pm so it will surely go to your hips (thighs, butt, belly, wherever you don't want it to go).
But , this snack is low-fat and easy. And, it's something different. How many of those little 100 calorie packs can you really eat, anyway.
This is a spin on the Rice Krispie Treat.... but so much better.
Whenever we make Rice Krispies in this house, the whole pan is almost devoured within the first few minutes when the Krispies are warm and gooey. I prefer them this way, once they cool off and harden they aren't nearly as good.
My mom found this easy "recipe" on the back of a marshmallow bag. It is so simple and delicious I have no idea why I never thought of it before... it seems like common sense now. :)
Here are the ingredients you need:
You do not have to use "Gluten Free" Rice Krispies, I got them because they are made with brown rice which is supposedly better for you than white rice, wasn't that so healthy of me?
You also don't have to use butter, you can use a little cooking oil or margarine. I found that these Campfire brand marshmallow melt the best and are actually tastier then the other brands. They didn't pay me to say that, it's your lucky night Campfire Marshmallows.
So here's what you do, put a sliver of butter and one jumbo marshmallow in a microwave safe bowl.
|I love how I picked the one bowl we have with a chip in it, so fancy.
Microwave for about 20 seconds depending on your microwave. Make sure you call for your kids to come watch the amazing expanding marshmallow.
|Campfire brand gets the biggest without coming apart and dripping over the edge of the bowl.
STIR, STIR, STIR, STIR!!! Add some more Krispies in if necessary. Make sure you get enough Krispies in the marshmallow or it will be too disgustingly sweet. I'd say about a 1/3 to 1/2 cups of Krispies.
Now it's time to enjoy your delicious melty Rice Krispie Treat. Eat immediately or it will turn hard which defeats the purpose of making this one serving melty treat.
I got so excited to eat this one that I accidentally ate half of it before I realized I hadn't taken a picture of finished product ... you get the idea though...
It make s a pretty big serving and it's less than 200 calories with 90 in the marshmallow and about 50 in the cereal and just a little from that sliver of butter.
It's something different and delicious with very little effort to make and just few minutes and ingredients.
Have you ever made this before? What's your go to sweet treat??
Kitchen Feature!
I'm very excited that today my glazed and antiqued kitchen cabinets/kitchen makeover are being featured by the good people at Remodelaholic! Please click HERE and go check it out!!
I'll be back tomorrow to show you my Fall Mantel, don't forget to come back and check it out!
I Heart White Pumpkins
I knew I had to do some white pumpkins myself. I then went out to some crafty type stores (and even Wal-Mart) to pick up some faux pumpkins in white or to be spray painted.
That's when I remembered that it is against my religion to buy holiday decorations when they are "in-season" even if they are on sale. I refuse to spend $12 on a fake pumpkin even though $12 is the sale price. Especially when I need 8 to 10. Not happening when I know they will 90% off in a matter of weeks (when I won't need them cause Christmas will be in full swing).
So, I decided to scratch the white pumpkins and save it for next year (meaning this year). I ended up not getting any faux pumpkins after pumpkin season last year, which was fine because at every garage sale I went to this summer I picked some up. I think I spent $1.75, total.
Here's what my pumpkins looked like when I got 'em.
|Bag o' Pumpkins
I picked ups some off white spray paint and primer, taped off the stems and went to spraying...
I am an impatient and sloppy spray-painter and used my hand as a make-shift spinning pedastel to get all the pumpkin angles.
Note to self: next time wear gloves.
Here is how they turned out...
I tried to get some different textures... I loved this burlap one (even though on the back there is a big glob of hot glue from the previous owner, no one will ever see it!)
Since I saved so much money on garage sale pumpkins I allowed myself to buy these cute little owls that hold votive candles... AAAA-dorable!
I also added in my white pitcher and some fall leaves to add a little bit of color and height.
I added a swag in the background that was one of my 90% off scores at Hob Lob last year (read about more of my 90% off deals HERE). I also put up my mocha wreath (which I love!) from my friend Abbe over at Brown Apples sent me. Here's how it turned out...
I love how it looks in my kitchen but I love even more that it cost next to nothing to get a whole new look!
What do you think of my white pumpkins??
Linking: Nest of Posies Fall Festival, Fingerprints on the Fridge, The Lettered Cottage, Faded Charm
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Flaunt your Fall Link Party!!
Anyone? Anyone?? Buehler... buehler.
Who doesn't love a party??
Why not combine the two for tons of fun!!
What a great party combo if I do say so myself. How do I come up with these ingenious ideas??! ;)
It's time for the first annual Flaunt your Fall link party!
I can not wait to see all of your creative fall-ishness right here in one place!

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Flaunt it Friday 70 and UPrinting Giveaway!
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Also, don't forget that Saturday is my first ever "Flaunt Your Fall" link party, be there or be square! Does anyone say that anymore? It was retro even when I was a kid. :)
Party time!!!
Fall Centerpiece
I am busy spreading leaves and pumpkins around my house in preparation for my big Flaunt Your Fall party this Saturday.
I decided to use the same kitchen table centerpiece and thought it was worth sharing again...
When I say unreliable I'm talking about this past week, on the first day of fall it was 95 degrees... yes, 95 scorching degrees and no, I do not live in the south but pretty close to Lake Michigan!
Fall days are supposed to be cool, crisp, open the windows and air out the house kind of weather. Unfortunately, it seems like there are only a few perfect fall days a year, we go from running the air conditioning to running the heater seemingly overnight... that's what I mean by short.
But, I still love it. I mean loooooove it. I love those perfect fall days, the beautiful colors of the trees, the trips to the pumpkin patch, apple cider, pumpkin cake, cookies, bread, seeds, etc., and most of all, the decor!
I've been hauling out my pumpkins since September 1st. This is a little early for me because the heat just doesn't make me feel very fallish. But, I decided since fall is so short (and unreliable, remember?!) I'm going to enjoy my pumpkins from Septemeber through November!
Because it seems to be the "in" thing to do (and it doesn't cost any money) I decided to reinvent some of the fall stuff I already have. Today I'll share my "new" fall centerpiece.
I got a giant cloche on clearance at Hob Lob this summer. I've been dying to use it but haven't had the right space for it. I busted out my huge-mongous cake stand that I got after Christmas one year at Wal-Mart for $3 and (then realized I will never ever make a cake that big). I then did the happy dance because the giant cloche actually fits on the huge-monguous Wal-Mart platter!
Now, what to put under the cloche, obviously a pumpkin, but which one?!? I love my squatty white pumpkin but it's so short (like fall). It would be lost under the giant cloche. What to set it on... I remembered a candleholder base I had, it worked perfect!
Then just topped it off with my old fall wreath. And my lovely centerpiece is finished!
Are you reinventing your old fall decor??
I hope so... bring new and old fall decor to my Flaunt Your Fall link up party on Saturday the 17th of September!
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Linking: Delightfully Inspiring Thursday, Hookin' Up w/ HOH, Fall Nesting Party
Pumpkin Plastic Surgery
I made do with it last year but decided I needed to pick up some good stuff on sale after all the pumpkin-type holidays were over.
I hit the pumpkin jackpot at Hob Lob when I showed up on the first day of 90% off fall decor and they even had an amazingly good selection left. Usually by the time it's 90% off they only have very ugly and/or broken stuff left.
I didn't buy a lot but got some of the really good expensive stuff for super-duper cheap! I then had to wait an entire year before I could use it or even share it with you (you didn't know I was this good at keeping secrets, huh?)
It's been so long that I pretty much forgot about my 90% off deals. As I dug out my fall stuff it was like Christmas morning. I was like, Whoopee, a zeplin! (name that movie)
Anyway, the big daddy deal that I got last year was something that I totally didn't need, but whatever, it was too awesome to pass up.
This super huge-mongous wreath!
Isn't she a beauty?? (even propped up all crooked on the floor in a poorly lit picture?)
$149.99 marked down to $14.99! Just to buy the big grapevine wreath with nothing on it is worth way more than that!
She had one little flaw, a pumpkin who'd lost her stem exposing the cheap styrofoam. Good thing I'm a skilled plastic surgeon (for pumpkins).
I'm pretty sure that's why she was still there, (do you like how I keep referring to it as "she"?)
I knew I could save her but had no idea where I'd put her.
She is really big... 31 inches across at her largest point! That's almost 3 feet!!
Before I figured out where to put her she needed a stem-job. Nothing ruins a fancy wreath like cheap white styrofoam poking out where a stem should be.
So I went to work, I found one of the old junky pumpkins from last year and pulled the stem off to use as a replacement.
I then decided I needed some wire or the glue gun to attach the new pumpkin stem. Both were in the basement
I took the twist tie from our bread bag that happened to still be laying on the counter leftover from lunch, bent it and stuck it in the stem which then easily stuck into the damaged pumpkin!
It worked perfectly!
By repurposing the twist-tie I am helping to save the planet because that is one less twist-tie taking up lots of space in a landfill.
All because I am
Good as new!!
Now I just had to find the perfect spot for her.
She is too gigantic for the mirror over my fireplace and even for the front door.
I am not one to just hang a holiday wreath on the wall so that wasn't happening. Hmmmm....
I decided she needed to be on the biggest mirror we have (ummm, not the bathroom) and thankfully she fit!
She is a lovely addition to our formal living room!
No one would ever notice the wired on with a bread bag twist tie stem-job, right??
Speaking of my formal living room, I'll be giving a tour soon so you can check out my new French Script pillows. I'll also be sharing some of the other 90% off steals from Hobby Lobby, I have to warn you that they aren't as good as this... but they are still really good. :)
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And, don't forget that this Saturday is the first annual "Flaunt your Fall" link up party... you've got a few more days to get your Fall on! (don't worry, Flaunt it Friday will be held as usual too.)
Linking up to: One Project at a Time, Nifty Thrifty Tuesdays, Tuesdays Treasures, Wow us Wednesdays, Fall Nesting Party
10 Years
We all know where we were, what we were doing, and how terribly awful it was and I don't want to dwell on that.
I want to remember how we came together as a nation in a way that I had never seen in my lifetime.
People risked their lives to save and recover those who were victims.
People donated money.
People donated time.
People donated their own blood in record numbers.
People joined the military.
People found Jesus.
People realized that life can change forever in an instant and it shouldn't be taken for granted.
People were a little bit more friendly to each other.
People hung their American flags proudly.
People wore American flag pins on their clothes and stuck American flag stickers on their cars and wherever they could.
We were UNITED.
If you ask yourself or someone else the names of the terrorists on September 11 could they name more than one?
I couldn't. That's how it should be.
While hearts still ache over the loss of that day the American way of life is as strong as ever.
I hope you are able to spend today with the ones you love reflecting on 9/11 and full of gratitude that you have today.
God Bless all of those who served and sacrificed on 9/11 and God Bless America.
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Flaunt it Friday 70!
I hope you're all gearing up for Flaunt your Fall party next Saturday, the 17th... I can't wait!!
Also, I finally fixed my party button so please grab it and add it to your linked up post! (or at least a text link back to my party)

Murphy's Law
Because I'm sure you've had a string of unfortunate events at one time or another too.
Doesn't it make you feel better that you're not the only one??
Ok, in keeping it real, here it goes...
My unfortunate events consisted of Mr. Chic's car breaking down and needing an expensive $$ repair.
All the same week that our expensive $$$$ property taxes are due (along with our car insurance and license plate renewals which is good for several hundred more bucks, sigh)...
This has left me a bit frazzled with little spare time (and even less money!).
Why do all these annoying things always happen at once?
These things are supposed to happen in 3's so the good news is I should be done.
Am I the only one living out Murphy's Law right now?
I doubt it.
Has something like this ever happened to you?
Everyone goes through times like these.
Although these things are just darn annoying, they make me grateful that there is nothing really wrong in my life. I have a healthy beautiful family who I love more than words, I feel blessed beyond belief.
These annoyances are just bumps in the road. Hopefully I'm heading for smooth pavement soon. :)
Flaunt your Fall Party! Saturday, Sept. 17th
Despite the unseasonably stifling 100 degree heat in the Midwest, I am gladly fall-ifying (I just coined that term, you like?) my house even though it feels like mid-July. (I know, I know... Texas is hotter, but I am up by lake Michigan! It should be a beautiful 70 degrees in September!)
Since fall is my fave and you guys like to party, I thought that fall deserved it's own special link up party.
"Flaunt your Fall" link party will be held on Saturday, September 17th.
Yes, "Flaunt your Fall" will be on Saturday the 17th, Flaunt it Friday will be held as usual and this will be a separate Fall only party. I will have a Halloween link up in October so let's just do fall stuff.
You've got 2 weeks from today so start Fall-ifying!
Also, feel free to post my cute "Flaunt your Fall" button on your sidebar so more people can join the fun!

Happy Fall-ifying!
Flaunt it Friday #69!
Can you believe that it's September 1st?!?
No way, Jose!
It was 101 degrees here in the Midwest today, seriously! 101 stinking hot degrees!! Ugh!!
I'm going to be busting out my pumpkins very soon despite the crazy hot weather so stay tuned!
Now it's time to party.... I think I fixed my party button (before Christmas!! Woo Hoo!!)


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Category: Cocktail-hour events
`Paradise' found: Drink up Tuesday with Young Friends at Cafe Boulud
- 12:54 pm Sunday, June 22nd, 2014 by M.M. Cloutier
Some might say sipping any libation at Palm Beach's Café Boulud constitutes a cocktail in paradise, but the Young Friends of the Historical Society of Palm Beach County want to make that official.
This Tuesday (June 24), 5:30-7:30 p.m., the nonprofit group is hosting one of its semiannual "Cocktails in Paradise" events, which encourage socializing, networking and maybe this time—between nips of Café Boulud's "Kyoto Cherry Blossom" cocktail, say, or the currently featured World Cup-nod "Yellow Card"—sharing thoughts and perspectives on the area's historic and cultural legacy.
With each "Cocktails in Paradise" event—the last one was in November at Jupiter's Square Grouper restaurant; 90-plus people attended—the Young Friends [More]
Horsing around this weekend at PB grill restaurant
- 12:50 pm Wednesday, June 4th, 2014 by M.M. Cloutier
In the wide world of sports, something big may happen this weekend: For the first time since 1978, a racehorse, having won last month's Kentucky Derby and Preakness, could win the Triple Crown this Saturday (June 7) at the Belmont Stakes.
Evidently for Del Frisco's Grille (340 Royal Poinciana Way; www.delfriscosgrille.com/palm-beach), it's a done deal that California Chrome is going to go all the way: The restaurant's throwing a "triple crown party" Saturday with food-and-beverage perks along with the Belmont Stakes (the race is at approximately 6:50 p.m.) and its sportscasters' pre-race hoopla showing on TV monitors throughout the dining and bar areas.
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Thursday in downtown WPB: cup-o'-Joe fave grand opening, brain and beer
- 4:32 pm Monday, March 10th, 2014 by M.M. Cloutier
This Thursday (March 13) along the 500 block of downtown West Palm Beach's Clematis Street: the grand-opening party of a newly relocated and locally popular coffee house—and the launch of a pop-up science-café series with brainiacs aiming to make science—it's behind everything we do—fun.
Starting at 5 p.m., fans of the super-fresh cups of Joe served at the former Habitat Coffee on Clematis can celebrate the coffee house's reincarnation as Subculture Coffee (www.faceook.com/subculturecoffee) at its new digs at 509 Clematis.
The grand-reopening party, until 9 p.m., is hosted by the coffee house's owners, Rodney Mayo and Sean Scott, who'll be serving [More]
Is there one ideal wine to pair with Thanksgiving's all-over-the-map blend of flavors?
- 8:36 pm Tuesday, November 19th, 2013 by M.M. Cloutier
If you think about a traditional Thanksgiving feast—turkey (white and dark meat), sweet yams, tart cranberries, herby and savory stuffing and more—choosing a single wine that marries with so many flavors and textures would seem darn near impossible, at least to those of us who enjoy wine, but lack formal training in the ways of the grape.
Richard Paladino, resident sommelier at downtown West Palm Beach's Virginia Philip Wine Shop & Academy (101 N. Clematis St.; www.virginiaphilipwineshopacademy.com), concurs: "There are so many different savory and sweet spices with a Thanksgiving meal, which can be a challenge if you're trying to choose one [More]
Crab cake cook-off kickoff party this Thursday at PB Asian eatery Echo
- 4:15 pm Monday, October 7th, 2013 by M.M. Cloutier
The 2nd annual Palm Beaches Crab Cake Cook-off—a slam dunk given the popularity of crab cakes in and around Palm Beach (anything but jumbo lump crab need not apply)—doesn't take place until Nov. 2, but there's enough anticipation to warrant a kickoff cocktail soiree this week at a hotspot Asian restaurant in Palm Beach.
After all, the cook-off's currently reigning King and Queen Crab, otherwise known as Palm Beachers and the event's chairpersons Shakir and Laura Wissa, rule by party decree, especially for a good cause, which in this case is beneficiary Community Partners and its local programs helping children overcome issues resulting [More]
At downtown WPB's Bar Louie tomorrow night: creativity by`Collaboration' artists
- 5:49 pm Tuesday, August 13th, 2013 by M.M. Cloutier
Sip cocktails, nosh on light hors d'oeuvres and browse (or buy) artwork ranging from paintings to jewelry and textiles.
That's what a group of Palm Beach County artists hopes you'll do tomorrow night during a happy hour-and-art happening, starting at 5:30 p.m., at Bar Louie in downtown West Palm Beach.
The group, called Collaboration, will feature the work of eight of its artists on the second level of Bar Louie, 200 Clematis St.
One of the event's organizers, artist Trina Slade-Burks, says, "Some of the artists who usually work in large scale will have miniature versions of their work (on view and for sale), [More]
On the menu at Cafe Sapori: a Worth Avenue shopping spree and gift cards galore?
- 8:09 pm Friday, August 9th, 2013 by M.M. Cloutier
It won't be long before daily specials at Café Sapori—the lair of co-owners Francesco Blanco and Chef Fabrizio Giorgi, both Palm Beach alums since their pre-2007 front-and-back-of-the-house days at Bice—will include a $1,000 shopping spree at Palm Beach's Juicy Couture and a getaway at The Breakers.
The $500 gift card to Worth Avenue's Hamilton's Jewelers sounds good, too.
Thousands of dollars worth of desirable merchandise will be up for auction at Café Sapori as part of an Aug. 15 fundraiser for West Palm Beach's Fisher House, a Veterans Affairs Medical Center-based home away from home for families of military vets hospitalized for [More]
`The other woman' on board for martini flight at The Breakers' HMF
- 6:24 pm Wednesday, July 24th, 2013 by M.M. Cloutier
Jerry "Professor" Thomas—151 years ago, he wrote the first cocktail guide for bartenders—gave us everything from flaming cocktails to zingers in sugar- and/or salt-rimmed glasses.
And just maybe he gave us the martini during the Gilded Age, when Henry Morrison Flagler extended his railroad to South Florida and transformed Palm Beach—and much of Florida's east coast—into a resort town.
Both the martini and, by way of namesake-circumstance, Flagler, are part of a special feature tomorrow night (July 25) at The Breakers' signature cocktail-and-small-plates hotspot, located in the former—and now re-imagined—Florentine dining-room area.
The Breakers' HMF, named after Flagler, will feature a special martini flight—three [More]
`Lounging' at PB Catch has its perks
- 4:52 pm Friday, April 12th, 2013 by M.M. Cloutier
Since it opened more than a year ago, PB Catch's food—emphasis on locally sourced sustainable seafood, along with one of the area's few true-blue raw bars—has garnered plenty of fans.
Now the restaurant at 251 Sunrise Ave. is amping up its lounge activities.
It all started early last month, with Saturday nights in the lounge featuring live music, specialty cocktails by mixologist Nicholas Scalisi, and a small-plates menu including sea-cuterie (salmon pastrami, smoked trout and scallops, octopus terrine and fish dips).
Starting tomorrow at PB Catch (www.pbcatch.com; 655-5558), "Saturday Nights in the Lounge" also will offer Veuve Clicqot's yellow label for $8 a [More]


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INDEPENDENCE — The Grayson County School Board is considering asking the county for $1 million more in local funds than it received this year to make major repairs at some schools, increase teachers' salaries and prevent further cuts to educational opportunities for students in 2011-12.
During a work session March 7, Superintendent Dr. Elizabeth Thomas outlined two options for the school board to consider:
INDEPENDENCE — Instructional materials and course offerings for Grayson County students are dwindling, educators said during Grayson County School Board budget work sessions held Feb. 28 and March 7.
Following three years of "severe" budget cuts, students are beginning to suffer, said Superintendent Dr. Elizabeth Thomas. "We've kicked the can down the road for years. It's just catching up with us."
HILLSVILLE — Carroll County school officials will seek more information on $15 million in bonds before going out to bid for the phase III projects.
Schools Superintendent Greg Smith spoke to the school board recently about some of the attractive features of the Qualified School Construction Bonds that the school district landed from Gov. Bob McDonnell's office earlier this month.
Educators requested these bonds in order to tackle expansions at Carroll County high and intermediate schools necessary after the closure of Woodlawn School.
HILLSVILLE — A limited-scale student drug testing program at the Regional Alternative Education Center seems to have made a splash with parents as well as educators.
One year after its inception, educator Wade Meredith, who's in charge of the alternative school on Oak Street in Hillsville, gave a report to the Carroll County School Board on how the drug intervention program is going.
HILLSVILLE — Carroll County schools will serve up more orange and green as the staff prepares more colorful and better-balanced meals.
Those will come from the fresher, healthier foods available to children, grown closer to home, as the country moves the war on obesity into school cafeterias.
The amount of "white foods" will decrease, as servings will get away from loading the children up on white starches, said Matt Morris, the Chartwells food service employee who's in charge of meals for Carroll County Public Schools.
RICHMOND ― Carroll County Public Schools received $15 million from the state to go towards its third and final phase of schools improvements.
HILLSVILLE — Educators have cleared the first hurdle in engineering a new career and technical educational program for the Twin Counties.
Carroll County Public Schools officials reported last month that the concept of the Blue Ridge Crossroads GATE remains in the running for a career and technical governor's academy designation from the state.
RICHMOND — Carroll County in Southwest Virginia is known for its huge Labor Day flea market and its Blue Ridge Mountain vistas.
In the past year, though, its school system has also gained popularity, attracting students from Virginia Beach to Fairfax County.
What's the draw?
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About Event Hall Our goal is to provide you with a space that is easily customizable including unique add-ons that make your event or party a memorable one. Our space has sound equipment, elegant lights, club lights, and disco balls, so that you can transform your event into an elegant dinner or a night club party. We have tables & chairs on hand plus a wide variety of set-up options to fit the your needs. Multiple rooms available. If you want to really add some spice to your event, add a dance lesson to get the party going! We look forward to making your party or event the talk of the town.
13704 24th St E, Suites 101-103, Sumner, WA
The Live Room is a 1700 square-foot music-oriented performance space with a stage, stage lighting, and a 12,000-watt professional PA system. There is a "green room" next to the stage, and a concessions room (kitchenette) opposite the stage. This facility would be ideal for parties, small concerts, recitals, showcases, video shoots, or other (possibly noisy) activities. Conveniently located just off Hwy 167 in North Sumner. Easy load-in, and parking is not a problem. Capacity is 162.
4747 Pt Fosdick Dr. NW, Gig Harbor, WA
Luxurious, relaxing Piano lounge with small dance floor. The room is not a bar so kids are welcome. Transatlantic Gourmet Asian Cuisine. Sit down formal dining or buffet style. Perfect for wedding rehearsal dinners, baby showers, business luncheons/seminars, birthday parties or reunions. Full bar available in main restaurant.
10123 78th Ave NW, Gig Harbor, WA
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203 Tacoma Ave. S, Tacoma, WA
Located in beautiful Stadium District, one block northeast of Wrights Park, the Hub in Tacoma offers one of the best event rooms in the greater Tacoma area, The Hub Event Space. Comfortably seating up to 90 guests, our fully private dining space comes equipped with a personal bartender, Harmon micro-brews, and catering direct from the Hub's gourmet kitchen. We specialize in holiday and family gatherings, corporate meetings and events, hail and farewells, weddings and rehearsal dinners, memorial services, and much more. Get your events booked early, as the calendar fills quickly, especially during peak holiday and summer seasons!
733 Commerce Street, Tacoma, WA
Grit City Ballroom is Tacoma's home for awesome social dancing, amazing music, and unique events. Our historic ballroom is on one of the oldest blocks of downtown Tacoma, and our space has been restored to it's former glory. For your event, we can offer an 1800 square foot dance floor, a full stage, sound system, a bar, a staging/food prep area, and a whole lot of character. Make your event over-the-top special by utilizing our in-house talent. We offer specialty DJ's who can play anything from swing, to salsa, to top 40, and everything in between! Or use one of our talented house band, hire our dancers for a floor show tailored to your event, or let our super gifted dance instructors teach a party dance lesson in the style of your choosing! Contact us today so we can customize an event you won't forget.
620 Stewart Street, Seattle, WA
In the heart of downtown Seattle, Washington, the Hotel Max offers an artistic setting for both business and pleasure. The Hotel Max provides the platform for both emerging and established Seattle artists and photographers. There are more than 350 original paintings and photographs found throughout our Seattle hotel in the lobby, guest rooms and corridors. Don't forget about the bountiful attractions within walking distance of our Seattle hotel, or the great shopping available.
1502 Pacific Avenue, Tacoma, WA
Pacific Grill is Tacoma's premier dining experience located at the Waddell Building in downtown Tacoma. Enjoy award winning chef Gordon Naccarato's delicious menus filled with steaks, seafood & creative sides. Pacific Grill is Tacoma's top rated Zagat reviewed restaurant and was named Best Happy Hour in Western Washington by King5 viewers.
711 St Helen's Ave #103, Tacoma, WA
Good Karma Center has 1800 sq feet of beautiful space, wood floors, chandaliers, windows, view of Mt Raineer and Puget Sound, kitchenette, stereo, wifi, tables and chairs, table cloths, linens, dishes, and a caterer, dance floor area if needed, DJ available. Good Karma has an art center and massage, meditation room with sand on the floor, decorated rooms for, brides or grooms to get ready, We have on site officiant to carry out wedding ceremony and premarital counseling. You can hold birthdays, showers, weddings, parties, theme events, for a reasonable fee. Events and trainings are also held at our studio space.
1320 Broadway, Tacoma, WA
You enter the Hotel Murano. A world-class art collection greets you at the lobby. You notice that same commitment to form extends into every feature of this Tacoma Hotel. You've got an eye for these things. Our world-class art and dedication to providing our guests with top-notch service are a couple of the many reasons why Hotel Murano was voted number 6 on the Condé Nast Traveler's Reader's Choice list.
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The 32,000 square foot STAR Center offers a stunning new hall for rentals, a new music and dance studio, a teaching kitchen, fitness room, as well as a dynamic indoor/outdoor children's playground with an adjacent party rental space. Make your wedding, reunion, party, business meeting or other group event a memorable experience at Tacoma's newest recreation center. Childrens themed party packages now available! Call today, packages start as low as $6 per child. http://www.metroparkstacoma.org/star-birthday-parties/
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News in Brief
The Department of Health and Human Services' efforts at implementing secure ID cards were rated "inadequate" by the HHS Office of Inspector General.
A new IG report said HHS's implementation of the 2004 Homeland Security Presidential Directive 12 is uneven and has some vulnerabilities that could put the agency's security at risk.
The report said the agency's HSPD-12 efforts lacked controls to ensure that all credentialing requirements were met, and noted that identification cards weren't deactivated in a timely manner. It also said controls to access and manage the system were not tight enough.
According to the study, the HHS data center's network firewall configuration also didn't comply with its security policies.
The OIG also found that security management controls, including patch management, antivirus management, and configuration management, were not implemented on HSPD-12 workstations at any of the division PIV Card Issuance Facilities that were audited. The study said HHS also allowed nongovernmental computers to connect to card management systems.
The OIG recommended that HHS implement security requirements for card enrollment and issuance, deactivate of cards, system access, security management, physical security, and Web portals associated with the identity card program.
Tim Starks at CQ Roll Call reports that the Energy Department cybersecurity budget for energy, science and environmental missions spreads funding over 11 different accounts, and the Senate Appropriations Committee wants all of that nearly $150 million consolidated into one place.
The fiscal 2015 Energy and Water spending bill includes $304 million in cybersecurity funding for the Department of Energy, with $155 million for the National Nuclear Security Administration and $149 million for energy/science/environmental missions.
But the NNSA money is all coordinated by one official, and the report on the Senate bill says DOE "should follow NNSA's example of consolidating cybersecurity activities and funding authority to one person under one funding account."
Federal agencies have the IT Dashboard, but GCN reports that a growing number of state and local government are turning to a California startup for their financial transparency efforts.
OpenSource.com, a Mountain View-based firm, "works as a subscription service. Agencies email their raw general ledger data. ... The company maps the data, accounting for each municipality's unique chart of accounts –and provides a link to a website for review, often within a week."
Ten days after the Government Accountability Office revealed hackers had infiltrated satellite data by hijacking a contractor's personal computer, federal prosecutors unsealed a set of indictments against a British man for breaching several U.S. government agency networks in another case.
The FBI said on July 25 that 29-year-old Lauri Love of Stradishall, England, had been indicted by a U.S. federal grand jury on charges of conspiracy, causing damage to a protected computer, access device fraud and aggravated identity theft. British law enforcement dropped their charges against Love on July 25 so the U.S. could pursue its charges.
According to the federal indictment, in October 2012 Love and coconspirators broke into protected computers belonging to the Department of Energy, Department of Health and Human Services, the U.S. Sentencing Commission, the FBI's Regional Computer Forensics Laboratory, and computers at Deltek, Inc. and Forte Interactive Inc. by exploiting a known vulnerability in Adobe ColdFusion, a software program designed to build and administer websites and databases. The vulnerability, which has since been corrected, according to the FBI, allowed Love and the accomplices to access protected areas of the victims' computer servers without proper login credentials.
The indictment accused Love and his cohorts of obtaining administrator-level access to the networks using custom file managers, allowing them to upload and download files, edit, remove and search for data. It said Love and his group got more than 100,000 employee records with names, Social Security numbers, addresses, phone numbers, salary information and other financial records, including credit card numbers.
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Recently, I stumbled upon an old friend's life list — all the minor and major things she set out to achieve within a lifetime. It put me to thinking that I should perhaps start mine.
1. Live in Europe for a year, specifically
2. Finish reading all the books in my apartment
Change someone's life…for the better
4. Go whale-watching
5. Watch the sun rise behind an ocean
6. Write another book
7. Write a food-related book
Let the specter that is my mother, go
9. Learn another language- Started studying French in 2013
10. Start a food venture
11. Vacation in Maldives
Eat my way through Europe
13. Make a croissant, from scratch
14. Decorate my bedroom since it's my haven, like this
15. Rent a home by the ocean
Focus on a life that is lived with strength, not dictated by the numbers on a scale or the size of one's pants
Take an unplanned trip, on a whim
Upgrade my camera
Master how to use my camera
Mentor a woman in her 20s
21. Reduce my possessions to only the things I truly, truly love
Feel like it all matters
23. Get out of credit card debt
24. Get out of student loan debt
25. Own a dog
27. Learn how to breathe underwater
28. Lose my fear of dying
29. Cultivate a garden of living things
Own a cast-iron pan
31. Buy spices in Morocco
32. Go on a safari
33. Dance like I used to, unafraid
34. Take a class at the Cordon Bleu
35. Own Hermes
36. Stand close to a lion
37. Re-read The Sun Also Rises and To the Lighthouse
38. Spend a weekend in a five-star hotel. A real one
39. Find calm
40. Reconcile with someone from my past. Someone I've hurt
Inspired someone to find their vision
Spend time with my dad
43. Trace my lineage
44. Get my other wisdom tooth removed
45. Volunteer at an animal shelter
46. Play the clarinet again
47. Buy season tickets to the symphony, or opera
48. Cook a four-course meal for a friend, just because
49. Write a month-long series about every patisserie and eatery I love in France
Let my guard down
51. Visit Joshua Tree
52. Cook a meal outdoors
53. Own a couture gown
54. Finish Dante's Inferno
Enjoy a glass of wine without having it mean something
56. Get my license
57. Drive along the English countryside
58. Go to Ireland, with my dad
59. Film my food adventures
60. Ride a camel in the desert
61. Attend a ball, in a ballgown
62. Do 30 push-ups in a row
63. Watch the sunrise at the Pyramids
64. Go a week without speaking
65. Abandon the internet for a week
66. Invest in stock, like an adult
Dine on a boat
69. Go nightswimming in the Indian Ocean
70. Sleep in a hut or treehouse
71. Climb Machu Pichu
Surprise myself
73. Eat chocolate in Switzerland
74. Kiss a stranger
75. Own a larder to store all my food goodies
76. Eat something that I think/know I'd hate
Color outside the lines, like I used to
78. Visit all 7 continents
79. Sleep on my deck
80. Write a short story — just for a friend
Write someone I admire — just to tell them how much I admire them
82. Fly private
83. Book bi-monthly messages for a year
84. Reconcile my faith in God
85. Donate money to Fordham University
86. Take up acupuncture
87. Take a random class
88. Bike in the Italian countryside
Buy art from someone I love
90. Try boxing
91. Run in the rain
92. Buy a film camera
Make this blog into something really special
94. Learn how to make espresso
95. Join a CSA
Visit Basque country
97. Own a home of my own
98. Be unafraid
99. Find balance
100. Fall in love