It’s hard to believe that it’s been 4 years since we went to California and we went to our favorite place on the planet, Disneyland. Our daughter was 8 at the time and we had so much fun. I think we rode every single ride at least once and we saw so many of our favorite characters. When we got home I created one of my favorite scrapbooks to document our trip. My daughter and I had the book out just the other day and had so much fun remembering our trip.
Here’s a list of some of the characters we saw during our Disneyland visit.
Mickey
Belle
Goofy
Minnie
Ariel
Pluto
Twiddledee and Twiddledum
Pooh
Eyeore
Tigger
Flick
Princess Atta
Pinocchio
Timone
Rafiki
Of course, after that trip, we enjoyed playing many Disney themed games because we felt like we knew those characters more personally. While at Disneyland, my daughter bought a Mr. Potato Head and it came outfitted with all sorts of Disney attachments. She can even create Minnie Mouse with it. We also had the Disney themed version of the game “Sorry”. Now I see that Screenlife Games has created Disney Bingo, a high tech twist on the old Bingo standard game.
Disney Bingo uses a DVD so kids learn their numbers and colors right along with their favorite Disney characters. The game is played with the same rules as standard bingo, a number is called and, if you have the number on your card, you place a chip on top of the number. The biggest difference is being able to watch film clips from some of your favorite Disney movies. The film clips act as wild cards and can help a player win the game, so it pays to pay attention! This is a super fun, super easy game for anyone age 4 and above and it only takes 2 players to make it work.
We’re hoping to be back in California in November, although, I’m not sure if we’ll have time to go back to Disneyland. It would be fun though if we could!
I said yesterday that I had received the results of my blood test and they showed my cholesterol level as being too high. I’ve since been doing a little bit of research on it and find that yes indeed, the total cholesterol level is in the High Risk area. Everything else falls in to normal levels, LDL and HDL both are okay. It’s all very strange to me because I’ve never had a problem before.
I don’t eat much fat in my diet, but, it’s possible that something I had eaten as a meal a day or two prior was in my system and through it out of whack. I am going to monitor what I eat over the next several weeks before having the test done again. I’m keeping track of total fat, saturated fats, trans fat, protiens, cholesterol and calories. I think it finally sunk in to my husband that I am concerned about this. He fixed dinner tonight and, while it was steak, it was pretty lean. We also had baked potatoes and he didn’t even get the sour cream out of the frig so that I wouldn’t be tempted!
I will make sure to have another test done in a few weeks. It’s possible that it’s genetic, my sister has the same problem.
Do you ever find yourself reading the magnetic signs people have on their vehicles? I do, it sorts of provides my entertainment as I’m driving down the road, especially on longer trips. When we drove out to Tennessee last month I was wishing I had placed Magnetic signs on my van for everyone to see and maybe drum up some traffic to my site and some purchases.
Have you ever called a business after reading their magnetic sign? I’ve done it a few times, most recently to order pizza while we were in the car. My daughter just picked up my cell phone and plugged in the number so that I could order the pizza on our way and then we didn’t have to wait to long. I’ve also contacted carpet cleaners and landscape services after seeing them in the neighborhood and reading their magnetic signs. What about visiting the website that you’ve read from a magnetic sign, I’ve done that a lot.
I know that many of us crafting bloggers are trying hard to make a niche for not only our blogs, but our businesses as well. What better way to let people around where you live know about your business then with a car magnet? Right now you can even receive 25% off Car Door Magnets by using coupon code CarDoor25 at vistaprint.com and there are 2 sizes to choose from and over 100 designs to choose from. If you like, you can even create your own design. Personally, I’m looking for any way to increase my sales and make my craft work for me.
Well, at least for now, all of my health testing is complete. I had my well woman exam on Monday, blood test on Tuesday, mammogram and bone density test today. I’m done. At least for now.
My blood test came back showing high total cholesterol, an in “High Risk”, and my LDL, which is the bad cholesterol, is “High”. I’m a fairly healthy eater, so the thing that occurs to me is that, now that I’m no longer working outside the home, I’m sitting on the computer too much and my cholesterol levels are going up.
So, I’ve concluded I need more activity, at least 30 minutes per day. I love our new Wii Fit and I’m going to make every attempt to use it daily and burn some calories. Once it starts getting less humid and a little cooler around here, I might even go back to my morning walks. I am supposed to have it checked again in 1 month, so I need to get down to business and get off of this computer.
We love playing games in our family and we do everything from the typical board game to electronic games. We were recently introduced to a new DVD game called Banzai and it’s hysterical. Here’s a screenshot of my Tako-gatchi.
Screenlife games recently introduced Banzai which is a great family game or a great game for a party. Everything you need to play comes in the box. The goal is to win all the sushi, whoever has the most sushi at the end of the game is the winner. Don’t worry, it’s not played with real sushi so you don’t have to get all grossed out!
Each player starts with 25 sushi which are color coded to match your sushi bowl, and a pair of chopsticks. The Shogun (person in charge of the DVD remote) starts the DVD which will show a stunt of some kind. The players then have 15 seconds to use their chopsticks and race to place sushi into the betting bowl. Betting ends at the sound of the gong. If you guess the outcome of the stunt correctly, you then when all the sushi in the betting bowl. Pretty simple, if you’re good with chopsticks! The game continues until one player has all the sushi and presses the “winner” button on the DVD remote. In a nutshell, here’s how it works. First, you watch a stunt. Second, you bet on how the outcome of the stunt. Finally, you win sushi.
This is a fast paced, hilariously fun game for the entire family. The game is available for purchase and download online and it even has its own My Space page.
Take a look at this video for more insight into how this game is played.
ScreenLife Games is at it again. They launched a new Banzai game. Check it out:
