Well, we are exactly three months away from departure and I have finally taken a minute to sit down and get this blog site started. This is my first attempt at “blogging” so bare with me.

For those close to me, you know I have been an animal lover all of my life. I have brought home everything from baby opossums, cats, dogs, chickens…you name it! But there is just something about the “BIG” cats. As a little girl, my favorite movie was Born Free and it remains my favorite movie today (if you haven’t seen it and you are a lover of lions, it’s a must see). Mala got me the video years ago, which I believe I wore out the 1st year. I think I have had three cats of my own that I have names Elsa over the years. Now I get to finally see the “reaI Elsa”. I remember trying to get Krysta to watch it with me when she was little and her exact words to me were “mom, is it even in color?”. Needless to say, she was not a fan of the movie like me, but has suffered through my obsession all these years.