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ILMICKEY

06-07-2007, 12:10 PM

Hello! Thanks for joining me!

The plan, at this time, is to drive to Disney. Coming from Michigan it’s about an 18 hour trip. Knock some of that off if I’m doing most of the driving. We are leaving the day before Thanksgiving. That is, if the ex doesn’t start whining. (I am hoping we will be gone before he finds out, hee hee!)

I have 3 children. A daughter, 19 and two sons, 14 and 16. I have been married to my second husband for almost 4 years. I have always lived in Michigan (except for the time I thought it would be cool to move to Florida with my boyfriend for 9 months, actually it was pretty cool).

My daughter is the only one that won’t be coming with us. She moved a couple hours away to a bigger city. She definitely has the attitude for it!!

On to the trip-------------------------------------

We are spending Thanksgiving night in Daytona. We will be there most of the day Friday.

Then, we get to check into the Pop for 2 nights. :banana:

After that, we will go to the Boardwalk Villas for 5 nights on the DDP. We rented points from a really nice disser!! Thanks, you rock!:thumbsup2

I am a compulsive Disney planner. C’mon, you have to be, right?

If you agree, I will send you a self stamped addressed envelope so you can hopefully convince my family.

I told my husband his only job was to pick out all the places he wanted to eat. I printed off the menus and had him make the decision. Everything was set, up until I discovered the restaurant section on the boards.

I changed them all!

He doesn’t know, but I don’t think he will even remember what he picked. After the meal, I will tell him he did a great job picking the restaurant. Guys like that stuff!!

Next Up, Introductions!

siestakeys04

06-07-2007, 12:12 PM

Reading:surfweb: and waiting patiently.......for more!!!!:cool1:

blue_river

06-07-2007, 10:13 PM

The plan, at this time, is to drive to Disney. Coming from Michigan it’s about an 18 hour trip. Knock some of that off if I’m doing most of the driving.

I've been waiting for you to start your pre-trip report.

This is going to be fun!!!

We're both in smiliar situations and I can't wait to see how your road trip turns out :laughing:

We are leaving the day before Thanksgiving. That is, if the ex doesn’t start whining. (I am hoping we will be gone before he finds out, hee hee

Uh oh!!! You'll have to remember to let us know how this part turned out.

I have 3 children. A daughter, 19 and two sons, 14 and 16. I have been married to my second husband for almost 4 years. I have always lived in Michigan (except for the time I thought it would be cool to move to Florida with my boyfriend for 9 months, actually it was pretty cool). My daughter is the only one that won’t be coming with us. She moved a couple hours away to a bigger city. She definitely has the attitude for it

....and I have two girls the same age as your sons - yep, it's going to be interesting! Too bad we weren't going at the same time ;)

After that, we will go to the Boardwalk Villas for 5 nights on the DDP. We rented points from a really nice disser!! Thanks, you rock!

Very NICE :thumbsup2

I told my husband his only job was to pick out all the places he wanted to eat. I printed off the menus and had him make the decision. Everything was set, up until I discovered the restaurant section on the boards.

I changed them all!

:lmao: :rotfl:

My kind of girl :thumbsup2 :thumbsup2

Looking forward to more :yay:

Avivasmom

06-07-2007, 10:19 PM

ILMICKEY

06-08-2007, 03:44 AM

Reading:surfweb: and waiting patiently.......for more!!!!:cool1:
Hello siestakeys04! I am hoping to get my intros in tomorrow. My computer is so slow, so I need a couple hours to get my pictures in.

ILMICKEY

06-08-2007, 04:00 AM

[quote=blue_river;19081487]I've been waiting for you to start your pre-trip report.

This is going to be fun!!!
Hey, glad you found me!

We're both in smiliar situations and I can't wait to see how your road trip turns out :laughing:
It's going to be interesting. Usually I do most of the driving. (something about me and control:confused3 ) But my husband just bought a new Mega cab Dodge. So I don't think I am going to get to do much. Lately he's been driving like a grandpa, so it might take longer. There is always the option of tying him up and putting him in the back!!!:thumbsup2

....and I have two girls the same age as your sons - yep, it's going to be interesting! Too bad we weren't going at the same time ;)

I know, I was thinking the same thing, we'd have a blast. My oldest son is a little girl crazy right now. Hormones??? My youngest was talking about the lizards in Florida. I told him he would have to catch one. He said they were too fast. I just had to tell him about the girls that caught one!!

So, now it's on!!

ILMICKEY

06-08-2007, 04:07 AM

We will be there the same time as you from Nov 26-30.....my DH's request is that we eat at Boma (last year the chef came out with extras for him bbq shrimp and fried oreos). We will be celebrating our anniversary there for the 4 year in a row with our DD princess:

4 years for you too? Congratulations. I love fried oreos!! If your arteries are going to harden, let it be from a fried oreo!!! Are you going to keep his request??

We are staying at the BCV....end of July we will be at BWV.

Have you ever stayed at BWV? I can't wait!! We'll be neighbors!

Cannot wait to read more.

Hopefully soon!

ILMICKEY

06-08-2007, 04:08 AM

Wow! My replies aren't turning out so well! What the heck am I doing wrong???

Anybody???

Our2Girls&Disney

06-08-2007, 06:51 AM

I am here and I certainly know how you feel, not too many replies on my thread either. I can't wait to hear more.

My Dad is from MI, Detroit to be exact, right in the city. He grew up right off of Joy Road. Anyway, we have family in MI. My aunt lives in White Lake, is that anywhere near you?

ILMICKEY

06-08-2007, 07:02 AM

disneyaddicted

06-08-2007, 07:52 AM

Hey ILMICKEY,

I am here to keep you company on your pre trip report. I love the whole changing all the restaraunts on your DH. You're right, if he is the typical man he will forget what he had picked.

Driving from MI? Holy goodness that is a long time in a car. When I take the kids to the ex in Cheboygan MI. I go stir crazy sitting there for so long, but we even cut the trip in half and spend a night at my parents who live outside of Pontiac. Are you driving it straight through?

I am also keeping the ex in the dark about our upcoming trip to Disney. Ex's like to ruin things like that. Although it is court ordered he be able to get ahold of the kids and I have to supply him with a number when we are not home, I will shoot him an e-mail about an hour before we leave, still following the court order but it doesn't give him time to do anything about it.

Looking forward to reading about all of your plans.

Our2Girls&Disney

06-08-2007, 07:18 PM

No, I meant posting quotes. I can make it work some time. I can't figure out what I am not doing.

My daughter is moving to Detroit in November. I haven't heard of White Lake. Did you live in Michigan?

Thanks for coming!!

No, I live in NH. My Dad has not lived in MI since 1968 when he married my Mom.
We used to go to Detroit every year for vacation to see my Dad's side of the family. As a child we took only one vacation that was not MI and that was WDW. Vacations in Detroit were not very exciting. Lets see if I can remember some landmarks, Detroit Zoo, Henry Ford Museum, Bobloo Island, Tiger's game,... Yap, I think that is it.

ILMICKEY

06-11-2007, 05:03 AM

Hello there!! I really wanted to get my intros done this weekend, but I am having a rough time trying to figure out how to post a picture.:mad: :headache: Soooo, as soon as I do, I will get this going!!

disneyaddicted-Hey!! I am hoping to drive it straight through. Maybe stopping at a rest stop for a couple hours. I am sure the hubby will have something to say about it. I'll just call him a wussy and "challenge" him!!! No, since I'm sure he will be doing most of the driving, he will stop.

This is my ex's Thanksgiving. It could get reeeeeeaaaaaal interesting!! Stay tuned!

our2girlsanddisney-I am a Tiger FREAK!! I get so bummed when it's not on T.V.!! Never been to the zoo or Bobloo. I don't think Bobloo is there anymore. I went on a field trip to the Museum last year. NOT a fun place to take a bunch of 13 year old boys. Poor kids were bored out of their minds!!

Well hopefully with a little research I can get this done!!

ILMICKEY

06-11-2007, 11:06 AM

Oh, oh, oh! I think I figured it out.

So here goes

The Introductions..................................... ...

First up, my youngest son. He is 14. I'm gonna call him Sport. The name says it all. He keeps me very busy and broke with all his sports. There is football, wrestling, track and baseball. He wants to be a professional baseball player!! Sport is the prankster of the family. You can't walk around a corner without him scaring the heck out of you!

He is a thrill seeker. We usually go to Cedar Point every year, not this one. Disney doesn't quite do it for him anymore. He was given the choice to stay home. He's going!! This is Sport!

http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b7d830b3127cce854ef4a7160600000045130BcsWbZyybMY

Next up we have my oldest son, 16. He is Mozart. This is because of his love of music. He has been playing the violin for 7 years. He is really good at it. When he was little he taught himself to play the Titanic theme song on his kiddie piano. I was stunned!! Maybe even a tear came down.

The plan after graduation is to go to Disney on the college program. Whoopee!!! I will just have to go visit him ALL the time.
And here is Mozart
http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b7d830b3127cce854ef4a4973500000046100BcsWbZyybMY

Next is, oooh let me think. Well anyway, this is my husband. We have been married for almost 4 years. He has no children. Bonus!! He owns a lawn and landscaping business. We spent our honeymoon in Florida going to the Daytona 500 and Disney. How perfect!! We had to do the Honeymoon before we were married due to the fact he can't take time off in the summer. And maybe because we are a little backward:confused3 . He is an avid deer hunter. The season starts Nov. 15, we leave Nov. 22. He isn't real happy about it. If he isn't in the car at 4:30, bye bye baybee!!
No, really, he has the money, we can't leave without him!!
Meet Fred (Fred Bear???)
http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b7d830b3127cce854ef4a1160000000026100BcsWbZyybMY

And last is me! I have been secretly planning this trip since the day we arrived home from the last one. I know it will be the last one until after the boys graduate. They are getting so busy with school things and they have made it a lot harder to graduate in Michigan now. I don't want to pull them. So, this is it. And I want it to be WONDERFUL, whether they like it or not.
So meet me, Ilmickey!!
http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b7d830b3127cce854ef4a2973300000026100BcsWbZyybMY

Mozart took this picture. I don't have many of me because I am always the one taking them.

Well, this is us. Nice to meet you!!

Next, ADR's.....................

disneyaddicted

06-12-2007, 07:02 PM

Nice to have a face to go with the name now. Very glad to meet you!!!

sports! love it and hate it. Love to watch the kids play hate to put the money out for it.

Your DH sounds just like my DH. Both avid hunters, both into Nascar (who's your #1 driver?) both business owners, both brave enough to take on woman with ex's... My DH is also a major trapper.

So you are taking the kids to Disney during the ex's parenting time? woooooow! this will be better than any soap opera I watch. No wonder you want to keep it hush hush. I love a good secret, I have been known to keep a few too. My family calls me the bean spiller. I know! Rude right? anyway, can't wait for more updates.

shellbel

06-12-2007, 07:18 PM

Just wanted to drop in to say hi :wave2: I can't wait to hear about your ADR's. Disney did a good thing giving me free dining 2 years in a row. Now I can't live with out it!! :rotfl:

Our2Girls&Disney

06-12-2007, 08:33 PM

ILMickey:Loved the pictures! My DH is a hunter too. He first started the whole hunting thing to bird hunt. You know him and his dog hunting in the woods. Fine with me not problems here. I'd get all excited when he would show me the birds. Last year he started the whole Deer Hunting thing. I was not too happy with him. How could they shot a cute deer like that? Fortunatly, he is new to whole deer hunting thing so, he did not shot a deer. He blames me. Apparently, I was supposed to wash his clothes in unscented laundry detergent, but I bought Mountain Spring Scent. I honestly did not see the little green triangle on the top of the bottle, I thought it was unscented. Needless to say, it is my fault he did not shot a deer. Too bad!! Hehehe. One question for your DH. What are his thoughts on the scent block hunting clothes. DH insists he needs it, but it is not cheap.

LadyGracey

06-12-2007, 09:01 PM

Hi! I clicked your link when you posted to my trippie. You are brave for driving that far! I only have an hour and a half to go, and I come out of the car white-knuckled! :lmao:

If your DH loves food then he will love the dining plan! (he will love 'Ohana too...what man doesn't love hunks of grilled meat on a giant stick?)

Can't wait to hear more... popcorn::

roxannensteve

06-13-2007, 06:33 AM

Joining in on your fun - we'll be there too...

ILMICKEY

06-13-2007, 09:40 AM

ILMICKEY

06-13-2007, 11:22 AM

shellbel-Hi. Thanks for stopping. It is so hard to chose a restaurant. There are so many. I wish they did the free dining when we were going. Oh, well, it will still be cheaper. Especially with my guys!!

ILMICKEY

06-13-2007, 11:35 AM

ILMICKEY

06-13-2007, 11:41 AM

Hello LadieGracie- I love the drive. Georgia is the worst state. It takes forfreakin EVER!! I think we are going to mix it up a little this time and take a different route. Usually I get to do most of the driving.

I'm a control freak!!

But, Fred bought a new truck. A Dodge mega cab. Suhweet!! He bought it in February. I've driven it once!

I think Ohana is the one I am most excited about!! I love grilled food.

ILMICKEY

06-13-2007, 11:54 AM

Roxannensteve-You will be at Disney when we are??

roxannensteve

06-13-2007, 05:31 PM

Roxannensteve-You will be at Disney when we are??

Well....the day you leave, we get there. Close enough. :laughing: I really thought my ticker was saying 1 week less than what it was.

ILMICKEY

06-14-2007, 05:09 AM

I wish my ticker said 1 week, 2 days or just 2 days. We can totally skip the 5 month thing!! Where are you staying?

roxannensteve

06-14-2007, 05:37 AM

I wish my ticker said 1 week, 2 days or just 2 days. We can totally skip the 5 month thing!! Where are you staying?

POFQ

ILMICKEY

06-14-2007, 05:43 AM

That place sounds so nice.

I am officially going to make it a new goal of mine to stay in every Resort on property!!

disneyaddicted

06-14-2007, 01:52 PM

disneyaddicted-I KNOW!! It seems like he always needs something. The other day he told me one of his cleats had fallen off his shoe. I had to buy a whole pack for 1 piece. Always somethin!!

I used to be real heavy into Nascar. Now, not so much!! My driver was, believe it or not, Ward Burton. Something about that laid back (stoner) speech. Fred likes Ryan Newman.

Fred doesn't trap. He also rabbit hunts. I hate it when he brings those home. NO MEAT!! We need 10 rabbits to feed this family.

The boys have really had a rough time with their dad. There was a time when he didn't take them for over a year because his wife didn't want them. Now he is divorced with a new girlfriend and has become "super dad". We aren't buying it. I figure since he got to decide whether or not to take them, being the adult, I would let the boys decide whether or not to go. They aren't going with him at all this summer because they have jobs. So, I figure if he is going to do anything about it, he will do it now.

Oh yeah, I hear you! Reese cheering on 2 squads means buying 2 new pair of shoes each year, Cougars wears Kaepa's and Lions wear Nike's, new half tops, new warmups, at least Lions let's me fundraise for all the clothes.
Jim doesn't play sports, he plays guitar so lessons add up, new strings, always wanting an upgrade etc..etc..

My man is Dale Earnhart, I am going to marry him, My DH said I could:banana:

Why is it that an ex's personality changes with every new woman he's with? My ex didn't much care for the kids till he remarried now he is playing perfect father and the courts are buying it. When he was with me his back ground story was "he was a loner" Then when he got with his GF all of a sudden he was an ex gang banger from LA (he was born and raised in Yorba Linda CA.) now he is with this new wife and the story is he was a big surfer. I think he suffers from a personality disorder.

It's a good thing we have Disney to escape to:upsidedow

Our2Girls&Disney

06-14-2007, 08:50 PM

Oh NO!! I can't BELIEVE you didn't wash his stuff in the scent block!!

Just kidding.

When we go out, we use this spray. It's a cover up. Tell him if he sits far enough up in a tree stand, they will never smell him. My husband usually ends up with at least 3/season. I go when I can. I sat with Sport last year, it was his first. We sat in a blind. This kid is makin all sorts of noise, standing up, farting. I was ready to kill HIM!! Guess who got the deer!!!

He did.

Such a brat!

Here is a picture of my husband and I with my first buck. I tampered with the nose a little bit.
http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b7d832b3127cce85671f75c62700000046100BcsWbZyybMY

Ain't no Rudolph coming this year kids!! We done ate him!!!:lmao:

That is too funny. Yes, I really did wash his clothes in Mountain Spring Tide. He sits in those tree stands for hours. The boy would go after work sit in the tree until dark, and on the weekends all day. He even went on Thanksgiving morning. One day he was getting out of his truck and a huge buck was in the woods looking right at him. DH didn't have his gun loaded because it was in the truck plus he was on the side of the road with cars driving by. He was so bummed.

On Sunday night, I went running around 7:00 and all of a sudden a deer walks out in front me. He heard me coming, looked over and trotted away. This guy was walking his dog and I shouted because I had my iPod on "Did you see the deer?" He looks at me and says, Yes, Shhhhh. Opps must have scared that poor deer away. Then I proceed to tell DH the story and he had all kinds of questions, what size, doe or a buck, blah, blah.

Maybe this year will be his year for Bambi. He has is name in for the Moose lottery, lets see if he gets that licence. Personally I prefer the pheasants.

ILMICKEY

06-15-2007, 04:26 AM

disneyaddicted- I am really hoping you mean Dale Jr??? There may be possibility there, Senior, not so much!!

I think when we divorce our husbands, we should have the option of shooting them too!! Do your kids have to go with them for summer? I got lucky this year. Both the boys are working, so they don't have to go. I hate that he gets them on Fathers Day. Fred has been more of a father in 4 years than "daddy" has their whole life!! That is funny about the personality disorder!! When we were going through the custody battle, the judge told him he suffers from severe paranoia!!

We married freakin psychos!!!!!!

our2girls&disney- Tell him to hang in there. If you hunt it, it will come!! I really like to hunt, the stories, I can totally live without!! Does he go out and sit like an hour before sunup?? I hate, hate, hate it, but that is how we get most of them. Man, does that sun take forever to rise!! And don't even get me started on sunset!!!

That is cool about the moose hunt. That is my dream hunt!! I love Moose. What an awesome animal!!! Tell him good luck and if he gets one, I will need pictures!!!!!

ClaraBug

06-15-2007, 11:28 AM

Okay, I'm on-board!!!popcorn::

Let's get the party bus rollin'! :cool1:

ILMICKEY

06-15-2007, 02:08 PM

Hello Clarabug!! Hopefully this weekend I will get to my ADR's. My intentions were to spend the weekend in the pool, but my husband informed me the pump is leaking and we lost a bunch of water.

Sooooooo, the water that was once warm will now be cold again!! We are experiencing some kind of heatwave/drought!! It's getting pretty miserable. Maybe cold won't be that bad.

Thank the good lord it is FRIDAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:banana: :banana: :banana:

ClaraBug

06-15-2007, 04:06 PM

Thank the good lord it is FRIDAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:banana: :banana:

I shall quote the great Smokie Robinson: I second that emotion!

disneyaddicted

06-17-2007, 03:44 PM

Yes ILMICKEY! I was talking about Jr. although I did have a thing for the old man once.

That shooting the ex option would be nice. Yes the kids have to go, but we are filing a petition to modify the custody order after the new year. Neither kid wants to go. Reese has never wanted to, Jim was always trying to build a relationsgip with his father but he realizes now that his father is too self absorbed to have any kind of relationship, he has finally given up on him.

Are you all about the crocs now? LOL

blue_river

06-17-2007, 11:45 PM

Here is a picture of my husband and I with my first buck. I tampered with the nose a little bit.
http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b7d832b3127cce85671f75c62700000046100BcsWbZyybMY

Ain't no Rudolph coming this year kids!! We done ate him!!!:lmao:

ACKKKKKKKKKKKKKK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

:scared1: :scared1: :scared1:

You're a deer killer??????

There goes that friendship :sad1:

Just kidding. ;)

Letting you know I've been really busy and will catch up this week. :3dglasses

ILMICKEY

06-18-2007, 04:32 AM

Clarabug- Why do the weekends just have to go so freakin fast???

disneyaddicted- :thumbsup2 I am starting to think crocs will change my life, for the better. Check your pre-trippie!!

blue- Not into that huh???

ILMICKEY

06-18-2007, 04:53 AM

ADR's

I was so excited to make my ADR's. I've never did this before. The CM was really nice, but I didn't get "have a magical day" or anything of the sort.

Searching the food porn thread on here was awesome. If you haven't done this, go check it out.

Now!

Hurry!!!

The pictures are what made my mind up.

Alright, here we go!!

We will be at the Pop on the 23, but not on the DDP. So we will have to pay OOP. I know I want to hit Earl of Sandwich. Those sandwiches look pretty darn delicious. Then Saturday, we will use counter service all day.

Sunday-25
Lunch at Tusker House (or whatever it will be when we go, hoping for CS)
Dinner at Planet Hollywood (Thought this would be cool for teenage boys?)

Monday-26-
Lunch at The Cantina-(Mexico)
Dinner at Ohana- I wanted to time this right for the water pageant and the MVMCP fireworks. Hopefully we will be finished with our dinner in time to go watch from the beach.

Tuesday-27-
Lunch at Flame Tree BBQ
Dinner at Whispering Canyon Cafe- I'm not telling anyone anything!!
P.S.--Sport is a ketsup addict!!!:lmao:

Wednesday-28
Lunch-Don't really know-will be at MGM that day.
Dinner-Spoodles at the Boardwalk-

Thursday-29
Lunch at The Yorkshire Fish Shop
Dinner at Le Cellier (this is the only one Fred got to keep!!) I want to do the Candlelight Processional after dinner.

Among my list of meals I want to add another absolute must have favorite!!
Napoleon from the French Bakery. OMG! This pastry is heaven. Soooooo Yummy!!

Well, there you have it. What do you think?? Really, if you haven't already did so, go check out the picture thread!!

DreaGirl

06-18-2007, 08:00 PM

I just read your entire report. You are cracking me up. :lol: I let DH read the menus too, but I didn't change any of his picks. :headache: I'll have to remember that "tip" for the next trip. He would never remember.

I can't believe you are driving from MI! You are crazy woman! I told DH that and he said "don't even think about it". I wouldn't! :rotfl:

Your ADRs look great! I'm still trying to decide on CS meals.

Can't wait for more. popcorn::

ILMICKEY

06-19-2007, 04:15 AM

DreaGirl- We seriously thought about flying, for a moment. I have never flown before. I just can not comprehend how something that weighs that much stays in the air.

I don't get it!!!

I do love the drive though. All the country you get to see. I figure since we seem to go to Disney for all our major vacations this is one way to see other places. Sport collects shot glasses. If we didn't go through all the different states, he would only have ones from Florida.

I don't know if we will stick with the CS I have picked. I guess it depends on where we are at the time. When my guys want to eat, they want to eat now!! Too bad it is usually at different times. So we will see about them.

ILMICKEY

06-19-2007, 04:22 AM

Avivasmom

06-19-2007, 08:54 AM

We will be eating at WCC too. Cannot remember which day but I believe it is the same day as you..Tuesday. What time is your ADR?

ILMICKEY

06-19-2007, 09:47 AM

We are supposed to be there at 5:30. I really really want to get there early and explore a little.

That fake guyser looks pretty neat!! I am hoping by going early the waitstaff will be fresh and ready to pick on the family!!

They don't have a clue:rotfl2: !!

If you are there you can protect me when they all decide to get me back!!

ILMICKEY

06-19-2007, 09:48 AM

Wow!! That is really odd.

I just noticed I posted twice, the exact same thing!!

Freaky~~~

DreaGirl

06-19-2007, 11:33 AM

ILMICKEY

06-19-2007, 12:07 PM

High Five!!!

We are soooooo bad!:thumbsup2

disneyaddicted

06-19-2007, 01:22 PM

Now how in the world did I miss the pic of you with your fiest buck? Good job! looks tasty! was it?

You have never flown? I love flying but I never get to. I am so excited that this is a trip I get to fly for. I don't mind driving but it gets real old real fast! I feel safe flying. My brother is in school to be a flight mechanic. He'll be gradiated and edumicated by the time I fly. I don't know why this makes me feel better, it's not like he is going to be my personal airline mechanic.

I am looking forward to your trip report right now for the sole purpose of reading you family antics at WC. It's gonna be a good one! I will be like one of those people who line up outside of the book store a day early waiting for the next Harry Potter book. Husband will probably wonder why I am camped at my computer chanting "I gotta be the first to comment the WC report"

blue_river

06-19-2007, 07:37 PM

It's going to be interesting. Usually I do most of the driving. (something about me and control:confused3 ) But my husband just bought a new Mega cab Dodge. So I don't think I am going to get to do much. Lately he's been driving like a grandpa, so it might take longer. There is always the option of tying him up and putting him in the back!!!:thumbsup2

Now you sound like JoJo talking about tying her sister Goofy on the roof during our trip! :rotfl2:

I know, I was thinking the same thing, we'd have a blast. My oldest son is a little girl crazy right now. Hormones??? My youngest was talking about the lizards in Florida. I told him he would have to catch one. He said they were too fast. I just had to tell him about the girls that caught one!!

:laughing: My two are such tom boys when it comes to creatures.

and hormones with girls :scared: ...... don't even get me started on that subject :headache:

blue_river

06-19-2007, 07:50 PM

Catching up :yay:

Well, this is us. Nice to meet you!!

I enjoyed your introductions. It was great to put a face to the name. I find people are never how I imagine them :rotfl2:

Sport seems a lot like my Goofy (heh heh) but don't tell her I said that :rolleyes1

Sounds like Mozart also has some real talent :thumbsup2

This report is going to be an interesting read for me and I'm looking forward to it.

ILMICKEY

06-20-2007, 04:36 AM

disneyaddicted- Yep, tasted real good!!

I dunno about the flying. I might be alright if I am knocked out. Remember the Mr. T thing?? That is totally me!

I KNOW, I can't wait for WCC. I hope we don't get a dud! I will prepare you before I write about it so you can be first!!

blue- The roof thing really isn't a bad idea, just let her know she has to take a turn. Just think of the peace and quiet. (well except for the pounding on the roof)

OMG, I would have traded my daughter for 5 boys. You definitely have it worse with girls!! :worship:

Sport is quite the handful. He was so excited when school got out. This was the first year since 3rd grade that he hadn't be suspended from school!

Real, real proud moment for me!!:thumbsup2

Hopefully I will be able to entertain through this whole report. Thanks for stickin around!!

blue_river

06-20-2007, 11:23 AM

blue- The roof thing really isn't a bad idea, just let her know she has to take a turn. Just think of the peace and quiet. (well except for the pounding on the roof)

Pounding on the roof? Not a problem - just turn up the tunes!!!

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OMG, I would have traded my daughter for 5 boys. You definitely have it worse with girls!! :worship:

It's the fighting that drives me insane. Two nights ago, I came home to both of them crying their eyes out with JoJo telling me that Goofy tried to kill her and said next time she's calling 911 on her :eek:

Sport is quite the handful. He was so excited when school got out. This was the first year since 3rd grade that he hadn't be suspended from school!

Real, real proud moment for me!!:thumbsup2

awwww

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Hopefully it's a new trend then :goodvibes

disneyaddicted

06-20-2007, 02:28 PM

Thankyou! I feel special. :) I hope you don't get a dud either, that would totally gripe my rear.

ILMICKEY

06-21-2007, 05:54 AM

It's the fighting that drives me insane. Two nights ago, I came home to both of them crying their eyes out with JoJo telling me that Goofy tried to kill her and said next time she's calling 911 on her :eek:

Oh no, that's horrible. The boys have had there share of Knock down drag outs, but no one has ever threatened to call 911, well except me maybe!!

OhMari

06-21-2007, 07:14 AM

Hi,
Just spent the last couple of minutes catching up with this pre-trip. I had 2 kids that went to Northern Michigan University. My dd just graduated last Dec. Anyways, my youngest son is up there and he went deer hunting too. You can do a tag along without any license or tags. My dd just told me she has more friends in Michigan (lower now) than she does in WI.

Nascar-The Nascar Banquet is the week before you leave in NYC, so you may spot some Nascar drivers at WDW during Thanksgiving. Nascar drivers for some reason like to vacation at WDW. During Easter I saw Bobby LaBonte and his wife, son and daughter at the Poly. Keep your eyes opened you just never know who you might see, and watch for CM's with checkered vests-they are VIP's CM's.

ILMICKEY

06-21-2007, 07:29 AM

OhMari-Hello!! Did your son like hunting? I just absolutely love Northern Michigan. It is so beautiful with the sand and pines!! When we don't get to go to Florida, we go there.

I will be sure to keep my eyes out for drivers. I'd really like to run into Martin Truax Jr. Woohoo, what a hottie!! So if I see a CM with a Checkered shirt, then there will probably be a driver around??

Thanks so much for the tip!!:thumbsup2

LadyGracey

06-21-2007, 10:33 AM

Hi again! Just caught up with all your ADRs and stuff! You have some good ones--I love Le Cellier and WCC! not to mention mass quantities of grilled meats! We did the breakfast at 'Ohana this trip and it was really good too, plus you don't have to get up to get your food--they just bring you more and more sausage! Mmmm, sausage. LOL!

Can't wait to read more!

ILMICKEY

06-22-2007, 08:29 AM

LadyGracey-I can't wait for these restaurants!! We are definitely meat eaters!! I tried to pull of the ole Tomato Soup and Grilled Cheese for supper thing, well you'd have thought I committed this terrible crime!

Their eyes got wide, fangs started showing, drool and foam was coming out of their mouth, I think they even got hair on their hands. I thought they were going to eat ME!!

Ran outside, grabbed the dead possum on the road, threw it on the grill-

Wow! It was a miracle. They were back to normal, sniffing the grill going ummmmmmm!

So, there had better be meat!!

Kidding, wasn't quite like that.

Almost!

I keep hearing the meat at Ohana's is dried out. Is that true?? I like jerky, but only when the package says jerky. Don't really eat it for supper!!

ILMICKEY

06-22-2007, 08:44 AM

Hello- I need to complain a bit!!

I bought a pair of pale yellow beach crocs on Ebay. Mind you I did this on the 14 of June.

The day after I bought them she sends me an e-mail asking me what size I want!

Duh!

The description said size 8. Do you really think I would buy an 8, but really want a 3????

Geez!

So, I sent one back telling her the ad said 8, that is what I want---8!!

I get on my computer this morning, I have another e-mail from her. She only has 2 shoes, both left feet!!!

ARE YOU KIDDING ME!!!

Do I want to order a different color or would I like my money back???

NO, PLEASE, PLEASE send me the 2 left ones.

Really I asked for my money back.

For some reason lately I have had real bad luck with ebay. I ordered a DVD for my son, bought and paid for it.

A MONTH went by, no DVD. I sent an e-mail to them. They told me they had to backorder it!!!

HOW DO YOU PUT SOMETHING ON EBAY WHEN YOU DON'T HAVE IT??????

So I got my money back then too!!

Back to the croc/ebay/crap!!

What do I turn around and do??

Order another pair from a different seller!! Think it's true, you get what you deserve??

Same color, caymans!

Does she get her shoes?
How long WILL it take??
Will she even like them when they come??
Does she go freaky on Ebay????

Stay tuned!!

disneyaddicted

06-23-2007, 10:29 AM

OhNo! I can't believe you are having such a hard time getting crocs! This will just make you appreciate them all the more. I have never done e-bay. I thought it was an auction place.

Exactly where in Michigan is Osseo?

DreaGirl

06-23-2007, 12:14 PM

I can't believe you didn't want two left feet! You should be ashamed of yourself. :)

Do you have a Dick's Sporting Goods by you? Sometimes you can find a coupon in the Sunday paper for them.

ILMICKEY

06-25-2007, 04:50 AM

disneyaddicted-That is soooo funny. Even in Michigan, no one knows where Osseo is!! We are just north of Ohio. Look for Hillsdale. US 12 runs close and 99 runs through it.
Ebay is auctions, but sometimes they will have a "buy it now" price. Don't get me wrong, I have bought a lot of good stuff (especially for sports). I'm just not having much luck right now.

dreagirl-The only reason I bought on Ebay was the fact I have a paypal credit card. Thought I'd try it out.

I KNOW!! I could just kick myself for not just going for it!! Hee hee!!

blue_river

06-25-2007, 09:49 AM

The description said size 8. Do you really think I would buy an 8, but really want a 3????

Geez!

:rotfl:

Some people :rolleyes:

I get on my computer this morning, I have another e-mail from her. She only has 2 shoes, both left feet!!!

OMG :rotfl2:

I've yet to order anything from ebay. I thought about ordering some disney pins for my girls for trading before we leave but now you have me wondering :sad2:

disneyaddicted

06-25-2007, 12:24 PM

The only thing I know about Michigan is how to get there from the Ohio Turn pike. My family is from right outside of Pontiac, I asked my Dad where Osseo was and all he said was South. So that could mean anything.

I read that you guys have done Cedar Point, I havent been in years, but I want to take Reese and give her a taste of real rollercoasters now that she is tall enough. I actually meet the ex in Sandusky sometimes to hand off or pick up the kids. But I never think to head over to Cedar Point. :(

ILMICKEY

06-25-2007, 01:10 PM

Here is a little information about the Candlight Processional. When we went last time we saw Lou Diamond Phillips. It was pretty neat. We didn't watch the whold show, but come hell or high water we will this time!!!
Candelight Processional Lineup for 2007
<LI class=style4>11/23-11/25 - David Robinson <LI class=style4>11/26-11/28 - John O'Hurley <LI class=style4>11/29-12/1 - TBD <LI class=style4>12/02-12/4 - Dennis Franz <LI class=style4>12/5-12/7 - Phylicia Rashad <LI class=style4>12/8-12/10 - Steven Curtis Chapman <LI class=style4>12/11-12/13 - Neil Patrick Harris <LI class=style4>12/14-12/16 - TBD <LI class=style4>12/17-12/19 - Kirk Cameron <LI class=style4>12/20-12/22 - Edward James Olmos <LI class=style4>12/23-12/25 - Gary Sinise <LI class=style4>12/26-12/28 - TBD
12/29-12/30 - Marlee MatlinI'm not too crazy about John O'Hurley, but maybe the TBD will be alright!!

ILMICKEY

06-25-2007, 01:26 PM

DreaGirl

06-25-2007, 01:31 PM

disneyaddicted-I am only about 15 miles from Exit 2 on the turnpike. Yep, we are south. Southern Michiganders!!

Oh you have to take the kids to Cedar Point. They would absolutely love it. I'm not a big rollercoaster fan, but we go to please the kids. My daughter worked there summer of 05 and 06, so we got tickets from her free!! Golly I love FREE!! They also have Soak City, awesome, awesome water park. We may go down to just the water park this year. Fred hasn't been there yet. I took the boys and their friends last year, Fred had to work.
I tell you though, that place is getting more expensive the Disney World!!

Do they even consider that Michigan?;)

We love Cedar Point too. We haven't been lately because we had a newborn last summer and we can't find anyone to go with us this summer. We really don't want to stand in line alone. Really boring!

It is gettng expensive! We looked at staying at the Breakers hotel and the only room we could get was over 200 a night!:eek:

disneyaddicted

06-25-2007, 01:51 PM

We exit the turn pike way before that. But I kind of have an idea now.

I would love to take Reese, Jimmy doesn't want to go, he and Kent would probably find a place to go fishing. We thought about going this year when I pick up the kids in Sandusky August 12th, but a day at the park and then a 6 hour drive home seems a bit too much, we would just get a hotel but Reese starts cheerleading practice on the 13th for both of her squads. I was thinking on maybe going in the fall, but it would be next fall as all my pennies are going towards Disney this year.

estherhead

06-25-2007, 07:28 PM

Right after Thanksgiving WDW is empty. You guys will have the park totally to yourselves. Woohoo!

shellbel

06-25-2007, 07:57 PM

I'm not too crazy about John O'Hurley, but maybe the TBD will be alright!!

I'm with you on that one. We'll be at Epcot twice. On arrival - John O'Hurley will be there. And the second day is still TBD. We can keep our fingers crossed together for a good celeb.

By the way - I LOVE E-bay!! I'm sorry you've had a couple bad experiences. But just think of the steals you've gotten.:goodvibes

ILMICKEY

06-26-2007, 04:09 AM

blue-Oh don't let me hinder you from buying on Ebay. I do love it!! As a matter of fact when I got home from work yesterday my crocs were there!! Only took the weekend to ship, that's service!! Go for the pins!! Much cheaper that at the World.

dreagirl- No, not really. They just call it in Michigan when we are paying our taxes. Otherwise, we are just Osseo.

We stayed at a Travelodge last year and that was $100/night. It was a dive. Seriously, it is cheaper to go to Disney!!

disneyaddicted-Yep, me too! Every single cent is going to Disney. I was hoping to do a little camping this summer, but I can't take away from the "fund". Besides, the dirt and trees will be there next year right??

Cedar Point is really cool when they do the Halloweekends! And it is nice and cool. NO SWEATING!!

Oh, by the way, when I put on my new crocs last night, I laughed my @$$ off. Oh my it was hilarious! The initial shock of seeing MY feet in those ugly things. Fred called me the little dutch girl:sad2: ! The boys said "you are seriously going to wear them?"

But I walked around the house in them and they were pretty comfortable, just not pretty. I guess maybe the more I wear them, the more I might get used to them??

estherhead-I so hope you are right. We went the second week in December last time. It wasn't too bad, but you could feel it getting a little more crowded as the week went on. Maybe with less people the better chance of this girl getting to stay in the castle!!:thumbsup2

shellbel-I watched a little Family Feud last night, just to check him out again. And you know what happened?? Nothing, I still don't care for the guy. Let's hope for someone Hot!! Maybe Matthew McConnehey! (spelling?).

I have really had more good than bad experiences with Ebay. Just lately I haven't. The second pair of crocs worked out much better! And low and behold, they were a left AND a right foot!!

ILMICKEY

06-27-2007, 07:23 AM

Well I wore my new crocs all last evening. I watered the flowers, made supper, did the dishes, laundry all with my new crocs.

I will admit they are comfy, just going to take a lot of getting used to the look, or the looks I am going to get!!

I have been thinking about things I want to do at Disney that I haven't done before.

1. I want to ride the Jungle Cruise in the dark. I do like the Jungle Cruise, but after the same ole, same ole, I want to mix it up a bit!

2. Buzz Lightyear! How did I not know about this ride? I always thought it was a little kiddie ride. It totally looks like a blast. We are so competetive we may actually be on it all day.

3. Carousel of Progress. I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE this. I have read in other threads that it has been open all the time, has never shut down. Well, I can tell you the last two times I was there, It WAS NOT open! The sign said "seasonal".

4. The Candelight Processional. I watched from a distance last time. Was Very nice, (what I did see of it).

5. American Adventure. Walked by it hundreds of times, never stopped. I mean I figured I was already there, why would I want to go in? The more I read about it, the more I want to see it.

6. Slow down a bit. Usually we are doing the commando thing. I want to take park breaks.

7. Tour other resorts. I want to go to the resorts with the big decorations. I really want to see the Gingerbread House at the Grand Floridian.

Am I boring you yet?

I just want to slow down and explore. Life is going way way to fast. My kids are almost all grown up and I feel like I need to cram all the special moments into the next few years that I can. I think about my life without running around from the moment I get up to the time I go to bed. Nobody calling for them, or "mom, wheres my ____". I want them to be able to tell their children about the special times they had growing up, the happy times with their mom. I sit here and type this with my eyes getting all watery because I absolutely hate the thought of my life without them so close, because we are so close.

So, I intend to make this a very special trip, for all of us! Take time to smell the roses so they say!! This Report is for them!!

blue_river

06-27-2007, 08:01 AM

I know exactly what you mean - your post made me all sentimental :hug:

We too are also going to take things slower this time around and have more of a "relaxing" trip.

Last night, I made a list of the attractions we missed at Magic Kingdom and couldn't believe how many there were. Sheesh...we went three times during the last trip :rotfl2:

disneyaddicted

06-27-2007, 10:23 AM

THat was very sweet, you hit the nail on the head with so many mothers. My son plans to join the Coast Guard, that is 3 years away and I get all weepy when I think about it.
Thanks for the reminder to slow down (and not just at Disney) I will take time to smell the roses with my family.

DreaGirl

06-27-2007, 09:29 PM

Did you get the yellow crocs? I had the same reaction when I first put them on. I laughed even harder when I asked DH what he thought and he said, "they aren't *that* bad..." He was being nice. :)

I got sentimental reading your post as well. :hug: My DD is only 13mo. but she is growing up so quickly.

I'll have to make a list of "must dos". That way I won't be so overwhelmed.

Thanks for the idea!!

ILMICKEY

06-28-2007, 05:13 AM

blue-Thanks for the hug!!

It is amazing to me exactly how much stuff there is to do. They are right when they say you can't do it all, though I am sure we all have tried. But even then, when you get home you find out all these little wonderful things that you didn't even know about in the first place.

Gotta love the Disboards!!

disneyaddicted-Mom's rule!! The coast guard will be a pretty exciting job. Does he have an area that he wants to work? I just want to turn the clock back to when they were little and start over (minus the dirty diapers, midnight feedings, colic,) o.k. maybe back to like 7!! Oh, and without the ex, he can go too! If I'm doing this, might as well do it right!!

dreagirl-I know it is so cliche' to hear, "it goes so fast", but it really does. Oh, and save every little thing she does. Awards, poems, pictures. I have a lot of this saved from the boys, they don't know about it. When it comes time for their graduation party, I'm going to hang it all up.

Yep, got the yellow crocs. They are a real pretty pale color. My husband didn't even try to like them, just the dutch girl comment!! I wish they were just a little more narrow so they didn't look like wooden shoes!!

Definitely make a list. I have a list for everything. Wow, I wouldn't survive without my lists! But then, I need a list to find my list!!

You know, I rambled on about how life goes so fast?

Why does it seem like it takes forever to get to Friday? Geesh! It's been a really long week!

Our2Girls&Disney

06-28-2007, 08:43 PM

disneyaddicted-I am only about 15 miles from Exit 2 on the turnpike. Yep, we are south. Southern Michiganders!!

Oh you have to take the kids to Cedar Point. They would absolutely love it. I'm not a big rollercoaster fan, but we go to please the kids. My daughter worked there summer of 05 and 06, so we got tickets from her free!! Golly I love FREE!! They also have Soak City, awesome, awesome water park. We may go down to just the water park this year. Fred hasn't been there yet. I took the boys and their friends last year, Fred had to work.
I tell you though, that place is getting more expensive the Disney World!!

Yap! I priced out Cedar Point, the whole entire budget was getting costly, close to Disney. Hotel Prices there killed my budget, I am spoiled I like a clean Hotel, I don't care what it costs. When the budget was complete, I said lets spend our money at Disney. That was that. I still would love to try Cedar point.

ILMickey - DH didn't get picked for the Moose lottery. He was a little disappointed. He did get his Birthday present, (he picked it out) a Bow. A nice one, Matthews, it was not cheap. He has been target shooting in the backyard.

ILMICKEY

06-29-2007, 05:43 AM

Yap! I priced out Cedar Point, the whole entire budget was getting costly, close to Disney. Hotel Prices there killed my budget, I am spoiled I like a clean Hotel, I don't care what it costs. When the budget was complete, I said lets spend our money at Disney. That was that. I still would love to try Cedar point.

ILMickey - DH didn't get picked for the Moose lottery. He was a little disappointed. He did get his Birthday present, (he picked it out) a Bow. A nice one, Matthews, it was not cheap. He has been target shooting in the backyard.

I think they cost so much because it's the only thing around this area. Plus, they are the Coaster capital of the World, doncha know??? I guess that gives them the right!!

What a bummer about the moose hunt! I was so looking forward to pictures. Fred got his bear lottery results, and he didn't get picked this year either. ( I secretly sent the state a letter asking them not to pick him because he needed to spend all his money on me at Disney Shhhhhhh!)

At least he got the Matthews!! Wow, what a gift! I know them babies arent' cheap!! Nice Job woman:thumbsup2 !

What? No Anti-stink clothing???:rotfl2:

Our2Girls&Disney

06-29-2007, 11:49 AM

I think they cost so much because it's the only thing around this area. Plus, they are the Coaster capital of the World, doncha know??? I guess that gives them the right!!

What a bummer about the moose hunt! I was so looking forward to pictures. Fred got his bear lottery results, and he didn't get picked this year either. ( I secretly sent the state a letter asking them not to pick him because he needed to spend all his money on me at Disney Shhhhhhh!)

At least he got the Matthews!! Wow, what a gift! I know them babies arent' cheap!! Nice Job woman:thumbsup2 !

What? No Anti-stink clothing???:rotfl2:

Yeah, my brother is bugging DH now. "She gave into the bow, now you need to work her for the scentless clothing." I could kill my brother.

ILMICKEY

07-02-2007, 08:44 AM

Just go to WalMart and buy the spray!! It is so much cheaper than the clothes and IT WORKS!!

Sounds like you need to kick your brothers butt!!

ILMICKEY

07-03-2007, 05:00 AM

Here's a little tip!

We were in Disney the second week in December 2005. Low and behold EVERYTHING with a 2005 on it was half off!! It was absolute heaven. I think I bought something for everyone I knew.

Little story:: Takes place after shopping at MouseGear.

We had just had lunch at the Electric Umbrella and headed over to Innoventions. We were playing Who Wants to be a Millionaire when I noticed Fred didn't have the bag of all my loot!!

I MAY have freaked out!!

Fred went back to the EU (he was the one in charge of the bag).

I'm sweating!

I was so happy to see him coming back, only to find out he didn't find the bag, it was gone:eek: !

Me-"it wasn't there?"
Fred-"No"
Me-"did you ask someone if they turned it in?"
Fred-"No"

ARE YOU KIDDING ME?????

I went myself! I found a very nice CM that was very helpful. She went into this little room (lost and found??) and came out with a bag. She had me describe everything that was in it! Yaaaaaaaay it was mine.:wizard:

Why? Why? Why will a man not ask any questions? I just don't get it. :confused3

So, I STRUT my way back to Innoventions. Head held high!! See? See? If you would have only asked!!

Question Ladies-
It really is all of them right? Not just mine?

roxannensteve

07-03-2007, 05:49 AM

Question Ladies-
It really is all of them right? Not just mine?

Oh their defense, no. My DH would have been the one to ask - for sure. Deffinitely after he saw me all panicked :scared:

Our2Girls&Disney

07-03-2007, 06:43 AM

Question Ladies-
It really is all of them right? Not just mine?

Not just yours. He would search for hours before asking.

blue_river

07-03-2007, 09:30 AM

Here's a little tip!

We were in Disney the second week in December 2005. Low and behold EVERYTHING with a 2005 on it was half off!! It was absolute heaven. I think I bought something for everyone I knew.

Thanks for the tip :thumbsup2

We were able to get some items half off that promoted "Happiest Celebration on Earth" so I'm hoping to get some "Year of A Million Dreams" stuff this time around!!

We were playing Who Wants to be a Millionaire when I noticed Fred didn't have the bag of all my loot!!

:scared1: OMGosh

I found a very nice CM that was very helpful. She went into this little room (lost and found??) and came out with a bag. She had me describe everything that was in it! Yaaaaaaaay it was mine.:wizard:

That was lucky!!! :wizard:

Question Ladies-
It really is all of them right? Not just mine?

Mine is usually the one to look after things like that. :rolleyes:

ILMICKEY

07-03-2007, 11:42 AM

I am soooo glad to hear that there are men that will ask!! Makes me think there is hope for my sons!! Freds probably too far gone.

I didn't think about the Year of a Million Dreams stuff. That will be almost over when we are there. WoooHooo!:banana:

Disneyaddicted- I PROMISE to save you some stuff! I won't buy it all.

I almost can't wait just to shop. I soooo love the clearance racks!:woohoo:

C'mon November!!!!!!

blue_river

07-03-2007, 08:49 PM

I didn't think about the Year of a Million Dreams stuff. That will be almost over when we are there. WoooHooo!:banana:

I almost can't wait just to shop. I soooo love the clearance racks!:woohoo:

C'mon November!!!!!!

Everyones excitement always makes me smile

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ILMICKEY

07-11-2007, 12:47 PM

Holy crap!!

I was almost on the verge of going to page 3:scared1: !!

Thought I'd better say somethin'.

Back in February I put in for some vacation time. A week in November and the 5th and 6th of July.

A little "me" time.

So, I have been waiting and waiting since Easter for my 5 day vacation. Gonna do a little yard saling, get a little browner in the pool, sleep in and watch Regis and Kelly!!

"Me" time!!

I am sure most of you can figure where this is going. I'm a mom, there ain't no me time!!

The weekend prior Sports baseball coach informs us he has a tournament, starting the 5th of July.

Are you Freaking kidding me???

I also have a family cookout planned for Saturday night, 5:00. If you know about tournaments, you know there is no set time for anything. Depends on whether you win or lose.

Sooooooo, the 5th there's a game at 5:00 and 9:00. My jaw is still a little sore from hitting the ground on the 9:00 time.

That's P.M. folks!!

I am thinking it must have been my motherly instincts that took over in February to ask for those very same vacation days!!

Well, the team won both those games, so no more tournament until Saturday. Woooohoooooo!!

NOT SO FAST!!

He has a regular scheduled game Friday evening.

Regular means double headers, 5 innings each. Mind you I still have a cookout planned. Tater salad, pasta salad and fixin's to make, house to clean.

Yeah right!!

Friday- get up run to the store.
come home, make salads, power clean
run out of state to pick up fireworks.

OT-on the way home from picking up said fireworks (Sport just had to have these) he asks
"mom, if we get pulled over, would you tell the cop you had fireworks in here?"
(illegal in Michigan)
Me "PULLED OVER?" We are not getting pulled over, we are going to pull a Dukes of Hazard type thing. Fields and all."
So I start swerving a bit, driving a little fast. Just to freak him out a bit.

Just kidding!

We made it home just fine.

Time for ANOTHER baseball game!! Yaaaaaay! No, I really love baseball, and I love watching my son play even more.

I'm the loud mom, you know which one I'm talking about. Sport is competing on the field, I'm competing to see if I'm the loudest mom!!

I am!!

Pretty sure. Ask Fred. I sit near the dugout, he sits in center field.

After the game, we still have some last minute party shopping to do.
Walmart baybeee!

11:00-11:30-finally get to bed.

Up at 6:30-be at field by 8:15 for 9:00 game. Lost.

Next game at 11:00, if they lose this one, they play again at 5:00:scared1: !

5:00-did I mention I was having a party at 5:00?????????????

They lost! Oh great.

Fred was going to have to man the ship. I went home between games to get everything ready for him. All he would have to do is grill and get things out of the fridge.

Easy enough right??

You'd think.

We go to the game, he lost. He is done, won't have to come back Sunday. I have really mixed feeling about this.
1. It was stinking hot, oh my gosh!! Gonna be hotter Sunday!
2. Hadn't really had any time to myself.
3. I love watching him play baseball. He is very good and I am so proud of him. I NEVER miss a game.

But it was done. Over.

It is now 7:00. Food should be grilled, happy full guests sitting around in lawn chairs.

NOT!!

He had just started grilling. So I'm taking things out of the fridge frantically trying to get everything set out so they can start eating as he takes food of the grill.

At this time I am wishing it was a partaaaay, not a party. A couple beers would have been real nice.

Oh, well, it got done. Eventually everyone was full and happy, I think!

So, weekend over. Sunday came. My only day for ME! I wanted to lay in the pool all day.

No dice. Had a pretty decent sunburn from the day before. 2nd choice. Lay on the couch and watch stupid movies all day. Laundry on commercials.

Have you seen the movie "Ricky Bobby"? Stupid, stupid, stupid. Who writes this stuff?? I am so glad I didn't pay money to see it.

Anyway, districts start tomorrow. 9:00 A.M. Have to work people!! Think!!

Guess who's not going to work???

So, once again the weekend is all planned out for me. BASEBALL!! Don't know what time, but I will be there.

Last year they came real close to winning. This would have meant a mad dash to Minnesota for regionals.

So, if they win, guess where I will be next week!

Better get back to work now. This is the only time I have to catch up with all of you.

Did you see the All Star game last night?? Yaaaaay AL. WooHoo for Ichiro!

Take care!!

Simba22

07-11-2007, 08:52 PM

Hey! You're reading my report so I hopped over to read yours! Great pre-trippie so far! You guys are going to have a great time, even if it is "interesting." We went last May with my brother and my boyfriend's (Lumar!) brother...Interesting doesn't even BEGIN to describe that trip. Lumar's brother was NOT invited to join us in October... He was such a PITA the whole time that I ended up screaming (and I do mean SCREAMING) at him two days before the trip was over. It was horrible..and what makes it worse is that Lumar and I paid for his entire trip: hotel, airfare, meals, souvenirs, etc. I refused to talk to him for months after that.

In other news, I buy tradeable pins on ebay all the time! I just bought 12 picns for $1.84 each, and that included s & h! Pins in the parks start at, what $6.95? Or are the more now? Plus tax!! HA! Save the money!

Ugh! I remember baseball days. My brother was HUGE into little league and my dad was the coach. My mom went to every game and I was very rarely allowed to stay home by myself. The difference between you and me though is that I hate baseball...it is the most boring thing in the world to watch! Give me football any day!

Anyhoo I'll be waiting for more! :surfweb:

blue_river

07-12-2007, 09:49 AM

"Me" time!!

I am sure most of you can figure where this is going. I'm a mom, there ain't no me time!!

Oh yes, I can relate :sad2:

It is now 7:00. Food should be grilled, happy full guests sitting around in lawn chairs.

NOT!!

He had just started grilling.

ACK - I feel your frustration :guilty:

My only day for ME! I wanted to lay in the pool all day.

No dice.

Aww. I'm sorry you never had any ME time.

It's coming though...you'll be in WDW in no time :goodvibes

Simba22

07-12-2007, 11:08 AM

BTW I am sorry to hear that your didn't get your "me" time. I'm not even a mom and I never get "me" time either. I take a day off from work and I end up running around like a lunatic doing stuff for other people all day.

Oh and you gals are all too nice, letting your men pick the restaurants you eat at on your trips! I pick out all the restaurants I want to eat at and then let him decide which ones we actually go to...that way he doesn't pick somewhere I don't like. And he will DEFINITELY remember what he picked! He has the greatest memory of anybody I know when it comes to stuff like this....Now when I say "don't forget to call ______" it's another story.

ILMICKEY

07-12-2007, 11:16 AM

Simba22- Thanks for coming to my pretrippie!

Wow, why didn't you just leave him there? Or at least ditch him? I would have been furious too.

DON'T LIKE BASEBALL?? That's alright.

I guess!

Good job on the pins! I have some that I bought years ago. They are little mini flags of each country. I have 3 or 4 sets. I have seriously thought about selling them on Ebay. They are really neat. I don't know if I want to part with them, you just never know when you might need a pin of a certain country.

Blue-Oh I so can't wait for my vacation. It's coming, but not quite fast enough. Only bad part about wishing it here sooner is the fact that it will be winter again. Man, I hate winter.

Yours is coming real soon! I am sooo excited for you. I love it that the girls are so excited. My guys are like "yeah, o.k., whatever"!!

UPDATE: We arrived this morning at 8:15 for the game. Practice, warm up. Nobody was there.
Me-"are you sure it is here"
Sport-"I'm pretty sure"
Me-"are you sure it is at 9:00?"
Sport-"I'm pretty sure"
:mad: -not happy!!

Turns out the coach didn't call EVERYONE on his list to tell us it was postponed until Friday, 11:15. Took the morning off work for nothing. So, I will be missing the game. I'm pretty crushed.

Oh, well, what do you do??

ILMICKEY

07-16-2007, 09:00 AM

Hello All!

I was going through some old pictures this weekend of past trips to Disney and thought I would post some.

My guys are so little in the pics, makes me so sad.

Here goes!!

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These are from River Country. Does anyone know why they shut that place down??
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Remember when this was at The Imagination Pavillion?? I totally miss how it used to be.
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Arent they just adorable in their Mickey trunks??
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The new 3 Callebros!!!
All these pictures were from 1996.
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Meet my daughter. Well for a minute anyway!! I am going to totally try to recreate this picture on the next trip.
Think he will do it????????????
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3 of my most favorite guys!!
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Guess who's Goofy??
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That's my mom behind my daughter. This was our last trip to Disney together. 1998. She passed away 2 years ago on the 29th of this month.
Miss you mom!!

Hope you liked my trip down memory lane!!

JKMJ441724

07-18-2007, 06:47 AM

These are from River Country. Does anyone know why they shut that place down?
Hope you liked my trip down memory lane!!

I read that it was because of alligators. Anyone know anything different??? I remember swimming at that place.

Loved, loved, loved your trip down memory lane.

ILMICKEY

07-18-2007, 07:30 AM

Hi, I was beginning to think I was the only one that could actually see this report.

Wow! Alligators? They would have had to clear out the water because of me if I would have seen one of them. No poop in the pool, and I'm sure there would have been a lot.

I really liked that place. Too bad with all the imagineers, no one could figure out how to keep them out!

I'm glad you loved the pictures. I love taking them out, looking at how young they were, and realizing how freaking old I am getting!

blue_river

07-18-2007, 09:05 AM

Hello All!

I was going through some old pictures this weekend of past trips to Disney and thought I would post some.

My guys are so little in the pics, makes me so sad.

Here goes!!

Wow! What a trip down memory lane. :goodvibes

I'm sure that brought some tears to your eyes.

That's my mom behind my daughter. This was our last trip to Disney together. 1998. She passed away 2 years ago on the 29th of this month.
Miss you mom!!

Okay, now I know this must have. :hug:

I miss my mother too :sad1:

Hi, I was beginning to think I was the only one that could actually see this report.

I missed the update :sad2:

Thanks for sharing a blast from the past!

JKMJ441724

07-18-2007, 10:24 AM

I'm glad you loved the pictures. I love taking them out, looking at how young they were, and realizing how freaking old I am getting!

I hate that you are getting older. I'm not. I have stopped at age 34. That's it and that's all.

But bring on the report. Can't wait for more.

disneyaddicted

07-18-2007, 01:03 PM

Our2Girls&Disney

07-18-2007, 06:42 PM

I read that it was because of alligators. Anyone know anything different??? I remember swimming at that place.

Loved, loved, loved your trip down memory lane.

Alligators!!!!! maybe????? I thought it was because the park was from natural water not chlorinated and Disney could not keep the water clean or uncontaminated. I could be wrong though. I went to River Country in '81 and we went on our honeymoon in '94, so it stayed open for many years before closing.

Our2Girls&Disney

07-18-2007, 07:02 PM

ILMICKEY

07-19-2007, 10:39 AM

Wow! What a trip down memory lane. :goodvibes

I'm sure that brought some tears to your eyes.
It really did. I love going through all my old pictures. I have videos too, but it's hard to watch them because my ex is in them. I watch them alone so Fred doesn't feel bad.

Okay, now I know this must have. :hug:

I miss my mother too :sad1:

Yes, this really does. She was my buddy at Disney. I loved it that she would let me plan everything and she would just follow along. She absolutely adored the World.

I missed the update :sad2:

Thanks for sharing a blast from the past!
Anytime!! It was fun deciding which ones to pick. I may do some more since I still have 4 months of pretrip to do.

ILMICKEY

07-19-2007, 10:42 AM

I hate that you are getting older. I'm not. I have stopped at age 34. That's it and that's all.

But bring on the report. Can't wait for more.
Oh, didn't I mention I am turning 30 again this year?????????? I haven't really stop, I just keep turning 30!:thumbsup2

I'll try to get something new up soon!

ILMICKEY

07-19-2007, 10:49 AM

Oh my gosh, those pictures are priceless! I would pay a million dollars to see your DS recreate the "daughter" picture, that had me rolling! That was great, thanks for posting them. God bless your Mom in heaven.
A million dollars???? Woohoo, for that I will personally take you with us when he does it!!!
I thought I had one with both boys and they had their heads put together. Can't seem to find it. Huh??? Suppose that's coincidence???

I have bathtub pictures.

You know the ones!

They always try to take them from me. They are locked up! No dice boys! I so can't wait to use them for something. I LOVE blackmail!!!!

Thank you for blessing my mom!

ILMICKEY

07-19-2007, 10:58 AM

Ok you guys peaked my curiosity. This is what I found on the web.

Several possible reasons for the park's closing have been suggested by fans. One is that there wasn't a need for this park due to the other two larger water parks on Disney property (which had more slides) and increased competition from other water parks in the area. Another is that bacteria from Bay Lake was reportedly contaminating River Country's water. Yet another is that this water park's lake was unheated, and was very cold outside the summer months. Though river Country had always drawn large crowds, it's location (in the interior of Fort Wilderness) made it very difficult for both motorists and Disney Transport to reach the site.

Source: http://www.answers.com/topic/disney-s-river-country
Thanks for checkin that out. You know, I will bet it's the last one. I remember a VERY long ride to the middle of nowhere on a bus. Of all the trips I have taken there, that is the only water park we have ever been to. I don't really remember why that was.

Could you really imagine laughing, playing, splashing and a big ole gator swims up to you!!!!:scared1: I have always wondered how they keep them from going places on property. Have you ever heard of anyone seeing one at Disney???

Did I peak your curiousity again???

disneyaddicted

07-19-2007, 10:18 PM

ILMICKEY

07-23-2007, 05:49 AM

Bath tub pictures, you go girl! My boy Jimmy is so good to me when his girlfriend is over because he knows I will not hesitate to bust out the bath tub video or my favorite... throwing the biggest tantrum infront of the washer because his blanky is being washed.
That's too funny. I love it when we can hold these things on them!! I also have pictures of him and one of his friends dressed up like girls (hookers). I believe that will go in his senior yearbook! He'll be old enough to run away from home then:lmao: .

blue_river

07-23-2007, 09:17 AM

That's too funny. I love it when we can hold these things on them!! I also have pictures of him and one of his friends dressed up like girls (hookers). I believe that will go in his senior yearbook! He'll be old enough to run away from home then:lmao: .

Oh, you're baaaaaaaaaaaad :rotfl:

Simba22

07-23-2007, 09:28 AM

disneyaddicted

07-23-2007, 11:33 AM

ILMICKEY

07-24-2007, 11:28 AM

Oh, you're baaaaaaaaaaaad :rotfl:
That's exactly what they tell me!!!

I so owe this kid!! I remember when he was little we were sitting together on the couch watching cartoons. He kept tapping my leg. Over and over! I said WHAT are you doing?

He says "making waves"!!!!

ILMICKEY

07-24-2007, 11:45 AM

I loved your trip down Memory Lane....I am a frequent visitor myself! I am always looking through old photo albums and thinking "where has the time gone?"

BTW - I have already started writing my pre-trip report for October...I'll probably wait to post though so it's not MONTHS until I actually go on the trip :goodvibes Maybe I'll post early though.....:rolleyes1
Thanks! I'm glad you enjoyed them.

I say, just go for it! It's not that far away. Closer than mine!

:lmao: :lmao: :rotfl2: You have got this parenting thing down solid!!! Where do I sign up for lessons?

Oh, I'm just learning as I go. Or maybe it was all the crap I pulled on my poor mother. I know the things she should have done to me.

Mozart got his license last week. I cried on the way home, I just hate not having this control anymore. How will I know he is safe? The first night he got his plates, he wanted to go by himself to town. :scared1: Then things got a little clearer for me.:idea:

Is your room clean? Dog fed? Dog watered? My feet rubbed? My bath drawn?

See where this is going??

I am the almighty MOM! I have the POWER!!

I might get away with it for a few more days, but then I think the gigs up!

He has been driving back and forth to work, and has went to some of his friends house. Last night, I was making dinner when Sport reminded me he had weightlifting for Football.

Oh, baseballs done-new season!!!

Normally I would shut everything off or have Mozart watch it. This time was different. Mozart says "mom, do you want me to take him?"

Hmmmmmmm! Heck YEAH!! (heck is a bit milder)

I am likin this!!

He can only go 20 mph in a 55 when they are together in the car. If he is alone, he may go 40.

I totally freak out when they leave together. One time, it only takes one time.

It will get better right???????????

blue_river

07-24-2007, 08:22 PM

Mozart got his license last week. I cried on the way home, I just hate not having this control anymore. How will I know he is safe? The first night he got his plates, he wanted to go by himself to town. :scared1: Then things got a little clearer for me.:idea:

Woohoo for Mozart!! :thumbsup2 :thumbsup2 :thumbsup2

JoJo now has her learners permit and will be finished drivers ed soon.

Is your room clean? Dog fed? Dog watered? My feet rubbed? My bath drawn?

See where this is going??

:rotfl:

I am the almighty MOM! I have the POWER!!

For now ;)

It will get better right???????????

I hear ya and I sure hope so! :eek:

ILMICKEY

07-26-2007, 07:43 AM

JoJo now has her learners permit and will be finished drivers ed soon.
Has she talked you into driving some of the way to Florida???

For now ;)
I am holding on to it til I can't hold on to it no more!! (shhhh, don't tell them, but it gets harder every day!)

Oh, and he finally figured it out that when he takes his brother somewhere for me, it takes gas!!! That didn't last long!!

blue_river

07-30-2007, 09:02 PM

Has she talked you into driving some of the way to Florida???

Not yet :scared:

I doubt we would let her. She hasn't been driving long enough yet.

I am holding on to it til I can't hold on to it no more!! (shhhh, don't tell them, but it gets harder every day!)

Oh, and he finally figured it out that when he takes his brother somewhere for me, it takes gas!!! That didn't last long!!

:rotfl2:

Have you purchased anything for your trip lately?

ILMICKEY

07-31-2007, 04:44 AM

I am on the verge of buying our tickets. It's just so hard to part with that much money:scared1: ! I had a friend that went for a weekend and bought a 1 day park hopper. Said he paid 119$!!!!! That's almost criminal.

We are getting a 7 day park hopper. That equals to about $36 per day. I like that a whole lot better.

I really have everything I need. Camera, camcorder, batteries and my pink bagallini. I paid over $30 for the bag then found almost the exact thing in a magazine for $10. That hurt.

Right now I am in the money making stage of the preplanning. I've sold a couple things on Ebay.

I had some park maps and a couple disney dollars from 1996, made a nice little profit on those.

We also make and sell crafts. Fred cuts the wood and I paint it. So, between work and that, I'm pretty busy.

I'm getting really excited for you! I can't wait to hear about your road trip.

ILMICKEY

07-31-2007, 09:29 AM

Tickets ordered!:woohoo:

Account empty!:sick:

Starting over!:sad2:

blue_river

07-31-2007, 12:44 PM

I really have everything I need. Camera, camcorder, batteries and my pink bagallini. I paid over $30 for the bag then found almost the exact thing in a magazine for $10. That hurt.

I hate when that happens :headache:

Right now I am in the money making stage of the preplanning. I've sold a couple things on Ebay.

I had some park maps and a couple disney dollars from 1996, made a nice little profit on those.

We also make and sell crafts. Fred cuts the wood and I paint it. So, between work and that, I'm pretty busy.

Wow! Sounds good :thumbsup2

What kind of crafts? Do you have any pictures?

Tickets ordered!

Account empty!

Starting over!

Woohoo :cheer2:

OH NO :guilty:

You still have plenty of time!! :goodvibes

disneyaddicted

07-31-2007, 04:01 PM

princess-rn

07-31-2007, 10:56 PM

Hi ILMICKEY! You posted on my pretrip..so I thought I'd come check yours out. THis is a lively bunch in here! LOL. I'm LOVING reading this!

I took your advice about Ohana's. I changed some ADRs today and added that one! YIPPEE!

ILMICKEY

08-01-2007, 07:25 AM

What kind of crafts? Do you have any pictures?
I do have pictures. I will get them scanned and posted. We usually start them around October and make enough to pay for Christmas. I decided if we started a bit earlier, we'd have fatter wallets for disney!!!:woohoo: Momma likes her money!

You still have plenty of time!! :goodvibes
I know, I know. The money part of it is very happy about that. The "I really need a vacation" isn't.

I wanna go NOW!!! Yesterday they had Disney on the Travel Channel for about 4 hours! Woohoo! I was lovin life. They had one program-Undiscovered Disney. It talked about all the extras you can do. Did you know you can take surfin lessons at Typhoon Lagoon. I thought this would be awesome for the boys to do. I'm checkin into it today. What a nice surprise that would be for them.

ILMICKEY

08-01-2007, 07:38 AM

I have about a year to go before I need to start worrying about Jimmy driving, I have to say, he is a good driver on these back country roads, it's the going into town part he has to learn and that's going to have me worried, but then again, like with you, my Taxi days will become a little lighter, so far that is the only upside!!! It is really nice. Sport started football, I don't have to constantly run. I just have to give gas money! That'll work!

Yay! you got your tickets. It's more real now huh?
It does seem real. I love checking my ticker every day! We're getting there!! Thank god I have you guys to talk to about it. The eye rolling is getting out of hand!!! I really think people are getting sick of me talking about it!

You all understand!:hug:

I have everything purchased except for my airfare and MVMCP, we keep putting it off, shop needs new screens, we're out of emulsion, light table bit the dust...it all adds up and takes away my Disney Dollars, but we are going next week to get those, no more putting it off!!!!

I like your idea of selling things on e-bay, too cool!

It always seems like there is something. Thats why I didn't wait to buy the tickets any longer. I knew something would happen and I wouldn't be able to.

You could probably make a fortune on Ebay from Reeses old clothes. You wouldn't believe what stuff goes for. I figure I'm going to sell until my family comes home and everthing is gone.
:idea: We were robbed?????:rolleyes1

Honest, it will be going for a good cause!

ILMICKEY

08-01-2007, 07:59 AM

Hi ILMICKEY! You posted on my pretrip..so I thought I'd come check yours out. THis is a lively bunch in here! LOL. I'm LOVING reading this!
Hey! I'm glad you are having fun! Lively?? Us???:banana:

I took your advice about Ohana's. I changed some ADRs today and added that one! YIPPEE!

Of all the restaurants we picked, that is the one I am most excited about. We are TOTAL meat eaters. Especially if it's grilled. I also can't wait to see the water pageant. That's another thing on my list of things I haven't ever did.
I am hoping my 5:50 ressie will be about right to see the pageant and the fireworks. It will get darker earlier then, so I don't know.

Now I've never been to Ohanas, so I'm sorry if you don't like it!

princess-rn

08-01-2007, 02:00 PM

:thumbsup2 Hey! I'm glad you are having fun! Lively?? Us???:banana:

Of all the restaurants we picked, that is the one I am most excited about. We are TOTAL meat eaters. Especially if it's grilled. I also can't wait to see the water pageant. That's another thing on my list of things I haven't ever did.
I am hoping my 5:50 ressie will be about right to see the pageant and the fireworks. It will get darker earlier then, so I don't know.

Now I've never been to Ohanas, so I'm sorry if you don't like it!

I promise not to be mad at YOU if we don't like Ohanas. Although, I think we will love it. Many people have said great things about it!

blue_river

08-01-2007, 08:35 PM

I do have pictures. I will get them scanned and posted. We usually start them around October and make enough to pay for Christmas. I decided if we started a bit earlier, we'd have fatter wallets for disney!!!:woohoo: Momma likes her money!

:woohoo: Looking forward to seeing them. What a great idea!

I wanna go NOW!!! Yesterday they had Disney on the Travel Channel for about 4 hours! Woohoo! I was lovin life. They had one program-Undiscovered Disney. It talked about all the extras you can do. Did you know you can take surfin lessons at Typhoon Lagoon. I thought this would be awesome for the boys to do. I'm checkin into it today. What a nice surprise that would be for them.

Yes, I read about the surfin lessons but you have to be up very early for that :faint:

Not going to happen with my family :rotfl2:

I think that would be great fun for you boys! Be sure to let us know what you find out!

ILMICKEY

08-06-2007, 09:16 AM

Woohoo!!!! Looky looky what I got in the mail Saturday!!
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Slowly but surely things are coming together! I'm so glad I bit the bullet last week and bought them before The Disney Group raised the prices!

Must have been my disney senses!

The guys are discussing who gets what ticket. Of course I am tinkerbell:confused3 . That should go to the kid with the Norwegian braids--doncha think?

Really I am going to have them added to our room keys so everything is on the same card-makes sense huh?

But anyway-:banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana:
I got my tiiiiickets- I got my tiiiiikets!! I'm goin to Diiiizney- I'm goin to Diiiizney!!

ILMICKEY

08-06-2007, 09:25 AM

:woohoo: Looking forward to seeing them. What a great idea!
Here you go!

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Yes, I read about the surfin lessons but you have to be up very early for that :faint:
I think that would be great fun for you boys! Be sure to let us know what you find out!
It was quite expensive for what it is. $125 per kid! I think I'd rather send them to Disney Quest. They aren't morning people either.

blue_river

08-06-2007, 09:33 AM

blue_river

08-06-2007, 09:35 AM

Here you go!

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http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b7d627b3127cceb88241778fbd00000026100BcsWbZyybMY
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It was quite expensive for what it is. $125 per kid! I think I'd rather send them to Disney Quest. They aren't morning people either.

Wow!! Your crafts are great :thumbsup2 :thumbsup2

I wish I was crafty :rolleyes:

Have your boys been to Disney Quest before? I'm sure they'll love it!

ILMICKEY

08-08-2007, 06:48 AM

Wow!! Your crafts are great :thumbsup2 :thumbsup2
Thanks Blue!! I wish I could quit my job and do them full time.

Have your boys been to Disney Quest before? I'm sure they'll love it!
Nope, never been! I think that's what I'm going to do for them. Give us a little alone time.

blue_river

08-08-2007, 09:00 AM

Thanks Blue!! I wish I could quit my job and do them full time.

Maybe one day you'll be able to :goodvibes

Nope, never been! I think that's what I'm going to do for them. Give us a little alone time.

I've said this before, but it really is too bad we aren't going at the same time.

You and DH can go to pleasure island while they hang out at DQ!! :yay:

ILMICKEY

08-09-2007, 06:32 AM

I've said this before, but it really is too bad we aren't going at the same time.

That would be A LOT of fun! Maybe some day we can plan that!! I know in approximately 2 years I will have to take Mozart down to drop him off! Fred won't be able to go with me, we could do a girls only trip!!:woohoo:

blue_river

08-13-2007, 06:31 AM

That would be A LOT of fun! Maybe some day we can plan that!! I know in approximately 2 years I will have to take Mozart down to drop him off! Fred won't be able to go with me, we could do a girls only trip!!:woohoo:

That sounds like a lot of fun :yay: :cheer2: :yay:

Have your boys started back to school yet? Just wondering how that is going.

ILMICKEY

08-13-2007, 06:56 AM

No, they haven't started school yet. They go back September 4. Sport has been doing football practice everyday. Poor kid is whooped! When do the girls start?

Buying school clothes sure does take away from the disney fund!

Wow, you are down to days now. How cool!! Are you getting really excited?

Simba22

08-13-2007, 09:24 AM

We got our MNSSHP tickets in the mail a couple weeks ago and they have the same designs on them! I was so excited to get them! Now I'm just counting down until our DME stuff gets here...thats when the excitement REALLY begins!!! :cool1:

ILMICKEY

08-13-2007, 11:41 AM

It's so freakin exciting to come home from work all exhausted and stressed only to find tickets!!!

Yaaaaaay!

I didn't know you started a pre report! I will check it out. Mine has become very desolate. But then again I really haven't posted anything new. Just tickets.

ILMICKEY

08-14-2007, 10:16 AM

Road Trip!!!!!!

I am trying to make the plan (in my head). It never really goes just as planned. Some force of nature has it's hand in my Disney cookie jar,:confused3 whaddya do??

The boys get out of school at 2:30-home by 2:45. Can we please be on the road by 3:30???

We are taking a different route this time~~through Ohio, West Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia. I can't seem to remember if Virginia was in there or not.

Guess I better double check that.

I really want to drive right through the night.
Coffee!!

Lot's and lot's of coffee.

Or in Fred's case~~Mountain Dew....The syrup from Hell!!

We can take turns driving, if he lets me.

OT-Fred bought a new truck this year. It's a nice one-Dodge Ram 1500..Mega Cab!

I have driven it once!
http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b7d635b3127cceb909845707fc00000046100BcsWbZyybMY
If I was the one driving it--this would have never happened!

Back to the road trip!
If we can make it, we should be at the Florida border by 6:30. That's 15 hours. Another 3 to get to Daytona.

Mind you-this is going to be Thanksgiving Day. Hopefully something will be open to eat.

Or it's burritos from the Gas~n~Go!!

We have plenty of stuff to do on the road. DVD players, CD players, Nintendo DS, Playstation Portable.

I'm sure the boys will find other ways to amuse themselves--
Are we there yet??? Hee Hee Hee!
Mom, he's touching me! Hee Hee Hee
He's farting!
Will you tell him to stop making that noise!

I did find a way to fix their little red wagon though!

We went out of town school shopping last weekend. It was about a 2 hour drive. They started the crap. I found a country station and cranked it. I was trying to sing to it (I didn't know a word). The louder they got, the louder I got.

I think it worked. I didn't have to say "don't make me pull this car over", I said "don't make me turn it to country"

Everybody asks us why on earth do we drive???

I love it. It adds to the adventure. We get to see parts of the country we have never seen. It also builds us up for the vacation. We talk about things that just don't come up in normal conversations. I think it adds to the memories.

estherhead

08-14-2007, 11:13 AM

TheLastPrincess

08-14-2007, 12:17 PM

Thanks for stopping by my Pre-Trippy! Your Pre-Trippy looks great! :thumbsup2

ILMICKEY

08-14-2007, 01:19 PM

I've done that drive many a time. I live in southern Ohio. Down through Charleston, WV, right? You are in Virginia, but only for an hour. West Virginia is an absolute BEAR! The speed limit is 70mph which would be great if it wasn't so curvy & hilly you think you'll fall off a cliff at 70. Other than that, it is a nice, beautiful, easy drive. We're flying this time as my girl's want to fly & it wasn't too much $, but we enjoy the drive. It takes 14 hours from here to Orlando. We've done it at least a dozen times.
I do believe it is Charleston. I was a little worried about WV. I HATE HATE HATE the mountains. Heights scare the bejeebers out of me.

Even the Highway has winding, curvy hills?????:scared1:

O.K. I can work with this. I will put one of the boys up front with Fred. I will then place my head between my legs and pray. WV can't be more than 3 hours right???

You should see me when we go across the Mackinaw bridge. I am a WRECK! I always get in the back seat--like that will save me???

We went through NC once on the way. I liked those mountains. We were on the bottom. It was curvy, but we were still ON THE BOTTOM!

Any little special places on the way we should stop at? I like new and interesting stuff!

Don't say the Applacian's Highest Peak overlook either!!!!

Thanks for stopping by my Pre-Trippy! Your Pre-Trippy looks great! :thumbsup2
Thanks for checkin it out. I'm so excited for you to be taking your honeymoon at DW. Fred and I went there for ours. We were only there 2 days because we had just went to the Daytona 500. It was Fred's first time. I still don't know if he's really hooked or just goes along for the ride! I think I should have called him Eeyore!!
We had a great time though!!

estherhead

08-14-2007, 02:26 PM

blue_river

08-15-2007, 08:32 AM

Or in Fred's case~~Mountain Dew....The syrup from Hell!!

:laughing:

OT-Fred bought a new truck this year. It's a nice one-Dodge Ram 1500..Mega Cab!

I have driven it once!
http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b7d635b3127cceb909845707fc00000046100BcsWbZyybMY
If I was the one driving it--this would have never happened!

Nice truck :thumbsup2 (except for the "little" ding)

I love it. It adds to the adventure. We get to see parts of the country we have never seen. It also builds us up for the vacation. We talk about things that just don't come up in normal conversations. I think it adds to the memories.

We'll see if you say that when you get back :rolleyes1

ILMICKEY

08-15-2007, 01:32 PM

There is a little plac called Tamarack in WV that they advertise on the highway. It really is like a gigantic, nice truck stop but it has local crafters selling their wares inside. My in-laws love it. And yes, it is about 3 hours through WV. I wish I could reassure you but... it really is a hard state. And I ALWAYS seem to be driving when we get there. We're only 1.5 hours north of Charleston, WV and no matter where we want to go on the east coast, it is fastest to drive through WV. It is truly gorgeous. But the state motto is Wild & Wonderful West Virginia. That gives you an idea.
CRAFTS?? I'm so stopping.

I really won't be driving through there I'm afraid, no really I'M AFRAID!

Then you'll get to Virginia. Pretty much there is nothing to eat, no gas, and no where to pee in Virginia. Be warned.
Noted!! Eat, drink and Pee BEFORE Virginia. That's about an hour, hour and a half right?? My bladder couldn't take much more.

We've even taken just an hour break & driven onto Daytona Beach, kicked around in the sand, and then gone onto WDW.
We are doing Daytona for a night. I love having the ocean right out the hotel room. The first time I went there were jellyfish everywhere! It was hard to walk cause you had to keep dodging them.

Awww, this is making me wish we were driving. I love road trips.See, See!! Just think though, flying will get you there a whole lot quicker!

:laughing:
Nice truck :thumbsup2 (except for the "little" ding)
All fixed now. Just waitin for the insurance to spike!

We'll see if you say that when you get back :rolleyes1
Yah, your right!! Besides, if it was all June and Ward Cleaver all the way there and back, I wouldn't bother writing about it. Who wants to read that??? I'm sure I will mention the mooning of truckers, or how Sport held up a "help me, I'm being kidnapped sign" or how the cop pulled us over because I was dangling one of them out of the window by a belt loop!!!!

THAT makes for some good readin'

ILMICKEY

08-17-2007, 07:12 AM

Soooooo, after driving 18 hours through scary mountains (thanks for the info esterhead) we arrive in Daytona!!

Woohoo, the ocean!

I'm sure everything will be dead this day, it's THANKSGIVING!! First we will check into the motel. (don't have a clue where yet!). Then I want to go sleep in the sun for a few hours.

It is, of course, going to be sunny, 80 degrees and not a cloud in the sky.

After a nice long nap in the Florida sun, I'm hoping to find a nice place that will serve me some turkey and fixins'.

Any ideas???

After our bellys are full we plan to drive around and see some sights.

Then maybe a walk/drive on the beach.

Then bed.

NEXT DAY~~~~

Wake up to see the sun rise!:lmao: :rotfl2: ! Yah, who am I kidding???

I really want to take the boys parasailing today. I have found only 1 website. You'd think being a huge tourist town on the beach, there would be more than 1 place!!

If and/or when we are done with that I want to go to the Daytona Harley Store! Have you ever seen this place, it's HUGE!

I think the guys want to go to Daytona USA. Oh Yaaaay! (I hope you note the sarcasm). We went on our honeymoon and I thought it was quite boring.

I am thinking I am going to take them to Hooters right across the street. Another one I am SURE I will enjoy.

When that's all over with and we have done all we want to do in Daytona, it's on to

da dum tee dum..............................................

DISNEY WORLD!!!!!!

ILMICKEY

08-17-2007, 07:14 AM

Hey Esterhead! I just wanted to say I love your name! My maiden name is Head.

Yes, really!! I'm still in therapy!

How did you come up with your name???

estherhead

08-17-2007, 08:46 AM

Hey Esterhead! I just wanted to say I love your name! My maiden name is Head.

Yes, really!! I'm still in therapy!

How did you come up with your name???

Really? Your maiden name is Head? It was a nickname my brother-in-law gave me years ago. I can't even remember why but we just went around adding the word "head" to the end of people's names in these silly voices. I think it was from a B-movie. Mine was the only one that really sounded good with it so it stuck. I still get called it from time to time.

I love my name. I've always thought it was nice to have an old-fashioned name that didn't sound old. It's making a bit of a come back so I'm no longer the only one I know but for a really long time it was my name & mine alone.

ILMICKEY

08-17-2007, 10:18 AM

blue_river

08-18-2007, 09:14 AM

I think the guys want to go to Daytona USA. Oh Yaaaay! (I hope you note the sarcasm). We went on our honeymoon and I thought it was quite boring.

ACK - your honeymoon? :sad2: :hug:

I am thinking I am going to take them to Hooters right across the street. Another one I am SURE I will enjoy.

:rotfl:

ILMICKEY

08-20-2007, 05:52 AM

Yep, honeymoon!! Thanks for the hug.

Really, I was pretty into nascar at the time and we got to watch the Daytona 500.

Until it rained.

and rained.

We left.

All that way to get rained out. We were also camping, so that was a fine evening. Fred was sick.

But we went to Disney the next day. All was good.

Cept Fred was still sick!!

ILMICKEY

08-22-2007, 11:14 AM

Hello,Hello,Hello,Hello,Hello,Hello,Hello!!!!!!

Is anybody there???

Oh, well, on with the plans!

I am hoping to time it right for check in at the Pop! We haven't ever stayed here before. I am going to fax a letter to them asking for a room in the 60's building (something about the hippy dippy pool that I like:hippie: ). Any great room number suggestions???

After we check in I think we will be ready for a little pool time or a nap. I want to be all rested up for the week ahead. Don't want no complainin'!

After we are done with that, I want to go get lost. Actually we have to get lost a few times before we really know where we are going. Then we just act like we know what we are doing and get lost again.

Usually there is profanity!

A lot of profanity.

Of course not from me!

It's from the people I cut off switching lanes. ( where is that flippin you off smiley??)

I just love driving around the first evening we are there. Gets the Disney pumpin in the blood.

Lot's of "ooooooooh's" and "look at that"!

Then the norm is to end up at downtown disney. Foreplay for the parks!! Do a little window shopping, put Fred on the train!

He's never rode it!

I am dying to eat a the Earl of Sandwich. I check out the food porn thread a lot and those sandwiches look WONDERFUL!

OT-2 weeks ago I went to Quiznos for the first time. If you have never been~go! I was so stuffed, but I couldn't stop eating it. They were soooooooo good! Best sandwich I've ever had!

After we are doing what ever it is we are doing I want to get back to Pop for an early night. I have never been to a park opening (honestly did not know this event exhisted!) I guess I always thought the park opened when I got there:lmao: !

Guess which one we are going to first~~~~~~~~~~

estherhead

08-22-2007, 12:53 PM

Getting lost is such a novel idea. I can never handle the stress of such events & therefore must be a psycho with the map.

You know the scene at the end of the Incredibles where they are fighting about Uptown & Downtown & exits & they end up at the perfect spot with screeching tires? That's us!

ILMICKEY

08-22-2007, 01:08 PM

Usually when you get lost, you see the most interesting things!!

They say I'm a psycho with or without a map!

I agree with you about the incredibles thing.

Wow, 9 days!! Can I trade tickers with you??? I need my vacation so bad right now. I get to go camping over Labor Day weekend so I guess we can count that as a mini~vacation!

Hey while you are down there, you can put up signs along the side of the road that say "hey Ilmickey, your going the wrong way" That would be very helpful to me!!

I need to get over to your pretrippie and see what's going on with you!!

See you there!

estherhead

08-22-2007, 01:49 PM

Oh dear, I have to disappoint you. There is no STINKIN' way I'm trading tickers! And the signs, that'd just be too much stress cause you'd be tellin' your swearing family: "Well there's this girl & it's all HER fault!"

Wait a minute. Maybe that's a good idea. You should just blame everything on me. They don't know where I live & then you'll be left alone for the whole trip. So on second thought... I'm adding poster board & stakes to my packing list! Ha!

Simba22

08-22-2007, 02:12 PM

That's neat! I like your name too. I noticed there were a lot of old fashioned names coming around again. Lillian is a big one.

I was Nikki Head! Some days I still get picked on from people that know that bit of information.

Don't feel bad...my last name (hopefully sometime in the near future it will be my maiden name...) is Toronto...yes, like the city in Canada. And if one more twit asks me if I'm Canadian (not that there is anything wrong with being Canadian, eh?) I'm going to cause them severe bodily harm. You don't ask people whose last name is West if they are "from the West", or people whose last name is Santiago if they are Chile...

Anyhoo, and my grandmothers name was Lillian and I absolutely LOVE that name...I was thinking (if I have a daughter) of calling her Lilliana, but The Lumar (like has he room to talk) doesn't like that name, so for now we have decided on Olivia...and the funniest part is that we are not even expecting at this point in time! :rotfl:

oh an PS: You can not trade countdown tickers with me either! (not that you have all that much longer to go than I do!)

ILMICKEY

08-23-2007, 06:57 AM

! And the signs, that'd just be too much stress cause you'd be tellin' your swearing family: "Well there's this girl & it's all HER fault!"
:thumbsup2

Wait a minute. Maybe that's a good idea. You should just blame everything on me. They don't know where I live & then you'll be left alone for the whole trip. So on second thought... I'm adding poster board & stakes to my packing list! Ha!
:hug: Awww thanks buddy!! I will totally feel better knowing that someone has put signs around so I won't get lost. I know if I see the "see ya real soon" signs, someone has moved your signs and is sending me in the wrong direction.

Don't feel bad...my last name (hopefully sometime in the near future it will be my maiden name...) is Toronto...yes, like the city in Canada. And if one more twit asks me if I'm Canadian (not that there is anything wrong with being Canadian, eh?) I'm going to cause them severe bodily harm. You don't ask people whose last name is West if they are "from the West", or people whose last name is Santiago if they are Chile...
So........are you from Canada?????:lmao:

Anyhoo, and my grandmothers name was Lillian and I absolutely LOVE that name...I was thinking (if I have a daughter) of calling her Lilliana, but The Lumar (like has he room to talk) doesn't like that name, so for now we have decided on Olivia...and the funniest part is that we are not even expecting at this point in time! :rotfl:
How about Olivia Lilliana?? Sounds like a famous name. Tell Lumar when he can push a baby out, he can decide the name. My goodness, all the work we go through getting that baby out and THEY think they can pick the name!!

oh an PS: You can not trade countdown tickers with me either! (not that you have all that much longer to go than I do!)
O.k, o.k. I will just live off your trip reports. I am in the process of money making anyway. I'm having a yard sale Saturday. I HATE having yard sales, they are sooooo much work. I keep telling myself it's worth it!

I will just wait my turn. 3 long months!

Simba22

08-24-2007, 06:37 PM

So........are you from Canada?????:lmao:

You're lucky i like you... :lmao:

How about Olivia Lilliana?? Sounds like a famous name. Tell Lumar when he can push a baby out, he can decide the name. My goodness, all the work we go through getting that baby out and THEY think they can pick the name!!

That's what I keep saying! I'm sorry, but after 9 months of carrying that thing around and then hours of labor, working to push something the size of a watermelon out of a hole the size of a lemon, women should automatically be given the right to call the kid whatever they want (although there are some exceptions such as those people who want to name their child "@" give me a break. CAN'T YOU JUST BE NORMAL!!! Think of your child's mental health!
And yes, I thought about Olivia Lilliana but here's the next problem (and let's all remember that Lumar is a HUGE crybaby), his last name is Rivera and he's already crying about Olivi-AH River-AH. I'm not that mean that I would make it a triple whammy. The poor guy is already depressed that I have predetermined that we are having a girl.....:sad2:

O.k, o.k. I will just live off your trip reports. I am in the process of money making anyway. I'm having a yard sale Saturday. I HATE having yard sales, they are sooooo much work. I keep telling myself it's worth it!

We had one in July and made over $300! It wasn't bad except I got very badly sunburned....my legs are still peeling. Seriously.

katdocnorf

08-25-2007, 01:51 AM

Just now came across your pretrip... Loving it.. Try a road trip with 5 kids ages 11months -20 years.... That's why I love traveling in the middle of the night. Eventually they go to sleep....

We tend to drive back during the day... WHY I DONT KNOW... but we drive down at night.. Then crash and burn when we get there.

And by the way I love OHANA.. It's good for breakfast too, but dinner is the best. If you get a table by the windows in Ohana you can see the fireworks and water pageant but you would have to make your ADR a little later for that and then gamble on getting the right table. But if you get down towards the beach early enough you can get one of the table close to the beach and see the fireworks great. Check my trip report, that is what we did and I have pics and video of fireworks from there.

ILMICKEY

08-27-2007, 11:50 AM

The poor guy is already depressed that I have predetermined that we are having a girl.....:sad2:
I have to agree with him and say boys are much easier than girls!!

We had one in July and made over $300! It wasn't bad except I got very badly sunburned....my legs are still peeling. Seriously.
Mine was awful. I don't have a garage, and it was raining until about 1:30. I had put an ad in the paper so all these people were pulling in the driveway, noticing there wasn't anything out, then left. Never coming back. I made $13, the add was $20.

Sorry about the sunburn! 2 months of peeling? It must have been bad. Ouch.

Just now came across your pretrip... Loving it..
Thanks!! I am really enjoying yours too!

Try a road trip with 5 kids ages 11months -20 years.... That's why I love traveling in the middle of the night.
Nope, won't do it, wouldn't be prudent!!

Then crash and burn when we get there
Hopefully we make it there before we crash and burn too. I don't like the idea of crashing and burning before we get there!! Yikes!

And by the way I love OHANA.. It's good for breakfast too, but dinner is the best. If you get a table by the windows in Ohana you can see the fireworks and water pageant but you would have to make your ADR a little later for that and then gamble on getting the right table. But if you get down towards the beach early enough you can get one of the table close to the beach and see the fireworks great. Check my trip report, that is what we did and I have pics and video of fireworks from there.
I soooo can't wait for Ohana! I have been reading your report. I think I may have missed that though. I will go right now and check it out!!

Thanks for the support guys. I almost quit writing this, I didn't think anyone was reading.

Here's a hug!:hug:

disneyaddicted

08-27-2007, 03:48 PM

I didn't realize that it's been forever since I visited your trip report, I had to go back a couple of pages just to catch up, so I will start with the drive.
I think the route you're taking is the same one I took when I moved from Mi. to Norfolk Va. and I was completely freaked out driving through the mountains.
My DH never lets me help with the driving, he too has a dent in the bed of his new truck, now I can't say that would not have happened had it been me driving as I have totaled a vehicle or 2 in my time, I do say in my defense, that wall jumped out in front of me.

I am so looking forward to flying, I get so tired of driving everywhere. Ya know, you could take the scenic route through Pa and stop off in Brogueville, for a country Pennsylvania Dutch home cooked Thanksgiving dinner prepared by none other than NOT ME! Kent is the cook, I thank him most sarcasticly everyday for the major weight gain over the past 13 years. I'll set a place out for you all just incase.

So your maiden name was Head? I can picture the jokes from that one. My maiden name was Sanford. I was called Fred alot and couldn't walk into a classroom without someone whistling, humming, and even beat boxing the theme from Sanford and son.

roxannensteve

08-28-2007, 05:54 AM

Thanks for the support guys. I almost quit writing this, I didn't think anyone was reading.

We're all still here - don't quit but I hear ya, I'm about to go change my title to see if that'll catch an audience. :confused:

ILMICKEY

08-28-2007, 06:06 AM

Oh, I will hang in there!!

I changed my title. Don't really think it helped, but I like the sound of a Road Trip better!!

JKMJ441724

08-28-2007, 10:20 AM

Really? Your maiden name is Head? It was a nickname my brother-in-law gave me years ago. I can't even remember why but we just went around adding the word "head" to the end of people's names in these silly voices. I think it was from a B-movie. Mine was the only one that really sounded good with it so it stuck. I still get called it from time to time.

I love my name. I've always thought it was nice to have an old-fashioned name that didn't sound old. It's making a bit of a come back so I'm no longer the only one I know but for a really long time it was my name & mine alone.

My husband is 40 (cough cough) something. He and all his buddies call each other head. There is very little in life more embarrassing than being in the mall or at the lake and hearing (from very far away, mind you) "HEY! HEAD!"

ILMICKEY

08-28-2007, 10:50 AM

He and all his buddies call each other head. There is very little in life more embarrassing than being in the mall or at the lake and hearing (from very far away, mind you) "HEY! HEAD!"
How about being a kid just starting the middle school and they do roll call?
Is Nikki Head here today?

Or,
On the loud speaker "Nikki Head, please come to the office".

ILMICKEY

08-28-2007, 12:07 PM

I didn't realize that it's been forever since I visited your trip report, I had to go back a couple of pages just to catch up, so I will start with the drive.
Who?
Who are you?? Name sounds familiar!

I think the route you're taking is the same one I took when I moved from Mi. to Norfolk Va. and I was completely freaked out driving through the mountains.
I have real serious issues with heights. Panic attacks. It's not pretty. Specially when I'm driving. Spiders too! I was driving down the road and noticed this spider crawling on my dashboard. I hit the skids, put it in park and jumped out. My passenger, who had no idea what the heck was wrong, freaked out and jumped out too! I think he thought the car was on fire or something!!

It was kind of funny afterwards.

But not at the time! He was coming after me.

Seriously!
My DH never lets me help with the driving, he too has a dent in the bed of his new truck, now I can't say that would not have happened had it been me driving as I have totaled a vehicle or 2 in my time, I do say in my defense, that wall jumped out in front of me.
:thumbsup2

Ya know, you could take the scenic route through Pa and stop off in Brogueville, for a country Pennsylvania Dutch home cooked Thanksgiving dinner prepared by none other than NOT ME! Kent is the cook, I thank him most sarcasticly everyday for the major weight gain over the past 13 years. I'll set a place out for you all just incase.

How does around midnight work for you??

Wait! What is the difference between Pennsylvania Dutch and Osseo roadkill??:confused3 Does it taste about the same if you season it right??

So your maiden name was Head? I can picture the jokes from that one. My maiden name was Sanford. I was called Fred alot and couldn't walk into a classroom without someone whistling, humming, and even beat boxing the theme from Sanford and son.

Kids can be so mean!! I like the revenge now. Especially when I go into a gas station or famous fast food chain, and one of my old classmates is the manager!!

DISCLAIMER-There is nothing wrong with being a manager of a fast food restaurant or a gas station IF you never picked on a person of lesser "class" in school!!

Great to have you back! How'd the slumber party go???

roxannensteve

08-30-2007, 06:25 AM

Have fun camping - see you Tuesday :wave:

ILMICKEY

08-30-2007, 06:31 AM

Thanks! I will.

I can't wait to go. We haven't been camping since Memorial weekend LAST YEAR!!

Tents, campfires, smores, :banana: , I am so excited!!! Next best thing to Disney in my book!

Since I have so long to get to my Disney trip report I will do a "test" report on my camping trip!!

disneyaddicted

09-05-2007, 09:27 PM

I had to go searching for you and found you aaaaaalll the way back on page eleventymillion, so I am bumping you back to the front.

Now I have to say Pennsylvania Dutch is a wee bit bland compared to Osseo roadkill, and lacks in the maggots, but aside from that it's all good. So you might come for turkeyday? Midnight works for me, I will leave the key under the matt and your meal in the fridge, just nuke it for a few and enjoy, last one out please turn off the lights and lock the door.

How was camping? Do we get a mini TR?

blue_river

09-05-2007, 09:31 PM

I changed my title. Don't really think it helped, but I like the sound of a Road Trip better!!

I LOVE the new title you chose!!! ;) :thumbsup2

ILMICKEY

09-06-2007, 11:10 AM

I had to go searching for you and found you aaaaaalll the way back on page eleventymillion, so I am bumping you back to the front.
Thanks Pal! I've just been so busy. I am working 10 hour days, kid to run around and tomatoes to can!!

Now I have to say Pennsylvania Dutch is a wee bit bland compared to Osseo roadkill, and lacks in the maggots, but aside from that it's all good. So you might come for turkeyday? Midnight works for me, I will leave the key under the matt and your meal in the fridge, just nuke it for a few and enjoy, last one out please turn off the lights and lock the door.
O.k., this sounds fun! I'm thinkin about when we partied in our early years and someone passed out, ya know the peanut butter thing on the nose?? Or putting someones hand in a cup of warm water?? Member these things??

NOW!! Do you really want me to come into your house while you are sleeping??:woohoo:

How was camping? Do we get a mini TR?
Yep, Soon. I did get some pictures uploaded in between all my excuses!

I LOVE the new title you chose!!! ;) :thumbsup2
Thanks! I started so early, I was even sick of it. Needed something new. Might do it again, maybe! I still have blah blah months, blah blah weeks and blah blah days.

CAN YOU TELL I NEED A REAL VACATION???????

I could be living through someone elses right now, but she is still on the part about her travel agent!

I am really glad she's back though!! Safe and sound!

ILMICKEY

09-06-2007, 12:01 PM

We go to a pretty local campground. It was about 40 minutes from our house and 5 minutes for Fred to drive to work. We can't ever go on a real vacation in the summer because he owns a lawn and landscaping business, his boss won't let him take the time off! :confused3 He can just go back and forth from there.

We got up early Friday morning (I took the day off). Sport had practice at 7:30 a.m. ON MY DAY OFF! But o.k. this will give me time to go back home, shower and shave.

My legs.

Got myself all smelling pretty for the mosquitoes, got the car packed with the tents, sleeping bags and pillows and Mozart and I were on our way.

Stopped to get Sport from practice first. Gosh he needs a haircut. I swear his hair looks like a helmet. He shaved it at the start of summer so it all kind of grew out the same length.

We got to the campground around 11:00. NO ONE was there. It was pretty empty back in the primitive part. I like! So we got the tents out and erected our homes for the next 3 nights!

This was only round 1 though. See I have a Jeep Liberty, they aren't real big. We have a lot of camping stuff.

So off we go again.

Shopping.

For Vittles.

125 dollars later. Yes, 125 dollars. I KNOW! I DON'T SPEND THAT MUCH IN A WEEK on groceries.

Must have been the smore stuff???

Since we had no more money for gas, we pushed the car home! (I made that part up)

Loaded up the coolers, camping junk, wardrobe (do you believe I took 3 pairs of shoes?? You never know) and we were on the road again.

Sport took a friend with him. This is a good thing. I didn't hear one "I'm Bored" the whole weekend. Mozart will find a friend to hang out with.

We stopped to get the friend. I haven't ever met him before so I was hoping for the best. Sport has some real bad influences that he hangs out with, just ask the cop that came to my house this summer to tell me my son and his "influence" just broke some windows on a house! NICE!

But this friend was a really good kid. Not one problem all weekend! Cept he couldn't catch a fish. And he wouldn't drink beer.

KIDDING!

He had a couple.

KIDDING! Geez.

We got back to the campground around 5:00. There were more people back in primitive.

Side note: I hate the word Primitive. I am not a cave person. I eat with forks(plastic). I do not CRAP in the woods. Why do they call it PRIMITIVE??

The boys all took off, it was nice. I watched these people that were next to us try to park the pop-up camper. That was fun. Mom was standing there telling dad she didn't like it there. He'd drive around the park, come up through a different set of trees and park a little different.

Well, she didn't like that either. This must have went on for at least 10 times around the park.

What a man!! Pleasin his woman like that.

Must be engaged! Or he just really really loves her. I'm thinkin Fred would have jumped out of the truck and told me to park the _____ thing where I wanted it!!

Anyway, the teenage boys and dad eventually pushed it by hand to where mom wanted it.

All was well in primitive!!

For now.

Here are some pictures of home!
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This was sooooo comfy! I absolutely LOVE sleeping in a tent. As long as I have an air mattress.

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This is the view from my bed. (I was kind of bored when I took this)
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My "facilities" for 3 days. See, primitive suggests there is nothing to use cept the great outdoors. I have proof.

Actually this port o potty wasn't that bad. There was this guy that came around a couple times a day to check it, clean it up and load it back up with toilet paper. Around Sunday evening he came back with some kind of chemical, apparently his smelly-o-meter must have went off, cause when I went back in it was rather nice. JUST DON'T LOOK DOWN!!! YIKES:scared1:

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Crooked tree????

I thought it was kind of interesting.
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Fire!
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Trees!
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I was so scared!

Hopefully I will have the rest tomorrow!!

disneyaddicted

09-06-2007, 09:57 PM

First I will comment on your comment.

I have a lock on my bedroom door, so I am fine with you showing up while I am sleeping... seriously, I would get up and at least say hi, (and make sure you don't take the silverware, even if it is plastic)

Your camping trip looked fun. I haven't camped in a tent in ages. (back yard doesn't count) I wanted to go camping, that's why I bought a big ole tent, then DH says, "why camp in a tent when we have a cabin?" and it's funny, cause when I did tent camp, I would always be envious of the cabin campers. I guess that saying is true, "the grass is greener on the other side of the porto potty."

So your kid broke some windows? Jim shot out a windshield in the neighbors car about 3 years ago, Had to pay for it and the stupid tarp he had covering it, couldn't he just patch it? He was a sue happy man, that's how he makes his living, so I paid the bill without question in order to save money on a lawyer and court fees down the road.

So did you write on the port o potty walls "Roxie Leatherthong was here." ?

blue_river

09-07-2007, 07:29 AM

Gee...that post sure brought back memories!

I haven't been camping in years. (Well at least not in a tent)

That's too bad about the summer vacations thing but HEY - You're going to WDW soon!!!!!!

:yay: :cheer2: :yay:

ILMICKEY

09-07-2007, 11:36 AM

I have a lock on my bedroom door, so I am fine with you showing up while I am sleeping... seriously, I would get up and at least say hi, (and make sure you don't take the silverware, even if it is plastic)

That's funny, I have a lock on my door too! I wonder if it is for the same reason I do???
I would only try to take it if it is the clear, more expensive kind. I don't do the solid white!

, "why camp in a tent when we have a cabin?"
BECAUSE IT IS A TENT!!!
Tents rule! Unless it is really hot, then might as well be inside a plastic bag. Fred was talking about buying an RV or trailer or whatever you call em. I am absolutely AGAINST it. I really do love sleeping in a tent, especially when it rains. SOOOOOOOO relaxing. Aaaaaaaaah, I can hear it now!
So your kid broke some windows? Jim shot out a windshield in the neighbors car about 3 years ago, Had to pay for it and the stupid tarp he had covering it, couldn't he just patch it? He was a sue happy man, that's how he makes his living, so I paid the bill without question in order to save money on a lawyer and court fees down the road.
BOYS!! This kid will be the death of me! Oh and he didn't get to play last night either. I e-mailed the varsity coach today and he is going to talk to the JV coach. Something better get done or as soon as he can drive, he can switch schools. Mom approved!! I have had it.

I don't know why people are so sue happy these days. :confused3 Maybe cause society lets them get away with it!

So did you write on the port o potty walls "Roxie Leatherthong was here." ?
Nope, it says "for a good time call Chesty Glittertush"

Gee...that post sure brought back memories!

I haven't been camping in years. (Well at least not in a tent) I really want to come to your neck of the woods and go. Maybe someday!!

That's too bad about the summer vacations thing but HEY - You're going to WDW soon!!!!!!
That's right! I am.:thumbsup2 :banana: :woohoo: :yay:

:yay: :cheer2: :yay:[/quote]

ILMICKEY

09-07-2007, 12:06 PM

I'm just going to go ahead and post the rest of the pictures. Really it was an uneventful weekend. Just really relaxing.

Oh, cept one night I was walking back from the showers. It was dark. I swear I walked into the biggest cloud of pot smoke! I felt like I was in a Cheech and Chong movie.

I floated back to the campsite and ate all the smores!

Kidding.

About the floating.

and the smores!

I'm just going to tell the little funny things that happened. Cause I can't remember everything.

Purple haze and all.

Mozart and I were just hanging around the campsite when he decided he is going to split some wood!

Has he ever split wood before you asked??

NO!

Try #1
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Try #2
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Try #3
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#4
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#5
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Have you noticed all the pictures are from the same piece of wood?? I couldn't take anymore pictures because I was laughing so hard I was hurting.

I am like "lord, please don't leave the 2 of us stranded somewhere I might have to rely on him to save me!"

I won't make it!

Finally by the end of the weekend, he was hacking wood like it was nothin'!
Determination I tell ya! Try try harder!!

Here is one of him that I just snapped.
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Now a funny little Sport story.

I did not realize that this kid expects nothing short of complete silence when he sleeps. A couple weeks ago he was complaining about the crickets outside his window.:confused3 What am I supposed to do? They are crickets. Again:confused3 .

The first night our neighbors, or that is what Mozart calls them. I call them people-that-are-camping-next-to-us!

Anyway the neighbors were quite noisey. I swear in my sleep I heard Mozart yelling at them to "shut up! There are people that would like to sleep"

Next morning the "mom" neighbor apologizes for keeping us up!! I asked Sport if he heard Mozart yelling. He says no. He was the one yelling!

It wasn't in my sleep!! These people had to walk by us everytime they used the port-a-pottie! I wanted to crawl under the picnic table.

Here is my pride and joy!

Fishing
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See the helmet head hair!!
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Sweaty!
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I don't know what kind of face that is! Constipation?? Or hey, let me take a picture of you!!

The last night we had all went to bed around 11:00. The neighbors were at it again.

You'd think Sport would have set them straight the first night, right??

Anyway I hear "shut up, we are trying to sleep"

I was yelling back, "knock it off sport"

Then he YELLS "MOM THEY ARE SMOKING REEFER"!!!

:scared1:

I curl up in my sleeping back and tell him to breathe deeply and he will fall asleep in no time!!!

I really did!

Fred-he didn't do anything exciting all weekend, so no story for him!
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The dining plan!!
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Fire!
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I was messing with my camera and took these groovy pictures! I swear it was BEFORE any mention of reefer!!
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I took a bunch of these. We had fun picking out things in the pictures. The 3rd one kind of looks like a fist.

Then we went home~~

Simba22

09-07-2007, 04:13 PM

Awww!! I miss camping so much!! I used to go quite often when I was younger and it was so much fun! A few years ago I actually went with my brother and my sister for a weekend....it was the most incredibly boring trip of our lives but we laugh about it now. Imagine this:

I was approx 20 years old which would have made my sister about 18, and my brother about 16. We have never set up a tent by ourselves, and we have never made our own campfire. We arrive the day after a big rain storm so the ground is soggy and all of the "firewood" is practically useless. It takes us 2 hours to set up the tent (my brother cracks me up talking about how all the woodland animals were gathering around us with their mouths open, staring in disbelief at the retarded humans). We finally set that up and decide we want to build our first fire. We all spread out looking for useable fire making material... everything is wet. So we do what any normal teenagers would do...start throwing paper in there! That didn't work very well, and I was THISCLOSE to pouring nail-polish remover in there and light that...but I'm not that stupid so I got in the car and drove a few miles down the road to the Country Store (seriously, that's what it was called) and bought a bag of charcoal. We lit that along with branches and other stuff we found lying around that was mostly dry and had a pretty good fire going for a little while. Did I mention that while at the Country Store I also bought a bag of ice for our cooler, 2 boxes of Cocoa Pebbles, and a gallon of milk? That is what we ate for the whole weekend, pretty much. Oh, and we played Monopoly and Uno all weekend. And my brother made fun of the early morning runners/joggers by hiding in the woods and singing "Eye of the Tiger" as they ran by. It was actually very entertaining... those were the days...... Oh and I must take this moment to gloat because even though there were gross and disgusting spiders in our bathroom, we at least had flushing toilets and showers. :yay:

disneyaddicted

09-07-2007, 10:52 PM

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Nope, it says "for a good time call Chesty Glittertush"

:eek: :scared1: ...:rolleyes: :banana: :rolleyes1

Ummmm.....thanks!

ILMICKEY

09-10-2007, 06:21 AM

Awww!! I miss camping so much!!
You just have to go! We hadn't went since Memorial weekend of last year. It was so hot that weekend, hard to sleep, couldn't enjoy the campfire. I think that kind of burnt us out.

Oh and I must take this moment to gloat because even though there were gross and disgusting spiders in our bathroom, we at least had flushing toilets and showers. :yay:
I prefer porta potties to spiders any day!!! We did have showers, just had to walk 10 miles up hill both ways to get to them!!

:eek: :scared1: ...:rolleyes: :banana: :rolleyes1

Ummmm.....thanks!
Any time! Got any calls yet??????

disneyaddicted

09-10-2007, 06:37 AM

Any time! Got any calls yet??????

Just some heavy breathers, :confused3

ILMICKEY

09-10-2007, 01:21 PM

I won some tickets this summer at my company picnic to a Tigers game. I absolutely LOVE baseball. The game was last Friday and they WON!! 6-1 against the Mariners!!!!!
Here's a pic!
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The lady on the right is a co-worker that won the other set of seats!!

Good Times!

randy4au

09-12-2007, 09:09 AM

I loved the campfire pics! LOL @ the log splitting attempts (poor Mozart) and the dining plan! :lmao:

I wish my wife would go camping. My 6yo son really wants to go camping, so perhaps we'll talk her into it eventually...or just go without her.

And congrats on winning the tickets to the Tigers game!

BTW, I didn't realize there were crocodiles in Michigan. :eek:

ILMICKEY

09-12-2007, 10:27 AM

randy4au-You just have to take him camping with or without your wife. He will LOVE it. I don't understand why some people have such a hangup about it. The only comforts of home we didn't have was a TV. There were showers and normal flushing toilets, you just had to walk to get to them. I think your little guy would love it.

You should have seen the look on my guys faces when I took the picture of the Hot Dog. I wanted to take pictures of everything we ate, but I didn't want them to think I had been visiting the "neighbors"!!

Yep, we have crocodiles all over Michigan.

Last year when we were camping my daughter stopped in for a meal and to visit. She kept asking what that noise was (it was bullfrogs). We told her they were wild boars. She was freak-ing out!! It was dark and she was worried about all the kids walking around, so when they would go by she'd tell them about the boars. They would just look at her, give her the "are you nuts" look and keep walking. My gut hurt so bad from laughing so hard. Poor girl! So naive!! Hee Hee!

randy4au

09-12-2007, 01:16 PM

I didn't want them to think I had been visiting the "neighbors"!!

LOL!!! :rotfl2:

Yep, we have crocodiles all over Michigan.

Wow, I never knew that. I didn't realize they lived that far north. You learn something every day. :thumbsup2

Last year when we were camping my daughter stopped in for a meal and to visit. She kept asking what that noise was (it was bullfrogs). We told her they were wild boars. She was freak-ing out!! It was dark and she was worried about all the kids walking around, so when they would go by she'd tell them about the boars. They would just look at her, give her the "are you nuts" look and keep walking. My gut hurt so bad from laughing so hard. Poor girl! So naive!! Hee Hee!

That is hilarious!!! :lmao:

ILMICKEY

09-13-2007, 08:15 AM

Wow, I never knew that. I didn't realize they lived that far north. You learn something every day. :thumbsup2

No? You've never seen the movie Lk. Placid?? That was a true story! I realize that was in New York but they have migrated over here.

Really!

ILMICKEY

09-14-2007, 06:07 AM

I think Fred is finally starting to get his Disney groove on. He's been rather Bah Humbug about it all.

Ya know, vacation right in the middle of PRIME hunting.

How dare I?

BUT, last night he actually asked me how many days left until we leave.

"Wha? Are you being Sarcastic?"

He was serious. I think he needed to know how long he had to get his finances in order:confused3 . He's a procrastinator. One of those guys that waits until the morning of the holiday to get the present.

Of course I hadn't paid any attention to my ticker, so I wasn't 100% sure.
So I rattled off something that I thought was close. Right down to the hours!!

So now I'm getting more and more excited. 2 months will fly by, especially with all the after school events we have going now.

Speaking of that. Sport FINALLY got to play last night. Alot. Offense and Defense. He got a 75 yard kick off return touchdown!! I was snapping pictures as he was going, but they are so blurry cause I was shaking so bad.

I cried!

A little!

I was a very proud momma.

Last year he was scoring touchdowns left and right. This year, (new coach) he wasn't getting played. I spoke to the Varisity Coach about it and I think he talked to the JV coach.

I believe every kid who goes to practice every day and tries their hardest should play some of the time, no matter what!! You shouldn't have to make a million dollars a year for your child to play.

Anywhoo, rant over. Back to Disney!

Fred also changed our route. Sorry Ty, won't make Thanksgiving midnight snack!! Unless you want to meet us somewhere in N. Carolina?? We are taking 75. I told him about the winding mountains in W. Virginia. Don't think this appealed to him AT ALL!! So we will take the way we know best. 75. Until Tennessee, then through NC, SC and GA.

I told him that Blue's crew drove 26 hours all the way so there will be NO wussing out and taking a sleep break!! He'll need to tough it out and have me by the pool by noon!!

No, exeptions.

I am also working on my packing list. I copied and re-modified one from another thread. So I will be picking up little things as we go. I thought about getting one of those over the door hanging things, anyone have any insight on these??

I also bought this new zoom lense for my camera. It is Freak-in awesome! I can get the nose hairs on a guy 100 yards away.

Not that I want pictures of nose hairs.

I thought this would come in handy when I am spending the night in the castle. I am going to figure out how to open one of those beautiful windows and stick my head out of it after Fred escapes from the room to take my picture.

It could work.

Say cheese Princess Nikki!!!

Oh, before I go. If anyone is looking for a Tiara for their little princesses, go to Walmart, check out the party supply aisle by the cards. They have these tiaras that light up for 98 cents. I bought one for a birthday girl at work. It was neat. There are 3 lights in it and they flash.

Even if you don't have little princesses, go get one anyway!!!

roxannensteve

09-14-2007, 06:21 AM

What kind of camera do you have??

ILMICKEY

09-14-2007, 06:25 AM

It's a Canon EOS digital. I LOVE it. It's a bit heavy but it takes WONDERFUL pictures.

I had a Canon EOS 35mm. I didn't ever try the different funtions because I didn't want to waste film.

But this camera, if I try something and it doesn't work, I just delete it.

Wow, if life were just that easy eh??

blue_river

09-14-2007, 09:12 AM

Hey Girl!

Sorry I haven't made it over here sooner. It's really hard keeping up.

I'm so happy to hear that Fred is finally showing an interest. I know that feeling :goodvibes

Woohoo for Sport :yay: Good for you for talking to the coach and getting him some play time. I went through the same thing with Goofy when she was in public school but our situation didn't go as well as yours :headache:

Oh and about our drive to WDW. We did stop on the way down, it was the on the way home that we didn't and drove straight through and it was 29 hours! :faint:

I used one of those over the door hanging things on our trip last year and loved it. Picked it up at the dollar store and since it was just a buck we left it behind. Then I couldn't get one this year. :rolleyes:

Congrats on the new lens. DH loves his.....me.....blah...it's too big and heavy.

disneyaddicted

09-14-2007, 10:40 AM

What? You aint making it here for some good ole Turkey day vittles:sad1: I am crushed, I was gonna thaw out the freshest road kill for ya. I even went out and bought the fancy clear plastic forks!

I am happy that you're nerves will be saved and you don't have to deal with winding hills. Save that excitement for Expedition Everest.

:banana: Yay, sport got to play, now that the coach has seen what he can do, do you think he will be put in alot more?

I love that feeling that comes with seeing your child get his/her chance. Reese had her first Red Lion game yesterday and she flew alot of the stunts, I try and hold back my tears of happy/joy and it comes out like a grunt in my throat. I try and play it off like it's a hic-up:lmao:

SO Fred is starting to make his way on board? that is great, I would hate for him to have to be pulled in the dingy from behinde.:confused:
He must like Disney deep down, cause honestly who gives up prime hunting season to go to Disney unless you truly love Disney, or...he's just afraid of what the wife will do to him if he sais no I WON'T GO!:confused3

roxannensteve

09-14-2007, 10:37 PM

Checking out your kiddos :rolleyes1

katdocnorf

09-15-2007, 12:29 AM

I will keep you posted on my Pre-Trippie ;)

By the way; Love your bathroom facilities that you had on your camping trip. Thats much better than going in the woods. Most of the time with all boys they are perfectly content with going on a tree....:lmao: I have 4 boys.... Us girls just tell them "fine, we'll go down the street to the Hilton." :rotfl:

ILMICKEY

09-15-2007, 04:24 AM

Hey Girl!

Sorry I haven't made it over here sooner. It's really hard keeping up.
Hey, you've been busy!! No problem.

I'm so happy to hear that Fred is finally showing an interest. I know that feeling :goodvibes
I know!! I hope it's excitement and not Geez, let's get this over with!!

Woohoo for Sport :yay: Good for you for talking to the coach and getting him some play time. I went through the same thing with Goofy when she was in public school but our situation didn't go as well as yours :headache:
I was honestly considering switching schools next year just so he can play. I am pushing him to get decent grades and play sports. He is so good at them he could definitly get a full scholarship somewhere.

Oh and about our drive to WDW. We did stop on the way down, it was the on the way home that we didn't and drove straight through and it was 29 hours! :faint:
Shhhhhh. Don't tell Fred. Well, maybe when we get back:thumbsup2 !! 26 hours?? Oh My! Can't wait to hear more about it.

I used one of those over the door hanging things on our trip last year and loved it. Picked it up at the dollar store and since it was just a buck we left it behind. Then I couldn't get one this year. :rolleyes:
That settles it, I'm gettin one!!

Congrats on the new lens. DH loves his.....me.....blah...it's too big and heavy.Mine isn't quite as long as yours. Man, that thing was huge!! I know you haven't got that far in your report, but give me a sneaky, did you ever use it???

What? You aint making it here for some good ole Turkey day vittles:sad1: I am crushed, I was gonna thaw out the freshest road kill for ya. I even went out and bought the fancy clear plastic forks!

I KNOW!! I so wanted some Pennsylvania Dutch roadkill. Sounded yummy!!
CLEAR PLASTIC??? NO WAY!! I'm going to make Fred reconsider this decision!

I am happy that you're nerves will be saved and you don't have to deal with winding hills. Save that excitement for Expedition Everest.

You know, I am really not a coaster person anymore, but I intend (that is intend) to ride EE. I am even thinkin about RRC. Sometimes things just sound good and I get a wild hair up my butt and go for it!! I know Fred won't ride. He was freaking out on the little hill on The Pirates.

:banana: Yay, sport got to play, now that the coach has seen what he can do, do you think he will be put in alot more?
Oh Ty, it was great!! I sure hope they play him more. If not, the mominator will strike again!!

I love that feeling that comes with seeing your child get his/her chance. Reese had her first Red Lion game yesterday and she flew alot of the stunts, I try and hold back my tears of happy/joy and it comes out like a grunt in my throat. I try and play it off like it's a hic-up:lmao:
:hug: That is a feeling that only belongs to a mother!! All the hard work we put into our children to make sure they come out halfway decent, that feeling is our reward!!

Oh, and YAAAAAAY Reese! Tell her I said NICE JOB! and make sure you tell her I used caps!

SO Fred is starting to make his way on board? that is great, I would hate for him to have to be pulled in the dingy from behinde.:confused:
He must like Disney deep down, cause honestly who gives up prime hunting season to go to Disney unless you truly love Disney, or...he's just afraid of what the wife will do to him if he sais no I WON'T GO!:confused3
He is so a closet Disney lover. He will come out someday and ask to go to Disney, I know he will. I think I will wait for 4 years, when he gets to bear hunt again, and plan another trip. See what his true love is??

P.S. I'm sneaky like that!!

Checking out your kiddos :rolleyes1
They really don't look mexican, Sport came out a toehead! But they get the best tans I tell ya!!

I will keep you posted on my Pre-Trippie ;)
You do that!! We'll stay connected.

By the way; Love your bathroom facilities that you had on your camping trip. Thats much better than going in the woods. Most of the time with all boys they are perfectly content with going on a tree....:lmao: I have 4 boys.... Us girls just tell them "fine, we'll go down the street to the Hilton." :rotfl:
I have to tell you. In the middle of the night, when the campground is tucked in their warm sleeping bags sleeping, and I have to pee. I will grab my toilet paper that I keep right next to the tent door and walk out in between our cars, squat and go. My worse fear isn't that someone will be walking around, it's the fact that any little woodland critter can walk right up and scare the bejeebers right out of me. Can you imagine waking up in the middle of the night hearing a crazy woman screaming??

Oh, and I have mastered not getting any on the shoes!! I know there has got to be some kind of award for that, because it is really hard to do!!

disneyaddicted

09-15-2007, 10:20 PM

blue_river

09-15-2007, 11:53 PM

I know!! I hope it's excitement and not Geez, let's get this over with!!

:rotfl2:

I was honestly considering switching schools next year just so he can play. I am pushing him to get decent grades and play sports. He is so good at them he could definitly get a full scholarship somewhere.

Goofy tried out for the soccer team, basketball, volleyball over the years in public school and never got picked. Poor little thing, she never gave up and every year she'd come home all disappointed that she didn't get picked. Long story short, after we spoke to the teacher about it in grade 5, she said something like "Do you have her in soccer outside of school?" Grrrrrrrr. Shouldn't matter. Anywho...she joined the swim team last year (outside of school) and loves it :woohoo:

Mine isn't quite as long as yours. Man, that thing was huge!! I know you haven't got that far in your report, but give me a sneaky, did you ever use it???

I've given so much away already :rolleyes1

blue_river

09-15-2007, 11:55 PM

disneyaddicted

09-16-2007, 08:29 PM

and back up to the top you go.

roxannensteve

09-17-2007, 06:08 AM

Good job Ty :thumbsup2

ILMICKEY

09-17-2007, 06:35 AM

Here I am again to bump you back to the front. this report should never be on page 2 EVER! I will make it my job to keep you at the front. My title will be "ILMICKEY'S official pre trip report keeper up fronter girl." I am good at so many things when it is Disney related. Within my own travel group I was named the official Disney Trip counter downer, it comes with a window office.
:hug: Thanks Ilmickey's Official Pre Trip Report Keeper!!!! OR IOPTRK for short. I hate going down. I found myself on page 4 once:scared1: . That was very scary. Your such a pal, wantin to make me a special Pennsylvania Dutch roadkill dinner WITH clear plastic forks, now this.:cloud9:

Goofy tried out for the soccer team, basketball, volleyball over the years in public school and never got picked. Poor little thing, she never gave up and every year she'd come home all disappointed that she didn't get picked. Long story short, after we spoke to the teacher about it in grade 5, she said something like "Do you have her in soccer outside of school?" Grrrrrrrr. Shouldn't matter. Anywho...she joined the swim team last year (outside of school) and loves it :woohoo:
It's so hard to watch your child get treated that way. I'm so glad she finally found her way and learned not everyone is a jerk!!

I've given so much away already :rolleyes1
Oh alright!!

That's what good friends do :thumbsup2
I do have a few good friends on the boards. You guys are great!!

and back up to the top you go.
Ty, you are great!!

Good job Ty :thumbsup2
She is doing a wonderful job isn't she?? As my newly promoted IOPTRK!!

You guys are such good people!! Though I have never met you, I feel I have new Friends!!:grouphug:

roxannensteve

09-18-2007, 05:08 AM

You guys are such good people!! Though I have never met you, I feel I have new Friends!!:grouphug:

Thats cause you do :yay:

ILMICKEY

09-18-2007, 06:19 AM

Thats cause you do :yay:
Thanks!! It's a bummer we are going to miss each other by 1 week!! It seems like everyone is going right before me or right after. BUT! Does this mean the parks will be empty and I can have them to myself for a week???

ILMICKEY

09-18-2007, 06:36 AM

http://www.boscovs.com/wcsstore/boscovs/images/store/product/images/0632373332529ol.jpg;pvc09b8cc950335b1a
Meet my newest purchase!!

I don't know why that says exclusively at Boscovs~~I bought it at Elder Beerman.

29 inches of packing heaven ladies!!

You seriously could fit a small person in there.

I bought it Saturday, Sunday Fred asked why I didn't have it packed??? Well duh! "you havent given me a blank check to go shopping"

He seems to think he can fit his stuff in there too:lmao: !

Poor guy! Maybe his toothbrush!

Maybe.

I've been working hard on my Fall crafts, but am having absolutely no luck this year! That's been bumming me out.

I think we are going to move on to Christmas~~get a little head start. I seem to have better luck with that holiday. Apparently green and red catch the eye better than brown and orange??

Well, that's my latest update on the trip. Oh, I did get my packing list made along with my shopping list.

O.k. that's all!

roxannensteve

09-18-2007, 05:12 PM

Thanks!! It's a bummer we are going to miss each other by 1 week!! It seems like everyone is going right before me or right after. BUT! Does this mean the parks will be empty and I can have them to myself for a week???

No, it means it'll be empty the week I go :snooty:

Love the new purchase. They are very roomy. What are you going to do with his stuff? We bought 2 new ones similar to that.

disneyaddicted

09-18-2007, 11:02 PM

Hey I got that suitcase in red, exclusively at Kohl's. Yes it does fit a small person in it, Reese and I tried it out, we even zipped her up in it and wheeled her around. Why? because we could.

ILMICKEY

09-19-2007, 04:26 AM

No, it means it'll be empty the week I go :snooty:
I really do hope it's empty when you go. We went around the same time you are going 2 years ago and it was really nice. I don't remember waiting very long for anything. The only time we got fast passes was for Test Track.
Since it is going to be so empty when we all go, when I leave, I'll just leave the keys in the Mickey mailbox for you!!!

Love the new purchase. They are very roomy. What are you going to do with his stuff? We bought 2 new ones similar to that.
Paper Bag??
Walmart Bag??? (Lord knows we have enough of them!!)

No, he has a suitcase and a very, very large duffle bag. But he absolutely hates packing. I think if it was going in my suitcase, that would mean I would pack it. I know how his shifty little mind works.

Hey I got that suitcase in red, exclusively at Kohl's. Yes it does fit a small person in it, Reese and I tried it out, we even zipped her up in it and wheeled her around. Why? because we could.

Exclusively at Kohls?? Wow!! It's like those commercials that say "only sold on TV", then the next day you find the same thing in the store!!

Sport was going to get into it, but he was afraid of breaking the bottom out. I'm sure there was a bunch of giggling going on???

New Olympic sport~~small person in a suitcase race!!

roxannensteve

09-19-2007, 06:01 AM

Hey I got that suitcase in red, exclusively at Kohl's. Yes it does fit a small person in it, Reese and I tried it out, we even zipped her up in it and wheeled her around. Why? because we could.

You 2 are so funny!! And alittle strange but thats why I like ya so much!! :thumbsup2 Really, I would have never thought to try putting someone in my suitcase :confused3

I really do hope it's empty when you go. We went around the same time you are going 2 years ago and it was really nice. I don't remember waiting very long for anything. The only time we got fast passes was for Test Track.
Since it is going to be so empty when we all go, when I leave, I'll just leave the keys in the Mickey mailbox for you!!!

Paper Bag??
Walmart Bag??? (Lord knows we have enough of them!!)

No, he has a suitcase and a very, very large duffle bag. But he absolutely hates packing. I think if it was going in my suitcase, that would mean I would pack it. I know how his shifty little mind works.

Exclusively at Kohls?? Wow!! It's like those commercials that say "only sold on TV", then the next day you find the same thing in the store!!

Sport was going to get into it, but he was afraid of breaking the bottom out. I'm sure there was a bunch of giggling going on???

New Olympic sport~~small person in a suitcase race!!

We've went the same week for a long time & I like the crowd level at that time. But I really think your week will be good too. Leave them keys for me girl. A paper bag?? :rotfl2:

disneyaddicted

09-19-2007, 06:39 AM

IF your luggage consists of a styrofoam cooler and a couple Piggly Wiggly bags...you might be a redneck. I could hear Jeff Foxworthy in my mind when I read that Fred's stuff goes in a walmart bag. LOL

Kent hates to pack too, I prefer to pack for him anyway cause I like to have control of what he wears on vacation.

You don't need to leave the keys for me, just leave a window cracked, I don't mind crawling through, or maybe Roxanne can just let me in. Watch for me ok? I will be the lady with a kid in her suitcase.

ILMICKEY

09-19-2007, 11:12 AM

A paper bag?? :rotfl2:
Yep. IF he's lucky.

IF your luggage consists of a styrofoam cooler and a couple Piggly Wiggly bags...you might be a redneck. I could hear Jeff Foxworthy in my mind when I read that Fred's stuff goes in a walmart bag. LOL
Well, then that must be us. Or should I say Mozart. When we went last time he had 2 or 3 plastic bags of clothes. I was mortified. I was also happy we were at Old Key West. No lobbies to walk through and no bellman. So no one really seen them, but the maids.

Kent hates to pack too, I prefer to pack for him anyway cause I like to have control of what he wears on vacation.
See, I could do this. But I think Fred would be very scared. I'd have him looking all GQ, when he dresses like Farmers Illustrated!! I'd even throw in a couple PINK shirts. Hee Hee.

Get dressed in the dark baby, it'll be alright!!

You don't need to leave the keys for me, just leave a window cracked, I don't mind crawling through, or maybe Roxanne can just let me in. Watch for me ok? I will be the lady with a kid in her suitcase.
I am counting on Roxanne meeting with you and getting in together. Hey Ty, leave the zipper open just a little bit. I know it seems like they have breathable material, but just to be safe:thumbsup2 . Oh and watch for bumps. Oooooh, take her across the bricks at the MK. That would make for a fun in the suitcase ride!!

blue_river

09-19-2007, 11:44 AM

I do have a few good friends on the boards. You guys are great!!

You guys are such good people!! Though I have never met you, I feel I have new Friends!!:grouphug:

Back at ya :hug:

I can't wait until you move this baby to the other board :yay:

ETA: Love the new luggage!

ILMICKEY

09-20-2007, 06:35 AM

Back at ya :hug:
You're so sweet!!

I can't wait until you move this baby to the other board :yay:
I KNOW!! I am getting so excited. I had a dream that I forgot the tickets. I am hoping this is just me stressing out and not a sign of things to come!!!

ETA: Love the new luggage!Thanks!! I think you should get one of these mombo jombo things and let the girls race with Ty and me!! We'd have a blast.

disneyaddicted

09-21-2007, 09:12 AM

Well I had to trek to the back woods of Trip reports to fetch ya again, you weren't too backwoods, more like very close to the edge of the front of the woods, so BUMP. gotta keep ya lively girl.

I'm all in for a suitcase race.

Disneyolic

09-21-2007, 01:28 PM

I'm here... yes finally. Sorry. I need a pushing sometimes to find people's TRs. I just noticed it in your siggie. But I didn't read it yet. I'll be back later to read. Promise!

roxannensteve

09-21-2007, 05:13 PM

Just the thought of those red bricks at MK makes me smile. The thought of Ty pulling Reese who'll be in the suitcase with Durka makes me smile more. Do you think she'll pass security? ?

ILMICKEY

09-25-2007, 06:24 AM

I wonder what would happen if you had your suitcase when you went through security.

What do you suppose the look on the guards face would be if you told him you were sleeping in the castle tonight:confused3 !

What do you suppose he would do?? I'm betting the look on his face would be priceless!!

Simba22

09-25-2007, 02:03 PM

I don't know why that says exclusively at Boscovs~~I bought it at Elder Beerman.

I bought it Saturday, Sunday Fred asked why I didn't have it packed??? Well duh! "you havent given me a blank check to go shopping" He seems to think he can fit his stuff in there too:lmao: ! Poor guy! Maybe his toothbrush! Maybe.

You know what's funny? When we bought our camcorder, the first picture I pulled off the web said "exclusively at somewhere" and I clearly bought it from circuit city. Nice luggage though! Mine is purple but only has like 26 inches of packing space... I got it at Target :) Lumar also seemed to think that he was putting all of his stuff in my suitcase... ***? I was like ehhh nooo! get your own! So we bought the whole set of purple luggage and he uses the small one the (the one that is about as tall as 4 year old). He does get to put his toothbrush in my suitcase though because I'm OCD or something and have to keep all of the personal hygene products together.

I've been working hard on my Fall crafts, but am having absolutely no luck this year! That's been bumming me out.
I think we are going to move on to Christmas~~get a little head start. I seem to have better luck with that holiday. Apparently green and red catch the eye better than brown and orange??

I have TOTALLY not been in the mood for crafting either! I usually make silk flower arrangements and sell them at the local craft fairs and I have not done ONE! I also brought all of my scrapbooking stuff to my step-mom's cuz we were going to scrap together one weekend...she finished her whole book and I didn't even finish a page! I am so not motivated! Clearly I need a Disney Trip to collect my thoughts and center myself!

Well, that's my latest update on the trip. Oh, I did get my packing list made along with my shopping list. O.k. that's all!

I made my packing list on Friday I think! I had it saved to to the computer and was planning to just reuse the one from last year, but it's so much fun to make a new one! That and I had to recreate one for Mike and Erika since they clearly don't need to pack the same crapola that Lumar and I do!

blue_river

09-26-2007, 11:33 AM

I think you're due for an update - just sayin' :rolleyes1

ILMICKEY

09-26-2007, 01:44 PM

You know what's funny? When we bought our camcorder, the first picture I pulled off the web said "exclusively at somewhere" and I clearly bought it from circuit city. Nice luggage though! Mine is purple but only has like 26 inches of packing space... I got it at Target :)
It really is amazing what people say just to get us to buy it!! And they think we are so stupid that we can't figure it out. Geez!!

Lumar also seemed to think that he was putting all of his stuff in my suitcase... ***? I was like ehhh nooo! get your own!
Silly silly man!!

and he uses the small one the (the one that is about as tall as 4 year old).
This is the size that Fred will be using, plus I will probably let him use my duffel bag, maybe!

I have TOTALLY not been in the mood for crafting either! I usually make silk flower arrangements and sell them at the local craft fairs and I have not done ONE! I also brought all of my scrapbooking stuff to my step-mom's cuz we were going to scrap together one weekend...she finished her whole book and I didn't even finish a page! I am so not motivated! Clearly I need a Disney Trip to collect my thoughts and center myself!
I say every year I am going to do a craft show or 2. I end up selling all my supply and can't do it. Well, since none of my Halloween/fall stuff is selling, I should have plenty next year!!

I made my packing list on Friday I think! I had it saved to to the computer and was planning to just reuse the one from last year, but it's so much fun to make a new one! That and I had to recreate one for Mike and Erika since they clearly don't need to pack the same crapola that Lumar and I do!I have to make one special for the boys. If I don't specify exactly how many shirts, jeans, underwear etc. they won't figure it out!!

I think you're due for an update - just sayin' :rolleyes1

I was holding out!!

No, really I had nothing new.

We did do a money inventory this weekend, well I did. I counted all our "gas" change. We have been saving change to use strictly for gas.

And Woohoo, that's paid for!!

Then over the summer I have been picking up gift cards to fast food places. So the food for the road trip is done too!!

Sport was looking at our picture we had taken in front of the castle last time we went. He seems to think we need a really nice one this time. Then I started telling him about the photopass thing and he is totally going to be on a quest when we get there. THIS has me excited!

Sport has been really "iffy" about this trip. I think he doesn't want to come off too excited because that would give it away that he is still a kid. But now that he is making comments like that, I know he really wants to go.

My goal on this trip is to act as silly as possible and to get the grouchy men I live with to do the same. I want to laugh so hard our tummys ache, I want people to stare at us and say "WOW" what a happy family.

Oh, and I got a perm. Not a poodle perm, but it is curly. Cept for the part that is already coming out. I guess I need to go back. I just don't wanna sit there for 2 more hours just to get 3 more curlers in my hair!!

Well, there's my update. I am getting so antsy to go. I am back on the "is that all you talk about" kick!!

But, this time they are talking too!!

blue_river

09-27-2007, 11:42 AM

We did do a money inventory this weekend, well I did. I counted all our "gas" change. We have been saving change to use strictly for gas.

And Woohoo, that's paid for!!

Yayyyyyyyyyyy!!! :yay:

Then over the summer I have been picking up gift cards to fast food places. So the food for the road trip is done too!!

More cheers :cheer2:

Sport was looking at our picture we had taken in front of the castle last time we went. He seems to think we need a really nice one this time. Then I started telling him about the photopass thing and he is totally going to be on a quest when we get there. THIS has me excited!

Awww......that's good news :goodvibes

My goal on this trip is to act as silly as possible and to get the grouchy men I live with to do the same. I want to laugh so hard our tummys ache, I want people to stare at us and say "WOW" what a happy family.

:rotfl2: Good luck with that one.

Just enjoy the magical moments and don't sweat the rest ;)

Oh, and I got a perm. Not a poodle perm, but it is curly. Cept for the part that is already coming out. I guess I need to go back. I just don't wanna sit there for 2 more hours just to get 3 more curlers in my hair!!

Pics........I want pics!

ILMICKEY

09-28-2007, 11:09 AM

Pics........I want pics!
I will see what I can do.

I think I need to stay away from the boards. I had a dream that Buzz was at my house!!

I woke up like whatha?

It was very scary.

I think it was because of his family picture he put on your thread??

I dunno, but it got me thinking I was on here waaaaay too much or something??

Has this ever happened to anyone?:confused3

Please admit it. I don't want to be the only crazy person out here.

disneyaddicted

09-28-2007, 06:28 PM

I have nothing but faith in you that you can be totally silly at Disney. That's how I want my trip to be, I have plans.... do you have plans? Muahaha

ILMICKEY

09-29-2007, 03:44 AM

I DO have plans.

We are totally skipping down Main Street singing zippity doo da day!!

I'm spiking breakfast~shhhhhh!

ILMICKEY

09-29-2007, 03:46 AM

Do you see the time of the last post?? I had to get up at 3:30 to be to work at 5:00.

ON A SATURDAY!!

I'm a supervisor at a factory, so it is my duty!

Or at least thats what they keep telling me.

Oh, well. Overtime for the Disney fund.:thumbsup2 It's just really really early.

ILMICKEY

10-04-2007, 10:48 AM

I was really bored with the title to this trip report, so I changed it!!:banana:

~The planning is done.

~The intinerary is made.

~The packing list is complete.

~The ADR's are, well, ADR's. (I really should check on them after the horror stories I am reading)

~I'm tanning again.

~Everything is paid for.

What is there to do now, cept wait?? I am really getting antsy. I check the Travel Chanel every day so I can watch the same Disney programs AGAIN! I did get a package from Disney that was welcoming us back in November. That got me excited.

THEY ARE WAITING FOR US TO GET THERE!!!

I feel like I am on stall mode, pause, on hold! Know what I mean??? What does everyone else do when everything is done??:confused3

HELP ME!!

I don't even have much to write about anymore. Cept to say Hi:wave2: :wave:

blue_river

10-04-2007, 06:53 PM

I will see what I can do.

I think I need to stay away from the boards. I had a dream that Buzz was at my house!!

I woke up like whatha?

It was very scary.

I think it was because of his family picture he put on your thread??

I dunno, but it got me thinking I was on here waaaaay too much or something??

Has this ever happened to anyone?:confused3

Please admit it. I don't want to be the only crazy person out here.

Please see reply in my TR to this post :rotfl:

disneyaddicted

10-05-2007, 10:57 AM

ILMICKEY

10-05-2007, 11:03 AM

I was going to tell you that on your report, but decided to do it on mine because he hasn't visited here!! He wouldn't have ever known. Poor Linnie! I can just tell he is the kind of guy that will go around bragging that even people on the disboards dream about him!!:smooth:

And Buzz, if you are reading this. I also had a dream about Aussieangel, another disser.

I DID!!

I dreamed that her, her fiance and my family went on vacation together:confused3

I dunno. I have issues.

I just think I really really need this vacation in a bad way!! I told the boys I was going to drink around the world. Sport says I will be done after 1 beer. I don't drink much (their dad told them I was an alchoholic). I've always thought I needed to prove to them I wasn't, so, I just don't drink. I'm thinking he may be right. But I have scheduled myself to give it a try!!

I am putting together my lists of things I am going to do on certain days with ADR#'s and I'm going to laminate them. I really don't have anything else to do.

I guess I could start working my way up to 2 beers???

ILMICKEY

10-05-2007, 11:06 AM

I once had a dream that my mom was talking to me and as I answered her it was showing up on my T.V. as a post on the Disboards. What's that all about? We can't be crazy, it's probably something in the air...right?

Oh thank the Lord!! I am so happy it's not just me. It has definitely got to be in the air!

We will just forget the fact that you actually know her!!!

disneyaddicted

10-06-2007, 07:19 AM

I was just refering to my answers coming back in the form of Disboard posts on my television. I guess it's not really wierd to have a dream about my own mother. I'm just not that far gone yet to have dis friends show up in my dreams, but seriously, it shows that you are friendly and welcoming.

I just pulled that out of no where, I like to analyze dreams, not my own, just everyone elses.

ILMICKEY

10-06-2007, 08:08 AM

I just pulled that out of no where, I like to analyze dreams, not my own, just everyone elses.

Alright then, try this one. I keep having dreams about alligators. :confused3 ??

Help me Ty!!

ILMICKEY

10-08-2007, 01:45 PM

Hello all!!

Or, I mean the couple of you that come visit me!!

I do have an off-Disney update. Finally something exciting happened. And guess what~~I wasn't allowed to participate.

So my revenge is to tell the story~~all over the internet.

Sport wanted to have a b-day party at Hooters this year. He's been planning and planning. Had to invite his 2 bestest friends. One of the boys
mothers wasn't going to let him go.

She had morals!:headache:

I guess that implied I don't:confused3 !

Well must be he did enough begging, she let him go. She must have put her "morals" on the shelf for the day.

My daughter had called to find out what they do for birthdays. They told her they just stand him up on a chair and sing to him. We had to provide the cake-they didn't do that.

I was not invited to this birthday party. I dunno, fear of me embarassing him???

I wouldn't EVER do that!!! (insert devil smiley)

I get to stay home and watch TV while Fred takes the boys to Hooters. Really, not a bad deal. Peace and quiet for a few hours. (Hooters is 1 1/2 hour away)

Anyway, I get this call. Fred is laughing his head off. He is trying to say he has never seen anything so funny in his life.

They made sport stand up on a chair.
http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b7ce29b3127ccebd3ec080ae6b00000025100BcsWbZyybMY
Then, they give him a couple cups. The cone shaped ones that you find at water coolers. They have him put them in his mouth.
http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b7ce29b3127ccebd3ec1776f3400000025100BcsWbZyybMY
Notice the menus in his hands! Can you guess what they were for?? If you said they were used as wings while Sport flapped them like a bird, You would be correct.

I FREAKIN LOVE IT!!
http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b7ce29b3127ccebd3ec178ee0b00000026100BcsWbZyybMY
http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b7ce29b3127ccebd3ec1396f7a00000025100BcsWbZyybMY
Then they got the group pictures.
http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b7ce29b3127ccebd3ec1176f5400000026100BcsWbZyybMY
THAT is the CHEESIEST smile I have EVER seen on him. He must have been on:cloud9: !!

Then we have this one!
http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b7ce29b3127ccebd3ec10aee7900000026100BcsWbZyybMY
You have just gotta love those grins!! ****ies in the back??? They were havin the time of their lives.
http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b7ce29b3127ccebd3ec1df6f9c00000036100BcsWbZyybMY
He had a really great time. I was pretty bummed that he didn't want me to come, but that's alright.

I'll be fine.:sad1:

Someday.:sad:

Oh, and the morally perfect mother~~well she was 45 minutes late picking up her child. Not even a phone call.

Those that live in glass houses, should NOT through stones!

Oh, while they were gone I was digging in the home video box we have. I found a VHS tape from 1990 of a trip to Disney World.

I was so excited when I found we had taped Horizons and the old GM ride. I wish I could figure out how to transfer it onto a DVD. I would love to download it and show it to all of you.

It was pretty cool. They even had the skylifts going. I'm kind of glad those are gone. They looked like they ruined the castle pictures. Wow! That was 17 years ago. Man, where did the time go???

If anyone knows how or where I can have it put onto a DVD, let me know!!

blue_river

10-09-2007, 07:27 AM

I FREAKIN LOVE IT!!
http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b7ce29b3127ccebd3ec178ee0b00000026100BcsWbZyybMY

Okay, that is priceless :rotfl2:

Men/boys will do anything for Hooters eh? :teeth:

He had a really great time. I was pretty bummed that he didn't want me to come, but that's alright.

I'll be fine.:sad1:

Someday.:sad:

Awww...that is sad. I'm sorry you missed out on it but at least you have the pics :goodvibes

If anyone knows how or where I can have it put onto a DVD, let me know!!

I'm not sure about where you can have it done where you live but I do know there are a few places in my area that do that kind of thing.

I'm pretty sure I saw something a Future Shop that you can buy to do it yourself. Might be worth checking into if you have a lot of VHS home movies!

disneyaddicted

10-09-2007, 09:53 AM

Alright then, try this one. I keep having dreams about alligators. :confused3 ??

Help me Ty!!

I need more info, what are these alligators doing? are you afraid of them in this dream? are you hungry in this dream? To say you dream about alligators could mean a plethora of things.

Sorry you missed out on the B-day party at Hooters, but it looks like you have handled it like any left out mother would do.

ILMICKEY

10-10-2007, 04:55 AM

Okay, that is priceless :rotfl2:
It really is. He never seen it coming. There was another boy there with his father. It wasn't his birthday, but sport didn't know that. He got his picture taken with all the girls so Sport thought that was all that was going to happen to him!

Wrong!!

Men/boys will do anything for Hooters eh? :teeth: You are SOOOO right! Maybe that's why they thought they would humiliate him!! Female domination!

Awww...that is sad. I'm sorry you missed out on it but at least you have the pics :goodvibes
I'm better now. Specially since I told him I posted ALL his pictures on the disboards! Hee Hee!!

I'm not sure about where you can have it done where you live but I do know there are a few places in my area that do that kind of thing.

I'm pretty sure I saw something a Future Shop that you can buy to do it yourself. Might be worth checking into if you have a lot of VHS home movies!
I wish we would have bought one when we bought our DVD player. I think they make them just for that.:confused3

I need more info, what are these alligators doing? are you afraid of them in this dream? are you hungry in this dream? To say you dream about alligators could mean a plethora of things.

The first dream I can't really remember, I just know there were alligators. The second one I had looked outside our picture window, there were 2 of them and they were just crawling around. Fred pulled in the drive way so I hollered out to him to watch out for the alligators.

That's all I remember. I think I was scared. Maybe?? I doubt if I was hungry. But it was in the middle of the night so I might have been.

Sorry you missed out on the B-day party at Hooters, but it looks like you have handled it like any left out mother would do.
Thanks! He's growing up and I guess he doesn't need his momma like he used to. He started drivers training Monday! I feel so freaking old!!

I turn the big 40 next year (Christmas Eve) I'm trying to talk Fred into letting me do (paying for) a girls trip for it. I'll just pull the ole whining about being old thing.

Think it will work??

Anybody want to come??

disneyaddicted

10-10-2007, 11:55 AM

YES, I WANT TO GO ON THE ALL GIRLS TRIP!

The dreaming about alligators is a tough one, I can't really find a away to relate it to Disney. it could be that you have had a bad experience with gators, maybe as a child and the memory is trying to resurface, or maybe deep down you want a pair of alligator boots or maybe a pocketbook?

ILMICKEY

10-12-2007, 12:52 PM

YES, I WANT TO GO ON THE ALL GIRLS TRIP!
Woohoo! We will tear the place up!
I don't mean literally~
We will be the ones to come up with the new slogan for Disney!
What happens at Disney, stays at Disney.

The dreaming about alligators is a tough one, I can't really find a away to relate it to Disney. it could be that you have had a bad experience with gators, maybe as a child and the memory is trying to resurface, or maybe deep down you want a pair of alligator boots or maybe a pocketbook?
I kind of looked it up online. Something about my fear of someone out to get me???
Told you I have issues.

ILMICKEY

10-13-2007, 09:24 AM

39 Days!!!
:banana:
:banana::banana::banana:
:banana: :banana: :banana: :banana:

disneyaddicted

10-13-2007, 08:14 PM

Wow! 39! Is that all? Seems like just yesterday it was 100. Well I can't wait for the trip report whe you get back. I am going to want to read all the juicy details. does it seem like the time is flying or dragging?

ILMICKEY

10-15-2007, 04:07 AM

Wow! 39! Is that all? Seems like just yesterday it was 100.
I KNOW! I am so ready for this!

Well I can't wait for the trip report whe you get back. I am going to want to read all the juicy details. does it seem like the time is flying or dragging?

A little of both. When I'm busy it seems like it's going really fast (right now I am working 10 hour days, plus 6 on Saturday). But when I am just sitting around, it feels like it's dragging:confused3 !

But I'm also scared cause I know it will be here and gone waaaay to quick.

FauntleroyFAN07

10-15-2007, 02:25 PM

Then they got the group pictures.
http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b7ce29b3127ccebd3ec1176f5400000026100BcsWbZyybMY
THAT is the CHEESIEST smile I have EVER seen on him. He must have been on:cloud9: !!

I like how you used the cloud 9 smiley and there are 9 hooters girls.
Was that on purpose, or was I the only one that noticed that?
:rotfl:

ILMICKEY

10-16-2007, 03:42 AM

I like how you used the cloud 9 smiley and there are 9 hooters girls.
Was that on purpose, or was I the only one that noticed that?
:rotfl:
Yes, you are the only one that noticed that!! Leave it to a guy, hee hee! I can't believe you counted them.

So, does that make me a cool mom?? Letting him go to Hooters for his birthday??

ILMICKEY

10-16-2007, 03:44 AM

Hey, just wanted to say thanks to Simba22 for the postcard!

Shhhhhh, It said it was from Mickey, but I secretly think she did it.

FauntleroyFAN07

10-16-2007, 11:39 AM

Yes, you are the only one that noticed that!! Leave it to a guy, hee hee! I can't believe you counted them.

So, does that make me a cool mom?? Letting him go to Hooters for his birthday??

yes it does, my wife, fiance at the time took me there for my 21st birthday, she loves there food more than me.

I really did not notice at first, then I saw the cloud 9 comment, and was like that kinda looked like 9 girls, I better count.
:)

blue_river

10-16-2007, 10:38 PM

39 Days!!!
:banana:
:banana::banana::banana:
:banana: :banana: :banana: :banana:

Woohoooooooooooooooooooooo

Won't be long now

:dance3: :dance3: :dance3: :dance3:

ILMICKEY

10-17-2007, 11:03 AM

yes it does, my wife, fiance at the time took me there for my 21st birthday, she loves there food more than me.
Thanks!

Cause I worry about stuff like that! It's important to be a cool mom!

They brought me home some boneless buffalo wings, and I have to say, they are pretty good! I like anything buffaloed!! Cept cereal, cause that'd be gross!

I really did not notice at first, then I saw the cloud 9 comment, and was like that kinda looked like 9 girls, I better count.
:)Ya, ya, ya! :thumbsup2 I really didn't do it on purpose, and would have never noticed if you hadn't said anything to me. Good eye! He says his favorite is the short one with the dimples standing to the left of him!

Woohoooooooooooooooooooooo

Won't be long now

:dance3: :dance3: :dance3: :dance3:
I know!!:cool1: :banana: :yay: ! I am trying to remain calm. You know, not talking about it to everyone. I know people are saying behind my back, man I wish she would GO! I'm pretty sure I am driving them crazy.

I know everyone here understands my pain/pleasure, you "get" me!!

disneyaddicted

10-17-2007, 11:29 AM

blue_river

10-19-2007, 08:22 PM

I know!!:cool1: :banana: :yay: ! I am trying to remain calm. You know, not talking about it to everyone. I know people are saying behind my back, man I wish she would GO! I'm pretty sure I am driving them crazy.

I know everyone here understands my pain/pleasure, you "get" me!!

It's so hard though.

I do know exactly how you feel :goodvibes

ILMICKEY

10-22-2007, 09:22 AM

Do ya'll see my ticker?? 30 days baybee!! What a milestone that is. Now is the time to start really annoying people and know what??

I don't freaking care!! I'm going on vacation and they aren't!!! I have had to watch all my co-workers go away for weeks and feel that little pang of jealousy.

Well, my friends, it's my turn. :banana:
I LOVE IT!!!

It's time to get serious though. I made my shopping list this morning (shhhhh, at work), now I gotta go get it. Time for the boys to start finding their electronic toys. Last I knew Sport had lost his Portable DVD player:scared1: !

I ask you, how does that happen?????????????

It's coming folks!!

ILMICKEY

10-22-2007, 10:27 AM

We get ya! It's funny cause I was telling DH how i excited I was that you were leaving so soon. he said "so, it's not like you are going with her." I'm like CHA! it means a trip report is coming soon. and in a sense I will be there as she relives each moment in her report. The I gave him the catch phrase we use for when somebody has done or said something totally off the wall.
"WHAT IS YA? STUPID OR SUMTHIN?" Then he realized his huge mistake and sais "Yay, go ILMICKEY"

You are going to SO have him converted!! Thanks for being excited for me. I am getting really excited for me too!! Part of me is going "yeah right, you aren't really going there"! The other part is kicking the first parts butt!!

ILMICKEY

10-22-2007, 10:40 AM

I do know exactly how you feel :goodvibes
Thanks blue, I knew you would! That's why I come here!!

princess-rn

10-22-2007, 12:23 PM

ILMICKEY

10-22-2007, 12:45 PM

I know how you feel!!!! I watched as my coworker went to WDW last month...now it's ALMOST my turn!!!! :banana: :yay:
We Rock!! I started wearing my Disney sweatshirt last week so I could rub it in a little without actually saying a word!! But then I get this "are you going again" crap! I just say, "where is it you are going?" Hee hee, nowhere!!

so, what's on your shopping list? I'm at work...maybe I need to make my shopping list too!!!!:lmao:
antacids
bandaids
antibacterial ointment
antibacterial hand jel
bengay (not for me, for Fred, he's old!!)
body glide
body wash
shampoo/conditioner
cold medicine
cough drops
dramamine (for me, I'm a wuss)
dryer sheets
fabreeze (don't like smelly hotels)
gum
kleenex packs
laundry soap
lip balm
travel games
plastic silverware
paper plates
ponchos
sewing kit with safety pins
batteries
stain stick
postcard stamps
trash bags
lysol
baby wipes
ziploc bags
phone card
notebooks
pens
word searchs
magazines

granola bars
cereal singles
microwavable soup
ramen noodle cups
crackers
poptarts

If you think of anything else I might have missed, let me know. I have my packing list also, but I have all that stuff. This is just stuff I still need to buy.

I want to pack soooooo bad!!