Feels Like the First Time...Taking my BFF to Disney!

[SeptemberGirl]

Hi. I have another pre-trip report that I've been neglecting a bit, due to some family concerns that's making the trip itself all up in the air...But this trip is 100% on, and coming up very soon! Thus, this pre-trippie.

The cast of characters:

Me, 33, Disney pro, mom, wife, and best friend to Lilo

Lilo, 36, married, no kids, a Disney virgin going on her very first trip to the World.

Dates: Jan 4th-8th. staying at the Poly.

All the very bland details about how we got there are here: http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=1591257

I'm not suggesting you go and read them, just saying if you're really bored and you want to read me debating resorts, I'd hate to deny you. :lmao:

Today I sat down at lunch with Lilo and realized that we have two weeks and two days until our trip! That's it! I really want to remember this trip, and I thought writing about it was a good way to do it. So here we are. More to come!

[SeptemberGirl]

Lilo and I have been friends since 1998, when we both walked into work one Monday engaged. At the time, we weren't friends but knew each other. Somehow, for some reason, Lilo started asking me to lunch. So we became friends and started eating lunch together all the time, planning our weddings, and eventually living only ten minutes from each other and taking the train to and from work together.

If not for her I'd probably still be sitting at my desk!

Of course, our husbands are pretty similar, too, and became friends and now we spend a lot of time together as couples. We even have the same model house (1950's split level - not that exciting) so we commiserate over the massive home repairs we have to do, and our husbands plot and plan their projects together, the ones that make us tear our hair out.

We, have had, at various times, matching purses, sweaters, coats, shoes and of course the matching houses and husbands. We can't help it. We end up buying the same things even if we're not together. This year, we have the same favorite winter shoes and jackets, different colors, which we plan to wear to Disney, because where else will it look normal?

The only thing we don't have matching is kids; mine is 3 and human, hers is 5 and canine. Our lives have changed a lot in the almost 10 years we've been friends, but our constant is each other. At this point, I think we value our friendship more than ever.

Our trip was sort of spur of the moment. Originally Lilo was going to tag along on a family trip, with my DD, DH, DM and DF. Then after my trip in September, I told her that I thought just the two of us should go. Who wants to be on a trip with someone else's family, no matter how well you know and love them? So in two weeks and two days, we are on a plane to Disney for four days of doing whatever we want. I can't wait.

[SeptemberGirl]

I've been a DISer since this summer, when I was getting ready for a September trip with my DH and DD. I briefly considered matching shirts for us on that trip, but my DH wasn't into it. So it was months before I saw the design work going on at the DDA thread.

I decided I would not only make shirts for our family trip in March 2008, but also for this one in January. And for the last few days, that's what I've been doing. Nearly non-stop.

Lilo did think I was nuts. Then she saw the designs. :)

I think she might even be getting a little excited about it, too!:thumbsup2

Christmas is here, so it will be a few days before I post pictures of the designs, but I will do it! (Just in case there is a reader out there.)

Happy Christmas!

[mkluvsmickey]

I'm here! Sounds like a fun trip you have planned. I just love to read about someones first experience at WDW! Looking forward to more. :)

[SeptemberGirl]

I'm here! Sounds like a fun trip you have planned. I just love to read about someones first experience at WDW! Looking forward to more. :)

OMG, a reader! Whee! Thanks for being here. :goodvibes

I'm working on more shirts tonight and will be posting pics of them and the itinerary, too!

[mkluvsmickey]

Looking forward to seeing the shirts and the itinerary! :cool1:

[SeptemberGirl]

Looking forward to seeing the shirts and the itinerary! :cool1:

Yeah for my lone reader! :cool1:

Here are my first two t shirts - for this trip and the first two I have ever made! I got the fireworks design from the board and my DH altered it for me. The second one I designed and he did all the heavy lifting - making the border look like a film reel.

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That is a picture of us on the second shirt! It looks much nicer and clearer in person.

[mkluvsmickey]

Love the shirts - both of them! How cool to include a picture of you and your friend. These will look great in your pictures! :thumbsup2

[SeptemberGirl]

Love the shirts - both of them! How cool to include a picture of you and your friend. These will look great in your pictures! :thumbsup2


Thank you! Lilo's husband is making fun of us, but I keep telling him they're cool.:cool1: Well, if you're a DISer, nothing is cooler than making t shirts, right? :thumbsup2

The next two didn't turn out as we hoped...more on that later tonight! Oh, and I guess since it's two days I should get our schedule up, huh? ;)

[AlvyOT08]

OMG, I love those t-shirts. My BFF and I are going to be at disney from Jan6-13. We made t-shirts as well and my mom thinks we're nuts.:confused3 However, we both think there very very cool and can't wait to wear them!!! Hope you have a wonderful and magical trip. :cheer2: Can't wait to read your trip report!!princess:

[Froggie Gurl]

I LOVE the tshirts!! My BFF and I are taking our kids in April. I seriously doubt he will be up for matching tshirts, but the kids will be!! his DD and my youngest DD are best friends. I think I may just have to make tshirts for the girls!!

[SeptemberGirl]

OMG, I love those t-shirts. My BFF and I are going to be at disney from Jan6-13. We made t-shirts as well and my mom thinks we're nuts.:confused3 However, we both think there very very cool and can't wait to wear them!!! Hope you have a wonderful and magical trip. :cheer2: Can't wait to read your trip report!!princess:

Another reader! Whee! :cool1:

Okay, so you MUST post your tshirts! Let's see them! And where will you be? I'll have to look out for you and your BFF! Any LGMHs? Lilo is all, "you people spot each other?" and I'm all, "yes! It will be awesome if we meet DISers!";)

[SeptemberGirl]

I LOVE the tshirts!! My BFF and I are taking our kids in April. I seriously doubt he will be up for matching tshirts, but the kids will be!! his DD and my youngest DD are best friends. I think I may just have to make tshirts for the girls!!

Thank you! :) Yes, make shirts for sure! And why not for you two? Guys just don't get that, do they? Matching shirts at WDW are COOL! :thumbsup2 My husband is trying to convince me he doesn't need one for our family trip...I told him he's got no choice!

Welcome to my little thread!

[SeptemberGirl]

Okay, so one of the super cool or super dorky (depending on how you see it) things I do for nearly all occasions is making a mix. Remember mix tapes? Well, I was the Queen of the Mix Tape from 1987 to about 1996 or whenever we all figured out you could make mix CDs. Then I became simply Queen of the Mix. I make mixes for special weekends, holidays, parties, general summer, fall, winter, and spring mixes, and of course for trips. Naturally I made one for this trip, but it was Lilo's idea! (See? She IS getting caught up in the magic! :wizard: )

So what's on our mix? Well, since you asked:

Dizzney Land by Da Da
Hawaiian Roller Coaster Ride from the Lilo and Stitch soundtrack
You've Got a Friend in Me by Randy Newman (from Toy Story)
Little Wonders by Rob Thomas (from Meet the Robinsons)
Unwritten by Natasha Bedingfield
I'm a Believer by the Monkees (I know its Neil Diamond's song, but we thought this version was fun. And we both loved the Monkees as kids)
Bang the Drum All Day by Todd Rundgren
Ain't Goin' Down (Till the Sum Comes Up) by Garth Brooks (thus the t shirt!)
Polyester Bride by Liz Phair (This is a great girlfriend song, if you don't know it.)
Under the Sea from the Little Mermaid
Feels Like the First Time by Foreigner
Part of Me, Part of You by Glenn Fry (from the Thelma and Louise soundtrack, which our husbands like to call us, as in "Get a load of Thelma and Louise over here.")

It's short but sweet!

[mkluvsmickey]

Oh the old mix tapes - I've made my share of those! I had classics such as "Driving Music" and "Driving Music 2" :lmao:

[SeptemberGirl]

Oh the old mix tapes - I've made my share of those! I had classics such as "Driving Music" and "Driving Music 2" :lmao:

YES! I had those, too!

My dad's used to say "BOGS" for Bunch of Good Songs! :rotfl:

I should make a Driving Music Mix! But all driving now is errand running...not like it used to be. No more cruising around with friends or going on those long trips to other people's colleges...with no cell phone, credit card, and very little money! Good times.

[mkluvsmickey]

YES! I had those, too!

My dad's used to say "BOGS" for Bunch of Good Songs! :rotfl:

I should make a Driving Music Mix! But all driving now is errand running...not like it used to be. No more cruising around with friends or going on those long trips to other people's colleges...with no cell phone, credit card, and very little money! Good times.

BOGS - Love that!

I used to drive from Florida to Michigan for college that way - pretty scary when I think about it now! :eek:

[SeptemberGirl]

BOGS - Love that!

I used to drive from Florida to Michigan for college that way - pretty scary when I think about it now! :eek:

I remember my mom made me keep $5 in my car, just in case...now what $5 was going to do, I have no idea. ;) But it was a good thought!


So this morning I am stressed! I can't believe we leave tonight. I was up until 2am packing, doing dishes, cleaning the kitchen, washing all those sheets and towels...like there is going to be a sheet and towel emergency in the next few days and my husband can't find the washer!:lmao: Overkill, i know, but I like to leave my house nice when I'm away. It's only fair, right? I also got his weekend spending money out and am picking up his drycleaning! Overkill! Crazy mom alert!

I am just printing out our Mousekeeping envelopes...my last time at the Poly that part was the only fly in the ointment. (We had very nice maids and a clean room, but they never did the turn down we asked and one day our room was cleaned really late - like 4pm! and we had to skip our 3 yr old's nap.) We always tipped but I never used the envelopes - another DIS thing! What did we all do before the DIS?

I'm going to come back and post our itinerary...I hope!

Only a few more hours until we leave!:woohoo:

But first, the school run and errands!

[SeptemberGirl]

Okay, it's one hour to go. Suitcase packed. Two more tshirts to iron on! :scared1:

I have a massive headache, maybe from lack of sleep???

Here's our itinerary for the next few days!

Today! 1/4 Arrive late, check in, go to bed...or maybe one quick drink!

1/5 MK day! Grab a quick breakfast in the room, hit the MK.
(This is a Saturday - am I nuts for going to MK on a Sat???)
12:30pm lunch ADR at Liberty Tree Tavern, no characters. We may do this one or not. Game time decision.

After MK, clean up, have drink at the bar, hit Epcot World Showcase. Walk, eat, and drink around the world. See Illuminations. Maybe head to the Boardwalk if we're still awake. Have to go to Jellyrolls!


1/6 MGM! Do rope drop, hit big rides, see parade, etc. 3:50pm Brown Derby Fantasmic dinner package. Head out after Fantasmic to go "home" and change and then go to PI/DTD.


1/7 8:30am Ohana Best Friends Breakfast. Eat, head over to Future World, ride rides. Either come back and rest or just head right to MK.

I have two dinner ressies! One at Kona Cafe for 6:05pm the other at Narcoose's for 7:40pm so we can see the fireworks. Should we eat and see fireworks? Or be in MK for the fireworks? Or some place else entirely. Or do we wing it? Oh, the choices!


1/8 Last day! Pack up, check luggage, go and play in MK. Eat lunch and head for bus by 2pm.

And that's where we'll be for the next few days! Got to go make those t shirts now!

[mkluvsmickey]

Have a wonderful trip! Can't wait to read all about it when you return!

[dydo2424]

realized that you just got home YESTERDAY! Lucky you! Hope you had a wonderful time. I enjoyed your report. Way to hook another DIS fan. I bet she gets into these boards next... I got my sister that way last August..:laughing:

[SeptemberGirl]

realized that you just got home YESTERDAY! Lucky you! Hope you had a wonderful time. I enjoyed your report. Way to hook another DIS fan. I bet she gets into these boards next... I got my sister that way last August..:laughing:

Hi and welcome! We got home late last night. I am exhausted. I think I am also getting sick! I will start writing the TR asap...but it was one of the best vacations of my life! :cool1: So worth it. :thumbsup2

[mkluvsmickey]

Welcome Back! Can't wait to read all about it! :banana:

[SeptemberGirl]

Welcome Back! Can't wait to read all about it! :banana:

Thank you! I'm going to try to start the TR tonight...ambitious!

[SeptemberGirl]

As I mentioned, i was up late the night before, Thursday doing all those silly things like washing the towels and sheets and sweeping the floor...so Friday I was running on little sleep and with a headache. Also, we had two shirts that weren't done yet!

In the morning, my DD asks who is going to babysit her when Mommy leaves. I tel her Daddy. She asks for her grandparents instead! (She ends up getting them for two days, so I guess she won!)

All the moms at preschool tell me to have a good time, a little shocked that I am leaving that night and without my child! I have some errands to run and one person I met with warns me to pack bathing suit and shorts just in case luggage gets lost. So I do, with a very heavy backpack for carry-on.

Thankfully, my DH comes home in time and I make the last two shirts in the ten minutes before Lilo shows up. I also make a LGMH tag for my purse. I repack and weigh bag – 45 lbs! Yeah! No overage charge!

Lilo arrives I an practically run out the door, still hyped up by all the energy. We have Mr. Toad’s Wild Ride on the way to the parking place near the airport. We leave car, and take the shuttle to the airport. I start taking pictures, of course. They come out too blurry to use, sadly! We get dropped off at a weird place for the terminal and have one of those minutes where we try to orientate ourselves. We find the bag drop off and go in search of dinner. I have an amazing sandwich, especially considering it's airport food!

I pick up the new People magazine for inspiring weight loss stories and Josh Duhamel pictures. Flight is on time, but there's a gate change. We have exit row seats since I checked in the night before. I call my mom to see how her chemo went. She says it went fine and that she got her wigs cut by our stylist. She also mentions that she heard my hair is different. Yes, I tell her, I got it cut and colored – it’s the color of cherry cabinets. No, Lilo says, sitting down next to me, it’s magenta! Mom is not thrilled with that. I promise to send her a picture of me on my cellphone in front of the castle so she can see for herself.

We board the plane and stretch out in our three seater exit row, all to ourselves. The plane sits there and sits there – eventually Lilo and I, with our small bladders and big water consumption, have to get up and pee. So we do, before the plane has even moved from the gate! No on-time departures on this flight.

As the Continental safety announcement plays, Lilo and I say, in unison, “Hi Larry” back to the Chairman of Continental. That was our first clue of being totally in sync for the whole trip.

The plane does eventually move, and we talk thorough the ascent, about my inlaws surprise announcement that they’re taking us on a cruise. I’m not sure about that yet, but a free vacation would be nice! If only I could get them to do a Disney cruise!

Four girls are crammed into three seats in front of us, chatting and laughing loudly. We tune them out and read, stopping to eat the airline turkey sandwich and Lilo’s homemade banana bread.

When we land, I realize that I have no idea where the Magical Express Welcome Center is, despite having done this twice already. We don’t have paperwork because we booked so close to going – or rather, changed our room-only to include the DDP and MYPH (through AAA) , so we need to get our bags and find it when we land. Well, I guess we’ll just go on the monorail and hope for the best!

[mkluvsmickey]

Great start - love all the detail. Can't wait for the rest. :thumbsup2

[carissanboys]

Welcome home! Those shirts you made are awesome! I bet you got a lot of comments on them while you were in the parks ;)

Going to Disney with a friend (and no kids!) sounds like a ton of fun :) Can't wait to read all about it.

[SeptemberGirl]

Hi! Thanks both of you...more to come! With thrilling pictures of the airport! :lmao:

[SeptemberGirl]

After we get off the monorail, I call my DH to ask where the Welcome Center is. Terminal A, he says. Oh, good, I say. That’s where we are. We head to the luggage area, and wait. And wait. There are four lonesome bags on the belt and no sign of ours at all. (We didn’t have the Disney tags in time so we got the bags ourselves.)

Finally the bags arrive. I get mine. Lilo’s are the last off the plane, but they’re here. I’m very perky and wanting to take pictures. Lilo thinks I am insane. We haul ourselves all the way down to where the Welcome Center should be. My arm feels like it’s going to fall off, that’s how heavy my bag is. But it’s not there. Instead, there is a big sign telling us it’s moved. Now, did it move since September when I was there last or did my DH get bad info off the web? Who knows? But we are left to haul ourselves and our incredibly heavy bags to terminal B. I, of course, stop to take pictures.

The World's Heaviest Bag
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Lilo With Her Bags
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Lilo Begrudgingly Posing For Me:
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The Fountain at the Hyatt:
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I just love that there is this big hotel right in the airport.

Finally we are at Terminal B. Check in takes 5 seconds and the bus is waiting for us! Score! We’re tired and want to get to the hotel. Our bags go on below so at least we know we’re going to have our luggage. And then we wait. And wait. Our driver chats with the bus directing guy abut kids and how long he’s been in the US and his home in the Philippines. Interesting, but we want to get going. Lilo asks the driver, who is singing what I ca only assume are traditional Filipino songs, what the hold up is. We are waiting for whoever might show up he says. Two guys make their appearance. They are so nice and friendly I suspect strongly one is getting married and the other is the best man. Have I mentioned I make up stories for people in my head? Well, I do. When they get off at Wilderness Lodge I tell them to have a nice trip and they tell us to have a nice trip, too. See? Making friends already.

We are so happy when the bus pulls up to the Poly. I love this place. I feel like I’m home! We go in and the lobby is deserted – it’s a little after 11pm. Everything is closed. There’s one person at the front desk. He’s a nice older gentleman from PA, and I’m a sucker for anyone who might live remotely close to our hometown. We proceed to have the quickest check in ever at WDW. He tells us we have been upgraded. Oh, to a MK view I ask? (In September we got upgraded to this.) No, he says, a garden view concierge. OMG CONCIERGE! I try to keep breathing. I am trying to flag Lilo with my eyes that this is super cool.

Lilo gets her First Time pin. We get our lays. We grab the world’s heaviest bags and haul them to our room, in the dark. We get lost.

[mkluvsmickey]

Love the pics! Great score on the upgrade to concierge! :yay:

Can't wait for your first day in WDW!

[carissanboys]

Concierge! Woohoo! :yay:

[SeptemberGirl]

The last installment of our first day, I swear!

Now, this is my second time at the Poly. I should know my way around. But I have this very bad habit of not paying attention when my husband is around. He also has the most amazing sense of direction that enables him to instantly know his way around any place. So of course he knows the Poly like it’s our neighborhood. I, however, don’t.

So here it is, 11pm, we’re tired and we have no idea how to make sense of the myriad ways one can meander along the oh-so-pretty paths of the Poly. To be fair, my husband got lost our first time, too. We walk past the pool, dragging our suitcases up and down the small flights of stairs. We see a longhouse and take a chance. It’s ours!

When we walk in, we see this nice room set up with some desks - this turns out to be the concierge desks where they have ever-present, ever-cheerful twenty-somethings eager to help us and yummy guava juice.

We’re tired, so I guess it makes sense that we totally can’t find our room. And I know by now you’re thinking, wow, are these women ditzes! But I swear, we are intelligent when awake. We do find our room, right on the fist floor where it belongs. We have a handicapped accessible room, which I figure out when I try to open the closet doors and they slide instead of pull. We get a super big bathroom and a neato shower, so it’s all good. Wow, they sure do a nice job on the accessible rooms. They are nicer than the regular ones.

The very first thing I notice, though, is a Mickey head! My first WDW towel animal! I take pictures, of Mickey head, of the bed, of the super sweet TV, of the second towel animal. It’s a little sad when your hotel room has a nicer TV than you do at home, isn’t it?

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Lilo and both unpack, cause that’s how we roll, and we finally fall into bed. We’ve talked non-stop from 3pm when she picked me up until 12am, and I think we might still be talking as we drift off to sleep.

Next up - MK!

[carissanboys]

I love the Poly! And I've never even stayed there ;) A friend of mine stayed there though and I saw some of the pictures of their room. They are so nice! I love your towel animal :) Oh...and I can totally understand about being so tired and not being able to find your room. It's kind of like right now. I'm so tired from posting and reading PTR's all day that I'm not sure I can find my way off of this computer and to my bed.

[mkluvsmickey]

Your room looks great! Glad you finally found it. ;)

I always have to unpack too! :laughing:

[SeptemberGirl]

I love the Poly! And I've never even stayed there ;) A friend of mine stayed there though and I saw some of the pictures of their room. They are so nice! I love your towel animal :) Oh...and I can totally understand about being so tired and not being able to find your room. It's kind of like right now. I'm so tired from posting and reading PTR's all day that I'm not sure I can find my way off of this computer and to my bed.

Yes, sometimes I need my husband to put me to bed when I'm all DISed out! I'm in a zombie state!

[SeptemberGirl]

Your room looks great! Glad you finally found it. ;)

I always have to unpack too! :laughing:

There's something about unpacking that make even the short trips seem longer. It's the first thing I do!

[SeptemberGirl]

Day Two – MK

When we wake up, our first though is shower, our second is CONCIERGE, BABY! So we get all clean and pretty and put on makeup, because there’s going to be lots of pictures. We decided to go with our Take on the World shirts and short and sneakers. We also have matching purses – well, hers is red and mine is black. We are matching nerds, I know!

We head up to the food room and are blown away. They have everything you might want for breakfast – bagels, pastries, fruit, oatmeal, cereal, etc. They also have a nice selection of teas and a fridge with Diet Coke! It’s like they knew we were coming. I get very excited by unexpected free food. You know when you go to something and you think it's coffee and donuts and they have a full breakfast or you think it's cookies and they brought in lunch? Yeah, well I do a happy dance. :banana:

We load up and find a place by the window. The room overlooks the lagoon and white sand beach and MK. It’s beautiful. They have these huge palm tree leaf fans that make it feel really tropical.

After breakfast, we stop by and say hi to the concierges. We discuss some dinner options, because why not? Also, we can’t help but make friends. It’s our addiction.

When we walk into the Great Ceremonial House, we are spot a Lilo and Stitch surfboard and ask the nice Cruise line people to take our picture.
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Then the DVC guy gives us pins with a roll of stickers, so we can make the pin a Stitch pin. Lilo, who had no intention of wearing First Time pin, not only put that on but also wore the Stitch DVC one. Aha! Addiction has started!

We take the monorail to the Magic Kingdom. The firs thing I notice is the people. Saturdays are crowded! The next thing I notice is the Christmas decorations. The tree is so pretty!

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We find a really great photographer and take our first picture at Disney World!
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We start to walk to Fantasyland, because I think everyone's first trip should start with Fantasyland. Lilo really wants to see the castle - aha! another addiction sign! - but it's closed off because that Mickey dream show is going to start in a few minutes. I've seen it and I like it, but she declines, opting to head to the rides.

Along the way, I've been doing my Disney thing, telling her the little facts about the park - how all store doors are always open, how they pipe in the smells to the street, the forced perspective on Main Street USA, the way the music and pavement changes from land to land. We see a lot of people carrying Pal Mickey, and there's an ad for him on nearly printed piece of paper. So I ask Lilo if she wants to get one. She totally considers it, asking questions, and then says, with complete sincerity and without humor, "No, I've got Pal Liz." Which just cracks me up, of course, and becomes one of the running jokes of the vacation.

Next up - rides and making friends!

[carissanboys]

Free food!!! Yeehaw!!!

You both look FAB in your shirts ;)

[mkluvsmickey]

There's something about unpacking that make even the short trips seem longer. It's the first thing I do!

Me too. I will even unpack if I'm only there for one night - drives my husband nuts!


Great update! Love the MK pictures and you too look great in your shirts. Love the "pal Liz" comment! :laughing:

[SeptemberGirl]

Free food!!! Yeehaw!!!

You both look FAB in your shirts ;)

Thanks! I know we're big dorks but we were like "we are sooo cool in these shirts!"

[SeptemberGirl]

Me too. I will even unpack if I'm only there for one night - drives my husband nuts!


Great update! Love the MK pictures and you too look great in your shirts. Love the "pal Liz" comment! :laughing:

We thought that was so funny - every time I spit out a fact she'd say, "see, Pal Liz!"

[dydo2424]

Enjoying your trip report. We had a hard time finding the ME desk last August. I wonder if it was in the "new" spot then. There was a man holding up a sign for it on 8x11 paper. He wasn't easy to spot. Way to go on the upgrade! What an impression to make on Lilo's first time! Lucky girls!!:banana:

[Illuminations_Rocks]

Just stumbled upon your TR... hope more is to come! :goodvibes