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lovemyguys

04-15-2009, 05:44 PM

Hello everyone! I can say that I really can not believe that I am actually going to write a pre-trip report! Maybe at least one of you will follow along.:)

lovemyguys

04-15-2009, 09:03 PM

Hello fellow Dis friends. I am going to take a crack at this whole trip (well pre-trip) report thing. Let me say right off the bat that I am not the greatest writer in the world. There WILL be commas in the wrong place, words spelled wrong and many run on sentences. I know this so if you see a mistake feel free to just fix it in your own mind. I have read MANY trip reports and could NEVER compete with the "heavy hitters." There are some GREAT writers on these boards.
But anyway how about we begin. Let me begin by introducing you to my crew.

Me (Lisa): I am the one that started my family on the "Disney drugs." You know the ones. Pictures with oversized animals, Chef Mickey, peach tea in China, Churro's in Mexico, Big Thunder Mountain, Micky shaped ice cream and waffles, pin trading and trying to fill an entire book with autographs. Am I ashamed that I took my Disney drug addiction and got my husband and children hooked? NO!! Not at all!! What fun is it to have an addiction to Disney if you do not have anyone in your family that wants to talk, read and dream about it as much as you? Does not sound fun to me at all! So I am a SAHM to 3 beautiful boys. They are 8,6 and 14 months. From here on out they will be referred to as The Oldest (8), The Boy (6) and The Baby. I have been married to my DH for 10 years. So this trip is a 10 year anniversary gift to us from us. I have been staying home since the oldest was 5 months old. One of the perks of being a SAHM is that during this recession I do not have to worry about getting fired. Even though there are those days every now and again when I feel like giving my notice. I LOVE to scrapbook. I started scrapbooking 4 years ago and have completed 5 pages. I know, I know.....slow down! I guess what I am in LOVE with is the IDEA of scrapbooking and BUYING all sorts of materials. I really do like buying new stuff to scrapbook with. I enjoy walking up and down the aisles trying to decide what I need, reading through the CM booklet and picking things I have not bought yet, printing out some pictures, figuring out how I want the page to look and then putting everything neatly away.

DH: He had been to Disney once in his life before he met me. That was a day trip to Magic Kingdom with his college basketball team. They were in Orlando for a basketball tournament. He had ZERO Disney thoughts floating around in his head until I brought up the fact that the kids would love to go and we should look into booking a trip. He came along for the "planning of the trip ride" but mostly sat in the back seat looking out the window. BUT once we got there he was hooked. All of a sudden he wanted to sit up in the front seat and try to give directions. Go left, turn right, slow down I want to take a look at that, speed up so we can beat this large grand gathering group to the ride......... He now actually gets excited to go to disney.

The Oldest: He is 8 years old but will be turning 9 shortly after we return from our trip. He is in 3rd grade and at the point where he notices that the Easter bunny at the mall is just a person in a costume and told me the other day that the characters in Disney are fake. OH NO NOT ALREADY!! I was hoping to get through one more trip with him still believing. He said that he could feel the zipper on their back last time. I told him that it was not a zipper it was their spine. His mouth said "oh ok" but his eyes said "yeah right." He is VERY bright and LOVES to read and learn. He is a very caring with a huge heart! He is a social butterfly. He was recently diagnosed with ADD. We are trying to learn all we can about it and find the right ways to help him.

The Boy: He is 6 years old and in Kindergarden. He has a Nov. birthday so he missed the cut off. I must say that he needed the extra year at home. He was very shy at that point but has since come out of his shell. If you met him you would have NO idea that he was EVER shy. He has a smile that lights up his face and the cutest dimple! He has a strong personality and a quick wit. Some of the "one liners" that come out of his mouth are so damn funny that it is sooo hard to disapline him b/c I can not keep from laughing. He was diagnosed last year with Vitiligo. For those that do not know that is the skin condition Micheal Jackson has. The quick explanation is that it causes white patches to form on his skin. Pretty much your body attacks the pigment leaving the area milky white. The darker skinned the person is the more it stands out. His is noticable b/c he has brown skin. The color that everyone wants during the summer. His skin color is like the best tan you could get. So of course white spots on sun tanned skin stand out. He has/had spots on his face, head, back, hand, both knees, both shins and the top of both feet. Some pretty big some small. We have been applying an ointment to the spots 2 times a day for a year now and the spots on his face, head, back, hand and shins are gone!! Actually the ones on his head re-pigmented on their own. His knees and feet are also filling in with color. I must say I HATE this condition!! Since it is an auto-immune condition no one can tell you what how bad it will get. Some people get some spots and then get no more and some people get so many spots that they actually have to use a special cream to take away any of their natural pigment so that they are all one color again. The spots do not hurt or itch. And it is NOT contagious! Hopefully one day they will find a cure.

The Baby: He is 14 months old and our very last child. I am certain about that b/c during my c-section with him I had the doctors close down the baby making factory. Sent all the workers home and locked all the doors. I will admit he is spoiled. We all, including his brothers, spoil him. This will be his 2nd trip to Disney. The first time was when he was 4 months old. He is so funny, happy and loves to dance but only around people he knows really well. When walking through the mall if someone stops to say how cute he is and say hi to him he will not smile at all! He just stares at the person. It actually makes for an uncomfortable situation b/c once he doesn't smile at the person their first reaction is to do more to try to make him smile. They will make silly faces, try to touch his belly (back up people! you can look but don't touch) make crazy noises. I feel bad b/c I know he will not respond to any of it and the poor person makes more and more of scene to try to get him to smile. I try to help them out and say "he is not a very friendly baby" but they never want to believe me. So there I stand with a baby with a poker face on and an older woman or man making crazy sounds. They always eventually stop their tricks and walk away but sometime it goes on FOREVER. Or so it feels like. Once they are gone he ALWAYS looks at me or his brothers and laughs. His molars are coming in so there is not much sleep happening here. We give him Motrin before bed but it just does not cut it by 2/3 in the morning. Hopefully we will be over this by the time we leave for the trip b/c after a day at the parks and in the pool you need sleep and I don't have a stroller that DH can push me in so I can take a nap like some little 14 month old that I know.

Well I will end here and let you digest who we are. Up next......why we decided to go again.

disneyaddicted

04-16-2009, 07:11 AM

Me (Lisa): I am the one that started my family on the "Disney drugs." You know the ones.
Hi, My name is Ty, and I am a Disney addict:hyper:

I am a scrapbooker too, although in the past 10 years I have completed more than 5 pages, but hey,you you shouldn't rush these things, creativity takes time.

Disney characters are fake?:eek: I always assumed I was feeling their spine, but really it's a zipper? who knew?:confused3

I wish I had kept my youngest home an extra year, she turned 5 two weeks before starting kindergarden, she did very well socially and academically, but now that she is in high school all her friends are so much older, they have later curfews, can date, and some are even driving, she thinks it's unfair that I am holding her to the age appropriate rule.

Your PTR is funny and cute, I am definately staying tuned:surfweb:

lovemyguys

04-16-2009, 07:46 AM

Oh my goodness I got a reader!!!!!:dance3::yay::woohoo::cheer2:

Hi Ty! I am sooo glad that you are here. I really thought I was going to log on today and find my report on page 15. Glad to have you!:)

"The Oldest" turned 5 2 months before Kinder. started. I still always question my decision to send him to school then. Like I said in my report he is VERY bright and social so like your daughter, yes he did fine in those areas. But there were little things like in handwriting and coloring that he would say "all the other kids have neater writing." Ok a bit dramatic ( I am sure not all of them did My Dear Oldest) but the majority of his class was getting ready to turn 6 by the end of December and he had just turned 5. By the time he turned 6 his handwriting and coloring were in line with what the other kids were doing at the beginning of the year. So the way their birthdays worked out is
~ The Oldest will always be one of the youngest in his class. His birthday is in June.
~ The Boy will always be one of the oldest in his class. His birthday is in November.
~ The Baby will just be somewhere in the middle of his class. His birthday is January 26th.

Well again, thanks for reading. I will post my next update in a little while.

shordiebecka

04-16-2009, 08:18 AM

lovemyguys

04-16-2009, 08:38 AM

You have another reader! Can't wait to hear/see more. You're doing well for your first PTR. Have any pictures? When are you going? Where are you staying? Sorry I sound like a stalker :lmao:..... I'm subbing!

:yay: I got another reader!!!:yay: Stalk away! Thanks for joining me!!:wave:
I do have pictures but I have NO idea how to post them.

lovemyguys

04-16-2009, 04:09 PM

~Well since I have 2 people following I am going to keep on going. Oh who am I kidding. I would have kept going and going until someone felt bad for me and stopped and left a message. Even if it was just a Mod. moving me to a different board. So lets continue shall we.

We were NOT supposed to be going to Disney this year. Last year we went and stayed at the Animal Kingdom Lodge, club level, savanha view. :cool1: When we were booking that trip we said that we would not go again until 2010. Dh and I agreed. I promised not to bring it up but I did have my fingers crossed behind my back as I made the promise. Soooo technically I didn't really promise. We have been together for 15 years, married 10, so I feel that it is not my fault at all that when my mouth said "I promise" but my eyes said "yeah right" he didn't catch on. I always tell him this and then he always reminds me that we were on the phone while he was at work when I made the promise so he couldn't see my eyes. Whatever. Excuses, excuses.

We did a grand gathering in 2007 and had a blast! The whole family ~23 of us~ agreed that we would all go back in 2010. So the fact that we were going back in 2008 "was supposed to be enough" to hold us over until 2010. So one day the kids were at school and The Baby was napping so I decided to get out my scrapbooking stuff so I could look at it and put it back away. After that 28 seconds I decided to come on the DIs board and check out what was happening. I was planning on reading a trip report, looking at some food porn or praying for the poor Newbie that dared to ask if it was ok to bring the re-usable mugs that their parents had gotten when they went to Disney earlier in the year and if so could they re-fill them at other resorts while they were pool hopping. Poor dear soul. Hope you made it out alive. But before I could really get started, out of the corner of my eyes what did appear? No not santa and his 8 tiny reinder! It was the BUY 4 GET 3 FREE!! I could not believe it. I felt like it must be a prank. I didn't realize Disney gave you things for free. I mean one time while we were walking in MK one of the CM's stopped us and gave my sons a free strawberry/vanilla swirl ice cream. At the time we could not believe it. They just wanted us to take the ice cream and not give them money for it?? I was sooo confused that I looked around to see if the cast from MTV's Punked were running towards us. Once I saw the coast was clear~no cameras, no microphones coming our way~ I said thank you. So if a $3.00 free ice cream threw me for a loop imagine my shock when I saw they were giving hotel and tickets for free. :jumping1: Once I started reading what people were saying that they were getting for deals I knew I had to find a way to convince DH that promises are for losers. And we are not losers! It was complicated. See I am the spender, Dh is the saver. I am the "screw the plan let's do what we want to" type and he is the "we already made a plan so why are trying to change it" type. This does not just pertain to disney. It is just part of our DNA make up. I guess it is a good thing b/c it means our kids will have college money and not just a closet full of mickey eyes and disney trading pins. So I knew that I needed to come up with the right approach or my idea would be shot down.:scratchin It just happened that my sister called the same day to say that she would not be able to make the 2010 trip. She was on of the heavy hitters. You know, the ones that you would really be bummed out if they could not make it. Then another heavy hitter found out she was pregnant with twins and would not be joining us. So at that point I sent an email to everyone that was supposed to be going on the 2010 grand gathering to see who thought that they would still be going. Well, well, well. Found out that most said they could not go, a few said we are not sure but probably not and one,yes 1 group said they were still planning on going. At least it was one of the heavy hitters! So now I had to decide if I was going to get ALL the info (hotel, price,etc...) and approach Dh or if I should do it in bits and pieces. Well that night while he was on the porch grilling steaks I went outside to keep him company and just talk. Out of no-where I hear someone say "guess what I read today. Disney is having a great special going on where they will give you 3 days for free if you pay for 4." From the look on his face and the fact that he is staring at me and well.....the fact that their was nobody else around......I could tell that I just said it. I was really mad at myself b/c I had still not decided how I wanted to go about telling him. Well the cat was out of the bag but I just decided to lean back on the deck chair and play it cool. I just leaned back on the back of the chair, folded my arms, crossed one leg infront of the other, steadied my voice and said ~wouldn't it be great if they bring that special back out in 2010. He says..Hell yeah! That's a great deal. I had to keep acting calm and cool but I was sweating b/c I know that if DH thinks something is a GREAT deal he is all over it. So since I felt like I was going to pop from excitement at the thought that maybe, just maybe we will go again I had to say that I thought I heard the baby waking up and had to go check him.
So the next day I decided that I would look at the website, get some quotes and then drop the bomb on him. I checked the BC/YC, WL, AKL, Contem. and the Poly. He has been saying that he wants to stay at the Poly (sorry Poly lovers but I just ain't feeling that place:confused3) so I got a quote from them. Even though I have ZERO desire to stay at the Poly I am smart enough to know that if it comes down to staying at the Poly or staying home~after a second to think about it~ I would stay at the Poly. So after I got a quote from them I decided to get a quote for the Boardwalk and the other hotels listed. There are 2 places I want to stay. The Boardwalk and the Grand Floridian. I will stay at the GF but only on a trip when it is just me and DH. Well, well, well. What. Do. You. Know. The Boardwalk had our dates (Poly we had to play around with the dates) and the price was GREAT!!!! Others had our dates and good prices also. So that night I told him that I talked to everyone and only one other family is definatly coming in 2010. He says "oh really, that stinks." I say "yeah I know~with a sigh~" After about an hour I say. I was just thinking.......if no one else is really planning on going in 2010 why don't we see if the other family wants to go this year and we can take advantage of that B4G3 free promotion. He thinks about it and says "yeah but remember our plan" and I look at him and say "yeah but remember the great deal?" Now, a "great deal" usually always trumps a "plan" with him. So I then hear the words I was hoping to hear. Why don't you give our TA a call and see what kind of deals she can get. So I again act soooooo calm and tell him that I was wondering if the B4G3 promo was really a good deal or not so I had done some researching myself and called Disney to see what all the hype was about. I tell him that it really is a good deal and that I found out the last time they offered this deal was YEARS ago. Now a "great deal" trumps a "plan" but a "great deal that hardly EVER happens" trumps everything! So I go get my notebook and show him the dates, places, plan options and prices. We compare everything to each other and then compare it to the price of our last trip. That is when it happened. That is when I saw his eyes glaze over. I could tell that he was picturing the "Disney Drugs." And low and behold, he needed them. He wanted them. He realized just how far away 2010 really is. He realized he could not go that long "without get'en himself some of the stuff they were selling." So he stands up to walk out of the room and says the magical words...........Call the TA in the morning and book it!:lovestruc:cheer2:

Up next: Where are we staying? When are we staying? Why we picked this one as our final choice.

disneyaddicted

04-16-2009, 06:03 PM

Good job girlfriend. Way to work it, that is Disney manipulation at it's best.

lovemyguys

04-16-2009, 06:46 PM

Thank you! Thank you! I must say I was pretty proud of myself. But see, only a fellow Dis member would see what happened to him and know it was a job well done.::yes:: Poor DH still has NO IDEA what happened to him. Poor thing! Somtime he will actually act like it was his idea. LOL!!! Anything to help him sleep better at night and me on a non-stop flight to Orlando.

Again, thank you so much for reading! I will update once the kids go to bed.

lovemyguys

04-17-2009, 05:31 PM

Hi everyone! I did not like my "What was that Walt? You want to give us 3 free days? Ok, we'll take it" title. Everytime I saw it I just didn't like it. So I changed it. Hope my 2 readers that have "shown themself" and any lurkers will continue to follow along!

Vacation Lover

04-17-2009, 09:16 PM

I enjoy walking up and down the aisles trying to decide what I need, reading through the CM booklet and picking things I have not bought yet,

As a former Creative Memories consultant, I knew exactly what you were talking about, but here on the Dis, there are now 76 people trying to figure out what this "Cast Member booket" is and how you got ahold of it. :rotfl2:

lovemyguys

04-17-2009, 10:39 PM

As a former Creative Memories consultant, I knew exactly what you were talking about, but here on the Dis, there are now 76 people trying to figure out what this "Cast Member booket" is and how you got ahold of it. :rotfl2:

Ok that is really funny!! :lmao: But the part that makes me say ~wait a minute is~ I thought the 76 people were wondering what I had to say and now I see they just wanted to see if I had some inside, have to kill ya if I told ya, secret.

Well maybe I can pretend that it is a Cast Member booklet and if you stick around to the end I will tell you all the secrets!:rotfl2:

disneyaddicted

04-18-2009, 03:12 AM

See, now I knew right away that you were talking about Creative Memories, I only use their albums, I just can't hang with those top load albums.

Finish a page lately? I was supposed to go to a crop tomorrow, but it was cancelled, so I will just crop at home. I need to finish my Disney album from my last trip.

Oh and I told DH about your Disney manipulation, DH said to me, "You never had to manipulate me." I just smiled and let him keep thinking that. ;) But seriously you are a genius face!!!!!

lovemyguys

04-18-2009, 08:33 AM

Finish a page lately?
:rotfl:
You never had to manipulate me." I just smiled and let him keep thinking that. ;)
Now if he is still walking around thinking that he has never been manipulated then guess what girlie, you must be really working that disney manip.!! Oh poor things.:rotfl2:

I am actually going to try and start and finish a page today. You are making me want to do it! I want to be able to come on and say "I did it, I did it, I finished page number six in the last 4 years!!" My goal ~to explain my last scrapping shopping spree ~was to scrap a whole book of our trip last June. I got everthing I need. The only thing i seem to be missing is......ummmmm....TIME! Everytime I have a chance to do it I usually end up on here. Priorities right?!?! Maybe it's time to re-evaluate. LOL You know what. When The Baby goes down for nap I think I am going to do a page. This is my first time trying a top loading album. All my others are CM books but the Disney book I wanted for my last trip was not available so I decided to try a top loader and see what happens.

lovemyguys

04-18-2009, 01:35 PM

Ok, ok, slow down on the chanting for more before the Mods. lock my thread. Well maybe you were not chanting it in writing but I know you all were thinking it. so since you all say that you need more I will keep on going.:rotfl:

So we left off with DH saying to call the TA and book the trip.

So of course at 9:00 in the morning I sent a message to my TA to tell her that we were ready to book a trip. She knew we were going in 2010 but of course was NOT surprised to learn that we were going in 2009. So I sent the email and sat back and waited (not very patiently) for the call or the email from her asking for all the details. Well withing 30 minutes I got an email from her. When I opened the email it said that "K would be out of the office for the day and if you needed assistance press 2 and another travel agent would help you." After I got over the feeling of "how dare she take a day off when I want to book my trip" I decided to press 2. When the travel agent answered the phone I could tell by the tone in her voice that her and I would not vibe with each other so I hung up. So now I am all confused. What the hell am I going to do. I can not wait until tomorrow b/c all my Dis friends are saying that rooms, hotels and catagories are going fast. What do I do, what do I do, WHAT DO I DO?!?!?! Then a light bulb went off in my head. I had this brilliant idea. It's a little secret I thought about and since you are all Dis members I will share it with you. I called Disney myself. Shhhh don't go spreading this piece of info to anyone not on the Dis boards. I know it was a brilliant idea but you have to stop clapping so you can keep on reading. So I get my pen and paper and sit down to call Walt Disney World ALL BY MYSELF! A really nice CM (cast member NOT creative memories consultant) answered my call. I told her that I had found a quote on the Disney Website and would like to book it. I told her that I wanted to arrive on May 30th to the Boardwalk Inn, Club level, Garden view suites with the dining plan. She does some typing and asks what we are celebrating. I tell her this trip is a gift to ourself for our 10 yr wedding anniversary. She types some more. Then she comes back and says that yes, what I want is available for the B4G3 promo. I tell her that I really wanted my TA to book the trip but she was out of the office so could I have her take over when she returned the next day. She says yes we can do that. Ok so I put down my $200 deposit and hang up. I was soooo excited. I did not know what the garden view suites were but they sounded nice. So then I came on the Dis to ask others that have stayed there what the suites were like. Everyone said how beautiful they are, we would love them, have a great trip, etc... Then one post was telling how great the suites are but then said some words that stopped me in my tracks. Those words were....your own private outside entry (not in the main building) and that it was an upstairs and downstairs. Ok I know that sounds great to probably most of you but not to me. So I search to find a picture of the inside/outside of one of these suites. Were they beautiful? YES!! Were they for us? NO!!! The reasons why those were NOT magical suites for us were:

1. I am an overprotective mother. I grew up with one of those mothers that made sure we knew all the worst possible things that could happen to us~ no matter how rare the chances were. She was the.....stop playing with that pencil before you poke your eye out, stop jumping on the beds before one of you falls and breaks your neck, stop talking while you eat before you choke on your food and die, no you can not walk to the mall (10 minutes away and I am junior in high school) at 5:00 in the summer. It will be getting dark in 3 hours and what happens if someone kidnaps you and your 12 frineds that your walking with. Get my point. So as much as I thought that she should be commited somewhere some how some of her "fears" got passed along. Yes I let my kids talk while we are at the dinner table, yes when they are a junior in high school I would let them play in the back yard by themself, no I do not let them jump on their beds but it is not b/c I think that one of them will end up in a wheel chair I just don't like having the bed that I made nice and neat look all wrinkled. Priorities. Again, maybe I have to rethink mine. So no I do not scare the joy of living out of my childen but I do secretly always look at a situation and wonder what the worst scenerio could be and if I am willing to even attempt to see if it could come true. So the fact that it was an upstairs and downstairs I realized that the kids would be on one floor and dh and I would be on a different floor and neither floor did I feel safe having the kids on alone. First floor~ had the door that led to outside. Not into a lobby but OUTSIDE. My kids KNOW they better not open a door to go outside but I also realize they are 8,6 and 1 and do not trust that their young minds will always make the right/safe desicions. So the first floor was not an option (it had a pull out couch). The second floor had a king size bed with a great big bathroom. It was loft style. So having the kids up stairs, with a bathroom and a huge drop if one of them thought they were funny and tried to lean over. So second floor not an option.

2. Upstairs/downstairs means stairs in the room. The room has stairs and I have a 1 year old. Now that 1+1 does not equal 2 in my mind. That 1+1 equals a magical trip to Celebrations Emergency room.

3. It was not in the main building. That meant that if we wanted something from the club lounge and it was raining we had to run in the rain. Nope. Not. An. Option.

So I call the Disney CM back and ask if the club level deluxe room is still available. She types and says I'm sorry but no there are none left. I tell her that I am looking on the website and it is offering it. I ask her if I should book it through the website then. She says yes but then tells me to let her check one more thing. She types,types,types and friggen types and then says oh yes, I do see it here. Should I book it for you? No einstein I just like making prank calls to Disney CM's. I smile, pray she has a little bit more common sense in the real world, and nicely say "yes please, that would be great."
So the change was made. Then to my HAPPY surprise I find out that the deluxe rooms all have boarwalk views and are 600+ square feet. Now I was more excited then I thought I could be. :banana::cool1:

Up next: Club Level AND The Dining Plan? Isn't that a lot of food???

shordiebecka

04-18-2009, 02:29 PM

jana616

04-18-2009, 04:00 PM

katiebelle21

04-18-2009, 04:24 PM

lovemyguys

04-18-2009, 10:28 PM

Hi! I followed you from your old PTR..I think. Glad you decided on the boardwalk- I loved it there, my parent's didn't because there is no food court, but to me..all the good food is right on the boardwalk:rotfl:

It was actually my question of how to write a trip report. I am VERY HAPPY that you came!! :banana: Any tips you could give me on the Boardwalk (places to eat, things to do,etc) would be greatly appreciated!

lovemyguys

04-18-2009, 10:36 PM

Just wanted you to know you have another reader! I'm enjoying it so far (you're very funny!), and as another mom of boys (two so far, but of course if we have another it'll be a boy too!), I had to read!

YAY I have another reader!!!!! I am glad that you are liking it so far. I hope you stick around! I LOVE having 3 boys. It was ALWAYS what I wanted. I always pictured my life with a DH, 3 boys and a dog. Well we are getting our puppy on May 16! Everyone (that doesn't know me) always asks if I am upset that I did not get a girl. I would have loved 100% whatever I got but if I got to pick I would have picked a boy for my 3rd child. I have 3 younger sisters so maybe that is why I wanted nothing to do with girls.:rotfl2:

lovemyguys

04-18-2009, 10:42 PM

You have another reader! I love how you just happened to mention the 4/3 deal to your husband! I do the same thing, but I think he knows that it's just a courtesy! :lmao: Once I have Disney on the brain, well...

Woop, woop another reader!!!!! My DH is a tricky one when it comes to spending thousands of dollars on something so I always have to make it seem like it was just a "thought" that I had but it was HE that thought of the idea to actually go. Poor, poor, soul. Never thought of going to Disney for 36 yrs but all of a sudden you "think" to go 4 times in 4 years. Doesn't seem a little suspect to you my dear husband?:rolleyes:

Maddie2

04-19-2009, 04:10 PM

Me (Lisa): So I am a SAHM to 3 beautiful boys. One of the perks of being a SAHM is that during this recession I do not have to worry about getting fired. Even though there are those days every now and again when I feel like giving my notice. I LOVE to scrapbook. I started scrapbooking 4 years ago and have completed 5 pages. I know, I know.....slow down! I guess what I am in LOVE with is the IDEA of scrapbooking and BUYING all sorts of materials. I really do like buying new stuff to scrapbook with. I enjoy walking up and down the aisles trying to decide what I need, reading through the CM booklet and picking things I have not bought yet, printing out some pictures, figuring out how I want the page to look and then putting everything neatly away.

Hi Lisa! I'm Lisa too! I'm a SAHM too! We have 2 boys -- 11 & 14. I love scrapbooking too! I've been collecting supplies for 5+ years and I've completed 8 pages! Woo-hoo!!!

We've been to WDW 3x, most recently in January. Though I love looking at my scrapbooking supplies and have great intentions of finishing the scrapbook I started on our April 2007 trip, I've crossed over to the other side ... online scrapping. I wish I could say that I am this computer savvy person that scraps using really creative programs, but I don't. I cheat. I just finished a photo book on Shutterfly using Disney Photopass photos, as well as those of our own. It turned out great -- and took less than 3 months to complete! I actually finished it while the memories are fresh in our minds! Now, THAT'S saying something! :laughing:

The B4G3 deal is so great! I compared our April 2004 vacation $ total (7 days) to our January 2009 $ total (10 days), and the 2009 total was actually almost 40% LESS! Yes, really. We did go down to the QSDDP, but that just works better for our family. We didn't rent a car this time, but with ME we didn't need one. Our flight rates were better too. Once you've been there, you know what you need and really don't need, so that helped too.

Anyway, just wanted you to know you have another reader. And, I agree BOYS RULE!! Boy Mamas Unite! :thumbsup2

lovemyguys

04-21-2009, 12:54 AM

Hi Lisa! I'm Lisa too! I'm a SAHM too! We have 2 boys -- 11 & 14. I love scrapbooking too! I've been collecting supplies for 5+ years and I've completed 8 pages! Woo-hoo!!!

We've been to WDW 3x, most recently in January. Though I love looking at my scrapbooking supplies and have great intentions of finishing the scrapbook I started on our April 2007 trip, I've crossed over to the other side ... online scrapping. I wish I could say that I am this computer savvy person that scraps using really creative programs, but I don't. I cheat. I just finished a photo book on Shutterfly using Disney Photopass photos, as well as those of our own. It turned out great -- and took less than 3 months to complete! I actually finished it while the memories are fresh in our minds! Now, THAT'S saying something! :laughing:

The B4G3 deal is so great! I compared our April 2004 vacation $ total (7 days) to our January 2009 $ total (10 days), and the 2009 total was actually almost 40% LESS! Yes, really. We did go down to the QSDDP, but that just works better for our family. We didn't rent a car this time, but with ME we didn't need one. Our flight rates were better too. Once you've been there, you know what you need and really don't need, so that helped too.

Anyway, just wanted you to know you have another reader. And, I agree BOYS RULE!! Boy Mamas Unite! :thumbsup2

Hello Lisa! I am sooo happy to have another reader! I plan on updating my PTR tomorrow (well it is 1:41 am so I guess it is today) since The Oldest and The Boy are spending the night with my mom and should be home sometime in the afternoon tomorrow. So when The Baby takes a nap I will get to update. Yesterday was my birthday and since I got $$$$$$ guess what I did?!?!?! I went to Micheal's and bought a LOT of stickers, letters, paper, etc..... Once all the boys went to bed I pulled out my scrapping supplies and nice and neatly added all the stuff I bought to all the stuff I had. Then I put it all away. I am really going to make an effort to complete a book of our AKL trip in 2008 before we go on our trip this May. I know that it took me 4+ years to complete 5 pages but I am confident that I will complete a whole book in 39 days.:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

I LOVE the B4G3 deal! I know we would not be doing the BWI, deluxe room, Club level if it was not for the deal. When I go on and price out the trip for the same package that I have there is a HUGE difference in price now that the deal has ended.

CONGRATS on finishing a whole scrapbook on your last trip. :worship::woohoo::thumbsup2 It does say A LOT!! One day I will be able to hold my head high and say "Hi my name is Lisa and I actually started using my scrap booking supplies!" Have you always (after your first was born) been a SAHM?

I noticed that your first 2 trips were in April and this last one was in January. Which time of the year did you like better?? We keep toying around with going sometime between Dec.-Feb. but since we live in Massachusetts you never know if there is going to be a lot of snow and then get stuck at the airport and not end up going on our trips. I shutter at the thought of telling my boys that I know we are at the airport and are supposed to be going to Disney but we can not due to a crazy mess with the flight and snow." Just the thought of the instant crying (would not be able to blame them) and whining makes me want to go into the boys room (even though they are not here) and just say "stop your whining!"

Maddie2

04-21-2009, 10:13 AM

Good Morning and Belated Happy Birthday!! :bday:

Your scrap shopping sounds like me at Hobby Lobby. LOVE their sales! :thumbsup2 Oh, and good luck with completing that scrapbook in 39 days .... sure. :lmao:

To answer your Q's ...

No, I have not always been a SAHM. In fact, I really had no intention to be when our first son was born. I had a great career for 9 years and then came home full-time when our oldest was 18 months old due to some daycare problems. We then had another son and moved to a small town for my husband's job.

I'm at the point where I would like something part-time, but living in a small town there really aren't many opportunities and commuting more than an hour to work part-time just doesn't make sense. For now, I love having my own schedule for volunteering at school & church and being here for our boys. Sounds pretty old-fashioned, but it works for us. :goodvibes

We really liked going in January. We live in the Midwest so weather can be an obstacle here too. To help alleviate this, I planned a mid-day flight flying out 4 hours south of here. So even with snow, we were able to drive down at the warmest part of the day and fly out. On the return we left FL at 5am and were driving home from the airport by noon.

Comparing January to April I would say that April has better weather, but more crowds. It was chilly in the mornings in January, but compared to the weather back home it was balmy. It is a trade-off, but I would choose January again.

Now that our boys are older, our WDW vacations are most likely over. I would love to go every year, but there are just so many other places in the US to go to. That, and, the fact the DH is not a huge Disney fan (I know, gasp! :scared:). He goes along and has fun when we get there, but is not the fanatic that the boys and I are. I wish it were different, but I get it. And, there are other places we would like to take our boys to before they go off to college.

In fact, we were in your area just last summer. DH is originally from MA and has some family back there. We were south of Boston in the Marshfield area most of the time, with a few days in the city. We did the Old Town Trolley Tour/Freedom Trail, Museum of Science, Patriot's Training Camp, Red Sox game, Fenway tour and several things down on the Cape. It was a great trip! We try to get out there every few years.

Next up, vacation-wise -- Colorado and New Mexico. Then, within the next couple of years -- Washington, DC. :cool1:

Enjoy your peace and quiet! :thumbsup2

shordiebecka

04-21-2009, 10:55 AM

lovemyguys

04-21-2009, 12:52 PM

lovemyguys

04-21-2009, 01:03 PM

Hmmm, some tips on the boardwalk-- well I can tell you that their CM's are simply AMAZING. I went with my mom, dad my aunt uncle 2 cousins and my friend (both my friend and I were 20 at the time). While down there, my friend's grandmother passed away- CMs arranged ME for her new flight home, helped her GET a different flight home, even gave her a discount and some free things at the gift shop- they were AMAZING.

The first thing I did when I got there was get an eclair from the boardwalk bakery. SO DELICIOUS. I also checked out the quiet pool alot- I found the main pool too noisy. Besides that, I would just say to take advantage of walking to Epcot, the walk is beautiful and often uncrowded. One of the ways I tour involves going to DHS, taking the boat to the boardwalk for b-fast at the bakery, then walking into the international gateway entrance for Epcot right into WS at 11:00 when it opens-it's virtually empty.

If i think of more, I will let you know!!!

Oh now I am even more excited to go!!!
Funny story. Well not really a story but....... Growing up my grandmother was the manager of an Eclair factory in Boston. At the time we lived in Boston also. So EVERY SINGLE CELEBRATION at school where we had to bring something I always had to bring BOXES of eclairs. Every birthday party guess what one of the desserts were. Yep, eclairs. I have had to eat soooo many eclairs in my "young life" that now that I am an adult just the thought of biting into an eclair makes me gag.:sick: I mean I was fine eating the first two hundred but after that I reached my limit but they were still being stuffed down our throat. "Go get an eclair off the buffet table:scared:, Nana brought them and she'll feel bad if she thinks no one wants them" my mother would say. Hey Ma, WHY ARE YOU NOT EATING THE DAMN ECLAIRS!!!:rotfl::rotfl:

But I am looking forward to seeing all the other delicous goodies they have there! Thank you for the tips.:thumbsup2

Maddie2

04-21-2009, 09:59 PM

Since I am the only one that "doesn't work" I know I would always be plan B for all of them. I am soooo all set with that!

Colorado and New Mexico! Is it during the same vacation or 2 different trips? When are you going??

Hmmm, that first part sounds SO familiar!!!

Same vacation ... in July. Actually, my in-laws live in NM and we are meeting them in CO this summer (SIL lives there) to give our boys to them for 2 weeks! They'll go back to NM and we'll return home, childless for 2 weeks (but not until after DH and I have a few days vacationing "somewhere"/haven't decided where-- either in Colorado, Wyoming or the Black Hills of SDakota).

It will be very strange having the boys gone for so long ... but in the end, fine. (remind me that I said this when it comes!). I have lots of projects lined up to do (painting, refinishing furniture, etc), but 2 weeks may get a bit long. It will be good for the boys to get to know their grandparents better (and vice-versa). Living so far away, we don't see them very often.

We love the area south of Boston! We either have had or currently have family in Marshfield, Taunton, Holbrook and Randolph (and others, but can't remember right now). As a child, DH lived in Chelmsford and Lowell. His grandfather bought a cottage near the beach in the 1940's and it is still in the family -- love, love, love the beach!!! We also have family in NH and CT and I went to college for a short time in Western Mass. Where did you grow up??

Yumm-o, those eclairs sound GOOD! I think my thighs are expanding, with just the mere thought! YIKES!:scared1: ;)

The Boardwalk sounds wonderful!! We've always just stayed at the Values as we don't spend much time in the room or at the resort anyway. But, I must say that staying between DHS and Epcot does sound appealing! I look forward to more of your PTR and your TR when you return home!

lovemyguys

04-21-2009, 10:58 PM

Hmmm, that first part sounds SO familiar!!!

Same vacation ... in July. Actually, my in-laws live in NM and we are meeting them in CO this summer (SIL lives there) to give our boys to them for 2 weeks! They'll go back to NM and we'll return home, childless for 2 weeks (but not until after DH and I have a few days vacationing "somewhere"/haven't decided where-- either in Colorado, Wyoming or the Black Hills of SDakota).

It will be very strange having the boys gone for so long ... but in the end, fine. (remind me that I said this when it comes!). I have lots of projects lined up to do (painting, refinishing furniture, etc), but 2 weeks may get a bit long. It will be good for the boys to get to know their grandparents better (and vice-versa). Living so far away, we don't see them very often.

We love the area south of Boston! We either have had or currently have family in Marshfield, Taunton, Holbrook and Randolph (and others, but can't remember right now). As a child, DH lived in Chelmsford and Lowell. His grandfather bought a cottage near the beach in the 1940's and it is still in the family -- love, love, love the beach!!! We also have family in NH and CT and I went to college for a short time in Western Mass. Where did you grow up??

Yumm-o, those eclairs sound GOOD! I think my thighs are expanding, with just the mere thought! YIKES!:scared1: ;)

The Boardwalk sounds wonderful!! We've always just stayed at the Values as we don't spend much time in the room or at the resort anyway. But, I must say that staying between DHS and Epcot does sound appealing! I look forward to more of your PTR and your TR when you return home!

Yeah, I just love the "since you don't work" speach that some people give. I always want to laugh and say "yes maybe I ~don't work:mad:~ but I also don't get to pee by myself. I have a 1 year old grabbing at the toilet paper and a 6 year old knocking on the door. Just imagine if every time you had to pee ~at your job~ one of your co-workers kept sticking their hand under the stall trying to grab the roll of toilet paper and another co-worker knocking at the door asking if your done yet. Sounds FUN doesn't it. :laughing::laughing::laughing:

We used to live in Randolph! We moved once The Oldest was ready to enter Kindergarten. The school system there is not something I wanted me or my kids to deal with. We live in Easton now. It is near Sharon, Canton,Stoughton, etc.....

Wow, 2 weeks without your boys! PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE ENJOY those two weeks! My kids are to young right now so I would not even think about leaving them for more then 2 nights but you know what. Your boys are older and you DESERVE to have some time just to be "you." Of course you will miss them and feel (at some point) like the 2 weeks is to long but that is what a mother does. She misses her kids when they are gone. But I HOPE you sleep in sometime, watch "junk" on TV, read a book, get up and go somewhere without the worry about where the kids are and if you have time to get your errands done before they get home. So yes, I will remind you that it will be ok when the time comes. Because see, I will be living vicariously (sp?) through you! So make sure you do some fun stuff for both of us!!!:rotfl::rotfl:

disneyaddicted

04-22-2009, 07:47 PM

lovemyguys

04-23-2009, 05:19 PM

Page 3? My poor report was pushed all the way to page 3! Not only page 3 but the BOTTOM of the page. Know what that means? I was almost on page 4!! Well even if no one wants to read it I am still going to type it. Some one will feel bad for me at some point. So here we go...:thumbsup2

As you know we are a family of Disney "drug addicts." We all have our own "drugs" of choice. No matter what the price. And watch out if everyone else gets their "fix" and someone didn't get one of theirs! It's a baaaaad, embarrasing scene. There is a lot of yelling, crying, stomping of the feet and finally a drop to the ground flat on the belly kicking and screaming. Yeah it's pretty bad. People do look and stare and some even mumble little remarks as they walk by. But once Dh says "ok, ok, we'll go get you some of that stuff the guy standing at the cart is selling" I instantly stop crying and get up off the ground.

I am sad to say that one of my disney addictions will be closed down while we are there this trip. I am really upset about this!:sad1: I call it the people mover. Not really sure of the real name. You know the one. Across from Buzz Lightyear, never has a line and you stand on the moving ramp to get to the top. I love this ride. "Morrow, Morrow, Paging Mr. Tom-morrow your party from jupiter/Venus has arrived." I Love it!:love: I think the people mover is closed due to Karma biting me in the butt. Yes, I do believe that it is not closed b/c Disney needed to work on it but closed b/c of me. Karma coming to get back at me. The Disney higher-ups are probably still scratching their heads trying to figure out who the hell scheduled the closing and why they did it. I say it is about me and Karma b/c The Oldest finally went on Space Mountain last year. :woohoo: He was soo scared to go on it the first time so I sent him on with DH just in case he got off crying and screaming then I would not look like "that parent" that makes their timid child go on scary rides just b/c they paid for the trip. DH would. I was also prepared, The Boy holding onto the stroller, The Baby all strapped in and the locks on the wheels off just in case they did come out with The Oldest crying his eyes out. At the first sound of his LOUD cry and the first sight of his big crocodile tears and I was prepared to run as fast as I could from them and act like I had no idea who they were. Once the crying died down I would have slowed my pace and gladly excepted them as part of my family again. So instead of scooping up my traumatized child and telling him it will be ok I was ready to run with The Boy holding onto the stroller but being pulled so fast that only the top of his sneakers were dragging on the ground just so that these strangers that I would never in my life see again would not think bad of me. Priorities. Yes, maybe I really should re-evaluate mine. But anyway, when they got off the ride he was beaming from ear to ear and looked sooo happy.:goodvibes I waved my hand to the guy sitting in the running get away car and told him that I would not need his services after all. So The Oldest then wanted to go on with me. Of course my sweet, dear son. I would love to go on the ride with you. I am your mother, your cheerleader, your rock in times of sadness ~ except in a judgemental Disney crowd. We went on and his squeals of laughter were truly heart warming. :love: You could tell that not only was he happy and loving the ride BUT he was proud of himself. He was proud that all though he was scared to go on it he stood up to the challenge and did it!! That's my BOY!!! If I close my eyes and zone out all the whining and fighting between The Oldest and The Boy I can still hear that magical laughter. It honestly was better then any drug that disney was selling......well on that day. So since we told them that we were going in 2010 he kept talking about how much he loved space mountain and could not wait to go back on. He talked about it A LOT! Then we, as you know, changed our trip to this year. Then we saw that Space Mountain was going to be closed during our trip. DH and I both love that ride so we were bummed out. BUT, The Oldest had conquered a fear on that ride so it meant more to him then just some loops in the dark. So when we told him it was going to be closed he was soooo upset. I mean, really "sad" upset. I felt bad for him for about 15 minutes but then the reality that we were going to Disney a year early hit me. So after more days of The Oldest sadly moping around whining about not being able to ride SM I finally broke down and told him that if he was going to be that upset that he could not even be excited up the upcoming trip all b/c of one ride then maybe he should stay home. I mean come on now kid, give me a break! Your going to Disney but yet pouting like you are about to get your period all because of some metal, lights and deciding if you should pick the left or right side. Get over it and be a man! I really am a good mother and love my kids so of course I did not say this stuff to him. I just thought it. So shortly after he got over his funk, after me promising another trip in 2 years so he could ride it, I was on the DiS board~SHOCKER!~ and noticed that my beloved people mover was going to be shut down. I was crushed. I whined, I complained, I thought about canceling the trip~YEAH RIGHT!~ but I knew that if I EVER canceled the trip over "my" ride at MK being shut down then I had beter sleep with one eye open at all times. So I did what my thoughts told me to do to my son. Suck it up! Your still going to Disney! So no SM and no people mover for us on this trip. :(

Since this is our 4th trip to the world we are out of commando mode. Last year we would get to the parks within 1/2 hour of opening,do the rides that we wanted to (with the help of tour guide mike) and then be back at the resort and in the pool by 2:30. The kids would swim for HOURS, go to the club lounge and have a snack or just something to drink and then we would get showered and dressed for whatever meal we had lined up. We would then be back at the resort and have the kids in bed and asleep by 9:00'ish. DH and I would then sit on the balcony with a cocktail or two from the lounge and watch the animals as they had their last snack before they began to settle down for the night. It was a WONDERFUL vacation. When we were at the parks we would ask the kids if they wanted to do more rides or go swimming and EVERY SINGLE TIME they picked swimming. The two trips before the last one we always went commando. But see, the last trip we had a 4 month old baby and it was the first week of June so it was hot. Either DH or I spent a good amount of time in the baby care center just cooling The Baby off and giving him a bottle. It was usually DH b/c he is just not a heat and humidity type of guy. There were times that I was not sure who really needed the baby care center to cool off. Him or The Baby? It worked out really well b/c me and The Oldest and The Boy got to spend some time together in the different parks. It had been the first time since The Baby came along that just the 3 of us were together doing something fun. It was NICE! :cloud9: I LOVE MY KidS!! So this trip will be a lot like the last trip with a few changes. I want to be at the parks BEFORE park opening. We are going with my uncle, his wife and their 2 boys (7 & 17).:banana: They are staying at Port Orleans but we have 2 dinners together and 3 days that we will go to the parks and spend the day ~ until the kids want to go swimming~ together. We are flying in and out together on the same plane. Actually on the trip to the world they are in the row behind us. For some reason this makes me feel better. Maybe it is b/c I will have some help on this flight. Now not to spread gossip but on our flight to the world last year when it was just me (I HATE to fly),Dh and the 3 boys my poor, poor husband took a friggen 2 HOUR NAP!!:scared1: This was soooo wrong in so many ways. I had The Boy near the window, The Oldest in the middle and then Me with the baby on my lap. We did not buy the baby a seat on that trip. Dh and I were supposed to take turns holding him, keeping him occupied, etc... Instead Dh went to la-la land while I was sitting in a plane trying to keep The Boy and The Oldest from bumping into the seats infront of us, stop putting their tray table up and down, trying to bend down and pick up a fallen toy with a four month old getting bent in half and then having the luxury of having The Baby have one of the most foul smelling poops I have ever smelled and getting to take the walk of shame all the way to the rest room leaving a trail of stench as we went. I was pretty mad as I would look over and see him sound asleep. Hey pal! Your not on a business trip here with your family at home! So yes I was mad. Not "hope this plane crashes" type mad. More like wondering if it was possible for just his seat to fall out of the plane. But since I knew that could not happen I did one better, or so I thought. When the stewardess came by with the snacks she asked me and the boys what we wanted. They gave their requests and as I am sitting there now trying to open bags of snacks and keep cups with no lids in place with a now REALLY squirming 4 month old on my lap I feel someone tap my shoulder. I turn to look and it is the Stewardess. She bends down so we are eye level and nicely asks me "excuse me, should I leave a drink and a snack here for your husband to snack on when he wakes up?" For a brief second I could see the floor under his seat opening up and his chair falling out with him sitting in it and she is strapped to the back of it. So after I get over my shock I nicely say "no thank you, he is all set" then I head butted her and went back to helping the kids. so when Nap boy wakes up he sees all the empty stuff. Oh did they come by with drinks he asks. I tell him that they did b/c I could tell that the empty cups, empty bags of cookies and snack mix sitting on everyone's tray was not enough of a clue. So now we are going to be landing soon'ish and he is awake so I am finally relieved b/c let me tell you I was sweating! It had been such a work out to keep The Baby happy and not crying and helping out The Boy and The Oldest that even my butt was sweating! Yes it was that bad. So I go to hand him the baby and he says "honey can you hold on for a second I just want to get a drink and a snack from the stewardess." WHATEVER Nap Boy get your stupid drink. So I was sweating so bad (and I am NOT a sweater) that my clothes were all wrinkled. A squirming baby + sweat = some VERY wrinkly clothes. Now I hate wrinkles in clothes. HATE THEM! I even iron the kids undershirts. So I tried to ignore the fact that I was a wrinkled up mess and just focuse on the fact that we were almost to Orlando. But the fact that DH slept just about the whole damn flight and the fact that I kept asking him when we were booking the tickets if he thought we should buy a seat for the baby and he did not think so was keeping me from my happy thoughts. Nooooo, he says. You and I can just take turns playing with him and if need be when the seat belt sign goes off I can just take him for a little walk up and down the aisle. Plus Lisa, none of our other friends by seats for their infants. Ok I say. Your right. No really you are right this time. The 2 of us can double team him and who ever does not have the baby can help the other 2 with anything they need. Ummmm yeah. Thought you liked to stick to a plan Nap Boy?!?!? So after Dh had his snack, The Baby finally wanted to take a nap, The Oldest and The Boy got into a "stop touching my leg with your leg" battle and The Oldest crying, and I mean CRYING ( the type of cry that as a mother makes your stomach drop b/c there is nothing you can do to help your child:sad1:) b/c the pain in his ears was sooo bad during our desent we FINALLY landed in Orlando. So at least this time I will have family sitting right behind me to help out if needed. BUT, I can almost guarentee you that DH will NOT be napping on this flight. I think he learned his lesson. And you know what, so did I. This trip The Baby (16 months at travel time) will have his own seat. He will be strapped into his car seat and hopefully take a nap. Dh did briefly (before I AGAIN reminded him of our last flight) wonder if we needed to pay the extra money to have The Baby in his own seat. But after we talked about it for about 3 minutes he booked The Baby a seat. The seat for The Baby is not for safety purposes. It is so I do not AGAIN get off a flight looking like a wrinkled rat. Yeah, I know.......Priorities and where the hell are mine.

Up Next...... A list of our ADR's

lovemyguys

04-23-2009, 05:34 PM

The over protective mother syndrome, My mom used to tell me not to cross the street cause a car will squah me flat and she'd have to scrape me up with a shovel. That is still on my mind.

Pee by yourself, I remember those days, I now can be alone in the room but it seems like nobody needs that room until your in it. Then I get the are you almost done? How long you gonna be?

Well it's good to see your plans moving along. Now I am in no way trying to rush you here, but how's the page coming?

Ok The part about your mother having to scrape you up with a shovel is sooo wrong but soooo funny!!:lmao::rotfl::lmao::rotfl:

Whenever I go to the bathroom (not every single time but you know what I mean) my 6 year old stands outside the door and here is the conversation we always have.
Him: Mom, are you peeing or pooping?
Me: Go away and give me some privacy. I will be right out.
Him: Well are you peeing or pooping?

Are you asking about the scrapbook page? Well..........ummmmm........yeah that.:rolleyes1

Maddie2

04-23-2009, 05:43 PM

I always want to laugh and say "yes maybe I ~don't work:mad:~ but I also don't get to pee by myself.

We used to live in Randolph!

Wow, 2 weeks without your boys! PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE ENJOY those two weeks!
Because see, I will be living vicariously (sp?) through you! So make sure you do some fun stuff for both of us!!!:rotfl::rotfl:

See what you have to look forward to in the years to come? Peeing by YOURSELF!!!! :lmao:

DH's Grandpa moved into his sister's house in Randolph after she passed away in the 1970's and then he died in the mid 1990's, so I don't know anything about their school system. I was there only once and it was mostly an elderly neighborhood which was nice for him. He was 89 when he still delivered Meals on Wheels to the "old people". :goodvibes

Yes, I WILL enjoy the time!! I'm trying to plan the days that DH and I will be traveling, but can't really make any hotel ressies yet due to MIL & FIL plans. :rolleyes: They are non-planners which DH says is "spontaneous". Being the planner that I am, it drives me nuts!! :sad2: Oh, well, perhaps a bit of spontaneity WOULD be good for me. :sad2: I'm trying, I'm trying .... but I so love planning Disney vacations that even having this mini vacation to plan gives me a little fix. :goodvibes

lovemyguys

04-23-2009, 06:28 PM

See what you have to look forward to in the years to come? Peeing by YOURSELF!!!! :lmao:

I'm trying to plan the days that DH and I will be traveling, but can't really make any hotel ressies yet due to MIL & FIL plans. :rolleyes: They are non-planners which DH says is "spontaneous". Being the planner that I am, it drives me nuts!! :sad2: Oh, well, perhaps a bit of spontaneity WOULD be good for me. :sad2: I'm trying, I'm trying .... but I so love planning Disney vacations that even having this mini vacation to plan gives me a little fix. :goodvibes

See it's the little things in life. Everyone always tells you how much fun college will be so make sure you don't take it for granted. How come no one ever tells you before you have kids to enjoy every single lonely minute in the bathroom. If I had only known I would have sat in there longer, even after I was done and I would have just walked in and sat down for a minute or two even if I didn't have to go.:lmao::lmao::lmao:

Yeah, my mother is "spontaneous" also. She always calls me complaining that my sister and her were supposed to be going out shopping for the day and my sister called her at 9:00 in the morning to see what time she wanted to leave. She then says "I mean come on, it's only 9. I have not even had my first cup of coffee. I'll call you when I am ready." Poor thing thinks that while she is sitting there deciding what she wants to do and when the whole world gets put on freeze frame until she makes up her mind. :sad2:

Then you have me that is on the COMPLETE opposite end of the spectrum when it comes to plans. But I like my way!:rotfl2:

Maddie2

04-23-2009, 09:42 PM

Then you have me that is on the COMPLETE opposite end of the spectrum when it comes to plans. But I like my way!:rotfl2:

Me too, I suppose that's why we're here, huh? Hi, I'm Lisa, and I'm a planner, not to say that I can't be "spontaneous", heck we just got back from an hour walk -- and it wasn't even PLANNED!!! See, I can do "spontaneous" ... just not on vacation. :goodvibes

Planning prolongs the fun of a vacation ... and, at least for me, I like having something "out there" to look forward to. :woohoo: Not to sound pathetic, I love my life, but, well, vacations are special and definitely something to look forward to! :goodvibes

lovemyguys

04-24-2009, 01:31 AM

Me too, I suppose that's why we're here, huh? Hi, I'm Lisa, and I'm a planner, not to say that I can't be "spontaneous", heck we just got back from an hour walk -- and it wasn't even PLANNED!!! See, I can do "spontaneous" ... just not on vacation. :goodvibes

Planning prolongs the fun of a vacation ... and, at least for me, I like having something "out there" to look forward to. :woohoo: Not to sound pathetic, I love my life, but, well, vacations are special and definitely something to look forward to! :goodvibes

~went for an hour walk and it wasn't even PLANNED!!!:laughing::laughing: OK slow down with the "spontaneous" activities before you move over to the "other side" and leave me here alone not only planning what I will eat in 3 months but also writing a report thinking everyone would want to know.:lmao::rotfl::lmao::rotfl:

~I agree 100% with your last paragraph!!!!:thumbsup2

Maddie2

04-27-2009, 04:22 PM

Hi there! Just stopping in with a quick hello :wave2: before we head out the door.

Lovin' your PTR! Great job! I'll be back when I have more time ... can't wait to read all about your ADR's!!! :thumbsup2

lovemyguys

04-28-2009, 12:09 AM

:wave2:
I will be updating my PTR tomorrow. I am sooo happy that you are hanging around~and letting me know it. Thanks for saying that you are enjoying it. How are your traveling plans coming along. Any solid plans from your in-laws yet??
Dh and I were talking about this whole Swine Flu that is going around. Wonder if it will change our vacation plans? Hopefully by then there will be more information about it to help us make an educated decision. How are you feeling about it????
Any cases in the area where you live?

lovemyguys

04-28-2009, 12:21 AM

~BEEP!.......BEEP!..........BEEP!........

This is a required ~ is anyone still reading my pre-trip report ~ test. At this time this is only a test. IF it comes to be that no one, except Maddie2, is following along with my planning then this test will be followed by directions of what you can do with your pre-trip report. Again, this is only a test. You will now be returned to your "pool hopping" debate.

~BEEP!.........BEEP!...........BEEP!........

shordiebecka

04-28-2009, 09:39 AM

I'm still reading! I subbed to your PTR so I always see when it's updated!

lovemyguys

04-28-2009, 07:40 PM

I'm still reading! I subbed to your PTR so I always see when it's updated!

:wave2::woohoo:I am so happy that your still here! Thanks for letting me know.:thumbsup2

jana616

04-28-2009, 08:51 PM

I'm still here too!

lovemyguys

04-28-2009, 10:29 PM

I'm still here too!

:banana::cheer2: HOORAY!!! I still have people here!!:yay: Thank you sooo much for letting me know that your here! I am going to try and post my ADR's tonight!

disneyaddicted

04-28-2009, 10:50 PM

Ok The part about your mother having to scrape you up with a shovel is sooo wrong but soooo funny!!:lmao::rotfl::lmao::rotfl:

Whenever I go to the bathroom (not every single time but you know what I mean) my 6 year old stands outside the door and here is the conversation we always have.
Him: Mom, are you peeing or pooping?
Me: Go away and give me some privacy. I will be right out.
Him: Well are you peeing or pooping?

Are you asking about the scrapbook page? Well..........ummmmm........yeah that.:rolleyes1 nope? not yet?:confused3

Don't you just love the conversations through the door about what business you might be doing. My Grandma, told me when her young'ns were actually young they use to bang on the door, conversation went as follows

Young'n: how long you gonna be?
Grandma: Till I'm all done.
Young'n :When will that be?
Grandma: As soon as I file the paper work.
Young'n :Are you going number 1 or number 2?
Grandma: 76!!!!
Young'n: Oh, diareah huh?

Gotta tell ya this too, at work we have to wear walkie talkies, I accidentally hit the talk button while pulling up my britches and for a few short seconds all my co workers heard my flush. They were waiting outside the bathroom door to applaud me.

disneyaddicted

04-28-2009, 10:54 PM

~BEEP!.......BEEP!..........BEEP!........

This is a required ~ is anyone still reading my pre-trip report ~ test. At this time this is only a test. IF it comes to be that no one, except Maddie2, is following along with my planning then this test will be followed by directions of what you can do with your pre-trip report.

~BEEP!.........BEEP!...........BEEP!........

OUCH!
ummm, glad I'm still following, my PTR has some pretty sharp edges that could do some damage if ya know what I mean!

lovemyguys

04-29-2009, 12:25 PM

OUCH!
ummm, glad I'm still following, my PTR has some pretty sharp edges that could do some damage if ya know what I mean!

:thumbsup2:dance3: Hip-Hip Hooray!! I really do have readers! Well I read your report last night (LOVE IT) and to answer your question above. Yes I do know what you mean!:rotfl::lmao::rotfl::lmao:

lovemyguys

05-05-2009, 12:41 PM

Where to eat? Where to eat? Now that is the question. This is always a tough one for me b/c it will be 2:00 at my house and one of the kids will ask "what's for dinner mom?" After I scream at them until they are curled in a ball on the floor and ask what the heck do they think this is a restaurant and I am the chef now get up and give me 20 soldier ~well like I said I am a good mother,not bragging just saying, so of course I did not say that to them. I just thought it. So once the thought passes and I know it is safe to open my mouth and speak without the fear of the school shrink calling me I tell them that I am not sure I am trying to figure it out. So if at 2:00 I am not sure what we will be eating at 6:00 imagine the difficulty of trying to decide in February what I may just be in the mood for in MAY!! Well I guess February isn't to bad when I think about the fact that last year I had to know in DECEMBER what I might want to eat in June! I don't know about any of you but my taste for certain foods changes with the season. Not all foods but many. So as I am sitting here during a snow storm with my DH making baked macaroni and cheese, candy yams, fresh rolls and steak the thought of a "grilled swordfish over a bed of fresh spinach salad drizzled with a mango sauce" is the last thing I feel like digging in to. Plus the other bonus is my husband and I can never decide where the heck we want to eat when going out for dinner. See this is how our conversation goes.
DH: Where do you feel like eating.
ME: I don't care I'll do whatever.
DH: You have no preference on what your in the mood for?
ME: Nope.
DH: Your not craving anything?
ME: Nope. If your in the mood for something then you pick and I will be fine eating there.
DH: Um, I don't know either.
ME: Listen I really do not care what we eat but if we do not figure it out soon I'm just going to say forget it and lets stay home.
DH: Ok, how about we go to the Italian Restaurant?
ME: No, I'm really not in the mood for italian.
DH: Ok then how about the Chinese restaurant where they cook at the table?
ME: Nah, I just saw a report on Dateline about the Chinese restaurant that they found rat droppings in.
DH: Lisa, we live in Massachusetts and the report was from Indiana.
ME: So.
DH: Ok then what are you in the mood for??
ME: I already told you. I'll eat whatever.
DH: With an eye-roll that he thinks I do not see he goes and randomly picks 2 restaurant menus. He says we will toss a coin and if it is heads we will do Legal Seafood and if it is tails we will do The Cheesecake Factory. We will do whichever one it lands on. Agreed. Agreed I say.
ME: Is there one of those that you would prefer I ask him before his tosses the coin.
DH: No, I really could go for anything.
ME: Ok nap boy, I mean DH flip that coin and let's get to step'n
DH: Flips coin and it's heads. So I guess we are doing Legals he says.
ME: Ok
At this point he looks at me and I look at him and we know. Because see we used to be mind readers in a past life. Well not really, we have just been living together for 15 years and know each other like that. He says it first.
DH: Do you really want Legals?
ME: Not really.
DH: Good, me neither
ME: So I guess it is the cheesecake factory.
DH: Yup, I guess so.
ME: ~sigh~ Yup, I guess.
The look happens again.
DH: Do you really want the cheesecake factory?
ME: Not really.
DH: Good, me neither.
ME: So where are we going to eat then?
DH: I don't know, do you have any ideas?
ME: How about we do the Chinese place where they cook at your table?
DH: I thought you said no b/c of the mouse droppings?
ME: DUH, that report was from Indiana. Not here! Now come on mister "can't make up my mind" get your coat on before we have to pick up the kids from your parents house!

So just for a second, imagine how the discussion goes on where to eat at Disney. Imagine how long it goes on. Good times, good times I tell ya.

But since I am a true Disney fan I find a way to do it. I use a complicated system for figuring what restaurants would be best for us. The system I use has to deal with the alignment of the planets on the 180/90 day mark compared to the star aligments on the days of travel, compared to the farmers alminac for the weather that week and divide it by the number of good -vs- bad posts the restaurant got on here and then about 12 seconds of doing this system I remember that I stink at math, I know nothing about stars,planets and there alignments and I don't even own a Farmer's Alminac. So I use plan B. We let each of the kids pick one restaurant(then if it is a bad meal that night DH and I can say "Wow, The Baby picked a really crappy place to eat. If I had to pick I would have neeeeeeever chose that one." For the other meals, DH and I start flipping coins to decide. Let me tell you, that is REALLY GOOD TIMES!!

So the time came to call our TA and have her make our meal arrangments. :cool1::cool1: Here is where and when we are eating.

Day 1: Arrival DAY!!:banana: Chef Mickey @ 5:30! We do Chef Mickey on the first night of each trip. We are doing this meal with my uncle,his wife and kids~I need to find a name for them~this should be pretty fun! We have always done this meal alone so doing it with them should be a good time. Not going for the food or the possible spreading of the swine flu in the buffet line. Just going for the fun.

Day 2: Whispering Canyon @ 5:00. This meal will just be us. We ate there once when we stayed at the Wilderness Lodge and were not impressed at all. :sad2:It did not live up to the "craziness" that I had been reading about and looking forward to. The only "trick" our waiter did was come over and throw some straws at us. Now, not throwing the straws in a "ha ha this is the whispering canyon ya'll ready for a good time" type of throw. It was more of a throw that made me "want to pick up the straws, throw them back at him, smack him in the head with one of the pony sticks and tell him get back in the kitchen and lets start this party all over again" type of throw. Plus, Mr. I Love My Job had no idea about what was going on in "his" hotel. We were staying Club Level and he tells us how it must be beautiful up there b/c they had just redone every single room on that floor and he could not wait to go up there some day and see how nice the rooms came out. I politly gave a smile and after taking a minute to hope that he was a little more up on his Disney knowledge in the real world where he was not inhaling pixie dust all day, I just said..yes, they are. Now the rooms were NOT redone! They had redone the Club level lounge! So since Walt was not sending me a check for training his staff I let Mr. Disney Facts keep his misinformation and chuckled inside thinking about the day someone stops him and says "what the heck are you talking about? Don"t you know what goes on in your own hotel??" Hey pal, next time watch how you coc.k your wrist when you throw my straws and maybe I will give you some info that might keep you from some embarrassment later in life. But anyway, the kids really want to go back to the lodge to reflect on the days that we stayed there. Yeah, their sentimental like that. So we will go back and give it another try. Not going for the food. Going to relive some great memories. The Lodge was our first trip to Disney as a family so I guess it will always have that special place in our hearts.

Day 3. Coral Reef @ 12:05. The Oldest picked this one as his choice. We ate there when we went during our grand gathering trip. The Oldest loved the lobster soup and the mahi-mahi. Now, he does not like lobster in the real world so when he ordered it I was HAPPY:woohoo: b/c I could already see the look on his face when he took the first bite and instantly gagged and said "can I get some fruit, that is gross." Well guess who was smoking the pixie dust that day. Yup, The Oldest! They brought his soup and I got my spoon ready to take the soup from him as he pushed it aside. So all doped up on pixie dust he takes a bite and says "this is sooooo good Ma, you should have got this." He gave me 1 bite. Just enough to know that I loved it and made a mistake on my appertizer choice. He still laughs about it all the time about how I was waiting to eat his lobster soup and he ate it all. Yes he knows I thought I was going to get his. I could hear DH whispering to him about it and The Boy said "oh so that's why she is sitting under the table tying his shoe laces to his chair." Don't judge me unless you've had the lobster soup! So last time we had dinner, this time trying lunch.

Day 4: This is our "free day." We are having a late breakfast at Boma. It always makes me chuckle when I plan a "free day" or read that others have a scheduled "free day." I laugh b/c we are on vacation so they should all be "free days" but it is like we go to Disney and take a one day (free day) vacation day. LOL The whole family voted for Boma for a late breakfast. We ate there for breakfast on the last day of our last trip. It was the best breakfast we have had at Disney. I only took one sip of the "special juice" that they pour for you though. See they don't tell you everything that is in it so I have no idea which Disney drug they dropped in there. I have no idea if it is the "I neeeeed to go shopping and buy tons of character shirts drug" or the "Maybe we should go back to the room and read that bounce back flyer and book another trip for next year drug" or the " This 29 day trip to disney was not long enough. Next time we have to stay longer drug" or the ULTIMATE drug of drugs. The one that people whisper about. The one that once you take it once they have set it up so you will keep coming back, sometimes more then once a year, just to keep getting all the other drugs they are selling. The drug that makes people put special pictures in their siggy. Yes people the "DVC DRUG!!" Now I may have drank a whole glass of the juice and risked getting the ULTIMATE drug pumped into my body fully aware that once you get that drug, there is no turning back. Your a lifer. But I only took one sip b/c DH didn't want any of the juice. Now what if I got the "ULTIMATE" one and DH got nothing. What kind of scene would that be? Me all drugged up screaming and hollering while running around the hotel looking for the DVC people with Dh trying to calmly tell me we are not buying DVC. After I question him if he is really a alien from another planet pretending to be a disney loving human he would know that my drink was spiked and he would take out the needle and give me a shot to calm me down. I know it sounds harsh but I have seen the store video taps at the Magic Kingdom and what I looked like after I got the "I neeeeeeed to go shopping and buy tons of character t-shirts" drug. So even though it may look harsh to see me getting a shot and even though you might feel bad when he is pushing my sleeping body back to the room in the babies stroller but don't worry it is for my own good. Just remember. I saw the tapes. So We have an ADR for 10:45.

Day 5: Tony's @ 11:45. This was DH pick. We have never eaten there so there are no expectations that it has to live up to. Plus since we have never eaten there, there is also nothing to write about it. YAY, that was real fun.

Day 6: 1900 Park Square @ 4:30. This is another meal we will be having with "the not yet named family." Again have never been to this meal. And again it should be fun to have this meal with Kim and her crew.

Day 7: Crystal Palace @ 12:15 and Ohana at 7:00. These 2 were my picks. We all really like C.P but we LOVE Ohana. Not sure if we will do both or just go with the flow and decide that day which one we are in the mood for. Don't worry though. If I decide that we are not going to eat at one of them I will call and cancel. I mean I do not want to offened anyone b/c it would be nice to have people read my trip report when I get back.

Day 8: Leaving today.:sad1: Eating sadness as our vacation is over and we have to leave. Followed by a chaser of jealousy at all the people that are arriving that day. I swear the people checking in that day always give me that poor pitiful look that says......oh that stinks that your trip is over while ours is just about to begin. Hey kids look! Those poor kids have to go to school next week but not my beautiful babies that will be enjoying rides and swimming. Bu-by now. Have fun going back to reality. Now get to step'n so we can use your room. Sometime I try not to look at the people arriving so I do not have to listen to the silent message they are sending me with their eyes. Sometimes I can not help but look. Those time I do look and the message they are trying to send is coming in loud and clear I look right back and send my own message. Oh yeah, well ..............you..! And then I grab my kids by the hand and loudly say "come on kids we need to get going b/c the CDC is on the way to decide if they should close the parks since everyone is getting sick.":sick: Then I take one big inhale of pixie dust before I get in the car so I will feel nice and calm on the ride to the airport.:hippie:

Up Next: Not sure what the next post will be about. Gotta think about that one.

disneyaddicted

05-05-2009, 01:59 PM

kimgary2

05-05-2009, 09:02 PM

I joined just to tell you you are a nut!! LOL :lmao:
Good board, you have some followers and plenty to read.
We do the same thing with dinner all the time, it's so annoying. I wish someone would just cook for me every day and I would just eat what they gave me as long as I don't have to think about it, cook it or clean it up.
It's almost Disney time! 25 more days! :banana:

kimgary2

05-05-2009, 09:50 PM

I'm new to the disboard. I know I can change my title underneath my name, but what am I? I've been twice, going a 3rd time at the end of the month.

Thanks,

shordiebecka

05-06-2009, 09:11 AM

your tossing a coin trick is too funny! I go through that with my bf all the time, the deciding where to eat thing. I'm a picky eater so i always get stuck deciding where to eat though! When in doubt, I always suggest a generic place, like 99 or Applebees...anyways, love your plans. They look really good! What parks are you going to on which days? Whichever ones you are eating in? Or wherever the wind takes you?

lovemyguys

05-06-2009, 11:59 AM

FLipping a coin for a decision? Who woulda thunk it? I always did the planet/stars alignment with the farmers almanac method you mentioned, I too stink at math and maybe that is why my restaurant choices have not always been the best.

I laughed my hind end off reading this post, no worries though, it's growing back as I type this one.

Keep it up girl, this PTR is hilarious.

See I knew that flipping the coin trip was an original so that is why I decided it was time to let the rest of the world in on it. Yeah, I know, I know :worship::worship: Woo-Hoo another planet/star/aligment/almanac disney dinning planner!! Yeah, it wasn't working to well for us so that is why we got the kids involved in picking. Have to be able to blame the bad meal on somebody. :rotfl:
How's your hind end doing today? Did you get it all back?:rotfl2:

I joined just to tell you you are a nut!! LOL :lmao:
Good board, you have some followers and plenty to read.
We do the same thing with dinner all the time, it's so annoying. I wish someone would just cook for me every day and I would just eat what they gave me as long as I don't have to think about it, cook it or clean it up.
It's almost Disney time! 25 more days! :banana:

Posters and Lurkers I would like to introduce you to the ~No named family~ Otherwise known as my uncle and wife and two boys. Or our trip partners. I really need to get a name for you guys Kim. I do not want to have to keep typing my uncle, his wife and their two sons every time I mention you guys. Yeah, I'm lazy like that. Do you know what a few extra strokes on a keyboard can do to you?!?!?!

I'm new to the disboard. I know I can change my title underneath my name, but what am I? I've been twice, going a 3rd time at the end of the month.

Thanks,

Actually you can't change the title under your name. When you hit a certain number (I think the first is 100 posts) of posts the computer changes your title under you name. Anybody know what the next amount of posts has to be after the first 100 to get a new "title?" What I am wondering is who/how do some of you get those funny saying under your name?? I see lots of people with those funny "quotes", some have more then 1 but then I see lots of people with none. What is the trick to that one? :confused3

your tossing a coin trick is too funny! I go through that with my bf all the time, the deciding where to eat thing. I'm a picky eater so i always get stuck deciding where to eat though! When in doubt, I always suggest a generic place, like 99 or Applebees...anyways, love your plans. They look really good! What parks are you going to on which days? Whichever ones you are eating in? Or wherever the wind takes you?

The good ole coin toss. Gotta love it!!:banana: It fails every time! :rotfl: Good to know that my DH and I are not the only ones with restaurant decision making issues. I have to say thank you b/c I have been stumped on what to write about next and you gave me the answer!! :worship: I will write about our "touring plans!!!" Thank-you,thank-you,thank-you

disneyaddicted

05-06-2009, 12:52 PM

How's your hind end doing today? Did you get it all back?:rotfl2:

Oh yeah, and then some:confused3go figure.

shordiebecka

05-06-2009, 04:00 PM

Happy that I helped you decide on your next topic! can't wait to hear about it!

Maddie2

05-08-2009, 09:26 PM

Hey there, great to see you've added to your ptr! :thumbsup2 Been busy here, DS11 turned 12, thus parties and all. And, I'm pretty sure the attitude that was SUPPOSED to materialized when he turned 13, showed up a year early. :sad2: We have great kids overall, just sayin' that we have our moments. ;)

Anyhoo, back to your ADR's ....

All of your choices are new to me except for 'Ohana & Chef Mickey. Would that be the 'Ohana breakfast or dinner? We've been to the Character Breakfast 2x and the dinner 1x. LOVE the breakfast, dinner not so much. SO much meat! Chef Mickey's is fun! We try to begin and end our vacations with character meals.

Your coin flipping sounds like us at home too. Usually I have DH pick 2 places and then I pick from those or vice versa. But on vacation ....

When it comes to going out for dinner, in theory, it would be great to have a democracy. In REALITY it just does not work. I learned a while ago that when it comes to vacation planning and meal choosing, it is just best for me to accept my dictatorship role and choose EVERYTHING. Mind you, they don't always realize that I am making all of the decisions, but don't be fooled, I am. :lmao:

I know their likes, their dislikes, I know how long they can go without eating/drinking. I know how much time they'll devote to eating and then want to get back on the rides. Before I sit down to make the Master Plan, we do talk about past restaurants we've visited, but in the end it's just easier for me to chose -- based on the area we'll be in and menus from allearsnet.com. I am proud to say that we ate cheeseburgers only once and not a single chicken nugget! (BTW, we had the counter service meal plan and paid OOP for 2 table services -- actually we used the bonus $200 gift card that was part of our package in January). Sitting down for meals on a daily basis does not work for this bunch.

I laughed at your Day 8 ... or rather laughed/cried/sad heart .... I feel your pain already! We usually leave early in the a.m. for the airport so we haven't had to face many people coming in .... but the night before when we are using up snack credits in the gift shop, I start to see "those" faces. :sad:

A funny story from our last trip ... we were scurrying about using snack credits/shopping/eating on the last night at Pop Century and this lady approached me in the lobby. Her daughter had lost a tooth and she needed someone to play "tooth fairy" by writing a postcard. She knew her daughter would know her handwriting, so she asked me to write it. Evidently her daughter had been asking all kinds of questions, so we answered her Q's in the postcard (yes, the tooth fairy lives near Santa, no you can't keep your teeth, etc). It was adorable! She picked up a few pressed pennies and a trinket or two from the gift shop and went back to her sleeping child. That was fun -- and since my boys were with me they thought is was especially cool that Mom played "Tooth Fairy" for someone else's child! pixiedust:

Have a wonderful Mother's Day!!!! :flower3:

Maddie2

05-16-2009, 07:32 PM

Hi Lisa! :yay:

Hope all is well there and that you will be continuing your PTR! I'm looking forward to reading more!