It's a rainy 54 degrees here in NJ today...I prefer a chillier December, myself!
I am seriously missing the GF and WDW so much right now...our last trip was last October, and since DD started high school this year, we decided not to take her out of school for our usual fall trip. I actually don't know when we'll be able to make it back and that makes me a bit sad.
Looking at all your photos and reading about your plans helps me get through it, though, so keep it up!
It is hard when they get into HS, isn't it?! Sorry you are missing it so much but can't find the time to go. I'm in the same boat, you and I and
beth will have to form a support group.
Sounds like a crowded but fun group!
I will take ANY disney I can get
Dd and I have a great time, hopefully we can do it for years to come. I just had a nice trip with my mom to Dallas to visit my bro and family. I think my mom enjoyed a break from dad
I missed disney resorts!!! Had to stay in a Holiday Inn
It was just days after my RPC stay and oh man was it a let down. I think that's why I am so excited about upcoming family trip.
Does your family have any holiday food requests??? I need my moms kolochkies(sp)!!!
LOL about the fun group - it is, we all laugh a lot.
I know what you mean about missing Disney resorts. DD and I were in a hotel...somewhere, can't think right now where.... and we kept saying, "what?! no Mickey? no music in the evening? no SAB?"
Glad you and your mom had a nice time, even if it was in the Holiday Inn!
Your mom's pastries (see how I did that?! lol) sound delicious. The kids always ask me to make fudge, baked goods of all kinds and Chex mix.
It's a tradition for us to have Chex mix throughout the holiday season, if they get here and I've not made it yet, they are aghast!
i demand more info about your trip, lol!
that sounds like a wonderful christmas plan! the house will be too quiet when they all leave in january! i swear i will need to be heavily medicated when my kids grow up and leave the nest! i will miss them so! glad you will get to have so much time with yours!
i never realized until now that your other family members aren't as into disney any more! wow! thank goodness your dd is in it for the long haul!
I join you in that demand -
electricsoup, you are summoned!
You are so right about the house being too quiet when they all leave. Every year, it is the same. Christmas is the only time we are able to all get together in one place, and it is wonderful. Some of my kids' friends stop by, too, to play games and eat, etc.
It's disappointing the other family members do not enjoy Disney, but at least I have my girl, she sweetly indulges me.
omg, that is me. exploring the shops a hundred different times, sitting in all the seating areas (why?), and eating all. day. long. we have done CL also at poly and BC but the food at the GF is just an experience in and of itself. pitiful, i know, lol! i read these other threads about how terrible it is that some people seem to spend so much time at the lounge, and all i can do is hang my head in shame and own it, lol!
This made me shout with laughter!! I have to own it, too, then - I love spending time in the lounge, I don't care who knows it!
When DD and her friends go off for some park touring, I spend time there, soaking up the atmosphere and chatting with the CMs.
i, too, am having a weird start to the christmas season. usually i am so into it but this year, having trouble feeling it. trying, though. playing a lot of christmas music and leaving the indoor christmas lights on all day. lots of online shopping done.
for those of you who remember my job saga from the summer, i finally had enough and resigned two days ago! what a relief to be done with all that nonsense. i got a new job, it is part time (which i REALLY wanted but never thought i would find, everything i have found was full time), it is actually a position i used to work in about ten years ago and loved. very flexible schedule, great boss (same as when i worked there before). i got very, very lucky.
one of my labs had a botched routine surgery and we have had a terrible 3 weeks with more to come. i will spare you all the gory details but she needs 24/7 supervision and lots of care and unfortunately, the best case scenario is that IF she heals, it will be months of this. it is taking its toll on us, to say the least- with dh at work till 11 pm every night it is a bit much to have someone watch her 24/7 when i am the only adult caring for and chauffeuring both kids. it's so frustrating because going into this, it should have been "no big deal." and so far, we are in a total of nearly a whole GF vacation, with more expenses to come... very unexpected.
but... what can you do?
Oh,
beth, I'm so glad you have found a great job and left that stressful situation.
Oh, happy day!!
With the job situation the way it is now, I understand anyone feeling stuck - but I am happy for you that you were able to ride it out until the perfect job opened up.
So very sorry about your baby, what an awful thing. Poor girl. I can't imagine - my DD's Lab cut all four paws in a romp at the farm, which we didn't notice until she couldn't walk back in from the yard! That took a couple weeks to heal, and we thought that was an anguish.
Poor thing, and poor you. No wonder you are having trouble getting into the Christmas mood. Another hug, wish I was there to deliver it in person.
I miss the Christmas music I grew up with. My parents lost all of our records in floods of Storms Irene and Lee in 2011.
I left a job when my kids were your kids ages, best thing I ever did. An unhappy mom at work brings it home no matter how hard we try not too. Next year you will be well rested and think back and be happy with your choice.
Sorry about your lab. My sis has had similar issues.
Stop and take a moment.... Think of us with big kids.... We so miss having younger ones at home. I know they SEEM old to you but no, they still need you so enjoy.
(I just looked at your kids ages again and you just 5 years behind me yet it seems so long ago.)
Sorry about the loss of your old records.
What a shame. My parents gave away a bunch of mine, I was just mourning them the other day!
You are so right about cherishing all the moments when your kids are at home. I say that to young couples all the time that seem exasperated with their little ones. I understand, day to day can get overwhelming, but soak it up - there will come a day they will wish they could do up a tiny coat, wash their face, tuck them in bed or read them a story.
It only
seems they will be little forever, it actually flies by.
I have completely veered off topic - AGAIN!! Here is a photo: