Happy Monday ya'all! Does anyone else hate how Monday always tends to show up on time?
^ This was so true this morning since it was our FastPass morning! I bounded out of bed like I never have on a Monday morning (unless I am at Disney. Different sleeping rules there).
Our weekend was very relaxing. Went to dinner with grandma and grandpa on Friday night. Took them to a chicken place down the street from us, to find out grandpa doesn't eat chicken... whoops. But everyone else enjoyed their chicken dinners.
It was nice getting to see them, they live in North Carolina so don't get to see them more than a few times a year.
Saturday I got the oil changed in my Prius. When it was time to pay they told me the cost was $89 - I had a coupon for $49. I asked why so much, she told me that "We already took off $9." Okay but that is still a lot more than the coupon price so I asked if she could fix it. So she comes back and says "You're right, the coupon wasn't applied. So your new total is $69.00." What. I told her I was still confused on the price so she said, "Well that includes the $20 to rotate my tires." So I politely told her, "I didn't ask for that to be done - I get that done for free where I purchased my tires could you please remove that." She had to go check. It ended up being removed, and my final bill was $49 but lordy - took us awhile to get to there!
We then went to Costco so I could meal prep on Sunday and I tried to get Disney Gift Cards and my local Costco doesn't sell them! They told me only the Florida Costcos carry them... This is news to me! I also looked at some of the carryon sized suitcases at Costco but they only have the hardcase ones. I like the ones that have the different pockets on the outside - allows me to get what I need out of my suitcase in the airport but not have to undo the whole thing. So not getting one from there. We went home and the rest of our Saturday was relaxing and watching Disney movies - Malificient and Zootopia with a make-it-ourselves pizza night.
Sunday was meal prep day! I'm trying to make a bunch of freezer meals that I can just throw in the crockpot or oven so when I get home from my day job life at home combined with my nighttime job work is overall easier. So yesterday I 'prepped' the following:
- 2 pot roast meals;
- beef quesadilla/fajita fillings;
- Beef Dips;
- Aloha Pork;
- BBQ Pork;
- Cube Steak with mushroom gravy;
- Twice Baked Potatoes (side items for some of our meals);
- Italian sausage with peppers and onions;
- Smoked baby-back ribs; and
- LOTS of meatballs.
It got a little chaotic there and I felt like this by the end:
But 10 meals for the price of $55 ($12 for the beef, $5 for the pork, $10 for the ribs, $3 for the cubed steak and $5 for the Italian sausage plus the cost of the sides, veggies and whatever else I needed). So about $5.50 a meal for 2. I think that is pretty good.
Oh and on Sunday we got to make our
FastPasses!!!! So this is what we are doing:
Friday - DHS
- Star Tours 9:55AM
- TSM 11:25AM
- Tot 12:35
Saturday - Epcot
- Soarin! FP: 9:50AM
- LwtL 10:50am
- Mission Space 11:5am (lord help me not loose my breakfast on this one)
Sunday - MK
- Pirates 10:05am
- Splash 11:05am
- Peter Pan 12:50am
Monday - AK
- Safari 9:15am
- Everest 11:35am
- Dinosaur 1:25pm
Tuesday - MK
- Buzz 9:30am
- Space 10:40am
- Mine Train 11:45am
Wed - DHS (looks very similar to Friday's lol)
- Star Tours 9:15am
- TSM! 10:20am
- Tot 12:05pm
Thursday - Epcot
- Soarin 9:20am
- Earth 10:35am
- Meet Disney Pals (or say bye to them since we are leaving) 11:40am
So that is what I was able to get for all of us this morning! Well all of us except for my friend's hubby. It kept telling me he has existing plans - but I couldn't cancel those plans - so I need to call Disney and see what is up about that. Other than that small hiccup it was a lot less daunting than I thought it was going to be!
And this was Sophie last night. We had some super bad storms here and she decided to become afraid of storms.
Up next: things I need and want to buy for our trip!!