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Chapter 7.1: We're still back, just with breathing room! So originally, we'd been tossing around the idea of going during the February vacation. That has been scrapped, partially because ye gods, that left us NO planning time, and also because flights would have been prohibitively expensive...

(If this has already been answered elsewhere, my apologies!) I'm looking into the QS dining plan for our family of 4, and in checking menus for various locations throughout the parks to see which locations will work for 2 pretty easy-going grownups but 2 kids with wildly different palates, I...

Chapter 7: We're baaaaack After almost 4 years...Planning is back on! The downside, is that this time around it's much more last-minute than the last times I've tried to plan this? All I know is that for the February vacation, we're headed to Orlando! There has been a LOT occurring between...

I feel like a zombie, resuscitating this PTR so long after the last update. I've gotten my marching orders from DH: We're looking at a mid-April visit, so now it's gonna be a flurry of researching, gnashing teeth over the lost and now extinct fastpasses, and trying to convince DH that yes, we...

Minor update: Postponed but not forgotten! We're in an indefinite holding pattern still, waiting for DH and I to be eligible for the vaccine. We've gotten refunds for everything except for the tickets, which I've been assured can be rolled over to new tickets once we determine when we will go...

Chapter 6- COVID19 Limbo Well. I've been kind of a ghost in recent weeks, partially because work got INSANELY busy, and then because I'm trying to balance working from home while also being a stay-at-home parent. DH is also working from home, but since technically his salary is larger, and I...

Oof. Life is so surreal these days. I work for a school district which is closed, and was called in today (at 10:30pm last night, mind you) because the concern is that the building itself will be shut down and my manager wanted to ensure we all had everything we needed to work from home. (I was...

We're going hiking this weekend, which will be a nice way to get moving, get some fresh air, and avoid crowds. I've got a recipe for homemade cheez-its that I think DD1 will enjoy making with me, and I like spending time in the kitchen. And thanks to Disney+ we will probably have a family movie...

Thanks @TheOneWithTheTriplets! I'm very glad to have that done, and to check off another item on my seemingly endless to-do list! I'll keep my fingers crossed for you @lvcourtneyy! I think when I logged in yesterday there were some FPs available but none in the morning, which is when I'd needed...

Chapter 5-Fastpasses booked! We interrupt your regularly scheduled broadcast with this breaking news: Fastpasses have been booked! (Okay, not breaking news, people do it all the time.) Work has been a bit....hectic....lately, with a lot of reporting that's due this time of year, but I feel...

Today's WooHoo is that tomorrow I can book all our fastpasses!! (I'm excited and also hopeful) I had slipped back over the 200lb threshold over the weekend (not a surprise, and I'm taking it in stride) but I was back in One-derland this morning! Wooo! Time to keep the momentum going in the right...

I grew up with Seventeen and later Cosmo, and always felt like I was too thick-waisted and flat-chested to be really 'attractive' but I was okay with my legs. I'm still fighting the mindset that a flat stomach is attainable, and am learning to love and embrace my curves. If I could, I'd tell...

I'm thankful that my MIL and mother get along well enough that they're driving for 12 hrs today to come visit us for the weekend. It's going to be an interesting weekend, since part of the activities will be her teaching my oldest daughter how to make her special cookies (and to be fair, those...

Oooooh, thanks for the tips! We will definitely take advantage of that!

Joining in late...story of my life! Hi all, I'm LaughingSphinx, and I'm in Boston where I work all day stealing souls in HR for a school district, and I LOVE it. I've been struggling with my weight a lot especially since my kiddos joined the family, and I'm trying to be healthier and model...

Thanks! I hope it's entertaining 😁

Chapter Four: Magic Kingdom I've still got some time before I can sign up for our FastPasses, and currently the entire family is trusting me to make the plans. So I'll get the blame when things go wrong but no credit when they go right. No pressure, no pressure. And truthfully, no one else on...

I'm going to be doing something similar, mostly because our flight gets in later in the day than the stroller pickup at MCO is open. I won't need it, really, til the next day when we're in the parks so I'll just have it delivered in the morning and then I'll be good to go.

Chapter 3: So what ARE we doing, anyway? With all the "we are not" items on the list, I should probably clarify what we ARE doing. I'll probably need to break this down too, because goodness knows I can go off on a typing tangent and then it's really hard to jump back on track. So what little...

Chapter 2: Not this time Like most children, my oldest will often ask to add extra items to the shopping cart or exclaim over something she wants to take home when we're out and about. She's got plenty of toys, snacks, and anything else she could ask for at home, so my answer is usually "No...