Sounds like a fun time. I dislike people who buy from China and say handmade. At least disclose you bought it and are the middleman.
Have fun grocery shopping.
Well - they didn't exactly not disclose the items were from china... but right on the plastic bags they were enclosed in - it said right on them "made in China" - that was a dead give away. LOL That and every booth that had the exact same item...
We had a good time grocery shopping - it was a late day for us, but we had fun.
Sounds like you had a great trip. I can't wait to see how the metal animals you bought looks like.
We did - I will try to get on today and post pictures, yesterday was so hectic.
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RHMH 
I want my Mickey Waffles !!!! Love the pictures of EE - you guys take great pictures.
Please, Take me back to my HAPPY PLACE
"""Thanks! I hope you get to go back soon. I haven't even looked - do you have a trip planned?"""
We are back July 12th - 21st - 2014
1st choice B.C.
2nd choice A.K.L. again.
3rd choice a M.K. View, Club Level, 2 bedroom Tent under the trees to the left of the MK. entrance.
Hahahaha... I can relate to that last one...
Sounds like you have an awesome trip planned already? Way cool!
Cranberry feat looks like it was a ball! I hope you do post pictures of the silver animal things. That sounds really neat!
I will try to do that later today... It was just so crazy yesterday.
I love your review of your trip to Cranfest. We live in the Chicago suburbs, which makes Wisconsin a nice weekend destination. That looks like a nice resort.
It was very nice... However - the Dells is just a bit south of here, so most people go to the Dells.
I'm surprised at how many resorts have a water park attached to them. I am claustrophobic, too and would absolutely freak on that tube slide. I made the mistake of trying Mission Space at Epcot. When that harness thing dropped down over my shoulders and the viewing panel come forward, I just about lost it. That was the closest I ever came to having a panic attack.
I managed to survive the ride by repeating over and over "Disney won't kill me. They will let me out. It will be over soon." But I will never go on that again.
Yikes!!! Yes - that is one ride I will never try... I would definately end up freaking out.
D, it sounds like you gals had a great weekend. I love that you found shirts that reminded you of Suzi and Mo...how great is that!
I'm with you...if I'm in a dark tube, I'm not sliding!
Yah - it was a lot of fun! And nope - one ride on the tube slide was enough for me. LOL I did have to laugh at the kid that sent us down though - he reassured me that it was a "quick ride" - and it was, I thought it was endless, but it was over much quicker than I'd thought.
I wished we had something like Cranfest around here. Being a crafter myself (crocheting), I love a good craft festival.
Speaking of which, I promised to show a picture of DGD's Minnie purse once I finished it.
I wished I made the background a lighter color (over than black), because it's hard to see Minnie's ears. However, I followed the instructions, and it called for black. Next time, I'll make it grey or something similar.
This is so adorable!!! You did a fantastic job on it - I can just barely make out the ears, they are so cute! I agree - maybe next time the background as a different color, but I think this is adorable.
Glad you had such a great time at Cranfest!! It is nice when you have such a great group of friends.
Thought I'd share that I started a PTR for our hopeful trip to WDW next year.
http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?p=49694788#post49694788
That is soooo cute!! Or maybe you could outline Minnie's head in white or another color that would make it separate from the back.
Yay!!! I will try to head over there this morning!
Oooh - that's a great idea too Sandra!
Sorry I didn't reply earlier. I just got back from Branfest. It's run by AARP to keep up pre-seniors moving.
I was thinking the same thing, but D~ is so laid back she'd probably do an Annie Hall, "La de da."
I've joined the "taking care of my mother and it's not very much fun" club. When I get home it's diversionary to read through dis because it recalls happier times, and I can live vicariously. You're right, I was very lucky to get the photo, because the owner didn't seem too happy at the moment.
I think he lost the auction he was bidding on -- no offense, of course.
Perfect for the next dismeet.
I just went to lost and found on a lark. I expected if my glasses were found they would also be crushed. The lost and found lady said they walk the Space Mountain tracks every night looking for dropped stuff. They have trays of sunglasses labeled by day and park. Like I said, there must have been zillions.
I know. I wouldn't have wasted my money on the Polynesian if I knew something even better was going to happen.
Cheryl - you crack me up!
Glad you had a good time. It sounds like a lot of fun. So...why is it CRANfest?? Do they grow cranberries there or something?
Yes, they do grow a lot of cranberries here... Not sure if it's the place where they grow the most? Or what the significance is - but almost all of the food sold by the crafters/and food stands has some type of food with cranberries in it - so cranberries is definately a theme.
Yeah, definitely like the black shirts better than the red ones we saw. We might have had to buy them if they were black.
Those shirts were EVERYWHERE all day long... Later - I even saw black ones that were embroidered vs. screen printed - those were even nicer.
Totally agree about the dark water slides. I just don't like the tube ones period...no way I would do the water slide on the
Disney cruise ships...freak me right out!
I don't think that one would bother me - since I can see out?
Welcome home! Now get back in that sewing room lady...you have adoring fans waiting to see what you create
Hahhaa... I will have a bag to show you all later today.
Poppingby to say hi! I was NOt a fam of park fare dinner this time. I ctually found several dinners to be Asian themed in their food choices and it just didnt thrill me.
Yah - I like Asian food normally, but I just didn't think it fit the theme of this dinner.
Welcome back. I am so glad you had a great time!
I agree - I HATE when people buy stuff overseas and then sell it at "craft" fairs. I feel it isn't fair for those of us that work hard and put expert craftsmanship into things only to have cheap crap right next to us selling for pennies on the dollar.
I totally agree - I usually skip right past those stands.
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Grocery shopping was fun yesterday - once we actually got to the "shopping" part. LOL
A short back story... Allison has decided she wants to be vegetarian - I thought it would last a week or two, but we are going into week 4 now, and I am starting to worry that she is not getting proper nutrition to sustain herself. So, Alli went to stay with BFF for the weekend, and bff decided to cook all vegetarian dishes for her - so that Alli would have an idea of what she needed to eat. I will admit - we are a meat and potatoes family - so this vegetarian thing is very forign to us, and due to my lack of understanding or the fact that we have nothing in this house to make any of this any easier on her - she has been living off of PB&J along side of whatever we are eating for dinner. So, this whole weekend has been very enlightening for all of us. And Allison now has a way better idea of what she needs to eat to get the proper nutrients.
Anyways - so yesterday, bff made us lunch - it was a fantastic meal - something I would totally make as a side dish - but that Allison would be able to eat as a regular meal too.
By the time we ate lunch and actually made our way to shopping - it was almost 1pm. Those of you that know me, know I like to shop bright an early before the crowds - so for me to grocery shop in the middle of the day - on a weekend - well, I was super annoyed.
We started off at the mall - because I had a coupon for a free Victoria's Secret panty... Whoot! Worth the trip to the mall. LOL
Then we stopped at Sears... I looked in the Lands End section - and I found 2 swim suits for Alli marked 70% off the lowest ticketed price... So I was able to get her 2 suits for $32, which is pretty good. However - when we got home, she tried them on and only likes one of them, so the other is going back. Oh well.
Finally - we arrived at Target - it was 2:30, and I had to be on the road home by 4:00... So, we shopped as quick as we could. My list was short - but I made a point to make sure I purchased some high protein/iron items for Alli.
In the end... Along with my grocery purchase - I purchased a few Disney GCs - enough to get started on my savings for our next trip
And when all was said and done - after all of my discounts - I paid $15 for all of our groceries. Not too bad!
The girls and I rushed home...
Josh made stir-fry for dinner... making sure to pull Alli's out before he added the meat. It was delicious!
We were all in bed early. It was a nice weekend.
Today I will be working in my sewing room - starting my next custom order.
I am picking the girls up from school later - Alli has an appointment and V wants to go to Goodwill to get a pair of 90's high waisted jeans for Homecoming week... Josh will meet me in town to take the girls home, and I will stay for my Zumba class.
I should have photos posted later today of my custom order from last week.
I hope you all have a fantastic day!
D~
Hope you had an awesome time in my neck of the woods! BTW, we have a youth retreat at that lodge every October! What a small world!
