Steppesister
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- Dec 27, 2013
L is for: Lit Up in Lights
It was a pretty slow day around here. Made Russian Borscht (funny story about that coming up), got a bid for the tiling of my kitchen floor, went clothes shopping for a daughter, (guys turn away!!! **Warning, I am telling you turn away! I mean it.
Ladies, can I get a hug of sympathy right here?? Ever gone bra shopping for a teen? SHOOT. ME. NOW!
Guys, you are welcome to return...)
...and probably failed the single most important exam (and hardest) I've ever taken in my life. In order to take my mind off of the agony of waiting for those results, I busied myself with a fun little crafty project. I was going to wait to post this until this weekend, but I'm working the next couple of days, and, if I've timed things right, I think this'll land at the top of the next page. I know y'all are way more savvy at that than me. Also, I'm rather fond of my work and was anxious to share.
A little history:
For my last trip, I went all out and brought 3 grapevine wreaths and battery lights to make a lighted Mickey head for my Wishing Wreath on our room window. I don't want the bulk this time, so am going more 2D, but still with lights. Each evening I'd add my Mickey head wishes (remember those?) to the wreath and see how blessed I'd been over the course of the trip. This year, I wanted to add a hat tip to the fact that we'll be celebrating BIG. So instead of skywriting, which was too expensive, I'm spelling it out like this:
Pretty cool, huh. But even cooler with lights. Imagine it all twinkly like in the evenings when we come back to our room: a not-so-gentle reminder of why we're there; a beacon in the night; our names in (almost) neon; stars in this Disney production!
Underneath the "We're celebrating", dangling from color-coordinated ribbon, will be our names spelled out vertically. (Not yet assembled) Beside those, again not yet made, will be printed signs about 8x8 saying what each of us is celebrating:
Mine: "I just graduated from Nursing School!"
Zach: "I just got my Driver's Permit/License!"
Anara: "This is my first trip!"
Here are some close-ups of the names and die cuts that will hang vertically from the ribbons under "We're Celebrating!"
In addition, on the door, we'll have our "Guest Book" and "Mickey Wish Head". Using the extra blank yellow, red and black Mickeys I have, I will hang them from thin ribbons and make a big bundle of them to hang in a bunch on the outside of the door, along with a pen for people to sign their names and hometown if they want. Last trip, we got LOADS of fun names from all over the US and other countries. It was so fun to come "home" to each evening and see our Guest Book, and take home a fun souvenir. On a separate poster with a Mickey Head outlined in black sharpie, we'll add our completed wishes each evening. You can see those in the first thread of this PTR. If you missed those, they are basically some of our Must-Do's and Looking Forward-To's. It'll be SO great to see it fill up over the course of the trip! I'll save the door decorations for the TR, so there's actually something to write about. Meantime, use your imaginations.
No, this isn't something even remotely required to have a great trip. But as with most things, generally you get out of something what you put into it. It adds that special kind of panache to something already extraordinary; that little something that makes a Disney trip just that much more unique and memorable. I will now step out of my geekzone and return you all to the World of Adulting.
Oh! And I forgot the story:
So, this guy comes to our house today to give me a bid on laying the tile in our kitchen/laundry room/bathroom. He measures, we talk job. He's nice, we go over the process, etc... and get to the point where it looks like we're done. He turns back and says, "I have one more question: Where you learn to make Borscht?"
I explain to him that we lived in Crapistan for 10 years and learned to make a lot of Russian dishes.
He smiles and says, "It smelled SO like Russian food when I walk in."
Biggest compliment I've had in a while. Made my day.... better.
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So happy!!! That's it now? No more exams, interviews, tests or whatever??? You are a RN with a job?! So proud of you!
This may be the best Disney room idea I've seen.
Congratulations!!!!
