10 people, 8 days and 3 rooms, IT WAS WILD!!!! *7/16* pt 3 on pg 20

[meriann]

Hey Meri! I just noticed your pumpkin topiaries in the background of those photos! Those are the crazed ones that hit the legume site last year aren't they? They look fabulous!

yes they are! I did one last year then this year I did a matching one since I have a real porch now! They are a bit worn out, We had a big storm last week and it blew them around a bit. Next year I am going to have to redo them somehow.

 

[kindakrazy2]

So Meri, are you going to post your Hot Momma photos?

Just wondering.....

 

[meriann]

only if you finish your day 2 report!

 

[kindakrazy2]

only if you finish your day 2 report!

No problem to me - I've seen them! And the cute little smirk on your DH's face!

 

[meriann]

Brat!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[meriann]

Ok for the rest of you who I DOOOO like

last night dh and I attended the Marine Corps Birthday Ball. This is THE event every year. We had a blast, ate danced and drank!

here are some pictures of us before we left.

 

[kindakrazy2]

There you are!

I just wanted everyone to see how beautiful you looked Meri!

 

[jordanyosh]

I would comment, but there's a man in the picture that could kill me.

You make a lovely couple. How's that.

 

[meriann]

I would comment, but there's a man in the picture that could kill me.

You make a lovely couple. How's that.

Thanks Jord, I will take that. BUT my dh is great he is a look at, compliment, even dance with, but DON'T touch my wife kinda guy.

But thanks to a wee bit of watching me dance with others and feeling left out he had started to dance with me know too!

 

[Trentmom]

I love your dress!!!

You look beautiful and your hubby is quite handsome

 

[mrsksomeday]

You and your husband look fantastic together, he is so handsome and you look so beautiful in that dress. I love pictures of happy couples .

 

[disneygirlinnj]

I'm jumping on this pre-trippie!! Love it so far!! I guess I'll work backwards from what I just read..

HOT MAMMA! You and the hubby look amazing for the ball! I went with my Marine bf (now ex-bf..oh well) 3 years ago and had the BEST time! ahhh... 200 men in uniform.. any lady would be in heaven

I'll definitely be keeping your father and family in my prayers. It's a horrible thing to have to go through.

You also have a beautiful family... I LOVE Diva! Definitely gives off the diva vibe.. which is a good thing! haha!

Can't wait to read all about the rest of the planning (and maybe cruise planning?! YAY!) and then the actual TR! Enjoy!

 

[meriann]

I'm jumping on this pre-trippie!! Love it so far!! I guess I'll work backwards from what I just read..

HOT MAMMA! You and the hubby look amazing for the ball! I went with my Marine bf (now ex-bf..oh well) 3 years ago and had the BEST time! ahhh... 200 men in uniform.. any lady would be in heaven

I'll definitely be keeping your father and family in my prayers. It's a horrible thing to have to go through.

You also have a beautiful family... I LOVE Diva! Definitely gives off the diva vibe.. which is a good thing! haha!

Can't wait to read all about the rest of the planning (and maybe cruise planning?! YAY!) and then the actual TR! Enjoy!

Come on in!!!!!!! We love newbies to our crazy fun.

 

[meriann]

Wellllllllllllllllllllllll I HAVE AN ITENERARY!!!!!

this past weekend we headed to BIL and SIL for turkey day. This is the same set we are going to Disney with. We had fun eating TONS. I dined on my first ever FRIED TURKEY

I am not a fan of fried stuff but this was OK? I ate way too much PIE! We also saw all the sights of thier city.
Here is one of the best places we visited

anyone????


yes thats our crew at the Rock and Roll Hall of fame in CLEVELAND! it was actully very cool.

We also went to the Great Lakes Science center and had a blast. We also took the kids to see Fred Clause. It was pretty funny, but I LOVE Vince Vaugn so I will love HIM in anything.


So on Saturday night I finally pinned everyone down so we could figure out where we wanted to eat and when!!!!

The binder is SOOOOO Happy now that is has a plan!

we are going easy on food so here goes

Sat June 14th we will check in swim at the hotel pool then eat pizza outside!

Sunday the 15th. We will hit MGM(soon to be what ever crazy name they are chaning it to) HOPEFULLY it will be still Star Wars weekend so my Buzz and SSgt will be in their GLORY. We are doing Sci Fi for dinner. WE LOVE SCI FI no matter what everyone says.

Monday the 16th. We decided Animal Kingdom would be our choice. Hopefully less busy than MK. We aren't doing ressies there unless I hear good things about the new resturant there. Other wise we will do the Italian one at SOG

Tue the 17th We are doing Blizzard Beach. This is our chill and have fun day.

Wed the 18th WE ARE FINALLY DOING MK! This is hard for me to wait this long but it will be worth it. We are having the girls go do BBB for hair ect.. then going to get CRT for lunch. Cross your fingers our ADR's pan out for us.

Thur is Epcot. We decided the kids would love the Coral Reef the best.

Fri and Sat are our what ever days. We decedied that we would be SICK of eachother and we can do what ever park we want and go back and forth and not be a GROUP!

Sat night we are wrapping up our fun at the Hoopdy Do Review.

Sun is Check out and DRIVE HOME!


SOOOOO what do you think? NOW I CAN"T WAIT!

 

[disneygirlinnj]

Sounds like a great itinerary!! When is your 180 day mark? You better be up bright and early for the CRT!

 

[jordanyosh]

Meriann,

Are you an EMH kind of family?

If you are not, then I would check the EMHs before committing to a park. We found that we avoided most of the crowds by avoiding Morning EMH parks. My friends made the mistake of going to AK on an EMH morning and it was a complete zoo (no pun intended).

Just a tip that I used when planning our June 07 trip for 14 people.

Here's some grain....some salt........

 

[meriann]

how soon do they put out the hours before hand? I have heard taht the crowds on those days are bad. We may do some of the night hours but probably not the AM ones since 10 people and 2 bathrooms makes for CRAZINESS!

 

[Trentmom]

Sounds like a great itinerary!! When is your 180 day mark? You better be up bright and early for the CRT!

You have been popping up all over these great trip reports.....

I just checked this nifty priority Seating calculator site I have, and it says her 180 day mark is December 17th



Meriann...Your itenary looks great.

You got a lot of break and relaxtion time in there and you knwo you are goign to get tired of each other near the end of the trip, so you are all set.

I don;t like turkey, but might like if it was fried....

Have to try that sometime

 

[disneygirlinnj]

You have been popping up all over these great trip reports.....

Haha... that's what happens when things at work are slow and I've realized I'm ADDICTED to these reports I think I might need professional help!

 

[Trentmom]

Haha... that's what happens when things at work are slow and I've realized I'm ADDICTED to these reports I think I might need professional help!

The first step is admitting you have a problem, so you are one step ahead of the game....


I love them, too.

I see you are leaving on the 2nd....Awesome!!!!

I might have to take lookey at your Pre trippie..

Trip reports are a vicious cycle..

You join one, then make friends with another diser, then notice the link in their sigge, so you join that one and then make more friend, and they have links, goes on and one...