1st trip as Mr. and Mrs. (lots of pics!) Updated 9/29: TR Link Posted!!

[stacikristine]

It says they are subject to change but they look pretty accurate so far. I'll PM you with it.

That'd be great!! Thanks

 

[pinkpixie0920]

Your house is so cute! I love the garden you planted. I do not have a green thumb at all. My husband is better at that stuff than I am. Your binder looks great! Almost to the 90 day mark

 

[stacikristine]

Your house is so cute! I love the garden you planted. I do not have a green thumb at all. My husband is better at that stuff than I am. Your binder looks great! Almost to the 90 day mark

Thanks Nancy! I really don't have a green thumb either. I forgot to mention that 2 of my plants were looking REALLY sad. Well, I didn't have time to water one morning, and I asked Michael to...they looked SO much better that afternoon! I can't wait for June 22!!!!!

 

[jewels1916]

Ha ha! Yep, I do love having everything in one place.
It's probably a good thing I still have three months to decide on my ADRs, cause I can't seem to get anything narrowed down!

 

[stacikristine]

Ha ha! Yep, I do love having everything in one place.
It's probably a good thing I still have three months to decide on my ADRs, cause I can't seem to get anything narrowed down!

Haha! That's how I was too! In fact, there's a chance the plan will still change between now and the 22nd!

 

[stacikristine]

Alrighty…now that Sept park hours are posted (Woo-Hoo!!), here is our plan:


Sun. September 20:
Check in at AKL
Look around Resort/Swim/Relax
Evening @ DTD
In Bed Early!

Mon. September 21:
Rope Drop EFW
Afternoon Break
Dinner & more EFW (use fastpasses)
Spectro Magic @ MK (8:00 pm)
Wishes @ MK (9:00 pm)

Tues. September 22:
Rope Drop DHS
Dinner at DHS &
Stay as long as we want
Relax/In bed semi-early

Wed. September 23:
Rope Drop MK
Afternoon Break
Evening back at MK (use fastpasses)

Thurs. September 24:
Rest
EWS afternoon/evening
Illuminations @ EWS (9:00 pm)

Fri. September 25:
Rope Drop at AK
Early evening break & Dinner at resort
Fantasmic! @ DHS (8:00 pm)

Sat. September 26:
Breakfast at Boma AKL
Whatever park we want!



That's the plan thus far! Let me know what you think! I have more binder pages finished, but I haven't had a chance to take pictures and upload them.

OH--and I got my hair cut! Majorly. 9.5 inches! I'm donating it to Pantene Beautiful Lengths. I went to a wedding this past weekend (#3 of 5) and so I'll try to post pictures of that.

I'll be gone this whole next week--we're taking our youth to Church Camp. I'm SOOO excited! It'll be my first taste of summer this year. I was going to have to come back and work on Wednesday, but my boss just emailed me and said that if the only reason I was coming back on Wednesday was for the review he had scheduled (he left me with 6 design projects while he was gone, and I'm supposed to be finished by Wednesday), then he was fine with me just taking the week off! He's been gone for 2 weeks, and he said he'll still be playing catch up on Wednesday. So now I'm truly going for the whole week. We leave today at 1

All that to say, I'll be away from the Boards this week, but I promise to post pictures of the Disney Binder, camp, my hair, and a few new clothes from our short shopping trip (DH and I had a date day on Sat before the wedding) when I get back!

 

[jenny105]

See ya at DHS on Tuesday!

I wanna see pics of your hair! lol I chopped mine off like that last year.

 

[tinkgurl]

The plans look good so far!

 

[ibedancin824]

Plans look good!!

I also cut my hair off about 7-8 inches about a month ago and love it! I have had really long hair since I was a little kid this was the first time I ever cut it off

 

[khertz]

I've donated my hair to Locks of Love twice, and always felt really great after. Especially this last time because I started giving chemo at work, so I take care of some amazing kids with cancer and I can see the kinds of people I'm donating to, in a way.

The schedule looks great!! I cannot tell you how anxious I am for December hours so I can do the same thing!! I'm a little nervous though because my projected ADR date for Chef Mickey's is on September 7th, and that's about when park hours will be posted, if not later since Disney has been so late getting them up. I'll be a ball of nerves that week, hoping we get all the ADR's we want! Luckily we aren't trying for too many, but the ones we want are popular places!

Can't wait for pictures.

 

[jewels1916]

Your plan looks great! Have an awesome time at camp, and I can't wait to hear all about it when you get back!

 

[Bridora]

I love your binder! I was catching up on your PTR (I just got back from Disney--we had a wonderful time!) and looking at your "snack list". I couldn't tell if you had Kaki Gori on there or not...It is surely something you must have. They are the best snow cone you ever had, but better. Finely shaved ice, lots of yummy flavor! They are sold at a little kiosk in Japan. If you start on the Mexico side and work your way around they will be on your left just as you are entering Japan. Strawberry is my favorite, but they have Cherry, Tangerine, and one other flavor, Melon? I can't remember!!

 

[crocko]

Found your PTR this morning.

I'm an Okie as well and my family will be down at WDW during the same time period (Sep 17-26). From the looks, our main itinerary doesn't really match anywhere, but hey...."it's a small world" over there right?

Look forward to following the rest of your PTR and countdown.

 

[stacikristine]

Hi All!!! I'm back! It was a wonderful, wonderful week! I'll post pictures (as promised) later. I haven't had time to upload them yet.

See ya at DHS on Tuesday!

I wanna see pics of your hair! lol I chopped mine off like that last year.

YAY! Hopefully we'll run into each other. I think someone else was going to be at DHS Tuesday too...we might just have to plan a little DIS meet! I'll post pics soon!

The plans look good so far!

Thanks! I hope they turn out to be!

Plans look good!!

I also cut my hair off about 7-8 inches about a month ago and love it! I have had really long hair since I was a little kid this was the first time I ever cut it off

I'm loving it too! I go back and forth all the time. I'll have super long hair and then cut it off above my shoulders...over and over.

I've donated my hair to Locks of Love twice, and always felt really great after. Especially this last time because I started giving chemo at work, so I take care of some amazing kids with cancer and I can see the kinds of people I'm donating to, in a way.

The schedule looks great!! I cannot tell you how anxious I am for December hours so I can do the same thing!! I'm a little nervous though because my projected ADR date for Chef Mickey's is on September 7th, and that's about when park hours will be posted, if not later since Disney has been so late getting them up. I'll be a ball of nerves that week, hoping we get all the ADR's we want! Luckily we aren't trying for too many, but the ones we want are popular places!

Can't wait for pictures.

That's so awesome that you get to work with little kids that might be getting Locks of Love wigs! How special. I bet you're just SOOO ready for December hours! I know I was going crazy for Sept hours! Good luck on them posting early so you can get the ones you want! Especially CM I'll post pictures soon!

Your plan looks great! Have an awesome time at camp, and I can't wait to hear all about it when you get back!

Thanks so much! It was a GREAT week! I'll post pics soon!

I love your binder! I was catching up on your PTR (I just got back from Disney--we had a wonderful time!) and looking at your "snack list". I couldn't tell if you had Kaki Gori on there or not...It is surely something you must have. They are the best snow cone you ever had, but better. Finely shaved ice, lots of yummy flavor! They are sold at a little kiosk in Japan. If you start on the Mexico side and work your way around they will be on your left just as you are entering Japan. Strawberry is my favorite, but they have Cherry, Tangerine, and one other flavor, Melon? I can't remember!!

YUMMY!!! I've never tried one of them. I'll add it to the list right now! Thanks! They sound super yummy. We both love sno cones...I'm excited to try them! I'm glad you had a great time at Disney!!!!

Found your PTR this morning.

I'm an Okie as well and my family will be down at WDW during the same time period (Sep 17-26). From the looks, our main itinerary doesn't really match anywhere, but hey...."it's a small world" over there right?

Look forward to following the rest of your PTR and countdown.

HI FELLOW OKIE!! Thanks for reading! I see you're from Moore. My parents just moved there this past weekend. Crazy, huh?! My little sister is going to Brink. They're excited, but my sis is pretty nervous. That's so awesome that we'll be at Disney at the same time! Who knows--maybe we'll run into each other. I'll go over and check out your PTR

 

[crocko]

Your parents just moved to Moore?!? Haha, that's crazy.

If your sister is going to Brink, does that mean she's in line to go to Westmoore or Southmoore later on?

 

[stacikristine]

Your parents just moved to Moore?!? Haha, that's crazy.

If your sister is going to Brink, does that mean she's in line to go to Westmoore or Southmoore later on?

Yeah! They just moved this weekend. I don't know...I'll have to check. She's just going into the 7th grade...so she has a couple of years at Brink. My parents are both educators in OKCPS. My dad is a HS principal, and my mom will be a 9th grade counselor this next year.

 

[crocko]

Well, it definitely is a "small world"

by the way, congrats on the house and good job decorating

 

[stacikristine]

Well, it definitely is a "small world"

by the way, congrats on the house and good job decorating

Yes it is! Thanks!!

 

[stacikristine]

Now for the long overdue update!


I’ll start with the hair.

As I mentioned before, I cut 9.5+ inches off of my hair a few weeks ago to donate to Pantene Beautiful Lengths. My cousin has a friend who works in the children’s cancer ward at a hospital in Dallas, and she said a lot of her little kids get wigs from Pantene. They also let you donate 8 inches instead of having to have 10. Anyway…I’ve been growing my hair out for a couple of years (I’ve only had trims every few months, but no major cutting). One night, I was up tossing and turning for literally hours in the middle of the night. Every time I would turn over, my hair would wrap around my face and/or neck. That night, I decided I’d had it—I would be calling my hair stylist first thing in the morning!!! She got me in the following day.

In case you need a refresher, here’s a picture of my hair before the cut:

Keep in mind that was back in April…meaning it’d grown a few more inches.


Here is the ponytail after the cut:

Michael thinks this is disgusting. He was so grossed out by it at first. Since I had to let it dry completely before I mail it, I just left it on a sack on my dresser. One day, he decided to be funny and put it on top of his head…and then acted like it was a tail…and then a beard. Oh, boy.


Here’s the day after I got it cut (on my way to work)…sorry about the weird color…

Here’s us at a wedding a few weekends ago:

And here is a hasty picture taken late last night to show it more straight:

Anyway…I like it because it’s just so much easier—without having to be in a ponytail all the time!



Next up: More Disney Binder pages!!!

First of all, I’ve expanded my packing list. It now fills up two pages:

I also typed up all of TGM’s crowd charts (Green, Yellow, and Red ratings) for each day/each park—I colored out his ratings so I wasn’t passing on info I shouldn’t. On the other side is my detailed park plan:

I don’t know if I’ve put up pictures of this or not…but I made little charts of attractions I want to visit at each park and tips about the attractions. On the other side is a park map for that park:

I think I might have included this earlier, but it’s a quick reference for our daily dining, and on the other side, I’ll put our ADR times and numbers:

Lastly, I made the tip amount page prettier! Do you see the hidden Mickey?

Lastly, here’s a pretty picture of some of my flowers:

And I thought this picture was really pretty too—I took it last night. The picture is something we were given for our wedding. I think candles photograph so wonderfully:

Up Next: Camp and New ADR Online Ressies

 

[jenny105]

I love your hair! It looks really cute. You look a little like my friend Amie.

Good work with the binder!