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[DMGeurts]

Love the photoshoot. Way too adorable. Kinda figured they would get back together! :

i LOVE figment!!! He is such a great little character!!!

Thanks! I think they are adorable too... You should see them live - they have so much fun together.

Thanks!

The picture of Alli and Gus is adorable.

Sounds like you had a nice, quiet weekend. Mine was pretty much the opposite, a Disney whilrwind! We got home and got the car unpacked about 15 minutes before my nail place closes so I begged DH to watch the girls so I could go get a very overdue pedicure. He was awesome and watched them for me but by the time I got home it was time to eat dinner and then I was exhausted and just ready to be done with the day so we watched some TV and went to bed - no unpacking completed at all! I will try to finish it up tonight since I want to go ahead and get packed for my girls weekend trip! Not to mention I want to use the next couple of nights to get ahead on chores so DH won't have much to deal with while I'm gone.

Hope Target goes great today. I have a lot to get done the next couple days - at work and at home

Thanks Jennifer! LOL That sounds like something I would do. I am down to 2 Minnie dot nails left... I am going in one day this week to have mine done again.

I hope you are able to get everything done that you need to.

Thank you very much

It's nice to have a lazy day from time to time.
I hope your day at Target went well.

I hope you are doing OK Lillian - you've been on my mind.

Yes - it is nice once in a while, but I am having such a hard time being more idle than what I am used to... I think I need to do a few auctions, just so I have something to do. LOL

For losing a part of your family.

Also - you're doing as well as many Americans, remembering only George Washington and Abraham Lincoln as Presidents. Terrible as that is

D~ Alli and Gus are a very cute couple and if he's helpful with Chemistry, so much the better!

No sewing for me this weekend - SIL was up to visit so we went thrifting Saturday and Sunday was my sister's annual party. Cale and I were exhausted from all the socializing & went to bed early last night.

Love the Figment bag. I need to come up with a Figment something for my mom. She doesn't usually carry a purse, but a wallet might work.

Have a great day!

Thanks! I love seeing them together... They are a good couple. I still worry a bit about their age difference - not so much that they aren't compatable (they seem to be), but that Alli will miss out on some important High School right of passages, and I don't want her to miss out on things like that. We'll see how it goes... I just don't want her to wish this time of her life away - if that makes any sense? But they are good together, and they have a lot of fun.

A wallet would be great for your mom! Sounds like you had a nice weekend.

Have been silently lurking along, but will be silent no more!

Looks like you guys had a wonderful vacay! Love all of the pictures!

Gus and Alli are so cute together!

Where did she get her brown boots and denim shirt from? I've been looking EVERYWHERE for a lighter denim shirt and brown boots, but haven't found any that I like! And then I see the picture that you posted and I'm all like OH MY GOODNESS!!! I must know where her shirt and boots are from!!! LOL

Can't wait to read your next update!

Thanks! LOL!

Yah - you're gonna love this... The boots were borrowed from our neighbor, so I have no idea where they are from, or even what brand they are? I will ask Alli if she remembers. The denim shirt was purchased from Target last year - on deep discount clearance... I am sure they will get more in this year.

I've been on the hunt for brown boots too... I am so picky about my footwear - and the price I pay for it. Hopefully I can find some soon. Good luck in your search!

I love the picture of Alli and Gus....they are adorable together. She is gorgeous and so grownup. And I loved your figment bag. Hope you are feeling better.

Thank you! Yes, it's so hard - she is growing up so fast! I still wish I could freeze time.

Thanks! I am feeling better now... Not sure what it was? I just didn't feel quite "right" for a day or two.

Seemed like Alli & Gus were spending a lot of time together as 'friends', but I'm glad they made it "official".

Lillian, I'm so sorry to hear of your loss. Our furbabies are a big part of our family, so I understand how hard it is to lose one. Hugs.

Speaking of furbabies, Charlie and I adopted 2 rescues on Saturday. I've been missing Ringo like crazy since Shannon dognapped him off to Chicago in May, but we wanted to wait until we got back from Disney before we started the process. I decided that I wanted a small dog this time around, and the local pet shop was having an adoption day with dogs from the SPCA. I stopped in to see if they had any small dogs and the first one to greet me looked very similar to Ringo. I sat down on the floor to pet her and another little one came over and sat in my lap. So, long story short, Buddy & Rosie came home with us. They are Chihuahua mixes, 9 years old and needed to stay together. They have seemed to bond to me and Buddy was distraught today while I was at work. Luckily, Charlie is working from home for the next couple of weeks, so that should help with the separation anxiety, I hope.

Hahaha... Yes, they were spending a lot of time together as "friends"... But I am OK with that. They are very comfortable around eachother, and I think that's really good.

Congrats on your new furbabies!!! That is always so exciting! I hope they are both able to adjust to their new home and parents easily!

I do love that even though the boys aren't in the same class this year we both say on a weekly basis that they should be because both our room parent jobs would be so much easier because we both just get each other and things run smoothly. This year it doesn't because we both have parent's that say they want to do it but don't really step up to do anything when we ask for help.

Glad you had a quiet weekend. Gus and Allison are very cute together!! I love the pictures on FB of the two of them. Yes pictures are the best way to document everything that is going on.



I'm so sorry for the lose of your cat. Even though she is just a pet they do become a part of your family. That is how I felt about our beloved dog Bear who has sadly been gone for 5 years now. Best wishes that you are doing ok and that the other 2 help the healing process (they will always be a part of you and I still miss mine every day.)

Ack!!! I sure hope some of those parents start to step up soon. I always hated that part.

Thanks! They are very cute together, and it fun to see them enjoy themselves.

I agree - our pets are our family... It's so very hard to lose them.

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I had an OK Target day yesterday. We are really starting to get busy and working on early holiday prep. I like working on Mondays - there is so much to do all the time.

Then I came home, hung out... Made frozen pizzas for dinner... You know, all the boring lazy stuff I tend to do on my Target days.

Today... It's a heavy lifting day for me. So, I will do that as soon as the girls leave for school.

Then I'll be in my sewing room all day... I am working on 2 bags right now simultaneously... A custom order and an auction order... Both of them should be done by the end of the week. I think I am also going to do an auction bag or two... I am having a hard time with no trip to plan and not being busy in my sewing room. Big time Disney Blues going on.

Nothing else is new or exciting here...

I hope you all have a nice day! Prayers and Pixie Dust to all of you!

D~

 

[lovedonaldduck]

I am so sorry to hear that you are dealing with the Disney blues. I know I'll be there when I get home from our trip in November.

I was pretty productive last night and this morning - I had to remake Charlotte's bed from an accident she had (2 full loads of laundry) and also did another load of laundry. I got us completely unpacked and decided to go ahead and just start packing for my girls trip while I had everything out. This morning, I actually got up when my alarm went off (5!) and folded 2 loads of laundry (carry over from last night). I finished all of the packing I can do for my trip. Then, when Charlotte work up, she had had another accident (my fault, if she says she doesn't need to go potty right before bed, I don't make her - big mistake) so I started washing sheets again this morning. That was 2 more loads of laundry I wasn't planning on before this trip.

So, tonight it will be more laundry and some cleaning.

Hope you have a good day in your sewing room!

 

[DMGeurts]

This was a custom order from an auction I had back in August... I am so delighted with how it turned out!

When the customer first mentioned a specific color scheme, I was a bit unsure - OK - a lot unsure... I just couldn't wrap my mind around it. So, I told her I would "build the bag backwards" and see how I thought it looked. So, out of order, I did the applique first and layed it on top of the fabric to see how I liked it... I was shocked to find out that I loved it - A LOT.

Once I was able to get that visual - I was off and running with it. I am so thrilled with how it turned out! The color scheme was the customer's idea... and the applique is based off of a painting that the customer painted... It was so awesome to be able to take her work of art and turn it into my work of art.

D~

 

[sewmess]

That is one in-your-face duck! It's a thing of beauty. And brightness!
I am always in awe of people who can/will wear bright colors. I'm so pale and my general personality just clashed with bright colors.

Hope your lifting went well. I'm dealing with allergies gone wild. TMI time: so much draining into my chest - I've sounded like Brenda Vicaro since Friday and the cough is terrifying. I need to go get a shot or some heavy duty cough syrup, but work is pretty demanding at the moment. Maybe tomorrow morning.

 

[DisneyLuver2013]

I totally agree about the boots - I'm really picky too. Plus, I have wider calves, so that makes it even harder to try and find nice brown boots!

If you find out the brand of the boots that Alli was wearing, please let me know!

 

[Llobal]

I love the new bag!! The colors are super pretty to me. I'm such a clumsy person though I would have it dirty on day 1 and I can't stand dirty. I envision the bag I will eventually, hopefully, get as more of the dark blue or black that I've seen. I really liked one that I think was black on black and a subtle disney. Who am I kidding-- I love them all!

I agree with everyone that Alli and Gus look super cute together. I'm glad they took some time to get to know one another better. My kids are only 7 and 8 but I'm so worried about the dating years. I met my husband when I was 16 and never dated anyone else so I won't be hardly any help.

I get how you are feeling with not having disney plans. My family went last year and had said we would go back next year. But my husband and I have realized that we really need to work on the credit card bills first and then make plans to go back. But in a few years my kids will be hitting middle school and we would only be able to go in the summer and I'm the only one who can tolerate heat. (Probably the Canadian in my husband showing up in the kids, we are from Alabama, we know HOT). Anyway, all that just leads to not knowing when we will actually get to go back. Makes me so sad! I love your plans to take the girls on individual trips. I think my son would enjoy universal more but me and my little girl would tear through disney if it were just her and I.

I'm jealous of the people that comment on seeing you stuff on Facebook but I figure I have to stop lurking before I can get friendly enough to be Facebook buddies!! Sorry to be so long winded. Just felt like chatting today.

Lisa

 

[solana131]

Another great bag! Have a wonderful day my friend

 

[DMGeurts]

I am so sorry to hear that you are dealing with the Disney blues. I know I'll be there when I get home from our trip in November.

I was pretty productive last night and this morning - I had to remake Charlotte's bed from an accident she had (2 full loads of laundry) and also did another load of laundry. I got us completely unpacked and decided to go ahead and just start packing for my girls trip while I had everything out. This morning, I actually got up when my alarm went off (5!) and folded 2 loads of laundry (carry over from last night). I finished all of the packing I can do for my trip. Then, when Charlotte work up, she had had another accident (my fault, if she says she doesn't need to go potty right before bed, I don't make her - big mistake) so I started washing sheets again this morning. That was 2 more loads of laundry I wasn't planning on before this trip.

So, tonight it will be more laundry and some cleaning.

Hope you have a good day in your sewing room!

Yah - it's really hard. Hopefully I can start my next PTR less than a year out from our trip. Our next "scheduled" trip will be the Spring Break of Alli's graduation year (2016)... Sadly, spring break for her starts Good Friday and ends the following week... So, we will have to endure Easter week madness at Disney. Unless there is some way we can go at another time?

Wow~!!! You were able to get a lot accomplished! Way to go!!!

Thanks, I did!

That is one in-your-face duck! It's a thing of beauty. And brightness!
I am always in awe of people who can/will wear bright colors. I'm so pale and my general personality just clashed with bright colors.

Hope your lifting went well. I'm dealing with allergies gone wild. TMI time: so much draining into my chest - I've sounded like Brenda Vicaro since Friday and the cough is terrifying. I need to go get a shot or some heavy duty cough syrup, but work is pretty demanding at the moment. Maybe tomorrow morning.

Hahaha... I really love it! It was such a fun bag to make. I had such a hard time wraping my mind around "not Donald" colors... but once I laid it all out - I was in love! Definitely a unique and fun bag to carry!

My lifting went quite well... Sweated my behind off. LOL

Oh no... I hope you are feeling better Ruth. Such a bummer.

I totally agree about the boots - I'm really picky too. Plus, I have wider calves, so that makes it even harder to try and find nice brown boots!

If you find out the brand of the boots that Alli was wearing, please let me know!

I will let you know if I find out. I will try to ask V to ask her... As V is down there every day, and I am not. LOL

I love the new bag!! The colors are super pretty to me. I'm such a clumsy person though I would have it dirty on day 1 and I can't stand dirty. I envision the bag I will eventually, hopefully, get as more of the dark blue or black that I've seen. I really liked one that I think was black on black and a subtle disney. Who am I kidding-- I love them all!

I agree with everyone that Alli and Gus look super cute together. I'm glad they took some time to get to know one another better. My kids are only 7 and 8 but I'm so worried about the dating years. I met my husband when I was 16 and never dated anyone else so I won't be hardly any help.

I get how you are feeling with not having disney plans. My family went last year and had said we would go back next year. But my husband and I have realized that we really need to work on the credit card bills first and then make plans to go back. But in a few years my kids will be hitting middle school and we would only be able to go in the summer and I'm the only one who can tolerate heat. (Probably the Canadian in my husband showing up in the kids, we are from Alabama, we know HOT). Anyway, all that just leads to not knowing when we will actually get to go back. Makes me so sad! I love your plans to take the girls on individual trips. I think my son would enjoy universal more but me and my little girl would tear through disney if it were just her and I.

I'm jealous of the people that comment on seeing you stuff on Facebook but I figure I have to stop lurking before I can get friendly enough to be Facebook buddies!! Sorry to be so long winded. Just felt like chatting today.

Lisa

Hi Lisa!

LOL - Yes, that bag will definitely need to be Scotch Guarded... but that really does help. I am super picky about looking dirty too... Those jeans that they sell that have the yellow/orange/green tint to them - won't wear them, can't stand how dirty they look.

Yah - the black on black bags are super hard to make, I do try to avoid them at all costs. It's really hard and time consuming to see the black on black, so I avoid them when I can. Of course - if you really want it....

Yah - I think they are so sweet together. I tell myself that I should really hate my girls dating... but over the last 8 months, Gus has become another one of my kids - so I am very comfortable with all of this. Surprisingly. I remember when Alli and Gus were broken up this spring, and there was another boy (briefly) that was interested in Alli... I was super nervous about it, because he was NOT someone I envisioned Allison with - and to be quite honest, he scared me a little bit. I remember, secretly wishing that Gus would come back. LOL Praise God, he did.

I agree - We are still working on paying off some of our old debt... It's taken forever. A lot of that has to do with taking these trips. I probably shouldn't have taken them, and been responsible first. I realized though, that my girls were going to be gone in a few years, and I would never be able to get this time back. So, we vowed not to take on any more debt, continue paying on what we have, and enjoy these last few years with them. We will never be able to get back these memories. Your kids are still young - you have the time to pay off the debt and still enjoy time with them. I wish you the best of luck - it's not easy to do - but it can be done and it's so liberating! I wish we were further along than what we are, but I wouldn't trade the time with the girls either.

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I had a fantastic day yesterday!

I did my weight lifting right away in the morning. Now that I am back to my structured routine, I am realized how laxidasical I was being about my lifting for the last 6 months... I wasn't working nearly as hard as I should have. Hopefully things progress at a nicer pace now.

Then I was in my sewing room all day... I made amazing progress. I managed to finish the Donald bag (as you saw), I also finished this week's auction bag. Now I have the remainder of the week to work on (probably) a mini bag for the auction... I am also debating on auctioning off one more custom spot for before Christmas delivery, and maybe a mini-bag spot, as well. Looking ahead at my schedule... I am full - but like I said yesterday, I am not as busy up there as I would like to be. I am so used to having custom orders, on top of auction bags, on top of trip stuff to do - I am finding it very difficult to only have my custom orders going on. So, I need to be more busy. LOL I think I am coming to the realization that it's a sickness. LOL

I also went for a walk with my good friend/neighbor... I was working yesterday afternoon and I saw her walk by with her baby... So I yelled out my sewing room window... She waited for me, and we did 5 more laps around town. I was so nice to chat with her, and little Evie is so precious!

I made a SUPER delicious dinner for myself last night... A new favorite for sure! I fried up a bit of Trader Joe's uncured bacon, 2 Trader Joe's boneless skinless chicken thighs (cubed), onion and a bit of extra bacon grease for good measure... Then I threw in some frozen spinich and a bit of salt at the end. Fried it all up, and at the very end, I added a little bit of heavy whipping cream. OMG!!!!!! It was delicious!!! I had just enough left over for myself for lunch today... I bet it would be amazing if I added a few roasted slivered almonds to it too... Yummy!

Then I hung out on my tablet for a little while, and went to bed. I let Josh go pick up Alli from work last night, and I was sound asleep before they even got home.

Today... It's Jillian Michael's 30 day shred, Level 2... Hello plank work. It's sad to think that my JM days are my "easy" days. LOL I am getting much better at planks though, and I must say - my arms are starting to look pretty awesome.

Then I will be in my sewing room all day... Going to work on a mini-bag for the auction. Not sure on a theme for that one yet, I'll look at my stash to see if anything speaks to me.

Gus is picking Allison up from school, and they are coming here to hang out afterwards.

That's about all... A pretty boring day ahead.

If I have time this morning - I think I may try to do another update.

I hope you all have a wonderful day! Prayers and good thoughts to all of yoU!

D~

 

[DMGeurts]

Still no sign of the girls...

Bff and I headed to the wave pool... Er... I headed to the wave pool - bff took this time to go smoke. Which was fine with me - I was happy to just sit there, on a bench at the edge, and let the water cool me.

When she came back, we decided to go eat lunch. We were hungry.

We decided to eat at Leaning Palms... I ordered a chicken wrap... I ate 2 bites of it as a wrap, and then dissected it to eat the rest. I had apples on the side and key lime pie for dessert (I only ate half of it). The wrap and apples were "meh" at best... I have serious issues with apples in bags with chemicals to keep them from turning brown.

Meanwhile... Thanks to Photopass - We know what the girls were doing...

After lunch, BFF and I decided to lay down on our chairs to see if the girls reappeared.

It wasn't long, and V showed up. She had lost Alli and Olivia at some point, and had been roaming the park on her own for a while. I offered to go on the lazy river with her. BFF wanted to stay at the chairs and take a nap. I told her, if the other girls came back, to tell them I was ready to go back to the resort at any time.

So, V and I went on the lazy river, twice around. It was super awesome to have this 1 on 1 time with her, we really enjoyed ourselves. I just love my girls!

Just when we were planning to exit the lazy river, Allison and Olivia were standing there waiting for us. They were ready to go back to the resort too.

So we packed up our stuff, woke up BFF, turned in our locker key and left the park at 1pm.

One final picture as we were walking out:

Now, if you remember from my PTR... We wanted to be out of TL no later than 2pm... We had dinner reservations this night at 1900 PF, and due to the construction at DTD - all busses from TL to the resorts were supposed to have layovers at Epcot.

To our surprise, a POR bus pulled up. We asked the driver if she was going to FQ - and she was - WITH OUT a stop at Epcot. Girls - we just got lucky!

We arrived back at FQ...

BFF had a nice surprise in her room... Mousekeeping had fun with Pal Mickey! I've never seen this one before - so I took a picture of it:

We all showered and got ready for our dinner out and relaxed for a little while.

Santos brought his sweet baby girl to FQ, so I could meet her, I also was lucky enough to meet Peyton's mom and grandmother - such wonderful people. Peyton is such a sweetie... So we sat down in the lobby and I got so hold her for quite some time... I enjoyed every moment - I could have cuddled her all day long! Santos is such a great dad!

After Santos left... The girls and I shared an icecream cookie sandwich... Those things are MAMMOTH!!! There is NO WAY I could eat one by myself!

We had time, so the girls and I all laid down for a little while.

We were out the door at 4:30 for our 5:45pm dinner reservation at 1900PF... Did we make it on time? Or did the dreaded Monorail (Mono-fail) derail our best laid plans?

Link to Day 2 Part 3

D~

 

[Chicago Mo]

You and that Dang Monorail! i seriously think it's just you!!!!

Love the pictures from the water park. so stinkin cute.

I see reoccurring thing with BFF. Pretty much doing most of Disney from DSA's!!!

Donald is adorable! But i have to say i like figment!!! don't know why but he just stole my heart this trip!!!

 

[STLMickeyMom]

The pictures of you and V at the lazy river are so cute! I love the one of you both looking through the inner tube! All the borders to add for the waterparks are so fun, too.

POFQ looks so peaceful. We want to try it sometime.

I hope you make your reservation on time! I love Disney transportation but it can make me nervous!

 

[annegirl]

I love the new Donald bag. It turned out great!
The water park looks like a lot of fun. I am sure your daughter loved having that one on one time in the lazy river with you too.

 

[scholastica]

I am also a huge duck fan so I pretty much adore that bag. I love those colors together and orange is probably my least favorite color. It is beautiful!

Sounds like a successful day at TL!

 

[nolacindy]

Adorable picture of Alli and Gus! Just out of curiosity how tall is he?

Love the Figment and Donald bags, Donald's expression is too cute.

Great pictures at Typhoon Lagoon, I had to look back to make sure BFF actually got in the water! Seems like a lot of running around and looking for people that day. I know it was hot while you were down so that water had to feel great!

Heading to Cocoa Beach tonight to see the Kentucky crew before getting on the Big Boat tomorrow! I will be posting some pictures on Facebook when we get back, probably no TR but might do a posting on the cruise forum here!

 

[Sweetly]

Such a sweet picture of Ali and Gus. They make an adorable couple.

The Donald bag looks great. Love the colors!!

You are not allowed to have Disney Blues. I have hardly had any time to work on the details for our trip

Looks like you had a fabulous time at TL. Loved the pic with you and V.

It was so nice of Santos to bring his baby for you to meet.

Monorail problems?? Again?? I wonder if you make it on time for your reservation

Have a wonderful day!

 

[Pluto0809]

Sounds like a nice relaxing day. I really need to schedule days like that at WDW but I just love being in the parks too much. If I'm back at the resort knowing that a park is open, I just get antsy and can't relax.

So cute that you got to meet Santos daughter. I mentioned to Mom that I was going to look for him and she was like "who the heck is Santos?". I forget sometimes that she is not on the DIS and has no idea what I'm talking about.

Uh Oh, I hope you don't have Monorail problems!

And of course I have to say how much I love the Figment and Donald bags. Of course I have yet to see one of your bags I don't love.

Can't wait to see what themes you pick for the auction bags! Like I said on Facebook, I will be waiting for Mom at MCO (I land at 10 am and she lands at 1:30 pm. I had a really hard time coordinating our flights this time) when the auction ends but I know I will at least be watching on my phone!

 

[Terkina]

I hope you are doing OK Lillian - you've been on my mind.

It means a lot to me that you thought of me

I'm still thinking about Terkina and it's still very sad.

Yesterday my cats had an appointment at the vet to check their teeth and take some blood tests to check how their liver and kidney are doing. I got the message yesterday that they both have too high values on their kidney test. So now they have to eat food that is made for cats with kidney problems. My oldest cat is a picky eater so I'm not sure if he will eat the new food. If he don't want to eat it I will have to try another brand that has special food for cats with kidney problems and see if he want to eat that.
I'm crossing my fingers that my cats will start eating as normal again soon after being in narcosis yesterday. They both ate yesterday so that's good. But they haven't eaten a lot today.

Tonight I haven't been feeling well my self. Hopefully I'm fine again tomorrow. I don't want to get the flu and be in bed for days. That's too boring.

Despite all this I'm doing ok.

The chicken dinner you made yesterday sounds really good.

The Donald applique looks great and I love the colors of the bag.

Looks like you had a great day at the water park. Lovely pictures from that day.

 

[Terkina]

One more thing. Right now it looks like we will get to Bloomington to meet you in the evening on 1.september. How does that sounds?

 

[DMGeurts]

You and that Dang Monorail! i seriously think it's just you!!!!
Love the pictures from the water park. so stinkin cute.

I see reoccurring thing with BFF. Pretty much doing most of Disney from DSA's!!!

Donald is adorable! But i have to say i like figment!!! don't know why but he just stole my heart this trip!!!

I know... Right? Seriously! It's officially been decided - the Mono-fail is not a part of our touring plan any longer... Officially - it does not exist. Unless - we have no where to go or no where to be for HOURS.

LOL - Yes, sort of. It's OK though - we just learned to move on, and shrug our shoulders.

Thanks!

The pictures of you and V at the lazy river are so cute! I love the one of you both looking through the inner tube! All the borders to add for the waterparks are so fun, too.

POFQ looks so peaceful. We want to try it sometime.

I hope you make your reservation on time! I love Disney transportation but it can make me nervous!

Thanks! I love those ones too... We had a great time in that lazy river! It was so fun just being with her and letting the water cool us. Although - we did look like prunes when we finally got out.

Love FQ... There is no other resort I would ever want to stay at... OK - I'd love to stay at a few of the deluxes, but FQ will always have my heart.

Yah - me too...

I love the new Donald bag. It turned out great!
The water park looks like a lot of fun. I am sure your daughter loved having that one on one time in the lazy river with you too.

Thanks! Yes - we had a wonderful time - it was so fun just doing that alone with her. I wish I would have had more one on one time with my girls during this trip - but it was great having Olivia with us too.

I am also a huge duck fan so I pretty much adore that bag. I love those colors together and orange is probably my least favorite color. It is beautiful!

Sounds like a successful day at TL!

Yah - that bag just really turned out cool! So unique! I do love it!

Thanks - we had a great day there!

Adorable picture of Alli and Gus! Just out of curiosity how tall is he?

Love the Figment and Donald bags, Donald's expression is too cute.

Great pictures at Typhoon Lagoon, I had to look back to make sure BFF actually got in the water! Seems like a lot of running around and looking for people that day. I know it was hot while you were down so that water had to feel great!

Heading to Cocoa Beach tonight to see the Kentucky crew before getting on the Big Boat tomorrow! I will be posting some pictures on Facebook when we get back, probably no TR but might do a posting on the cruise forum here!

Hi Cindy!!!! Wow - you would have to ask a hard question... I had to go back to the photo and estimate... Alli is about 5'8" (she is quite tall for a girl - at least a girl in our family - she gets her height from Josh's side)... So, I would guess that Gus is about 6 foot?

Thanks! I love how both of those bags turned out!

LOL... Yah - it was a lot of losing and finding people, pretty much every day. Our cell phone reception was really crappy in the parks this trip - so it was really hard to locate people.

Have an absolutely WONDERFUL cruise!!!!!! I am so exctied for you!

Such a sweet picture of Ali and Gus. They make an adorable couple.

The Donald bag looks great. Love the colors!!

You are not allowed to have Disney Blues. I have hardly had any time to work on the details for our trip

Looks like you had a fabulous time at TL. Loved the pic with you and V.

It was so nice of Santos to bring his baby for you to meet.

Monorail problems?? Again?? I wonder if you make it on time for your reservation

Have a wonderful day!

Thanks Lynee!!! I agree - they are so cute together!

Thanks! I am in love with that bag! Seriously!

LOL - trust me, I don't want to have Disney Blues... I'd love to plan another trip. Planning the SD trip is really NOT doing it for me. Although my neighbor mentioned yesterday that they have cowboy themed dinners somewhere... Immediately, my brain went into over drive.... Custom skirts... Custom bags... Head gear for the whole family!

I know - I was so excited to get to hold her... It was the sweetest thing. She was a bit cranky - but she sort of liked me for about 2 minutes, and I was in heaven.

Me too... Story of my life... No more Monorail for us... We are DONE!

I hope you have a great day too!

Sounds like a nice relaxing day. I really need to schedule days like that at WDW but I just love being in the parks too much. If I'm back at the resort knowing that a park is open, I just get antsy and can't relax.

So cute that you got to meet Santos daughter. I mentioned to Mom that I was going to look for him and she was like "who the heck is Santos?". I forget sometimes that she is not on the DIS and has no idea what I'm talking about.

Uh Oh, I hope you don't have Monorail problems!

And of course I have to say how much I love the Figment and Donald bags. Of course I have yet to see one of your bags I don't love.

Can't wait to see what themes you pick for the auction bags! Like I said on Facebook, I will be waiting for Mom at MCO (I land at 10 am and she lands at 1:30 pm. I had a really hard time coordinating our flights this time) when the auction ends but I know I will at least be watching on my phone!

I am much the same way... BUt I do love the water parks - and if we can't get a day off - they are a nice way to relax.

LOL about Santos... He is awesome! Make sure you hug him from us when you see him.

Yah.... Story of our lives... Darn monorail.

Thanks! I love how they turned out too!

Hmmm... You'll need to kill some time... What better way to do that, than on an auction. I picked up some fabric the other day, and it sooooo reminded me of you. If you win one of my custom slots - you'll have to let me pick the theme for you.

I hope you have an amazing trip! And I hope you and your mom love FQ as much as we do.

It means a lot to me that you thought of me

I'm still thinking about Terkina and it's still very sad.

Yesterday my cats had an appointment at the vet to check their teeth and take some blood tests to check how their liver and kidney are doing. I got the message yesterday that they both have too high values on their kidney test. So now they have to eat food that is made for cats with kidney problems. My oldest cat is a picky eater so I'm not sure if he will eat the new food. If he don't want to eat it I will have to try another brand that has special food for cats with kidney problems and see if he want to eat that.
I'm crossing my fingers that my cats will start eating as normal again soon after being in narcosis yesterday. They both ate yesterday so that's good. But they haven't eaten a lot today.

Tonight I haven't been feeling well my self. Hopefully I'm fine again tomorrow. I don't want to get the flu and be in bed for days. That's too boring.

Despite all this I'm doing ok.

The chicken dinner you made yesterday sounds really good.

The Donald applique looks great and I love the colors of the bag.

Looks like you had a great day at the water park. Lovely pictures from that day.

I know you miss Terkina... I hope that having the other kitties around helps. Hopefully they eat their new food with out any problems.

I sure hope you're feeling better too...

One more thing. Right now it looks like we will get to Bloomington to meet you in the evening on 1.september. How does that sounds?

Hmmm... I am going to have to look ahead and find out when Labor Day weekend is... Sometimes we go out of town for the holiday, but the last few years we have stayed home. How long do you think you are staying in this area? I alreadly told Josh that you've booked me... LOL

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Yesterday was an awesome day!

I worked out hard to Jillian Michael's 30DS... It felt good!

Then I worked in my sewing room all day.

I went for a walk with my neighbor.

Gus came over - he and Allison did their homework at the kitchen table together - it was so cute! I really wanted to take their picture, but I didn't want to be the "creepy mom", so I didn't.

We all had left overs for dinner and we all ate at different times - we just all had things going on... This is quite rare for us - we almost always eat as a family.

Today, is a heavy lifting day for me.

I will be working on getting my auctions prepped/written out/pictures taken...

I have to pick Alli up from school for a Dr. appt...

We probably won't be home until past dinner time... So, who knows what we are having?

I hope all of you have a wonderful day today! Prayers and Pixie Dust to all!

D~

 

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Hmmm... You'll need to kill some time... What better way to do that, than on an auction. I picked up some fabric the other day, and it sooooo reminded me of you. If you win one of my custom slots - you'll have to let me pick the theme for you.

Hmmmmm, now you've got me very intrigued and wanting one of those custom spots.