A foolish promise finally kept: the PTR! *The TR has begun! Link on page 13, post 189

[faerieprincess]

Jumping in!! you have a great trip planned! It sound like you and your sister are going to have a great time! Your a wonderful big sister!! Can't wait to read more!

Welcome, welcome, the water's warm!

I think several of us are playing ..."Follow the Leader" and "Tag You're It "and I love games.

You're it, Vickey

 

[faerieprincess]

i promised VIckey on her PTR that i would post some pictures from England, and since i don't have anything trip-related to say, i thought i'd go ahead and do that.

These are from this past February/March when i went for my DBF's mother's funeral. i was there for two weeks and we went to London a few times.

The Houses of Parliament and the tower of Big Ben:

British Airways' London Eye, also called the Millenium Wheel. We didn't ride this time but we have done in the past. It takes about half an hour to go all the way around once, it's very cool.

i have no idea where this was exactly, it was somewhere between Tower Bridge and the Monument, which we went to go climb again (having done so a few years ago) only to find that it was closed for refurbishment. my DBF pointed out how cool the clock was. i do remember the time was wrong.

This was another building along the embankment of the Thames, on the City side. It was a few "blocks" down from Tower Bridge, before London Bridge.

This is at Kew Gardens, it's called the Medici Vase:

Kew Gardens is one of our favourite places to go. We went on the anniversary of my stepmom's death, as well as the day after DMiL's funeral. It's such a beautiful place to think about the people you love. This bridge had just been completed when we went to Kew just before i moved back to Canada in 2006. i love the way it curves across the water:

i had never noticed this building before:

Ahhh, this tree. i spent fifteen minutes crouched on the ground, taking pictures of this tree. i have colour pictures and black and white. i LOVED this tree. Especially standing in the middle of the crocus carpet.

At the time i was mad that the bus got in my picture, since i'd had an empty street, but i guess it's cool to have one of the famous London buses with the Tower of London!

i loved this War Memorial. It's across the street from the Tower of London and directly above the Tower Hill Underground station. i set DBF up with the camera, zoomed it how i wanted it, and had him stand stock still while i got into the shot. Poor DBF:

This is Tower Bridge! Unfortunately i have never seen it raised (DBF has), but it's apparently a pretty sophisticated system of both hydraulics and suspension. Neato:

The Tower of London itself is one of the things we did the very first time i went to England, in September of 2005. We hadn't done the Tower Bridge Experience yet, though, so we did that this trip:

This is one of the views from the top walkways of Tower Bridge. You can see St. Paul's Cathedral in the background:

Okay, that's enough for now. i'm not even sure that it's going to let me post this many!

 

[vdarrell]

THANKS....Those are awsome.

 

[faerieprincess]

THANKS....Those are awsome.

You're most welcome, i love showing off pictures

my BF says fifteen minutes on that tree was a conservative estimate, he figures more like 20-25, but he did allow that some of that was waiting for these two dawdling women to get out of my shot!

 

[vdarrell]

I like to take pictures that are unusual, when we went to Gatlinburg during the fall season change one year I got alot of riff from everyone because it took me sometimes 10-15 minutes to take a picture of a leaf because I wanted to catch the sun on it just right.
Don't you hate it when people have the nerve to get in the way when you are taking a picture I mean when I go to WDW I expect everyone to clear the street so I can get the perfect picture of the castle

I like the bridge one it does seem to be a place to go for serenity.

 

[ILuvCrush]

Great pics!!! I really enjoyed them, thanks for putting them up

Paula

 

[faerieprincess]

I like to take pictures that are unusual, when we went to Gatlinburg during the fall season change one year I got alot of riff from everyone because it took me sometimes 10-15 minutes to take a picture of a leaf because I wanted to catch the sun on it just right.
Don't you hate it when people have the nerve to get in the way when you are taking a picture I mean when I go to WDW I expect everyone to clear the street so I can get the perfect picture of the castle

I like the bridge one it does seem to be a place to go for serenity.

Well, unless by some miracle i get my dream camera for Christmas, i will be taking my little point-and-shoot to Disney, so while i am sure i will still be on the endless search for the perfect photo, it will at least not take me that long to set up the camera!

i'm really hoping my CP ressie is early enough to get some empty-ish photos of Main Street and the castle. However, and does anyone agree with this, i find it much more annoying to have 5 people in the way and therefore in my picture, than to have 500 people in the way!!

Great pics!!! I really enjoyed them, thanks for putting them up

Paula

Good morning! Thank you so much, i caught up on your TR last night when i was supposed to be sleeping, and i LOVE your pics. You not only have a great eye, you seem to know your camera very well. Since i'm not really versed in photographic terminology (or the meaning behind it all), i'm mostly about the composition - and yours is always spot-on.

 

[mickeysmyboy]

Very cool pics!! Thanks for sharing!

 

[faerieprincess]

Very cool pics!! Thanks for sharing!

Thanks

 

[faerieprincess]

All of these countdowns are confusing me! The little ticker in my signature says 3 months (3 months!. The little countdown calendar on my Windows Sidebar says 92 days (92 days!). i keep forgetting that while we're actually arriving at WDW on the 5th, we're leaving here on the 4th - i only barely remembered to book the 4th off work as well!

The weather's confusing me as well. Last week it was hovering around 0 or +1 during the day, with about -5 at night, and it snowed. Suddenly we're back up to +10?

i've also got another countdown to when my BF arrives from England (35 sleeps). That's exciting because there is less time left to wait, than the time he will actually be here! Whoot! i have to wait until about Jan. 30th before that's true about the WDW trip lol.

i hope y'all have a magical day

Remember, remember, the 5th of November...

 

[mickeysmyboy]

All of these countdowns are confusing me! The little ticker in my signature says 3 months (3 months!. The little countdown calendar on my Windows Sidebar says 92 days (92 days!). i keep forgetting that while we're actually arriving at WDW on the 5th, we're leaving here on the 4th - i only barely remembered to book the 4th off work as well!

The weather's confusing me as well. Last week it was hovering around 0 or +1 during the day, with about -5 at night, and it snowed. Suddenly we're back up to +10?

i've also got another countdown to when my BF arrives from England (35 sleeps). That's exciting because there is less time left to wait, than the time he will actually be here! Whoot! i have to wait until about Jan. 30th before that's true about the WDW trip lol.

i hope y'all have a magical day

Remember, remember, the 5th of November...

I'm completely obessed with my countdowns, I actually have a post about it in my PTR! I have my ticker in my siggie that switches between our January trip and the anniversary trip DH and I are taking in March. I have a desktop ticker for January, I have 2 saved calendars I made in MS publisher one for easch trip and I have a HUGE countdown calendar on the wall that my kiddos mark off the days!! I have 59 days until January and 138 until March!!!

Our weather is crazy too! It was super cold this time last week! It was even sleeting and snowing!! Now it's in the 60's, crazy!!! I'm never sure anymore what to put the kiddos in when they leave for school!! It could be in the 30s when they leave and in the 60s when the come home! They hate it if I make them wear a winter jacket and they don't need it!!

 

[faerieprincess]

I'm completely obessed with my countdowns, I actually have a post about it in my PTR! I have my ticker in my siggie that switches between our January trip and the anniversary trip DH and I are taking in March. I have a desktop ticker for January, I have 2 saved calendars I made in MS publisher one for easch trip and I have a HUGE countdown calendar on the wall that my kiddos mark off the days!! I have 59 days until January and 138 until March!!!

Our weather is crazy too! It was super cold this time last week! It was even sleeting and snowing!! Now it's in the 60's, crazy!!! I'm never sure anymore what to put the kiddos in when they leave for school!! It could be in the 30s when they leave and in the 60s when the come home! They hate it if I make them wear a winter jacket and they don't need it!!

i'm getting annoyed myself with trying to dress for the weather. If i leave the house in my suit jacket and my coat you can guarantee it will be sweltering, and if i decide to just brave a short-sleeved shirt under my (fancy-schmancy ) fleece jacket (the one with the company logo and motto ["People caring for people"] on it), i freeze half to death! Anyone who doesn't believe in global warming should come to northern ontario!

59 days - i don't know whether to be more jealous of that or more jealous that you get to make two trips so soon!!!

 

[faerieprincess]

i still haven’t pulled myself together enough to post any of my shirt designs, so i’ll post these instead. Two years ago when i was working in a Sears Portrait Studio, we decided to have family portraits done since it had been about 14 years since our last ones. These are some of the shots we got (and they illustrate the reason i’m going to risk pre-ordering the Photopass CD: Jess will smile for a professional photographer even if she won’t smile for me lol).

 

[ILuvCrush]

Very Nice portraits!!! Maybe you should think about doing the photo session at the Poly or WL... Portraits of the 2 of you together (and separately) would make fabulous Christmas gifts for this year!!!

Paula

 

[vdarrell]

The family pictures are wonderful.
I really loved the individuals of you and Jesse, but when I saw the one of the both of you it warmed my heart. I have two sisters (one older and one younger) I am a middle child (also have an older brother and one younger)and that would be a great idea for a picture.
Hope you don't mind that I might borrow your idea.

You look so much like your mother, she is beautiful.

 

[faerieprincess]

Very Nice portraits!!! Maybe you should think about doing the photo session at the Poly or WL... Portraits of the 2 of you together (and separately) would make fabulous Christmas gifts for this year!!!

Paula

Thank you!! i did give that some thought, but eventually decided it against it for this trip. Maybe next time!

The family pictures are wonderful.
I really loved the individuals of you and Jessie, but when I saw the one of the both of you it warmed my heart. I have two sisters (one older and one younger) I am a middle child (also have an older brother and one younger)and that would be a great idea for a picture.
Hope you don't mind that I might borrow your idea.

You look so much like your mother, she is beautiful.

Thank you We liked the one of us back to back leaning forward, but the one we have on the wall is the lying down one. When i worked at Sears that was my favourite pose to set up and take - people seem to really relax lying on their backs looking up, and the more people you squeeze in the more fun it can be (keep all stray arms and hands tucked close though! ).

Yes, i do look like my mum - more and more all the time

i think it's funny that i look like my mum, my brother looks like my dad, and yet my brother and i look so much alike!

Well, off to work. Those of you who don't work weekends...please enjoy your day on my behalf!!!

 

[gellybean]

I found you!!! We nearly started our pt's at the same time. Too funny!

I'm sooooooooooo sorry my DH's stupid job wrecked our plans of being in the World together, but I guess the silver lining is that our families will still get to see us!
Cus I know if you and I got together in the World, we'd be tempted to twin it up and leave our respective families at the hotel.
We'll make it to WDW together one day!!! We have to! In the mean time, I want lots of twinnie pics. See if we can fool anybody to guess who's who.

And, for the record, you do a lot. !

LULU!!! Can't wait for more Pre trippie from my twinnie!!!

P.S. It took me four posts to get this done, lil boy #2 decided it would be fun to bang on the keyboard, so I'm guessing he's trying to tell Aunt Sare hi!!!

P.S.S. I told ya the

 

[sherreis]

I have finally made it to your PTR. I’m in! You’re a very good sister to be planning this trip.

Thanks for posting all the pictures. Loved the Halloween pic – I haven’t dressed since I was a kid. Shame you’re not going for MNSSHP. At least your friend meant it when she said this is a bridesmaid dress you can wear again! Really love the pics of England – you’re a good photographer.

I can’t get over all the t-shirt deals you got! That is wonderful. I wanted to buy some for our trip but with me being the only female it was hard finding matching shirts.

Looking forward to hearing more.
Were you able to take advantage of the new deal?

 

[mickeysmyboy]

beautiful pictures!!! I love the one with you and your sister laying down! It's such a different angle then standard, run of the mill portaits!

 

[faerieprincess]

I have finally made it to your PTR. I’m in! You’re a very good sister to be planning this trip.

Thanks for posting all the pictures. Loved the Halloween pic – I haven’t dressed since I was a kid. Shame you’re not going for MNSSHP. At least your friend meant it when she said this is a bridesmaid dress you can wear again! Really love the pics of England – you’re a good photographer.

I can’t get over all the t-shirt deals you got! That is wonderful. I wanted to buy some for our trip but with me being the only female it was hard finding matching shirts.

Looking forward to hearing more.
Were you able to take advantage of the new deal?

Yay! Welcome, Sherri!

Thank you for the compliments on my pictures i love being behind a camera and am so lucky to have had the opportunities that i've had, to take pictures of such amazing places! i can't wait to turn my eye and my camera to Disney!

i was pretty excited about the t-shirts, too. i have to admit that one of the reasons i took the pictures of them was so i could keep going back and looking at them! (They're currently all packed away in my Rubbermaid Christmas box with the other gifts i've bought). It's so hard not to break them out, and especially hard to keep it a secret from my sister!! i've also bought her a few other things - a nice new robe and some Disney PJs which will also be birthday and CHristmas presents for her - so it's really hard to keep it all a secret! The two things i've bought her that she is aware of (a dress to wear out for dinner and a new bathing suit), i had her try them on and then take them off and give them straight back to me and they're put away too! i felt so mean.. "Try this on.... wow, that looks great! Now take it off and give it back to me and forget you ever saw it!"

Anyway, enough rambling. Dressing up for Halloween is fun, but i mostly do it to please my friend - it's her favourite holiday. This year i wasn't feeling all that well, so dressing up was pretty much my only concession to Halloween - i didn't eat any candy, get drunk, or do any of the traditional things! And yes, i absolutely adore that dress and wish i had more opportunities to wear it. It was expensive to have made but it fit me perfectly and suited me quite well. i love the colour, too, a very dark blue/purple.

Anywho welcome

beautiful pictures!!! I love the one with you and your sister laying down! It's such a different angle then standard, run of the mill portaits!

Thank you! Yes, i love that pose too. i always encouraged people to try it, it's so different and eye-catching. That snowflake background was great, too!