A Happy Anniversary in Disney without the Kids? No way that could be fun, right?

[Paparazzimama]

OOO, you're so lucky, I've got a few more days before SDD. But I'll join in with you...

Thanks for joining in on the dancing! How much longer left in your countdown?

 

[mom_of_3_70737]

Let me in on some of that my friend!!!! Single Digit Dance Time!!!!!

 

[Disneychix]

Thanks for joining in on the dancing! How much longer left in your countdown?

Still 12 days for me

Are you packed? Are the kids sad about you leaving?

 

[Paparazzimama]

Still 12 days for me

Are you packed? Are the kids sad about you leaving?

At this point, I have packed anything and everything that I can think of that I know I won't need between now and the time we leave. I am SO ANXIOUS!!!!! The kids aren't sad at all (yet) - but their suvenier list is growing by the day!

Ooooh, 3 more days and we get to do your single digit dance!!!!

 

[mom2mek]

Just wanted to pop in here and say how excited I was for you guys! You are going to have a lot of fun and I can't wait to hear/read all about it! And Melonie...love that Tinkerbell lanyard....I have the same one!

Sara

 

[Paparazzimama]

Just wanted to pop in here and say how excited I was for you guys! You are going to have a lot of fun and I can't wait to hear/read all about it! And Melonie...love that Tinkerbell lanyard....I have the same one!

Sara

Thanks!!!! We are SUPER EXCITED!!!! We're in the homestretch now . . .

Oh, and I noticed the lanyard in your new "herding cats" report, but forgot to comment on it - I told you there was lots I forgot!

Tomorrow, I'm going to start my "One week from today, we'll be . . . " report so stay tuned.

 

[Paparazzimama]

Okay, so Monday marked our "single-digit countdown" day, and to celebrate the occasion, the majority of our crazy cast met for lunch. You may be thinking, "awww how cute" or even "what a special lunch", but what you should be thinking is, "HOLY CRAP how is one eating establishment going to survive 7 adults hopped up on pixie dust?!?!?!" Well, the last thought would be most accurate, as this meal proved to be hilariously entertaining even to the point of near death for one of the attendees!

Okay, so to start off I'll tell you who was present:

Me - Melonie
DH - Brandon
DSIL1 - Christy
DSIL2 - Kim
DBFF - Katie
DBFF's DH - Jason
DH's friend - Josh (who will be in WDW with his family during the time that we are there)

So, anyway, the conversation somehow started out on the subject of tennis shoes - namely the fact that most of us bought new ones recently for the trip, and those that didn't were feeling . . . let's just say a little left out. So, anyway, Kim went on to say that she just LOVED the comfort and feel of her new "Armor All" tennies and that they were amazing! To this proclaimation I asked, "Didn't you get 'Under Armor' tennis shoes?????" Not only did she not understand the difference between the two, but was befuzzled at the fact that the entire group had erupted in side-splitting laughter at her expense. Poor Kim - you will soon learn that the poor dear was mistakingly born with dark brown hair! (No offense to those of you blondies with intelligence )

(I must add here that once everyone returned to work, Josh sent everyone this picture in claims that Kim was right about her shoes! LOL!)

So, anyway, as things were starting to settle down (because we were attracting some awkward stares from the other restaurant patrons) Jason cracked another comment about Kim's fashion faux-pas at the precise moment that she attempted to swallow a sip of her drink. The result of which was her turning near purple in the face and being unable to breathe. Fortunately, she was sitting next to Josh who is a first responder with the fire department and was at the ready to administer CPR. It turned out to not be necessary as oxygen slowly began to pass through Kim's airway - thankfully, because Josh later admitted to having only recessitated "plastic people" to this point. But that's neither here nor there - all was well again, and it was only a matter of seconds before the boys were joking at Kim's expense . . . again. Of course, she didn't help matters much when she chastised them for making fun of her when she had almost went into "respiratory arrest"!!!!! You heard right - she said respiratory arrest!!!!!! Okay, so ensue uproaring laughter again! Poor Kim - she just couldn't catch a break!

Well, other than the near death of Kim, the lunch was a huge success and a good time was had by all - even Kim!

Stay tuned for my "One Week From Today" report . . .

 

[Disneychix]

I just saw a commercial for 'armor all' sneaks. So she really likes them? Maybe I'll have to try them. Although I just got a new pair myself!

So a big question I have is Where did you all eat and what did you have and what WDW things did you talk about???

 

[Paparazzimama]

I just saw a commercial for 'armor all' sneaks. So she really likes them? Maybe I'll have to try them. Although I just got a new pair myself!

So a big question I have is Where did you all eat and what did you have and what WDW things did you talk about???

No, they are definitely Under Armor shoes - Josh photoshopped that "runway pic".

We ate at a little hole in the wall po-boy joint close to Kim's work, and it was delicious! All we really talked about regarding our trip was how excited we all were, and how little time we had left to wait. I think there was a little bit of "rubbing it in" by Josh that he is leaving 5 days sooner than us, but it's okay - WE'RE GOING TO DISNEY WORLD!!!!!!!!!

Katie . . . Christy . . . help me out here - did we talk about anything else?

 

[Paparazzimama]

No, they are definitely Under Armor shoes - Josh photoshopped that "runway pic".

We ate at a little hole in the wall po-boy joint close to Kim's work, and it was delicious! All we really talked about regarding our trip was how excited we all were, and how little time we had left to wait. I think there was a little bit of "rubbing it in" by Josh that he is leaving 5 days sooner than us, but it's okay - WE'RE GOING TO DISNEY WORLD!!!!!!!!!

Katie . . . Christy . . . help me out here - did we talk about anything else?

OMG so sorry!!! Just realized that you were joking about the 'armor all' shoes and really meant under armor! (You must forgive me - apparently I was born with the wrong hair color too!) Yes, she LOVES the UA tennies. Christy has some as well and raves about them!

 

[cellzey44]

You know I usually end up forgetting those "ditzy" monents Kim has ..........BUT NOT THIS ONE!!!!! Oh no, I could never forget this!!! The girl is just too much. It's seems the Ellzey women tend to have a lot of these moments....well some of them anyway. I have to share this one. On the way home from prom dress shopping last night, I asked Cassie (DC-mind you she is blood related to Kim who is stated in the previous "ditzy" monent) to call Planet Beach for me to see what the cost would be to pay per visit. So as she gets off the phone with them she proceeds to tell me their prices and this is what she said....."Well, like um she said the price for the regular RV bed was $12 and the higher bed is $15." Wait....what??? What did you just say?!?!?!? I know you didn't just say RV?!?!?! Ummm, how about UV Cassie!!!! Like UV rays from the sun!!!!! So at this moment she FINALLY realizes what she said and busts out laughing. She then tries to make sure I won't tell anyone..... yea right!!! As if I could let this one slide. So I will now have to let her know that I posted it online!!!!!

 

[Paparazzimama]

And now (imagine drumroll) the moment you've all been waiting for . . .

The "One Week From Today" Update!!!


Okay, so one week from today will be Wednesday, March 4th. On this day our cast will be doing the following:

Me: Working
DH: Working
DBIL: Working
DSIL1: Working
DSIL2: Working
DFBIL: Working
DBFF: Home finishing the packing
DBFF's DH: Home finishing the packing

Those of us working on this day will be getting off in time to be at DBIL's house for 3:45, at which time we will load my super, cool, awesome mini-van with all of our luggage. That's right - we are loading 6 adults AND their luggage into one mini-van for our ride to the airport! Oh well, it'll be worth it when we get to split that park and fly fee 3 ways. DH and I will look something like this:

Upon arrival at the airport, we will meet up with DBFF and her DH. Once the boarding passes are printed and security checks are passed, we will wait at our gate for our sky chariot to the happiest place one earth! I expect to be feeling something like this on the flight over:

And DBFF too:

Once our plane lands it's to the "carousel of luggage progress" we go to retrieve our bags. I'm sure that at this point we will be absolutely delirious with excitement, so even this simple task should be wildly entertaining.

With bags in hand (or atleast rolling along the floor) we will head for this first magical stop of our trip:

Soon after we will be in line for this magical creature:

Which will take us to our much anticipated destination:

YAY! WE MADE IT!!!!!!!!!!!!! At this point I will most likely be "too excited to sleep" but will attempt it anyway because we have an 8a.m. MK morning when we wake up!!!!!!!

Stay tuned for Day 2 tomorrow . . .

 

[mom2mek]

You are too funny! It's like you've already gone....LOL!

Wow! 1 week! So are you guys arriving too late to use the ME luggage service? Shawn and I will be using it for the first time in May - I have never done ME before! I think with the whole family, we will always get a car, no matter where we are staying, but with it just the two of us, Shawn wants to just let Disney do it all! LOL! He is really looking forward to the luggage thing the most, I think!

Sara

 

[mom_of_3_70737]

Wow, I am gone only a few hours and I miss so much! Great update Mel. The update about our lunch was cracking me up so much, I started laughing outloud again Kim and her "armor all" shoes just kills me! Poor Kim though, she can't help it. She would die if she knew you posted it though... I think the funniest thing was the whole "respiratory arrest" comment, that was HILARIOUS! After her episode in the restaurant I told DH that he isn't allowed to talk to Kim in any of the eating establishments at WDW We surely don't want a repeat episode!!!

Your one week from today update rocked! I hope it goes just like that It surely can't get here soon enough. I just hate that all of you guys have to work that day. I will be thinking of you!

I don't know how you are going to fit all of that luggage! You may be riding with it on the roof

 

[Paparazzimama]

You are too funny! It's like you've already gone....LOL!

Wow! 1 week! So are you guys arriving too late to use the ME luggage service? Shawn and I will be using it for the first time in May - I have never done ME before! I think with the whole family, we will always get a car, no matter where we are staying, but with it just the two of us, Shawn wants to just let Disney do it all! LOL! He is really looking forward to the luggage thing the most, I think!

Sara

Yeah, our plane lands at 9:00p.m., so even though we technically could send our luggage, we'd rather have it with us when we check into our room since we'll be getting to the resort after 10:00 most likely. This will be our first time to use ME, too! We used FLTours on the September, and then drove the times before that. I'm looking forward to starting the "magic" before we even leave the airport!

Wow, I am gone only a few hours and I miss so much! Great update Mel. The update about our lunch was cracking me up so much, I started laughing outloud again Kim and her "armor all" shoes just kills me! Poor Kim though, she can't help it. She would die if she knew you posted it though... I think the funniest thing was the whole "respiratory arrest" comment, that was HILARIOUS! After her episode in the restaurant I told DH that he isn't allowed to talk to Kim in any of the eating establishments at WDW We surely don't want a repeat episode!!!

Your one week from today update rocked! I hope it goes just like that It surely can't get here soon enough. I just hate that all of you guys have to work that day. I will be thinking of you!

I don't know how you are going to fit all of that luggage! You may be riding with it on the roof

Um, yeah . . . about the luggage . . . we're not really sure about how that's gonna work out! We may be riding to N.O. holding some in our laps! Why don't you and J meet up with us and Kyle's so we can stow some away in yall's van!

 

[mousetravel]

Can't wait to hear about your trip!

 

[Paparazzimama]

Can't wait to hear about your trip!

Thanks! We can't wait to GO on the trip! Everyone is so anxious - this last week is going to drag by I'm sure. Hopefully, my "this time next week" report will help things along for me.

 

[mousetravel]

Thanks! We can't wait to GO on the trip! Everyone is so anxious - this last week is going to drag by I'm sure. Hopefully, my "this time next week" report will help things along for me.

I know how you feel! We have 12 more days to go until our Magic Kingdom/Disney Cruise trip. I can hardly get through each day!

 

[Paparazzimama]

I know how you feel! We have 12 more days to go until our Magic Kingdom/Disney Cruise trip. I can hardly get through each day!

Oooooh, are you going to do a trip report? I would LOVE to hear about a Disney Cruise!!!!!!

 

[mousetravel]

Oooooh, are you going to do a trip report? I would LOVE to hear about a Disney Cruise!!!!!!

Yeah and I already have a Pre Trip Report. See the link under my sig.