A Mouse, Two Little Minnows who wear out Grumpy and Test Track Moves to Naples 11/26

[jenseib]

I love that window full of Disney characters. Where did you get them. Is yit all one set, or individuals put together?

 

[Shannon84]

I LOVE LOVE LOVE the Christmas decorations!!

 

[Minnie&Nana]

Love the Disney Christmas decorations !!! I soooooo have to learn to load pix to photobucket !!! Can anyone help !!! I conquered Multi pix this year so am ready to learn to load pix !!!PLEESE!!!!!

It is sooo easy you won't believe it!! Maybe someone will type directions (I'm not good at that), but if not, I'd be happy to walk you through it on the phone anytime.

 

[KatMark]

I LOVE the decorations!! I am hoping to pick up some ornaments while we are there. I think some dated ornaments would be great since this is our first visit.

Thank you, Tam. I have dated ornaments all the way back to our first trip. You must be getting so excited...your departure is almost here.

I LOVE all of your Disney Christmas decorations! I almost bought that wall hang thing with the mickey head shape and the bells hanging from it...but Brandon made some comment about how not EVERYTHING has to be Disney, so I didn't get it...now I'm kicking myself!

Oh and I got my photopass CD yesterday and a lot of the pics are better than I thought! I mean, some are terrible, I'm not very photogenic so there's nothing that can be done about that, but a lot are better than I remember at least!

We got hte wall hang two years ago at Disney...it is one of my favorite purchases (I think you might be able to order it online at Disney shopping). I can't wait to see the photopass pics.

I love all your Christmas decorations.
Thanks for sharing it with us.

Thank you...glad you like them.

Wow, looks at those Disney Christmas decorations!! Looks great, Kathy!

I am sad to see your TR come to end as well. I may not post often, but I read along and enjoy as others play the games. Hoping we'll have a KatMark & Nicki PTR to look forward to soon.

Thanks, Christine. Well, you know I'll do a PTR if we ever get our dates set (Todd, can you hear me????).

Love the Disney Christmas decorations !!! I soooooo have to learn to load pix to photobucket !!! Can anyone help !!! I conquered Multi pix this year so am ready to learn to load pix !!!PLEESE!!!!!

Thank you, Rosie. It really is very simple to download pics to photobucket. Tim (that's nice) is really good at giving directions...send him a PM and I'm sure he'll help).

Wow awesome decorations, loving your Festive Disney Christmas House esp the Snow Christmas Pooh Bear plushes

Thank you, Stefy. The Pooh Bear plushes are SOOOOO soft.

I love that window full of Disney characters. Where did you get them. Is yit all one set, or individuals put together?

They are all one character (I also have one with just Mickey and Minnie in another window but didn't take a picture of that). I ordered it last year from the Disney shopping site.

I LOVE LOVE LOVE the Christmas decorations!!

Thank you, Shannon.

 

[KatMark]

As you all know, we don't have any daughters (we have two wonderful sons). So our baby, Cookie, is our Princess. Well, today our Princess became a teenager. Cookie is 13 today. I'm not sure how many more years she has in her...she has totally lost sight in one eye, she can't hear 90% of the time and she has arthritis. She isn't in any pain which is a good thing, but she sure has slown down. Here are a few pictures of our Princess on her special day:

Andy and Cookie:

 

[Minnie&Nana]

Happy Birthday, sweet Cookie. You sure are pretty!

 

[pinkxray]

Happy Birthday Cookie!
She is so cute and looks so amused by having her picture taken.


I love the x-mas decorations!

 

[KatMark]

Happy Birthday, sweet Cookie. You sure are pretty!

Thank you. We think she's a very pretty dog too.

Happy Birthday Cookie!
She is so cute and looks so amused by having her picture taken.


I love the x-mas decorations!

Thank you. She is my baby, although she definitely prefers my hubby to anyone else in the family.

I'm glad you liked the Christmas decorations.

 

[that's nice]

I thought we had a lot of Disney Christmas decorations....


Love them all! They look great!


Happy Birthday Cookie!!!!

 

[Stefy]

Aww bless her, she really is a princess.

Happy Birthday Cookie

 

[Shannon84]

I convinced Lee to put up our tree after seeing your pictures

Happy Birthday Cookie

 

[mickeystoontown]

Morning Kathy, I hope that you had a nice Thanksgiving! Your Christmas tree is adorable. I keep saying I am going to do a Disney tree but haven't done it yet. Oh, and happy birthday to your princess.

 

[Captain_Oblivious]

I'm sensing a theme with your Christmas decorations, but I just can't place it...

 

[englishrose47]

First of all Cookie is adorable !!!Our dogs are both males, but the kittens we believeare girls and they are soooooo cute and so unafraid of the dogs !!
Judy started decorating on Saturday and got all the decorations up with Samantha's help !!!Then tackled the treeWell here's where the trouble started !!Last year at Target's 90% off sale I picked up a tree for $7 and put it in the cellar !!Judy brought up the old tree which mysteriuosly had a section missing and calls me in a panic about the new tree !!She was getting madder by the minute as she has half a tree and can't find the new one The old one is now on the front lawn( told ya she was mad ) I had to go buy yet another as we still can't find the one I bought at Target!!Oh well Tree is up and peace has returned

 

[MaryAz]

Love all the indoor/outdoor decor. Happy Bday to Cookie. We recieved the pics-thank you so much!! The girls really liked them!

 

[goofy4prez]

Cookie is a cutie. If you want another critter, I can send you a 90 pound chocolate lab who just had his 3rd birthday.

 

[KatMark]

I thought we had a lot of Disney Christmas decorations....


Love them all! They look great!


Happy Birthday Cookie!!!!

Tim, I actually have more. After I posted those, I found four things I didn't take pictures of...I'll save those for next year.

Cookie says thank you.

Aww bless her, she really is a princess.

Happy Birthday Cookie

Thanks, Stefy. Until I have a granddaughter (at least I hope I do so I can spoil her rotten, Cookie will be my Princess).

I convinced Lee to put up our tree after seeing your pictures

Happy Birthday Cookie

Way to go, Lee!!!! Anytime I can help convince Lee, just let me know.

Thanks for the Cookie birthday wishes.

Morning Kathy, I hope that you had a nice Thanksgiving! Your Christmas tree is adorable. I keep saying I am going to do a Disney tree but haven't done it yet. Oh, and happy birthday to your princess.

Thank you, Lisa. I have two boxes of ornaments that I don't even open anymore because our tree is STRICTLY Disney with the exception of two Cookie ornaments for the Princess.

I'm sensing a theme with your Christmas decorations, but I just can't place it...

Boy, Mark, you are quick.

First of all Cookie is adorable !!!Our dogs are both males, but the kittens we believeare girls and they are soooooo cute and so unafraid of the dogs !!
Judy started decorating on Saturday and got all the decorations up with Samantha's help !!!Then tackled the treeWell here's where the trouble started !!Last year at Target's 90% off sale I picked up a tree for $7 and put it in the cellar !!Judy brought up the old tree which mysteriuosly had a section missing and calls me in a panic about the new tree !!She was getting madder by the minute as she has half a tree and can't find the new one The old one is now on the front lawn( told ya she was mad ) I had to go buy yet another as we still can't find the one I bought at Target!!Oh well Tree is up and peace has returned

Thank you, Rosie. You know if that were me, after I bought the new tree and put it up, I would have found the one I bought last year.

Love all the indoor/outdoor decor. Happy Bday to Cookie. We recieved the pics-thank you so much!! The girls really liked them!

Thanks, Mary. I'm glad the girls liked the pics (there were extras so they could each have one if they wanted). I mailed the girls Christmas gifts from Mr. Mark and I today and I hope they arrive before you leave for Disney.

Cookie is a cutie. If you want another critter, I can send you a 90 pound chocolate lab who just had his 3rd birthday.

Thank you for the offer. But I have told Mark that after Cookie leaves us, we are done with dogs. He just looks at me like I am totally nuts.

 

[tinacaplan]

Beautiful Christmas decorations. I especially love the Mickey head wreath. So cool. Clearly, it is going to take me some time to amass a decent-sized collection. And happy birthday to your princess... dogs really do seem to make everything better, don't they?

 

[KatMark]

Beautiful Christmas decorations. I especially love the Mickey head wreath. So cool. Clearly, it is going to take me some time to amass a decent-sized collection. And happy birthday to your princess... dogs really do seem to make everything better, don't they?

Tina, I can have the worse day or week and all I have to do is come home, sit on the couch and have Cookie snuggle with me and all is right with the world.

 

[KatMark]

Well, it is now Tuesday, September 28 and, unfortunately, time for us to go home.

We got up really early and went to breakfast at Nene's which is on the island. It was very good -- but VERY expensive. We found out that lunch would have been better -- $5.00 for specials of two Chicago hot dogs, french fries and a drink. Well, now we know for next year.

I finished up with the laundry (washing the bedding, towels, etc.) and Mark finished up loading the car with our luggage.

We drove over to Starbucks to meet Nicki for a last cup of coffee and a hug goodbye. We went to her office after coffee to try to print our boarding passes but we were having issues and gave that up. It was time to say goodbye. Nicki may not admit it, but I saw tears in those gorgeous eyes of hers. I, on the other hand, just let them flow. I really hated saying goodbye. We had so much fun and I knew that I was going to miss my "sister" something terrible when we got home. We finished our goodbyes and Mark and I got in the car and drove towards Ft. Myers. We stopped at Nicki's favorite place, Waffle House as we knew we wouldn't be eating on the plane and our flight was scheduled to land at Midway in Chicago around 10 p.m.

We got to the airport, returned the rental car, checked our luggage and got through security and walked to our gate about an hour before the scheduled departure. I was able to log onto the internet at the airport for free in Ft. Myers so spent some time talking on AOL to a good friend back home, DISing and answering office emails.

Then we got the announcement our plane was going to be delayed. First it was 15 minutes, then it was 30 minutes, and so on and so on. It turns out that the plane was coming in from Atlanta and there was an "unruly drunk passenger on the plane" before taking off to Ft. Myers and they had to go back to the gate and get the police to escort him off the plane. I was NOT happy. First, I hate flying; I hated that we had a one-stop flight (stopping in Atlanta before heading to Chicago) and hated the fact that it looked as if we were going to get in really late now. We finally took off and landed in Atlanta. Believe it or not, they made us ALL get off the plane and reboard. I still don't know why they did this. But we only ended up landing in Chicago about ten minutes late...they made up really good time in the air.

We landed at Midway, quickly got our luggage and were in the limo on the way home. Andy, although he had to be up early the next day, waited up for us (it was around midnight when we got home) with the Princess to welcome us with kisses.

I will come back later with a "Final Thoughts" and a Hat contest.