~A XMAS STORY~decorations, crowds, pixies..AND A BLOODY NOSE~ACTUAL UPDATE 11/9 p190

[a*lil*bit*goofy]

Hey wait a second...508 days until end of Disney hiatus? You already know when you are going back???? Hmmmm. Do you have something to share, maybe possibly kinda sorta? Hmmmmmmmmmm???????

 

[punkin413]

Aww, glad you're recovering well, Dawn! Vanilla milkshakes sound great... make sure you watch lots of Disney DVDs - they'll make you all better!

What a fun 4th of July!! I had never thought of breaking the glow jewellery before... if you rub it into your skin like the kids were doing, does your whole skin glow!? Cool!

Great garden photos too, with Eli and Sherman and your little caterpillar friend!! Cute!

i watched "bedtime stories" yesterday and other than that i've just been watching the food network (torturing myself since i can't have anything good to eat!) and napping. oh, and we watched "******* 2" last night and i couldn't watch half of it because those guys are so gross!

yeah, your skin glows for a few minutes but it doesn't last too long.

Looks like a really fun 4th of July! You're flowers and landscaping is really nice!

Glad you are feeling ok

thanks! it's really ray's landscaping....i just supervise.

Looks like you guys had a fun 4th! I wish your friend lived closer so she could help me "train". I want arms like hers!

anna definitely has cut arms! of course her job is to train so she works out like 6-8 times a week depending on her class schedule. explains a lot!

Hope you are doing good today!

Everything should be getting a little better from here on out

thanks! i'm okay. a little more swollen today and i can feel a stitch or two with my tongue, which is annoying. but they will go away on their own so i'm not worried about them.

Hey wait a second...508 days until end of Disney hiatus? You already know when you are going back???? Hmmmm. Do you have something to share, maybe possibly kinda sorta? Hmmmmmmmmmm???????

oh, yes. i've known that for awhile! don't you remember when ray begged me to go back to the condo for a break instead of checking out the WL christmas decorations and he promised me we could stay at WL next trip? well, we had both already agreed that the next trip would be december 2010. and nope, i'm not pregnant if that's what you're asking! we're not even trying yet because i knew i had this dental surgery to deal with and i'd be all hopped up on pain meds - didn't want to be pregnant while i was taking all this medication.

 

[a*lil*bit*goofy]

Oh I remember, but I also thought that you were going to TTC er..try to concieve during that time, so I thought "OH if they know what DAY they are going..."

well gosh darn it. But you are right, all the pain meds wouldn't be the best thing!!!

eh. I had to ask!!! LOL!!! :O)

 

[MeMom]

Looks like much fun. You are lucky to have neighbors to give you guys your own personal show, and your pictures of the 'works are great!

Your flowers and landscaping are pretty.

Hope each day finds you feeling better and better.

 

[xoktenox]

loved the 4th of july pictures. our neighbor used to put on a big show too but he moved so no more. too funny that luke was putting the glow stuff on his body, typical little boy

hope you're feeling better. my wisdom teeth were all impacted and one had a cyst on it too. definitely not a fun thing! keep using the ice, i swear i kept icing my face for like a week. it really helps!

 

[FauntleroyFAN07]

glad your getting better from your teeth, i never really hurt from mine, i ate chicken for dinner the night i had it done.

also, we watching something on the news about sparklers a few days before the 4th there were fireman talking about them and saying how you tell your kids to stay away from ovens that are 400 degrees, but you give your kids sparklers to run around with in the yard.

they said that sparklers burn at 1,800 degrees


i know that it is fire burning, but never thought it burnt that hot.

anyways, good update.

 

[shannon47142]

what a fun 4th of July--its so cool that you get to watch a show from your own lawn!!
glad to hear all went well with your mouth--my daughter would have love the ice/head/holder thingy

 

[tinkgurl]

Looks like you had a great 4th Dawn!

 

[LISAMWDW]

Glad you are getting better! I've had oral surgery before and it is no fun! At least it if overwith now!

Great update! Very cool of your neighbor!

 

[glennbo123]

Glad to hear you're doing better. Hang in there. My sister got married this past weekend, and the weekend before her fiance broke a tooth and have to have oral surgery. They said the pain would be worse in 4 days....which put the max-pain day at Rehearsal day. But he was okay and fortunately didn't have chipmunk cheeks for the pictures.

I was like FauntleroyFAN07 when I had mine out -- no problems and never had to take any pain meds. The doctor couldn't believe it. But everybody's different.

 

[End_User-X]

Tell Ray it looks like light from heaven is shining down on his Mac...you know with the angelic voices aaaaahhhhhh!

Mac lovers will understand.

 

[punkin413]

no update right now but i had to share these. audrey (my stepmom) sent them to me. i LOVE them! brett was making margot laugh and audrey said it was just hilarious.

this one's my FAVORITE!

HOW CUTE IS SHE????

i promise an actual update this weekend. i'm uploading the pictures now.

ETA: update below.....keep scrolling down!!!!!!

 

[pooh'smate]

Dawn, Margot is soooo cute. The last picture is my favorite.

 

[shannon47142]

very cute!!!

 

[Happy Elf]

Love the pictures of Margot! So cute!

 

[punkin413]

just to update you guys, i'm feeling much better as far as my mouth goes. i was getting better as the week went until yesterday. the stitch in the top left side was coming out (like it's supposed to do) and it was driving me crazy. so i got a pair of manicure scissors and cut it so it would just come the rest of the way out. but silly me pulled the stitch the wrong way and the knot went way up into the hole where my tooth was. so i had a long stitch hanging out the roof of my mouth gagging me. i didn't know what to do but cut that and as a result i had a very short, sharp stitch sticking out of the roof of my mouth. it hurt so bad i was in tears. so i called my dentist and they said to come on in so he could get it out. once i got there, his assistant tried to get it but she couldn't, so he had to do it and when he finally a good grip on it he told me to take a deep breath and when he started pulling it through i thought i was gonna jump out of that chair....OUCH!!!!!!! but i was so happy when he got it out. it hurt for a couple seconds but then i was good. after that i felt i deserved a drink so i went and had a margarita!

i started using the syringe today to flush out the holes because food gets back in there and i love doing it because it makes my mouth feel so clean. about another week and i should be back to normal, i think.

Looks like much fun. You are lucky to have neighbors to give you guys your own personal show, and your pictures of the 'works are great!

Your flowers and landscaping are pretty.

Hope each day finds you feeling better and better.

we always thank them so much every year for putting on such a great show. they are a little wild and crazy but very nice.

loved the 4th of july pictures. our neighbor used to put on a big show too but he moved so no more. too funny that luke was putting the glow stuff on his body, typical little boy

hope you're feeling better. my wisdom teeth were all impacted and one had a cyst on it too. definitely not a fun thing! keep using the ice, i swear i kept icing my face for like a week. it really helps!

thanks! yeah, the kids had loads of fun with the glow stuff. i'm feeling much better now....thanks!

glad your getting better from your teeth, i never really hurt from mine, i ate chicken for dinner the night i had it done.

also, we watching something on the news about sparklers a few days before the 4th there were fireman talking about them and saying how you tell your kids to stay away from ovens that are 400 degrees, but you give your kids sparklers to run around with in the yard.

they said that sparklers burn at 1,800 degrees


i know that it is fire burning, but never thought it burnt that hot.

anyways, good update.

i'm glad you could eat chicken but i certainly couldn't!!! i'm just now getting to where i'm comfortable eating normal food (like just now as in today). i just felt weird with 4 big holes in my head....like i'd get stuff stuck back there or something. but now that i'm using the syringe it's not so bad.

sparklers scared me as a kid but i always held them anyway!

what a fun 4th of July--its so cool that you get to watch a show from your own lawn!!
glad to hear all went well with your mouth--my daughter would have love the ice/head/holder thingy

i know....we love that we don't have to leave! i hope they never stop doing it as long as we live here. the ice thing that went around my head was awesome! i'm definitely keeping it!

Looks like you had a great 4th Dawn!

it was a great time!

Glad you are getting better! I've had oral surgery before and it is no fun! At least it if overwith now!

Great update! Very cool of your neighbor!

i was SO glad when it was over! half the battle is just getting up the nerve to do it for me.

Glad to hear you're doing better. Hang in there. My sister got married this past weekend, and the weekend before her fiance broke a tooth and have to have oral surgery. They said the pain would be worse in 4 days....which put the max-pain day at Rehearsal day. But he was okay and fortunately didn't have chipmunk cheeks for the pictures.

I was like FauntleroyFAN07 when I had mine out -- no problems and never had to take any pain meds. The doctor couldn't believe it. But everybody's different.

oh, no! i'm glad he was okay. i remember how stressful the rehearsal day was (WAY worse than the wedding day!) and i would've been so miserable with having to deal with pain too.

Tell Ray it looks like light from heaven is shining down on his Mac...you know with the angelic voices aaaaahhhhhh!

Mac lovers will understand.

i showed this to ray and he just smiled and nodded.

Dawn, Margot is soooo cute. The last picture is my favorite.

i love that one!

very cute!!!

i agree!

Love the pictures of Margot! So cute!

thanks! she's precious.

 

[punkin413]

last i left you we had just had a dance party with a couple of crazy stepsisters.

meanwhile, anna, chris and luke were back at cosmic ray's and, after eating dinner, having a dance party with a couple of crazy chipmunks!

luke looks like he's excited to get his dance on!

and boy, did he ever!!!! i absolutely love these pictures of him and chip dancing together.

time for dad to get his groove on, too!

the guy that was up front directing the dancin....

next it was mom's turn to shake her booty with luke!

look at luke's hair in this one.....GET DOWN!!!!

check out the chick behind anna in the christmas dress. she was SERIOUS about her dancing!

more dancing!

i love those pictures because they look like they were just having a blast!

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[punkin413]

meanwhile, back in fantasyland.....

after the dance party ray and i decided to head over to meet belle and the beast. this was on my MUST-DO list for the night for two reasons: one, in all my trips to disney i still hadn't met the beast and, two, i had to meet belle in her christmas dress!

on the way we passed pinnochio's village haus and there was a sign for free cookies and hot chocolate. ray went in to get some but i didn't at that point. i was still full from the burgers at cosmic ray's and i knew they had these cookies and cocoa stops all over the park. when ray came out he was RAVING about how good the hot cocoa was. he just kept going on and on about it. i was like, "good grief....it can't be THAT good. it's just hot chocolate!" but he said it was the best he'd ever had.

we got in line for belle and the beast and i snapped this on the way......

the line wasn't too terrible. probably about 20 minutes. when we were about 10 people back, belle and the beast went away and out came snow white and prince charming. since i HAD to meet belle i decided to let people go in front of me for awhile. ray decided during this time he was gonna walk around the park to see what else was going on. he did this during the pirate and princess party, too. he kills me. he acts like i'm a freak for loving disney so much and then we get there and he can't sit still for 5 minutes because he's too excited to see everything! he said he got 2 things of pez candies somewhere and ate ALL of them while he was walking around. i would've been sick!

gina - this is the part i was telling you made me think of you!!! while i was in line i started talking to a girl and her mother. the girl was probably about 21 or 22 years old. she eventually told me she was a CM. i asked if she was in the college program and she said yes. i said, "oh, really? where do you work?" she said, "i'm in entertainment." at that point i got all excited and i said, "oh, my gosh.....are you a character?" she just nodded and smiled. i said, "if i guess who you are, can you tell me?" she said sure. she was about my height, maybe an inch or two shorter and very cute. so i said, "are you alice?" she said no. my next guess was wendy. she said no again and then said, "i'm not a face character." so i said, "oh, so does that mean you wear a costume?" and she said yes. so i said, "are you piglet?" and she nodded. I MET PIGLET!!!!! i'm such a nerd....i was soooooo excited! she actually said that she had played eeyore and minnie mouse at different times, too. she said she's what they called "mouse height" and could play piglet, eeyore, mickey, minnie and stitch.

we talked for awhile and i asked her if she ever lost her patience with pushy parents. she said that was the hardest part and told me a couple of stories. but she said she LOVED her job and she was leaving in january and was going to miss it SO MUCH. she said she'd made some really good friends and just loved it there. i told her i'm sure she did, that looking back i wish i would've known about it when i was in school! she was a really sweet girl and it was really neat talking to her and her mom!

finally belle and the beast came back out and so i got back in line again (i actually ended up in front of my new CM friend!). ray had gotten back about 5 minutes before that so he was there to meet belle and the beast too. i don't really like these pictures because ray looks like i'm forcing him to be in them. i swear it was completely voluntary on his part! it looks like i'm pulling him by the arm and belle isn't even touching him because she's like, "this guy hates me and i'm scared to get too close."

i had go crop them out to get myself with the beast! he was sooooooooo cool!

i thought this graphic was appropriate. doesn't ray look like his dreams are coming true here?????

after that we decided to head back towards main street to do a little shopping. again, we really weren't looking to ride anything on this night. i just wanted to soak in the atmosphere of the party. plus i had yet to pick out the jim shore piece for this trip. i collect them and get one for every trip and i specifically wanted a christmas piece this time.

we passed by goofy and pluto headed into cosmic ray's on the way. i guess they trade up with chip and dale. we had no idea that anna and company were still in there getting their groove on!

a couple pictures of the castle as we headed towards main street......

we stopped on main street to get some photopass pictures. i don't really like these that much either. this is the only one that's halfway decent. ray looks drunk in the rest of them.

after pondering over the jim shore pieces in the art store i decided on this donald christmas one. i love it.....he's getting mad while stringing the christmas lights!

as i was going through my pictures i realized i took pictures of some of the stuff i had bought the day before at the emporium.

here's margot's onesie and rattle i gave brett for christmas.....

my calendar for this year.....

and this is on the front of my car....or at least it was. the new one didn't have a place to put it so i have to buy one of those frames to put it in......

i also bought the mickey santa hat ears that i had on at the party with all of the above. that's the first time i bought my blanket for $15. the second one we bought for ray's mom for watching sherman and eli and we got it when we bought all our christmas ornaments later at the party (which i will show you later).

it was a little after 8:00 at that point. we decided to get across main street and head towards adventureland before the 8:15 parade made it's way around and blocked us (it started in frontierland and we were planning on seeing the later parade). as we were leaving the store my phone buzzed in my pocket and i pulled it out and looked down to read THE text................

 

[VandyFan10]

i thought this graphic was appropriate. doesn't ray look like his dreams are coming true here?????

That is SO freakin' funny....a great laugh to end not such a great night

as we were leaving the store my phone buzzed in my pocket and i pulled it out and looked down to read THE text............

I know I know , but don't worry your secret is safe with me!

And.....

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!!!! ​

I hope you have a WONDERFUL day!!!

 

[IluvXU]

Okay I have to get to a Christmas Party and Halloween party again with the kids.... these are just too fun! Love the picture of Belle, I will have to show the girls tomorrow. She is just beautiful.

I am kicking myself for not finding out what character this CM I met in line was... I instead picked her brain about HS and AK, touring stuff. Darn!