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I dunno; I lost control of the steering wheel somewhere back on page eight.....
Kathy
Like I said before,
don't fight it
embrace it
ANOTHER Adventure in Autism (4/15) A Taste of What's to Come...
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Like I said before,
don't fight it
embrace it
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I dunno; I lost control of the steering wheel somewhere back on page eight.....
Kathy
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I dunno; I lost control of the steering wheel somewhere back on page eight.....
Kathy
That you did... herding cats would be easier than controlling this crowd! 
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I dunno; I lost control of the steering wheel somewhere back on page eight.....
Kathy
Yes, it seems like you did. I have a question and I will probably get smacked for this. Is there a trip report associated with the "stretchy shorts"?
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you are one brave soul
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OH, I am regretting asking already.
For some odd reason though, I really want to know.
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I dunno; I lost control of the steering wheel somewhere back on page eight.....
Kathy
Control is an Illusion!!!
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OH, I am regretting asking already.
Well, you asked for it!!
This one was his latest gift to DIS-society..... Enjoy!
[thread=1382199] The Man Report[/thread]
Kathy
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TY Kathy, I will start reading right now while I am on hold with Disney. Hearing "A Whole New World" in my ear right now, lol.
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Yeah, well that is so appropriate....you're entering into Buzzworld! 
Kathy
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Pre-Trip #13
Goldilocks and the Three Bags
Once upon a time, in a far off land called New Jersey, there was a little girl who longed to visit a magical kingdom that had recently been built in Florida. The girl had pale skin and lovely golden hair, so her mother called her Goldilocks. She had been born into a family of modest means, and eventually had five sisters to play with. Her parents often talked about their dream: someday they would bring their many children to visit the magical kingdom. But, alas, it remained only a dream.
The girl grew to be a woman and she married a man who had actually been to the far-off kingdom. He told her many tales of the wondrous things he had seen there and vowed that she would one day visit this enchanted place with him. True to his vow, the man triumphed over many obstacles and one day brought his wife and children to the kingdom of her dreams.
She instantly fell in love with magical kingdom, also known as Walt Disney World, and she set her heart on returning with her family as often as she could.
By this time, the woman’s hair was no longer quite as golden; it had mellowed into a rather dark, neutral blonde. She had even begun to notice a few scattered gray hairs, most likely brought on by the youngest of the aforementioned children. However, for the sake of continuity and the author’s penchant for metaphor, we will continue to call her Goldilocks.
Now being that Goldilocks was a woman, and a mommy at that, she of course needed a large bag to carry all of her theme-park-touring necessities when the family traveled to the World of Disney. These included, but were not limited to:
Cell phone
Small travel wallet (with all but the necessary cards removed)
Laminated index card with touring itinerary and ADR conf. #s.
Pen / small travel journal
Park maps / Times Guides
Camera / extra memory card
Change of clothes for her DS, Billy (in gallon-sized zip-lock)
Goldfish crackers for Billy (in quart-sized zip-lock)
Chewy tubes for Billy
Ear plugs for Billy
Rain ponchos
Sweatshirt if weather is likely to turn cooler
Small flashlight (evening)
Glow necklaces / bracelets (evening)
Sunglasses / case
Sunscreen spray and sport stick
Small first aid kit:
*Band-aides, antibiotic ointment, Advil, children’s Tylenol, Tums, Immodium
Feminine hygiene supplies
Wet wipes
Liquid hand sanitizer
Tissues
Hand towel
Zip-lock bags
Extra backs for Disney pins
Hard candies / mints
Lip balm
Change
Fortunately for Goldilocks, the man she had married believed that carrying an even larger pack was one of his many duties as the alpha-male in the family.
And so, he could usually be counted upon to voluntarily pack the more bulky items, such as his wife’s sweatshirt or any bags containing changes of children’s clothing, in his own backpack.
Her daughter
, who had also been born with lovely golden locks, further lightened the load by carrying her own rain poncho, sweatshirt, water bottle, and cell phone in a small backpack. Goldilocks’ autistic son, however, 
was not able to tolerate the feeling of pressure on his back and shoulders for extended periods of time…..and his tummy was much too round to accommodate a fanny pack around the waist! Therefore, his supplies were split between his mother and his father’s packs.
Goldilocks needed just the right bag to take with her to Walt Disney World, one that was large enough to hold everything she needed, but compact enough to fit easily under her seat or on the floor between her feet on the rides. A bag that was not only kept all of her mommy-stuff organized and neat, but that would be comfortable to wear.
Often Goldilocks found herself wistfully remembering the children’s baby stroller with multiple cup holders and large basket underneath. It almost seemed worth the effort of changing a few dirty diapers to reclaim all that glorious cargo space! But, the children had long since grown much too large for a stroller, so all of the family’s gear would need to be carried.
And so, for their first WDW trip ever, Goldilocks bought herself a small backpack at the local sporting goods store.
It seemed comfortable and compact enough, but it was a bit of a pain having to frequently take it on and off her back throughout the day. And for all its nifty zippers and pockets, after using it for a second trip she came to the conclusion that the bag was not right; it was just too small.
But, it was the perfect size for her daughter! So, she gave the bag to young Goldi and it has been the girl’s official WDW bag ever since.
For their third trip, our heroine chose an ergonomically designed microfiber shoulder bag from L.L.Bean:
It turned out to be a bit roomier than the little backpack and was much easier to slip on and off when getting in and out of the rides. In fact, it was much too easy. The bag had a bad habit of slipping off her shoulder constantly, and she spent a lot of energy hiking it back into place. This second bag wasn’t right either; it was too slippery.
Undaunted, she picked out a non-traditional teardrop-shaped bag next. This backpack was worn on one shoulder and was rather like a cross between her first bag and the last.
This third bag had plenty of room and stayed put when she carried it on her shoulder. It had additional inner compartments, a net bag on the outside to carry a water bottle, and even a special padded pocket for sunglasses. The backside of the pack was firm, but well-padded and comfortable.
So these were Goldilocks’ three bags:
The first bag had been too small.
The second bag had been too slippery.
But the third bag was just right!
Well, sort of...
Despite its many wonderful qualities, the last bag was actually just a bit larger than Goldilocks would have liked. And the natural tendency when one carries a large bag is to fill it up unnecessarily. Why? Well, because you can, that’s why! And so the bag tended to get heavy and was not so easily stowed on rides.
Nevertheless, Goldilocks felt that she had finally found the right bag for her WDW travels, and was content. Content, that is, until she discovered the DISboards.
The more time that our heroine spent on the DISboards, the more she read about a special type of bag. It was the Baggallini, a wonderful bag that many DISers were using at WDW. The mere fact that so many Disney fans were singing the praises of the magical Baggallini made Goldilocks wonder. Could this be the perfect WDW bag that she had been searching for? Could this be the one that was just right?
She thought about it for a long time. There were, after all, so many other things that she was planning to purchase for the next trip. (See chapter 10: Dial-a-Croc.) But the more she read about the amazing bag, the more it captured her interest, and the less she could resist the desire to try it for herself. She decided that like many of her DIS-friends, she would order the bag at a discounted price from www.shoebuy.com And just to ensure the highest level of wonder-bag magic possible, she chose the official color of the DISboards: the ever fanciful, ever conspicuous Lime Green!
Goldilocks was more than pleased when the Baggallini arrived in the mail; she immediately pulled it out of its wrapper and stuffed it with a beach towel to fill up the empty space. Then she put it on over her head and adjusted the strap across her capacious body. This was the moment of truth. You see, Goldilocks had gained quite a bit of weight over the last ten years (too much heavily-sweetened porridge) and despite her enthusiasm about the well-hyped messenger bag, she was apprehensive about wearing anything that cut across the front of her now ample figure.
She tried the Baggallini over her right hip, the side on which she normally wore her shoulder bags. Hmmm. That didn’t feel quite right. She removed it and examined the tags. The model was pictured wearing the bag over her left hip, so Goldilocks did the same. When the straps were adjusted to where the bag felt comfortable, it fell neither squarely in the middle of her back, like a backpack, or over her left hip, like a shoulder bag would. It rested somewhere in between.
She walked around for a while, in order to get the feel of it. It felt comfortable enough, and it was the most DIS-y shade of lime you ever did see! It had a mesh pouch on the outside for a water bottle and a second pocket on the outside for a cell phone. The main compartment was one large storage area, but the front compartment consisted of seven individual pockets, some zippered. An additional zippered pocket was found on the backside of the bag. It seemed like there was a place for just about everything she would need at a theme park, without being too cumbersome. She retrieved her LGMH tags from the previous year and attached them to the new Baggallini….there!
Goldilocks’ husband arrived home early that evening, tired after being away at a training class for the entire week. He barely acknowledged the bright lime-green bag that had been left strategically on the dining room table for him to joke about.
Later, after the kids were tucked into bed, she donned the bag once more and turned in front of a full-length mirror in the bathroom. She liked her new bag, but was not fully convinced that it was particularly flattering.
Thus preoccupied, she made the classic wife-husband error. She sought out her husband and turned around in front of him, modeling the Baggallini.
“So, what do you think? How does it look?” she asked.
“I think it would look a lot better without your clothes on.”
Well, I had to put at least one bear in this story, somewhere.
Kathy
Goldilocks and the Three Bags
Once upon a time, in a far off land called New Jersey, there was a little girl who longed to visit a magical kingdom that had recently been built in Florida. The girl had pale skin and lovely golden hair, so her mother called her Goldilocks. She had been born into a family of modest means, and eventually had five sisters to play with. Her parents often talked about their dream: someday they would bring their many children to visit the magical kingdom. But, alas, it remained only a dream.
The girl grew to be a woman and she married a man who had actually been to the far-off kingdom. He told her many tales of the wondrous things he had seen there and vowed that she would one day visit this enchanted place with him. True to his vow, the man triumphed over many obstacles and one day brought his wife and children to the kingdom of her dreams.
She instantly fell in love with magical kingdom, also known as Walt Disney World, and she set her heart on returning with her family as often as she could.By this time, the woman’s hair was no longer quite as golden; it had mellowed into a rather dark, neutral blonde. She had even begun to notice a few scattered gray hairs, most likely brought on by the youngest of the aforementioned children. However, for the sake of continuity and the author’s penchant for metaphor, we will continue to call her Goldilocks.
Now being that Goldilocks was a woman, and a mommy at that, she of course needed a large bag to carry all of her theme-park-touring necessities when the family traveled to the World of Disney. These included, but were not limited to:
Cell phone
Small travel wallet (with all but the necessary cards removed)
Laminated index card with touring itinerary and ADR conf. #s.
Pen / small travel journal
Park maps / Times Guides
Camera / extra memory card
Change of clothes for her DS, Billy (in gallon-sized zip-lock)
Goldfish crackers for Billy (in quart-sized zip-lock)
Chewy tubes for Billy
Ear plugs for Billy
Rain ponchos
Sweatshirt if weather is likely to turn cooler
Small flashlight (evening)
Glow necklaces / bracelets (evening)
Sunglasses / case
Sunscreen spray and sport stick
Small first aid kit:
*Band-aides, antibiotic ointment, Advil, children’s Tylenol, Tums, Immodium
Feminine hygiene supplies
Wet wipes
Liquid hand sanitizer
Tissues
Hand towel
Zip-lock bags
Extra backs for Disney pins
Hard candies / mints
Lip balm
Change
Fortunately for Goldilocks, the man she had married believed that carrying an even larger pack was one of his many duties as the alpha-male in the family.
And so, he could usually be counted upon to voluntarily pack the more bulky items, such as his wife’s sweatshirt or any bags containing changes of children’s clothing, in his own backpack. Her daughter
, who had also been born with lovely golden locks, further lightened the load by carrying her own rain poncho, sweatshirt, water bottle, and cell phone in a small backpack. Goldilocks’ autistic son, however, was not able to tolerate the feeling of pressure on his back and shoulders for extended periods of time…..and his tummy was much too round to accommodate a fanny pack around the waist! Therefore, his supplies were split between his mother and his father’s packs.Goldilocks needed just the right bag to take with her to Walt Disney World, one that was large enough to hold everything she needed, but compact enough to fit easily under her seat or on the floor between her feet on the rides. A bag that was not only kept all of her mommy-stuff organized and neat, but that would be comfortable to wear.
Often Goldilocks found herself wistfully remembering the children’s baby stroller with multiple cup holders and large basket underneath. It almost seemed worth the effort of changing a few dirty diapers to reclaim all that glorious cargo space! But, the children had long since grown much too large for a stroller, so all of the family’s gear would need to be carried.
And so, for their first WDW trip ever, Goldilocks bought herself a small backpack at the local sporting goods store.
It seemed comfortable and compact enough, but it was a bit of a pain having to frequently take it on and off her back throughout the day. And for all its nifty zippers and pockets, after using it for a second trip she came to the conclusion that the bag was not right; it was just too small.
But, it was the perfect size for her daughter!
So, she gave the bag to young Goldi and it has been the girl’s official WDW bag ever since.For their third trip, our heroine chose an ergonomically designed microfiber shoulder bag from L.L.Bean:
It turned out to be a bit roomier than the little backpack and was much easier to slip on and off when getting in and out of the rides. In fact, it was much too easy. The bag had a bad habit of slipping off her shoulder constantly, and she spent a lot of energy hiking it back into place. This second bag wasn’t right either; it was too slippery.
Undaunted, she picked out a non-traditional teardrop-shaped bag next. This backpack was worn on one shoulder and was rather like a cross between her first bag and the last.
This third bag had plenty of room and stayed put when she carried it on her shoulder. It had additional inner compartments, a net bag on the outside to carry a water bottle, and even a special padded pocket for sunglasses. The backside of the pack was firm, but well-padded and comfortable.
So these were Goldilocks’ three bags:
The first bag had been too small.
The second bag had been too slippery.
But the third bag was just right!
Well, sort of...
Despite its many wonderful qualities, the last bag was actually just a bit larger than Goldilocks would have liked. And the natural tendency when one carries a large bag is to fill it up unnecessarily. Why? Well, because you can, that’s why! And so the bag tended to get heavy and was not so easily stowed on rides.
Nevertheless, Goldilocks felt that she had finally found the right bag for her WDW travels, and was content. Content, that is, until she discovered the DISboards.
The more time that our heroine spent on the DISboards, the more she read about a special type of bag. It was the Baggallini, a wonderful bag that many DISers were using at WDW. The mere fact that so many Disney fans were singing the praises of the magical Baggallini made Goldilocks wonder. Could this be the perfect WDW bag that she had been searching for? Could this be the one that was just right?
She thought about it for a long time. There were, after all, so many other things that she was planning to purchase for the next trip. (See chapter 10: Dial-a-Croc.) But the more she read about the amazing bag, the more it captured her interest, and the less she could resist the desire to try it for herself. She decided that like many of her DIS-friends, she would order the bag at a discounted price from www.shoebuy.com And just to ensure the highest level of wonder-bag magic possible, she chose the official color of the DISboards: the ever fanciful, ever conspicuous Lime Green!
Goldilocks was more than pleased when the Baggallini arrived in the mail; she immediately pulled it out of its wrapper and stuffed it with a beach towel to fill up the empty space. Then she put it on over her head and adjusted the strap across her capacious body. This was the moment of truth. You see, Goldilocks had gained quite a bit of weight over the last ten years (too much heavily-sweetened porridge) and despite her enthusiasm about the well-hyped messenger bag, she was apprehensive about wearing anything that cut across the front of her now ample figure.
She tried the Baggallini over her right hip, the side on which she normally wore her shoulder bags. Hmmm. That didn’t feel quite right. She removed it and examined the tags. The model was pictured wearing the bag over her left hip, so Goldilocks did the same. When the straps were adjusted to where the bag felt comfortable, it fell neither squarely in the middle of her back, like a backpack, or over her left hip, like a shoulder bag would. It rested somewhere in between.
She walked around for a while, in order to get the feel of it. It felt comfortable enough, and it was the most DIS-y shade of lime you ever did see!
It had a mesh pouch on the outside for a water bottle and a second pocket on the outside for a cell phone. The main compartment was one large storage area, but the front compartment consisted of seven individual pockets, some zippered. An additional zippered pocket was found on the backside of the bag. It seemed like there was a place for just about everything she would need at a theme park, without being too cumbersome. She retrieved her LGMH tags from the previous year and attached them to the new Baggallini….there!
Goldilocks’ husband arrived home early that evening, tired after being away at a training class for the entire week. He barely acknowledged the bright lime-green bag that had been left strategically on the dining room table for him to joke about.
Later, after the kids were tucked into bed, she donned the bag once more and turned in front of a full-length mirror in the bathroom. She liked her new bag, but was not fully convinced that it was particularly flattering.
Thus preoccupied, she made the classic wife-husband error. She sought out her husband and turned around in front of him, modeling the Baggallini.“So, what do you think? How does it look?” she asked.
“I think it would look a lot better without your clothes on.”
Well, I had to put at least one bear in this story, somewhere.
Kathy
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Ooh, you have the exact same bag as me!
Avoid my pre-trip report if you don't want to see photos of said bag attacking me
Avoid my pre-trip report if you don't want to see photos of said bag attacking me
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I want that bag so much, but I have 8 bazillion bags already... and that little Devil on my shoulder is now saying, "Come on, Kathy has one!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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Kathy - I LOVE the bag!! 
I might have to go get myself one right away!! You must have read my mind because I have been thinking about what I am going to carry around the parks this year. We can still do the stroller thing, especially with Zach (3) but we are renting from the parks this year instead of bringing our own. I always felt comfortable leaving our stuff in our stroller, but I'm not sure how I feel about leaving stuff in a rented stroller??? 
It seems too easy to lose your stroller. Even if we do end up leaving one bag in the stroller, I can carry the important stuff with me. Thanks for sharing!!
Amy
I might have to go get myself one right away!! You must have read my mind because I have been thinking about what I am going to carry around the parks this year. We can still do the stroller thing, especially with Zach (3) but we are renting from the parks this year instead of bringing our own. I always felt comfortable leaving our stuff in our stroller, but I'm not sure how I feel about leaving stuff in a rented stroller??? It seems too easy to lose your stroller. Even if we do end up leaving one bag in the stroller, I can carry the important stuff with me. Thanks for sharing!! AmyKathyRN137
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Looky what I got to go with the Baggallini!!
.....Now all I need are some Jibbitz!!
Kathy
.....Now all I need are some Jibbitz!!
Kathy
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You are going to be a vision in lime green!
mrsksomeday
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YAY!!! You got your crocs. Soooo, how to you like them? I had to get used to them, but now I really like them. The baggallini is so cute. Bill has a black bag on the back of his wheelchair and I throw all our stuff in it, lol.
I really don't think he would let me put a lime green bag on the back of his wheelchair, but I do have a plan to DIS up his wheelchair. I am going to put lime green ribbon on the places that are ok to put the wheelchair restraints on. That way the bus drivers won't have to try to decide where to put them, it will make loading on the bus so much faster.
I really don't think he would let me put a lime green bag on the back of his wheelchair, but I do have a plan to DIS up his wheelchair
. I am going to put lime green ribbon on the places that are ok to put the wheelchair restraints on. That way the bus drivers won't have to try to decide where to put them, it will make loading on the bus so much faster.KathyRN137
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Good morning, everyone! 
I'll be away for a couple of days, so I will probably not be posting until Wednesday.
Taking the kids down the shore; but its supposed to rain later
so I may just wind up hanging around with my sister and talking Disney until we're blue in the face!!! 
Thanks for reading, and I'll be checking back in here as soon as our bags hit the floor.
Kathy
I'll be away for a couple of days, so I will probably not be posting until Wednesday.
Taking the kids down the shore; but its supposed to rain later
so I may just wind up hanging around with my sister and talking Disney until we're blue in the face!!! Thanks for reading, and I'll be checking back in here as soon as our bags hit the floor.
Kathy
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