Are you experienced?...wdw05...............

[Lil' Grumpy]

dear nab: your soo observant! i know my sloppy formats are probably
driving the moderators nuts! they have been very generous & helpful!
hja! the main idea is tooo develop a trip report style that is entertaining,
educational and documentarily..for those speical disney 's

p.s..nab? do you know where yor staying? hint, hint,we really enjourd
cornado'Springs...i read where some one was disappointed but
in between their only complaint ,,they loved it!
their one complaint? the pepper market was crowded...


from reading others responding [to different trip reports], it is self
evident that alot of families are seeking to capture a lil magic
for their own! i not only think that's great! but also i beleive in that.

* in the disney spirit [i'm defintely no expert], but out the blue....
cast members & family encounters have been where we have
experienced the best magic... #1.

* i like disney...it's clean and bright! there' a feeling of not worrying
about safety and making new friends! sensory preceptions are making
the choices with those aroiund you....my lil miss cutie pie would killed
me fortelling..but i like holding her hands,,cuddling inside & out, sharing
a treat, pointing things out, laughing at our sillness....and esp. watching
our kids..even though our older boys are dispearing! wanta know how
exciting it is to run into them? if your around us, you will hear us!
sorry! to me that's a la disney's capapie'

ha! my dress [see added on pics!] yep, i wore it too! and no! i had pj's
shorts undneath! boy, did my misery make the cast members [at the
rides] happy! ,,,

ok, we broke right toward toonie town! why? that's where we got all
of us face painting!

 

[NAB]

Okay I went all the way back to page 10 to see your pics. I didn't see no dress. Do you still have it, maybe you can take a pic now.... .I am staying at POR because that is the only one we could get a good deal on with the free dining. Plus my mom is coming so that makes 5 and we can't afford the Poly. We take mom every summer with us where ever we go. I am one of 6 kids but the only one that moved 2 hours away. Everyone else is within 5 mins. of her. This is the only way we get grandma time other then a few weekends here and there. Call me selfish but I love this too. When my dad died I was he only one who didn't see him the day before he died. I hadn't seen him in three weeks. Why is it that I get long winded with you. Maybe you are my journal....

Keep going ...don't forget that pic now, it goes with the report.

 

[Lil' Grumpy]

,,nab, we loved port orleans though we haven't stayed
since '99...epsecially the early morning walks, the lil water way and
the lil lizards...also, we liked the mardi gras food court. and the pool
area pretty cool too. we hope to get back someday. forgot about
the free dining..as we are only able to stay 3 days.

that's great idea taking your mother..no one loves you better! wish my
was still around to take!...the last time i saw her,she walked me up
the sidewalk. i can still see her waving goddbye as i drove off.....i also
remember thinking "that's the best i felt since my father's death 5
years earlier"...when the phone rang, i already knew...all of us took
off after we graduated. only a couple [out of 10] stayed closed to
home.i think your kids are always near your heart...no matter where
they're trampin off too. my parents has been gone for more than 20+
years...however, each child is a part of the body still alive. and i have
no logical clues but i think, being part of someone's memory is a
verification of a spiritual family. once, i glanced over and "saw" my
daughter playing the ways i used to do. i couldn't belive it! there was no
logical way to explained it. sometimes..my boys talked about things
we [as parents] did as they were being raised...dwats, if i have any
recollections...the values we provided our children with a disney vacation
are probably dormat for years... and we may not be around to see all
the effects. however, i know it is good! i have made it clear to my
childen ..that the beast way to honor me in case of death..is to go on
being happy. disney is the easiest place i know for accomplishing that!
therefore, we have brought our kids tow sets of 5days passes in our
safety deposit box...

boy, oh boy...reading the different cruises reports are following the same
pattern..wasn't enough time to do it all...and its true...[things really changed
since 99]...but what i am hinting at..it is best to do the parks last! ha!

another tipppo reagrding any scrapebook..not that i am .
post cards..can very useful...i always done a " throw together "
approach..then my wifey poo brought a bunch for christmas that somehow
got dumped on me! also all the postcards and letterheads and mail stuff
is really all i need to put albums together....we even have all our cards/
stuff from vlanetine ...there's some doseys..maybe wee should throw away
some things? plus, as you know now, i'm allergic to structure?

the pics with my merlin outfit added? at our back door? hmmp! i'll may have
to ask for help..but if they're there...don't be fooled, merlin's robe a cotton
pickin dress thingy if they're ever was one! note it was covering up my
shoes..so pic.. me "liftening" it up and walking around? space mountain was
a hoot..and reasons beyond me... some cast members decoded to ride in our
car behind us..i had problem getting loaded without having the "skirt" riding
to high... nope i won't soon forget it!

 

[Lil' Grumpy]

..right away before i forget again! no one, and i mean
no posts i have read here, say more with less words...and with more
meanings... you have a special gift and insights that is out of sight!

sorry i messed up some key reference..one was bout children are
part of their parent's that are living beyond their lifespan! some
times i find myself being them and keeping the traditions i was raised on.
suddenly [with maturity] the lil family thingswe did growing up are
becoming important for me to pass on! hope making sense


this mnsshp, we had a real agenda to do the parade and fireworks instead
of wandering all over the place.. both were really neat but be advised,that
took close to 2 hours! sometimes i feel wandering isn't a bad agenda to
make..but no matter what....there will always be more than anyone can
do at one visit.. that's my experience!

 

[NAB]

No you make no sense...just kidding. I do understand. I think everything we do has a purpose. Our kids watch ,they remember everything maybe they don't realize it at the time but in the future it will come back to them. And I want them to have happy memories, family traditions so that we live on though them. Funny part is if my Mom ever goes I know there will be fighting over money but all I want is all the pics My family comes to me now if they think I have a good baby pic of so and so. I know you understand the meaning of pictures.

Back to the show. Guess you left the dress on all night? Or were you in your jammies

 

[Lil' Grumpy]

get ready? nah, i am always late! and so if you hear someone [a lady]
hollering to get going then you're probably down the hall from us.

*
but before adding to this "monster" of a report...hi! ,to ready
in ok? i reread that section..i'm so sorry that i never acknowledged
your orginally response....i did, but i think it was one one of those segments
that disappeared. great shoes! when i see crimson tide, iam thinking of
paul "bear" bryant...my older brother [ living in tucson now], had a close
friend that played for the tide. hey, you know there's another guy named
zzub that's a big tide fan? he's has lots of character! what you doing in
sooner country? my youngest brother was stationed at a lil afb, called
enis? he trained the space shuttle crews...all went thru here. sorry about
what happened...and i hope your still taggling along?

pics.? i added a few in my dress? but also a couple of my parents...noticed
how my mother jumped into the rocker before it was out of the box? sorta
explained her personality...a regular go getter...its to bad the one pic
faded cos i like how she could put on the ritz! my dad was the calm..er
one. and together they had 10 kids 7boys/girls. pics? i am trying to add
enough to show an illustration for our family dymanics...see? the way anne
of green gables was made sense to me! [remember when she
busted that slate over gilbert calling her carrots? let just say my first
fight at school was the first day of the first grade. ]

boy, this dress thingy got me all flustered..well it was hot than the dickens
and try to imagine the challenge going to the bathroom? needless to say,
i could have used the "bathroom tips" lady that night..forget my cutie pie &
the kids! and oh yeah, after wasting all that time in line for pins [at the
begining] must caused a minor breakdown of my senses...we brought one
of those "framed" set of all the haloween paerties? now the game plan was
to mailed this hugh thingy of a sourvineer home??? boy was that errorous/
or more appropirately arrogrant thinking! wanta know what the lady told
me at the mailing room??? well after she quit ,hmmm? she said 100%
sure it would get broken...we flying....you should seen my wife face when
i told her i was takin it with me..carry on! ha! it setting right next
to me..and it still the coolest souvineer i ever gotten. [see? rationization,
can be your friend!]

thank goodness, they let me pick it up after the party? if they turned us
down would been a blessing? for its no exaggeration, my lil miss cutie pie
brings luggage to set up house!

characters! that probably the neatest thing about mnsshp.....are seeing
the villins and some of the more rarer ones. then there are the guests
like myself..dressed in all kinds of getups! behind the castle jordan got
the hunchback and his leading lady...also mulan & one of my favorites
mushu! [that eddie murphy is one gifted actor.]. also while we were over
by tommorrow land, ther's a lil room [i think] outside buzz where we
came across the incredibles! it was happenstance because we were
getting candy and saw them going in...so me & jordan jumped line to
get a few pics..i was told by the handler it was their exit and where to
go...lady luck, hey!

did someone mentioned candy?! bags fulls, and even then some! during the
parade there was a lil boy who mother became angered...and grabbed him?
not sure why and i try to get his bag of candy back to him but the mother
wouldn't let him..obvious something wrong before this this was
probably was the most unnerving incident i been apart of...and it made me
felt sad for a lil bit. it happened so quick that they were gone before i
realized there was a problem..i think maybe the mother needed to leave
for another reason ..and why she was so impatient...i was most sad for not
being able to get the kid his candy! [ahhhh, i remember how important candy
was growing up]. near clsoing, it's true, they were giving away candy by
the handful. here's an old memory...regarding candy..my dad tried in vein
to buy candy that us "kids" wouldn't eat! from circus peanuts to mince meat
pies..nah, he never suceeded!

we have met some spectacular characters during these parties but
we also have a lil curse going..the dab gone cindy's coach is never out
during the parties we goto! well we just have to keep at it!


nab, i hope your family has the most magical disney vacation ever! i hope
some our tips are helpful where someone bestows a magic moment for your
family.

 

[Lil' Grumpy]

yor so right, cut out the conmentary & this wouldn't be too
bad of report. of course, it would also lose...its charms..ok, the world
according to me!!! ha! that's the benefit of having no image to make
up stuff or to pretned..i can be me!

dressed up..here's a personal secret that even my wife does knows..
i was into image before i could talk...dressing up like a "great general" .
both my parents smoked..books of matches everywhere..made great
armies under my command..using blankets as mountains..i still can here
my dad yelling at noght.."what in the world?" me> .i blamed
my older/wiser brothers...soooo mnsshp allows me to sneak in a lil
old traditions...to me, merlin and his pet owl was cool...
and that's actually the refernce over on the cb..i don't smoke but "playing"
with matches, well that's another

[there's all types here cos after all, this is a board made up from people..
and thru our experiences,not everyone going to disney has walt type
agendas....but there are also some very special people here that makes
this a very place! being caring toward others is a more great acomplishment
than most give credit. i respect anyone trying to do better. ]

 

[Lil' Grumpy]

...most likely everybody has left the building? good! i can really
tell our special secrets. [he,he,he , now i just have to peep in my wife's
birn'baum's book..is birnbaum a german guy?

2002 version..man, things already changed! and so have our planning. what's
were in the pages, were our notes of when things liked the parades &
parks openings...the pyrotech extravaganza fireworks were called "fantasy
in the sky". aliens was rated as a birnbaum's best. gone! here's something i
never picked up before, there's a woman running with indy in their picture.
before, i never noticed it [balck& white photo]. oh, and one of my wife's
greatest tips..get to the parks early!

i might go over board, but when you have a life changing lil one, you
become redirected...boy! did she ever shaked our lives up.
now i can't ever imagined her not being a part of our family. nor would
we been making all these trips to disney. so blame jordan for all of
this. [ i know our middle son sure wasn't too happy losing the
baby postion...and it didn't helped how quickly jordan grabbed a hold
of it. i added a few more pics... just to agiate the situation. yep, i'm
a inst-a-gator. see the pic of twilight zone..easily could be our house...
here's one of my tippo's..aren't you glad some pics came out blurry?


our family pretty boring compared to the one my parents had. my
brother from arizona called and was asking if i remembered the time of the
escaped donkey..or the copperhead on a stick incident...haley girl hinted
she could write my bio by the pics i showed..well she has no idea the
stories i could tell...

on with the show? ha! the next time my wife order a robe, it going to have
a zipper! [ i insist ]....i fought with that stupid thingy all evening! i even
needed help at chef mickey's buffet cos of the sleeves being longated and
hanging down! why is it? everything good were in the back row? walking
and liftening and carrying my rollin trunk made even the haunted mansion's
bride laughed! curse her any hoo! she got to sit on the lil nole before the
enterance..."come down here & laugh!! i told her..only made her snicker
louder! if you keep doing that, i'll pull up my wand and turned you into
a "prince"! maybe now a good time to mentioned i don't see too well?
i was not only distracted but kept bumping...no one complained though...
or was too scared?

here's some tippos..i can't imagined not doing haunted manison for mnsshp.
it's classic and this year having the bride out was an extra bonus. the jungle
cruise is pretty spooky also and pirates are near by! the back side of the
castle has extra characters out! they make neat pics..ask where & where
snow white seven dwarfs greets...they sometimes moved around. adults
can and should get the free face painting. don't forget to take closeups!
saved candy & pins til the end...and never dress in a dress!

 

[NAB]

I finally found the picture with the dress. I think it would have been harder to keep the hat on your head because dresses are no problem for me. Thanks for sharing so many pictures. You will have to take lots on that cruise of your so I can see your wife's new dresses. Does she know you have been posting pics of her. She is beautiful by the way. I am glad Jordan came along too because if she didn't you wouldn't be here either.

 

[DebIreland]

hope some are still around, like debIrealnd...the way she talks about Ireland and her father...was why i wanted to post my pics. of my lil girl Irish dancing.

Hey LG!! I'm still here and still enjoying your report and I absolutely loved the photos!!! Your family look terrific! How I wish I got to go to WDW as often as you but I'll savour our next trip (October ) and make it last. Won't be back there again til 2010 after the next one!

So glad you mentioned MNSSHP. Our tickets just arrived for 31/10. I know it's gonna be insanely busy that night but I want to be there on Halloween itself! We don't do much here for Halloween so it's gonna be fun being in the U.S. then, especially in WDW! I get the impression from yours and other posts that there's an awful lot to fit in during the party, between parade and fireworks and trick or treatin' and special events and regular attractions. Need to plan that one carefully! Glad I read about your pin line - I'll give that one a miss so for sure. Well, if I'm honest, I'm being a cheapskate anyway and buying some pins from Ebay before we go - can't beat 3 or 4 dollars each. I might let them get one in Disney World, but that's it, I'm all heart aren't I?

So keep up the good work and yep I'm still here, checkin in regularly!!

Oh what's this about you in a dress? My my, ideas for DH I have got to check out those photos of you!!! Ta ta for now!!

Edited to say: I found the photos eventually of you in the 'dress' - well not quite a dress! lol What a great costume - all of your costumes were terrific! In case LG wants to keep the photo of him in a dress kinda low profile, nobody cut and paste this hyperlink to your address bar. I'll just put it here really small so you won't see it http://s69.photobucket.com/albums/i75/mrmerlin56/?action=view&current=disneyhome.jpg

You know LG, you have some of the cutest baby photos I have ever seen!

 

[Lil' Grumpy]

very sad to say that's it! for the parks and most of this trip. the
waiting in line for the party's pins seem liked the thingy to do? i mean alot
of people were doing it...so it sorta made me panic, thinking they would sell
out..esp. since the line "looked" like 10,000's. however, if they're selling
pins from the previous party then it stands to reason that there would be
pins left? soooooo we could have gotten them during the party....i think
@ the "begining & at the end" would be the "line-waiting" period? whatever
reason [maybe cos this was our last park]...the time just flew by. go home?
you're kidding right? our flight not leaving until tommorrow pm. hooray, even
lil time around dusney can be magical!


this was a speical trip but then again, all of 'em are...if you can't find good
things in every trip then you're definitley burned out or distracted. here i
am, qouting that ultimate fan [lady girl that went to epcot] again! she
{even though her husband was lacking}..., was the most accomplished fan
by my opinion..she cried during illunations while her sweetie guzzling beer,
but he then responded and gently wiped her tears..."the bible is always
sneaking into our daily life"...one's love will saved those graced by their
giving! been there, done that> he thought he was caring for her but in reality
looked at her feelings gave him..the insights of what a disney vacation can
really be....how many never get it? he is one lucky guy and probably dosen't
know it!

* for example, if i hadn't had the exprience of working ob...i would have never
known the miracle my wife pulled off [out] with our second! reality is: he
should be dead or even worse,severly brain dead...what all women goes thru
is the absoultely miracle for life, that is so taken for granted even by
themselves. my wife had no idea what she accomplished & i was totally in
awe.!....ha even
women never having children have no less love for the changes placed on
them in their life cycles because still desire love. caring is all about giving
of oneself for sharing a positive feeling? it lights up the sky the same way
of wishes...think of the differnces-" you" know of a fireworks display & the
stories added to wishes..love versus sex? please don't get the wrong idea
..i'm a typical, uncouth guy that was blessed by someone very special.
make no mistake about it..the lady in my pictures is all of the good things
i can tell you about! being married to me, hasn't been a cake walk...but
i love her & hold our vows in the life we have shared together.

when i watch that epsiode...i thought, she was illustrating the values of
a good woman-it is priceless..so i had to go kiss my lil miss cutie pie who
was sleeping. what?..just because, just because! she has to get up
at 4am...so as you can see..i drive her crazy!

maybe i shouldn't say this but i think a wdw trip is a great place to
recover from a tradgey or major loss or living thru a diffcult time. maybe
because i was raised in a traditional Irish family...wakes & all, where
death isn't considered the final call? these are my real feelings thru all
the jumbo? did i say that? we were only there a week [not
counting the cruise]..it 's may be hard to beleive but i left out tons
of stuff. we do everything as an adventure, starting apox. the week
before... not including all the "set up' stuff....all is great! why? simply
getting input and having the family doing stuff togehter. based on that
outcome, no one person should being it all?! how? delagation! assignments
and followups by whoever in charge. easy-asked questions and wait for
them to respond back?
...funny that i be making these comments:

why, again? we have grown up together and when we were in our 20's,
i would have been "letting" my wife do it all! except complaining when things
went wrong! sad but true..he,he.....except me doing my miltary duties...
which had nuthing to do with our disney trips except doing 'em together.
my daughter taught me more about disney then i care to admitt. working
for a "living"...we "see" some things as self evident but oh my, why do
we failed to apply thiscommon sense toward the importan things in our
lives? like our families & marriages? i beleive the same is true for our disney
vacations if we want it to be..something that sure is evident on these
trip reports boards...[odd, missing on the cruise trips- most of the time-
which i think is due to attitudes]...to me> the horrors has nothing to do
with being chosen to opened apark, put in parade, waking tinker..instead
not enjoying all thethings making "your" family happy at disney. that's
magic! ...and to be really lucky and meet people like those doing these
reports..for example...those few minutes we met the honeymooners'
cast members at our first halloween parade.

so..here i go around the corner again...
ok, a disney vacation is like a realtionship waiting to be develop..into higher
levels of accomplishments & apprication. marriage is one type of many
relationships where learning new ways are mandated..ignoring your needs for
"understanding" what a marriage is, will doom the "trust fund". one reason
i posted so many differnt photos is because we 'reare no longer "kids". but nor
have we lost our zeal for adventures! in alot of ways, we are enjoying our
life together even more! anyone familar with the moody blues record cover
with an old wizard holding the "wobers" of life in his hands for a lil boy to
discover? life isn't that easy,and no one is going to give you such treasures
that they had to work so hard for themselves?..except your parents! and
no one, can ever come close,,,loves you like your mother. my wife is the
mother of my children..and sadly to say... i've taken for granted too many
times. disney is one way to make it up [a lil]....so we're packing the bags
again!

p.s...i really like what you guys are saying cos the insights are a reflexction
more beautiful than the first image walt chose for snow white! really?
what is beauty..so many working too hard on the outside are missing so
much ..happines is feeling good bout oneself!

common sense today has been trampled by moderization? but i say this...there's something necessary from all the things our parents'parents
were passing down! know why?..let's me look a lil smart....but even in a
thousand years x ten thousands years..kids will still need their family
values! dick & jane readers had it right. as does the things "you" do with
your diseny vacation!

 

[Lil' Grumpy]

..nab..you killing me! how do you say so much?! ok, i
want to say..that's robe is a dress..maybe i can have my wife cut
and sew buttons or something to open up themiddle..problems?, for ie.,
space mountain..it form a "lap" when i needed to hve my legs apart.!
remmber, my rollling backpack? had to go somewhere in that small seat.

p.s..it was years, before my wife revealed the lab. lost jordan's animotic
fluid! that's isn't like spit! i wished i could illustrated the interactions in
the doctor 's office..we came very,very close losing jordan that day!
the specialist took his job very serious and i'm sure he blew all over them!

* in society..alot of things wrong is from our thinking based on
misconceptions! too much common courtesy and sense are thrown
out with the wash. if anything, disney shows our needs for socialization
skills and family values. however, it dosen't mean disney is heaven..there
are some real nasty's cm and guests....on the bus, i didn't forced the
driver to correct his alternation..instad i just added our proposal. even
with that being pointed out, the other guest was threatening bodily
harm. lucky for me, the driver, and disney..there was a good samitiarian
who set the limit by getting involved.

deb in Ireland.....i'm so happy to hear from you! you are the spirit o' being
Irish. [got to go] but i hope you are able to read again..i want to share
the few secrets i have acquired bout pin trading....


p.s.. we planned on packin after the party..but instead we went right
to sleep!...dragging that old dress around did me in! also we had an active
bus driver..he was a character in his heart..and for some strange reason
him and jordan got into a lively conservation that had the whole bus
laughing.

 

[NAB]

So you only have one day left to write about or did you sleep all day. Hope not in that dress. Hard to turn in a night gown but I still love them. I only found you picture because I had to go to the beginning not the end where I thought you would add them. Loved looking again anyway. By the way I don't know who that is in one of your old pictures of a toddler girl wearing a bonnet and puffy dress. I have a pic liked that of me.

Finish it up my friend or drag it out until your next trip. I will have to watch the cruise board for that but that seems like a long way away.

 

[Lil' Grumpy]

and i guess that shows the differnce between the ways
women & guys think....if it was winter, you would be 100% right..the
prefect night glown.. kind like they wore during scrooge days? see?
if i bent the hat over, i could go as him during mvmcp? think i get
noticed?

nab, i read your your input on happy haunts'report...thank you, cos
it really made it possibe forme to understand its meanings.


ugh!!!! sadness is waking up @wdw having to pack..esp. when
you got 2 weeks of old laundry! worst the no good shinning!
and all the junk we 've collected! ..including now a hugh! pin framed,
covered in glass, but awful cute-display...so what to do?..i tried to
cuddle with lil miss cutie pie... but only for a lil while. she 's all
business when it comes to getting things together [packing]....she
asked why i wasn't packing ..yet..and i told her since she was doing
such a splendid job, would she mind doing my? that went over like
a lead balloon!

balloons? a couple of years ago, deep in the woods [we own a lil land
out in the country]....i came axcross some heium ballons hanging from
a tree? they're from a catholic school some 400 miles away in another
state....we sent them all kind of treasures [ i have a professional
artist freind]who made them an orgianal work of art, familt stuff, and
of course, disney sourvineers from our trips! kids being kids, really got
abig kick out of it! and here' one of my secrets..i think it neat when
children "jumped' into your pics...they add to your backgrounds as
far as i am concerned!

can we go a swimming? not until your packed! [our plane in not leaving until
late/9pm or so]...and we'regoing to dtd [again!]...ok....it's a but
the other day, when we went, i forget to pet the speical litho when you
spent $75 or more....well you know my chart? but i can never
turned down my or lil miss cutie pie, pssst- i need to keep that
a secret! so i quicky piled everything in & sat it! all down! no your not!
she pointing at the glass mnnshp's framed!...and this was when i took it over
to be mailed home...100% sure,it will be broken! what the
heck?, i'll carry it on!.....my wifey poo> gave me> & this
look!

now can you imagined the looks "we= me" looks....around the airport?
well guess what, it fited above in the overhead compartment! yeah! and
that also became even more significant when something else happpened.
you like surprises....me> too..if they're good.

debIreland,,,trading pins..disney's laynard pins are cool but not exactly
their best! eps. for special events.. .& since it 'll [ anticiapting your trip
report already-please write!]....be a lond time..and the 31st being the
highlight/ popular/... it might be worth it to be in line if your there very
early!!! just one has to styand [your husband- ]....it's toward
the right @ expo...then down the road...you can find the left over pins
from the previous nights [same side--{ i think warch place} ..in the back]
* be advised, they changed from year to year -sometimes...ok, our house
got more junk then a community yardsale.. we're always debating
whose stuff needing to go...but we're glad/happy with the framed set...
for one thing, i think they dooo a much cutie job on these pins compared
to mvmcp ! also we got the "big" halloween pin [$25} too..it made a great
center piece for the rest we collected...

but gettting cheap pins..for trading..the disney store [on line] has great
pins sale in the spring [march] & fall [sept]..i think..keep an
out! be advised to but sets..and some are really big! & neat...[neat
presents for your kids to wake up to?]..and we gotten some pin bags too/
half off!

for us,,,we like getting a pin where ever we stayed at..each of our children
have their favorites...and the resorts gift shops have limited additions.

i have made some laynards from mcdoanlds' -disney - keychains....going in
oct..so neat! hope its beautiful/cooler weather..and all of your million dreams
come true! i could be wrong, but as long as my kids are doijji what they
want, iam .....i just know, from learning avbout you, special lil
things are going to happen fyi..when our boys were growing
up, we were only able to visited q4years..and we were so limited...but
those memories are still precious!

i know planning helps but comparing our trips...each has their magic that
i would never changed!

nab...is that nab with an "e" like ann with an "e" from green gables....if you
haven't watch the videos, please do! its where kindred spirits were defined..
though i am behind reading the e-mails...it's easy to admired a person with
great merits and true grit-- i can imagined how wonderful you make life for
your family! things that my wife has given me that i never want to let go
of! a greater apprication for overlooked moments of joy! we love sitting
on our front purch watching the birds and families out for walks...i "know"
you guys already have this feeling..its not only the time we spend but
the lil secrets we share.......therefore, it is my strongest desire to never
take for granted the lil gifts she [my lil miss cutie pie] has given me!
*here 's one of my favorite secret..i never think of comparing her to
youngums or starlets or bunnies....she has such an inner beauty that brings
me more happiness than can be told....so rare..in all the lady like lil thingys
she does..that keeps on blooming with the years! it' so easy to claim
because it is self evident....every day!

* in the begining, i didn't have the maturity to recognized my wife's true
beauty.. iam thankful in learning these lil thingys..there's something to be
said bout growing together!..one lil story that i wish i could claimed...that
was told by my mother ..she was walking out of a store with my
older brother..and a bunch of guys happened to whistled [girls across the
stret]... and mother asked out loud who was the whistling at? without
blinking an eye, he said , "you of course, mother"....that's made her day!
it's hard to explained..but my lil miss cutie pie is alot more
beautiful than one can see. she floored my father when i introduced her!
[my dad is a hard person to have impressed ...he was respected by alot
of "accomplished" people...

sorry & why..cos i cannot stressed enough that alot cast members are
motivated and just looking to meet/help..people like yourselves! i know
i would!

 

[DebIreland]

Hey LG!! Thanks for the info on the pins. Much appreciated!!

Sorry you've come to the end of the road for this trip but I'm sure there'll be many others. You have a great insight into people and I love how you speak so highly of your wife.

 

[NAB]

I know that I liked your wife too. Yes we know all and do all but we let you think that you know all It takes two to make a family and two to make it work. If we were all the same it would be pretty boring. Give you wife a big hug for me and tell her I think you are all right. Well that didn't sound right. How long have you been together?

What video's are you telling me to watch . And by the way my middle name is ann with an e. Good guess.

 

[Lil' Grumpy]

..a disney production..."anne of green gables...& anne of avonlea" .
sometimes they're are shown on pbs...let's see, we saw them in the mid
90's....a few years before jordan. [maybe it was warning.. ]

..i don't know if it was noticed but jordan made some of the costumes,
was why i added those pics..99,she was just 2&half..but all of her pics
with ariel was lost when our camera was stolen as we rode the carousel.
however, some really special cm's responded to her ..one sent the ariel
doll..and ariel insisted on signing it when re-visited in 2002.

we been together for a lil over 25 years...we had a rough start with both
my parents dying the first 5 years..."learning to married' is such an adventure,
i'm surprised there has never been any rhomatic-comedies made on "this"
significant experience? ha, talkin bout "great expecations"! [like sleeping in
the same bed...fighting over which side...pillows..blankets..then learning
table manners...and finally rules of engagment..he,he, now that's real
socialization...

boy! did you ever hit melly girl's source of insights[ by making the observation
regarding her lil boy story]! not surprised. but how wonderful it is. some
people live life with so much courage. i never would know of his, until you
added your comments.i have no pecticular insights,..but i bet your father
took pride in your lil daughter's ways..based on my observations, from
jordan... esp. the ways you pick up on important feelings. coming from a
large family, increases the chances of having some not recognizing /taking
for granted its core values [culture,history, losses & gains]..most parents
are wishing that the good things bringing forth their blessings, are eventually
a part of their grandchildren..but its a wish that can only come true if
a child accepts their wisdom...who doesn't want the best for their children?
what sad too me? is seeing a family treasures being sold at antiques stores.
with that in mind..i'm most certain the great knowledge you displays was
a very endearing comfort to your father. and with this expression, one begins
to see the "tread" that our grandparents spoke of so many times?

#1. value i see in giving my children a disney vacation is an opportunity for
my children to some day gain such insights related to all the lil thingys passed
down form generation to generation. one of the biggest occured when that
grandmother attacked jordan [park map incident]..she had to hear me kept
asking my wife who?...she didn't opened her mouth once i found her. however,
it's not that one made her a terrible person..she probably regreted it. i kind
of suspected that ..from her daughter's puzzled looks..at her mother "not"
defending herself..and i wasn't trying to hurt her...the message was to my
daughter ...that her daddy values her very,very much! my parents impressed
onto me...2 roles..an educator & a protector.

just a lil note about the bus driver on mnsshp.. he was a character..but the
biggest surprised was jordan..peppering him with all kinds of comments...they
had the whole bus involved..except me & my wife. we sorta sit quietly. we
were separated... and while they were toward the back, i was behind the
driver. so i got the full effects of jordan's input! it was so funny, cos he
couldn't see her..and was seraching..asking those around him..
me> .."probably some hyper kid whose parents allowed her to
drink coffee..maybe the parents are dumping her?" [ that made him
worry]..so you see, we were have a triple way interaction. what's so
funnny..that's is not like jordan...but me! this is one of my favorite
disney 's treasure..these lil discoveries that let "you" know that's your
child deep down inside.

birnbaum 06..made an intro...show yor character..share yor heart!...100 %
should be supported by those who can..helping a father lift a stoller, giving
directions, or just showing a positive attitude...makes the day brighter for
your self.. [my opinon]. gotta be observatant as can/
will pop out of anyhwere/any time! here's a secret..since the disney main
promtional objective is family-children..then that's where most likely to find
lil

 

[NAB]

You forget I am Canadian and even have been to Anne of Green Gables House in P.E.I. I know the stories well.

All of us have alittle bit of kid in us. Can't take everything serious all the time. It would only make you bitter. Smile be happy. Your right just helping people helps your heart and soul. A little chocolate doesn't hurt either.

So do we have more coming. When is your trip again or are you going to make me re read your reports?

 

[Lil' Grumpy]

...but canada "looks" mighty big too me..and not sure how the
stories were distributed?? kind of funny how i came about watching them
..during football season..& i intrupted my wife.."why are you watching that
silly show?" ..i think at the time she was trying to the kid bike back..funny?
that's was over 15 years ago..i remember the details..mostly cos she
became mad at me...for bothering her...then she redirected me to the
begining...very, very endearing stories...with so much human drama, without
alot of "ritz"...& of course, i picked up on anne' imagination.."window friends",
or wanting to be called "cordella"...life was throwing her diasters all the time,
"a fragile lil orphan girl", and she just kept rollin along even though finding a
few pot holes...her and diana on the beach.."we're 16, and nothing
going to stop us now!" ..you did noticed ,that some of her stubboness?
resulted in a mishap or 2? however, having the experience of taking care of
twins bailed her out later [accidentally getting her diana drunk ]
...saving diana's lil sister. while i'm not familar with the history, obviously
these stories were made from real life experiences..someone's!

ha! next door to a prefect heathern! ok? nobody prefect.. i happen
to think, one's imagination is a great way to find God..after all, isn't he
& she [reference only] creative? really, isn't one's faith an accumlation of
experiences which one leads to believe? i like your suggestion..seeking
happpiness is living well.

he,he,he ..you mentioned chocolate. itmade me think on the dcl bus they
provided choclate treats. most ignored left them. i know an opportunity
when i see one...i gathered them up for later...when my wife was feeling
the "dephts of despair." nothing like making your own magic!


it's odd you mentioned our upcoming cruise...we received the news our first
fight has been cancelled..meaning once again getting up @ 4am to the
airport. . we were hoping to fly out at 10 am of the day...
though we wouldn't get to the ship until around 3pm..we would've been
rested and less crowds...now we'll be in the first mob of the gung-ho'ers.
what would ann with an "e" do?

have you ever had a trip that had more magic than you knew what to do
with? well this one was pretty close..we did have all day at dtd and we
we spent $$$ too much! and yes, again! i forgot to pick up the litho 's.
[ i called from home, and they sent 2!]...i thinking taking them for signing
on this cruise? my wife> ....well i like bringing stuff home for
the kids in our derby program. [alot of them have never been but they
get a thrill out of it]. my wife found some watches, which did us in!
( $ wised)..and to think we had done pretty well til that point.

boy! did people looked at me from the bus..to the airport and so on!
carrying that mnsshp frame & pushing a "real" mountain of lauggage...
remember we > threw everything in..well that didn't compute
regarding the wt.. limit ..so here we > ..repacking! clothes
were flying everywhere! [ including under garments] it was
oked until i started with my wifey's poo ..."stuff" he,he,,,

ahh, we> made it!!! and something really special happened too!


the world would be much better off with more kindred spirits ..or thinking
that away!

 

[NAB]

Your right Canada is big. But you didn't know that my dad was from Nova Scotia so I have been to P.E.I. many times. Anne of Green Gables is up there with Little House in the Prairie.

Sorry about your flight been cancelled. We always fly in the day before because it is usually winter and we don't want to get snowed in and miss the boat. I never sleep the first day of vacation. To excited. So we usually get there early. The kids look around he termial, see the character etc. Don't they let people on the boat different now. The people don't have to stand in line to get on the boat. Don't know why they do this. Everyone is going to get on the boat. and they won't run out of food. Believe me there is plenty of food.

So how did you pack that dress and hat of yours or did you wear it to the airport. We have had to play the suitcase shuffle too. Don't know why they don't just weight them all together and give me a number. It's not that I am leaving anything behind. You had your frame ,we had the play castle for my daughter. We put it like a stroller. Left it at the door and they put it underneath for nothing. Hubby was scared we would never see it again because we had to change planes. Hubby and Hannah were very happy to see it waiting for us but of course stewards said they wanted to keep it. We got lost of looks at the airport because we had to carry it like carryon luggage.

I noticed you never gave me that date...guess I better get reading.