Happy Birthday to Max.
If I don't win the auction of Vs ask if she might like to do a custom order for the same price of what the auction closes at
I can't wait to see the latest bag. I need to sew today too.
Thanks Chiara. I sent a you a PM on FB.
I hope V is on the upswing and feeling better today!
Yes she is, she still has a bit of yuck in her lungs - but otherwise she is back to her normal self.
II hear ya on the ADRs and the website. I have been playing around with it here and there to see how the reservations are going for dining. Obviously I never get to the "end" to actually book anything, so I'm not sure if they are still having a lot of glitches. I do know I still cannot see all four reservations on the new site, but I can log into and view all my reservations and details by going back over to the old site (if you don't know how to get there, go to the new site, then scroll down to the bottom of the page where the site map listings are. Click on order customized maps under my disney experience and it takes you to the old site where you can view your reservations). It doesn't seem to allow you to make them there though...it bounces you back to the new site, but at least I can see my ressies and know they are there!
I have been able to get my reservations to load, as long as I sign in. I am not sure why I am not having problems with that, and others are? ADRs are coming up in another month - and I sure hope that the site is better by then. It seems to be getting better by the day - so I am hopeful.
II would love to see your auction pages...can you PM me the links (or put them on the FB page)? Thanks! Oh, one last question...I have not subscribed to TP (I think I may have done TGM once...or maybe just thought about it...I can't remember). Do you feel it's worth it?
Personally, I like TP better.
A friend of mine used a picture once from Easy WDW in her TR - she got it from a Google search, she did not know she was supposed to credit the person she used it from. Rather than Josh (who runs Easy WDW) sending her a PM to ask her to remove it or fix it, he posted the link to her TR on his blog - so all these people came to harass her in her TR - including Josh. It was horrible, and made her feel awful for something she didn't know she did wrong. OF course, once she knew about it - she removed the picture immediately - but he did follow her around The Dis for quite some time. It left a very bad taste in my mouth, because he could have handled that much better. Due to that situation, I don't frequent his site anymore.
Ok...I know I am not D~...but if you liked TGM (back when it was updated routinely) you would LOVE easyWDW. Josh uses the same methodology as Mike, and is really, REALLY funny!
And it is FREE! I have used both sites...and for the past 3 trips, easyWDW exclusively....and he has been spot on!
Nini
I replied above Nini.
What a great photo of Max with his birthday hat!! Too cute! Also, great excuse for cake and ice cream.
I agree - he is soooo cute! He tried to tell us that yesterday was his birthday too (in an effort to get more cake and icecream), but we were smarter than that.
Glad V is feeling better. Three of my grandchildren have fevers and coughs. Selah has missed all week at school, but they are off today and Monday, so hopefully she'll be able to go back Tuesday also. She's just in kindergarten, so it's not like there will be a lot of make up work. Poor V has that to look forward to.
Oh no... I hope they are feeling better soon!
V emailed her teachers to get her homework to work on over the long weekend. But we all know how that goes.
I forgot to mention in my last post how wonderful V's lanyards are! She seems to have inherited your skill and exacting standards. Good for her. Hope the auctions continue to go well!
Thanks Lois. I think it's a nice little side business for her, and she is very lucky that she can use my customer base - I hope it's something she continues to do, she won't make a ton of $$, but at her age - it's pretty good $$.
I bought material to make my Revlon doll a new party dress. Don't remember if I said what she was wearing when I got her...it was a horribly made felt poodle skirt and a blouse. Had to get those things off. Now to find time to get down to my sewing room. I just agreed to babysit our neighbor's 2 month old when she goes back to work mid-February. It will be 3 days a week, so I'll still have time to do other things. They are an adorable couple who we sort of adopted on sight. She doesn't have family nearby, so we're Grandma and Grandpa Mac.
Awww... That's so cute! And very nice of you to babysit.
I hope you'll have enough time to get your dress made for your Revlon doll... And I hope you'll post pictures when you are done. I promise I will be much more prompt about commenting on them.
Is the new game for the Wii? If so, I will have to look for it when it comes out. I'm not familiar with Skylanders at all. Oh, and I went to the library and got two books by Kate Morton. I've started them both! But I will settle on one and read it this weekend. I love to read in the winter with the fireplace going and a cup of tea. (and some sweets if at all possible of course!) Have a great weekend!
Yes, it's for the Wii. Not sure about the PS3 though... We only got the preorder cards in for the Wii, WiiU and Xbox. I think it will be a really fun game. And when I looked at the previews on
youtube, I distinctly saw that Castle and Spaceship Earth - so I think you can also play the game in WDW... It has all the characters like Skylanders has, and I can just see Disney doing lots of releases and lots of Vaulting of these characters - which will turn them into collecter pieces and not just a game. I also hope that they will have some LE characters only available in the parks - that would be really cool, as well.
It's going to be a $$ pit for sure.
Glad you got some Kate Morton to read. How can you read 2 books at once? Very rarely can I even go straight from one book to the next (unless it's a series) - there is just no way I could read 2 books at the same time, I would be soooo confused. I hope you are enjoying them though. Did you get The Fairytale Garden one? That was my favorite.
Oh, and if you're not amazing but weird, I want to be weird! Yes, please!!
sorry I missed abt V being sick hopefully she will be fine now
No worries Ruthie... She is doing much better now.
can't wait to see her lanyards I have alot of catching up to do
Happy Birthday MM now you're a big boy no inappropriate chewing
yeah right good luck with that
LOL I wish. He doesn't normally chew on much - but he LOVES socks.
No email it will end up in a black hole in the universe somewhere
Is the phone number I have for you a cellphone D ? If so text is best
Have a blessed day everyone
OK - I will text the info to you.
That's great that V's landyards are selling well. It's awesome that she can earn some pocket money for the trip
I agree Lillian - I am very excited for her.
Happy Birthday Max! He is so cute in that picture.
I'm glad V is feeling better and that her auctions are going well. It's always nice to have some extra spending money to buy souvenirs!
I got a late start this morning. It threatened to snow last night so they called a two hour delay for work. Didn't have to be in till 10 am. Of course it didn't do anything. We had some patches of ice but that was it. Being from the north myself, it's always fun to see the panic down here when it threatens to snow!
Thanks Ariana... You could be receiving a pkg sometime in the next few days.
LOL - I know - I've been listening to the panic, and I don't get it. But if you never see snow - I could see where it would be a cause for concern.
Happy bday max....such a cute looking doggie!
Awww... Thanks!
Glad to hear both Jeremy and V are feeling better. Looks like Max had a great birthday party.
Thanks Liz!
It makes me happy to hear that V is having much success with her lanyards. I will have to head over and check out her logo. I have not been online much lately so I am missing out. I finished my nieces multi applique princess dress yesterday and a nemo skirt but still lots to do. We are eating at CRT on my brothers trip. I have never taken my kids there because I am too cheap, even with the dining plan. Now I feel a little guilty - oh well.
I am way too cheap too - hense the newly formed custom Lanyard business.
Are you going to post pictures of the dress? I want to see it.
Lois - I wanted to say that I loved your Rapunzel dress but I don't think I got a chance to say so on the disboutique thread
(sorry for the highjack D~ )
No problem... Thanks for the reminder... I went and stalked Lois on the Disbou thread until I found her... I agree - the dress is aaaahhhh-mazing!
Happy Birthday, Max...you look very handsome in your hat.
How is V feeling? And good for her on her auction items.
Oh, and yes, Tigger has always been my favorite.
Thanks Kathy... V is doing much better. Still a lot of crud in her lungs, but otherwise, feeling well.
Chiming in too with the idea of ordering direct from V Are her auctions on FB too ?
Yes, her auctions are on FB, but I am allowing her to take a VERY small amount of orders. Let me know, via PM if you can.
If so I am out of the running My only connection with the outside world is this cellphone
Have you been following my PTR all this time from your cell phone??? WOW! We need to get you a bigger screen.
I hesitate to add a FB account as phone storage/ memory only so much
With DD in NY other DD all over world with military and of course my sweet 81 y/o Aunt Mary NY I would die if I lost this phone
I don't blame you - I would be hesitant to add FB too.
Any way you can post V's lanyards ? Hi to Josh Alli V & cuddle bug MM
Ruthie
You can just put in a request Ruthie, and we will see what we can do.
She should put some in your Etsy store!
Hmmm... That is an excellent idea! I will think about doing that.
WOW absolutely stunning !
I know - she did a great job!
So glad V is diong better and how awesome about her auctions! One of these days I think we'll have to have another meal in the castle since it's been so long. It might have to wait for a special occassion like when we finally convince my brother and his wife to go to Disney with us and take our nephew for his first visit!
I would definately save CRT for a special occasion.
[How cute about Max and his birthday hat!!! Love it!
LOL I know - he is such a crazy guy... I think, in his past life, he was definately a party animal.
[Wow we haven't done any family Wii playing in a long time. DH has been using it a lot lately in his quest to lose weight and doing very well with it. I should probably do the same. The Skylanders game with Disney characters sounds cool. Our kids have not gotten into Skylanders but I bet they would love that. Most of the time they are too tuned into their Google app games!
That is awesome about your DH! Good for hiim!
I wouldn't even bother with Skylanders now, I would wait for the Disney version. I am planning to Ebay all of our Skylanders stuff, so I can put the $$ towards the Disney game.
Happy Birthday Max!!
Glad V is feeling better!!! Awesome that her auctions are going so well!!
Thanks Sandra! How have you been, are things returning more to normal now that you are back from your trip?
You didn't get any of the snow because the storm dropped 4 inches in my backyard. I was iced in until 10:00 this morning. DH almost didn't make it up the hill last night. Now its all gone and our T Dog is a little disappointed.
Good for V! ...the lanyard auction, not the being sick.
DH saw MMs picture and though he looked much older than 1.
Oh no Ruth! I hope you all are OK.
LOL on DHs opinion of MM... He is a big guy - LOL - that's for sure. I am not even sure how much he weighs anymore? I should take him in to the vet again. He definately acts like he is 1 - LOL.
I sooooo do not miss snow not shovling not tossing reluctant dachshunds out of the house on their fuzzy little butts and especially not creeping along behind snowplows trying to get to work for overnight shifts no maam Brrrrrrrr !
LOL I'll bet you are very happy to be where it's warm.
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Nothing too exciting yesterday. Grocery shopping in the morning. Sigh.
I am on my 2nd time of meal planning, hopefully I didn't forget anything this time.
I can't believe how expensive it is to grocery shop! It's not like I haven't been doing it all along - but I was more of a "buy it as we need it" type, rather than the "plan ahead" type. It was very scarey for me yesterday to spend our entire grocery budget in one day... I usually like to keep a little set aside if I forget anything. Not to mention that our grocery budget is very small over the next few weeks, because we are saving it for our meat order. I ordered ground beef, pork sausage/ground beef mix (very good in spaghetti and other meals like that - and a lot cheaper than plain ground beef), and steaks. An order of this size usually lasts us 6 months. Now, I am just waiting for the hog sale to start, so I can order that... Then we will be good on meat until the end of summer.
I did do all of my final prep work on my current bag order yesterday... I have about an hour's worth of final assembly to do this morning, and a zipper pull to make. I hope to finish in a timely manner. Then I need to go straight in to another order, as this one leaves for WDW in just 2 weeks - and I want to get it out the door as soon as possible. I am hoping to have it in the mail by Tues or Wed. Then I just may work on some of our trip stuff for the remainder of the week.
Victoria has also chosen the fabrics for the lanyards that have been ordered due to the auctions. I am only letting her take about 3 orders at a time... and sometimes, I won't let her take any orders - just because school always comes first. I know she is planning to work on, and finish up her orders this weekend. Then, she will work on next months auctions over the next few weeks. I don't want to bombard her with these lanyards, I just want her to be able to keep them fun, when it is no longer fun for her - she will quit, so I think that less is better for her right now.
I have no idea what our plans for the weekend are??? Other than me working in my sewing room in the morning.
I hope you all have a wonderful weekend. And I hope to be back this afternoon with pictures.
D~
She seems to have inherited your skill and exacting standards. Good for her. Hope the auctions continue to go well! 
Had to get those things off. Now to find time to get down to my sewing room. I just agreed to babysit our neighbor's 2 month old when she goes back to work mid-February. It will be 3 days a week, so I'll still have time to do other things. They are an adorable couple who we sort of adopted on sight. She doesn't have family nearby, so we're Grandma and Grandpa Mac.
But I will settle on one and read it this weekend. I love to read in the winter with the fireplace going and a cup of tea. (and some sweets if at all possible of course!
) Have a great weekend!
I will have to look up Kate Morton. I just finished re-reading one of my favorite series (Diana Gabaldon - Outlander) and am in need of something new. But I'm in the bad situation that we leave for vacation in a week...so I don't want to be almost done with something when we leave and have to start something new in the middle of the plane ride 
So I have to either find a quick read that I can finish this week, or a series that will take me a while.
<---- see that's you, Mo, and I....aren't we cute!
