Canceled trip=new bigger and better 14 days of disney!!! Pre-TR

[Disneyfan71]

WOW...sounds like you're going to have an awesome time. I haven't been to WDW in 14 years..but my DW and I are going in June to celebrate our 5th wedding anniversary and VERY, VERY belated honeymoon. Long story that I won't go into here.

But I hope you have a wonderful MAGICAL time at WDW and the cruise

 

[MainStMandy]

Oh Congrats on the upgrade!! I have done ONE Disney Cruise and we had a verandah too. I wouldn't do it any other way, you are going to LOVE it!! My tip for you...if you drink, don't do it a the Castaway party, lol. I had a few too many and the boat rocking made me so sea sick!! Ha Ha. Have a great time, everything sounds wonderful.

 

[Girldreamer02]

This is already a great pre-trip report! Congratulations on your upgrade on the ship; that's amazing!

How sweet that he proposed at Disney! Do you have any pictures?

Thank you!!! I've never done a pre trippie so I appreciate that! I do have pictures from when he proposed because that is part of the proposal package. I'll try to post a few later on. Thanks for following along!

Can't wait to follow along for the ride!

WOW...sounds like you're going to have an awesome time. I haven't been to WDW in 14 years..but my DW and I are going in June to celebrate our 5th wedding anniversary and VERY, VERY belated honeymoon. Long story that I won't go into here.

But I hope you have a wonderful MAGICAL time at WDW and the cruise

Aww yay for going to disney in june and a super early happy 5th anniv. to you two! Thank you...I can't wait! Thanks for following!

Oh Congrats on the upgrade!! I have done ONE Disney Cruise and we had a verandah too. I wouldn't do it any other way, you are going to LOVE it!! My tip for you...if you drink, don't do it a the Castaway party, lol. I had a few too many and the boat rocking made me so sea sick!! Ha Ha. Have a great time, everything sounds wonderful.

Thank you...yea we had the verandah in July for our disneymoon so I wouldn't have it any other way either. I'm not a huge drinker, but thanks for the info! I had maybe two drinks on the ship in july and both were to strong...dh told them to make the drinks weak and took them back twice to get watered down and they were still to strong. Lol. I don't like to taste my booze. Not to mention since I am not a big drinker if its not weak then I get really tired fast. So sad, but so true. Thanks for following along!

 

[Girldreamer02]

I was just rereading my intro and realized I said we were staying at CSR. Well thats because we were originally. Remember when I said dh likes to suprise me? Well when we were home for Christmas our disney paper work came!!! Loving getting those magical express tickets in the mail hehe. Means the trip is close! Well I was looking through our book of info and dh takes it away from me...then decides he'll let me look at it and see if I notice. I start looking and it takes me a few minutes, but then I see AKL savannah view!!!! He had been working with the travel agent to see if he could find the 4/3 deal at AKL and he did so we are staying there and I get to see my beloved giraffes. I can't believe I totally forgot to put that in here. And if I did put it in here and I am repeating myself sorry about that!

 

[disneymom1980]

Thanks...it went away pretty quickly b/c I try to take something as soon as I feel them coming on...I hate migraines! My mom passed hers on to me...of all the things a mother can pass on...and I get her sinus issues and tendency towards migraines. I still love her more than anything though! Aww i'm sorry you live so far away from kohls...there is always kohls online though hehe. Not to be an enabler...I am pretty good at that though. I fell asleep for about two hours and now I can't fall back asleep...how aggravating. And dh was being a wiggle worm in bed so I got up to come sit in the living room and check my email and stuff. Hopefully I'll get sleepy soon since its one am. I hate it when he is restless and wiggles and I already can't sleep. Sometimes at disney I sleep in the other bed so I can avoid that since we are both super tired from being in the parks and I want to be able to get a good nights rest. It did bother me a little bit that I couldn't see land, but the full moon lighting up the ocean was amazing! So that made up for it. What freaked me out most was when we debarked the first day and I didn't know we were moving then I looked out our sliding door to the verandah and land is moving by us...that caught me off guard. Going to try to go back to bed.

I know exactly what you mean..........I was up until about 3 am last night. DH snores, and that doesn't really help me sleep. When we were in Disney, there were a couple of nights that I slept with Anna. Unfortunately, I kept waking up because I was getting kicked in the head . She twists and turns all over the place when she's sleeping.

I do shop at Kohls online sometimes, but I really prefer to shop at the store because you can look at things instead of just seeing them on the screen. I already told DH that we have to stop at the one on the way to KC when we go. I'm hoping they'll have the Easter dresses out so that I can pick something up for the girls.

 

[Girldreamer02]

I know exactly what you mean..........I was up until about 3 am last night. DH snores, and that doesn't really help me sleep. When we were in Disney, there were a couple of nights that I slept with Anna. Unfortunately, I kept waking up because I was getting kicked in the head . She twists and turns all over the place when she's sleeping.

I do shop at Kohls online sometimes, but I really prefer to shop at the store because you can look at things instead of just seeing them on the screen. I already told DH that we have to stop at the one on the way to KC when we go. I'm hoping they'll have the Easter dresses out so that I can pick something up for the girls.

I feel ya on the snoring, but that is a thing of the past for me fortunately. Dh was getting so darn tired that he'd fall asleep at his desk so finally after me wearing him down he made an appointment to go see a dr to get refered to a sleep study. My mom is a nurse and figured that he had sleep apnea b/c I'd tell her that he would snore so freakin' loud and then he'd stop breathing and I'd hit him to wake him up(not like abuse hitting, but just enough to nudge him awake) Didn't want to sound like I beat my husband haha. She pinned it on the nose too. He did the sleep study and they fit him for a mask and about a week later he got his mask and now no more snoring! Thank God because some nights I'd end up on the couch it was so bad. The machine is no louder than the fan we have on at night anyways and dosen't bother me at all. The only thing that bothers me is when he opens his mouth the machine makes a certain noise...its hard to explain, but its a little louder than the machine itself and sometimes it scares me if i'm almost asleep. I'm not saying thats what your hubby has, but I just thought I'd share my story. Once dh got it...he said it made all the world of difference. Now he is just mentally tired from work instead of physically tired all the time. I know what you mean about online shopping...it just isn't the same, but sometimes if you really want to shop its better than nothing. Awww...easter dresses...makes me wish I had a little girl! So adorable! I hope they have some out when you go! I just found out my cousin is having another girl so I am super excited to shop for her! I spoiled her first baby...my best friend has a little boy and she jokes and says most of his wardrobe is from me and that whenever I dress him I always dress him preppy, which I do. And I did buy him and awful lot when he was first born, but he is so adorable and she is my best friend so I can't help myself! When I am in the baby section at any store I get in the zone. Hehe. Sometimes it gives me baby fever too, which is bad since I know I really don't want one yet. Also I can relate to the getting kicked b/c I used to sleep with my sister when we were younger on camping trips and she was a kicker too. And I bruise easily. So that was tons of fun.

 

[Girldreamer02]

This evening while I was upstairs in the loft cleaning and reorganizing my scrapbook stuff for the zillionth time (this time I got smart and organized all my stickers by theme so I think this is the last time...at least until we move...I hate moving and reorganizing it all again! )...anyways while I was up there dh was working on signs for our door on the ship. Last time we had pretty cute ones that he made...I'll try to dig up a few pics of them. We still haven't look at designs for shirts, but I told him we need to do it before bed tonight or first thing in the morning so we can get the stuff to make them while we are out and about tomorrow. I haven't made the envelopes yet either, but I have everything together to make them.

I went to A.C moore today and bought some scrapbook stuff (as if I needed more, but it wasn't a lot...and I couldn't help myself....if your into scrapbooking them I'm sure you understand.) Not to mention I told myself it was my treat to myself for getting so much done this week around the apartment. I also went to kohls and tanning. I ended up finding a very cute shirt for semi formal night on the cruise! The down side is I have to find pants now. Dh and I are going to look for them tomorrow...I hate shopping for jeans, pants and shorts. I have long legs, big hips and no butt, which makes it next to impossible to find something that fits decent. If he gets the signs done tomorrow I'll have him take some pics so I can post them. Till then here are the pics from our july trip and also a few engagement pics that I promised!

Yep, I used to have short hair...grew it long for the wedding.

My ring is two pieces, but dh gave me both pieces when he proposed b/c he said it was to beautiful and you don't keep something that beautiful in a box so I wore both pieces the whole time we were engaged. Its a princess cut diamond turned on its side, which is called a compass setting and its set in platinum...the whole ring is a little over two carats. I actually picked out a smaller center diamond, but got surprised with the bigger one...I remember he was kind of sad that I didn't notice it was bigger...give me a break you just flipped my world upside down in the best way possible!

And here is the slipper it came in...on one side it says will you be my princess? Then the other side it says the date he proposed and inside it says matt and ashley.

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/180/370343319_1b4250c323.jpg
Hope everyone is having a good weekend!

 

[Disneyfan71]

I love the pictures of you getting the engagement ring...so pretty I can't wait to read your TR!!! But also looking forward to keeping up with this too.

And thanks Haven't ultimately decided where to stay!!!

 

[Girldreamer02]

I love the pictures of you getting the engagement ring...so pretty I can't wait to read your TR!!! But also looking forward to keeping up with this too.

And thanks Haven't ultimately decided where to stay!!!

Well we have stayed at CSR and AKL and loved both so those are highly recommended by us! And thank you!

 

[Disneyfan71]

I've seen picso of CSR and looks very, very nice. And you're very welcome

 

[Girldreamer02]

I'm not sure if Dh is done playing and making door signs or if he is going to mess with these some more, but I'll post the pics he put up on flickr last night of the signs he made. He has a degree in graphic design and commercial art so he was having a blast working on these signs! Yet...he is working as an field office manager for the pipeline hehe. He really did try to find a graphic design job, but there was none to be had at the time he was looking and then the job offer came for the job he has currently and it was way to good to pass up! Here are the signs...enjoy! Also has anyone stayed at akl and put signs on the door? I wanted to know what people use to attach them there because the doors are wood. If anyone could let me know I'd be grateful!

Sign one:

Sign two:

Sign three:

 

[Girldreamer02]

Today DH and I ran some errands and while we were out and about we got our door signs printed and laminated. They look really good! We just need to stick the magnets on the back now so they'll stick to our door on the ship!

I found another shirt to wear on the cruise, which I think I am going to wear on semi formal night instead of the one I got yesterday because its black and I got black pants to(after searching in about three different stores for pants...have I mentioned how much I hate buying pants of any kind and shorts...ugg! ) So now all I have to do is decide what jewerly I am going to wear with the three outfits and order my shoes as well(i have big feet so I have to order them online b/c I can't find shoes in the stores to fit me.) Another thing I hate to look for! I'm happy to say that I've already found two cute pairs though so all we have to do is order them!

I read somewhere on the dis that it is not suppose to be very warm in disney the first full day we're there (jan 24th.) Eeekk....I'm hoping for at least 60's...that'll work for me just fine since most of the winter we've had anywhere from 35 all the way to almost 70 degrees here in Va. I always take layers with me though and before I pack we'll know better what the weather will look like so that'll help weed out unnecessary clothing items. Heres hoping for some warm weather!


I don't think I have anything else to report. I need to go back up to the loft and finish my organizing project...its almost done! I plan on doing some scrapping this week since everything is all organized now! So excited! I hope everyone had a wonderful weekend!

 

[disneymom1980]

Today DH and I ran some errands and while we were out and about we got our door signs printed and laminated. They look really good! We just need to stick the magnets on the back now so they'll stick to our door on the ship!

I found another shirt to wear on the cruise, which I think I am going to wear on semi formal night instead of the one I got yesterday because its black and I got black pants to(after searching in about three different stores for pants...have I mentioned how much I hate buying pants of any kind and shorts...ugg! ) So now all I have to do is decide what jewerly I am going to wear with the three outfits and order my shoes as well(i have big feet so I have to order them online b/c I can't find shoes in the stores to fit me.) Another thing I hate to look for! I'm happy to say that I've already found two cute pairs though so all we have to do is order them!

I read somewhere on the dis that it is not suppose to be very warm in disney the first full day we're there (jan 24th.) Eeekk....I'm hoping for at least 60's...that'll work for me just fine since most of the winter we've had anywhere from 35 all the way to almost 70 degrees here in Va. I always take layers with me though and before I pack we'll know better what the weather will look like so that'll help weed out unnecessary clothing items. Heres hoping for some warm weather!


I don't think I have anything else to report. I need to go back up to the loft and finish my organizing project...its almost done! I plan on doing some scrapping this week since everything is all organized now! So excited! I hope everyone had a wonderful weekend!

I love the signs..........they look great! I'm really hoping that it's warm while we're in Disney. It's been gorgeous here late.....it's almost 60 today. I'm packing a couple of Disney sweatshirts to wear over my t-shirts, and I'll take a jacket along just in case.

I am hoping to get all the t-shirts done this week. I'll post pics when I get them done. As for which disigns I use, I just went to the DISign thread on here and searched for thread that were for whatever particular thing I wanted. The customized families/stick families are my favorites as are the Mickey ears with a character next to them. We have one of those with Beauty and the Beast (at Anna's request ).

 

[Girldreamer02]

who had the stick families and mickey ears b/c I looked and I didn't seem them...maybe i'm just blind I spent a lot of time on there last night looking though. And thanks...I think the signs look pretty good too! Dh is quite the little graphic designer...glad he is hehe b/c I couldn't do that to save my life.

 

[disneymom1980]

who had the stick families and mickey ears b/c I looked and I didn't seem them...maybe i'm just blind I spent a lot of time on there last night looking though. And thanks...I think the signs look pretty good too! Dh is quite the little graphic designer...glad he is hehe b/c I couldn't do that to save my life.

We had kellybell do some names for us and we used Tracie for our stick family. Both of them have their own threads.....let me see if I can link them.

Tracie--Stick Families

kellybell--Names

I can't remember who did our mickey ears, but you can start a thread over there asking someone to do them for you. Sometimes you get lots of responses, but sometimes not so much. Everyone on that thread is very helpful. Maybe one of them could at least point you in the right direction.

 

[Girldreamer02]

We had kellybell do some names for us and we used Tracie for our stick family. Both of them have their own threads.....let me see if I can link them.

Tracie--Stick Families

kellybell--Names

I can't remember who did our mickey ears, but you can start a thread over there asking someone to do them for you. Sometimes you get lots of responses, but sometimes not so much. Everyone on that thread is very helpful. Maybe one of them could at least point you in the right direction.

Thanks bunches!

 

[Girldreamer02]

So, today I decided to get myself out of the apartment and go tanning. I also tanned on saturday. I have okay color, but I think if I keep going every other day or so until the trip that I'll have decent color and hopefully won't burn. While I was out I stopped by the mall (I know we were there yesterday, but I didn't want to bra shop with DH b/c I was already traumatized from pants shopping...and bra shopping is right up there...don't really care for it.) So, I went to Victoria Secret today and got a strapless bra, which I needed for my dress for formal night on the cruise. I also got a pair of shorts that were on clearance for $12.99. I figured for that cheap why not and I'll have something to wear over my suit to walk around on Castaway Cay or if we go up to the pool on the ship(which we didn't last time, but hoping to this time...there is a adults only pool so thats awesome!) I also got a make up bag that is one big bag, but it had two other smaller ones...it was 32 bucks, but it was marked down to 19...thank you for the deals Victoria secret! Well...two good deals at least...the other two items weren't a deal at all, but thats the breaks.

This evening while dh was making dinner I decorated the mouse keeping envelopes. Dh is going to take a picture and hopefully I'll post it tonight...if not tomorrow for sure I'll post a picture of the envelopes. They are super cute!

I finished organizing my scrapbook area in the loft last night! I am super excited to start back to scrapbooking this week! Not like I have much else to do besides the treadmill and tanning b/c dh dosen't need me at work right now since its pretty slow due to them just basically cleaning up the sites they were working at before christmas.

Hopefully I'll be back with pictures later...if not I hope everyone had a wonderful Monday!!!

 

[Girldreamer02]

Okay...this evening we have been checking stuff off the mini list we have. We've ordered my shoes to go with my outfits for formal and semi formal night on the cruise. Also ordered my make up....I bought make up while I was home for Christmas and the girl forgot to include the eye shadow so I had to buy that. We are thinking we might visit the new tee shirt shop in downtown disney the first night and have a few shirts made up instead of making our own due to us starting to run out of time and blah blah. We'll see what happens though. Its still not totally out of the question. I have some pictures of our envelopes and also of my scrapbooking area in the loft in the midst of my organizing it...so its not pretty, but I'm happy to save everything has a home now and is all neat and tidy! Although dh didn't take a picture of that b/c thats not embarrassing. Haha. Enjoy!

this isn't even all my stuff...this is mostly just stickers and there are clothes hanging up b/c thats where I put them to dry so they aren't in the way downstairs.

Now for the mouse keeping envelopes:

All of the envelopes have their money in them and are sealed and ready to go...we also put the magnets on the signs tonight so those are ready to go too! I'm so excited...all of our little projects are coming together! Ten more days!

 

[DWFan4Life]

Wow, your pics are very nice... I'm looking forward for the other pics from your trip.

Have a safe trip.

 

[Girldreamer02]

Wow, your pics are very nice... I'm looking forward for the other pics from your trip.

Have a safe trip.

Thank you! I'm looking forward to taking a bunch of pictures! After all...whats disney without tons of photos? Thanks for following along!