Celebrating Mom's 65th on land and sea!!! Sept 2010 PTR 9/9 update

[HeatherBelle614]

Just found you!

We planned a trip for my parents last December! What a great way to celebrate with a cruise and WDW!!!

I think you'll be beyond great at the value for those nights. I've now stayed at all of the values and mods; the mods have more a grown-up theme/feel, but who cares! You're still at WDW and everyone wants to be a child again at some point.

I love, love, love your fur baby! I have a Cavalier King Charles Spaniel; any sort of spaniels are my favorite dogs! They're wonderful. Although, mine is just 6 months old, and she's nuts. I hope she calms down.

Count me in!

 

[Leleluvsdis]

It's wonderful that you get to go on a trip with your parents to celebrate your Mom's birthday.

You can see the fireworks from the Poly beach but I am not sure if you can hear the music or not. We like to eat at 'Ohana and book an ADR right before the fireworks. We request a table so we can see them and they pipe the music in. Narcoosee's at the Grand Floridian is the same way. To watch from the Contemporary on the observation deck, I think you have to have an ADR at California Grill.

I am absolutely in love with your furbaby. I have had an English Springer before and they are so loving and kind, fantastic dogs. If I didn't live in an apartment I would get another one in a heart beat.

Can't wait to read more about your trip!

Thanks for joining me!!! I really want to go to the poly beach and watch the fireworks b/c I want to see the water pagent parade as well. We've never seen the whole thing b/c we've always been so focused on the parks, and since the trip is all about not focusing on the parks we are going to take full advantage. I had thought about booking a nice meal while we are there and then I thought we are going on a 7 day cruise where we can eat all we want, and since we are going back dec 2011, and we plan to make it our DREAM vaca Why not save a nice dinner for then right? I don't know it still crosses my mind b/c I don't know that I really want to eat counter service for 3 days KWIM? Don't let looks fool you... Bella is a rotten mess!!! but thanks... she's our baby if you couldn't tell!

Hey Leanne!!!

How did I not know this was going on???

Congrats on the house, it is beautiful!!

SO excited to read what all you guys have planned for the trip!!

Thanks for joining me oregonmommy... I just found ya'll PTR today as well.. weird I am in love with your report dec 2011 seems like 10 years away... Christmas is my FAVORITE time of year because of all it stands for and what would make it better but to see Disney ready and decorated for it of course lol Thanks on the house... we are slowly making it home... we worked so hard over the past couple years to make this happen, I'm still having a hard time realizing it's actually mine. When we went looking it was the 2nd house we looked at and I fell in love but I had set myself up thinking... there's no way we can afford this DH is going to say we need to go less etc etc and then that night when we talked about all the houses we had looked at he chose this one as his first choice and I almost cried I was so excited lol

Just found you!

We planned a trip for my parents last December! What a great way to celebrate with a cruise and WDW!!!

I think you'll be beyond great at the value for those nights. I've now stayed at all of the values and mods; the mods have more a grown-up theme/feel, but who cares! You're still at WDW and everyone wants to be a child again at some point.

I love, love, love your fur baby! I have a Cavalier King Charles Spaniel; any sort of spaniels are my favorite dogs! They're wonderful. Although, mine is just 6 months old, and she's nuts. I hope she calms down.

Count me in!

We always do wdw with my parents, but they've never been on a cruise before and mom has always wanted to do after DH and I went on a cruise for our honeymoon and she heard about it and saw all the pictures she was hooked and wanted to go. My only concern is they will be having free dining and I'm wondering how crowds are going to be at the resorts but I figure since we will only be there for 1 full day it will be ok... Don't let the age fool you on the calming down part. Bella turned 3 in March and she is still wide open... She's even been spayed which they said should calm her down, and I think she is still as wild as she was before she was spayed. Not to discourage you, but I wouldn't get to excited lol but that's what makes up love her so much with all her crazyness haha thanks for joinging!

 

[BippityBoo]

Good luck losing weight! I am on a diet right now too... You will do great About the nightmare..I have those ALL the time about planning. It is normal for us Disney obsessed people

 

[Leleluvsdis]

Good luck losing weight! I am on a diet right now too... You will do great About the nightmare..I have those ALL the time about planning. It is normal for us Disney obsessed people

Thanks for the vote of encouragement... I'm sure I will need it!!! So far not so good, but it is the holiday weekend, so come Tuesday morning its on with full force!!!

 

[Leleluvsdis]

It's wonderful that you get to go on a trip with your parents to celebrate your Mom's birthday.

You can see the fireworks from the Poly beach but I am not sure if you can hear the music or not. We like to eat at 'Ohana and book an ADR right before the fireworks. We request a table so we can see them and they pipe the music in. Narcoosee's at the Grand Floridian is the same way. To watch from the Contemporary on the observation deck, I think you have to have an ADR at California Grill.

I am absolutely in love with your furbaby. I have had an English Springer before and they are so loving and kind, fantastic dogs. If I didn't live in an apartment I would get another one in a heart beat.

Can't wait to read more about your trip!

So I've been thinking more and more about doing a dinner for mom as a surprise to kick off our trip if you will. What si the difference in ohana and spirit of aloha? Mom's fav resort is the poly and I know she would LOVE LOVE LOVE to have dinner there. She always talks about going when I was younger and me dancing with the dancers and eating peanut butter and jelly sandwiches lol

 

[Leleluvsdis]

First off... can I vent just a little... I currently feel like no wait... DH and I kept his niece (12months) and nephew (4years) last night and today and can I just say his nephew was HORRIBLE!!! He does not normally act like that, it is rare he misbehaves with me, but today was aweful. I think a lot of it was having DH with me b/c it's normally just me keeping him, so I'm hopeing he was just testing the waters with him, but OH MY WORD!!! He wanted yogurt he ate to bites and said I'm done and dropped it in the floor, his baby sister was sitting in the floor playing and he came up took the toy out of her hand and pushed her backwards, we told him it was time to come inside and he started throwing a fit so when DH went to pick him up he kicked and hit at him... I could keep going b/c it was horrible... ok I'm sorry I think I'm done venting... I think lol ugh the worst part was when his dad was supposed to be here 3 hours ago and it wasn't until we called him and he said oh I decided I wanted to get something to eat first... .um HELLO IN YOUR BRAIN!!! what about your kids????? ugh it is SOOOO frustrating!!!

Anywhoo on the update end... I wanted to do the luau dinner, but it is only on tuesday and saturday and we need probubly friday night, so I'm not sure what I'm going to do now, I would really like to do a nice dinner to kick off the trip, but then I think we are going to be eatting really nice for a week on the cruise so I'm still undecided... any suggestions??

 

[Leleluvsdis]

On the plannin homefront not much has been done... we are at the 90 day mark, and I'm a little bummed... I feel like things have come to a stand still. We have to finish paying by July 5th, then we can start making shore excursions and what not. Does anyone have any suggestions for how to get my planning up and running? I am so excited to go, but feel like it so far away!!!

 

[Leleluvsdis]

Happy Father's day to my wonderful dad and all the wonderful ones out there!!!

How are ya'll spending your fathers day?

 

[racefanof88]

Hey Leanne, I'm here You have had a very busy couple of months haven't you? I love you new house, it is very pretty and I know you are excited about it. Your trip sounds like fun too, we stayed at ASMu two years ago and it was OK. We were on the very back of the resort so it wasn't the best place to be. I can't wait to see how you have the inside of your house decorated .

 

[trinaweena]

hey there, just found you i'm joining in! I too am trying to take off a few pounds and it is oh so hard!!

Congrats on the new house!

I will come back later and talk more, but the cat just knocked down a vase of flowers so gotta run!

 

[Leleluvsdis]

Hey Leanne, I'm here You have had a very busy couple of months haven't you? I love you new house, it is very pretty and I know you are excited about it. Your trip sounds like fun too, we stayed at ASMu two years ago and it was OK. We were on the very back of the resort so it wasn't the best place to be. I can't wait to see how you have the inside of your house decorated .

Thanks for joining.. I've been painting and I need to take updated pics, and a new picture of the landscaping. Should we request a certain building at ASMu?

hey there, just found you i'm joining in! I too am trying to take off a few pounds and it is oh so hard!!

Congrats on the new house!

I will come back later and talk more, but the cat just knocked down a vase of flowers so gotta run!

Thanks for joining in!! I am hopeing to get my weight loss going. I've stopped taking some medicine that's made me gain, so hopefully I will be in high gear in the next couple months! Good luck on your journey, I think the more support the more easy it is. Thanks for the house, and sorry about your flowers!

Update:

We just got back from the beach and what an amazing trip we had!!! I will post pics once I get the uploaded. Also... everything is paid for!!! WOOT WOOT the only thing to decide now is how we are going to get from wdw to port and port to MCO. If anyone has any suggestions please feel free to give them!!

Hope everyone is having a great day!!

 

[stacikristine]

Hey Leanne! I was away from everyone's PTRs and TRs for a while, but I'm back! Your house is GORGEOUS!!! Can't wait to hear about more plans!

 

[Leleluvsdis]

Hey Leanne! I was away from everyone's PTRs and TRs for a while, but I'm back! Your house is GORGEOUS!!! Can't wait to hear about more plans!

Thanks, and welcome glad you are back!!!

 

[Leleluvsdis]

Hi Everyone!!! I don't really have a trip update, but I do have a life update. Last weekend Dh took me to OBX, NC for my bday. It was sooo amazing!!! I had never been before and he'd been a couple times and wanted me to go so badly. Here are some pics from our weekend away.

Unfortunatly all he caught was a bunch of sand fleas

She was one pooped pup!!

It was a wonderful weekend. We took DH's parents camper and stayed for 29 dollars a night.. doesn't get any better then that!! Hopefully I will have an update soon. I did get an email today from jetblue that our flight times had changed. Lets just say I felt a little to say the least, but then I read the email and laughed... and mean Our flight to orlando changed by 2 minutes, and our flight leaving changed by 5 minutes lol

I think we've decided to rent a care to get to port, and then take carnival transportation from port to mco. Doesn anyone have experience with renting a car to port?

 

[Leleluvsdis]

So last night I book round 1 of 3 of our transportation and it's for...

drum roll please

We will be traveling to ASMu via magical express!!! WOOT WOOT!!! I am sooo excited... I'm booking our other 2 round of transport today, so I will be back for another addition hopefully later, and maybe even pictures of my awesome notebook I found to use as my planning binder!!!

 

[Leleluvsdis]

So now that I've realized we will be heading to disney in 29 days... I am starting to FREAK OUT because I just realized I haven't don't much planning!!!! I mean seriously, what's a vaca without some planning

Last friday I made a grand purchase and hadn't gotten a chance to take picture and post it. Kohl's what having an AWESOME sale, and then it was tax free weekend, so I just couldn't pass up the offer. Without further ado...

Isn't it just awesome!!! Iwas regularly 250 and I got it for 99!!! WOOT WOOT We have luggage, but not enough for DH and I and my mom and dad. We don't normally fly, so we don't have to have certain luggage, but hey, any reason for an awesome deal, and a cute nee accessory is good enough for me lol

Up next I got the most awesome binder at target!!! It is going to make the best best best planning binder. I put everything in it today!!!

I am sooooo SUUUUUUUUPER excited to use it. I put my papers in it tonight. I just need to finish my dividers then I'll post some pics of the inside. I'm hopeing to get a notebook with 3 holes in it so I can just hook it in, or either just get a small notebook that will lay inside for journaling what our days festivites.

So I appologize this is so long, but believe it or not I've gotten alot done today in my panic lol

I also booked our transportation from disney to the port...

We will be picked up at ASMu and taken to the cruise ship by limo!!! We were going to do just a town car, but were iffy as to if all our luggage would fit, so instead of doing to town cars we did a limo for about 1/4 of what another town car would be. (btw... I think DH is just as excited about riding in the limo as the cruise lol He just keeps saying, I've never been in a limo before haha)

Well... ok... it's not as long as I thought it was going to be, but I have gotten a lot done since I've done nothing up until now.

Oh I have a question. How do i change a DME ressie, online or phone?

29 days til we're disney bound!!!​

 

[oregonmommyof2]

I want to ride in the limo!! I haven't been in one since my wedding!!

I really hope you do a TR when you get back, I am dying to hear about the cruise!!

Oh, and I LOVE your suitcases!!!

 

[Leleluvsdis]

I want to ride in the limo!! I haven't been in one since my wedding!!

I really hope you do a TR when you get back, I am dying to hear about the cruise!!

Oh, and I LOVE your suitcases!!!

We are so excited!! Mom, dad and DH have never been in one. I haven't been in one since my cousin's 13th bday which was 11 years ago.

I'm hopeing to do a TR when I get back. I started one after our last trip, and I didn't follow through with it, so hopefully this one will do better lol

 

[Leleluvsdis]

Happy Sunday everyone!!! I'm trying to plan to distract myself from the phone call that we just got.

3 years ago, my brother was deployed to afganistan and was in the mountains. While he was patroling one day his foot got hung and it the is pack over his head. When it did it crushed 3 disk in his back. He came home from r&r and it was so bad they kept him home on medical leave. He ended up having surgery on his back and now has a rod on either side of his lumbar spine. After all of this he was placed into a unit that was non-deployable and he had plans of retiring with 22 years next august. He had been making plans to come home for christmas for 2 weeks and everyone was so excited because they haven't been home since last april (he's stationed in louisianna and we live in VA) Well today we got a phone call he is being transfered into a different unit as of october and he will be deployed in november. I am completly crushed. He was going to retire this year, but because he got a promotion last year he wants to stay until next year to get benefits from his promotion. I always feel selfish with this situation. This is going to be his 9th deployment during his 20 years for service all of which have been 18months or longer with the exception of his last which was 10 months due to his injury. I always wonder why he has been deployed so many times, and there are many people in the military that have never been deployed, but then I think of all the families that have had family deployed and not make it home. We are very fortunate that this has been his only injury, and he assures us that he will not be in combat, but I just don't entirly believe that. (btw... please no flames from people with different opinions about the situation over seas. That is not at all what I am trying to tell, I am simple venting about the turn of event I am currently experiencing, thanks) i'm really hopeing to make a trip to out there to see him before he leaves. He's 15 years older than me, so although we aren't close like most brothers and sisters, we have a different kind of relationship that is very special.

Anywhoo... enough with that for now before the water works cut back on haha I have done our iteniary for day 1.

Thursday, September 16, 2010 Itinerary

9:00am Take Bella to Jim and Pam's

9:45am Leave for Mom and Dad's house

10:00am Leave Rustburg for Gran's house
*travel time= 2hr 10 mins

12:30pm Arrive Gran's house for lunch

2:30pm Leave for Richmond Airport
*travel time= 19mins

3:00pm Arrive Richmond Airport
*check-in with Jet Blue flight 1115
*4 checked bags
*receive tickets and gate number
*can use kiosk
*Concourse B

3:45pm Find seats at gate
*Concourse B
*Hudson news
*Caribou Coffee
*Cheeburger cheeburger

4:40pm Board flight
*make sure to have ear phones

5:07pm Flight departs RIC for MCO

7:05pm Arrive MCO
*terminal A (gates 100-129)
*level 1 for DME check-in

7:45pm Board DME for ASMusic

9:00pm Arrive ASMusic and check-in
*head to food court for some dinner
*take bags to room
*explore resort a little
*pick-up a refillable mug
*sleep well… WE ARE AT DISNEY WORLD!!!
So this is actually an excel speadsheet that I'm going to print and put in my handy dandy notebook. I've also made a checklist to go with specific subjects, and am still debating on combining the 2 pages into one.

Thursday, Septmeber 16 Checklist

Bella's Bag
*dog food
*rawhides
*squeaky ball
*greenies
*eye wipes
*eye cleaner
*cotton balls
*Q-tips
*pig blankie
*treats
*food bowl
*2 towels
*kennel


House
*unplug TV
*unplug toaster
*unplug coffee pot
*water plants
*cut off all lights
*turn both A/C to 77
*make sure toilets are off
*lock all doors
*lock tool box
*lock shed


Gran's house for lunch
*chicken salad
*bread
*chips
*macaroni salad
*cookies
Please let me know what you think. Should I combine the 2 checklist, or keep them seperate.

Oh yea... I reserved DME for the 2nd time today after I got an email that said I could use online resevations because I wasn't a wholesale prescriber or something like that. I made ressies at like 30 days. Should I expect to get the package in the mail?

24 days

 

[oregonmommyof2]

3 years ago, my brother was deployed to afganistan and was in the mountains. While he was patroling one day his foot got hung and it the is pack over his head. When it did it crushed 3 disk in his back. He came home from r&r and it was so bad they kept him home on medical leave. He ended up having surgery on his back and now has a rod on either side of his lumbar spine. After all of this he was placed into a unit that was non-deployable and he had plans of retiring with 22 years next august. He had been making plans to come home for christmas for 2 weeks and everyone was so excited because they haven't been home since last april (he's stationed in louisianna and we live in VA) Well today we got a phone call he is being transfered into a different unit as of october and he will be deployed in november. I am completly crushed. He was going to retire this year, but because he got a promotion last year he wants to stay until next year to get benefits from his promotion. I always feel selfish with this situation. This is going to be his 9th deployment during his 20 years for service all of which have been 18months or longer with the exception of his last which was 10 months due to his injury. I always wonder why he has been deployed so many times, and there are many people in the military that have never been deployed, but then I think of all the families that have had family deployed and not make it home. We are very fortunate that this has been his only injury, and he assures us that he will not be in combat, but I just don't entirly believe that. (btw... please no flames from people with different opinions about the situation over seas. That is not at all what I am trying to tell, I am simple venting about the turn of event I am currently experiencing, thanks) i'm really hopeing to make a trip to out there to see him before he leaves. He's 15 years older than me, so although we aren't close like most brothers and sisters, we have a different kind of relationship that is very special.

Sweetie, I understand all too well... It is so hard to hear they are going back, whether it is combat or not, they are not home... I am new to this, and obviously you are not, but I don't think it ever gets easier... I know saying good bye never does... We just got the call yesterday that my brother is going back and they are making his deployment longer then they initially said... I support my brother, and our troops, but I want him home... I love being able to call him, and text him... simple things that get taken away...

Once your brother is deployed, if your brother is comfortable with it, send me his info when you get it and I will be more then happy to send boxes!

Take care, and if you need to vent, PM me...