DDA Chapter 27

[PNO4TE]

I guess you know what tour to book next time your at WDW


Tomorrow is my 7 month window for Aulani. Please keep your fingers crossed that I can book what we want.

He has already taken the Steam Train Tour! Bob worked for the B&O Railroad one summer during college. And he has had a love affair with trains all his life.

Good luck tomorrow!!!

 

[bear74]

I guess you know what tour to book next time your at WDW


Tomorrow is my 7 month window for Aulani. Please keep your fingers crossed that I can book what we want.

Did you get what you wanted?

 

[my3princes]

Did you get what you wanted?

We did get what we wanted. Thanks for asking. We booked the first 4 nights of our vacation with accommodations for the 11 of us. We got a 2 bedroom and a studio. She said it was the last 2 bedroom and I called at exactly 9 AM on our 7 month window The 2 bedroom is a lockoff which means one bedroom and attached studio. That may actually work well for us as my parents can have the attached studio and Dad can nap or they can be up at the crack of dawn without bothering the boys. My brother's family will have the detached studio.

We are hoping to add 2 nights after our cruise for just the 5 of us as the other's will fly directly home. I also hope to book 5 nights at the Grand Californian which DVC tells me will be harder to book than Aulani

 

[bear74]

We did get what we wanted. Thanks for asking. We booked the first 4 nights of our vacation with accommodations for the 11 of us. We got a 2 bedroom and a studio. She said it was the last 2 bedroom and I called at exactly 9 AM on our 7 month window The 2 bedroom is a lockoff which means one bedroom and attached studio. That may actually work well for us as my parents can have the attached studio and Dad can nap or they can be up at the crack of dawn without bothering the boys. My brother's family will have the detached studio.

We are hoping to add 2 nights after our cruise for just the 5 of us as the other's will fly directly home. I also hope to book 5 nights at the Grand Californian which DVC tells me will be harder to book than Aulani

good luck with the rest

 

[PNO4TE]

Good morning, DDA!

Deb - I am glad your Hawaii trip is starting to come together for you all so well!

 

[mommykds]

Happy New Years Eve!

 

[MrsHeg]

Wishing Everyone a Great 2012!

 

[PNO4TE]

Hoping all my DDA Friends are surrounded by those you love tonight!

 

[my3princes]

Happy New Year's my Friends!!

 

[PNO4TE]

Good morning, DDA!

 

[lovesdumbo]

Happy New Years!!!



The kids are playing a wii game so I have a few minutes to hop on my computer-I've got to get my laptop fixed!

We had a nice Christmas except that I got a nasty cold starting Christmas night. Still have congestion. Hoping it will be all gone by the half marathon Saturday. I was also hoping to do one more walk tomorrow. I am pretty fearful of getting swept for not being fast enough. MaryK can absolutely do it baring some sort of injury that day or getting this nasty cold-she was already getting it so hopefully she'll be clear for the race too.

We sort of committed to each other that if we were successful doing the WDW half we would do the DL half in September to get the coast to coast medal. You have to do 2 races in the same calendar year. I've got to decide what I would do if I don't finish the WDW half and MaryK does. Does that mean I should try another WDW race so I can get the coast to coast too? Not sure what that would mean for a family trip either. If I go to DL for Labor Day would I just make that our family trip?


They let someone else go at work the Thursday before Christmas (our last day in the office). She was actually new and relocated from Atlanta. I guess if there were performance issues it was likely for the best but it just served to keep the uneasy atmosphere at work going. They are having coffee at the entrance Tuesday to welcome us all back to another difficult year. I hear they are doing some sort of raffle.

Sorry I haven't posted too much. I've been in a funk with all the continued stress at work. Don't see much relief in site for that. I was hoping once the budget was done in November it would improve but I still have more to do than I can manage. And I've got some other issues here at home too. Frankly not excited about this trip (I leave on Wednesday) but maybe it will be good for me. I come home Monday and Tuesday is Joe's 11th birthday.

 

[PNO4TE]

Good morning, DDA!

Bernadette - It sounds like what you need this morning is a great big I hope you start feeling better and things settle down both at work and home.

 

[mommykds]

Good morning.

Bernadette,
Glad to see you. Sorry to hear about work & home stress. If you ever want to talk.

 

[tinker1bell]

Three more days and I will be in WDW!!!! Four more days and I will be walking the 5K!!! I am getting so excited. Vicki will be staying with me at the Grand Floridian for two days and then I will be her roommate at the AKL!!! Two places I would have never had the chance to stay at. Can't wait to see all of my teammates and good friends.

 

[bear74]

Three more days and I will be in WDW!!!! Four more days and I will be walking the 5K!!! I am getting so excited. Vicki will be staying with me at the Grand Floridian for two days and then I will be her roommate at the AKL!!! Two places I would have never had the chance to stay at. Can't wait to see all of my teammates and good friends.

Terry have fun and good luck to you and Vicki. Is Stephanie walking this as well?

 

[PNO4TE]

Three more days and I will be in WDW!!!! Four more days and I will be walking the 5K!!! I am getting so excited. Vicki will be staying with me at the Grand Floridian for two days and then I will be her roommate at the AKL!!! Two places I would have never had the chance to stay at. Can't wait to see all of my teammates and good friends.

You guys are going to be AWESOME!

 

[Glynis]

Good luck, Bernadette!!! I hope you do well, and don't get swept! I was worried about that, but managed to do ok.

Terry - Good luck with the 5K, and have FUN!!!

We had a very nice, low-key Christmas and New Year's. The kids were all happy with what they got, and we got to spend the week in between Christmas and New Year's with my dad. Alan got sent to Iowa to cover the GOP caucus, so it was kind of a depressing NYE for me. He gets home on Wednesday, so maybe we'll go out to celebrate, then.

 

[mommykds]

Terry- Have a great time!

 

[my3princes]

It's good to see you all in 2012.

I spent 3 1/2 days out of my 4 day weekend redoing out main bath. It was the only room in the house that we haven't redone since we built. I HATE stripping wallpaper and everything that goes along with those repairs, but it is done. 3 of those days were 12 hour days so no relaxing, but I'm glad to have it done.

I have 1 1/2 hours before bed and the hell that comes with the work week. Ugh I hope I find a new job soon, but I'll tough it out until then just to have the health insurance.

 

[Disney Yooper]

Wow. I can't believe that it is only a couple of days until I fly to Disney for the full marathon. If anyone wants to track my progress, you can sign up for notifications at http://www.xacte.com/templates/disney/marathon/. Sometimes they are late so no guarantees.

I head to Lansing tomorrow morning really early. I'm not looking forward to going back down. I got a phone call on Thursday letting me know that my apartment was broken into and the police were called. I'll find out tomorrow what was taken. I assume my two flat screen TVs which are the only things that would be worth taking. I'll have a friend come in with me when I get there.

I keep hoping a job will open up with the state somewhere in the U.P. but so far no such luck. At least Chuck will be coming down once a month now. I'll be trying to work from the U.P. once a month as well.