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Hi everyone and welcome to the pretrip planning for my second shot at the mouse. I went in April 2006 and never saw the big guy, this trip, I am on a quest. Who am I you ask?
My name is Ty.
you can read my story Three decades of waiting and that will fill you in from DNA to present time
I came home from A great Disney trip, my biggest disapointment was not seeing Mickey Mouse, he was around, but I have a bad habit of saying "I'll come back to this" and then it slips my mind. I also discovered during the film developing that I did not take enough pictures, so that there is 2 good reasons why I must go back.
My DH Kent agrees with me, only he said he will never go back again. Kent as wonderful as he is, is not a huge Disney fan,
He makes up for that in all other areas of life so that is why I allow him to keep being my husband
My DS Jim 15 yrs, said he will pass on Disney as well.
My DD Reese 13 said she would go...maybe...I don't know...it depends...well I guess so... and that is where things stood for the longest time.
I asked my Mom and Dad who live in Michigan if they'd like to go
My Dad laughed, "geeze Ty, you just came back from a trip." My mom said "I have no desire to ever go, I wouldn't have fun."
I half expected that from them, so I then asked my older sister Bo.
this picture was taken at national scrapbook day, we dressed up in scrubs and came as the critical care croppers, no it was not a costume party in any way, Bo and I just like to have fun.
I have a great time with her even if all we're are doing is grocery shopping. She lives in Michigan also, and we try to get together at least 4 times a year. But she doesn't really want to go, she suggests we rent a cabin on a lake and she'll bring her boat and we can ski and tube etc..etc.., and yes that sounds like fun, but we have a cabin and we have played those vacations out, and I'm not a big fan of flying over the top of water at 70 mph, she also suggests going to her summer place in Tawas and canoeing the river again. Yes fun, but it doesn't compare to Disney, I can go to our cabin anytime, and we can go to her place almost anytime. But Disney? That is a whole different world. So I thought ok, let's make it a sibling trip and invite our baby brother Matt
Our parents adopted Matt when I was 16, he is now a student at the Michigan Institute of aeronautics. And a trip to disney with him would be a blast. I am extremely close to my siblings, we talk on the phone daily, what a great adventure would it be if the 3 of us went together.
Matt said he would be in the middle of his AP at the time and couldn't go for a few years, but count him in for later on in life. So then I thought we could ask Matt's girlfriend Loreal cause she's worth it, (if you didn't get the joke then you don't watch enough t.v.)
I can spell her name but when I say it, it comes out as Lorinell, so I have always called her Lola.
Lola has been in our lives for over 4 years now, she is Matt's first true love, so naturally Bo and I think of her as our little sister, and we have even taken her with us on our sister camping/canoe trips.
this is us on a girls trip 2 years ago.
Lola is fun fun fun, she spent 6 weeks with me last summer, never a dull moment, always up for anything, but now she works at a law firm and goes to school full time, so she can't afford Disney for a couple years, that is when Bo backs out completely too.
I didn't mind it being just Reese and I, but I wanted someone else to come too, the more the merrier, right?
So one day I am in my shop and out of the blue I ask my business partner, who also happens to be Reese's cougar cheerleading coach if she wanted to do a Disney trip in Dec. And she sais, "sure Coley has been wanting to go for a while now, we could go for her birthday."
Coley is a year older than Reese, they cheer on the same competition squad, but go to rival schools and cheer on opposing squads as well
but they are good friends. so here is the cast of characters.
There is me
Hi, I'm Ty, cute and not to shy. I am in my 30's a fulltime wife and mother, I have a small silkscreening business with my friend. I love my dogs, all 3 of them and I tolerate our 2 cats. I got hooked on Disney my first trip in April 2006. I would sell my liver to get back there.
next is my DD Reese
She is the definition of teenager. I would give her my liver!! (but she would turn it down as it's not a name brand liver) she likes Disney, but is not a nut about it like me.
Then there is Coach T
I don't know why I was surprised she said yes to this Trip, she is always up for fun when time allows. Coach is a single mother, she works 3 jobs and still finds time to coach cheerleading. That is actually how we met, I was her daughters cheerleading coach and she was my daughters, we hit it off from day one, went and got our certifications together, she new me all but a month when she asked me to be her business partner and that is where TnT Silkscreening came in to play. Her older son, nicknamed Dirty pirate by his football team is leaving for college in the fall. She made it to all his games too.
So I think this lady is due for a vacation.
Last but certainly not least is coley
I like Coley alot. She is quite moody though, but I call her moods fast and furious, when she is in a bad mood I can't stand to be around her, but her moods never last for too long, there is always something she finds fascinating or funny and completely forgets she was ever upset. She is up for fun at any cost. Sometimes when my kids are gone to the Dads for the summer, I will have Coley come over and we will scrapbook and just laugh till we cry. She is A disney newbie, well she did go once at the young age 0f 6 months, so it's safe to call her a newbie.
Reese and Coley are going to have a ball
Lions vs. Wildcats (last game of the season)
So now you have the who,
the when is Dec 4th-11th, Coleys birthday is the 6th and mine is the 9th, so we will both have lots to celebrate.
the trip was booked New Years eve and I have been counting down the days since. We have a national cheerleading competition in Myrtle Beach June 1st, but once I am back I will be able to make my ADR's.
Anyone else going then let me know, we can compare notes, even if you're not going then, we can compare notes
My name is Ty.you can read my story Three decades of waiting and that will fill you in from DNA to present time
I came home from A great Disney trip, my biggest disapointment was not seeing Mickey Mouse, he was around, but I have a bad habit of saying "I'll come back to this" and then it slips my mind. I also discovered during the film developing that I did not take enough pictures, so that there is 2 good reasons why I must go back.
My DH Kent agrees with me, only he said he will never go back again. Kent as wonderful as he is, is not a huge Disney fan,
He makes up for that in all other areas of life so that is why I allow him to keep being my husband My DS Jim 15 yrs, said he will pass on Disney as well.
My DD Reese 13 said she would go...maybe...I don't know...it depends...well I guess so... and that is where things stood for the longest time.
I asked my Mom and Dad who live in Michigan if they'd like to go
My Dad laughed, "geeze Ty, you just came back from a trip." My mom said "I have no desire to ever go, I wouldn't have fun."
I half expected that from them, so I then asked my older sister Bo.
this picture was taken at national scrapbook day, we dressed up in scrubs and came as the critical care croppers, no it was not a costume party in any way, Bo and I just like to have fun.
I have a great time with her even if all we're are doing is grocery shopping. She lives in Michigan also, and we try to get together at least 4 times a year. But she doesn't really want to go, she suggests we rent a cabin on a lake and she'll bring her boat and we can ski and tube etc..etc.., and yes that sounds like fun, but we have a cabin and we have played those vacations out, and I'm not a big fan of flying over the top of water at 70 mph, she also suggests going to her summer place in Tawas and canoeing the river again. Yes fun, but it doesn't compare to Disney, I can go to our cabin anytime, and we can go to her place almost anytime. But Disney? That is a whole different world. So I thought ok, let's make it a sibling trip and invite our baby brother Matt
Our parents adopted Matt when I was 16, he is now a student at the Michigan Institute of aeronautics. And a trip to disney with him would be a blast. I am extremely close to my siblings, we talk on the phone daily, what a great adventure would it be if the 3 of us went together.
Matt said he would be in the middle of his AP at the time and couldn't go for a few years, but count him in for later on in life. So then I thought we could ask Matt's girlfriend Loreal cause she's worth it, (if you didn't get the joke then you don't watch enough t.v.)
I can spell her name but when I say it, it comes out as Lorinell, so I have always called her Lola.
Lola has been in our lives for over 4 years now, she is Matt's first true love, so naturally Bo and I think of her as our little sister, and we have even taken her with us on our sister camping/canoe trips.
this is us on a girls trip 2 years ago.
Lola is fun fun fun, she spent 6 weeks with me last summer, never a dull moment, always up for anything, but now she works at a law firm and goes to school full time, so she can't afford Disney for a couple years, that is when Bo backs out completely too.
I didn't mind it being just Reese and I, but I wanted someone else to come too, the more the merrier, right?
So one day I am in my shop and out of the blue I ask my business partner, who also happens to be Reese's cougar cheerleading coach if she wanted to do a Disney trip in Dec. And she sais, "sure Coley has been wanting to go for a while now, we could go for her birthday."
Coley is a year older than Reese, they cheer on the same competition squad, but go to rival schools and cheer on opposing squads as well
but they are good friends. so here is the cast of characters.There is me
Hi, I'm Ty, cute and not to shy. I am in my 30's a fulltime wife and mother, I have a small silkscreening business with my friend. I love my dogs, all 3 of them and I tolerate our 2 cats. I got hooked on Disney my first trip in April 2006. I would sell my liver to get back there.
next is my DD Reese
She is the definition of teenager. I would give her my liver!! (but she would turn it down as it's not a name brand liver) she likes Disney, but is not a nut about it like me.
Then there is Coach T
I don't know why I was surprised she said yes to this Trip, she is always up for fun when time allows. Coach is a single mother, she works 3 jobs and still finds time to coach cheerleading. That is actually how we met, I was her daughters cheerleading coach and she was my daughters, we hit it off from day one, went and got our certifications together, she new me all but a month when she asked me to be her business partner and that is where TnT Silkscreening came in to play. Her older son, nicknamed Dirty pirate by his football team is leaving for college in the fall. She made it to all his games too.
So I think this lady is due for a vacation.
Last but certainly not least is coley
I like Coley alot. She is quite moody though, but I call her moods fast and furious, when she is in a bad mood I can't stand to be around her, but her moods never last for too long, there is always something she finds fascinating or funny and completely forgets she was ever upset. She is up for fun at any cost. Sometimes when my kids are gone to the Dads for the summer, I will have Coley come over and we will scrapbook and just laugh till we cry. She is A disney newbie, well she did go once at the young age 0f 6 months, so it's safe to call her a newbie.
Reese and Coley are going to have a ball
Lions vs. Wildcats (last game of the season)
So now you have the who,
the when is Dec 4th-11th, Coleys birthday is the 6th and mine is the 9th, so we will both have lots to celebrate.
the trip was booked New Years eve and I have been counting down the days since. We have a national cheerleading competition in Myrtle Beach June 1st, but once I am back I will be able to make my ADR's.
Anyone else going then let me know, we can compare notes, even if you're not going then, we can compare notes
I will be there at the same time and I will be there for my birthday too, how fun is that! 
so pop it would be, and with Coach's AAA discount and extra perks, I knew it would be a waist to even visit my agent (sorry Ella) we booked and made our first payment that day.
<--- that is how I reacted, but what I was feeling was this---> 
and for the next year that is my signature for every Disney related e-mail I send her.
I am convinced that if we bring a screened T-shirt to Disney and discuss it with a second party, we could write the whole trip off as a business expense, but Coach, who also does our books does not think that is legal.
I cannot wait for the next installment.
I can't figure out how I didn't know before now that your name is Ty? I'm sure you must have said it. 
How cool that you managed to talk your partner and her DD into going - sounds like a lot of fun!!!
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