She's not on the DIS much lately though, so I'll tell her when I see her today that you have converted! 
Happy New Year, everyone! Im sorry I have been MIA from the boards, but thank you for the Christmas and the New Years wishes on my PTRs! Christmas/New Years has been busy for me at home and at work, but I hope to update you guys soon! Any downtime that I had at home was spent watching Doctor Who. Yes, I am really into that show now! I am only on the beginning of Season Three, so no spoilers!I blame Pinterest for this new obsession of mine! So many people pinned Doctor Who related stuff that I became curious! Pinterest and the DIS are my two guilty pleasures! So Ive got to get back to updating my PTRs! I have craft projects piling up and movie nights to do! Oh, and there is the actual planning! I have just over a month until I make my ADRs, and I want to have my dining plans for UO situated by that time, too. Lots to do! Hopefully, itll make time fly until my vacation!
Happy New Year Erin!!! Hope is going to flip out that you are into Dr. Who! She's a diehard.
) and he likes the show so far. So yes, please tell Hope! Also, please tell her that we miss her here on the Dis!
Happy New Year! I had to laugh out loud... I'm a Who fan now as well... I got through the first series and have started the second... I can't believe that David Tennant who is so adorable as Dr. Who played the horrible Bartie Crouch Jr. in Harry Potter...
Every once in a while, I have a flashback of him as the deranged Barty Crouch Jr.!
I love that movie and it has been on the Disney channel a hundred times this week! True says its Princess Week. She recorded Cinderella (even though we have it on DVD, silly girl 
) Cinderella II and Cinderella III. I have never seen II or III so maybe well watch them together one day. But tonight is Tangled night and I am really looking forward to it! True even started working on one of the projects last night! Coys not all that into that project, so I am hoping to get him to do a different one. Maybe he can make a satchel like Flynn Riders? Oops! Cant give away too much! 
I cant wait because the last time the four of us all went out was for her birthday last year! Our cousin has young kids, so we dont hang out much. This is my weekend with my kids, so I am dropping them off at my sisters place and the kids are going to babysit Bruno. Bruno is a big puppy now, so he doesnt need a babysitter, but my kids want to prove to me that they can handle having a dog. I am confident that they can and I have been promising them a dog (and/or cat) for years now. Its just a matter of having the time. My goal is by the end of the summer after our trip to WDW but dont tell them that! Wow! Tangent!
I'm ok about it now and moved on (LOL...like it's not just a tv show!) and I'm watching season 3 now!
that's what it is going to be. I have Brave invitations and I now know how to make cool looking streamers (right, Karen??) I'm going to get some Brave plates and such. I know......I'm crazy!! Victoria could care less what the table looks like as long as there is cake. 
Hi Erin! I totally forgot to tell Hope that you were watching Dr. Who! I am back to watching now as well, I had to stop for about 8 months or so when I got to the end of the 2nd season. Too sad and can't tell you why, so you'll just have to see for yourself!
Cannot wait to hear about your Tangled night! Hope & I just did Little Mermaid a few days ago, that was fun! Have a good time going out for drinks...I need to do that. I usually just stay home and have them.
That was just too much! I can understand taking a break from it after that! I get emotionally invested with fictional characters too! I was actually a little heartbroken when Ten took over for Nine! I know Christopher Eccleston doesnt get as much love as David Tennant or the other one (Im not going to bother learning his name until I get to him in the series ) but I missed Nine during the first episode without him! I was feeling just like Rose during that first episode. I didnt trust Ten. Who was this new guy, anyway??? I kept thinking about how Nine would have reacted to certain situations. I missed his crazy eyes! 
Nine was clearly unbalanced and I liked that! But Ten grew on me quickly and I loved him by the next episode. So, yeah, its not like I was overly attached to fictional characters either 
ERIN'S BACK!! ERIN'S BACK!!! I've been missing you!!! I hope you have fun at your Tangled night tonight! I thought that movie was so cute. My favorite movie is Brave currently. In fact, I'm making Victoria's birthday Brave-themed. She only has a few friends over anyways, so it's not like it's a huge deal, but since I like it (she does too
The kids wouldnt even have a birthday if we didnt give birth to them! Why dont WE get the gifts?!? I actually said that to my kids a few times and they laughed at me. Oh well, it was worth a shot. 
Your weekend sounds fun Erin! Enjoy the movie night with your kiddos and a night out with the girls. Both are much needed sometimes!
Come check out my TR when you have some time.
I didnt even know you had a TR going! I am so out of touch! Im headed over there right now 
In less than 30 days, Ill be able to make my ADRs, so I have got to get cracking! Oh, and Coy threw a monkey wrench in my plans because he said he definitely wants to go to Sea World! This changes my plans significantly because I am putting Sea World in the former MK day. Now, our off day is truly nonexistent because we have to go to MK on that day. Well, we dont have to, but you know what I mean! I have at least two days in each park, but the kids and I tend to want to spend more time in MK and EP than in the other parks. So, Im rethinking the ADRs so that we will mostly have breakfast and/or lunch in the parks, but then have our evenings free to park hop if we want. I think it is a good balance between a structured day and a no-plan evening. So, this is what I have in the works so far:
Im glad youre reading along! If we lived in Hershey, my kids would probably want to go to Hershey Park every day that it was open! My daughter wants to go the Chocolate Spa as she calls it, and have a bath in chocolate! Im glad you enjoyed the 30 day challenge! I havent had time to work on another one, but I want to because they are so much fun!
Fabulous!!! LOVE IT!!! Ok, so maybe I have done too many disney themed days b/c I knew nearly right away when I saw the cones what you were doing!
BTW, your Tangle day ROCKED ours. Seriously, you thought of so many more things! I didn't even attempt to have the girls do the Rapunzel cutout, I did it beforehand and just used it as decoration on our table b/c it was HARD to do! I LOVE the paintbrushes and artist pallets! Too cute!
Thanks! Most of my ideas came from Pinterest, so I cant take all of the credit
It must have been a hit if Coy wanted you to do it again! Savannah sometimes isn't that interested in our themed stuff but try to NOT have a theme or not have much and she will immediately ask why I'm not decorating or doing a craft this time!
LOVE your Tangled day! I think my favorite part was the braided bread! What a neat idea!
Anyway, I thought I would just fill out the forms today to estimate what I would get back and it turns out that I will probably only get a small refund. Like $50 small! I dont mind, though. I love living in the US, and I dont mind paying my taxes, but I dont like the idea of the government using my money interest free for a year. I usually set up my tax exemptions so that I get a very small refund each year, anyway. Just not that small! Not getting a significant refund this year isnt a deal breaker for the trip, but it would have been nice to pay a chunk off at once. Plus, it would allow me to justify staying at POR instead of POP. Im just a little concerned that after staying in a UO resort, I wont want to stay at POP because Ill want something a little nicer than a Value resort. Wow, I sound like a snob! 
Before people start hating, I know that POP is a really cool resort and I really do want to stay there one time, but Im not sure that this is the trip when well be doing that. The kids and I will probably get used to the square footage of the UO resort that we choose and we might feel a little cramped in a Value after that. So, since I wont be getting a tax refund, I hope that there is a free dining offer or something like that for our vacation dates. Also, if there is free dining, Values get the QSDP where the Mods get DDP. We need DDP because of all of the ADRs I plan on making. My birthday is in a couple of weeks, so I will probably put down the deposits for the UO and WDW resorts as a present to myself. I budgeted out the trip, starting with my next payday and ending on 07/09/13 which is 45 days before arriving at WDW. I want to have the UO trip paid off by then as well. I told her about the plans so far and about how I have been planning around the possibility of her and our other sister coming (no word yet on if she will be going too) and Ashley loved the plans! Luckily, I shouldnt have to make any changes to the ADRs if Ashley and her boyfriend come along because we are hitting most of the restaurants I wanted to show my sisters. If Ashley and her BF come, I might have to move up the CRT to another day and I might have to sneak Garden Grill in there somewhere. For now, I will just add two extra people to the ADRs Im going to make. I hope that, if for some reason they cant come, it wont be a problem removing two people from our ADRs. Im still holding out hope that our other sister, Marissa, will be able to come too. Maybe even with her boyfriend! Tangent Time: I love Marissas boyfriend! Have I told you guys that? I cant remember if I mentioned it, but he came over with my sisters for Christmas. Hes just cool and down to earth. He had me, my kids and my mom laughing all night! And, speaking of approving of my siblings significant others, my sisters, brother, mom and I are finally meeting my brother Kyles girlfriend next week! Were all going out to dinner for Kyles birthday. Oh, and my kids will be there, too. Come to think of it, the girlfriend might feel a lot of pressure meeting all of us at once! See? This is why Kyle should have brought her around sooner! She could have gotten to know a few of us at a time! Dont tell her I said that! She reads the boards sometimes, so I guess I just told on myself! Ashley, if you are reading this, why dont you like seafood anymore? You used to love it! 
So, if we go to Bubba Gump and Lombards, she will be stuck with chicken, burgers or steak. Arent you supposed to stay away from chicken and steak in a seafood joint? Well, we dont have to have every meal together, so if she doesnt like the menu, maybe she and her BF can go have a nice romantic dinner somewhere else Have any of you guys had any of the non-seafood items at either of those restaurants? Would you recommend them or would you think that a different restaurant would be a better option for my sister? Im taking my kids to Bubba Gump for sure because I have been looking forward to eating there for years (I just realized that I should do a Forrest Gump movie night!) but I am more flexible with Lombards. I really want to go there, but if Ash doesnt, I wouldnt mind changing plans. 
