Disney Through Another's Eyes (updated 2/1) Day 2/Part 2.

[Jiminy'sGirl]

Thanks for the welcome. I am definately sticking around.

Jiminy'sGirl: I'll take a Pepsi please.

Jordanyosh:

One Pepsi coming right up!!

FInally, someone who can keep the rest of us on the straight and narrow!! We need a good influence around here!! Actaully, this thread is pretty well-behaved compared to my own....Desia is a good girl. Ha! As if!

 

[tammy]

Heather: Yep, that's me straight and narrow.

 

[desiab]

One Pepsi coming right up!!

FInally, someone who can keep the rest of us on the straight and narrow!! We need a good influence around here!! Actaully, this thread is pretty well-behaved compared to my own....Desia is a good girl. Ha! As if!

Who knows--if I repeat that enough times it will come true or I can at least convince people that its true! My middle name is "Angelica", but growing up my sister would tell people that I should have been named "Demonica". What ever did she mean by that?

 

[jordanyosh]

Who knows--if I repeat that enough times it will come true or I can at least convince people that its true! My middle name is "Angelica", but growing up my sister would tell people that I should have been named "Demonica". What ever did she mean by that?

The joys of sibling rivalry.

My 2 older brothers would always say I was adopted. I would make my mom take out the birth certificate.

 

[tammy]

Good Morning Angel.

 

[desiab]

This morning Brianne and I made some changes to the itinerary and our dinner reservations. After adding up the costs we decided it was cheaper to do the basic dining plan. The updated changes are in bold:

Thursday, Jan. 2008

• Leaving Home and Staying overnight in Ocala, FL

Friday, Jan. 2008

• Check into All-Star Movies Resort for two nights (trying to save weekend DVC pts.)
• Spend the evening at Downtown Disney
• Probably eat dinner with the Earl
• Catch a movie (Hopefully the National Treasure sequel)
• Adventurers Club or Cirque du Soliel
  

Saturday, Jan. 2008

• Spending the day at Animal Kingdom
• Lunch at Rainforest Café in Animal Kingdom
• Dinner at Boma

Sunday, Jan. 2008

• Check out of All-Star Movies and into Boardwalk Villas
• Spending the day at Epcot
• Dinner at the Coral Reef
• Illuminations

Monday, Jan. 2008

• Spend the day at Disney Studios
• Dinner at Spoodles.

Tuesday, Jan. 2008

• Spend the day in Magic Kingdom
• Anniversary dinner at California Grill. (First time eating here.)

Wednesday, Jan. 2008

• Rest day—will probably book Spa treatments for the morning.
• Dinner at Hoop de doo Revue
  

Thursday, Jan. 2008

• Check out of Boardwalk Villas and into Saratoga Springs (unless the waitlist comes through)
• Undecided on which park we will go to today.
• Dinner at Ohana

Friday, Jan. 2008

• Depart for home

 

[jordanyosh]

CA Grill......

Spoodles...limited menu, but

Food glorious food.

 

[desiab]

CA Grill......

Spoodles...limited menu, but

Food glorious food.

It has been years since we ate at Spoodles, so I am hoping that we have a good dinner.

I have heard mixed reviews on the California Grill, but I am willing to be a guinea pig in the name of food.

 

[Lan]

Finally I get to see all of the kids. They are beautiful.

 

[desiab]

Lan, I would have to agree with you! Thanks.

 

[desiab]

One of the things I love about our Disney Vacations is planning our itinerary and coming up with great surprises for my family. Since the kids aren’t going with us this time, I am stumped as to how I could make the trip special for my DH, L.J. and Brianne.

I have been pouring over trip reports and threads on the DIS to come up with some ideas. One idea that I swiped from several people on the boards was to call the Coral Reef to set up a diver banner and personalized menus. The management is still deliberating a policy change on whether or not they are going to start charging for this service, so this surprise is still on the shelf.

I love making DIY projects for our trips. My cubicle in the garage is outfitted with most of the things any self-respecting crafter would own. I have my trusted PC with Adobe Photoshop installed, a nice printer, a laminator, a binder, a sewing machine, my cricut with the Disney cartridges, scrapbooks, cardstock, and an insatiable urge to make crafts.

So far these are my purchases, surprises, and DIY projects:

Disneyshopping purchases—I happened to be checking my email early one Friday morning when Disneyshopping.com sent me an email about an awesome weekend sale they were having. I saw several things that I thought would make a nice addition to LJ and Brianne’s gift bag. Well I put the items in my cart, but was undecided about going ahead with the purchase. Sonny chimed in with his thoughts that I should just go for it since the prices were so good. Fast forward to that evening. I was peeved at myself for not buying more items from the sale and set out to make another purchase. Everything that I had bought that morning had gone up in price. The site was still heralding this great weekend sale, but the prices that evening were nothing like the prices I saw that morning. I am so glad that I went ahead with my purchase. SCORE! I apologize to everyone on here who wasn’t able to get their items at the lower price.

Check out my super low price loot:

The Mickey knit Henley and flannel PJ set that I picked up for LJ for $5.99.
Also pictured are the luggage tags, picture frame, and anniversary pins I picked up on our last trip.​

All for me! Lavender polo for $4.99
Mickey Cable-Knit Hat and scarf set for $5.99

Amazon purchases: One thing that I know is definite is that we are putting together an anniversary bag for LJ and Brianne. I purchased the bag on Amazon.com for $3.50, so I hope that the bag is nice. I am going to just pack everything in an extra suitcase and put it together once we are there.

Well the bag came in and it is pretty nice for $3.50. I was able to get some graphics from cutiesnana on the Creative DISigns board and personalized them myself.

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I found a sale on desk calendars on Amazon.com and scooped up some gifts.
(I put the picture of these on my blog. Not looking to get points!)

I downloaded mousekeeping envelopes from Mouseforless.com, cut and folded them.

The fronts
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The back and seals.

Finished seals
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Originally I was going to print clipart on to sticker paper and make the seals for the envelopes. I ran out of sticker paper, so I had to improvise. I printed the images on cardstock, ran the cardstock through my Xyron, and then punched each picture with my 1 1/2” circle punch. I think that they turned out super cute.

• After reading this thread on the restaurant board about custom cakes I decided to order a 10” for our dinner at the California Grill. I will tell you more about the flavors when I get back.

There is another project that I made for the trip, but I think that it might be to risqué for this board and I have posted it on my blog instead. Go check it out if you dare.

 

[tammy]

I went to your blog... You have some very cool ideas.

 

[desiab]

I am thinking that my DH will think so too!

 

[jordanyosh]

I am thinking that my DH will think so too!

You bet he will.

 

[camelotcats]

This is a great thread!! I'm glad I found it!

I'm SOOO jealous of you meeting Paula Deen!!

DH lived in NO for 4 years, and still talks about it. He is usually so stoic, but really got upset after Katrina. I'm glad all of your family was OK.

 

[jordanyosh]

What's up D?

 

[desiab]

This is a great thread!! I'm glad I found it!

I'm SOOO jealous of you meeting Paula Deen!!

DH lived in NO for 4 years, and still talks about it. He is usually so stoic, but really got upset after Katrina. I'm glad all of your family was OK.

Paula was a hoot and a half and I would go to see her anytime.

I can understand getting upset about Katrina. There are some days when I am still upset and it was over 2.5 years ago.

What's up D?

Care to dance with me Jordan?

37 days until we leave!!!!!
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I spent the morning on the phone with Disney making a few changes to our ADR's, renewed our Annual Passes, and ordered some presents for the hubby. I am also working on a scrapbook that will be part of his present. Stay tuned and I will post some of the pages that are not rated-R.

My stupid internet has been crappy the last few days, so I have not been able to be on like I want to. It finally started acting right this morning so I am getting caught up. Plus, the baby is sick as two dogs. She has been barfing on me like nobody's business.

On a side note--for our 10th anniversary we are in the planning stages to go somewhere fabulous. The choices right now are Trinidad, Paris, or Hawaii. So where would you guys choose to go?

 

[jordanyosh]

I'll dance w/ you......

I would choose WDW....

Seriously, probably Hawaii.

 

[Jiminy'sGirl]

Can I cut in???
<stealing jordan away>

I would choose Trinidad!!!! Wow - so exotic!

 

[camelotcats]

Jumping in with a vote for Paris.

I LOVED Paris when we went earlier this year. It's actually very tourist friendly. I am already trying to figure out when we can go back.