Disneymoon 09...oh the plannnning has begun!!! 11/29, Almost alll Packed!!!!

[LOVEMY3KIDDOS]

Getting the dog taken care of is one more thing checked off on the to do list! Good job!

 

[mandy2012]

Thanks for stopping by! We are sooooo excited and counting down the days. We still have so much to do though!

No problem. I love reading everybodys reports. I just finished my itinerary and I swear I am like changing my dining choices like everyday lol. But I like my schedule now. And congrats for your soon to be wedding!

 

[Disneymoon09]

No problem. I love reading everybodys reports. I just finished my itinerary and I swear I am like changing my dining choices like everyday lol. But I like my schedule now. And congrats for your soon to be wedding!

Thanks! I cant believe it is almost here! I did get quite a bit marked off my list though, so stay tuned for that update!!

 

[Disneymoon09]

Woohoo! I have lots of pictures for this update. Being partially unemployed frees up lots of picture taking time!

First, here is what I got crossed off my to-do list"
-dog is all taken care of however, our return flight is now getting in crazy late, and has a layover in ATL when it was suppossed to be non-stop, so I believe I will have to add an extra night to the boarder. Ugh more money!
-headed to Walmart and purchased 90% of our travel needs
-DFi's parents have been informed about a special circumstance pertaining to the wedding (I cant go further with this, but lets just say i was very concerned this would be a deal breaker and they would not come to the wedding anymore. All is well though, and I had nothing to worry about afterall )
-I ordered pictures from shutterfly.com (love it!) for my bridal shower
-ordered a homemade candy tray for the shower, pick up date is Nov. 13th (friday the 13th )
-purchased black strapless bra for the wedding

Here is a photo of my "Disney Bin" this is where anything for the trip is going for now. it looks kind of empty, but to me, it looks great!

Here is the long awaited picture of my wedding dress! The dress is on the left, and the shirt that i plan to wear to our Cali Grill ADR on our wedding night is on the right. The dress is strapless and above the knee, it poofs out slightly and is super fun. The little "dots" you see are large sequins and "dangle". very fun!

Here are the wedding shoes

Coach shoes, I purchased them at TJ MAXX

Here are the shoes for my Bridal shower (ignore the poor quality!!)

Oh and here are the shirts i purchased at Hot topic a few months ago

and the back of the alice shirt..

I'm pretty sure I will take all 3, but not sure if the weather will allow me to wear them. I purchased tide packets (99 cents at walmart) for laundry, and will be taking a few downy sheets i have here at home. I want to pack very little so we will have room for purchases to bring home. We still plan to only check one large suitcase, but if we have to I can ask to borrow a suitcase from my grandparents probably.

Here are things I still need to do:
-DFi needs a shirt and tie for the wedding. No suit, I just want him to be comfortable and casual.
-my hair gets trimmed the morning of my shower (its been since march that Ive had my hair cut! Been trying to grow out an awful haircut that i got last october!), and I am going to take my birdcage veil to see if my hair stylist can give me some style tips since i will be doing my own hair/makeup for the wedding
-I am still on the hunt for some shirts and outfits to take. I really wish i knew what the weather would be like! Im planning on t's, long sleeve shirts, and a softshell spyder jacket with thin gloves for the mornings/evenings. In the "disney bin" I also have my ear muff 180's just in case.
-pick up a couple good books for the airport/plane. We have a 4 hour layover in ATL now that I am furious about. we paid for a non-stop and thats what we wanted! But there is nothing we can do, so we will have to deal with it. Im just nervous because we are new flyers, so I am afarid of being lost in the HUGE ATL airport.
-still figure out airport arrangements. We will probably have to drive ourselves now since we will not get back into columbus until 1030pm on dec 8th, and we live 2 hours from the airport. We cant expect family to come get us that late. so figure in more money to park the car.

That's all I have for now. Hopefully the rest of my list gets done in the next week or so

 

[ZeroToHero]

ATL is big, but it's all linear, and they have a shuttle to take you from terminal to terminal. I suggest though, as soon as you get off the plane, check the departures board to make sure your gate didn't change - they like to do that a lot.

 

[IheartDDuck]

Woohoo! I have lots of pictures for this update. Being partially unemployed frees up lots of picture taking time!

First, here is what I got crossed off my to-do list"
-dog is all taken care of however, our return flight is now getting in crazy late, and has a layover in ATL when it was suppossed to be non-stop, so I believe I will have to add an extra night to the boarder. Ugh more money!
-headed to Walmart and purchased 90% of our travel needs
-DFi's parents have been informed about a special circumstance pertaining to the wedding (I cant go further with this, but lets just say i was very concerned this would be a deal breaker and they would not come to the wedding anymore. All is well though, and I had nothing to worry about afterall )
-I ordered pictures from shutterfly.com (love it!) for my bridal shower
-ordered a homemade candy tray for the shower, pick up date is Nov. 13th (friday the 13th )
-purchased black strapless bra for the wedding

Here is a photo of my "Disney Bin" this is where anything for the trip is going for now. it looks kind of empty, but to me, it looks great!

Here is the long awaited picture of my wedding dress! The dress is on the left, and the shirt that i plan to wear to our Cali Grill ADR on our wedding night is on the right. The dress is strapless and above the knee, it poofs out slightly and is super fun. The little "dots" you see are large sequins and "dangle". very fun!

Here are the wedding shoes

Coach shoes, I purchased them at TJ MAXX

Here are the shoes for my Bridal shower (ignore the poor quality!!)

Oh and here are the shirts i purchased at Hot topic a few months ago

and the back of the alice shirt..

I'm pretty sure I will take all 3, but not sure if the weather will allow me to wear them. I purchased tide packets (99 cents at walmart) for laundry, and will be taking a few downy sheets i have here at home. I want to pack very little so we will have room for purchases to bring home. We still plan to only check one large suitcase, but if we have to I can ask to borrow a suitcase from my grandparents probably.

Here are things I still need to do:
-DFi needs a shirt and tie for the wedding. No suit, I just want him to be comfortable and casual.
-my hair gets trimmed the morning of my shower (its been since march that Ive had my hair cut! Been trying to grow out an awful haircut that i got last october!), and I am going to take my birdcage veil to see if my hair stylist can give me some style tips since i will be doing my own hair/makeup for the wedding
-I am still on the hunt for some shirts and outfits to take. I really wish i knew what the weather would be like! Im planning on t's, long sleeve shirts, and a softshell spyder jacket with thin gloves for the mornings/evenings. In the "disney bin" I also have my ear muff 180's just in case.
-pick up a couple good books for the airport/plane. We have a 4 hour layover in ATL now that I am furious about. we paid for a non-stop and thats what we wanted! But there is nothing we can do, so we will have to deal with it. Im just nervous because we are new flyers, so I am afarid of being lost in the HUGE ATL airport.
-still figure out airport arrangements. We will probably have to drive ourselves now since we will not get back into columbus until 1030pm on dec 8th, and we live 2 hours from the airport. We cant expect family to come get us that late. so figure in more money to park the car.

That's all I have for now. Hopefully the rest of my list gets done in the next week or so

OMG, I love the shirts you got from Hot Topic! And I love your dress. You must be getting so excited because it's getting close.

 

[Disneymoon09]

OMG, I love the shirts you got from Hot Topic! And I love your dress. You must be getting so excited because it's getting close.

Thanks! I found all the shirts on the sale rack so I think they were around $38 for all 3! We are soooo excited! I keep thinking about how much I still have to do, but we are so ready for this! I love my dress too, it is actually a prom dress. I have the big white wedding dress, but its not me, or my style and I have no clue why i bought it. So if you know anyone who needs a wedding dress, I can hook them up!

 

[Disneymoon09]

ATL is big, but it's all linear, and they have a shuttle to take you from terminal to terminal. I suggest though, as soon as you get off the plane, check the departures board to make sure your gate didn't change - they like to do that a lot.

Thanks for the tip! I'm really frustrated because I was really liking the idea of non-stop. But oh well, at least we have a long enough layover that we wont feel rushed and like we will miss our next flight.

 

[ZeroToHero]

So if you know anyone who needs a wedding dress, I can hook them up!

....Totally. I wish.

One day........ maybe.

I love the Alice shirt too, by the way! I forgot to add that to my post above.

 

[Disneymoon09]

....Totally. I wish.

One day........ maybe.

I love the Alice shirt too, by the way! I forgot to add that to my post above.

Haha well you let me know, I'm sure I will always have it! I love the alice shirt too, but to be honest, I have never seen alice in wonderland ( i know, im a horrible disney fan), but i thought it was cute, and the back cut-out is adorable. I hope the weather is nice enough to be able to wear it.

 

[LOVEMY3KIDDOS]

Cute shirts and the dress is adorable!

 

[Disneymoon09]

Cute shirts and the dress is adorable!

Thanks! I can't wait to wear it!

 

[Disneymoon09]

Another mini update! I know you all love them so....

-FINALLY got airport transportation figured out! My parents will be driving all 5 of us to the airport. My DFi and I will be picked up on Dec.8th by his parents (he asked, I refused to ask them to pick us up so late, but if they are willing, im allll for it!) BIL will be picked up by his aunt and uncle on Dec. 4th, and my parents will drive themselves home. I will be giving them some money towards parking their truck at the airport, unless my sister can come get the truck and park it at her apt. complex. we'll see what her work schedule is.

-You know how i mentioned that DFi's aunt is coming and no one felt the need to tell me? Well they didnt tell us because it was suppossed to be a surprise! So of course DFi says something to his dad and he gets a little angry that we know. AND DFi's cousins from GA will be coming. So thats an extra 7 people coming that we would have had no idea about, and not been able to inform GKTW about. So I'm glad we know. I can at least make arrangements now with GKTW. I can't believe they were just going to show up! Kinda makes me a little annoyed, but it was all done with good intentions so that makes it better. I'm just glad everyone who wanted to come, is able. I guess

-We dont have to add an extra night for our dog at the boarder! BIL is going to pick her up, take her to our apt. and stay with her until we get home from the airport on Dec. 8th. Yay for an awesome BIL!

-Here is a photo of my lime green mickey head I will be sporting at WDW!

thanks to ILuvCrush for making this for me! I ordered the print off shutterfly.com so it will be nice and durable for the trip!

there is my mini update for today! enjoy!

 

[LOVEMY3KIDDOS]

Glad you got all of your transpotation issues worked out! It is so close now!!!!!!

 

[Disneymoon09]

Glad you got all of your transpotation issues worked out! It is so close now!!!!!!

so close, yet not close enough! I wish it were next tuesday, or tomorrow!

 

[mandy2012]

Thanks! I cant believe it is almost here! I did get quite a bit marked off my list though, so stay tuned for that update!!

Yay! And those shirts are sooooo cute!

 

[Disneymoon09]

Yay! And those shirts are sooooo cute!

Thanks! I almost took 2 of them back, but I'm glad I didnt! They will be perfect if the weather allows me to wear them!

 

[Disneymoon09]

So I'm just here to vent about work today.

I have 3 P/T jobs currently. One I hate, but since i work with my mom, we generally have no problems and work out our schedules really well together. So this job is not causing any problems

Second, I am a sub at a dental office as a Dental Hygienist (my career field), the office i work in is awful. I chose this office as my "dream job" because I have been a patient there my whole life, knew the staff, and it is a very high-tech and up to date office, which can be hard to find around here. But let me tell you, the staff are awful after you are on "the other side". The dentists wife runs and practice, and she is well, lets just say a few crayons shy of a full box. She is certifible. She has a voice like a 4 year old and it cuts through me everytime she talks to me. Here is an example of not only her craziness, but her awful personality. She is not a good person.

-she brings me into her office one day and talks to me about being hired at the hotel (my 3rd job). She isnt happy that I have found another job, but I tell her that since they dont offer benefits that I really need, then the hotel will have to work because that could eventually turn into full time with a benefits package. So I'm keeping it. She then proceeds to ask what im being paid, crunches the numbers and tells me i could make more in 2 weeks of working at the Dentist then I could working full time at the hotel. Ok, I get that, but still I NEED INSURANCE! So then she goes on and on about how sorry she feels for me and she knows my family has always had to struggle to make it and I have never had anything handed to me and how hard of a workers I am. (at this point I am in tears. yes what she is saying is true, but it takes some nerve to put it out there like that). She says how they are giving me the op to work for them because I have always been a patient and how poor I must be because I am a recent grad and cant find any full time work and on and on and on. So then I lose it, completely break down. And in the process fall right into her plan of making me feel awful about "turning my back" on dental hygiene. Ugh.

So this office is not where I want to be. Frankly I would like to tell them to shove it when they call me. But I need the money, and they know that, so there is nothing I can do at this point. They are playing me like a fiddle. They are also under paying me by about $5 an hour. double ugh!

Now on to job #3. The hotel. I clean rooms, or I clean the hotel itself. I only trained to be houseman (clean the hotel) if the scheduled houseman did not show up i could fill in. Now all of a sudden, I'm being scheduled as houseman! It wouldnt be so bad if the shift (7am-1pm) was shorter, or not so early. Because well, some days, I am done with my work before 10am. So then I have to stand around looking kinda busy for 4 more hours. Frustrating to say the least. THEN I am having issues with the days i am a room attendent. We each get a clipboard with assigned rooms. I am pretty fast (i can do a room in under 40 mins, typically), so when I am done if they wont send me home then I go around and help out the other girls as much as I can. i have even been known to take rooms from them to help out, generally I just help them in whatever rooms they are working on. BUT do you think that I ever get any help in return. NOPE. Sure it has been offered (maybe twice), but never followed up on. I even had one woman follow me to my last room to help me, but the guests werent out yet. So 10 mins later I go back, I can start cleaning, and hmmmm she is noooowhere to be found to help. And she only had to do 2 rooms that day. I did 5 full rooms and 2 stayovers (guests still in rooms). Frustrating to say the least. Our manager has no business managing, she can't make our room assignments even (since when is 6 and 3 the same number?!) and she has no idea what is going on most of the time. Trust me, If i were manager (dont we all have this fantasy! ) I would make assignments equal, and when one person was done, i would keep track of who they were helping and make it more even.

Sorry, I had to vent. I had such a frustrating day yesterday at the hotel I wanted to scream. And now the dentist office is yanking me around this week, so thank goodnesss our Disneymoon is 3 weeks away and my bridal shower is saturday!

 

[LOVEMY3KIDDOS]

Soon you will be in Disney! Think about that!

 

[Disneymoon09]

Soon you will be in Disney! Think about that!

I know! Like I said, that thought is about the only thing that kept me from going off yesterday! 3 weeks, 3 weeks. that was my chant