Double the Anniversaries, Double the Fun! Jan 2013 PTR | TR HAS STARTED! 2/13

[danimaroo]

Bahaha, welcome back to the east coast! It only started cooling down here a few days ago. I'm so used to humidity that when I went to the west coast I honestly felt like someone was directing a hair dryer at me with that dry heat. Eeeesh! We're used to what we're used to, ya know?

Glad you enjoyed your dinner! It was fun reading about your NYC trip!

Oh gosh, one time I tried to watch Jersey Shore. I wanted to see what all the fuss was about. Let's just say... I stopped watching after like three minutes.

That's really, really sad about your Tangled phone case... but I like your new one too!

Haha ugh, that heat/humidity was just groooosss. Just a reminder of what my summers in Boston were like. I will take the dry heat though any day! When I went to Vegas, it was SO hot, but I didn't mind it as much as humidity.

Glad you enjoyed my NYC trip! It definitely helped pass the time towards our Disney trips!

Jersey Shore is just so bad... yet so... good? No, no, what am I saying right now?! I can at least say I haven't watched an episode since my flight.

I still have my case, I just can't bear to throw it away!

I want to say that I love EVERYTHING about this update!

That noise? I know that noise!!! I think your description was spot on. I get it, and I want one. That Link made out of fan photos made me tear up a little; it's that kind of amazing.

Also love the Community shirt/hoodie! That store, though touristy, would be awesome to behold.

See, I didn't realize there are places that *don't* have paper placemats! I mean, Les Chefs has them, too, right? Doesn't that make the east coast really cultured?!?

Most importantly--I HAVE TO HAVE THOSE SOCK/SLIPPERS! Thank you for indulging two of my obsessions, Mickey and slippers. My husband will thank you, I'm sure.

Welp I am just elated that you enjoyed this update so much! PROOF that we'd be awesome friends in real life, juuust sayin'.

So glad you know what I'm talking about with that noise! It's a pretty awesome green shell, I won't lie. And that Link fan photo mosaic thing was awesome.

The NBC store was awesome, seriously. I could've bought so many more things in there!

Hahaha, the east coast is SO cultured, especially when "France" has these paper placemats!

GO BUY THEM RIGHT NOW! They were in the sock slipper section! The Minnie ones were pretty cute, too. I hope you are wearing them on your feet right at this moment!

Omg!!! I love your Mickey sock slippers!!!!!!!, I might just have to hop in my car and head to my Target!!! I so hope they have them here!

You must have been so happy to be home, 9 days is a long time away...I actually thought of you this past weekend, haha not stalking!! We drove thru Boston to Walpole and saw the building with the LOCK!! But, the lock wasn't on the building. My husband said, oh they must have taken it down, when I replied "my inside source tells me kids shoot bb's at it so it deflates" .he was impressed I knew that...lol

Thanks for sharing your Mini-trip with us! It was cool to read about your adventures in NY!

Ahh, did you end up getting them?! I seriously wore mine all weekend! And I plan on wearing them again this weekend! They were perfect.

9 days was a long time for me to be gone from my pups and Matt, though that's about the amount of time we spend away from our dogs when we go to Disney World.

I LOVE that you thought of me this weekend! Not stalking at all! And even better, you thought of me when you saw the LOCK building! I LOVE IT! You know what's funny? My mom totally drove past it last week and took a photo of it without the lock on and posted it on my wall. I'm glad my BB gun story was useful trivia for someone! Hahaha.

Ok... just caught up on your last NYC posts... chock full of good info...

(I'm home in bed today... I had a small out patient surgery yesterday... no biggie but the anesthesia didn't agree with me... but all is good... down day... good tea in new owl mug-love owls..., have the first season of Community to watch on DVD...(saw already but not on DVD) so I can just marathon through it... also actually broke down and actually bought Babel on disc instead of just downloading it so I can download it all over...plus play it on the computer while on here...things could be worse...

Aw I'm sorry you're home in bed! I hope your recovery is quick! But tea, in an owl mug, WITH season 1 of Community sounds really awesome. We were the same way with Babel! We bought it on iTunes, then purchased it on vinyl (we own a record player now and own both Mumford and Sons albums on vinyl)... And then when I'm at work I listen to it on Spotify. I'm a little obsessed.

Anyhow I had to take a couple of notes while I was reading so I could try some of these places you went to in NY...

Btw... Bryant Park has a really nice outdoor Christmas market if you're ever there during December...

I don't know if I'll ever be there in December but that sounds delightful! I love Christmas so much!

Yum for an Everything Bagel... they're so good you can eat them plain...

OMG, that bagel was seriously to die for!

I've seen the Big Gay Ice Cream Truck on the Food Network... they've either just gotten successful enough to get real estate or maybe have the truck and the shop... Wow... there are few combos that can beat vanilla, carmel, salt & chocolate...

I guess they very recently opened up the store! My friend had told me she had always visited the truck, but that now they had the actual shop. But that ice cream was delish!

Mayarhuels looks really fun---have to check out...

It's such an awesome place to get food and drinks; I HIGHLY suggest it!

Ditto- Venieros -always on the look out for a good cannoli

Oh man, I can't stop thinking about those pastries! They were SO good!

Ha Ha... coming from the Pacific Northwest... Humidity must seem hellish to you... (I've lived here my whole life and it seems hellish to me too...

Haha yes, VERY! I mean, I grew up in Boston until I moved here 7 years ago, so I know what a humid summer on the east coast is like, but I really do NOT miss it!

Rockefeller Plaza is a great place... if you ever get a chance... Top of the Rock has really great views...better imho than the Empire State Building... even though I love the ESB-it's so iconic... I feel the views are better at the Top of the Rock...

We thought about doing the Top of the Rock! I think next time I will have to check it out!

Hmmm... Have to get into the Rock store... need some shirts

Ditto Target... want those socks...

Basically I'm a shopping fiend over here... especially with clothes and Disney stuff.

Also writing down Annie Moores... have to check out...

It really was a great little spot to grab a quick dinner in that area!

Thank you to a Seattler for some great New York tips...

Haha, I'm glad I could give some decent tips, even as a total newbie in NYC!

so let me just tell you, my wife and I are on a diet and when i saw the fish and chips I almost said "the heck with it". We are hoping to reach our target weight before we go to Disney so we can the celibate all week long!!!!

Haha, so Matt and I tend to eat healthy (we've lost a combined 150 pounds between the two of us over the past year and a half), but vacations are kind of off-limits. Now that I'm home and back to my healthy eating, seeing the fish 'n chips KILLS me. It was so good!

HAHAHAHA!!!! This is MY husband, and clearly doesn't know how to spell...he wants to "celebrate" not be "celibate" (though with our daughter on an air mattress between our double beds, this is also a distinct possibility! )

When I saw what he posted and told him, we died laughing...

HAHAHAHAHAHA! OMG, I laughed SO hard at this! When I saw your husband's comment at first I was like... I know he meant celebrate but he totally said celibate, but I thought I'd just laughed it myself. Then you commented and I bust out laughing! SO funny.

 

[danimaroo]

I feel like I haven't updated in forever! I mean, that's not true, but it does feel that way a little bit!

I thought it couldn't hurt to pop in though and let you guys and gals know how things are going here.

So, some of you guys already know this but I decided that for this year's trips, and well, all future trips, I want to take video. Don't fret, there will still be many photos taken, but I REALLY would like to have video of our vacations.

SO! That being said, I also wanted to have a really solid camera for taking video. Add in the fact that my Nikon D40, while it takes fantastic photos, is a weebit old, and well, I was in the market for a new DSLR that has video-taking ability.

I did a bit of research on current Nikons in the market, and with the help of a few others, along with trying to stay within a reasonable price point, I narrowed it down to the Nikon D5100.

It's gotten great reviews on the photo-side of things, and I've now watched countless videos on YouTube taken with it as well... plus I am in LOVE with the swivel screen. I can't tell you how difficult it can be when I'm trying to get a photo from a weird angle and I can't even see what I'm taking a photo of. With this screen, I can basically have the ability to see what I'm taking a photo of and how it looks when filming/photographing from a weird angle.

Anyway, it's an early birthday gift to me, and I'm BEYOND excited. Even better, I WILL HAVE IT IN MY HANDS TODAY! Yep, but of course I have to wait until I get home from work to open it!

I am really looking forward to learning everything I can about it so by the time we're off to Disneyland, I've at least educated myself on how to take fabulous video with it.

Thanks to Karen (twoboysnmygirl), whose last TR had some excellent photos, I picked up a 35mm f/1.8 lens for myself awhile back and it easily became my favorite lens to use! So my plan for my trips is to primarily use that one because of it's low-light ability, and probably also my kit lens.

Okay sorry, I swear I'll stop talking photography now. I'm just really excited at the thought of having videos from our vacations along with photos, and obviously I'll be sharing them with you guys!

I've already told Matt he might have to be on photo duty sometimes when I'm taking video though; can't leave my TR-readers hanging with no photos!

ANYWAY! We're counting down the next few days until we can make our Holiday Time Tour reservations for Disneyland. You can only call 30 days out to make reservations for the tour, but I'm just itching to have them all taken care of!

Um, speaking of which, can I just say how weird it is to be waiting until 30 DAYS out to make reservations for things?! I mean, I'm just so used to the whole 180 days thing for ADRs at Disney World, so I feel like I've been trained to make these reservations so far in advance! This is definitely a whole new world for me, haha.

Speaking of which, it drives me bonkers that Disneyland doesn't release their park hours more than a month and a half in advance!

I don't really need to know the hours 8 months in advance, but it would be nice to know when we're trying to plan our days out a few months away from our trip.

They have put up the hours for the days we are there, buuuuut there's a catch.

Is anyone noticing the MASSIVE LACK OF A PARADE on the 30th and the 1st?!

Wompwomp. I've been trying to find out why there is such a lack of parade on the schedule, and from what I've gathered on the DLR boards, the CMs at DLR are focused on Halloween, so once all of the Halloween stuff is over, they'll have better updates/better ideas of what is happening for the holidays.

I normally really wouldn't care since we tend to keep our plans pretty open. However, because this is a shorter trip, we're on a tighter schedule and have been planning on November 30th to be our day for the Holiday Time Tour/Christmas Parade.

As part of the tour, you get reserved seats for the Christmas parade, which is a HUGE perk because of how insane it can get with people trying to get seats/spots for the parade.

Obviously I want to know that the parade is definitely happening that day so our Holiday Time Tour is more "worth it." I'm sure it is, and I suppose I should prepare myself if it ever gets canceled for inclement weather, but yeah.

I think our plan is to still do the tour no matter what, and hopefully they'll add the parade to their schedule here in the next few weeks.

Outside of that whole deal, I did do two other bits of preparing for our Disneyland trip... I bought our parking at Sea-Tac airport and reserved a shuttle to pick us up from Long Beach Airport to bring us to our hotel.

WOO, exciting stuff, I know.

We normally don't drive ourselves to the airport but we found it's actually cheaper to park at the airport for 4 days then it is to get a taxi just ONE WAY from our house.

Because our flight leaves in the morning on a weekday, we're pretty sure no one will be around to drive us to the airport, so this is definitely our best option.

The other transportation-related thing I took care of is making sure we have a ride from Long Beach Airport to our hotel, and back. No Magical Express over in Disneyland, so we'll be going with Zippy Shuttle, which I booked and paid for this morning.

Other than that, we're looking like we're in good shape! We still need to see about finding someone to watch our dogs while we're in Disneyland. Originally we planned on asking my in-laws but now we're thinking about seeing if someone else could just watch them and house-sit for us. Long story.

It's the little things you have to get taken care of around this time, so maybe that's why I am more anxious about DLR reservation/tour stuff being so last second.

In terms of our Disney World trip, seats opened up on our flight next to Matt and me, so now Bruce and Amy are sitting with us! Always makes the trip more fun when you have friends sitting with you.

Oh, and funny story (Jenn/Fantasyland Mom will enjoy this). Yesterday Matt had a meeting with someone who works at our company, and they were just chatting about random stuff afterwards, and somehow the topic of Disney World came up.

It turns out the guy did the College Program back in the day, working at Typhoon Lagoon and the Yacht and Beach Club!

So funny, and I guess he and his wife go every year/every other year now! YAY for more Disney fans at work!

But the part that Jenn will enjoy... when Matt brought up the possibility of us going again in September, the guy told him, "Oh, you HAVE to go in September. It's the best time to go!" So there you go Jenn, we've got even more people working on convincing us!

So, in 5 weeks, we'll be walking around Disneyland or California Adventure, and in less than 3 months now, we'll be in Disney World!! Trust me, my mind is blown over this.

This weekend, we're planning on a trip to the Disney Store (there's so much cute stuff I must buuuuy!) and watching some Halloween movies, yay!

This post has gone too long without a photo... So I'll leave you with this adorable photo of Matt and his cousin with Retro Epcot Minnie.

So, so 80s.

 

[Twoboysnmygirl]

Noooo! Don't stop talking photography!!! The 5100 sounds like a good match for you! Cannot wait to see your pics and video. I'm glad you love the 35 1.8! I love it too, it is on my camera a majority of the time!

Disneyland has no ME? Wow, lots of differences! BUT, the plus side is that once you get your reservations done, it will be really really fast and your trip will be here! I'm always a little "bored" after those 180 day ADRS.

Excuse any typos, on my phone!

 

[beachphotog]

Yay!! The 5100 is so amazing! But you knew I felt that way, lol!

Haha, I lobe finding more Disney lovng people.

And that 80's picture is so very 80's!!

 

[PracPerfPatricia]

OMG-Holiday Tour/Christmas Parade sounds awesome... can't wait to hear all about that...

Love the retro Minnie... how cute is Matt?

Sigh... I aspire to photographic excellence so I'm also eager to learn from others... I think I have a good eye... I just need to get that eye to transfer to my hands... and make good things happen...

I like a mix of photos and videos...

 

[MrsBearcat]

The retro picture is awesome but, I have to say Matt looks like he may be embarrassed or scared lol

 

[Fantasyland Mom]

OH MY GOSH! I AM SO HAPPY!! What you don't know is that I recruited him to work on you for me. I am convinced my next trip will not be complete without you guys in it.

As for the camera--YAY! Brandon loves the 35mm/1.8 (Canon version, though), so I'm totally with ya on that. We don't own it, but he rented it for our beach vacation and fell in love. Now it's next on his list!

No lie, I got a bit confused between reading DLR/DSLR. I am SO not used to the DLR acronym! In fact, DLR in general just confuses me. Things are just so different! You think you know Disney, then BAM! DLR.

 

[Fantasyland Mom]

Oh, AND I forgot to mention that I am wearing the Minnie sock slippers right this second. Hooray for friends who feed my addiction!

 

[marDgreen88]

I don't know anything about fancy cameras but YAY!

I think it would drive me crazy to not book anything for that long! GOOD LORD. Like, a month? Although that isn't true, on my first Disney trip we didn't even book until a month in advance and I did all the ADRs less than a month out... but now it seems crazy to have to do that.

OH NO! I hope there is a parade on the day you do the tour! That would stink. I've watched that parade on you tube like 100 times (because I doubt I'll be seeing it in person anytime soon) and it's fantastic!

Hahah that picture. I'm so glad you mentioned that was his cousin because when you posted that on twitter a while back I was seriously confused. Like, they let random kids take pictures together? How odd!

 

[danimaroo]

Noooo! Don't stop talking photography!!! The 5100 sounds like a good match for you! Cannot wait to see your pics and video. I'm glad you love the 35 1.8! I love it too, it is on my camera a majority of the time!

Disneyland has no ME? Wow, lots of differences! BUT, the plus side is that once you get your reservations done, it will be really really fast and your trip will be here! I'm always a little "bored" after those 180 day ADRS.

Excuse any typos, on my phone!

Hahaha, I knew you'd be one of the people who loves my photography chatter! I am so excited about this camera; it's seriously awesome. The 35mm really is my favorite lens ever; thanks again to your fabulous photos I was sold on it!

No ME, it's a bummer! Disneyland is VERY different than Disney World; it's definitely way more of a local park vs. having a ton of tourists. It's very true what you said about the reservations! I cannot believe we are 30 days away from our trip... AND you're SO close to yours!! I can't wait to read all about it!

Yay!! The 5100 is so amazing! But you knew I felt that way, lol!

Haha, I lobe finding more Disney lovng people.

And that 80's picture is so very 80's!!

Ahhh you know my love for it already, and you were very helpful in pushing me towards it!

Finding Disney lovers is just the best, seems like everyone else thinks we're nuts!

That photo is so 80s and I love it; and also how shy Matt was around characters!

OMG-Holiday Tour/Christmas Parade sounds awesome... can't wait to hear all about that...

Love the retro Minnie... how cute is Matt?

Sigh... I aspire to photographic excellence so I'm also eager to learn from others... I think I have a good eye... I just need to get that eye to transfer to my hands... and make good things happen...

I like a mix of photos and videos...

I am SO excited for it! I've never done a tour at Disney but this one sounds seriously awesome! I read Tom Bricker's review of it and figured it'd be a must-do for us, especially with the reserved seats for the parade!

Haha Matt was an adorably shy child. He got so shy around characters... except Chip 'n Dale and Goofy! Chip 'n Dale pretended they were shy and that totally made Matt come out of his shell; and Goofy's just plain ol' goofy so obviously Matt was okay with him, hahaha.

You can totally do it! I'm definitely an amateur but it's a fun hobby to get into! I've enjoyed learning and want to learn SO much more!

Glad you like the mix of photos/video; I'm the same way. I love watching people's videos of their vacations!

The retro picture is awesome but, I have to say Matt looks like he may be embarrassed or scared lol

Haha he was SUPER shy when he was a little boy and very shy around the characters! The only ones he ever broke out of his shell with were Chip 'n Dale and Goofy. That photo cracks me up because he is just NOT feelin' it with Minnie!

OH MY GOSH! I AM SO HAPPY!! What you don't know is that I recruited him to work on you for me. I am convinced my next trip will not be complete without you guys in it.

As for the camera--YAY! Brandon loves the 35mm/1.8 (Canon version, though), so I'm totally with ya on that. We don't own it, but he rented it for our beach vacation and fell in love. Now it's next on his list!

No lie, I got a bit confused between reading DLR/DSLR. I am SO not used to the DLR acronym! In fact, DLR in general just confuses me. Things are just so different! You think you know Disney, then BAM! DLR.

Haha YES! We're also thinking if we do it, it'll be to celebrate our 10th anniversary of being together. I can't believe we've been together for almost 10 years; it's kind of bonkers.

Yeah, that lens is awesome! Super fantastic for portrait shots! I'm hoping my 18-55mm kit lens will cut it for the more wide-angle shots. I doubt I'll lug around my zoom lens on our trips, but who knows! I just don't want to have TOO many lenses with me, haha.

I am all over these acronyms! I got super confused when I looked at the Disneyland boards, but I think I got it down now. DLR is Disneyland Resort. I think I might just stick with DL though, or Disneyland. Sorry for the confusion over here, haha. Disneyland is way more different from Disney World, especially in the planning department!

Oh, AND I forgot to mention that I am wearing the Minnie sock slippers right this second. Hooray for friends who feed my addiction!

HECK YES! We are awesome with our slipper socks!

I don't know anything about fancy cameras but YAY!

I think it would drive me crazy to not book anything for that long! GOOD LORD. Like, a month? Although that isn't true, on my first Disney trip we didn't even book until a month in advance and I did all the ADRs less than a month out... but now it seems crazy to have to do that.

OH NO! I hope there is a parade on the day you do the tour! That would stink. I've watched that parade on you tube like 100 times (because I doubt I'll be seeing it in person anytime soon) and it's fantastic!

Hahah that picture. I'm so glad you mentioned that was his cousin because when you posted that on twitter a while back I was seriously confused. Like, they let random kids take pictures together? How odd!

Haha, I'm very excited for it! It'll get good use during our trips, that is for sure!

I KNOW, trust me, it threw me off. I was like, "What do you mean I have to wait a month out to book my darn tour?!" And I was the same way with our honeymoon; we made like, no ADRs for that trip! Matt insisted we didn't need to; needless to say, we had a few nights where we had no idea where to eat because things were booked up. But that also led to our discovery of Raglan Road, so I can't complain!

It sounds like there will be a parade! I don't even know why I was sweating it, hahaha. I am SO excited to see it though; trying to keep myself in the dark on it so it's all brand new to me when I see it!

Hahaha, yeah, that's his cousin Laura... not just some random child with him while he's being mega shy with Retro Minnie.

OMG SIDE NOTE! We started watching Once Upon a Time! I thought of you when we watched the pilot; I'm definitely enjoying it so far! We've gotten through 3 episodes, can't wait to watch more this week!

 

[danimaroo]

Hey guys. Sorry I haven't been around a whole lot. Just been a lot happening around here as of late, some good and some bad, but I finally have some time to write an update for you. Going to try to keep things happy around here though.

Guess I'll start with the bad news. Yesterday my uncle/godfather passed away from cancer.

I mean, it's not a complete shock because he was diagnosed with Stage IV stomach cancer, but he was only 50, and just a wonderful, wonderful person.

He loved his kids more than anything, both of whom are younger (one just start college, the other's in middle school) and his wife dearly. He was always the kindest person and I always looked forward to seeing him at family parties. He's my mom's brother, and there were 13 of them growing up, so our family parties are huge and boisterous.

I just always loved seeing him and catching up, or sometimes even chatting on Facebook with him... Ugh, it's just difficult to think I won't see him again. I'm just really going to miss him...

If you could just keep my grandmother, uncles and aunts, and most importantly, his wife and two kids in your thoughts, that would be amazing. <3

I'm trying to keep things happy (in my mind, I know my uncle would want me to be happy; he's very much the type of person who wants everyone he loves to keep their spirits high)... so I figure I can chat about some fun things...

This morning I booked our reservations for the Holiday Time Tour for Nov. 30th at 12:30pm! This also means we are 30 days away from our trip, which I can't even believe.

We decided to opt for the earlier tour because we have dinner reservations at Blue Bayou that night. I asked the CM about what time the parade would be at, and she said she thought it'd be around 3:15 or so... so it sounds like they're just behind in putting up the parade schedule for Nov 30th-December... I'm not going to sweat it too much though, I mean, obviously they'll have the parade, which I am SO excited for.

The other awesome thing is we scored a 20% off discount with our new Disney debit cards! Yup, you get 20% off of select tours at Disney, so that worked out! I'm tellin' you, if you haven't already, you guys should think about getting that card! So many awesome perks to it.

Speaking of which, this past weekend, we hit up our local Disney Store, and we hit it hard... all still while getting a 10% discount on everything we bought with our snazzy Disney debit card! (I swear I'm sure I sound like I'm selling it over here, but it's that awesome)...

I ended up buying a new Wreck-It Ralph Pop! Vinyl, and he now sits on my desk at work...

Along with a Wreck-It Ralph t-shirt, which I am totally going to wear on Friday when we go see it in theaters (I promise I'll post a photo of it next update!)

I also bought the new Jingle Smells Vinylmation, and they're so cute and smell awesome!

Along with this adorable Holiday 2012 Vinylmation called "Stuck Duck."

The best part? They're all Christmas ornaments! So we will most definitely be putting those on our tree!

We ALSO picked up some other Christmas ornaments; they were having a good sale, I think 2 for $20!

I just love chatting with the CMs at the Disney Store; some of them are so nice and it's always a blast chatting with people who love Disney parks!

In other good news, we have a dog/housesitter for while we're gone on our Disneyland trip.

Our friend Brian will be taking care of them, which he did once before when we were in Boston for a wedding. He's a wonderful friend and we're happy he's willing to look after them.

Anya thinks he is her boyfriend so I'm sure she'll be one happy puppy while we're gone. Definitely nice to know that that is all taken care of and we're all set for our trip to Disneyland!

Oh, last but most CERTAINLY not least...

We carved our pumpkins this past weekend, and of course, with my new snazzy camera, I took photos... AND VIDEO!

We're nerds.

I figure I'll save the reveal of our pumpkins for the video I put together! And yes, they are very Disney-related!

I wanted to mess around with my camera's video options and so I threw this together using iMovie on my iMac. The music is Mumford and Sons' "Babel", which I know some of you will enjoy.

I am already beyond excited for the videos I am going to put together for our Disney trips, holidays, and other fun life events! I hope you enjoy this little dorky montage of our evening of carving! Check it out here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Se1uRN28loY

I'll have an update again hopefully later this week, definitely with photos of our Halloween costumes for sure.

 

[beachphotog]

I really am sorry for your loss. Your whole family is in my prayers. We had a tough two weeks in my company losing employees. Not family, but it just makes you grab on to those around a little tighter, you know?

Hooray for more Disneyland planning! I swear I'll get there one day, since it's Walt's original park... But for now, I can live vicariously through the Dis! Thanks for that!

Seriously, great haul on the vinylmations and ornaments! Disney sales are the greatest!

And HELLOOOOOOOO! Aren't Mumford and Sons perfect? Like, their lyrics always put me in a better mood!

Hope the rest of your week gets better and keep on looking for the positives!

 

[sunnysideup3]

I'm so sorry to hear about your uncle. My thoughts and prayers are with you and your family.

Can't wait to see your pumpkins! Ours were Disney themed, but have rotted away in the cold WI weather...

 

[mouseketeer70]

So sorry for your loss! Whether you know it's coming or not, it's still hard to lose someone you love. Keeping your family in my thoughts and prayers.

 

[crazyforstitch]

LOVE the Pumpkins and the whole house, We don't go all out for the house but we do for the Pumpkins.(see my wife's post) Also, Great song i actually started listening to mums and sons after I saw your post about them, so thanks for some good tunage advice, got anymore. and sorry to hear about your uncle.

 

[fanofWD]

We are so sorry for your loss, he sounds like he was a great person I hope you have a wonderful Halloween and can't wait to see pics of you two as finn and jake (now the theme song will be in my head instead of Babel)

Here's the pic for my husband of our pumpkins:

 

[marDgreen88]

I know I said this on twitter, but I'm so sorry you lost your uncle. He sounds like he was just awesome. I've been praying for yall!

Glad you were able to book! Not long now!!!!!!!!!!

Love that video. Those pumpkins are just fantastic!

 

[Aussiesalad]

I'm so sorry for your loss

Your trip is so close!! That is so exciting for you guys.
Disneyland is so so so much fun!!

I love stuck duck!!

Your new snazzy camera seems to be taking very snazzy pics and video!
You are going to get such great pics at DL!

 

[407-W-DISNEY]

Oh Dani,
I am so, so sorry about your Uncle...how sad. I hope everyone is doing the best they can...

Hope you got to see Wreck it Ralph last night!
Nope, still haven't gotten the slippers...I never made it that night and the last time I was in Target I FORGOT about them-duh!
Glad you got a dog/house sitter, that can be stressful...
Yeah for sitting next to your friends on the plane!!

You will be in Disneyland before you know it!

 

[Nermel9]

Hi, I'm joining in, I know I'm a little late, I'll have to go back and get caught up, just wanted to say hi! And that I'm so sorry for the loss of your uncle, 50 is much too young.

On a happier note, I'm excited to hear about your DLR and WDW plans! I dream of going to DLR someday! As for WDW, I'll be there in 5 days, ahhhh can't wait! I'd say come on over to my PTR if you want, but it will be over soon, so it's kind of pointless!

Oh, love your Vinyls, especially the Red Sox one! Love finding Sox fans on the DIS!