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

[Stringbean&Wingnut]

I'm so sorry for your loss

Wreck-It Ralph looks like it's going to be really cool - I'm excited to hear what you thought of it!

 

[danimaroo]

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!

Thanks so much, I appreciate it. It's definitely really difficult and makes you think about your relationship with those closest to you.

Haha noooo problem! I figure since we're on the west coast and we are only a few hours away from Disneyland, we might as well go enjoy it! I'm hoping we love it so we can always visit there when Disney World isn't necessarily in the cards.

Disney sales are the best. There is a Vinylmation one going on right now. I have a coupon for 25% off that I'm hoping I can use on it for Thursday, but we'll see!

Mumford and Sons really are the best! And thanks again for all of the nice comments.

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...

Thanks so much, it's been tough for everyone because of how much of an amazing person he was, but we're all hanging in there!

I hope you were able to watch the video of the pumpkins! They were awesome; I was sad to throw them away, haha.

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.

Thank you so much, I really appreciate the kind thoughts and prayers.

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.

Thanks so much! I lovelovelove your pumpkins!! You guys really DO go all out with them! Seriously impressive!

Mumford and Sons are the best, so I'm glad you've given them a listen! And thanks for the thoughts.

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:

Thank you so much, he was wonderful.

I'm excited to post photos of our costumes! They ended up being a huge hit with our trick or treaters, so I'll have to tell you about that in my next update!

Again, your pumpkins are AWESOME! Huge amounts of kudos from me on those!

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!

Thanks so much Marissa, he really was a wonderful man.

Not long at all! I can't believe how close it is and we're going to be in Disneyland, ahhhh!

And thanks! I was pretty happy with our cute pumpkins, hahaha.

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!

Thank you.

Our trip is crazy close! I am wicked excited to see everything decked out for Christmas, it's going to be awesome!

Stuck duck cracks me up, such a cute Vinyl!

Our camera does take some awesome pictures and video, so here's hoping I get some good stuff in Disneyland!!

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!

Thanks so much, I appreciate the good thoughts. We're hanging in there, but it's tough...

We did see Wreck-It Ralph on opening night Friday! We absolutely ADORED it. Seriously, such a cute movie. I even wore my Wreck-It Ralph t-shirt to the movie, hahaha.

So sad about the slippers, you must get them next time you go!!

We're happy about the house/dogsitter, too. It's always hard to find people willing to do it, but we know our doggies are in good hands with Brian.

I know, I can't believe we're so close to our trip! Which reminds me, I need to get our luggage tags for that trip printed and laminated! Thanks for indirectly reminding me, hahaha.

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!

Hey, it's never too late! But thanks so much for joining!! Plus, you're joining as I get closer to my trips and have way more to update on!

Thank you for the well wishes, it really is way too young.

I am VERY excited for Disneyland! I just can't believe how close it is! And I am SO JEALOUS you'll be in WDW in like, no time! Seriously! But I promise I will join your TR when you get back, I'll make sure to look out for it!

And thanks, I love my Vinyls! My collection just seems to continue to grow though. I love the Sox! I'm from Boston, so I had to have the Boston pride Vinylmation, of course.

I'm so sorry for your loss

Wreck-It Ralph looks like it's going to be really cool - I'm excited to hear what you thought of it!

Thank you so much.

Wreck-It Ralph was AWESOME! I seriously loved it so much! You should definitely go see it. I just now want Ralph to be my friend in real life, bahaha.

 

[Terkina]

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:

How great they look. I whish they made cute ones like that here in Norway. But in Norway it's all about making the scariest and horrible things as possible for Halloween


Danielle I'm so sorry for your lost. 50 years old is so young

 

[danimaroo]

How great they look. I whish they made cute ones like that here in Norway. But in Norway it's all about making the scariest and horrible things as possible for Halloween


Danielle I'm so sorry for your lost. 50 years old is so young

Thank you. And I know, way way too young. His kids are still so young, the whole thing is just so sad. But at least he is no longer suffering...

 

[danimaroo]

Gah, sorry I've been kind of MIA the past bit. I've been in a little funk since my uncle's passing and yeah, just feeling kind of quiet, I guess?

But I'm starting to snap out of it, especially when I realize that we're so close to so many awesome events.

In just over two weeks, Thanksgiving is here, which is one of my absolute FAVORITE holidays of the year! Pair that up with Black Friday being the day after, and I'm pretty excited.

This is actually the first year in maaaany years I have Black Friday off! I used to work as a barista and we basically had the choice of working on Thanksgiving and Black Friday OR Christmas Eve/Christmas Day. I always opted for Thanksgiving and Black Friday, especially since I always had the morning shift anyway.

THEN after I got a job working at an investment firm, unfortunately the market was open on Black Friday so I had to actually go into work. Last year was a bit insane, because I still participated in the whole going out at like 2am-6am, slept for an hour, then went into work until noon, haha. The one nice thing was I got to see the Thanksgiving Day parade from above in my office. Needless to say, by the time I finally got home from work/shopping, I was pretty exhausted and NOT very helpful in putting up our Christmas decorations.

ANYWAY, my company I work for now gives us both Thanksgiving and Black Friday off, which is very much appreciated! So I'll probably go out early in the morning with Amy like we have the past 2 years, then come home to sleep, before getting up and helping Matt decorate the inside and outside of our house!

THEN, the week after that, the 28th is my birthday, and the very next morning, we'll be on a plane to DISNEYLAAAAAND!

Seriously, all of those wonderful things happening has most definitely cheered this girl up, and then some!

Okay, so all of that fun stuff aside, I promised you photos of our Halloween costumes, so here they are!

Our co-worker AJ was Ice King, and so yeah, our trio was awesome.

Oh, and this is me being an apparent creeper from my desk, hahaha.

Anyway, while we weren't as recognized at work as I'd hoped, our trick or treaters went NUTS over our costumes! It was so cute; one girl even asked to have her photo taken with us, hahaha.

Kids were ALSO super excited about us giving out full-size candy bars. Oh, and we played the Haunted Mansion music through speakers set outside of our door... I took video of it for you guys, just on my iPhone, because I knew you guys on the DIS would appreciate this! Check it out here: http://www.facebook.com/v/10150253893064944

My favorite quote of the night had to be from a girl who was 7 or 8 and upon getting her candy bar, said, word for word, "THANK YOU SO MUCH! This is absolutely WONDERFUL!"



Seriously, why are kids the cutest?!

We also had a Mom tell us that her son said his very first words ("Trick or Treat") last year at our house on Halloween! How awesome is that?!

Anyway, we had a great time giving out candy on Halloween and had a great turnout at our house!

Now that Halloween is over, we're just starting to get ready for the Christmas season and our trip. I actually called and changed our Holiday Tour time for Disneyland.

We originally were scheduled to do the 12:15 tour, for the parade at 3:00, but then I started to think about how much BETTER I bet the parade is at night!

The later parade is at 5:30, and because our reservation at Blue Bayou isn't until 7pm, we figured that would still give us enough time to make it from the parade over to New Orleans Square for dinner.

So yeah, we're now going to see the later parade and do a later tour, which I think will be for the best anyway because I'm sure as the day goes on, more and more crowds will show up, so that gives us time to go on lots of rides before things get insane.

I'm anticipating for things to be very busy while we're there, especially during the Candlelight Processional.

However, I'm thinking we will be over in DCA while that is happening, since we'll be having dinner at DCA and seeing World of Color on Saturday night, which is the first night of the CP.

OH MAN, speaking of random awesome things... Did you guys know that they JUST opened up an Earl of Sandwich at DTD in Disneyland?! I am SO exciteeeed!

We're planning to eat there on Thursday night after the park closes and we're spending some time over in DTD. You just can't beat Earl of Sandwich, I swear!

One last thing! For our trip to Disney World, we are going to do the PhotoPass+! I'm pretty excited because this means when I do my TRs, I no longer have to show you the ghetto version of our attraction photos... Instead, you can see them in all of the non-blurry glory!

Long story short, they dropped the pre-order price of the PhotoPass+ to $150, and well, for us it meant paying only another $25 to have it.

Because we have a tradition of buying a PhotoPass attraction photo from every trip, and they're already $14.95, we might as well spend another $10 to have access to ALL of our attraction photos... So that's definitely an exciting thing to have!

Anyway, that's all I've got for now. I promise I'll have more to share in the coming weeks as we get closer to our Disneyland trip and all sorts of other fun happenings this month! Thanks for sticking with me through all of my whacky and not-so-Disney-related updates!

 

[Terkina]

great Halloween costumes you both got. Once again much better compared to Norway and the awfull costumes the kids go with here. The more horrible and scarry they look the better they think it is.

How great that you get black Friday off from work. Hope you get a lot of bargains at the stores

 

[PracPerfPatricia]

First, I am really sorry about your uncle... that's tragic to pass so young and with youngish children... So sorry for them and your aunt and whole family...


You are Halloween Royalty, DS apparently was reading over my shoulder and goes " Oh look it's Finn and Jake-cool" so he thinks you're pretty cool...

and in kid world giving out whole size candy bars... man that makes you extra cool... (now depending on what kind of candy you gave out... you could break the the triple crown... I'll have to check out your video to see if I can figure it out...

Wreck it Ralph-really clever ideas, great film... (I just wish they had edited a little bit tighter) but I loved it... Talk about nerdy... We didn't have power on Friday night... so we went out for dinner at a diner... Then we went to see Wreck it Ralph... stopped at Target on the way home (to our cold, dark powerless house) and scored the last pair of Minnie socks and a pair of the Mickey ones... and then read Percy Jackson by firelight...

It was super fun but I think DD and I got a little too excited upon scoring the slippers...

 

[onelilspark]

I don't know how I missed it earlier, but I'm sorry for your loss

I can't believe it's almost Thanksgiving! I'm excited for you to be off to Disneyland! We absolutely loved what they did to DCA (...which reminds me that I still need to finish my TR on my blog...hmmm) You're going to absolutely love it!

 

[marDgreen88]

I wish I was cool enough to understand yall's costumes!

Omg... I left this page up and forgot about it and went to brush my teeth (it's a very long and involved process, unfortunately) and then I came back and I have forgotten everything else I was gonna say! Uh... LAME, MARISSA.

Anyways... it's crazy how soon everything is for you! Yall are gonna have an awesome few months here soon!

 

[crazyforstitch]

How great they look. I whish they made cute ones like that here in Norway. But in Norway it's all about making the scariest and horrible things as possible for Halloween


Danielle I'm so sorry for your lost. 50 years old is so young

I don't think Norway is that much different than the US everyone does scary pumpkins here too, its just we see things through mickey colored glasses.

 

[mouseketeer70]

Love the costumes! How fun you got to dress up for work!
Yay for Disneyland being right around the corner!
And wow that's a good deal on the Photopass+! You're right it's pretty much a no-brainer to get it at that price.
Funny you call them "ghetto" pics, we call them "redneck" pics! Guess it's kind of like "pop" vs. "soda" vs. "coke"

 

[crazyforstitch]

I honestly can't stand the show, my wife watches it all the time and i just stair at the screen and wonder why? but with that being said, you look awesome in your costumes. Also super excited that you get to participate in the Black Friday Festivities, My wife and wouldn't miss it for the world.

 

[Aussiesalad]

You guys look awesome in your costumes!!

My favourite picture is the one of you lurking behind the desk

Your trip is sooo sooooon! Yay for Earl of Sandwich! I just love their DTD area!
That's awesome about your job too. More holidays off is always a good thing!
Well Black Friday isn't a holiday but it should be!

 

[fanofWD]

Please excuse my husband, he doesn't get awesome humor. My fav photo was also the one of you lurking...I nearly wet myself.

Oh, and here is the pic we promised you of my DH and I as Carl and Ellie from UP:

 

[__disneygirl]

I am in NYC all the time and even I love going by Radio City and NBC studios. Yeah, super touristy but still so exciting! It reminds me how lucky I am to be from this area, I mean people watch from all over the world but getting to see it is just amazing. I'm obsessed with 30 Rock and have tried to get on it as an extra so many times, but it's like the hardest show to get on! Boo. I'M SO SAD IT'S ENDING! Only a few episodes left... what will I DO?

$5 water bottles. I HATE NEW YORK. hahahahaha

Don't feel bad. I have watched endless hours of Jersey Shore. I have seen every episode except for the most recent season. I feel like something is missing in my life, but I really don't have time! Ahh.. someday.

Loved your NY TR, and OH MY GODKJFAKLSDJ THOSE MICKEY SLIPPERS. I HAVE TO GO TO TARGET TONIGHT, OH M YGOOOOOOOD. I hope they are still available. I love your phone case too. There are so many super creative Disney ones out there that I seriously want an iPhone just for this reason!

That retro Epcot Minnie is AWESOME!! I wish they had more Epcotty costumes these days. That looks so cool.

My condolences on your uncle. I am so so sorry. We have been through that in my family too, it's the worst thing in the world. I hope your family is doing OK and you are able to stay strong while thinking of your upcoming trips. Disney never fails to make me feel better when I'm going through something even that bad, so hopefully it's helping you guys too.

You guys looked GREAT in your costumes! I love that you can go to work looking like that, so awesome. And the way you've decorated your desk is just amazing.

 

[Twoboysnmygirl]

Dani....where are youuuuuuuuu?!?!?? Miss ya! Your trip is coming up before you know it, I cannot wait to hear all about it!

Photopass+ will be great for you! Rey & I didn't get photopass this time, I thought my cameras shots would be fine, but I had a strange lens on and it ended up that the photopass shots were better, so I had to pay separately for a couple of them that I didn't want to let go. Our Feb. mother/daughter trip I'm already in a photopass share b/c I learned my lesson. Unfortunately, I cannot do plus in a share, but that's no biggie, I rarely like the ride photos!

 

[danimaroo]

great Halloween costumes you both got. Once again much better compared to Norway and the awfull costumes the kids go with here. The more horrible and scarry they look the better they think it is.

How great that you get black Friday off from work. Hope you get a lot of bargains at the stores

Thank you very much! No scary costumes for us!

I hope so, too. I really need to sit down and figure out my attack plan with my friend who I'll be shopping with, hahaha.

First, I am really sorry about your uncle... that's tragic to pass so young and with youngish children... So sorry for them and your aunt and whole family...

Thank you very much.


You are Halloween Royalty, DS apparently was reading over my shoulder and goes " Oh look it's Finn and Jake-cool" so he thinks you're pretty cool...

Haha that is amazing! Glad to think he thinks we're pretty a-okay.

and in kid world giving out whole size candy bars... man that makes you extra cool... (now depending on what kind of candy you gave out... you could break the the triple crown... I'll have to check out your video to see if I can figure it out...

Haha, we gave out a good variety I think! I was surprised at how many kids wanted Hershey bars!

Wreck it Ralph-really clever ideas, great film... (I just wish they had edited a little bit tighter) but I loved it... Talk about nerdy... We didn't have power on Friday night... so we went out for dinner at a diner... Then we went to see Wreck it Ralph... stopped at Target on the way home (to our cold, dark powerless house) and scored the last pair of Minnie socks and a pair of the Mickey ones... and then read Percy Jackson by firelight...

That sounds like a WONDERFUL night to me! I'm sorry you guys were without power though, not fun! And I'm glad you liked Wreck-it Ralph, too!

It was super fun but I think DD and I got a little too excited upon scoring the slippers...

Haha hey, there is nothing wrong with getting overly excited about super cute socks!

I don't know how I missed it earlier, but I'm sorry for your loss

I can't believe it's almost Thanksgiving! I'm excited for you to be off to Disneyland! We absolutely loved what they did to DCA (...which reminds me that I still need to finish my TR on my blog...hmmm) You're going to absolutely love it!

Thank you. I know, it's so insane to me. Like, where the heck has time GONE?! And next thing I know, I'll be in Disneyland! Craziness. I can't WAIT for this trip and to tell you guys about it!

I wish I was cool enough to understand yall's costumes!

Omg... I left this page up and forgot about it and went to brush my teeth (it's a very long and involved process, unfortunately) and then I came back and I have forgotten everything else I was gonna say! Uh... LAME, MARISSA.

Anyways... it's crazy how soon everything is for you! Yall are gonna have an awesome few months here soon!

Haha, it's a dorky but hilarious show we love, so don't worry about it. A lot of people we work with didn't get it!

I am SO excited with how close everything is. You're not kidding; it's going to be quite an amazing few months!

Love the costumes! How fun you got to dress up for work!
Yay for Disneyland being right around the corner!
And wow that's a good deal on the Photopass+! You're right it's pretty much a no-brainer to get it at that price.
Funny you call them "ghetto" pics, we call them "redneck" pics! Guess it's kind of like "pop" vs. "soda" vs. "coke"

YES IT IS! Woohooooo! And PP+, I'm leading the share, so it worked out very well for us! I can't wait to get lots of hilarious ride photos, haha.

HAHA I love the redneck vs. ghetto. They're basically just overall terribly blurry photos.

I honestly can't stand the show, my wife watches it all the time and i just stair at the screen and wonder why? but with that being said, you look awesome in your costumes. Also super excited that you get to participate in the Black Friday Festivities, My wife and wouldn't miss it for the world.

Hahaha because it's hilarious! Your wife knows what I'm sayin'! But thank you.

I'm pretty excited for Black Friday; I just need to figure out WHERE everything I need is!

You guys look awesome in your costumes!!

My favourite picture is the one of you lurking behind the desk

Your trip is sooo sooooon! Yay for Earl of Sandwich! I just love their DTD area!
That's awesome about your job too. More holidays off is always a good thing!
Well Black Friday isn't a holiday but it should be!

Thank you!

That photo CRACKED me up. I'm just looking like a creepster!

I know, I can't wait to go! And enjoy delicious Earl of Sandwich, and just basically go nuts while we're there.

And I agree, I'll take that extra day off for sure! Going into work isn't much fun on Black Friday.

Please excuse my husband, he doesn't get awesome humor. My fav photo was also the one of you lurking...I nearly wet myself.

Oh, and here is the pic we promised you of my DH and I as Carl and Ellie from UP:

Hahaha, but you get it, and that rules! And yes, I died when I saw that photo, too, hahaha.

OMG YOUR COSTUMES! THEY ARE AMAAAAZING! Seriously, you guys are ADORABLE! I lovelovelove it.

I am in NYC all the time and even I love going by Radio City and NBC studios. Yeah, super touristy but still so exciting! It reminds me how lucky I am to be from this area, I mean people watch from all over the world but getting to see it is just amazing. I'm obsessed with 30 Rock and have tried to get on it as an extra so many times, but it's like the hardest show to get on! Boo. I'M SO SAD IT'S ENDING! Only a few episodes left... what will I DO?

Heck yes. I wish you were an extra, then I'd be all.. "HEY I KNOW HER!" Hahaha.

$5 water bottles. I HATE NEW YORK. hahahahaha

OMG they were ridiculous... but I just ended up expensing it anyway.

Don't feel bad. I have watched endless hours of Jersey Shore. I have seen every episode except for the most recent season. I feel like something is missing in my life, but I really don't have time! Ahh.. someday.

OMG, it's absurd, that show. I have only seen that one episode from this season while on the plane, hahaha.

Loved your NY TR, and OH MY GODKJFAKLSDJ THOSE MICKEY SLIPPERS. I HAVE TO GO TO TARGET TONIGHT, OH M YGOOOOOOOD. I hope they are still available. I love your phone case too. There are so many super creative Disney ones out there that I seriously want an iPhone just for this reason!

I hope you found them! I'm in loooove with those slippers. And there seriously are way too many cute iPhone covers, for real.

That retro Epcot Minnie is AWESOME!! I wish they had more Epcotty costumes these days. That looks so cool.

Haha I agree! I even have a Vinylmation of Epcot Retro Mickey, it's so cute.

My condolences on your uncle. I am so so sorry. We have been through that in my family too, it's the worst thing in the world. I hope your family is doing OK and you are able to stay strong while thinking of your upcoming trips. Disney never fails to make me feel better when I'm going through something even that bad, so hopefully it's helping you guys too.

Thank you so much. It's been tough but we're all hanging in there. Disney definitely helps keep me going when times are difficult, that's for sure.

You guys looked GREAT in your costumes! I love that you can go to work looking like that, so awesome. And the way you've decorated your desk is just amazing.

Haha thanks! My company is pretty awesome when it comes to that stuff! And yeah, my desk just continues to grow with little Vinylmation and Pop! Funko Vinyls and all that... and I know it'll just continue to grow, hahaha.

Dani....where are youuuuuuuuu?!?!?? Miss ya! Your trip is coming up before you know it, I cannot wait to hear all about it!

Photopass+ will be great for you! Rey & I didn't get photopass this time, I thought my cameras shots would be fine, but I had a strange lens on and it ended up that the photopass shots were better, so I had to pay separately for a couple of them that I didn't want to let go. Our Feb. mother/daughter trip I'm already in a photopass share b/c I learned my lesson. Unfortunately, I cannot do plus in a share, but that's no biggie, I rarely like the ride photos!

I'm here! And because of you, I finally wrote a new update (which I'm posting here in a few)! AND I just realized you were already back from your trip! UGH, I am SO behind on the DIS, and I've only been MIA for like 12 days. Wah. I will start catching up on your shortly because I want to hear ALL about your trip!!

PP+ I hope turns out fabulous! That's awesome you are doing a share for your February trip! I am actually leading a share for our trip, so that's how I was able to do the PhotoPass+. I made sure everyone was okay with us doing it and take the PP+ special card, since we're paying the difference. Everyone in my group was cool with it, so that's good news!

I'm planning on using my Nikon D5100 a lot more this time, but I still think having the PhotoPass will be really nice for those moments where I am just wanting someone else to take our photo and all that.

Okay, posting an update here now and then starting my catch up!

 

[Twoboysnmygirl]

Yes, yes, I am back AND I have a TR going! (in my siggie). LOTS and LOTS of pics and I haven't gotten to this part in the TR yet, but I bought a vinylmation! Yep, you got me hooked! I'll post a pic of the new one (not gonna tell you what it is yet!) and Trollie, they are both in the car now!

 

[danimaroo]

Oh hey, I just disappeared there for a bit, didn't I? Ugh, I'm really sorry!

So basically, I've been on the DISboards pretty sporadically, mainly because I'll go to sit down and try to read someone's TR update, and then get sidetracked by 340 other things at work, and well, I just haven't had any time for responses to people's TRs, nevermind my own.

Work has been kind of bonkers lately. With the holidays being right around the corner, we have a LOT of new clients wanting to advertise with us, and so I've just been very busy.

Matt's been super stressed out, too, so when we get home, we're pretty focused on just relaxing and playing games or just trying to not think about work.

ANYWAY, that's my excuse.

Trip news... We are seriously 11 days away from our Disneyland trip. 11 DAYS PEOPLE!

I really can't even believe it. I mean, I just feel like this trip snuck up on us like crazy. AND, we are 2 MONTHS away from our Disney World trip! I knew time would fly around this time of year, but I just cannot believe it all.

OH! I actually made specific luggage tags for our Disneyland trip a few weeks ago and totally forgot to post them!

Front:

Back:

Everything is all set for that trip, outside of us needing to clean the house and pack before we go, of course.

I really hope you guys will join my TR that I will be doing when I get back! I'm expecting that to take up a lot of my time before our Disney World trip, but I'll update my PTR as we get closer to our WDW trip, I promise!

For our WDW trip, we changed our ADRs... again!

We found out that Animal Kingdom is open late (until 7) during our first weekend there, so we thought it'd be fun to stay til it closes and ride EE a bunch of times at night.

Buuut we had Garden Grill planned for that night, so we canceled that ADR and decided to move Raglan Road (lunch) to that day, and replaced Raglan Road with dinner at Crystal Palace for our last night.

It actually works out WAY better, since our last night will be spent in Magic Kingdom anyway, so while I'm a little bummed about GG, I'm very happy with this change overall. Plus, Crystal Palace just seems to be the perfect last meal for our trip.

OH! I got our PhotoPass+ package in the mail, too!

We are doing a share (I'm coordinating it), so it's good to have this all set and ready to go. Now I just can't forget to bring that PhotoPass+ voucher with me on our trip! I've already put it in a safe place!

I also got a huge Disney Store order in the mail, and it was FULL of Vinylmation! They had a big sale on them so I stocked up.. I also went on Friday to buy the new Pixar series (they're so so cute)..

Anyway, I somehow managed to pull THREE chasers! I couldn't believe it; that was some serious luck right there!

I ended up having an extra Dug and put him in with Carl and Ellie in my little Up area. It makes me happy to look at.

Crazy Vinylmation addiction aside, we've also been getting ready for Christmas, buying a TON of decorations.

I can't wait to take photos once we're all decorated! We'll be doing that the day after Thanksgiving, so I'll be sure to update that weekend!

This weekend, we also went up to the mountains and stopped at this ski resort called Stevens Pass to let the dogs play in the snow. It was so beautiful and fun to listen to Christmas music in the car. Very much got us in the spirit!

Okay, I realize this is kind of a short update, but I've got a TON of catching up to do on people's TRs, buuuut also need to get some stuff done around the house before the work week begins.

My hope is to catch up throughout the week, so if you're reading this and you're feeling sad I haven't commented on your TR, I promise I'll pop in soon and catch up!

Also, have no fear, I will update at LEAST once, if not twice more, before we leave for our Disneyland trip, promise!!

I hope you guys are all doing well, I miss you and can't wait to catch up with you!

 

[Stringbean&Wingnut]

Dis time has been shorter than usual over here too!!! Don't worry, I totally understand!

Your trip is coming up so soon!!! You must be getting so excited!!