Down By The Boardwalk, Out By The Mouse. 3/11 Jen's New PTR Pg. 69

[Happydog]

It's funny you should mention Disney smells! DH and I took DS8 to NYC yesterday for a little birthday celebration! We went into a building and DS said "I smell Disney water!" There was a really cool water wall and it did indeed smell like Disney water!!!

My favorite Disney smell is the whole smell experience on Main Street! The popcorn, the Bakery, everything! It smells like coming home again!

I thought I was the only one with the disney water smell! Right on everyone!

YAY!!!!! I am not a complete Disney Dork!!! Okay. Well, maybe I am, but I am not alone!!!!!!

 

[Happydog]

TWO months TWO days??!!


PARTY PARTY!!!! That is worth THREE "YAY's"

 

[jenjolt]

Pssssst.....

2 Months and 2 days until Disney!!!

WOOT WOOT!! We are getting so close!!!

YAY!!!!! I am not a complete Disney Dork!!! Okay. Well, maybe I am, but I am not alone!!!!!!

I was about to say I'm pretty sure we all initiated ourselves into the Disney Dork club oh so long ago LOL!!! But I'm in great company so I good!!!!

TWO months TWO days??!!


PARTY PARTY!!!! That is worth THREE "YAY's"

YAY!!!!!! I love dance parties!!!!!

 

[jenjolt]

Leslie and I would like to take this opportunity to wish you and your families a very Happy Thanksgiving!!!! Celebrate your many blessings today!!!!! I for one know I'm very thankful to this board to introducing me to my best friend!! I'm very thankful for Leslie's friendship and many other things!!!!

Pssstt...BTW...we're celebrating 2 months today LOL!! Now that is also something to be thankful for!!!!!! WOOT WOOT!!!!

 

[MeMom]

Leslie and I would like to take this opportunity to wish you and your families a very Happy Thanksgiving!!!! Celebrate your many blessings today!!!!! I for one know I'm very thankful to this board to introducing me to my best friend!! I'm very thankful for Leslie's friendship and many other things!!!!

You girls enjoy a wonderful day with family and friends!
I, too, am thankful for DIS friends. We've met nothing but the nicest people here.

 

[jenjolt]

You girls enjoy a wonderful day with family and friends!
I, too, am thankful for DIS friends. We've met nothing but the nicest people here.

Happy Thanksgiving MeMom!! Thinking of you today and sending special prayers and pixie dust your way!!!!!!

 

[drakes]

Happy Thanksgiving and Happy 2 Months !

 

[jenbear123]

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!!!!

 

[Mickey_Mom]

Leslie and I would like to take this opportunity to wish you and your families a very Happy Thanksgiving!!!! Celebrate your many blessings today!!!!! I for one know I'm very thankful to this board to introducing me to my best friend!! I'm very thankful for Leslie's friendship and many other things!!!!

Pssstt...BTW...we're celebrating 2 months today LOL!! Now that is also something to be thankful for!!!!!! WOOT WOOT!!!!

Happy Thanksgiving ladies! I too am very thankful for the DISboards for allowing me to share my Disney Dorkiness with everyone here.

Happy two months too!

 

[Charleston Princess]

Happy Thanksgiving, Jen and Leslie! (Although I am a day late at this point.)

 

[Mndisneygirl]

Well, since I'm not out shopping this morning, and wasn't on the boards yesterday, Happy Belated Thanksgiving!!

Just yesterday, my DH and I were obsessing over all things Disney - and we found ways to connect EVERYTHING to Disney - and I said, sometimes I think the DIS is both a blessing and a curse! Certainly a blessing since I have made many friends here and obtained a WEALTH of info. But of course, it has just fueled the fire of my Disney OCD! I got my mother to actually say "well if it is something your family enjoys, why not?" yesterday! I think she's just decided that constantly saying things like "oh, you and your Disney" or "going to Disney AGAIN" isn't going to make any difference!

Hope everyone has a great long weekend!!! I'm going to decorate today!

 

[Happydog]

Happy Thanksgiving the day after to you! I just polished off a plate of leftovers for lunch I have to say, I think the food is better the next day! Maybe because I can enjoy it vs. running around trying to finish it!!!

 

[jenjolt]

Happy Thanksgiving and Happy 2 Months !

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!!!!

Happy Thanksgiving ladies! I too am very thankful for the DISboards for allowing me to share my Disney Dorkiness with everyone here.

Happy two months too!

Happy Thanksgiving, Jen and Leslie! (Although I am a day late at this point.)

THANK YOU for all the well wishes!! Thanksgiving was a success at my house!!!! Now to start preparing for Christmas!!!

 

[jenjolt]

Well, since I'm not out shopping this morning, and wasn't on the boards yesterday, Happy Belated Thanksgiving!!

Just yesterday, my DH and I were obsessing over all things Disney - and we found ways to connect EVERYTHING to Disney - and I said, sometimes I think the DIS is both a blessing and a curse! Certainly a blessing since I have made many friends here and obtained a WEALTH of info. But of course, it has just fueled the fire of my Disney OCD! I got my mother to actually say "well if it is something your family enjoys, why not?" yesterday! I think she's just decided that constantly saying things like "oh, you and your Disney" or "going to Disney AGAIN" isn't going to make any difference!

Hope everyone has a great long weekend!!! I'm going to decorate today!

Decorating starts in my house this week, going to get our tree next weekend WOOT WOOT!!!!!!! Hope you had a great weekend Sheree!! I can't believe our break is over and back to school although to be honest I only have 3 weeks (and 1 is finals) before we are off for Winter Break!!!

Happy Thanksgiving the day after to you! I just polished off a plate of leftovers for lunch I have to say, I think the food is better the next day! Maybe because I can enjoy it vs. running around trying to finish it!!!

I had the exact same thought, the minute I sat down for all of us to eat, it took about an hour...all that work for an hour of eating LOL!!! Oh well now to get the leftovers out of my house as not to thwart my weight loss efforts!

 

[wigdoutdismom]

Hi Jen! I see your green light is on!

Can you believe 3 weeks of school then Christmas break? It's going to fly by!!
Any plans for a trip up north?

I need to get to my classroom today and decorate.
Thanksgiving needs to be taken down and all that is Christmas goes up!

 

[Charleston Princess]

These three weeks are going to fly by -- I am all for that, too! I want another break already!

 

[jenjolt]

Hi Jen! I see your green light is on!

Can you believe 3 weeks of school then Christmas break? It's going to fly by!!
Any plans for a trip up north?

I need to get to my classroom today and decorate.
Thanksgiving needs to be taken down and all that is Christmas goes up!

LOL!!!! Yup Only 3 weeks, that's 15 days of school!! Although it will seem like less with our half days due to final exams! I'm looking forward to those!!!! I'm ready for 2 weeks off!! Yup coming up your way to visit Mom, but I think you'll already be gone by the time I get up there, unless you're around on the 17th, maybe I can stop for a meal near you LOL!!!

I haven't even thought about decorating my room! I guess maybe I should do that! I'm going to do a countdown at least for my kids I'm sure they will appreciate that!!!!

These three weeks are going to fly by -- I am all for that, too! I want another break already!

Same here Jackie!!!! I can't believe the first semester is almost over already...WOW...only 3 more 6 weeks to go and then it's summer vacation! I think time flies by much faster the older I get!

 

[Lady Lallie]

It's time for another Jen & Leslie Random Update!!

Aren't you excited?

I'm finally getting out of my funk. It's been a deep dark funk of a place and I'm happy to be re-surfacing. I think it's a combination of factors that are allowing me to re-surface.

1. I'm taking a two class break from school. I need a break badly. I need to take a few deep breaths so I can actually enjoy my clinicals. I will be going back the first week of February, which is happens to be after our trip so the break works out nicely.

2. Having a plan with jumpstarting my weight loss again. I've been doing horrible on my eating. Since I started school, I have barely lose any weight and I keep yo-yo-ing with the same 10lbs. I'm going to use this break to really focus on eating right and exercising.

3. Realizing that our trip is less than 2 months away!! Where has the time gone?

4. And probably the biggest factor helping me to get out of my funk...the addition of three nights onto the trip for me!! I will be departing earlier. Marc asked me what I wanted for Christmas and I kept trying to come up with something when I finally told him, I really want some extra days in Disney and voila...Merry Christmas Leslie! My 3 extra nights is just a little over what I paid on Marc's Christmas presents and he was okay with that. I think he realizes I really need some alone time to just do whatever I want and then when that alone time is over, I have 6 nights to spend with my BFF Jen. It sounds perfect to me!

With my excitement growing over our upcoming trip, I realized I still have many things to do! Jen & I came up with this combined to do list. Her comments are in purple, mine in pink.

To Do List
*Figure out my outfits - decide if I have to buy anything (hopefully size smaller LOL)
*Perhaps order some Disney tshirts - I ordered two yesterday.
*Lose 10 more lbs I would like to lose way more than 10lbs but I'm not putting a goal out there so I don't get frustrated with myself.
*Decide what park bag to bring - I'm leaning towards my pink sling backpack*Decide what park bag(s) I am bringing (yes I may cave and bring Mary Poppins)
*Play with my new camera and get comfortable with it (Sony Cyber Shot HX5 if you want to add a picture)
*Figure out what books I am going to bring to read
*Order a lot of pins (Already done...I have about 40 pins to trade WOOT WOOT) However we do need to make our Pin Scavenger Hunt ideas!
*Square away my toiletries (Me too...already have a drawer full of items)
*Hopefully get a new piece of luggage that is Red, Blue, or Purple Mine is purple! We can be twins...again.
*Make a park hours sheet with confirmations numbers (I'll just use yours LOL)
*Get my hair and nails done right before the trip! Ooooh, I forgot that I want to get a pedicure before the trip.

There you have it. A look into our very random brains.

 

[Mndisneygirl]

I'm excited about a random update!!!

LL - I am glad you are taking some time off of classes to focus on yourself! And WOOHOO for extra days at DISNEY!!!
What a great Christmas gift!! You have a gem of a husband!!

You guys - after Christmas, it is going to FLY by until your trip!!

 

[999ghostslover]

I hear you on burnout. My orientation is kicking my butt. I got to work yesterday, clocked in for 6 minutes and had to race home to a sick kid. Ugh. So that just tacks another day to the end. It is hard. I want to get to my nice schedule of one work day a week!

LL-And I am totally jealous that your TR isn't even done and you are almost back again. But I am super excited that you got to add on 3 days. Enjoy your break!
JJ-Did you get the link on my PTR to those shoes. They are still on sale and still the most comfy shoes in the world!