If you put it in writing, you have to deliver right? A Dec. 2011 PTR

[shocky5]

All caught up...

 

[Grace and Mickey]

That's great! You'll see a huge difference in how he tours since this is his second trip. He should be really excited, but at the same time, he'll be more at ease since he's been there before. Even if he doesn't remember much, he'll remember he's been before - it will seem familiar!

I've taken DS at 2.5 and 4, and DD at 6mo and 2 years, so if you need any ideas, feel free to ask away! I tend to make a pretty big deal out of our trip preparation - we make Mickey pancakes, Mickey brownies, make a paper chain calendar so the kids have a visual of time... then I take the pieces of the paper chain and put it in our scrapbook from the trip. It's a lot of fun!

Hi Hope you are having a good day

My GS remember alot about his 1st trip, we do talk about it alot

I would love to share ideas with you about fun things to do to prepared for the BIG trip!!!

I LOVE to scrapbook too!! have to get ny 2009 trip book finished before we go though

One ????? What are date of your trip again? are the same as mine?

DEC 11th thur Dec18th 2011

The reason I ask is that our trip tickers are different

 

[kwitcherkicken99]

I've been home from a 24hr crop for just a bit now. We had to attend a surprise birthday for a friend about 20 minutes after I got back from the crop and I've just now had a chance to sit down and relax!

Our dates are December 11-17. I have NO idea why the tickers would be different!

 

[kwitcherkicken99]

That is weird. It must be in the way they are written code-wise.

Well, I'm settling in to watch Frank and Ollie on DVD. I'll share my crop goodies when I get back to school!

 

[annmarieda]

Our dates are December 11-17. I have NO idea why the tickers would be different!

Where are you staying? I just went back through your PTR trying to find dates and place... and couldn't Now I see the date, but just wondering where.

Sorry I missed it.

 

[kwitcherkicken99]

We'll be at BWI. I'm excited to stay there... I've not been in the EP area since I stayed at the Swolphin in '98!

 

[kwitcherkicken99]

I apologize for the extended delay in updates. Spring break just… happened…

Not to mention I haven’t been keeping in contact with my friend, Gym.

I started over this morning. I decided it’s time to get serious again. For real this time.









And I really mean it.









Again…

Going to a craft overnighter Friday-Saturday really got me back in the swing of planning. I fell victim to the planning “funk.” That time in between booking and making ADRs when there’s not a lot going on to keep you motivated?? Yeah, that’s been me for the last month. I’ve not felt motivated to do much in the way of Disney, but I thought I could muddle through if I kept posting, and watching movies, etc. Not so much.

It wasn’t until I sat down (well, I usually stand when I scrap… don’t ask…) to start cutting these pieces out of the machine that it started to get me excited again. After a minor change to the letters (we went from red to green – the red was a little too Dumbo’s Circus) and a change from Alice to Tink, I was ready to go again.

I decided to make the change from Alice to Tink because the face on Alice just didn’t sit right with me. It seemed all too plain. Tink has sparkly wings, but I don’t know if you can see them from the picture.

Switching to Tink also has park history to back them up, being Walt was encouraged to use Tink and Jiminy as park icons back in the day. That way if Disneyland failed, people wouldn’t correlate Mickey with failure. That’s how Tink and Jiminy ended up so embedded in the parks!

Here are the phrases with the characters I put together:
Tink phrase:

Jiminy phrase:

I have also made the Minnie and Mickey we plan to adhere to the mirror. Minnie isn’t 100% finished, I still need to add the polka dots to her dress, but pretend they are there. I also made a couple extra friends, just in case Mickey and Minnie don’t work out the way we need them to.
Characters:

Very soon I’ll start digging into airfare for me. Mom and E already have theirs. I’m holding out for SWA and AirTran to set their schedules. I really want a direct flight, and currently, with the other carriers, they don’t offer any for our chosen dates. I don’t mind a layover, but that would get in the way of our plan of decorating our room.

E is planning to do the check in at BWI and tell mom that the room isn’t ready (whether it is or not). She’s going to insist on going straight to the park. We’re going to tell mom that I have a much later flight, but if I can get in super early (~9a) then I’m going to go up to our room, which is hopefully ready, and I’ll set everything up.

I had the idea over the weekend to make an obscenely large gift tag and hang it on the outside of our room door and have it say,

To: Mom
From: Mickey

DO NOT OPEN UNTIL CHRISTMAS

What a way to greet her, right?

I hope our room will be ready by the time I get there… otherwise I’ll probably have to tour EP or DHS solo until I can get in. I can’t imagine excusing myself easily once I just arrived to sneak back to the room.

See why I’m getting excited again?

 

[annmarieda]

I love all your characters! Awesome job! I also love the plan of you setting up the room to surprise E's mom.

 

[creativeamanda]

Man, I need a Cricut!

And pst. . .I stand up when I scrapbook, too. . .

 

[Grace and Mickey]

I've been home from a 24hr crop for just a bit now. We had to attend a surprise birthday for a friend about 20 minutes after I got back from the crop and I've just now had a chance to sit down and relax!

Our dates are December 11-17. I have NO idea why the tickers would be different!

Hi
I went and redid my ticker. I must have gotten the date wrong but I got is fixed and we Match now

Your things you made for your trip ate awesome.

 

[kwitcherkicken99]

I love all your characters! Awesome job! I also love the plan of you setting up the room to surprise E's mom.

Thanks! It was fun to put them together. My kids like to "help" by pushing the buttons and the look on their faces is so sweet when they see them come together!

E's goal is to make mom blubber with happiness at least once a day during the trip. Figured we had to start Disney with a bang!

Man, I need a Cricut!

And pst. . .I stand up when I scrapbook, too. . .

You should get one! Heck you could probably use it at school too.

I cracked up when I read the part about standing. It's weird, I can't explain it - I can't sit down when I work!

Hi
I went and redid my ticker. I must have gotten the date wrong but I got is fixed and we Match now

Your things you made for your trip ate awesome.

Yay for the matching ticker!

And thanks about the paper pieces. They really do come out good when you've got something to make the bits for you!

 

[DISNEYaddict4evr]

Hell yeah she is going to blubber... Have I got surprises planned up the wazzo

Surprise #1- First day December 7th WWoHP= Harry Potter Scarf delivered with Owl
Surprise #2- Day 3 Dine with Shamu or a Sea World Tour
Surprise #3- Day 5 BWI Room is decorated to the nines for Xmas
Surprise #4- Day 9 Santa will have left Xmas Presents under our Christmas tree
Surprise #5- Day 11 Surprise Behind the Seeds Tour on last day

Yep, I'm a shoe in for Daughter of the year this year, though it really isn't much a a contest I win every year Heck, I could win by staying in bed thats how awful my other sibling are, no love I tell ye... no love . So Any who I try to compensate by winning each year by landslides

So as per Jenns work... AAAAAAAAWWWWWSOOOOOOOOMMMMMMEEEEEEE!!

I have to say I couldn't do it better had I done it myself and thats saying a lot

 

[kwitcherkicken99]

So as per Jenns work... AAAAAAAAWWWWWSOOOOOOOOMMMMMMEEEEEEE!!

I have to say I couldn't do it better had I done it myself and thats saying a lot

Awww shucks!

Thanks buddy!

 

[PrincessInOz]

I love your characters! Aside from using them on the mirror, is this what you would do for scrapbooks? (Can you tell I'm a cricut Madonna??) If so, I don't wanna know....I do NOT need another hobby...I do NOT need another hobby!

 

[kwitcherkicken99]

PIO - I tried to stay out of it, but I started stamping a few years ago and scrapbooking was the next natural progression since I had kids. I'm not doing a book for myself or DH (even though I should...), just the kids right now... and any major trips we will take.

I don't know how good you are at putting yourself into your pictures... me? Not so good. Out of our entire trip (6 days/5 nights) last September, I think I'm in maybe 15 images? (and that is counting Photopass...)

I use the Cricut for so much now. Before, I had to make all my page titles by hand and it became cumbersome. Here are some images of what I did last weekend. Please excuse the photography of the actual pages, I took those with my phone since it will do an automatic upload to photobucket...

Heck, my SIL even used it to cut out letters for our local Relay for Life event. She was the event chair and cut out letters for signs telling everyone where to go! She picked up some cheap mat board and fun scrap paper and the signs ended up really cute and had her personal touch on the event.

The big one (the Expression) will cut vinyl and do some other stuff that I'm too scared to try! I'd love to buy some vinyl and use my friend's machine to do cutouts for my kids' rooms or our kitchen, but that is another project for another day!

I know a lot of educators use it too. It beats having to use the old die-cut contraptions. DS's preschool uses theirs religiously. They can cut out shapes (square, circle, etc) and also little fun things for the kids. A couple weeks ago they did an "Old West" themed week and were able to cut out cacti and cowboy boots, lassos, etc. our of construction paper. The kids have a blast making pictures with them. They also use it to decorate bulletin boards or make signs for the room.

 

[kwitcherkicken99]

P.S. - I will be attempting some cut-outs using vinyl. E and I are going to put snowflakes and Mickey silhouettes on the glass on our door at BWI.

 

[kwitcherkicken99]

I'm tired of looking at the calendar, trying to figure out what date everything is going to happen. Mostly in part because I misplace the paper I wrote it down on…

But anyway… for those of you who may not have seen this before, I highly recommend going here. This is a lovely little widget to do your date thinking for you.

I stare at it often.

Here are your PS Call Dates for 12/11/2011​

You can make your 499 Day Advanced Reservations on

07/30/2010​

You can make your 365 Day Advanced Reservations on

12/11/2010​

You can make your 180 Day Advanced Reservations on

06/14/2011​

You can make your 105 Day Advanced Reservations on

08/28/2011​

You can make your 90 Day Advanced Reservations on

09/12/2011​

You can make your 75 Day Advanced Reservations on

09/27/2011​

You can make your 60 Day Advanced Reservations on

10/12/2011​

You can make your 45 Day Advanced Reservations on

10/27/2011​

You can make your 30 Day Advanced Reservations on

11/11/2011​

This is a lovely thing to have in your back planning pocket. Especially if you are like me and are TERRIBLE with math. But then it makes you have a countdown to the countdown to your ADR window (June 14), when to start looking for ME documents (November 1)…

I’m not a patient person. Have I mentioned that?



By the way, I’m also putting together a short essay to enter in Disney’s Happily Ever After Contest. When I get it submitted, would y’all mind popping over there and voting for me on occasion?

DH’s and my story isn’t the happiest while it has gone on, but, we are very happy how things have turned out!

 

[kwitcherkicken99]

I'm not one to argue with technology... wait, yes I am. I am the one who constantly has “talks” with the computers, embosser, Braillenote, camera, etc., trying to “remind” it who’s the boss.

However, I think my scale is 100% lying.

I weighed myself this morning and my scale said I lost 2.5 lbs over the last week. banana BUT, the way my clothes feel do not reflect that. In fact, my clothes feel tight. I do not know how that is possible!

DISCLAIMER: these are the SAME clothes I wore before I started losing weight. I have not purchased anything new.

So what gives? Have I changed my mindset? I was actually getting a little depressed and didn’t want to get on the scale because of how my clothes felt. I didn’t want to see that number. I clamped down and really watched my intake. And true to form, I easily shed a couple of lbs. from refraining from snacking late (my biggest downfall).

I was shocked this morning at what I saw. I’ll take it and run with it, well, maybe not run, quickly walk with it.

 

[annmarieda]

I'm not one to argue with technology... wait, yes I am. I am the one who constantly has “talks” with the computers, embosser, Braillenote, camera, etc., trying to “remind” it who’s the boss.

However, I think my scale is 100% lying.

I weighed myself this morning and my scale said I lost 2.5 lbs over the last week. banana BUT, the way my clothes feel do not reflect that. In fact, my clothes feel tight. I do not know how that is possible!

DISCLAIMER: these are the SAME clothes I wore before I started losing weight. I have not purchased anything new.

So what gives? Have I changed my mindset? I was actually getting a little depressed and didn’t want to get on the scale because of how my clothes felt. I didn’t want to see that number. I clamped down and really watched my intake. And true to form, I easily shed a couple of lbs. from refraining from snacking late (my biggest downfall).

I was shocked this morning at what I saw. I’ll take it and run with it, well, maybe not run, quickly walk with it.

I say take it! So what if the scale is trying to be nice.

 

[kwitcherkicken99]

I say take it! So what if the scale is trying to be nice.

Fair enough... who am I to argue? Wait...












It seems readership has dropped off since I took a week off. Dang. I need to drum up some business...

Will offerings of

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Ooooh... maybe I shouldn't tease myself. I've been a good girl, I swear!