Gel pens are a hot commodity amongst third-graders!
Jill had some of the Lisa Frank stuff. She also loved going to the San Rio Surprises Store, but I could rarely buy her anything. I had little to no extra money to spare in those days, and that's one of the reasons I enjoy doing things for her so much now.
Sounds like you are at peace with the renting situation, so I hope you get good renters who stay a long time. I don't want you to have headaches with that while you're trying to establish yourselves in your new place. I know it feels good to have the house looking like you want it, and it does look very nice.
I said we were starting our official countdown today, since Jill's birthday trip is now over, but I'm not psyched up about the trip today, so I'm going to wait a few days until I can really be excited when I start. There have just been too many stressful things going on around here between school and home and Drew's accident. Maybe when I get through two nights of parent conferences this week, then I can think about being excited again.
I know once things settle down here, and I start seeing the Christmas pictures people start posting, I'm going to be very eager to go! We're meeting in Epcot on Saturday after Thanksgiving, right? We need to pick a spot that's not so crowded so it'll be easy to find each other. I was thinking over there near the UK, like on one of those back streets where the shops are - there are never hardly any people there. Or maybe across the way at the outdoor seating area for the fish and chips place. We'll touch base with snowbell and Nicole (if she gets to come up), and there's someone else over on our TR that's going to be there that week, too, so we'll see if they can come by. You guys will probably spot Brooklynn before we spot you. She'll probably be dancing around singing a song in the streets!
! Starbucks holiday lattes are my favorite - pumpkin, peppermint. This is actually the only time I'll drink coffee.
That always happens! We played a game on another thread - we would post random words and see what came up! 
