It's Crystal Clear, That Now I'm in a Whole New World with You.

[topdog]

It's 3am and I couldn't sleep because of my allergy. I was catching up a few Pre-TR and stumble across this one and you TR as well.

First of all, congrats on everything; your engagement, your wedding, your new job, your up coming honeymoon and your new house possibly.

I read your ADR. Quite a good restaurant selection. DW and I just came back 2 months ago. We did the DxDP and have 3 ADR 5 days out of 7. We cleaned our plate at every meal. If you get up early enough and start your day, some time 3 TS is not enough.

Here is a few suggestion for your ADR base on my experience at those restaurants.

Jiko - Ostrich for appetizer. It taste great. Actually, it taste more like red meat than chicken.

WCC - Their milk shake is a best among all Disney restaurant. Also their dessert, Kuluha flavor chocolate cake is by far my most favorite dessert in Disney.

Yak & Yeti - Their duck is awesome and their Mango pie dessert is another must have that is if you like mango.

Artist Point - Great mushroom soup.

Kona cafe - Tonga toast for breakfast is a must.

My TR has plenty of those food pics too. Please feel free to stop by. I am still doing update.

Again congratulation on everything. More importantly, please tell your FH I said thank you for his service to this country.

 

[CW4DW]

I have been away for a while but am finding my way back to the Disboards... It always brightens my day when I read about Disney! My husband and I have 2 trips planned for this year - September for free dining and then December for Christmas (my favorite)! I have to start mapping everything out so I am prepared when it comes time to make dining reservations.

I love hearing that you now have the job that you have always wanted - I wish I knew what I wanted to do so I could find that job! Congrats!

Keep the updates coming - and happy House Hunting - it will all work out the way it is supposed to - God is in control and knows what house will be yours!

It won't be long and you will be happily married with all the planning behind you!

We are thinking about DVC but haven't taken the plunge yet - still working through the numbers in our heads. And trying to decide if we should by from Disney directly or from someone that is trying to sell their points at a timeshare place - they seem to sell them much cheaper per point so we are thinking about it.

Good luck with the house hunting and the wedding will be here soon - so it is only a little bit of time under your parents roof!

 

[PrincessNewsie]

Wow. You've had a lot going on since I've been here!

I love the second dress. It's a nice idea. Sorry they're not fitting. Maybe you need to try a different pill if your current one is giving you problems?

I'm glad to hear you got everything you wanted at your shower. It sounds like you had a great time!

Sorry you didn't get the first house. I'm sure everything will work out and you'll get a house you love! It is stressful though.

I'm so happy you like your new job!

Keep us posted! I love hearing about all the huge things you have going on at the moment!

Thanks! I am just so stressed out I feel like my head could explode some moments! How's teaching?

It's 3am and I couldn't sleep because of my allergy. I was catching up a few Pre-TR and stumble across this one and you TR as well.

First of all, congrats on everything; your engagement, your wedding, your new job, your up coming honeymoon and your new house possibly.

I read your ADR. Quite a good restaurant selection. DW and I just came back 2 months ago. We did the DxDP and have 3 ADR 5 days out of 7. We cleaned our plate at every meal. If you get up early enough and start your day, some time 3 TS is not enough.

Here is a few suggestion for your ADR base on my experience at those restaurants.

Jiko - Ostrich for appetizer. It taste great. Actually, it taste more like red meat than chicken.

WCC - Their milk shake is a best among all Disney restaurant. Also their dessert, Kuluha flavor chocolate cake is by far my most favorite dessert in Disney.

Yak & Yeti - Their duck is awesome and their Mango pie dessert is another must have that is if you like mango.

Artist Point - Great mushroom soup.

Kona cafe - Tonga toast for breakfast is a must.

My TR has plenty of those food pics too. Please feel free to stop by. I am still doing update.

Again congratulation on everything. More importantly, please tell your FH I said thank you for his service to this country.

Thank you for your recommendations. Ostrich makes me nervous but I'll let FH know. He's much more adventurous with meat!!!!!

I need to stop by your TR! What kind of allergies do you have? Seasonal?

I have been away for a while but am finding my way back to the Disboards... It always brightens my day when I read about Disney! My husband and I have 2 trips planned for this year - September for free dining and then December for Christmas (my favorite)! I have to start mapping everything out so I am prepared when it comes time to make dining reservations.

I love hearing that you now have the job that you have always wanted - I wish I knew what I wanted to do so I could find that job! Congrats!

Keep the updates coming - and happy House Hunting - it will all work out the way it is supposed to - God is in control and knows what house will be yours!

It won't be long and you will be happily married with all the planning behind you!

We are thinking about DVC but haven't taken the plunge yet - still working through the numbers in our heads. And trying to decide if we should by from Disney directly or from someone that is trying to sell their points at a timeshare place - they seem to sell them much cheaper per point so we are thinking about it.

Good luck with the house hunting and the wedding will be here soon - so it is only a little bit of time under your parents roof!

Hi, welcome back! You'll love DVC. If you plan on going every year for the next 49 years, you really can't get a better deal, unless you buy a different time share and try to trade in through RCI!

I'm so ready to be married and have bought a house! The planning stages hurt my head.

Off to see a c-section!

 

[topdog]

Thank you for your recommendations. Ostrich makes me nervous but I'll let FH know. He's much more adventurous with meat!!!!!

I need to stop by your TR! What kind of allergies do you have? Seasonal?

Arkkk...It's a seasonal allergies. I've been coughing for a few days already and I have to take Allegra-D every 12 hours to calm it down. It's so annoying.

 

[LaurenMic]

Hey Caitlin!! How are you?? How are last minute plans going?

The wine tasting is SUCH a great idea for a shower! Very classy, I'm not a lover of cheesy party games either, I might have to steal that idea! And i love that the favors matched the theme too

Your dog sounds so cute! Kyle and I are dying to get a dog, but we have to wait about a year. By then we'll be getting a place together and we are making sure it is one that allows dogs because we both love them but neither of us can have them where we live now.

 

[PrincessNewsie]

Arkkk...It's a seasonal allergies. I've been coughing for a few days already and I have to take Allegra-D every 12 hours to calm it down. It's so annoying.

Aw I am glad your on meds now!!! Do you reccommend any adult beverages?

 

[topdog]

Aw I am glad your on meds now!!! Do you reccommend any adult beverages?

Thanks.

Unfortunately, I rarely drink alcohol and I didn't have any at Disney. When I do drink, my whole body from head to toe will turn bright red. Not a pretty site.

However, if you swing over to Universal Studio, I do recommend the frozen mango margarita from Margaritaville.

 

[Berea1]

Nice PTR!

 

[PrincessNewsie]

Hey Caitlin!! How are you?? How are last minute plans going?

The wine tasting is SUCH a great idea for a shower! Very classy, I'm not a lover of cheesy party games either, I might have to steal that idea! And i love that the favors matched the theme too

Your dog sounds so cute! Kyle and I are dying to get a dog, but we have to wait about a year. By then we'll be getting a place together and we are making sure it is one that allows dogs because we both love them but neither of us can have them where we live now.

Awful, I'm ready to either punch Josh or my family. It's just so frustrating and over 1/3 of our people wound up declining-- we're not going to make our minimum, so I'm sending out a huge batch of B list on Saturday and hoping some choose to come 23 days out (ew how tacky). People were SO terrible about rsvping on time, and now i'm not going to make my minimum for the ballroom, which i have to pay regardless of if we have the people or not (10,000)

Hey Lauren, want to come to a wedding?

Steal the shower idea, it was SO much fun. The only way it could have been better is if no one stared at me opening gifts (although I had two glasses of wine before so it wasn't too terrible).

Finally, we are house hunting and assess our houses if they have a bruce worthy yard. having a dog is a way bigger responsibility than i thought! good thing he's cute!

Thanks.

Unfortunately, I rarely drink alcohol and I didn't have any at Disney. When I do drink, my whole body from head to toe will turn bright red. Not a pretty site.

However, if you swing over to Universal Studio, I do recommend the frozen mango margarita from Margaritaville.

haha but if you turn pink in disney, they may assume it's from sun exposure!!!!!!!

How dare you speak of US here. Just kidding, I've never been. We are hopefully going back this summer and winter.... Is it worth it?

 

[lmillercrew]

Sorry that you aren't getting the people that you wanted at your wedding. It's too bad that, with the order of things, that you can't get your rsvp's first so you know how many people are coming and then book your reception hall. But, if you wait till then, then there aren't any venues available.

 

[CW4DW]

Sorry to hear that you aren't meeting your minimum for the hall... But hopefully some of the last minute invites will get you were you need to be. It's almost over - then you will be in DW and forgetting about everything else.


Since they don't have a groom... he has to be a pirate!

 

[PrincessNewsie]

Sorry that you aren't getting the people that you wanted at your wedding. It's too bad that, with the order of things, that you can't get your rsvp's first so you know how many people are coming and then book your reception hall. But, if you wait till then, then there aren't any venues available.

thanks!!!! i know that would be so much easier. we found out that the minimu is only 7500, which we've just barely hit so any other guests we get (or don't get) is just icing on the cake!!!!

Sorry to hear that you aren't meeting your minimum for the hall... But hopefully some of the last minute invites will get you were you need to be. It's almost over - then you will be in DW and forgetting about everything else.


Since they don't have a groom... he has to be a pirate!

haha he IS a pirate! Thank sso much-- I'm most excited for the disneymoon! We also started planning the Keys part-- key west sounds ilke it will be a blast!

Finally, we put an offer on a darling home built in the 1930s today-- it's SO gorgeous and well maintained and has so much character.... best part: it has an attic AND a basement for storage... and CENTRAL air. Best part, I think, next to the beautiful bay window!

19 days and the last minute wedding stuff is driving me nuts. So's finding a lender that I actually want to borrow from-- and trying to learn how to be a decent labor & delivery nurse.

I honestly want to puke. ANd forget sleep-- TOO busy

Can't wait to be married, wish i would have just eloped or done a wedding of 9 in Disney!

 

[tink1957]

Congrats on finding a house you want.

Here's some for getting the right lender.

Hang in there, you'll be on your Disneymoon before too long.

 

[Berea1]

Congrats on finding a house you want.

Here's some for getting the right lender.

Hang in there, you'll be on your Disneymoon before too long.

They counter offered and we counter counter offered, it's being faxed tomorrow AM.... nervous!!!!!!!!!!!!1

 

[PrincessNewsie]

oops, posted under my dad's name!

 

[lmillercrew]

Holy cow! SO you've invited 7500 people to your wedding reception? I don't even know 1000 people! Wow
Congrats on finding a house. You sure sound happy about it! Awesome with the attic and basement. I sure need a basement. This lovely 1970's split level just doesn't have the space I need.
You don't have much time left!

 

[CW4DW]

How did the counter offering go? I hope they accepted!

 

[PrincessNewsie]

How did the counter offering go? I hope they accepted!

We offered 121 with them paying 2 of closing costs-- they countered with 122500 and said they'd cover 2 of closing... Needless to say, we accepted! YAY!

Holy cow! SO you've invited 7500 people to your wedding reception? I don't even know 1000 people! Wow
Congrats on finding a house. You sure sound happy about it! Awesome with the attic and basement. I sure need a basement. This lovely 1970's split level just doesn't have the space I need.
You don't have much time left!

OMG no, I will have to reread what I wrote, but I have "only" invited 185, and 120 are coming. It's more than my dream (but that's 20 in Disney World), but I'm happy with it. At least I will know everyone there.

Josh's bachelor party is tonight (cinco de mayo) and I must say I'm a bit nervous. I could care less about strippers and alcohol and all that jazz, but I'm a bit worried that they'll get him so drunk he gets sick or they'll get him to do something that will ruin his commissioning (Only 3 days away!)

Tomorrow's our home inspection, and if that goes well-- we are going to be closing on a home on June 9th.

So dream home, check. Dream job, check. Finding and marrying my prince? Check... AND getting rewarded with 7 days at BCV, one night in Poly and SIX days in Key West?

I feel like a princess in some fantastic dream I don't EVER want to wake up from!

 

[LaurenMic]

Hey Caitlin!

Thought I would check in on you! I would totally have come to the wedding if I'd lived close enough That sucks about everyone being bad about RSVPing. I hope things are straigtened out now becuase it's getting down to the wire!

Hope Josh does OK at the party tonight!

Congrats on finding a house!!! That is so exciting!!

 

[PrincessNewsie]

Here's a picture of my hair from my bridal shower (too bad you can't see my sundress, it's from Old Navy and I LOVED it)

At the comedy club-- the comedian was hysterical.

He brought me up at the end to serenade me, and compliment my, uh assets.

Here's my lovely bridal party (3 out of the 6) in front of a fountain after the comedy club.

Here's me hamming it up (and apparently feeling fat fish blue's lynchburg lemonade)

And here's two pictures of me dancing ridiculously from my bachelorette party! This is with my beautiful VS lingerie OVER my clothes!

Dancing away

And the back of the shirts my friends wore.

I didn't get one of mine but it was purple (my favorite color) with BRIDE in sparkly letters on the back!