goldielocksraj
Anxiously awaiting deluxe birthday trip!
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Hi everyone! Thanks for joining me on my 30th birthday trip that has been in the making for almost that long! But-don't you want to know who you're joining??
I'm Rebekah, obviously I'm 29 right now. I'm very bubbly and outgoing, and I am an incurable optimist. I believe that not only is the glass half full, but didn't you enjoy drinking the first half?!!
Just some of my hobbies include Bible study, spending time with my hubby and our "kids", reading, cooking, scrapbooking, sleeping, talking, eating, and now working out! 
(I had NEVER thought that last one would happen!) However, I really don't do some of those too often, I really have so many things I love to do, even with fairly decent time-management skills, I just don't get to do it all! I've lived in FL since I was 18 months old, and always within a two-hour drive to WDW, so I've been many, many times! (I will elaborate on that later, I promise! 
)
My hubby, Ed, will also be on our trip! He's 40 (but don't tell him that I told you, he's very sensitive about his age!
), he's also very friendly and outgoing, and EXTREMELY sensitive and compassionate, he has a big heart! He loves Bible study, eating, watching TV while laying in bed "comforatably" (aka not presentable 
), just spending time with me, NFL, eating, spending time with our "kids",and going out to eat. He lived in FL until age 11, then lived in SC until age 30 (he moved right before we met 
), so even with trips to visit his dad in FL, he hasn't been to WDW as much as I have. He still doesn't understand that "Mickey" (said with a combination of distain 
/snootiness 
) is more than Fantasyland at MK, even though we went to Epcot for a day a few years ago! So, he's not looking forward to this trip, but I know that he'll love it, based on my plans! Our ninth wedding anniversary is this September, so by now I've learned what we each like and how to "reconcile" the two at times they're different!
Here's a picture of us Christmas 2008:
But-don't use that picture if you're going to look for us this December, because since then we have each lost well over 30 lbs (and I still have a lot more to go!). Not an easy thing for two people who love to eat!!
We do not have human children, so our kids are the animals! Alex is an 11-year-old purebred, purely spoiled English Springer Spaniel. Diamond is a 10-year-old beautiful while kitty. Lucy is a 5-year-old beagle/ dachshund mix. They're pretty well behaved and not candidates for needing Caesar Milano's help, but they are all spoiled and with few exceptions, have the run of the house! Do you find that hard to believe?
The kids will not be coming with us, obviously! Either Uncle (my brother) will be staying with them or they will be on their own vacation to Grandma and Grandpa's (my mom & stepdad). Although the kids will love either option, we have not left them for that long in MANY years, so we will still probably get the silent treatment when we get back!
We'll be going to WDW December 6-11
, staying at the Contemporary 
IN THE TOWER!!! with a MK view! We're also splurging for DxDDP (told ya we like to eat!!), so there will be a pre-dining report too!
So, this is already a long post! I will be posting the background of the trip, plans made so far (which are almost all!), etc in future posts!
Thank you so much for sharing my trip with me!
I'm Rebekah, obviously I'm 29 right now. I'm very bubbly and outgoing, and I am an incurable optimist. I believe that not only is the glass half full, but didn't you enjoy drinking the first half?!!
Just some of my hobbies include Bible study, spending time with my hubby and our "kids", reading, cooking, scrapbooking, sleeping, talking, eating, and now working out! (I had NEVER thought that last one would happen!) However, I really don't do some of those too often, I really have so many things I love to do, even with fairly decent time-management skills, I just don't get to do it all! I've lived in FL since I was 18 months old, and always within a two-hour drive to WDW, so I've been many, many times! (I will elaborate on that later, I promise! )My hubby, Ed, will also be on our trip! He's 40 (but don't tell him that I told you, he's very sensitive about his age!
), he's also very friendly and outgoing, and EXTREMELY sensitive and compassionate, he has a big heart! He loves Bible study, eating, watching TV while laying in bed "comforatably" (aka not presentable ), just spending time with me, NFL, eating, spending time with our "kids",and going out to eat. He lived in FL until age 11, then lived in SC until age 30 (he moved right before we met ), so even with trips to visit his dad in FL, he hasn't been to WDW as much as I have. He still doesn't understand that "Mickey" (said with a combination of distain /snootiness ) is more than Fantasyland at MK, even though we went to Epcot for a day a few years ago! So, he's not looking forward to this trip, but I know that he'll love it, based on my plans! Our ninth wedding anniversary is this September, so by now I've learned what we each like and how to "reconcile" the two at times they're different!Here's a picture of us Christmas 2008:
But-don't use that picture if you're going to look for us this December, because since then we have each lost well over 30 lbs (and I still have a lot more to go!). Not an easy thing for two people who love to eat!!
We do not have human children, so our kids are the animals! Alex is an 11-year-old purebred, purely spoiled English Springer Spaniel. Diamond is a 10-year-old beautiful while kitty. Lucy is a 5-year-old beagle/ dachshund mix. They're pretty well behaved and not candidates for needing Caesar Milano's help, but they are all spoiled and with few exceptions, have the run of the house! Do you find that hard to believe?
The kids will not be coming with us, obviously! Either Uncle (my brother) will be staying with them or they will be on their own vacation to Grandma and Grandpa's (my mom & stepdad). Although the kids will love either option, we have not left them for that long in MANY years, so we will still probably get the silent treatment when we get back!
We'll be going to WDW December 6-11
, staying at the Contemporary IN THE TOWER!!! with a MK view! We're also splurging for DxDDP (told ya we like to eat!!), so there will be a pre-dining report too!So, this is already a long post! I will be posting the background of the trip, plans made so far (which are almost all!), etc in future posts!
Thank you so much for sharing my trip with me!
, a perfectionist 
?? I'll let you be the judge 
.) I do use them sometimes, depending on my mood, but more often than not, I don't! I'm that way in real life, too. I.E., this fax has five pages, I live on XYZ Street, the Bible verse is in Romans, etc. So, be forewarned; though I might sometimes say that we were at MK, I will usually not!
I'm subbing....
(or 60-70, depending on if my car is rushing too much 
), why did it take so long to plan this??? 
, get there right about opening time, and stay until dark!! Also, we would have a big duffell bag with our food 
!!! Since this was waaaaayyyy before moderate and value resorts were built @ WDW, we never stayed on property. I distinctly remember passing through the Contemporary on the monorail and looking down at the concourse and thinking, "Wow, those are real people, not animatronics like the rides! They actually get to stay at a hotel at WDW!! How lucky!!" And from that moment on, I wanted to stay at the Contemporary. 
: to our family! I still got to go a few times a year with church groups for Night of Joy 
or an occasional day trip with school, but nothing like it had been.Again, no hotel, just day trips.
and hoping that they would change so I could feel alright about going.
Correction-not sitting, bouncing on the bed, causing BFF to laugh uncontrollably! 
But-it was official! 
But I promise it's not just going to be chatter, I'm a decent storyteller and I love to give details, so maybe think of this a cheaper than buying a brand-new novel? 
), I've got plans fairly well set. I'm also very decisive (again, could be something about the 50+ childhood trips and the 20+ years planning 
, so more and more I trust my instincts.
. Obviously I can't factor in operating times yet (though my plans will change very little, just maybe ADR's), and although I subscribe to touringplans.com, since crowd levels are pretty low during our trip 
because that'll fit our plans and budget the best. With that, the only day we won't have park tickets is Saturday, but that will probably be okay. If we really really really want to get into a park that day, 
we can upgrade the weekday pass to the regular seasonal pass.
, and play it by ear. Since it'll be either the last week of regular NFL or first week of playoffs, I see hubby either watching TV in the room or going to a sports place to watch. 
I'm really going to let him pick most/all of what we do or don't do that day, since for the next six days it'll be already planned!! 
, both lunch and dinner in the park, and a break in the afternoon to unpack and probably nap. We will be returning to Epcot in the evening at least to eat. If a park (other than Animal Kingdom) has evening EMH, probably go there too.
, so I will call it MGM! ) We will be having lunch at the park (have to take hubby to Sci-Fi!), but dinner in Epcot. Afternoon nap is questionable-we may or may not need it, I plan on playing it by ear that day.
I plan on returning to MGM for the Osborne lights. Since park hours for last year show the park closing kinda early (8:00), this very likely might be when we go to Jellyrolls, especially since it's close walking distance. Of course if someone has evening EMH, that'll be taken into consideration.
(I just know how much my "manly man" 
hubby will love eating breakfast at "Mickey" in a castle with princesses. 
But, since we live so close, it'll still be a full day! (Remember: I'm used to driving there and back in the same day!) It's another free day, lunch will be @ Kona and dinner @ Narcossee's, otherwise free. I suspect I'll be driving around all of WDW madly buying whatever souvineers I thought I didn't want but then decided that I couldn't live without!
, I started to become stir crazy. 
I HAD to help myself establish goals to accomplish before the trip-that way I could DO things to accomplish those goals, 
thus taking my mind off the trip and leaving less available time for DIS. 
finish unpacking, and decorating the house! Two years ago, we moved from the one-bedroom apt 
we'd lived in as newlyweds to the house we're renting now, and still haven't finished unpacking or decorating! 
We both work full time (well, hubby usually works a good bit of OT too! 
This project alone should keep me busy until December!
, and soon I'll post what they are and do mini TR on each one. But, this post is already quite lengthy (how do I always do that? 
They dated on and off in high school, then got back together a few months before graduation and right after he joined the Army. He was in Iraq for a year, with a two-and-a-half week trip home to get married! 
Right before he came home, sis moved to the base near Seattle, and he's back and they're finally together! I haven't seen her since Valentine's Day, so I'm definately looking forward to the trip. We'll also be doing some Seattle sightseeing, since it's my first trip there. 
