Jamie's Journal (comments welcome please!)

[Amy&Dan]

I didn't notice that you were from Colordao too! I just noticed it when I read your reply. What part of CO are you from? I live in Brighton and work in downtown Denver.

Thanks for the encouragement!

I live in Centennial, very near (as in across the street) from Aurora. I remember when Brighton was a little town in the country. Now its like a suburb! Keep up the good work. You have a great attitude about eating at WDW. We leave for Disneyland in two weeks and WDW in 6 weeks. So with those two upcoming trips I know it will be a challenge. But hey, its a walking vacation right?

 

[toystoryduo]

I have given eating at WDW some thought. We are getting the free dining plan and for some reason that really excites me! I am going to go buy some granola bars before we leave, that way I can have some snacks. On the free dining you get one free snack that can be fruit, ice cream, popcorn.....so I am good there. I am not going to totally limit myself, but I am going to watch what goes in my mouth. I plan on eating my 6 meals a day, but if I am not hungry, I am not going to eat. I will have ice cream, I have to. I am just going to watch that. I could eat ice cream for every snack if I would let myself!

Jamie.... Your plan for dining at WDW sounds like a good one! Please let us know how it worked out for you when you come back.

Have a safe, fun, and relaxing trip!

 

[pearlieq]

I hope you have a wonderful time! Can't wait to hear all about it!!

 

[J4Dis]

thanks for sharing your plan. I'm already anxious about food on our Dec. trip. I want to enjoy and indulg some, but not totally blow it. In the past I've had a major struggle w/ moderation!

Look forward to hearing how it went.
Enjoy!!

 

[eeyore25]

HI All!!! Thanks for visiting my journal. I think I was able to get to everyone's journal today as this is the last time I will post until I get back. If I missed some, I am really sorry.

So things these last few days have been so busy it was unbelievable! But finally the weekend is here and I leave tomorrow. I have a few things to do around the house, like laundry, but I think we will be ready to go tomorrow. Ready or not, here I go, right!

the last few days were very good. We were told yesterday that my boss is leaving so he took us out to lunch. I had grilled chicken and a few fries. That was it. It felt good!

I finally got my ic cream!!!! I have wanted that for weeks and we went and got it Thursday night.

I am going to weight myself tomorrow before we leave, that way I know where I am at so I know how good or bad I did while we were gone.

Well I am off. I hope that each of of you has a great two weeks.
Keep up the great work and stay healthy and happy.

 

[Amy&Dan]

Have a WONDERFUL trip! Can't wait to hear all about it when you get back.

 

[lajones81]

Thanks for stopping by my journal! Have a great weekend!

 

[lovinaz]

Have a great time! We'll miss you!!!!

 

[Mykelogan]

Hi Jamie!!

Just wanted to say I hope you are having a great trip!!!

Mike

 

[daisy_77]

eeyore~
I hope you had a fun trip...look forward to hearing all about it!!

 

[toystoryduo]

Hi Jamie!

I hope your trip to WDW was a wonderful, relaxing, fun, and exciting experience. Looking forward to hearing about how it went for you! Take care!

 

[eeyore25]

Hi All!!!!! First off, to those that are in LA and MS, you are all in my thoughts and prayers.

Sorry it has taken so long to post. I have had a sick puppy. We got back on Tuesday and we noticed that he had a huge bumb on his bottom. Took him to the vet and he has an infected anal gland. TMI I know....but we had to wait for it to pop and that has been a nightmare. It did, but since then he has been in so much pain. He hates to go potty because it hurts so much. He spends most of his time sitting on me. I finally had a free minute and wanted to post about my trip!!! And to see how everyone else is doing.

We had so much fun this year. We stayed at the POR again and loved it. Even the inlaws loved it. The weather was great. It rained all day on Wednesday and the other days it rained for about 30 - 45 minutes and then it stopped. Not too bad.

We loved the dining plan. OMG we saved so much money. Between the four of us we saved about $1100. WOW!!!!!! We ate at Goofy's Liberate Your Appetite and that was really good. I can't believe how much that was. We also ate at 50's Prime Time Cafe, Mama Melroses, Plaza Restaurant. There was a few more, but I can't seem to remember them all!!!!! I think I did really well on eating. I never finished everything that was on my plate. And I even splurged a little and had some ice cream a few nights. It was crazy all the food that I used to be able to eat and this year was so different. I only gained 3 pounds.....so that is good. I can take that. I was a little worried about it but then I let it go and had a great time.

The lines at all the parks were great. The longest line that we waited in was 30 minutes and that was for Soarin! We did Rockin Rollercoaster about a dozen times! That and Tower of Terror. When we got our picture frome the Rockin Rollercoaster, the CM told us about the two hidden mickeys on TOT. We never did go back to check that out. Does anyoneknow where they are? The CM said that there was one in the movie when you are in the library and there is one on the ride. I am so bummed that we didn't go check that out after he told us about it. Saturday was a really busy day, the local news said that there were some famous people going to be in Magic Kindgom so we tried to stay away, but we could not stay away!

We walked sooo much. I was afraid that I was not going to be ready for it, last year I was hurtin so bad. But this year was so different. I was ready and never got sore. I even felt better. I mentioned to DH that either I got smaller or the seats got bigger!!!! LOL
I am going to go with me being smaller!!!!! DH and I love Buzz Lightyear the ride. We rode that so many times it was crazy! That line was not bad any day either. We never used a fast pass while we were there. For any park. We just didn't need to! We were able to watch Illuminations and that was great. Last year we didn't get a chance. We took our time this year in Epcot and that was fun.

Well I am going to try and get to others journals tonight, but I think it is my turn to take care of the furbaby. Daddy does not wipe the bottom very well and so I get to do that!!!!! Again TMI I know!

I hope that everyone had a great two weeks and know that I missed all of you.

take care!!!!!

 

[toystoryduo]

Welcome back Jamie!!!!

I'm glad to hear that you had a great trip to WDW! It sounds like you were able to do quite a bit and that you saved a lot of money using the dining plan. Can you tell us more about Goofy's Liberate Your Appetite? What is that?

I'm sorry to hear about your puppy. Sending some to him! Hope he feels better soon!

Have a great Friday and again, welcome back!!!!

 

[Mykelogan]

Welcome back Jamie!!! I missed ya!!

So glad to hear that you had a great trip!!! Wasn't the dining plan a great bargain? Sounds like you had a blast at the parks too! I definitely think you shrank too, how cool did that feel! I can't wait to compare how I fit on the rides in Dec with how I fit in June! hehe!!

Sorry to hear about the furbaby's problems! I hope that he feels better soon and that you have a great weekend!!!

Mike

 

[Cruise04]

Welcome back - sounds like you had an awesome trip. When my dh and I went last year the lines weren't that bad either and that was with people stranded there due to hurricanes. It was awesome to be able to go on and on and on RNR without a line. CM's started to laugh when we kept going back on. LOL

And only gaining three pounds is great!!!!! Way to go.

Keep on
Chris

 

[eeyore25]

Welcome back Jamie!!!!

I'm glad to hear that you had a great trip to WDW! It sounds like you were able to do quite a bit and that you saved a lot of money using the dining plan. Can you tell us more about Goofy's Liberate Your Appetite? What is that?

I'm sorry to hear about your puppy. Sending some to him! Hope he feels better soon!

Have a great Friday and again, welcome back!!!!

Hi!!!!

We did have a ton of fun. Even the in laws had a really great time, once they split away from us and moved on to do what they wanted to do!

Goofy's Liberate Your Appetite is a table service that only serves dinner. It is a family style meal. To start out you get rolls with honey butter, plain butter on request. Then they bring out a salad, my inlaws said that it was good, I didn't try it. For the main course, they bring out pot roast, turkey, ham, stuffing, mashed potatoes, gravy, green beans, and mac and cheese. It is an all you can eat. We ran out of potatoes and they brought us more. Then for dessert you get cherry cobler. The characters are out and about and it is a great place to get pictures. It was a really good place to eat. We ate there twice on our trip. I would suggest making ADR's though as this place is very popular!

Hope that helps!

 

[eeyore25]

Hi All,

I am finally able to get caught up on some journals. I will get through more hopefully tonight.

Things have calmed down at home with my little guy. He is started to get back to normal. Every once in a while he just wants to sit on me and not move. I know that he is still hurting. We go back to the doctor tomorrow and hopefully he will tell me that everything is healing the way that it should be!

Eating these last few days has been good. I got back on track which was so much easier than I thought. I thought for sure it would take a while, but it didn't!

I caught a cold the day we got back so I have been feeling pretty icky. I have not wanted to do anything but I have to. I have a husband that needs something every day!!!!!!! LOL

I will get back on track with writing everything down again starting today. I have joined a lot of the challanges, so I hope that helps me keep on track!

DH and I have been talking about going to to Disneyland the third weekend in December. We saved a lot with the dining plan, what a great deal I am still amazed, that we have some extra cash. I have always wanted to see DL at the holidays! I think we are going to try and finalize that tonight. I just hope that it works out.

I have to get back to work. I will try and get to more journals later tonight.

Thanks and have a great healthy day!

 

[lovinaz]

Welcome back!!! Sounds like you had a great time! And that is wonderful that you only gained 3 lbs. Heck, I can gain that in a weekend!!!

Good for you for getting back on track right away. I hope your cold gets better. Keep it up and those 3 vacation lbs will be gone before you know it.

2 Disney trips in 3 months? How cool is that!??!? I hope it works out for you!

 

[toystoryduo]

Hi Jamie!

Sending some healing your way for your cold. I hope you start feeling better soon.

Also sending some Disney your way. I hope that you get a chance to take that trip to Disneyland!

Great job getting back OP after your trip to WDW! I hope I can do that this December.

Take care and have a marvelous Monday!

 

[Mykelogan]

Hi Jamie!

Glad you're back posting!!! And that the furbaby is feeling better!
Hope that your Disneyland trip works out, I bet DL is nice at the holidays! (I know I can't wait to see WDW then! hehe!)

Have a happy & healthy night! (Feel better!)

Mike