Jen and Brook's Excellent Adventure

[jenb1023]

At least you guys have trips planned! I have no idea when we will go back but it probably won't be any time soon!

 

[DisneyBoundinDec]

At least you guys have trips planned! I have no idea when we will go back but it probably won't be any time soon!

I know the feeling.. I went a good year and a half before trips.. I hope you can start planning something soon!!

 

[lbuzz52]

Joining in! What great luck to be put at the Yacht Club! i can't wait to hear what they have in store for you guys!

 

[jenseib]

18 Days????? Ugh. I'm at 87

tell me about it!! I'm at 110!!!

At least you guys have trips planned! I have no idea when we will go back but it probably won't be any time soon!

I know the feeling.. I went a good year and a half before trips.. I hope you can start planning something soon!!

I can't beleive it's coming up so fast. I am so excited, because I had never thought I would ever be able to go twice in one year. I have no clue when I'll be back though. I have a feeling the next Disney trip will be either a cruise again or Disneyland, as Skip wants to go to CA.

Joining in! What great luck to be put at the Yacht Club! i can't wait to hear what they have in store for you guys!

Thanks for joining in. I can't wait to see this place! I'm gonna be picture happy for sure!

 

[jenseib]

Sometimes I have blonde moments. And I just came out of one last night. I kept saying that I only had to pack for myself. What was I thinking? Claire is staying with MIL. Yes, she lives right next door, but I still have to pack what Claire needs. If I forget something, they can run back home and get it, but I don't want her to worry about getting clothes each day. PLUS, Claire starts school that week, so I need to pack her uniforms as well. Claire will probably have a bigger suitcase than me!
What a dingbat I am sometimes.

I'm still waiting on my other ME mail. The one to get me to Disney. I am worried something happened and it was lost or something. I will wait till this coming up Monday, and if it doesn't come in the mail by that day, then I'll give them a call and see whats up.

 

[Missyrose]

18 Days????? Ugh. I'm at 87

tell me about it!! I'm at 110!!!

I'm at 222 days out! I guess I'll just have to live vicariously through Jen, Brook and everyone else who has trips coming up soon! Keep it coming ladies, really enjoying all the plans so far!

 

[*dreamit*doit*]

on your blond moment! I'd pack Claire's things first and then move onto your stuff. Packing uniforms is just not as fun as packing for Disney!!!!

 

[jenb1023]

I know the feeling.. I went a good year and a half before trips.. I hope you can start planning something soon!!

Thanks! I shouldn't complain because we have gone a lot the last few years.

 

[JKSWonder]

I hate packing up the kids for a trip they are not even really taking.

DH and I are going away for a week in October and my Mom is watching the kids. Even though she lives with us, I still have to get everything ready. I usually lay out outfits for both of them for each day on our guest room bed, along with pajamas for the week so she doesn't have to go hunting for things.

I also have to write a list of what gets sent to school for each kid each day, what days they have to wear sneakers, what days DD cannot wear a skirt because of gym, etc.

It's actually more work doing that then packing DH and I up to go away for a week. Which is probably why I always procrastinate and wait until the last minute to actually do it!

 

[jenseib]

I'm at 222 days out! I guess I'll just have to live vicariously through Jen, Brook and everyone else who has trips coming up soon! Keep it coming ladies, really enjoying all the plans so far!

I have no clue when I'll go again after this trip, so I know the feeling

on your blond moment! I'd pack Claire's things first and then move onto your stuff. Packing uniforms is just not as fun as packing for Disney!!!!

She should be fairly easy. At least if I forget something they can run next door to the house and get it. It won't be so fun packing uniforms verses princess dresses though.

I hate packing up the kids for a trip they are not even really taking.

DH and I are going away for a week in October and my Mom is watching the kids. Even though she lives with us, I still have to get everything ready. I usually lay out outfits for both of them for each day on our guest room bed, along with pajamas for the week so she doesn't have to go hunting for things.

I also have to write a list of what gets sent to school for each kid each day, what days they have to wear sneakers, what days DD cannot wear a skirt because of gym, etc.

It's actually more work doing that then packing DH and I up to go away for a week. Which is probably why I always procrastinate and wait until the last minute to actually do it!

I'll wait till next week and start working on it. I can't believe it's so close to even say that! I think I'll layer her suitcase according to day. MY MIL raised 6 kids, but sometimes she acts like she doesn't know what to do with things.

 

[TyTysMommy]

I always have a fear that my luggage will get lost... ...Knock on wood I don't lose the luggage this time!

Try not to worry too much about losing your luggage. I think it happens to a small percentage of bags the airlines handle. In roughly 15 trips I only had a bag go missing once, and they airline did a great job returning it. Two or three years ago I flew from WDW to Pittsburgh and the bag was not there when I got to PIT. I was worried about the bag because it contained all the things I purchased for my son out of guilt for leaving him behind. (I took a ladies only trip). I reported the bag lost and went to my parents’ house to pick up my son and sleep overnight. They were watching my son while I was away, which is why I flew in and out of Pittsburgh. I got a call early the next morning that my bag was put on the wrong flight to Baltimore and they FedEx’d it to me during the night. I drove home from my parents’ house in PA and arrived home in Columbus that afternoon. My bag had beat me home. It was waiting on the porch when I arrived with a FedEx tag on the handle. In my case, Southwest did a super job keeping me updated and the bag was home less than 24 hours after my flight landed. I've always wondered how much they paid FedEx for the overnight delivery of a 50 pound suitcase from Baltimore to Columbus.

 

[TyTysMommy]

It's a good sale. I'm still debating on going to another kmart, just to check it out. In the past years they both had different stuff to offer.

Why oh why did I have to read this 3 weeks too late?

 

[TyTysMommy]

At 6:45 we have a Welcome dinner and opening session at the Norway Loft in Epcot. I have tried to find info about this place, but it is very limited. Basically what I found is that it is used for seminars and for wedding receptions that get rained out. In fact from what I have read, many CM's couldn't even point you in its direction. It's kind of hidden, I guess. There are next to no picturtes of the place out there that I could find. The ones I did, were poorly taken as the guy was taking them on the sly when he was allowed a tour. He was told no pictures becuase the place hadn't been decorated. I sure hope they don't restrict our picture taking here, but you never know.

Check your email

 

[jenseib]

Try not to worry too much about losing your luggage. I think it happens to a small percentage of bags the airlines handle. In roughly 15 trips I only had a bag go missing once, and they airline did a great job returning it. Two or three years ago I flew from WDW to Pittsburgh and the bag was not there when I got to PIT. I was worried about the bag because it contained all the things I purchased for my son out of guilt for leaving him behind. (I took a ladies only trip). I reported the bag lost and went to my parents’ house to pick up my son and sleep overnight. They were watching my son while I was away, which is why I flew in and out of Pittsburgh. I got a call early the next morning that my bag was put on the wrong flight to Baltimore and they FedEx’d it to me during the night. I drove home from my parents’ house in PA and arrived home in Columbus that afternoon. My bag had beat me home. It was waiting on the porch when I arrived with a FedEx tag on the handle. In my case, Southwest did a super job keeping me updated and the bag was home less than 24 hours after my flight landed. I've always wondered how much they paid FedEx for the overnight delivery of a 50 pound suitcase from Baltimore to Columbus.

I had one flight where some of our bags came and some didn't. Some were on an earlier flight (the flight we were supposed to actually be on, but being delayed at on the runway at our transfer, we missed it and took the next flight), so the ywere stored in another room that we could clain them in and then I beleive 1 bag was still on another flight that arrived later.

Why oh why did I have to read this 3 weeks too late?

I have "heard" that Target is having up 75% off some of there clearance right now.

 

[brookelizabeth]

I need to get caught up here again, but wanted to share a few pictures from the countdown on my phone:

This is today's -- TWO WEEKS!!!!

 

[JKSWonder]

I'll wait till next week and start working on it. I can't believe it's so close to even say that! I think I'll layer her suitcase according to day. MY MIL raised 6 kids, but sometimes she acts like she doesn't know what to do with things.

Ha! My Mom's EXACTLY like that!

 

[SoonerGirl]

Love the countdown Brook! Are those pictures yours or are they from some app? I'm still smart phone illiterate, so I have no idea how those things work

I can get an upgrade on August 13th and I think I'm going to get an iphone - I may be calling you to have you teach me how to use it!

 

[Native NYer]

Brook, I love the countdown!
And Yay for 2 weeks!!!

 

[jenseib]

Ha! My Mom's EXACTLY like that!

Brook, I love that countdown on your phone. I bet mine doesn't do that. I should look.

 

[dizneeat]

Brook, I love that countdown on your phone. I bet mine doesn't do that. I should look.

As long as it accepts foreign calls ....................