Let it Snow, Let is Snow.... That's not snow!

[momabaarjo]

just popping in to say

Holy CRAP it's cold here!!!!

It is -41 with the Wind chill (-41.8 Farenheit)

My garage outside door won't even close because of cold. Cars are plugged in or they won't start in the morning. School MAY be cancelled but it has to reach -45 before they will cancel it.

My poor puppy stood at the door and looked at me like I was NUTS when I suggested that he go outside to pee!

I miss Disney!

BRRR...stay warm!

I had dh issues too...I tried so hard not to let it ruin things, too! Sorry that it was so difficult for some of your ADRs.

Love your dd hat...Boo almost got one of those and I wish he had of...it was so much cuter than what he finally picked out!

 

[veggiemama]

Fun update! Glad B got her hat. A 15 minute wait for RNRC is a dream!

Hmm...will they get up for the ADR? Not if your DH is still being grumpy!

B was very happy, though tired, to get her hat that day! 15min wait to me is not even a wait, pretty much a walk on in my books!

Hi, joining in. Really enjoying your TR so far. The pictures of AKL were great. We are planning a trip for this December so looking forward to reading TRs from Dec to see what we are getting ourselves into. We went in August of 2010 and DH refuses to ever go again in the summer...too hot he says, and I've always wanted to see the Christmas decorations.
Can't wait to read more.

Hi and welcome! There are a bunch of us who went this past December and are all writing about our trips now so hopefully you can get the good and the bad Christmas at WDW was great, and was on my must do list and I'm with you, there is NO WAY I would go in summer time. I can't handle the heat, even Dec was pretty warm for us Canadian's

I can relate to your experience. My dh would lag behind too...especially at moments where I really wanted to hurry. I tried to not let it get to me though... but it really was hard at times.
I'm glad I'm not the only one who gets frustrated by this! I really do try but I guess because I'm the planner and the 'We have to get this done' type person it is hard for me to slow down and relax, DH on the other hand is ALL about the relax and when on holiday's does not like to GO GO GO in the same way that I do. I like to think we balance eachother out but I think we just frustrate each other!

I am glad your daughter got her hat. I think I have done that time and time again. I say.."we will pick that up later" and then poof, I can't for the life of me remember where I saw something. This time we were better about sending things to the front of the park.
I'm glad she got her hat too. It made her happy, though she never wore it again We seem to go back and forth on purchases. We work with the motto of "if you love it, walk away, if you still want it later than you know it is something that you really love and go back and get it" because we know just how often it is that the "I love this" happens in every store. BUT at Disney I think we need to make exceptions as the hat search proved to me.

Oh..and that cupcake. We got one too... good grief sweet is an understatement. And that bow... it died my dd's tongue pink. It was a nice looking cupcake though!
Yes, I thought the cupcake was really cute, and for free I did not care that she did not eat it. Because of this she started making different choices as the week went on which was nice as well.

 

[veggiemama]

MK Day, December 12

We had a VERY early ADR this day. I had warned everyone about this ahead of time because I was determined to get to RD for our MK day. We have never made a RD to any park before and I figured we could do it this day.

We had an ADR at Chef Mickey's for 7:30 am. Plenty of time to eat and get to MK by 9 am, right??

And here is where, like so many others, my plans got derailed!

I had the alarm set for 6am. Not a lot of time to get ready and get out the door but I wanted to give everyone as much time as possible to sleep.

Remember sleeping arrangements? Well because we had moved resorts this meant another night in a new bed. I did not sleep well again! I kept waking up during the night. At one point I woke up and there was my hubby, not sleeping in bed but sleeping, sitting up, on the bench under where we hung up our sweaters! I remember having a moment of thought of "Oh crap, this can't be good!" and then I fell back to sleep.

The alarm went off at 6 am and I got up. I think I managed about 3 hours sleep, so that is a grand total of about 9 hours in 3 days!! Hubby was still 'sleeping' on the bench. The kids stayed sound asleep. I got myself ready, and reluctantly woke up everyone else at 6:45. I probably was already having premonitions of a long potentially frustrating day ahead of us.

DH woke up and was NOT in a good mood This also had me worried but I was really trying to just let it go and not let it ruin my day. He barely spoke a word in the room and kind of stomped around getting ready.

We managed to get out the room.... late! No surprise really but having never done a character meal I had no idea what would happen if we were late to our ADR. We managed to catch the bus fairly quickly, only a wait of about 10 min and then off we went to MK. I was told that if it was not too busy that early in the morning to ask if he would be willing to drop us off at the resort but unfortunately it was pretty busy with others heading off to ADR's as well so we had to ride to MK and walk back to Contemporary.

It was 7:45 by the time we started walking. (we were suppose to be there 15 min ago and I was stressing over the late time.

I trying to walk quickly but DH is lagging behind. I am not much of a morning person and of course non of us have had a thing to eat or coffee so we were all kind of quiet. I kept my silent monologue going about how frustrating it was that he NEVER kept up and to RELAX and just let him be.

We got to Chef Mickey's by 8am. and the cm assured me that all was fine. phew!

Once again I had to remind them of my allergies. They stamped the ticket and again told me that the chef would have to come out and talk to me. We went through the line, had the picture taken and were brought to our table.

Kids and DH headed out for food right away. DH was really feeling the lack of food (though he kept telling me he was fine) I could tell that his blood sugar was low which does not help with his mood. I waited at the table for the chef. And waited, and waited and waited! They came back with food and were almost half way done before the chef finally came. As we were waiting, some of these fine characters came by.

Finally Hubby started to perk up and even started joking around with the Characters (my thoughts: food, coffee, and fresh juice really helps!) So we got this photo

The Chef finally came and told me that he could only make gluten free waffles (same as yesterday for me) I did manage to find some fruit while I waited. During this time everyone started to perk up and we enjoyed our time watching the characters interact at tables, watching the parades. There were 2 ladies at a table across from us who were having lots of fun taking photos with each character but never of the 2 of them together, so my DH offered to take their photos together with the characters (nice guy ) and then they offered to do the same for us. So we got this photo

We finished up our meal and then, since it was passed 9 am and we missed RD we wandered around Contemporary. Looked through the stores and took some pictures of their gingerbread tree.

We headed over to the monorail and were surprised to see how much it was raining!

BUT we still headed to MK with Dh and I discussing best ways to stay dry with our biggest concern keeping the backpack and camera dry but still having the camera available to take pictures.

UP Next..... can we keep it dry, keep us happy and still have a fun day??

 

[annmarieda]

12/12 was a MK day for us too. That morning was so wet!! We dodged in and out of shops to stay dry!

I too get stressed out when I am running late for an ADR. It almost always turns out fine though.

 

[Monknmom]

I don't understand why the coffee is so bad? I didn't like it so stuck to hot chocolate, my DH who has coffee running through his veins had to because I didn't bring anything else but don't think that I didn't hear about it every time he filled up that mug (at least 3 times/day)! I like the pictures from back when.... and that hair doesn't look too bad! My friend had to cut her daughters hair the other day because in school I guess her hair was reaching the girls desk behind her and the girl behind her cut her hair! At least your daughter is young enough--- this is 3rd grade I am referring to! You know I had no idea (even with all of my researching surprisingly people don't mention it) and I was getting those looks every day because I couldn't figure that thing out with the swipping and the finger print! My little one wanted to scan his finger, but I guess that under 10 doesn't have to? We ate at backlot too I thought that it was good and DH couldn't care for it! I have to say that I expected my Dh to act like you are describing, but he didn't! I am sorry that your DH didn't feel to well! I can imagine that must have been hard for everyone! Breakfast looked yummy and I am sorry about you having waffles everyday so far... you would think that they could come up with oatmeal or something else! And it's funny looking back I don't remember that much rain, but I guess that your right it did rain quit a bit DH tells me! Maybe i was just so caught up in the magic and being there for our first time I didn't even get phased by it! Okay I am all caught up now!

 

[knik]

To a fellow cold Manitoban! Lucky you, going to WDW during the cold season. LOL I'll try to get some more photos uploaded before you leave. We really loved the resort and if you have small children I think that the size of the resort is really nice. Oh and if you meet a CM at the pool talking about the crazy Canadians who shovel off their roof in the winter so it doesn't cave in.... That was us!! More on that later in my TR though!


LOL.... I will totally have to remember and ask around!!

 

[momabaarjo]

So glad that you made it to Chef Mickey's and being late was not an issue. Wow, look at that rain. We only saw rain for a little bit one day at USO...but we did get to feel the COLD!

 

[veggiemama]

Quick life update.

Probably shouldn't come as a surprise, I haven't had much time at all to be here, let alone updating or reading other TR. So sorry everyone!

I am right in the middle of our composition festival and competition. I have about 3 more weeks until we are done and all the recitals are finished. At the moment I am working with 37 students writing composition and for 12 of them this is the first time EVER that they have written their own music. It is a lot of fun but at the same time very, very time consuming.

I thought things might calm down soon. HA! who am I kidding!

I just got my schedule worked out for March and it turns out that 3 of the 4 weekends I am going to be away! ouch, that is a lot of time away for me. I have my 3rd year training courses for 2 weekends. I have a symphony concert to plan 1 weekend and a 'special' music day to help plan that is held with a number of other teachers in my area.

Oh and get this... the symphony that I'm working on right now is all about Harry Potter!! I have been searching the net trying to come up with games and songs, not as easy as I thought it would be so i'm stressing about it. I know I shouldn't stress, and I know I'm making things harder than I need to but I just seem to stress out anyways.

I am really trying to get some balance in my life, I took a break from my own piano playing in the hope that I would have more time but it seems like it just got piled on from other areas. I don't want to just, work, work, work but it just never gets down. I even have families calling to sign up for next September!!

Ok, sorry for the rant. Just needed to get that off my chest. I think I feel better now.

There are a number of other things going on which I know is also leading to extra stress and my health is suffering at the moment as well. So to add to my growing aggravations I had someone come up to me in my small town and suggest I go see ________ because I walk funny! And yes that is what she said. As if I don't have enough going one....


if you are still reading. thanks! It is good to get it out. There is still more going on unfortunately but I won't bore you with all of it.

I really hope and pray that things will get better soon. I really, really want to get on here and read other reports and have some laughs with everyone. I hope soon I will be able to.

 

[annmarieda]

I pray things get better for you too. Sounds like life has been super crazy for you lately. When you get a chance to update...even to vent about life stuff... I will be here.

 

[momabaarjo]

WOW...you need lots of prayers and pixie dust...some coming your way from me! We always want life to settle down, but it never does...especially when older children and our schedules get together in the mix. Keep venting away, I am here too!

 

[Grumpy's Wife]

Sometimes we just need a hug. I do hope things get better soon.

 

[Monknmom]

I really understand! I have barely been on! I am happy for the facebook page because I can stay in touch- it's just harder to get here when your not sitting at the computer!
I am really sorry that life is so hectic right now! I hope that things calm down a little and get better... I will keep your family in my prayers and thoughts!

And it's okay to vent here, I think that we all do. Not even just for the anonymous part of it, but because people will actually listen and be there to talk/type! Good luck though- I hope that you do well!

 

[momabaarjo]

 

[Monknmom]

 

[veggiemama]

Life Update:



I'm not sure if I will continue this TR. I can't really think about 'fun' right now. Maybe later I will but it seems silly to try to complete this months after the fact.

 

[momabaarjo]

I am so sorry about your sister! But what happy thoughts of her new life!

I hope you are finding the answers you need for your health !

Maybe sharing a few happy pictures from your trip instead of a full blown tr will help you!

Big hugs and know I am thinking and praying for you.

 

[annmarieda]

I am sorry for your loss. I know that even when someone passes and you know they are in a better place, it is not easy to say good bye.

As for your TR, I am only half done with mine... at the current rate... I will take months to get mine done. So...silly as it may be... don't think you can't come back to this....

 

[heaven2dc]

I am so sorry to learn about your sister's passing! I just found your TR and after reading every post, I am so saddened to hear this We will all give you time to heal and will wait patiently until you feel like sharing your trip with us. A big group hug goes out to you and your family!

On a side note: I loved the pics of your kids when they were younger - how adorable was your son's smile! I hope the rain stopped for you by the time you got to MK!

Take care!