Now you wouldn't even imagine taking a trip without fp's and table service restaurants, oh and staying on property. What would we all do without the DIS?
It is amazing the things you didn't know back then.
Oh and Yay for Mickey Mail!
One more thing, I think I may be switching around my park days a little. Trying to fit in MSEP. Might go the 20th, so I may see you there after all. Not for certain yet.
And eating QS 3 meals a day was just not cutting it! You'll find out why when I do my last Flashback!
I know! I remember standing in line for Space and making fun of the people who "paid extra" to be lazy!my brother and I were convinced that's how Fastpass worked and kept giving people "the evil eye" as they zoomed by us in lines.
for mickey mail! It's the best!
And this is pretty much their expression: 
I guess now I know TOO MUCH!
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And that's exactly why it's a very good idea to go over the numbers and see which discount works best for you
So I was thinking today about the Dining Plan (thanks a lot, DANA!
We booked our package with a 35% discount and it works out to be a bigger savings than free dining so that is why I never took advantage of that... However, I was thinking that if the 35% discount applies to the package, and I add the dining to the package, then I could technically get 35% off the whole cost right?
Well, no. It doesn't work that way apparently. They take 35% off the package and then tack on the dining so no deal! But at least I tried!
And BTW, they STILL have the wrong phone number on file!
Yes, unfortunately you can only get one "deal". Some free dining works better, for others it is the rate of the room. But at least you tried. It tooks me six months to get my phone number fixed.
One day, I will work up the energy to call and ask for a manager. 
It really shouldn't be this complicated.
) but I've been working really hard and having them fit was a good reward. for that! 
I am exhausted, my feet and my back are killing me, and I'm still not done. It's 9pm and I have two loads of laundry in the dryers downstairs, another load up here that has to be folded and put away, and the bathroom, kitchen, and living room still need to get done. I think I will save those for tomorrow! 
We're officially at the 30-day mark so I thought I would post a little life update. I'm sorry I haven't posted my final Flashback yet! I've been so busy lately it's insane! But I will DEFINITELY do it tomorrow!
First, I finally received my certificate from Penn Foster for an online Dog Obedience Instructor class I took! I can't believe I actually took a college level course, and finished it! I'm now a certified instructor!
I took one year of "real" college right after I graduated High School and I hated it, so I didn't go back after the first year. I did take a course at the CT School of Broadcasting back in 2003, which I also completed...but I never had time to go use the studio to make demo tapes. After that, I started a Vet Tech course online, also through Penn Foster, paid $1000 for the first part of the course and never completed it. I am terrible at math and once I got to the math part, I just gave up. I regret it, but...it only gave me something to learn from. I was determined to finish the obedience course and I think I got the whole class done in 2 months (they give you a year)! I was really motivated!
So that's number 1.
Number 2:
Last year, I bought 3 pairs of capris and a pair of shorts for our WDW trip last October. I had gained so much weight that they ended up not fitting me. I could barely get them on and I knew that there was no way I would be comfortable wearing them to the parks everyday on our trip. But, I tried them on tonight and they actually fit me! I still have 15lbs to go to make my goal weight (which I was hoping to make before our trip) but at least those 4 items fit me comfortably! I'm so happy I didn't get rid of them, and I actually worked to lose the weight. I'm still not 100% satisfied (as I sit here eating ice cream...
Oh, and Lumar bought me some new clothes today, too, so another
I spent the last 4 hours cleaning the apartment a little bit...washing laundry, doing litterboxes (8 rabbits + 6 litterboxes = hard work!)
I'll leave you with this pic I took 2 weeks ago. We took Parsley to hang out at my dad's again with his dogs, to make sure they stay accustomed to each other, and I managed to grab this shot while Parsley and her best friend, Chaos (the boxer) were sitting still (for about 3.7 seconds).
Goodnight, all!
30 DAYS!!!
Wow, lots of congratulations in order!!! Way to go on both the certification and the weight loss!
Love the pic of the dogs. What beautiful animals!
Since I know I'm going to take those shorts & capris, I figured, why not just pack them now! I'm gonna pack some of my tank tops today since I won't be wearing this stuff again til WDW.
I'm so worried about what I'm going to wear while I'm in WDW, this weight loss thing just did not work out for me. I had 4 months and now I'm down to 8 weeks. I'm just going to work really hard for those 8 weeks and see what happens, I guess! And hope that by my next trip, I'm finally skinny! 
