Making Good on a Very Merry Promise! COMPLETE!

[kindakrazy2]

Yes... you did tell the rest of the story... like TWO days later! People were lying awake at night Sarah! Abby'sDad was clutching his chest and overdosing on nitro! And yet... you mocked us!

I'm killing myself... I really am!

Goofy... you got called OUT! yikes.

Okay, so I left you hanging for a couple of days! It was all in good fun though! Ya, poor Abby'sDad was about to lose it!

Goofy - still waiting for you to grace my trippie with your presense! Mo pressure or anything!

 

[lovebuzzandwoody]

Hi there everyone who is still with me! A few replies and then another rambling session from me!

Goofyluver's tattoo. she has a pic of it on her report

Oh, I thought you were talking to me! I was like, "Pineapples? I have pineapples?" I was very confused! MY tattoo is an orca!

Yay!! It worked!

Aww shucks...I feel so special!!

You ARE special!

That is awesome! I have been trying to get a halloween avator but its not working so far...

Let me tell you, it was not easy! It has to be the right size or they will not let you use it. Unless you are SPECIAL, like Cheri... she got away with her's
being bigger!

Hey Cherbear, can you tell me how to get an avitar, I'm computer stupid so explain it like you would to a two year old, I just figured out how to add a signature thingie with the date of my trip but can't figure out how to do a ticker. Any help would be appreciated! Thanks!

I'm not Cherbear, but I play one on TV. No, just kidding! But I think I might be able to help you. (I KNOW... funny, right Monica?)

For the avatar... scroll to the top of the page and click on Quick Links. In the drop down menu click on edit signature. On the left hand side of the page you will see a list of options. Click on edit avatar. A page will come up with a bunch of standard avatars you can choose from. It's easy peasy lemon squeezy! IF you want to use a custom avatar let me know and I will try and walk you through that too.

Now for the ticker... which, be warned, will become your brand new obsession! After you've done your avatar, from that same page click on edit signature. Open a new window and go to tickerfactory.com. From there it's really easy, just go through the steps they tell you to create your ticker. After you've created it, it will give you a bunch of url addresses. Choose the one that says it's for message boards. Highlight the whole thing and right click and chose copy. Go back to the window you left open to edit signature.
In the box where you desined your siggie, right click and chose paste. Voila' you should have a ticker! Choose the preview option at the bottom of the page to make sure it's working and then choose to save it if it is! And then bring yourself back here so we can all bask in your technical abilities!! Go forth grasshopper and get tickered and avatared!

 

[lovebuzzandwoody]

UPDATE HERE!

Well, I guess I should tell you how the trip coming up came to be! And tell you about the PROMISE. We always knew we’d go back and do more when the boys got a little older. And we loved Disney at Christmas – the decorations, I mean – NOT the crowds! So fast forward 2 years and we discover that my DD has an entire week before Christmas off of school. I think to myself… hey, didn’t that Birnbaum dude say that was a “not so busy week” at Disney? So, I start looking at prices and such. Ugh… it’s so expensive. And flights for 5 people around the holidays! It wasn’t looking good. I told Tom we could try an off-site hotel – gasp! – once. To see if we like it. But I probably won’t. But we’ll try it. So we ended up booking the Hilton in DTD. At least you can still take advantage of the EMH and it’s right near DTD. It seemed like a good plan and it was cheap! I kid you not… we were getting a jr. king suite for $150 a night. And to save even more money… we were going to drive. 22 hours from Michigan. I got all kinds of things ready for the kids to do in the car… we have a dvd player too. It’s gonna be fun! Fast forward some more to TWO weeks before the trip. Tom lost his job. He had taken a new one 9 months prior so we could move closer to my family and it turns out the company was in very bad financial shape and he was low man on the totem pole and fell victim to down-sizing. Now, we could’ve still gone to Disney. But we hadn’t bought our park tix yet and didn’t have plane tix and could cancel our ressie at the Hilton and not be out a dime. We decided we shouldn’t go. It wouldn’t have been a very financially irresponsible thing to do. Plus we would’ve been worried about every penny we spent and that didn’t seem like a good time. Now, how do you tell 3 kids you can’t go to Disney 2 weeks before the trip? I’ll tell you how! You come up with a consolation prize! We told them what happened with Daddy’s job and that we shouldn’t spend so much on a vacation right now BUT we would take them to Chicago (only a 3 hr. drive for us at that point) for a few days and go to Shedd’s Aquarium and the Field Museum. They asked, “Are we going to stay in a hotel?” Yes. “Is there a pool?” Yes. “Cool!” Literally… that was the entire conversation. We also PROMISED that when Daddy got a new job and things were better, we’d go to Disney. Well… it took 5 months for him to find a job (well, to accept an offer we could live with) and that job was in North Carolina! We were moving. And having to sell a house in a market that you can’t give a house away in. So, we had to tweak the PROMISE. We had to sell our house first… then Disney. Selling the house took 11 months. About that time we learned that the school my kids go to was going to convert to a year round schedule for the 2007/08 year. It’s not as bad as it sounds. They go to school for 9 weeks and then have a 3 week break. So on and so forth. Turns out they have a 3 week break around Thanksgiving. Hey – we could go to Disney! I started to look into the week of Thanksgiving. I told my BIL what I was thinking and he said, “Yes, you and every one else are thinking the same thing. School’s out, lets go to Disney.” Crap. I do not want huge crowds! Been there, done that. So, how about the week after? They are still off that week. Birnbaum dude says that’s a low volume week too. So, we’ve got our dates… where will we stay? Will we fly? Stay tuned to find out!

 

[kindakrazy2]

Excellent update! The kids must be so excited to be finally getting to go!

 

[lovebuzzandwoody]

Excellent update! The kids must be so excited to be finally getting to go!

They are! Every time they see me dising they want to check my ticker and we all read it out loud together. It's great fun!

Am I posting too much too fast? I just want to hurry up and get you people up to speed!! But if I'm going too fast (or too slow!) or rambling too much just let me know - I want to keep my readers happy!

 

[MousekaMaddi]

disney sounds great after xmas


(sorry,,,it was supposed to read "good plan" and it wouldnt let me edit in that space...........)

 

[lovebuzzandwoody]

disney sounds great after xmas


(sorry,,,it was supposed to read "good plan" and it wouldnt let me edit in that space...........)

That's okay... I believe it IS God's plan for us to go to Disney!
And welcome to my report! Glad you're here!

 

[carri5317]

OK, LOVEBUZZANDWOODY,
I think I got the avitar, but after I did the ticker and right clicked copy was in grey and would not let me pick it as an option, is it something on my copmuter that I need to reset??? Anyone?? Thanks for the help and can't wait to read more about your upcomming trip!

*my avitar worked!!!

 

[lovebuzzandwoody]

OK, LOVEBUZZANDWOODY,
I think I got the avitar, but after I did the ticker and right clicked copy was in grey and would not let me pick it as an option, is it something on my copmuter that I need to reset??? Anyone?? Thanks for the help and can't wait to read more about your upcomming trip!

*my avitar worked!!!

First... please do call me Nicole. lovebuzzandwoody takes you too long to type!

Second... you got an avatar! It looks great on you!

Third... So sad your ticker isn't working. I know when I did my ticker I had to try several times to get it to work at that very same point you are talking about. With mine I have to make sure that I click within the highlighted area or it won't give me copy as an option. See if that works?

 

[carri5317]

Thanks Nicole, I did it! Didn't mean to hijack your post, but thank you please continue....

 

[mkluvsmickey]

Hi Nicole. Thanks for sharing the back story to your trip. Sounds like you deserve this trip and I hope it is truly magical!

I think your updates are great - you'll need to stretch this out for a bit. But, I would like to find out where you are staying??

How do you like North Carolina? Sounds like the year round school will give you more opportunites to visit Disney at off times!

 

[lovebuzzandwoody]

Thanks Nicole, I did it! Didn't mean to hijack your post, but thank you please continue....

You did it! And it all looks really great!!! Good for you!

 

[lovebuzzandwoody]

Hi Nicole. Thanks for sharing the back story to your trip. Sounds like you deserve this trip and I hope it is truly magical!

I think your updates are great - you'll need to stretch this out for a bit. But, I would like to find out where you are staying??

How do you like North Carolina? Sounds like the year round school will give you more opportunites to visit Disney at off times!

Hi Michelle!
I'm glad you are enjoying my report so far. You are getting so close to your trip! I'd love to go to MNSSHP sometime. I've heard that it is a ton of fun!

We actually really love NC. I was very homesick at first and missed my family. That took some time to get used to. After spending our first "winter" here though, I'd never want to go back! And the school thing... there are 4 groups of kids in the school and each group is on a rotating schedule where one group is always out on their break and 3 groups are in school. I hope that makes sense. Anyway, we were able to request what schedule we wanted to be on and we actually based our decision on when we thought we'd like to go to Disney! Another way in which it rules our lives!

Hmmm... where ARE we staying?

sorry, can't help it!

 

[mkluvsmickey]

Hmmm... where ARE we staying?
sorry, can't help it!

You are so mean!

I went to college in Grand Rapids, Michigan and totally understand about the winters! They were awful for a Florida girl!

 

[lovebuzzandwoody]

You are so mean!

I went to college in Grand Rapids, Michigan and totally understand about the winters! They were awful for a Florida girl!

Really? In GR, eh? Okay, I'm gonna ask... where? If you don't want to say that's fine... or you could pm me... or you could tell me to mind my own business!

And just so you don't think I'm mean any longer... I will work on my next post and put it up later on. Forgive me?

 

[mkluvsmickey]

Really? In GR, eh? Okay, I'm gonna ask... where? If you don't want to say that's fine... or you could pm me... or you could tell me to mind my own business!

And just so you don't think I'm mean any longer... I will work on my next post and put it up later on. Forgive me?

You will be forgiven when you get that post up!

I went to Calvin College for two years - 90/91 and 91/92. After two years I couldn't take the winters anymore and transferred back to Florida.

 

[dismom9761]

Hi Nicole! All caught up now and need to know...where are you staying??

 

[lovebuzzandwoody]

You will be forgiven when you get that post up!

I went to Calvin College for two years - 90/91 and 91/92. After two years I couldn't take the winters anymore and transferred back to Florida.

ooo... withholding forgiveness! Tricky!

Don't blame you for bailing! I didn't mind it until Christmas but after that it was brutal. Especially on the west side of the state where you get all that lovely lake effect snow.

Hi Nicole! All caught up now and need to know...where are you staying??

Good, you're caught up! Now I will continue. I was waiting for you... uh-huh, that's my story and I'm sticking to it!



Here's the thing... I haven't typed the next installment yet! I'll get right on it but in tihe mean time... how about some better pics?!?


Here is me and Evan and Owen (E is on your right and O is on your left)...

Here is my DH... shh... he doesn't know I'm putting him on here!

Here is Abby...

Now you have faces for inside your head while you read!

 

[Tat2ddisneymom]

I'm here, I'm here...first post since I'm back...had to come here first...drugged up and posting...YAY YOU STARTED IT!!!!

And with a minimal amount of whining from me!!!

You're off to a great start. I love your pictures! You're so pretty and the kids are just adorable. Hubby's cute, too, but looks like a stick in the mud . Just kidding...not trying to hit on your hubby or anything!!

All these subscribers get here before me. I'm sorry. You know I'd have been first if I was around.

So sorry about your MIL. I'm sure she would have been glad to know that you went to WDW and had a great time, minus the crowds and the ER...

So where ya staying...Inquiring minds wanna know!!!!!!

 

[lovebuzzandwoody]

I'm here, I'm here...first post since I'm back...had to come here first...drugged up and posting...YAY YOU STARTED IT!!!!

And with a minimal amount of whining from me!!!

You're off to a great start. I love your pictures! You're so pretty and the kids are just adorable. Hubby's cute, too, but looks like a stick in the mud . Just kidding...not trying to hit on your hubby or anything!!

All these subscribers get here before me. I'm sorry. You know I'd have been first if I was around.

So sorry about your MIL. I'm sure she would have been glad to know that you went to WDW and had a great time, minus the crowds and the ER...

So where ya staying...Inquiring minds wanna know!!!!!!

Where's the clapping smiley?!?!? Tat's here! I'm heading to your report next to see how you are doing. I've been thinking about you! I'm so glad you're back and I'm so glad you are here!

You should know a stick in the mud when you see one!

Alrighty, since Tat is here, let's celebrate! Coming up... the moment you've all been waiting for...