... i guess i should get on that...
Seriously, hon, Jo really said it perfectly, and I don't have much else to add. Family drama is so hard, and when you are dealing with your parents you love them, want to help them, and just want a normal relationship. But the only relationship you can work on is your relationship with each of them -- you can't let them drag you into the problems they are having with each other. They are going to have to work those out, and they are going to have to come to terms with their own addictions before they will truly change. I grew up with quite a few alcoholics, and my nephew died in October 2006 from meth. So I know you can still love someone but not love the way they are acting and not love the things they do when they are using.
If every little detail isn't picture perfect, it will still be ok, it will still be a joyful, wonderful day. Try to relax, and have fun! And YES, your honeymoon is for you and your DH to have time to just enjoy each other and to have fun, so if anyone absolutely has to reach you in an emergency, they can leave a message at the hotel desk 
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Le Cellier seemed a lot the same to me. We are not on the DDP, so we are out of pocket. We do have the DDE card which saves us 20%.
The bread sticks were as always wonderful. I think we could eat the pretzel ones all day.
There is not a side salad on the lunch menu, but dh and I both ordered one without a problem. The Caesar side salad was huge, we could have split it. And in fact gave some to our daughter and son.
I love the fillet mignon and DH loves it too. We both ordered that. It comes with risotto but I subbed the cream cheese mashed potatoes. It was so good.
DS ordered the Chicken Caesar Salad and loved it. He also had a side of Baked Mac N Cheese from the adult menu. I thought it tasted fab, but it just wasn't as good as Kraft in box (the powdered kind) so he didn't care for it!
DD ordered from the kids menu, even though she is 10 and we told them she was 10. There just wasn't anything on the adult menu she wanted. She ordered celery and carrots for her app., spaghetti with marinara for her entree and the kids ice cream sundae for dessert. She loved it all! The ice cream sundae is an asssemble it yourself sort of deal with choc. syrup, sprinkles, and nuts. She loved putting it together herself.
Also, the salad was a little dry for our taste so we asked for extra dressing. My dd wanted extra marinara and we were brought that as well. I guess we are just saucy!
Dh ordered the Chocolate - on -Chocolate Whiskey Cake and ds and I split the Chocolate Moose. I preferred the moose but DS and DH loved the cake. Both were wonderful and I would order either again without hesitation.
Best meal of our trip so far and outstanding service from Charlotte! She was wonderful!
Fantastic Plastics is no more. We love that silly robot making deal. So no more robots for the NewCrews. We also loved racing them!
Well, I am off to play some air hockey in the arcade. I am sure I will lose.
Again!
Ha!
Tomorrow is DHS!
hey guys! nc - you are very thorough... i love itliving vicariously through your vacation is awesome
i also have a voice that goes along with everyone and an imaginary celebrity look a like.... p.s. you were supposed to be brunette and bigger than you are... hahaha
have a great trip and keep us posted
so, i went to meet pastor Doug tonight and we finalized almost everything...
so, it's finally all starting to come together
i just had a pre wedding meltdown a little while ago though - i didn't really want to bring it up but i have been battling some demons that i wasn't going to mention, but seeing how mari opened up and layed out her issues with everyone earlier finally let me see that it's ok for me to just get it off my chest here with all of you guys:
BOTH of my parents have been battling some problems with addiction for a while now, they have been drinking for as long as i can remember... it was tolerable for a while because they are "functioning" alcoholics and occasional drug users but - we (the kids) didn't get into their problems... that's just who they were. about two years ago my mom got really bad and started doing some hard drugs... i mean it was a BAD situation... we didn't know if we were ever going to see her again after some of the stunts that she pulled... she eventually agreed to go into rehab for alcohol AND drugs. when she came out after a month she seemed like a changed person... she was telling us all about what she had learned and why she did what she did and so on... well, she started drinking again after a while - slowly, just one or two here and there, well, if any of you have had experience with alcoholics - you know that they can NEVER have a drink again... my dad really wasn't much help for her at this point - he didn't understand that in order to help her he had to quit everything also - and that was something that he was just not willing to do... she progressivly got worse and is now just as bad as she was before she went in the first time... also over the past few weeks there has been some pretty strong evidence that she has been seeing someone that she met at the bar behind my dads back...
all of this is why i had my sister spend the night this past weekend and why i just couldn't focus on scrapbooking for my guest book or anything else over the past few weeks
he kicked her out and then she came back home and he tried to forgive her, but after she came home he realized that she just hasn't hit bottem and isn't going to change so he kicked her out again... she's just lying and denying everything and is unwilling to change her ways and admit fault.
so, this has all been going on while i am trying to plan this wedding basically alone. my mom hasn't really been there to help me with any of it, because her priorities were obviously elsewhere... i'm not bitter about it - i understand that it's a disease and that it's been difficult for the both of them as well...
i just don't want any animosity between families at the wedding and i am just sick of dealing with it all. i am stressed to my absolute limit and trying to be there and listen to my dad who is heartbroken about his wife cheating on him, and i am really trying to hear my mom out and believe what she is saying to me, but after being lied to so many times in my life it is really difficult to trust either of them... this doesn't exactly seem like the best way for me to start a marriage - does it? i obviously have some serious issues right now and i just needed to get all of that off my chest...
i'm not looking for sympathy from you guys for me - that's not why i wrote this - i needed to tell someone! and to ask to just please pray for them that they can get better and start to enjoy what has been there right in front of them all along... a family who loves them and who is willing to stand behind them through anything
ok - back to fun stuff!
14 days =
I think I will go tan this morning. . . Sure wish they opened earlier than 9:00!
Not sure what the rest of the day will bring. I really need to get back to finishing the spring cleaning, but I just can't seem to get motivated to do it!
morning ladies!
thanks for everyone's support - i just couldn't take it anymore.. it has been a rocky road for a really long time - but just the stress of everything is weighing down on me... i'm just trying to be there for my little brother and sister (my sister, casey more than anyone is feeling the effects of all this)... and I just snapped - so i appreciate everyone listening and responding - it just felt better as soon as i typed everything that i was feeling. so, moving forward - they're hopefully going to deal with their issues on their own time and i can just continue to stress out about my own drama
so, i think that we should play a game to get everyone back talking about disney stuff and excited again!!!
also, i read what shelly is packing and it's freakin me out - i don't think i have enough clothes!!!
but, i also haven't packed a thing yet...
hey - does anyone have that link on how to ship your stuff down to wdw... there's a very specific way that you are supposed to lable it and blah blah - i have never done it before - but we are this time...
thanks again for everything guys
Morning Mari - 18 DAYS!!!!
Hey Katie - Have a great day at work!
RF - You better get packing!!! I'm thinking I might need some more clothes too, maybe I'll run over to the mall one day this week!!!
but with everything else that's going on - i don't see me having the time to do it that week
... is there anywhere other that old navy that you guys suggest for comfy dis clothes...
... hahaha he's a trooper - he just said - "oh, well it's just money - i'll make more tomorrow" 
T's and tanks and maybe one or two pair of capri's.
