May 2008--Everything's Coming Up Roses -- COMPLETE

[Trentmom]

Thanks! Yeah, I can't wait to do the tour...it should be a lot of fun!

We scheduled it for May 10th at 11:30am!! My mom will babysit DD2 so my dad, DH and I can go be kids and race around on the Segways!

Hey Marshay

Segway tour sounds awesome!! Can't wait to hear all about it

 

[racefanof88]

I hear ya!! Majorly excited...now starting to wake up excited for no reason...I think it's just because I more focused on our trip.

I honestly have a hard time sleeping at times, especially when I have been planning and just rehashing everything............lol.

 

[Trentmom]

Just wanting to give you a bump


I don't want you to get into trouble for going OT, so when you get a chance, come tell us about your Easter on my thread

 

[racefanof88]

We have to get this thread going again. We are way to close to our trips to stop now. I am so hyped about this trip. It is getting harder to wait..........lol. I have some limegreen ribbon for our back packs. Still got to get the stuff for the mickey heads though.

I finally got the travel documents from Disney, I was getting paranoid...........lol. Anyway, 31 days 19 hours................. And I don't know if anyone has noticed or not but we have dropped a "camper". DD and fiance have decided to call it quits . So we are down to our original 5.

 

[Marshay]

We have to get this thread going again. We are way to close to our trips to stop now. I am so hyped about this trip. It is getting harder to wait..........lol. I have some limegreen ribbon for our back packs. Still got to get the stuff for the mickey heads though.

I finally got the travel documents from Disney, I was getting paranoid...........lol. Anyway, 31 days 19 hours................. And I don't know if anyone has noticed or not but we have dropped a "camper". DD and fiance have decided to call it quits . So we are down to our original 5.

OMG!! Sorry, I've been so busy doing trip things and had a bunch of folks in town for Easter. But I promise to update this report tomorrow with pictures of the Disney ABC book (I did A through F).

I am very happy for you that you are happy that your DD called it quits!?! I take it you weren't thrilled with the pairing??

So many congratulations on that and you'll have an even more special vacation now.

Gotta go to my volleyball game -- starts in 40 minutes ARGH !!! and DD didn't eat yet.

 

[racefanof88]

OMG!! Sorry, I've been so busy doing trip things and had a bunch of folks in town for Easter. But I promise to update this report tomorrow with pictures of the Disney ABC book (I did A through F).

I am very happy for you that you are happy that your DD called it quits!?! I take it you weren't thrilled with the pairing??

So many congratulations on that and you'll have an even more special vacation now.

Gotta go to my volleyball game -- starts in 40 minutes ARGH !!! and DD didn't eat yet.

No need to be sorry I know what it is like to be so busy, I just miss the excitement of all the planning

I love your new icon......lol. Well, I am happy for so many reasons and she realizes it too. Soooooooooooooooo, hi ho hi ho it on to planning we go...................LOL

 

[junebug88]

We have to get this thread going again. We are way to close to our trips to stop now. I am so hyped about this trip. It is getting harder to wait..........lol. I have some limegreen ribbon for our back packs. Still got to get the stuff for the mickey heads though.

I finally got the travel documents from Disney, I was getting paranoid...........lol. Anyway, 31 days 19 hours................. And I don't know if anyone has noticed or not but we have dropped a "camper". DD and fiance have decided to call it quits . So we are down to our original 5.

Sorry to hear about you and your DH, that's too bad that things didn't work out.
I know I can't wait, I HAVE 33 MORE DAYS TO GO!! Just heard from my TA and she has our DME tags and is waiting for the other stuff to come.

 

[racefanof88]

Sorry to hear about you and your DH, that's too bad that things didn't work out.
I know I can't wait, I HAVE 33 MORE DAYS TO GO!! Just heard from my TA and she has our DME tags and is waiting for the other stuff to come.

LOL not me and DH we are still slugging it out after 21 years. It is DD and her fiance. They have been engaged for a little over 1 year and I am happy that they broke up(she is only 19, almost 20). Which reminds me. Has anyone ordered a birthday cake while at Disney? My DD birthday is April 23 and oldest DS is April 10th so who has the best cake?

Anyway we are hyped.

 

[racefanof88]

OH yeah, forgot to add, I got tags with documents on Saturday

 

[junebug88]

LOL not me and DH we are still slugging it out after 21 years. It is DD and her fiance. They have been engaged for a little over 1 year and I am happy that they broke up(she is only 19, almost 20). Which reminds me. Has anyone ordered a birthday cake while at Disney? My DD birthday is April 23 and oldest DS is April 10th so who has the best cake?

Anyway we are hyped.

My bad I am so sorry.
Your right we need to get this thread going again, because we are all so close together in dates.

 

[junebug88]

Anyone in this thread decorating your room window and with what? I can't decide if I should or not.

 

[Marshay]

Anyone in this thread decorating your room window and with what? I can't decide if I should or not.

Yes, we will decorate our door again similar to what I did in my Sept TR in my siggie (it had mickey and minnie and a place to hold note cards so folks could write notes to us!

 

[Marshay]

At last! Here are some updates to my Disney ABC book. The boxes that are blank will be used for autographs if we find the characters in the park (and there isn't a huge line!!)

Once again, sorry for the huge pictures...photobucket is playing with me again!

A for Ariel, Animal Kingdom and Aladdin's Magic Carpet Ride

B for Belle/Beauty, Bashful, Buzz Lightyear and Donald's Boat

C for Cinderella, Castle and Carousel

D for Doc, Dopey, Dumbo, Donald, Dory, Dale

E for Eeyore, Ears, Epcot, Spaceship Earth and Entrance

F for Fireworks, Fun, Flowers, Fountain, Family, My Friends Tigger and Pooh and Figment

 

[Marshay]

So today I started planning more of our upcoming trip. I used one page per day and started outlining a tentative schedule from Wake Up to Last Activity of the Day.

No, I don't expect to follow it completely...probably not even really close, except for the park of the day and the ADRs. But I really like having an idea about where I may want to go, what rides not to miss, what snacks or restaurants to do, what options we have, etc.

I'll type this up and then double-check all the park normal and EM hours, go to UG to see the crowd rating for each day and try to schedule in some of the concerts or other entertainment that we frequentlly miss like the Candy lady in Japan or the Talking Trash Cans or Devine.

Then when I'm totally finished (probably the week before we leave), then I'll make a detailed paper copy and a high-level accordian book schedule like I did last time.

 

[Marshay]

And in my non-Disney life, I am redoing my Dining Room for the first time in my life. We bought a used home 9 years ago and we only re-decorated 2 rooms (the laundry and my DD's bedroom). The furniture we were using was my DH's parents from the 1960s - 80s. It served us well but joyfully, it is time to move on!

So we bought new furniture from a store that was moving and "everything had to go!", just ordered our hardwood floor and we meet with some painters later this week. I'm trying to get the floor and painting done before our new furniture arrives and before we go to Disney!

I just didn't think I had enough to do!

 

[Trentmom]

Yay for an update!!!

Loving your Book

C is my favorite so far, subject to change at anytime




when I see your next bunch of pages

 

[OrangeBlossom15]

Hey Marshay ! Your book is so cute. I love the cutout of Ariel. So pretty.

Congratulations on the redecorating. I feel for you. I had to shop for a new car a week and a half before my trip You have a lot on your table. Good Luck!

 

[chcmama]

Your book is coming out so good. I know what you mean about redoing a house, we just moved in Nov and we have painted inside the whole house, replaced carpet with laminate floors in most of the house, gotten some new furniture (ours was all hand me down) Still have a ton of work to do. Good luck and have fun.

 

[junebug88]

Marshay, love the book it's so adorable. I was wondering if you have ever made your own window clings for your room and if so were they hard to make.

 

[lovebuzzandwoody]

Marshay, love the book it's so adorable. I was wondering if you have ever made your own window clings for your room and if so were they hard to make.

Sorry to jump ahead of Marshay, but I couldn't help myself! My friend Monica (Poohtigeey) made window clings for their last trip and they turned out great! If my memory serves me correctly, she bought Crayola window clings and printed designs she made on photoshop onto them on her home printer. If you aren't into photoshop you can certainly find designs over on the design board!