May at FW Cabins ******THE TIME IS HERE ******

[racefanof88]

I'm glad that you figured everything out. I understand having to work half a day. My dad owns a construction business and he's done that lots of times. He may just have a few more things to do to get things going for the next week and then we'd leave at lunch.





Oh I don't watch racing so I don't know anything about the atlanta track. A lot of my extended family loves racing though. My dad and mom were never into it though so I guess I just didn't grow up around it. LOL No offense taken.

MMM fried shrimp! Have fun and happy birthday!!!!! I'm glad you get to go shoppin' LOL that will be fun. I want to see what you bought!!!



I love your hair!! Yay for growing out. I'm growing mine out too! No haircuts for me for a while. Well, I'll have to trim my bangs but that's it.

The drink looks so good! My parents really don't like trying new restaurants either. We always eat at the same places. But Brad and I love new places and adventures. We are definitely adventurous!



I really like that shirt! It will be beautiful on you!!

Thank you for the birthday wish. You are so sweet.

I usually don't mind driving down after Dale works a half day. I don't want to lose the day on the tickets and in the room.........lol. I hate paying that much for just a few hours to sleep. It takes so long to drive down when we get there we are sooooooooo tired.

The reason I said I'm sorry is because I said I didn't want to go to Atlanta. Not just the race....lol. The track is in Hampton and trying to get to Atlanta, where our hotel was, scared me to death . I have never been so nervous in my life as I was after the race and we were headed to our hotel room. I have driven in New Orleans and I swear they drive like little old ladies compaired to how they were driving in Atlanta......

I was crazy last year before went to Disney and thought I needed my hair cut(that is the first pic of me on this thread). I can't stand the growing out process.

The drink was sooooooooo good. It was called a Sunset Passion Colada. We drove along the beach and passed LOTS of seafood restaurants but Dale didn't want to try them . I didn't get a picture of the appy we got but it was Parrot Bay Jumbo Coconut Shrimp it was to die for. I am going to upload some of the beach pictures too.

I loved the shirt and thank you for the compliment . I just looked at the Charlotte Russe website and they have some great deals. I really need to stop buying tops though I need bottoms .

 

[racefanof88]

This is an old sign.

Boat on Pensacola Bay.

Walkway down to the beach.

Yellow flags were flying because the surf was rough.

Almost looks like snow doesn't it ?

Another sign

This is why they call it the Emerald Coast.

 

[bertegirl]

Oh those photos make me so homesick for California!!! I just can't get use to the sight of corn fields and hog buildings. Or the smell! I can taste the salt in the air...how many days until May. I am going to go nuts. I need a vacation! Well I should go get Austin. The Tylenol is not helping him sleep at all. What a little bear cat!

 

[wlwilliams9]

It looks like you had a wonderful b-day excursion! The sand looks wonderful! Did you get any shopping done?

 

[3princesses+aprince]

Oh, the beach pictures are beautiful!!!!! I wish I lived close by a gorgeous beach. The beaches here are about an hour away. Happy Bday

 

[racefanof88]

Oh those photos make me so homesick for California!!! I just can't get use to the sight of corn fields and hog buildings. Or the smell! I can taste the salt in the air...how many days until May. I am going to go nuts. I need a vacation! Well I should go get Austin. The Tylenol is not helping him sleep at all. What a little bear cat!

It was so nice to drive down there again. We stopped so I could take a few of the pictures and as soon as I stepped out of the car I could smell the salt air. It was great. The road we were on was just re-opened on Thursday. It was destroyed by hurricane Ivan in 2004. I agree the countdown seems to be going soooooooooo slow. Poor Austin. Tylenol always put Dallas to sleep.

It looks like you had a wonderful b-day excursion! The sand looks wonderful! Did you get any shopping done?

It was really windy so as we were driving you could see a fine mist of white sand in the distance. I was able to find one top at Charlotte Russe. I posted a pic. It is post number 79. The pictures are REALLY small.....lol.

Oh, the beach pictures are beautiful!!!!! I wish I lived close by a gorgeous beach. The beaches here are about an hour away. Happy Bday

Thank you . It is about an hour from my house to where we were. We have beaches closer but we wanted to drive along this hwy since it has been close for 4 1/2 years. It was fun.

 

[racefanof88]

I made the reservation for May 15th and got a suite at Seralago Hotel. It is supposed to be a two room suite so it should be ok. If anybody has info on this place, good or bad, let me know. I also googled Flipper's Pizza and found that there is one who will deliver there so I am OK there .

I tried to call Disney Dining and change our ADR for CM to the 17th instead of the 16th and after being on hold for 25 minutes , I hung up and decided I would try to call back tomorrow. I need to cancel the WC ADR as we have changed plans to have Dallas' b'day celebration at T-Rex. Dale thinks I have lost my mind because Dallas' birthday is in September. I asked Amanda today if she wanted to do the tea at GF and she said she wasn't sure, so if anybody is going to be there while I'm there and wants to do the tea, I would love to meet there and have a nice lunch.

I have been looking so hard to find a nice dress for Dale and my dinner at The Wave, but I just can't find anything. I went into my closet yesterday and tried on some old dresses I already have...................it was truly funny. As I am looking through these dresses, mind you it is only a few, I realize I have not bought a new dress in a while, we are talking 1998 a while. So, I put this dress on and wooooooo hooooooo it fit I was stoked, that is until I walking out of my room and Tyler asked me why I was wearing a dress from the 80's. He noted the look on my face and tried to recover, by saying "Mom it makes you look sooooooo skinny". Yeah, good try Tyler. So now I am back to trying to find a dress .

OH YEAH, I forgot to add the reason for the change in thread name. Well, Amanda's boyfriend is Matt, a good guy all in all. He comes from a very nice family(I forgive his father for being a politician ) and he has ambition, acts kinda childish(he is 20)but I am sure he will outgrow this. Now, our problem comes in with Dale's 4th child.............

yes it is Niko. He HATES poor Matt. Why? I don't know. Niko is like Robert DeNiro in "Meet the Parents" you are either in the circle or you are out, unfortunately, Matt is out. Amanda and Matt have been dating for almost a year and if Niko could, he would rip Matt's lips off. He just will NOT find his way to like him. I watch the Dog Whisperer and It's me or the Dog, and I try Cesar's and Victoria's tips...............NOTHING. We will be in the car for 8 hours one way, with NIKO AND MATT. I am thinking about asking the vet for some type doggie valium.... Not really, I am going to buy him a Happy Muzzle though. Any ideas are more than welcome.

So, I am off to try and find something else to change on the vacation. OHHHHH did I mention I was thinking about a deluxe for me, Dale, Dallas and Amanda and sending Tyler and Matt to a value?

 

[bertegirl]

Good luck...I waited 25 minutes on hold yesterday to be told no ressies at Ohana or Chef Mickeys during our trip. We took Kona, Boma and Spoodles. I still have a bear cat who won't take a nap. His eyes are so sad looking! Going to try the pacifier with orajel...

 

[racefanof88]

Good luck...I waited 25 minutes on hold yesterday to be told no ressies at Ohana or Chef Mickeys during our trip. We took Kona, Boma and Spoodles. I still have a bear cat who won't take a nap. His eyes are so sad looking! Going to try the pacifier with orajel...

Oh, poor baby. It is really hard when they are running fever and teething and you can't get them any relief. I hope he feels better soon.

I haven't tried to call yet. I guess I need to do that now. I have been shopping again........ shhhhhhhhhhh don't tell my husband. I got my stuff from ON today and it fits great, as does Tyler's shorts. I went on and ordered more stuff from them and I found me a dress . I found it on J C Penney. I will try to upload some pics later.

 

[racefanof88]

I got 2 pair of these on JCP one this color and one a light green.

This is the dress. I wish I could make it larger but it wouldn't resize

I got these shorts.

These are from ON.

I got 2 of these for Dallas. The other is gray with black sleeves.

And Tyler wanted a couple more of the cargos so I ordered him two more in different colors. Now, I think I am finished for me.

Oh, I was able to get through to Disney Dining(after 32 minutes) and they had CM for Sunday May 17th at 10:50 so I took it. She said they had one for 7am but I told her that was tooooooooooo early. She laughed and said she couldn't blame me for that.

 

[bertegirl]

Love the dress. I have those Capris from ON. They are so comfortable! I wanted them in white but they were out of stock. Ugh! Glad you got into CM. Jason isn't much a breakfast eater...so we are only doing Crystal Palace. We got 8 am. I wanted into the park early so we could do some photos at the castle without hundreds of people in the background. Do you know what time you can get in for an 8 am breakfast?

 

[racefanof88]

Love the dress. I have those Capris from ON. They are so comfortable! I wanted them in white but they were out of stock. Ugh! Glad you got into CM. Jason isn't much a breakfast eater...so we are only doing Crystal Palace. We got 8 am. I wanted into the park early so we could do some photos at the castle without hundreds of people in the background. Do you know what time you can get in for an 8 am breakfast?

Last year we had an 8:05 ressie at CP and we were all gathered in an area by the stroller rental. They will check your name on the clip board. We were let in about 15 minutes early. On my old trip report I have pics of the Castle in the fog.
here is one.

This is just a picture while waiting.

You can see the park is pretty deserted.
I wanted to do CP again but DH LOVES CM........

 

[bertegirl]

Awe...the pink shorts in the photo are too cute! I never think of wearing colored shorts! Love the photos! Thanks! I need to buy an extra memory card.

 

[racefanof88]

Awe...the pink shorts in the photo are too cute! I never think of wearing colored shorts! Love the photos! Thanks! I need to buy an extra memory card.

I am thinking of getting hot pink shoes to wear with my dress. I think the contrasting colors would be cute. In the picture the girl is wearing brown but I am not that crazy about brown shoes. If I can't find any hot pink I like I will try to find the turquoise color.

 

[wlwilliams9]

Love your new purchases!! I like the idea of a pink shoe with the dress. It will be a nice pop of color!!

 

[bertegirl]

I have photo shop and print shop. I have done the pictures on iron on, but never the WDW designs. My cousin has done them with Adobe. I actually went to the dis design thread at the way bottom and requested someone make them. There is a donatlie might be spelling that wrong. She has a shared file you can go into and you could save them and edit them. That is what someone did with the AK design for me. I have an Apple though, so it wouldn't let me. Hope this helps~Can't wait to see the shoes!

 

[racefanof88]

Thank you, DD has photo shop and print shop. I will have to see about a design for all of us to wear the first day there or at least get one for Dallas' b'day.

I called today to see about adding PH to our plan. Well, first things first. I called AAA to see if they had the 4/7 packages any cheaper than I was able to get online, she checked and they did not have any left for the Cabins, oh well. So I called Disney and spoke with the nicest CM.......can't remember his name though. I asked if I could still add the PH at the discounted price, I had figured it to be about $1660 to upgrade from the one day base ticket to seven day park hoppers(even with the one day paid) he changed this and that and I could hear him mumbling numbers in the back ground, then he tells me it is going to be $1239.66. I told him to add it. I don't know if my math was off or not but hey either way I come out over $400 ahead of what I had planned.

I am not adding the DDP as it is almost $1700 more and I just don't see us eating that much food. I think I am going to get everyone a Disney gift card for Easter. That way they can spend it anyway they want and I can't be accused of wrecking anyones diet.......

Tyler and I want to eat at the Yak and Yeti so I guess I will make us an ADR for that one night. I am still trying to talk Amanda into the tea.

I can't find the shoes I want so if anyone knows of a good website to look for shoes let me know. I really want some nice hot pink shoes.

 

[racefanof88]

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOOOOOO Amanda has decided she wants to do the tea. I am sooooooooooooooooooo excited I can't stand it. I am going to call dining in the moring and see what they have for Thursday, May 21st.

OK, Amanda and I are doing the tea, Tyler and I are going to Yak an Yeti, now I have to see what Dallas wants to do just he and I? I don't think he will only want to go with me, he will want his dad too, which is fine with me.

 

[wlwilliams9]

Great that your tickets were cheaper than you expected! The tea with your DD will be so fun! I can't wait until Emily is old enough to appreciate mom/daughter time! Right now, I appreciate it for the both of us! My mom passed in Aug and I am sooo happy for all of the special times I had with her.

I want a gift card for Easter too!! Can you tell the Easter Bunny?

 

[racefanof88]

Great that your tickets were cheaper than you expected! The tea with your DD will be so fun! I can't wait until Emily is old enough to appreciate mom/daughter time! Right now, I appreciate it for the both of us! My mom passed in Aug and I am sooo happy for all of the special times I had with her.

I want a gift card for Easter too!! Can you tell the Easter Bunny?

I will tell him......lol.