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[tksbaskets]

Feel better Sherry! I agree with the PP rest, chicken noodle soup, and fluids.

 

[mariezp]

Sherry, I hope you get to feeling normal again ASAP. Oh yeah... and I really like the new title and can't wait to hear the details of Aunt Betty.

 

[WDWJonasGirl]

I'm loving it Sherry!!

 

[bumbershoot]

Those are about the problems Robert has been having. I almost think it's a rebound thing, from whatever we got while in Anaheim (I think I had it all at once, though), and the gift just keeps on giving! (Robert *had to* be at work while feeling really bad, and he knows he spread it all around his office, and on and on it spreads!)

But it might have been from your fall, too. Falls can have big effects!

 

[LisainCalifornia]

Sherry,
I just have spent the last few hours looking through your old posts/trip reports. I loved everything--especially the Catalina/Avalon island parts. I go to Los Angeles 2-3 times a year year because my husband's family is all there. They all pretty much live in the Palos Verdes/Redondo Beach area, but my sister in law lives in Portuguese Bend with her husband. From their home, they have an amazing view of the ocean and Catalina Island. I am always telling my husband when we go that we need to take a trip over to Avalon to show it to the kids, but so far we haven't done it--mostly because he keeps telling me that I will get really seasick. Did you notice that you got seasick on your ferry trips over? I do tend to get sick if the boat is in choppy water, so he may be right. I thought I was going to die from the trip we took to Alcatraz last year from San Francisco. We live in the bay area, but don't typically take the ferry anywhere.

Anyway, I loved looking at not only your Disney pictures, but also the others from your life.

Thanks for sharing.
Lisa

 

[mariezp]

Hey Sherry! Popping in to check on you.

Also wanted to let you know that the calendar deals are now going to be popping out left and right if you still haven't ordered yours yet. I know this because I HAVE ordered mine and just got another new deal today. Why is it that is ALWAYS happens right AFTER you place your order so you miss the really good deals? Anyway, this was another Vistaprint offer which is good through January 06. Buy 1 calendar get 2 free. Doggone it! I could have gotten 3 calendars for the price of 1!

 

[WDWJonasGirl]

Hapy Late New Years Sherry!!

 

[Sherry E]

Whoa! Clearly I have missed a few DISboards e-mail notifications recently - I had no idea that I had any recent posts (Kaitlin, Lisa, Marie, etc., etc.)!! The last few times I have popped over to the TR side of the board were to make quick comments on other TR's that were near the top of the page. My own TR was down the page a ways, so I didn't even look to see who had posted last!! Shame on me!

Anyway, this is really just a drive-by hello at the moment to let you all know that I have not abandoned the December TR. I will have to answer Lisa's questions about Catalina the next time I pop in. (I am preparing to watch the season premiere of "American Idol" and I won't have time to reply to anything tonight!) I promise to finally get this TR going so I can tell you how I ended up sobbing like a fool on a bench in DCA!

I have known for a long time exactly what I was going to put in this TR, what I was going to say and how I was going to lay it all out. I've known it since I got back from DLR last month. The thing is, it will require a little more effort on my part than my usual TR's and because of the endless technical problems I have with my PC, the thought is a bit daunting.

Add to that the fact that I have been sick in some way or another ever since I got back from DLR in December, and just not feeling well at all - for well over one month. I established that I think I have a low-grade sinus infection (all the signs are there), which has just been hanging on and hanging on and making me miserable. Every time it seems to be abating a little bit and I feel better for one day, it goes right back to being extra annoying the next day. I have not seen a doctor yet (no insurance; no money!).

So I am sure my poor ol' immune system is tapped out because it has been trying to fight off this beast for almost 1.5 months! I am actually afraid to go out anywhere because I think that I will instantly pick up something much worse and get even sicker. That's what happened to me once long, long ago - I had one mild cold after another cold after another cold (and maybe a sinus infection thrown in there too) in the course of a month or two, and my immune system was wiped out. So then I got really weak and couldn't move, starting coughing non-stop and I ended up with pneumonia. Whenever the immune system has to work extra hard to fight something off that is hanging around forever, you run the risk of catching a lot of other stuff too.

Between the technical/computer issues and the health issues and the fact that there were several holiday TR's from other people going on at once, I figured I would hold off on starting my December tale for a while.

BUT...although I still kinda feel icky and the infection seems to still be here, I am starting to poke my head out of the cave and come out of hibernation. Today I not only had to renew my Photobucket Pro account but I also made a photo calendar on Snapfish (which was a pain because of this PC). It was only about $14 - not as good as when it was free last year, but not bad. As I was looking at all of the photos, I was saying to myself, "Gee, I should really get this holiday trip report going before the next holiday season rolls around!" I may not have taken even half as many photos as I took in December 2010, but I still have a few pictures to share, and I certainly have tales to tell!

So I will just have to start it. And hopefully when I start it I will be able to get through it without too much difficulty!

Until then...I am off to watch "American Idol." I love Steven Tyler and his wacky charm from way back when. I didn't like "X Factor" when it was on TV, but I am still hanging in there for Idol!

 

[kaoden39]

Too funny I should read this now. I am watching AI.

 

[ddwlms]

well YAY! Can't wait for you to start. Feels like I've been waiting, and waiting, ......and waiting

I've really loved the December trip reports. We were there Nov 27 - Dec 2 (if you remember, I initially wanted to just "borrow" all your trip planning before you ended up postponing) and reading everyone elses trip reports has been like reliving it all thru other's perspectives. (and reliving it the lazy way since I can't seem to be bothered to get any further then importing my pictures into shutterfly) --It was especially great when rentayenta posted a picture that she took of rope drop on the same morning we were at rope drop.

Sending good vibes to your PC

 

[TheColtonsMom]

Hi everybody I am back and I have actually read every word posted here since I disappeared back in June. So now I am ready for that Christmas TR to start. So sorry you are feeling bad Sherry. I know how awful it is to cry at the happiest place on earth....(remember my Christmas dinner 2010) and I am so sorry it happened to you. I have missed you all and am glad to be back

 

[mariezp]

Alrighty Sherry. I've got something to get you motivated to start your latest trip's report. I'm going to try to get started on mine and you wouldn't want me to get mine done before yours! After all, I am the queen of procrastination and it would be a shame for you to be lumped in that category with me. As of right now I can't exactly start because my computer is dead and I am working off our laptop which would be almost like trying to chisel the words in stone BUT as soon as I get my pc back, hopefully, in a couple days, I fully intend to get in gear and get my November trip report fired up. So here's your heads up to beat me to the finish line. If you take a peek at my siggie you might notice why I really should get it wrapped up before the need to work on some other projects arise.

 

[WDWJonasGirl]

I can't to hear all about Sherry. Here's my new PTR:
http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=2862184

 

[Sherry E]

I've mentioned to you all that I have not been well since last month. I think that this untreated sinus infection or whatever it is (which is enhanced and aggravated by the fact that I have had lifelong tonsil problems, by the way) is affecting my equilibrium.

You may recall that I said I fell back in December (on Christmas Day, to be exact) - that time I fell on the cement. My knee got really banged up and is still hurting now. I think I hurt the bone.

A few days ago, I fell in the bathroom. Yes, that's TWO falls within a month. I was able to brace my fall a bit because I am terrified of making my back/disc situation even worse than it is and not being able to move, but I hit my head on the tile in the process. Fortunately, it was not a tremendously hard hit or I could have been in some serious trouble, but because of what we know about Natasha Richardson and even my own old friend Bret Michaels, we know that even if you feel fine after hitting your head...you may not be fine.

So that kind of threw me for a loop for a couple of days and got me out of whack when I was otherwise planning to get this party started in my trip report!



Marie - Now that I know you are about to start your holiday TR, that makes me LESS inclined to start mine, silly girl! Part of the reason I held off (aside from my health issues and my endless computer problems) is the fact that my other DIS-friends were doing their holiday TR's too...and it's easier for me to concentrate on other TR's if I don't have to work on my own as well.

But you are long, long overdue - even more so than I am - so you should really get going on that TR before your next trip!


Kaitlin - I'm going to pop over to your Pre-TR and check it out!



Hi, ddwlms! Thank you so much for hanging in there with me! Let's hope I don't fall a third time and land in the hospital before I can get this show on the road!



Hi, Sherri! Welcome back! I figured your Halloween trip last year got cancelled. And I wondered if you were out there, secretly following along here when I posted my own Halloween TR.

Sherri, you will probably recall the "flaky friends" who I have mentioned in the past - they are directly involved in why I was sobbing on a bench in DCA, so I guess I have learned my lesson once and for all. Sigh...



Lisa - I have not forgotten to answer your Catalina questions!

 

[kaoden39]

Sherry, How scary. I hope you are on the mend.

 

[tksbaskets]

Wow Sherry you have an eventful December (and not all in a good way). Hope you are on the mend. I'll be here to read when you start to write

 

[Sherry E]

Thank you, Michele and TK.

I'm long out of December, TK - and January is almost over! I fell in the bathroom and hit my head just a few days ago because I'm still sick and my balance is all off kilter.

I'm not on the mend because I have an infection that has been lingering with me since early last month and it's not being treated. I could go into the whole explanation of why I can't get to a doctor - and even if I do get to a doctor, how they will tell me that there's not much they can do to treat my sinuses because my tonsils need to come out (it's all stuff I have heard before from several doctors in the past) - BUT this is a Disneyland trip report...not a 'day in the life of Sherry' sort of thread. I don't even really get into that stuff on Facebook.

I only shared what happened to explain why the TR was further delayed, when I had fully intended to get it going a few days ago!

On a happier note (and more Disney-related), I did order a Snapfish photo calendar early last week that I think should be arriving today. This time, the calendar will be a bit smaller than the free Disney Parks calendar that many of us bought last year. That one was a slightly bigger size, while the one I am expecting to arrive today should be more along the lines of an 8" x 11" sort of size.

I couldn't find any really good 'totally free' calendar offers this time around - all the ones I saw involved buying one calendar and getting another one free or some such thing. So I used a "get 30% off your calendar plus get free shipping" offer from Snapfish - and since I was thoroughly pleased with the quality of their calendars last year, I decided they had earned my business as a paying customer and I shelled out the $14.

I was under the gun to get the calendar finished before the offer expired, so I did not add in all the little photos in the date sections like I wanted to (TK did this with her calendar last year!). The photos I chose for the calendar were a mix of things (not all Disney stuff...

I used some DLR photos from holiday season 2010; I used some photos from DLR's holiday season 2011; I used a bunch of Fall flower photos; I used a bunch of Halloween DLR 2011 photos; I used a couple of Catalina photos; and I used some photos that I took around the neighborhood (I'm always taking pictures - it's just that you guys don't see most of them because they are not Disneyland-related!).

I actually did not have time to give much thought to what I was going to put in the calendar and rearrange things extensively. I just kind of chose a bunch of photos and starting grouping them together on the spot - without really thinking - and putting them into certain months. I'm sure I would have rearranged the whole thing if I'd had time to think it through, but I didn't...so it is what it is!

Anyway, I will post photos of my DLR, etc., calendar when it arrives.

As for the DLR holiday TR - as I mentioned recently, I've known exactly what I wanted to include/say in the TR and how I wanted it lay it out for a long time (since I got home last month), but it will require a bit of a different 'set-up' than my usual TR's...and that set-up will require some photographic examples! So, it has taken some time to assemble the photos, and due to health issues and computer issues - and just not having enough time to devote to the TR - it's had to sit on the back burner! Plus, with the plethora of other holiday TR's that were or are going on, I just didn't feel the urgency to force mine into the mix too. How much 'holiday' can everyone take, after all?

I could easily just say, "Well, I'll just post the DLR pictures and skip the 'report' part of the TR, just to get done with it." I kind of did that with my Halloween Time 2011 TR, at the end of it. I sped through the photos and skipped the reporting. But it's not how I want to do this particular holiday TR (especially since I did not take all that many photos this time around). I want to put a bit of effort into it and do it the way I want to do it! And it's hard to do that when I feel like I have to rest every 5 minutes!

 

[tksbaskets]

Sherry I'm looking at my Disney calendar right now. Deej and I made them November - October calendars. Very nice quality. I'll be wanting to do one for 2013 for sure.

Balance issues suck. Hope you are able to work through yours.

I like your pics but it's usually the TR part that has me laughing/smiling/imagining myself there with you Either way I'm good!

TK

 

[Sherry E]

Sherry I'm looking at my Disney calendar right now. Deej and I made them November - October calendars. Very nice quality. I'll be wanting to do one for 2013 for sure.

Balance issues suck. Hope you are able to work through yours.

I like your pics but it's usually the TR part that has me laughing/smiling/imagining myself there with you Either way I'm good!

TK

TK -

I love those Snapfish calendars. I only wish I'd had the time and energy to add the little tiny photos in the date boxes! I just didn't get going on creating the calendar in enough time so I had to skip it. This calendar that should be arriving today will begin with April 2012, as my current calendar lasts through March! I remember your calendar and deej's calendar very well!

It's necessary to have certain pictures at the intro/set-up to my TR this time around, as a lead-in. It will all make sense when you see it. It's not about trying to post fabulous photos as an intro - in fact, most of them are old and were taken on bad cameras. It's more just a matter of setting up the story and the people in the story before launching into the TR full throttle, so everyone gets an idea of the origins of certain things.

I actually want to write LESS and add MORE photos in future TR's. I like taking photos so much more than I like writing! My picture-taking time is very important to me, personally. I've loved taking photos since I was a small child (when my grandmother handed me her camera to snap a picture of the Seattle cityscape from the restaurant at the top of the Space Needle), but I just never had the money to get a really great camera and all its accessories.

At one point, though, long, long ago, photography was what I wanted to do for a living - until a friend of mine said something that discouraged me (she didn't mean to discourage me but I'm very sensitive and I took it as a "You're not good enough" kind of comment, which was not what she meant to say), and I guess I lost my motivation to pursue it. (Of course, that same friend NOW says, "You take really good pictures! Those are great! Wow!")

Still, it's always been a catharsis for me to take photos - it's very healing; very meditative; very therapeutic for me. It brings me a lot of peace and happiness to kind of retreat into my own little world and press that shutter! It's a good creative outlet for me that also brings me joy!

So, once I get past this stupid December DLR TR which will require a lot of writing/explaining about what happened, expect to see more photos and less chatter in future TR's!

 

[WDWJonasGirl]

I'm looking forward to your TRs.