****OFFICIAL August, 2012 (PART 2)****

[Houston86]

So jealous of all you guys in the packing stages .

I must be one of the last to leave. Will netnurse31 and I be the only ones hanging around by next weekend? We leave the 25th.

I leave the 28th and I have started packing a few things here and there. I think I am one of the last to leave along with StarrPA.

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[mrstomrice]

This time tomorrow we are in the car on the way to SSR!

Then I realized....8 more sleeps til we are home

 

[pigletto]

So jealous of all you guys in the packing stages .

I must be one of the last to leave. Will netnurse31 and I be the only ones hanging around by next weekend? We leave the 25th.

Oh silly Gina.. don't you know your friend pigletto yet? I'm not packing because it's time to start packing! I'm packing because I am an obsessive, ridiculously excited 6 year old in 38 year old body! I could pack the night before but where is the excitement in that?

We are leave on the evening of the 23rd. I work until 4:30 and plan to head to the airport at 4:45 for a 7:45 flight.
10 more sleeps!!!!

You only have 12 sleeps to go Gina. Please don't tell me you aren't packed yet. Your husband and son get one outfit each for the rest of the week and eat nothing but pop tarts and cereal to keep the kitchen clean. This is how we do things around the DIS.

 

[litlpixie]

This time tomorrow we are in the car on the way to SSR!

Then I realized....8 more sleeps til we are home

OH EM GEE!!! That means that 2 weeks from today , I'll be back to work!! Where the heck did the time go now im sad

 

[Houston86]

OH EM GEE!!! That means that 2 weeks from today , I'll be back to work!! Where the heck did the time go now im sad

Coming home always stinks I guess I will start planning 2014 when I return.

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[4Joyces]

You only have 12 sleeps to go Gina. Please don't tell me you aren't packed yet. Your husband and son get one outfit each for the rest of the week and eat nothing but pop tarts and cereal to keep the kitchen clean. This is how we do things around the DIS.

LOLing at this because I just spent my lunch hour trying to figure out how I could pack now, and we don't leave until the 25th! I was thinking that since I wear work clothes most of the time, I could pack my own clothes for WDW. Just keep out what I'm planning to wear on the plane and then I'll survive in scrubby "play" clothes over the weekend. Same with DH. DD has so many clothes that I could pack 2 outfits per day for WDW and she could still go the next 12 days without repeating outfits (she's the beneficiary of being a youngest girl cousin in a family that has MANY girls, so she had TONS of hand-me-downs that are in fabulous shape). The only one I couldn't really pack for is DS. But then, he could wear the same outfit for the next 12 days and not even know it. That's about how much he pays attention to his clothes. He just picks whatever's on top in his drawers.

Huh. I think I just talked myself into packing early. Go me!

ETA: I just said to a co-worker that we leave for WDW a week from Saturday! One more Saturday at home and then we'll be at Disney! WHEEEEEE!

ETA again: We tried doing the "X" more sleeps thing with DD. She asked if she could start taking more naps, since those are sleeps, then we could go sooner! Love 3 yr old logic!

 

[Gina-Gina-Bo-Bina]

We leave on the 27th.

I just got my last ressie for Sci-fi lunch in. Whoot whoot... I started my ressie late for table services (rookies mistake since it is my first trip) but I got all my ducks on a roll perfectly (hehehe perfectly )

DH got all his vacation days in. I just need to figure out if I want to pack groceries or order groceries. We have 10 free bags check up to 70lbs. I might as well pack a cooler with water and milk in it. Anyone thinks this is a bad idea? I think DH will think I am crazy!

I will be here this weekend. We leave on the 22nd.

I leave the 28th and I have started packing a few things here and there. I think I am one of the last to leave along with StarrPA.

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Phew! I have some company after all! I was worried about getting very lonely.

Oh silly Gina.. don't you know your friend pigletto yet? I'm not packing because it's time to start packing! I'm packing because I am an obsessive, ridiculously excited 6 year old in 38 year old body! I could pack the night before but where is the excitement in that?

We are leave on the evening of the 23rd. I work until 4:30 and plan to head to the airport at 4:45 for a 7:45 flight.
10 more sleeps!!!!

You only have 12 sleeps to go Gina. Please don't tell me you aren't packed yet. Your husband and son get one outfit each for the rest of the week and eat nothing but pop tarts and cereal to keep the kitchen clean. This is how we do things around the DIS.

I stand before you in awe and wonder . For I have let you down, my dear pigletto. I have not started to pack. And I am so ashamed .

The best I lay claim to is having all the stuff we needed to buy purchased and ready to be packed......but I haven't even got the suitcases out. Knowing that I am sorely falling down on the job, I have booked off two extra days from work (the 23rd and 24th) to finish the packing and get everything done without melting down. I tend to need a good cry when my carefully laid plans start to unravel, and who wants to start a vacation with puffy eyes? So I have extended my vacation by a few days and hope to start off on the right foot.

My dear boys would have a meltdown if relegated to cereal and pop tarts for a day, let alone a week . I can see a lot of barbecues next week. Man + fire = dinner, and mom doesn't have to cook .

And one outfit per day for my teenaged fashionista? (are we allowed to call a boy that? but yet it fits, it really does) He would surely expire. He is the girl I never had...complete with more shoes than his mother .

 

[PrincessatheartMN]

I just curious of when we August Disers be back to WDW? Should we start a August Disers after reunion

We will be back in October. October 14-October 20 - Off site
Then December - hopefully AoA

 

[LifeIsDis]

Have a had a great day at the Magic Kingdom so far! Waiting for the parade right now in Liberty Square.

 

[Nurse_Mommy4]

LOLing at this because I just spent my lunch hour trying to figure out how I could pack now, and we don't leave until the 25th! I was thinking that since I wear work clothes most of the time, I could pack my own clothes for WDW. Just keep out what I'm planning to wear on the plane and then I'll survive in scrubby "play" clothes over the weekend. Same with DH. DD has so many clothes that I could pack 2 outfits per day for WDW and she could still go the next 12 days without repeating outfits (she's the beneficiary of being a youngest girl cousin in a family that has MANY girls, so she had TONS of hand-me-downs that are in fabulous shape). The only one I couldn't really pack for is DS. But then, he could wear the same outfit for the next 12 days and not even know it. That's about how much he pays attention to his clothes. He just picks whatever's on top in his drawers.

Huh. I think I just talked myself into packing early. Go me!

ETA: I just said to a co-worker that we leave for WDW a week from Saturday! One more Saturday at home and then we'll be at Disney! WHEEEEEE!

ETA again: We tried doing the "X" more sleeps thing with DD. She asked if she could start taking more naps, since those are sleeps, then we could go sooner! Love 3 yr old logic!

My co-workers are tired of hearing about my trip (that's all I talk about)!

I love 3 year old logic!!!!

 

[Emteach]

So jealous of all you guys in the packing stages .

I must be one of the last to leave. Will netnurse31 and I be the only ones hanging around by next weekend? We leave the 25th.

Nope, you're not the only ones... we are leaving the 24th and starting in Disney on the 25th. The anticipation is killing me!

 

[NightAngelX]

ETA again: We tried doing the "X" more sleeps thing with DD. She asked if she could start taking more naps, since those are sleeps, then we could go sooner! Love 3 yr old logic!

Love her logic too!!! I would totally start taking more naps to go sooner too!!

I haven't told anyone at work where I am going yet. My boss knows I am taking vacation but doesn't know where. I will likely tell them at our Thursday staff meeting. I feel like telling people will jinx it. It just doesn't feel real for me yet. I keep waiting for someone to get sick and I have to cancel.

Is anyone watching the weather? Does it look like any hurricanes or tropical storms will be in FL in the next few weeks? I can't find anything.

Also I love how different sites tell different forecasts. Weather.com tells me 87/75 for high/low each day with a chance of thunderstorms. Wunderground.com gives me low 90s each day and still thunderstorms. I know its not a big difference and who knows how accurate it is, but I hope its closer to the 87. Temps dropped in Iowa its been 60s-70s all weekend and rainy and cool nights. I am getting spoiled.

 

[Emteach]

ETA: I just said to a co-worker that we leave for WDW a week from Saturday! One more Saturday at home and then we'll be at Disney! WHEEEEEE!

ETA again: We tried doing the "X" more sleeps thing with DD. She asked if she could start taking more naps, since those are sleeps, then we could go sooner! Love 3 yr old logic!

Same here! Yeah!

Love that, 3 year old logic is the best.

 

[Emteach]

I just curious of when we August Disers be back to WDW? Should we start a August Disers after reunion

We will be back in October. October 14-October 20 - Off site
Then December - hopefully AoA

Sadly we wont be back anytime soon I dont think. We went all out on this one! So are definately making the most of this trip!

 

[Emteach]

Hey,
I just noticed I past my post goal of 200 posts and still over a week to go

 

[pigletto]

Phew! I have some company after all! I was worried about getting very lonely.



I stand before you in awe and wonder . For I have let you down, my dear pigletto. I have not started to pack. And I am so ashamed .

The best I lay claim to is having all the stuff we needed to buy purchased and ready to be packed......but I haven't even got the suitcases out. Knowing that I am sorely falling down on the job, I have booked off two extra days from work (the 23rd and 24th) to finish the packing and get everything done without melting down. I tend to need a good cry when my carefully laid plans start to unravel, and who wants to start a vacation with puffy eyes? So I have extended my vacation by a few days and hope to start off on the right foot.

My dear boys would have a meltdown if relegated to cereal and pop tarts for a day, let alone a week . I can see a lot of barbecues next week. Man + fire = dinner, and mom doesn't have to cook .

And one outfit per day for my teenaged fashionista? (are we allowed to call a boy that? but yet it fits, it really does) He would surely expire. He is the girl I never had...complete with more shoes than his mother .

Just teasing you my friend. In all honestly the only people I can pack now are the kids. DD and Ds have enough clothes that I could pack seven outfits and still have enough left, but dh and I don't. And I'm making hamburgers and salad for supper. I am trying to work my way through the fridge and the freezer and not go for groceries again before we go. I will likely need to make a stop for milk, bread and veggies/fruit but I am counting the minutes until I don't have to cook anymore

I just curious of when we August Disers be back to WDW? Should we start a August Disers after reunion

We will be back in October. October 14-October 20 - Off site
Then December - hopefully AoA

We have another trip planned for February exactly 6 months to the day we leave for this one!
I spent yesterday afternoon trying to convince dh we should go while we are all off the week after Christmas instead of February. But as soon as he agrees I start doubting. I could have a great time I am sure but I am so afraid of the crowds. It would be nothing like any other trip we have taken. I enjoy a challenge though. So for now I'll say we're going in February but you just never know

 

[OneBadApple]

Is anyone watching the weather? Does it look like any hurricanes or tropical storms will be in FL in the next few weeks? I can't find anything.

Also I love how different sites tell different forecasts. Weather.com tells me 87/75 for high/low each day with a chance of thunderstorms. Wunderground.com gives me low 90s each day and still thunderstorms. I know its not a big difference and who knows how accurate it is, but I hope its closer to the 87. Temps dropped in Iowa its been 60s-70s all weekend and rainy and cool nights. I am getting spoiled.

I haven't checked since last week. Last year when we went in July the forecast has showers every day and I think we saw rain only twice.

I just curious of when we August Disers be back to WDW? Should we start a August Disers after reunion

We will be back in October. October 14-October 20 - Off site
Then December - hopefully AoA

I told the kids we are not going back until the FLE is complete.

ETA again: We tried doing the "X" more sleeps thing with DD. She asked if she could start taking more naps, since those are sleeps, then we could go sooner! Love 3 yr old logic!

I love her logic.

 

[Gina-Gina-Bo-Bina]

I just curious of when we August Disers be back to WDW? Should we start a August Disers after reunion

We will be back in October. October 14-October 20 - Off site
Then December - hopefully AoA

December 23 - 30th for us. Staying onsite at SeaWorld the next trip. But adding in a little Disney, too.....we have ressies at T-Rex one night for dinner, and at Ohana for breakfast.

Just teasing you my friend. In all honestly the only people I can pack now are the kids. DD and Ds have enough clothes that I could pack seven outfits and still have enough left, but dh and I don't. And I'm making hamburgers and salad for supper. I am trying to work my way through the fridge and the freezer and not go for groceries again before we go. I will likely need to make a stop for milk, bread and veggies/fruit but I am counting the minutes until I don't have to cook anymore


We have another trip planned for February exactly 6 months to the day we leave for this one!
I spent yesterday afternoon trying to convince dh we should go while we are all off the week after Christmas instead of February. But as soon as he agrees I start doubting. I could have a great time I am sure but I am so afraid of the crowds. It would be nothing like any other trip we have taken. I enjoy a challenge though. So for now I'll say we're going in February but you just never know

We are doing the same with the groceries. I can see some pretty strange meals being concocted late next week .

As for the week after Christmas, we had a GREAT time this year during the same week. So nice to see the holiday decorations still, but without the crowds from the week prior. We would do it again in a heartbeat. If hubby agrees, book it woman!!!

 

[Gina-Gina-Bo-Bina]

I just curious of when we August Disers be back to WDW? Should we start a August Disers after reunion

We will be back in October. October 14-October 20 - Off site
Then December - hopefully AoA

December 23 - 30th for us. Staying onsite at SeaWorld the next trip. But adding in a little Disney, too.....we have ressies at T-Rex one night for dinner, and at Ohana for breakfast. Both DH and DS want to get a family photo done with Santa at downtown Disney (and Santa Goofy after the 24th).....and I am *so excited*! I love how our Florida trips tend to bring out our inner child with no apologies.

Just teasing you my friend. In all honestly the only people I can pack now are the kids. DD and Ds have enough clothes that I could pack seven outfits and still have enough left, but dh and I don't. And I'm making hamburgers and salad for supper. I am trying to work my way through the fridge and the freezer and not go for groceries again before we go. I will likely need to make a stop for milk, bread and veggies/fruit but I am counting the minutes until I don't have to cook anymore


We have another trip planned for February exactly 6 months to the day we leave for this one!
I spent yesterday afternoon trying to convince dh we should go while we are all off the week after Christmas instead of February. But as soon as he agrees I start doubting. I could have a great time I am sure but I am so afraid of the crowds. It would be nothing like any other trip we have taken. I enjoy a challenge though. So for now I'll say we're going in February but you just never know

We are doing the same with the groceries. I can see some pretty strange meals being concocted late next week .

As for the week after Christmas, we had a GREAT time this year during the same week. So nice to see the holiday decorations still, but without the crowds from the week prior. We would do it again in a heartbeat. If hubby agrees, book it woman!!!

 

[mrstomrice]

I just curious of when we August Disers be back to WDW? Should we start a August Disers after reunion

We will be back in October. October 14-October 20 - Off site
Then December - hopefully AoA

I am on a mission for 4 trips this year! We have Dec 22-19 2012 and Feb 1-4 scheduled. Now to plan Aug 2013....then take a break for a few years.