Our Magically Dysfunctional Gathering

tiggerwannabe · Oct 16, 2006

You are very welcome!

Im always happy to share

Its almost ironic how smart she thought she was and how very unaware she really was :confused3

I'm glad to see you finding the humor in what must have been a total nightmare...

Side note...I'm pretty sure there are beer carts at MGM, the one I remember sat in front to the left looking at it, of the great movie ride.

Lauralee131 · Oct 16, 2006

tiggerwannabe said:
You are very welcome!

Im always happy to share

Its almost ironic how smart she thought she was and how very unaware she really was

I'm glad to see you finding the humor in what must have been a total nightmare...

Side note...I'm pretty sure there are beer carts at MGM, the one I remember sat in front to the left looking at it, of the great movie ride.

Oh my gosh - I missed a beer cart!?!?!? Well, THAT won't happen next time!!! I can guarantee you that!

And - WOW - been spending most of my day reading Delswife's TR...what a riot...made my DSIL look good!! :rotfl2:

Alicnwondrln · Oct 16, 2006

more please

tiggerwannabe · Oct 16, 2006

Yes. Delswife is that good

but please....do not forget the masses who have been so very entertained by your story ...

Eeyore's Tiara · Oct 17, 2006

I'm still reading and lurking... :teeth:

KatInHat · Oct 17, 2006

I am anxiously awaiting the next chapter of your trip report.. I'm hooked. I can't wait to hear what happens next. I found your trip report a few nights ago and couldnt stop reading.. my husband woke up at abt 1:30 am.. still on the computer???? he dont understand. You are a great writer/storyteller.. now I know why I will continue to resist my sisters suggestions to invite more people on our trip in January. My sister and I are pretty much alike when it comes to disney but other people just add too much chaos. It's too hard keeping everyone on the same page and no one will ever be satisfied. I hope your next trip is better. Your little boy is absolutely adorable.. It looks like he had the time of his life.

tammyandtommy · Oct 17, 2006

I just got back from my trip, I had to catch up, and I am sooo glad you had your flippy fit! Sometimes you just gotta let it out. LOL Keep it coming girl!

Lauralee131 · Oct 17, 2006

Thanks everyone...ah yes - my big flippie fit...wish I could remember everything that I said...I'm sure it would have been entertaining to say the least!!! But hey - I felt soooo much better!!

I have to get off my butt and get back to work on my trippie before I have to start my pre-trippie for December! Ok, I'll admit it - I've been slacking...working for a living is really interfering with my Dis'ing :surfweb:

and my DH tells me I need to "take a meeting"....Hello, I'm Lauralee131 and I'm a Dis-aholic... :rotfl2:

Ok, I'm going to go and get to work....back with more soon!! Thanks for sticking with me guys!! LYMI!

KarlaG4Kids · Oct 17, 2006

Lauralee131 said:
Ok, I'll admit it - I've been slacking...working for a living is really interfering with my Dis'ing and my DH tells me I need to "take a meeting"....Hello, I'm Lauralee131 and I'm a Dis-aholic...

WOW. That sure fits me too. I just HATE it when work interferes with my life and especially my Disney life!

tiggerwannabe · Oct 17, 2006

Lauralee131 said:
Thanks everyone...ah yes - my big flippie fit...wish I could remember everything that I said...I'm sure it would have been entertaining to say the least!!! But hey - I felt soooo much better!!

I have to get off my butt and get back to work on my trippie before I have to start my pre-trippie for December! Ok, I'll admit it - I've been slacking...working for a living is really interfering with my Dis'ing and my DH tells me I need to "take a meeting"....Hello, I'm Lauralee131 and I'm a Dis-aholic...

Ok, I'm going to go and get to work....back with more soon!! Thanks for sticking with me guys!! LYMI!

It's official! You've been Delsified!

can't wait :hyper:

when do you go? I'm trying to plan a trip for hubby and me for jan..

Lauralee131 · Oct 18, 2006

tiggerwannabe said:
It's official! You've been Delsified!

can't wait

when do you go? I'm trying to plan a trip for hubby and me for jan..

OMG!! I just noticed...you're from Jersey? I'm from Jersey! Exit 8A! LOL - naw...just lived in Trenton for a few years...

But in noticing you were from Jersey.....GULP...You're NOT....could you be? Naw...YOU aren't So-And-So, ARE YOU!?!?!? :scared:

Anywhooo....

We're going to be there from the 2nd (possibly the 1st instead) thru the 9th...can't wait...getting closer...I may add on a night at the AKL on the first and then the 2nd-9th we're staying at the Poly...

How's your plans coming so far?

Lauralee131 · Oct 18, 2006

Ok, so where were we?? Ah yesmy flippie fita long time comingand it was a big oneso big that I blacked out in the middle of it! Thats when you know youre REALLY, REALLY mad!! Well, whatever I cant remember mustve worked, because I was feeling better, and even better than that, everyone was tippy-toeing around me the next morning. And know what, I was digging it! I couldnt be digging it any more if Id had a shovel. I decided that I was going to try and salvage the last couple of days of my trip, even if I had to spend them completely alone to do it!

I took my time waking up, enjoyed my coffee and my ducks and I decided that the weather was just right for Downtown Disney!! That was my plan and I was going to stick to itJust as Id mentally firmed up my plans for MY day, DSIL came outside with a cup of coffee and she was like a new personpleasant, friendlyit was unnerving to be honest with you! I felt the need to look for pods! She was probably trying to make amends as she was asking me what I wanted to do that day and what would my favorite park be to visit and that we should do that one, etcWhat about Epcot? There was that hang glider ride you wanted to go onwe could go do that? I wasnt about to cave, although I did have my heart set on riding Soarin. I said, Well, Im going to go to Downtown Disney to do a few things, but you guys can go ahead and go to EpcotIve got dinner reservations for over that way tonight, maybe well catch up with you there. Ive hurt her feelingsI can see that, but yet I feel no sympathy. You made your bedlie in it. I got kind of an Umok.sure response, which was oddhere it was 8am and I havent heard an F-bomb go off yetnice, but would it last?

I woke up my guys and got them all ready to go within an hour or so and we caught a busyep we just leftI was feeling greathad a great nights sleep and it was a beautiful dayAs we waited for the bus, I said to DH, inhaling deeply.MMMMMsmell that? The air is just right for shopping!! He groaned a bit, but not badhmmmmaybe I scared him too? I hadnt bought much of anything in the way of souvenirs all week so far. I dont like to buy anything too earlyI like to look around and figure out what I want first. Plus, I got a Disney Visa discount at World of Disney, so I was planning on doing the most damage to my cute little card there. On the bus, DH and I discussed DVCHe really liked it as well and was on board so as soon as the bus dropped us off, I was dialing Bernard. I still had a tiny little lingering concern over the whole credit issuedont forget that in about 2 months were going to have to put our house on the market and buy another oneadding $15k to my debt-to-income ratio was a bit scary. Bernard gave me the phone number for the very nice lady in finance and after I spoke with her, I felt much better about this decision. After all, it IS a good investment. And itll almost force us to take at least 1 vacation a year. I could give you at least a half dozen GREAT reasons to go ahead and do it.

The boys were getting antsy, just sitting there at the bus stop waiting on me so finally I decided to give some more thought to it and possibly sleep on it that night and have a decision tomorrow. Lets go shop!

Well, we barely entered and there were those little fountains in the sidewalkDS watched other kids playing in them for awhile and finally got up the nerve to go. Once he did though, we couldnt get him out! It was so cuteI was finally able to sit and just watch my baby have some funsomething Ive wanted to do, but didnt really get the chance before. Look at him...pure joy right there... :love:

Sheesh...I love that kid! He's so cute I could just bite him!

His first visit to Walt Disney World was overshadowed by his Aunt-Behaving-Badly, soon available on a really bad infomercial near you! So he played for a bit and then we cruised through the stores, browsing and picking up a Knick here, a Knack thereWe went into the Christmas store, in search of.well, who am I kidding ? I wasnt in search of anything specialI just love that store! I did manage to get DS a pair of ears with his name on thembeen meaning to do that all week

We kept cruising in and out of shops, with the boys constantly saying theyd sit outside and wait for me. Now, thats great, really it isI enjoy thatno one loudly sighing and huffing behind me in the aisles, no one asking for this and begging for that. BUT, its kind of a double edged swordyou know theres those invisible heat seeking missiles that are being launched at you and then you start getting that nagging feeling that you need to hurry up because theyre waitingWell, I guessed Id better get them movingin the Christmas store they were starting to lose patience and we hadnt even hit the World of Disney yet

Oh heres something I am hesitant to admit, but I thought it was pretty funnywe approached Donald and Daisy and DS says to DH, Donald looks like Mommyalways mad! OuchI would have preferred that he referenced Cruella, but it was still kind of funnyI guess I deserved that. Im not the most patient mother out thereI seem to always be rushing him around all the time and I probably always look madmy own faultmy mom warned me that my face would stick this way somedaywell, good one, Momyou got me there!

Ok, lets hit the toy storeI tell DS since hes been good he can have a toy of his choosinghe picked out a Transformer and that was ithis mind was made upand of course, he wanted to open it immediately. No, I said, not until we get back to the hotelI still wanted to do a couple of things while I had them there, a captive audience if you will, like get DS to create his very own silly Mr. Potato Head and bring him to see the giant Lego creations like the Sea Serpent, but I could tell we werent going to get that farI better throw in something funHmmmmok, so we went backwards a bit for a ride on the traintheres 2 minutes down the drain, then we went and ate lunch at Earl of Sandwich (yummmm). All throughout lunch, DS drove me crazy asking to open his Transformer, DH was asking if we were almost done shopping yet, and then, it hit mewhy didnt I think of this earlierI cooked up this idea in my head all through lunchnow it was time to actually say it out loudGULPok, here goes

You know, if you guys are tired of shopping, you could always go back to hotel and go in the pool or something I flinched a bit, waiting for DH to get mad, but HEY he went for it! He actually said, are you SURE you dont mind?!?! Are you kidding me? Of course I dont mind, its YOUR vacation tooand with that, off they went. I told them Id catch up with them later and I enjoyed a nice leisurely day of shoppingall by myself!! :yay:

I did some major damage to my Visa at World of Disney and had it all shipped home and as I made my way back towards the exit I stopped for a chocolate Italian icemy favorite and sat down and enjoyed the beautiful weatherWe had to go home tomorrow nightI wasnt ready to let go yetespecially in light of how my week had gone. Thats when I did itYep I called Bernard at DVC and said SIGN ME UP!!!
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I gave him my credit card number over the phone, yep, my poor, over-used Disney Visaand took care of my down payment.I bought 7 nights worth of points (182) at Saratoga Springsenough for a week in a one bedroom during value season, which is when we always go anywayI was excited!! And I was also going to keep this bit of information to myself, thank you very much! Ive had enough of mooches and leechesno thanks, Im done!

Nothing left to do now, but wait for that "OMG...I just spent HOW MUCH?!?!" anxiety to kick in!! :confused3

I don't know why - happens to me all the time...I get knots in my stomach...I break out into a sweat...it's not pretty...and it should be kicking in any time now.....

SueOKW · Oct 18, 2006

ah. welcome home! :cool1:

frankly - only a few people on our family know we have DVC and we hardly ever mention we are going to Disney. works out better that way.

what a trip you had.

KarlaG4Kids · Oct 18, 2006

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I gave him my credit card number over the phone, yep, my poor, over-used Disney Visaand took care of my down payment.I bought 7 nights worth of points (182) at Saratoga Springsenough for a week in a one bedroom during value season, which is when we always go anywayI was excited!! And I was also going to keep this bit of information to myself, thank you very much! Ive had enough of mooches and leechesno thanks, Im done!

Nothing left to do now, but wait for that "OMG...I just spent HOW MUCH?!?!" anxiety to kick in!! I don't know why - happens to me all the time...I get knots in my stomach...I break out into a sweat...it's not pretty...and it should be kicking in any time now.....

I am SO jealous. Congrats on your wonderful purchase. I would love to make that decision...I'm just not there quite yet. I'm sure you will enjoy it year after year!

Lauralee131 · Oct 18, 2006

I took the long way back to the hotel, pouting about having to go home and about feeling like my vacation had been ruinedI had such high hopes for itmy DSs first tripit was supposed to be special, filled with magical momentsI was supposed to watch his facial expressions as he took in the World around himI felt like I blew itmissed it all. I went to the Magic Kingdom and walked through the park, just walkedno rides, no showsI smelled the smells of popcorn and hot dogs on Main Street and listened to the laughter of children, remembering the times there with my mom and trying to rewind the past week in my head, looking for those facial expressions and magical moments

I didnt take this photo of the castle on this day by the way, I took it on my birthday, but is it just me, or is the sky always bluer here??

I made a right and wandered into Tomorrowland. I recalled going on Astro Orbit with DS at night, looking at the park all lit up and hearing DS say simply say Wow look! Theres a little moment right there thatd I have let slip away had I not taken this last walkand then I went by where wed met the Incredibles and Buzz Lightyear

We were in line to meet the Incredibles and Buzz Lightyear walked by and Michael jumped up and down calling, Buzz!! Buzz!!! Remember me??!!?!? Buzz turned around and waved to him as he walked and my baby was over the moon. A little background here before I go any further. Im going to transport you back in time a bit2 years to be precise :teleport:

For Michaels 3rd birthday, 2 very dear friends and co-workers of mine went the extra mile and dressed up as Buzz and Woody for his party. My friend Jim was going to be Buzz and went over the tophe watched the movies, studied his lines, practiced his characters body languageit was amazing. I bought a Buzz costume from some place in Las Vegas and had it shipped out and the closer we got to party time, the more excited Jim got. He came to me one day with an idealets make badges and deputize the kids as Deputy Space Rangers! That night he went to craft store and made a prototypeand it was AWESOME! We then set about making 15 of these thingsand Jim was fanatical about them. Ill have to see if I have a picture of themthey really were great! I hired a lady that worked at Joanns Fabrics to make a vest for WoodyIm really not domestic at all. In fact, the only thing I can make is reservations for dinner and vacation plans!! Then Jim took it a step furtherhe was going to arrive at our house, in costume, on his motorcycle. Because that would be much cooler you know!! Not to be outdone, Woody would do the same

The day of the party came and I met Jim down the street from our house and helped him get into costumeit was form-fitting, thats for surelike putting a sausage in a hot dog casing, but it was great!! I got him all dressed followed him down our road to the neighbors driveway and went up the hill to my house. DH was at the ready with his video camera as were all of the other parents and friends and relatives who knew what was coming.

Buzz drove up the driveway on his motorcycle and Michael was speechlesshe kept pointing at Buzz and all he could say over and over again was Youre BUZZ!! Youre BUZZ! You can fly!! My good friend had just made the most incredible memories for our DSand it only got better throughout the day. Woody showed up and made our team complete. Buzz and Woody were awesome and did a great job with the kids and the party was a big success. Theres been a couple of times since then that Buzz has called Michael on the phone to tell him to behave, etcand he has stayed a huge Buzz fan all this time.

Transporting you back to the present
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Well, when he saw Buzz walk by at Disney World it was like a big reunionjumping up and down, BUZZ!! BUZZ!! Remember me!?!?! I got all teary-eyed at that pointWe had a fun few minutes with the Incredibles he hugged Mrs. Incredible so sweetly and told her that he loved her

And then Michael RAN over to Buzzs lineBuzz was awesome and even though he didnt say a word, he seemed to have a whole conversation with Michaelwe had a blast and seemed to have quite a bit of time with him

after we hammed it up for some photos, Buzz knelt down and Michael hugged the stuffing out of him and let out the loudest, most adorable little sigh and said I miss you BuzzYoure the BEST!! (Sniff, Sniff)

I criedthat day that it actually happened, and again this day as I was remembering it here where it happened

Well, thats about all Ive got in me for this evening Mousketeersbut thank you again for readingand thanks for the memories that have re-surfaced this eveningIm going to go and check on my little Space Ranger now hes got a nasty little cold and cough

More soon!!! Gnight everyone!! :wave2:

Lauralee131 · Oct 18, 2006

KarlaG4Kids said:
I am SO jealous. Congrats on your wonderful purchase. I would love to make that decision...I'm just not there quite yet. I'm sure you will enjoy it year after year!

Thanks Karla! I'm really looking forward to 50 years of guaranteed Disney vacations!!

Lauralee131 · Oct 18, 2006

Eeyore's Tiara said:
I'm still reading and lurking...

Thanks for staying tuned ET!! And for not giving me those angry faces that Cass was giving to Meanest Mama!! They're scary!! :rotfl:

Lauralee131 · Oct 18, 2006

KarlaG4Kids said:
WOW. That sure fits me too. I just HATE it when work interferes with my life and especially my Disney life!

Doesn't it stink? And you should see the looks my DH gives me ... he just doesn't get it...

But then again, maybe if I wasn't hogging the computer and actually let him read some, he'd understand? Hmmmm....NOPE - not sharing.

When exactly are you going? I'm thinking we should be right around that time...I gotta get a ticker again...we'll be there the 1st or 2nd thru 9th...

Lauralee131 · Oct 18, 2006

KatInHat said:
I am anxiously awaiting the next chapter of your trip report.. I'm hooked. I can't wait to hear what happens next. I found your trip report a few nights ago and couldnt stop reading.. my husband woke up at abt 1:30 am.. still on the computer???? he dont understand. You are a great writer/storyteller.. now I know why I will continue to resist my sisters suggestions to invite more people on our trip in January. My sister and I are pretty much alike when it comes to disney but other people just add too much chaos. It's too hard keeping everyone on the same page and no one will ever be satisfied. I hope your next trip is better. Your little boy is absolutely adorable.. It looks like he had the time of his life.

Thanks Kat!! Yes - continue to resist...at least you and your sister "get it"...I still, for the life of me, don't get why DSIL/DBIL even went on the trip to begin with...they hardly rode any rides and shopped at Wal-Mart for crying out loud...they could've (SHOULD HAVE) stayed home!!!

Lauralee131 · Oct 18, 2006

SueOKW said:
ah. welcome home!

frankly - only a few people on our family know we have DVC and we hardly ever mention we are going to Disney. works out better that way.

what a trip you had.

Thanks Sue!! I haven't even mentioned DVC to very many friends either...I found the first friend I told about buying it wanted to use it...and I was like Umm...No...sorry - We'll be using it...and he said ok, well how about next year...Ummmm...nope...still using it!! :cool1:

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