So I opened an envelope from my mortgage company this week and the envelope contained a check. My property taxes had dropped and apparently they had withheld to much for escrow. So not only did my mortgage payment go down by $100/ month. But I have a check for $1900 that I was not expecting. That makes the trip budget a lot less tight.
magic spread your way! Congrats!
My biggest issue is 6 adults - and 2 children and the breakdown would be off
ciao_gina said:Holy cow! Congrats! Did you husband tell you that it doesn't go into the Disney account or did you tell him about it?
Hmmm I may resemble this remark.
It sure does! I'm wondering what are we going to do once everyone's had their vacations and the December 2012 Roll Call thread is no more
However Terri - that is awesome!!! Money around vacations and christmas is always so helpful! Are you going?
We will have the Dec 2012 Roll Call Group Trip Report, Pixie Dust Moment, Group Therapy Thread
I get the Christmas bug, too, but I force myself to wait until the day after Thanksgiving- then I wake everybody up to Handel's Hallelujah Chorus blasting on the sound system.I see I have a few more pages to catch up on today, which I'll do later. Anywho, I'm unloading the dishwasher and all of a sudden I start getting into the Christmas mood. Yeah, a bit early I know, but I usually get the "bug" for Christmas music towards the end of October. So right now, I'm listening to Christmas music on Pandora (since Live 365 is currently having problems). It makes our vacation seem so much closer
As of next Monday, we are exactly one month out before we leave
Oh, hey, here's the person with the hot EJO avatar.Oh em gee. I go away for a week and I have about 80 pages to catch up on?
I'm not stalking you, I'm just a die hard Battlestar Galactica fan- I even have the drums from the title theme song on my ringtone. It does get one's attention.So awesome!
I'm the designated FP runner as I don't do rough rides, so that just made my day. Think I'll grab a cup of tea and settle in for a long planning session... I've got a bad neck, too, and learned my lesson on the Drop Zone at Great America in CA. I ruptured a disc in my back- ended up with an MRI and of course I have arthritis all through there that I didn't know about but should have, since it's in my neck (I have had RA for about 10 yrs). So for anyone who might have back or neck problems- LISTEN TO THE WARNINGS. I've had one steroid injection so far and let me tell you, I'm so sorry I blew them off.Okay I finally made it to the end of the posts, for now.
We are staying in Marriott Harbour Lake timeshare. I read somewhere that we probably won't need the front of the line passes, because we will be going the first week of December.
The Harry Potter area will most likely be crowded. My DS read all the books, he's a self proclaimed nerd and IOA is the big deal for him, this trip. I've already told him I know there are rides DH and I will not be going on and he's good with going on his own. Of course we will stand in line with him.
I will ride everything at Disney, but I don't like the rides that could hurt my poor ole neck.
Gotta go, have a great day everyone!
I can't do a theme park without an ECV. I resisted for a long time but wow, does it ever make a difference!
I'm right there with you... When the time comes we're going to "Orlando"... They'll ask if we're going to WDW which of course, we'll say yes and then they'll ask if we're staying there too... which we will respond with a very confident "NO, we are not"... which technically is true because we're across the street at DTD Hilton...
I'm hoping that will bring them off the ledge... that and promises of lots of goodies
:Ah yes! The Trip Report! And we will definetly need the group therapy for the withdrawl we will be going through
LOL- thank you for saying that about your birthday- my birthday is in in 10 days- I have been so busy I just flat out forgot! Happy Birthday, fellow Scorpio person.
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SAT887 said:Mine go up every year, in the past 3 years my mortgage has gone up $300 because of taxes. It sucks.
That is the date and time we are going also....we are in section 2 though....we ended up renting a golf cart there for the night to drive ourselves around to look at everything and try out the Chip N Dale thing they have there every night. I'm hoping to catch the Electical parade that night there also. I don't know how DH or my DS are going to do at HDDR....they are either going to LOVE IT or HATE IT.....I know they will both love the food though so thats a plus right??
Yeah, it's not awesome that home values in our neighborhood dropped, which is why taxes dropped. But I can't really do anything about that so for now I'm happy to have the cash.
LOL- thank you for saying that about your birthday- my birthday is in in 10 days- I have been so busy I just flat out forgot! Happy Birthday, fellow Scorpio person.
Happy early birthday to you both too!
it's funny because normally, I'm making sure all the gift-givers are "prepped" with a list of what I'd love to get as a gift (tacky, I know, but better than trying to wear that fake "oh wow, for me?" grin) plus my mom and manfriend would much rather know what to buy than guess... anyway, this year I keep focusing on so many other things that I keep forgetting it's right around the corner! Now that I think about it, maybe it's my subconcious (sp?) because I'm mentally trying to block it out!
