Sarilas
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Glow rings! Now that is cool! I'll have to keep an eye out for any of those for sure.
Sarilas' O-fficial Pre-Trip Report (a.k.a. Vacation, Take TWO!) - Jan. 30-Feb. 8, '09
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Glow rings! Now that is cool! I'll have to keep an eye out for any of those for sure.
Sarilas
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Okay, this is just hysterical... but true!
I'm thinking of changing our travel dates again!
We made the latest revision in hopes of the Pirate and Princess party, but it now looks like they may not be happening. AND we're paying full rack rates because of the buy 4 get 3 free deal, and it just so happens that the week we chose was not a value season.
Well we're all kind of over the P&PP thing at this point- it's just not worth it to pay so much more for something that may or may not happen for three hours one night of our trip.
So... I'm looking at January 30-February 8! That'll put us back in the value season and save us some moolah for the room rate, and should still qualify us for the buy 4 get 3 deal.
I've emailed Michelle The Super Agent... we'll see what happens!
I'm thinking of changing our travel dates again!
We made the latest revision in hopes of the Pirate and Princess party, but it now looks like they may not be happening. AND we're paying full rack rates because of the buy 4 get 3 free deal, and it just so happens that the week we chose was not a value season.
Well we're all kind of over the P&PP thing at this point- it's just not worth it to pay so much more for something that may or may not happen for three hours one night of our trip.
So... I'm looking at January 30-February 8! That'll put us back in the value season and save us some moolah for the room rate, and should still qualify us for the buy 4 get 3 deal.
I've emailed Michelle The Super Agent... we'll see what happens!
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Just following your tr link over.. looks like I've got me some great work day reading!!.. Your kids are adorable! I see your originally a Cali girl.. I grew up going to Disneyland to, I can still remember when you bought tix for whatever you wanted to ride!
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I thought my resort flipping was bad, but you are becoming the queen of date flipping.
Can't wait to see how this pans out! As long as you get to Disney soon, I will be happy!
Can't wait to see how this pans out! As long as you get to Disney soon, I will be happy!
Sarilas
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Hi! Yay for Disneyland! I wish I'd known to save my old ticket booklets... on for the days of the e tickets!
I thought my resort flipping was bad, but you are becoming the queen of date flipping.
Can't wait to see how this pans out! As long as you get to Disney soon, I will be happy!
Dude I KNOW! My husband has given up completely. He's just taken to saying yes I can take those dates off or no I can't... I need a 12 step program for vacation changes!
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Lara, I'm totally with you on the date flipping. I've never been to a Pirate and Princess Party, and it's the only place (as of yet) that you can meet Jack Sparrow.
So you can imagine how sad I am that the rumors are they're not happening anymore.
I'll go cry in my corner now.
So you can imagine how sad I am that the rumors are they're not happening anymore.
I'll go cry in my corner now.
Sarilas
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Alright y'all, it's official...
We've changed our dates again! (Insert eye rolling and spontaneous bursts of laughter here!)
DH and I talked it over in depth yesterday and as bummed as we are about no P&PP (or the potential for their not being one) we just can't base our whole FIRST vacation around something that may or may not happen. Maybe Disney will bring them back. Maybe they'll shorten the length of time they extend the parties to only a month or two. But we can't work on 'maybe' so as of yesterday the NEW plan is:
January 30-February 8, 2009, Port Orleans Riverside!
AND... because we'll now be there in the value season, we're saving about $310 off the P&PP plan, plus we're getting three days free PLUS the $200 gift card. Yeah, that works for me.
I think what we'll do is take the Disney florists up on one of their new room decorating packages that cost an arm and a leg but will make the kids absolutely flip out. I LOVE the giant 36" Mickey plush they can set on the bed and such... but how would we get it on the plane home?! Is it WRONG to convince my husband to drive all the way down there JUST to more easily bring home souvenirs? Me thinks not. 
I may be surprising the kids with our altered plans, too. As of now, I've restructured our giant Mickey Head countdown calendar for the February 20th leave date... I'm thinking of leaving it the way it is, letting them countdown THINKING we're not leaving till February and putting a note under the January 29th Mickey head saying something like "SURPRISE! We're leaving for Disney TOMORROW!" I could tape down that Mickey Head so nobody peaks between now and then, but it'd be the surprise we never got to give them since we can't keep a secret!
At least they know they're going but they won't know WHEN!
So you all know what this means, right? ADR time AGAIN!
We've changed our dates again! (Insert eye rolling and spontaneous bursts of laughter here!)
DH and I talked it over in depth yesterday and as bummed as we are about no P&PP (or the potential for their not being one) we just can't base our whole FIRST vacation around something that may or may not happen. Maybe Disney will bring them back. Maybe they'll shorten the length of time they extend the parties to only a month or two. But we can't work on 'maybe' so as of yesterday the NEW plan is:
January 30-February 8, 2009, Port Orleans Riverside!
AND... because we'll now be there in the value season, we're saving about $310 off the P&PP plan, plus we're getting three days free PLUS the $200 gift card. Yeah, that works for me.
I think what we'll do is take the Disney florists up on one of their new room decorating packages that cost an arm and a leg but will make the kids absolutely flip out. I LOVE the giant 36" Mickey plush they can set on the bed and such... but how would we get it on the plane home?!
Is it WRONG to convince my husband to drive all the way down there JUST to more easily bring home souvenirs? Me thinks not. I may be surprising the kids with our altered plans, too. As of now, I've restructured our giant Mickey Head countdown calendar for the February 20th leave date... I'm thinking of leaving it the way it is, letting them countdown THINKING we're not leaving till February and putting a note under the January 29th Mickey head saying something like "SURPRISE! We're leaving for Disney TOMORROW!" I could tape down that Mickey Head so nobody peaks between now and then, but it'd be the surprise we never got to give them since we can't keep a secret!
At least they know they're going but they won't know WHEN!
So you all know what this means, right? ADR time AGAIN!
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I have to agree with you about not basing your dates around a hypothetical.
I definitely think you should surprise the kids with the Mickey head on the countdown. They would flip out!
I also want you to do one of the room decorating packages so I can see how that turns out -- I was thinking of surprising my gang with one of those and want to hear if you think it's worth it!
I definitely think you should surprise the kids with the Mickey head on the countdown. They would flip out!
I also want you to do one of the room decorating packages so I can see how that turns out -- I was thinking of surprising my gang with one of those and want to hear if you think it's worth it!
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After all these changes, you're STILL not going to be there when I am! 
Sarilas
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I have to agree with you about not basing your dates around a hypothetical.
I definitely think you should surprise the kids with the Mickey head on the countdown. They would flip out!
I also want you to do one of the room decorating packages so I can see how that turns out -- I was thinking of surprising my gang with one of those and want to hear if you think it's worth it!
I actually feel relieved having made this change... that feeling of this being the right time and all. (At least for now!)
I did the Mickey Head! Day 22 is the night before we actually leave. I've got to go back through my phone which I updated with countdown days and such and change all that as well. Ugh.
And I really do want to do a room decorating package! I think in early January I'll call the florists and see if I can't do something slightly different. I'd like to have a stuffed animal for each kid or refillable mugs or I dunno... something for all four of the munchkins waiting. But I do love their 'Welcome' banner and balloons!
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After all these changes, you're STILL not going to be there when I am!
I KNOW! Believe me, if it weren't for DH having obligations at the hospital where he works I would TOTALLY have moved it to your week JUST to meet you at Mt. Everest!
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Not bad to lose 20 days in one day -- I want that kind of timetable!
Sarilas
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Guess what else I did today?
.... I SHOPPED!
Well I shopped online anyway. Retail therapy makes me a happy camper.
It was the last day of DisneyShopping.com's 25% discount, so I wanted to see what I couldn't live without. (A friend gave me a similar discount that's only good for in store purchases for two weeks from now so hopefully I'll find something at Opry Mills I can't live without then as well!)
But I digress... today was about tying off loose ends and picking up some things I haven't yet had the chance to find.
I want all of us to have new pajamas for the trip, but so far I'd only purchased for the little girls and Kyle. Today I picked up something for DH:
Grumpy bottoms!
And something for Tatiana:
Snow white pj top!
I still need something for me... but I'm hard to shop for even if it's ME doing the shopping!
Then I found these flip flops for Tatiana:
And I got one of these for myself with an "L" on it and one with a "T" for Tatiana- I think we'll start a charm collection from the parks!
Now you know I've said I haven't bought much for myself... I really mean that! But I have HIPS people... big ol' Russian peasant breeding hips and clothes fit me awkwardly much of the time. I want to be comfy in the parks, not self conscious! I'm a big girl and I really don't like t-shirts. (I have a boxy shape as it is- I don't need a square shirt to emphasize it.) The only ones I own are from the Susuan G. Komen race last year and one from girls weekends that my friends and I take once a year or so. That's it. So my Disney attire situation is looking dire! That being said, I found a couple of things I liked on the DisneyShopping.com website with the right silhouette and cut, only to discover they were meant as maternity clothing! The heck with that! Maternity clothing is cut to give space to hips and butts and tummies... that's what I'm talkin' about! So I bought two items and we'll see how they fit on regular ol' Big Mama hips!
The first is this 'dress' (which I would wear with jeans or pants of some sort, let's face it... I'm too old to pull this off as a dress in public!):
Tinkerbell! Cute v-neck, empire waist... good stuff for chasing after the little ones in the parks.
Next is a v-neck tee that may become my night shirt, depending on how in love I am with it when it arrives:
Black and pink! I wear a lot of black and the contrast stitching makes me happy without being an overly excited burst of color. (I'm not a colorful person- my house is, my kids are but I'm a gothic punk chick in a 34 year old mother's body. My Mom spent her entire life trying to get me to wear pastels and embrace cuteness... She finally came to terms with the fact that I'll always wear black clothing and have diminutive skulls hidden amongst my accessories. Sorry, Mom!)
I feel pretty accomplished with this lot of purchases though. And I can't believe we're just over two months from the trip! WOW!
.... I SHOPPED!
Well I shopped online anyway. Retail therapy makes me a happy camper.
It was the last day of DisneyShopping.com's 25% discount, so I wanted to see what I couldn't live without. (A friend gave me a similar discount that's only good for in store purchases for two weeks from now so hopefully I'll find something at Opry Mills I can't live without then as well!)
But I digress... today was about tying off loose ends and picking up some things I haven't yet had the chance to find.
I want all of us to have new pajamas for the trip, but so far I'd only purchased for the little girls and Kyle. Today I picked up something for DH:
Grumpy bottoms!
And something for Tatiana:
Snow white pj top!
I still need something for me... but I'm hard to shop for even if it's ME doing the shopping!
Then I found these flip flops for Tatiana:
And I got one of these for myself with an "L" on it and one with a "T" for Tatiana- I think we'll start a charm collection from the parks!
Now you know I've said I haven't bought much for myself... I really mean that! But I have HIPS people... big ol' Russian peasant breeding hips and clothes fit me awkwardly much of the time. I want to be comfy in the parks, not self conscious! I'm a big girl and I really don't like t-shirts. (I have a boxy shape as it is- I don't need a square shirt to emphasize it.) The only ones I own are from the Susuan G. Komen race last year and one from girls weekends that my friends and I take once a year or so. That's it. So my Disney attire situation is looking dire! That being said, I found a couple of things I liked on the DisneyShopping.com website with the right silhouette and cut, only to discover they were meant as maternity clothing! The heck with that! Maternity clothing is cut to give space to hips and butts and tummies... that's what I'm talkin' about! So I bought two items and we'll see how they fit on regular ol' Big Mama hips!
The first is this 'dress' (which I would wear with jeans or pants of some sort, let's face it... I'm too old to pull this off as a dress in public!):
Tinkerbell! Cute v-neck, empire waist... good stuff for chasing after the little ones in the parks.
Next is a v-neck tee that may become my night shirt, depending on how in love I am with it when it arrives:
Black and pink! I wear a lot of black and the contrast stitching makes me happy without being an overly excited burst of color. (I'm not a colorful person- my house is, my kids are but I'm a gothic punk chick in a 34 year old mother's body. My Mom spent her entire life trying to get me to wear pastels and embrace cuteness... She finally came to terms with the fact that I'll always wear black clothing and have diminutive skulls hidden amongst my accessories. Sorry, Mom!)
I feel pretty accomplished with this lot of purchases though. And I can't believe we're just over two months from the trip! WOW!
Sarilas
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HAPPY ANNIVERSARY TO ME!
Four years ago I married my sweety... and the rest is a blur!
I hope everyone's having a nice weekend... we're dealing with our brand new transmission CRACKING yesterday and our trip to Tulsa being potentially canceled because of it... Oh universe, you DO love to test me, don't you?!
Four years ago I married my sweety... and the rest is a blur!
I hope everyone's having a nice weekend... we're dealing with our brand new transmission CRACKING yesterday and our trip to Tulsa being potentially canceled because of it... Oh universe, you DO love to test me, don't you?!
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Happy Anniversary! Try to enjoy your day, even with all the rest of the junk going on! Love is something to celebrate! 
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Happy Anniversary!!! I hope you two have a wonderful day!
Sarilas
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Thank you, thank you! I'm coming to terms with our not going to Tulsa so I won't want to strangle the mechanic come Wednesday. If we DO get to go, well then it's all gravy!
Which reminds me... I'll need a turkey! ACK!
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