Secret Slushies and Secret Doors

[skater]

So yesterday skater and I met at Panera for a plotting....I mean scheming...or should we say PLANNING session for our trip. (And of course to discuss the general suckiness of both of our lives the last couple of weeks. *sigh*)

Apparently I have boiled skater's frog this time. (more on that in a minute)

I got myself all Disney psyched yesterday morning by doing this with my pins:


And then skater called and wanted to know if I was available to get together. I'm telling you, it should not be this hard to get together with your BFF. Seriously! Of course I'm available. DD went swimming with a friend and DS and DH were milkin' the cows. I'm FREEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!! Woot!

So we met up at our most recent secret location to discuss some secret Disney plans, grabbed our beverages of choice and hid out in the corner to plot. I mean plan.

skater's beverage of choice: Diet Pepsi. (NOT, and I repeat NOT diet coke.)
PoppyGirl's beverage of choice: iced tea.
Location: Panera Bread.
Mission: Advance our super secret plans for this amazing girls only food and wine adventure.



The PLANNING BINDER: (dun dun dun!)


The agents on this mission:

PoppyGirl and Skater.

I e-mailed skater a few days ago with only this in the subject line, "what if we flew down Thursday night instead of Friday morning and stayed at the airport hotel and took ME to the resort early Friday?"
skater: .sounds fun
PoppyGirl: We could also take ME when we get there and go on to one of the value resorts for the first night--the cost is about the same either way (some boring thoughts about value/cost/convenience) (I talk a lot when I'm not being a therapist)
skater: My gut feeling is that waking up at a Disney resort would be better than at the airport. We could check out of the value resort and take a cab over to paradise.

And so after about 2 minutes of conversation ....no just kidding, it was longer than that....we've decided to fly down on Thursday night after PoppyGirl gets off work, stay at Art of Animation (neither of us have ever stayed there!!!) in a Little Mermaid room, have a nice walk around the resort in the morning and then grab a taxi over to "paradise" (translation: Yacht Club) to check in for our real vacation and end up with a more relaxing start to our trip than we would have had leaving at o-dark-thirty Friday morning.

(You see how her frog is SO easy to boil???!?!?!!)

Here's a shot of the planning binder after we "adjusted" our plans.


Then my DH calls....oh good grief! I've been gone ONE hour!!
Then of course, skater's DH calls (geez...can't these guys let us be for a few hours?) You should know, however, that skater spends a LOT of time on the phone with her family. A LOT. In fact, I've gotten in the habit of photographing her whenever she's talking on her phone. I think I'll do a whole separate post about that. But to tide you over, here's one from yesterday:


Also on the table at this meeting:
What events to attend
What ADRs to keep (we have two (!!!!) at Be Our Guest and one at Flying Fish
Budget prediction (how much are we going to need for what we are doing? I think I do this backwards....I figure out what I want and THEN think about how to pay for it! )
Basic schedule for the days (which parks when)
Next up: Our decisions on those matters.
I have to re-type everything now!

Two things Poppy Girl. First: If you post one more unflattering photo of me, I WILL get you back . Second: My music taste is eclectic. And varied.

 

[PoppyGirl]

Two things Poppy Girl. First: If you post one more unflattering photo of me, I WILL get you back . Second: My music taste is eclectic. And varied.

First, what "unflattering" photo are you talking about? YOU are adorable! Always adorable!

And second, in order to get me back you'd probably have to learn how to post pictures on the disboards...... Although I'm sure I have provided you with a number of "unflattering" photo opportunities over the course of our friendship.

And third, "ECLECTIC?" Is that what you call it?

And fourth, what? no comment about my brilliant idea for a Disney mug for you?

 

[skater]

Okay, I do like the mug idea.

 

[PoppyGirl]

I would like you all to notice that there was no response to my comment about her innate adorableness.

 

[skater]

I would like you all to notice that there was no response to my comment about her innate adorableness.

Okay, this is what I get for being friends with a licensed psychologist .

 

[PoppyGirl]

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Okay, this is what I get for being friends with a licensed psychologist .

Wanna play Apples to Apples with me?

 

[spiritsim]

Now girls play nice...

 

[skater]

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Wanna play Apples to Apples with me?

Nobody beats PoppyGirl at Apples to Apples. She uses her secret therapist tricks in this game.

 

[PoppyGirl]

Well, that USED to be true but somehow my kids are a mystery to me and they are so unpredictable that they win all the time!

 

[skater]

Well, that USED to be true but somehow my kids are a mystery to me and they are so unpredictable that they win all the time!

That happened in my house as well.

 

[skater]

I am issuing a public challenge to Poppygirl to go down the slide at SAB.

 

[PoppyGirl]

I am issuing a public challenge to Poppygirl to go down the slide at SAB.

Alright girls and boys....it's getting serious now. She's issuing public challenges. (Clearly she's back from vacation with too much time on her hands).

So I see your "pool slide" and I raise you one "lazy river"

And here's my answer to that challenge my friend:







I will take along some xanex. Or perhaps I will have one of THESE first:

 

[skater]

Alright girls and boys....it's getting serious now. She's issuing public challenges. (Clearly she's back from vacation with too much time on her hands).

So I see your "pool slide" and I raise you one "lazy river"

And here's my answer to that challenge my friend:







I will take along some xanex. Or perhaps I will have one of THESE first:

Love it!

 

[skater]

Maybe a better challenge is to have one of those green drinks first and then, go down the slide .

 

[Alysa]

Hugs on the ex thingy. Maybe you can have one of those green drinks before the wedding?

 

[PoppyGirl]

Maybe a better challenge is to have one of those green drinks first and then, go down the slide .

Hugs on the ex thingy. Maybe you can have one of those green drinks before the wedding?

Does anyone find it interesting that everyone seems to be encouraging me to drink more?

We spent the last week in TX with our oldest and his new fiancee. Had a good time and was very pleasantly surprised by the beach on North Padre Island. It was probably the nicest beach I've ever experienced--the water was SO warm and clear. It was delightful and although I'm not really a "beachy" person, it was my favorite day of our trip. (just look at that blindingly white skin and you'll see what I mean)

I'll try and post a few photos.

On another note, I just booked my annual mother/daughter trip with DD. We were able to get (with my TA discount) Club Level at Wilderness Lodge!!! So excited! I think I just may have a little addiction to Disney issue......

But now, the next thing is our F&W trip. SO looking forward to this! I can't even put words to how much I need this trip with my BFF.

 

[spiritsim]

Just to let you know I got the transfers all printed out , going to wait for DD Raina to get here wen to help me decide what color t-shirt we wanna put them on. thanks again I love them.

And yes they do seem to encourage you take take a fairly often

edit: Oh forgot to mention we moved our trip up a week to oct 1-12, 14 and if you notice also added a day so had to do 8-day tickets now.such a heart break, more park time

 

[PoppyGirl]

Just to let you know I got the transfers all printed out , going to wait for DD Raina to get here wen to help me decide what color t-shirt we wanna put them on. thanks again I love them.

And yes they do seem to encourage you take take a fairly often

edit: Oh forgot to mention we moved our trip up a week to oct 1-12, 14 and if you notice also added a day so had to do 8-day tickets now.such a heart break, more park time

You're welcome! I'm glad you like them!

Gosh...extra park days. I don't know how you stand it.

 

[PoppyGirl]

My favorite shot from our vacation to Corpus Christi:

 

[PoppyGirl]

So the schedule for the culinary and beverage and mixology seminars for Food and Wine came out this week. Have you heard of this guy? Eric Lanlard, the Cake Boy in London?

I'm thinking, "cake....cute young guy.....British accent....what's not to like???" Thinking I'll sign up for this seminar!

The other one that sounds fun to me is Christina Frommling from the Magic Kingdom bakery. That one is presented by Driscoll's Only the Finest Berries. So I'm thinking...."pastries....Magic Kingdom.....berries.....what's not to like?"

skater thinks that she may hang out by the pool while I go enjoy my cake. But we are both up for the 3D Dessert Party.

AND I just found out that Disney Visa Card holders can book a day early!!! WOOT! So we'll be up early Monday morning to book our events. Keep your fingers crossed that we'll be able to book the "sweet seats" for 3D dessert party. I think skater might cry if we don't get the sweet seats.