Sew much to do, sew little time - but it was worth it! New PTR link posted! ~~~~~~~~~

[oopsiDAISY]

Wow~so many great PP pictures! Did you all have your own personal PP photographer following you around all day? Did you have an hour long photo shoot? That is seriously a LOT of PP pictures! Love them! My faves are the "sunglasses" shots and the ones where the girls have "attitudes". So fun!

 

[solana131]

I put an aqua blue arrow where the luggage storage area is

Thanks. Behind ME spot....got it

They are both the same... I thought - but when I compared the photos - they are slightly different looking? Just to be safe - I would try both.

Good plan.

Wow! You got some really great PP shots! Both my favorite magic shots...Tink and the Balloons Both are on my to do list!

 

[miprender]

Great photopass pictures. I just finished editing all mine and I bet you noticed too there is no Donald all by himself

I explained it above in my answer to Lisa... I agree - I HATE rushing anyways, and I hate it even more at the airport. I like to get there, find my gate, then I run and get snacks or whatever... Then I sit there and wait. I do NOT like to be rushed at the airport period. So that was really frustrating - especially when Alli wasn't feeling well.
D~

I am totally the same way. I get a little panicky if I think that we could be late. And with flying Southwest sometimes they will start boarding 20-30 minutes before your flight time.

Exactly! And we all agreed that our trip was just too long... But we are all dying to go back for just as long again. However, this last trip, we went 6 park days with out a "break"... If we go that long again - we will definately be doing an extra break day about 3 days into it.
D~

It's a vicious cycle. We felt 15 nights was just one day too long but if we had to go that long again I would do it in a heartbeat.

And my family has a real problem..... After coming back last week we were kind of Disneyed out and after our trip in Oct we would take a break for a year.

Well now that we have settled back home we really want to go back in April. I think we need an intervention at this house And it is not only me. The kids and Dh all want to go back too.

I will keep that in mind. So what did you do about the ice? I k now that part of our problem is that we just didn't drink hardly any water at all... on DDP - we filled our mugs with everything but water, and yah - we were just really bad. Lesson learned - more water!

D~

My DD loves to eat ice, so I just explained to her that probably wouldn't be a good idea. Plus we always have bottled water on hand since we rent a car and can pick some up.

 

[DMGeurts]

I get Montezuma's revenge everywhere but seriously Florida is the worst for me, the smell of the water gets me ill.

I am busy working on our outfits for next week. I am in pure panic mode but by the end of today J will be done

I have no doubt that you'll get them done! If anyone can do it - it's you! And I can't wait to hear all about your cruise... Have you ever done a Disney Cruise before?

Lovely photopass pictures of you all in front of the castle.

Thank you Lillian!

Thank you for the birthday wishes and zero calorie cake

Sorry your last day at DHS was so rough. Ben saw the first aid building and asked if that was where you could swim with the dolphins When I told him it was first aid he said it really should be a dolphin building.

I love your photopass pics on main street! You really got a lot of pics! Someday still I want to go with dd and get lots of photos taken. I prewarned dh b/f our trip that I would like photos and he participated in a total of zero. I never even looked at the few pics we did get taken

LOL About the dolphin building - I agree with him - it would have been much more fun that way.

Bummer about DH and pictures - I think you just need to go solo with the kids - it's so much fun!

that is so weird you were late to the airport...I'm the same way always want to be there 2 hours early!

LOVE your PP photos, you did get a bunch of great shots! love the magic one with the girls and the balloons!

Thanks Lisa!

Wow~so many great PP pictures! Did you all have your own personal PP photographer following you around all day? Did you have an hour long photo shoot? That is seriously a LOT of PP pictures! Love them! My faves are the "sunglasses" shots and the ones where the girls have "attitudes". So fun!

LOL - not until our last day. We are just rather stalkish when it comes to PP photographers. I love the sunglass ones too - I'd love to have a do over on those though.

Thanks. Behind ME spot....got it



Good plan.

Wow! You got some really great PP shots! Both my favorite magic shots...Tink and the Balloons Both are on my to do list!

I hope you are able to get them! ;0)

Great photopass pictures. I just finished editing all mine and I bet you noticed too there is no Donald all by himself

I am totally the same way. I get a little panicky if I think that we could be late. And with flying Southwest sometimes they will start boarding 20-30 minutes before your flight time.

It's a vicious cycle. We felt 15 nights was just one day too long but if we had to go that long again I would do it in a heartbeat.

And my family has a real problem..... After coming back last week we were kind of Disneyed out and after our trip in Oct we would take a break for a year.

Well now that we have settled back home we really want to go back in April. I think we need an intervention at this house And it is not only me. The kids and Dh all want to go back too.

My DD loves to eat ice, so I just explained to her that probably wouldn't be a good idea. Plus we always have bottled water on hand since we rent a car and can pick some up.

LOL - I could only dream of DH being Disney addicted - it seems as time goes on, he despises it more and more. I just don't understand why? I think part of it is the crowds - he hates them with a passion. And the other part is that he hates having to adhere to a "schedule" - whether it be mine or Disney's... It's just so frustrating - because I fear that he will never want to go back with me again.

I didn't notice that there was no Donald - I will have to go look... Maybe because we got a few of him with our parade pictures, I overlooked it?

I worked in my sewing room all day yesterday, I made great progress on my bag, and I think I will be finished with it today. Then I have to make the coordinating wallet - it's going to be a very awesome set!

I woke last night to a huge flash of lightening/crack of thunder/power going off. Once it didn't come back on for a little bit - I stumbled down stairs to find my phone, and dug through my files to call the electric company. This is the 3rd time we've lost power in the last few weeks (strange - we don't usually lose power this often). So I called, expecting an automated line - I was quite shocked when a real live person answered - LOL. He said he was trying to call in a crew - so I figured it would be a few hours. I set the alarm on my phone, so Josh wouldnt' be late for work. Then I went to bed again. It wasn't an hour later, and they were out front fixing our power - It looks like lightening hit the power pole right in front of our house... We were lucky. But I was very impressed - it didn't take long for them to get here, and once they got here, it only took them 10 minutes to fix it. And now I am super tired because I was up half the night. LOL

I hope you all have a wonderful weekend. No big plans here, just sewing.

D~

 

[DMGeurts]

Goofy just loved Victoria!

Corri and I are in the back, the girls are in the front.

Liddy and I:

The famous surprise Butterfly shot:

Link to Day 4 Photopass pics

D~

 

[mommy2mrb]

oh no on the power going out...and hitting so close to your house we had 3 TS yesterday too and one HUGE clap of thunder right over us, not much rain though!

more great pp pics! that's the bad Donald right who ruined your bag? the one with V and Goofy are priceless
cute one with the butterfly, it almost looks real!
think Daisy really loved your shoes!

can't wait to see the newest bag, hope you aren't to wiped out from your crazy night!

 

[VBAndrea]

I'm loving your photopass pics! Next trip is just Alexa and me -- the boys are either both staying home or will have to go do sea excursions on their own. I know my ds wants to do some things, like Discovery Cove and the dive thing at Epcot (he was too young by one month last time) but I want to do Discovery Cove too!

 

[DMGeurts]

oh no on the power going out...and hitting so close to your house we had 3 TS yesterday too and one HUGE clap of thunder right over us, not much rain though!

more great pp pics! that's the bad Donald right who ruined your bag? the one with V and Goofy are priceless
cute one with the butterfly, it almost looks real!
think Daisy really loved your shoes!

can't wait to see the newest bag, hope you aren't to wiped out from your crazy night!

Yes, that's the Donald who ruined my bag... You can kind of see it in the very last photopass picture - right on his face...

So, my dillema...

Which bag should I bring to Charlotte?

Donald? It's very dirty (VERY DIRTY) - I need to wash it if I am bringing that one.

Toy Story? Personally, I think it's too big, and I wouldn't use it.

AK? It's not that fun IMO... LOL

Or I could just bring one of my Vera Bradleys... I only have a million of them...

I wish I had the time to make something fun for the trip, I hate to say that I just don't have the time... It will take all my effort just to get my orders complete before I go.

OK - time to lock myself in my sewing room...

D~

 

[mommy2mrb]

Yes, that's the Donald who ruined my bag... You can kind of see it in the very last photopass picture - right on his face...

So, my dillema...

Which bag should I bring to Charlotte?

Donald? It's very dirty (VERY DIRTY) - I need to wash it if I am bringing that one.

Toy Story? Personally, I think it's too big, and I wouldn't use it.

AK? It's not that fun IMO... LOL

Or I could just bring one of my Vera Bradleys... I only have a million of them...

I wish I had the time to make something fun for the trip, I hate to say that I just don't have the time... It will take all my effort just to get my orders complete before I go.

OK - time to lock myself in my sewing room...

D~

I'd say your donald, just a quick wash and it will be ready to go! and then we can all oh and ah over it in person even with the scribbles on it!

debating on bringing my rosetta for the shopping day!

get er done girlfriend! just keep sewing, just keep sewing...

 

[DMGeurts]

Wow... I'm coming into the home stretch of my TR, and I think most people left. LOL

I was happy that I finished my bag yesterday - it turned out really great! I also finished the lanyard. And I got a good start on the wallet. I plan to finish the wallet today and post pictures sometime this afternoon/evening.

Until then, I am uploading Photopass pics of Day 4.

D~

 

[NiniMorris]

No, NO NO you are not allowed to even think about ending this!


...and all your real friends are still here!



Nini

 

[nowellsl]

No, NO NO you are not allowed to even think about ending this!


...and all your real friends are still here!


Nini

I Agree!!

You have to start your PTR before you end this one so we won't miss anything I can't wait to see the new bag pictures!!

 

[DMGeurts]

We spent the day at DHS today...

I loved the TS borders, I wish that Disney would do that for more Meet n' Greets...

Link to Day 5 Photopass Pics

D~

 

[mommy2mrb]

hey, I'm still here and NEVER leaving



more fun PP's love your "scary" shot with Sully and Mike!

for getting so much done yesterday....breaking out the to wait for the reveal!

 

[cogero]

Wow... I'm coming into the home stretch of my TR, and I think most people left. LOL

I was happy that I finished my bag yesterday - it turned out really great! I also finished the lanyard. And I got a good start on the wallet. I plan to finish the wallet today and post pictures sometime this afternoon/evening.

Until then, I am uploading Photopass pics of Day 4.

D~

I totally can't wait to see your latest bag. Maybe one day I could decide on a theme for me Thankfully C wasn't so hard to choose.

No, NO NO you are not allowed to even think about ending this!


...and all your real friends are still here!



Nini

I agree with NINI we are all still here. I am in crunch time and feeling panicked right now so I may not post every day

 

[Restrasz]

I can't wait to see your new bag. So enjoying all your pictures!

 

[VBAndrea]

Just bring all your bags so we can see all of them in person Problem solved -- happy to be of assistance

 

[NiniMorris]

Just bring all your bags so we can see all of them in person Problem solved -- happy to be of assistance

I agree!

And I can attest to the fact that they look 1000 times better in person than in pictures (if that is even possible!)

Nini

 

[tinkbell13]

I'm still here too. Just not posting as much as I used to. Dealing with too much family drama lately.

Love the photopass pictures! I was going to prepurchase the photopass, but was glad I didn't as: 1. we didn't see many photographers, 2. SIL didn't want to stop to get pictures taken ever, 3. the one photo I really wanted to purchase (us in front of the castle off to the side), they ended up having an issue with the photographer's pictures that day, so we didn't get it.

Can't believe you are almost done your TR! Can't wait to read your next PTR either!

 

[DMGeurts]

Another bag that was really hard to wrap my mind around. The person requested that I follow the theme of Mary's carpet bag outfit... Using black, navy, royal blue and small bits of red.

I'll let you all guess what "PP" stands for... I will tell you that it isn't the initials of the person that ordered it. And yes, the PP is hand appliqued - I still haven't broken down and purchased an embroidery machine...

The interior fabric was the hardest to find - I really wanted somthing that was "carpet bag like"... I found this in that little fabric shop by our lake house, and I think it worked out perfectly.

The person that ordered this bag also wanted the parrot head handle on the bag somewhere, and because of the shadow of Mary, I just couldn't make it fit anywhere, so we compromised and put it on the wallet. It is meant to be "upside down" when it's hooked to the lanyard, because when they are being carried together, it *reminds* you of her actual umbrella. I love how the parrot head turned out, it looks really awesome against the navy blue of the wallet.

D~