Morning! Thanks again for making the wonderful Mickey bag for my cousin! I can't wait to give it to her in a few weeks! She has been wanting one of your bags for a while but I told her unless she won an auction there would be no way she could get one for our trip. Hopefully it will be a really nice surprise for her!
I'm not sure if I missed something above but is there a reason you can't add a day at the beginning of the trip instead of at the end?
I am sure she will be very surprised. I hope she likes it.
Well, one reason is that we are booked for Free Dining - we cannot go any earlier because there is no availability, we can go later because I am already booked later and haven't adjusted it yet.
Indeed, that bag is amazing! And the lining fabric is perfect. Great job during difficult circumstances. Your quality did not suffer in the least, but then I never thought it would. I'm sure Ariana's cousin is going to flip out over it!! I wish I was Ariana's cousin
Thank you Lois!
I have some pretty wonderful news. Jennifer does not have to have that surgery right now. Her physical therapist (who is also a dr) did another consult with her surgeon and they have decided that she will continue her PT and see how it goes. Jen has made huge progress this last week and a half and the surgeon is encouraged that the surgery can be held off. She will eventually need it, but hopefully when she doesn't have an infant and such young children to care for. I believe completely that this is God answering everyone's prayers. These things don't just happen, so I am claiming it as God intervening. I think He intervened in your Dad's case as well and got you through everything you had to do. And I think it's important to acknowledge answered prayer, so that's what I'm doing!
This is WONDERFUL news and totally made my day!!! What a relief! I hope that things continue to improve for her - she has just been through so much!
I agree about adknowledging answered prayer, and this is definately a case of that.
I know your life is still crazy and you still feel as though you're behind, but you'll catch up soon. And before long you'll be making your ADRs!!! Won't that be fun! Has Josh had any more to say about a possible trip? I sure wish I could be there at the same time and meet you and the girls. Someday!
You have a wonderful day, and thanks for all your caring and support. It means so much!!
No news on the OK from Josh.
Wish he would just say yes, then we could quit bothering him about it.
I hope we get to meet some day too - that would be so much fun!
I adore the Mickey bag!!!! Another Fantastic job!!!
Thanks Mo!
I just read your post. I don't think an additional day would hurt anything. I think your plan to rest up a bit and then meet for dinner would be a good one. Three weeks is still a lot of time to visit. And you WILL need a breather from the heat and pace you'll be going while at Disney. I saw Ariana asked about adding a day at the start of your trip. That had occurred to me as well. Any chance of that?
Yay for being just a day behind. I know it's a big deal, but at least it's better than being several days behind with a broken arm or something. lol
I know it's not that huge of a deal, but I feel awful that they are traveling around the world to see us - and we won't be here for the first day or two. And realistically, the girls only have that week with them, since once they go back to school, their time will be so limited - so I hate to cut into that more than necessary.
We are booked for Free Dining, and there is no availability before our dates - just after, because I am booked for that already - and I can just cut it back to the dates we need.
We could go down a day early with a room only reservation - but I am not quite sure how that works yet?
You are right - and I was able to make some great headway yesterday - so I've caught up even more.
I'm jealous of you and your cousin.
Another amazing bag, D.
Hello there! It's been a while since I have seen your smiling face around here - I hope you are doing well!
These are fantastic! I've been known to accost Goofy in the parks, on the ship.. well just about anywhere!
When you get your plans ironed out for the next trip I would love to set up a Dis meet with you!
Hahaha... Yah - we have the same problem with dd#2, so I know how it is. I will let you know when we get our dates figured out.
Phew...all caught up.
So, have you talked to B/M/T about their plans when they come? Are they staying with you? Do they have other people they are seeing and might not be around that day anyway?? Maybe it would work out that they could go see others while you are taking an extra day in WDW.
And yeah....I'm with others, is it possible to add on to the beginning of your trip??
Oh yeah and....love the new Mickey bag. You know how I feel about the black and white simple plan
Nope, can't talk to B/M/T - since Josh doesn't know about the trip yet - can't talk to them. I will, as soon as we get our blessing from Josh though.
Can't add on to the beginning, unless we go with out FD, and that would break my heart. We could do a room only reservation that first night - just not sure how it works. I have a question into my TA, so I sould find out soon. She has a trip on the horizon though - so it might be a bit.
I am glad you had a fantastic day yesterday and that things are getting back to normal.
I agree with the others...add a day at the beginning of the trip?
I LOVE that Goofy bag...adorable.
Thanks Kathy!
Well, we are booked for Free DIning - and I can extend out our trip, but there is no availability for before our first day. I can do a R/o reservation for that first night - just trying to figure out how that all works, I've never done that before.
Whew - I am all caught up D! Thank you for the address - I have already put a short but sweet note in the mail to your Dad. D - forge on and do not look back. You are a beautiful person and daughter, and you know what needs to be done to take care of your Dad now. I have had so many things in my past I would have liked to change, but that is part of life. We have to just ask for God's guidance and move on. What matters now is you know what needs to be done to have your Dad taken good care of, and will ask for help when needed. I am so glad he is all moved in, I loved the pic of V and your Dad playing cards. That was really touching.
Thanks Carol! Everything you said here really means a lot to me.
Carry on lady. You have accomplished a great deal since your Dad was sick and in the hospital, and it looks you are all in a good place, emotionally for you and physically for your Dad.
I sure hope so... THank you.
I love the pics of the Bags. Regarding your trip, I think a day extra at the end would be best. I have a feeling Josh will come around. It just might take a little more work than usual. V and Alli will have to throw in some "please Daddy" and other daughter tricks!
Take care, and as usual, prayers are sent your way.
I hope he comes around - it would make things much easier. LOL I hope you take care, as well.
Your dad's apartment looks nice! I would like his address too!
Is there any way to add a day to the front of your trip? I like your idea about having a rest day!
Love the new bag, but I'm partial to Mickey
Thank you! I am very happy with how it turned out in such a short time.
We are booked for Free DIning right now, because I had the foresight to book longer than what we needed, we can add days at the end of our trip, but there is no availability for prior to our trip, unless I book a Room only reservation. Which I have no idea how that works with our package, I do have the question into my TA right now. We'll see how it goes. Because, ideally - I would rather go a day earlier, that would make things so much easier.
I am so happy that your dad is doing so well.
Glad you are home and eating as you should. It is hard when life throws curve balls. You are such an inspiration and I know you will see results with your handwork.
No advice for you on traveling back but I think you would be fine flying in on Tuesday.
Thanks Chiara! It is very hard to stick with it when my routine is thrown off, but so far, so good. I just keep chuggin along.
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Yesterday was another FANTASTIC day in my sewing room. I was able to get up there extra early and I only took a 15 minute break for lunch. I was able to complete my entire applique before lunch, and I was also able to start some of the pre-assembly work on it!
I have about an hours worth of work left to do on the bag - which is AWESOME! But the wallet has a detailed applique - so that will be several hours worth of work - with any luck, I will be able to finish it tomorrow. Which means... it is entirely possible I will be caught up before the weekend.
In between all of my sewing, I was able to call and get my Dad's phone scheduled to be hooked up. We weren't going to do it - but it's been impossible to get ahold of him because he only has spotty cell reception. So, they will hook it up on Tuesday next week.
I was also able to get him extended cable for a decent price... He will be happy - since there were a few religious channels he wasn't getting and now he will. I feel so badly that we had to take so much away from him, so I feel a little bit better that he has a few comforts now.
We did nothing last night, I sat around reading blogs on my tablet and Josh took a nap on the couch. We all went to bed early.
I work at Target today... Sigh... We are in a winter weather advisory - so I am sure the roads will be bad for my trip home.
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I am sure you saw my replies above, but just in case you don't read them...
Right now, we are booked for Free Dining. I booked the longest trip I could get when I booked it, because I knew I could always take days away if needed. So, there is no availability for before our current trip for FD, but because of the way I booked it - we can stay longer and keep it. Does that make any sense? If we went down a day early, I would have to book a room only reservation - and I am not sure how that works with our package reservation? I do have the question into my TA, but she is leaving shortly on her own trip, so I may not have an answer for a few weeks (which is OK) - I can always book my dining for that day anyways, just in case - if I don't know before my ADR date approaches.
So, have any of you done a trip like that in the past? Booked a package deal, but arrived a day or two earlier and just had a room only reservation for those days? How did it work for you? Were you able to use your park tickets and such? I realize we won't be able to use our Dining credits, but I am most concerned about park tickets.
I hope you all have a wonderful day... Prayers for all who need them.
D~
I will write about my thoughts below adding days before vs/ days after.
Well, calling Disney is, but just adding tickets is not... I will write about it below.
So, if we want to use that day as a resort/DTD day - it would be OK... but if we wanted to try to kill a day at MK - then it wouldn't be OK, because we would have to buy a 1 day pass for each person, which would make it very expensive. So, I need to chat with BFF about it today, and work out some logistics to see if it's even an option. Personally - I wouldn't mind having that day as a DTD day and a pool day (since, we'd likely not get to DTD at all any other time), then like Tasha said, we could hit the ground running the next day. 
